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Number 106: Volume 54 Battalion COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1955 Price Five Cents No Limitations Set For Army ROTC, Basic or Advanced The army has announced that there will be no quota limitations next year on the number of army ROTC cadets, for either basic or advanced students. The army also announced that '«t“it is anticipated that all qualified ROTC graduates in the foreseeable future will be commissioned and called to active duty.” As reported by the newsletter of the Association of Land-Grant Col leges and Universities, the army’s announcement on quotas said “no quota limitations will be placed up on enrollment -in the senior (basic or advanced) or the military . schools divisions of the ROTC pro gram.” Col. D. P. Anderson, PMS&T here, said this would not make too mu«h difference in A&M’s opera tion, since all qualified students were taken into the program last year, and this was not enough to fill A&M’s quota. The army’s announcement also said that emphasis would be placed on keeping “high standards for en rollment and retention of ROTC students.” The army told the land-grant as sociation that active duty and com missioning requirements for ROTC graduates was dependent upon “laws, poliicies, and authorized of ficer strength at that time of the year,” but that all graduates would probably receive their commis sions. The associatioM’s newsletter also reported that the National Reserve Plan has been sent out of commit tee for debate on the floor of the U. S. House of Representatives, without its original provision that would have allowed drafting 19- for a six months active duty trai.n- if too few persons volunteered for the training. The National Reserve plan calls for a six months’ active duty train ing period, then reserve status for those participating. FSA, Seniors Praised At Animal Barbeeue THE CORONATION—Cotton King Joe Bob Snodgrass, A&M seniwr, crowns Pat Calloway, TSCW freshman, as Queen Cotton at the Cotton pageant sponsored by the Ag ronomy society last Friday night. About 6,000 people attended the pageant and the ball held after it. ■Richardson To Go To School Meet Dr. L. S. Richardson, president of the Gulf School Research De velopment association, will repre sent the organization at the Na tion Conference of School Re- learch associations to be held at )he University of Buffalo Thurs day through Saturday. Richardson also plans to visit the United States Office of Edu cation in Washington to determine the status of the A&M Consoli dated school district’s application for federal building funds. Senate To Di SC1ISS Kyle Field Seating The Kyle field seating plan will be discussed again Thursday when the Students Senate meets at 7:30 p.m. in the Memorial Student Cen- Iter assembly room. A new seating plan, involving Ihe use of reserve seats within the student section, has been proposed. Also on the senate’s agenda are ^representation on the senate from the Project houses, and a recom mendation for new handball courts. Space Payment Probe Planned By Publications An investigation of who should and who should not have to pay for space in the Aggieland will be undertaken by Ross Strader, manager of student publications, working with the Student Publications board and the yearbook editor. The board decided yesterday to attempt to find a workable policy to settle such cases. According to Strader, the policy used up to now has been that a group which charg ed dues or had other ways to raise the money would pay for the Ag gieland space. The question was raised this year by the Town Hall staff, who were opposed to having to pay. The board passed a motion requiring payment this year, with an inves tigation to determine which groups would get free space and which would have to pay in the futures The board approved R. C. (Con nie) Eckard as Commentator editor and Charles Williams as Engineer editor. Sti’ader also is to look into pos sibilities of reducing the frequency of publication of the Engineer to four issues a year, instead of the present one a month for eight months. He is to discuss this with the student Engineer council. Slide Hiile Winners Presented Awards The winners of the mechanical engineering slide rule contest were announced yesterday with the awarding of plaques and slide rules to the winners in Guion hall. The contest was held April 12. C. H. Ransdell, acting dean of the Basic Division, presided at the meeting. Historical background of the slide rule contest was given by R. M. Wingren of the mechanical engineering department. Dr. David IT. Morgan, president of th© college, gave a short speech on “Winning and Losing,” followed by the presentation of small awards by Dr. J. P. Abbott, dean of the college. The presentation or large plaques for first and second prizes in each department was made by the de partment heads. Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant, presented awards to students not classified, as basic. R. P. Ward, acting dean of the School of Engineering, presented special aw T ards and Dr. Morgan pre sented the first place plaque. Weather Today The weather outlook for today is partly cloudy with gentle south winds. Yestei'day’s high was 88, low 62. The temperature at 10 this morn ing was 76. Civilian Weekend ‘Good Time’ Promised Winners of the contest and their departments are as follows: Aeronautical engineering; Rob ert J. Balhom, first, and Lawrence L. Patton, second. Chenaical engineering; Roy Er nest Mitchell, first, and Robert J. Ring ji\, second. Architecture; David L. Atteber- ry, first, and Elam L. Denham, sec ond. Civil engineering; Donald D. Dunlap, first, and James R. Groves, second. Electrical engineering; Dixon W Coulbourn, first, and Tom C. Mor ris, second. Geology; Donald W. Carver, first, and Patrick H. Sumbera, second. Industrial engineering; Samuel B. Wachel, first. Mechanical engineering; Robert D. Purrington, first, and James R. Partridge, second. Petroleum engineering; Joe T. Simmons, first, and Richard S. Palmer, second. Physics; Michael R. Gill, first, and Samuel L. Worley jr., second. Special group having had some pjTor college work; Ross E. Vandi- vei", first, and Vernon D. Ander son, second. The special awards went to Rob ert D. Purrington, Joe T. Simmons, Dixon W. Coulbourn, Ross E. Van diver, Robert J. Balhoum and James R. Partridge. These stu dents received slide rules as special prizes. The top award plaque was pre sonted to Robert D. Purrington. World News By The ASSOCIATED PRES PARIS — Ex-Premier Mendes- France starts a political comeback today with a bid to take over the machinery of his Radical Socialist party and make it live up to its name. He would guide it from the middle of the road toward the left. His friends have called a one-day special convention. They hope to get a hand on the party wheel, now held by a right-winger, former Jus tice Minister Leon Martinaud-De- plat. They also want an accord on a left-of-center platform. ★ ★ ★ BUENOS AIRES, Argentina- Political forces supporting Presi dent Juan D. Peron have prepar ed the way for quick congres sional action to cut the ties be tween the state and the Roman Catholic church. As congres sional moves for separation shaped up, the Catholic hierarchy denied again it is interfering in Argentine politics as charged by Peron. ★ ★ ★ DONCASTER, England—An un official strike shut down Britain’s biggest coal producing area yester day and spread swiftly to other important pits. By nightfall 44,600 miners had walked out, halting the flow of coal from all mines in the Doncaster area and some in neigln boring Yorkshire regions. A “rip-roaring good time” has been promised for those joining in the first annual Civilian weekend activities May 13 and 14. Hugh Lanktree, general chair man for the activities, made the promise in a letter to The Battal- „ ion. He further said the Civilian Stu dent Council is “sponsoring a fab- . ulous program of events . . . and would like to see everyone having one whale of a good time during these two days.” Miss Shirley Woodell To Judge Beards The activities will begin with a tug-of-war which, according to Lanktree, “promises to be wetter than the proverbial ‘drownout’.” This will be next to The Grove at 5:30 p.m., May 13, and teams from the civilian dormitories and hous ing areas will participate. Next will come the barbecue which Lanktree calls “colossal.” The menu will include “a pound of barbecued baby beef for the amaz ingly low price of 70 cents,” Lank tree said in his letter. Entertainment will be furnished by the Aggie Ramblers, the Afri can Combo, “and of course, the judging of the beards by five love lies from Rice, T.U., Lamar Tech, and TSCW,” according to Lank tree. Ball Set Saturday The next night, at 9 p.m. in The Grove, the Civilian ball will begin. The Capers Combo will play, and tickets will be $1.50, stag or date. As to the ball, Lanktree wrote these comments in his letter: “At 10:30 there will be a floorshow to beat all floor shows — singing, dancing and music of all kinds— not to mention the judging of tire Ugliest Man at A&M by such wor thies as the editor of the Daily Texan, the constable of Snook, and another well-known Texan who identity for the moment will re main spcret.” Tickets to any part of the week end may be purchased at student activities office, from civilian coun- cilmen, the ramp representatives, and at the Twelfith Man Inn. Open to Everyone At the last council meeting, the group voted to open the activities <fo anyone — including corps stu dents, faculty, and staff members. Dress for the dance is semi-formal for the boys and formal for the girls, and the barbecue attire is op tional. The only activity open only to civilian students is participation in the tug-of-war. Study Rodeo Boys Second At Oklahoma A&M Aggie Rodeo team led by veter an Lowie Rice scored 380 points to place second in the Oklahoma A&M inter-collegiate rodeo at Stillwater, Okla., last weekend. Rice dogged two steers in a total of six seconds to win the bulldog- ging and won the first go-round in calf tie down to gather 160 points. He threw one steer in 2.5 seconds to set the fastest time recorded in bulldogging in intercollegiate ro deo. Don Turner placed third in both go-rounds of the ribbon roping and placed third in the average of that event. Billy Steele placed third in the first go-around of the tie down calf roping and won fourth in the average. Rodney Butler placed second and Curtis Burlin fifth in the bareback bronc riding. Burlin tied for fifth in the bull riding. Other members of the team were Ed Harvill, Bobby Wakefield and Wayne Ward. Rudder Tells Group World Needs Their Kind Praises of the Former Students association and the class of ’55 were voiced last night by a group of distinguished speakers at the senior class barbecue. The affair was sponsored by the FSA, and main speaker of the evening was J. Earl Rudder, ’32, recently appointed “♦state