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PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE { ^ y v , ^
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), T?xas, TUESDAY, DECEMBER^I6rf953|y^
Number 160: Volume 53
Published By
A&M Students
For 75 Years
Arts and Sciences Council
Price Five Cents
For improvement of School
The committee on evaluation of
the School of Arts and Sciences
submitted last night a long list of
suggestions dealing with physical
facilities, instructors and curricul
um, examinations and extra-curric
ular activities.
Changes and suggestions made
by committee chairman John Sam
uels concerning physical facilities
of the School of Arts and Sciences
included new and more comfortable
seats in the Academic building,
better use of existing natural light
sources and more and better stu
dent rest room facilities.
Recommend Shack Razing
The temporary class room area
(Shacks) were recommended by the
group for destruction.
However, the committee recog
nized the need for the Shacks be
cause no other classroom space is
available at present. Therefore
the group-suggested a list of im
provements in the wooden build
ings.
Heating and ventilating prob
lems were noted as one source of
student discomfort. Bad seating
arrangements and lighting were al
so mentioned as sources of irrita
tion to students. The committee
recommended action be started as
soon as possible to remedy these
situations.
Cushing Library came in for a,
large share of the committee’s re
port.
Citing air conditioning as a nec
essary factor in getting students
to use the library, the group also
suggested more and better lighting,
and larger seating capacity.
Move Browsing Room
A suggestion was made by the
committee to move the Asbury
reading room to the first floor of
the library to make it more readily
available to students.
This move would encom-age
browsing by students just passing
by the library, the committee
thought.
A&M Debaters Win
Largest Tourney
A&M’s John Samuels and Ken
Scott tied with the University of
Houston team for top honors in the
senior division of the A&M De
bate tournament Friday and Satur
day.
It was the largest debate tourna-
Inent ever held on the campus.
Forty-four teams representing 12
rolleges and universities competed.
The A&M and University of
Houston teams each had five wins
and one loss.
The U. H. team was given the
trophy since A&M was host to the
tournament.
Samuels, president of the MSC
council, is a senior economics major
from Galveston. Scott is a junior
majoring in electric engineering.
The winners of the junior divis
ion were two teams from Baylor
university, which tied for the title
with six wins and no losses each.
Other A&M students who partici
pated in the tournament were Bud
Whitne^, Johnny Wilson, Ken Hall,
Page Morgan, Dick McGowan,
Venis Redmon and Joe Dotson.
Banquet Held
After the tournament, 20 com
petitors attended a banquet in the
assembly room of the MSC.
At the close of the meal, Richard
Black, John Chapman, Charlie
Briggs and two students from Bay
lor discussed “Attacking problems
and proceedures of congressional
committees” and “How to improve
the practices of such a committee.”
At the close of the banquet, Ken
Scott, president of the Debate
club, presented the awards to the
winners.
Directors of the tournament
were John D. Ebbs and Victor
Western Band,
Magician Win
Talent Show
The dorm 16 Playboys and
Dean Duncan, the magician,
were the winners of the Aggie
Talent show Friday night.
They will represent A&M in
the Intercollegiate Talent show
here March 19 in Guion hall.
Playboy members are Sanford
Kinard, from Marlin; Bill Bare-
field from Del Rio; Bob Cargile
from Atlanta; and Walter Miers
from Rotan. Duncan is from San
A ntonio.
Judges for the talent show were
Lt. Col. E. V. Adams, Bill Turner,
and C. K. Esten.
The attendance was better than
last year and I hope the turn out
will be just as large for the In
tercollegiate show,” said Margret
Long, program consultant for the
Memorial Student Center.
Plans for the Intercollegiate
show are being made now and will
include all colleges in the South-
west conference plus Oklahoma
university and Oklahoma A&M.
Weather Today
Clear and cold today and to
night. Partly cloudy and cold to
morrow. High yesterday 50. Low
this morning 28,
Wiening of the English depart
ment. j,
Among colleges and universities
attending were Abilene Christian
college, Southwest Texas college,
Baylor university Rice institute,
San Antonio Junior college, Step
hen F. Austin college, the Univer
sity of Texas, Whardon junior col
lege, Del Mar Junior college, Coi’-
pus Christi university, the Univer
sity of Houston and A&M.
w ho Selected;
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SLL Discusses
Robbins Speaks
To Kiwanis
Installation
Raymond Robbins, trustee
of Kiwanis International, will
deliver the principal address
at the annual installation of
officers banquet tonight in
the Memorial Student Center.
