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Number 142: Volume 53
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), Texas, TUUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1953
Price Five Cents
Group Meets Soon
To Discuss A&M
Safety Problems
A&M’s accident prevention com
mittee will lay plans for this year’s
work at their Nov. 17 meeting.
At the meeting committee mem
bers will heai' recommendations for
accident prevention and decide on
appropriate action, said Bennie
Zinn, committee chairman.
The committee reviewed last
year’s work and recommended
several needed safety measures at
its last meeting, Oct. 27.
“The committee has received
excellent cooperation from various
individuals and organizations, and
much has been accomplished,” said
Zinn.
Among the accomplishments he
listed were the installation of traf
fic signs, parking changes, road
repairs, stairway and plaster re
pairs, electrical fixture repairs,
picking up glass from the grounds
and cautions about hazards.
Some recommendations requir
ing consideration and approval of
otfier groups are now under con
sideration, Zinn said.
The present committee was ap
pointed in September, 1952. At the
same time similar committees were
appointed in the other branches of
the A&M system.
The committee was first formed
iy Gibb Gilchrist, former chancel
lor. He appointed a single, sys
tem-wide committee composed of
one person from each branch of the
system.
The college committee is com
posed of representatives from each
school of the college, safety ex
perts from the industrial education
and physical education depart
ments, a representative from the
physical plants, the cadet colonel
©f the corps, the co-editors of The
Battalion and the dean of men.
The group formed subcommit
tees to work in the different pro
blem areas such as buildings,
grounds, traffic, recreation and re-
creationaT acfTvitfes'.' These sub
committees make inspections to
look for safety hazards and make
recommendations for removing
them.
“The degree to which we succeed
in making A&M safer will depend
upon the active support and co
operation of all A&M people,”
Zinn said.
The membes of the committee
are Zinn, Welcome E. Wright, Roy
C. Garrett, E. B. Middleton, C. E.
Tishler, C. M. Simmang, A. A.
Price, W. H. Badgett, R. L.
Melcher, Fred Mitchell, Jerry Ben
nett and Ed Holder.
Five Students "Fold
To Leave School
Five students were asked to
leave school Monday for violations
of college regulations.
Two of them were charged with
forging checks with someone else’s
fiame in order to collect money.
One student was charged with
failing to comply with the directive
of the dean of men’s office to keep
his car off the campus. He is
appealing his case to a faculty
panel.
One student was suspended and
one was dismissed on morals
charges.
$2,900 Donated
To Chest Drive
Since Nov. 2
The Community Chest has
received $2,900 since the drive
started Nov. 2.
This amount is from five
districts and is not complete
said Fred J. Benson, chairman of
the drive. Almost complete re
ports will be turned in tomorrow
afternoon at the meeting of the
Chest committee, he said.
“The percentage of contributions
in some departments is running
pretty low,” Benson said. “If the
$2,900 is any indications of what
the drive will be, then I don’t think
we will make our goal.”
He did not know if the drive
would be extended if the goal is
not made. Deadline is now Satur
day, and the goal is $13,070.
“When we get the reports to
morrow we will be better able to
tell whether of not we will make
our goal,” said Benson.
THANK YOU—Fred J. Benson, Community Chest chair
man, receives a check from Pioneer airlines, presented by
Stewardess Gladys Greer of Dallas. Chest Committee
Member Robert A. Houze looks on. The College Station
drive is now in its second week, with Nov. 14 set as the
deadline.
Navy Crewmen Star
In ‘Mr. Roberts’
By CHUCK NEIGHBORS
Battalion Managing Editor
For their first play of the year,
the Aggie Players overcame diffi
cult staging problems to put on
one of the best C. K. Esten-directed
shows this writer has seen here in
three years.
