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Number 230: Volume 53
JBattali
PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Published By 7
: A&M Students
For 75 Years
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1954
Price 5 Cents
Stamp Machines
Out of Dormitories
After Robberies
The freshman who was earning
part of his school expenses by
operating stamp machines in the
dormitories has had to take them
out because of thefts.
Thirteen of the 24 machines in
the dormitories had been robbed.
The machines were removed over
the weekend.
The operator of the machines,
Channing Newton Williams, fresh
man mechanical engineering major
from San Marcos, said he had no
idea who stole the stamps from
the machines.
“I’d like to think it wasn’t an
Aggie,” he said.
Fred Hickman, chief of campus
security, said “We have no clues or
leads on the person or persons who
broke into the machines.” The
thefts were reported to Hickman
April 20.
Williams got permission to put
the machines in the dormitories
last September. They were in all
dormitories and the housing office,
and each contained about $50 worth
of stamps.
Twelve machines in the new area
were robbed, and one in the fresh
man area.
“Most of the thefts apparently
happened during the Easter holi-
days,” said Bennie A. Zinn, as
sistant dean of men.
Williams said the first machine
robbed was in dormitory 12, in
January. He said it was almost
demolished, looking as if someone
had run a chisel up the side and
then had broken rthe latch at the
bottom.
“After that, they were all broken
into the same way—the latch at
the bottom was broken,” he said.
Williams said he would be able
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Scholarship Given
To A&M Student
A $750 scholarship will be given
to an A&M student for the 1954-
65 school year by the Magnolia
Petroleoum company, *said J. L.
Latimer, company presidentV
The scholarship is given to en
courage, assist and recognize out-
>tanding students in the fields re
lated to geology, geophysics and
petroleum engineering.
This will be the fourth year that
A^&M has participated in the
scholarships. Any student in pet
roleum engineering, entering his
senior year next fall, is eligible for
this award.
Accepting the scholarship does
not obligate the student to work
for Magnolia or for the company
to employ him after he is grad
uated from A&M, Latimer said.
to stay in school without the
money rtom the machines. How
ever, he said he would have to
work this summer instead of going
to summer school as he had
originally planned.
“I really didn’t get much from
the machines,” he said. “I consider
ed operating them more of a sei'-
vice to the students than any thing
else.”
Williams father, Jack Williams,
’26, of San Marcos, said in a letter
to The Battalion he had to take
the machines out because “we do
not think it is safe to try to stay
in business there.”
“1 intend to pursue this case
until it becomes a crusade,” he
said. “Private detectives may have
to enter the picture.”
“I want to protect those who
may be robbed in the future,” he
said. “I am aware that T cannot
recover my losses, but I hope to
enlist the determined cooperation
of the students, who are the only
ones who can really stop this sort
of thing.”
Senior Banquet
To Feature
Sen, Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson, Senate
Democratic leader, will be the
main speaker at the senior
banquet, at 6 p. m. Saturday
in Duncan dining hall.
Honored guests at the banquet
will be Johnson, Chancellor and
Mrs. M. T. Harrington, Pi'esident
and Mrs. David H. Morgan, Dean
and Mrs. J. P. Abbott, Dean and
Mrs. W. W. Armistead.
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ANTHONY VOCALIST—Marcie Miller will provide vocal
renditions Saturday night when Ray Anthony and his
orchestra play for the Senior Ring dance in the Grove. The
dance will be held from 8 to 12 p.m.
Winds To 68 MPH
TornadosTh rea ten
College Station
Saddle And Sirloin
Presents Members
The Saddle and Sirloin club will
present its honorary members for
1954 at the annual spring barbecue
Friday.
An honorary membership com
mittee, headed by Bobby Rankin,
chose Fred Earwood, wool buyer
from Sonora, and Douglas Bums,
manager of the Pitchfork Ranch
at Gutherie, for honorary members
because of their outstanding ser
vices in the field of animal hus
bandry.
The barbecue will ge held at area
I in Hensel park and will begin at
5 p. m.
Weather Today
Sen. Lyndon Johnson
Banquet Speaker
Dean and Mrs. H. W. Barlow,
Dean and Mrs. John R. Bertrand,
Dean and Mrs. W. H. Delaplane,
Dean and Mi's. W. L. Penberthy,
Dean and Mrs. C. N. Shepardson,
Dean and Mrs. I. P. Trotter, Col.
and Mrs. S. P. Myers, Col. and
Mrs. J. E. Davis, Col. and Mrs. J.
