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¥ Battalion Number 29: Volume 54 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1954 Price 5 Cents British Consulate To Speak Saturday At Debate Meeting Austin Wheatley, British consul ate general, will be the main speak er at the debate tournament lunch eon here Saturday, according to Lee J. Martin, coach of the A&M debate team. The title of his speech will be Fish Election Shows Run-Off In All Offices Freshman elections h eld yesterday showed a run-off necessary in every office. Ap proximately 725 votes were cast, said Dave Lane, chair man of the student election com mittee. The run-off election will be held Wednesday in the Memor ial Student Center from 8 a.m. to 5:80 p.m., he said. The official results are as fol lows : President: Don T. Elledge, 81 votes; Jon L. Hagler, 60 votes; and James O. Moore, 73 votes are in a run-off. Voting for the other candidates came out as follows: S. W. Adamik, 8; Brady Arm strong, 13; David R. Bagley, 39; ^Alonzo Byington, 22; Carrpll Col lier, 14; W. H. Cooper, 29; Ken E. Davis, 21; Jerry Ellington, 11; Larry Garrison, 28; Michael Gay- man, 11; James P. Hall, 15; R. H. Kidd, 59; T. D. McLaren, 25; Ken Nerrettig, 3; I. H. Oertling, 18; R. L. Peters, 14; C. H. Price, 14; G. M. Ragsdale, 26; Jamey Saunders, 19; Joe T. Simmons, 26; C. W. {Sinclair, 24; G. B. Stiles, 20; and Ernest Veselka, 19. Vice president: William Evans, 104; James P. Gatlin, 92; and Roy E. Mitchell, 55, are in a run-off. The other votes went to Joe A. Bliedon, 47; Paul L. Carrol, 49; Tommy Cottman, 39; Don Cun ningham, 41; Miron Fenton, 31; Joseph Glickson, 31; Gerald Kra mer, 44; Pat E. Resley, 28; Pat rick Sumbera, 27; Charles Tucker, 35; and Donald B. Wood, 49. Recording secretary: Donald flunlap, 104; Bill McLaughlin, 87; and Don McGinty, 94, are in a run off. The other candidates were George Carson, 47; Ray McClung, S2; Jerry B. McLeod, 28; David E. Mills, 39; George Pierce, 61; C. B. Shuey, 84; Horace E. Willis, 42; and James N. Woodman, 29. Social secretary: Edward Cash- man, 184, and Glenn Galloway, 141, ai-e in a run-off. The other candi dates were Eion McDowell, 136, and Jack E. Nelson, 133. Treasurer: Reagan George, 89; J. L. Martin, 120; and Homer D. (See FRESHMEN, Page 5) “Britain’s Position on Recognition of Red China.” About 15 colleges will participate in the sixth annual Texas A&M debate tournament this week end. They are Abilene Christian college, Baylor, University of Texas, South- eim Methodist university, Wharton County junior college and Blinn junior college. Delmar college, Hardin Simmons, St. Mary’s university, Stephen F. Austin State Teachers college, Aus tin college, Southwest Texas State Teachers college, North Texas State college, University of Hous ton, Rice and A&M. The debate will consist of six rounds, four Friday and two Sat urday morning. Headquarters of the tournament will be located in the lobby of the Memorial Student Center. About 70 debate teams will participate. The toumament will be divided into two divisions; the senior divi sion, which includes junior and sen ior students and the junior division, which consists of freshman and sophomore students. The A&M debate team placed 14 in a contest held Dec. 3 and 4 at the East Centi’al State college of Oklahoma. The two senior teams won certificates for excellence. “The competition was unusu-ally keen for such an early session,” Martin said. Members of A&M’s four debate teams are John Wilson, David Bowers, John C. Chapman, Ken neth Scott, Bill Heard, Bud Whit ney, Page Morgan and Ray Finch. : >- ’ ! ifS\ Uni?' ~ -s Cherry To Speak R. G. Cherry of the economics and sociology department, will speak on the present and prospec tive financial conditions of Texas counties at the County Judges and Commissioners association meet ing in Houston Dec. 15. Lt. Gen. A. D. Bruce R. V. Speaker Bruce To Address Ross Volunteers Lt. Gen. A. D. Bruce, former student of A&M and now presi dent of the University of Houston, will speak to the Ross Volunteers tonight at formal installation cere monies for 78 new junior mem bers. Bruce was graduated from A&M News of the World By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON—President Eisenhower said today the free world’s fears of a global war have diminished in the last four years. He said the hist year itself has brought a con siderable accomplishment in his “atoms-for-peace” proposal. ★ ★ ★ UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.