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Number 224: Volume 53
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COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1954
Price 5 Cents
Board To Study
ew Cadet Articles
AF Cadets Will Keep
Same A&M Uniform
A&M’s air force ROTC cadets
•will not change to air force blue
uniforms.
President David H. Morgan made
the announcement yesterday, after
receiving a letter from ai^ force
authorities ruling that A'&M’s pre
sent uniform is distinctive.
The present uniform will remain
the same, except for a possible few
minor changes, said Col. Joe E.
Davis, commandant. The changes
will be aimed at making the uni
form more standard throughout
the corps.
Yesterday’s decision on air force
uniforms is the result of a series
of events, beginning when the air
force changed to a blue uniform
several years ago.
In July, 1952, A&M officials
were told by the air force that the
Trotter Selected
1 lonor Student
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Ide Trotter jr., chemical engi
neering senior from Bryan, has
been named valedictorian of the
class of ’54.
The valedictorian is chosen from
candidates for their first bachelor’s
degree. The one having the highest
grade point ratio after the fall
semester of his final year is vale-
ilictorian. Trotter’s grade point
ratio is 3.0.
All work must be in this college,
except for a maximum of 12
semester hours which may be taken
during the summer vacations at
other schools. The valedictorian
must be a candidate for his de
gree at the spring commencement,
and cannot be a summer school
graduate.
Trotter has been active while a
student here. During his freshman
year he was a member of the
freshman drill team, Battalion
staff writer, and a member of the
freshman Baptist Student union
council, lie also won the chemical
engineering section of the fresh
man slide rule contest, was a dis
tinguished student and a member
of Phi Eta Sigma.
During his sophomore year he
was on the student senate, Bat
talion copy editor, rifle team let-
terman, president of Phi Eta
Sigma, secretary of BSU council,
reporter for the Bryan-College
Station A&M club, Interfaith coun
cil, and American Institute of
Chemical Engineers. Trotter was
United Nations
Club To Hear
Harry Brunger
Harry A. Brunger, world
service secretary of the
YMCA of Hong Kong, will
speak to the United Nations
club at 7:30, Friday in the
assembly room of the YMCA.
Brunger started his career in
Canton, China, in 1948 as YMCA
program secretary. He and his
family were forced to leave in 1950
by Communist forces and aftei*-
ward joined the staff at Hong
Kong.
Brunger and his Chinese col
leagues are trying to meet needs
for education, recreation, job train
ing and other basic services.
“He has a wonderful grasp of
the workings of Communism and
you will appreciate his frankness
in dealing with it,” said J. Gordon
Gay, general secretary of the
YMCA.
In addition to speaking, Brunger
will also be pi-esent at an open
house from 3-5 p. m., Friday in
the cabinet room of the YMCA.
air ROTC cadets* here would have
to be in blue uniforms by the fall
of 1953.
Later, the air force said the
change - over could wait another
year, but that air ROTC cadets
would definitely have to be in the
blue uniforms by the fall of 1954.
In that letter, an air force
official said “the air force was still
opposed, in principle, to the ap
proval of the uniforms of any other
services for AFROTC students.”
The alternative to AFROTC
cadets wearing blue uniforms was
for the whole corps to wear a dis
tinctive uniform, such as the grays
worn by cadets at West Point, The
Citadel, and other military colleges.
Last March, Morgan wrote the
air force requesting that A&M’s
present uniform be considered dis
tinctive. He included pictures of
the uniform.
In that letter he said, “Our whole
program is built on the basis of
one corps . . . our belief is that the
change of uniform would separate
our present one corps into two
corps creating a potential source of
friction that would not be beneficial
to the two services or to the col
lege.”
He also said that the increased
cost of a cadet-gray type uniform
would not be practical for A&M.
Yesterday, Morgan received an
answer to his request. H. Lee
White, assistant secretary of the
air force, said in the letter, “The
air force has studied the problem
and has concluded that our air
force ROTC should Conform to the
uniform requirements you pre
scribe for Texas A&M.”
“In Washington, they have fi
nally become aware that A&M is
different,” Morgan said yesterday.
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HERE IT IS—Fred Mitchell, cadet colonel of the corpip
(left), gives President David H. Morgan a copy of the re
vised Articles of the Cadet Corps. The presentation was
yesterday, at a meeting of the cadet commanders, first
sergeants and sergeant majors.
