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Number 176: Volume 53
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1954
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More Comm,is,§ions Planned
Morgan
l Ip holds
Military Schools
A t Wa sh ington
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18—<A>)_
A Defense Department official said
today a policy is being formulated
■which probably will permit all
ROTC graduates to receive com
missions.
F. L. Orth, assistant to the sec
retary of the Army, told a House
armed services subcommittee quo
tas previously had been set up for
schools having advanced Reserve
Officers Training Corps programs
to limit the number of commis
sions.
Orth quoted Mpj. Gen. Lewis
Hershey, draft director, as saying
that the numbers of officers com
missioned must be “tied to the size
of the Army.”
Under the present program ROTC
graduates who are commissioned
are taken into the armed forces.
The quotas had been set up to limit
this number. ROTC graduates who
do not receive commissions are
subject to the draft.
Morgan Speaks
David Morgan, president of Tex
as A&M and other educators said
they were concerned that military
schools would be injured if there
was no assurance that all who take
Hie first two years of the ROTC
programs could go on to advanced
draining and a commission.
In strictly military schools all
students receive the full four year
course and, are under military dis
cipline. In others, students- are re
quired to .take two years of ROTC
and only those who wish to go on
to advanced training.
Morgan urged that special recog
nition be given to schools such as
Texas A&M where students live
in uniform and under military dis
cipline at all times.
He said their training was of
more value to the military.
He said the students should be
assured of commission, receive a
$1.50 a day government subsis
tence instead of the 90 cents a day
now given all senior ROTC stu
dents and get a more liberal uni
form allowance than semi-military
schools.
If the Pentagon has reached any
decision to de-emphasize military
colleges, Morgan said, this should
be made public immediately so the
schools can make the necessary
adjustments and so notify prospec
tive students.
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Williams
t iliamber
Mrs. I). W. Williams
Woman of the Year
Officials
Attend Meet
On ROTC
President David H. Mo r gan
and Commandant Joe E. Davis
are now in Washington D. C.
to attend a series of meetings
on ROTC affairs.
Included in ,the meetings
will be discussions of ROTC
colleges and military colleges.
A&M is one of the nation’s
eight military colleges.
The meetings are being at
tended by presidents and com
mandants of colleges all over
the country.
Draft Laws - 7
Status Change Can
Alter Draft Class
(Editor’s Note: This is the
seventh of a series of 10 articles
on the draft laws and how they
affect people of draft age.>
When a man is classified by the
draft board, that classification is
Hot permanent. It may be changed
When the man’s status changes.
Each' classified man and each
person who has filed a request fo r
the man’s deferment must report
to the local board in writing any
fact that might result in the man’s
being placed in a different classi
fication. This must be done with
in 10 days after the change oc
curs.
Employers may be requi r ed to
furnish information under the law,
and police officials or other agen
cies may be lequested to make in
vestigations.
The local board may reopen and
consider anew classification of a
man (1) upon his written reciuest,
(2) written request of a person
who claims to be his dependent, or
(3) any person who has on file a
written request for the man’s oc
cupational defe r ment. This can be
done, provided such recjuest for re
opening is accompanied by written
facts rot considered when the man
was first classified, which, if true,
would justify a change in his clas
sification.
Draft regulations say that the
“classification of a i-egistrant shall
not be reopened afte r the local
board has mailed to such regis
trant an order to report for in
duction, unless the local board first
specifically finds there has been a
change in the registrant’s status
resulting from circumstances over
which the registrant had no con
trol.”
Brig. Gen. Paul L. Wakefield,
state draft director, points to two
things which might happen to a
man beyond his control: (1) a ser
ious accident, or (2) death of his
father, lesulting in his becoming
head of the family.
Dr. Morgan to Speak
To CS Women’s Club
Dr. S. S. Morgan, head of the
English department, will be the
featured speaker at the meeting
of the College Women’s Social club
at 3 p.m. Fi’iday in the ball room
of the Memorial Student Center.
