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Battalion Number 20: Volume 54 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1954 Price 5 Cents A&M Nominees For Who’s Who Begins Tomorrow Nomination for Who’s Who at Texas A&iVL will beg-in tomorrow. A box will be placed near the post office entrance of the Memo rial Student Center to allow anyone to nominate a student for the Who’s Who honor. Final selection will be made by the Student Life committee at its Deft 13 meeting. About 25 stu dents are named, based on a per centage of the total enrollment. 'Jhe percentage is set by the National Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities, of which A&M is a member. The box will be in the Center Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. (To aid in nominating a student, there is a form in the lower right comer of this page. However, this form need not be vised.) To be eligible for Who’s Who, a student must have completed a minimum of six semesters at A&M, or four if he is a transfer student. No man will be considered for Who’s Who more than one time. If a student is nominated, he may Center Pole For Bonfire Foot Higher Logs on the bonfire are growing and so did the center pole. It was found by meas urement that it is now 73 feet tall, instead of 72 feet as everyone had thought, Howard Childers said. Childers, head yell leader, said he is pleased with the work that students are doing on the bonfire, but that there is a definite need for more men to work in the woods. More logs have to fce brought in to the drill field, he said. Six to eight more tandem trucks, besides the ones now being used to haul the logs from the cutting area, are expected to be available this weekend, Childers said. “If rain doesn’t fall this week end, we will probably finish the work on the bonfire,” he said. The eating schedule for Satur day and Sunday is tentatively set, pending approval, at 5:30 a.m. for breakfast and 6:30 p.m. for sup per. This schedule would give us much needed time for working, Childers said. He added that he wished to thank Dr. W. E. Street, who donated the present cutting area, for making available an additional area for cutting. “This additional area makes it unnecessary to use the other avail able cutting areas,” he said. decline to be considered until the followdng year. A student also cannot be named to Who’s Who more than once. Considered in the award are grade point ratio, extracurricular activities, class and club offices held, athletics, membership in hon- (See WHO’S WHO on Page 2) Fish Injured In Bonfire Cutting Area William E. Olander, a fresh man, has been hospitalized as a result of an injury at the bonfire cutting area. Olander’s thigh was braised when a limb he was trimming off a log swung around and hit him on the leg. No bones were broken, hospital authori ties said. He also was scraped on the arms and chest. According to the hospital, this is the first serious injury resulting from the bonfire re ported this year. “But we’ve had lots of blisters and splinters,” hospital author ities said. I * '■ a: ■ ■ ■■■ • . : - V ; .. . ■.... .■ .. .. ..... CONSULTANT—Tom Brown, called “Dr. Tom” by the students in the School of Veterinary Medicine, is the man students at the new veterinary hospital go to with their problems. He has been with the veterinary school since 1920, and has worked for A&M 42 years. ‘Dr. Tom’ MSC Announces Holiday Schedule The following schedule has been set up for the Memorial Student Center during the Thanksgiving holidays: Nov. 24 — Open except for the browsing- library. Nov. 25—Closed except for the coffee shop which will be open from 6 to 9 a.m. Nov. 26-27—Closed all day. Nov. 28—Open at 11 a.m. except for the browsing li brary and bowling alley which will be closed. Nov. 29—Regular schedule. Freshman Officers To Be Elected Soon The class of ’58 officers will be elected Dec. 8, said Dave Lane, chairman of the student election committee. Names of candidates will be filed at the office of student activities from November 30 until noon De cember 6. Any freshman with a one-point grade point ratio at mid semester can submit his name. The officers to be elected are president, vice president, social secretary, recording secretary, terasurer, reporter, parliamentar ian and sargeant-at-arms. MAKING PROGRESS—Slowly but surely the logs are put on the bonfire by hard-working students. Pictured above is the progress that has been made on the bonfire as of yesterday afternoon. The bonfire is scheduled to burn Tuesday night. Hospital Worker Knows His Medicine By JON KINSLOW Battalion Managing Editor The unofficial consultant for the veterinary medicine students is a man who has been with the School of Veterinary Medicine since its first student received his degree in 1920. The man is Tom Brown, a gray haired Negro with a small mous tache and an ever-present smile. Called “Dr. Tom” by the veteri nary students, Brown has worked for A&M for the last 42 years. He has been with the veterinary school since 1920 and now he is chief kennelman. Had to Quit