Number 117: Volume 54
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1955
Price Five Cents
MISS RUE PINALLE—Chosen Miss Rue Pinalle Friday at
the last dance of the year for the Memorial Student Cen
ter’s nightclub was Miss M. J. Rodgers, shown with her
escort, C. D. (Chuck) Newman. Both are from Amarillo.
Keys Given CSC
At Annual Banquet
Keys were presented last night
to the members of the Civilian Stu
dent Council at their first annual
awards banquet in the Memorial
Student Center.
Dr. David H. Morgan, president
of the college, presented the coum
cilmen their keys. Morgan also
gave a short talk on the role of
the council in the A&M organiza
tion.
Speaker for the evening was Ar
thur Stewart of the business ad
ministration department. He spoke
Anybody Want
To Go West ?
A name exchange to find out
who is going to the A&M-UCLA
game Sept. 16 is now in opera
tion on the campus.
on the way the law deals differ
ently with men and women.
Officers receiving keys were
John Jones, president; John Cozad,
vice-president; Burl Purvis, secre
tary; and Joe West, parliamenta
rian.
Others on the council who were
given keys were Bill Johnson, Pete
Goodwin, Earl Hanson, John Hen
derson, Charles Cocanougher, Hugh
^anktree, Bennie Camp, Ronald
Francis, Ray Lammert, Bob Schu-
pbach and Jon Kinslow.
Kinslow was also master of cere r
monies. Jones gave a short re
view of the council’s work this
year.
Keys will be awarded at 4 this
afternoon to 18 ramp, floor and
row representatives at a meeting
of civilian students in the chemis
try lecture room.
A&M Faces
In Texas House
Bill Doubling Tuition
Gets Tenative Approval
AUSTIN—(A>)—The House yes
terday gave tentative approval to
a bill doubling the tuition at state
colleges and universities.
The measure was endorsed BB
SS after long, bitter debate in which
News
of the
World
By The ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON — Striking dockers
crippled Britain’s four biggest
ports yesterday in a bitter inter
union feud for bargaining rights
on the nation’s waterfronts. The
Labor party’s chances in Thurs
day’s parliamentary election were
not enhanced thereby. Food ships
began to pile up in the Thames
Estuary and government officials
warned the nation’s vital export
trade would be crippled if the
strike continues.
'A' 'At "At
AUSTIN —The Senate State
Affairs committee yesterday
gave up its effort to solve the
tax problem. It tossed to the
Senate a bill some 25 million dol
lars short of meeting the pro
spective two-year need. Decision
to let the entire Senate decide
where to put the state’s biggest
tax bite in history was by 12-8
vote.
Baseball Team
Coach Beau Bell and the Aggie
baseball team were honored yes
terday at the Lion’s club luncheon.
The Lions presented Bell with a
montage cartoon of his squad,
drawn by James (Cadet Slouch)
Earle. Ken Loeffler, new A&M
basketball coach, was the speaker.
opponents called it a tax on educa
tion and backers said it was long
overdue.
A major item in the legislative
program recommended by Gov. Al
lan Shivers, the tuition raise is
expected to bring in about l 1 ^ mil
lion dollars starting next year.
Rep. J. O. Gillham of Brownfield
author of the bill, said present tui
tion rates were set in 1933. “I
don’t think anyone' can say a raise
from those depression year rates is
out of line,” he told the House.
House liberals came back with
a string of amendments and at
tacks on the measure, however.
Major change was an amend
ment by Rep. Dolph Briscoe of
Uvalde, leaving tuition at the pres
ent rates for students who are
working their way through college.
His amendment, adopted 69-65,
would allow students working 20
hours or more per week to be ex
empt from the increase.
Rep. Zeke Zbranek of Daisetta
tried unsuccessfully to cut the size
of the increase with a string of
Senior Function
To Be at Clay Pits
The site of the senior function
planned at 4 this afternoon has
been changed to the clay pits, as
rain and flooding water has
washed out the original site near
the Fin Feather club, off College
Road.
The dining hall will supply the
food—and the lemonade for the
graduating seniors.
Summer Session
Registration for summer school
will begin Monday, June 6, at 8
a.m. and close at 12:00 according
to J. Y. Alexander, assistant reg
istrar. The east wing of Duncan
hall will be used for registration.
amendments which were tabled one
by one.
