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Battalion
Number 69: Volume 54
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1955
Price Five Cents
LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP—Rep. Olin E. Teague talks with two members of the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars in his office in Washington after he recently was presented a life
time membership card in the organization. The Texas congressman also was given a cer
tificate in recognition of his work in handling veterans legislation. Left to right are,
M. B. Trice, national commander pf the VFW ; Teague; and J. E. McKelvey of Electra,
commander of the Texas department.
$2,500 to Teachers
Awards Planned by FSA
.„Npxt fall, the Former Students
association will give $2,500 worth
id' awards designed to honoi - teach
ers for achievement in the field of
teaching.
The five awards, which will be
given annually, are $500 each—
three for distinguished achievement
in teaching, one for distinguished
achievement in individual student
relationships, and one for distin-
guished achievement in the field
of i-esearch.
All five will be pnmaiily for
teachers; the requirements set up
by the FSA say that to be eligible
for the three teaching awards, a
person must spend at least 60 per
cent of his time teaching, and to
be eligible for the research award,
a person must spend at least 50
per cent 6f his time teaching.
The award for student relations
is open to both faculty and staff
members.
“The former students want to
honor the men who are the real
backbone of A&M,” said J. B.
(Dick) Hervey, executive secretaiy
of the FSA.
A seven-man selection committee
Mayor Issues
Day of Prayer
Proclamation
Ernest Langford, College
Station mayor, has issued a
proclamation designating Fri
day as World Day of Prayer.
The proclamation urges all
citizens to attend World Day of
Prayer services if possible or to
pause for a minute of prayer at
10 a.m. to seek spiritual easement
from the tensions ami uncertain
ties produced by present world con
ditions.
In a memorandum issued Mon
day to all deans and heads of de
partments, I^avid H. Morgan, pres
ident, stated the college and sys
tem offices on the campus would
join with the city in observing
World Day of Prayer.
Hymns will be played over the
Memorial Student Center public
rddress system beginning at 9:45
a.m. and shortly before 10 the
college whistle will blow. When
the whistle stops, the memoran
dum said, the minute of silent
prayer will begin and will end
when the whistle blows again at
10:01.
In order that proper observation
can be given to the minute of sil
ence, the memorandum suggests
that members of classes meeting
at that time stand with head bow
ed during the quiet period.
World Day of Prayer is sponsor
ed by the general department of
the United Church Women of the
National Council of the Churches
of Christ.
will pick the winners. It will be
composed of a chairman appointed
by the president, a representative
appointed by each of the four deans
of degree-granting schools, and two
former students appointed by the
president of the FSA.
To give a full representation of
the school, nominations for the
teaching awards will be accepted
from the four student councils, and
the. faculty of the four schools.
^Three Months Job’
By JON KINSLOW
Battalion Managing Editor
A man who came to College Sta
tion “for just three months” will
complete his thii-d year as city
manager in June.
Ran Boswell, who began a suc
cessful city manager career June,
1952, has been with the city for the
past nine years. And he says it
all staifed “by accident.”
“I came out to help the city
straighten up its books,” he said,
“and I thought the job would last
just three months.” However, aft
er he finished the job, he was asked
to stay on as assistant city seci'e-
Itaiy and tax collector, and the
books haven’t been out of balance
since.
From there he moved to city
manager.
Boswell has lived in this area
since 1932 when he and his father
opened the 7-Up Bottling company
in Bryan.
“We were trying to sell a drink
no one had ever heard of, and at
times I thought we would starve,”
he said. He bought the business
for $17,500, and sold it in 1945 for
$55,000.
Ran Boswell
City Manager *By Accident*
The corps staff and a committee
of the commandant, PMS&T, and
PAS&T will each make a nomina
tion from the military science de
partment.
For the student relations award,
any of these groups and the Stu
dent Senate can make nominations.
The faculty of each school and the
head of the A&M Research foun
dation will nominate for the re
search award.
Boswell agreed that city govem-
ment was quite a change from his
former business, but it does have
its similarity.
“It is just straight business,” he
said. “The only difference is that
all the people in town are always
your customers. It’s a lot of hard
work and worry, and everybody’s
worry is your worry.”
During Boswell’s time as city
manager, the city has continued its
rapid growth. The annual budget
this year was $236,000—as compar
ed to the 1953 budget of $180,000.
Also, the population has increased,
and some annexation to city has
been made.
His main accomplishment,
though, was the recently approved
sewerage bond issue, which is due
to get underway soon. Boswell
admits that the bond issue was “the
biggest thing we’ve had,” but he
indicated that more civic improve
ments are being planned.
With the completion of the new
sewerage system, Boswell hopes
to begin a program of street im
provement. This, he says, is one
of the city’s big problems now, but
he hopes to get it done in the next
few veal's.
