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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1955
Price Five Cents
Faculty Hears President
Dulles Clarifies
Formosa Defense
STATE OF THE COLLEGE—President David H. Morgan
makes a point in his “state of the college” talks to the gen
eral faculty meeting yesterday.-
NEW YORK—</P>—Secretary of
State Dulles said last night the
United States does not intend to
defend the Chinese coastal islands
“as such” but will watch for any
Communist effort to use them as
a springboard for an attack on
Formosa.
At the same time, Dulles appeal
ed to the Peiping regime to re
consider its tumdown of U. N.
cease-fire talks.
The critical issue is not the Reds’
desire for the Nationalist-held is
lands, Dulles suggested, but the
use of force to get them.
“It is hardly to be expected that
the Chinese Communists will re
nounce their ambitions,” he said.
“However, might they not renounce
their efforts to realize their goal<p
by force?”
In a major address to 1,600 per-
Thumbnail Sketches--3
RE Week Leaders
(Editor’s note: This is the
third of a series of thumbnail
sketches on leaders who will
hold group discussions Feb. 20-
25 in dormitories assigned to
them during Religious Emphasis
Week. The meetings will fol
low the evening meal.)
Rabbi Yonah H. Geller of t-he
B’nai Israel synagogue in Corpus
Christi will live in dormitory 9
and lead the
forums and dis
cussion groups
for dormitory 9
during the
week. He also
will be avail
able for confer
ences.
G^ler Geller comes
from seven generations of rabbis
and is one of the few native born
Texans who has entered the rab
binate. His grajidfather was the
fimt rabbi in Galveston.
He received his BA degree from
Yeshiva university and was ordain-
»d, from the Isaac Elchanan Theol-
Junto Committee
Open For Members
The Memorial Student Center
Junto committee has invited all
students who would like to become
members of the student-faculty
discussion group to attend a meet
ing at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the MSC
senate chamber.
At the group’s meetings, as ex
plained by chairman Bill Willis,
students and faculty members al
ternate in presenting papers on
vai-ied topics, sometimes contro
versial. After the paper is read,
the group discusses it.
John Kirkpatrick, a junior his
tory major, will present a paper
on F. Scott Fitzgerald at the Fri
day meeting.
ogical seminary. In June 1954 he
received his MA degree from Texas
A&I college and was elected to
membership in Phi Alpha Theta,
a national honorary history frater
nity.
Geller is a member of the board
of directors of the United Fund,
the Corpus Christi Downtown Ki-
wanis club and the Jewish Com
munity council and is chaplain of
the Corpus Christi Masonic lodge.
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Rev. Ross C. Coggins, associate
in the department of student work
in Dallas, will live in dormitory 11
and lead the
fonams and dis
cussion groups
in the band
room of dormi
tory 11. He will
be available for
conferences dur
ing the- week.
Coggins Coggins was
graduated from Baylor university
in 1948 with a BA degree and re
ceived his BD degree at South
western Baptist seminary in 1953.
He also has completed residence
work on his doctorate.
Since graduation he has been
pastor of the First Baptist church
in Woodson, student secretary and
Bible teacher at Texas State Col
lege for Women and his present
associateship position.
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Maj. Harry A. McKnight, chap
lain in office of Chief of Air Force
chaplains in Washington, will live
in dormitory 6 and will lead the
forums and discussion groups for
dormitoi-ies 6 and 8 in the lounge
of dormitory 6. He will be avail
able for conferences during the
week.
McKnight was
graduated from
Wheaton c o l -
lege in 1938
with a BA de
gree and re
ceived his ThM
degi’ee from
Central Baptist
McKnight seminary in
Kansas City in 1941. At present
he is assigned to the office of Chief
of Air Force chaplains.
He was an Air Force chaplain
from April 1942 to November 1945
with service in the southwest Pa
cific which ended with his assign
ment as Deputy Staff Chaplain,
Far East Air forces. After his
discharge he became pastor of the
Tabernacle Baptist in Kansas City
until he was recalled to active duty
in 1950. '
He was general superintendent,
(See RE WEEK on page 2)
sons at a dinner of the foreign
policy association, Dulles said the
United States “will be alert to sub
sequent Chinese Communist ac
tions, rejecting for ourselves any
initiative of warlike deeds.”
In Washington, Chairman George
(D-Ga) of the Senate Foreign Re
lations committee praised Dalles’
presentation of policy. George
said it made clear that United
States forces “Will move in” if
the defense of Quemoy and Matsu
“is vital to the defense of Foi’-
mosa and the Pescadores.”
George said that if the United
States said flatly they were to be
surrendered, then the Chinese Reds
would make no concessions toward
a cease-fire or other peaceful set
tlement.