Zbranek directed heavy fire at
the provision calling for a $100 per
semester special tuition on medical
and dental students, telling the
House, “admission to the medical
school should be on the basis of
ability, not ability to pay.”
Rep. Otis Lee of Groves, out
spoken foe of administration legis
lation, said the only reason there
was no organized opposition to the
bill was that “the students don’t
have a lobby.”
UT Student
Rescues Aggie
In Car Wreck
An unidentified University o f
Texas student has been given cre
dit for saving the life of the newly
elected class of ‘56 president, Allen
S. Greer, early Monday morning.
Greer said he was leaving Austin
about 1:30 a.m. heading toward El
gin, when he became drowsy. He
decided to pull to the side of the
road and sleep a while before going
on, and about 3 a.m. decided to con
tinue.
The University of Texas student
was heading toward Austin from
Elgin when he saw the car leave
the road and start to burn. He
ran to the car and pulled the un
conscious Greer out. He was taken
to Elgin where he was given emer
gency treatment and later moved
to Bryan. The car burned after
Greer had been removed.
Greer suffered facial lacerations
and bruised knees and ankles, but
no broken bones. Hospital authori
ties report his condition as “good.”
He is in room 211 at St. Jo
seph’s hospital in Bryan.
At Press Club Banquet
Fund Bill Report
Given by Dewey
A&M College will have to maintain a tight budget if the
appropriation bill now in conference at Austin is passed as
stands.
Following an examination of the Free Conference com
mittee report on House Bill 140, B. H. Dewey jr., represen
tative from Brazos county, reported that the general revenue
appropriations for theA&M college system total $20,373,398,
an increase for the biennium of approximately $1,645,000.
He pointed out that the total expenditures from all funds
for all parts of the system will amount to around 40 million
dollars, which includes all funds besides general revenue.
While the $1,645,000 biennial “general revenue” in-
^crease looks large, Dewey
Seniors Get
Fee Refund
For One Week
Graduating seniors will get
some money back from the col
lege, believe it or not.
Refunds of room, board,
rent, and laundry are due to
the graduates, because the fees
were paid until the end of next
week.
The refunds will be given
out at the fiscal office, in the
College Administration build
ing, starting at 1 p.m. Wednes
day.
Civilian students must pre
sent a meal coupon book to get
the board refund.
Houston Club Picks
Cook As President
James E. Cook jr. was elected to
head the Houston hometown club
for the coming school year at a
barbecue held at the Brazos County
A&M Clubhouse last week.
Clifford Chudleigh was elected
vice-president and James T. Han
cock, reporter and program chair
man. Ray Winborn will serve as
social chairman.
The office of secretary-treasurer
was left unfilled, pending division
into two separate offices if it be
comes necessary.
pointed out that only $854,000
is applicable to units of the
system located in Brazos
county.
Dewey is a member of the House
Committee on Appropriations that
wrote the original H. B. 140 which
was referred to the Conference
committee to settle differences be
tween House and Senate versions
of the money bill for the next two
years. The bill includes for A&M
an item for teaching salaries each
year of $1,877,866, comparable to
a like amount in the previous ap
propriation bill of $1,800,377.
Even if the appropriations were
increased over the present opera
ting level for A&M, compared with
the current appropriation act, the
college would still be required to
maintain a very tight budget, Dew
ey said. Increases in appropria
tions are brought about primarily
by increases in student volume.
In the past A&M has been forced
to dip into its reserve funds in or
der to meet current budget require
ments, he said. These reserve
funds are no longer available, he
added.
For six years the legislature has
applied a standard formula to stu
dent enrollment in computing
teaching salaries for all agencies
of higher education. Technical
schools such as A&M run unit
costs higher than this standard for
mula provides, Dewey said.
Plans are underway for a re
study by the Commission on High
er Education to come up with a
“program formula” for financing
that will adjust this differential in
program costs as between the tech
nical schools and liberal arts
schools, he said.
Seven Get Battalion Awards
Cards have been put in three
places on the campus—the MSC,
the Academic building, and the
student activities office—for stu
dents interested in going to the
game to fill out. The cards have
a place for such information as
name, address, car, and number
of riders.
During the summer, the stu
dent activities office will sort the
cards and send each person who
fills out one a list of the people
in his area who want to go to the
game.
Then the students in an area
can contact each other and make
arrangements to go.