Corps Consolidation
Recommended
By HARRI BAKER
Battalion Co-Editor
The A&M system board of directors this weekend will
consider a revision of the Articles of the Cadet Corps that
would include having freshmen ROTC students living in mil
itary units with upperclassmen.
The provision of the recommended articles reads as fol
lows :
“Each company (squadron) level will be composed of
cadets from all classes and will be housed together. All ca
dets will live in a unit housed in a corps dormitory except
married students, local day students and others with the
specific approval of the commandant.”
The complete revised Articles of the Cadet Corps will
be presented to the board 4 “
Air Academy May
Bolster Enrollment
If the proposed Air Force acad
emy is located at Bryan, the aca
demic facilities of A&M will be
offered during the first two years
while permanent facilities are un
der construction, Travis B. Bryan
said yesterday.
Bryan, president of the First Na
tional bank and tireless worker in
the effoi't to bring the academy to
this area, said a high system offi
cial had assured him that academy
students could be accommodated.
One of a list of 400 towns
throughout the nation being con
sidered by the site selection com
mittee, Bryan is being presented
to the committee through a detailed
Ide P. Trotter jr.
Valedictorian
outstanding sophomore in the corps
of cadets, and was a distinguished
Student.
Dui'ing his junior year he was
pai’liamentarian of the student
senate, sergeant on corps staff,
executive committee of the BSU of
Texas, on A&M BSU council, junior
representative to engineers council
from AIChE, AIChE, Interfaith
council, junior advisor of Phi Eta
Sigma. He won the DAR award
for outstanding junior, a Chemical*
Corps association medal, Tau Beta
Pi, A I Ch E award for outstand-
(See TROTTER, Page 2)
Says Johnson
Town Hall Ticks Is
Are Going Fast
Tickets to “Annie Get Your Gun”
are going fast, said Bill Johnson,
newly elected student entertain
ment manager.
“Over three fourths of the
tickets to the Monday at 7 p. m.
performance have been issued,”
Johnson said.
“Annie” is the seventh and last
Town Hall show of the year. Per
formances will be held Monday at
7 and 9:30 p. m. and Tuesday at 7
p. m.
Johnson urged Town Hall season
Weather Today
SEVERE WEATHER
Severe weather with tornado
warnings in this area. Continued
thunder storms today. High yes
terday 86. Low this morning at
9 a.m, was 63,
News of the World
By the ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON—The House today upheld President
Eisenhower’s request for a flexible world strategy by beat
ing down, 214-37, a proposal to limit the use of American
troops in combat zones. Then it voted the armed services a
post-Korea low of $28,684,250,486 in new money for the year
ending in mid-1955. The defense budget which now goes to
the Senate was approved on a roll - call vote. The
House overwhelmingly defeated an amendment, by Rep.
Coudert (R-NY), which would have required prior congres
sional approval before any of the new money was used to
support forces in combat in Indochina or other parts of the
world which the United States is not obligated by treaty to
defend.
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AUSTIN — Ralph Yarborough, who charges
Gov. Allan Shivers with party disloyalty, will try for
the second time to wrest the Democratic nomina
tion for governor from Shivers. The 50-year-old
Austin attorney and former district judge jumped
in the race today, thereby assuring a test of wheth
er Shivers lost votes when he supported Republican
Dwight Eisenhower for the Presidency in 1952.
“As a Democrat, I will not stand idly by while the
Democratic party is again betrayed,” Yarborough
said.
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HANOI, Indochina — French commandos in pre-dawn
raids today struck Vietminh positions pressuring Dien Bien
Phu’s shrunken defenses. The raiders smashed a string of
rebel fortifications and killed at least 70 Vietminh before
they were driven back into the bastion. The French con
centrated their assault on the weakened northwest corner
where the Red-led rebels have been massing for an all out
thrust toward the heart of the.fortress barely 600 yards
away. Plunging into the net work of Vietminh trenches and
fox holes, the commandos routed the rebels at bayonet point.
ticket holders to exchange their
season ticket for a ticket to the
performance of their choice.
Tickets to the show are available
for $2 for those who do not have
Town Hall tickets.
Tickets may be obtained at stu
dent activities office or outside
the dining halls tonight. If any
tickets are left, they will be avail
able at the door.
“Annie” is based on the real life
story of Annie Oakley, an almost
legendary sharpshooter of the late
1800’s
She was born in Darke county,
Ohio in 1860. Her childhood was
rugged, especially after her father
died of exposure when she was
four.
