The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, October 22, 1954, Image 1

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, October 22, 1954, Image 1

Newspaper Page Textr ■'A sy 9 € Battalion Number 4: Volume 54 News of the World PARIS — Nine anti-Com- munist allies of the Western world reached a historic agreement last night on for mation of the Western Euro pean Union. It will include the arms and men of an all but fully sovereign West Ger many. * * * WASHINGTON —The United States agreed yesterday to step up sharply its aid to Pakistan, to a total of about 155 million dollars this fiscal year. The aim is to holster the economy of a key partner in the defense sys tem against communism. ★ ★ ★ AUSTIN — Preliminary re ports show 191 persons were killed in Texas traffic acci dents in September, compared with 179 last year. The De partment of Public Safety said deaths this year total 1,688 compared with 1,896 last year. 'k it it AUSTIN—Boys at Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house ate with their fingers yesterday. They didn’t have any silver. Thieves made off with 105 teaspoons, 120 'forks, 120 knives, 100 iced tea spoons, 50 tablespoons, 16 sugar spoons, and two butter knives Wednesday night. 1 * * * MEXICO CITY —The Senate approved yesterday a ban on the establishment of any new bars or restaurants serving liquor. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1954 Price 5 Cents ■ywm Military College Council Asks That Commissions Be Assured ill iSl Hi If ^fftrst ilr ass SCRUB-DOWN—The statue of Sully gets a washing by freshmen from squadron 13 to remove orange paint thrown on the statue Wednesday night. Nobody knows who threw the paint. The incident has not been officially reported to college authorities. Annual To Be All-Aggie Rodeo Held October 29-30 Main Proposal Would Guarantee Commissions A resolution that would guarantee commissions for all of the nation’s nine military colleges was the most important result of the meeting of administrators of the military col leges, President David H. Morgan said last night. At the meeting, the nine colleges formed a Council of Military Colleges, with Morgan as chairman, and agreed on four proposals to be presented to the defense department. Morgan said he did not know when the proposal would be formally presented to the defense department. He said the next meeting of the council would probably be in Janu ary or February. Representatives of the armed services attended the -♦•meeting, held Tuesday in Roa noke, Va. ‘We all got together and agreed on what we would ask the defense departmnet for,” Morgan said. He said that the proposals agreed on were those which were common to all of the military colleges. Here are the proposals: ® The one Morgan calls most important: an established place in the defense pi*ogram of the nation so graduates of military colleges are commissioned and integrated into a component armed service. Morgan said the council made no specific recommendations as to exactly what an “established place” would be, but that it definitely should include a guarantee of com mission. ® An open enrollment for con tracts to qualified students, as long as the standards of the mili tary colleges are high enough to eliminate students unfit to be offi- The 33rd annual All-Aggie rodeo, sponsored by the Saddle and Sirloin club, will be held Oct. 29-30 in the rodeo arena across the street from Kyle field. The Oct. 29 perfomnance will Start at 8 p.m., and the Oct. 30 performance will start at 2 p.m. All Aggies are eligible to com pete in the rodeo. Payment of en try fees must be made by 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the club meeting \n the lecture room of the Animal Industry building. Deadline Today For Installments *Today is the last day to pay second installment fees to the fis cal department. Included in this fee is room rent, $10.65; board, $39.35, and laundry, $3.45. The total payment due is $53.45. There is a penalty of $1 for each day after Friday that fees are not paid. Events to be held are bare back bronc riding, steer wrestling, calf roping—tie down and ribbon, and Brahman bull riding. Girls from throughout Texas are expected to compete in the girls barrel race. An added attraction for local people will be a calf roping match between Tommy Holiday and Braz os Varisco, both elementary-school boys from Bryan. Lowie Rice is general chairman of the rodeo. Lloyd Woodly of Lampasas is the stock producer. Returning from last year’s ro deo are Rice, George Venson, Billy Steele, Curtis Burlin and Don Turner. Marvin Overstreet, last year’s state champion high school B Antiaircraft Wins Winner of the football sign con test for the Baylor game is B anti aircraft. Squadron 6 and squadron 16 tied for second, and squadron 12 was third. roper, and James Forgason, the 1951 all-round champion high school cowboy, will compete in the rodeo. Tickets are on sale now. They may be bought from any member of the Saddle and Sirloin club, from the student activities office or at the gate. Admission is 50 cents for students and their wives, servicemen and school children; and $1 for adults. Classes Slated Early Saturday In order to allow students and faculty to attend the foot ball game with Baylor uni versity in Waco, tomorrow’s classes will meet according to the following schedule: 8 a.m.—7:00 - 7:40 9 a.m.—7:50-8:30 10 a.m.—8:40-9:20 11 a.m.