“Poetry of Romanticism” will be
Dr. Morgan’s subject for the meet
ing.
The local board must always re
open a case at either the request
of the national or state director of
Selective Service and must cancel
any orde r to report for induction,
if that is involved in the case.
Scientists
Research
Several of the nation’s top-rank
ing marine scientists are visiting
A&M and its facilities for oceano
graphic research this week.
The meeting is being held to re
view the importance of the marine
sciences to the Southwest, to eval
uate existing programs, to recom
mend any needed sub-regional or
ganization, to recommend means of
financial support ■and cooperation,
and to suggest means to develop
relationships between the sub-re
gional program and that of the
region as a whole as well as other
areas and programs.
The group was invited to make
the study by the heads of the insti
tutions involved and'v its report will
be submitted to these institutions,
which are A&M, the University of
Texas, Louisiana State university
and the Mississippi State Board of
Education.
This commission was organized
by the Southern Regional Educa
tion Board Committee on Marine
Sciences. It includes the south
western members of that commit
tee and other recognized authorities
on marine sciences.
Members include Dr. Harry J.
Bennett, director of the LSU Ma
rine Laboratory, Grand Isle, La.,
member of the Western Gulf Sub-
Visit
Facilities
Regional Committee, the Southern
Regional Education Board;
Di". Richhrd H. Fleming, chair
man of the Department of Ocean
ography; University of Washing
ton, and member. Advisory Com
mittee to the Committee on the
Marine Sciences, the Southern Re
gional Education Board;
Dr. George Gant, associate di
rector of the Southern Regional
Education Board, and representa
tive of the Board on the Study
Commission;
Dr. Gordon Gunter, acting direc
tor, the Institute of Marine Science,
the University of Texas at Port
Aransas and member of the West
ern Gulf Sub-Regional Committee,
the Southern Regional Education
Board;
Dr. Dale F. Leipper, head of the
Department of Oceanography at
A&M College, chairman of the
Committee on the Marine Sciences
and chairman of the Western Gulf
Sub-Regional Committee, the
Southern Regional Education
Board.
C of C Also Names
New Directors
H. E. Burgess and Mrs. D. W. Williams were named
College Station man and woman of the year yesterday.
They were chosen by a committee of the College Station
Civic Development Association and Chamber of Commerce.
Also named at yesterday’s meeting were five new directors
for the Chamber. They are Gibb Gilchrist, Sid Loveless, W.
H. Delaplane, Mrs. T. W. Leland and L. G. Jones.
Officers for the year will be elected at the next meeting,
Feb. 8. A nominating committee was appointed yesterday.
Each year the Chamber of Commerce selects a man and
woman of the year. Selections are based on accomplishments
in the city, said F. C. Bolton, president.
Mrs. Williams has lived in
College Station for 32 years.
She moved to the campus af
ter her marriage to D. W.
Williams, now vice chancellor
V for Agriculture.
She is president of the Parent-
Teachers association, a Girl Scout
commissioner and a Cub Scout den
mother. She has been president
of the Presbyterian Women of the
Church, and in 1953 she was pres
ident of the A&M Garden club.
Mrs. Williams has also been
corresponding secretary of the
Presbytery, the state Presbyter
ian organization. She is now vice
chairman of the Red Cross board.
She is a member of the Exten
sion Service club, the A&M Moth
ers club and the College Women’s
Social club.
Burgess is a partner of the Bur
gess- Price Insurance Agency. He
is president of the East Texas
Chamber of Commerce and past
president of the College Station
Kiwanis club.
A member of the Inter-City Re
lations committee of College Sta
tion and Bryan, Burgess is vice
president and a director of the Col
lege Station State Bank.
He was the developer of North
Oakwood and South Oakwood res
idential areas of College Station.
A&M Movie Ready
For Showing Soon
“We Are The Aggies,” a film on
life at A&M, will be completely
processed and ready for distribu
tion by Feb. 20.
