The Battalion
Number 44: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1955
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PASS IN REVIEW—Military dignitaries look on as Frank Westmoreland, battalion
commander, leads his staff by the reviewing stand at the second annual Fall Military Day
<*eremonies Saturday. Visiting dignitaries were very impressed by the Corps of Cadets,
their actions and conduct. Six generals and three Congressmen were among the visiting
dignitaries here for the ceremonies.
For Space In ’56 Aggi eland
Compromise Set
On 12th Man Bowl
A compromise over who will be
on the competing teams in the
Twelfth Man Bowl game Dec. 15
was finally reached and approved
at yesterday’s meeting of the Stu
dent Life Committee, which spon
sors the game.
The two teams will be called the
Maroon and the White, respective
ly. The Maroon team will be com
posed of the following:
One man from each unit in the
First and Second Regiments; and
four civilian students each from
Bizzell, Hart, Leggett and Mitchell
halls. This will place 48 men on
this team, with 28 from the Corps
Would-Be Pranksters
Suspended from A&M
Four sophomores have been sus
pended for the remainder of the se
mester for violating the joint pol
icy set up by the A&M Board of
Directors and the University of
Texas Board of Regents concern
ing the defacing of college prop
erty.
t The students were apprehended
about 3 Thursday morning by UT
police while attempting to put po
tassium permanganate in Little-
Community Chest
Climbs To $4,500
The A&M College-College Sta
tion Community Chest-Red Cross
Drive had collected $4,500 of its
$12,100 goal at the last count yes
terday, according to Robert A.
Houze, chairman of the drive.
_ “The only sources to report so
far are teachers of Consolidated
Schools, some Bryan businesses,
and several of the College depart-
njents,” Houze said, “Reports ai^e
very sketchy at this time.”
Consolidated School teachers and
staff have contributed $170, some
Bryan businesses have given $280,
and the college staff members have
contributed the remaining $4,000.
Contributions at this point last
year totaled only $3,170 toward the
$16,000 goal.
s “The contributions counted ai’e
only the ones that we have received
in cold cash,” Houze added.
field Fountain. They were kept
in the Austin jail and released
about 9 a.m. to UT officials, who
told them to report to the proper
authorities here.
The students faced Military Pan
el early Friday morning on charges
of violating paragraph 44, 3a of
College Regulations, which reads
any student will be suspended for
“going to another college campus
with the intent to paint or other
wise deface statues or buildings
or commit other depredation. Min
imum penalty is suspension from
the college for the semester in
which the act occurs.
The joint policy of the Board of
Directoi’s and the Board of Reg
ents is as follows:
“The Board of Directors of the
Texas A&M College System and
the Board of Regents of the Uni
versity of Texas view with con
cern the growing tendency of the
students of the two schools to visit
the campus of the other institution
and paint or otherwise deface stat
ues, buildings, or other State prop
erty. It is ordered that any stu
dent of any college under the con
trol of these two Boards who goes
to another college campus with the
intent to paint or otherwise deface
statues, buildings, or other depre
dation shall be punished by at least
being suspended from the college
for the semester in which the act
occurs.”
The two college governing bodies
drew up their joint policy last
year.
News of the World
By The ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court yesterday seem
ingly sounded the death knell for racial segregation in all
places supported by public funds. In separate, unanimous
actions the court affirmed a decision holding racial segrega
tion illegal in public parks and playgrounds, and ordered
Negroes admitted to public golf courses. This, in effect,
swept away whatever remained of the historic “separate but
equal” doctrine as applied to tax-supported facilities.
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UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.—The U.N. Political Com
mittee approved unanimously yesterday creation of a
15-man international team to study the effects of atomic
radiation upon mankind. Just before the final vote the
United States was rebuffed in an attempt to limit the
membership of the committee to 11 nations. A Latin
American proposal to add Argentina, Belgium, Egypt
and Mexico to the committee was approved by a vote of
48 in favor, none against and 11 abstentions.
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MOSCOW—The Soviet Union celebrated the 38th anni
versary of the Bolshevik Revolution yesterday with mild
words and a mild show of its military might. Defense Min
ister Marshal Georgi K. Zhukov set the tone of the giant
ceremonial parade with a mild address that made no men
tion of “ “capitalist threats” of U.S. aggressors.”
