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The Battalion
Number 72 Volume 54
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1955
Price Five Cents
Plan Made to Honor ‘Pinky
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Civilian Council
Asks Jacket Rule
P. L. (Pinky) Downs jr.
To Be Honored
The Civilian Student Council
recomrhended last night that col
lege regulations include a ruling
prohibiting the wearing of letter
jackets from other schools on the
A&M campus.
After hearing a committee re
port on the problem of letter jack
ets, the council voted to endorse a
letter from the Student Senate,
senior class, and T association. The
letter, which is to be presented to
the president of the college, voices
joint opinion against the wearing
of the letter jackets from other
schools.
However, the council also decided
to make the recommendation to
“put teeth” into letter.
Robert O. Murray, civilian coun
selor, said if the recommendation
were incorporated into the college
regulations, it would mean the first
offense would probably bring a
warning from the counselor of the
student. A student’s second of
fense would mean conduct proba
tion, and the third offense would
A&M Consolidated Therapist
Aid for Speech Correction
By BILL FULLERTON
Battalion City Editor
The large group of speech handi
capped persons in the United States
are just as normal as any other
persons except for the speech de
fective, said Mrs. Shiidey E. Fra-
fier, speech therapist at the A&M
Consolidated schools.
Mrs. Frazier, who joined the
staff at Consolidated this semester,
spoke to the Tuesday luncheon of
the College Station Kiwanis club.
Her topic was “Speech is Impor
tant^ Too.” She is a graduate of
San Marcos State Teachers college.
“If all of the people in the United
States with speech defectives were
gathered together,” she said, “they
would make a city as large as New
York City. They compose six to
ten per cent of our population.”
These people can be helped, she
said, but there are not enough
speech corrective teachers to do the
work. A child with a handicap must
be trained to hear what he is say
ing, and also to recognize the
sound of correctly spoken words.
Only about 10 per cent of the gi'oup
jsre now getting treatment.
Mrs. Frazier explained there
Were two kinds of speech defects—
organic and functional. The organ
ic defect is physically caused, and
usually takes a long time to cure
or partially overcome. An exam
ple of this type is the faulty speech
of a person with cerebal palsy in
which the muscles are not coordi
nated.
The functional speech defect is a
case of incorrect patterns of speech,
not due to organic disorder. An
example of this kind is baby talk
ing by an older child. This defect
usually can be overcome in a short
er time than the organic type, said
Mrs. Frazier.
Voice problems, some of which
are functional and some organic,
include nasal voice, harsh voice,
pitch problems and fluency, which
presently includes stuttering. Some
Earle Writes
Second Book
On Slouch
Cadet Slouch is at it again
•—he’s trying to become fam
ous by getting his face per
manently bound between book
covers.
The second Cadet Slouch
book, featuring The Battalion
cartoon character, his room
mate Simp, and all the Aggies
and the Coed U people, will
be on sale next week for $1.
“We Is The Aggies” is the
name of the book, and James
Earle is the author. They can
be ordered in room 90 of Leg
gett hall, if anybody really
wants one.
The book will be “sort of a
first of the year to the last
deal, with a lot of bull be
tween,” Earle said.
News of the World
By The ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON—President Eisenhower won a big round
yesterday in his fight to prevent an income tax cut. The
Senate Finance committee voted nine to six to kill the $20
per person income tax cut. All six votes for the reduction
Were cast by Democrats.
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AUSTIN—The district attorney at Austin, Les
. Proctor, has asked that a special grand jury be called to
hurry up investigation of the veterans land program
scandals. Three Travis county district judges said they
would give the cases top priority on their dockets.
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WASHINGTON—The United States has made a new
demand to Red China for the release of 41 American civil
ians. The State department said the action was taken at a
meeting of American and Red Chinese consul representa
tives in Geneva, Switzerland.