The Student Life Committee mo
vie committee reviewed an advance
showing of the film last week and
made last minute suggestions on
improvements, said C. G. (Spike)
White, chairman of the movie
group.
Soph Injured
In Refug io Car
Crash Friday
James H. Wuensche, a
squadron 7 sophomore from
Corpus Christi, was injured
in a head-on car collision while
on his way home.
The collision occurred about 10
miles north of Refugio.
Wuensche had just passed a
truck and was pulling back into
his own lane when a car coming in
the opposite direction turned in
front of him.
He was hospitalized in Refugio
Friday night, but was moved to
Corpus Christi Saturday. Wuensche
suffered a possible concussion, an
injured chest and head cuts.
Later it was found that Wuen
sche had no fractures. He is now
at home, 815 Louisiana St. in Cor
pus Ch r isti.
No one was with him at the time
the accident occurred.
A man in the other car was in
the same condition Wuensche was
Saturday.
Both cars were badly damaged.
H. E„ Burgess
Man of the Year
No Progress Made
On Robbery Case
No progress has been made in
the investigation of the attempted
robbery here Thursday night, ac-
coi’ding to Chief of Campus Se
curity Fred Hickman.
Joe Crenwelge, a junior on the
second group staff who lives in
8-202, confronted an armed person
in his room at about 3:50 Thurs
day morning. The thief pulled a
gun on Crenwelge and escaped
empty-handed.
Another cadet, Taylor Green,
who lives in room 313 of the same
dormitory, repoxhed money missing
from his room, but there is no evi
dence linking the two incidents,
according to Hickman.
MARVIN H. FERGUSON of the
egional office of the U. S. Golf
association will be chairman of the
Texas Turf conference here Jan.
18-20. His office is in the agron
omy department. More than 130
persons are expected for the con
ference, which is sponsored by the
agronomy department, the Texas
Turf association, and the greens
section of the U. S. Golf associa
tion.
JOHN H. SOUTHERN, agricul
tural economist with the U. S. de
partment of agriculture, has re
turned from South Asia where he
served as chief advisor to the gov
eminent of Pakistan for village de
velopment.
Final Plans Made
For Symposium
SMOKEATERS—Local firemen battle a fire Saturday at
the residence of Mrs. Jo Ann Cruice, 301 Fairview. The fire
was centered in the attic over a hot water heater on the
second floor. College Station volunteer firemen extin
guished the small blaze with a booster line in about 15
minutes. Damage was undetermined.
Final plans for the ninth an
nual Symposium on Instrumenta
tion for the Process Industries to
be held here Jan. 27-29 have been
announced by Dr. J. D. Lindsay,
head of the sponsoring department.
The symposium is offered to in
dustries of Texas and the South
west by the chemical engineering
department.
Subjects to be covered in the
three-day meeting range are “The
Only Basis for Progress and Pi'os-
perity,” “An Evaluation Program
for New Instruments and Con
trols,” “Cascade Control Systems,”
and “Diffei’ential Measurement and
Conti'ol of Cori'osive Streams.”
All papers and reports during
the symposium will be given in
the Memorial Student Center.
Through a change in scheduling
this year, sufficient time for indi-
vidlal questioning and discussion is
allowed in each speaker’s sched
ule.
Speakers will include specialists
and outstanding men in their fields
from all over the nation. The
Honorable William McCraw, for
mer attorney general to Texas,
will be the speaker following a
banquet Jan. 27.
Sessions chairmen will be J. R.
Martin of Baytown, A. V. Novak
of Orange, S. L. Finneran of Hous
ton, Porter Hart of Freeport and
M. K. Anderson of Texas City.
Members of the symposium
steering committee are R. A.
Barnes of Houston, co-chairman of
committee for selection of session
chairmen; C. W. Bates of Baytown,
exhibits co-chairman; L. C. Books
of Houston, exhibits chairman; H
C. Givens of Falfurrias, properties
chairman;
W. D. Hilborn of Houston, pub
licity chairman; C. D. Holland of
College Station, director of the
symposium; J. M. Jones jr. of Port
Arthur, editorial chairman; W. B
Rawson of Houston, chairman of
the committee for selecting ses
sion chairmen, and C. F. Woods of
Dallas, entertainment chairman.
