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Battali on Number 27: Volume 54 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1954 Price 5 Cents I la tch er 6 Fa i r 9 After Accident Thursday Night The condition of Clarence Hat cher, A&M student who was in jured in an automobile accident Thursday night, was described late yesterday by hospital authorities as “fair.” Don Schneider, who was also in the car, was released from the allege hospital last weekend. He has a broken leg. Hatcher is in Houston’s Metho dist hospital, where he was taken early Friday morning after the accident. He was operated on Fri day to remove a blood clot in his head. Doctors told friends of Hat cher’s that they would not know until sometime this week how suc cessful the operation was. Hatcher was paralyzed from the neck down, but doctors hoped the removal of the blood clot would end the paralysis. The accident occurred about 8:15 p.m. Thursday night on the Jones Bridge road, about three miles west of the campus. Hat cher’s car overturned while try ing to pass another car, and both occupants were thrown out. Hatcher was taken to a Bryan hospital, and local doctors worked on him for two hours before de ciding to take him to Houston’s Methodist hospital for specialized treatment. An oxygen-equipped Callaway- lones ambulance took him to Hous ton about 10:30 that night. He remained unconscious until Friday morning. Hatcher is from Houston and Schneider is from Lake Jackson. Both are senior students in the corps. Hospitality Week Response ‘Good’ Response t o Prof-Hospitality week, both from students and pro fessors, has been very good, Carl W. Landiss said yesterday. Landiss, chairman of the Pi-of- Hospitality committee appointed by the Student Life committee, said probably 1,000 students will visit in the homes of staff and fac ulty members during the period ending Sunday. At least three times as many students are participating this year as took part in Prof-Hospitality night last year, he said, which in dicates the opportunity to select a night convenient to both host and guest has met with popular ap proval. Those professors who have in vited or will invite students but have not submitted the informa tion to the Student Life committee ai’e urged to do so immediately so that it may be tabulated, Landiss said. At the time of the accident, Hatcher was driving toward the campus and attempted to pass a car driven by Ray. Rossier, cam pus security officer. Rossier said Hatcher’s car hit an unpaved spot in the road, as it was passing him, went off onto the left shoulder of the road, and swerved back on the highway. Rossier said it then looked like the driver tried to straighten the car, but couldn’t. It went off the right side of the road, turned over three times, and landed right side up. Rossier said the car, a 1949 Ford, was going “as fast it would go” when it passed him. He estima ted its speed at 80 miles an hour. Both students were thrown out of the car, and Hatcher landed about 10 yards away. Schneider wen to where Ros sier had parked, and said there had been another student in the car. Rossier said he cotild hear Hat cher moaning. Hatcher was lying on his back. Rossier called an ambulance for him. Highway Patrolman O. L. Lu ther, who investigated the acci dent, said apparantly Hatcher’s car was out of control when it went off the road. The car was described as a to tal loss by the Brown Auto service, who picked up the wreck. iNi ' mk T lillss ■ MCiii m ?! OUTSTANDING—Don Huey, left, of A quartermaster corps, and Charles Smith of D field artillery were named the outstanding freshmen in the second regiment for the months of November and October, respectively. They were chosen by a committee of upperclassmen. Runners-up for the month of November were Jon Hagler, Gerald McGown, James Costa, Tom Harris, and Forrest Appleton. News of the World By The ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO, Tuesday—Premier Chou En-lai of Communist China yester day asserted that U.S. policy—in cluding the defense treaty with Nationalist China —has “created the danger of a new war.” A Chi nese language broadcast quoted Chou as saying, “The Chinese peo ple will liberate Taiwan Formosa without fail.” NEW ORLEANS—A Citizens Investigating committee report yesterday charged Mayor De- Lesseps Morrison and acting Po lice Supt. Joseph Scheuering with administrative laxity and accused police of allowing and sharing in organized, widespread vice oper ations. ★ ★ ★ TOKYO, Tuesday—The Foreign office announced yesterday that Prime Minister Shigeru and his Cabinet had resigned. The resig nation opened the way for a new cabinet headed by Yoshida’s old rival, Ichiro Hatoyama. Hutchins Stresses Liberal Education By HARRI BAKER Battalion Co-Editor One of the nation’s leading edu cators said here Sunday that lib eral education should be the cen tral and pi’imary object of the edu cational system, and that “unless this objective is achieved, all others are of little worth.” Dr.. Robert M. Hutchins, presi dent of the Fund for the Republic, Inc., and former chancellor of the University of Chicago, made his plea for more liberlized education to about 600 persons in Guion hall, as the second speaker in the Me morial Student Center’s Great Is sues series. American education is develop ing toward a