A. Way, Lt. Col. T. H. Wilkins,
Mr. and Mrs. C. G. White and Mr.
and Mrs. Walter D. Hardesty.
‘Ticket sales for the banquet
have been exceptionally good”, said
Wayne Dean, chairman of the sen
ior banquet ticket sales committee
Tickets went off sale at 8:30
this moi-ning.
PARTLY CLOUDY
Continued cloudiness today and
tonight with light rain showers in
vicinity.
High yesterday 83. Low this
morning 60.
Sheppard Given
Alpha Zeta Award
L. E. Sheppard, freshman agri
cultural engineering major from
Crockett, was presented recently
Alpha Zeta award for out-
^ ending freshman in the School of
Agriculture.
He was selected for this award
a n Hm basis of his scholastic aver-
military proficiency, person-
’ leadership and activities.
. ‘ le Ppard, who has a 2.79 grade
lr >t ratio, is a member Phi Eta
a ® r T la » Saddle and Sirloin club and
alf I1CUltUral Engineering club. He
s o ran f res ] iman track and Was
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“Tornado weather,” with gusts
of wind clocked at 68 miles an
hour, threatened the College Sta
tion area last night for more than
10 hours.
Rainfall here measured more
than 3 inches. Several streets
were flooded, and a water main in
College Hills was broken.
The tornado warning remained
up in this area until 11 p.m. A
weather bureau warning issued
late yesterday afternoon placed the
end of danger at 9 p.m., but this
warning was extended to 11 p.m.
The tornado warnings were up
for the area on the Austin-to-Luf-
kin line, including College Station
and Bryan.
The CAA weather bureau at
Easterwood airport said last night
funnel-shaped cloud was seen
close to Austin early last night,
but did not touch the ground.
More Showers
Showers were to continue in this
area through today, with conditions
improving this afternoon. The
forecast for the rest of the week is
clearing'and a little cooler.
The tornado-breeding thunder
storms are caused by a cold front
moving slowly through Texas to
ward the Gulf coast. It went
through College Station last night.
According to the Associated
Press, the tornado warnings were
for the area from near Del Rio to
Lufkin. Disaster agencies in San
Antonio were alerted yesterday af
ternoon, but the alert was called
off at 6:25 p.m.
The critical weather caused the
deaths of five people in a Pan
handle automobile accident yester
day afternoon. The accident oc
curred about 3 p.m., when a car
carrying three men skidded during
a di'iving rainstorm and collided
with a car carrying six pei-sons
from Oklahoma.
Texas dead were Clayton David
son, Dimmitt; and George Perry,
Seagraves.
Some Seniors
Will Not Get
Commissions
No petroleum or chemical
engineering AFROTC grad
uate probably will be commis
sioned unless he applies for
meteorology training, the air
force said today.
The announcement was made
after the air force called “disap
pointing” response to a request
for men to enroll in its weather
training program.
Besides offering an opportunity
for a commission, the program also
is applicable towards an advanced
degree, officials said. A student
must have at least a C average in
physics and must have studied
mathematics through integral cal
culus to be eligible for the pro
gram.
The meteorology training pro
gram may be many cadets’ only
chance for a commission in the air
force, the announcement said.
At the present, the top 36 per
cent of non - engineering, non
science and mathematics majors
probably will be commissioned in
the air force. The top quarter of
mechanical engineering majors and
the top 80 per cent of civil engi
neering majors will probably be
commissioned, the air force said.
No category III men, non-techni-
cal and non-scientific majors, are
scheduled for commissions at the
present. Only 950 of 1,667 scientific
and technical majors enrolled in the
AFROTC program are scheduled
to be commissioned, the air force
said.
“The air force is trying to com
mission every man it can, but there
just aren’t any jobs for some
men,” said Col. John A. Way, pro
fessor of air science and tactics.
BULLETIN
The three seniors charged with using the board at an informal
party off the campus have been “indefinitely suspended”. Dean of
Men W. L. Penberthy said at 1 p.m. today. Full details will be in
tomorrow’s Battalion.
Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant, will recommend today
punishment for the three corps seniors charged with “un
authorized acts of initiation at an informal party off the
campus.”
Davis said the recommendation would go to Dean of Men
W. L. Penberthy “before noon.”
The three men, Dale Dowell, Bruce Strezing and Dennis
Cole, are charged with using a board (an instrument of haz
ing) on nine juniors at a Ross Volunteers party Thursday
night.