Robbins was the first president
of the Athens Kiwanis club. He has
a 25 year perfect attendance re
cord. In 1938 he was elected
lieutenant governor of the Texas
Oklahoma district. Five years later
he served as governor of the dis
trict.
Robbins is active in the
church, business and community.
He is an elder in the Presbyterian
church and was president of the
men’s convention, Synod of Texas,
Presbyterian church in 1949.
He is also in the East Texas
Chamber of Commerce, having i’e-
cently been elected for a three year
term as director. He has served
as director for the Texas division
of the American Cancer society.
Robbins has spoken for many
service clubs and churches through
out East Texas.
Concerning use of the library,
the committee felt the faculty could
improve this program by including
more outside required reading to
supplement textbooks.
In the portion of their report
dealing with instructors and cur
riculum, the committee was of the
opinion that the college does not
allow its faculty members time
enough to do research.
Faculty members are burdened
by an excessive number of classes
and cannot therefore take time to
write papers for submission to
journals relating their fields, the
report said.
Hits Minimum Law
The committee hit violently the
state law which sets the minimum
size of college classes and recom
mended that the law be abolished
as “absurd.”
A list of courses to be used in
registration should include the
name of the instructor teaching
the course, was the opinion of the
committee.
Samuels said the group felt it
was unwarranted that departments
would not submit their instructors
to a sort of popularity poll. The
committee felt that a student would
choose the instructor from whom
he would receive the most enlight
enment.
In addition, the group felt the
departments were displaying a
lack of faith in their instructors by
maintaining such a system.
The committee suggested that
departments review their lists of
required courses and modernize
them by dropping or changing
courses.
Compulsory Attendance Attacked
Students at A&M resent com
pulsory attendance, said Samuels,
and according tq the committee,
therefore the plaij should be abol
ished. The- committee decided that
in most cases, students who do hot
consistently attend class are not
deserving of a, college education
anyway.
In addition, the group felt many
qualified students were discouraged
by A&M’s disciplines and rules,
especially compulsory attendance
(See A&S COUNCIL, Page 2)
Battalion Editors Oppose
SLC Motion at Meeting
Battalion Co-Editors Ed Holder and Jerry Bennett op
posed a Student Life committee motion last night to appoint
a group which will decide if standing committees are needed
for Student Publications and yell leaders.
The motion was passed. Holder and Bennett were the
only Student Life members present to vote against it. Ben
nett argued that such action might lead to censorship of the
press. T. B. Fields was absent during the voting.
Chairman Joe Sorrels presented the matter to the Stu
dent Life committee at its monthly meeting in the Memorial
Student Center. Carroll Phillips moved that the group be
appointed. Jerry Ramsey seconded the motion.
Sorrels will appoint t h e t
group from members of the
Student Life committee. Es
tablishing these committees
would require an amendment
in the Student Life constitution.
If the members whom Sorrels
appoints approve forming the com
mittees, they will present a. pro
posed amendment at the next Stu
dent Life meeting in January. They
would also decide on the commit
tee’s membership and duties.
The Battalion editors turned
thumbs down against the naotion
after Bennett failed to table it be
fore it came to a vote. They asked
why a publications committee was
being considered.
Two Groups
C. G. (Spike) White, Student
Life secretary and director of Stu
dent Activities said that he had
been visited by two groups who
criticized Student Publications.
White then admitted that The Bat
talion was the only publication
that had been criticized.
He said that two other persons
had visited him separately to crit
icize The Battalion. Some of these
people were members of The Stu
dent Life committee, he said.
White said their complaipts con
cerned “What is good for A&M.”
See BATT DISCUSSED, Page 2)
News Briefs
ARTHUR (JUDGE) Stewart, as
sociate professor of business ad
ministration, reported to the Col
lege Station Lions club yesterday
on a poll of Texas citizens con
cerning their attitudes toward
lawyers. Stewart also showed a
color film entitled “With Benefit
of Counsel.”
FIRST LT. ROBERT B. Lan
caster of College Station will
command the recently activated
20th Communications construction
flight at Donaldson Air Force Base.
He was formerly assistant opera
tions officer of the 57th communi
cations squadron at Donaldson.
