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Number 208: Volume 53
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1954
Published By
A&M Students
For 75 Years
Price 5 Cents
tApplepolish ing ’
To Gel New Name
In Balt Contest
“Applepolishing night” is on the
schedule again, this time at a new
time and with plans for a new
name.
The night, planned by the stu
dent-faculty relations committee of
the student Hfe committee, is de
signed to bring faculty and stu
dents close together by having the
professors invite students to then-
homes.
It will be Tuesday, April 27.
The committee originally scheduled
the night for last night, but the
date was changed because of fed-
eral inspection, said Carl Landiss,
chairman of the committee.
'The Battalion will sponsor a con
test next Wednesday to suggest a
new name for the night. The con
test will be held in the Memorial
Student Center lobby.
“Too many people felt the name
‘Applepolishing’ was not right,”
Landiss said.
This is the way the night will
Operate:
Professors who want to invite
students to their homes will fill
'--t# a card in the student activities
^ 'fee, saying how many students
want, the hours, and how to
to their home.
Students will go to the student
activities office and sign the card
of the professor they would like
to visit.
When a professor’s card is filled,
it will he returned to him so he
will know how many students to
expect.
A&M Leading
Texas Colleges
In Safety
A&M is doing more than
any other Texas college in
safety education according to
the Texas Safety association,
said Bennie Zinn, assistant
dean of men.
Zinn attended a meeting of the
association in Dallas last week.
Zinn made the statement yester
day at a meeting of the accident
prevention committee of the col
lege. About half of the committee
members attended.
The committee decided to place
n stop sign on the southwest corner
of Lamar and Spence streets. This
sign is an extra one which How-
aid Padgett, manager of physical
plants, had on hand. The place
ment will be only temporary until
the committee on traffic safety has
time to meet and make a formal
recommendation to the president.
Committeeman Roy C. Garrett of
the agricultural engineering de
partment said he would “rather see
the stop sign put up now than in
memory to somebody.”
Progress has been made in clear
ing obstructions such as holes,
ditches, low hanging limbs, and low
electrical wiring, Zirtn said. Much
work has been done to promote
safer practices in the handling of
chemicals on the college fai-m, he
said.
The committee will meet the
week after the Easter holidays.
Chairman Zinn asked the members
to consider at the next meeting
changes in the composition of the
committee and the possibility of
getting a college safety coordina
tor.
Faculty members, staff members
and administration personnel are
invited k) take part in the pro
gram, as well as all students, Lan
diss said.
Landiss sent out questionnaires
to faculty members before the
Christmas holidays. He said 115
of the replies were favorable to the
plan and 23 were unfavorable.
“If it works this year we will
try to make it an annual affair,”
he said.
Other members of the committee
are T. B. Fields, Carroll Phillips,
Bob Box-iskie and Harri Baker.
Kiwanis Club
Hears Panel
On Government
A panel discussion on “The
Future of World Government”
was given yesterday to the
College Station Kiwanis club.
The program was presented
by the Memorial Student Center
forum committee.
Bud Whitney, chairman of the
MSC forum committee, served as
moderator while the panel included
Dr. Robert G. Layer, depai’tment
of economics; Dr. J. M. Nance, de
partment of history; Jim Morton
and John Samuels, president of the
MSC council.
Layer and Samuels took the
affirmative while Nance and Mor
ton supported the negative.
This panel discussion was record
ed and will be played back over
radio station WTAW Thursday at
5 p. m.
A short skit was given Dr.
Luther Jones and Phillip Goode,
professor of business administra
tion, showing their “lofty idea of
the Aggies of College Station.” Ac
companying Jones and Goode was
Mrs. Bill Booth at the piano.
UT Students Act
Against McCarthy
AUSTIN, March 31—UP)—A
group of University of Texas stu
dents prepared yesterday to circu
late petitions among the student
body to protest against the sched
uled San Jacinto Day speech in
Houston of Sen. Joseph McCai-thy
R-Wis.
The movement was stai-ted Tues
day night by about 20 students.
Another meeting was called tonight
by student President Franklin
Spears of San Antonio.
The San Jacinto Chapter of the
Sons of the Republic invited Mc
Carthy to make the San Jacinto
Day speech.
Ariny Graduates
May Enter Flying
Graduating army seniors may
volunteer for army aviation flight
training after they have completed
their basic training, according to
information released by the mili
tary department.
Army ROTC graduates who are
commissioned in the air force must
agree to serve three years on
active duty, including time spent
in training.
Academy of Science
To Begin Friday
Lectures, movies and demon
strations will be the program here
Friday and Saturday at the spring
meeting of the Texas Academy of
Science.
