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Circulated Daily To 90 Per Cent Of Local Residents ion ' Published By A&M Students For 75 Years PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Number 134: Volume 53 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), Texas, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1953 Price Five Cents Seniors Hear Mule On Transfer Boots The senior class learned last cession uses the money for its ac- night that it has no right to keep transfer students who have not spent three semesters in the cadet corps from wearing senior boots. Traditions committee chairman Jimmy Tyree told seniors, gather ed in the MSC Ballroom, that Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant, said the class can not prescribe the Ag gie uniform. At its last meeting the class vot ed that transfer students must have spent one semester as a freshmen, sophomore and junior in the cadet corps befoi'e they can wear boots. Tyree quoted Davis as saying that he did not think the one se mester rule would go into effect. He reported that Davis said trans fer students would take corps priv ileges based on their academic standing. Campus Functions Tyree said the traditions com mittee had decided not to do away with corsages at campus functions. At the last meeting the class pro posed a motion to stop giving cor sages to dates at school activities. The purpose was to lower expenses for entertaining a girl at A&M. The motion was refered to the tra ditions committee for further study. The committee decided to keep corsages because the floral con- Kirchner Wins Best Cowboy In Aggie Rodeo Ray Kirchner won best all- around cowboy at the All-Aggie todeo this weekend. Charlie Brouse and Lowie Rice Were second and third in the best cowboy scoring. Winners in each division were as follows: Bobby Rankin, bare back bronc riding; Virgil Patrick, tie down calf roping; Kirchner, rib bon roping. Sissy Thurman, Donna Faye Hinson and Nathalene Kendrix were top contenders in the girls’ barrel race. In spite of the bad weather, 1,- 800 persons attended the two per formances of the rodeo. The $200 profit will be used to pay expenses of A&M judging teams. Dr. Ralph Hirzel and Dr. Jan Bonsma, animal husbandry work ers from the Union of South Africa, were guests of the college for the rodeo, which was sponsored by the Aggie Rodeo club and the Saddle and Sirloin club. tivities and to finance two schol arships, Tyree said. Senior class president Pat Wood named five men to a special com mittee to evaluate the senior class. They are to find out if the class is performing its right duties and suggest improvements, if needed, in its operation. Committee members are Marvin Ford, Jerry Rainey, Leland Smith, Hollie Briscoe and A1 Gist. The senior class check-up is part of the self evaluation project being conducted throughout the A&M system. The senior class also: © Killed a motion to have a for mer student se^ve as its advisor. The man would have been selected from the college faculty or staff. His main job would have been to help in the senior class evaluation. © Killed a motion to stop units from carrying guidons to midnight (See SENIOR CLASS, Page 2) SPEAKS HERE—Col. Strom Thurmond, vice president for army affairs of the Reserve Officers association, and States Rights presidential candidate in 1948, spoke to day in Guion Hall on the im portance of reserve officers in today’s world. Information Dedication Formal dedication of the Agri culture Information center Friday afternoon ended the three-day an nual staff conference of the Agri culture Experiment station and opened a new era in Texas agri culture. About 200 persons attended the open house, which was tape re corded by KPRC of Houston. Guests included agriculture editors from nearly every major news paper in Texas. Chancellor M. T. Harrington said the opening of the Agriculture Information center would bring information developed by the A&M System closer to Texas farmers. He was the principal speaker at the dedication ceremony. Eliminating two separate of fices, the center makes it possible to do all gathering, printing and mailing of agricultural informa tion under one roof. Information from the center is sent to 500 weekly newspapers and Fairbanks Boy Killed Near Bryan A 7-year-old Negro boy, Em mett Paley of Fairbanks, was killed about 7:45 p.m. Sunday, when hit by an automobile one mile north of Bryan on highway 6. The boy was dead on arrival at Bryan hospital. The car was driv en by a serviceman’s wife who was on her way to Waco from High lands. Investigating authorities said that the Paley car had stalled. They were attempting to push it off the highway. The boy ran from behind the car into the line of on coming traffic. Non-Reg Senator Filing Now Open Filing opened yesterday for non-military, student senator from dormitory 5. Friday is the deadline for the filing, which can be done in the Student Activities office, Goodwin hall. The election will be Tuesday, Nov. 3, in the dormitory 5 lounge. Students must have sophomore classification, with a grade point ratio of 1.00 or more