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u • B. COFFER MSC, FE 3 COPIES Circulated Daily To 1)0 Per Cent Of Pocal Residents Number 102: Volume 53 Hattahon PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1954 Published By A&M Students For 75 Years Price Five Cents Battalion r T7' In Pace . Co-Editors Resign Jobs of Publication Committee ■ — News Briefs Shepardson To Speak To Dairymen C. N. SHEPARDSON, dean of the School of Agriculture, will speak Friday to the annual meet ing of the Arkansas Dairy Pro dents association at Little Rock. JSunday he will consult with the Vmrd of directors of the Dairy products Institute of Texas. INFLUENZA LED the list of diseases reported in the College Station area for the week ending Feb. 13. Twenty-nine cases were reported. Measles was second with 27 cases reported, and diarrhea has third with 17 cases. THE AGRICULTURIST will l)e printed and ready for distribut- the latter part of the week, said Ed Stern, editor. He also said all feature articles submitted to him Viuld be considei'ed for use in future editions. * * * DR. HENRY GILMAN of Iowa State College will speak to the American Chemical society at 8:15 tonight in the lecture room of the Chemistry building. Topic of his speech will be “The Pursuit of Frep Radicals.” * t- * F. D. BROCK, head of the Feyd Control Service, and Dr. J. R. Crouch’of the poultry husbandry pnd biochenistry and nutrition de partment attended the annual .tneeting of the Midwest Feed Manufacturers association Thurs day and Friday in Kansas City. * .+. * DR. DEWITT HUNT, head of the School of Industrial Arts at Oklahoma A&M will speak on “The Need for Subject Matter Speciali zation in Graduate Study” at 8 p. m. in room 107 of Biological Sciences building. * * * ERVIN M. WILLIAMS, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alton Williams of College Station, is completing his air force basic airman indoctrina tion course at Lackland air force base. Williams will later be given technical training and be assigned specialized work. No Injuries In Accident No one was injured in an accident at Lamar and Spence streets at 1:10 p. m. Yesterday. The cars were driven by John Van Wert jr., senior from Marshall, and Mrs. Verna Lee Carroll of College Station. Mrs. Carroll’s car, which was going south on Spence street, col lided with Van Wert’s car, which was going east on Lamar street. Spence street is on the east side of the dormatories in the new ai’ea. Lamar street runs east and west in front of the dormatories. Damage to the cars was about $450, said A. R. “Pop” Ward of campus security. Weather Today PARTLY CLOUDY Fair and partly cloudy with con tinued dust today and tomorrow. High yesterday 74. Low this morn- ing 54. Paper’s Staff Walks Oat Protesting Recommendation By ED HOLDER and JERRY BENNETT The Battalion writers and editors quit their jobs last night in protest to a Student Life committee action which they claim will censor the college newspaper. Ed Holder and Jerry Bennett, co - editors, announced their resignations after the Student Life committee voted to recommend to the Academic Council that a special commit tee he set up over student publications. The remainder of the newspaper staff turned in their resignations later. rhirteen SLC members voted for the committee. Only three votes were cast against. They were S. A. Ker- ley, of the Basic Division staff, Dan Russell of the agricultur al economics and rural sociology department, Holder and Bennett. The co-editors only have one vote between them. Doyle Lowery, non-military student asked to change his vote. He said he became confused and did not vote like he intended. He was told he could not change. The SLC also decided to adopt suggestions by C. G. (Spike) White, dir ector of Student Activities and Dr. Carl Landiss of the Physical Educa tion department on how the committee would work. Both are SLC members. The voting came about after the SLC decided not to wait for a decision from the special eight man group, which has been trying to decide if a pub lication committee is needed. The group, chaired by Landiss, has been op erating since early in January. The Landiss-White plan was presented at a meeting of this group last Monday. But final action on accepting it was postponed then. The plan states that no censorship would be used. It explains that the committee would “advise” and “assist” the editors. Holder and Bennett have claimed this would be censorship since editors could be removed for not following the advice. Corps Commander Fred Mitchell sparked the discussion last night which led to heated arguments and finally to the editor’s defeat. Sen. Byrd Defends Bricher Proposal NEWARK, N. J„ Feb. 22 (TP) U. S. Sen. Harry F. Byrd D - Va today defended the proposed Brick- er amendment to the Constitution as a measure designed to protect the powers of Congress from “usurpation by any president so inclined.” Byrd spoke at a Washington’s Birthday luncheon cosponsored by the New Jersey chapters of the Sons, Daughters, and Children of the American Revolution. Fleet Adm. William Halsey was present ed a “good citizenship” award by the' three groups. Byrd said: “I have often heard it said that it was little short of sacrilege to Senate Posts To Be Filled Tomorrow Elections to fill vacancies in the Student Senate will be held Wednesday. The