On the other hand, the senator
said announcement of a policy of
defending Quemoy and Matsu re
gardless of their strategic value
to the defense of Formosa would
scare away some of America’s
allies, possibly the British.
However, Sen. Humphrey (D-
Minn) said the United States ought
to say in so many words whether
it intends to defend Quemoy and
Matsu. Sen. Morse (Ind-Ore) said
he found “some doubletalk” in
Dulles’ speech.
Weather Today
The weather outlook for today
is partly cloudy and* a little cooler.
Yesterday’s high was 72, low 51.
The temperature at 10:16 this
morning was 58.
Library To Add
Additional Seats
New furniture that will be plac
ed in the library after installation
of air conditioning will .seat an
additional 150 persons, according
to R. A. Houze, librarian.
New fluorescent lighting and
moi-e book shelves also will be
added by BC&U, he said. Plans
include moving reserve books to
the first floor.
• Barring unforeseen circumstan
ces, the air conditioning should be
finished by March 1, Houze said.
Rearrangement of the new furni
ture in all the rooms should ac
commodate additional readers, he
added.
Detroit Company
Offers Scholarship
The Square D company of De
troit, Mich., will again offer a
$500 scholarship to sophomore stu
dents in four types of engineer
ing, according to E. E. McQuillen,
executive director of the develop
ment fund.
Students of electrical, mechani
cal, industrial or general engineer
ing will be eligible for the scholar
ship. They will be selected on the
basis of general activities and po
tentialities.
Application blanks may be se
cured from the heads of depart
ments or from R. G. Perryman, as
sociate registrar and secretary of
the faculty scholarships commit
tee.
Jerry D. Ramsey of Amarillo
and Herbert (Bud) Whitney of
Big Spring are the two previous
winners .
High School Day
To Draw
1,000
Bizzell To Elect
New Councilman
A new civilian councilman
for Bizzell will be elected
about the first of next week,
according to Bob Murray, ci
vilian counselor.
At this time two floor rep
resentatives will be elected
for College View, two for I.eg-
gett, two for Bizzell and one
for dormitory 17.
About 1,000 high school students
from Texas and neighboring states
are expected here for A&M’s an
nual High School and Sports day
March 5.
The program for the high school
seniors will include talks by Pres
ident David H. Morgan and Col.
Joe E. Davis, commandant, a show
ing of the “We Are The Aggies”
film, and a tour of the college.
The sports day activities will
include baseball, swimming, tennis,
golf, and an intrasquad football
game.
The morning program begins at
9 a.m. in Guion hall. After the |
talks and the.film, the students will j jj
be taken on tours of the campus J
by representatives from the stu- j
dent councils.
This year for the first time, it
is planned to have some faculty
and staff members be in their of
fices to explain their departments
to the touring students, according
to Pete Hardesty, business man
ager of student activities and di
rector of the High School day pio-
gram.
The baseball, swimming, tennis,
and golf activities will be that j
afternoon, with the football game |
at night. The sports activities are
sponsored by the T association.
Hometown clubs are responsible
The only cost to the high school
student will be his noon meal,
which will cost 50 cents if he eats
in the dining hall.
‘‘State of the College/
Told by Morgan
President David H. Morgan’s “state of the college”
speech yesterday gave the college’s faculty a complete run
down on Texas A&M present and future, including legisla
tive proposals affecting the school, the status of military
colleges, enrollment figures, and salary schedules.
Morgan spoke for an hour to about GOO faculty members
in Guion hall. The general faculty meetings are held near
the first of every semester.
Morgan first told the faculty members about the pro
posals now in the state Legislature for establishing a per
manent Texas Commission on Higher Education and for
broadening the investment area of the permanent building
fund.
The TCHE would be a cen
tral agency for all state-sup
ported colleges, with a gov
erning board over the present
governing - boards.
This bill also carries in it a
recommendation for a new for
mula method for financing higher
education.
The other bill would allow a
wider range of investment for the
permanent building fund, giving
more interest.
Speaking on the status of mili
tary colleges, Morgan told the fac
ulty about the efforts of the Coun
cil of Military College Presidents
to get governmental recognition
of the military colleges.
Decisive Year
“This is the decisive year,” he
said. “If no recognition is given
to military colleges by the depart
ment of defense, it will be ex
tremely difficult to continue the
organization of our colleges.”
He said that so far there had
been “no definite progress” on
getting this recognition.
In listing bow the other eight
military schools were reacting to
what he called “the military col
lege pi’oblem,” he said three' had
become coeducational, another was
contemplating coeducation, one
may be reduced to junior college
status, one is contemplating open
ing its doors to girls, one is con
cerned over unfilled barracks, and
one is satisfied that it can go on.
Speaking on A&M, Morgan said
“The army says A&M is a military
school because we want to be, and
I agree with that. Although I be
lieve we should provide a well-
rounded civilian student program,
I believe the corps is the back
bone of A&M.”