Acting honors go universally to
News Briefs
CARVETH WELLS, West Coast
commentator, explorer and author,
will speak to the College Station-
Bryan Knife and Fork club at 7:30
tonight in Maggie Paiker’s Din
ing hall in Bryan. Wells hks also
been an engineer, railroad builder
and professor.
if. He *
B. IT. DEWEY, state representa
tive from Bryan, spoke to the Col
lege Station Lions club yesterday
on the record of the 53rd legisla
ture. Dewey is a Bryan attorney,
and was the author of two bills and
co-author of one.
A GRASS FIRE at highway 6
and Kyle streets at 1:30 p. m. yes-?
terday was put out before any
damage was done. Cause of the fire
was undetermined.
* * *
ONE HUNDRED and thirty
Texas bankers have registered for
the third annual Texas Farm and
Ranch Credit School for Commer
cial Bankers to be held here Dec.
6-9. The school is sponsored by the
School of Agriculture.
* * *
THE PRESIDENT of the Pusan,
Korea, A&M club, Col. Gordon E.
Roberts, has been awarded an oak
leaf cluster to his Legion of Merit
for “exceptionally meritorious con
duct” with the prisoner of war
command. Roberts was chief of the
organized reserve corps before his
assignment to Korea.
RECENTLY graduated from the
U. S. navy pre-flight school were
John B. Puckett, Brownsville, and
James W. Persons, Rusk. Both are
A&M former students. They will
now be stationed at Whiting Field,
Milton, Fla., for primary flight
training.
* * *
A FIRST SOLO flight was made
recently by Thomas C. Cox, Belton,
now in training at navy flight
school. He is an A&M former stu
dent.
the members of the crew of the
U.S. Navy Cargo Ship AK 601
with special mention individually
going to Rick Black, who plays
Mr. Roberts and to Carthell Perdue,
who portrays Doc, the ship’s medic.
Staging the play was difficult
because of the number of times
scenery had to be changed in each
act.
Both acts have six scenes.
Scenes include the main deck
with a cargo hatch and the cap
tain’s cabin entrance, Ensign Pul-
ver’s and Robert’s cabin, the cap
tain’s cabin and the enlisted mens’
compartment.
Through the able stage direction
“of Rudy Stanislav, the play wa's
interrupted only a short time while
scenery was changed /between
scenes.
Harry Gooding, the venerable
Aggie Player who has appeared in
many local shows during recent
years, turned in a fine performance
as the captain of the AK 601.
A character similar to that of
Captain Queeg in “Caine Mutiny”
dominates the captain of the rusty
old AK 601.
' He is a complete tyrant as far
as his men are concerned and it is
the battle between he and Mr. Rob
erts which makes the play.
“Mr. Roberts” has many truly
comic scenes, not the least of which
is the appearance on board ship
of one of the nurses the crew has
been spying on through telescopes
and binoculars.
All of the action in the play takes
place aboard the ship.
However, effective use is made
of offstage sounds and of a public
address system similar to the type
used on ships.
In moments when the play is not
showing the bald faced comedy of
the crew, it shows how boredom
can develop into one of the great
est enemies of any armed service.
The play will be shown again to
night at 8:15 in Guion hall. Ad
mission is 50 cents.
MSC Coiincil Orders
‘Hats O 0“ for Everyone
Reveille
Gets Lifetime
Food Supply
Reveille will get a life-time
supply of dog food—free.
The Kasco company will fur
nish the food for Reveille, pro
vided the company gets to use
the dog’s name in national ad
vertising of their dog food.
The offer was made by W.
V. Womack, a Kasco distribu
tor and uncle of F. E. (Sonny)
Tutt, junior animal husbandry
major from Hobbs.
Houston Parade
Details Arranged
Student Forum Added
To Center Directorate
The Memorial Student Center Council voted last night
to support a three-year-old corps regulation by forming a
policy against wearing hats in the MSC.
A cadet corps policy was formed in 1950, when the Cen
ter was opened, which ruled that all cadets must remove
their caps upon entering the building. The corps made the
rule because the Center was a memorial to A&M students
killed in war.
Until last night, the Council, which operates the MSC
and forms its policies, had never enforced the corps regula
tion.