ballot box will be near the post office entrance of the Memorial Student Center. Vot ing will be from 1-6 p. m. Offices to be filled are one senior representative, two sophomore representatives, and one representative from Mit chell and one from Bizzell hall. Filing for the positions clos ed Monday. Those men elected will take office immediately, said W. D. (Pete) Hardesty, business manager of student activities. Turkish President Declines Invitation President Celal Bayar of Turkey declined an invitation to visit A&M because of previously planned busi ness engagements. A delegation of A&M Turkish students extended an invitation to the president in Dallas where he was visiting while on a tour of the United States. Sabit Gabay, one of the students, said they gave Bayar pamphlets de scribing A&M life. Bayar expressed his gratitude to the college for all it has done for the students from Turkey. Over 200 Turkish students have taken short courses at A&M in the last three years. At pi'esent, Gabay is the only Turkish student working towai-d a degree at the college. 200 Non-Vets Wait For College Housing There ai’e 200 non-veterans on the waiting list for married stu dent apartments, according to Har- Bo^cr^ chief of housing. even suggest amending the Consti tution to more fully protect the rights of Congress jn the powers conferred, to have v^ice in treaty making with foreigji nations - ag authority we have all been led to believe rested in the Senate. “We know that acts of at least two recent presidents have, in the minds of many, violated this fun damental principl.e “The Bricker amendment is to strengthen and preserve the re spective powers of our three branches of government and to prevent usurpation of power by any president so inclined.” The Bricker amendment is op posed by President Eisenhowex , ’s administration,, which says it would tie the hands of the execu tive department in foreign affairs. Byrd however centered his attack on formed Democratic Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, who were often at odds with the Virginia Democrat. CI ubs ‘0 pen I louse’ For Fish Tonight Freshman will have a chance to meet the staff and upperclassman students of their department at an open house for them at 7 to night, said C. H. Randell of the Basic Division. The open house will be given jointly by the staffs of the depart ment and student technical so cieties. “The purpose of these meet ings is to acquaint the freshman with the members and functions of his dept.” said Ransdell. A list of the meeting places for each dept, will be placed on the company bulletin board of each dormitory. “I want to ui-ge every freshman to attend at least one of the meet ings,” Ransdell said. The meetings will be over by 8, so the students can see the Swedish Tumbling Team perform, he said. Surgery Performed On Freshman Here James Tinsley, freshman in spuadron 17, has his appendix re moved at the college hospital at 9 p. m. Sunday. College Doctor J. E. Marsh per formed the operation. Tinsley was given a spinal anae sthetic instead of being put com pletely to sleep, and he watched the whole operation. As the doctor began sewing up the incision, Tinsley requested, “Cross stitch it, please.” The operation was watched by Ray A. Kopp, commander of squad ron 17; Will Herman, a junior in the squadron; and Jack Chewning, u friend of Tinsley’s, Mitchell said he wanted to know how long this matter was going to last before a decision was reached. “I’d like to see some decision reached in the near future.” Jerry Ramsey asked for a discussion on the question. White asked Wayne Stark to take over as chairman, since, “I have strong feelings on the question, as most of you know.” He said he would rather not act as chairman un der these conditions. Got a Problem Carroll Phillips said, “We’ve got a problem to decide, and I don’t feel we need any authority to say anything.” he was referring to the sub-committee’s recommendation that Roland Bing, manager of student publications on leave of absence, be asked to appeal' before the sub-committee and give advice. Doyle Lowery said Bing is going to have to deal with any decision made, and he should have his voice in it. T. B. Field said, “I’m scared we will talk things around until no action will be taken this year. Too many trivial things are brought up. That’s why I think it should be dis cussed here, not in a sub-committee.” Talked With Bing ~ nsgrri —* Commenting on asking Bing to appear, White said he had talked with Bing on the matter. He said he felt Bing doesn’t want to come back and appear before the committee. He said Bing’s recommendation had already been made. Bing recommended that everything be dropped until Sept. 23. Results of a survey made at other schools was given to members. The survey showed that most of these schools have Publications Committees. White said he had brought copies of The Battalion with him which dated back to two days before school started. He said he hoped the committee wouldn’t have to go into the matter since the question was purely opinion. He said he talked to Landiss, chairman of the committee on student publications, the morning after this publications committee last met. Bennett said Landiss himself had told him he meant to delete one word, “assist.” He said, speaking of the entire proposal, “This is a lie as it stands here.” Bennett was referring to his claim that the plan meant censorship. Bill Rowland said, “If it means you could be kicked out for incompetence, you would have been kicked out of here long ago.’’ Lowery said this should be dropped. “We are deciding something which future boys will lie effected by. It’s no trivial matter, but a major thing. Mitchell said, “We can do it now and if they don’t like it, they can change it.” Effects Many Men White said this affects many men. There is a 60-70 per cent turn-over each year on the SLC, and the new men coming in won’t be as well informed as we are now. Bennett raised the question if a two-thirds vote wasn’t required before this question could be considered, “since it isn’t an agenda item.” Parliamentarian Phillips said “It could be taken either way.” Mitchell asked if the Parliamentarian didn’t have the final word. He also asked to be excused from the room for “about five minutes.” Phillips said he would consult Roberts’ Rules of Order. Landiss said the editor of the Southwest Veterinarian told him following the last meeting of the committee on pub lications that he thought five words should be deleted from the proposal. These words were “and assist the editors in.” White Makes Motion White then moved the constitution be amended to pro vide a standing committee on student publications and yell leaders in order to aid the SLC in carrying out its functions. The move was seconded by Rowland. Stark said he questioned White’s privilege to make a motion, since he was the secretary of the committee, and not x voting member. Phillips, parliamentarian, said the constitution doesn’t say, but he would like to make the same motion. The motion was seconded. Bennett stood up and said, “Let’s don’t have a committee unless we know what it will do.’’ He said this report says “no censorship,” but he pointed out the clause in which the functions are to “advise with, and assist the editors in,” the forming of policies. Who Us Cooking TUESDAY 7 p. m.—Fish and Game club meeting, W. M. lab. Special busi ness meeting. Kream and Kow Klub meeting, room 211, Ag building. Special meeting for freshmen. All men in terested in Dairying are urged to attend. Entomology club meeting, room 105, New Biological Science build ing. Open house for freshmen in terested in entomology. Picture, will be taken of members. Horticulture society meeting, room 105, Agriculture building. Members of department will ex plain opporrtmities and activities to undergraduates. Agronomy society, room 105, Agronomy building. Special pro gram for freshmen. Important business. 7:15 p. m. Wesley foundation, Wesley foundation building. A play, “The Builders” will be presented. Accounting society meeting, MSC. There will be a short pro gram and a important business meeting, be out by 8:15. A I I E meeting, room 207, Engi neering building. Guest speaker- Mr. C. H. Elliott, manager of Cleco Division of Reed Roller Bit. Re freshments. Society of American Military Engineers, MSC. 7:30 p. m.—A I EE meeting, lec ture room, E E building. Mr. George H. Manke of the Line Ma- tei-ial Company will speak on “Sui cide of a High Voltage Arc.” Rodeo club meeting, A&I build ing. To make plans for spring rodeo, be there. Journalism club - Journalism building. Vic Lindley, journalism teacher from Bryan will speak. Special meeting for freshmen. Re freshments. WEDNESDAY 5:30 p. m.—Collegiate 4-H club meeting, front of MSC. Club pic ture for Aggieland. Didn t Imply Censorship WSiF— * A Landiss explained that he did not remove the word “as sist” after talking to Bennett because he decided that cen sorship was not implied. Rowland said the proposal was included in the report from the sub-committee, so it could be considered. Lowery said Bing and Donald Burchard, head of the jour nalism department had advised action be postponed. “We may think we know, but I don’t think we know,” he said. He said he thought the committee should listen to men like this. Wood said he thought the committee should consider what was best for A&M, not what’s right journalistically. After a five minute recess, Phillips ruled the proposal as an agenda item. Appeal Decision Phillips appealed the decision of the chair. The com mittee voted 12 to 3 to overrule the chairman’s decision, which made the proposal an agenda item. Rerley said supervision was not the question, “Young men not represented here have pointed out they have editors. This is confusing. Is this the best manner to care for this.” He said he was not clear as to how this would work. White said the editors of the magazines report to the various school councils, and the school councils report to the SLC /‘when necessary.” Mitchell moved the question to eliminate debate, and was seconded by Rowland. The vote was 15T for eliminating further discussion. Amendment Voted The amendment to the constitution was then voted upon. It was passed 13 to 3. Holder then rose and announced his and Bennett’s res ignations. Bennett left the meetings. The vote was taken, and their resignations were accepted 12 to 0. White suggested Carl Jobe, acting manager of student publications, take over as acting editor of The Battalion im mediately until the council could take further action. Bill Reed made the motion which was White’s sugges tion, and this was passed 17-0. 3?lie meeting was adjourned.