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Number 218: Volume 53
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1954
Price 5 Cents
Muster Ceremony
To Be Held Today
In Front of MSC
Ag-gie Muster, paying tribute on
Texas Independence day to those
who died for Texas’ freedom and
for the Aggies who have died dur
ing the year, will be held today.
Ceremonies on the campus will
be at 4:30 p. m. in front of the
Memorial Student Center.
Gov. Allan Stivers will de
liver the Muster address.
The playing of the “Star Spang
led Banner” by the band will open
the program.
Charles Parker will give the in
troductions and the invocation will
be given by Ide P. Trotter ji\,
Corps chaplain.
the board of directors of the A&M
System, and Fred Mitchell, cadet
colonel of the corps, will be in
troduced.
“The Twelfth Man” will be
sung by the Singing Cadets, and
“The Spirit of Aggieland” will be
played by the Aggie band.
Roll call for the absent will be
given by Vol Montgomery of Abi
lene and the Ross Voleunteers will
fire a rifle volley.
The Singing Cadets will sing
“Auld Lang Syne”, and silver taps
will close the ceremony.
More than 400 Musters will be
held throughout the world. More
than 5,000 pei’sons are expected
for the Muster here.
The Muster here will be re
corded by the Texas Quality net
work and broadcast from 9:30 to
10 p. m. tonight.
Gov. Allan Shivers
Muster Speaker
by
Shivers will be presented
president David H. Morgan.
Pat Woods, senior class presi
dent, will speak on Muster tradi
tion.
J. Harold Dunn of Amarillo,
president of the Association of
Former Students and members of
MSC Room
Reservations
Given Soon
Reservations for Memorial
Student Center guest rooms
for any of the major events
of the 1954-55 school year
will be accepted between May
1 and May 31.
A drawing will be held in June to
determine who will receive the
available accomodations.
Only one room can be reserved
for each event, and reservations
*re not transfei’able.
Requests for reservations made
by former students will be placed
with those, of the student body and
the general public.
After the drawings confirmations
Will be mailed to individuals whose
names were drawn.
A room deposit may be mailed
to the Center at any time after the
confirmations are received or by
the specified time on the confir
mation. Room deposits not re
ceived by two weeks prior to the
desired date will result in auto
matic cancellation of the reser
vation.
Individuals desiring accomoda
tions may wire, write^or personally
make the request at the hotel desk
between May 1 and May 31.
MSC Installs
New Officers
At Banquet
Charles Parker and H. W.
(Bud) Whitney were installed
as president and vice-presi
dent of the Memorial Student
council at its annual meeting
last night.
The meeting celebrated the fourth
anniversary of the MSC and its ac
tivities. The class of ’54 is the
first class which has been able to
use the facilities of the MSC
through four years;
Forty appreciation awards were
presented by the council members
of MSC committees for the activi
ties during the year. Oscar Garcia
received a distinguished service
award for his work with the dance
committee and as did Parker for
his work on the TV fund drive.
John Samuels was given a watch
for his service as president this
year.
Jerry Mosley, Helen Atterbury,
Francis Schmidt, Margaret Long,
and Samuels were in charge of the
decorations.
“The union should be the center
of all cultural and social extra cur
ricular activities on the campus”.
Samuels said in his report to the
council. He said the union should
perform two functions; first to
“teach the student how to spend
his leisure time” and secondly to
ive him a chance to practice citi
zenship — service to society over
self interest.
Frank For<i Appointed
Corps Sergeant. Major
TAKE A DEEP BREATH—Pat O’Brien, freshman from
Gainsville, has a chest x-ray taken at the stand in the MSC.
Mariano Medina, of the Texas Health department, operates
the machine.
X-Ray Unit Here
For All This Week
The tuberculosis x-ray unit will
be in the Memorial Student Center
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. evei'y day
this week.
About 700 x-rays had been made
Three Aggies Get
Honors In Contest
Three A&M students placed in
the top three places of the Texas
Rural Journalism Award contest.
Jim Ashlock of Pecos placed se
cond and Frank Hines of Davilla
and C. C. Neighbors of Kane, Pa.,
tied for third place.
Entries in the contest were es
says about the non-metropolitian
newspaper field.
Agriculture Men
Speak to 2,915
Five member's of the agricultural
education department have spoken
to 2,915 high school students and
parents of students since Jan. 1.
