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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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(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.