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Number 234: Volume 53
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1954
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Riiiiffiiration Tomorrow
A&M Gets 13tli .President
12 Stmleiiis Tell Board
They Will Disband TT’s
Dr. David H. Morgan
Inauguration Tomorrow
Twelve students who claim that
they and two other students are
the entire active membership of
the TT’s, a secret fraternity, told
a reviewing board yesterday that
they will break up their organiza
tion.
Dean of Men W. L. Penberthy,
who is chairman of the reviewing
board, said last night that the stu
dents had “turned over all the rec
ords they have” to President David
H. Morgan.
The students have also assured
the board that “the people in Bry-
Suspension Notv Mandatory;
In Physical Hazing Cases
The Academic council yesterday unteers, have to take all final
made it mandatory for the college
to indefinitely suspend any stu
dent who uses a board or other in
strument of hazing.
The council approved the follow
ing addition to Colege Regulations:
' “The minimum penalty for ad
mitted or proven use of a board
or other instrument for hazing,
Initiation, or discipline of a fellow
Student is indefinite suspension
from the college effective on the
date of the offense.”
Disciplinary Study
The Academic council also re
quested that the president of the
college appoint the Executive com
mittee or some other committee to
“study all disciplinary penalties
with a view to their revision in
order to provide more equity in the
punishment of certain offenses.”
Both items were place on the
agenda of the meeting by President
David H. Morgan.
College Attitude
“The purpose of the regulation
is to, show clearly the attitude of
the 'college relative to physical
punishment,” Morgan said. “When
a student uses a board or other
instrument on the person of an
other student he is submitting his
Tesignation to A&M College, and
the college accepts.”
“This action is not to be taken
as a reflection on any recent de
cision made,” Morgan said.
A faculty panel last week sen
tenced three senior students who
admitted to using the board to re
duced to private, move off the cam
pus, removal from the Ross Vol-
exams, not allowed to participate
in final review, and degrees not
granted in May.
The Academic council is compos
ed of all the heads of departments.
The Executive committee is com
posed of the deans and the com
mandant.
According to College Regulat
ions, it is possible to punish haz
ing by dismissal, which means
“permanent separation from the
college.”
The new ruling requires that
hazing be punished by indefinite
suspension, which means “involun
tary removal for an indefinite
period of time or until specific
conditions are met.”
News of the World
By the ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Government lawyers said yesterday
there can be no doubt the Supreme Court’s holding against
racial segregation in the public schools covers also colleges
and universities supported by public funds.
★ ★ ★
AUSTIN—The Supreme Court’s segregation
decision will not have “one particle of effect” on
Texas schools next year. Gov. Sihvers said yester
day. The governor said he had received several
telegrams urging the Legislature be called into ses
sion at once to abolish the public schools. Shivers
said that was not the answer.
★ ★ ★
GENEVA—East and West wrangled in secret for an
other three hours yesterday but failed to break the dead
lock in their negotiations for peace in Indochina. An official
screen of secrecy covered the talks, but a conference source
said no progress on the major issues separating Western and
Communist viewpoints had been made.
★ ★ ★
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — President Eisenhower
yesterday reaffirmed his faith in the nation’s
armed forces with the declaration that “we are still
confident” in them “from their .secretaries and
their high commanders on down to the last private
in the ranks.”
an would stop supplying facilities
for meetings and encouraging the
boys,” according to Penberthy.
The board has asked the students
to sign sworn statements that they
will not reorganize he group. “I
think the kids are absolutely honest
and sincere,” Penberthy said.
The 14 students who admitted to
membership in the TT’s have been
assessed penalties by the board.
“We’re guaranteeing them no im
munity because of their state
ments,” Penberthy said.
Penalties given the 14 are as
follows:
Four gi-aduating seniors: take all
finals, degrees retained indefinite
ly-
The others, including two non
graduating seniors, six juniors,
and two sophomores: finish semes
ter’s work, and then indefinitely
suspended.
A&M Seniors
Mrs. Terry Starts
Painting Col lection
A collection of paintings by fa
mous artists that visit A&M has
been started by Mrs. Emalita New
ton Terry, director of the Memorial
Student Center Art gallery.
Three paintings in the collection
now are “Aggie Ex” by E. M.
(Buck) Schiwetz, “Pinky Downs”
by Wayman Adams, and an origi
nal print by Miss Janet Turner.
These artists were invited here
by special invitation. Mrs. Terry
plans to receive a painting from
all future artists that visit here
for the purpose of building up what
she calls “a little wall of fame.”
1 Mrs. Terry plans to have as vis
itors Sasha of Hollywood, a famous
ceramist; Walt Kelley, who draws
Pogo; and Xavier Gonzales in the
near future and to get a picture
from each to put in the collection.
Explorer Scouts
Given Plane Ride
About 20 local Explorer Scouts
were given an orientation ride in
a C-47 Saturday, said R. H.