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GROTON, CONN—The atomic submarine Nautilus
drove home last night, completing a three-day trial
cruise on which the first dive was made. No immediate
report on the outcome of the trials were available.
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SAIGON, INDO CHINA—South Yiet Nam’s premier
has received assurances from Secretary of State Dulles of
massive support if his country is attacked by the Commun
ists. Dulles said the help would come from the Manila Pact
powers—and particularly the United States.
therapists think stuttering is or
ganically caused, she said, and some
think it is a functional problem.
“Children who become aware of
their stuttering,” she said, “may
start other habits such as blink
ing, stomping the floor and other
such actions.”
Therapists wm-k indirectly on
stuttering problems by trying to
get the children to i-elax, and try
ing to change the stutterers’ atti
tudes toward their problems.
In Texas a school must establish
a need for a speech corrective unit,
and must have at least 50 children
needing the help. The state sup
plies funds and pays the speech
therapist’s salai'y.
Classes are set up for 30-minute
periods, twice a week, said Mrs.
Frazier. The equipment a speech
therapist needs includes a suitable
classroom, a recording device, an
audiometer, a mirror for practicing
speaking procedures and techniques
for relearning speech.
Mrs. Frazier has 65 children at
Consolidated in her classes now.
Superintendent L. S. Richardson
said that a survey showed that
there were more than 100 children
at the schools who should be in the
classes.
Most children come willingly to
the classes once they have tried
them, she said. The classes are
held in the form of a play or
games so children will enjoy them.
give the counselors’ “no other
choice.”
Murray explained this meant a
third offender would be suspended
from school.
Councilman Earl Hanson said it
would make A&M sound ridiculous
if “some student were kicked out
for wearing a letter jacket three
times.”
Burl Purvis, who made the com
mittee report on the problem, said,
“We all can see the need for better
cooperation between the civilians
and the corps.” He explained that
passing the recommendation would
be an act toward better coopera
tion.
Charles Cocanougher said he was
opposed to the action because it re
stricted the wearing apparel of
the students.
“It could be the first step toward
stricter rulings,” he said.
In other action the council voted
to aid in selling tickets to the
Pinky Downs appreciation show.
Councilmen absent were Bob
Schubach, Joe West and Bennie
Camp.
FinalistsPicked
For Freshman
Sweetheart
Five girls were chosen last
night as finalists for the
Freshman Ball Sweetheart.
The winner will be chosen
during intermission at the
dance Saturday night in Sbisa
hall.
The finalists ai'e Miss Gwen Bell
from Sherman, entered by Boyd
Smith; Miss Jo Ann Winchester
from Rochester, entrant of Jon
Hagler; Miss Andrea Bea Cole,
San Antonio, entered by Robert
Mireles; Miss Pegg Patton from
Wichita Falls, entered by Duane
Miller; and Miss Barbara Reid-
land, Dayton, entrant of Don
Schilling.
Picking the finalists were Jim
Gatlin, John Dosher, Ed Cashman,
Ted Lowe, Don McGinney, Don
Elledge, Larry Van Doozer, Larry
Martin and James Saunders.
The Aggieland Orchestra will
play for the dance which will last
from 8 to midnight.
To finance the dance, $1 was col
lected from each corps freshman
by the first sergeant of each out
fit. Civilian freshmen wishing to
attend the dance can go by the stu
dent activities office and give $1
to the class fund. They will re
ceive a complimentary ticket to
the ball.
Polg;
March 24 Show
Tn Appreciation’
A slam-bang variety show in honor of the most enthu
siastic Aggie of them all will be presented in G. Rollie White
coliseum March 24, -with local talent and big names filling the
two-hour program.
The show, called “In the Pink,” will be in appreciation
for P. L. (Pinky) Downs jr., the college’s official greeter.
The Brazos county A&M club and the A&M student body
will sponsor the show, which will begin at 8 p.m.
“In the Pink” will be a variety show, with singing, dan
cing and orchestral numbers. Talent for the show has not
been definitely decided upon.
