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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”
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George Manitzas 1 City Editor
Barbara Rubin Womans Editor
John Akard Feature Editor
James Earle Cartoonist
Larry Lightfoot Circulation Manager
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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