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PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Number 196: Volume 53
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1954
Price Five Cents
TENSHUN!—The Ross Volunteers snap to attention for Gen. Matthew Ridgway as
they provide an honor guard for the guest of Military Day activities. Accompanying
Ridgway into the Memorial Student Center are President David H. Morgan and Cadet
Colonel Fred Mitchell.
22 Prints Made
New Aggie Film
To Be Circulated
Immediately after the world
premier of “We Are The Aggies”
twenty-two exhibition prints of
the film begin to circulate to high
schools, Former Students Clubs,
Mother’s Clubs and other interest-
, ed parties and friends of the col
lege.
The Office of Student Activities
has nine prints which are being
mailed primilary to high schools.
The Former Students Association
has three films which will be used
for Former Student Club meet
ings and the Athletic Department
bought copies to be used as a
rompanion piece with banquet
speakers.
Nine prints were purchased for
use in their particular part of the
state by J. Harold Dunn for the
Panhandle, by W. T. Doherty for
the Houston area, Jack Finney,
Greenville and North Texas area,
C. L. Babcock Beaumont and
Southeast Texas, John H. Cuthrell
New Orleans and South Louisiana,
Weldon Parks, Kilgore and East
Texas and George Puls, Corpus
Christ! and vicinity.
Four thousand people including
Washington, State, City and Cam
pus dighitaries were at the world
premier of “We Are The Aggies”,
Friday night at Guion Hall.
All ticket sales have not yet re-'
ported in, but it appears that the*
12th Man Scholarship Fund netted
Chest X-Ray Unit
Sets Survey Here
The Annual Chest X-Ray Survey
will be on the campus in the Me
morial Student Center April 19—
24.
The hours will be from 8:30 a.
m. each day except Monday, April
19 when the hours will be from
12 noon until 5:30 p. m.
“Everyone that is 15 years of
age or older is urged to have this
free service each year,” said W.
L. Penberthy, dean of men.
Weather Today
CLEAR
Clear today
yesterday 73.
44.
and tomorrow. High
Low this morning
about $700.00 from the ticket sales.
Actually two premiers were held
on the same evening in that the
first showing turned out to be a
non-military premier and the 9:00
showing was a all military show
ing.
General Ridgeway’s comment
was “It was great.” President
Morgan’s comment was “It is sui’-
prising that the scope of A&M
could be covered in a 30 minute
movie so thraughly. I think the
job was done in a very profession
al manner.”
John Akard, Chairman for the
premier, introduced Mrs. Gus A.
Becker, President of the State
Federation of A&M Mother’s Club,
who has been associated with the
State Federation since the movie
was begun and Chancellor M. T.
Harrington, who was President of
the college when the movie was
begun.
Akard also pi’esented Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Berry and Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Kidd. Mr. Berry, Di
rector of Photographic and Visual
Aids, did the photography and ar
ranged for the scenes. Mr. Kidd,
Associate Professor of English,
wrote the preliminary continuity
script from which the photography
was done and also wrote the nar
rative script.
Sewage Group
School Started
Here Sunday
The 36th annual Texas
Water and Sewage Works as
sociation’s short school got
under way Sunday with reg
istration at 3 p.m. and a
meeting of panel leaders and mod
erators at 7:30 p.m. More than
750 are expected to attend the
six-day session.
Dr. David H. Morgan, A&M
president, gave the welcome ad
dress Monday morning and the re
sponse was given by N. W. Black
of Green’s Bayou, president of the
association.
The short school is held in co
operation with the State Depart
ment of Health, Southwest Section,
American Water Works Associa
tion, Federation of Sewage and In
dustrial Wastes Association, the
Texas Engineering Extension Serv
ice and A&M.
“The operation of water and
sewage works,” President Black
said, “has become a profession in
Texas largely as a result of this
training program. Communities
profit by making these educational
facilities available to their person
nel through resulting dividends of
more economical operation equip
ment and works. A most import
ant result is the increased pro
tection against the possibility of
water and filth borne disease
which knowledge of proper tech
niques affords.”