to be eligible, Senators must be willing to serve for two semesters. Horticulture Office Flooded by Water No damage was done by the flooding of the horticulture office in the agriculture building Mon day morning. It was an accident, said G. W. Adriance, head of the horticulture department. A pipe on the bottom of the radiator in Adriance’s office was broken by someone standing on it while trying to open a window. Water covered part of the floor but students and professors of the horticulture department cleaned it up before any damage was done. Center F riday 100 daily newspapers in Texas, 80 farm publications over the nation, all wire services, commercial com panies, two firms in New York City where the news is translated for use in South America; and re leases have been quoted in the French Press Service. The center was remodeled from the old horse barns at a cost of $64,000. It houses both the editorial offices of the Agriculture Experi ment station and the Agriculture Extension service. POLL WILL DETERMINE FATE OF SEATING PLAN Robertson Hit by Car; Doing Fine Ledford H. (Dickie) Rob ertson was “doing- fine” this morning at the college hospit al and is still under observa tion. He was hit by a car at the north gate Sunday night. The accident occurred about 7:15 p.m. Paul E. Harrison, driver of the car which hit Robertson, was coming from a show in town with Herbert Helm. Another occupant of the car was George Camamis, who was hitch hiking in Bryan and caught a ride with Harrison. Harold Wiedmann and Garey Hendricks arrived immediately af ter Robertson was hit, and helped administer first aid to him. The college hospital’s emergency car arrived about 15 minutes after the accident and carried Robertson to the hospital. Harrison said he was moving slowly since he was going to stop for the light at the intersection and turn right. He said he just got a glance at Robertson who was stepping from behind a car. “I didn’t think I even hit him. I didn’t hear any thing.” But he said he stopped immediately because he wasn’t sure. Robertson is a sophomore from Benavides, and in battery L of the field artillery. Errol Flynn Non-Reg Senators Poll Movie Shows Tonight “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” starring Errol Flynn, will be shown at 7:30 tonight in the Memorial Stu dent Center ballroom. This is the second presenta tion of the A&M Film society. Season tickets are on sale at the main desk of the MSC and at the Student Activities of fice in Goodwin hall. They are one dollar. The Basic Division - I Students This Week By JERRY BENNETT Battalion Co-Editor A new move to help solve the Kyle Field seating problem was taking shape today which might abolish separting non military students by academic classification in their stadium seating section. Student Senator S. J. Smith, seating committee chair man, announced he would start a poll among non-military stu dents to determine if they want to keep their section divided according to academic standing. Student senators representing non-military students would conduct the poll. Smith wants the poll completed by 5 p.m. Friday. If non-military students vote against segregation, they +will be allowed to sit anywhere Instructors Help Troubled Students By JERRY ESTES Basic Division Editor (Ed. Note: This is the first of a series of articles explain ing the facilities of A&M’s Basic Division.) The Basic Division has tests de signed to help any student having any kind of trouble—including girl problems. Anyone, upperclassman or under classman, who has educational. From Horses To Lizards Mud, Cold Discourage Crowd at CHS Pet Show By JON KINSLOW Battalion City Editor The things that could have really won prizes at the A&M Consolidat ed school’s dog and pet show last night were polar bears and ducks. One-hundred and eighty seven pets paraded in 57-degree weather over the muddy turf of Tiger field. Wet feet and shivering people were a common sight at the show, spon sored by the Mom and Dads club. More than 1,400 tickets were sold, but there were only about 1,000 people at the show, said Nel son Durst, business manager. No official count of tickets was made, although numbered programs were distributed at the gate. The program numbers were used for a grand-prize drawing. Mrs. Ed Ivy won the prize, a pressure cooker donated by Sorenson Hard ware. . Durst said more than $285 was collected from the sale of tickets. Adult tickets were 25 cents and children’s tickets were 10 cents. A concession stand was also open. Candy, made by the mothers, was sold during the show and the remainder later auctioned off. The field was so wet that any one using the public address sys tem had to wear a rubber glove to avoid being shocked. During the candy auction, the auctioneer acci dentally touched the microphone with his lip. The auction was mo mentarily halted. Among the unusual pets were a snake, lizards, tropical fish, a ground squirrel and a young alli gator. News Briefs Fish Drill Team Selects Members Thirty-nine first year cadets have been chosen for the Freshman Drill team. An elimination left 39 cadets out