Annie was only six when she
took her father’s muzzle-loading
rifle into the woods to hunt for
food.. The two quail she brought
back added considerably to the
skimpy dinner menu. She never
“learned” to shoot—it just came
naturally.
In those days, shooting matches
were favorite sporting events and
Darke county had its quota of ex
pert marksmen. But Annie made
them all look a little silly. Frank
Butler, a professional, came to
Cincinnati and, as was his custom,
offered to shoot against anyone
for $100 a side. Annie took him up
on it. She not only won the match,
she won Frank Butler. Six months
later they were married and went
on the road together as Butler and
Oakley.
After ten years of vaudeville
headlining and exhibition shoot
ing Annie and Frank joined Buf
falo Bill’s Original Wild West
show. They toured the United
States and Europe extensively with
the show. They both died in 1926.
factual data brochure prepared by
the Bryan banker. Information
ranging from geographical location
down through tax information and
acquisition costs is included.
The nomination of Bryan has the
approval and support of many in
fluential persons throughout the
state as well as prominent national
figures, Bryan said.
First instructed to reach a deci
sion on a site within 45 days, the
committee insti’uctions were chang
ed to require a decision <r within a
reasonable period of time.”
The new instructions will give
the committee opportunity to more
thoroughly examine the qualifica
tions of the large number of sites
under consideration.
This change prevented the selec
tion from being limited to the six
original sites being considered since
the academy was first proposed
five yeai's ago, Bryan said.
Since the act requires Secretary
of the Air Force Harold E. Talbott
to designate some existing air
force base for the two-year opera
tion pending construction of per
manent facilities, Bryan Air Force
Base is an ideal temporary air
academy solution, Bryan said.
Other advantages the area has
to offer are abundant housing,
schooling for the children the per
sonnel influx would produce, cen
tral location as to large cities in
the state and year-round operation
al climate, he said.
Members of the site selection
committee appointed by Talbott
are Gen. Carl Spaatz, USAF (Re
tired); Lt. Gen. Hubert R. Har
mon, USAF; Dr. Virgil Hancher,
president of the University of
Iowa; Merrill Meigs, Hearst Cor
poration, Chicago; and Brig. Gen.
Charles E. Lindbergh, USAF.
Film Society To Show
‘Johnny Belinda’ Friday
The A&M Film society will show
“Johnny Belinda” tonight at 7:30
p.m. in the Memorial Student Cen
ter ballroom.
The film stars Jane Wyman,
who won an Academy award for
her part as a deafmute.
Mothers Day Dance
To Be In Grove
Student activities office will
sponsor a free Mothers Day dance
in the Grove from 9:00 ’til 12:00
p. m. May 8, said W. D. Hardesty,
Business Manager.
All students, their wives, dates,
mothers and fathers are invited.
Music will be fm-nished by Bill
Turner and the Aggieland’ orche
stra.
members for their informa
tion. However, the provision
quoted above is the only one
that requires board action.
‘No Hesitancy’
President David H. Morgan told
The Battalion yesterday he has “no
hesitancy” in recommending the
revised Articles to the board.
“The recommendations give more
authority to the officers and more
rights to the individuals,” he said,
speaking of the complete Articles.
Col. Joe Davis, commandant, said
the revised Articles were “set up
to improve the standard and rec
ognize the rights and feelings of
the individual members of the ca
det corps.”
Freshmen cadets are now living
in a separate dormitory area from
upperclassmen. They are living in
military units with only a few ca
det officers and non-commissioned
officers to a unit.
Freshmen were separated by
bear'd action soon after World War
II.
Self Evaluation Result
The proposed Articles of the Ca
det Corps, including the consolida-
tion-of-the-corps provision, are the
result of a “self-evaluation” re
quested by Morgan in September.
At that time he asked cadet
commanders, first sergeants, and
sergeant majors to make q. self-
evaluation . of the corps “for the
organization, guidance,conduct and
administration of the cadet corps,
designed as an ideal corps for the
latter half of the twentieth cen
tury.”
Morgan accepted the revised Ar
ticles yesterday in a formal pre
sentation attended by the cadet
commanders, first sergeants and
sergeant majors.
In presenting the Articles, Fred
Mitchell, cadet colonel of corps,
said, “It is the belief of this head
quarters that these articles will
provide a stable corps of cadets.”