—Henry Cabot Lodge jr. last night appealed urgently to the U.N. Assembly to throw its moral force behind a demand for the release of 11 American airmen jailed as spies in Red China. He also called upon the Communists to send home hundreds of other U.N. personnel not yet repatriated. ★ ★ ★ WASHINGTON—The Senate Investigation subcommit tee closed down its public hearings on communism in defense plants tonight after hearing 11 witnesses in open session. Seven of these—two yesterday and five today—declined to answer questions about possible Communist affiliations. in 1916 with a degree in dairy hus bandry. While attending school here he was assistant editor of The Battalion, and was second-in-com- mand of the corps of cadets. He entered the army as a second lieutenant in June, 1917. In World War I, he advanced to the rank of lieutenant colonel and later attend ed the infantry school, the - com mand and general staff college, the Army War college, and the Navy War college. In 1941 Bruce helped organize Fort Hood. While there he intro duced several new methods of in struction in training, later adopted by the army. Among his decorations ai*e the Distinguished Service Cross, the Distinguished Service Medal with an Oak Leaf Cluster, Navy Distin guished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Purple Heart and the Air Medal with several ribbons. Bruce retired from his position as commandant of the Armed Foi'ces college in Norfolk, Va., in June to become president of the University of Houston. At 2 Cents Each o, Who Threw That Bottle? By HARRI BAKER Battalion Co-Editor The Aggies are losing some money, mainly because they keep throwing soft drink bottles at each other. Each dormitory on the campus has two soft drink machines in it, and the profits from these ma chines go to the students. But bottle breakage, at two cents a bottle, is subtracted from the profits, so the students lose money on every bottle broken. And there are a lot broken. For example: during the month of October, 5,631 bottles were brok en in the dormitories. This is about 10 per cent break age. One per cent breakage is considered too much for soft drink machines operating in commercial establishments. Here’s how the profit system Works: The college has a contract with the soft drink companies. Sixty per cent of the profits from the machines, less bottle losses, go di rectly to the students, through their unit or dormitory funds. The oth er 40 per cent goes to the student activities office, where it is used for student projects, such as Stu dent Senate funds, Civilian Stu dent Council funds, fish diill team equipment, helmet liner tape and decals, and benches for the grove. The students’ 60 per cent is put in the unit or dormitory accounts in the student activities office, and the students can draw on that ac count, just like a bank account. The withdrawals must have the signature of the first sergeant or company commander, in the case of a unit’s account, or the dormitory senator for a civilian dormitory account. The students can use the funds for almost anything they want to, such as gifts, parties, dormitory breakage, or athletic equipment. Now, the broken bottles cut into these profits, because two cents is Weather Today The forecast for today is gen erally clear with high scattered clouds. Yesterday’s high was 78, low 51. The temperature at 10:40 this morning was 57. taken out of the students’ shai’e for each one broken. This loss amount ed to $112.62 in October, which was a fairly typical month. Over the last few years the loss per year has averaged a thousand dollars. For example, in 1953, the student profit from the machines was about $3,500. If no bottles had been broken, the profit would have been about $4,000. In 1952 and 1951, there was about $1,000 difference between what the profit should have been and what it actually was. An interesting sidelight on the bottle breakage: a graph of the number of bottles broken, by months, shows that more bottles are broken in December and May than any other months. In May, the profits amount to practically nothing, because so many bottles are broken. One of the corps’ “unwritten tra ditions,” which cover about every thing that a cadet does, says that it is a “senior privilege” to break a soft drink bottle in the hall. Each year, right after final re- view when all the juniors get their “senior privileges,” some brand- new senioi-s consider it great sport to run over to the dormitory and break a few bottles, just to exer cise their new’ “privilege.” The student activities office and the Student Senate are wonied about the bottle breakage because they feel the students are gyping themselves out of money that should be theirs. Another group on the campus, the Accident Prevention committee, is also worried about the breakage, but for a different reason. Each year many students are injured by stepping or falling on broken bot tles. So this is A&M’s “Case of the Broken Bottles.” All in all, its the sort of thing that probably wmuld not happen any place but here. Planners Needed Archie M. Kahan of the A&M Research foundation is seeking staff members to help plan a con ference on electronic digital com puters to be held in March. Kahan needs suggestions on speakers, top ics, and participants. Council Moves To Form All College Honor Code Chest Drive Short Of Goal, Ends Friday The Community Chest drive was still short of its $14,707 goal by more than $4,000 as of 8 p.m. yes terday, reported C. W. Price, head of this year’s drive. With the drive scheduled to end Friday, the total amount collected so far is $10,539.43 which leaves $4,167.57 still to be collected to reach the goal, said Price. “I urge everyone who has not contributed to give their donation to a member of the drive commit tee, or to mail