of the 170 who reported for the in itial tryouts last week. A commander has not been chosen for the group yet. He will be selected for his ability in commanding, bearing, command voice and posture, said Capt. J. C. Brusse, sponsor of the jfeeam. NO MSC DANCING classes will be held this week. Manning Smith, instructor of the class, is in Chica go attending a dance festival. Classes will resume Tuesday Nov. 3. * * • * WILLIAM McCULLEY, mathe matics department, will speak on “How You Can Use Dianetics” to the floriculture and landscape architecture society Nov. 3. * * * THE UNION CARBIDE and Carbon corporation is sponsoring a senior technical scholarship pro gram here. The college will select the winner of the scholarship. It will cover tuition for a full year, plus $200 for books and fees. * * * GRANT A. MORRISON, senior agriculture education major from Mercedes, was operated on for an emergency appendectomy Saturday morning in Bryan hospital. His condition is good and he should be back at school in two weeks, ac cording to the doctors. * * * THE ACCIDENT Prevention committee will meet at 4 p. m. Tuesday in the YMCA to report on last year’s work and to discuss plans for this year. * * * RESEARCH in the aircraft in dustry will be discussed by Charles Rutledge, staff engineer for the Boeing airplane company, in the | lecture room of the Biological Sciences building Thursday, talk is open to the public. The FORTY DIRECTORS of the American Brahman Breeders as sociation held their quarterly meet ing Monday in the MSC. Included on the program were reports from two projects of the association in which the A&M system is partici pating. * * * HENRY D. SMITH, field in structor for the fireman training AF Contract Checks Due Any Day 9 Air Force ROTC contract checks for the month of Sept ember are expected any day. The air force has adopted a quarterly pay system based upon a fiscal year beginning in January, said Capt. J. N. Hoffman, air force ROTC ad jutant. Formerly the pay system was based upon the school year which begins in Septem ber. To make this new change, a check will be received for September. The next check will be issued in January. division of the Engineering Ex tension service, is now conducting a basic fire training school for 20 men in Pasadena. The month train ing period began Oct. 19. THE ACTIVITIES and programs of the Engineering Extension ser vice were discussed by E. L. Wil liams, vice-director, at a meeting of the Brazos county chapter of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers. The group consists of college engineering instructors and practicing engineers. * * * THE MEDICAL COLLEGE ad mission test will now be held at College Station instead of Waco as originally planned. The test will be Nov. 2, and the tickets to take the test in Waco will be good here. * * * DR. JOHN M. SKRIVANEK, professor of modern languages, has been invited by the Armed Forces Institute to serve on a panel for the selection of beginning Russian text books. Dr. Skrivanek teaches Russian and Czech here. DR. J. R. JOHNSTON, assistant director of the Agriculture Experi ment Station, and E. C. Brown of the agriculture engineering de partment are representing A&M at the Cotton Mechanization con ference in Gadsen, Ala., Oct. 28-30. None of the pets were lost dur ing the show, but one small boy waited 30 minutes until his mother found him. Prizes were awarded in 13 classes of animals. Don Vestal, ringmaster, said, “I just don’t see how you can judge lizards against birds.” The winners in each class are as follows: Dogs, pure-bred, large short- haired: Janet Davids, first, Judy and Julie Cole, second; Thomas Moore, third; Susan Caudill, fourth. Pure-bred, large, long-haired: J. Pewthers, first; Merrill Dumont jr., second; Jack Fugate, third; Winston Cummings, fourth. Pure-bred, small, long-haired: Karen Crawford, first; Mike Bloom, second; Susan Stevenson, third; June Bearden, fourth. Pure-bred, small, short-haired: Tommy and Diana Bertrand, first; Ricky Jo Daniels, second; Anna Kristine Craig, third; Jerry Hol land, fourth. Heinz Variety Winners Heinz variety, large, long-hair ed: Pat Thompson, first; Darnell Cunningham, second; Roy Collins, third; John V. Perry III, fourth. Heinz variety, large, short-hair ed: Bill Jones, first (unopposed). Heinz variety, small, long-hair ed: D. K. Pewthers, first; Merle Murehead, second; David Murphy, third; Scotty Manning, fourth. Heinz variety, small, short-hair ed: John Berry, first; Tommy Let- better, second; Joe White, third; Fred Brison, fourth. Cats: Lynn Ann Morris, first; Necia K. Varner, second; Char- maine Meier, third; Sara K. Wright, fourth. Rabbits and Miscellaneous Rabbits: Kathleen Vestal, first; Judy Hord, second; Ann Avera, third; Don Aver*a, fourth. Miscellaneous: Winona Garret, Mary Francis Baddget, Harvey Fails, Robert DuBose, David Kent, Marion Harris, Howard Mitchell, David Gay, Tom Moore, Bob White, Gene and Kathy Sperry, Suzanne Medlen, Earnest Brown, Janet Ber ry, Duke Butler, tie for first. Pets over 100 pounds: Johnie Smith and Ida Lou Felty, tie for first; Sue Bernard and Diane