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The Battalion
Number 6: Volume 54
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1954
Priced Cents
uminous Signs Aske
Council Amends
Letter of Intent
THEY’RE HERE!—John Murphy picks up his Aggieland
'’54 from Mrs. Dorothy Imel soon after they arrived yes
terday. Students who paid the activity fee last year may
pick up an annual on the first-floor of Goodwin hall.
Five amendments to the Civilian
Student Council’s letter of intent
were passed yesterday to facilitate
the operation of the council.
In a meeting marked with fiery
debate, the councilmen laid down
definite policies for the future op
eration of the group. The amend
ments passed were as follows:
• A quorum shall consist of
two-thirds of the council. This
amendment, passed without oppo
sition, requires that at least 10
of the council’s 15 members must
be present before business can be
conducted.
9 No proxy representative of
a member of the council shall have
the right to vote on the council,
but his opinion may be solicited.
The council felt that each member
of the council should feel it is
his duty to attend the meetings,
and those, who fail to attend should
lose their vote.
• Roberts Rules of Order of
parliamentary procedure shall be
followed by the council. This
amendment first failed by a 9-3
vote because some councilmen said
Cancer Death
Clarence Reid Davis ’55
Remembered By Friends
By RALPH COLE
Battalion City Editor
Funeral services were held at 4
p.m. Monday for Clarence Reid
Davis, class 55, who died Sunday
in Anderson Research clinic in
Houston with cancer.
Davis left school at mid-semes
ter last year and went to a Bap
tist hospital in Beaumont, his home
town. He had cancer of the throat
Bloodmobile
Visits Campus
Wednesday
The Red Cross bloodmobile
will be on the campus Wed
nesday, Nov. 3, from noon un
til 6 pim.' in the Memorial
Student Center ballroom. ,
Jerry Ramsey, blood drive chair-
man* has contacted first sergeants
in both dormitory areas asking
them^ to notify students in their
military units. Donors must be 18
years old and those under 21 must
have their parent’s consent before
they can donate.
Lists of the blood donors in the
military units must be turned in
by 5 p.m. Thursday at the housing
office in Goodwin hall, Ramsey
said. “We would like to have 14
from each unit,” he added.
Mrs. C. C. Doak is chairman of
the volunteer services. She will
be aided by about 50 local wom.en
in helping with the drive. Pre
medical and pre-dental students
will assist in taking temperatures
and pulse.
“One hundred per cent of the
blood donated will go for defense,”
said Harry Boyer, chief of hous
ing, who is aiding Ramsey in the
drive. “The students seem very
enthusiastic.”
Advanced Degree
Candidates To File
"Candidates for an advanced de
gree who expect to graduate in
January must file for a degree be
fore Nov. 1, according to the dean
of the Graduate School.
Dec. 15 will be the deadline for
submitting • theses for students
whose departments want outside
readers, and Jan. 20 will be the
final deadline for submitting theses
to the Graduate School.
at the time he dropped from school.
His condition improved at the hos
pital and he was released. He
came' to A&M again but had to
drop out for a second time after
about two weeks.
His condition became worse and
he was sent to the clinic in Hous
ton where he died Sunday.
Davis was a member of battery
8 when he was a freshman and was
in A anti-aircraft artillery when
he dropped from school.
About two weeks ago, several
AAA seniors went to see him in
Houston.
A&M Students
To Attend Talk
At West Point
For the first time, A&M
students will take part in the
Student Conference of U. S.
Affairs at West Point, New
York.
Two delegates and four alter
nates have been chosen for the
Dec. 1-4 meeting.
Frank Ford, senior, cadet colonel
of the corps, and Bud Whitney,
junior, Memorial Student Center
vice-president, will be A&M’s rep
resentatives.
Alternates will be Frank B.
O’Donnell, Jerry Ramsey, David
Bowers, and F. E. (Sonny) Tutt.
They were selected by Lee Mar
tin, Victor Weining, and Harry
Hierth, sponsors of the Aggie Dis
cussion and Debate club.
Subject for this year’s confer
ence, the sixth annual, will be “The
National Security Policy of the
United States.”
The conference attracts about
130 delegates each year, mostly
from eastern colleges.