The Battalion
Will Resume
Old Schedule
The Battalion will resume
regular publication days this
week, announced Carl Jobe,
acting editor.
“Due to the fact that there
are no people to work on the
paper, we still need news
releases from departments and
organizations on the campus,”
he said.
The Battalion has bpen on
a n abbreviated publishing
schedule for the past two
weeks.
Jobe will remain acting
editor of the paper until the
special election March 17.
Funeral Services
For Bishop Today
Services for F. F. Bishop, 55,
who died in a hospital at Navasota
Saturday night, will be held at the
Hillier Funeral Home chapel at
Bryan, at 10 a.m. Tuesday, with
the Rev. W. H. Andrew of the
First Baptist church officiating.
Burial will be in the College Sta
tion Cemetery.
I’rofessor Bishop, who had been
with the Chemical Engineering de
partment of Texas A. and M. Col
lege since 1923, had been ill for
about 10 days.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Gladys Bishop; mother, Mrs. Min
nie Bishop of South Yarmouth,
Mass, and sisters, Mrs. Edward
Landry of Detroit, Mich.; Mrs.
Daniel Flynn of Asterville, Mass,
and Mrs. Mary Hawes of Hyranis,
Mass, and brothers, Henry L. Bish
op of Ashland, Ohio; Fred Bishop
of JamestoAvn, N.Y. and Ernest
Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Commentator
Off the Press,
On Sale Now
The second issue of The
Commentator, official maga
zine of the School of Arts and
Sciences, was on the new-
stands today.
The appearance of The Com
mentator also marked the
first appearance of Cadet
Slouch in student publications
since Feb. 23. Slouch and his
creator, James Earle, are
featured in the magazine.
Slouch will again be feature-
ed in the next two editions of
The Commentator, said Bob
Hendry, editor. “Over half the
magazine may be devoted to
Slouch cartoons,” he said. :
Also featured in The Com
mentator are “Are Athletics
Doomed at A&M?” by Jerry
Wizig; “Then There Were
None”, a story of an atomic
attack on College Station by
Jon Kinslow; “Dean of the
Aggies”, the story of Dean
Emeritus Edwin J. Kyle; and
“The Great Mirage”, a criti
cal review of A&M by a form
er student.
Stephenson Is
Representative
H. K. Stephenson, manager of
the structural research laboratory
of the Texas Engineering Experi
ment Station, has been selected by
the Texas Structural Steel Insti
tute as its representative to the
annual National Engineering Con
ference of the American Institute
of Steel Construction in Milwau
kee, April 13-14.
The T.S.S.I.’s appointment of
Stephenson marks the first time
the Institute has elected to send a
representative other than one of
its members to a national confer
ence.
Stephenson has been with the
Texas Engineering Experiment
Station for 11 years, during which
time has has co-authored several
textbooks and research bulletins,
and has been recognized on two
national and one regional Who’s
Who seelctions. His latest book,
“Fundamentals of Structural Anal
ysis,” w T hich he co-authored with
the late Dr. A. A. Jakkula, is cur
rently under consideration for use
as a text in A&M structural engi
neering courses.
Tom Tipps Added
To Coaching Staff
COLLEGE STATION, Mrch 8
OP)—Tom Tipps, 37, head coach at
Pampa High School for seven
years, was named assistant foot
ball coach at Texas A&M today.
Tipps is to report here Wednes
day, Paul Bryant, athletic director
and head coach at A&M, said.
Tipps coached at Seagraves, Tem
ple and Denison before going to
Pampa.
Other assistants on Bryant’s
staff are Jim Owens, Phil Cutchin,
Jerry Claiborne, Pat James, Smoky
Harper, Willie Zapalac and Elmer
Smith.