School Although he had to quit school when he was 10 years old, Brown says he has studied veterinary medicine “as hard as if I were taking- the course.” Students often ask him for ad vice on how to treat some of the animals, too, but he says he es pecially likes to help with the dogs. “When I was a boy, I had a big dog who walked to work with me each day,” he said. “Thei-e were plenty of wildcats around there and that dog was a life saver.” Proof of his like for dogs is an oil portrait that hangs in the new veterinary hospital. The picture shows him holding a small dog in his hands, a familiar pose for him when he’s around the hospital. A man who is by no means em barrassed to tell his gae—he is 58—Brown says he has never had any trouble during his life. He said he has gotten along by “be ing fair and square with every body.” “It’s nice to be nice,” is how he sums it up. Brown has two children, one in Waco and one in Chicago. When asked why his children didn’t be Civilian Council To Meet Monday The Civilian Council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in room 2C of the Memorial Student Center. John Jones, council president, said that business taken up would include the civilian dance plans, a section in the Aggieland for civil ian group pictures, civilian disci pline at dances, constitutional amendments concerning attendance of meetings and publication of ori entational material for new civilian students. Civilian students should contact their dormitory representatives about other matters which can be brought before the council, Jones said. Weather Today The weather will be clear and warmer this afternoon. Yesterday’s high was 71, low 41> The tempera ture at 10:30 this morning was 59. come veterinai’ians, he said, “They just weren’t too much interested in dogs.” An ardent churchman, Brown has also been a member of the Ma sonic lodge for the last 30 years. He was treasurer of a Bryan church for 10 years. Brown says he has done about everything at the veterinary hos pital that there is to do. He proud ly says he often made the deposits at the bank, some as high as $700, “without ever misplacing- as much as a penny.” “I had to quit school, and there are a lot of things I don’t know,” he said, “but there are a lot of things I do know, too.” He was born in Burleson county just across the Brazos river from Brazos county. His mother, who died seven years ago, was born in* Texas while it was still Indian country. Both Brown’s parents and grandparents are native Tex ans. As to his job, all Brown said was, “I like it fine. It’s a lot of fun.” And then he broadened his grin, showing how much fun he thinks it is. Thanksgiving Meal Set For Monday The annual Thanksgiving dinner will be at 6:30 Monday night, said J. C. Peniston, supervisor of din ing halls. Only students and their guests will be allowed to attend the dinner in the two dining halls. Price fox- guests will be $1. The meal will consist of roast turkey and dressing, giblet gravy, candied yams, green peas, celery sticks, olives, sweet gherkins, pumpkin pie, x-olls and butter, and milk and coffee. Photo Exhibit Now On Display An exhibit of 113 px-ints showing the stox-y of px-intmaking in Ameri ca fi-om the histoxical and technical view is now in the Memorial Stu dent Center’s showcases. The exhibit shows samples of the three classes of pxints—inta glio, x-elief, and planographic. The exhibit is from the peima- nent collection of the fine arts de partment of International Business Machines cox-pox-ation. It is spon sored by the MSC’s Ax-t Gallex-y committee. Two Profs Attend Meeting In Ennis Dr. Tyrus R. Timm, head of the agriciulture economics and sociol ogy department, and R. G. Cherry, member of the department, at tended a feeder-bi*eeder meeting Monday at Coleman. Eversberg Asks Senate To Combat Disinterest Students Now Resigned To Going Coed, He Says Student Senator Wallace Eversberg- last night challenged the senate to combat a “tremendous lack of enthusiasm in all activities on the campus.” Eversberg said he “didn’t know what the trouble was, but we (the senate) can do something about it.” He said he had been watching the feeling of disinterest develop, and it was time the problem was brought before the school. After the meeting, in an interview with The Battalion, Eversberg named specific instances that he felt showed a lag in interest. Among these were poor attendance at class meetings and Student Senate meetings. Two senior class meetings were cancelled because there + was not a quorum present. “Too many students are taking their privileges and not their responsibilities,” he said. “The seniors should lead the Way toward combatting this lack of intex-est.” In showing how this lack of en thusiasm was affecting the stu dents, Evex-sbei-g said many of the students seem to have x-esigned themselves to “the fact that we’re going coed.” “It is impossible, however, to put your finger on what the trou ble is,” he said. “One thing is that a small per cent of the stu dents ax-e doing everything, and this number is slowly becoming less