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Number 229: Volume 53
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1954
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Three Charged for Unauthorized Acts
Bowl Profits Division
Recommended bv SLC
The Student Life committee last
night recommended that the profits
from the Twelfth Man bowl be di
vided between the student aid fund
and the Twelfth Man scholarship
fund.
The recommended division would
give the first $1,000 profits to the
student aid fund, with the remain
der to go to the scholarship fund.
Last year, the Twelfth Man bowl,
a football game between the army
and air force ROTC, earned $1,730.
The SLC also voted to transfer
Clinic Treats
More Than 100
Cripple Cases
More than 100 cases were
diagnosed and treated Mon
day at the ninth annual Crip
pled Children’s clinic, accord
ing to Dr. Luther G. Jones,
director of the Brazos County Crip
pled Children’s association.
Dr. Jones termed 20 cases “re
habilitation” and 94 “hospital”
cases. Seven people came from
Madison county, two from Robert
son county, and four from Wash
ington county. The rest were from
Brazos county.
Two mild cases and three pro
nounced cases of cerebrial palsy
were diagnosed at the clinic. Also
two mongoloid (mental) cases were
discovered.
“The clinic was a great success
Rnd a great many families have
planned the progress for the rehab
ilitation of their crippled children
as the results,” said Dr. Jones.
Present at the clinic were Dr. W.
H. Ainsworth, orthopediatrician
from Houston; R. W. Youngblood,
orthopedic surgeon from Houston;
Dr. Dan R. Bussey, pediatrician
from Galveston; Dr. Herbert E.
Hipps, bone specialist from Waco;
Di\ J. E. Marsh of the college hos
pital; Di\ J. E. Marsh Jr., of the
Bryan clinic;
Dr. Arthur M. James, orthopedic
surgeon from Galveston; Dr. Steve
Lewis, plastic surgeon from Hous
ton; Dif Joseph Woodard, ortho
pedic surgeon from Austin, and
Dr. Augustin Palacios, neuro psy
chiatric from Houston.
$1,131 from the student aid fund
to the Twelfth Man scholarship
fund now, to bring next year’s
scholarship up to $1,600. It is a
four-year scholarship.
Carroll Phillips, chairman of the
Twelfth Man scholarship commit
tee, said they had earned $469 this
year by fund raising drives.
The SLC also approved a senior
class recommendation requesting
that the ring clerk be instructed
not to issue senior rings until “two
weeks before a student has com
pleted six semesters in college, or
two semesters before the end of
the student’s fourth year.”
“This recommendation was
drawn up because non-reg juniors
are wearing the senior ring, and
corps juniors can’t,” said Bill Reed
of the student senate. “We want
to standardize the wearing of the
ring.”
The SLC added to the proposal
the recommendation that two sum
mer terms be considered as one
regular semester. The recommen
dation will be forwarded to the
ring committee.
A new constitution for the SLC
was approved by the group.
The new constitution, according
to SLC Chairman Joe Sorrels, eli
minates some of the nuclear word
ing in the old one. There are no
major changes, except for the ad
dition of a new standing commit
tee for yell leaders. The formation
of a standing committee for publi
cations, recommended by the SLC
in February, is now being consid
ered by a committee of the Aca
demic council.
The Academic council’s commit
tee will report “probably nex1
year,” Sorrels said.
A committee of the SLC assign
ed to study the student senate’s
proposal to join the United States
National Student association rec
ommended that the matter be left
until next year. The recommen
dation was accepted.
Another committee recommenda
tion on a new method of selecting
Who’s Who candidates was accept
ed and adopted by the SLC. The
new method is essentially the same
as the old.
“We didn’t change it a whole
lot, because we didn’t think it
needed changing,” said Lt. Col.
Taylor Wilkins, chairman of the
committee.
C. G. (Spike) White, director of
student activities, presented the of
fice of student activities budget
for next year, which was accepted
by the committee.
The budget estimates income and
expenditures at $5,760 each.
The SLC also approved the col
lege calendar for next year and
authorized the office of student ac
tivities to extend contracts for an
unlimited period.
At the end of the meeting, Sor
rels thanked the membei’s of the
group for their help during the
yeai*. He was given a rising vote
of appreciation.