THE TEXAS FERTILIZER con
ference short course will be held
Jan. 7-8 in the Memorial Student
Center. F. W. Hensel, assistant di
rector said about 125 people will
attend the course.
LT. COL. REBERT E. Mitchell
of Comfort was recently named
Selections Completed
On Second Ballot
The Student Life committee named 26 seniors last night
to Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities.
It was one of the shortest sessions in the history of the
committee for any meeting during which Who’s Who selec
tions were made. The committee met at 4:30 p.m., dismissed
an hour from 6:30 to 7:30 for dinner, and adjourned shortly
after 9 p.m.
There were 19 votes cast on the first ballot, and 17 on
the second. Taylor Wilkins, assistant commandant, and Bar-
low (Bones) Irvin, athletic director, were absent on the sec
ond ballot.
There were 10 selections made on the first ballot, and
the remaining 16 on the sec
ond ballot. Students receiv
ing three-fourths majority on
the first ballot were elected,
and students receiving a ma
jority vote on the second tally were
elected.
C. G. (Spike) White, director of
student activities, said the keys
which the Who’s Who selection^'
will receive will be purchased b^"
student activities, and awarded at a
later date, probably dmlng the
spring semester.
Names of the Who’s Who selec
tions will be published in the book
entitled “Who’s Who in American
College and Universities,” which is
printed at Alabama university.
There wei’e 15 corps students
named and 11 non-corps students.
Corps students named to Who’s
Who and their qualifications were:
Jerrell Bennett: co-editor of
The Battalion; co-managing editor
of The Battalion; member of Stu
dent Life Committee; MSC Council;
Arts and Sciences Council; Journal
ism club; Phi Eta Sigma; Town
Hall selection committee; Commen
tator staff; president and secretary
of the Southwest Journalism con-
Oregon State Civil Service com- gress; Southwest Conference
mission by Dec. 21. Students
graduating by spring or summer
or 1954 are eligble to apply.
commanding officer of the 45th
Infantry division’s 160th Field
Artillery battalion in Korea. He
was graduated from A&M in 1938.
THE LAND OF LAKES club
will have its Christmas dance
Dec. 26 at the Hostess House in
Lampassas. The Tom Rena Trio
Will play for the dance.
SECOND LT. BIBB A. Under
wood of Shreveport, La., recently
arrived in Korea for duty as re
gimental troop information and
education officer with the 25th
Infantry division. Underwood was
graduated from A&M in 1952.
A&M GRADUATES with majors
in sciences relating to fisheries or
ecology are eligible to apply for
Aquatic Biologist I examinations.
Applicants must be turned in to the
From Smallest to Largest
Yet Hospital Is Well Equipped
By MARTIN COLLEY
Battalion Staff Writer
One of the most modern and well
equiped veterinary hospitals in the
United States opened its doors for
patients Nov. 2, when the depar-t-
ment of veterinary medicine and
surgery moved into the new A&M
veterinary hospital.
Formal dedication will be Janu
ary 24.
“With the opening of this hospi
tal our school is second to none in
the country” said W. W. Arm-
istead, dean of the School of Vet-
4 erinary Medicine.
Armistead added that the new
hospital will greatly improve the
opportunities for teaching and will
be of much benefit to the veteri
nary medicine students.
The $700,000 hospital was de
signed for the convenience of
everyone, from students and doc
tor’s down to the smallest animal
patient.
The hospital is divided into two
sections for receiving and treating
animals. The east wing is for small
animals and the west wing for
larger farm animals. It operates
like a large hospital for humans.
The small animal clinic, capable
of boarding 150 small animals, has
a receiving room where a student is
on duty to receive and diagnose
animals brought in for treatment.
An animal requiring hospitali
zation is put in a ward for observa
tion and care. Animals With com
municable diseases are placed in
isolation wards.
Also included in the small animal
clinic is a special dietitian’s kitchen
where the different rations requir
ed for a kennel of dogs are pre
pared.
A new $20,000 dollar x - ray
machine, capable of taking normal
x-ray pictures and strong enough
to treat animals with s-ray rays
was added to the equipment in the
large animal clinic. This machine
is the only one of its kind in this
section of the country.
Eighty animals can be cared for
at one time in the section for
handling large farm animals.
Stables connected to the hospital
have space for 60 animals, with an
additional 20 outside pens adjoin
ing the stables.
