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Number 39: Volume 54
Kiwan isClu bHolds
Ten th Anni versa ry
Banquet,Initiation
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1955
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R. G. Cherry was installed as the
College Station Kiwanis club’s 1955
president at the tenth anniversary
banquet last night in the Memo
rial Student Center ballroom.
Other new officers installed were
Chai-les LaMotte, first vice-presi
dent; Woody jBriles, second vice-
president; R. R. Shrode, secretary;
and E. E. Ivy, treasurer.
Committee chairmen for 1955
are Norman Anderson, boys and
girls committee; A. S. Kerley, vo-
Evening Show,
Matinee Set
By Symphony
Houston’s traveling’ sym
phony orchestra, a familiar
visitor to A&M’s Town Hall,
will present two programs in
White coliseum today—a mat
inee at 3 p.m. and an evening pei 1 -
formance at 8 p.m.
The matinee, which will feature
light music, is specially designed
for a school children audience, and
the evening performance will fea
ture numbers from the orchestra’s
usual selections.
Town Hall season tickets will
admit A&M students to either
show. Tickets for the matinee ai’e
$1 for non-students.
Included in the evening program
will be the overture to “die Fle-
dermaus,” White Peacock, Sym-
phony Number Two, Espana, Hun
garian Dances Number One, Three,
and Five, and the Nutcracker
Suite.
The orchestra, considered one of
the nation’s finest symphonies, is
conducted by Andor Toth. It has
appeared in the Town Hall series
several times.
cational guidance; W. H. Delaplane,
public and business affairs; H. O.
Kunkel, agriculture and conserva
tion; J. H. Sorrels, Kiwanis educa
tion and fellowship; S. L. Loveless,
Circle K and Key clubs; R. O.
Berry, church, support; C. M. Tay
lor, J. B. Longley, Charles La
Motte, program and music; L. S.
Richardson, finance; and L. G.
Jones, under-privileged children.
Toastmaster for the banquet was
J. Russell Couch. Margaret Ber
ry provided organ dinner music,
and Robert L. Boone led the sing
ing. George Summey jr. gave a
sketch of the 10-year history of
the club.
Wives attended the banquet and
Sorrels saluted them following the
installation of officei-s and board
members by Dr. Gordon Singleton.
Gov. Shivers To Name
A&M Board Members
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Dog Licenses Due
During January
College Station owners of dogs
must have them licensed this
month, said City Manager Ran
Boswell.
The dogs must be vaccinated
and the vaccination slip must be
presented at the city hall before
the $1 license will be issued, he
said.
Dogs not licensed will be pick
ed up.
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NEW PREXY—J. B. (Dick) Hervey, right, outgoing pres
ident of the College Station Kiwanis club, gives the presi
dent’s pin to Robert G. Cherry jr., newly-installed presi
dent for 1955. The installation banquet was last night.
British Expert
Hatcher Unable
To Return
Next Semester
Clarence Hatcher, A&M
student who was injured in
an automobile accident here
Dec. 2, will not be able to re
turn to school this year, ac
cording to friends of his who have
visited him.
Hatcher, who was left paralyzed
after his car overturned on farm
road 60, is in a Houston hospital.
His condition now is described as
“good” by doctors.
For a few days after the acci
dent, Hatcher was paralyzed from
the neck down as the result of a
head injury.
Since then, he has recovered the
use of his body above the waist,
and has some feeling in his legs,
the friends said.
“He’s in good spirits,” said Tul-
los Franks, one of the A&M stu
detns who visited Hatcher during
the holidays. “He laughed and
joked with us, but he still has to
stay in bed.”
Franks said the doctors didn’t
know when Hatcher would be able
to get out of bed, or return to
school.
Hatcher, a senior, was command
ing officer of squadi-on 20. He is
from Houston.
Scott Speaks IteiC Jan. 13 Publications Office
Britain’s top man on Far East
ern affairs will speak here Jan. 13
on “The British Approach to Asian
Problems,” a topic that will almost
certainly include the controversial
recognition of Red China.
The man Sir Robert Scott, is
minister at the British embassy in
Washington. Pie (s the second-
ranking British diplomat in the
U.S., upder the British ambassa
dor.
Scott’s talk, the third in the Me
morial Student Center’s Great Is-
Dansby Re-elected
Local Scout Head
Roland C. Dansby was re-elected
chairman of the Arrowmoon scout
district for 1955 at the annual dis
trict meeting.
District vice-chairman elected
were Sidney L. Loveless, Dr. W. H.