stage of accommoda tion instead of education, Hutch ins said, and students in American colleges and universities just “float through” their college work. “We in this country do not take education seriously,” Hutchins said. He compared the American edu cational system to the British edu cational system, pointing out flaws in both. He said some facets of the British system, such as profes sional standing for teachers and leadership training in higher edu cation, were valuable. He advocates the college or uni versity teach the student “to be a civilized man,” by giving him a liberal background “that he needs in <Jrder to live in our world.” In the question-and-answer per iod after his prepared talk, Hutch ins was asked what the colleges could do about “students who can not or will not think.” He answered that there were no students who cannot think, and “offering a curriculum that makes sense” would take care of the stu dent who seemingly will not think. Hutchins talked for.40 minutes, and then answered questions from the audience for another 20 min utes. p**.’ Mm*. m TOTAL LOSS—This is the car Charles Hatcher and Don Schneider were injured in last week. The car is a total loss, according to Wayne Rossier of Brown’s Auto parts, who brought the car from the scene of the accident. “We don’t get many banged up as bad as that,” Rossier said. A&M Receives $260,000Grant For Research A&M has received a $260,- 000 grant from the Robert A. Welch foundation for four re search projects. The projects are as follows: 1) Foi’ high-frequency research to be conducted by Dr. Fred W. Jensen, $15,000 a year for three years. 2) For fundamental research in organ-phosphorous chemistry to be conducted by Dr. Fred Isbell, $15,000 a year for three years. 3) For fundamental research in the chemistry and metabolism of proteins and amino acids, to be conducted by Dr. Carl M. Lyman, $55,000 for the first year and $35,000 for the next two years. 4) For research study of the iso lation and identification of new vi tamins, to be conducted by Dr. J. R. Couch, $15,000 a year for three years. The University of Texas and Rice Institute also received grants for a total of $850,022 for the three schools. The grants are the first to be made by the foundation created under the terms of Welch’s will. Welch was a Houston oil and sulphur operator who died Dec. 7, 1952. Under the term of the will, 85 per cent of Welch’s estate is to go to chemical research. Assets of the foundation have been esti mated at $21 million. Consolidated Sets Christmas Holidays Christmas holidays for the A&M Consolidated schools will be held from Dec. 17 until Jan 3, according to Dr. Les Richardson, superinten dent. The faculty will also be excused from teaching duties during the same period but custodians and some of the administrators will re main on duty, he said. Departments Will Hold Open House Tonight Freshmen Meet This Afternoon By BILL FULLERTON Battalion City Editor Freshmen have a chance to inquire into the opportunities in their major fields of study at the departmental open house at 7:15 tonight. The open house is sponsored jointly by each department and by the student organization within the department. The purpose of the program is to orientate the freshmen with the facilities, services and opportunities of the department, and to align the new student with the student organization in the professional field, said C. H. Ransdell, acting dean of the basic division. The student organizations are the actual hosts, he said. However, there will be several members of each department’s staff present to assist with"* the program, he added. No formal program has been planned for the meet ings, according to Ransdell, although, generally, the upper classmen in each department will show the freshmen around the de partment and answer questions about it and about the student club. All of the departments will probably serve refreshments, he said. “The student organizations are an excellent opportunity for fresh men to learn how to work in a professional manner,” explained Ransdell. Many of the clubs are student chapters of professional societies, such as the A&M chap ter of the American Society of Civil Engineers in the civil engi neering department. “Also, the freshmen can get a broader and more intimate view of their intended field,” he said. “Many students currently enrolled are undecided about their choice of careers.” Ransdell estimated that about 30 per cent of the freshmen are either thinking about a change of majors or have hot yet decided upon a major field of study. The departmental open house will give these students background upon which to base their decisions and general curriculum students are urged to attend the department meeting of their greatest interest, he said. Since that many undecided stu dents may wish to consult their parents before> making any decis ion, the open house is held before Christmas holidays, said Ransdell. This afternoon at 4, the Basic Division is holding a required meeting for its students. The students meet in four different places according to their respec tive majors. The idea behind this meeting is three-fold,” said Ransdell. “Since there was no academic dean to talk to the freshmen at the start of school this year, the deans of each of the schools will get a chance to talk to them