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WASHINGTON—Some of the nation’s top news spe
cialists told Congress yesterday that information about
government activities is being suppressed or “managed”
to an extent that seriously impairs the public’s right to
know what is going on. This was the unanimous verdict
of a dozen editors, publishers, writers and others who
gave informal testimony as a House Government Opera
tions subcommittee opened an inquiry into freedom of
information.
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DENVER—President Eisenhower will leave the hospital
and 20 from civilian dormitories.
On the White team will be the
following:
One man from each squadron of
the First and Second Wings; four
each from Pur year, Walton and
Dorm 16 combined, day students,
and Law; and eight from College
View. This will put 49 men on the
White team, with 25 from the
Corps and 24 civilians.
The percentage breakdown of the
compromise shows 54.6 Corps stu
dents to be allowed to try out for
the teams and 45.4—approximately
equal to the breakdown in students.
Students desiring to try out for
the teams should see their dorm or
area intramural managers. Teams
will be cut to 33 members.
Jerry Van Hoosier, civilian stu
dent who introduced the compro
raise measure to the SLC, said, “It
was not what we wanted, but for
the first time we feel that we have
equal representation on a percent
age basis.”
The Bowl game is played annu
ally with profits going for the Stu
dent Aid Fund. This fund, which
has now about $1,50© in it with a
like amount in outetanding loans,
is used to provide help for students
needing money for emergencies.
Funds have for the past two years
been allocated to the Twelfth Man
Scholarship, originally sponsored
by the Student Senate.
Guest Dignitaries
Impressed By A&M
Visiting dignitaries were “tre
mendously impressed” by the show
ing of the Corps of Cadets this
weekend at the second annual Fall
Military Day activities, according
to Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant.
Col. Davis said he would like to
“commend the Corps for their
showing at the review and march-
in for the Saturday night football
game.”
He said the march-in was the
best this year and the Corps was
to be commended for their showing
conduct and for the lasting impres
sion left On visiting dignitaries. He
Corps Units, Civilian Dorms
To Get Multiple-page Rate
The Student publications Board passed a motion yester
day which makes Corps units as a group and civilian housing
units as a group eligible for the multiple-page rate for the
1956 Aggieland. The action was taken after hearing a pro
posal to the Board in which it was indicated that the Corps
would be willing to be charged the group rate.
The group rate, which is $50 each for the first two
pages, $45 each for the next four pages, and $30 each for
all additional pages, will amount to about $1,690 total or, in
Corps Commander Larry Kennedy’s estimate, about 45 cents
per cadet.
Military units and civilian housing groups will be
^charged only for pages on
which the pictures of the lin
ts or groups appear.
In effect there is no differ
ence between the Corps pro
posal, made by Kennedy at the
meeting, and the motion approved
by the Board. The wording of the
Board’s motion was gauged to ap
ply to all qualifying organizations
on the campus.
The Publications Board had pass
ed a motion last summer which
would have charged each Corps
unit and each civilian housing dorm
$50 for the picture page in the an
nual. This move was made to
bring space charges into consist
ency and to provide for rising
printing costs and a lowered cost
per page to organizations and
groups charged. Brought into the
groups charged for the first time
was the Athletic Department.
The protest lodged by the Corps
resulted in a wrangle over the just
ness of the charges. The Corps
protest group argued that the
Corps did not have an appropriate
source of revenue. The compro
mise worked out saves the cadets
about $960, since the original
charges as approved by the Board
would have amounted to $2,650.
The $1,690 will be charged as a
lump sum to the Corps and collec
tion from individual cadets left to
the management of the cadet offi-
also added that the general opin
for Washington Friday—but two of his doctors said yester- ion of the visitors was that they
day it will be “late January or February” before he can de-jwere tremendously impressed over
cide on trying for a second term.
the entire ceremonies.
Silver Taps: What,
Where, How, Why
FINGER TIP BRUSH-OFF—With only six yards needed
for a first down, SMU lost the ball on the Aggie 23 as
Gene Stallings tips the ball away from SMU’s Lon Slaugh
ter in the final minutes of the fourth quarter. The play
proved to be one of the decisive plays of the game.
Because of the recent mis-under-
standings regarding Silver Taps, a
full explanation of the ceremony
seems to be necessary.
According to a memorandum re
leased by Bennie A. Zinn, Head of
Department of Student Affairs,
“Silver Taps is one of A&M’s finest
traditions and merits the full co
operation of all students, staff
members and visitors.”
