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Circulated Daily To 90 Per Cent Of Local Residents IN umber 174: V oiume 53 News f< las fa es By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SARASOTA—College football must keep itp, one-platoon system and must get rid of such practices as the faked injury and the sucker shift. This verdict was handed down yes terday by the Football Rules Committee of the National Col legia te Athletic Association A 'k k BAI.TIMORE-—A 14-yfear-oid Negro boy who escaped six times from boys village and once from a Baltimore police station was held for the grand jury ' yesterday on -$2l-, v @’00 bail on-21 burglary charges. The youth was charged with stealing $2,400 in mer chandise and $lj5O0 in cash between July S and Dec, 29 last year, k k k WASHINGTON—The Army was told today it needs two new major commands and a thorough overhaul of its supply and training systems to meet the long pull tests of peace, half-war or another world conflict. A committee composed of four businessmen and one general also called for strengthen ing the authority of the secretary of the Army and protecting it against absorption by the secretary of defense and his staff, ~ik NEW YORK—The Port of New York Author ity, brushing aside Arthur Godfrey’s contention I ha l a strong cross wind caused his plane to nearly hit the Teterboro, N..I. Airport control tower, has ac cused I he radio TV star of careless and reckless liv ing. ★ ★ ★ CAIRO—A high official source said today 168 members of the Moslem Brotherhood have been arrested in the gov ernment’s crackdown on the religious-political organization. President Mohammed Naguib’s government outlawed the once-powerful brotherhood in Egypt yesterday and launched a roundup of its leaders. ★ ★ ★ AUSTIN—At the present rate of inspection, nearly two million Texas vehicles will lack safety stickers April 16. and their owners will run the risk of court suits. That warning came yesterday from Public Safety Director Homer Garrison jr. k k k LEBANON, Ill.-—A 68-year-old woman collapsed and died at the bier of her husband in a funeral home here. She was Mrs. Marmie Feltman, whose 70-year-old husband, a cemetery sexton, died Monday of heart disease.’ Mrs. Felt- man’s death was attributed to a cerebral hemorrhage, k k k ROME—A four-engine passenger plane crashed Today into a heavily populated area of Rome. First reports said all passengers and crew were killed. Goode Elected To Agronomy Post Kert Goode was elected president of A&M’s chapter of the American Society of Agronomy Tuesday. Other officers elected are Andy Cuellar, vice president; Earnie En- loe, secretary; Bill Andrews, treas- tirer; Jim Altus, parliamentarian; and Frank Ford, reporter. Elected for the coming semes ters, the officers will be initiated officially at a later date. Hat I Prints Tsviee During f inals The Battalion will cut its publication days to Tuesday and Thursday of each week during the semester examina tion period and the mid-term holidays. Battalion staff members need time to prepare for their finals, and there will not be sufficient help to operate on the regular schedule, said Carl Jobe, manager of student pub- I Rations. Draft Laws—5 Local Draft Boards j u dge 1 )ef erm e 11 Is (Editor’s No(e: This is the fifth of a series of 10 articles on the draft laws and how they affect persons of draft age.) On a local draft board is placed the responsibility, under applic able laws and regulations, of de ciding which men should be de- fei-red because of their civilian activities. The three categories of men considered are: (1) farmers or farm workers, (2) college or uni versity students, and (3) men in industrial and all other civilian activity. In the case of students, defer ment until end of the school year is ordered by law, if the student is mailed an order to report for in duction while he is in school satis factorily taking a full-time course of instruction, provided he has never received such a statutory de ferment before. If the student has previously re ceived such a deferment, then further deferment is up to the local board. The board can con sider information outside the scholastic as well as scholastic in formation. The wndely-publicized draft test for college students can he ignored by local boards under draft regulations if the board so desires. Score on the draft test and class standing of the student are provided as information for the board. Here are three things the board considers when it is looking at a case of possible deferment for farming or other civilian activity: (1) Is the man engaged, except for a seasonal or temporary in terruption, in the activity? (2) Can he be replaced by persons With his qualifications or skills? (3) Would his removal cause a material loss of effectiveness in the activity ? , In the case of farmers or farm workers, the chief question asked is: Is he employed in the pro duction for market of a substantial quantity or. agricultural commodi ties necessary to maintenance of national health, safety or interest? All such deferments are for limited periods. NEW JOB—Mrs. Barbara Rubin, Battalion society editor, has been named as sistant manager of student publications, replacing Bill Turner, who left yesterday to go on active duty with the navy. Her new job will consist of handling adver tising for The Battalion. She will continue to write women’s news. ton Published By A&M Students For 75 Years PUBLISHED DAIL Y IN THE .INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieiand), TBaASTTIUBSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1954 