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Number 184: Volume 53
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9-, 1954
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Another Proposal
Plan Could Mean
More Contracts
The defense department has
come up with a new plan that
would mean almost all ROTC ca
dets could get contracts and com
missions next year.
The new plan is still in the
“planning directive” stage, as re
ported in a circular letter of the
.Association of Land-Grant Col
leges and Universities.
It would allow the services to
enroll cadets in the ROTC pro
gram according to the expected
needs of both the standing reserve
and the active-duty services.
The present system of cadet
quotas is based mainly on the needs
of the active duty forces.
The new plan has been sent to
all the services for approval. If
approved, it would take effect for
the fiscal year 1 1955, which starts
next Jmy.
This means the new plan could
affect next year’s ROTC graduates.
However, the plan does not nec
essarily have to be approved by
any or all of the services. The air
force could adopt it, or the army
could adopt it, or neither of them
could adopt it.
If it is adopted, it would then
be included in Defense Secretary
Charles Wilson’s budget request to
Congress, which would also have to
be approved. Congress will probab
ly discuss the defense budget about
April 1.
Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant,
Said that, as he understood the
plan, it would probably mean that
A&M could give contracts and com
missions to all students who met
the other qualifications.
In other words, students would
pot be refused contracts because
the quota is too low.
The land-grant college associa
tion’s circular said the upheavals
in the ROTC program, last year
were caused primarily because the
services had planned their output
in terms of both active duty and
reserve needs, although they had
been warned at least a year earlier
that all men commissioned on grad
uation would have to be immediate
ly available for active duty.
The circular went on to say that
the services are now planning a
new reserve program that calls for
“a substantial number” of officers
who might go to active duty train
ing for a few weeks, followed by
organized reserve training for the
“immediately callable” reserve.
This plan, which Davis calls “a
strengthening of the reserve pro
gram” will be used by the army
for its graduates this year.
The air force will give all its
graduates who are not commission
ed a “certificate of completion.”
The circular said limiting the
ROTC advanced quotas to active
duty requirements expected two
years from now might leave the
services with a “drastic shortage of
reserve officers for the new reserve
program.”
Army and air force authorities
here said that they had heard noth
ing of the new plan through offi
cial channels.
“We’re just as confused as any
one else,” they said.
Bryan
Yell Practice
Follows Arrival
By JERRY WIZIG
Battalion Sports Editor
Paul (Bear) Bryant, A&M’s new head football coach
and athletic director, last night arrived at his new home and
received one of the wildest receptions ever given an Aggie
sports figure. >
After his landing at Easterwood airport, Bryant went to
a massive yell practice at The Grove, where he stripped off
his hat, coat and tie, rolled up his sleeves, and said to some
6,000 students and fans, “I don’t know about you, but I’m
ready to play tonight.”
“Here tonight is the reason I thank the good Lord that
I’m an Aggie,” said Bryant, one of the country’s best re
builders of ailing football teams.
Pulling no punches, Bryant
Pakistan Sponsors
Essay Contest
The government of Pakistan is
sponsoring an essay contest to get
American’s young people better
acquainted with Pakistan.
The contest, open to all high
school juniors and seniors, offers a
trip to Pakistan by airplane as the
grand prize.
Debate Limit
Recommended
For Seniors
Every senior that has ai
gripe at class meetings may
not get to sound off if changes
suggested by the senior class
evaluation committee are ac
cepted.
The committee’s report recom
mends that limitations be placed
on the number of speakers who
can debate a subject in class meet
ings. “Too many persons.speak on
each subject without presenting
any new ideas; this cau&es the
meetings to drag on,” the report
states.
Marvin Ford, committee chair
man read the report at last night’s
senior class meeting. A copy will
be sent to Dean of Men W. L. Pen-
berth y.
Other recommendations includ
ed: .
• Referring matters not on the
agenda which are brought up at
meetings to committees befoi'e tak
ing final action.
® Writing by-laws for the meet
ing’s parliamentary procedure.
• Publicizing the dates of class
meetings more so mope seniors will
attend.
• Making the selections of the
Aggie Sweetheart a senior class
activity since everyone on the se
lection committee is a senior.
• Referring all tradition dis
putes, except wearing of the uni
form, to the traditions committee.
• Adopting a constitution.
The report stated the class
should work as a unit for its goal
and recommend any changes that
would make A&M a better school.
It also stated the senior class
should accept the responsibilities
needed to distinguish the class.
said, “We must be realistic .
we have a tough job,” then he
added, “If we all get arm-in
arm and work at it as a team,
we’ll get the job done.”
