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Number 212: Volume 53
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PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1954
Published By
A&M Students
For 75 Years
Price 5 Cents
Oklahoma Aggies
Win Local Rodeo?
A&M Places Sixth
Two Non-Regs Resign i'rorn Rim-Off
For Hotly Contested Class Elections
* Most Positions Undecided;
Run-Off Will Be Tuesday
A&M’s most hotly contested student election in years
ended yesterday with two non-military candidates withdraw
ing- from the scheduled run-offs “in the interest of har
mony.”
Hugh Lanktree, candidate for senior class vice president,
and Frank Davis, candidate for senior class social secretary,
told The Battalion last night that they would withdraw to
“further the interest of having a more proportionate repre
sentation in the class offices.
Before the withdrawal, one non-military student would
have been a candidate for each senior class position in the
run-off. The run-off was made necessary by yesterday’s
election.
Carle Will Play
For Cotton Ball
The Oklahoma A&M rodeo team
won first place in the Texas A&M
Intercollegiate rodeo held Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday.
Architests
Now Taking
Mexican .Trip
Ten architectural students
who graduate next month will
leave by automobile Saturday
for an 18-day tour of Mexico.
C. K. Vetter will accompany
them.
Students making the trip are
Richard Atmar, Fred McCown,
Alex Brailas, Charles Burgess,
James Hughes, Paul Hufford, Pete
Manos, Billy Wayne Shannon,
David Wicks and Rembert A.
Yeager,
The group will spend two days
in Monterrey, about two weeks in
and near Mexico City, and return
to the campus April 22.
Purpose of the tom’, Vetter said,
is to study Mexican contemporary
architecture. This will include
visits to private homes, the new
modern University of Mexico, the
pyramids and other Mexico City
landmarks.
Vetter is instructor of the fifth-
year design class and made the trip
last year. He has arranged for two
graduates of the college now re
siding in Mexico City, Mateo Oi’tiz
and Antonio Malo, to guide the
tour.
Separate ceremonies were held
Sunday for the dedication of the
new 20-acre A&M Consolidated
high school site and the new Lin
coln high school gymnasium.
Dr. Charles LaMotte, president
of the College Station Educational
commission, pi-esided at both of
the dedications.
A short program included a poem
by fifth grader Don Wilson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Wilson and
the playing of the A&M Consoli
dated high school band.
Fred Brison, horticulture depart
ment, directed the planting of a
Sam Houston pecan tree on the
site.
The Centennial Action commit
tee under the chairmanship of Mrs.
D. W. Fleming got the historic
sapling.
The new high school building
will accommodate four to five hun-
The Oklahoma team had a total
of 412 points.
Sul Ross state college was sec
ond with 369 points, Hardin-Sim-
mons university was third with
207, Sam Houston state was fourth
with 233. The Texas A&M team
was sixth with 100 points.
The hand tooled saddle went to
all-around champion cowboy Clyde
Martin of Sam Houston who had a
total of 172 points. Martin won
first in the saddle bronc and sec
ond in the bareback riding. Runner-
up to all-round was brother Tex
Martin of the Sul Ross. Tex was
bull riding champion and placed
second in the saddle bronc.
The all-round champion cow
girl was Amy McGilvary of Texas
Christian university. Amy won
first in the goat tying and third in
the clover leaf bai-rel race.
Ira Akei’s of Sul Ross was
champion bareback i-ider, Lee
Cockeral of Hardin-Simmons won
the calf roping, Sonny Sikes of
Sam Houston won the ribbon rop
ing, Wayne Cox of Oklahoma A&M
won the steer wrestling, Elaine
Pease of Sam Houston won the
barrel race.
The champion cutting horse was
Reno, owned by A. J. West of
Sulphur, La., and ridden by Cot
ton Kinney of McNeese state col
lege.
The members, of the A&M team
were Bobby Rankin, Lowie Rice,
Billy Steele, Kennith Beasley,
George Vincent, and Bill Bell. Vin
cent won third in the calf roping
and Steele won third in the rib
bon roping. There were 127 con
testants from 21 colleges entered
in the rodeo.
dred students. The new auditor
ium will seat 610.
The new site, next to the exist
ing school system, is the first ad
dition to the campus acreage in 5
years and was made necessary by
the tremendous scholastic increase
in the past five years, said L. S.
Richardson, superintendent.
A short program consisting of
songs sung by the Lincoln elemen
tary school chorus, the high school
chorus, and the girls ensemble was
climaxed by the dedication of the
new Lincoln gym.
Dr. John S. Rogers, vice pi'esi-
dent of the school board, dedicated
the building by handing the keys
over to W. A. Tarrow, principal of
the Lincoln schools.
