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Civic Group Elects
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For New Year
K. A. (Cubby) Manning was
elected president Monday of the
College Station Civic Development
association and Chamber of Com
merce.
Other officers elected were Carl
Tishler, vice president; Mrs. C. C.
I>oak, secretary; and Nestor Mc
Ginnis, manager.
Manning, who was graduated
from A&M in 1948, is a partner of
the Culpepper-Manning Insurance
agency. He said he thought it was
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“quite an honor” to be elected
president of the association.
“Our overall objective for the
year will be the sponsoring of pro
grams to better College Station,”
he said.
Parts of this program are a
safety campaign, a continuation of
the plan to get sidewalks on Jersey
street for the school children, and
aid in the tuberculosis survey,
Manning said.
Each year the association spon
sors the Christmas decoration con
test.
Manning is also chairman of the
Kiwanis club’s inter club commit
tee, member of the recreation
council, child welfare officer of
the American Legion, member of
the A&M Consolidated school edu
cational commission, and director
of the College Station-Bryan din
ner dance club.
At the January meeting of the
association five directors were
elected. They are Gibb Gilchrist,
Luther Jones, Mrs. T. W. Leland,
Walter Deloplane and Sid Love
less. There are 15 directors of the
club and thrSe ex-officio directors.
Extra Degree or
AF Sets Deadline Today
Delay May Cost
Seniors Commissions
Night Bus Stop
Moved to A&M
Passengers riding night sched
uled Greyhound busses to College
Station will be let off on the
campus instead of being delivered
to the old terminal.
When College Station ticket
holders are riding, busses will enter
the East Gate' from Highway 6,
pass the System Administration
building on Ross street, and go
past the Aggieland Inn to North
Gate.
Mrs. C. C. Doak
C of C Secretary
Senior Gift Group
Picks Suggestions
The senior class gift committee
accepted several gift suggestions
at the senior class meeting Mon
day night in the Memorial Student
Center.
The gift committee will narrow
the number of suggestions to three,
after checking against the college
building program as to the need,
cost, and benefit of the gift de
cided on, said Charles (Chuck)
Fenner, committee chairman.
BRASS HAT — Maj. James Q. Hamrick of Carswell AFB,
Ft. Worth tries on the hat of a college graduate, with the
help of his three 8-year-old sons. The major has just been
graduated from North Texas State college with a degree
in business administration. Wynne is fitting the cap on
his father’s head, Glynne holds the air force cap, and
Lynne climbs up for a better look.
CS Water Supply
Is Adequate—Benson
For RE Week
More Discussion
Leaders Named
The College Station water sup
ply situation is in good shape, Fred
Benson, city engineer, told the
College Station Kiwanis club Tues
day.
“There may be shortages for
short periods,” he said, “but these
will only come during times of
highest comsumption.”
All of the city has a good water
supply, except for the southwest
corner of the city, Benson said. He
explained that residences in that
area have adequate service, but
there is no system to provide water
for fire hydrants.
“We feel the area will grow, and
by 1970 we expect the population
will be about 15,000,” Benson said.
“We also think light industries will
locate in this area if we continue to
have a good water supply.”
juniors Set
Mew Deadline
For Sweetheart
The deadline for submitting
pictures for nomination as
junior class sweetheart has
been extended to 5 p.m. Mon
day, March 8. The deadline
previously was March 6.
All juniors are eligible to enter
pictures in the contest. Six final
ists will be picked from the pic
tures, and a sweetheart will be
chosen from finalists at the junior
class banquet and dance, March 20.
Pictures should be at least 5 by 7
inches, but 8 by 10 inches pictures
are preferred, according to How
ard Childers, sweetheart committee
chairman.
More Than One
Pictures may be turned in at the
student activities office, second
floor Goodwin hall. More than one
picture may be entered, Childers
said, but all pictures must be clip
ped together or be in a folder.
Attached to the picture must be
the candidate’s full name, home
town, mailing address and tele
phone number.
The following statistics should
also be attached to the picture:
height, weight, bust, waist, hips,
eye color and hair color.
Met Last Night
Meeting last night to ymik on
However, he said, as the city ex- plans for the dance and banquet,
pands, improvements will b e | junior class officers and committee
needed in the water system. To
keep the pressure steady in the
southern sections, if they are de
veloped, a water main and water
tower will have to be built, said
Benson.
