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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (June 24, 1954)
% Will, ITlpS; Mut on COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 19$4 Price 5 Cents Measle; -*7 ^'Uh 4 c J 61 J 1,0 There eil pox ■‘"Or 4111 3 T Utssas: In dian tri More Weekly y i'ay’s Sock Hop last :SC kvas a “great Helen Atterbury, (secretary. 200 people at- b, which was high- ic from a BAFB bo, part of a dance jented a concert on ice,[featured Rod ird Warren on the ix respectively, '■enacast, accompa- Martelino on the singing attraction •Way’s floorshow. “40 [Cups of Cof- ♦te,” ‘‘Blue Moon,” f Jack ” MSC will feature Savel ni g h t at the Hide- gj.l Gary Bourgeois, oner activities for Cl Grits From Here I foreign students ner school, repre- itries. Eight of have their wives College Station, ire from 14 Latin- ■ies. Nineteen are ts attending the course. are represented as m 2; India 7; Par- Mexico 28: Peru zuela : 2,* China 2; ypt S; Brazil 1; ala 1; Nicaragua lilippines 4; Costa is 2; Spain 1; El • lombia 1; South ’land 1; Afghanis- FIRST PRIZE—Carl Jobe, assistant director of student publications, and Harri Baker, Battalion co-editor, are presented a $500 check from the lumbermens Mutual Cas ualty Company by Chancellor M. T. Harrington. The check was first prize won by the Batt’s Christmas safety edition in the safety contest sponsored by Lumbermens Mutual. Jobe and Baker accepted the award on behalf of Ed Holder and Jerry Bennett, editors of the safety edition. C. W. Burchard Succumbs Monday; Funeral Today Employee Plate : Arrives 5000 student and cense plates have f Campus Security to Fred Hickman, Security. .this supply would years. J. F. W. of Baltimore, d the contract and for $.07 apiece, e cent charge for s goes to pay for in registration, ey usually break- ofit goes into the Services are being held at the Hillier Funeral Home in Bryan to day for C. W. Burchard, retired A&M chemistry professor who died in a Bryan hospital late Monday afternoon after a lengthy illness. Services will be officiated by Rev. Norman Anderson of the Col lege Station Presbyterian Church. Interment will be in the College Station Cemetery. Mr. Burchard was a native of Meadville, Pa., coming to A&M in 1917, retiring in 1952. He attended the Allegheny Col lege preparatory school and held ly on voui if. - now people are : mind and a, too. To- vhere you the Bond- an be the ->al ‘lan £45.00 £1875 goals 8*4 in saveoV asrtiuchas iayl N on Leader Listed In Action wis E. Jobe, re- i action in Korea been listed killed Secretary of Ar- ident here major- and graduated in t&M, he was head iger of senior in- nberi of the Ross hi Eta Sigma. He distinguished mil- id made “Who’s i the ;SWC Sports- tee. second lieutenant i USf Infantry up on A&M, and was lenning, Ga. He i Apiil, 1953, as ment on the front a brave man who er heavy fire at rk Chop Hill. The dered to abandon and Small search ble to go up that i Thomas Stovall. Mr. and Mrs. L. ;r Loyd Lee Jobe uthwestern semi- th; an aunt, Mrs. Abilene; a great , Wilson, Amarii- ncles. Stark Returns From Active Reserve Duty Lt. Col. J. Wayne Stark, reserve officer and director of the MSC, has just returned from a 15-day tour of duty with the G-3 Section, Hdqt. 4th Army, Fort Sam Hous ton in San Antonio, Texas. “While there I saw quite a num ber of A&M men,” said Col. Stark, “including Lt. C. C. Monroe ’50, editor of the Battalion in ’49-’50, and Lt. Col. Brock Faulkner ’41.” Col. Stark has been a member of the Training Division, G-3 Sec tion, 4th Army for four years and while on duty works on guided mis siles and artillery matters. A mobilization designed, sub ject to immediate active duty in case of war, Col. Stark reported for duty to Colonel Robert F. Hallock, G-3 Hdqt. While at Fort Sam, Col. Stark visited with Maj. Gen. H. L. Boat- ner, former Commandant and PMS&T at Texas A&M. degrees from Allegheny College and the University of Wisconsin. He taught school at Bowling Green, Ohio, 1908-9; Waukesha, Wis., high school, 1909-10. In the summer of 1918 he was a chemist with the U. S. Steel Corporation. From 1912-15 Mr. Burchard was on the staff of the chemistry de partment of the University of Wis consin, the Kansas State Agricul tural College Chemistry Depart ment, 1915-17. He was a member of the Ameri can Chemical Society, Sigma Xi and Alpha Chi Sigma. Pallbearers will be Dr. C. C. Hedges, Dr. F. W. Jensen, E. B. Middleton, R. E. Snuggs, M. K. Thornton 11 and H. R. Brayton. Indian Woman Visits Campus During Tour Mrs. Dolly Nanda from New Delhi, India, was on the campus last Monday and Tuesday to study our methods of raising and market ing poultry and dairy products. Mrs. Nanda has a 2100 acre farm near New Delhi where she wants to raise poultry and dairy animals. She intends to cater to the embassy trade exclusively. She visited England, Scotland, Denmark, France, and Switzerland before coming to the United States March 20. She will leave the U.S. August 16. Attendants Praise Tuesday Night’s Dance Concert Tuesday night’s concert at the MSC, presented by a 15 - piece band featuring some special ar rangements by Rod Fisher, was termed a “great success” by Gary Bourgeois, head of the summer ac tivities for the MSC. Fisher, originally from Montana, is married. His wife’s name is Caroline and they have one daugh ter, Gayle. Among the selections presented at the cdlieert were: “Thunder- bird,” a Ray Anthony