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.