Battalion
Number 76: Volume 54
New Honor Code Drafted
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1955
Price Five Cents
LICENSE PLATES—County Tax Assessor-Collector Mrs.
Marjorie E. Burkhalter, left, and Mrs. Lioris A. Garner
are selling automobile license plates in the Memorial Stu
dent Center everyday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The plates
will be on sale in the Center until Saturday.
Tickets Available
For Variety Show
Tickets for the ‘Pinky’ variety
show to be presented March 24 in
G. Rollie White coliseum are now
available at College Station and
Bryan business establishments, J.
E. (Jocko) Roberts, manager of
ticket sales, said this morning.
The show, “In the Pink,” will be
presented in appreciation of P. L.
(Pinky) Downs jr., the college’s
official greeter. Talent for the
show is being selected now and will
include singing, dancing and or
chestral acts.
Downs, who was 71 on Feb. 26,
is recuperating in Galveston’s John
Sealy hospital after falling ill dur
ing the Christmas holidays. In
addition to his position as official
greetei’, he has worked for the ath
letic and fiscal department here
and was a member of the A&M
Sewage School
Told Texas
Leads Nation
I'N Texas leads the nation in
the number of municipal sew
age treatment plants, said the
editor of “Wastes Engineer-
fpng” of New York, Morris M.
JCohn, speaking at the opening ses
sion of the Texas Water and Sew
age Works short school.
| “I am aware of the fact that a
I’ecent survey conducted by Wastes
Engineering showed Texas has 700
municipal sewage treatment plants
^nd that it leads the nation in num-
ers,” he said.
V. M. Ehlers, secretary of the
exas Water and Sewage Works
Association, said Texas needs 350
more sewage plants in the next
five years, and 100 existing plants
Bare “running down at the heels or
Ipursting at the seams as a result
Bof the growth of Texas communi
ties.”
At the annual banquet, tonight
Dr. Henry A. Holle, state health
officer, will review accomplish
ments in 1954; and a report by
the awards committee will be giv-
eft by J. L. Homer, chairman.
Cdyce Moore, the Hearne philoso
pher and well known speaker, will
deliver the pidncipal address.
Sessions today will include talks
on water conservation by Ehlers,
W. A. Hardenbergh, editor of Pub
lic Works magazine, New York,
and Stanley Banks jr., state rep
resentative from San Antonio.
More than 700 persons are at
tending the short school which will
end Friday. Joe H. Sorrels of the
civil engineering department is
general chairman.
Prom Sa tu rday
Juniors To Have
Filet, Three Bands
Three bands and filet mignon will
be the highlight at the annual Jun
ior Prom and banquet Saturday
night in the Memorial Student Cen
ter.
Ernie Martellino and his combo,
the Aggieland Combo and the Mel-
lowstones from Sam Houston State
Teachers college will play for the
ball.
One combo will be in the main
ball room, one in the assembly
room and one on the terrace, ac
cording to Bill Swann, chairman
of the orchestra committee.
Guest speaker for the occasion is
A. O. Sainger, assistant southeast
division sales manager for Humble
Oil and Refining company.
Entrees for junior class sweet
heart must be turned in before
5 p.m. today. Information on pic
tures should be name, measure
ments, hometown, and the name of
Aggieland Sets
Picture Deadline
The deadline for Senior Favor
ite and Vanity Fair submissions
for the Aggieland ’55 is March
15, according to Lolan Pullen,
co-editor.
There have been about 43 en
tries for Vanity Fair, Pullen said.
Pictures for these two sections
of the yearbook may be turned in
at student publications office,
Goodwin hall.
the person submitting the picture.
All pictures will be returned.
Tickets to the prom or banquet
may be purchased from Glen Rice,
Richard Gentry, Bill Swann, Cy
Johnson, Gus Mijalis, Wade In
gram, Weldon Walker and Jim
Bower for $2.50 for the dance and
$1.50 for the banquet.
Civilian juniors may purchase
tickets from Ray Winbum, Lamar
Hisey, Bobby Lee, Phil Weinert or
Walter Parsons. .
The entire second floor of the
MSC will be devoted to the dance.
“Tables will be set up on the ter
race, weather permitting,” accord
ing to Wade Ingram, dance com
mittee chairman.
