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Number 187: Volume 53
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1954
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Three Freshmen Confess to Thefts
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FIREMEN BATTLE $125,000 FIRE—Bryan firemen, brought out by a general alarm fire
yesterday at the Lilly Ice Cream Co. and the United Furniture and Appliance Co., battle
smoke and flames in an effort to extinguish the blaze which started in the Lilly main-
tenance shops. Damage was estimated by the managers of the two companies at about
$125,000. Neither plant was fully covered by insurance.
RE Week Starts Sunday
Ministers’ Talks
The first A&M Religious Em
phasis week sermon wil be given
by Dr. Louis H. Evans at the Sun
day morning service of the College
Station First Methodist church .
This will be the first time in
A&M’s history that the first RE
week talk has been given in one of
the local churches. Evans also
will speak at the College Station
First Baptist church at its even
ing service that day. Other RE
week leaders will speak at differ
ent College Station churches.
Evans, minister at large of t}ie
Presbyterian church of Los
Angeles, Calif., is principal speak
er for the week. He and the other
ministers are expected to arrive
Saturday night or early Sunday.
They will be guests of the col
lege at the A&M-SMU basketball
game that night in the DeWare
Field house.
The men will be given a recep
tion at the home of President and
Mrs. David H. Morgan from 4-5:30
p. m. Sunday.
Eat With Corps
They will breakfast together
each morning in the Memorial
Student Center during their stay
here. Noon meals will be served to
them in Sbisa hall whei - e they will
eat with local ministers and mem
bers of fhe Inter-Faith council.
The ministers will be guests of
individual corps units for evening
meals.
The first Religious Emphasis
week service will be held at 11 a.
m. Monday in Guion hall. Evan’s
topic will be “Are You a Whole
Man ?”.
Other times and topics are Tues
day, 10 a. m.> “How Do You
Feel?”. Wednesday, 10 a. m.,
“What Do You Mean—Christian?”.
Thursday, 9 a. m., “Are You Fit
To Be Tied?”; and Friday, 9 a. m.,
“What Will You Do With Your
Life?”.
Students will be excused from
classes scheduled at these times.
Weather Today
PARTLY CLOUDY
Increasing cloldiness late today,
tonight and tomorrow with mod
erate winds tomorrow. High yes
terday 70. Low Ups morning 38.
Dormitory religious leaders this
year will be the Rev. Everett Y.
Seale, First Methodist church,
Beeville, dormitory 16; the Rev.
John W- Fritts, Episcopal Stu
dent Chaplain, Houston, Milner,
Leggett and Mitchell halls.
Lt. Col. V. Goodhand, office
USAF chaplains, Washington, D.
C., dormitories 6 and 8; Carl
Spain, Central Church of Christ,
Houston, dormitory 15 and P. G.
hall; the Rev. C. R. Sunday, St.
Andrew’s Presbyterian church,
Houston, dormitory 11.
Dr. Hayden Edwards, Poly
technic Methodist church. Fort
Worth, Hart hall; Dr. Kelly
Barnett, Episcopal Theological
seminary, Austin, faculty forums
in the Biological Science Lecture
room; Dr. Sidney Hamilton, North
Texas State college, Denton, mar
ried students discussions in YMCA
chapel.
Society to Show
‘Sergeant York’
The A&M Film Society will
show “Sergeant York” at 7:30 p.
m. tonight in the Memorial Student
Center ballroom.
Starring Gary Cooper, the
Academy Award winning picture
is based on the true life story of
a conscientious objector in World
War I.
A foreign film, “Dream No
More”, will be shown Monday night
and another foreign movie is
scheduled for Tuesday, said Jerry
Bennett, president.
The Rev. D. Redmond, S. W.
Texas Conference, San Antonio,
Puryear and Law halls; the Rev.
Bruce Mclver, Baiptist Student
Work, San Marcos,' dormitories 6
and 7; Dr. A. G. Wiederaenders,
Texas Lutheran college, Seguin,
dormitory 9.