Ridgway Pays Visit To
Texas A&M Campus
Military Review Honors
General and Other Guests
“I am hard put to put into words over this splendid mil
itary review,” Chief of Staff Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway of the
U. S. army said Saturday. “I can well see that the eyes of
the world rest on A. and M.”
General Ridgway and other high ranking officers were
honor guests at the annual Military Day at the college. The
4,000 member cadet corps, led by Cadet Col. Frederick Mit
chell led the cadets in parade while more than 5,000 specta
tors, college officials and others watched the review.
The general in a short press conference following the
review, said that “I thought this was a happy family gather
ing,” when a television man asked him if he had any com-
~+ment to make on Senator Joe
McCarthy.
“In his career,’’ the general
declared, “I know of no pub
lic officer who more typifies
the things for which A. and M.
stands for than R. P. Stevens, sec
retary of the army. I admire his
integrity, moral courage and deep
devotion to his duty.”
The general was asked if he
wanted to comment on the chances
of recognition of Red China.
He said he thought the people of
the United States are overwhelm
ingly against such recognition.
General Ridgway and party, in
cluding Congressrhen Olin Teague
of College Station and Clark Fish
er of San Angelo, arrived late
Friday by plane at Bryan A i r
Force base. From there the dig-
nataries went directly to Memor
ial Student Center on the A. and
M. campus, where an honor guard
from the elite Ross Volunteers at
tached itself to the army chief for
the duration of his visit.
Friday night Dr. David H. Mor
gan, president of the college, held
a dinner for all the high militar-
issts. Later they all attended the
premiere showing of a color
movie, “We Are the Aggies,” de
picting student life.
Afterwards General Ridgway
and party were honor guests at
the Combat ball, traditional event
of Military Day activities.
The Bryan Chamber of Com
merce entertained the distinguish
ed visitors at breakfast Saturday
morning.
Filings Open
For Editors
Filing started Monday at
8 a.m. for the position of Act
ing Editors of The Battalion.
Filing will close Wednesday at
5 p.m. Candidates will be ap
proved by Karl Elmquist,
manager of student publica
tions, and then receive d vote
of approval by the Student
Life Committee Wednesday.
After the special election on
March 17 Elmquist said,
“When elected the student
Acting-Editors of The Battal
ion will as usual appoint their
own staff.”
The election will be for two
Co-Editors for the student
newspaper. The Corp and
Non-Corp candidates for the
posts receiving the highest
number of votes will take of
fice as soon as notified by the
election commission. If there
' are no candidates from either
the corps or non-corps groups
the two candidates with the
highest number of votes will
be co-editors.
Groups To Join
For Oceanography
A committee of Board members
to serve with a similar group from
the Board of Regents of the Uni
versity of Texas to consider co
operation between the two schools
in the field of Oceanography was
appointed by the A&M System
Board of Directors at its February
meeting at College Station, Sat
urday.
Directors Jack Finney, W. T.
Doherty, and J. H. Dunn were
named to the committee, with Di
rector Finney as chairman.
The committees from the two
boards will work together to de
velop possible coordination between
the activities of the Department of
Oceanography at A&M and the
University’s Marine Institute.
Both schools have been doing
much work in the Gulf of Mexico
and the bays and rivers connected
with it.
A&M Runs Weather Station
A new and developing activity
of Texas A&M College is the
weather station in the veterinary
medicine building. The Depart
ment of Oceanography operates
the station as a part of its meteor
ology training program.
The station is equipped with the
basic weather instruments and fa
cilities. Indoors are the apparatus
which measures and continuously
records atmospheric pressure, a
panel indicating continuously the
wind speed and direction which the
combination anemometer-wind vane
on the roof gives, the weather
teletype and numerous devices for
working up weather reports.
Standard outdoor equipment on
the gi'ound consists of a rain gage
and instrument shelter. The shel
ter houses the hygro-thermograph
which continuously records tem
perature and relative humidity,
maximum and minimum thermo
meters, and a wet-and-dry-bulb
psychrometer for measuring tem
perature and humidity more accu
rately.