and less.” Eversberg has been a student senator for two years, and is also secx-etary of the senior class. Eversbex-g’s . comments to the senate came at the close of the meeting. In other action taken by the sen ate, a campus beautification com mittee was fox-med to study the problem of a need of sidewalks. Specifically named wex-e the areas between donnitories 6 and 8, and between 8 aqd 10. A motion was passed by the gx-oup to restx-ict all fox-ms of ad vertising in the dormitox-ies to space px-ovided on the bulletin boards. The matter was suggested to the senate in a letter from Lt. Col. Taylor Wilkins, assistant com mandant. The senate also voted unanimous ly to invite the Texas Intercolle giate Students association to hold their February executive session at A&M. A x-eport fi-om John Benefield, chairman of the seating commit tee, said “all the student body had coopex-ated with the seating plan” and thex-e “had been no major iix- stances of non-coopex-ation.” Senior Class Project, ‘Sell A&M’ The senior class last night decided to adopt “selling Tex as A&M” as a class project, with a committee to be set up to coordinate the project. The project would involve talk ing to high school seniors and try ing to get them to attend A&M. According to the class project com mittee, the idea was suggested by Px-esident David H. Morgan. The 150 seniox-s pi’esent also dis cussed possible class gifts. Sug gested were a $1,500 scholarship to be given to a sophomore, and hav ing stx-eet signs placed on the captx- pus. No action was taken, and the class asked the gift committee, headed by John Leimbrook, to get more suggestions. After a discxxssion on lights be ing on dux-ing Silvex- Taps, it was decided to refer the matter to the traditions committee, headed by Joe Bob Walkex-. Suggested methods of turning out the lights included having a master switch to tux-n off all cam pus electx-icity, having a master switch that would tunx off only the lights, and having teams of men inspect each building for lights left on. The class also discussed methods of keeping January gi’aduates in touch with the Fox-mer Students association. No action was taken. After discussion, a question on the weax-ing of high school letter jackets on the campus was refer red to the traditions committee. City Taxes Due By January 31 Half of the city taxes can be paid now and the rest paid June 30, said Ran Boswell, city man ager. If citizens do not want to pay their taxes now, they ax-e due Jan. 31. An 8 per cent penalty and a 6 per cent interest will be charged if taxes ax*e paid late, Boswell said. Student-Prof Week Student-Faculty Relations week will be Dec. 5-12 inclusive instead of Dec. 6-13 as reported in Tues day’s Battalion, Carl W. Landiss said yestei'day. The dates were selected to give host professors an opportunity of entex-taining stu dents on Sunday to begin or end the week-long occasion, Landiss said. Christmas Pageant Sets First Meeting More than 60 College Sta tion and Bryan residents will meet Sunday for the first meeting of the entire cast of the Community Christmas pageant. The pageant, “A Star Shines Through,” will be presented at 8 p. m. Sunday, Dec. 12, in Guion hall. The public is invited and there will be no admission chax-ge. The Sunday rehersal will be at 2 p.m. at the A&M Presbyterian church. The pageant is sponsored by the College Station Council of Church Women, the Interfaith coxxncil, the YMCA cabinet and the Aggie Play ers. Included on the general com mittee ai’e repi’esentatives of all phases of community life. Segments of the pi’oduction, which will include both dramatic and musical parts, have been in x'e- hersal, but the Sunday meeting will be the first meeting of the entire cast. Persons playing Biblical X’oles will get their first look at the cos tumes Sunday. The costumes ax - e the first of a “Community Cos tume Closet” fi'om which churches may di’aw for religious dramas. C. K. Esten will dii'ect the pag eant, and W. W. Turner will be musical dix*ector. Mrs. J. B. Baty is organist and Mrs. David H. Mor gan is general chairman. “We ai’e following a sugges tion that many people might like to come together to observe Chi’ist- mas this way,” Mrs. Morgan said. “It is in line with the national move to re-emphasize in this time of increasing commercialism and merry-making, the true signific ance of Christmas.” CHS Sets Holidays A&M Consolidated high school Thanksgiving holidays will begin at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 24, said J. J. Skrivanek, principal. Classes will stai’t again Monday, Nov. 29. Ef- foi't is being made to ai’range holi days at CHS coincide with college holidays. Who’s Who IVomination Name: Classification: Major and GPR: BORDEN WINNERS—Frank Ford, left, of the School of Agriculture, and Wayne Moore, center, of the School of Veterinary Medicine, receive Borden Awards from J. B. Maury, assistant director of quality control of the Southern Division of the Borden Company from Houston. The $300 awards are given annually to the outstanding students in the two schools.