Enrollment Figures
Next Morgan explained enroll
ment figures to the group, saying
that “the people you have been
hearing say ‘all the students are
dropping ROTC’ just don’t know
the figures.”
He said that only a few students
who would be qualified to be in
the corps had not elected to join
it. He also said an increased en
rollment in the graduate school
was increasing the total number
of civilian students.
Morgan said that civilian stu
dents numbered 37 per cent of the
(See MORGAN, page 2)
Mr., Mrs.
To Have Ball
Saturday
The Maroon and White Ball,
Aggie married students dance,
is to be in the ballroom of the
Memorial Student Center Sat
urday at 8:30 p.m.
The dance will feature mu
sic by the Capers Combo, a
floor show with Master of
Ceremonies Charlie Parker, re
freshments and the announce
ment of the winner of the
Mrs. Texas A&M contest.
Tickets for the dance are on
sale at the main desk of the
MSC for 50 cents per couple.
The ticket money will be used
to pay for the band and the
dance decorations. The dance
is to be semi-formal. The Bat
talion and the MSC Dance
group are jointly sponsoring
the affaii*.
RV’s To March
At Mardi Gras
Next Tuesday
The Ross Volunteers will
leave this weekend for the
Mardi Gras where they will
be the official honor escort in
the parade for King Rex, king
of the celebration, Joe Bob Walk
er, RV commander, said yesterday.
The Rex parade, which will be
held Tuesday, is one of 10 similar
events on the Mardi Gras program.
It will be the main and final
parade.
The A&M New Orleans club will
entertain the RV’s with a lunch
eon Monday, and they will be
guests at the King Rex ball Tues
day night following the parade.
Walker said.
Ninety-two RV’s, accompanied
by Maj. H. S. Thigpen of the mili
tary science department and Maj.
O. H. Franks of the air science
department, will make the trip.
The RV’s will march 83 blocks
in the parade, Walker said. It
will start about 9:30 a.m. and will
last until mid-afternoon.
Other required formations, Walk
er said, will include breakfast at
6:30 a.m. Tuesday and Wednesday.
They will leave by noon Wednes
day.
SLC Agenda
W. L. Penberthy, secretary of
the Student Life committee, has
requested all members of the com
mittee to submit items for the
agenda of the next meeting by 5
p.m. Tuesday. The next meeting
will be held Feb. 28 at 4:30 p.m.
in the Memorial Student Center.
Big Highway
Planned For
Study
State
The state of Texas will be used
as a king-sized laboratory for a
year-long study of one of the na
tion’s most troublesome highway
problems, according to M. T. Har
rington, chancellor of the A&M
system.
The study of land values in re
lation to modem highway construc
tion, will be made by the system’s
Texas Transportation institute, co-
opei'ating with the Texas Highway
department. A $20,000 grant-in-
aid was recently given for the work
by the Automotive Safety founda
tion of Washington, D. C.
The cost of land to construct
freeways and by-passes to relieve
congested traffic in cities is often
very high, since much of this con-
struction must be done on or near
lands heavily developed for indus
try or as residential sections, Har
rington said. The cost of such
land, its value before and after
construction of improved highways,
and the need for a standard finan
cial policy on right-of-way pur
chase make the Texas study of na
tional importance, he added.
Texas has 3,500,000 motor ve
hicles, is fifth in passenger car
registration and second in number
of trucks, according to the 1954
report of the Automobile Manufac-
turers association. The rapid ex
pansion of Texas population and
increasing numbers of motor ve
hicles on its highways make the
state an ideal laboratory for the
proposed study.
Increased Costs
A generation ago right-of-way
purchase was usually a minor item
in highway construction costs. Now,
in metropolitan areas, it often
costs nearly as much to buy the
road site as it does to build it.
In a few instances it has cost as
much, and more, than all other
construction expenses, said Har
rington.
The land value of property lo
cated along new highways has
jumped considerably, and some au
thorities have suggested a need for
special assessments on such prop
erties to help pay the cost of the
highway construction that caused
the increases.
Thomas H. MacDonald, research
engineer for the TTI, and for more
than 30 years chief of the U. S.
Bureau of Public Roads, said that
j the study will attempt to determine
what patterns for inci*eased land
values exist as the result of high
way construction. The study will
also be concerned with the changes
in use of lands near such highways.
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p-ives out with a pained expression as refei e Trotters filled White col-
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Wend land Elected
Jimmy Wendland was elected
spring semester president of the
Agricultural Economics club at a
meeting this week. Other officers
elected were Thurman Johnson,
vice-president; Tommy Holmig,
secretary; Brad Crockett, treasur-
| er; and Gil Weaver, reporter. The
| next meeting will be March 8.
tation, Hardesty said.