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Number 130: Volume 53
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), Texas, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1953
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City Debt Causes
Lively Council Meet
The usually quiet College Station
city council burst into life last
night over discussion of a debt
payment.
Coulter Hoppes, Bryan attorney
representing J. C. Culpepper, ap
peared before the council to ask
the city to pay for construction
work that Culpepper did while de
veloping the Oak Terrace section
in south College Park.
The major portion of the con-
struction was the installation of
water mains, fireplugs and street
paving. Culpepper has built 80
houses in this area.
Before the construction was
done, the city agreed to pay
Culpepper for these services, “as
the city is able, and only out of
net earnings from the Oak Ter
race section,” These earnings are
profits from taxes and utilities.
Culpepper’s bill for his services
Was $21,454.03. However, the
council pointed out that the city
had made little or no net profit
from the section.
It is up to the council to decide
what they can commit themselves
to do to pay the debt, Hoppes said.
Detailed explanations by council
members were given to Hoppes
showing why the city could make
no payment on the debt now. They
finally decided to table the matter
until City Manager Ran Boswell
could prepare a study of all in
come taken in by the city from the
Oak Terrace addition.
Boswell explained that such a
study would take time and would
not be ready until at least the
Nov. 1.
Hoppes agreed to meet with
Boswell when the report is com
plete and then bring the matter
fcefore the council again.
The council also accepted last
night the request of V. L. Vamey
to keep a horse in the city limits.
Vamey, who has already filed for
the $10 license necessary, asked
the city’s permission to keep the
horse on lots north of Lincoln
avenue between the Kelley and Col
lege Hills additions.
The council approved the request
with the condition that the city
health officer approved the stable
and pen.
Councilman Joe Orr was appoint
ed to a county-wide committee to
study water problems of Brazos
county. Joe R. Barron, representa
tive from Bryan, asked that the
council appoint one man from the
council.
Joe Sorrels was the only council
man absent.
States Rights
’48 Candidate
To Speak Here
Col. Storm Thurmond, United
States Army reserve, will speak
at 11 a. m. Oct. 27 in Guion Hall.
Senior military and air science stu
dents will be excused from classes
to attend the porgram.
Thurmond is national vice-presi
dent for army affairs of the Re
serve Officers association, senior
partner of the law firm of Thur
mond, Lyman and Simons and a
former of Aiken South Carolina.
As the states fights Democratic
party nominee for president of the
United States in 1948, Thurmond
carried four states and received 39
electoral votes. He was governor
of South Carolina in 1947.
The subject of Thurmond’s
speech will the “Importance of Re
serve Officers in Today’s World”.
He served in the European and
Pacific theaters in World War II.
Thurmond received numerous
service decorations and was wound
ed in the Noi*mandy assault in
1944.
Seating ID Cards
Ready for Non-Regs
Non-military juniors and seniors
who have paid their student ac
tivity fee must pick up their seat
ing identification tickets before the
A&M-Bayk>r football game.
Those who have not paid will
Hot be allowed to sit in the student
Bection.
The purpose of this move by the
student senate is to provide better
seating for both corps and non
military junioi’s and seniors. This
will keep high school students, ex
students and local citizens out of
these sections.
Non-military and coi’ps ushers
Will make sure the seating arrange
ment is followed at home games.
Their duties include the roping off
of junior and senior sections, plac
ing signs, labeling ramps by
classes, patroling the borders of
these sections and reporting per
sons who do not cooperate to the
dean of men’s office.
Dates and student guests should
wear guest ticket stubs pinned to
their lapels or dresses. This is
designed to provide identification
for everyone sitting in the student
section.
Student identification tickets
will be issued only once. It is sug
gested that they be removed after
the game starts for use at later
games.
Dormitory students may get
identification tickets from the fol
lowing students:
Dormitory 2—Wallace Griggs,
room 317
Draper Receives
$450 From Corps
The corps of cadets has given
Leo Draper $450 to help replace his
possessions lost when his apart
ment burned Oct. 10.
“You guys have been doing too
much,” Draper said when the
money was given him.
Money is still coming in from
some units in the freshman area,
according to Terry Wilson, chair
man of the collection there.
