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PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1954
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EVERY DIME HELPS—Miss Jeanne Mickelsen, 15, of College Station, will leave March
1.0 for Warm Springs, Ga., to undergo treatment for polio. She was stricken with the
disease in August, 1952. The March of Dimes has taken complete charge of her case.
Jn Campus Visitors
Short Course Office
Increase
By DONALD YAGGI
Battalion Staff Writer
Today there is an average of
one short course offered on the
campus every week and this is ex
pected to imp-ease in the near
future.
The Short Course headquarters,
headed by F. W. (Bill) Hensel, is
constantly expanding its range of
courses. It is also now in the pro
cess of developing a system by
which each group will meet on the
same date every year to avoid con
flict with other meetings and stu
dent activities.
However, since most people who
attend these courses are business
Darling Elecled
FFA President
Glen Darling was elected presi
dent of the A&M Collegiate chapter
of the Future Farmers of America
last night.
James Norman was named out
standing senior for the year.
Other officers elected were
Frank Adamcik, vice-president;
Ray Kropp, secretary; Garret Card,
treasurer; Mel Holubec, sentinel.
Hollis Duke, advisor; Ray Wal
ker, reporter; Lester Smith, second
vice - president; Jack Thedford,
third vice president.
men, it is hard for the short course
headquarters to schedule them at
the same time each year because
of the men’s personal duties.
Almost all short com-ses and eon-
ferences are held in the Memor-ial
Student Center, xmless they are
too large. Large courses are held
in the lecture rooms on the campus.
Befox-e the MSC was built the
most short courses wei'e held in
Shisa hall and the YMCA.
The coux-ses have from 10 to
800 people and are sponsored by
diffex-ent depax-tments and orgain-
zations on the campus. The lax-gest
of these are the Fireman’s Train
ing program and the Sanitary Con
ference, each of which averages
around 800 people.
One of the main difficulties of
the short course headquarters is
getting space in the MSC at night,
since the students have first choice
on all rooms. Courses are usually
held during the day so rooms will
be vacant at night for student
activities.
The only scheduled night activi
ties of the short coux-ses are ban
quets.
The short course headquarters
has exclusive control of the activi
ties of all shoi-t courses held on the
campus. They handle all the
scheduling, financing, registering,
arrangements, and bookkeeping of
the courses.
(Joke Vendors
May Be Taken
From Dorms
Unless the number of soft
di-ink bottles broken in school-
owned dormitories is cut
shax-ply in the near future, all
soft drinks machines may be
x-emoved from the dormitories,
said Cadet Colonel of thq
Cox-ps Fred Mitchell recently.
During the month of Novem
ber 794 bottles were bx-oken in
Hart hall, 586 in dormitory 6,
546 in dormitory 5 axxd 439 in
dormitox-y 1.
If this much breakage coxx-
tinues, the machines will px-o-
bably be removed from all
dorms, Mitchell said.
Draft Laws — 4
Foxly - six students have been
picked as distinguished air force
ROTC students.
To qualify for this appointment
a student must have:
• Completed AS III with an ac
ademic standing in the upper third
of the class.
® An academic standing in the
upper third of all students in his
major field and scheduled to grad
uate the same year, or an ac
ademic average of B or better.
• High morals, character and
aptitude for service in the air force.
® Distinguished himself by
demonstrating leadership, parti
cularly by participation in extra-
curricular activities, and while at
AFROTC training camp.
Intercouncil
Meets, Elects
Mock ford Head
Phil Mockford, of the Stu
dent Agriculture council, was
elected last night chairmarbof
the Intercouncil committee to
coordinate activities of all the
stxxdent school councils.
Other officers named at the
initial meeting of the group were
Bi-lice Sterzing of the Ax-ts and
Sciences council, vice - chan-man;
Chuck Neighbox-s of the Ax-ts and
Sciences council, reportex-, and Ray
mond Blackwell of the Agriculture
council, secretary-ti-easurer.
Dean Howard Barlow of the
School of Engineering outlined the
duties of the Intercouncil commit
tee and gave a background of com
mittee accomplishments' in past
years.
Membex-ship in the committee in
cludes foxxr members of each of the
student school couxxcils except
veterinary medicine. Thex-e ax-e two
representatives from the Veteri
nary council.
Deans of the schools sex-ve the
committee in an advisory capacity.
Next meeting of the group will
be Tuesday, Feb. 2 at 5 p. m. in
the Memorial Student Center sen
ate chamber.
hoc a / Draf t Boar
Review Each Case
Athletic Council To Discuss
Football, Basketball Thurs.
(Editor’s Note: This is num
ber four in a sei-ies of ten
ax-ticles on the draft laws and
their affect persons of draft
age.)
How does a local dx*aft boaid
consider a draft registrant’s case
when it comes before the boax-d in
the manner governed by law and
x-egulations ?
The members of a boax-d sit
around a table—and the file con
taining the man’s papers are placed
before it by the clerk.