land commissioner. He gave the seniors words of advice and told them “you’re going to get jobs, and good ones, too.” This was part of a comparison between the classes of ’32 and ’55. Jobs were scarce when he graduated, Rudder explained. Roll up your sleeves and do your jobs good,” Rudder said. “The world is going to need the kind of men gathered here.” He also recommended more em phasis be placed on politics, but he explained the kind of politics he meant were those “when you can be of service to your country and your iiellow man.” Morgan Praises Record Dr. David H. Morgan, A&M pres ident, told the group the class of ’55 had “left a record the other classes will find hard to beat.” He also expressed his appreciation for the way the class of ’55 had con ducted itself while at A&M. “A&M is better by your being here,” Morgan said. Later he praised the civilian students and the corps- and said, “The corps can continue at A&M because of the work you have done.” A charge was given to the group by Oscar T. Hotchkiss, ’24, FSA president. He explained that the last 31 years have seen the greatest technological era ever known to man. Then he charged, in reference to development? of atomic power, “We may have made a mistake by ne glecting the field of human rela tionships in international affairs. . . The course of this power (atomic energy) may be determined by you students.” (See BARBECUE, Page 2) Army Students Aviation During Drills An army aviation recruit ing team will set up static displays and give orientation talks on the army aviation program Thursday, according to Maj. William J. Winder of the Military Science department. This program* will take the place of drill according to Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant. The air force will not have drill because of the Parents day review, Davis said. Approximately seven types of aircraft will be displayed including the L-19, L-20, and L-23 types of the fixed wing variety and the H-13, H-23, H-25 and heavy cargo type of the rotary wing or heli copter type. All freshmen and sophomores are asked to attend the display fi’bm 1 to 4 p.m. The orientation talk and film to be held in Guion hall at 4 will be compulsory. Contract students not attending classes will hear orientation talks and see films at Guion at 3 p.m and all are required to see the display. The display will be shown at the corner of Spence and Lamar streets in the reci’eational area. Although the display is set up for the army, anyone interested is invited to attend, Winder said. The program will be presented by personnel from Fort Hood. New Type of Show Planned for Follies An entirely new Aggie Follies is being planned this year in an effort to present the best show in the history of the Follies, accord ing to Charles (Chuck) Newman, head of the Intercouncil’s commit tee for the production. This year’s show, “Hullabaloo”, is being billed as a “musical com edy about Texas A&M written, di- ROTC Flying Bill Goes Before House A bill has been introduced in the U. S. House of Representatives to j allow flight instruction to be given to college army and air force ROTC cadets. The bill, which was inti-oduced by Rep. Durham, of North Cardlina, would allow the services to pro vide elementary flight training or to get civilian flight contractors to do it. The army was included in the bill because of its “increasing use- of .air powers,” according to the As sociation of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities, which reported the- action in its newsletter for this month. —Photo by Smith GUESS WHO GOT WET—The boys over in dormitories 14, 15, 16, and 17 had one of A&M’s springtime ritual water dances last weekend. When this picture was taken, the officer of the guard was trying to herd the boys back into their dormitories. Then, as Battalion Photographer Seymour Smith put it, “Photographer got too close to OG. Man on right let fly with water. Don’t know about OG, but I was soaked.” reeled, and played by Aggies.” The two productions of the show will be Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in Guion hall. Tickets for either performance are $1 each. The show will picture a typical year in the life of an Aggie, in cluding dormitory, social and corps life, Newman said. It will describe a student’s relations with the tac tical officers, the professors and fellow students, he added. Don Powell is the writer-direc tor for the show, and will also serve as master of ceremonies. The Aggie Players, who decided not to put on another play in order to help with the Follies, will give technical assistance. Newman emphasized that the show will star only Aggies—the only exceptions being student wives and Reveille. The two-hour production includes scenes from registration, the post office, yell practice, and a campus dance. According to Newman, the show will be “the most entertain ing Follies ever to be staged.” C. K. Eten, Aggie Follies direc tor, will serve as advisor for the show, along with Vic Weining. Both are of the English depart ment. The leading roles will be taken by Roger Alexander, Rock Arnold, Lamar Ashley, Connie Eckard and Bill Swann. Bill Campbell will be stage manager. A new Aggie song, “Life of an Aggie”, has been written for the show by Bill Huettel and Powell. In all, there are fifteeen songs in the play. Tickets will be sold by unit first sergeants, dormitory house mas ters, Frank Sims in College View, and at the main desk of the Me morial Student Center.