arrangement, “September Song,” a Harry James arrangement, and a special ar rangement of “Blue Skies” by Rod Fisher. The band, a group from the 515th official BAFB band, is conducted by Sgt. Bill Coker and features some very fine musicians. D. D. Burchard, head of the journalism dept., had this to say about the concert: it was “good, solid, danceable music.” Architects Flee To MSC Before Classroom Heat Two architecture classes are be ing held in the Memorial Student Center this summer, reported of ficials of the architecture depart ment. Architecture 427, roof trusses, and architecture 428, concrete de signs, will be held in the MSC for the remainder of the first summer term. Thirty-two students are en rolled, said the officials. The classes are held from 8:45 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and from 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. in room 2-D. Although Mrs. Nanda is financ ing her own trip, the Foreign Op erations Administration has ar ranged her visits in this country. Mrs. Nanda visited the University of Maryland, the University of Con necticut, the University of Mis souri, and Louisiana State Univer sity before coming to Texas A&M College. While she was at A&M, Mr. W. W. McLlary, who has spent two years in India, accompanied her on her tour. Mr. R. E. Leighton was with her as she toured the dairy husbandry department, and Dr. J. H. Quisenberry showed her our poultry husbandry department. At present she is in San Antonio studying poultry marketing; she will return here sometime Friday or Saturday. Schools Cost Administrators The associate cpmmissioner pf education, Texas Education Agen cy, said at Texas A&M College that it will cost 258 million dollars to operate the public school system for 1954-55. Local districts will pay 45 million dollar? of this total, and the state the rest. The speaker, L. P. Sturgeon, told more than 300 school men and women attending the school con ference (June 21-23) that there Deadline Date For Graduate Theses Set For Tuesday Dean Ide P. Trotter has announc ed that the final date for submit ting theses to the graduate school, after approval by the student's Committee, will be June 30th for those who expect to complete thp requirements for the degree in the first term of the Summer Session, and August 6th for those who will complete the graduate degree re quirements in the second term pf the Summer Session. Any necessary changes must be made, the final draft prepared and edited, and the final examination held before August 23rd to permit proper clearance for graduation. It is imperative that both Grad uate Students and their Commit tees, especially the Chairmen, check up now on the status pf research and thesis writing to al low ample time to meet this filing deadline of June 30 or August 6. The thesis binding fee should be paid to the Fiscal Department and the receipt shown to the Secretary of the Dean of the Graduate School when the thesis is first presented. All the candidates for degrees at the close of the Summer Session must file application for degree with the Graduate School no later than July 30th. This is also the deadline date for making applica tion for degree in the Office of the Registrar. Theses submitted late are at the student’s risk. Clearance cannot be assured, but every effort will be made to clear cases where the delay seems reasonable. City Sprayed For Flys Tuesday Fogging of the city of College Station, Tuesday, was for the pur pose of killing flies and mosqui toes. A mixture of DDT, chlordane, and diesel fuel was sprayed over the entire city by a fogging ma chine borrowed from the city of Bryan. LIBRARY' CHANGE—Mrs. Jean Griffith checks out a per iodical to Robert Cannon at the new desk i ecentiy installed in the lounge of the Cushing Memorial Library. The per iodical desk is but one of the several changes being made in the library, among which is the moving of the newspaper racks and magazine shelves into the lobby for better read ing convenience and comfort. Library Being Changed For Better Service “The Cushing Memorial Library in 1951 with the enlargement of is currently undergoing several the reserve and required reading changes to provide more efficient rooms, and the addition of new service and use of its facilities,” steel book stacks in the basement, said Robert A. Houze, Librarian. The largegt recent change is the This is pait of a long-range im- 0 p en j n g 0 f the new periodical desk provement program which began on the main floor> Here all per . iodicals, will be checked in and out and also books to be returned may be left here. Mrs. Jean Griffith of the library circulation depart ment will be in charge of this desk. What was formerly the spacious lobby of the library will, in the near future, house besides the new- periodical desk the newspaper stands and a special section of shelves containing recent fiction titles and books of general read ing interest. The trophy case in the center of the lobby will be removed and additional lounging chairs will be added for those wish ing to read newspapers. The li brary receives over fifty daily newspapers including at least one fi'om each area in Texas. New lighting is als© being in stalled throughout the entire build ing, wdth the latest type (blue and yellow tubes, egg crate design) fixtures being used. It is expected that the project will be completed by the end of the summer. are 1,769,412 