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Number 109: Volume 54 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1955 Price Five Cents
News of the World
By The ASSOCIATED PRESS
PARIS—President Eisenhower has agreed to meet with
the heads of state of the Soviet Union, Britain and France in
the near future on ways to ease world tensions, it was re
liably reported yesterday. Diplomatic informants said Eis
enhower has agreed to a request from Britain and France for
such a meeting. They said his reply would be communicated
to the Council of the North American Atlantic Treaty Organ
ization at its meeting today.
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VIENNA, Austria—The Big Four foreign ministers
arranged yesterday to meet in Vienna this weekend,
when they may sign a treaty giving Austria her long-
deferred independence, despite a last-minute Soviet
roadblock. The late hitch came in preparatory negotia
tions here by the American, British, Soviet, and French
envoys and Austrian Foreign Minister Leopold Figl.
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WASHINGTON — Democrats in Congress yesterday
launched two inquiries into the Eisenhower administration’s
handling of the Salk polio vaccine. Some of them charged
“muddling” and confusion are causing public alarm. Demo
cratic Gov. Frank Clement of Tennessee, however, said he
felt reassured after a “profitable” meeting with Secretary
of Welfare Hobby and Surgeon Gen. Leonard A. Scheele.
Clement, who headed a delegation from the conference of
state governors, declared: “I am very optimistic that the
Salk vaccine will stand as an effective weapon against polio.”
Civilians Tailing Short’
Sigma Xi Initiates
34 New Members
The A&M chapter of Sigma Xi
national honorary scientific so
ciety initiated 34 new members last
week at its annual banquet, and
also gave for the first time two
awards to graduate students for
“outstanding research.”
Winners of the awards were
Ralph W. Gilby, full member, for
his work in chemistry, 'and Donald
H. Enlow, associate member, for
his work in zoology.
New members initiated were:
Robert V. Andrews, James R.
Brazzel, John Paul Delaplane,
Joseph Hacskaylo, Lewi's M. Haupt
News Briefs
THE LOCAL section of the
American Chemical society will
hear Dr. W. T. Ziegler of the chem-
5‘al engineering department at the
Georgia Institute of Technology
speak on “Properties of Matter at
Low Temperatures” at 8:15 p.m.
Ariday in the chemistry lecture
room.
* * *
COLLEGE STATION reservist
Robert B. Caldwell, a lieutenant
colonel in the air force reserve,
attended the annual firepower dem
onstration at Florida’s Elgin air
force base yesterday. He was one
of 30 outstanding students of the
Command and Staff School corres
pondence course who were selected
to attend the demonstration.
* * *
ERNEST R. JENSEN will pre
sent his dissertation, “A study of
■fche Developmental Morphology and
the Physiology of Dormancy in
Seed of Yaupon Holly,” at 1:15
p.m. May 10 in room 103 of the
Agricultural building.
A BOOK by H. P. (Horsepower)
Smith of the agricultural engineer
ing department has just gone into
its fourth edition. All but a small
part of the book, “Farm Machinery
and Equipment,” was completely
rewritten for this edition, Smith
said.
Oil Painting Voted
Mothers Favorite
Margaret Cambell’s oil painting
“Mira Bl Toro,” was voted the
most popular by visitors in the
Memorial Student Center yester
day.
The painting'was exhibited with
more than a hundred other pieces
submitted by students, faculty and
staff members, College Station res
idents, and children.
The paintings were displayed on
the first and second floors of the
MSG. Ballots were available for
Mothers Day visitors to vote for
their favorite painting.
A NURSERYMEN’S short course
will be held here May 30 to June 1.
The Texas Association of Nursery
men and the department of agron
omy, entomology, floriculture and
landscape architecture, horticul
ture, plant pathology and physiolo
gy of A&M will sponsor the course.
A. F. Dewerth will be chairman
for the short course.
* * *
MISS SADIE HATFIELD, home
stead improvement specialist for
the Agricultural Extension service,
is in Mexico City to present a paper
at the annual meeting of the U.S.-
Mexico Border association.
* * *
CONSERVATION AND related
subjects will be discussed during
the second annual Conservation
Workshop to be held here July 19-
20. Soil and water conservation,
flood control measures and forestry
conservation will be the top sub
jects on the agenda. The meeting
is jointly sponsored by the college
and the Soil Conservation service.
jr., Billie Gene Hightower, Rich
ard L. Jacobs, Lewis W. Johnson,
Kinjiro Kajiura, Akira Kasahara,
Walter T. Matzen jr., Arthur J.
Pilgrim, Fred E. Weick, and Faz-
lur R. Quazi.
