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-jHJU ^ ^ ^ f ^ ^ _ 1 IlG Jti €ttt€i 11 o n Number 45: Volume 54 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, JANUARY .18, 1955 Price 5 Cents Hea rt A tta ck Fa ta l To A&M Student Here Saturday Silver Taps was held last night for James Glenn Montgomery, 20, who collapsed from a heart attack Saturday morning while taking a mechanical engineering examina tion. Montgomery, junior petroleum engineering major from Overton, was pronounced dead on arrival by doctors at St. Joseph hospital in Bryan. He had just finished the examination and was getting ready to leave, according to W. I. Truet- tner, his instructor. The time was a few minutes before 10 a.m. Students in the class called the college hospital and the Callaway- Jones Funeral home. The college ambulance arrived a few minutes before the Callaway-Jones ambu lance, and students asked that Montgomery be token to St. Jo seph’s hospital. They also asked that he be taken in the private ambulance since it had inhalator equipment. Montgomery was given artificial respiration by both students and ambulance attendants, but he did not respond. The ambulance at tendants said he also did not re spond when oxygen was given to him. About an hour before Montgom ery died, his brother Jack, A&M | freshman, had left for home. A student who had an 8 a.m. class with Montgomery said he “looked all 1’ight” then. There was an exam in that class, also. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at the Overton Church of Christ, with James F. Fowler, minister of the A&M Church of Christ, officiating. Bur ial was in Overton city cemetery. Besides his brother, he is sur vived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Montgomery of Overton. The body was taken to Overton Saturday by ambulance, and Bob Hanson and Dick Crews, members of Montgomery’s staff, acted as escoi'ts. Will Visit A&M Former Students Club Officer Meet Ends Dixon Appointed To Lecture Bureau James R. Dixon, graduate stu dent in wildlife management, was appointed recently to the lecture bureau committee of the Texas Herpetological society. The purpose of the committee is to organize a lecture bureau to as semble information for lectures to be given throughout the state. The lectures will be presented to various biological and scientific clubs in Texas colleges and uni versities to promote interest in the field of herpetology. The lectui-es will also be planned to help enlist persons for membership in the so ciety who have an interest in pro tecting- and studying the cold blooded vertebrates. Veterans Asked To Sign Forms World War II veterans attending A&M under the G.I. Bill are urged to secure fee waivers at once in room 102, Goodwin hall, according to Bennie A. Zinn, veterans ad visor. “All Korean veterans are re minded to sign a monthly certifi cation as soon as exams are com pleted,” he said. “Those who are graduating or resigning should sign ihe certification as soon as the last class is attended.” James Montgomery About 120 A&M club officers and class agents attended the two-day conference held over the week-end in the Memorial Student Center, L. B. Locke, assistant secretary of the Former Students association, said yesterday. Sponsored by the FSA, the aon- ference was divided into three bus iness sessions and included a smor gasbord dinner Saturday night in the MSC ballroom. The c(yiference opened Saturday morning with a meeting of the class agents. Oscar Hotchkiss, Former Students association presi dent from Port Arthur, gave a short talk to the 25 claae agents present. At the club officers meeting dur ing the afternoon in the MSC as sembly room, club membership, club progi-ams, financing and spe cial projects and ex-student par ticipation in high school day were among the g-eneral topics discuss ed. Bubba Reeves of the San An tonio A&M elub reported on tbe clubhouse project which was com pleted two years ago by the San Antonio club. Charlie Babcock of Beaumont spoke on “Sponsored Club Meet ings” and included pointers on club publicity. Ed Ivey of Lake Jack- son, representing the Brazoria County A&M club, outlined the News of the World By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Congress received from President Eisenhower yesterday a fresh picture of the “new look” for the military* heavily overtoned with atomic weapons, jet planes and guided missiles. His outline for a proposed 34 billion dollar spending program by the armed forces in the fiscal year starting next July accentuatee the “nuclear-air retaliatory power” of Air Force and naval aviation—and moved standard arms and traditional infantry farther to the background. ★ ★ ★ WASHINGTON—Many specific items directly in volving Texas were included in President Eisenhower’s budget message to Congress. More than 13 million dol lars would be spent on specific Texas projects, and re lated projects in Arkansas and Louisiana. The budget points involving Texas range from flood control and navigation to wetbacks and petroleum. ★ ★ ★ AUSTIN—Bills to make Texas insurance companies toe the line in providing better protection for policy holders and investors poured into the Senate and House yesterday. Gov. Allan Shivers, in his first address to the legisla ture last week, called for strengthening of laws along cer tain lines. ★ ★ ★ GROTON, Conn.