“If this happens, it will pro
bably cost about $150,000,” he said.
College Station buys its water
from the college and from Bryan.
Last year, Benson said, the city
bought 66 million gallons from the
college, and 116 million from Bry
an.
“The city is not in the water
supply business. We just buy the
water and resell it to the citizens,”
he said.
chairmen decided to name new per
sonnel to two committees.
The two committees affected and
their new co-chairmen ai'e tickets
and finance', Thurmon Johnson and
Dick McCasland; and program, Lb-
lan Pullen and Bill Utzman.
The officers and chairmen will
meet again next Tuesday to estab
lish a budget for the banquet and
dance.
Chaplain Albert R. Moss will
lead forums and discussion groups
for students in dormitories 1 and 3
during Religious Emphasis week,
Feb. 14-19.
The discussion groups for each
dorm will meet twice a day during
RE week. In the afternoon ses
sions, 4:30-6 p.m., any subject the
students feel is of interest will be
discussed, while after supper dis
cussions will be on subjects voted
on previously by the students.
These ballots, or interest loca
tors, were tabulated by dormitories
so topics of particular interest to
a dormitory could be discussed
there.
Native of Kentucky
A native of Kentucky, Mofes at
tended Akron university in Akron,
Ohio; Kentucky Christian college in
Grayson, Ky.; and did four years of
graduate woi-k at Butler university,
Indianapolis', Ind.
For the past ten years he has
been on active duty as an army
chaplain, including five years in
Europe and two years in the Pa
cific. He is now chaplain of com
bat command “A”, first armored
division, Fort Hood.
The Rev. Harold G. Brown, min
ister of Stevens Park Christian
church of Dallas, will lead discus
sion groups in dormitories 2 and 4
A native of Kansas, Brown re
ceived his AB from the University
of Wichita, his MA from Butler
University .School of Religion, and
his BD from Chicago Theological
seminary.
Discussion groups for dormitory
11 will be lead by the Rev. C. Rod
ney Sunday, pastor of St. Andrews
Presbyterian church of Houston.
A graduate of the University of
Texas, Rodney received his BD
from Austin Presbyterian Theolog
ical seminary in 1938. Since then
he has held pastorates in the First
Presbyterian church, Rockport;
First Presbyterian church, Luling;
and First Presbyterian church, Ho
mer, La.
A chaplain with the army from
1942 to 1946, he served with the
103rd infantry division, 20th tank
destroyer group, and 102nd infan
try division.
Another graduate of the Univer
sity of Texas, the Rev. Donald E.
Redmond, will live in Puryear and
lead forums for Puryear and Law
halls.
After receiving his BA from Tex
as, Redmond studied at Yale Divin
ity school, where he was awarded
his BD Magna Cum Laude in 1933
Since joining the Southwest Tex
as conference of the Methodist
church in 1933, he has held pastor
ates at Miles, San Antonio, Seguin,
Kingsville and Harlingen.
In June of 1953, Redmond was
elected by the conference to suc
ceed Dr. R. F. Curl as the execu
tive secretary of the Southwest
Texas conference of the Methodist
church.
Debate Team
Wins Second
An A&M debate team won se
cond place in a debate tournament
at Baylor university Saturday.
Competing in the contest were 116
teams from 25 colleges and uni
versities.
John Samuels and Ken Scott
were on the team that came in se
cond. A team from the Univer-sity
of Houston was first in the con
test.
Another A&M team, composed of
Bud Whitney and John Wilson,
reached the semi-finals of the con
test.
Teams competing were fi’om
Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana
and Texas.
The A&M team tied the U of H
team in the A&M debate tourney
here two months ago.
Compulsory Committee
Attendance May Start
Compulsory attendance at com
mittee meetings will be discussed
by the Student Senate at 7:15
m. Thursday in the Senate Cham
ber of the Memorial Student Cen
ter.
The senate will elect a new par
liamentarian and will discuss the
problem of campus mudholes.
Stribling Releases
Ring Dance Plans
Seven committees for the senior
ring dance will begin work about
April 1, said Gil Stribling, general
ring dance chairman.