New associate members are:
Bantval P. Baliga, William T. Ber
ry jr., William G. Bradley, Horace
R. Burke, Tommy T. Dunagan, Wil
liam W. Hildreth jr., Elmer M.
Johnson, Joe C. Johnson, Edwin P.
Lloyd, Paul W. Lukens jr., Ram
Narain, Troy B. Patterson, Man
ning A. Price, Chester M. Rowell
jr., Frank B. Stroud, Ensel C.
Stutts, Johannes P. Van Buijtenen,
Dixon P. Van Tuyl, William J. Wal-
drip, and James K. Walter jr.
Eleven former associate mem
bers were raised to the status of
full members. These were Mahbub
Ali, Luther S. Bird, Melvin B. Bur
ton jr., Wan Yuin Chang, Julius
W. Die«kert, Donald H. Enlow,
Freeman Miree Fuller, John V.
Halick, Robert H. Harms, Bobby
Leroy Reid, and Robert P. Celar-
ier.
The principal speaker of the
evening, Dr. William Shive of the
University of Texas chemistry de
partment, told the chapter that co
ordination of research in different
fields has led to rapid progi’ess,
and individuals and institutions
should participate more in research
programs.
CSC Pleads
For Participalion
An appeal for better participation in the coming Civilian
weekend activities was sounded last night by Hugh Lank-
tree, general chairman for the weekend. He made his appeal
at the Civilian Student Council meeting.
Lanktree began his report of the progress in the Friday
night barbecue ticket sales by 4
telling the group, “I’m afraid
Follies Successful
This weekend’s Aggies Follies,
called “‘the best yet,” played to
a standing-room-only crowd i n
Guion hall Saturday night. The
show, put on Friday and Saturday
nights, made at least $1,472, which
will be divided among the school
councils for their use.
we’re falling short.”
Councilmen reported that
about 600 tickets had been
sold for the barbecue. After a
lengthy discussion, the council
voted to order enough barbecue
for 900 persons—at a cost of about
$250 over the amount of money
that has been collected so far.
Lanktree then told the group,
“You’ve voted for 900, now I sug
gest you get out and sell them.”
The tickets are 70 cents each.
He also told the group, Father
Tim, local Catholic priest, had
granted all Captholic students spe
cial permission to eat meat that
Friday in order that they would
be able to attend the barbecue.
Lanktree also told the council
more entrants were needed for the
ugly man contest, which will be
judged at the first annual Civilian
ball Saturday night. Tickets to
the ball are $1.50, stag or couple.
In other action, Councilman
John Henderson, chairman of the
civilian chaplain committee, an
nounced that the newly-created
post of chaplain would be filled
later this week.
CS Employment
Non-farm employment didn’t in
crease in the College Station-Bry-
an area during the month of May,
According to the Texas Employ
ment commission, there was “con
siderable” hiring of workers by
industries such as construction,
manufactui’ing, and wholesale, bub
most of the hires were for replace
ments or to fill short-time jobs.
President
Says No
Coeducation
A&M’s president said firmly
Sunday that A&M is not going
to become a coeducational col
lege.
“The A&M System board of
directors has authorized me to
announce that A&M is not go
ing coed,” he said. “The board
has gone on record as opposing
coeducation for A&M.”
Morgan made the announce
ment in his talk at the Moth
ers day service in Guion hall,
saying that the question of
coeducation was the one asked
him most often by mothers of
A&M students.
Aggieland Editors
Want Earlier Book
On their way toward their goal
of getting the Aggieland ’55 out a
little earlier than past issues of
the yearbook, the Aggieland staff
has sent the first 160 pages of the
yearbook to the printer.
There are 352 pages to go. Co
editors Harry Tilley and Lolan Pul
len said, and they are “hoping,
to have the yearbook finished be
fore the June 15 final deadline.
Citv C of C
May Change
Constitution
The board of directors of
the College Station Chamber
of Commerce and Civic De
velopment association yester
day decided to send each mem
ber of the organization a copy of
the old constitution and ask for
suggestions for a proposed revis
ion of the constitution.
Director Gibb Gilchrist sugges
ted allowing all the members to
make proposals. The Chamber was
without a copy of their old consti
tution until The Battalion found
one in its files.
The Chamber also voted to in
vite the chairman of the Recrea
tion council and the City Planning
board, and W. L. Penberthy, head
of A&M’s student activities depart
ment, to become permanent mem
bers of the Chamber’s long-range
planning committee.
Director Luther Jones moved
that a letter of commendation be
sent to the College Station Ki-
wanis club, the Brazos county
Shriners, and the Easter Seal As
sociation for their work on the
recent Crippled Children’s Clinic.
The, resignation of Director S.