Price Five Cents He Nods „ , . . . . He Naps . . . Developed Jet Ex-Aggie Wins Cottier By JAMES VV. EITEL. •• Battalion Staff Writer Leonard S. Hobbs ’16, has re ceived the EoBier Trophy for out standing accomplishments in the field- of aviation. The trophy, donated in 1911 by the late Robert J. Collier, son of the foundei’ of Collier’s Magazine, is awarded annually for “The greatest achievment in aviation in America, the value of which has been demonstrated by actual use during the pi*eceding year.” A miniature of the original tro phy was presented to Hobbs by President Eisenhower at a dinner in Washington, D. C., on Dec. 17, 50th anniversary of man’s first powered flight, by the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk. For S-57 Jet Hobbs, United Aircraft’s vice- president for engineering, will re ceive the award for his efforts in the development of the new J-57 jet engine. This engine represents a marked advance in the jet engine field and is being counted on heavi ly as a power source for some of the fastest present and proposed planes. These include the North Ameri can Super Sabre, the McDonnell F-101, the delta winged Convair F-102, and the Boeing B-52. The navy will use the J-57 in its new Douglas F4D Skyi-ay and the Douglas A3D, a carrier - based bomber. Most Powerful The engine is the most power ful aircraft plant in the world. It was used to power the jet fighter that flashed over the flat sand bed at Salton Sea, Cal., last Octo ber at 754.98 miles per hour. The engine is capable of tuiming out the equivalent of 40,000 horse- powei’, one fifth as much as the total power output of the 83,673- Trophy ton Queen Elizabeth ocean liner. It was in 1946 that the idea of the J-57 began to form in the mind of “Luke” Hobbs. Pratt & Whitney, the aircraft division of United Aircraft, was five years behind other companies and some of them could draw on five years of steam-turbine experience, while P&W had hone. “We were running a poor race and decided it would not even be enough to match their designs. If we wanted to get back in, the race we would have to ‘leapfrog’ them- come up with something far in ad vance of what they were think ing about,” Hobbs said. That is how the J-57 was conceived. Plans Design Hobbs decided to design an engine with 10,000-pound thrust, enough to permit supersonic flight for giant bombers and fighters, and to build into it the lowest rate of fuel consumption possible. This would whip the jet plane’s buga boo of limited range. Hobbs also decided to use what is known as the dual-compression system. The rest of the story is of painstaking research and trial and error. More than 4,000,000 in dividual complex problems had to be solved. The first engine was no good but Hobbs and his assistants learned and put new ideas to work. As a result the J-57 was developed. Born fifty-seven years ago in Carbon, Wy., Hobbs spent his boy hood in Texas and graduated from (See EX-AGGIE, Page 2) To/n the MARCH Of DIMES janugry 2 to 31 Honor gineers Turf Meeting Wil l Discuss Four "Topics Four main topics on turf care wil be discussed on the program of the annual Texas Turf conference here Jan. 18 — 20. Theme of this year’s conference will be the conservation and use of water, and water’s part in re lation to the pi'oduction of good grass. The first two topics for discus sion will be on Bermuda grass and Bent grass golf courses. Park and cemetery turfs will be the third topic, and the fourth topic will be on turfs for athletic fields and play areas. Marvin H. Ferguson of the agromomy department will plan the program. “We are expecting around 130 to attend this year,” he said. Out - of - state speakers include R. M. Hagan, irrigation specialist at. the University of California; John Derrah of the W. A. Clary Corp., Chicago; Ill.; O. J. Noer of the City Sewerage commission, Milwaukee, Wis; J. R. Watson, jr. of the Toro Manufacturing com pany, Minneapolis, Minn.; and W. E. Zimmerman, of the Cyanamid company, Bloomfield, N. Y. New Plan! Offers Part-Time Work The rubber plant opening soon in Bryan will offer part time work to chemical, 'industrial and me chanical engineering students, said W. R. Horsley, placement officer director. All undergraduate students will work in either the factory or lab oratory, he said. Students would work a minimum of four hours a day under tentative plans. Opening in approximately 60 days to make rubber soles for shoes, the plant is operated by the International Shoe Co. Three Aggie-Exes Train at Ft. Bliss , Three former students recently began eight weeks of basic ti*ain- ing in the anti aircraft artillery re placement training center at Ft. Bliss. They are Pvt. Jerome W. John ston of San Antonio, Pvt. Leland Merle Cox of Ci’osebeck, and Pvt. Joe R. Brown of Breckenridge. ! All will spend their first eight weeks of training learning funda mental infantry subjects. They will then take training in some anny technical skill. nn May (ret More Student Approval A modified honoi’ code will be used next semester in the School of Engineering. The modified code was approved by the student Engi- . neering council at their last meeting. “The code will be used in any class that approves it by a secret ballot from the class, including the teacher,” said H. W. Barlow, dean of engineering. The vote must be unanimous. One of the changes the Engineering council passed was the wording of the honor pledge. The new pledge reads, “1 pledge, on my honor, that in this class I will not cheat, nor