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COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1954
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AWARD WINNERS—Battalion award winners line up to stare at the Battalion photog
rapher. They are (left to right) D. D. Burchard, Mrs. Alice Jobe, Carl Jobe, W. H.
Delaplane, Auston Kerley and Tom Puddy. Frank Anderson, the other award winner,
was not presented.
End of Segregation Nears
With Supreme Court Ruling-
Based on AP Reports
The Supreme Court ruling yes
terday which declared segregation
of Negro and white students in
public schools is unconstitutional
may require many months before
it is put into effect.
Unanimously passed by the nine
members of the court, the opinion
declared:
“We conclude that in the field
of public education the doctrine of
separate but equal (sic) has no
place. Separate educational facili
ties are inherently unequal.
“Therefore, we hold that the
plaintiffs (Negro parents) and oth
er similarly situated for whom the
action has been brought are, by
reason of the segregation complain
ed of, deprived of the equal protec
tion of the laws guaranteed by the
14th Amendment.
“This disposition makes unnec
essary any discussion whether such
segregation also violates the due
process clause of the 14th Amend
ment.”
The 14th Amendment, adopted
after the Civil War, says no state
may deny any person due process
and equal protection of the law,
nor abridge their privileges or im
munities.
Local Reactions Realistic
Local reaction to the court ruling
pllowed a cautious but realistic
pattern.
David H. Morgan, college presi-
lent, said, “I administer the poli
cies handed down by the Board of
Directors. Any statement on the
Supreme Court ruling should come
from the chancellor, who has con
trol of both the white and Negro
colleges of the System.”
The chancellor could not be
reached for comment.
W. W. Armistead, dean of the
Weather Today
PARTLY CLOUDY
Partly cloudy tonight with con
tinued cloudiness tonight with scat
tered thundershowers. High yes
terday 85, Low this morning 62.
School of Veterinary Medicine, was
contacted because of the unique
position his school holds in the
state. “Our policy has always been
to accept any student the registrar
accepts,” he said.
Les Richardson, superintendent
of A&M Consolidated schools, said
the adjustment could easily be
made. “This is because so many
of our people are originally from
the north. Our school people have
looked for this a long time,” Rich
ardson said.
W. A. Tarrow, principal of the
Lincoln Negro High school, said an
early comment was hard to make.
“I have always thought that we
would have better race relations
without a court ruling. Of course,
I am in favor of equal opportuni
ties for our Negroes.”
Comment throughout the state
Firemen School
Starts 25th Year
The 25th annual Firemens train
ing school will be held here July
11 through 16.
They will mark the silver anni
versary of the school with the most
elaborate fire fighting displays
since the 40 hour course was start
ed.
was divided on the ruling. Gover
nor Allan Shivers said it would
“take years to comply” with the de
cision. “I hope that it can be
worked out so as not to cause
damage to the school children and
that children themselves will not
be placed at a disadvantage,”
Shivers said.
School officials in Houston, Dal
las, Plainview, Greenville and other
cities said all they can do is await
state orders on how to comply.
A Gainesville white mother and
chiarch worker said she would wel
come the end of segregation. “That
is the way it should be,” she said.
In Plainview another parent
said, “Surveys have shown that
school children themselves don’t ob
ject to Negro classmates, so why
should we be so concerned?”
However, in Gainesville, Princi
pal Claud Smith said, “I am afraid,
because of past history or past ex-
peidence it would have been better
to have let it stay like it was.”
Methodist Bishop William Mar
tin of the Dallas-Fort Worth area
said the decision “offers to the
churches of the nation a distinctive
opportunity to give positive expres
sion” to the Christian ideal of the
“brotherhood of man.”
The opposite view was taken by
an unidentified Texas congressman
who said, “It’s an outrage.”
Sportsmanship
(Committee
(Changes Voting
The Southwest Conference
Sportsmanship committee de
cided Saturday to change the
method of voting for the an
nual Sportsmanship trophy.
The committee also set the date
of Sportsmanship day next year
as Oct. 23. Sportsmanship week
will be the week immediately pro
ceeding it.
A&M representitives to the meet
ing were Jerry Ramsey, next year’s
student senate president; Glenn
Langford, next year’s head yell
leader; Bob Boriskie and Harri
Baker, Battalion co-editors; and
George Maniteas, who will be exe
cutive secretary of the committee
next year. Baker has been exe
cutive secretary for two years.
The new voting method, pro
posed by Will Davis, president of
the Baylor student body, will have
the more than 60 voters for the
annual trophy rate each of the
seven conference schools on specific
points of sportmanship.
In the past voters have listed
their opinion of the three best
schools in general sportsmanship.
“The new method will help each
school determine in which facet of
sportsmanship they are lacking,”
Baker said.
The Sportsmanship trophy is
awarded annually at the Cotton
Bowl game.