Fletcher, of the mechanical engi
neering department.
Col. John A. Way and Maj. J.
C. Lowell, of the military depart
ment, were pilots of the planes.
Instructions in parachutes, course
charting and rules of navigation
were given by Sgt. T. M. Buford.
The fliers flew to neighboring
towns and learned to pick out land
marks.
Penberthy said last night that
the board had six more students to
interview in connection with mem
bership in the organization, but he
did not know when the interviews
would be.
Penberthy said he did not want
to release the names of the 14 “un
til the investigation is all over.”
Reception to 1 Honor
President Morgan
David H. Morgan
To Be Installed
Dr. David H. Morgan will be formally installed as the
13th president of A&M in ceremonies tomorrow.
It will be a big day for the new president with his in
stallation at 11 a. m., a luncheon at 1, a corps review at 2:30
and a reception from 4 - 5:30.
Dr. Oliver C. Carmichael, president of the University of
Alabama, will speak on “Higher Education and the Land
Grant College,” at the installation ceremony in the G. Rollie
White Coliseum.
Chancellor M. T. Harrington will install Morgan and
Dean of the College J. P. Abbott will preside. The Rev. Nor
man Anderson of the A&M Presbyterian church will give the
^invocation and Ide P. Trotter
A reception honoring President
David H. Morgan will be held on
the second floor of the Memorial
Student Center from 4 to 5:30 p. m.
Thursday.
Delegates and guests for the
inauguration, faculty, staff, stu
dents and friends of the college are
invited to the recepiton.
Mrs. W. W. Armistead is chair
man of the rec.eption committee.
Mrs. A1 B. Nelson, Mrs. Howard
Barlow and Mrs. John A. Way. are
committee members.
Mrs. Nelson and Mrs. George
Potter will register the guests.
Col. and Mrs. Way, Mr. and Mrs.
Edward E. Brush, Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Landiss and Major and Mrs.
Henry S. Thigpen will greet the
guests in the serpentine lounge.
Dean Walter Delaplane, Presi
dent and Mrs. Morgan, Chancellor
and Mrs. M. T. Harrington and
Dean and Mrs. John P. Abbott will
be in the receiving line.
Dean and Mrs. Barlow and Dean
and Mrs. Armistead will be in the
burch room.
Mrs. Charles Shepardson, Mrs.
Ide Trotter, Mrs. Delaplane, Mrs.
Joe E. Davis, Mrs. John Bertrand,
and Mrs. W. L. Penberthy will be
in the assembly room.
Hosts and hostesses for the re
ception will be the Rev. and Mrs.
R. L. Darwall, Major and Mrs. J.
S. McCannon, Mi\ and Mrs. T. W.
Leland, Mr. and Mrs. Ben D. Cook,
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Buchannan.
Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Timm, Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Couch, Dr. and Mrs.
P. W. Burns, Mr. and Mrs. A. C.
Burgess, Lt. Col. and Mrs. S. P.
Myers and Mr. and Mrs. H. L.
Heaton.
Lowrey Receives
Contest Prize
Doyle Lowrey has been awarded
$25 for his design of a new re
sidential subdivision for College
Station, said Melvin Rotsch of the
architecture department.
Lowrey, a fifth year architecture
student,, will receive his degree in
structural option Friday.
A second prize of $15 was won
by J. T. Dunkin of Dallas. Dunkin
is a fourth year floriculture land
scape student. Thomas Hughes, a
fifth year architecture student,
won third prize of $10.
“These students made the de
signs as a class project for city
planning,” said Rotsch.
The prizes were given by F. B.
Clark, owner of one of the tracts
of land used in the project.
Inauguration Events
The schedule of events for inauguration tomorrow is as
follows:
8 a. m. to 12:30 p. m. Registration of delegates
and guests, MSC
10:15 a. m Robing of delegates, DeWare
field house
10:45 a. m. Academic procession, White coliseum
11a. m Inaugural exercises, White coliseum
1 p. m Inaugural luncheon, Sbisa hall
2:30 p. m. Corps review, main drill field
4 to 5:30 p. m.President’s reception, MSC
Two Injured in Accident
By JOHN AKARD
Battalion Feature Editor
Two A&M seniors were injured
last night when their car rolled
one and a half times on old high
way 6.
They were on their way to a
senior “function” at the day pits.
They are Ted Ritchey, industrial
technology major from San Anto
nio and Fred Olds, architectux-e
major from Abilene.
Officials at the college hospital
reported their condition last night
as “satisfactory.” Ritchey suffer
ed severe lacerations of the left
arm and multiple lacerations over
his entire body.
The college hospital reported
this morning that the condition
of the seniors was satisfactory.
X-rays were being taken today,
but Dr. Marsh expected no com
plications.
Olds suffered lacerations of the
right elbow. X-rays were sched
uled for this moraing.
The accident occurred six and a
half miles south of College Station
on old highway 6.
