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Number 87: Volume 54
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1955
Price Five Cents
MILITARY DAY GUESTS—Watching the corps of cadets go by at the review Sat
urday are, from left to right, David H. Morgan, A&M president; Gen. Nathan F. Twining,
air force chief of staff; and Rear Adm. John Will, director of personnel for the assistant
secretary of defense for manpower and personnel. Twining and Will were honor guests
for A&M’s annual Military day. ■••• ~ Air Force Photo
Highly Impressed
I & Twining Praises Cadets
Gen. Nathan P. Twining, air
force chief of staff and honor
guest for Military day, was highly
impressed by A&M’s corps of ca
dets, as it paraded for him Satur
day in near-freezing weather.
Twining said he “had never seen
finch a review.” He was particu
larly impressed by the 240-piece
bind, “the largest I’ve ever seen
—its gorgeous.”
At the time of the full dress re-
RV Banquet, Dance
Set For Saturday
More than 200 Ross Volunteers
and their dates are expected for
the annual RV banquet and dance
to be held April 2 in the Memorial
Student Center ballroom, said Joe
Bob Walker, RV commander.
Four years of Mardi Gras pa
rade films will be the highlight of
the banquet, after which the
co pies will dance to the music of
tni Aggieland orchestra. Breaded
veal cutlets will be featured at the
banquet which will begin promptly
at 6:30 p.m. The dance will begin
at 9 p.m., according to Fred Rose
and Jack Courtney, dance and ban
quet cool dinators.
The $9 dues paid by the RVs will
cover the cost of the evening’s en
tertainment. Cokes will be served
&t the dance.
view, the sudden norther had low
ered the temperature here to 38
degrees. The wind was from the
northwest at 16 miles an hour.
In an interview after the re
view, Twining said that the United
States must keep its military for
ces “just strong enough to keep
anyone from jumping on us,” and
that A&M’s corps had a part in
this plan. • *
“People, trained people,” he said,
“are the important thing, not all
this fancy technology.”
“It is important that we keep a
supply of trained men to fall back
bn in case of an emergency, and
that’s A&M’s job,” he said.
The nation is “in good shape”
militarily, he said, and is ahead of
the Russians in technology and the
ability to deliver nuclear weapons.
Twining called this “the gap,” and
said it must be maintained.
Twining and his party left late
Saturday afternoon, after the re
view and the president’s reception.
X-Rays End Today
Today is the last day that free
x-rays can be had in the Memo
rial Student Center. Examinations
will be given persons 15 years old
or over between 8 a.m. and noon,
and 1 and 5 p.m. The x-rays are
provided by the State Department
of Health.
Kennedy Chosen For Top Post;
Named Corps Sergeant Major
Civilians, Ford
Argue Poster Rule
Other events on his schedule dur
ing the weekend weye a breakfast
given by the Bryan Chamber of
Commerce, a luncheon with top-
ranking cadet officers, and an in
spection of cadet donnitory rooms.
Other distinguished guests here
for the Military weekend activities
were Olin E. Teague of College
Station, sixth district congress
man Rear xA dm.-John Will, direc
tor of personnel policy for the as
sistant secretary of defense for
manpower and personnel; Maj.
Gen. M. K. Deichelman, comman
der of air ROTC headquarters;
Maj. Gen. Samuel T. Williams, dep
uty commander of the fourth
army; and Maj. Gen. K. L. Berry,
Texas Adjutant General.
The Civilian Student Council last
night flared up in opposition to an
opinion voiced by Corps Command
er Frank Ford, who said he was
definitely opposed to civilian stu
dent campaigning for offices with
in their dormitory areas.
Ford, an ex-officio member of
the council without vote, expressed
his opinion during the council’s dis
cussion of recent Student Life com
mittee action. The committee, of
which Ford is also a member, re
ferred to a subcommittee at their
last meeting a request that civilian
students be allowed to campaign in
their areas for cirilian offices. The
request was from the Cirilian Stu
dent Council.
The discussion came after Ford
said he was opposed to cirilian stu
dents using posters, signs or cards.
He felt the cirilian students should
follow what he called the A&M
tradition of campaigning by per
sonal contacts.
Councilman Hugh Lanktree told
Ford, “We are in 1955 and not
1876,” saying the tradition had be
come outdated because it is almost
impossible to become acquainted
with 6,000 students.
Ford said, “I don’t think putting
up posters is right. We are not
junior high kids.”
News Briefs
DR. RALPH N. THAXLER, research supervisor for the
Texas company. Port Neches, will discuss “History, Proper
ties and Uses of Asphalt” at 8 tonight in the Biological Sci
ence lecture room. The public is invited to attend this grad
uate lecture.
# # *
THE GEOI^OGY and Petroleum clubs will hold a joint
meeting at 7:30 to^ ; '
W. H. Spice, San A
reports. The Geok
7:10 in the same roc
in room 140 of the geology building.
7 geologist, will speak on evaluation
h will hold a business meeting at
_Jre the joint meeting.