The conference-wide sportsman
ship day, set for Oct. 23, is de
signed to emphasize and publicize
the work of the Sportsmanship
committee. A&M will play Baylor
that day.
Fourteen Members Commencement
Assessed Penalties
A group calling itself the “spokesman” for the TT’s,
a secret fraternity, told President David H. Morgan today
that they would give him all information on the organization
in an effort to “clear the TT’s for all time.”
Fourteen student members of the group were convicted
and assessed penalties yesterday on charges of being mem
bers of the group by a reviewing board consisting of one fac
ulty member from each undergraduate school, the com
mandant, and the dean of men.
A three-man committee did the investigating. Both
groups were appointed by the president. Six more students
were to be reviewed today.
* “I don’t want to give any
more information until we’re
No Statement Yet
On Contract Status
Asked yesterday about the con
tract status of the three seniors
charged with use of the board, Col.
Shelley P. Myers, PMS&T, said,
“I have no statement to make at
this time.”
The three men, Dale Dowell,
Bruce Sterzing and Dennis Cole,
admitted to using the board on
juniors at a Ross Volunteer party.
A faculty panel sentenced them
Thursday to reduction to private,
removal from the RV’s, move off
campus, required final exams, no
participation in final review, and
degrees not granted in May.
Abbott Says
Dead Week
DoesriL Exist
“There is no such thing as
as dead week,” said J. P. Ab
bott, dean of the college.
In 1948 the Academic coun
cil requested that no quizzes
other than daily quizzes be
given during the last regular
class period. From this request
it seems the term “dead week”
came into being, he said.
“It is a well established
custom that no major quizzes
be given unless failure to do
so would seriously disrupt the
schedule of a given course”,
Abbott added.
The special committee which
w&s appointed by the president
of the college to study the
final examination system may,
however, consider the advisa
bility of having a “dead week”,
Abbott said.
Storage Space Set
For Personal Gear
All students not attending sum
mer school may store their per
sonal belongings in the basement
of dormitory three or the basiement
of K ramp, Walton hall.
Store rooms will be open Friday
from 3 to 5 p. m., Tuesday, May
25 and Friday, May 28 from 2
until 5 p. m.
Nuclear Course
Will Re Offered
Students who are interested in
taking a course in nuclear engi
neering are asked to contact the
chemical engineering department
on the third floor of the petroleum-
geology building.
The course, chemical engineer
ing 447, carries three hours credit.
It will be taught by Dr. R. V. An
drews who has had much experi
ence and training in nuclear ener
gy.
Andrews spent 18 months at the
Hanford Plant of the General Elec
tric company in Richland, Wash.,
working in the research and de
sign and construction divisions.
“The course makes no attempt
to develop highly trained specialists
in nuclear physics; instead, it tries
to give engineers a background in
the fundamentals of nuclear engi
neering and to show them how the
various engineering fields are mod
ified by the nuclear phenomena,”
Andrews said.
clear on what will be done,”
Morgan said this morning.
Dean of Men W. L. Penber-
berthy said this morning that “in
the light of additional evidence,
penalties may be changed or modi
fied.”
Of the 14 punished, four are
graduating seniors. Their names
will be taken off the list of degree
candidates for May, which means
they will have to take all their
final examinations and leave im
mediately.
Others
Of the other 10, two are sen
iors who are not candidates for de
grees, six are juniors, and two are
sophomores. They will be indefi
nitely suspended after finishing
this semester’s work.
Indefinitely suspended, according
to College Regulations, means “in
voluntary removal for an indefinite
period of time or until specific con
ditions are met.”
“We’ll give them the once over
before we let them back in,” Pen-
berthy said. “It will be at least a
year.”
A “great majority” of the stu
dents involved are in the cadet
corps, Penberthy said. A few non
corps students were involved, he
said.
Started in April
The investigation started in
April, with the formation of the
investigating committee. The re
viewing board was appointed
Thursday. Twenty-two students
were brought before the reviewing
board.
Of these, five signed a sworn
statement that they were not mem
bers of the organizations. Seven
teen refused to sign. Of the five
that signed, two were cleared, one
was convicted, and two will be in
terviewed again today.
Of the 17 who refused to sign,
13 were convicted, and four will
be interviewed today.
Constitution and Cards
The reviewing board has infor
mation that the TT’s were meeting
‘more or less actively” this year,
and that the group had a constitu-
(See TT MEMBERS, Page 2)
Will Honor
o20 Students
Eight hundred and twenty
students will recieve degrees
May 21 in the G. Rollie White
Coliseum.
W. W. Lynch, ’22, president
of the Texas Power and Light
company of Dallas, will deliver
the commencement addi'ess.
The processional will start at
7:30 p. m. Invocation will be given
by Gene II. Hirschfeldt, president
of the A&M YMCA cabinet.
Greetings will be given by Dr.
David H. Morgan, president of the
college, and Lynch’s address will
follow.