The cards will be up until noon
Friday.
Morgan will make the presenta
tions. The keys are awarded by
the Civilian Student Council to rep
resentatives who have served at
least one semester and part of an
other. i
Those getting the awards are
Robert Holland and Guillermo Cor
ral, Bizzell hall; Marvin Ford, Hart
hall; Horace Weaver, Leggett hall;
Thomas Elrod, Mitchell hall; Zack
Byrns, B. L. Priddy and Ted Mitch
ell, Puryear hall; Dennis Williams,
Howard Hicks and John Kelly, Law
hall;
Donald Anderson and Walker
Porter, Milner hall; Bill Collins,
Walton hall; Freddie Ryan, Sam
Ellis, Clement Williams and Jack
Luker, College View village.
Seven persons received Battalion
awards at the Press Club banquet
Friday. The winners of the awards
were B. D. Cook, assistant dean of
agriculture; W. D. (Pete) Hardesty
business manager of student activ
ities; C. K. Esten, English depart
ment; Dr. Robert G. Layer, eco
nomics department; J. B. Baty,
civil engineering department; Rob
ert O. Murray, civilian advisor; and
Ran Boswell, College Station city
manager.
The awards are given each year
by The Battalion staff “in appre
ciation of more-than-usual service
to the college and its students,”
said Harri Baker, Battalion editor,
who presented the awards.
Each award is a framed plaque,
reading “The Battalion, on behalf
of students at the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas, ex
presses its appreciation to:”, fol
lowed by a citation.
The citations of the seven win
ners are as follows:
Mr. BENJAMIN DAVY COOK,
Assistant to the Dean of Agricul
ture and Assistant Professor of
Agricultural Education, for his
work with the students of the
School of Agriculture both in and
out of the classroom, especially the
counseling services he provides as
Assistant to the Dean.
* * *
Mr. W. D. (PETE) HARDESTY,
Business Manager of Student Ac
tivities, for working with students
on the planning of dances, clubs,
and other student activities, and
most of all, for being a good friend
to hundreds of students.
* * *
Mr. C. K. ESTEN, Assistant Pro
fessor of English and Sponsor of
the Aggie Players, for building
A&M’s dramatic group into an en
tertaining and educational extra
curricular activity, without com
pensation and in addition to his
full time duties as a teacher of
English.
* * *
Dr. ROBERT G. LAYER, Assist
ant Professor of Economics, who
not only has the gift of making
economics understandable, but also
is quick to give his extra time to
students for help in their class
woi’k and for guidance in their ex
tracurricular activities.
Mr. J. B. BATY, Professor of
Civil Engineering, for being a very
good professor and a wonderful
person, both in his work with all
levels of students and in his work
in civic affairs.
* * *
Mr. ROBERT O. MURRAY, Ci
vilian Advisor and Sponsor of the
Civilian Student Council, for his
tireless work in helping organize
the Civilian Student Council and
in guiding it through its first year,
and also for his unselfish devotion
and service to the A&M College.
* * *
Mr. RAN BOSWELL, College
Station City Manager, for his ex
cellent job of watching over “the
Home of the Texas Aggies,” mak
ing it a good place to live for both
the faculty and the students.
Dewey reported that, generally,
all operating expenses were car
ried in the bill at the current
spending levels. Teaching salar
ies are on the standard formula,
he said. Thus, he pointed out,
H. B. 140 makes no allowance for
expanded or enriched programs or
for increasing the pay scale of the
faculty.
TJnder the present appropriation
act, A&M could not offer any clas
ses with an enrollment of less than
12 students without specific ap-
prova 1 by the governing board.
(See APPROPRIATIONS, Page 2)
MOONLIGHT AND GIRLS—It was all a Senior Ring dance should be — moonlight,
soft music, pretty girls, and the sentimentality of tradition. Here a senior and his date
leave one of the big rings after the ceremony of the ring-turning and the kiss.
IN APPRECIATION—Winners of this year’s Battalion awards presented at the Press
club banquet Friday night are, left to right, Robert G. Layer, economics department; J.
B. Baty, civil engineering department; Robert O. Murray, civilian advisor; W. D. (Pete)
Hardesty, business manager of student activities; C. K. Esten, English department; Ran
Boswell, College Station city manager; and B. D. Cook, assistant dean of agriculture.