Ritchey, and Dr. Jack Lyons. H.
E. Conner of Bryan wa? recom
mended to the Sam Houston Exec
utive board for election as district
scout commissioner.
Meetings for January include
troop officials at Troop 80 scout
house, January 20 at 7:30 p.m.;
Explorer leaders January 13, 7:30
p.m., at the Knights of Columbus
hall; and Arrowmoon district com
mittee meeting Tuesday at 7:30
p.m., at the St. Paul Methodist
church in Bryan.
Open House Set
President and Mrs. David H.
Morgan will hold open house Sun
day at their home from 3 to 5
p.m. for faculty and staff ‘mem
bers and friends of the college.
News of the World
By The ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON—President Eisenhower said yesterday
any major cutback in the armed forces beyond the man
power reductions already planned for the next year will be
“dependent upon an improved world situation.”
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WASHINGTON—House investigators said yester
day a “wide range of questionable practices” in handling
employee welfare and pension funds warranted a contin
uation of the probe by the new Congress.
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MOSCOW—Russia and Yugoslavia, bitter foes in the
final years of the Stalin era, signed a 20 million dollar trade
agreement yesterday. The pact, to run for a year, marks a
further step by Premier Georgi Malenkov’s government to
normalize relations with President Marshal Tito’s Commun
ist nation.
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WASHINGTON—The air force announced plans
yesterday to give 349,000 reservists and air guardsmen
specific assignments in advance, so they could start de
fending America within two or three hours in the event
of an enemy attack.
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PARIS—Premier Pierre Mendes-France plans to offer
Italy a role in the development of North Africa in return for
support for his arms pool plan in the projected Western Euro
pean union, informed sources said yesterday.
sues series, will be in the MSC
ballroom at 1:15 p.m. Jan. 13, a
Thursday.
He will speak for a half hour,
then answer questions from the
floor.
Before the talk, he will be the
guest of the college at a luncheon.
At the luncheon will be President
David H. Morgan, deans of the
college, and some student mem
bers of the Great Issues commit
tee.
This is the first time Scott has
ever traveled to this part of the
country. With him here will be
Alex C. Adams, British consul geoi-
eral for Texas and New Mexico.
Before taking the Washington
embassy post for his government,
Scott was assistant under-secreta
ry of state for the British Foreign
Office, in charge of all the Far
Eastem departments.
“I’m sure you’ll find Sir Robert
a most interesting personality,”
said the British consul general in
Houston. “He is the British For
eign Office’s top man on Far
Eastern Affairs.”
Scott joined the British foreign
service in 1927, after receiving an
education in law at Oxford col
lege. He served in China, Hong
Kong, and Japan until 1942, when
World War II broke out.
He was captured by the Jap
anese in 1942 and remained a pris
oner of war until 1945. After this,
he was again appointed to Singa
pore.
(See SCOTT, Page 5)
Names Manager
Ross Strader, San Antonio news
paperman, will become manager
of student publications Jan. 22.
He will replace Karl E. Elmquist,
who has been acting manager since
last March. Elmquist will return
to full-time teaching in the English
department, and will continue as
chah’man of the student publica
tions board.
Strader has held the positions of
picture, feature, state, and tele
graph editor's on the San Antonio
Express. He has also been co-
publisher and owner of the Hen
rietta Clay County Leader.
He has BA and MA degrees
from the University of Oklahoma,
and has been a linotype operator
and a university photography in
structor.
He is a lieutenant colonel in the
air force reserve.
Appointments Need
Senate Confirmation
Four acancies on the A&M Board of Directors will be
filled by Gov. Allan Shivers, probably shortly after the state
legislature convenes, when he submits names to the state
senate for confirmation.
Three terms have expired and one other is vacant by
resignation. G. Hollie White, Brady banker and rancher,
‘fand A. E. Cudlipp, Lufkin in
dustrial executive, have com
pleted six-year terms and will
either be reappointed by Shiv
ers for another term or will be
replaced with new members.
E. W. Harrison, South Bend
rancher, died in October from »
heart attack. His term of office
would have expired this year and
his replacement will serve a six-
year term.
H. L. Winfield, Fort Stockton
rancher, and banker, resigned in
November because of ill health and
his replacement will serve the re
mainder of his term, which had two
more years to run.
The governor appoints three
members every two years so that
the board under normal conditions
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has six veteran members on the
nine man board.
Next regular meeting is sched
uled for Feb. 25 on the campus,
and the four appointed by the
governor are expected to assume
postions on the board then. Meet
ing regularly about five times per
year, the board occassionally calls
special meetings to handle urgent
business.