Par sons, tie for second; David Smith, Dorthy and Hary McCluky, tie for third; Roy LaMotte and Jud Rog ers, tie for fourth. Special tricks: Ida Lou Dunn first. vocational or personal problems may receive help from Basic Divi sion counselors. The student talks over his pro blems with a counselor. If the counselor thinks a test is needed, or if the student wants to evaluate himself, an examination is given. Robert E. Miller, professional test expert administers the tests. Miller then gives the student an interpretation of the results. Study Habits Educational examinations are given to help students who are fail ing in school, who have trouble with their study habits or other problems pertaining, to scholastic progress. Vocational testing includes apti tude problems, interest problems or any other difficulty in choosing a field of study. Personal problems include all those not falling into the first two categories. These include financial, family, girl or other difficulties in the student’s life. “A&M has as good a testing set up as I have seen and takes the program more seriously than most schools,” Miller said. Over 100 types of examinations are available, including the famous Rorschach ink blot personality test.” Aggie Rifle Team Wins by 9 Points A&M’s rifle team slipped past Baylor by nine points, 1364-1355, Friday night to post their second win of the season in two starts. Howard Mims was again high scorer for the Aggies, with 283 of a possible 300. Guy Andrews was second with 274. Becker led the Bears with 278. The six man team for the Ag gies was Mims, Andrews, Allen, Gayden, Ferrel and Durrill. The top five scores are counted. The Aggies’ next match will be with SMU Nov. 7 prior to the A&- M - SMU football game. Following are the A&M scores: Mims, 283; Andrews, 274; Fed- dell, 272; Gayden, 271; Allen, 264. Weather Today they wish in their section. Under this year’s Kyle field seating plan, non-military stu dents are separated like the cadets. Each class has certain rows in the non-military section where it can sit. These students are separated from the cadet corps which has a section of its own. Smith’s action developed after non-military students complained about the seating arrangement. Some thought that they should not be told where to sit in their sec tion. Others believed that students enrolled here the longest should get the best seats. They claimed that underclassmen were sitting in upperclassmen’s seats. Students have bitterly ar gued the problem throughout the campus and in The Battalion’s Let ters to the Editor column. Smith explained the seating ar rangement was made for two rea sons. The main purpose was to give the non-military students a place of their own to sit during the football games. No non-students or cadets would be allowed in this section. Best Seats The other purpose was to divide seating according to the students’ academic classification so that the upperclassmen would get the best seats. Smith said the seating com mittee thought most non-military students would favor segregation. Seating cards were given to these students. Their purpose was to distinguish a student from a non student. Anyone not wearing a card could not sit in that section. The cards also showed on which rows each class would sit. Smith said that cards would still be used to separate students from non-students if the class barriers are removed. The cards would help the com mittee determine how much seat ing space non-military students should have, Smith said. He ex plained the committee could now only guess on how many seats to give them, Smith explained. “Understand that I am making no apologies for the actions of the student senate or its committee on seating,” Smith said. “We acted, we thought, as the majority of stu dents concerned would have wanted us to act. If the poll proves that we were wrong, they will make new plans,” he said. Smith outlined the following points which favor doing away with a segregated section: Not Guaranteed Non-military freshmen and soph- omores are not guaranteed better seats in the future. Non-military students have a different seating arrangement each year. Separation by academic classifi cation has its problems. Some stu dents have returned to A&M after leaving school for several semes ters. They may be sophomores. But the students they enrolled with are now seniors. They want to sit with their old friends. But they can’t. Under the academic classi fication rule, they must sit with the sophomores. The present rule actually does! not give the best seats to student# (See NON-MILITARY, Page 2) CLEAR Clear and cool today. Cold again tonight with temperatures in the upper 40’s. High yesterday 70. Low this morning 46. High today 75. Pengelley Is Now Ship-Board Editor Allen Pengelley, former A&M journalism major, is now editor of the “Champ” a weekly publication on the aircraft carrier U S S Lake Champlain. A junior from Houston, he was employed during the summer by the Tyler Couier - Times before entering the service. The “Champ” is a four-page tab loid newspaper published aboard ship by the lithographic procesi.