About 400 visitors are expected,
according to Dr. C. C. Doak, head
of the biology depai’tment and a
director of the Academy. He said
the annual conference of Texas
high school science teachers will
be held at the, same time.
Dr. Conway W. Snyder, a nuclear
physicist from the Oak Ridge Na
tional Laboratories, will offer one
of the highlights of the two-day
meeting. He will present an illus
trated lecture at 11 a. m. Saturday
on “Atomic Energy for Space
Travel/’
Joe Harris of San Antonio is
president of the group. He reported
at a recent directors’ meeting that
membership has shown a marked
increase during the past year.
Dr. Orville Wyss, nationally-
known bacteriologist at the Uni
versity of Texas, will address the
convention after a Friday night
dinner on “Integration of Young
Scientists into the Texas Science
Team.”
Reseai’ch papers will be present
ed in three divisions: high school
students, college undergraduate^,
and graduate students and teach
ers. Doak is coordinator for the en
tire program. Dr. James G. Potter
of the physics department is in
charge of the teachers conference.
AND SIX OTHERS—Miss Carmen Hinds of Fort Worth
will highlight the Friday night performance of Cafet Rue
Pinalle in the MSC. On the program with Miss Hinds will
be a chorus line of six girls. The Capers Combo will fur
nish dance music.
M i! i 1 ary Inspec I ors
Arriving On Campus
In sped Classes
Today, Tomorrow
Will He Pass
An Inspection
Now, Major?
Tommy Hendricks, sopho
more from Odessa, sat down
in the barber’s chair and gave
him instructions for his hair
cut. The barber cut Hendrick’s
hair to his directions and asked
him how he liked it.
Hendricks took a look and
nodded approval.
A major in the military de
partment, aware of the coming
federal inspection, also check
ed the haircut from his seat
beside Hendricks.
“Looks pi’etty shaggy,” he
said.
Without a word the barber
promptly trimmed the duck-
tails and sideburns, then said
“next.”
Deadline Set Today
On Dorm Ticket Sale
Today is the last day for buy
ing Sophomore ball tickets from
the dormitory representatives.
After today, tickets will be sold
in the office of student activities
and at the door of the hall.
Who Inspects
Inspectors
Anyhow?
Everybody, apd that means
everybody, is going to have to
get a haircut for federal in
spection.
Maj. Basil Hoyl was teach
ing a junior air science class
yesterday. At the end of the
class period, he said that he
would check everyone as they
left the class to see if they
needed a haircut.
As the last man walked out,
Hoyl said, “And you’ll have
to get one.”
That was fine, except the
last man was air science in
structor Capt. C. B. Doleac,
who had been sitting in on the
class.
Aggies Reminded
About Sign Use
Students using signs in student
elections should not tape signs to
the walls, said Pete Hardesty, as
sistant director of student activi
ties.
College regulations prohibit the
use of tape on walls or nails driven
into trees, posts, or walls, Hardesty
said.
Last year the student senate re
commended that no signs be used
in student elections. Members of
the senate felt that the signs were
cluttering up the campus with
cheap publicity and that the cam
paign should be on the basis of
how well the candidate presents
himself to the students.
Signs used in election campaigns
should not exceed three by five
feet according to college regulat
ions. Parades, concerts and other
campaign stunts are premitted dur
ing non-class and non-study hours.
Non-Regs Organize
For Elections Race
Non-regs at A&M have organ
ized in an effort to obtain better
representation in student govern
ment, a spokesman for the group
told The Battalion yesterday.
Aimed at coordinating the non
military students of the college,
the move is “a pi’otest against un
equal civilian representation on col
lege committees as compared with
corps representation,” the spokes
man said.
Bryan Planning
Armed Forces Day
A&M is making no special plans
for Armed Forced Day, May 15,
said Lt. Col. Taylor Wilkins, as
sistant commandant.
The Mother’s Day review takes
the place of any Armed Forces
Day activities, he said.
The day is set aside by presi
dential proclamation to pay tribute
to the nation’s armed forces.
There will be an Armed Forces
Day parade in Bryan. A committee
of officials from A&M, Allen Mili
tary Academy, Bryan Air Force
Base and the National Guard units
will begin planning on the parade
soon, said Jack Springer, manager
of the Bryan Chamber of Com
merce.
Students Offered
Navy Job Training
Opportunity is being provided by
the U. S. Navy hydrographic of
fice for students in the engineer
ing sciences, physics, chemistry,
geology, biology and meteorology
to combine on-the-job training for
about $250 a month with their
academic program of study.