L. Loveless was accepted, and E.
C. Garner was appointed to replace
him. Garner had the next-highest-
number of votes in the last direc
tors election.
Picture Contest
L&M cigarettes is giving college
students all over the country a
chance to get in on $1,000 worth of
prizes in a photography contest.
Entries are to be pictures of out
standing students, to be used in
the company’s advertisements. Fur
ther information can be obtained
from Campus Merchandising Bu
reau, 299 Madison Ave., New York.
Squadron 10 Wins Again; Other Awards
Squadron 10, for the fifth
straight year, was awarded the
Gen. George F. Moore trophy at
the annual Mothers Day review
Sunday.
The award is presented annu
ally to the organization having
the highest over-all rating based
on academic proficiency, military
proficiency, intramural and ex
tra-curricular activities.
Squadron 10, which is com
manded by Bob Carpenter of Dal
las, also won the unit award,
citation cords; the Woolridge
award, a saber presented annu
ally to the outstanding air force
unit to be used by the unit com
mander; and the best drilled
unit, a streamer which becomes
a permanent part of the organi
zation’s guidon.
Other awards and their win
ners are as follows:
The Texas Department Re
serve Officers association award,
a saber, to J. Frank Ford, col
onel of the corps.
The Caldwell Trophy, a watch,
to Larry B. Kennedy; Daughters
of the American Revolution
award, $200 cash, to John W.
Jenkins; United Daughters of the
Confederacy Trophy, the Albert
Sidney Johnson saber, to Pat
Wheat.
Federated A&M Mothers Clubs
of Texas award, a bronze cup
and key, to Charles E. Sinclair;
Lulie Hughey Lane Scholarship
award, $200 cash, to William J.
Smith; Sons of the American
Revolution awards, medals, to
the outstanding senior in each
field of ROTC specialization, to
Joe B. Walker, pilot; Laurence
G. Francis, observer; Buck O.
Isbell, technical; Brad H. Miles,
armor; Frank E. Whitson, army
security agency; Thomas R. Mel
ton, chemical corps.
Paul E. Gentry, anti-aircraft
artillery; Ronald G. Denton, en
gineers; Robert L. Sanders, field
artillery; Alan J. Ezzell, infan
try; Fair Colvin jr., ordnance;
Tom J. Sammons, quartermaster
corps; Norman D. Kemp, signal
corps; Glenn W. Mitchell, trans
portation corps.
The Houston Chamber of Com
merce Military Affairs commit
tee presented citation cords to
the outstanding junior of the ca
det corps and to the outstanding
junior in each regiment.
The winners were Larry B.
Kennedy, corps sergeant major;
John W. Jenkins, corps troops;
Raymond E. Latham, first regi
ment; John D. Cunningham, first
wing; William L. Broaddus, sec
ond regiment; Weldon W. Walk
er, second wing; and Victor A.
Moseley, band.
The consolidated band won the
Austin Junior Chamber of Com
merce award, a battle streamer.
This award is presented bian-
nually to the unit winning first
place in the Austin corps parade.
The Society of American Mili
tary engineers award, a gold
medal presented to ten cadets in
the United States who are “most
outstanding in military and engi
neering in the air force,” to John
W. Jenkins; the Fritz award, a
cup and key, to John B. White.
Members of the corps staff,
regimental commanders, battal
ion commanders and company
commandei’s were presented
medals by the military depart
ment here, in recognition and
appreciation of performing their
duties and assignments in a su
perior manner.
The U.S. air force association
medal to John W. Jenkins; the
Armed Forces Chemical associa
tion award to Avery E. McKin
ney and Weldon W. Walker; An
tiaircraft Artillery association
medal to Derrell L. Steakley; the
corps of engineers gold medals
to James A. Bush and Richard
O. Gutheiie; the Field Artillery
association medal to Billy J. Uts-
man; and the Infantry associa
tion medal to John L. Leimbrook.
The Ordnance association key
to John B. White; the quarter
master association medal to War
ner P. Louvier and B. A. (Scot
ty) Parham; Armed Forces Com
munications association medal to
Frank O’Donnell and Allan R.
Heimer; the National Defense
Transportation association award
Named
to L. M. Braziel, Page W. Mor
gan and Nathan R. Boardman;
the Armor association medal to
Cecil G. Fair, and the San An
tonio Post rifle trophy to Earnest
Martin.
Members of the drum and bu
gle corps were presented gold
keys by A. M. Waldrop of Bryan.
The Adcock trophy was pre
sented to Walter Parsons, as out
standing junior in the corps of
engineers.
The Maltz award, a watch, to
John Henry Stockton as the base
ball player who is the “most out
standing in military and base
ball proficiency.”
(See AWARDS, Page 2)