The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, May 21, 1954, Image 1

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, May 21, 1954, Image 1

Newspaper Page TextCirculated Daily To 90 Per Cent Of Local Residents Number 236: Volume 53 1^ Polished Dy Students For 75 Years PUBLISHED DALLY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE ’c^OLL^GE "STATION (Aggieland)7TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1954 Price 5 Genta / Si'iriors i lose Year Tonigh t At Commeneemenl Exercise n i ' ; -C ■ • r " ■■■ TIGER YELLS—A&M Consolidated high school’s cheerleaders for next year practice formations. They are (left to right) Jean Puddy, Claire Rogers, Helen Ross and Ann Fleming. All will be juniors next year except Miss Puddy, who will be a senior. Few Questionnaires Have Been Filed Only 35 per cent of the gradu ating seniors haye filled out ques tionnaires for the Association of Former Students, said J. B. (Dick) Hervey, secretary of the associa tion. He urged all seniors who had not done so to “drop by the asso ciation office and fill out a ques tionnaire.” Hervey made the request at a workshop meeting of the class of ’54. Class committee where the questionnaires received were check ed against a list of the June grad uates. The purpose of the questionnaire is to get each former student on the permanent rolls of the associa tion so that he may receive The Texas Aggie and football ticket Implications, Hervey said. It was decided at the meeting that committee members represent ing air force and basic division Summer Term Registrations Set For June 7 Registration for the first term of summer school will be conducted in Sbisa hall June 7, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Registration cards will be Issued without regard to any Alphabetical order and" fees will be paid at the cashier’s desk at time of registration. Students who do not complete their registration and do not re turn their assignment cards to the registrar’s office by 5 p. m. will be charged two dollars additional matriculation fee for late regist ration: Bennie A. Zinn, assistant dean of men, said summer school students will live in Bizzell hall and dormitories 14, 15, and 16. The first summer school sesion will close July 15. The second term registration will be held on July 19 and the session will close Aug. 31. H. L. Heaton, registrar, said that the expected 1,300 to 1,400 stu dents to register for the first term and 1,100 to 1,200 for the second terra. units would keep in contact with Hugh Phillipus, assistant class agent, and those representing army units and non-military dormitories would contact John Akard, class agent and chairman of the commit tee. Each member of the committee will in turn keep in contact with class members in his unit. In this manner, news about class members will be collected for publication in The Texas Aggie and in occasional class letters. Members of the committee and the units they represent are: Louis Casmier and Roy Brant, first bat talion; John Farrell, Larry Mil- rany and Eddie Garcia, second bat talion; Ted Ritchey, Eric Miller and James Singletary, third battalion; Louis Driver and Bobby Touch stone, fourth battalion; Ed Stern and Rodney DePue, fifth battalion; G. B. McClure and Bob King, band. Olin Atkinson and Mitchell Spa- dachene, first group; Marvin Swink and Allan Hohlt, second group; Tom Skrabanek and Sid Maxwell, third group; Bob Lee and Joe Hipp, fourth group, Carroll Phillips, corps staff. Bud Wilkerson, dormitory 2; George Don Anderson and Joe Hershey, dormitory 4; W. W. Wil kinson, dormitory 5; Ronnie Cheves and Harry Gillard, Mitchell hall; Anselmo Cabello, Bizzell hall; Wa- dell Williams, fifth gi’oup; Bob Landrum, sixth group; Bill Robin son, seventh group; Marion Dean, first battalion, composite regiment; Jim Laskoskie, second battalion, composite regiment; and Marion Baugh, third battalion, composite i - egiment. The class officers will assist the committee members. Weather Today PARTLY CLOUDY The weather gives its congrat ulations to the class of ’54 with clear skies today and tomorrow. High expected tomorrow 90. Two Dances Set For T his Weekend Two dances are scheduled for the Grove this weekend. The annual Final ball will be held Friday from 10 p. m. to 1 a. m. Bill Turner and the Aggieland Orchestra will furnish the music. The music will stop during the playing of Silver Taps and will continue after the ceremoney. Admission for both dances is one dollar couple or stag. A new dance on the campus, a boot dance, will be held from 8 to 12 Saturday night. The dance is in honor of the new seniors and their boots, but it will be open to all members of the student body and their parents and friends. Admission for both dances will be one dollar couple or stag. Allen College Gets Co-Eds; A&M Next? Girls will attend Allen Acedemy next year. This is the first time in the Bryan school’s 69-year history that girls have been admitted. The girls can attend classes only on the junior college level and must be day students. President Nat B. Allen said that the action came as a response to many requests for girls to be able to obtain a junior college education locally. The girls can receive two years of college work which will be transferable to any senior col lege in the United States, Allen said. Allen said the change would not affect the high school division or the school’s military organization. The girls should be parti cularly interested in the liberal arts and business admini stration curricula, Allen said. Lynch Will Speak At 7:30 Ceremonies Commencement exercises