this after noon. Another objective of the meeting is to welcome the fresh men to the open house tonight. The third reason for the meeting will be a discussion of the advan tages of scholarship and the hon or system.” To encourage both upperclass men and freshmen participating in the open house tonight, the Aca demic council has sent a letter to each department requesting that no quizzes be given tomorrow, ex cept in special cases, because of the open house tonight, he said. ... Large Crowd Saturday Not Largest Last Saturday it looked like A&M, long proud of its super latives, had another “biggest” to brag about—a biggest bull- ring. The Saturday afternoon bull ring looked like it was going to overflow the drill field, leading some to guess it was “the largest in history.” But it wasn’t — there were 773 freshmen and Sophomores marching off extra duty hours. This is not a record, althoug’h close to it, according to the military department. The large crowd was because there hadn’t been a bull-ring for the previous three weeks. Civilian Council Raps Absences, Adds Member The Civilian Student Coun cil last night passed two amendments to their letter of intent—one pertaining to ab sences of the councilmen, and and another adding to the mem bership of the group. The council voted unanimously. that if a councilman is absent for more than two meetings a semes ter he be removed from his office. Unexcused absences were consid ered by the group to “be a lack of interest.” The ofifcers were des ignated to decide if an absence was excused. The other amendment drew an 11 to one vote in favor of adding a civilian member of The Battal ion staff chosen by the co-editors as a non-voting councilman. A previous amendment to allow this member to vote was defeated sev en to five. No other action was taken by the council, except that they voted in favor of having the individual civilian dormitories perform carol ing similar to that in the cadet corps. Robert O. Murray, civilian ad visor, asked the council to help draw up an information sheet on A&M traditions so that new stu dents might know of them. Action on the matter was deferred until the spring. It was' also announced at the meeting that the civilian students now have a bulletin board in the Academic building. The board is on the north side near the east door. Maintains College Man W ith Problems Is Howard Badgett Community Chest $4,540 From Goal With just a few more days left in the drive, the College Station Community Chest had collected 69.8 per cent of its $14,707 goal as of 5 p.m. yesterday, reported C. W. Price, chairman of the local drive. Yesterday’s total stood at $10,- 263.43 with the drive scheduled to end Friday, said Price. The drive is $4,543.57 short of its goal. “About 50 per cent of the poten tial donors have contributed so far,” he said. “An appeal is being made to get the rest of the persons to give.” By JON KINSLOW Battalion Managing Editor One man on the campus who “al ways finds a new problem every time he turns around” is Howard Badgett, manager of the A&M phy sical plants. Constantly hampered in his op erations by a lack of money to do all the construction he would like, Badgett still manages to carry out some of his programs. An exam ple of his planning is the four-year cycle of dormitory renovation, which will be completed this sum mer. However, he said, “We never get to do the things we want to do be cause we always have to do what must be done immediately.” Howard Badgett Physical Plants Manager Senior Rings Here Senior rings have been received by the registrar’s office, according to Mrs. Dell Bauer, ring clerk. Rings ordered in October for De cember delivery can be picked up anytime during office hours except Monday in the registrar’s office. Badgett explains his job as the operation and maintenance of the physical plant of the college, but this,is quite a job since the A&M buildings alone are valued at about 25 million dollars. Badgett has to refer to his records to find out how many buildings A&M has be cause “it’s easy to lose track when there are so many.” “There are at least 100 major buildings, and numerous small ones,” he said. In addition to his job, Badgett has also taken an active interest in civic affairs. He was a city coun cilman from Ward I for six years, and was deacon in the Presbyterian church here. He helped form the Sul Ross Masonic Lodge, was state secretary and later vice-president of the Reserve Officers association, a member of the Kiwanis club, and active in the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineei’s. Badgett is a gi’aduate of A&M, receiving his BS degree in archi tecture in 1929 and his masters de gree in 1932. He began wox-k here after he x’eceived his masters degree, working in the Engineer ing Extension service. After Wox-ld War II he began in the phy sical plants department. He entered WW II as a captain and was a lieutenant colonel when discharged. He is now a full col onel in the infantry reseiwe. One of the things of which Bad gett is pi’oudest about his job is the coopei’ation of the students. “It’s excellent,” he said, “and I couldn’t ask foi’ better.” Weather Today The weather forecast for today is continued fair with little change in temperatui-e. Yester day’s high was 60 and the low was 34. The temperature at 11 this morning was 50.