Dr. J. P. Abbott, dean of the
college, will present the valdic-
torian of the class, Ide P. Trotter
jr. Morgan will present the de
grees.
Trotter, corps chaplain, will give
the benediction and Howard B.
Curtis will play the organ for the
recessional.
Dr. Gaston Foote, pastor at the
First Methodist church of Fort
Woi'th, will deliver the bac
calaureate sermon at 10 a. m.
Commissioning exercises for the
cadet corps will be at 1 p. m. and
the president’s reception from 3
to 5 p. m.
Miss Bradley Gets
Miss Rue Pinalle
Miss Shirley (Bootie) Bradley,
Texas State College for Women
freshman was chosen Friday night
Miss Rue Pinalle for 1954.
Daughter of Maj. and Mrs. C.
H. Bradley, Hamilton AFB, Calif.,
she also was a queen in the TSCW
Redbud festival. Bill Wiseman,
Dumas senior, was her escort Fri
day night.
Runner - ups were Miss Graci®
Smith, escorted by Casbeer Snell;
Miss Jan Barker, escorted by Syd
ney Fulgham; Miss Kay Webb, es
corted by Bill Ard; and Miss Bar
bara Walston, escorted by Buzzy
Kennedy.
Miss Bradley was presented a
stuffed French poodle and runner
ups received Aggie garters. Bill
Kalil, manager of the Rue Pinalle,
made the presentations.
Holdredge Elected -i
New ASEE Chairman
E. S. Holdredge of the mechani
cal engineering department was
elected chairman of the A&M
branch of the American Society
for Engineering Education Thurs
day night.
Other officers are A. R. Burgess,
vice chairman; and Jack T. Kent,
secretary treasurer.
At Press Banquet
iSix Get Battalion Awards
The Battalion presented its an
nual appreciation awards to faculty
and staff members at the Press
club banquet Friday.
Recipients of the awards were
Carl Jobe, assistant manager of
student publications; Tom Puddy,
Guion hall manager; Frank Andei--
son, track coach; Walter Delaplane,
dean of arts and sciences; D. D.
Burchard, head of the journalism
department; and Auston Kerley,
Basic Division counselor.
J. Flank Dobie, noted South
western author, spoke at the ban
quet. Editors of the six student
publications w ere presented
watches, and staff members of the
publications were given keys.
The editors are Everrett Besch,
Southwest Veterinarian; Ed Stern,
Agriculturist; Jack Garrett, Engi
neer; Bob Hendry, Commentator;
B. C. (Dutch) Dutcher and Allan
(Bootsie) Hohlt, Aggieland; and
Harri Baker and Bob Boriskie, Bat
talion. Baker and Boriskie were
given desk fountain pen sets in
stead of watches.
Student publications staff mem
bers also gave watches to Ed Hold
er and Jerry Bennett, former
editors of the Battalion.
Dobie told the more than 200
persons at the banquet that people
were the same all over, and the
difference between Southerners and
Northerners was the “tempo of
their lives.” He said the tempo in
the South was slower. He also told
two “stories” from his books.
J. Frank Dobie
Banquet Speaker
The Battalion awards are framed
certificates. Each starts off “The
Battalion, on behalf of students at
the Agricultural and Mechanical
College of Texas, expresses its
appreciation to:”
The individual citations are as
follows:
CARL JOBE, for stepping in and
guiding student publications
through a difficult year, and for
leading student publications to the
highest earned income level in its
history. And, most of all, for being
a cherished friend to the staff
members of the publications.
TOM PUDDY, for his many ser
vices to students through his work
with student activities, for his help
to college groups using the facili
ties of Guion hall, and for running
a first-class, low-price theater for
the students.
FRANK G. ANDERSON, for
keeping A&M’s track team on a
consistently high level, and for his
genial personality which has in
spired track member’s to that extra
effort that has produced a long
series of conference titles for the
school.
WALTER H. DELAPLANE, for
becoming in less than a year one
of A&M’s outstanding admini
strators, and for his services to
students through his work with the
Arts and Sciences council and the
Intercouncil.
DONALD D. BURCHARD. for
building A&M’s journalism depart
ment into one recognized as one
of the best in the Southwest, and
for his many other contributions to
the field of collegiate and profes
sional journalism.
S. AUSTON KERLEY, for ser
vices to students as a members of
the Student Life committee and as
a Basic Division counselor. His
work with first year students has
won him praise from members of
that harassed group.
A special award from Battalion
staff members was presented to
Alice Jobe, wife of Carl Jobe, “for
feeding us, serving us coffee at all
hours of the day and night, and
for listening sympathetically to our
troubles.”
The receivers of the awards are
selected by The Battalion co-editors
and staff.
MISS RUE PINALLE—Bill Kalil, Rue Pinalle manager,
congratulates Miss Bootie Bradley of TSCW, winner of the
Miss Rue Pinalle contest Friday night. In the background
is Oscar Garcia, member of the Rue Pinalle committee.