A military panel met yesterday from 2 to 5 p.m. to dis
cuss the case. The three seniors and nine junioms met with
the panel.
The panel was composed of
two cadet officers, one mili
tary instructor, one military
counselor, and the assistant
commandant, who was chairman.
Davis said he would consult the
PMS&T and the PAS&T before
making his recommendation.
At an inspection of the junior
members of the Ross Volunteers
Monday, the nine juniors were
found to have marks of the board
on their bodies.
Dowell, Sterzing and Cole con
fessed Monday night.
“This is not a sign of weakness
on the part of the college or the
cadet corps,” Penberthy said. “The
main test of the institution is the
action they take when something
like this happens.”
‘Won’t Go Along’
Penberthy said, “We shouldn’t be
surprised when something like this
happens, because in any group as
large as we have we’re going to
have a few who won’t go along.”
The commandant’s recommenda
tion on disciplinary cases goes to
the dean of men only if the offense
is punishable by suspension or dis
missal.
The dean of men takes action if
he thinks the recommendation of
the commandant is right. The dean
of men must approve before a per
son can be separated from the
school, Penberthy said.
If the offender wishes to appeal
the dean of men’s decision, the case
is discussed by a faculty panel,
which can raise, lower or keep the
dean’s decision. The faculty pan
el’s decision has to be approved by
the dean of the college.
If the offender wishes, the case
can then be appealed to the presi
dent of the college.
Tau Beta Pi
Will Initiate ij;
New Members
The Texas Delta chapter of
Tau Beta Pi will initiate new
members Thursday at 5 p. m.
in the chemistry lecture
room.
A banquet will follow in the ball
room of the MSG at 7:30. Coulter
Hoppess, lawyer from Bryan will
deliver the banquet address.
Undergraduate initiates are
Grover L. Alexander, Daniel O.
Atkinson, Herbert M. Barnard,
John W. Benefield, Kenneth S.
Burleson, Thomas M. Campbell,
William C. Caskey jr., Walter L.
Crandall, Joe E. Crenwelge.
James L. Davison, William F.
Dwinnell, Maiwin H. Ford, Edwin
E. Forshage, John E. Franodolig,
Lawrence G. Francis, Howard W.
Gamble, Roy D. Gaul, Douglas Z. .
Gayle, Leon H. Gerlich, Sam G.
Gibbs, Donald G. Greene, Perry
Hector, Buck O. Isbell, Thomas M.
Jones, Lawrence Laskoski, Tad E.
Leifeste, John W. Lutteringer.
Robert E. McCarley, Robert H.
McClelland, Jimmy Dale May,
John S. Meacher, George W. Mill-
sap, Ray Nesbitt, James L. Ny-
gaard, Francis B. O’Donnell, Sidney
C. Pitzer, John T. Purcell, Jerry D.
Ramsey, James F. Ratliff jr., Jerry
Sales.
Allen C. Sharp, Jack E. Spell,
John M. Stai’ke, Thomas D. Theriot,
Daniel P. Wheat, Albin J. Zak jr.
Lions Club Hears
Chemistry Prof
one of the outstanding
on of his battalion,
oners up for the award who
Present at the banquet were
j n iLanders, Joe David Ross,
anu 11 ^ Halbert, Jerry Mac Betsill
William M. Midgett.
Eritz
C. K. Hancock of the chemistry
department was guest speaker at
the regular weekly meeting of the
College Station Lions club Mon
day in the Memorial Student Cen
ter.
Hancock told several anectodes
dealing with chemistry and quoted
some of the amusing remarks his
students have made since he has
been teaching.
In other business, Lion President
Lucian Morgan announced the
Lions’ share of the service station
appreciation day as $58.01. This
figure was second highest in the
community.
Dr. John Milliff was named
chairman for a ladies’ night to be
held May 26.
News of the World
By the ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON—Secretary of State Dulles said yester
day he favors a Southeast Asia alliance which would author
ize member countries to put down the attacks by Communi-
ist forces in Indochina. At the same time, he said that even
if all Indochina falls to the Red aggression he believes it
would still be possible for an anti-Communist coalition to
hold the rest of Southeast Asia, an area he said is of tran
scendent importance to U. S. security.