There are facilities for measur
ing winds from the surface up
ward by the “pilot balloon meth
od.” A balloon is filled with helium
(or any gas lighter than air) to
the point that its force exerted
upward corresponds to the desired
rate of ascents After the balloon
is released it is followed by means
of a theodolite—a modification of
the engineer’s transit—and its azi
muth angle and angle of elevation
above the horizon ai'e read at one-
minute intervals. At night a small
dry cell lamp or Japanese lantern
with candle is attached to the bal
loon. From the data so obtained
the position of the balloon at each
reading is determined, and thus the
wind direction and speed at each
level are computed.
On demonstration in the weather
station is the complete radio-sonde
rig which is sent aloft to measure
pressure, temperature, and humi
dity. This consists of a large bal
loon, parachute, and radiosonde.
The radiosonde, a small radio
transmitter powered by dry-cell
battery, sends signals which a ra
dio receiver-recorder at the ground
picks up. Nearly 100 station over
the United States and adjacent
areas make such observations on a
regular basis. The weather sta
tion is not equipped to make these
observations now, but it may well
be in the near future. A radar
set for tracking such violent phe
nomena as tornadoes and thunder
storms is planned also as part of
the facilities.
The teletype receives the basic
weather reports in code from all
the United States, bordering land
areas and ships at sea. The ma
chine operates 24 hours a day,
seven days a week. Reports con
sist of weather observations made
every six hours at all first-ox-der
weather bureau stations, pilot-bal
loon wind x’eports every six hours,
radiosonde reports every 12 hour’s,
and weather summaries and fore
casts. The foi’ecasts are those
broadcast to the public as well as
detailed and specific ones for avi
ation. Weather maps are prepared
daily from the observations re
ceived.
A number of weather charts are
received regularly by mail from
the central office of the Weather
Bureau in Washington, D.C. These
include the actual weather maps
for the entire northern hemisphere,
five-day fox-ecast maps for that
area, monthly forecast maps, and
the Daily Weather Map for the
United States. This file is supple
mented by the recently acquired
set of daily Historical Weather
Maps, which extend from the year
1899 to the present.
Although it is maintained as a
laboratory and center of the me
teorology instruction px-ogram, the
weather station is open to students
and staff of the college and to the
public. It is entered through the
northeast entrance of the Veteri-
nary Medicine building.
Tours Campus
Prior to the review the anny
chief and his entourage were taken
on a tour of the sprawling cam
pus and through the military de
partment. Following the parade
General Ridgway had lunch with
Cadet Colonel of the Corps Fred
Mitchell of Galveston and 25 ca
det officers. No college or ROTC
officials attended this affair.
Other honor guests accompany
ing General Ridgway here were
Lt. Col. Joe Hollingsworth and
Lt. Col. Leo Stewart, A. and M.
graduates; Lt. Col. Kamel Atalay,
Turkish militai’y attache, and Maj.
M. A. Field, the general’s aide.
Also in attendance were Lt. Gen.
Isaac D. White, Fourth Army com
mander fi-om Ft. Sam Houston;
Maj. C. L. Phinney, commander of
the 36th National Guai'd Division
of Texas; Brig. Gen. Robert Ives,
assistant division commander;
Col. Kai'l E. Hinnion, chief of
Texas Military District; Col. Thom
as C. Green, chief of ROTC of
TMD; Col. Robert L. Kelly, air
foi’ce liaison officer in Congx-ess;
Col. Henry Dittman, chief of staff
for Air Univei'sity, Washington;
Col. David H. Thomas, professor
of Air Science and Tactics, Uni
vei'sity of Texas; Col. Morgan
Goodhart, PAS&T, University of
Oklahoma; Col. Thomas R. Black,
commanding officer of Camp Ma
bry, Austin; Lt. Col. M. P. Bow
den of the Texas Adjutant Gener
al's office;
Lt. Col. James B. Burleson,
ROTC liaison officer for Texas
State Guard; Lt. Comdr. George
R. Moorman, pi’esident of Texas
State Dept, of Reserve Officers
Association, and Col. E. H. Mit
chell (USA Ret.) of Galveston,
father of the A. and M. Cadet Col
onel.