After the four-day discussion,
the conclusion the group has come
to is presented to the state depart
ment for their information, said
Col. Robert Offer, PMS&T, who
has, attended the meetings.
“It gives the state department
a chance to know what young peo
ple are thinking,” he said.
Rose Named Prexy
Joe Fred Rose was elected presi
dent of the Del Rio hometown club.
Other officers are Clarence Bol-
ner, vice-president; David Fawcett,
treasurer; and Roy Ceballos, sec
retary.
“All he wanted to talk about was
A&M,” said Donald P. Dowling, a
senior in the AAA. “He knew he
was going to die and so did his
mother. He just wanted to talk
about old times.”
“He was one big smile the whole
time we talked with him,” Dowling
said, “yet he couldn’t cut up his
own food.” “He even had a date
for the Arkansas game,” Dowling
added.
According to seniors who knew
Davis, he would always evaluate
things in terms of A&M. His fa
ther graduated with the class of
’27, and was killed during World
War II.
Davis was always a quiet boy
in high school, according to stu
dents who have known him a long
time. While at A&M, he was al
ways easy to get along with and
was well liked among the students,
they added. He majored in indus-
trial technology.
Seniors who knew Davis are tak
ing up a collection for his mother
to help pay hospital bills. Jars
will be placed in front of the Aca
demic building later this week for
anyone wanting to help.
they did not know enough about
Roberts Rules of Order to vote
intelligently on the matter. How
ever, after a councilman came in
late, the amendment was again
presented and was passed by the
necessary two-thirds vote needed to
amend, 10-0.
• Voting (on matters other
than amendments) shall be carried
by a simple majority. Passed with
out opposition.
• The permanent officers of the
council shall be the president, vice-
president, secretary andj parlia
mentarian. These officers will be
elected at the council’s next meet
ing, which will be Tuesday at 4
p.m. in the Memorial Student Cen
ter ballroom.
In other action, the council voted
to start each meeting with a short
prayer.
Radio Farm Group
Hold Meeting Here
Texas members of the National
Association of Radio Farm Direc
tors will meet here today and
Thursday.
The association acts as a liaison
between producer, consumer and
related business interests; and be
tween land-grant colleges and the
people.
Joe Henry, of the Census bu
reau, will discuss the agricultural
census now going on iri Texas.
This discussion is designed to help
the directors prepare a good re
ception for the census workers in
the field. Archie Kahon, director
of the A&M Research foundation,
will speak on “What’s New in Ag
ricultural Research.”
Tomorrow, G. G. Gibson, director
of Agricultural Extension service,
will explain the farm and home de
velopment plan to the group. The
meeting will be climaxed by a
tour of the agricultural facilities
at A&M.
Morgan To Speak
To Legion Post
President David H. Morgan will
speak to the College Station Amer
ican Legion post Thursday on
“Minimum Essentials for the Sur
vival of the Military College.”
Tim meeting will be at 8 p.m. in
the biological Sciences lecture
room.
R. L. (Satch) Elkins, post com
mander, has invited all interested
students and faculty members to
attend the meeting.
Community Chest
Holds First Meeting
The College Community Chest
committee met yesterday and ap
proved a $150 grant to the colored
day nursery for a new heating
system. The money came from the
local chest charity fund of the
community chest.
Only 7 of the 20 committee mem
bers were present for the meeting
which was held in the Memorial
Student Center. Another meeting
was set for November 3 in the
MSC at 7 p.m.
Members of the committee are
C. W. Price, chairman; R. E. Pat
terson and Mrs. C. B. Godbey, co
secretary treasurer; Don R. Dale,
R. E. Leighton, C. W. Landiss, R.
A. Houze and C. H. Ransdell.
C. A. Roeber, J. B. Baty, Ed
ward Madeley,, John L. Bearrie,
Eddie Chew, W. A. Tarrow and
Mrs. E. E. McQuillen.
Others are Mrs. W. A. Price, E.
S. Holdredge, Mrs. F. G. Anderson,
Mrs. Marion Pugh and Bob H.
Reed.
Committee members were ap
pointed by the city for the first
time in the history of the chest.
The^ are usually made by the
chancellor of the A&M college sys
tem and the mayor of College
Station.