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GENEVA—Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Mol
otov hammered at the proposed U.S. security pact
in Southeast Asia yesterday. The deadlocked In
dochina peace talks were temporarily recessed. Mol
otov described the proposed pact as “a new military
bloc against the peoples of Southeast Asia” and
said it was “in contradiction with the interests of
peace.”
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LONDON—Delegates of five powers began assembling
for United Nations-sponsored talks on disarmament and con
trol of atomic and germ warfare. The United States, Rus
sia, Britain, France and Canada will take part in the dis
cussions, beginning Thursday.
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WASHINGTON—Secretary of the Army Stev
ens, telephoned a veto yesterday—while at home
watching the proceedings on television—and so a
last-ditch Republican move to cut short the McCar-
thy-Army public hearings was defeated, 4-3.
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NEW YORK—New York Episcopalians asked yester
day that Houston be dropped as site of the church’s 1955
general convention unless it is guaranteed the meeting will
not be segregated. A unanimous recommendation was pass
ed at the convention of the Diocese of New York.
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WASHINGTON—The Senate Interior commit
tee approved yesterday a bill which would end fed
eral supervision over the property of the Alabama
and Coushatta Indian tribes of Texas. The bill
would authorize the secretary of the interior to give
to Texas the lands now held in trust by the United
States for the tribes, which live in timbered Polk
county in East Texas.
Membership Drive
Will End May 31
The College Station Development
association and Chamber of Com
merce annual membership drive
will end May 31.
The drive, which started April
15, is made on a voluntary con
tribution basis. Either business
houses or individual families can
become a member.
The proposed budget of $2,000
is divided into the following edu
cation, $350.00; permit council of
College Station, $400.00; public
health, $150.00 agriculture, $50.00;
publicity of College Station and
A&M College, $100.00; civic im
provement, $600.00; office ex
penses, $50.00; and reserve
$300.00.
Club Pictures Need
Complete Roster
Club pictures turned in to Aggie
land without a roster will be print
ed that way if one is not received
by May 15, said Carl Jobe, assist
ant manager of student publication.
“Co-operation is needed so stu
dents will be able to get their ’64
Aggieland as early as possible,”
Jobe said.
Clubs that have not turned in a
roster are Bosque County club,
AHE, American Institute of Chem
ical Engineers, American Foundry
society, IAS, Phi Eta Siferha,
Golden State club, Port Arthur
club, Industrial Education club,
Student Engineering council, SAE
and Fort Worth club.
Band Drum Major
Tryouts To Be Held
Band drum major tryouts will
be held Thursday afternoon on tht
drill field adjacent to the band
dormitory.
To qualify the applicant must be
certain of classification as a senior
in September and be eligible for
the rank that goes with the job.
He must also live in the dormitory.
Election Commission
Holds Election Today
Members of the election commis
sion for nevt year will be elected
today.
Freshmen, sophomores, and jun
iors vote for five representatives
in each class.
Jones Tall Guy’
In Extortion Case
DALLAS, May 11 (A»)_James
Hollis Jones said today he was the
“fall guy” in a $200,000 extortion
attempt against 20 Dallas Jewish
families.
The 49-year-old former oil driller
and lease broker said his arrest
last night followed a three-day
drunk in which he met a couple
in a tavern. He blamed the couple.
The tall, gangling Jones was ar
rested by a swarm of FBI agents
last night as he scrambled down a
railroad embankment toward a
package, supposedly containing the
$20,000. The package had been
thrown, moments before, from a
passing car in accordance with in
structions from the extortionist.
A brother, Ralph Franklin Jones,
former oil field worker from
Houston, surrendered voluntarily
today. Both were arraigned before
U. S. Commissioner Madden Hill
on charges of using the mails to ex-
! tort and threatening harm to those
addressed. Bond for each was set.
at $25,000.
James Hollis Jones also was
charged with assaulting a federal
officer and his bond on that charge
set at another $25,000. The FBI
claims Jones fired one shot, which
went wild, as their agents closed in
on him last night.
Jones, in an interview, also den
ied any prejudice against Jews.
The extortion letter - identical let
ters went to 19 of the families-re-
ferred critically to “rich Jews.”
Jones said he met a man and
woman in a tavern during a three-
day drunk.
“The only way I can add it up
is that this couple hatched the ex
tortion plot and needed a fall guy
to pick up the money in case of a
trap. I’m the fall guy.”
He said he was too drunk to re
member how the couple looked or
exactly how he came to be at th&
spot where the package was tossftd.