The Council policy applies to everyone. It will be en~
^forced in three ways.
Assembly areas and times for
the Houston corps trip parade have
been set.
The band will unload their in
struments from the vans at 9:15
a.m. Saturday. At 9:20 a.m., all
color and guidon bearers and all
commanding officers will report to
the assembly area, and at 9:30 a.m.
the units will assemble. The pa
rade will start at 10 a.m., instead
of waiting an hour as was done on
previous corps trips, Roy Sullivan,
corps operations officer, said.
The corps will assemble on Bell
street. The corps staff and the
band will assemble one block east
of Main street. Assembly area for
the first composite regiment will
be two blocks east of Main street.
The first regiment will assemble
one block west of Main street, and
the first wing will assemble two
blocks west of Main street.
The reviewing stand will be op
posite the Gulf building, and the
band will be on Rusk street on the
west side of Main street.
The route of march will be along
Main street to Texas A ve. where a
right turn will be made, and then
down Texas Ave. to Fannin where
another right turn will be made
and then to the dismissal areas.
The first regiment will break up
on Clay street, the first wing on
Polk street, and the first composite
regiment on Dallas street.
Uniforms for the parade will be
class A winter with white gloves
and green overseas caps. Boots
and sabers will be worn.
The parade is to be graded.
Aggie headquarters for the corps
trip will be at the Rice Hotel.
Corps Dance Set
Friday in Houston
The first A&M corps dance to be
held in Houston since 1941, will be
Friday night at The Paladium on
Old Spanish Trail.
The dance will begin after the
freshman football game at Rice
Stadium. The Aggieland Orchestra
will play for the dance.
Tickets cost $1.50 a person and
$3 a couple and are on sale at
student activities in Goodwin hall.
Richard Black, persident of the
Houston home town club, is also
selling the tickets.
Four A&M former students are
sponsoring the dance. They are
Dick Gottlieb, Houston; Jim Bond,
Baytown; T. C. Brennen, Houston;
Mike Haikin, Houston.
Scholarships
Given to Four
A&M Students
4£pur students in the flori
culture and landscape archi
tecture department have re-
ceived scholarships and
awards.
James Winston Burns, a flori
culture major from Brownsville,
is the winner of the $500 F. W.
Hensel scholarship award, the
highest honor a student in the
floriculture and landscape architec
ture department can receive.
The Hensel scholarship, named
in honor of F. W. Hensel, former
head of the department, is spon
sored by the floriculture and land
scape architecture club from pro
fits of the student floral conces
sion.
The Tom J. Wolfe scholarship of
$250 was awarded to Albert E.
Cusick, floriculture major from
Galveston.
The Anderson Achievement
Award went to Thomas T. Brady,
floriculture student from Dallas.
The $150 award is based on
achievement and improvement.
The Van Valkenburg Award for
an outstanding student in land
scape architecture was granted to
James B. Good of Dallas. J. C.
Van Valkenburg, who presents the
award annually, is a landscape
architect in Dallas.
Juniors May Get
ROTC Contracts
The Army ROTC will have a
limited number of contracts to be
given at mid-term according to Col.
S. P. Myers, professor of Military
Science and Tactics.
Students not enrolled in Military
Science who are classified as a
junior with a minimum grade point
ratio of one should apply in Room
207, Military Science building.
Students enrolled in Military
Science should contact their senior
branch instructors.
• Cardboard signs asking
people to remove their hats,
will be placed at all entrances.
• Announcements will be
made at initial meetings of con
ferences They will ask attend
ants to observe the policy.
• Students will be asked to inform
their parents and friends of the
policy.
Jerry Bennett was the only
Council member to vote against the
regulation.
The Council voted to turn off all
MSC lights possible during silver
taps. It also moved to announce
Silver Taps over the Center’s P.A.
system. The announcement would
be made shortly before the cere
mony which honors A&M students
who recently have died or been
killed.
The Council voted to set up a
committee which would study add
ing a club, devoted to high fidelity
sound study, to the MSC director
ate. The organization is called the
audio club.
