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Circulated Daily To 90 Per Cent Of Local Residents Published By Students For 75 Years PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Number 232: Volume 53 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1954 Price 5 Cents cilllll - ■ ‘ii gtfi lilt! 1 NEW CITIZEN—Pierre Mommessin received his natural ization papers today in the district court in Bryan. He is jj a graduate student in chemistry, and is studying toward his PhD. From Paris Aggie Receives US Citizenship “I declare you to be citizens. , ” the district judge said to the 10 people standing in front of him yestei’day. Included in the applicants for citizenship, was Pierre Mommessin, A&M graduate chemistry student from Fx*ance. Two of the applicants were fi'om England, one from Ger many, one from Panama and five fi’om Mexico. Mommessin, 26, has attended A&M for five years. He has been in the United States for eight years. “When I came to this counti’y T wasn’t planning to stay,” he said. “It just grows on you.” Before coming to the United States Mommessin lived in Paris, including during the war yeai’s. He said he met many Americans Edwards Elected FFA Pi 'esident Charles Edwards was elected president of the A&M chapter Future Farmexrs of Amei'ica Tues day night. Other officers elected wex’e Lloyd Cook, vice pi’esident; Cliffoxd Hobbs, secx’etary; Johnny Davis, sentinel; Roscoe Holt, historian; Doyle Smith, student adviser; Lee Williams, second vice pi’esident; and Bobby Vexdine, third vice px-es- ident. Jeri’y Johnson was elected pai’lia- mentarian and club repi’esentative to the agricultui-al council. Panel Removes Suspension Ruling on Three Seniors O • HP ¥T> ® Seniors 1 urn xim i < Dance Ton i or row Nigh l dpring the war and this influenced his decision to come to this country. Immediately after signing the naturalization papers, Mommessin said he felt “wonderful”. It was “kind of exciting in coui’t,” he said. “When I got to this country I liked the place and decided to stay,” he said. “I felt thei’e was much to be gained by becoming a citizen.” After he completes his work on a PhD, Mommessin said he plans to go into chemical research work. He has made no definite plans .about whei'e he wants to work. “I like A&M”, he said. He ex plained there was no way to com pare American schools with Fi’ench schools. “They both have their good points and bad points,” he said. Some of the judge’s closing wox’ds to the applicants wei’e, “I think you will love our counti’y.” At the close of the ceremony, the packed courtroom stood and ap plauded. The long awaited Ring dance weekend is hexe. With their class woxk completed, the seniors will begin celebrating tonight. The highlight of the weekend will be the traditional Ring dance in the Grove Satui’day night. Cafe Rue Pinalle will close out its season tonight with music by the Capers Combo and a floor show by Josie Guei’i*a and Ana Ochoa from Laredo. The audience will choose “Miss Rue Pinalle of 1954” from the gix’ls present. The Cafe will be held in the games area of the Memorial Stu dent Center from 8:30 to 12. Press Club Banquet J. Frank Dobie, noted Texas au thor will speak to the Press club banquet tonight. Battalion achieve- .ment awards will be presented to x faculty and staff members. Press keys will be given to club members. The banquet will be held at 7 p.m. in the balli’oom of the MSC and will be followed by a dance. Banquet Saturday The seniors will hear Sen. Lyn don Johnson at thejr banquet Sat urday night in Duncan dining hall. Ide Trotter will give the prayers and Ed Stern will read the class history. President Pat Wood will be the master of ceremonies. Association Drive Progressing Good The membership drive of the College Station Civic Development association and Chamber of Com- mei’ce is progressing satisfactorily, said K. A. Manning, president. “There are representatives in ( most departments or buildings on the A&M campus, and at the busi ness establishments at the north, east, and west gates that are soli citing members,” he said. The membership cai'ds are still out and no tickets have been turned in yet, so we don’t know just ex actly how the monetai'y situation is, Manning added. Menxx for the banquet will be tomato juice cocktail, chilled x-elish txay, peach and cheese salad, bx-oil- ed fillet mignon, demi-French po tatoes, fi’ozen lima beans and iced tea. Baked alaska will be sei’ved for dessei’t. The banquet will start at 6 p.m. Ray Anthony and his orchestra will play for the Ring dance which will be held in the Grove from 8 to 12. Ring Ceremony Seniors and their dates are scheduled to go through two lai'ge replicas of the senior ring at 15 minute intervals. Green tickets will be used for one ring and white for the other. “Any senior whose picture ticket does not have a time written on the back of it should bi’ing that ticket Senior Class Group To Meet With FSA The class committee of the class of ’54 will meet Monday at 4 p.m. in the office of the Former Stu dents association. The pui’pose of the meeting will be to check the foirner student questionnaires against the list of gx-aduates to make sure that every senior has completed a question naire. Beaumont Group To Build Shelter Thi-ough the efforts of the A&M Mothers club of Beaumont, an Aggie x'ide station has been built thex-e. The station, an open-sided iron and stone building, was designed fi’om sketches submitted by stu