The boax-d then considers the
man fi-om following standpoints,
based on infxomation in the file:
The A&M athletic council will
meet hex-e Thuxsday at 1 p.m. to
hear lepoxts on contacts made in
the seai - ch fox- a new head foot
ball coach.
Dean W. L. Penbex-thy, council
chairman, announced that the coun
cil also will discuss A&M’s basket
ball pxogram, which ordinarily
would have been discussed at a lat
er meeting.
Athletic dii-ectoi 1 Bax-low (Bones)
Irvin and Penbex-thy were in Cin
cinnati last week for a meeting of
the National Collegiate Athletic
association.
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Penbex-thy and Irvin had confer
ences with 18 coaches at the meet
ing—all pxospective replacements
for Ray George—and each of these
will be discussed tomorx-ow.
Penberthy said that no fixxal de
cision will be made tomorrow, but
that the field will be narrowed con-
sidex-ably.
George resigned as head coach
Jan. 4 to “enter px-ivate bushxess.”
In basketball, two startei-s, Rod
ney Pix-tle and Don Moon, have
qxxit the squad within the last few
days. They blamed Coach John
Floyd as their x-eason for quitting.
Floyd said Monday night that to
offer a defense to their statements
would add credence to what had
been said. “They have coopex-ated
with me as neax-ly as possible to
their ability, and we feel they do
not think basketball at A&M is
giving them what they desex-ve,’
he said.
Weather Today
Cloudy with light dx-izzle today,
tonight and early tomorrow. Oc
casional light rain until tomorrow
moxning. High yesterday 44. Low
last night 35.
Robert
Robex-t
Akard,
Evaluation of the students par
ticipation in AF ROTC summer
training camp activities is made
from camp reports forwarded to
the PAS&T by AF ROTC camp
commanders.
Students selected were Richard
Poi-ter, Albex-t Gist, Don Barks
dale, Samuel Jahn, Philip Orr, Mar
vin Swink, James Willis, Luther
Rogers, Robert Willman,
Braslau, Thomas Darling,
Palmer, Carroll Phillips.
Robert Manner, John
James Burns, Kert Goode, Glenn
Blake, Donald Dodson, Blake Love
lace, Robex-t Miller, Andy Gary,
Vol (Monty) Montgomery.
William Hudson, Donald Greene,
Daniel Atkinson, Richard Black,
William Reed, Elmer Hickman,
Arthur Scott, Allen Hohlt, Roscoe
(Bubbs) Hunt, Joe Williams, James
M illigan.
William Rheman, Edward Sewell,
Robert Lee Harris, Lloyd Jaynes,
Elmer Kilgore, Eugene Lewis,
James Altus, Donald Binford, Allen
Cunningham, Dale DeRouen, Rol
ando Dominguez axxd Randall Fowl-
ex-.
These students will meet with
Col. John A. Way, PAS&T, 4 p. m.
Thux-sday. He will discuss “the
advantages of being a distinguish
ed AF ROTC student.”
Inauguration Flan
Still Indefinite
Plans ax-e still indefinite for the
inauguration of Dr. David H, Mor
gan as A&M’s president.
Morgan took office Sept. 1, 1953
as president of the college when
fox-mer president M. T. Harrington
was named chancellor of the A&M
System,
The official inauguration will
px-obably take place soxxxetime dur
ing commencement, week, said
Dean W. H. Delaplane of the School
of Ax-ts and Sciences, who heads
the president’s commencement
committee.
The committee will xxxeet agaixx
next week to set a definite date
for the ceremony and to plan the
inaugux-ation program, Delaplane
said. •h-rfBUhi ««
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omorrow
Snow in Panhandle
Threatens I tighways
No relief is in sight for College Station today and tonight
from the cold drizzling rains which moved in early this morn
ing, the weather bureau reported.
However, a warm front from Mexico tomorrow morning
is expected to raise temperatures from College Station south.
The weather bureau reports this front will not move much
farther north than here.
The temperature this morning at Easterwood airport
was 38 degrees, and Waco reported light freezing rain with
a temperature of 32 degrees.
Tyler reported 31 degrees this
Wiychar Heads
Columbia Fete
Here Feb. 5th
“Man’s right to knowledge
and the free use thereof,” will
be the theme of the World
wide Columbia university an
niversary program to be held
here in 1954.
Donald F. Wivchar, will be com
mittee chairman for A&M.
A meeting to organize the pro-
gx-am, which will feature guest
speakers and exhibits dxxring the
spring semester, will be held Feb.
5th ixx the Memox-ial Stxxdent Cen
tex’.
Plans for Columbia’s 200th a.n-
nivex-sary celebration were fox-mxx-
lated in 1952 when now Px-esident
Dwight D. Eisenhower was presi
dent of the university.
Committee chaii-man ixx Texas is
William E. Moreland, superientend-
ant of Houston schools.
Affiliated with the Columbia
celebration here are Dc..T. F. Mayo,
David E. Cax-lson, Hax-ley C. Dill
ingham, Dx\ Mox-i'is J. Gax-ber, Dr.
Thomas R. Hamilton, Di\ Gustav
M. Watkins, Geox-ge B. Wilcox,
Paul Weaver and George Summey
Jr.
