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Cadet Slouch by James Earle EV£C.y ftoDH'S UEASS-D AftOUT tU’ Kiew NWIMC* OM TU‘ M SC. TM^T'S GOWWA, BE. & OiFT FJ?OKA TU' «- <■ A'S.S O' S<4-\ W £.R E come rao-bc quvs TO E.K.SiE.a.V'E. IT POe. COWVe.M.-riOW , e>. W'(46.T MEE.O l«> a, M..S C. FOEL TM' STUDEW*. f On Mothers Day Moore Trophy Goes to Top Unit By BILL THOMAS Battalion Staff Writer A&M’s # top ItOTC unit will be bonpred at the Mothers Day par ade May 9 with the awarding of “ the eighth annual Gen. George F. Moore trophy. Created in 1946 by the dean of men’s office, the award has been given annually in honor of the late Gen. George F. Moore, former commandant. Moore was taken prisoner by the Japanese at Corregidor during ■ World War II and later became one of A&M’s first major generals. He died two years ago in California. The winning unit receives the Gen Moore Trophy, with the names of the organization and its com manding officer engraved on it. In addition, the Gen. Moore flag is carried by the winning unit at parades and reviews. Cadet oficcrs of the organization receive Gen Moore keys and all members are authorized to wear a white citation cord. Policy for the awarding was made by a committee of cadets and the dean of men in 1946. Itevisions have been made since, such as this year’s revisions of extra-curricular point values. The factors considered in determ ining the best' all-around unit, and the weights given these factors, are: scholarship, 50%; military proficiency 25%; intramural achievements, 15%; and extra-cur ricular participation, 10%. ' The registrar’s office provides the rating for scholarship, the military department for military proficiency, student activities for intramural achievements, and the Phi Eta Sigma Elects Officers Phi Eta Sigma’s 1954 officers were elected Tuesday night, and will be officially installed at the annual banquet May 6. Larry D. Piper was elected presi dent; Aubrey Glen Owen, vice-pres ident; James Willborn, secretary; Robert Glazner, treasurer; Charles R. Carrell, historian. Jerry Ramsey was elected senior advisor, and Weldon Walker, jun ior advisor. Dean John R. Bertrand and J. L. Shawn will be faculty advisors. assistant dean of men for extra curricular proficiency. The assistant dean of men also makes a double - check before final decision on the winner. More than 100 hours are spent in checking all calculations for ac curacy, Bennie Zinn, assistant dean of men, said. “I feel that this system is very effective in determining the best all-around unit because it covers all phases of college life here and gives them appropriate stress,” said Zinn. Forty percent of the scholarship factor is based on the fall semester grade point average of students who comple the school year in the unit. The number of deficient students shown by mid-term grades of the spring semester determines the re-^ maining 10 per cent. Beginning with the first award in 1947, past award winners have been A signal Corps, E field artil lery, A army security agency, B engineers and squadron 10, former ly II Squadron. Squadron 10 has won for the last three years. Johnson To Speak At Senior Banquet The senior U. S. Senator from Texas, Lyndon Johnson, will speak at the Senior banquet. His topic for the evening will be “Opportu nities Awaiting a College Grad uate.” Pat Wood, senior class president, asked Sen. Johnson to speak at the banquet. The banquet will be held May 15 in Duncan dining hall. A&M Given Fellowship By Stanolind Company A&M is one of 15 colleges and universities to be awarded one of the Stanolind Oil and Gas com pany fellowships for the 1954-55 school year. Each fellowship is worth $1,500. Benefits from studies done under the fellowships are to be used by the entire petroleum industry, ac cording to the Stanolind company. It is estimated that the islands of the earth include about four million square miles. The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions “Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechan ical College of Texas, is published by students four times a week, during the regular school year. During the summer terms, and examination and vacation periods, The Battalion is published twice a week. Days of publications are Tuesday through Friday for the regular school year, and Tuesday and Thursday during examination and vacation periods and the summer terms. Subscription rates $9.00 per year or $ .75 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. Hntered as second-class matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas under the Act of Con gress of March 3, 1870. Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally bj National Advertising Services, Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Lo» Angeles, and San Fran cisco. News contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444 or 4-7604) or at the editorial office room, 202 Goodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activities Office, Room 209 Goodwin Hall. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republi cation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. BOB BORISKIE, IIARRI BAKER .J. Co-Editors Jon Kinslow ..Managing Editor Chuck Neighbors Sports Editor George Manitzas 1 City Editor Barbara Rubin Womans Editor John Akard Feature Editor James Earle Cartoonist Larry Lightfoot Circulation Manager Tomy Syler, Russell Reed, Pete Goodwin Roland Baird, and Narman Hill Circulation Staff High Officers Of French At Praise MSC The fame of A&M’s Me morial Student Center is be ing spread over the world by the 'high command of the French air force. While he was Deputy Com mander for Air for NATO forces, French General Fay visited US air bases where French troops were training, including Bryan air force base. He stayed in the MSC dur ing his stay here. The gen eral praised the building highly and commented that he was surprised to find such a building* on a college campus. General Fay told General Babet about the MSC and Babet specifically requested to stay in the MSC when he made a tour of US bases. General Babet is now commanding French air force in Indo China. Yesterday, the French Min ister for Air visited Bryan Air Base. He top, asked to stay at the MSC—on the re commendation o f General Babet. News Briefs R. E. LEIGHTON of the dairy husbandry department will judge the Burleson county dairy show today in Caldwell. He will also judge the Colorado couiiity Dairy Day show at Weimar May 13. * * * MEASLES was the leading disease last week in Brazos county. Twenty six cases were reported. Chickenpox was second with 13 cases, and mumps was third with 11 cases reported. * * * DR. HILDA F. ROSENE, associ ate professor of zoology at the University of Texas, will give a lecture tonight at 8 p.m. in the Biological Sciences building. Sub ject of the lecture will be “The Water Relations of Plant Roots.” * * * THE 45th ANNUAL summer cotton school in cotton classing and marketing will be held here May 31-July 10. The school is conducted by the agricultural economics and sociology department. * * * EWING E. BROWN, Texas as sistant state chemist and a gi’ad- uate of A&M, has been elected president of the newly - formed American Association of Feed Microscopists. LETTERS Editors, I • The Battalion: Next Tuesday night, April 27, the Student-Faculty Relations pro gram will be initiated. The pur pose of this program is to provide as informal gathering of students and professors in the professor’s home. This program should help in building a better understanding between the student and the pro fessor. Approximately 135 professors have stated that they would be interested in having students in their homes on this night. A great deal of work has been put forth on this program by the Student- Faculty Relations Committee, and the success of this program will depend upon . the student partici pation. Students desiring to participate in this program can find a list of the professors in the Office of Student Activities. Since each pro fessor can only accommodate from 5-8 students on this night, students desiring to go to a professor’s home will sign a roster stating the pro fessor whom they would like to visit on this night. Students will go to the homes after the evening meal on Tuesday night. A program of this kind can benefit A&M — its students and faculty in many ways, primarily, by promoting a better understand ing between the two. The members of the faculty have shown that they are interested in this pro gram, it is now up to the students to do their part in order to make this Student - Faculty Relations Night a success. Pat Wood ’54 President of the Senior Class Wh a l’s Cooki ng THURSDAY 5:30 p. m. — Shreveport club meeting, front steps of the new Administration Building. Picture for the Aggieland will be made. Wear class “A” uniform. 7 p. m.—Texarkana Four-States club meeting, room 224, Academic building. 7:15 p. m.—Houston A&M club meeting, room 301, Goodwin hall. Final plans for beer bust with Houston exes. Pre-Law Society meeting, YM- CA. If you plan to go on the field trip Wednesday, be there. East Texas A&M club meeting, room 227, Academic building. Bring money if you want to buy a club picture. 7:30 p. m.—South Louisiana club meeting, room 11, C. E. building. Bar-b-q next week. Pay dues as you go. Tyler - Smith county hometown club meeting, room 2C, MSC. Elect ion of new officers. Williamson county hometown club meeting, room 2A, MSC. Organizational meeting. Beaumont A&M club meeting, room 104, Academic building. Rusk county hometown club meeting, room 307, Goodwin hall. Waco McLennan county A&M dub meeting, 301, Goodwin hall. All members please be present. FRIDAY 7:30 p. m.