“This is made possible through
the student aid trainee program of
the Potomac river command which
employs students who qualify by
taking civil service examinations in
their fields,” said Dr. Dale F.
Leipper, head of the oceanography
department, employment is ar
ranged to alternate with campus
academic work throughout the
year.
Agronomy Group
To Appear on TV
Several agronomy students will
appear on television, April 14, said
Dr. J. E. Adams, head of the
agronomy department.
The director of KPRC-TV has
notified Adams that the students
making the agronomy tour April
10-14 will be served a box lunch
April 14, by the station. Several of
the best speakers will be interview
ed for the noon program, RFD-TV.
The tour will be taken by the
junior and senior Agronomy stu
dents.
A check of February enrollment
figures show a total of 5,480 stu
dents, of which 1,710 were non
corps, representing 32 percent of
the enrollment.
“The figure is representative of
the past several years,” the spokes
man said, “but there hasn’t been a
non-corps senior class officer since
1951. We believe there should be
a closer relationship between the
non-corps and the corps.”
Among the objectives sought by
the non-military group is more
equitable representation on all com
mittees, equal consideration of
corps and nomcorps students in
the seating arrangements at home
football games and cooperation
with the corps in a mutual effort
to promote a greater A&M.
Texas Will Send
Cattle To Germany
Texans will send 100 head of
cattle to the refugees in Germany,
according to Dr. Dan Russell, Tex
as CROP chairman.
Wheat, lard and clothing ai’e
other goods that will comprise a
$150,000 cargo which will leave
July 15 for Germany.
“The shipment will be distributed
to the needy refugees who have
fled from Iron Curtain countries”,
Russell said. “These people have no
way to survive unless others help
them.”
Other countries besides the
United States helping these re
fugees include Germany, Italy,
Mexico, England and Scotland.
Texas leads the U. S. in contri
butions, donated by various organi
zations, churches and clubs.
The purpose of CROP is not
merely for better friendship, but
that of doing our part as a Christ
ian nation and state, said Russell.
Final plans for the July shipment
will be made in San Antonio May
6 by the Texas CROP leaders.
Weyiand Will Hear
Talk About His Life
Gen. Otto P. Weyiand, A&M’s
highest ranking former student, is
going to hear a commentary on his
life at A&M from his roommate of
the class of 1923 tomorrow at a
luncheon given in his honor by
President David H. Morgan.
Dewitt Greer, Texas highway en
gineer, will tell the 65 guests at the
luncheon what happened while he
was the general’s roommate.
Weyiand will give a response to
Greer’s commentary.
Greer will be introduced by
Chancellor M, T, Harrington. Mor
gan will introduce members of the
Federal inspection team.
Also at the luncheon, which will
be at 12:15 p.m. in the Memorial
Student Center ballroom, Travis
Bryan, Bryan banker, will give
Weyiand an American Legion Gold
Life certificate.’'
Guests at the luncheon will in
clude members of the executive
council and high-ranking cadet of
ficers.
The general’s brother, Alvin
Weyiand, will fly from Arkansas
and bring some classmates of the
general’s for the luncheon.
Members of the military inspection teams for federal
inspection today and tomorrow began arriving on the cam
pus yesterday afternoon.
Today the officers will inspect classrooms, records, files
and facilities. Tomorrow they will continue these inspections
and also inspect cadet rooms from 8 to 10 a.m.
Cadets will be excused from classes for these two hours.
The inspection will end with a critique after a corps re
view tomorrow at 4 p.m.
Gen. O. P. WeylaTid, ’23, former commander of the Far
East air force, will be guest of honor at the review.
Head of the army board for the federal inspection will be
Col. Thomas C. Green, deputy
chief of the Texas military
district. Head of the air
force board will be Col. Frank-
lyn G. Pruyn.
Each dormitory will be inspected
by an inspecting officer, a military
instructor, the military counselor,
and a cadet officer.
Dormitories and the inspecting
party for each are as follows:
Dormitory 1: Maj. Thompson,
Maj. Parrish, Capt. Trant, Cadet
Lt. Col. Carl Wilson.
Dormitory 3: Maj. Mclnerney,
Maj. Waddell, Capt. Trant, Cadet
Lt. Col. William Dark.
Dormitory 5: Maj. C. W. Coyne,
Maj. Brown, Capt. Shipley, Cadet
Lt. Col. Bruce Sterzing.
Dormitory 6: Maj. Klerk, Capt.
Mitchell, Maj. Goff, Cadet Lt. Col.
Bill Wiseman.
Dormitory 7: Lt. Col. Gates, Lt.
Col. Phillips, Capt. Shipley, Cadet
Lt. Col. W. R. Bowdoin.