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Vote
nor
W
rong
The vote of the Academic
covxncil on abolishing final
examination examptions was
29 to 15, instead of 20 to 15,
as reported ixx yesterday’s Bat
talion.
A proof - x-eading error
caused the mistake.
1. Is he on active duty in the
militax-y service? (1-C.)
2. Is he a conscientious objector
who has been ordex-ed to a civilian
job? (1-W.)
3. Is he too old for service under
the law? (5-A.)
4. Can it be determined at the
boax-d level whether he is physi
cally, mentally, or mox-ally unfit
for service? (4-F.)
5. Is he a minister of religion or
divinity student? (4-D.)
6. Is he subject to exemption as
an alien? (4-C.)
y 7. Is he a public official deferred
by the law? (4-B.)
8. Is he a World War II veteran
as defined by the law? (4-A.).
9. is he subject to deferment be
cause of his dependents? (3-A).
10. Is he eligible for deferment
as a member of the armed forces
xesex-ve ox- a student taking mili-
tax-y training? (1-D.)
11. Is he a student in a college ox-
university deferrable under local
board authority? (2-S.)
12. Does he meet the x-equire-
ments for farm or other civilian
job defex-ment? (2-C and 2-A, re
spectively.)
13. Is he a college or high school
student subject to defex-ment by
law for a short pex-iod ? (1-S.)
14. Is he one of the two types of
conscientious objectors? (1-0 and
1-A-O.)
If the evidence in the file indi
cates to the satisfaction of the
local boax-d that he is eligible for
none of these, then the registrant is
considered available for military
service, (1-AJ
CROP COTTON MAID—Miss Sylvia Rogers is the new
Maid of Cotton in Texas for the Christian Rural Overseas
program. She is a high school senior in Plainview and will
take part in the Houston dedication of the ship which will
carry CROP gifts to Korea Jan. 12. Hale county chose the
state queen because it pledged more cotton to CROP in
1953 than any other Texas county.
morning with no rain. Lubobck
was overcast with 22 degrees but
no rain.
Dallas had 33 degrees and Ft.
Worth had 31. San Antonio re
ported 38 and Austin 35, both with
rain and fog.
A blanket of snow over the up
per Panhandle brought wax-nings
of dangerous highways in that
area late Tuesday.
All Panhandle highways remain
ed open but motorists were urged
to stay at home because roads
were slick and dangerous.
A light snow started falling in
the Wichita Falls and Red River
Valley area Tuesday night.
Heaviest At Sunray
The heaviest Panhandle snowfall
was reported at Sunray, aboixt 60
miles nox-th of Amarillo, where 2‘/2
inches fell. Dalhai’t had two inches.
Amax-illo had about a third of
an inch on the ground, but report
ed clear skies. The snow avex-aged
aboxxt an inch across the xxpper
Panhandle.
The tempex-atxxre had dropped to
19 at Dalhart and to 20 at Axnai--
illo Tuesday night and hit a low
of 16 at Amax-illo this morixing.
Snow in the Panhandle phis the
low temperatures brought a warn
ing from Potter County agent
Gene Soxxthall that emex-gency live
stock feeding would px-obably he
necessary especially for livestock
now oxx wheat pasture.
The most sevex-e cold of the sea
son nxxmbed the Upper Mississippi
Valley. Plum Cx-eek, a forest
rangers station near International
Falls, Minn., had a low of -43 de-
gx-ees. International Falls had -39.
Bemidji and Bx-ainerd, Minn., had
lows of -36.
The cold persisted dxxring the
day with Grantsburg, Wis., and
Duluth and Minneapolis, Minn., x-e-
porting aftex-noon readings of -6
degi’ees.
Soixxe of the cold air slid across
the northern Rockies into the Pa
cific Northwest giving Seattle,
Wash., a chill afternoon reading
of 33.
Kiwanians Hear
Water Expert
Dr. Paul Weavex-, water expert,
discussed the problems of water
supply, distribution and disposal
at the College Station Kiwains clxib
Tuesday.
Weaver pointed out situations of
larger cities wh have water pi*o-
blems. He said cities should plan
ahead in order to have a water
system that will adequately handle
a city’s needs.
When cities provide adequate
systems, businesses are more apt to
move into the community, Weaver
said.
“A business expects the com
munity to provide certain services
and among these is water,” he said.
A&M Officials Plan
New Police School
Plans for the Texas Municipal
Police school to be held here Feb.
1-26 ax-e under way, according to
Wallace D. Beasley, co-ordinator of
the school.
The school is sponsored by the
Texas Engineering service and is
limited to 30 men or less so that
more individual attention can be
given the men.
The school teaches the essentials
of good police work, such as duties
and x*esponsibilities of an officex-,
patrol techniqxxes, and the rights of
citizens.
Dorms Will Remain
Open During Holidays
The doi-mitories will not be lock
ed during the week-long vacation
between semesters, according to
H. L. Boyer of the housing office.
“Students should lock their doors
and windows before leaving the
! campus,” Boyer said.