—9:30 - 10:10 Senate Raps Hat Stealing By Aggies The Student Senate last night officially condemned the A&M students’ action in stealing the hats of the Texas Christian university band Saturday and similar incidents that have occurred this year. The senate also turned the prob lem of unsportsmanlike conduct of A&M students over to F. E. (Son ny) Tutt, deputy corps comman der, to see what the corps could do toward preventing anymore in cidents. In other action, the senate pass ed a motion that Reveille continue to be cared for by Larry Hill and George Andrews, civilian students living in Law hall. The group also approved buying a new blanket for the Aggie mascot to wear at foot ball games, since the other blanket had been lost. A committee was appointed to handle the collection of used mag azines for the Veterans hospital in Temple. Named to the com mittee were Scotty Parham, James Patterson, Jon Cobb, Bob Putnam, Carl Wagner, Glen Buell and Dave Parnell. The senate budget, drawn up last May, was presented by Treas urer Wallace Eversburg. He said the budget had been studied and no changes were necessary. How ever, he added that after a study of the Aggie Sweetheart’s ex penses are made, some adjustments may be necessary. The welcoming committee re ported that members of the com mittee would go to Texas State College for Women Nov. 4 and ex tend an invitation to their student body to attend the A&M-SMU corps trip in Dallas Nov. 6. Amendments—3 Office Terms May Be Doubled < (Editors’ Note: This is the last in a series of three articles on the proposed constitutional amendments for Texas. Absen tee balloting for the Nov. 2 election, which will include the regular state and local offices, as well as the amendments, is now in progress at the office of A. B. Syptak, Brazos county clerk.) Eleven amendments to Texas’ 80-year-old constitution will be put before the voters Nov. 2, giving each voter a chance to be a legis lator for a day. 'The first six of these were dis cussed in The Battalion Wednesday and Thursday. These are the last f^ve. No. 7: Women Jurors If this amendment passes, wom en would be required to serve on Texas juries. Essentially the same proposal was defeated by the voters as a constitutional amendment in 1949. At that time Brazos county voted for the amendment, 626 to 560. The wording of the amendment, the shortest on the ballot, states specifically that women would be required to serve jury duty. Of course, they would be exempted from jury duty on the same basis as men. Twenty-three states have com pulsory womens’ jury service laws, 20 have voluntary womens’ jury service laws, and six states, includ ing Texas, have laws prohibiting women from jury service. The plans of the new Brazos county courthouse have provisions for segregated jury rooms, to be used if this amendment is passed. At present, the only people ex cluded from jury service in Texas are women, convicts, and insane persons. No. 8: Longer Office Terms This amendment would double the tei’m of office for elected dis trict, county, and precinct officers, increasing the terms from two years to four years. The amendment is worded so that the terms of office would be staggered, eliminating having to fill all local offices in the same year. Those in favor of the amendment say that it would give the officials a chance to learn their job better, avoiding inexperienced public offi cials. Those against it say that the shorter term of office keeps the official closer to the public and more aware of his responsibilities to the public. No. 9: Hospital Districts Amendment number nine would not directly affect Brazos county, because it pertains only to coun ties with a population of more than 190,000. But, if passed, it could set a precedent for the small er counties. The amendment would allow the tax-paying voters of these coun ties to establish a hospital district with the power to levy a tax on property. The counties that fall under this amendment by population are Bexar, Dallas, El Paso, Harris, Jefferson, and Tarrant. The amendment specifies that Galves ton county is also included in the authorization. If created, the hospital district would assume the governmental hospital functions in the county and cities within the county, and the county and city would be pro hibited from levying a hospital tax. No. 10: Soldier Vote The present constitution prohi bits regulars in the armed services from voting in Texas. This amend ment is designed to allow them to vote. It would allow them to vote only in the county they were living in when they entered the service, and the wording does not include per sons who have established resi dence in Texas only because of mil itary duty. The amendment would also re quire the regulars to pay the poll (See AMENDMENTS, Page 2) Cadet Punished For Stealing Hats A sophomore cadet has been giv en disciplinary action for stealing a hat from a Texas Christian uni versity band member after the A&M-TCU football game last Sat urday. The cadet was given eight hours extra duty, an official reprimand, conduct probation for the rest of the semester, and was campused until Christmas. He was also prohibited from at tending any of A&M’s out-of-town football games. “Until he learns how to behave as a gentleman at football games, he just won’t go This proposal is in reference to the setting of quotas saying how many advanced ROTC contracts can be given. f • Opportunity for a large num ber of military college graduates to receive commissions in the reg ular army or air force instead of the reserves. This means that those students who wished to make the service their career could get a regular commission on graduation from a military college, with certain limits on the number. • Reserve commissions be giv en to all graduates who do not- receive a regular commission. This proposal is another request for commissions for all students who complete the four years of military training. “All the representatives at the meeting were very enthusiastic about the proposals,” Morgan said. The four proposals were adopted unanimously. The council went on record as not seeking federal funds other than those given other schools of fering