Marine Rifle Platoon
To Be Formed Here
A marine reserve rifle platoon
will be established here with Wil
liam Warren, marine captain and
animal husbandnry professor, as
company commander. The first
meeting of the unit was held last
week, -
Dormitory 4 — Don Sheffield,
room 105
Dormitory 5—Wendell Tarver,
room 117
Bizzell—S. J. Smith, room 301
Leggett—Rodney Heath, room
46
Post Graduate — Bill Roach,
room 28
Mitchell
room 24
Wallace Birkes,
Day students must get seating
tickets at the Housing Office. Stu
dent activity and identification
cards must be presented when ap
plying for seating identification
tickets.
32 SECONDS — Fred Mit
chell corps commander,
gives the traditional kiss to
Jane McBrierty of TSCW
this year’s Aggie sweet
heart. The kiss was part of
the half-time ceremonies at
Saturday’s A&M-TCU foot
ball game. Reliable sources,
with stop watches, timed
the kiss at 32 seconds.
FOR BETTER RELATIONS—V. M. (Monty) Montgom
ery head yell leader (left), accepts a plaque from March
Coffield, TCU head cheerleader. The plaque reads “TCU
vs. A&M, 1953; for better relations between schools”. It
was presented at the A&M-TCU football game Saturday as
a part of the activities for Southwest Conference Sports
manship day.
MSC Forum
Group Shows
UN Material
In recognition of United Na
tions Week which started yester
day, the Memorial Student Center
forum committee has placed ex
hibits and displays of UN material
in the MSC.
Any organization desiring
pamphlets or other materials for
use in programs about the UN may
obtain them in the MSC directo-
iate office, said Bud Whitney,
chairman of the forum committee.
The committee has information
on the following UN commissions
and organizations:
United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural organiza
tion.
World Health organization.
Food and Agricultural organiza
tion.
International Trade organization.
International Refugee organi
zation.
The displays on bulletin boards
and in display cases thi-oughout
the Center feature exhibits of
pamphlets, periodicals and ex
planatory material about the UN.
Junto club will discuss “Interna
tional Civil War and the UN,” in
its meeting tonight at 7:30 in room
3D, MSC.
The purpose of the display,
Whitney said, is to promote in
terest in the UN and to spread in
formation about the world govern
ment organization.
Ag Station Staffs
Meet This Week
The annual conference of the
headquarters and field staffs of
the Agricultural Experiment sta
tion will be held Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday in the Me
morial Student Center.
Administrative personnel and re
search workers in 17 subject-mat
ter departments located here and at
44 field units over the state will
attend the meeting.
Director R. D. Lewis said that
much of the work of the conference
will be done in eight subject-mat
ter discussion groups Wednesday
evening and Thursday afternoon.
Included is a dinner meeting of
the administrative staff with the
heads of the departments and field
units.
Chancellor M. T. Harrington and
Vice Chancellor D. W. Williams
will represent the A&M System on
the program. Lewis will discuss the
broad aspects of agricultural re
search in Texas.
The conference will end with a
tour Friday afternoon of the new
agricultural facilities.
New Area
Bugle Stand
To Be Built
A bugle ‘sttind will be con
structed in the new dormitory
area.
The stand, which is being do
nated by Col. Joe Davis, com
mandant, will be located about
20 yards north of the flag pole
between dormitories 9 and 10.
It will be about the same
size as the bugle stand near
the YMCA and should be ready
for use in approximately two
weeks, according to Lt. Col.
Taylor Wilkins, assistant com
mandant.
SLC Sets Up New Group
To Handle Student Aid
Corps Trip
Leaves Loan
Fund Broke
The Fort Worth Corps trip
has left the student loan fund
flat broke. .
The office loaned out $2,600
last week. When the week
started, Monday morning, the
fund only had $50. By collect
ing old loans, they managed
to meet the demand.
But by Saturday there was
a sign on the loan office door.
It said, “No money.”
Dorm 5 to Elect
Student Senator
The two floors of non-corps stu
dents living in dormitory 5 ai’e
going to have a representative on
the student senate.
Filing for the position will begin
Oct. 26 in the student activities
office and close Oct. 30 The elec
tion will be from 1 p. m. to 6 p. m.
Nov. 3 in the lounge of dormitory
5.
Although he will be elected from
only half a dormitory, the senator
from dormitory 5 will have a
full vote in the senate, according
to Leo Draper, chairman of the
election commission.
There will be a meeting of the
election commission at 7:30 p. m.
Nov. 2 in the student activities of
fice to plan the election.
Baylor Ticket Sale
To Close Friday
Date tickets for the A&M- Bay
lor game will be on sale until 5
p. m. Friday.