Rabbi Milton Rosenbaum, Beth-
E1 Congregation, Fort Worth,
dormitories 10 and 12; the Rev.
Harold G. Brown, Steves Park
dormitories 2 and 4.
Chaplain Major Robert R. Moss,
First Armored Division, Fort
Hood, dormitories 1 and 3; Rev.
Luther Holcomb, Lakewood Bap
tist church, Dallas, dormitory 14;
and Dr. Robert G. Gordon, Uni
versity of Texas, Austin, Walton
hall.
Deadline Is Set
For Degree Filing
March 1 is the deadline for sen
iors to file for June graduation,
according to James Y. Alexander
of the registrar’s office. Those
eligible should fill out an appli
cation of degree-intent for grad
uation at the registrar’s office.
Thus application is necessary for
the registrar to compile the candi
date degree li&t which will appear
later in March. Diplomas are
ordered from the names on this
list.
Only those candidates whose
names are on the list can order
their graduation announcements
through the student activities of
fice.
$2,500 Involved;
Cadets Suspended
Three freshmen cadets from company G were suspended
from A&M yesterday after confessing to thefts totaling near
$2,500.
Two of them confessed they stole a box of radar equip
ment, property of the U. S. Navy, valued at $600 to $1,000.
This radar equipment was taken from Austin hall on
Jan. 16. Until these men are charged in a state or federal
court, The Battalion will refer to them as Cadets No. 1, 2 and
Q
O.
The report made on the investigation revealed:
Cadet No. 1, from Sweetwater, confessed to stealing, or
Michalske.
Dayton
Released
Mike Michalske and Bill
Dayton were released from
their present positions yester
day, as Paul (Bear) Bryant,
new head coach and athletic
director, rolled on his way to
a near-complete clean-up of the
A&M athletic department.
Michalske was the Cadet line
coach last season, after serving in
the same position at Baylor in the
1950-52 seasons. Dayton had been
athletic trainer since 1949.
In a statement released yester
day afternoon, President David H.
Morgan said that the two “will
be retained by A&M College in
some other position until Sept. 1.”
No details were given on the ex
act nature of their new jobs.
Yesterday morning Bryant had
announced the appointment of his
staff, but no mention was made of
Michalske or Dayton.
Last night Michalske said, “I
think it’s very understandable,
don’t you?” He said he had no
plans yet. Asked about his new
duties, Michalske said, “They
haven’t told me.”
Dayton said, “I think I would
have done the same thing if I was
in Bryant’s position. I have no
personal animosities,” he said.
“I’m just happy they let me stay
here as long as they did.”
Dayton first learned of his re
lease from The Battalion. “It sure
was nice of someone to tell me,”
(See MICHALSKE, Page 3)
Senate Discusses
Damages Payment
Methods of paying for damages
to a truck used during bonfire
week were discussed last night by
the student senate.
Two methods were discussed.
These were taking money from the
fund taken up for Reveille, and
from the dormitory cokei funds.
The. senate decided to form a com
mittee to study the matter, which
were damages of $191.25.
Committees were also formed to
study a plan to make committee
meetings compulsory, and to study
improvement of campus mudholes.
It’s ‘Simp'
Roommate Gets a Name
Cadet Clouch’s new roommate
can whip out to the other Aggies
he meets on his nefarious es
capades seen in The Battalion’s
daily cartoon feature.
Thinks to the more than 500 per
sons who entered the contest to
select a name for the frizzy-haired
Aggie, he now has a name. .
It’s “Simp”.
The winning name was entered
by James D. Johnson, sophomore
animal husbandry major from
Groesbeck.
Judges were James Earle, who
draws the cartoon, and Battalion
Co-editors Jerry Bennett and Ed
Holder.
The contest rules specifed that
any or all ballots could be disre
garded, and the judges took them
literally. “Simp” was only entered
once, while one name received as
many as 64 votes.