schplastics in Texas between the ages of six and eigh teen. To take care of this teach ing there are 61,000 teachers, in cluding administrators, supervi sors, counsellors. “Today there are 1900 districts in Texas, while in 1949-50 there are 4412 districts. Thirteen hun dred districts w*ere consolidated on a voluntary basis and 1200 con solidated under the dormant clause,” Sturgeon said. The $402 across the board sal ary for teachers goes into effect September 1, this year, he said. Thomas B. Ramey of Tyler, chairman of the State Board of Ed ucation, reviewed the decision of City Council Puts Approval On Budget Monday Proposed expenditures of $227,- 583.50 for the coming year were approved in budget hearings at the city hall Monday night, according to Ran Boswell, city manager. These expenditures are an in crease of $4,376-50 over the esti mated expenditures during the fis cal year ending June 30, 1954. Pro posed revenues approved by the city council are $2$6,396.40, an in crease of $7,491.02. Boswell said a levying ordinance, stating that tax rates during the 1954-65 fiscal year will remain the same as for last year, was also adopted. Roaming Parakeet Spotted On Fly A blue parakeet reported lost June 15 from A-14-X Col lege View Apt. hae been seen on the campus of Texas A&M. A comforting thought may enter the owner’s mind after hearing that the poor parakeet escaped unharmed after being given the chase of its life by a curious student. Two students reported see ing the bird in front of Guion Hall on the morning of June 22. Billion Told the Supreme Court on segregation in the pulbic schools. He said that “it behooves all of us as gqod citizens—of both racesj— to view this problem in a sane, s<?ber an4 dispassionate manner.” He said he was “disappointed in the decision of the Supreme Court. I believe that the ‘separate but equal’ theory is sound and that it has worked out well, to the ad vantage of all the people—both white and colored. “But a higher authority has ruled contrary to my view and as a law-abiding American citizen I am compelled to bow to the will of constituted authprity. It i? most gratifying, I think, that ouy people as a wholp have rppeivpd this verdict calmly and without ev idence of undue emotion.” He told the school mpn and women that they “are strategical* ly situated to aid materially in preserving the state of tranquility which now seems to prevail in Texas generally regarding this proposition. You well know how your people look to you for advice and direction in school affairs. The influence you may exert in PV9* moting the exercise of spund judgment and temperate action on the part of pur citizen? pannpt be overestimated.” The schppl conference inqlpded the 18th annual meeting of the Texas School Administration Con ference, the 29th of the Texas As sociation of County Superinten* dents and the fourth meeting pf the Texas Association for Instruc tional Supervisors. City Plans Purchase Of New Ford Sealed bids in duplicate will be received by Ran Boswell, city man ager, until 6:00 p.m. July 9, 1954 for the purchase of a new 1954 Ford Mainliner 4-door with stan dard equipment. Boswell said that the city’s 195Q Ford will be traded in on the 1954 Ford. He said that the city re* serves the right to reject any and all bids and to accept any bid deem ed advantageous to it. Special Ticket Rule Applies To Summer Car Registrants NUMBER THREE — No, a pigeon didn’t roost over this summer s t u d e n t’s windshield- That’s a park ing ticket you see there, and from the look on his face it might very likely be number three, which means the jalopy will be booted off the campus if registered after June 1. Architects Solved A Sticky Problem Summer school students in the Department of Architec ture of Texas A&M College have solved the heat problem —at least for the first six- week summer term—so far as their classroom is concerned. The 32 students have rented a meeting room on the sec ond floor of the air-condi tioned Memorial Student Cen ter. There the classes are held each morning. Ernest Langford, head of the department, says he’s hav ing no trouble with tardiness in getting to classes on time. Cars registered on the campus after June 1 will be barred if they have three tickets charged against them before September 1, accord ing to Bob Murray, non-military student counseler. He said that if the students keep their cars here after September 1, they will automatically go under the five ticket limit and will not be required to register their cars. Tickets received in the summey will not be counted after Septem* ber 1. Students who registered their cars before June 1, are still under the five ticket limit, which runs from September to September of the following year. ‘King Richard IF Next Production Of F ilm Society “King Richard II” starring Maurice Evans, Sarah Churchhill, Fred Warlock and Kent Smith will be presented as the Film Society’s first bonus picture Sunday after noon at 3:00 p.m. in the Memor^ ial Student, Center. It wilL be the first time a major “live” television production haS beeii cleared for such distribution. The two-hour show, produced and starred in by Maurice Evans, Was seen on television screens across the nation. It won acclaim from critics and reviewers. Arrangements for release of the Kinescope recording of. the pro duction as an educational project was carried out by its commercial sponsor. Hallmark Cards of Kan sas City,