The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, July 14, 1955, Image 1

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, July 14, 1955, Image 1

Newspaper Page TextBattali Number 6: Volume 55 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1955 Price Five Cents Seed Course Opens Here Jiify 17 The Texas Seedmen’s Asso ciation and the A&M College System have pooled their per sonnel to present a short course July 17-19 at A&M for commercial seed distributors. Around 50 commercial seedsmen are expected to participate in the short course. Tom Harpool, Har- pool Seed House, Denton, is gen eral chairman. R. C. Potts, A&M professor of agronomy, is handling local arrangements. Commercial operators scheduled to appear on the program include Harpool; Erv Fry, Asgrow Texas Co., San Antonio; Allenby L. White," Northrup, King & Co., Ber keley, Calif.; Walter Baxter Jr., Walter Baxter Seed Co., Weslaco; and Cliff Davenport, William H. Banks Warehouses, Inc., San An tonio. A&M System and other state and federal personnel on the program include: J. E. Adams, dean, School of Agriculture; R. D. Lewis, di rector, Texas Agricultural Experi ment Station; Lester Young, ASC administrative officer; Cliff Dea ton, chief, Seeds Division, Texas Department of Agriculture; L. C. Coffey, head, A&M Foundation Seeds Section; E. M. Trew, exten sion agronomist; M. K. Thornton, extension agricultural chemist; J. C. Gaines, head, Department of Entomology; J. W. Sorenson Jr., tesearch agricultural engineer; and Potts. Registration will be 4 to G p.m. July 17. At The Grove The musical comedy “Hit The Deck’’ will be presented at 8 to night at The Grove. Rain last night forced post ponement of the production. Ad mission is by season ticket or by single admission tickets at 50 and 25 cents. The musical stars Coralyn Thur man and Don Smith. Fireman’s School Ends tomorrow Afternoon SMOKE EATERS—Firemen here for the 26th annual Fireman’s Training School, con ducted by the Engineering Extension Service, are getting actual practice in putting out every conceivable type of fire. The men shown, just a few of the more than 1,250 here for the program, are putting out a tank fire. Col. H. R. Brayton of the Extension Service is director of the school which started Monday and ends tomorrow. [ale Quartet Bostonians Here July 25 Safety Com * *se Here July 18-22 The sixth 40-hour course for safety supervisors under the direc tion of the Texas Engineering Ex tension Service, will be held at A&M July 18-22. Purpose of the course is to train job supervisors and newly appoint ed safety supervisors in organiz ing and conducting effective pro grams of -accident prevention and to give the experienced safety en gineer an opportunity to review aew techniques. Any person who has or will be fiven the responsibility for setting up and or conducting all or any part of an accident prevention pro gram for his company or unit, is eligible to attend. Classes will meet five days, eight hours each day in the Memorial Student Center, with L, K. Jonas, chief, supervisor training, T.E.E.S. in charge. A program of songs to satisfy every musical taste will be pre sented in the ballroom of tbe Me morial Student Center at 7:80 p.m., July 25, when The Bostonians, a male quartet, appear as a part of the MSC’s summer series program. 'Each member of The Boston ians is a talented artist, trained for solo as well as ensemble'work. All four have attended the New England Conservatory of Music; three of them—Ray Smith, Narst tenor; Bernard Barbeau, baritone, and Paolo D’Alessandro, bass — hold a Master of Music degree from the Conservatory. The fourth member of the quartet, Joe Kling, second tenor, is now completing work toward a degree at the Bos ton Conservatory of Music. Banbeau not only was graduated from >.the New England Conserva tory of Music, but returned there as a member of the voice faculty, lie also taught at the Perkins In stitute for the blind in Watertown, Mass., for several years. Three members of the quartet studied opera under Boris Goldov sky, and all four have had consid erable experience in church solo work. The quartet’s accompanist, Al fred Lee, pianist, also holds the Master of Music degree, wdiich he received in June of this year from the Yale University School of Music- Born in Boston of Chinese par entage, Lee • began his study of the piano at the age of 12, when his older sister enrolled the two of them, without their parents’ knowledge, at the New England Conservatory of Music for piano lessons. Lee obtained bis Bachelor of Music degree at the Conserva tory. The Bostonians feature songs ranging in mood from the classics of grand opera to the popular com positions of the best of our mod em composers, including in their program such favorites as . “Lift Thine Eyes,” “In