—United Nation’s club meeting, YMCA. Everyone invited. Harold Horne, YMCA general secretary, will be the speaker. Editors, The Battalion: I would like to say a word or two about the opportunity we Ags will have next Tuesday night to meet our profs in the informal, ‘ con genial atmosphere of their homes. Not everyone realizes that over 120 profs have asked to have a group of students visit their homes, have, coffee, and just get acquaint ed in general. If this program is successful this year it is quite possible that this might become an annual af fair, and do much to alleviate the age old feeling around this campus that anyone who even speaks to a prof is seeking favor of some soi*t. If we as a group can rid A&M of this antiquated idea, and can bring back the concept that we are down here to do some learning, we will have accomplished much. This Student-Faculty night sounds like a perfect place to stai't toward such a goal. Jerry Ramsey, ’55 Supervisor Course To Be Held Here The first supervisor develop ment class for the Texas telephone industry, will be held at Texas A. & M. College April 26-28, it was announced today by E. L. Williams, vice director o*f the Texas Engi neering Extension Service. Any employee of a telephone company who directs the work of one or more people, may attend the class, which is limited to 20 per sons. Sessions will be held in the Me morial Student on the campus of Texas A. & M. College. ZIPPERS REPAIRED OR REPEACED Pants or Jackets ZUBIK’S 105 N. Slain North Gate DR. J. P. ABBOTT, dean of the college, will represent the college at the formal inauguration of John D. Moseley May 1 as the 12th president of Austin college, in Sherman. * * * A FILM, sponsored by the Economics club, will be shown Tuesday in the Biological Sciences building. The films are on the “Federal Reserve system” and “Life in Mexico.” * * * AN OPEN HOUSE will be held April 24-25 by the Rockdale Works of the Aluminum Company of America. The general public is invited to the second day of the open house. * * WILLIAM B. ROGERS, January graduate, has been named assistant extension editor in Arkansas. While in A&M, Rogers was a staff writer of the Agriculturist and a member of the Journalism club. Jjt j}c sjs CLIFFORD STATON, an A&M graduate, has been named director of the Houston office of the Clay Products Association of the South west. =!•- * * WALLACE D. BEASLEY, co ordinator of police training here, will attend the attorney generals fourth annual conference on Law Enforcement at Baylor university April 26-28. SECOND Lt. Arno W. Becker of New Braunfels has arrived in Ger many for duty with the Nurnberg district. Becker is a graduate of A&M. THOMAS K. BURK JR. of Hous ton has completed the five-month officers basic course at the Marine Corps school in Quantico, Va. He is an A&M graduate. Freshman Praises Test Ricky Rover, picked as the typical freshman last week, yesterday gave his opinion of the Dr. Pepper 3-a-day test. “Gee,” said Mr. Rover. Mr. Rover further stated, “I never thought anything could be so good. All you do is drink Dr. Pepper 3 times a day for eight days. Then you’ll find out what is meant by ‘Wake Up Your Taste — Drink Dr. Pepper.’ “No other drink can be that good because no other drink tastes like Dr. Pep per. I know now that Dr. Pepper is always good — 4 always just right for any occasion. Try it at 10, at 2, and at 4 . . . You’ll praise Dr. Pepper, tool” / / ///7 DRINK Mjffp&i DrPeppen Condensed Statement of Condition FIRST STATE BANK & TRUST COMPANY Bryan, Texas At the close of business April 15, 1954 ASSETS Cash and Due from Banks $2,171,181.84 U. S. Government Obligations : 2,551,700.00 Municipal Bonds - T -, r . 56,800.00 C. C. C. Certificates „ 690,619.22 Loans and Discounts - 1,545,516.30 Banking House and Fixtures 61,232.83 Stock of Federal Reserve Bank 6,000.00 Other Real Estate —— —- 2.00 TOTAL ASSETS - $7,083,052.19 LIABILITIES Capital Stock $ 100,000.00 Surplus . - 100,000.00 Undivided Profits —-— —- 193,985.60 Reserve for Taxes 1 37,313.91 DEPOSITS: Individual . / $5,525,362.35 U. S. Government ■ - 82,289.17 Banks 75,000.00 Other Public Funds 969,101.16 TOTAL DEPOSITS $6,651,752.68 TOTAL LIABILITIES $7,083,052.19 FIRST STATE BANK & TRUST COMPANY Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation OFFICERS W. S. Higgs, Vice President J. N. Dulaney, Vice President Pat Newton, Cashier W. J. Coulter, President Curtis Mathis, Assistant Cashier L. E. Nedbalck, Assistant Cashier Willard E. Williams, Assistant Cashier LI’L ABNER By A1 Capp