ROTC. One of Morgan’s original propo sals, a request for an increase issue of shoes and woolen trousers, was not adopted by the council because it pertained only to A&M. All the other military colleges wear a cadet-gray type uniform, and do not receive government is sue clothing. The nine military colleges are A&M, Virginia Polytechnic insti tute, Virginia Military institute, Norwich university, The Citadel, Clemson, North Georgia college, New Mexico Military institute, and Pennsylvania Military college. Somebody Bad Stole The Bear Based on AP Reports Somebody has stolen Nip, the bear, and Baylor and A&M are pointing the finger at each other. Baylor students say an Ag gie took the bear, and A&M students say a Baylorite took it, trying to build up spirit at his own school. A&M meets Baylor at Waco for the two schools’ annual hard-fought football game Sat urday. Nip and Tuck are the twin bear mascots of Baylor and live in a pit on the campus. Nip, riding in a fancy trail er had been taken to a local veterinarian for a checkup and parked behind the vet’s office. The bear and trailer disap peared early yesterday. to football games,” said Lt. Col. Taylor Wilkins, assistant comman dant. The punishments were approved by the commandant’s office, on the recommendation of the student’s commanding officer and tactical officer. The tactical officers are still in vestigating to determine the names of the other cadets involved in the incident. They also are still search ing for the missing hats. The hat the punished sophomore took was recovered immediately after the game. A tactical officer took it away from him and re turned it to the owner. Wilkins does not know how many hats are missing; no word has been received from TGU on the incident. The hats were taken just before the end of the game, when the TCU band and some A&M cadets were on the sidelines. Safety Experiment Now Being Tried Two wrecked cars, involving Ag gies, are being displayed on the campus until Sunday. The convertible in which Don G. Dart was killed is across the street from the Memorial Student Cen ter. The other car is in front of the steps in the new dormitory area. The car turned over on F and B road last wekend. It was driven by Thomas W. Goldstone. Only minor injuries resulted from the accident. The cars have been placed on the campus to remind Aggies leaving this week-end to drive safely and sanely. Christmas Play Being Planned By Residents Plans are being made to present a community Christ mas pageant that will use A&M students, faculty mem bers and College Station res idents. Date for the pageant has been set as Sunday night, Dec. 12, in Guion hall. There will be no ad mission charge. A civic committee met this week *to start planning for the pageant. Members of the committee are rep resentatives of all phases of com munity life here. Mrs. David H. Morgan is general chairman. The pageant, which will use a cast of more than 50 singers and actors, will be called “A Star Shines Through.” It will be directed by C. K. Esten, director of the Aggie Play ers; and Bill Turner, director of the Singing Cadets, will be music director. Mrs. J. B. Baty will be organist. The idea for the pageant origi nated with the College Station Council of Church Women, and it is being planned in conjunction with the Aggie Players, the Inter faith council, and the YMCA cab inet. Bryan residents have been in vited to participate. News Briefs Club Aid Requests Are Due Today Technical and departmental clubs and societies who wish to partici pate in the club aid program must present their requests to the Stu dent Activities office by 5:00 p.m. today. Mimeographed forms are avail able at student activities for any departmental or technical organi zation wishing to present a request for funds. The program is designed to as sist by sharing one-half the ex pense incurred by clubs when send ing delegates to conventions and tournaments. The program will also share half the expense for speakers and one-half motion picture expense pertaining to their field of study. LT. JG. R. WAGNER, JR., U.S. Navy, assistant officer in charge of the Office of Naval Procure ment, Houston, Tex., will be here Oct. 25-26 to interview applicants for the Navy Officer Candidate program in room 3B, Memorial Student center. * * * CONGRESSMAN Olin E. Teague of the Texas Sixth Con gressional district recently made a request to Secretary of Agricul ture Ezra T. Benson for additional cotton acreage for 1955 crops to aid farmers in drought stricken areas. * * * WILLLIAM G. WAGNER, a practicing architect in Texas for the last five years, has been added to the staff of the architecture Weather Today The weather forecast for to day: thunder showers continuing thru the afternoon with northerly winds at 20 miles per hour. Yesterday’s high was 86, low 57. The temperature at 11:15 a.m. was 75. department. A graduate of the University of Texas, Wagner was formerly with Cameron Fairchild architect, in Houston. * * * DR. PHILIP H. KUENEN, ge ology professor at the University of Gronigen, the Netherlands, will deliver a graduate lecture at 8 p.m. Thursday in the lecture room of the Biological Sciences building. He will speak on “An Expedition Around Trinidad.” Town Hall Present Pianists Tuesday Alfred and Herbert Teltschik, duo-pianists, will be at Town Hall Tuesday at 8 p.m., in the G. Rollie White coliseum. Tickets are available in the stu dent activities office in Goodwin hall. Seats will be on a first come, first serve basis, said Bill Johnson, student entertainment manager. The Teltschik brothers are cur rently completing their second transcontinental tour of the United States and Canada.

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, October 22, 1954, Image 1

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