Seventy-five persons were on
hand at the high school building
site and about 200 persons watched
the dedication of the new gym.
Ag Department
Aiding Study
On (Graduates
A&M’s school of agricul
ture is cooperating with the
federal governmet in a study
of the qualifications of agri
cultural graduates for civil
service work.
All land grant schools in the
country are helping in the plan,
which is designed to test the grad
uate’s ability, the test given for
civil service woi-k, and the teach
ing of the school.
All agriculture graduating sen
iors will take the civil service test
for junior agricultural assistants
Friday.
They will be excused from classes
all day. The test is in two parts,
requiring about three hours each.
The seniors will meet in the biology
lecture room at $ a.m. Friday and
again at 1 p.m.
The civil service test is only
for the study, and will not enable
the students to get a civil service
rating.
“The success of this test depends
on the participation of all graduat
ing seniors and I earnestly request
your full cooperation,” said Charles
N. Shepardson, dean of agriculture.
Kiwanians Discuss
Final Supper Plans
Final plans for the pancake sup
per were discussed at the weekly
meeting of the Kiwanis club yes
terday.
The pancake supper is co-spon
sored by the College Station-Bryan
Kiwanis clubs, with all the pro
ceeds going to the underpriviliged
children and youth activities. It
will be at Bryan country club Sat
urday from 5 to 9 p.m.
The business and public affairs
committee, with chairman Gibb
Gilchrist, received the best commit
tee of the month award, presented
by Bob Shrode, secretary of the
Kiwanis club.
A “dry run.” will be made Satur*-
day morning at the country club
preceding the supper that night,
said Wayne Stark, head chef of the
panchke supper.
April 10 Deadline
For Winter Uniforms
Api’il 10 is the deadline for turn
ing in winter unifoi-ms to the mili
tary property custodian.
Items to be turned in are blouse,
overcoat, field jacket, and one pair
of trousers, either pink or green.
Name Contest
To Be Held
Tomorrow
“Applepol ishing Night”
needs a new name, and every
body in the college community
is going to have a chance to
help select one.
The night, a student-profes
sor relations night sponsored
by the student life committee,
will be April 27. It will in
clude visits in professors
homes by students.
The originally proposed
name, “Applepolishing night,”
has been rejected because too
many people felt it was not
appropriate.
The student - faculty re
lations committee of the SLC
is giving evei’yone a chance to
nominate a name by setting
ups. , a ballot box in the Me
morial Student Center all day
tomorrow.
The box will be by the post
office entrance of the MSC,
and everyone—student, pro^
fessor or employe — is eligible
to suggest a name.
As many names as desired
can be suggested. This election
will be kind of like the ‘“Name
the Roommate” contest—“Vote
early and vote often.”
AFROTC Students
May Join Reserve
Any freshman and sophomore air
science students from the Fort
Worth-Dallas area interested in
joining the 8708 pilot training wing
of the air reserve can get informa
tion on the program at a meeting
tonight in the civil engineering
lecture room.
The 8708 wing is stationed at
Hensley field, between Dallas and
Fort Worth.
Aldon Murphy, at 4-4182 or
4-9964, can give additional infor
mation on the program.
“By withdrawing, we hope
to defeat the idea that the
non-regs are running as a
slate,” Lanktree said last
night. “We want to further
interest in haying a more propor
tionate representation.”
A run-off will be needed in all
classes for almost every position
in yesterday’s election. The run
off will be Tuesday in the Memo
rial Student Center, from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
The competition between corps
and non-military students for the
class positions brought out 1,806
votes, the largest number cast in
any recent A&M election.
Taking the elections by classes,
the results were as follows:
Class of ’54
John Akard won the class agent
position with 56 votes. Next high
est man, who will be assistant class
agent, was Hugh Philippus, 54
.votes.
Class of ’55
Only two positions were chosen
by next year’s seniors.
Joe Sandlin won the historian
position with 390 votes. Bill John
son, running uncontested, won stu
dent entertainment manager, 831
votes.
For senior class president, the
run-off will have three names—
Giles Schanen, 245 votes; Conrad
★
A complete list of all
candidates who did not
get in the run-off election
is on Page Two.
Included is the number
of votes each candidate
received.
★
Cummings, 140 votes; and Don
Friend, 91 votes.
In the run-off for vice president
are Chaides Seely, 101 votes; and
Lawrence Laskoskie, 64 votes.
Wallace Eversberg, 373 votes;
and Dick Crawford, 257 votes, are
in the run-off for class secretary.