Architects Dance
Set for Saturday
Architecture students will reveal
their “suppressed desires” Satur
day from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the
annual Architectural ball in the
American Legion hall in Bryan,
acording to Joe Bob Walker, chair
man of the annual costume party.
The Prairie View Collegians will
play for the dance.
Tickets for the Architectural So
ciety Annual Beau Arts Ball are
$2.50 for members and $3.50 for
non-members. Bob King is in
charge of ticket sales. Anybody
can come if he will carry out the
costume theme, said Walker.
System board of directors from
1923 to 1932.
Priced at $1 for adults and 50
cents for children and students,
the tickets can be purchased from
the following College Station busi
nesses: Lipscomb pharmacy, Made-
ley pharcnacy, Black’s pharmacy,
Loupot’s Trading Post, Student Co
op, Shaffer’s Book store, A&M
g r i 1 1, Burgess-Price Insurance
agency, Holick Boot and Shoe re
pair, Memortal Student Center
main desk, and the A&M Consoli
dated schools.
In Bi*yan, tickets ai*e available at
Canady’s pharmacy, Ellison’s phar
macy, Conway and Co., Waldrop
and Co., Bullock-Sims, W.S.D.’s
clothiers, Hotard’s cafeteria, Orr’s
Food center, Kelly’s cafe, Major’s
cafe, Stephen F. Austin high school
and all elementary schools, Ridge-
crest washateria and the American
Laundry and Dry cleaners.
World
News
NEW YORK — Democratic Na
tional Chairman Paul Butler said
yesterday that he doesn’t think
President Eisenhower will be a
candidate for re-election, but the
Democrats will gear then' 1956
campaign to Ike being the nomi
nee—or the nominee being a man
selected by Eisenhower
* * * *
LONDON—The British gov
ernment disclosed yesterday
it is adopting an American
guided missle which can carry
atomic warheads. War Secre
tary Anthony Eden told the
House of Commons that the
U.S. missle, the Corporal Mark
2, will be issued to British
army nuclear formations in
Europe next year.
* * * *
WASHINGTON—Russia told the
U. S. yesterday that it expelled an
American Roman Catholic priest
because the U. S. refused to al
low a Russian oi'thodox priest to
remain Ln this country. The ex
pulsion followed the state depart
ment’s refusal to allow Archbishop
Boris to stay in the U. S. after his
60-day visa ran out Feb. 28.
* * * *
WASHINGTON—Secretary
of State Dulles said in a na
tion-wide radio - television
speech last night that Red
China seems determined t o
challenge America’s military
power, and if it is necessary
the U. S. must meet hostile
force with the greater force
that we possess.
Let's Ask Anyivay
Council Makes Second Report
By HARRI BAKER
Battalion Co-Editor
With an attitude of “Let’s ask
1 for it even if we can’t get it,” the
| student Arts and Sciences council
I has prepared its second evaluation
I of A&M’s School of Arts and Sci-
1 ences.
The report includes recommen-
cfntions ranging from the building
J of a new arts and sciences class-
I room building and the elimination
I of compulsory attendance, to re-
I quests for rugs in the dormitory
I lounges and sidewalks in the East
I area.
The special committee of the
Weather Today
The weather outlook for today
will be misting and low fog until
late in the afternoon.
Yesterday’s high was 67, low 33.
The temperature at 11:15 this
morning was 65.
council which prepared the report
decided that anything that affect
ed students here affected their
learning, so they included recom
mendations on dormitories, traf
fic, sidewalks, and the airport, as
well as classrooms, curriculum, and
the library.
The report starts off by saying,
“We of the Arts and Sciences coun
cil would like to express our appre
ciation for the cooperation we re
ceived in the considei'ation of our
last year’s recommendations,” then
goes on to say, “We back whole
heartedly any proposal for the
erection of a new arts and sciences
building. The present buildings
are overcrowded.”
The report says that the “shacks”
(temporary classroom buildings)
should be removed “eventually,”
and also suggests that the exterior
of the Academic building and the
library be cleaned.
The council believes that com
pulsory class attendance is not nec
essary—“To encourage an active
desire to learn, we feel that com-
pulsoi-y class attendance should be
eliminated. If enough material is
presented in class that a student
will fail if he does not attend class,
then he will attend.