—Man moved for the first time under atomic power yesterday, less than 10 years after its terrifying force burst upon Hiroshima. Under nu clear propulsion, the 3,000-ton submarine Nautilus slid smoothly from a dock at 10:01 a.m. CST for her first sea trials and man’s first trail-blazing use of the controlled atom for transportation. Morgan, Davis Go To ROTC Conferences President David H. Morgan and Col. Joe E. Davis, com mandant, left this morning for a series of meetings in Washington, D. C., out of which will come recommendations for including the collegiate ROTC program in the National Reserve Plan. Meeting will be the American Council on Education and the Council of Military College Presi dents. Both will recommend to the 84th Congress that some provision for ROTC be made in the military manpower legislation scheduled for this session. Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson has recommended a Na tional Reserve Plan which pro vides basically that' high school graduates be given six months of militai'y training then put on re serve status. The Council of Military College Presidents, of which Morgan is chairman, will ask for special ben efits for the students of military colleges. These requests will be given to the Congress through the American Council on Education. The ACE’s conference on mili tary manpower this week will do the detailed consideration of a recommendation, then the group’s committee on relationships of higher education to the “federal government will present this i’ec- ommendation and the recommen dation from the Council of Mili tary Colleges to Congress. Morgan did not know what eith er group’s recommendations might be, but he said “I feel we’re mak ing progress in getting ROTC, and especially military colleges, more recognition.” Morgan and Davis will return Monday. history of the club and told how they met the various problems which confronted it. John D. Cunningham of Gaines ville, representing the Cooke Coun ty A&M club, spoke on the func tions of the small club and its pe culiar problems. He told how his club had successfully conducted a number of worthwhile projects. Master of ceremonies for the af ternoon session was W. Lambert Ballard, vice-president of the For mer Students association, who also discussed the job of the district vice-president and benefits to be derived by the A&M clubs through working with the district vice-pres idents. At the smorgasbord dinner, Da vid H. Morgan, president of the college, talked to the group which included invited guests from the college staff and faculty. The meeting' of the nominating committees for district and at- large councilmen held Sunday morning in the FSA offices con cluded the conference. Two candi dates were nominated from 'each of the 31 state senatorial districts and 20 at-large candidates were named to be placed on a ballot to be sent to former students throughout the state. Top Here AF General Military Day Legislators Include Aggie-Ex Among the new Texas legis lators who start their woi'k this week is an A&M graduate who is now a Univei’sity of Texas law student. He is Malcolm McGregor ’50. He defeated two opponents in the last election to win a place as representative from his home town of El Paso. He received a degi'ee in ag-- ricultural engineering from A&M, and was in the army for eight months. He went to Texas to get a law degi'ee because “there’s something about it that’s mentally stim ulating.” City Accepts On Revenue Bid Bonds Low bid for $265,000 College Station Electric Light and Power System revenue bonds, Series 1955, was delivered to the city council last night by Rowles, Winston & Co., associated with First of Tex as Co. of San Antonio and Dittmar & Co. of San Antonio. The council passed a motion ac cepting the bid, which has an ef fective interest rate of 3.0455 per cent, years 1956-1984 inclusive. Other investment banking com panies bidding were Rauscher, Pi erre & Co. of San Antonio, and Fridley and Hess of Houston. The council also authorized that Vinson, Elkins, Weems and Sear- les of Houston, attorneys, prepare ordinances on the water and sew erage bonds and electric light and power bonds. Ernest L. Brown, ji\, of Mo- roney, Beissner & Co. of Houston, is acting as fiscal agent for the city. A special meeting has been set for the council for Tuesday night. Bids for construction of the out fall lines in the extension of sew erage and sanitary services in Col- leg'e Station are expected to be taken around Feb. 1, according to Ran Boswell, city manager. There are two outfall lines in the proposed extension. One b«- gins east of Consolidated high school and runs east and southeast to the proposed disposal plant out side the city limits. The other line will follow the present location from College Park southeast to the cemetery and then eastward to join the other line to the plant site. Homer Hunter of Dallas is the consultant engineer for the sewer age system. Dogs Need License College Station , dog owners should get their 1955 dog license this month, said Ran Boswell. The $1 fee can be paid at the city hall, and a certificate of rabies vaccina tion must be pr-esented. So far, 73 licenses have been sold, he said yesterday. Civilian Photos Now Being Taken Non-military students should have their pictures taken before the end of this semester, said Lo- len Pullen, co-editor of the Aggie- land. Sophomore, senior, and non-mili tary dorm group pictures will be scheduled next semester. Snapshots can be turned in to Bill Utsman, military editor of Ag- gialand, he said. ~ Sorenson Attends H. B. Sorensen of the depart ment of agricultural economics and sociology will be in Atlanta, Ga. Jan. 19-21 to attend a meeting of the Southern Regional Ornamental Marketing committee as represen tative of a project started last October called “Improving the Market for Texas Horticultural Specialty Crops.” Weather Today The outlook for today is clear ing conditions by afternoon with winds from 40 to 50 miles per hour. Yesterday’s high was 59, low 45. The temperature at 11 this morn ing was 50. Gen. Nathan F. Twining, the air force’s top ranking