dents in the ai’chitecture depart ment hei’e. Darwall Heads Committee On Curriculum The Rev. R. L. Darwall is heading a committee to eval uate the religious education curriculum. Darwall is the Episcopal Student Chaplain. “Some people felt that there were too many courses in our pres ent curriculum,” said the Rev. Nor man Anderson as he appointed the committee. Anderson is minister of the A&M Presbytex’ian church s^nd head of the religious education department. At present students are allowed six elective hours in religious edu cation to be credited towai’d any degree. The curriculum contains a two hour inti’oductoi’y course and three hour suiwey courses covering the old and new testaments. Additional courses of one, two and three hours are offered cover ing various sections of the Bible. “A prerequisite course covering both testaments has been suggest ed,” Anderson said, “but it would have to be at least three credit hours and that would leave the stu dent only three hours to make a thorough study of those areas in which he is most interested.” The courses are taught on a sti’ictly non-denominational basis by ministers of several faiths, An- dex-son said. “Salvation is not in science; it is ixx the moi’al factor and the study of the Bible is the soui’ce of our basic political and moi’al think ing,” Andex-son said. to the place where he purchased it and have the proper time indicat ed,” said Pete Hardesty, business manager of student activities. Hai’desty also urged the senioi’s not to get in line earlier than the time indicated on their picture ticket. “Your picture will not be taken until all persons with earlier times have had theirs made,” Har- desty said. For the past three years all pictures have been made by 10:30, he added. The senior and his date will step into the ring and be guided into the best position for the pictui’e by the photogi’apher over a mi crophone concealed in the ring. One pictui-e will be made as the girl is turning the ring. The senior will then kiss his date and they will step out of the ring on the opposite side fi’om that which they entered. A picture will be made of the senior kissing his date if he has previously or- dei’ed it. Gil Sti’ibbling, the class social secretary, is general chaii’man for the dance. Harold Kupfer is in charge of the program and War ren Sexton is guests chairman. The dance is undei’ the chairman ship of Max’ion Baujjh and the ban quet is under Stanton Bell and Cai’l Wilson. Wayne Dean and Joe West are in charge of the tickets and Andy Andx-ew Gary is in chai’ge of the ring ceremony. Robert E. Lee will supervise the photogi’aphy. Replaced With Six Discipline Acts The three seniors who received a punishment of indef inite suspension for use of the board have had the sentence lifted by a faculty appeal panel. The appeal panel replaced the indefinite suspension with six disciplinary actions. The specific actions are as follows: 1. Each was reduced to the grade of private imme diately. 2. Each was required to move out of the cadet corps and college housing. 3. All three were removed from the Ross Volunteer com pany immediately. 4. They will not be allow ed to take part in the final re- Horn Much Have You Got Left? About 25 members of the Journalism club wei’e given a rice supper Tuesday night by D. D. Burchard, head of the journalism department. The supper was prepared by Mrs. Bui'chai’d, and Mrs. Otis Miller aided in the servixig. Burchai'd won 60 pounds of rice at the Sigma Delta Chi convention in Houston during March. “I had been eating rice for weeks,” said Burchard, “and we still had 55 pounds left, so we just decided this was the best way to get rid of it.” Suspension Given 130 Since 1950 Thirty-one students have been indefinitely suspended for hazing in the last five years. “Most of them have been allowed to come back to A&M later on,” said Bennie A. Zinn, assistant dean of men, “and only those deem ed unfit for college life have been stopped from coming back.” “Indefinite suspension” doesn’t mean a student won’t ha allowed to come back to A&M. It only keeps him from coming back until the college feels that he has been properly punished. “Some seniors graduating in June have been suspended for haz ing before,” said Zinn. Over 130 students have been sus pended since September 1950 for different offenses. Theft is the second highest offense for which students have been suspended. Oth er violations include cheating, vio lation of traffic restrictions, foi’g- ery and immorality. Batt Announces Summer Schedule The Battalion will be published twice weekly beginning May 25 said Cax’l Jobe, assistant manager of student publications. The four papers a week schedule will be resumed when classes begin next fall. The decrease in the number of weekly issues is because most of the student body will have gone home for summer vacation, Jobe said. Saturday Night Anthony To Play For Seniors By JOHN AKARD Battalion Feature Editor Ray Anthony and his orchestra will provide the music Satux-day night as the senioxs participate ixx the traditional Ring dance. With Anthony will be vocalists Marcie Miller and Tommy Mei’cer. The Skyliners, vocal quintet, The Anthony Choir and Brother Lee Roy, the baritone saxophonist, are also on the progxam. Tickets for the dance are on sale at Student Activities Office or from dorm repx-esentatives. Anthony stresses versatility in his music. His orchesti’al presenta tions nxn from jazz and swing