“I assure you that I’ll do any
thing in my power to contribute
to a good athletic program,” added
the tall, broad-shouldered man.
Admittedly impressed by his
welcome, Bryant tightly gripped
the microphone in both hands and
told the wildly-cheering crowd “to
remember always that this football
team, and all other athletic teams
here, belong to you.” He asked
his audience to also remember
“that the athletic program is only
a small part of this great insti
tution.”
Ags To Use Split-T
Later Bryant confirmed that the
Aggies next season will use a split-
T o(Tense in place of the T-with-
unbalanced-line used in the ’5.‘1 sea
“I’m sure we’ll run a varia
tion of the split-T,” he said. It’s
exact nature will depend on the
personnel.”
What about spring training and
his assistants?
Bryant said he first wants to
check school and Southwest confer
ence rules, see all of the football
movies, look over returning players
and confer with present assistants.
“We have a lot of organizing to
do,” he said. “I want to first talk
to the people who are here now—
then I’ll make my recommenda
tions.”
When he checked in at the Me
morial Student Center, after his 11-
hour trip, Bryant wrote “College
Station” as his home address.
He said, “I want to log in with my
boss”—President David H. Mor
gan, who had a speaking engage
ment in San Antonio.
Later, Bryant said, “I’m not go
ing back (to Kentucky) unless
something comes up, like selling
our home or something.” He later
will bring out his wife, Paul, jr.,
his 9-year-old-son, Mae Martin, his
17-year-old daughter “and a fero
cious Dachshund hound”.
At the airport, Bryant was wel
comed by Chancellor M. T. Har
rington, Dean W. L. Penberthy,
chairman of the athletic council;
Barlow (Bones) Irvin, former ath
letic director; Fred Mitchell, corps
commander; Ide Trotter, president
(See BRYANT, Page 2)
Class Signs
Third List;
But Why?
The first few classes of the
semester are always confused,
but one class seems to have
reached a new high.
In a petroleum engineering
class last week, the professor
passed around a roll call list
for all the students to sign.
Then he passed around an
honor code list for all to sign.
Then one of the students
started a list headed “If you
are in favor, sign here.”
Everyone in the class signed
it, which must prove some
thing.
WELCOME COACH—Paul (Bear) Bryant, A&M’s new coach, is welcomed at his plane
by Barlow (Bones) Irvin, athletic director, left, and Dean W. L. Penberthy, head of the
Athletic council, right.
Four RE Week Leaders
Return from Last Year
Four leaders of dormitory dis- campaigns in Europe as company
cussion groups during Religious commander and was given the
Emphasis week F»b. 14-19 will be Bronze Star for action at St. Lo,
returning from last year. France.
Dr. Hayden Edwards, pastor of Fritts was then transferred to
Polytechnic Methodist church of
Fort Worth, will live in Hart hall
and lead discussion groups there.
This will be his third year as an
RE worker here.
He has been a Methodist minister
since his graduation from John
Tarleton Agricultural college in
1927. He received his BS from
Texas Wesleyan college in 1943
and has studied in the Perkins
School of Theology, .Southern
Methodist university.
The Rev. John W. Fritts, for
mer A&M student and now student
chaplain at Rice institute and Uni
versity of Houston, will live in Mil
ner hall and lead discussion groups
for Mitchell, Leggett and Milner
halls.
Fritts entered A&M in 1936 and
studied chemical engineering. His
education was interrupted in 1940
when he was commissioned Second
Lt. in the infantry. He served five
the Chaplain corps. He is present
ly assigned as division artillery
■chaplain, 49th armored division,
Texas National Guard.
After the war he received his
bachelor of divinity degree from
the Virginia Theological seminary,
second in his class.
Living in dormitory 6 and lead
ing the discussion groups for dor
mitories 6 and 8 will be Lt. Col.
Pastor May Play
For Military Ball
Tony Pastor’s orchestra will pro
bably play for the Military Ball
March 6.
Pete Hardesy, Student Activities
business manager, has signed a
contract for the orchestra’s ap
pearance here, and has sent the
contract to Pastor for his signa
ture.
Vernon M. Goodhand, chaplains’
office, Washington, D.C.
Goodhand received his BA from
Asbury college, Wilmore, Ky., and
his BD from Drew Theological sem
inary, Madison, N. J. He has also
done special study at Union Theo
logical seminary, New York, N.Y.