gen eral, will be honor guest for the Military Day events here March 26. Twining, who is air force chief of staff, is the first guest to accept the college’s invitation for the weekend. “We hope to have more acceptances next week,” said Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant. As honor guest, Twining will receive the salute in the corps review that is always a part of the annual Military Day. Other events scheduled for the weekend are the Com bat ball, the Military ball, the Memorial Student Center’s Cafe Rue Pinalle, and a luncheon for the distinguished ♦■guests. “It will be a pleasure to have Gen. Twining here for our Military Day,” said Pres ident David H. Morgan. “His coming shows that A&M is being recognized as one of the nation's outstanding military schools.”' “It certainly will add to our pre stige,” said Col. John A. Way, PAS. The 58-year-old general carried on air operations against both the Germans and the Japanese during World War II. In the European theater, he was commander of 13th air force in Italy. At the end of hostilities in Europe, he took command of the 20th air force in the Pacific and lead bombing missions on Japan. A West Point graduate of 1918, Twining has the Air Medal, and the Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster. He also has been named an Honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Starting his militai’y service as a corporal during the Mexican bor der troubles of 1916, Twining be came an infantry lieutenant after his graduation from the military academy. In 1924 he was graduated from the Air Service pi-imary and ad vanced training schools in Texas and became a flying instructor. He transferred to the Air Serv ice, which later became the Army Air Corps, in 1926. He is married and has three children—two sons and a daughter. Twining’s time of arrival here is not yet known, but he will prob ably participate in all the week end’s activities. Aggies March For Governor In Austin The A&M Band and the Ross Volunteers marched this morning in the governor’s in auguration parade along col orfully decorated Congress avenue in Austin. Allan Shivers, who defeated Aus tin Attorney Ralph Yarborough in a run-off election Aug. 28, was sworn in for his third full term at noon today by Chief Justice John E. Hickman of the state su preme court. Shivers is the first man in Texas’ history to win three elective terms as governor. Sev eral lieutenant governors in the past have won third terms, but Lt. Gov. Ben Ramsey does not share this honor. The rotunda of the capitol Sun day was decorated with flags of all the states. Tbe railings were draped with bunting to decorate a huge public reception honoring Shivers and Ramsey this afternoon. Congress avenue and the tree- lined esplanade leading to the south portico of the capitol building were decorated with flags and the na tional colors. Yesterday the Legislature can vassed the votes cast for Shivers and Ramsey in the November gen eral election. The formal count had to be in the records before they could be sworn in today. Aviation Conference Planned for Feb. 20 HAPPY BIRTHDAY—Mrs. C. C. Doak cuts the cake for her husband, Dr. C. C. Doak, head of the biology depart ment, at a surprise birthday party given for him by the biology department Saturday night. The fourth annual Texas Agri cultural Aviation conference will be held here Feb. 20-22. Fred E. Weick, aircraft designer and engineer who heads the Per sonal Aircraft Research center here said about 200 persons are expected from Texas and other states. “This year’s conference will cov er much the same ground as last year’s, but wall be more advanced in the material offered,” Weick said. Pattern of the conferences was set with the first meeting in which only fundamentals of the major topics were offered. Since then, the material has become more advanced. Among the more general subjects to be discussed will be “Extension Service Role in Use of Aircraft in Agriculture,” by G. G. Gibson, head of the Texas Agricultural exten sion seiwice; “Customer Relations and Sales Methods” by H. G. Thompson of the business adminis- ti’ation department; “Organization and Progress of Texas Aerial Ap plicators” by J. K. Medders of San Benito, and “Safety and Training That Will Lead to Improved Safe ty” by Gale F. Hanson, agricultural specialist, Civil Aeronautics ad ministration. Contract Test Scheduled Today The military science depart ment will give a contract quali fying test tomorrow for all stu dents who want and are eligible for a contract in the spring se mester. The onp hour test will be at 4 p.m. in the biological sciences building. The test — officially called an RQ3 test—is on gen eral knowledge and requires no preparation. Engineer Devotes Next Issue to PetE A special 56-page edition of the Engineer magazine will be ready for distribution by the end of the month, said James R. Henderson, editor. For the first time in its history, the magazine is devoting a com plete issue to one department, he said. The emphasis of this issue is on the petroleum industry in Texas, and the I’ole that A&M’s students, faculty members and re search workers play in the indus try. The articles, written by petrol eum engineering students, include an explanation of what petroleum engineering is, research projects at A&M, the origin of petroleum and methods of drilling. Milford To Head Agronomy Society Murry Milford was elected pres ident of the Agronomy society for the spring semester. Other officers ai’e Gene Bock- holt, vice president; Joe Bob Snod grass, secretary; Bill Stone, treas urer; Quintin Raab, parliamentar ian; Jerry Ellis, reporter; and Rob ert Butschek, business manager. Dr. T. E. McAfee was re-elected faculty advisor.