Dormitory 8: Capt. Robinson,
Maj. McCannon, Maj. Goff, Cadet
Lt. Col. Duane Scott.
Dormitory 9: Lt. Col. Sasse,
Maj. Winder, Lt. Neelley, Cadet
Lt. Col. Jack Garrett.
Dormitory 10: Lt. Col. Thomp
son, Maj. Westbrook, Lt. Neelley,
Lt. Col. Larry Hoffman.
Dormitory 11: Lt. Col. Killman,
Maj. Birkner, Lt. Col. Adams, Ca
det Lt. Col. Dick Porter.
Dormitory 12: Col. Pruyn, Col.
Way, Maj. Taylor, Cadet Lt. Col.
Leonard Eddy.
Hart hall: Maj. Saxby, Maj.
Sims, Maj. Davis, Maj. Willets, Lt.
Cashion, Cadet Maj. Eric Miller.
Dormitory 14: Capt. Farrell,
Maj. Burt, Capt. Sparks, Cadet Lt.
Col. E. L. Thompson.
Dormitory 15: Capt. Laird, Maj.
Lowell, Capt. Crow, Cadet Lt. Col.
Phil Jacons.
Dormitory 16: Lt. James, Maj.
Franks, Capt. Brusse, Cadet Lt.
Col. Bob Manner.
Dormitory 17: Engineer inspec
tor, Capt. Thigpin, Capt. Coffer,
Cadet Lt. Col. J. M. Hickman.
Walton hall: Maj. Mathis, Maj.
Schelter, Maj. Emerson, Capt.
Bloom, Lt. Col. Melcher, Cadet Lt.
Col. T. H. Keese.
Law hall: Col. R. R. Danek,
Capt. McNeil, Capt. Byrd, Cadet
Lt. Col. George Skladal.
Puryear hall: Maj. Cooper, Capt.
Phillips, Capt. Byrd, Cadet Lt. Col.
R. D. Hickman.
Milner hall: Lt. Col. Cox, Lt.
Col. Hall, Lt. Col. Vaden, and Ca
det Lt. Col. Terry Wilson.
Davidson Lectures
To Air Reservists
Second Lt. Steve E. Davidson
delivered a lecture on radiological
defense planning at the Monday
night meeting of the 9807th air
reserve squadron.
Davidson described the results
on an atomic explosion an an area
and explained how the survivors
could mobilize to recover. The
members were divided into groups
to discuss and make recommenda
tions on a theoretical problem for
mobilizing the survivors of a
bombed air base for quick recovery.
MSC Wing
To Be Gift -
Of Senior Class
For their gift to the college,
the senior class will start a
fund for a west wing of the
Memorial Student Center.
In a special run-off election
held yesterday, the class decided
to start the MSC fund instead of
donating a scoreboard to Kyle
Field. The vote was 296 to 212.
The senior class gift committee
did not know when the gift would
be presented to the college. They
said they did not know what proce
dures they would have to go
through to make the presentation.
An election was held last Wed
nesday to pick the class gift. After
counting the ballots, the committee
decided to hold the run-off elec
tion yesterday.
The gift will start a fund that
must eventually be used for build
ing the wing for the MSC, said
John Samuels. This is what the
class of 1939 did when they started
the campaign for a student union
building.
Chuck Fenner is chairman of the
gift committee.
Two Speakers Set
Talks For Students
Two speakers are Scheduled to
be at the YMCA to relate to A&M
students their work and exper
iences with the YMCA in foreign
countries.
Harold H. Horne, associate gen
eral secretary of national council
of YMCA’s of India, Pakistan, and
Ceylon, will be here April 23. Har
ry A. Brunger, YMCA world ser
vice secretary, Hong Kong, will be
here May 7. Both men are on leave
from their jobs.
Horne, besides directing the
YMCA program, also helps with
the agricultural problems of these
countries. Brunger, who is sta
tioned in Hong Kong, has had
many experiences with the Com
munists and communist principles.
“Every one who can should come
by the Y on these two occasions to
hear these men speak”' said J.
Gordon Gay, secretary of the A&M
YMCA.
Weather Today
THAT’S A BEAR!
ATLANTA—hP>—J. Paul Cobb
was driving along a highway in
South Georgia when he banged into
a 250-pound black bear. The im
pact killed the animal and threw
Cobb’s car against a bridge rail
ing. After raking the bridge for
many yards, it cost him $1,090 to
get his car back in shape.
POSSIBLE SHOWERS
Continued cloudy today and to
morrow. Possible showers and
thunderstorms late today. Clear
ing slightly early tomorrow. High
yesterday 71; low this morning, 47.