it to R. E. Patter son in the System Administration building,” he said. “Checks post-dated through 1955 are acceptable,” he added. Only about 50 percent of the bus iness firms have contributed so far, said Price. If the drive does not reach its goal, these businesses may be solicited by individual agencies that participate in the Community Chest, he said. “These agencies will have to have their requests cut,” said Price, “and to raise money on which to oper ate, they would then have to soli cit individually.” Open House Night Well Attended " The open house in all depart ments Tuesday .night w r as well at tended and was the most success ful program of its kind up to the present time, accoi’ding to C. H. Ransdell, dean of the basic divi sion. Several departments phoned the basic division to relate the success of their individual programs. Stu dents attending the programs said they thoroughly enjoyed them and thought they had benefited by the sessions. All the departments had good programs including talks by profes sors, upperclassmen, and ex-stu dents who had majored in the re spective fields. Ransdell said he thought the open house was bene ficial to the freshmen in showing them the facilities of the vaiious departments and helping them get established in a field of study that was best adapted to their needs. He said the programs would be continued next year if all depart ments showed the same enthusiasm as those he had talked to. Intercouncil Group To Study Problem The Student Engineers council has taken the first step toward forming what would be a college-wide honor system. At the council meeting Monday night, a proposal was adopted to form an honor committee composed of represen tatives from all the student academic councils. This com mittee, if approved by the other councils, will draw up an honor code for the entire school. Early in November the Engineers council appointed a committee to study and revamp the honor code of the School of Engineering. This committee was composed of James Henderson, chairman, Joe Bob Walker and John Mackin. At that time, only 40 per cent of the students in engineering -♦'were using the present sys- Thieves Hit Dorm Rooms, Parking Lots Several thefts have been re ported by students recently, according to Fred Hickman, chief of campus security. Seven hubcaps were stolen \ in the east dormitory area Monday night, and other thefts in recent weeks have included two spare tires, several new suits, sport coats, shoes, fen der skirts, and numerous othef articles, he said. The money container, lock, and the money from the news paper stand in front of the Aggieland Inn was also among the articles taken. Safe Driving Day Gets Cooperation The nation’s new car dealers are planning to cooperate in local ac tion for Safe Driving Day, Dec. 15, announced Rear Admiral Frederick J. Bell, executive vice-president of the National Automobile Dealers association. The day was designated by Presi dent Eisenhower’s action committee for traffic safety as the day to demonstrate that traffic accidents can be reduced materially when all motorists and pedestrians do their part. Jackson Attends J. R. Jackson of the agricultural education department has returned from the mid-winter conference of teachers of vocational agriculture, held in Corpus Christi. He spoke to the group on plans for a Young Farmer oi’ganization in Texas. tern, since a unanimous vote by each class was needed to put the code in effect in the class. “We decided that to have a sys tem we could call an honor code, it would have to be college-wide,” said Hendei’son. “We received letters from four colleges using honor systems, and all of them were college-wide.” It was Henderson’s group that proposed the formation of the committee to draw up an honor system for A&M. This committee will be composed of the president of each council, and one junior and one senior representative, Hender son said. “We will not be able to have an honor system ready by next se mester, but we hope to have on© for the new students entering next fall,” he said. Henderson considered t h r a e things essential to a college-wide honor code. These are (1) That the code be moi’e strict, since ev ery other system studied gave dishonorable dismissal as a pun ishment for violation; (2) That it be college-wide. Henderson hopes the new code will be compulsory and not be subject in any class to one student’s veto; and (3) That it be more than an academic hon or system—“that it be a code to live by.” “The whole idea rests on the approval by each student academic council,” he said. Also at the meeting, the Engi neers council appointed a separ ate committee to revamp the School of Engineering’s honor code to be used next semester. Vets Reminded Korean veterans are reminded to sign monthly certifications for De cember before leaving for the Christmas holidays, said Bennie A. Zinn, veterans advisor. * ^ * f m. -M ■ jr" w -Wrt, . BRYAN—Two freshmen, Louis Stipp (left) and Paschal Odom, both of Squadron 8, t advantage of the new hitch-hiking station at the North Gate. The pipe and metal s’ ter was built by Eugene Rush, local insurance agent.