Weath(*r Today
Cloudy to partly cloudy, contin
ued light rain and fog today and
tonight and tomorrow. High yes
terday 60. Low this morning 56.
News Briefs
SEVERAL SANTA GERTRU
DAS cattle have been purchased
by the college to be used in feed
ing experiments. J. K. Riggs of
the animal husbandry department
is in charge of the experiment. The
Santa Gertrudas breed was devel
oped by the King ranch in an effort
to develop cattle that could stand
the hot Gulf coast weather.
Inspection Fails
To Reveal Stamps
An inspection by the cadet offi-
cei’s of doi’mitory 12 was held Sat
urday fi’om noon to 1 p.m. in the
hope of turning up evidence on the
robbery of a stamp machine in
dormitory 12 Fi'iday night.
An undetermined amount of
money and stamps was taken from
the machine said Maj. Charles Tay
lor, dormitory 12 counselor.
The inspection, which was au
thorized by Taylor, was under the
supervision of Leonax’d (Chubby)
Eddy, dormitory master of that
dormitory and commander of the
fourth group.
The search for small change and
an unusually large amount of
stamps turned up nothing, but
campus Security Chief Fred Hick
man said the investigation will go
on.
Jackson To Help
At Houston Show
J. R. Jackson, assistant professor
of agricultural education, will
serve as assistant superintendent
of the lamb division of the Houston
Fat Stock show.
Jackson will help in receiving
the entries, assigning stalls, mak
ing the sales lists and keeping the
judging records.
The show will be Feb. 3-15.
Grants, Donations
Increase Research
Gi’ants-in-aid, donations and
loaned equipment made available
x’ecently will be used to fui’ther
research in many fields by work
ers of the Agricultural Experiment
station, said Station Director R.
D. Lewis.
He reports that the Servis
Equipmeixt company of Dallas had
loaned to the Station a Gyro 84
stalk shredder for use in connection
with pink bollworm studies. Kai’l
Hoblitzelle of Dallas px-esented a
Super C Tournapull with scraper
to the Station which will be used
in research activities at Bluebon
net Farm and at other parts of the
A&M System.
The Grand River chemical div
ision of Deei’e and Company, Px-y-
or, Okla., has made available $1,750
to suppoi’t research on the signifi
cance of biui’et and urea in the
diets or ruminants. The studies
ai’e being conducted in the animal
husbandry depai’tment.
The Monsanto Chemical com
pany, St. Louis, has renewed the
grant of $3,000 for studies on the
supplementary value of hydroxy
methyl mercapto butyric acid and
related compounds in the nutrition
of poultry. These studies are con
ducted by the departments of poul
try husbandry and biochemistry
and nutrition.
The National Cottonseed Pi'o-
ducts association of Memphis,
Tenn., has made a $3,000 grant-in-
aid to extend nutritional research
studies in the use of cottonseed
meal in livestock and poultry ra
tions. These studies are now under
way in the department of biochem
istry and nutrition.
Lewis also reports that Armour
and Company through the National
Flying Fanners foundation has
made a final payment of $500 on a
gx-ant of $1,250 in support of mes-
quite contx-ol studies being conduc
ted at the Spur Substation.
The American Chemical Paint
company through its agricultural
chemicals division, Ambler, Penn.,
has made a grant of $750 for use
in cotton defoliation studies being
conducted in the depai’tment of
plant physiology and pathology.
Four Exes Make
First Solo Flight
Four A&M former students have
recently completed their first solo
flight as naval air cadets at Whit
ing field in Milton, Fla.
The cadets will now receive in
struction in precision air work and
aerobatics.
The men are Elmo Walker, Nac
ogdoches; Boyd Hamilton, Wichita
Falls; Douglas Sowell, Iredell; and
John Puckett, Brownsville.