The committee is planning to
mail letters to every citizen in the
city explaining the community
chest and outline where the money
is going.
The chest drive has been set
for Nov. 8-22. Last year’s goal
was $13,070. About 95 per cent
of that amount was collected. Price
said the goal would “probably be
higher this year.”
Participating agencies last year
were American Red Cross, Ameri
can Cancer society, Brazos County
Tuberculosis association and the
Brazos County Charity Hospital
fund.
The Boy Scouts, College Station
Recreation council, College Station
YMCA, Girl Scouts, Local Chest
Charity fund, Salvation Army and
the United Service Organization.
Fred Benson was chairman last
year.
Cars Endanger
Marching Ags
By BOB BORISKIE
Battalion Co-Editor
Use of luminous signs to protect students marching to
meals is urgently needed to prevennt tragic accidents during
periods of poor visibility, Lt. Col. R. L. Melcher told the
Accident Prevention committee yesterday.
Melcher said twice during last week’s rains, cars ran
up on road guards and were unable to stop until they had
swept past the guards and nearly up to the marching stu
dents.
During the meeting, Bennie A. Zinn, committee chair
man, reported the committee was organized four years ago
with representatives from all member schools of the A&M
system. Last year the present committee was recommended
-"•■and adopted.
Purpose of the commit-
Fellowship
iications
Now Open
Applications for the Dan-
forth foundation fellowship
are now open to seniors or
graduate students who are
preparing for a career in col
lege teaching.
The fellowship, which is good
for the first year of graduate
study, is worth $1,800 for single
students and $2,400 for married
students.
Dr. J. P. Abbott, dean of the
college, has been named local liai
son officer for the college, and he
will appoint two oV three candi
dates from A&M for the fellow
ship.
Since students with or without
financial need are invited to apply
for the fellowships, they are called
“a relationship of encouragement,”
carrying a promise of financial aid
if needed.
All Danforth fellows participate
in the annual Danforth Foundation
Conference on Teaching, held in
Michigan in September.
The qualifications of candidates,
as listed by the foundation, are
outstanding academic ability, per
sonality congenial to the classroom,
integrity and character, and faith
within the Christian tradition.”
All applications must be in by
Feb. 15, 1955. Applications should
be made through the dean of the
student’s school.
Appi
reciation
Tickets Available
Aggie Appreciation tickets can
be picked up now in the office of
student activities in Goodwin hall.
Eligible students who will re
ceive 16 tickets are junior and sen
ior class officers, Student Senate
members, Student Life Committee
members, singing cadets, intramur
al managers, T card holders, train
ing room assistant and housemast
ers.
Others eligible for tickets are
Civilian Council members, all ca
dets with rank of Lieutenant Col
onel and above, commanders of
each company, band seniors, drum
and bugle corps members, yell
leaders and editors of student pub
lications.
tee Zinn said, is to investigate
all conditions on the campus
which present accident haz
ards and try to eliminate them.
Reporting on recommendations
made by last year’s committee,
Zinn said many hazards had been
removed or corrected but many
more still exist or are created by
carelessness.
Some of the corrective steps al
ready taken include removal of
low-hanging limbs, broken soft
drink bottles and trash cans with
projecting sharp edges. However,
all of these present a recurrent
problem, Zinn said.
Among the serious problems
confronting the committee is a
method of keeping students off
tops of buildings or out of' the
tunnels of the campus, he said.
A more rigid enforcement of
traffic regulations is needed, most
ly in regard to cars speeding on
the campus, Zinn said. Also the
ever increasing number of bicycles
have made them so much a prob
lem that the committee last year
recommended all bicycles be equip
ped with lights or reflectors.
A major change in bicycle traf
fic procedure is that bicycles now
should drive with the traffic in
stead of on the side of the street
facing the approaching traffic.
Also recommended was that safe
ty factors be emphasized in class
rooms where they are applicable
and that instructors should take
time to correct improper opera
tion of hazardous equipment. In
vestigation last year revealed one
area where safety guards had been
taken off electric saws “because
students could see their work bet
ter.”
An outstanding safety problem
is students who drive about the
campus with the car full of pas
sengers and with many others rid
ing on fenders and on top.