And as for his confidence in the
future of the city, Boswell says,
I “This town is sure going to grow.”
Religious Talks
Slated by Club
The United Nations club will
| discuss the religions of Hinduism,
i Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
j at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the YMCA
chapel.
A discussion panel will be com-
j posed of Ram Narain, Hinduism;
! Kumeck Allen, Judaism; the Rev.
' Clarence Ketch, Christianity; and
j Muhammed Zeitun, Islam.
Dr. C. C. Doak will be modera-
I tor. The • public is invited, and
’ there will be a social hour after
I the discussion.
Boswell Serving
Third Year Here
Ex-Aggie Weyland
At Annual Muster
Will Speak
Ceremony
Gen. O. P. Weyland, class of ’23, will be the principal
speaker for the annual Aggie Muster April 21.
Weyland is commander of the tactical air force.
Oscar T. Hotchkiss of Port Arthur, president of the
Former Students association, will also speak at the ceremony.
The traditional muster ceremony, which includes a roll
call of Aggies who died during the past year and Silver Taps,
will be held in front of the Memorial Student Center.
The Singing Cadets and the A&M band will provide mu
sic, and the Ross Volunteer honor company will give a 21-gun
salute and be honor guard.
Weyland, former commander of the far eastern air force,
visited A&M last spring for a reunion of the class of ’23. At
that time he was reviewing officer for a cadet corps review.
While at A&M, Weyland was a coronetist in the then 36-
piece band, and was bugler for the cadet corps.
Student muster chairman is Charlie Seely, working with
J. B. (Dick) Hervey, executive secretary of the Former Stu
dents association.
Other students on the committee are Bob Alcock, Bob
Carpenter, John Benefield and Tony Specia. Two juniors
will be named to the committee to give continuity for next
year, Seely said.
This committee is the Student Senate’s welcoming com
mittee, now functioning as the muster committee.
Hines Poses Faith Question
Two groups of people have dam
aged life, Bishop John E. Hines
told the Religious Emphasis week
audience this morning in Guion
hall, those who believe too little
and those who believe too much.
Each generation has increased
uncertainties and confusion crea
ted by these groups, he said. It
is not so much a question of “hav
ing faith” as it is “how much faith
to have, and what kind!”
“A man who says T have lost
my faith’ is not a godless man, but
a confused man,” Hines said. “He
may lose a fundamental of a par
ticular world-view but he cannot
lose faith, as such, for it is for
ever an active ingredient in a
man’s consciousness.”
Faith is not an intellectual as
sent to a set of propositions, such
as “the world is round” or “water
freezes at 32 degrees,” but is a
personal, practical trusting in
something or a reliance upon some
one, Hines said.
Much of the world’s difficulty
stems from the fact that men be
lieve too much, he said. They are
inclined to view history sentiment
ally, taking it for g-ranted that hu
man nature is made up of “the
simple goodness and sixnple ideal
ism that make some passages of
the New Testament ring like bells
of purest silver,” he said.
“The New Testament describes
the other side just as clt^arly,”
Hines said. “Jesus drew for man a
picture of themselves, as when he
Milam Elected
In Leggett Hall
Prentice Milam was elected
representative for the third
floor of Leggett hall yester
day.
He received 13 out of 30
votes. Other candidates and
votes received were Creighton
Maynard, 12; Michael Kuich,
2; Flakie Delay, 2; and Eu
gene Foster, 1.
Charles Pickle was elected
the representative from the
first floor. He was unoppos
ed.
told Peter, ‘The cock shall not
crow before thou shalt deny me
thrice.* He went to the cross, not
because of &ny sentimental dream
about man, but because of his un
failing grasp of the nature of
God.”
That is also the basis of the
Christian’s faith, Hines said.
Attendance at the dormitory for
ums and discussion groups contin-
A school for agricultural pilots
will be held at A&M next fall.
The move to start the new school,
which grew out of an appeal from
the Texas Aerial Applicator's as
sociation and other interested
groups, developed during the fourth
annual Texas Agricultural Aviation
conference and short course on pest
control at the college this w*eek.
Gale F. Hanson, agricultural spe
cialist for the Civil Aei'onautics
Administration, Washington, D. C.,
pointed out the need for such a
school during the conference.
President David H. Morgan said
that, as the land-grant college for
the state, A&M was the logical
place for the school. He also men
tioned the question of financing
such a specialized program—air
planes, fuel, special expenses and
similar questions.
During the conference, Joe E.
Jones of Harlingen, president of
the TAAA, presented a $500 check
from the association to Fred E.
Weick, head of the Personal Air
craft Research center at the col
lege, to help meet the expenses.
Also, Piper Aircraft company do
nated a plane; Delta Air Lines do
nated a dual-control Stearman; R.