The stables are connected to the
hospital with a fenced, covered
runway to bring animals in for
ti’eatment in ■ bad weather.
The middle section of the hospi
tal was designed to serve both the
small animals and the large an
imals. A diagnostic laboratory is
maintained for taking blood tests
and developing x-rays. A pharmacy
is available for preparing medi
cines.
Including in the building is a
150-seat amphitheather. It is equip
ped with television conduits that
will make possible the televising
of any lecture, operation or im
portant meeting.
Plans for the future include hav
ing the entire school of veterinary
medicine located around the hospi
tal.
Sportsmanship committee;' cadet
1st Lt.; cadet master sgt. corps
staff; public information sat in
junior year; president A&M Film
Society.
James L. Blaine: cadet corporal
(ASL); best drilled sophomore in
company: most outstanding sopho
more in 7th regiment; cadet staff
sgt. in junior year; cadet captain;
freshman track letterman; two
year varsity track letterman; three
year cross-country letterman; cap
tain of cross-country team in 1953;
vice president “T” association, ’53;
treasurer of Alpha Zeta, ’53; Op
portunity Award holder; cross
country conference champion two
years.
Bobby K. Boyd: president of
senior court; cadet colonel; Ross
Volunteers; Phi Eta Sigma; Gen.
George S. Patton Military scholar
ship; outstanding sophomore in
company; outstanding cadet at
summer camp; DMS.
Tillotson B. Field: student sen
ate ’53-’54; Student Life Commit
tee, ’52-’53, ’53-’54; cadet captain;
president of junior class ’52-’53;
(See WHO’S WHO, Page 2)
MSC Sets Shorter
Holiday Schedule
NEW HOSPITAL — A&M’s new veterinary hospital will be formally dedicated Jan. 24.
The hospital, which is considered one of the most modern in the country, is designed to
serve patients from the smallest dog to the largest horse.
Best Home
Decorations
Will Gel $30
Three College Station homes
wnth the best Yuletide decora
tions will be awarded $30 in
cash prizes by the College
Station Development associa
tion.
A prize of $15 will be given
for first place, $10 for second,
and $5 for third.
A judging committee will be
selected tonight at the cham
ber of commerce meeting.
The Memorial Student Center
will be closed Dec. 25-27, said J.
Wayne Stark, director of the MSC.
Guest rooms will close at 3 p.
m. Sunday and remain closed until
Jan. 3. The rest of the Center will
operate on an abbreviated schedule.
“This schedule will satisfactoi’ily
accomodate the people that are
here during the holidays,” Stark
said. “Also, the overhead of the
MSC is so high that it will be more
ecomomical to operate on such a
schedule.”
The MSC will resume its regular
schedule Jan. 4.
Stark I’eleased the following
schedule:
Dec. 19 Gift shop, 7 a. m. to 1
n. m.; bowling alley, 9 a. m. to 1
p. m. barber shop, 8 a. m. to 1 p.
m.; MSC offices, 8 a. m. to 12 p. m.,
fountain room, 7 a. m. to 1 p. m.
Dec. 20; dining room, 11:30 a.
m. to 1:30 p .m.
Dec. 21-24; gift shop, 8:30 a. m.
to 5 p. m. i
Dec. 28-31; fountain room, 9:30
a. m. to 3:30 p. m.; MSC offices,
8 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Jan 1: dining room, 6 p. m. to
9 p. m.
Jan. 2; dining room, 8 a. m. to
2 p. m. and 5 p. m. to 8:30 p. m.;
gift shop, 9 a. m. to 1 p. m.; MSC
offices, 8 a. m. to 12 p. m.
Jan 3: dining room, 8 a. m. to
10 a. m. and 12 p. m. to 2 p. m.;
fountain room, 3 p. m. to 11 p. m.
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Athletic Council
To Study Football
The Athletic council will discuss
A&M’s football program for the
coming year at 10 a. m. Thursday
in the Memorial Student Center.
The committee also will act upon
recommendations for letter awards
in football and cross country track,
said W. L. Penberthy, chairman.
Other members on the committee
are J. P. Abbott, W. W. Armistead,
H. C. Dillingham, E. D. Parnell,
T. R. Timm, Price Campbell, Jake
Hamblen, Dick Harris and Bill
B rucks.