Those making the speeches are
E. V. Walton, head of the depart
ment, M. N. Abrams, W. W. Mc-
Ilroy, Henry Ross, and J. R. Jack-
son.
Hospitality Guests
Are Signing Today
Students can begin signing up
today for Pi'of Hospitality night
on April 27, Dr. Carl Landiss,
chairman of the student-faculty
sub-committee of the Student Life
committee said.
Formerly “Applepolishing
Night,” the evening will provide an
opportunity for students to visit
informally in the homes of profes
sors, Landiss said.
With invitation blanks from 122
professors and staff members al
ready on hand in the student activ
ities office, a response from ap
proximately 1,000 students, both
corps and non-corps, will be needed
to make the night a complete suc
cess, he said.
Since the forms listing the stu
dent guests must be nthiled back
to the professors and staff mem
bers on April 24 to permit them to
complete entertainment arrange
ments, the forms will be available
today to students in the student ac
tivities office, and Thursday and
Friday at a table provided near the
fountain room of the MSC.
by noon yesterday. Mdnday, the
first day the unit was here, 640
x-rays were made.
Anyone in the county 15 years
old or over- is eligible for an x-ray,
said Mrs. A. A. Blumberg, execu
tive secretary of the Brazos county
Tuberculosis association.
“This is the sixth suiwey in this
county, and we expect more people
to take advantage of the service
this year than ever before,” she
said.
The survey is sponsored by the
association and the Medical society
and the Health unit.
Technicians for the machine are
Doris Wickliffe and Marion Me
dina of San Antonio.
Helping with the survey are
Mesdames W. G. Breazeale, Jean
D. Taibutton, M. V. Krenitzky,
Phillip Goode, John Hill, J. R.
Oden, A. D. Adamson, W. H. Dela-
plane, M. A. Huggett, A. C. Ma
gee, A. E. Carted.
Kay Halsell is general chairman
for the county survey. W. L. Pen-
berthy, dean of men, and Harry
Boyev, chief of housing, are the
chairmen for College Station and
the college.
Lubbock Junior Gets
Highest Non-Com Rank
Frank Ford, junior agronomy major from Lubbock, has
been named corps sergeant major, effective today.
Ford, who has been corps operations sergeant, will be
responsible for coordinating work of the sergeant majors and
first sergeants of the corps. He will be the highest ranking
non-commissioned officer in the corps.
“Ford’s main job will be planning for next year,” said
Fred Mitchell, corps commander. “He certainly deserved th&
job after his superior demonstration of devotion to duty dur
ing the year. It wil be a peasure to work with him toward a
greater Texas A&M.”
The sergeant major was selected on a basis of academic
and military proficiency and
leadership ability.
“F o r d has demonstrated
that he has developed the
characteristics we are looking
for in a corps sergeant major,”
said Col. Joe E. Davis, command
ant.
Reccomendations for the position
come from the cadet officers, the
military counselors, the PMS&T
and the PAS&T.
The PMS&T and the PAS&T
narrow the candidates to four, two
from the army ROTC and two from
air ROTC. A board composed of
the PAS&T, the PMS&T, the as
sistant commandant and the com
mandant chose the sergeant major.
“This job is an honor and a chal
lenge that I feel very deeply,”
Ford said. “I think these last
three years have seen an increas
ingly strong corps of cadets, and
I have confidence that we will be
able to fux'ther this progress.”
Ford, who is taking ai’tillery mil
itary science, was outstanding
sophomoi’e in the corps last year.
He has a 2.64 grade point ratio,4.
and has been a distinguished stu
dent every semester.
He is a member of the Ross Vol
unteers, the Agronomy society, the
student senate, the Agriculturist
staff, Alpha Zeta and Phi Eta Sig
ma freshman honor society.
The appointment as sergeant
major does not necessarily mean
that Ford will be corps command
er next year, Davis said.
A replacement as coi’ps opera
tions sergeant will not be named,
Mitchell said.
Frank Ford
Corps Sergeant Major
Phy sics Student
To Receive Award
The phy»ics depai'tment has been
given a copy of the current editon
of the “Handbook of Chemistry
and Physics” by the Chemical Rub
ber Publishing company.
The book will be awai’ded to a
sophomore student who has made
the most outstanding progress in
one of the sophomore physics
courses, said J. G. Potter, head of
the department.
! Election
i dose at
Filings
5 Today
Cadet Officer Choice
To Be Done In August
Cadet officers for all outfits on
the campus will not be named until
the latter part of August said Col.
