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The Battalion Number 54: Volume 55 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1955 Price 5 Cents Silver Taps This Evening For Sarran Mid-Term Commencement Planned Eor Jan. 20 For 1 the first time in about a decade, January graduates of A&M College will have regular com mencement exercises. Dr. J. P. Abbott, dean of the College, made the announcement of the services for Jan. 20, 1950. The move was taken in response to a petition from a substantial number of candidates for degrees at that time, and by a majority vote of the Executive Committee. The Academic Council recommend ed to President David H. Morgan that the exercises be held. Dr. Morgan sent the matter to the chancellor with his endorsement, and Chancellor M. T. Harrington ‘approved the holding of the gradu ation exercises with the knowledge of the System Board of Directors. It is contemplated that the full program will include a Baccalau reate Sermon in the morning, Com missioning Exercises in the after noon, and Commencement in the early evening, according to Dr. Ab bott. Only the Platform Party and civilian students receiving degrees will be expected to appear in aca demic regalia. No faculty proces sional is planned at this time, but seats will be reserved for the fac ulty at the morning and evening Filings Open For Officers Of ’59 Class Filings opened this morning for the up-coming freshman class elections, five men for the election commission and , the student senator from the senior class. The filings will close at 5 pan. Dec. 7. Students interested in the , offices should file their names at the Office of Student Activities on the second floor of Goodwin Hall during the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The election of these officers will take place in the MSC at the voting "booth by the post office entrance Dec. 14. The following positions are open In the freshman class: president, Vice-president, recording secretary, social seci’etary, treasurer, repoi't- er, parliamentarian and five mem- " bers of the election commission. The only other election at this time will be a student senator from the senior class. The qualifications for the above offices are a 1.0 grade point ratio at mid-semester for the freshmen and a member of the class of ’59. Qualifications for the senator is a 1.0 grade point ratio and a mem ber of the class of ’50. Tail Beta Pi Will initiate New Members The Texas Delta Chapter of Tau Beta Pi have elected 49 new members. Candidates will be initiated Dec. 12 at a banquet in the Memorial Stu dent- Center. Members to be initiated ai’e Ar thur W. Adams, Kenneth M. Alder, Ashley N. Beasley, Jerry F. Bowen, Olin H. Bradley, Kerry E. Burleson, Val H. Canon, Jr., Howard L. Chev alier, Robert R. Coffman, Claude C. Culver, Lawrence R. Dausin, Rob ert R. Dean, Ray N. Finch, Dale R. Flournoy, Joe B. Foster. Robert L. Gilliland, Wilbur B. Goldsmith, Richard O. Guthrie, Herman L. Hassel, Jr., Frederick W. Heldenfels, John L. Irwin, Da vid M. Isiminger, Warren B. John son, Jr., Herman IT. Keller, Paul A. Kennon, William B. Ledbetter, Gerald L. Leighton, Jack H. Lipp- man. Firmin L. Lucas, Jack H. Luns ford, Gerald B. Morris, John H. Moser, Douglas D. Mounce, Rex L. Rowell, John S. Sheffield, Charles R. Steele, George S. Teutsch, Joe R. Tucker, John W. Vineyard, Leo B. Weiss, Codie S. Wells, Franklin D. Westmoreland. Clyde J. Wharton, Charles D. Williams, John C. Williams, Rich ard Allen Williford, and Robert W. Young. exercises dnd the members are ex pected to attend, Dr. Abbott said. The last time any but the regu lar spring commencement exercises were held at A&M was during the stepped-up program of World War II days. Robin K. Ransone, senior aeronautical engineering major, in stituted the movement among Jan uary graduates to get the ceremo nies. The Registrar will serve as a clearing agent for any problems which come up concerning the mid year commencement. Plans for the services are to be made by the in dividuals and committees normally concerned with administering the regular commencement program. Lecture On India Planned Thursday Hancock Presents Two scientific papers will be pre- * Rented by Dr. Kinney Hancock, pro fessor of chemistry at A&M, at the 11th Southwest Regional ACS „ meeting; Houston, Dec. 1-3. One of these papers concerns the effect of structure on reactivity of or ganic compounds, while the other describes an indirect conductivity method for the determination of ' moisture in cottonseed meal. construction of India. In 1945 he came to the United States as educational liaison offi cer to the Indian government. From 1947 to 1950 was the head of the Educational Department in the of fice of the high commissioner for India, in London. In 1950 he re turned to the United States. Lewis Elected Ry Experiment Station Dr. R. D. Lewis was elected chairman of the organization of Southern experiment station direc tors during the r’ecent meeting in East Lansing, Mich., of the Asso ciation of Land-grant Colleges and Universities. The Southern region is one of four into which the state experi ment stations are divided for