Business Etiquette
Set For Wednesday
The third program of the eti
quette series, “Business Etiquette,”
will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Wed
nesday in the Memorial Student
Center ballroom.
Speaker for the occasion will be
Charles Hardwick of the Owens
Coming Fiberglass company, Tole
do, Ohio. Wendell Horsley, direc
tor of the placement office, is
chairman for this meeting.
The series is presented by the
MSC “Mind Your Manners” Eti
quette committee. This week’s
program is to further students'
knowledge of what is expected of
them in the business world, and to
acquaint them w r ith some of the
practices followed in the business
world, according to Dave Ashcroft,
chairman of the committee.
Space Ships
Around A&M
Have To Go
The student affairs office is
having trouble with infrac
tions of w r hat is probably the
most-quoted line in the college
rule book — “Model airplanes
wall be flown in designated
areas only.”
The area east of the Animal
Industries building is the only
“designated area” on the cam
pus, but students and staff
members have been flying their
planes in other places.
They have also been break
ing the time violation—after 6
p.m. on weekdays and after
noon on Saturdays are the only
proper times.
The policy wns set because
the noise of the planes inter
feres with class work, office
wan-k, and conferences, said
Bennie Zinn, head of the stu
dent affairs department.
Burl Purvis pointed out that a
corps freshman is requii*ed to learn
the names of all the men in his
organization, but this is not so for
the cirilian students.
“If the corps has a majority,
then let’s have that majority rep
resented (in campus organizations),
but let the minority have their
representation. Don’t keep them
pinned back,” he said. “A man
shouldn’t be penalized because he is
a cirilian student.”
Ford then said that the cirilian
students w T ere falling back on some
thing “as artificial as a poster,
which is just so much ink and
paper.”
‘Not Accomplishing Anything’
“You are not accomplishing any
thing by putting up posters,” Ford
said.
John Henderson, day student rep
resentative to the council, said he
had been elected to the council by
three votes, but he was represent
ing 950 students.
“Our problem is presenting it
(students running for offices) to
the civilian students. We are not
trying to compete with the corps,”
he said.
Ford modified his statements by
saying he was not opposed to put
ting up signs publicizing an elec
tion, but he was against signs for
particular candidates.
Council President John Jones
ended the discussion when one of
the councilmen pointed out that
Ford had said he “had not had
time to study the problem thor
oughly.”
Other Action
In other action, the council voted
to award keys to ramp representa
tives who had served for one semes
ter and part of another. However,
(See CIVILIANS, Page 2)
Houston Junior Assumes
New Duties Immediately
Larry B. Kennedy, junior general business major from
Houston, has been named corps sergeant major for this year.
Kennedy, who is now corps athletic sergeant, will take
over the top-ranking non-commissioned officer post imme
diately, said Frank Ford, corps commander.
Appointment as sergeant major means almost definite
appointment as corps com
mander the next year.
“I’m very humbled bv the
honor,” Kennedy said. “I'll try
to do the best job possible for
the corps.”
“Kennedy has done a fine job
this year,” Ford said, “and I know
it will continue to be the same
as he takes over the duties of co-
1 ordinating the efforts of the class
i of ’56 toward a greater corps of
cadets.”
Kennedy is a member of the Me-
‘ morial Student Center Great Is
sues committee, a repi-esentative to
the Arts and Sciences council, fi
nance chairman for the Student
Conference on National Affairs
and secretary-treasurer of the Pre-
Law club.
He is also a member of the Ross
Volunteer honor company, a dis
tinguished student, and a former
student senator.
He was out for track one year.
The corps sergeant major is
chosen by the commandant’s of
fice, after recommendations from
cadet officers and tactical officers.
Larry B. Kennedy
Corps Sergeant Major
World
News
By The ASSOCIATED PRESS
BERLIN — The Constitutional
court of West Germany has agreed
to hear a suit brought by Social
ists which challenges the French-
German agreement on the Saar.
Socialists are trying to have the
agreement declared unconstitution
al.
WASHINGTON — Civil de
fense authorities announced
yesterday there will be a sim
ulated H-bomb attack on 50
continental U. S. cities June
15. Forty-three cities have
been named: seven will be the
object of a surprise attack.
Early Morning Fire
Hits Christian Church
Fire yesterday morning caused
an estimated $8-10,000 damage to
the A&M Christian church, 306
old highway 6 south.
The fire gutted the auditorium
of the concrete block building and
caused smoke and water damage
to the adjoining kitchen and of
fice. According to Rev. Clarence
Ketch, pastor, the fire apparently
TWO MEMBERS of the 9807th air reserve squadron,
Joe Holmgreen and Dan C. Lowe, recently were promoted to
< ''aptain. Holmgreen, who received his BS degree in civil
engineering from A&M in 1948, is a tactical officer at the
] cjlege. Lowe is a former assistant commander of flight
Alof the reserve squadron.