Students purchasing tickets must
have their identification and stu
dent activities cards.
Because of the A&M win over
TCU last week-end, the athletic
department is expecting a sell-out.
The only remaining reserved
seats are near the goal line or in
the end zone. However, the busi
ness office expects Baylor to re
turn one section of tickets.
Four Cadets Hurt
In Crash Sunday
Saunders A. Schreiber, junior
electrical engineering major from
Galveston, received a chipped el
bow and a severely cut arm in a
four-car accident Sunday night two
miles from Ennis.
Schreiber’s car plowed into the
rear of a pickup truck.
The cause of the wreck was a
car parked on a bridge on highway
75. A motorist was stopped on
the bridge changing a tire.
A car just barely managed to
stop and avoid hitting the parked
car. Another car slammed into
the first car. The pickup truck
rammed the second car and Schrei
ber’s car with four other Aggies
as passengers, slammed into the
pickup.
The four cars were jammed to
gether so tightly they had to be
Band Soph
Hurt in Crash
Saturday
James Earl Justice, sophomore
band members from Sherman is in
fair condition in Sherman hospital
from injuries received in a car
wreck Saturday night.
Justice and his date were travel
ing between Sherman and Fort
Worth after the football game,
when he went to sleep at the wheel.
His car rammed a utility pole.
He is hospitalized with a broken
left arm, a broken right leg, cuts
and bruises. His date was unin
jured.
Justice’s sister called College of
ficials and notified them that Jus
tice would not retuim to school this
semester. She said would call the
college at a later date to settle
disposition of his clothing and pos
sessions.
pried apart before they were towed
away.
Aggies riding as passengers in
Schreiber’s car were the only per
sons injured in the wreck. Pas
sengers and drivers of the other
cars escaped injury.
C. A. (Brud) Pickett, senior ani
mal husbandry major from Hous
ton, arrived at the scene of the
accident shnrtly after it happened
and took the injured Aggies to
Ennis hospital.
After they were treated he
brought the Aggies back to the
campus.
The injured students were:
Schreiber, cut arm and chipped
elbow.
R. T. Saffel, cut eyelid.
Willie Herman, cut lip.
T. M. Quigley, cut lip.
J. F. Robertson, the other pas
senger in Schreiber’s car was only
shaken up.
The person responsible for the
four-car wreck, the man who had
stopped to fix his tire, finished his
job and continued on his way with
out assistance to those involved in
the wreck. ^
He was unidentified.
Davis OICs Civilian
Clothes for Dance
Students taking dancing lessons
in the Memorial Student Center
can wear civilian clothes to a dance
there tonight.
Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant,
has approved the wearing of civili
an clothes. The Aggieland combo
will supply the music and the dance
will be very informal, said Oscar
Garcia, chairman of the MSC
Dance committee.
Masks will be worn and games
will be played. Only students en
rolled in the dancing classes will
be admitted.
Who’s Who Selection
Chairmen Are Named
The Student Life committee may give away more than
$1,000 to students or campus organizations needing financial
aid.
The money will come from an expected $2,000 profits
from this year’s Twelfth Man Bowl football game.
The first $1,000 will go to the Student Aid committee for
its Student Health Loan fund. Students may borrow money
from this fund for medical bills not covered by their hospital
fees.
The next $1,000 will be given to a special committee
formed at yesterday’s meeting. Both groups will split equal
ly any additional profits.
The special committee can -
use its share for financial aid
in any way it decides. It could
either loan or give away the
money."
Receivers might include the cadet
corps, campus chest or students
with losses from fire.
The special committee could even
donate its funds to the Student
Aid committee. If this was done,
the new committee would be abol
ished.
The Student Aid committee for
merly controlled all Twelfth Man
Bowl profits.
Committee Was Formed
The new committee was formed
following suggestions by Student
Senator Carroll Phillips and Corps
Commander Fred Mitchell.
Phillips asked if the campus
chest drive could be connected with
the Twelfth Man bowl.
Mitchell suggested that needy
students receive money as gifts in
stead of loans. He favored form
ing a subcommittee to check if
they were worthy of the gifts.
Phillips pointed out that if the
money was given away instead of
loaned, it would not be available
for future students.
Later Mitchell suggested that all
money not needed by the Student
Aid committee be given to the ca
det corps. Mitchell said that since
the game is played between Army
and Air Force units, the corps
should get the money.