Campus police are instructed to
stop drivers of such vehicles and
to give them tickets for violation
of driving regulations, Zinn said.
John Hill, chairman of the A&M
System Accident Prevention com
mittee, who was a guest at the
meeting, said the present accident
and injury report should be re
vised. He said the form should
state who was hurt, how, where,
when, and extent of injuries.
Members of the committee pres
ent at the meeting included Zinn,
W. H. Badgett, Melcher, F. D.
Nixon, L. P. Cobble, H. B. Se-
grest and Bob Boriskie. C. G.
(Bud) Fair jr, corps adjutant, rep
resented Cadet Colonel Frank
Ford. Other absent members in
cluded A. A. Price and B. F. K.
Mullins.
Rue Pinalle To Have
Dancing Floor Show
Another dancing floor show Fri
day night " will highlight this
week’s Rue Pinalle, A&M’s French-
style night club.
Eighteen-year-old Marge Reneau
will bring six pupils of her Hous
ton dancing school for the floor
show.
Ernie Martelino and his combo
will play for dancing, and Willard
Jenkins will be master of ceremon
ies.
Rue Pinalle will be in the games
area of the Memorial Student Cen-
Parade Friday
To Preview
[ie Rodeo
A parade down the main
street of Bryan at 3:15 Fri
day afternoon will open cere
monies for the 33rd annual
All-Aggie rodeo to be held
Friday night and Saturday after
noon.
Members of the Saddle and Sir
loin club, sponsor of the rodeo,
and of the Bryan Saddle club will
ride horses in the parade. Local
car dealers have made new 1955
model cars available also.
Events to be held at the rodeo
are bareback bronc riding, steer
wrestling, calf roping—tie down
and ribbon, and brahman bull rid
ing. There is also a girls barrel
race.
“About 70 contestants have en
tered the events,” said Lowie, P’ce,
general chairman of the rodt' ..
The rodeo is carried on iccoro * ’
ing to the rules of the National
Intercollegiate Rodeo association.
The profits are used by the club
to sponsor meat and livestock
judging teams and for other activi
ties.
The stock for the rodeo is ex
pected to arrive Thursday night
and Friday morning, said Maurice
(Buddy) Black, chairman of the
stock handling committee. Lloyd
Woodly of Lampasas is the stock
producer.
The All-Aggie rodeo was started
in 1919. It was held in the old
Animal Husbandry pavilion for
about 25 years and in the Bryan
rodeo arena for a few years.
The present arena across the
street from Kyle field was started
in the fall of 1950. The' , rodeo
was held there before, the jarena
was completed. It was finished in
1951. The labor was done by stu
dents in their free time.
Tickets are now on sale for the
8 p.m. Friday performance and the
2 p.m. Saturday performance.
They may be purchased from any
member of the Saddle and Sirloin
club, from the student activities
office or at the rodeo.
Today through Friday, there wfll
be a ticket-booth by the post of
fice in the Memorial Student Cen
ter. Admission is 50 cents for stu
dents and their wives, servicemen
and school children; and $1 for
adults.
Kuenen To Speak
Tomorrow Night
Dr. Philip H. Kuenen, direetor
of the Foundation for Marine Geol
ogy and head of the geology de
partment at the University of
Groningen, Holland, will present a
Graduate Lecture at 8 p.m. to
morrow in the lecture room of the
Chemistry building.
His subject will be “An Expedi
tion Around Trinidad” and will be
illustrated with motion pictures
and colored slides.
Dr. Kuenen arrived at A&M
Oct. 19 for a two-week series of
lectures.
Weather Today
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ter from 8 p.m. until midnight yell
practice.
Advance reservations can be
made at the bowling desk in the
MSC. Admission is 60 cents a per
son.
Steags will be admitted only for
the floor show, which begins at
10 p.m.
The next Rue Pinalle will be
Nov. 12, the Friday before the
A&M-Rice football game. Jerry
Schnepp and Edmund Saad are co-
chairmen of the dance.
PARTLY CLOUDY
Skies will be mostly overcast un
til 8:30 tonight. There s a pos
sibility of thunder showers or light
rains. Yesterday’s high was 86,
low 66. The temperature at 10:30
this morning was 57.
TFT