Military Panel
Sets Hearing
By HARRI BAKER
Battalion Co-Editor
Three corps seniors will be tried by a military panel
this afternoon on charges of “unauthorized acts of initiation
at an informal party off the campus”.
The men, Dale Dowell, Bruce Sterzing and Dennis Cole,
are charged with using a board (an instrument of hazing) on
juniors at a Ross Volunteer party Thursday night.
Dowell is a cadet captain, commanding officer of B field
artillery. Sterzing is a cadet lieutenant colonel, commanding
officer of the third battalion of the first regiment. Cole is
a cadet first lieutenant, executive officer of B armor.
An inspection of RV juniors yesterday revealed that
“seven or eight” of them had marks from a board on their
bodies, Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant, said last night.
The Ross Volunteers is+
A&M’s honor company.
BIG AND LITTLE—Perhaps George Albritton, (left) is
thinking about the day he will be an Aggie like his brother,
Jake (right). George is wearing a uniform made by his
mother. Jake is a senior from Houston.
Smith To Speak
For Honors Day
$800,000 Goal
AS Profs To Go
To Bryan AFB
Most of A&M’s air science in
structors will go to camp at Bryan
air force base this summer.
Those attending Bryan will be
Maj. O. H. Franks, training officer;
Maj. W. F. Burt, adjutant; Capt.
C. B. Doleac, Maj. J. S. McCan-
non, M/Sgt. C. L. Thompson,
T/Sgt. T. M. Buford and T/Sgt.
C. E. Perdue.
Others that will attend different
bases are Capt. Robert P. Cowart,
Gary AFB; M/Sgt. T. H. Williams,
Connally AFB; M/Sgt. J. P. Col
lins, Ellington AFB.
Dr. T. V. Smith will be the prin
ciple speaker for the All College
Honors day program Wednesday,
according to Dr. G. W. Schlessel
man, chairman of the honors day
committee.
Smith is an internationally
known philosophy professor, and a
graduate of the University of Tex
as. He received his Ph D degree
from the University of Chicago.
Smith is being brought to the
campus by the local chapter of
Phi Kappa Phi, a national schol
astic honor society.
This year only the faculty
achievment awards are to be pre
sented in order that the program
may be shortened, said Schlessel-
man. The several hundred individ
ual awards, usually handed out sep
arately at the program, have al
ready been given during the course
of the school year.
Dr. David H. Morgan, president
of the college, will preside over
the ceremony in the G. Rollie
White coliseum.
Civilian Students
To Discuss Council
Students interested in forming a
Civilian council may attend a meet
ing at 5 p. m. today in room 301
of Goodwin hall.
Several meetings have already
been held and the plan will be pre
sented today in written form for
discussion and approval, said Ben
nie Zinn, assistant dean of men.
USA Fund Drive
To Close Friday
By GEORGE MANITZAS
Battalion City Editor
Friday will mark the closing day
for the $800,000 goal drive for the
Sam Houston Area council. Boy
Scouts of America, to better the
facilities, enlarge the camps and
repair the camping grounds.
Camp Strake, for instance, can
not accommodate all the boys who
want to attend. Many times in
1953 the camp accommodated 400
boys, while being designed to take
care of 300.
In 1953, 5,476 scouts spent at
least a week at camp showing that
there was an increase of 36 percent
over the previous three years.
In Brazos county, there are 10
cub packs, 21 troops and four ex
plorer units with a total of 1,165
scouts.
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The Boy Scout Building Fund
campaign committee met in the
Memorial Student Center yester
day.
The main speaker, Sid Loveless,
chairman of the committee, said,
The citizens of College Station
have served our boys well.
“We are a part of the Sam
Houston Area Scout council and
want our boys to receive the bene
fit of the additional scouting and
camping facilities this money will
provide.”
“I earnestly ask your help and
the help of all the people of the
community to provide greater op
portunity for our boys,” he said.
“We’ll go after big gifts first,
but we want every citizen of Col
lege Station to have a share in this
wonderful program. Any gift will
be appreciated and well used,”
Loveless said.
■^The number scouts now register
ed in the 15 county area is 33,966.
J. Edgar Hoover said, “Boy
Scouts cannot but be model citizens
as they follow the ideals of the
Scout Oath to be good citizens,
good men and to fulfill their duty
to God and their country.”
“The Boy Scouts of America are
taught respect for the laws of God
and our, country and to be devoted
to their fellow men,” said Hoover.