The Housing Office prepares the
card for the flag pole, lowers the
flag to half mast and notifies the
assistant commandant who takes
care of the firing squad, posts
guards and makes announcements
in the dining halls to remind the
students of the ceremony.
Also, the twelve buildings near
the Academic Building are noti
fied of all facts about the cere
mony by the Housing Office and
are urged to have their lights
turned off while Silver Taps is
being held. Janitors are supposed
to assist in “blacking out” the
area.
The memorandum further states
that all those participating will as
semble in the quadrangle in front
of the Academic Building and
quietly leave after hearing taps
played and the three volleys fired.
No lights are to be turned on with
in five minutes of the completion
of the ceremony.
The status of the individual
(corps or civilian) decides who de
livers the card announcement and
takes care of the personal articles
belonging to the dead.
Weather Today
Prevention Panel
Will Meet Today
The Accident Prevention Com
mittee, headed by Herman B. Sie
grist of the Physical Education De
partment, will meet at 4 this after
noon in room 214 of White Coli
seum.
John W. Hill, director of Work
man’s Compensation, Will give
resume of causes of accidents on
the campus, and also will present
his ideas pertaining to the possible
appointment of a safety engineer
for the college.
Bennie A. Zinn, head of the De
partment of Student Affairs, who
headed the Committee last year,
will review the functions of the
Committee in previous years and
present its past accomplishments.
No Raise Seen
In Subsistence,
Says Burgess
A&M cadets and students
at other military colleges have
no chance at present for an
increase in military subsis
tence, Carter L. Burgess, as
sistant Secretary of Defense for
manpower and personnel, said when
he spoke here for Great Issues Fri
day.
I don’t think enough is being
done for military colleges,” he said.
Military schools should be given
extra recognition, but it hasn’t been
decided whether this will be in ex
tra uniforms or in better, more
advanced courses.”
“Our American defense program
is our answer to lawlessness and
aggression, Burgess said.
“The great issue of this age is
the survival of a system of human
freedom which took centuries of
struggle and sacrifice to perfect—
in the face of a now advancing, now
receding, but always present threat
by expansionist-minded forces of
an authoritarian ideology,” he said.
U.S. Stops Expansion
.“He pointed out that the Ameri
can people have become the princi
pal deterrent to that expansion
ahd praised the peoples of free
Etirbpe in their reconstruction ef
forts.-
“Our active forces will number
around 2,850,000 men by the end
of the fiscal year 1956—a figure
which represents the best military
judgment of the joint chiefs of
staff, the national security council,
the cabinet and the president.”
Our hope is that we can create
a lasting and favorable peace, but
if we cannot we must educate each
succeeding generation to the obli
gations of a free man in a danger
ous world,” he concluded.
COLDER
Forecast is lighet rain all day,
continued cloudy and a possibility
of sleet. Temperature at 10:30
had dropped to 41°. Yesterdays
high of 72® dropped to 42® early
this morning. Temperature is ex
pected to drop even further.
Malignant Tissue
To Be Discussed
Dr. Helene Wallace Toolan, head
Department of Heterologous On
cology, Sloan Kettering Institute
for Cancer Research, New York
City, and assistant professor of
pathology, Cornell University Med
ical College, will deliver a graduate
lecture tonight at 8 in the Biologi
cal Sciences Building.
The lecture topic will be “Growth
of Normal and Malignant Human
Tissues in the Laboratory Animal,
Tissue Culture and the Egg,” and
the public is invited to attend.
Talent Auditions
Will Begin Tonight
Auditions for the Aggie Talent
Show begin tonight at 7:30 in the
Student Center Ballroom.
Twelve acts will be used at the
Talent show Dec. 9., The winner
of this show will represent A&M in
the Intercollegiate Talent Show.
All contestants have been m'ged
to be on time and to notify the
program consultant at the Center
if unable to attend. Participants
must furnish their own props and
accompaniment.
Auditions continue Wednesday
and Thursday nights at 7:30 in the
Assembly room of the Center.
AIR FORCE QUEEN—Carol Cozart, center, is pictured
immediately after the announcement of the Air Force Ball
Queen Friday night. On the left is Col. Henry Dittman,
PAS and on the right is John D. Cain, master of ceremo
nies for the Air Force Ball. Miss Cozart is from Dallas
and was escorted by Vic Lucas, freshman aeronautical en
gineering major from Dallas.