Running for social seci’etary will
be Dave Ashcroft, 103 votes; and
Roy Cline, 89 votes.
(See NON-REGS, Page 2)
Frankie Carle, his piano and his
orchestra, will play for the Cotton
Ball, Friday, April 23.
The ball will be held in the
Grove from 9 p. m. to 1. It will be
formal. Tickets are $2.50 stag or
date.
Carle is a pianist, orchestra lead
er, and composer-. “Sunrise Sere-
nate”, theme song for his band,
“Love’s Lullaby”, “Falling Leaves,”
and “Oh What It Seemed to Be”,
are his best sellers.
The Cotton Ball is an annual
dance sponsored by the Agronomy
society. It is dedicated to cotton,
Dr. Carmichael
Will Speak At
Inauguration
Dr. Oliver C. Carmichael,
president of the University
of Alabama, will deliver the
address at the inauguration
of Dr. David H. Morgan as
the 13th president of A&M.
The inauguration will be held
May 20.
The inauguration speaker', a
native of Goodwater, Ala. received
his education at the university,
holding AB, AM and LLD degrees.
A Rhodes Scholar at Oxford uni
versity, he received his BS, in 1917.
He was a member of the Hoover
relief mission in Belgium in 1914
and was in the military service
1917-19.
Carmichael was dean and as
sistant to the president of Alabama
college, 1922-26, and president,
1926 - 35. He 1 also was dean of the
graduate school, Vanderbilt uni
versity, 1935 - 37, vice-chancellor,
1936 - 37 and chancellor, 1937-46.
He was president of the Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement
of Teaching 1946 - 53 and in 1953
became president of the University
of Alabama.
Fifteen universities have .con
ferred honorary doctor’s degrees
upon him, including the University
of Alabama.
Weather Today
CONTINUED CLOUDINESS
Continued cloudiness with light
rain showers this afternoon clear
ing tonight. A cold front will
pass through later this evening.
High yesterday 85. Low this
morning 68.
the kingly plant of the South. Dave
Richmond .will reign as King Cot
ton. His court will be composed of
members of the Agronomy society,
and their duchesses from TSCW.
Other duchesses will represent
various clubs and campus organi
zations.
There will be no cotton pageant
this year and no speeches at the
Cotton Ball, said Kert Goode, presi
dent of the society. We are trying
to shorten the program and make
it more to the Aggies liking, Goode
said.
The dance will have an old south
theme. A garden will be “planted”
in the middle of the grove and
a white picket fence will be erected
around outside. The landscape
architecture department is assist
ing in the decorations.
King Cotton and his court will
be introduced at 9 p. m. Goode will
crown the King who will in turn
crown the queen. The dutchesses
from the southwest conference
schools will be introduced and the
court will stai’t the dance.
During the intermissions, dutch
esses from the clubs will be pre
sented to the court. “We are not
expecting as many dutchesses as
last year,” Goode said.
Jerry Buster is general chairman
for the dance. Richmond is in
charge of the decorations and A. D.
Youngblood will handle the pu
blicity. Kenneth Durham will make
arrangements for the cotton court
and dutchesses. C. E. Roberts is
chairman of the orchestra com
mittee Dr. H. D. Foth is the faculty
sponsor for the society.
The proceeds from the dance will
be used to finance a field trip for
agronomy students.
Brumfield Wins
Design Contest
Tom W. Brumfield, sophomore
architecture major fi'om Houston,
won $25 first prize in a design com
petition sponsored by the Title
Competition of America.
Fifty-one sophomore students
entered the contest, which was to
design a tile bathroom. Honorable
mention went to Billy B. Bedford
of Henderson and Blanton Ray of
Denton.
Walton Resigns Post
As Local Postmaster
T. O. Walton, College Station
postmaster, has resigned because
of age.
A new postmaster has not been
named yet. N. L. McCullough is
acting postmaster.
Dedication Marks
New School Site
TRAVELERS—President Emeritus F. C. Bolton (left) and D. VV. Williams, vice chan
cellor for agriculture, (right) ihspect inlaid boxes and trays of teak in a Karachi, Pakis
tan bazar. They were on a trip to Pakistan to investigate the possibilities of setting up
an exchange agreement between A&M and the University of Dacca under the Point
Four program.
TEXAS FOOTGEAR—A Sindhi villager studies a Texas boot held by Williams, while
Fazl Hozain tries to expaling its advantages. Looking on are Bolton and Clifford Hatch
er, a‘Point Four man from Oklahoma. Hosain, manager of Pakistan’s Red Sindhi Cattle
farm, studied here last year as a Point Four trainee. ___ ,