Joe Mogford—“Cotton Joe” Mogford of the agronomy
♦department — will be general
chairman for the show. Mog
ford has staged the Cotton
pageant for many years.
Director will be Manning
Smith, former A&M staff member
and nationally-known square dance
instructor.
Ticket sales in College Station
will be handled by J. E. (Jocko)
Smith, of the agricultural experi
ment station, and Roland Dansby,
former Bryan mayor, will handle
ticket sales in Bryan. J. B. (Dick)
Hervey, executive secretaiy of the
former students association, will
handle out-of-town sales.
Tickets will be $1 for adults and
50 cents for childi’en and students,
including A&M students. Places
where tickets can be obtained will
be announced later.
Downs, who was 71 Saturday, is
now ill in Galveston’s John Sealy
hospital.
He is showing some improvement
now, his wife reported yesterday.
Besides his present position as
official greeter, Downs has also
worked for the athletic department
and fiscal department here. He
was a member of the A&M System
board of directors from 1923 to
1932.
He is best known to A&M stu
dents as the inventor of the
thumbs-up “Gig ’Em” admonition,
and as the featured* speaker at
All-College night and the Thanks
giving bon fire.
ar Here
March 9,10
In Guion Hall
Dr. Franz Polgar, entertain
er and hypnotist, will appear
at Guion hall March 9 and 10,
presenting his show, “Mira
cles of the Mind.”
The show is sponsored by stu
dent activities, and all seats sell
for 75 cents. Tickets may be pur
chased in student activities office.
Polgar was born at Enying, Hun
gary, in 1900, and emigrated to
the United States 17 years ago, be
coming a naturalized citizen. He
studied psychoanalysis and voca
tion reaserch on hypnosis and other
psychic phenomena at the Univer
sity of Pecs in Hungary, and did
therapeutic work at Budapest poly
clinics and Rokus hospital in Hun
gary.
His show bills him as a man
who can read minds, memorize en
tire magazines at a single sitting
and hypnotize many persons sim
ultaneously. The show itself will
consist of three parts. The first
portion is memory demonstrations
in which Polgar can meet a hun
dred people in rapid succession,
note their names, and then will
pay $5 to each person whose name
he forgets.
The second part is devoted to
mind reading. He asks for mental
flashes from the audience and
quickly recovers hidden objects.
The finale of the show is devoted
to hypnotism. Only volunteers are
used and the show is conducted
with no embarrasment to any of
the participants.
Summer Battalion
Cuts Publication
The Student Publications Boai’d
yesterday decided to put The Bat
talion on once-a-week publication
during the summer terms, instead
of twice-a-week as in thb past.
The board estimated that the
student publications organization
would save more than $1,000 by
this move.
No other action was taken by
the board for lack of a quorum.
Permanently at A&M
Police Academy Possible
There is a possibility that a state
Police Academy will be establish
ed at A&M, according to H. D.
Bearden, vice-director of the Engi
neering Extension service.
Bearden, speaking to the A&M
System board of directors at their
meeting here Saturday, said that
Gov. Allan Shivers recommended
such a program in his message to
the Legislature, and that A&M’s
police school would provide a good
framework for a permanent acad
emy.
Establishment of the academy
would depend on action of the Leg
islature, Bearden said.
“The academy would provide
basic training to persons interes
ted in or about to enter the field
of law enforcement work,” Bear
den said. “It would also provide
special advanced courses for ex
perienced policemen. It would not
replace or duplicate the extension
training now being conducted by
our itinerant instructors.”
City officials, chiefs of police
and law enforcement officers
around the state have expressed a
great interest in having a police
academy, he said.
The Engineering Extension ser
vice hae provided an experienced
officer-trainer, Wallace D. Beas
ley, for off-campus short courses
for policemen in smaller cities
throughout Texas.