In 1953 the three vacancies were
filled with new members when R.
H. Finney, Greenville business ex
ecutive; J. Harold Dunn, Amarillo
industrial executive and W. T.
Doherty, Houston petroleum engi
neer were named.
Remaining members of the
board are J. W. Witherspoon,
Hereford attorney, and Robert Al-
■j- • -|i len, Raymondville farmer and
Lions Hear Loilege Dipper-
Building Program
T. R. Spence, manager of phy
sical plants, explained to the Col
lege Station Lions club Monday
how the physical plants depart
ment opei'ates.
Until 1930, Spence said, all build
ing funds had to be appropriated
by the state legislature. Since
then A&M has received one-third
of the University of Texas’ avail
able fund. He pointed out that
this fund includes approximately
$300,000 per year for repairs.
President Eyes
U.S. Economy
In Defense Plan
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 —- (/P)
President Eisenhower declai'ed yes-
teiday the United States “can
never be defeated” if it sustains
its superior industrial capacity.
He outlined a national defense
program designed, first of all, to
protect that capacity from enemy
attack without imposing “intoler
able burdens” on the economy.
A salient point in the program
is “to make maximum use of sci
ence and technology in order to
minimize numbers in men.”
By stating his views, in a letter
to Secretary of Defense Wilson, the
President opened what may turn
out to be a great national defense
debate in the 84th Congress, which
convened yesterday.
The President wrote Wilson that
the administration wants armed
forces strong enough to defend the
country but not so big that they
will “defeat our purposes by dam
aging the growth of our economy
and eventually forcing it into reg
imented controls.”
Radio Operators
Needed By Guard
The College Station company of
Texas National guard now has
openings for amateur radio oper
ators.
The College has just received a
MARS station and men in the col
lege who are qualified may use the
equipment.
Vacancies are open for sergeant
radio mechanics, corporal radio
mechanics and several corporal and
private radio operators.
Former A&M Footballer
Ex Picked To Head Land Office
Texas’ new Land Commissioner,
appointed Tuesday, is a former
A&M football player who later
gained fame as the leader of a
hand-picked Ranger battalion in
the Normandy invasion.
The man, Col. J. Earl Rudder
’32, of Brady, was appointed by
Gov. Allan Shivers to fill the term
of Bascom Giles, who resigned last
week.
Rudder, as Land Commissioner,
will also become chainnan of the
veterans land board, which is now
the subject of investigations of al
leged fraud in state loans to veter
ans, according to the Associated
Press.
While he was at A&M, Rudder
was a cadet captain in the infantry,
on the regimental staff, a member
of the T Club, the Sbisa Volunteers,
and the Industrial Arts club, and
was named intramural wrestling
champion in the 175-pound weight
class.
His major was industrial engi
neering, and he gave his home
town at the time as Eden.
After leaving A&M, he coached
Weather Today
PARTLY CLOUDY
The weather outlook for today
is clear with high scattered clouds.
Yesterday’s high was 72, low 53.
The temperature at 10:15 this
morning was 43.
football at Brady high school and
John Tarleton college before going
on active duty in the army in 1941.
He got his reserve commission at
A&M.
Ranger Battalion
In 1943, he hand-picked the 2nd
Ranger battalion, one of the army’s
first Ranger battalions. In the
Normandy invasion a year later,
Rudder’s battalion was assigned
the job of capturing Pointe du Hoe,
described as the Gennan’s strong
est point in Normandy.
In this and four other European
campaigns, he earned the Distin
guished Service Cross, Silver Star,
Legion of Merit, Bronze Star with
cluster, Purple Heart with cluster,
French Croix de Guerre and Legion
d’Honneur, and the Order of Leo
pold from Belgium.
‘Normandy Revisited’
Last fall, on the anniversary of
the Normandy invasion, Collier’s
magazine printed an article by
Rudder called “Normandy Revisit
ed,” in which he told of going back
to the beach several years after
the war was over to see where he
had fought.
Rudder is now a farmer, rancher,
and businessman in Brady. He has
been mayor of the West Texas
town for six years and is also com
manding officer of the 90th in
fantry division in the army re
serve.
He is married and has five chil
dren, two boys and three girls.
MORE GYMS—Vardaman Johnson, left, and Carl Rutledge look at the recent brick work
on the new wing of the G. Rollie White coliseum. The wing, which will house the re-
| quired physical education program, is scheduled to be opened next fall.