* * * *
LT. COL. MARVIN J. BIRDWELL, former commander
of the 9807th air reserve squadron, is retiring from the air
force. Birdwell was graduated from Allen Military academy
in 1923. He entered active duty with the air force in 1942,
and was discharged in 1946. He lives with his mother, Mrs.
F. C. Birdwell, at 513 Wayside drive in Bryan.
* * *
MISS LUCILLE MOORE; recreation specialist for the
agricultural extension service, will attend the meeting of
the National Committee of 4-H Recreation and Rural Life to
be held April 3-6 at the Conrad Hilton hotel in Chicago. This
is the third year she has been asked to serve on this commit
tee.
• • •
A PROTECTIVE RELAY ENGINEERS conference
will be held April 25-28 in the Memorial Student Center,
rooms 2A, 2B, 2C and the ballroom. A banquet will be held
April 26 in the ballroom. Sponsor for the conference is the
electrical engineering department, and L. M. Haupt of the
department is chairman.
Filing for Offices
Closes at 5 Today
Filing for class offices closes at
5 p.m. today in the student activi
ties office.
Positions to be filled include
seven class officers and one Me
morial Student Center councilman
for class of ’58; seven class offi
cers, one MSC councilman and two
yell leaders for class of ’59, and
seven class officers plus one his
torian, one MSC councilman, and
yell leaders and one entertainment
manager for class of ’56.
Students desiring to vote absen
tee in the class elections may do
so any time after 8 a.m. on March
31 in the student activities office
after stating reason for being ab
sent on election day, said Pete
Hardesty, student activities bus
iness manager.
Weather Today
The weather outlook for today is
cloudy and warmer with moderate,
southerly winds.’
Yesterday’s high was 57, low 30.
The temperature at 11 this morn
ing was 67.
FIRE DAMAGE—The Rev. Clarence Ketch, pastor of the
A&M Christian church, surveys damage done to the church
building by the fire early Monday morning. Some of the
damaged books in the book case may be saved. The trash
on the chairs in the foreground fell from the roof.
started from an automatic heater
in the ceiling of the building. The
alarm was turned in at 6:50 a.m.
“The fire started in the roof and
it was not electrical,” he said. The
heater, controlled by a thei-mostat,
w r as set to go on when the temper
ature dropped below 38, he ex
plained.
Ketch said he was not sure of
the damage, but the building was
“a flat mess.” Heavy damage in
the auditorium, which seats about
130 people, was done to an elec
tronic organ, metal chairs, hym
nals, windows and the ceiling. In
surance totaling $16,000 was car
ried on the building.
The kitchen in the rear of the
building suffered smoke and wa
ter damage, but the fire was con
tained in the sanctuary. Ketch’s
office in the front of the church
also was damaged considerably by
smoke, water and heat.
At a meeting last night, the
church’s board of trustees decided
to hold Sunday services in the arm
ory, across old highway 6 from
the church. Sunday school and
the nursery will be held, in the
usual place, but adult church school
and the worship .service will be in
the armory, Ketch said.
The only weekend activity of the
church, the Wednesday choir prac
tice, will probably be held in one
of the member’s homes, Ketch ad
ded.
The burned building was con-
structed seven years ago, and the
church has been considering a
building program.
At the board meeting, no defi
nite decision was reached about
possibly starting the building pro
gram now, according to Ketch.
“There did seem to be a unani
mous feeling toward working for
the building program instead of
carrying out a repair job on the
burned structure,” he said.
Freshman, Soph
Math Contest
Prizes Listed
The annual mathematics
contest examinations for
freshmen and sophomores are
scheduled for April 26 from
7:30 to 9 :30 p.m.
Prizes offered this year in the
two contests are as follows:
• First prize — a gold wrist
watch
• Second prize—$15.00
• Third prize—$10.00
All prizes in the freshmen con
test and the second and third prizes
in the sophomore contest are pro
vided by the Robert F. Smith Me
morial fund.
The first prize for sophomores
is given by the Halperin Award
fund, established by the estate of
the late professor H. Halperin.
Winners in last year’s freshmen
contest were Charles S. Skillman
jr., first place; Charles L. Edwards,
second place; and Hubert Mount,
third place. In the sophomore con
test, first prize went to Herman
Keller; second prize to Robert E.
Blewster jr.; and third prize to
Clay McFarland.
Freshmen now enrolled in math
104 and sophomores now taking
math 210 are invited to participate
in this year’s contests. The fresh
men contest will be held in room
223 of the Academic building and
the sophomore contest will be held
in room 225.
Frozen Posies
Postpone
Flower Show
“Under The Big Top,” the
flower show sponsored by the
A&M Garden club, scheduled
for tonight, has been postpon
ed until further notice.
Mrs. Carl Landiss, publicity
co-chairman, announced that
the Garden club members will
be unable to put on the show
since the recent freeze took
heavy toll of the prospective
flower entries.
The Garden club will meet
Friday, April Fool’s day, at
2:30 p.m., and discuss plans
concerning the flower show, in
the social room of the Memo
rial Student Center. No foolin’,
there’s going to be a meeting.