Like we promised, is was a very
democratic election.
Johnson can pick up his prize in
the Batt office anytime. Four
originals of Earle’s cartoons fea
turing the roommate and a large
picture of “Simp” were the prize.
The Aggies had a field day try
ing to name the rommate. One
eager freshman put in the ballot
Sophs to Pick
Dance Chairmen
Committee chairmen for the
Sophomore ball will be named
Wednesday.
The dance will be April 3 in
Sbisa. An orchestra will be named
soon.
The sophomores will select a
class sweetheart at the dance. Five
finalists will be chosen from pic
tures submitted by members of the
class, and the sweetheart will be
chosen that night.
Pictures may be turned in start
ing next week said Jan Broderick,
class social secretary.
box a list of 45 names, all differ
ent.
One ballot read “Name him
Frank Hill. Submitted by Frank
Hill”. Several people asked to have
him named after their own room
mate.
Somebody clipped out a list of
Battalion staff members, wrote
across the top “take your pick”,
and put it in the box.
“Wild Root Cream Oil Charlie”
also got a vote.
A rough tabulation of the ballots
is as follows:
Hub, 65; John R. Kube, 29 (both
obvious cases of ballot-box-stuff
ing); Scrounge, 19; Geek, 10; Rod
ney' Heath, 9; Hosenose, 8; Man-
osos, 7; Crowbar, C; Animal, 5;
Spike White, Sack - time, and
Grouch, 3 each.
Fred Mitchell, James Earle, Jer
ry Bennett, and Ed Holder all tied
with 5 nominations each.
And will the person who cast his
ballot on a blank check please come
to the office and sign it?
helping- to steal, 31 items. Ca
det No. 2, from Mamaronelk,
New York, was involved in the
theft of 33 articles. Cadet
No. 3, from Ft. Sam Houston,
was in on the theft of 10 articles.
S o m e of the thefts took
place as far back as October, 1953,
and some during the first part of
this month.
Most of the articles were stolen
from the campus, but some of them
were taken in other cities.
Recommended Suspension
Suspension was recommended by
Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant,
and approved yesterday afternoon
by W. L. Penberthy, dean of men.
Suspension means a man is eligible
to re-enter at some future date.
Two other men were involved to
a smaller degree with the first
three men.
Penberthy said he probably
would announce his decision on
these two men sometime today.
However, he indicated their i-oles
in the actions were much less than
that of the three men already sus
pended. “They are less involved
than these,” he said.
Penberthy said he told the three
men to take the things back to
their owners. He . said they will
have to before “we will let them
back in.”
Given To Authorities
Asked if the case would be turn
ed over to the civil authorities, he
said, “If the people concerned want
to press charges they can.”
Penberthy said the government
equipment will have to be reported,
and he doesn’t know what will be
done.
“It has been our experience that
most people don’t want to give
these kids the works when they see
the college is going to take some
action,” he said.
Penberthy said they could be ad
mitted to school “when they have
learned their lesson. One thing in
favor of these kids is they said,
‘We think we got what was coming
to us.’ ”
The investigation was begun
through the efforts of F. A. Vitra-
no, commander of company G, and
J. B. Hardeway, commander of
company I.
The report on the investigation
was:
A number of losses of text books
and small items was reported in
dormitory 17 during the week of
final exams and during the first
week of school.
These two commanders found in
dications that Cadet No. 2 had sold
• (See THEFT, Page 2)
Junior College
Press Meet Starts
Delegates representing student
publications in 10 Texas junior
colleges began arriving on the cam
pus today for the First Annual
Texas Junior College Press con
ference.
The conference, sponsored by the
A&M Journalism club and directed
by senior journalism student
Wayne R. Dean, will be held to
day and tomorrow in the Memorial
Student Center.
James Wagner, assistant manag
ing editor of the Houston Press,
will be principal speaker for the
affair.