M. Pereless of General Textile
Mills, Inc., New York City, offered
to provide all safety equipment
needed for the com-se; and the
TAAA assured Weick of flight in
structors, a Piper cub and another
Stearman.
ues to be very good as the end of
RE week nears, J. Gordon Gay,
YMCA general seci'etary, said this
morning. Dormitory leaders re
port student and facility response
to the evening sessions is as en
thusiastic as any they have ever
seen, Gay said.
Hines’ final talk of the RE week
series will begin at 9 a.m. Friday
in Guion hall.
Of the rapid developments Mor
gan said, “Of course I’m very
pleased ‘with this action by the
TAAA. Such a program definitely
fits into the objectives of A&M as
a land-grant college.”
“Agricultural aviation has pro
gressed rapidly in the past few
years, and has moved past the ap
prenticeship training phase. It has
reached the point where a special
ized scientific training program is
necessary, and this support given
by the association and its allied in
dustries definitely assures that
such training will be offered. The
college will do its part.”
Jones said that he thought the
establishment of the school at A&M
would go further toward service to
the industry and its clients than
any other single action of the
TAAA.
The school would be the first of
its kind, according to Hanson, and
he added, “From Washington, the
school has the backing of the aer
ial application trade associations
across the country; from the Air-
; craft Industries association and
from the U. S. Department of Ag
riculture.”
•A committee from the TAAA,
including Lloyd Nolan of Mercedes,
Bill Lewis of Houston, Ralph Cros-
noe of Texarkana, and Clint Frye
of Chickasha, Okla., will work with
Weick to get the school set up and
operating.
Agricultural Pilots
School To Be Held
Caine Mutiny
Canceled
Johnson Says
Town Hall’s “Caine Mutiny Court
Martial” has been cancelled be
cause of motion picture committ
ments, according to Bill Johnson,
student entertainment manager.
Every possible effort is being
made to fulfill the original con
tract, even to the extent of turn
ing it over to the attorney general
of Texas, said Johnson.
“There will definitely be a re
placement program booked,” John
son said, “We are contacting ma
jor booking agencies all over the
country in an effort to obtain a
program of comporable quality.”
The play was cancelled after a
week of long distance calls to dif
ferent people connected with the
tour. Notification was received by
telephone and letter.
The original play was cancelled
in such major cities as Washing
ton, Kansas City, Houston and
others in the South and South
west. The substitute program will
be announced as soon as contracts
are signed, said Johnson.
The Serenaders Male Quartet,
here next Monday night, and a re
placement program will complete
the Town Hall series.
Deadline Nears'
For Vanity Fair
March 1 is the last day to turn
in photographs for the Vanity Fair
feature of the Aggieland ’55.
Only seven entries have been
made so far, according to Harry
Tilley and Lolen Pullen, co-editors.
Application blanks may be pick
ed up in the student publications
office, Goodwin hall.
Weather Today
The weather outlook for today
is continued partly cloudy with a
slight cold front expected in the
afternoon.
Yesterday’s high was 60, low
44. The temperature at 10:45 this
morning was 58.
News of the World
By The SSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON—House Speaker Sam Rayburn struck
back sharply yesterday at President Eisenhower’s charge
that the Democratic proposed income tax cut is the height of
fiscal irresponsibility. The Texas Democrat says the Repub
licans pushed through a tax cut for high income groups last
year in the face of an anticipated deficit almost twice as big
as the current estimate. Under the Democratic proposal, the !
tax cut would be noted first in smaller payroll deductions in !
January, 1956.
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PARIS, France—The French national assembly has
approved Edgar Faure as the nation’s new premier. This
ends a 19-day crisis started when the assembly voted
the Mendes-France government out of office. Faure, a
46-year-old financial expert, will head the 21st govern
ment since France’s liberation in World War II.
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LONDON—Prime Minister Churchill has w'arned against j
pushing the United States too far in demands for giving up !
Nationalist held offshore islands to the Chinese Communists. |
Churchill told the House of Commons there is no question j
of Britain being involved in defense of those islands. “There
fore,” he added, “we should be careful of what advise we of
fer to our friends and allies.”
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BERLIN—West German Chancellor Konrad Aden
auer has threatened to throw the Free Democrats out of
his four-party coalition government unless they support
the Paris agreement to Europeanize the Sarr. The Sarr
is among agreements to re-arm West Germany. A po
litical crisis was threatened when the Free Democrats
replied defiantly to Adenaur’s threat.
NE^YR DEADLINE!—Two seniors fill out applications for
degrees before the deadline of March 1 when all applica
tions must be in. Going through the procedure are, left,
j Albert Jenkins, animal husbandry major from Rock
[ Springs, and James Welgehausen, animal husbandry ma-
j jor from Fredricksburg. Mrs. Sue Leake of the registrar’s
I office is supervising the job.