a Monastery Garden,” Youman’s “Great Day,” “Serenade” from “The Student Prince,” “One Alone” and a Vic tor Herbert medley. Admission to The Bostonians is 75 cents for those who do not have season tickets. The season tickets are on sale now at the main desk of 'the MSC. They are $1.25 for students and student wives and $1.50 for non-students. Also in cluded in the tickets are eight films. Square Dance Scheduled Saturday Night Saturday night will be the night for “squares.” The Band Boosters Club is sponsoring a square dance in the Grove from 8:30 to 11 p.m., and all square dancers who have 50 cents in their pockets are invited. Sam Kennedy of Bryan will be master of ceremonies, and the many guest callers will include Carl Lyman, Miss Lucille Moore, and Manning Smith, said W. N. Williamson, chairman of plans for the dance. Robert L.'Boone, director of mu sic at A&M Consolidated, and Miss Sylvia Williams will be featured vocalists for the floor show. Both will be accompanied by Miss Claire Rogers. George Reynolds, chair man of entertainment, is making arrangements to secure additional talent. The proceeds from this dance, and from others sponsored this summer by the club, will go to pay off the $1,300 still owed for the A&M Consolidated band’s new uni forms. 1,250 Attending Annual Session The “hottest” training school held annually at A&M will draw to a close tomorrow afternoon, as 1,250 firemen, fire marshals and others close out the five-day Firemen’s Training School. Many of the participants in this year’s program, the 26th, will take home memories of fire and smoke under a bright sun which scorched the training area; others, who received lectures in the Memorial Student Center, will take home memories of a modern air-conditioned building. The general opinion prevailing, however, is that almost all of the participants will take home added knowledge of the newest methods of fire fighting, for the school included - 1 '♦'instruction in combatting ev- Regis Ira lion Monday for Yew Term Registration for the second term of the summer session will be held between 8 a.m. and noon Monday at the east wing of Duncan Hall. Students will be registered on a first come, first served basis. The first day of class will be Tuesday. The first sum mer term ends tomorrow, when final examinations will be giv en. The last term will end August 26. The Bostonians Appear at MSC July 25 A&M President In Temple Hospital David H. Morgan, president of A&M, is a patient in (he Scott and White Memorial" Hospital in Temple, where he is undergoing a complete checkup of a general run-down condition resulting from over work and strain. Morgan entered the hospital last week, undergoing very minor surgery last Friday. According to his secretary, he is doing fine and hopes to be back home next week. CS Postmaster Exams Planned The Civil Service Commission has announced that examinations for the position of postmaster at College Station will be given up to Aug- 2, 1955. . Interested persons may obtain forms for application at the post office from N. L. McCullough, act ing postmasteiv Fall of 1956 UT To Take Negroes The University of Texas’ Board of Regents unanimously adopted h three-point plan for the elimination of color lines last Friday. This plan, which represents the first step toward complete deseg regation in the school, is as fol lows: • Immediate admission of qual ified students, without reference to racial origin, to all divisions of the graduate school. • Admission this fall of all qualified students, regardless of ra cial origin, to all levels of instruc tion at Texas Western College, a branch of the University, at El Paso. SUMMER ENTERTAINMENT — Students and other residents of College Station have been taking advantage of the hideaway dances sponsored on Monday nights by the Me morial Student Center. Last Monday’s dance was on the terrace. While stags enclose the dancing area, the couples glide to the music of the Caper’s Combo. Another dance will be held Monday night, from 8 to 11 p.m. Mrs. P’rances Shackleford, summer program con sultant, is in charge of the dances, which are 25 cents per person. ® Delay of admission of Neg- T'oes to undergraduate work at the main university in Austin until the fall of 1956, when a selective sys tem for limiting enrollment is ex pected to be put into effect. The decision to limit enrollment was forced by inadequate legisla tive appropriations and a rapidly mounting student enrollment, ac cording to the Regents. Beginning in 1956-57, some type of entrance examination, based on merit, will be given to all persons wanting to enter the school, regard less of racial origin. The Regents, already faced with a large enroll ment increase in 1955-56, said they must “avoid a changed policy con cerning admission of undergradu