steal, nor will I condone them.” Each student in the classes that adopt the system will ‘sign the pledge. It will be up to each class to deal with cases of scholastic dishonesty, Barlow said. “The council felt this code is as simple as one can make it,” he said. “The council felt that this simple appeal will make the code desirable to more students.” Can 7 Make A Mistake Thai Way Weather forecasting in the Bj - yan-College Station area is becoming increasingly easy. When contacted by The Bat talion yesterday, the weather man at Eastei’wood airport said, “It will either he warmer or. colder tomorrow.” He was right. Many students voted against the honor code last year because they didn’t understand certain things about it, said Barlow. Thirty-one per cent of all the engineering classes this semester adopted the honor code proposed last year. Barlow said the council was pleased with the response to the honor system. A&IVI Senior Rings Will Re Sold Soon Senior ring orders will be ac cepted after Feb. 9 at the ring clex-k’s office in the new Admini stration building. The office will be open from 8 a. m. until noon, Tuesday through Saturday, said Mrs. Dell Baler, ring clerk. The rings will be ready for dis tribution by April 3, she said. Ordered from Balfour Jewelers, lings are available in four weights: large, $29.84; medium, 27.80; light, $25.76; and minature, $22.08. The rings are available in nat ural color or two degrees of blackness. Cash must be paid upon ordering, Mrs. Bauer said. “It is an indication of the pro fessional attitude of The engineer ing students,” he said. “The foundation of a professional man is his personal integrity.” Barlow explained that the coun cil was not planning to ask the whole college to adopt the system revised by the council. However, he said anyone who would like to use the system can do so. “I think we are gradually work ing toward a school-wide honor code,” Barlow said. “We are try ing various plans now to see which one works best.” Executive Course Opens Here Soon The Ring committee will meet after mid-term to determine when students becoming seniors at the end of the spi'ing semester may oi*der their rings, she said. CS Rank Damaged Ry Fire Yesterday Slight damage was caused yes terday afternoon by a fire in the College Station State Bank. The fire apparently started around a flue in the ceiling, near the heating system. It occurred about 1:45 p. m. After the fire was discovered, employes in the bank poured buckets of water on it until the fire department arrived. Cause of the fire was undertermined. An Executive Development course for selected representatives of southern industries will be held Jan. 31 to Feb. 20 in the Memorial Student Center. The course is limited to 25 mem bers to make group discussions easier, said Dr. F. C. Bolton, presi dent emeritus. The program consists of 45-50 minute talks by discussion leaders and gi'oup discussion the rest of each day. The discussion leaders were selected on the basis of earned reputation as authorities in their field, Bolton said. Business organization policies, business conditions and measure ment, financing, distribution, mar keting, and public and employee re lations will be covered in the course, he said. Dormitory Theft Trotter Announces i Graduate Positions Graduate fellowships and assist- antships are available in the var ious fields of agriculture, biological science, engineering, physical sci ence and social science, Dean Ide P. Trotter of the graduate school has announced. “Prospective candidates are in vited to correspond with the head of the department in their field of major study for detailed informa tion on positions available and fa cilities for graduate study,” Dean Trotter says. A graduate fellow devotes full time to study and research. The stipend varies with the appoint ment. All graduate assistants, doing half-time service, may carry a maximum of 12 semester hours of academic work. Graduate teaching assistants re ceive $1,200 for nine months dur ing their first year. After satis factorily completing two semesters of a graduate program, they may receive $1,350 for nine months. Research assistants are available to properly qualified students in a wide variety of fields. These are usually 12 month appointments for $1,500 upward. A veteran may hold a fellowship or an assistantship and also qualify for full veteran’s benefits. Weather Today CLOUDY Cloudy to partly cloudy and con tinued fog and light drizzle and rain today, tonight and tomorrow. High yesterday 45. Low this morning 39. Remains Unsolved No new leads have developed on the Mitchell hall robbery case, ac cording to Fred Hickman, chief of campus security. Last Nov. 4, about 3:30 a. m., $73 was taken from seven rooms on the second floor of Mitchell hall. Before it was discovered that the money was gone a stranger was found in one of the rooms. He said he was looking for some one and was not held. Hickman does not know for sure if the men who saw the stranger can identify him. No special men are working on the case, but Hickman says that his office “is always watching for new leads on any case.” Engineers Plan Scholarship Fund The student Engineering council is planning to award a scholar ship for a student majoring in engineering. “The council has saved $1,250 over a number of years,” said H. W. Barlow, dean of engineering. “This amount has been invested, and all income from it will be used for a scholarship for some worthy student.” No details for the plan have been worked out by the council, he said.