Council members voted unani
mously to add the Student Fonim
to the directorate and approved
Bub Whitney, Sqd. 21 sophomore,
as its chairman. Purpose of the
Student Forum is to bring famous
speakers to the campus.
Bob King was approved as the
new chairman of the music com
mittee. He replaces Holman King
who resigned because of low
grades.
Ken Hall told The Council he
had formed a committee to renew
the sex orientation program which
the MSC sponsored last year. Hall
said the program would be held
next semester. Members of h i s
committee are Jerry Mosely and
Jules Vieaux.
Councilman Carroll Phillips said
he was making plans to continue
the MSC etiquette program. The
Council voted to support bringing
television to the MSC. It will
start a special TV project to find
ways to get money for television
sets and decide where to install
them in the Center.
Speaking for the Browsing Li
brary committee, Mosley wanted to
discuss subscribing to The Daily
Wor-ker. The council decided to
postpone discussion until its next
meeting in December.
Missing Drill Field
Trees to Be Replaced
The trees missing from the main
drill field in front of the Memorial
Student Center will be replaced as
soon as the weather permits, said
A. F. DeWerth, head of the flori
culture and landscape architecture
department.
The trees were planted about
1923 in commemoration of A&M
former students who died in World
War I.
MSC Council
Probes Dianetics Study at A&M
REAL CRAZY!—Ray Anthony leans way back on a high
note Saturday night in Sbisa hall. This weekend's dance
marked the second appearance of the Anthony orchestra
at A&M. He was also here last year.
By JERRY BENNETT
Battalion Co-Editor
College officials must soon de
cide if they are supporting the
greatest advance in medical sci
ence or a cult which may have driv
en several of its members insane.
The Memorial Student Center
formed a committee last night to
find out if the study of dianetics
by a group of A&M students might
be harmful.
Dianetics teaches a thought pro
cess which is supposed to cure all
body and mental ills. It is prac
ticed throughout the nation. About
30 students are members of the
A&M group which is led by W. S.
McCulley of the mathematics de
partment. McCulley is also a mem
ber of the Board of Governors of
the Dianetics foundation.
The three man MSC Council
committee will meet later this week
with W. L. Penberthy, dean of men,
to discuss the matter. Committee
members are Jerry Mosely, Sam B.
Southwell of the English depart
ment and Jerry Bennett.
Disturbance Begins
The disturbance began after
Southwell told what he had found
out about dianetics. He warned
that the council “might be sticking
its neck out” if it continued to let
the group meet in the MSC.
Southwell said he had read sev
en out of eight articles which
condemned dianetics. Some ar
ticles said it was a hoax. Others
said it was dangerous. One claim
ed that it had caused several per
sons to go insane.
Southwell admitted he did not
understand how dianetics worked.
But he thought the magazines’
criticisms cast doubt on whether
the council should let people prac
tice dianetics in the MSC.
Dianetics “indicates something
not in our culture” Southwell said.
He reminded the council that the
MSC’s purpose was to promote cul
ture at A&M. He felt that if the
Center condoned dianetics “stu
dents may be confused as to what
our culture consists.”
Council President John Samuels
explained the council could not
stop the dianetics group from us
ing the MSC. He said Student Ac
tivities gives money to the
group. This meant dianetics was
recognized by the college. Sam
uels said the Center must let any
group, okayed by the college, meet
there.
Some council members still
thought dianetics should be inves
tigated. Some also thought the
word “investigate” was taboo in a
resolution. It might make people
think the council was against dia
netics.
So after moments of mental con
centration the Council solved its
problem. Here is its resolution.
“The council questions the rec
ognition of the dianetics group by
the college and requests the Pres
ident (Samuels) to set up a com
mittee to decide with the dean of
men the matter of evaluation of
this organization.”
No investigation would be held.
But the council was still going to
look into the matter.
Weather Today
Clear with light winds today and
tonight. High yesterday 58. Low
last night 33. Temperature at
noon today 60.