to novelties and sweet ballads for a well-balanced musical program de- sigxxed to please almost every taste. Showmanship is an important feature of the Anthony crew. Ray goes to extremes to provide a maxi mum of visual appeal with his music, utilizing such gimmicks as paxading the band thxough the audience. In a comparatively short span of time the Anthony aggi'egation has won acclaim as America’s top band in dance, sports, radio, television, motion pictures axxd on recoi’ds. Ray’s annual itinexary now includes a cii’cuit of x-epeat engagements at such leading name band emporiums as the Pax-amount Theater and the Cafe Rouge of the Hotel Statler in New Yoi’k, Frank Dailey’s Mead- owbrook in New Jersey and the famed Hollywood Palladium. Ray is regarded in musical circles as one of the most brilliant musicians in the business. An out standing soloist, he goes all out ! n his ti’umpet playing and paces his band’s distinctive eight-man bx-ass section on both slow and jump ar- x’angements. One of the most important factors in Ray’s rise to the top of the name band heap has been the tremendous populai’ity of his re coi’ds with the nation’s disc-jockeys. The platter-spinners gave Ray his first big boost in electing his crew the No. 1 dance band on records and- it has been estimated that Ray’s Capitol records are accoi’ded more air play through the countx-y than the combined total of any thx-ee other bands. Ray was born in Bentleyville, Pa., a small community near Pitts burgh, 29 years ago. He seemed to be destined for a musical career from the moment he made his first noise with a trumpet at the age of five. Anthony was just 17 years old when he landed his first job as a name band musician with A1 Don ahue’s band and a year later he began making a name for himself as a member of the late Glenn Miller’s aggi'egation. Ray was with the Miller orchestra until 1942 when he enlisted in the Navy at the Great Lakes Training station, just a few weeks before Glenn dis banded the orchestra to enter the Army Air Coi’ps. Young Anthony was singled out by the Navy’s morale division to foim a dance band to tour the Pacific island bases. In three yeai’s time he and his Navy band covered such areas as Pearl Hai’bor, Oki nawa, Guam, Midway and Tarawa. Upon discharge from the Navy in 1946, Ray foi’med his pi’esent orchestra. Ray’s musical stock received its biggest boost in 1950 when he was signed to a long-term Capitol recording contract. Dui’ing his first year of recording Ray chalked up sales figui’es of moi’e than two- million platters with such disc hits as “Mr. Anthony’s Boogie”, “Count Every Star ”, “Nevertheless,” “Tenderly”, “Sentimental Me” and “Darktown Stmtters Ball.” ■■■■ PRACTICING—Sherwin and Barbara Rubin get ready for the ring-turning ceremony at the Ring dance, Saturday. The cover will be removed from the ring replica for the dance. view ceremonies. 5. They will be removed from the list of candidates for de grees at the May commencement. 6. Each will be required to take all final exams, regai’dless of schol astic standing. The faculty panel met fi’om 1:30 p.m. yesterday to 5 p.m. “If they complete the require ments for a degree this semester they will be allowed to get a de- gi’ee at the August graduation cer emonies,” said Dean of the College J. P. Abbott, who reviewed the de cision of the faculty panel. The seniors, Dale Dowell, Bruce Sterzing and Dennis Cole, were given the indefinite suspension pun ishment by a militay panel Tues day. They appealed to the faculty panel op the grounds that “the punishment was too severe consid- ei’ing the nearness of graduation.” The three admitted Monday to using a board (an instrument of hazing) on juniors at an informal Ross Volunteer party off the cam pus. The faculty panel was composed of five faculty members, with an undei'graduate dean as chairman. Abbott said the names of the panel members could not be re- 1 Gcised Col.’ Shelley P. Myers, PMS&T, who will recommend what is to be done regarding the military status of the three, said yesterday after noon that he hadn’t decided. “It depends on what this panel does how strictly I have to act, if any action is indicated,” Myers said. He could recommend that the contracts be cancelled, suspended, or retained. Nine RV juniors who had marks of hazing on their bodies at an inspection Monday were tried by the military panel. They were sen tenced to official reprimand, copy of the transcript of the panel in their 201 file, and campused for the fall semester. President David H. Morgan said last night that he did not want to comment on the panel’s decision until he had seen the complete re- poi’t. Llenza To Receive Engineer Award Harry B. Llenza jr., senior from Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, will receive the 1954 Industrial Engineering awai’d, announced R. G. Perryman, secretary of the faculty committee on scholarships. This award is provided by A. R. Burgess, head of the industi’ial en gineering depai’tment. The terms of this awai’d provide that $250 shall go to the June graduate ma joring in industrial engineering who has the highest gx*ade point average of his class at the begin ning of the final semester for his undergraduate degree. Llenza’s grade point ratio is 2.62. In 1949 he received a BS degree in electrical engineering from the University of Puerto Rico. He en tered A&M in September, 1953. . He is married and has two child- dren. Weather Today PARTLY CLOUDY