Burchard To Go
To New York Meet
D. D. Burchard, head of the
journalism department, will attend
a meeting of the American Coun
cil on Education for Journalism in
New York City April 24.
Burchard visited the University
of Florida and Florida State uni
versity March 2-8 as one of a six-
man accreditation team approved
by the ACEJ.
Recommendations made by this
team will be appraised at the
meeting in New York on April 24.
Burchard said A&M is scheduled
for an accreditation visit next fall.
“If the student can learn by
himself the material covered in
class, there is no reason for him
to attend, except for the value
gained by repetition.
“Compulsory attendance for
freshmen need not be eliminated.”
The council also felt the course
load is “heavy in hours and light
in substance,” and requested that
the regulation that teachers stay
away from controversial issues in
the classroom be clarified.
As in last year’s report, the li
brary got its share of recommen
dations. This year they included a
different color scheme, “perhaps
green,” better lighting, placing the
browsing room on the first floor,
making the stacks more accessible
to the student body, and a means
for students to recommend book
purchases.
Under the curriculum section, the
corfncil believed there should be an
increase in required outside read
ing and writing and in classroom
(See COUNCIL, Page 2)
A&S Council
Names Three
Top Teachers
Three professors in the
School of Arts and Sciences
have been named as outstand
ing by the student Arts and
Sciences council.
They are Robert G. Layer of the
economics department, F. E. Ekfelt
of the English department, and
P. J. Woods of the history depart
ment.
They were selected by the coun
cil on the basis of their ability as
an instructor, the interest they
show in their students, and the
amount of extra time they spend
in helping students.
“The most impoi’tant thing is
their willingness to spend their
time helping the students,” said
Charles (Chuck) Newman, presi
dent of the council.
The three winners were selected
from a slate of nominees prepared
by each technical club in the School
of Arts and Sciences. Each club
nominated three professors, and
the student members of the coun
cil selected the three winners.
The three will be presented with
an engraved gift at the May meet
ing of the council.
Film on Safari
The Fish and Game club will
sponsor a color film about an Afri
can safari at 7:30 p.m. Thursday
in the Biological Sciences building.
The public is invited, according to
Terrell Hamilton, pi’ogram chair
man.
Sent to Councils
For Suggestions
An honor code for all A&M students has been drafted
by the Inter-council Committee.
The plan, which will now be presented to each school
souncil for suggestions and approval, provides for an honor
pledge, but all students will be covered by the code, regardless
9f whether or not they sign the pledge.
Those signing the pledge, however, have the greater re
sponsibility to see that the code works.
Basically, the plan approved by the committee yesterday
is this:
Students signing the pledge will not tolerate cheating
and will report any violations. Unlike one of the former
41 honor code proposals, how-
Polgar Here
For Show
In Guion Hall
Di\ Franz Polgar appears
tonight in the first of two
shows in Guion hall.
Both tonight’s and tomor
row nig-ht’s shows will start
at eight. The show is spon
sored by student activities of
fice, and all seats are 75 cents.
Tickets may be purchased in
the student activities office,
Goodwin hall, or at the door.
Polgar’s show, “Miracles of
the Mind,” encompasses mem
ory demonstrations, mind
reading and hypnosis. Only
volunteers are used for audi
ence participation stunts, and
at all times the show is con
ducted with absolutely no em-
barrasment to any of the par
ticipants.
The show is not a Town hall
presentation.
Date Set For Filing
For All Class Offices
Students interested in running
for any class office may begin fil
ing applications with the student
activities office March 22. Dead
line for filing is March 29.
Students running for yell-leader
and student entertainment mana
ger must have a grade point ratio
of at least 1.25. The student en
tertainment manager also must be
a junior with one or more years
experience on the entertainment
staff. For all other offices the stir-
dent must have a g-rade point ratio
of one point or better, and be ac
ademically classified in the class
he is representing.
The general run of offices will
Third Installment
Due by March 22
Third installment payments are
now payable at the fiscal office,
and must be paid by March 22 to
avoid a $1 penalty for each day
overdue.
The payment is $52.30 and covers
the period through April 22. It
breaks down into board, $36.30
(spring recess excluded); room
rent, $11.65; and laundry, $3.75.
be a president, vice-president, sec
retary, social secretary, treasurer,
and parliamentarian.