The committee in College Station
which will assist Loveless include
H. W. Barlow, dean of engineering,
Ray George and Cotton Price.
Donations can be mailed to the
Boy Scouts Building campaign, Sid
Loveless chairman, box 87, College
Station.
Today’s Batt
Has Page
Of Pictures
On page three of today’s
Battalion there is a full page
of pictures on the open house
and Mothers Day activities.
The pictures were taken by
Seymour Smith and Gardner
Collins, staff photographers.
The page was compiled and ar
ranged by Jon Kinslow, man
aging editor.
On page five there is a com
plete list of the awards given
Sunday.
News
of the
World
In First Meeting
MSC Council Budget Passed
The 1954-55 Memorial Student
Center council last night approved
next yeai-’s council and revolving
fund budgets and recommended to
President David H. Morgan that
the administration assist in estab
lishing a Great Issues speakers
series.
Budgets were approved for the
MSC council, MSC directorate, mu
sic group, house group, games
group, forum group, hobby group,
bowling committee, dance group,
dance committee, browsing library,
great issues, forum group, junto
committee, hobby group (radio, au
dio, camera and stamp collecting
committees), craft committee, pub
lic relations group and art gallery
group.
Tabled until the next meeting
was the proposed budget for the
Intercollegiate Talent show-
The Great Issues speakers series
was budgeted at $3,548, but the let
ter to Morgan requested the college
administration underwrite a maxi
mum of one-half the budget figure
in the event the program is not fi
nancially successful.
Plan of the program is to bring
at least five noted speakers to the
campus during the school year. The
speakers selected would be immi
nent authorities on political, social
and economic issues.
Continuation of the freshmen
orientation program, held in the
MSC the first Sunday before the
fall semester begins, was approved.
Purpose of the program is to in
terest freshmen in participating in
MSC activities.
Council President Charles Parker
appointed Doug Krueger chairman
of the freshmen orientation and
leadership program committees.
Parker requested he be permitted
to retain chairmanship of the TV
fund drive committee until the
drive is completed.
Parker delayed naming a sum
mer program committee and asked
permission to appoint a committee
after he could determine what stu
dents would be on the campus dur
ing the summer months.
The April Rue Pinalle program
resulted in a deficit of $8.07, but
Parker said it was one of the few
times Rue Pinalle had failed to
show a profit.
Wayne Stark, council secretary,
said The Battalion had relinquished
partnership in the A&M Film so
ciety and had turned responsibility
for the group over to the MSC
council. He then requested a budg
et of $200 to operate the fall film
series.
The budget request was approv
ed and a similar budget whs ap
proved for the summer film society
series.
Stark read a letter from Morgan
expressing appreciation to the
council for the highly successful
MSC open house and the exhibits
displayed during the Parents Day
weekend.
By the ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Presi-
d e n t Eisenhower yesterday
discussed the Indochina crisis
for nearly an hour with Secre
tary of State Dulles and top
defense leaders amid a surge
of activity suggesting an ur
gent review of U. S. policy
in Europe and the Far East.
★ ★ ★
HANOI, Indochina —
French Union forces are
strengthening their defen
ses in the vital Red River
Delta below Hanoi against
a rebel assault that might
come before the seasonal
big rains hit their peak at
the end of June.
★ ★ ★
SAIGON, Indochina — The
French givernment instructed
its top military commander in
Indochina today to arrange
with the Vietminh for evacu
ation of French Union wound
ed from Dien Bien Phu.
★ ★ ★
WASHINGTON — Presi
dent Eisenhower’s proposal
to relax restrictions on U.S.
atomic information and
and peacetime power r e -
search drew high praise
yesterday as a “legislative
landmark,” but some of its
provisions were criticized
sharply.
Davis said action would be
taken against the three men,
but he did not know what it
would be. According to College
Regulations, dismissal is the pun
ishment for “the use of a board or
other instruments obviously de
signed for hazing,” unless there are
“strong mitigating circumstances.”
‘We’re It’
“After the inspection, I turned to
the cadet in charge, B. K. Boyd,
and said I wanted the names of the
men involved,” Davis said. “Dow
ell stepped up then and said ‘We’re
it. Sterzing and Cole will report
to you with me tomorrow.’ ”
The thi’ee men went to Davis
home last night and admitted to
the charge.