Harold Kupfer will head the pro
gram committee, refreshments will
be handled by Bob Lee, Wayne
Dean is in charge of ticket sales
and the guest committee is head
ed by Warren Sexton. The ring
ceremony will be handled by An
drew Gray.
Stan Bell and Carl Wilson will
serve as co-chairmen of the ban
quet committee, while head of the
dance committee is Marion Baugh,
Stribling said.
Tentative plans are being made
to have Ray Anthony and his
orchestra for the senior ring dance
May 15. The pre-dance banquet will
start at 6:30 p.m. with the dance
from 8-12 p.m.
Chairman Named
For Aggie Follies
Committee chairmen for the 1954
Aggie Follies were appointed yes
terday by Intercouncil committee
head Phil Mockford.
The Intercouncil is composed of
the presidents, vice-presidents and
two representatives from the agri
culture, engineering, arts and
sciences and veterinary medicine
councils.
Mockford named Hollie Briscoe,
Jim Milligan and Bill Young to
the Follies committee. John Akard,
student entertainment manager,
will be student producer of the
Follies.
The Follies will be held Friday
and Saturday, May 7 and 8, the
weekend of the annual Open House
and Parent’s Days. Mother’s Day
is May 9.
Other committee chairmen are
Wade Cannon, head of the printing
and program committee; E. B.
Aman, head of the guide and con
cession committee, and Chuck
Neighbors, head of the publicity
committee.
Air Force seniors who do not withdraw their requests
to take graduate work before starting active duty by early
this afternoon may not be commissioned in May.
The deadline was set for noon today. However, Maj. H.
O. (Hub) Johnson of the Air Science department said stu
dents might still be able to change their plans this afternoon
if they didn’t wait too late.
A form was given to all AS seniors last week which in
structed anyone who had requested more than 120 days
delay from active duty to report to the Military Science
building.
The purpose was to give these seniors a chance to de-
* ♦■crease this time limit.
This situation developed af
ter the air force unit here re
ceived a recent report from
Air university. If states that
the air force currently plans to
commission only May and Juno
graduates who can meet immediate
active duty requirements.
This means that AF seniors, ex
cept those who have been in the
service before, can take their choice
between an immediate commission
or an advanced degree. 1
Advanced Work
Johnson said that medical, vet
erinary medical or law students
probably would be commissioned
after finishing their advanced
work.
He explained that a report had to
be completed this afternoon telling
how many AF seniors are going to
take graduate courses. It will be
mailed to Air University tomorrow
morning, he said.
Air Force seniors here who are
not scheduled for commissions were
also given a chance to lower their
delay time if it was more than 120
days.
These cadets include those who
are not planning to fly or who are
not enrolled in some technical or
scientific field of study.
Officer’s Rank
Johnson said that if the air
force should decide to commission
them they might not get officer’s
rank immediately if they went to
graduate school.
However, if commissioning plans
stay as they are, the question of
graduate work will be between
these students and their draft
boards, Johnson explained.
Wanna Paint
A Building?
IPs Legal
Would you like to sneak out
tonight and paint your out
fit sign on a building?
You can do this and make
five dollars instead of being
afraid of getting caught and
having to pay for property
damage.
Loupot will pay five dollars
for the first outfit insignia
painted on the side of Loupot’s
Trading Post after noon Mon
day. No sign painted before
that will be considered.
He also offers five dollars
for the best insignia, so if you
see that soVneone got there
“fustest,” go ahead and see if
you can get there with the
“mostest”.
Qualified Juniors
May Order Rings
Juniors with 95 hours of
academic credit may now older
senior rings at the registrar’s of
fice said Mrs. Dell Bauer, ring
clerk.
Rings must be paid for when
ordered^ Cost of the rings vary
according to weight. Eighteen-
pennyweight rings cost $29.84, 16-
pennyweight rings are $27.80 and
14-pennyweight rings are $25.76.
Transfer students must have
two semesters at A&M to order
their rings, Mrs. Bauer said.
New Schedule Set
For Club Pictures
Club presidents should come by
the office of student activities to
schedule a time for their club
picture to be taken for the ’54
Aggieland, said Harold Kupfer,
club editor.
Clubs will start having their
pictures made Feb. 22. The pictures
will be made on a regular schedule
for the first time this year so they
can be completed soonei’, Kaupfer
said.