RVs May Attend
Neelies Festival
The Ross Volunteers may go to
the Neches River Festival Api’il
24-26, at Beaumont.
“An invitation has been extended
to the company, and, should it be
accepted, about half of us will go.”
said Bill Reed R. V. Commander’s
“The other half of the RV’s will be
in San Antonio for the Battle of
Flowers, scheduled for the same
weekend.”
Scott’s Concert
Set Thursday
For Town Hall
America’s first concert hu
morist, Henry L. Scott, will
present a bonus attraction on
Town Hall Thursday night.
Not booked when the season
opened, Scott’s “Concerto for Fun”
was added when it was known that
he would be in this area. ,
Two pei’foimances of the pro
gram will be held, at 7:15 and 9:15
p.m. in Guion hall. Special per
formance tickets to both shows are
available outside dining halls or
at Student Activities office. Those
who do not have season Town Hall
tickets may pui'chase tickets to the
Scott Conceifo for $2.00 at Stu
dent Activities Office.
The program was originally
billed as being in the new phyiscal
education building, but the build
ing will not be ready in time for
the performance.
Scott will present an evening of
piano music, humor, and entertain
ment. The program includes “His-
toxy of the Lost Chord”, “Chopin
in the Citrus Belt”, and “How to
Compose a Popular Song”. At one
point in the program, he dons
gloves and plays “Mittens on the
Keys”.
The sexlous portion of his con-
cei't consists of compositions by
Chopin, Scarlatti, and liszt.
The planted pi'ogi'am carries this
footnote “All of the above, except
ing where indicated, were ar
ranged, written, or confused by
Henry L. Scott”.
Board of Directors
Approves Grants
The board of directors of the
Texas A&M College System Satur
day appi’oved the acceptance of
gx-ants-in-aid, gifts, loans, scholar
ships and fellowships, by the Texas
Agiicultural Experiment Station,
Texas A&M College, Aldington
State College, Prairie View A&M
College and the Texas Engineering
Experiment Station, membei’s of
the A&M System.
Appxoval was given:
Grants-in-aid totaling $29,230, a
gift of machineiy valued at $4,000,
a Brahman cow, and $700 in loan
value of machineiy, to the Texas
Agricultui'al Experiment Station.
Gifts amounting to $9,121.70 and
scholai'ships and fellowships worth
$35,573.32, to A&M College.
Loan of a piece of machineiy
for testing wheat supplies, to Ar
lington State College.
Gifts of $300 and scholarships of
$45, to Prairie View A&M College.
Machinery valued at $1,200 to
the Texas Engineering Experiment
Station.
Changes Approved
For Prairie View
Recent appointments of replace
ment personnel on the faculty and
staff of Prairie View A and M.
College were confirmed Feb. 27
by the board of directors, Texas
A. and M. College System.
These appointments are:
Jewel F. Hunter, secretary in
Summer Workshops and Extension
Schools; William L. Cash, profes
sor, and Clyde McQueen, graduate
assistant in Education Department,
School of Arts and Sciences;
James E. Steward, graduate assis
tant in Economics Department, and
James E. Burton, graduate assis
tant in Natural Sciences Depart
ment;
Dora L. Watson, secretary in
School of Engineering; Nellie S.
Thomas, secretary in School of
Home Economics; Lenora C. Jen
kins, janitress, and Arlie E. Le-
Beaux, assistant superintendent, in
Maintenance Department;
Will Hayes, yardman, and Wal
ter Bennett, track driver, in
Grounds Department; Shirley Bell
Craddolph, nurne in Hospital; Jef
ferson Echols, first cook; Andrew
Boone, second cook, and Ural
Thomas, butcher helper, in Dining
Hall.