for 820 seniors will be held tonight in the G. Rollie White coliseum, with W. W. Lynch, president of the Texas Power and Light company of Dallas, as the principal speaker. Ceremonies start at 7:30 p.m. The invocation will be given by Gene Hirschfeldt, presi dent of the YMCA cabinet. Greetings will be given by Pres- dent David H. Morgan, and Lynch’s talk will follow. Dean of the College J. P. Abbott will present Ide P. Trot ter jr., valedictorian of the class. Morgan will present the degrees, and Trotter, who is corps chaplain, will give the benediction. Howard B. Curtis will play the organ. The graduation procession + will form at 7 p.m. and roll will be checked at 7:15 p.m. All candidates for degrees must be present at the cere mony unless excused by the Execu tive committee. All advanced, veterinary medi cine and engineering degree can didates will form on the lawn south of the Memorial Student Center games area. Agricultural and arts and sci ences degree candidates will form on the lawn along Houston street west of Guion hall. All corps students who are can didates for degree will wear class A uniform. Civilian students will wear the academic cap and gown of their degree. Civilian candidates for the doctor of veterinary medicine degree will wear the doctor’s cap and gown, without hoods, since hoods will be awarded on the stage. Commissions and cei’tificates of completion for military students will be presented at 1 p.m. today in the coliseum. Maj. Gen. Charles E. Hart will present the 208 army commissions, and Maj. Gen. Gabriel P. Disoway will present the 224 air force commissions and certi ficates of completion. From 3 to 5 p.m. today, Presi dent David H. Morgan will hold a reception for all students, parents, relatives, and friends. It will be at his home, near Sbisa hall. Air Force Names 32 DM Graduates Thirty two cadets were named air force distinguished military graduates yesterday by Col. John A. Way, professor of air sqience and tactics. A letter given to the distinguish ed graduates said, “during the course of your training, you have demonstrated that you possess to an unusual degree the ability, Atmar Design Presented Awards Richard Atmar won three of six awards presented Tuesday night at the annual banquet of the archi tecture department. Atmar received the $500 David son fellowship for graduate study, foreign travel or any worthy pur pose approved by the college faculty, for placing first in a de sign competition. He also won a medal awarded annually by the American Institute of Architects for general excellence in his work, and the school medal along with copies of the books, Mont-Saint- Michel and Charties, awarded in the name of the Henry Adams Fund. Rollin J. Lord won a silver medal awarded by the Houston chapter of the Association General Con tractors of America. He was se lected as the student who has achieved the highest degree of Basic Division Plan Faculty Counseling A system of a faculty wide counseling service to freshmen is being planned, according to John R. Bertrand, dean of the Basic Divi- son. So far the plan is still in the be ginning steps. A paper has been circulated to faculty members, ask ing them if they would be inter ested in devoting some of their time to the plan. A meeting will be held in the near future to discuss the plan with the interested faculty members. The proposed plan is to assign faculty members to groups of 15 to 20 freshmen to serve as advisors. Seniors Can Get Dance Pictures Seniors are requested to pick up their ring pictures immediately, at the Agriculturist office, second floor of Goodwin hall, said W. D. (Pete) Hardesty, business manager of student activities. Identification is necessary for those w ho had their pictures made in ring A, he said. The pictures are available be tween 8 a.m. — 5 p.m. Friday, and 8 a.m. noon Saturday. Saturday noon is set as the deadline for all pictm-es. Walker To Head R Vs Next Year Joe Bob Walker, junior architect ure major from Ennis, will head the Ross Volunteer drill company next year. Other officers will be; Bill Uts- man, executive officer; James De- Max’s, administrative officer; John Leimbrook, Gerald Schultz and Val Canon, platoon leaders; and Bob Carpenter, first sergeant. scholarship and demonstrated a comprehensive understanding of the general problems of architect ural construction. A $200 scholarship was given to Randall L. Fowler for winning the fourth - year design competition. The scholarship was established by Mi*, and Mis. J. Rodney Tabor of Houston. Honoxable mention wept to William F. Dwinnell and Don ald G. Green. The Alpha Rho Chi Society medal to a gxuduate showing consistent progress in architectural design was won by Willard C. Sholar jr. James Hughes received copies of the books as runnerup for the School Medal. Honorable mention in competi tion for the Davidson Fellowship was given Paul Lassen and James Hughes. Presiding at the banquet was Dwayne Scott, president of the stu dent chapter of the AIA. Speaker for the banquet was EdwaVd L. Wilson of Fort Worth, a regional director of the Texas District of the AIA. The award winners were an nounced by Ernest Langford, head of the architectui’e department. Schedule of Events The schedule of events for the commencement weekend is as follows: FRIDAY 10 a. m. Baccalaureate sermon, White coliseum 1 p. m. Presentation of commissions and certificates of completion, White coliseum 3-5 p. m. President’s reception, president’s home 7:30 p. m. Commencement exercises, White coliseum 9:30 p. m. Final Ball, the Grove SATURDAY 9:30 a. m. Final Review, Main drill