SDX Committees
Name Two Aggies
Ralph Cole and Bill Fullerton
have been named to committees for
the state Sigma Delta Chi associa
tion convention in Dallas, March
11-12.
Cole, president of the A&M chap
ter of SDX, will be on the nomi
nating committee. This commit
tee’s function is to nominate state
chapter officers.
Fullerton was named to the un
dergraduate chapter aid commit
tee, whose job is to submit sugges
tions that will help undei-graduate
chapters and members.
An estimated 4,000 Texas law
men have received such instruction
during the past 12 years. For the
past two years Beasley has conduc
ted 10 four-week schools on the
campus.
In his report to the board, Bear
den outlined the work of his staff
in fulfilling its mission as part of
the A&M System. He defined the
mission as “providing practical ed
ucational services to citizens of
the state who are employed in var
ious trades, public service and in
dustrial occupations.”
Besides the police program, the
service also offers training for vo
cational industrial teachers, water
plant and sewage plant operators,
rural electric line crews, firemen,
and various classes of supervisors.
A proposed new course for motor
transport drivers also was includ
ed in the report.
The head of one of the system
agencies reports to the board at
each meeting, to keep dh’ectors
posted on the work of the System.
Austin Seniors
To Present Play
“The Curious Savage” will be
presented by the senior class of
Stephen F. Austin as this year’s
senior play, Friday, March 11 at
8 p.m.
Setting for the play is The Clo
isters, a home for mentally re
tarded people. The name of the
play comes from the name of the
leading character, Mrs. Savage,
who is placed in the home by hex-
children, supposedly for her own
good.
Tickets for the play are 50 cents
each.
Awards Made
To Petroleum
Students
Eight petroleum engineer
ing juniors and seniors were
honored at the third annual
petroleum engineering awards
banquet last night.
Scholax-ships wex-e presented to
four seniors: Albin Zak, Don
Bax-ksdale, Marvin Ford, and R. T.
Miller.
Zack received the G. P. Mitchell
award, which is a $150 watch, and
the Magnolia Petroleum scholar
ship, presented by O. E. Vanmeter.
Barksdale received a $500 schol
arship, presented by A. B. Rut
ledge for the Lane Wells company.
Ford and Miller each received a
$500 scholai-ship from Standai'd of
Texas. Chief Engineer Leonard A.
Swanson presented these scholai--
ships for the company.
Four juniors each received
awards for being outstanding in
their class in grades, leadership,
and charactex-. They were R. C.
Durbin, James Jennings, Bud Wil
liams, and Chax-les Bremer.
The award was a copy of the
Practical Petroleum Engineers
Handbook.
Speaker for the banquet was
Hank Gx-uy, an A&M former stu
dent and a counsulting petroleum
engineer. He spoke of opportuni
ties in the field.
Whiting was master of ceremon
ies for the banquet, which was at
tended by about 100 persons.
Bill Amyx, a petroleum engi
neering professor, was in charge
of arrangements for the banquet.
Six A&M Students
To Show Displays
Six landscape ax-chitecture stu
dents will have garden designs ex
hibited during the Dallas Flower
show March 12-22.
Allan Thomason, Joseph Teas,
Tom Shuttleworth, Chris Bark-
holm, James Good and James Kee-
ter will enter displays in the ex
hibition.
Thomason won first place in re
cent competition sponsored by Van
Valkenburg and Vogel, landscape
architects of Dallas.
Weather Today
The weather outlook for today is
little change in temperature with
partly cloudy skies.
Yesterday’s high was 81, low 63.
The temperature at 10:15 this
mox-ning was 68.
DRY WALKING—These two A&M Consolidated school
children take advantage of the recently completed asphalt
walk that was laid from the school to highway 6 on Jersey
street. The walk was paid for by the city and from profits
from the Kiwanis club basketball tournament. Shown are
David Brock, 14, and John Brock, 12, whose parents are
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Brock of 103 Moss.