Entering the army as a chaplain
in 1941, he served with the 37th
infantry division in the Pacific the
ater during World War II. He saw
action with units on Guadalcanal
and Bismarck Archipelago.
Living in dormitory 15 and lead
ing discussion groups for both
dorm 15 and Post Graduate hall
will be Carl Spain, minister of the
Central Church of Christ, Houston.
Spain received his BA from Abi
lene Christian college in 1938,
where he was editor of the college
yearbook and elected to the college
“Who’s Who.”
He studied at both David Lips
comb college, Nashville, Tenn., and
Alabama Polytechnic institute, Au
burn, Ala., before receiving his MA
and BD from Southern Methodist
university.
First Review
Win Be Feb. 18
The first practice corps review of
the school year will be Feb. 18, on
the main drill field, according to
Roy Sullivan, corps operations of
ficer.
Uniform for the review will be
class B with helmet liners. Sabers
and guidons will be carried; how
ever, senior boots will not be worn.
This review is being held in pre
paration for the Military Day re
view March 6, Sullivan said.
“If everything goes well at this
practice review it is possible that
no drill will be held on March 4, the
Thursday preceding Military Day,”
Sullivan said.
The order of march will be the
first regiment, followed by the first
wing and the first composite regi
ment.
Child Study Club Sets
Mrs. Lyle As Speaker
Mrs. R. R. Lyle will speak at
the meeting of the Child Study
club at 10 a. m. Wednesday at her
kindergarten, 715 Park Place south.
She will speak on “Creative Art
in the Pre-School Child.”
This meeting is open to the
public.
Cadet Slouch’s Roommate
Batt Sponsors Name Contest
THIS IS IT—This odd-looking fellow is Cadet Slouch’s roommate, and he needs a name.
From these profile and three-quarter views, you can get an idea for a name to enter in
The Battalion’s contest Wednesday,
By HARRI BAKER
Battalion Campus Editor
The Battalion’s Cadet Slouch has
become the most famous Aggie of
them all, and now his roommate is
on the road to fame, by way of
James Earle’s daily caitoon in The
Battalion.
But the roommate needs a name.
You’ve been seeing him for the
past few weeks, and you’ll recog
nize him by now — the frizzy hair,
the big nose, and the perpetually
perplexed look.
The Batt is going to give every
one at A&M a chance to have a
part in the naming of Slouch’s
roommate.
From 8 a. m. to 10 p. m. to
morrow, there will be a ballot box
in the Memorial Student Center,
near the post office entrance.
Anyone who thinks they have a
name that will fit Roommate can
enter their choice.
There will be a prize given to
the man whose nomination is
selected—originals of three Slouch
cartoons featuring the roommate,
plus the picture of the roommate
on this page.
Of course it will be a democratic
election. You can vote often as you
like, for as many different names
as you like.
This Is Jim Earle .
Not Cadet Slouch
Y r ou can even stuff the ballet
box, in an attempt to get Slouch’s
roommate named after your own
roommate.
But the judges—Earle and Bat
talion Co - Editors Jerry Bennett
and Ed Holder-—reserve the right
to throw out any and all ballots.
Very democratic.
Be sure and sign your nomina
tion, so you can get the prize, if
you win. But be sure the judges
can tell your name from your
nomination. That could be em
barrassing.
The nominations will be judged
Wednesday night, and the new
name and the winner will be an
nounced in Thursday’s Battalion.
Who is this Earle guy ? If you’ve
seen him on the campus, you’ve
noticed that he looks something
like Cadet Slouch, although he says
Slouch is not modeled after any
particular person.
Earle is a fourth year architec
ture student from Jacksonville.
He’s been drawing cartoons all
his life, and he says he may go into
it as a business, “If I can make a
living at it.”
“I get my ideas fi’om looking
out the window and watching the
Aggies pass by,” Earle says.
“A&M is the funniest place in
America, if you consider getting
kicked in the face every morning
funny.”
No Kicks-Backs
Earle says he has never received
any kick-backs from the men he
has caricatured, most of whom
have been in the military depart
ment. One man even wanted a
copy of the cartoon featuring him
for framing.
Besides chronicling Slouch’s mis
adventures, Earle is a pole-vaulter
on the track team and a Golden
Gloves boxer. He claims to have
been graduated from high school,
but he admits a well-trained ape
could probably do his work.
And in case anyone’s wondering
why The Battalion isn’t offering
a cash prize for naming the room
mate, it’s because Earle said if
the prize were cash, he’d work the
deal so he would get the money.
So don’t forget, in the words of
Tammany Hall, “Vote early and
often!”