field 9 p. m. Boot Dance, The Grove initative, and other leadership qualities so essential to successful performance of duty as an air force officer.” The cadets will be “afforded special consideration for regular appointment . . . whenever you do meet existing eligibility criteria and apply for regular appoint ment.” The distinguished graduates are: John C. Akard, James Altus, Olin Atkinson, James Bums, Glen Blake, Richard Black, Allen Cuningham, Glen Darling, Don Dodson, Dale DeRouen, Rolando Dominguez, Al bert Gist, Kert Goode. Ronald Hudson, Elmer Joe Hick man, Alan Hohlt, Roscoe Hunt, Samuel John, Elmer Kilmer Kil gore, Robert Manor, James Mil- liagn, Richard Porter, Robert Pal mer, Carroll Phillips, William Reed, William Ridder, Marvin Swink, Denny Scott, Ed Sewell, Robert William, Joe S. Williams and James E. Willis. Warrant Officer Charles Brown, army adjutant, said the names of the army’s distinguished military graduates would be announced to day. At Sports Banquet CHS Athletes Get Awards By GEORGE MANITZAS Battalion City Editor Nine A&M Consolidated stu dents received awards yesterday at the annual CHS athletic ban quet in the Memorial Student Cen ter sponsored by the Kiwanis club. This is the ninth year that the Kiwanis club has sponsored this banquet. David Bonnen, senior, received the top award for the most valu able football player of the. season. Bonnen also received the football co-captain award. In his four years at - CHS, he has lettered in football, basketball, baseball and track each year. No other CHS student has ever done this. In addition to receiving the foot ball co-captain award, senior Fred Andex<son was selected as the best defensive basketball player for the season. The co-captains awards and most valuable player award wei’e given by Lipscomb’s pharmacy. The best defensive player award wag given by Madeley’s pharmacy. Pinky Cooner won the best blocker award for the second straight yeai\ Cooner was also given the basketball captain awax d. The best blocker award was giv en by J. H. Px-uitt. George Litton x'eceived the most improved football player award which was presented by Leonai'd Mousner. BULLETIN The Lumberman’s Mutual Cas ualty company has just an nounced that The Battalion has won the $500 first prize in the daily newspaper class for an all-over safety campaign in the company’s 1953 college newspa per safety contest. The Battalion’s safety edition was published just before the Chiustmas holidays. Bobby Jackson was awarded the award which was given by Black’ll most valuable basketball player Receivers Named For AF Commissions The air force will commis sion 40 percent of the cate gory II cadets in ceremonies this afternoon. All category 1 and la (pilot and obseiver) cadets will be com- misioned. One category III non technical) cadet will be commis sioned. Of the category II (technical) cadets, all civil engineering, aero nautical engineering, electrical engineering, physics, and a few other “outstanding engineers” will recive commissions. These repre sent 40 per cent of the 77 cadets in category II. Each school is allowed one com mission to an outstanding cadet regai'dless of category, said Major H. O. Johnson, senior air science instructor. That special commis sion will be awarded to a category III cadet, Carroll W. Phillips. “The course of study was ad mittedly aimed at commissioning,” Johnson said^ “We have tried to get as many commissions as we could. We were on the wire until 10:30 last night trying to get com missions for two men we had not heard about,” he said. Johnson said he had visited the registx-ar’s office tx-ying to find out if any cadet had had a certain course in engineering for which there was a need in the air force. “Gentlemen, when it gets that close, it is strictly a buyer’s mar ket,” he said. pharamcy. Melvin Free was presented the best defensive football player award given by J. R. Bachus. W. N. (Flop) Colson acted as master of ceremonies for the 125 students, parents and guests. Fred Anderson delivered the in vocation. L. S. Richardson, pi’incipal of th$ schools, gave a short talk on the “Review of Athletic Achieve ments”. This is the first time after eight years that the athletic department has been in the black, said Rich ardson. Coach Jim Bevans presented the letters to 95 students and was in turn presented a wrist w atch from the athletes and yell leaders. Assistant Coach Horace Schaf fer presented the tennis letters and was given a tie clasp and cuff links. Phil Cutchin, A&M assistant coach, delivered a 15 minute talk on the “Value of Athletics”. Clean living, competitive ability, teamwork, poise and confidence are all the wonderful results of participating school athletics, said Cutchin. Leaiming to lose and win in the same spirit will be very helpful, he said. Rules which must be abided by in life as well as in sports show the value of sticking to the rules, said Ctuchin. All sports help to make you a leader and raise your ambitions to high field of endeavor, he said. Lastly, maximum effort and hard work are the equivalent to skill, Cutchin said. A dance followed the banquet. J. Wayne Stark, member of the boys and girls committee of the Ki wanis club, was the chairman in charge of the banquet and was assisted by C. A. Bonnen. NEW CENTER—The new dairy center will be formally a shelter barn, milking- parlor, calf barn, maternity barn, dedicated at ceremonies May 27. Built at a cost of $400,- feed storage areas and a breeding center. 000, the center consists of seven major buildings, including

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