About 40 persons were at the
RV party Thursday at the Brazos
County A&M clubhouse. Dowell,
Sterzing and Cole were the only
seniors present at first. The sen
iors who came later were not in
volved, Dowell told Davis.
Davis said he had received better
cooperation on this investigation
than on any investigation since he
has been here.
“I was disappointed when I first
heard of this,” Davis said. “It
knocked the props out from under
me.”
Bill Reed, RV commander, said
“These things work out in the long
run. Whatever comes of this may
be a guide to the school in the fu
ture.”
Board Outlawed
Reed said that he told the RV
seniors at the first of the year not
to use the board.
Fred Mitchell, corps commander,
said he would rather not comment
on the affair because he might be
on the panel which will try the
men.
When informed of the charges,
President David H. Morgan issued
the following statement:
“My reactions on hearing that
three students had used “The
Board’ in an informal unauthorized
initiation to a student organization
were many and varied. There was
sympathy for the parents and oth
er loved ones who have been look
ing forward with pride and joy to
the commissioning and graduation
exercises next week. There was
regret that these students had not
been able to resist the sadist im
pulse that unfortunately is still
present in a percentage of the hu
man race.
“In submitting to that impulse
they have violated a regulation of
the College and a principle of the
“Articles of the Corps of Cadets”
recently submitted by the commis
sioned and non-commissioned offi
cers of the Corps, “It will be un
authorized assumption of command
by one cadet over another whereby
the latter . . . shall suffer any
harassment (mental or physical/
. . .”, said Morgan.
“Their jurisdiction of the act as
an initiation ceremony and as a
common practice in fraternities and
other organizations in other col
leges throughout the State and Na
tion is not valid at A&M college.
Our standards of honor, truth, in
tegrity, authority and responsibil
ity are higher than those that will
be found elsewhere. Therefore,
any action of this nature is more
conspicious in this college than in
any other college.
There may be some who will in
terpret the failure of these stu
dents to live up to our ideals as a
reflection on the Corps of Cadets
in general. The fallacy of such
reasoning is evident when you re
alize that in our Corps of Cadets
(3500 strong) we have the largest
group organized in a single unit
that will be found in any college in
the country.
“Therefore, it is not surprising
although it is disappointing, to find
that a fraction of 1 per cent of the
group has deviated from accepted
standards,” he concluded.
Business Clubs
Hear Cudlipp
At Banquet
American business men
must “sell” the free enterprise
system to the rest of the
world, A. E. Cudlipp, member
of the board of directors, told
the business majors last night.
Speaking at the annual banquet
of the business and marketing so
cieties in the Memorial Student
Center, Cudlipp compared the
American free enterprise system
to a product.
“Our system is generally taken
too much for granted,” he said.
“If people understand the free en
terprise system, they will be less
susceptible to foreign ideologies.”
“Free enterprise, as a product,
has been losing ground in the con
sumer’s market. It must be sold
and serviced as a product,” Cudlipp
said.
He urged the students to “in
clude, as part of your life’s work,
the selling of the American free
enterprise system.”
T. W. Leland, head of the busi
ness administration department,
thanked the Lufkin industrialist
for his talk.
Leland also thanked the officers
and members of both societies for
their “support of the department
this year.”
Mitchell Spadachene and Glen
Blake, presidents of the business
and marketing societies, alternated
as toastmasters. Charles Beagle
gave the invocation before the
meal.
Judging Team
Wins Annual Meet
A ten-man team of junior and
senior students in dairy husbandry
has been named winner of the 24th
annual Hoard’s Dairyman Cow
Judging contest.
One hundred and forty-two teams
from 56 colleges and universities
were entered in the contest.
This contest is sponsored by
Hoard’s Dairyman, a magazine for
dairymen. Judging was done by
looking at pictures.
Texas A&M last won the contest
in 1948.
Members of the winning team
are L. M. Braxiel, J. H. Wuensche,
D. A. Dacy, D. B. Wheeler, G. L.
Dalton, G. M. Rosenberg, R. T.
Reese, P. T. Hathbone, L. M. Scott,
and J. W. Kincaid.
Weather Today
PARTLY CLOUDY
Considerable cloudiness with
light showers today. High yes
terday 82. Low this morning 60.