Profits Be Established
Faculty member Dan Russell
moved the special committee be es
tablished and that game profits
be divided between it and the Stu
dent Aid committee. He also mov
ed the special committee decide
how it would use its share. The
recommendation must be approved
by the Student Life Committee.
Members include Mitchell, Phil
lips, Bill Rowland and Bill Hender
son. R. L. Hunt was appointed
chairman of the Twelfth Man Bowl
committee. Assisting him will be
Mitchell, representing the corps,
and Wallace Birkes representing
the non-military students.
Russell reported the Student
Health Loan fund now has between
$1600 and $1700. Last year’s
Twelfth Man bowl profits totaled
$2,034.88.
T. B. Field was appointed corps
Who’s Who selection chairman.
Doyle Lowrie was named selection
chairman for the non-military stu
dents.
The Student Life committee will
name Who’s Who for 1953-54 at
its December meeting. Students
may make recommendations start
ing today in the Student Activities
office. A box for recommendation
forms soon will be ready in the
MSC. Deadline is Nov. 15.
Decided to Delay
The Student Life committee de
cided to delay Bill Reed’s motion
that it complain about some in
structors not honoring distinguish
ed student cards.
Reed made the recommendation
for the Student Senate. He will
ask the senate whether it wants to
complain to the Dean of the Col
lege or to the heads of depart
ments concerned.
The presidents of the junior and
senior classes were asked to have
their groups check themselves as
part of the college’s self-evaluation
program. They were told to have
a report ready by the next meeting.
The Student Life committee also:
• Heard a report on the progress
of “We Are the Aggies,” a publici
ty movie about A&M student life.
• Elected Carroll Phillips parli
amentarian.
• Voted to continue giving re
duced priced Guion Hall tickets to
privileged students.
Saddle and Sirloin,
Rodeo Clubs Meet
The Saddle & Sirloin club and
the Aggie rodeo club will have a
joint meeting tonight in the main
lecture room of the A&I build
ing immediately after yell prac
tice to discuss last minute details
and problems of the rodeo this
weekend.
“Since the books will close at the
end of this meeting, all those who
haven’t entered any of the events
and wish to do so, should attend
this meeting”, said Lowie Rice, as
sistant rodeo chairman. All con
testants should attend in order to
learn when they will draw their
stock.
Jim Ehlei’S, ticket chairman,
said, “All members who have
tickets should be present in order
to learn when and where to turn
in ticket money and all unsold
tickets.”
Ed Harvill will give a report on
the rodeo band that will take part
in the parade to be held in Bryan,
beginning at 4:30 p. m. Friday
afternoon.
Proceeds from this rodeo will be
used -by the Saddle & Sirloin club
to send members of the livestock
judging teams to Chicago, Kansas
City and Fort Worth to represent
A&M in national collegiate judg
ing competition.
Charles Arnold Fund
Previously collected $365.67
Collected Monday 81.13
Total $445.80
Neighbors Elected
Council President
C. C. (Chuck) Neighbors, senior
journalism major from Kane, Pa.,
was elected last night president of
the Arts and Sciences council.
Also elected were Chuck New
man, vice-president; Bill Coppage,
secretary-treasurer; Bruce Ster-
zing, senior representative to the
Inter-Council; and Wade Cannon,
junior representative to the Inter-
Council.
Bob Hendry, editor of the Com
mentator magazine, reported on the
progress of the magazine. He said
the material for the next issue was
ready for the printers, and the
magazine might possibly be out
before Nov. 1.
Hendry also said that he expect
ed the magazine to make a profit
this year.
The council decided to form a
committee to study the honor code.
The committee will be appointed
at the next meeting, Nov. 2.
Poultry Class Sets
Turkey Farm Tour
The poultry husbandry 303 class
will take an all day field trip Oct.
28 to inspect turkey farms and the
equipment necessary to operate
them in the Schulenberg area.
Ross M. Sherwood, class in
structor, has made arrangements
with a hatchery, a locker plant, and
several tui-key farms to receive the
15-man class.
The class will also visit the
Goliad battleground.
Honor Code Ruling
Set by Each Class
The number of students that
must adopt the honor code before
an honor system can be installed
in a class can be decided by indi
vidual classes, said Dr. J. P. Ab
bott, dean of the college.
Abbott said this had been his
opinion ever since the code was
originated. He did not know if
eveiy class was following this pro
cedure or not.
Weather Today
Cloudy with occassional light
showers. Warm with moderate
winds.