The class of ’56 also will elect a
historian, an entertainment mana
ger, a representative to the Me
morial Student Center council and
two yell-leaders.
The class of ’57 will elect the
usual officers, two yell-leaders and
one representative to the MSC
council.
A student agent will be the only
officer elected by the graduating
class of ’55.
Final elections will be held April
5. Runoffs will be held April 13.
Student’s Design
Included in Exhibit
James B. Good, senior from Dal
las, recently had his design solution
for Problem 1, Class A, Landscape
exchange, 1954-55, “A City Parking
Garage and Park,” chosen as one
of four problems which comprise
an intercollegiate traveling exhibit.
The problem was judged at Har
vard by four landscape architects.
Twenty-seven solutions were sub
mitted in the intercollegiate com
petition by six different schools.
News Briefs
LT. J. G. HILL, U. S. navy, will be in room 3C of the
MSC March 17 and 18 to discuss naval reserve, naval air ca
det, and naval officer candidate programs with interested
students.
• • •
LEGIS E. DAVIDS of the business administration de
partment has been selected as a.fellow for the annual Insti
tute on Freedom and Competitive Enterprise, to be held at
Claremont Men’s college in California, June 14-26.
• * *
THE ANNUAL Dairy Manufacturers conference will be
held here March 16-18, bringing dairy processors from all
over the state.
• • *
DR. RUTH PATRICK, curator of limnology at the Phila
delphia Academy of Natural Sciences, will lecture on “Ecolog
ical Factors To Consider In Studies of Rivers” at 8 tonight
in the Biological lecture room.
* ♦ *
A 40 HOUR TRAINING COURSE for the motor trans
portation supervisors will be held here March 21-25. L. K.
Jones, chief of supervisor training, Texas engineering ex
tension service, will be in charge.
ever, they will report to an
Honor Council instead of the
instructor.
This Honor Council would
be composed of two members from
each of the undergraduate schools
on the campus, and would review
all cases of cheating. Their de
cisions, either guilty or not guilty,
would then be forwarded to the
student’s dean.
A quorum of six members of the
council would be necessary for
cases to be reviewed. A unanimous
vote — without discussion among
the council members of the
facts—would be required for a de
cision. Committee President Bill
Coppage said the subcommittee
which drew up the plan decided it
would be best if no discussion was
allowed on the cases.
“This would prevent the council
from being swayed by an eloquent
speech,” he said, “and the decis
ions of the council would be strict
ly on the facts presented.”
Sign At Registration
A student would be given an op
portunity to sign the honor pledge
at registration, but the code would
be in effect no matter how many
students signed, Coppage explain
ed.
Coppage compared the honor
code to a “big police force with a
lot of deputies.” Those who sign
the pledges would be the “depu
ties” and would be responsible for
reporting cheating offenses, but
those who did not sign would not
have this responsibility, Coppage
said.
He also said the Honor Council
could try the cases in any way they
chose, and could call for witnesses
and the accuser if they chose to do
so. Procedures other than those
named in the honor code would be
up to the council itself, he said.
‘Gave It Elasticity’
“We gave the honor code a lot
of elasticity—like the Constitution
—so that it would function better
in actual practice,” Coppage said.
As outlined in the code, the
purpose is “To provide a spirit of
honesty and ethical behaviour
among the students of Texas A&M
which will foster the development
of professional honor and integ
rity.”
Opposition Voiced
Opposition to many parts of the
plan were voiced by Bill Willis. He
said Aggies “don’t consider cheat
ing dishonorable,” and because of
this first offenders should only be
warned by the Honor Council. The
decision on a first offender should
not be forwarded to the student’s
dean, and he “should be given an
other chance.”
The other councilmen argued
that the proposed code would stim
ulate interest against cheating.
The proposal will now be sent
to the school councils for approval,
and Coppage has asked the coun
cils to call special meetings to con
sider the problem. This would
bring quick action, he said.
The Inter-council committee will
then consider the councils’ sugges
tions on how the plan should be
changed, he said.
Netherlands Flyer
Speaks to BCAA
Capt. D. J. F. Roxs of the Neth
erlands, who is stationed at Bryan
air force base, will speak tomor-
now on “Private Flying in My Na
tive Land,” at a 7 p.m. meeting of
the Brazos County Aviation asso
ciation in the temporary court
house on West 25th street in Bry
an.