Also, pictures will be made at
12:30 p. m. to take advantage of
the better light, Kupfer said. This
is the first time club pictures have
been made at this time.
Ants Bother Him
He Says Waco Exes Are Tops
By ED HOLDER
Battalion Co-Editor
The Waco physician told Lein- Christmas. He urged people to reason wind up in the hospital,
weber his leg must come off im- write to the boy,” Leinweber said. “Makes you feel kinda’ sheepish
, , , , . . mediately. The place injured on “J wa s feeling real sorry for when you know there were other
iT er _ e S .. a u_ leaS .:„ 0n L!y ian .-° n rt! S his le £ had become cancerous, and this guy, until Watkins went into people in there (hospital) worse
the malignancy was spreading. a little more detail. Then I began than you.”
His leg was amputated half way not to feel so sorry for the guy— Leinweber modestly finished his
between his knee and thigh. I realized it was me he was talking story. Academically a freshman
“I thought I was going to have a about. after two years in the army in
I got a flood of letters. I got Ja P an and Korea > he S ets around
campus who will tell you the
former students at Waco are the
grandest guys in the world.
He had quite a time with the
A&M exes in that area during ~ A , .
Christmas when he was suffering lon ^ Christmas being
. . . ° fhnvo a crrnmrp town nil nlnnp.
from a mishap.
Donald Leinweber’s story started
sometime ago when a cow kicked . , .
his leg just below the knee joint s u en an e 1 01 oi a
RE Speaker Sets
Topics for Talks
Dr. Louis H. Evans, principal
speaker for Religious Emphasis
week, has chosen the subject “Are
You A Whole Man?” for his first
talk, Monday, Feb. 14, from 10-
11 a. m.
Other topics chosen by Dr. Evans
include: “How Do You Feel?” 10-
11 a. m. Tuesday, “What Do You
Mean - Christian?” 10-11 a. m.
Wednesday, “Are You Fit To Be
Tied?” 9-10 a. m. Thursday, and
“What Will You Do With Your
Life?” Friday from 9-10 a. m..
Dr. Evans will arrive here Feb.
12, from St. Petersburg, where he
has just completed a month’s
preaching mission.
Foreign Students
Attend Stock Show
Thirty-two A&M Foreign stu
dents from 19 countries were
guests of the International club and
Houston Fat Stock show at the
show and rodeo the weekend of
Feb. 6.
The students had lunch at the
Corral club as guests of Ernie
Soker after which they visited the
International club as guests of
Gail Whitcomb.
After the rodeo, Houston
families took the students to their
homes for the rest of the weekend.
cards and letters from people I
on crutches.
-he is
there in a strange town all alone, — -
he said. didn’t even know. Mrs. Bledsoe, the -^ nd ^ ea ^ C 118 ^ ^ ou can '
Johnnv Watkins A&M former A&M Mother’s club president there, carrying 12 hours of college work
Jonnny watKins, A&m roimei ” and making all his classes. He lives
and editor for a Waco ^ * in the college hospital because the
Then Watkins came up to
He didn’t think much about it radio ktation etarted the ball ~U- 7“"™ “7av with‘a ba " dages ° n his leg haVe G° be
until the betrinnimr of the fall in g wh en he learned of Leinweber s Leinv.ebei s loom one da y ' lta a changed every once in a while.
semester when he noticed he fro f m . one of the nUrSeS and shiny neW te lslon His only gripe about his college
couldn’t feel much when he rubbed the hosp,tal - ^ u 7?* VC administration won t
the injured spot Leinweber said he was dejected- “Boy, was that nice. It was the let me take any more hours.
Leinweber went to see Dr. J. E. ly sitting in bed one day listening Waco ; Mc \ e r a \T n h7a^h:v do hos^Sls^Tho e
Marsh, college physician Marsh to the radio, when Watkin^^ b^yfwho^ar: ^tue fnl^keep cSwl-
" t0 3 in ^ rd^w h^i Horn out of town a/d for some fug on my bed table.”
County Has 27
Influenza Cases
Twenty-seven cases of influenza
were reported in the College Sta
tion-Bryan area last week, ac
cording to the County Health unit,
Other disease cases reported
were measles, 25; strept throat, 24;
and diarrhea, 19.
The report for College Station
was diarrhea, 11; influenza and
strept throat, 10 each; and measles,
5. .