Dean announced yesterday that
Wagner is replacing W. R. Beau-
mier, who was originally scheduled
as the conference’s main speaker.
Beaumier, vice president of the
Lufkin Publishing Company and
publisher of the Lufkin Daily
News, became ill this week and was
Wayne R. Dean
Conference Chairman
Hart Receives
Help After
Fire Losses
Eugene Hart, manager of
the United Furniture Co.,
which suffered about $125,000
in fire damage yesterday, has
good reason to be thankful to
Brazos county residents.
Hart said Knox and Stacy
furniture stores in Bryan have
offered to help him out and
keep him from going out of
business.
“The local companies have
been very considerate and I
have received offers of
trucks to help carry out some
of the things we salvaged to
warehouses of the other com
panies in town”, he said.
“People have been very
nice ever since they found out
about my trouble”, Hart said.
Slouch Meets Simp
forced to cancel his engagement.
This convention marks the first
time in the history of Texas junior
colleges that their student publi-
cath ns have been formed into a
united conference. Dean says it is
the hope and aim of the A&M
Journalism club to make the con
ference “an annual co-ordinating
factor in improving the quality of
junior college student publications.
“Naturally,” Dean continued,
“we want these colleges to return
next year. But what is more im
portant to us is that these schools
want to return. We are simply sup
plying the physical plant and the
coordinators for this session. The
junioi colleges themselves will of
fer their problems, analyze them,
and work out the solutions them
selves.”
Banquet Tonight
The conference officially opens
with registration of the delegates
at 3 p. m. today. Tonight they will
attend a banquet in the MSG as
sembly room at which time they
will be officially welcomed by
President David H. Morgan. Wag
ner will deliver the after-dinner
address Entitled, “It’s A Great
Business.”
Friday’s scheduled activities will
close with a dance in the student
center assembly room after the
banquet.
Newspapers of the attending col
leges will be displayed on the sec
ond floor of the MSG. Bob
Alderdice, senior journalism stu
dent from Dallas, is preparing the
display.
Saturday the convention will be
broken down into sessions dealing
with problems of student publi
cations. The sessions will pertain
to such topics as advertising, pro
blems of the editor, make-up, re
porter, and the yearbook staff.
Bing Will Moderate
Roland Bing, manager of A&M
student publications on leave of
absence, will moderate the year
book session. Assisting him will be
Tom Murray, chief artist of Taylor
Publishing Company of Dallas, and
Carl Jobe, acting director of A&M
student publications. Murray will
discuss “Layout In Choosing A
Theme.” Moderators for the other
sessions will be Jim Ashlock, Hand
Baker, Tom Skrabanek, Ed Holder,
Jon Kinslow, Bob Boriske, Bob
Hendry and Jerry Bennett.
Junior colleges attending the
conference are Arlington State
college, Tarleton State college, De
catur Baptist, Wharton Junior col
lege, Howard County Junior col
lege, Kilgore Junior college, Paris
Junior college, Schreiner institute,
Southwestern Bible institute and
Victoria college.
MSC Directorate
May Change Form
The Memorial Student Center
directorate will vote Monday on a
proposal that wolld replace its
present 13 committees with seven
groups.
The change is being proposed by
a committee assigned to investi
gate the organization of the di
rectorate.
The change will affect the
browsing library and junto com
mittees, which will be formed with
the forum committee into the
forum group; the bowling, bridge
and table tennis committees which
will be combined into the games
group; and the crafts, radio,
camera and audio committees
which will become the hobby group.
The dance, house, art and music
committees will not be affected by
the switch but will only change
their names from committee to
group.
Reason for the change, accord
ing to a report of the committee,
is the directorate was too un
wieldy under the present organi
zation to make for efficient ope
ration.
Spring Enrollment
Totals 5,505
A total of 5,506 students
have registered hei’e for the
spring semester, Registrar H.
L. Heaton has announced.
This is an increase over the
same period in 1953, when the
enrollment was 5,457.