Highway Patrolman L. V. Duna-
gan, who investigated the accident,
said that there would “probably be
some charges filed.” He said he
would “not know definitely about
charges until he talked with the
county attorney.”
According to Dunagan, the car
hit a shoulder on the right side
of the road and then a ditch on the
left side. It rolled one and a half
times and ended up across the road.
The car traveled 115 yards from
the time it first hit the shoulder
until it stopped. There is a slight
curve in the road at the point of
the accident.
Dunagan said he had “no opin
ion” as to the cause of the acci
dent, but it was probably “exces
sive speed.”
“As yet I have found no evidence
of drunkenness,” Dunagan said,
“but I have not completed my in
vestigation.”
Richard Harris, senior fi’om Abi
lene and a personal friend of Olds,
arrived on the scene about five
minutes after the accident occur
red. He gave The Battalion his
account of the accident.
“We (Don Strange, Bill Bowdin,
and Harris) were going to the sen
ior party when we came upon the
overturned car. There were a lot
of Aggies running around the
wreckage. The had pulled Ritchey
out of the car and had bandaged
his shoulder and arm. Olds was
lying in a ditch beside the road
where he had evidently been
thrown from the car during the
accident.
“We gave first aid to the injured
men. A fai’mer from a nearby
house called an ambulance and the
highway patrol.
“Some of the Aggies took
Ritchey, who was the most serious
ly injured, to the college hospital
in their car. Others went after a
wrecker.
“A Bryan ambulance arrived
shortly and took Olds. The rest of
the men went on to the party
while Bowdin and I waited for the
wrecker to arrive.
“The wrecker arrived about 45
minutes after the accident occurred
and the highway patrolman came
10 minutes later. There had been
a delay in notifying the patrolman,
but he arrived on the scene 10 min
utes after he was notified.
“I helped the patrolman make
the investigation and then the
group of students who had congre
gated helped the garage man turn
the car over and hitch it to the
wrecker.”
TWO INJURED—A wrecker hauls away the car which turned over on old highway six
last night, injuring two A&M students, Ted Ritchey and Fred Olds.
jr., corps chaplain, will give
the benediction. Howard B.
Curtis will be at the organ.
Morgan will speak on
“United in Spirit, United in Ef
fort.”
Sbisa hall will be the site of the
inaugural luncheon. Gordon Gay,
secretary of the YMCA, will give
the invocation.
Harrington will give the address
of welcome. Greetings to the new
president will be given by A. E.
Cudlipp for the board of directors,
J. Harold Dunn, for the Association
of Former Students, Fred Mitchell
for the student body, and C. W.
Crawford for the faculty. Morgan
will respond to these greetings.
Abbott will preside.
Cadets will begin falling out for
the review at 2:20 p. m. and wijl
march onto the field at 2:45. Mor
gan will be the honoree at thaf
review.
The new president will be honor
ed at a reception in the MSC to
close the day’s activities.
W. H. Delaplane, chairman of thaf
convocation committee, has asked
all local delegates who will be rep
resenting colleges and universities?
or learned societies and profession
al organizations at the inaugura
tion to register at the Memorial
Student Center between 3-5 p. m.
Wednesday.
At that time they will receive
envelopes containing all informa
tion about their participation ijd
the inauguration activities.
Academic regalia for inaugura
tion and commencement will be!
available at the Exchange store to
day. Those who attend the in
auguration only are asked to return
the regalia to DeWare field house!
immediately after the inaugural
ceremony.
All others are asked to returri
the regalia to DeWare field house’
Friday night immediately after
the commencement exercises. This
regalia must be packed and put
on the train Saturday morning.
Mrs. Terry Wins
$100 Art Prize
Mrs. Emalita Newton Terry, di
rector' of the Memorial Student
Center Art gallery, received a $100
purchase prize at the membership
show of the Texas Fine Arts asso
ciation in Austin.
Mrs. Terry’s prize-winning pic
ture, “Skyward,” a water color
landscape, was purchased by Mr.
and Mrs. Fagan Dixson of Austin.
Boot Dance Plans
Made For Juniors
A boot dance honoring the class
of ’55 and their boots will be held
Saturday from 9 to 12 p. m. in the
grove said W. D. (Pete) Hai-desty,
business manager of student activi
ties.
This is the first time that stu
dent activities has sponsored a boot
dance. Interest has been indicated
by members of the class of ’55,
Hardesty said.
All students are invited whether
they have boots or not, Hardesty
said. Admission price is $1 stag or
couple.
Steele Named To Head
1954-55 Rodeo Club
Billy Steele was elected presi
dent of the 1954-55 Rodeo club at
7:30 p. m. May 11 in the Animal
Industry building.
Other officers elected were Tom
Montgomery, vice-president; Virgel
Patrick, secretary; Ken Killion, re
porter; and Ed Harvill, parliamen
tarian.