Moi'gan called the Articles the
“best organization of any activity
ever presented to me by a group
of students.”
Other Changes
Besides the consolidation pro
vision, the revised Articles also
recommends other slight changes in
cadet policy and corps operation.
Other recommendations of the
corps evaluation include a tenta
tive physical structure recommen
dation, based on consolidation; the
wi-iting of a “Cadence”, traditions
handbook; and standardization of
the uniform.
Other activities and departments
of the college are also undergoing
a self-evaluation, at the request
of the president. He said the
other recommendations would prob
ably be presented at the July
meeting of the board of directors.
“We want to get action on the
corps evaluation now so we can be
gin planning for next year,” he
said.
Chem Engineer Group
Holds Convention Here
The student chapter of the
American Institute of Chemical
Engineers is holding its regional
convention here today.
The convention started this
morning in the Memorial Student
Center and will close with an
awards banquet tonight at Maggie
Parker’s in Bryan.
Speaker at the banquet will be
W. S. Franklin, head of the tech
nical division at the Baytown re
finery of the Humble Oil Co.
Two students each from Rice,
UT, U of H, Lamar Tech and A&M
will present technical papers in
competition for four cash awards
totaling $75. Representing A&M
Fifteen Aggies
Receive Prizes
In Contest
Fifteen A&M students received
awards from H. W. Barlow, Dean
of the School of Engineering, for
their work in the annual engineer
ing drawing contest.
The contest consisted of 5 divis
ions with three winners in each
division. The winners in each divis
ion were:
Working - drawing with instru
ments: A. G. Owen, G. E. Bahl-
mann, R. L. Burley; descriptive
geometry problem: Jack R. Daft,
H. C. Sampsell, and B. H. Baker.
Freehand lettering problem: L.
O. Cox, J. R. Matthews, and J. L.
Calhoun; freehand pictorial: M. D.
Keen, S. W. Johnson and D. M.
Keithkamp.
Architectural design problem: D.
L. Williams, J. A. Samford, and R.
O. Evans.
Dr. W. E. Street, head of the
engineering drawing department,
introduced Col. Willard Chevalier,
vice president of the McGraw-Hill
Publishing company, who spoke
briefly at the ceremonies held in
Anchor hall.
Students enrolled in first and se
cond semester courses competed for
prizes. Entries were judged by B.
M. Gallaway, civil engineering de
partment, and C. D. Holland,
chemical engineering department.
in the contest are Hollie Briscoe
speaking on “Cathodic Protection”
and Ben Fort whose paper is en
titled “Chemical Kinetics.”
Briscoe, president of the A&M
chapter, is in charge of arrange
ments for the convention. Dr. W.
D. Harris of the chemical engi
neering department, is the faculty
advisor.
Five Seniors Get
Faculty Awards
Five graduating seniors will re
ceive Faculty Achievement awards
as outstanding students in the
School of Arts and Sciences, said
Walter H. Delaplane, dean of arts
and sciences.
The awards will be presented at
the All-College Honors convocation
in the new Physical Education
building May 12.
Recipients are Guy W. Dawson,
Elmer Joe Hickman, Robert W.
Palmer, Richard N. Porter, and
Robert B. Willman.
All of the winners are prominent
in student activities, Delaplane
said. Faculty awards ai’e voted in
recognition of scholastic attain
ment, leadership, organizational
ability, and performance of extra
curricular activities, Delaplane
said.
Whitney Winner
Of Scholarship
Herbert W. Whitney has been
named winner of the $500 scholar
ship given by the Square D com
pany said F. H. Roby, vice presi
dent of the company.
Whitney is a sophomore in In-*
dustrial engineering at A&M.
Selection of the winner is based
on scholastic attainment and
leadership. Whitney is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert W. Whitney
of Big Spring.
HUNTING DEER AT 101
WHITTEMORE, Mich.—(A 1 )—In
1865, when the Civil War ended,
Pete Cameron shot his first deer.
Now, 89 years later, Cameron is
101 and still hunting.
Shepardson Heads
Chicago Meeting
C. N. Shepardson, Dean of Agri
culture, is in Chicago to attend
three meetings this week. He left
Tuesday morning.
He attended a meeting Wednes
day of the Land Grant College as
sociation’s committee on vocational
agriculture teacher training.
Friday and Saturday, he will
preside at a meeting and Sunday
he will attend the Sears Roibuc^
scholarship meeting.