Joe E. Davis, Commandant.
Corp Sergeant Major was to be
named today,
Deadline for filing for general
elections April 27, is 5 p. m. to
day.
Candidates who have filed are
as follows:
Class of ’55 student senator;
Martin S. Burkhead, Bobby Car
penter, Dale Fisher, Thomas N.
Dui'din, John N. Benefield, Jim H.
Childress, Jack Couch, Tom Jones
(Bubba) Sammons.
J. W. Dewbre, James C. Allums,
jr., Floyd Trim, Wallace Evei’S-
berg, Roberto Tijerina, Edwin E.
Forshage, Richard B. (Dick) Hull,
Clifford D. Hobbs, Bill Utsman,
Jim McDowell, James D. Johnson,
Bob Rowland, A1 Cook, John
Dewald, Bill Soltis.
Tommy Schmidt, Pat Wheat,
Tony Specia, Jerry D. Ramsey,
Neil Price, Edwin (Bubba) Ben
nett, Doug Krueger, Lolan M. Pul
len, Joe Walker, Chartier C. New
ton, John Chapman, Holman King,
Deland D. Castle and Bill Riveire.
Class of ’56 for senator; Sidney
Pillow, Johnnie Petter, Bill Ruez,
Lloro (Bummy) J&ry, Ed FriSSj R
Work Plans Ready
For Court House
A. Miller, Jerry T. Neighbors, Wil
liam D. Willis jr., Jerry L. Johnson,
Clay McFarland, Stew Coffman,
B. A. Parham.
Lari'y B. Kennedy, Gus S.
Mijalis, Ronald G. Gardner, Jan
D. Bi-oderick, Henry Carl Hill,
James Braeutigan, Jim Collins,
Paul W. Holladay, G. A. La Hood
Jack D. Quinn.
For class of ’57 senator; William
A. McCarty jr., Jack Weathei'foi'd,
Ronnie Bretz, James “Jim” Row
land, Lee T. Popejoy, Carl E.
Wagner, Adolph E. Pavlik, Bob
Marshall, Ed C. Hanson, R. W.
McClesky and James T. Patterson.
For non-military co - editor of
The Battalion: Bob Boriskie and
Jon Kinslow.
For non - military yell leaders:
Roy Santerre and Frank A. Davis.
For non-military student life:
Joe E. West, Wallace Biikes, Jerry
C. Schnepp, C. D. (Buddy) Fox-
worth, Hugh D. Langtree, Dale
Southern, William D. Willis, jr.,
James E. Cook and Leonard P.
Stotz.
When work is completed on the
proposed $800,000 Brazos County
Court house, the county offices will
be housed in one of the most mod
ernistic buildings in the nation.
Work on the new structure is
scheduled to begin in July after
the present court house has been
razed and removed. Construction
is expected to take about one year.
Designed by the architectural
firm of Caudill, Rowlett, Scott and
Neff, the new building will consist
of four connected units. Three of
the units will be one story seg
ments connected with a central four
story building.
On the 26th Street side of the
court house squai'e will be the
building housing the county clerk,
the county auditor and the county
treasurer. Adjacent to this build
ing will be diagonal parking facil
ities for 15 vehicles.
Central Offices
The central or main structure
will have offices of the county
judge, county sheriff and deputies,
justice of the peace and conference
I'ooms on the first flooi*. On the
second floor will be the district
court room, the district clerk office,
county court room and office of
the county attorney.
Thhxl floor plans include the
jury retirement room, petit and
grand jury deliberation rooms and
office of the probation officer. The
jury rooms have been designed to
New Feature
Starts Today
In Battalion
News
of the
W oriel
By the Associated Press
WASHINGTON, April 21—6P>—
Secretary of State Dulles left for
the Geneva conference last night,
promising to seek an “honorable”
peace in Indochina and a free, unit
ed Korea. But Dulles served notice
that he would oppose an expected
Russian move to turn the Geneva
meeting on Far East issues into a
Big Five meeting on world prob
lems.
BURBANK, Calif., April 21—
<dP)—Seven men were killed yes
terday when an air force flying
box car crashed into fog-shroud
ed Mission Peak in the Santa
Susana mountains. The big twin-
engine C-119 from Charleston,
S. C., air force base smashed
head-on into the peak only 70
feet below the 2,771-foot crest.
