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Number 236: Volume 53
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PUBLISHED DALLY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
’c^OLL^GE "STATION (Aggieland)7TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1954
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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