ates which would intensify the problem of sheer numbers.” Terming the action a “historic” decision, chan-man of the Regents Tom Sealy said, “I think this indi cates a good faith effort to put the Supreme Court’s edict into effect, which does in effect overrule our own Constitution.” Negroes have been attending classes in certain fields of study at the University since the Supreme Court decision in the Heman Sweatt case in 1950. Sweatt took his case to the U. S. Supreme Court in 1946 because he was denied admission to the University School of Law. Sweatt had asked “equal training to that available to other students,” and in 1946 no provision was made for study in law for Negroes. He finally got what he wanted in Weather Today Weather outlook for today is cloudy with possible thundershow ers and heavy rains up to 6:30 p.m. and light rain after that time. Temperature at 10:45 a.m. was 85, with expected high to be in 90’s. Low this morning was 71 degrees. 1950 when he and two other Neg roes were admitted into the Univer sity by order of the Supreme Court. Under that decision, the University has accepted Negro students only for graduate and professional pro grams of study not offered in state- supported institutions for Negroes, Complete desegregation at TWC this fall was ordered because El Paso officials have already an nounced an end to segregation in public schools in that city. Also, the Regents said that the college does not have the enrollment prob lem that the main university faces, and that the Legislature had made (See NEGROES, Page 6) EE 505 Requires Sign eel Reef nests Students desiring' to take elec trical engineering 305 in the sec ond summer session if it is offer ed should go by the EE Depart ment office before 5 p.m. tomor row and sign the letter of request in care of the secretary. The course will not be offered unless a sufficient number of stu dents sign the request. Library Schedule The following schedule for the Cushing Memorial Library during the between-terms per iod has been announced by Robert A. Houze, librarian. Friday, July 15 — 8 a.ip- to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 16 — 8 a.m. to 12 noon. Sunday, July 17 — Closed. Monday, July 18 — 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 19 — Regu lar schedule. ery conceivable type of fire. Col. H. R. Brayton of the Texas Engineering Extension Service, the sponsoring organ ization, originated the idea of such a school in 1929. He is still in sliarge of the program, which has grown to be the biggest—and at one time, the only—school of its kind in the nation. ‘About 40 other states have fire- men • courses,” Brayton said, “but the school here offers practical training under actual fire condi tions.” Courses held this year included a general basic course, an advanced course, fire marshal’s course, in dustrial fire protection course, and firemen insti-uctor’s course. At 3 p.m. tomorrow, examinations will be held for men from Texas cities earning key rate credit for their cities. An immediate benefit of the school is a saving of more than two million dollars in fire insurance rat ing by receiving credit from the state Fire Insurance Commission for sending fire department mem bers to the school. The firemen this year received supplementary instruction in dis aster rescue operations to prepare them to assist their community m time of natural disaster or enemy air attack. Another new course offered was driving emergency ve hicles safely. Lectures were held in the MSC, field training for basic course were held on the grounds surrounding dormitories 1 through 12-—the dor mitory area in which the firemen are staying; and the fire-condition programs were conducted on a 26- acre area adjoining the campus. This area was set aside by the Board of Directors of the A&M System, specifically for firemen training. It is the area behind the veteran’s housing on the northeast side of the campus. Equipment and expandable ma terials and fuels for the school were provided by various industries of the state. The school also has several pumpers and ladder trucks as a part of its permanent appara tus. The Fireman's Training School is conducted by the T.E.E.S. under the auspices of the State Firemen and Fire Marshals Association, in coop eration with the Trade and Indus trial Department of the Texas Edu cation Agency. ‘HIT THE DECK’—The musical comedy, the Deck,” sponsored by the Student Activi ties Department, played to a large and enthusiastic audience Tuesday night at The Grove. Another performance was scheduled last night, but rain prevented the show from going on. The musical starred Miss Coralyn Thurman and Don Smith, backed by the chorus shown. Bill Turner and Mrs. Joe Barron directed the production.

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