>£
WASHINGTON, April 21—CP)—
The state department disclosed
yesterday it fired 309 persons dur
ing 1963 on security charges, in
cluding two employes suspected of
espionage. Security officer Scott
McLeod told a Senate appropria
tions subcommittee the department
had information on 148 of these
employes indicating “Communist
activity or associations, or member
ship in Communist organizations.”
HOUSTON, April 21—<A>)_A
tentative date of May 11 was set
yesterday for start of the polio
vaccine field test in Harris coun
ty. Tentative plans call for the
second shot to be given May 18,
with a booster shot following
on June 15.
Starting today, The Battal
ion will run daily a feature
designed to present news of
national importance in concise,
easy-to-read form.
The feature, headlined
“News of the World”, will con
sist of brief items of import
ance to students and the rest
of the college community,
compiled in The Battalion of
fice from the wii'es of the
Associated Press.
‘Because of the fast-chang
ing news events of today, we
believe that this feature will
be a service to our readers,”
said Harri Baker, Battalion
co-editor.
provide complete facilities for both
men and women without separating
jurors. Sleeping quarters will be
separated by a panel.
The entire fourth floor will be
the county jail with a 84-prisoner
capacity. Adequate facilities will
be provided for women prisoners
and juveniles. A feature of the
plans for the jail portion of the
building will be a separate elevator
which will deliver prisoners from
the ground level to the jail area
without taking them through the
corridors of the building.
Other Units
Remaining two units will be lo
cated on the north side of the
central building. The building
next to the main structure will
house county tax ofices in the east
section, while the west end. will
contain the public welfare offices.
The fourth or north unit will
have the county agent office and
home demonstration offices for
both Negro and white persons in
the east section. Public health of
fices will be located in the west end
of the building.
On the north, or College Avenue
side of the square, will be a 42-car
parking lot, plus parallel parking
space on all four sides of the
square.
Bonds for construction of the
new court house were voted on Dec.
5 by a majority of about six to one
in a very light turnout at the polls.
Changes Planned
For A&M Library
Major changes scheduled for the
next sevei’al months which will
make the Cushing Library building
cooler, lighter, larger and more
comfortable and attractive have
been announced by Robert Houze,
librarian.
Present plans call for air con
ditioning to be installed during the
summer, followed by new floure-
scent lighting fixtm’es and in
creased seating capacity for the
library.
Old and worn out chairs and
tables will be replaced with modern
equipment and the entire building
will be redecorated. Walls and
ceilings in all rooms will be paint
ed, Houze said, and the oil paint
ings on display in the library will
be lighted for viewers.
Morgan Protests
Service Transfer
President David H. Morgan has
sent a letter to John Hannah, as
sistant secretary of defense for
manpower, protesting the transfer
of service branch ROTC graduates
to combat branches.
Quoting from a Battalion story
of April 15th, which said that the
PMS&T expects “many seniors in
oi'dnance, quartermaster and trans
portation will be assigned to active
duty in other branches,” Morgan
said, “It is essential that we be
able to guarantee to the student
who qualifies for a contract for
advanced training a commission on
completion of that rtaining.”
“As we informed you,” Moi'gan’s
letter continued, “the morale of our
corps of cadets, your future offi
cers, is being seriously affected
by doubt and uncertainty arising
from the recent failings of the
armed services to maintain the tra
ditional ties of long standing with
the military colleges.”
Morgan ended the letter by re
questing that “serious co-nsidera-
tion be given the special problems
of the military colleges and that a
policy be established and issued for
them so that they can continue to
provide, in times of international
security, as well as of armed neu
trality, a constant supply of fine
ofifeers with a high esprit de
corps dedicated to serving their
country to the best of their ability.”
AF Camp Placing
Completed Soon
The exact summer camp as
signment for air force juniors has
not been made but will be released
later this week, said Maj. Luther
J. Westbrook, operations officer.
The cadets will be assigned to
one of ten air bases over the nation.
The first session of camp will
begin on June 20 with cadets re
porting to one of the following
bases: Norten air force base Calif.,
Max-ch AFB Calif., Long Beach
AFB Calif., Nellis AFB Nev., Luke
AFB., Williams AFB Ariz., or
Goodfellow AFB Tex.
The last session will begin on
July 25 and will include March
AFB and Bergstrom AFB Texas,
Weather Today
PARTLY CLOUDY
Partly cloudy with decreasing
cloudiness in late afternoon and
decreasing winds. High yesterday
84. Low this morning 68.