mu tual operation and benefit. It in cludes 13 states and Puerto Rico. Dr. Lewis has been director of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station since Sept. 1, 1946. Veteran Fees Due Bennie A. Zinn, veterans ad visor, reminds all Korean veter ans that they must complete monthly pay certifications in 102 Goodwin Hall prior to Dec. 7. James E. Sarran Injuries Prove Fatal Prof. M. S. Sundaram will deliv er a lecture at A&M Thursday at 8 p.m. in the lecture i*oom of the Biological Sciences Building. Sun daram is educational and cultural counselor, embassy of India, in Washington, D.C. He will talk on “India Old and New—a Revolution in Progress.” The public has been invited to hear the lecture. Sundaram was for many years associated with the teaching pro fession in India at three different All PlpilirP<2 universities whei’e he was profes- I'iclIvC/S iXIl. 1. 1U 111 I vo sor and head of the Department of English Studies. He was educated t Madras and, subsequently at Ox- ord, England. In 1942 he entered the Ministry of Education as assis tant education advisor and worked a plan for the educational i’e- What’s ahead, money-wise, for beef cattle in 1956? For cotton farmers ? For agriculture gener ally ? The best possible estimates on these subjects will be given bankers by specialists in the various fields Injuries Fatal To Heroic Cadet The Silver Taps ceremony will be held tonight at 10:30 for James Edward Sarran, 19, sophomore student at A&M who died Thursday night following injuries sustained early last Monday. Sarran died at 11:55 p.m. the night of the annual Thanks giving Day football game between Texas A&M and the Uni versity of Texas. The game had been dedicated to him for his heroism in pushing two of his Aggie buddies out the way of an oncoming car driven by Walter F. Galloway, route 4, Bryan. The students were at the bonfire guard fire on old High way 6, just west of the Grove, and were serving coffee at that post when the accident occurred. They were standing at the rear of the student ac tivities truck when the car smashed into the back of the truck, pinning Sarran under it. Sarran suffered multiple frac tures and head injuries, and never regained consciousness. C o r p s Chaplain Harry Scott was with him when he died and accompanied the body to Brownsville, where his parents live, for burial services. The body was taken to Browns ville Friday night. The Rosary was incited at Hinkley Funeral Home Sunday morning and funeral Mass was said yesterday morning by the Rev. Dan Lynch in the Sa cred Heart Catholic Church. Bur ial was in the Brownsville Catholic Cemetery with the following serv ing as pall bearers; Bob Long of Dallas, Larry Downs and Carl Wil- 4-foi’d of Houston, Dick Chapman of Brownsville, Joe Wilson and Dan Moore, his A&M roommates. Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theo Sarran of Brownsville; one sister, Mrs. Chris Schneider of McAllen; aPd the ma ternal grandmother, Mrs. J. G. Brown of San Antonio. Sarran was born in San Antonio on March 27, 1937, but was taken by his parents to Bi - ownsville as an infant. He lived there since and received public school educa tion there. A&M Commandant Col. Joe E. Davis said that to his knowledge Sarran’s death was the first bon fire fatality in the history of the school. The fund which was being taken up among students, faculty and citizens in College Station and Bryan to aid the cadet will now be tmaied over to the family to pay hospital expenses or for any other use they care to make of it., according to Travis B. Bryan Jr., Bryan banket’, who was assist ing the A&M Student Senate Wel fare Committee in collection. The Brazos County grand jury may be asked to investigate the death of Sarran, according to Comi ty Judge John M. Barron. Evi dence appears to be contradictory and confusing, he said. The acci dent investigation has been com pleted by College Station police chief Lee Norwood. At A&M 42 Years Rites Held Today For Dr. Fraps Funeral services were to be held today at the Hillier Funeral Chapel in Bryan at 3 p.m. for Dr. G. S. Fraps, 79, of 302 Walton Drive, College Station. Dr. Fraps, who had been connected with the chem istry division of the Texas Agri- cultural Experiment Station at A&M College for 42 years, prior to his retirement in 1945, died ear ly yesterday morning. He had been ill for several months. Interment will be in the Bryan City Cemetery. Dr. Fraps is survived by his Aggieland Studio Individual pictures ai’e being made only at the Aggieland Stu dio, according to Kurt Nauck, edi tor. In explaining the announcement, Nauck said that last year a few students had their pictures made at other studios and as a result, they were not included in the ’55 Aggie land. He said that since the Aggieland Studio is the official yearbook pho tographer, all individual pictures for the ’56 Aggieland should be made there. Nauck also said that ideas for the theme and dedication of the ’56 Aggieland may be turned in at any time. Ideas should be placed in the suggestion box placed thei’e for them in the Aggieland office, 201 Goodwin Hall. Bankers School Plans Ag Problem Panels A&M Property Sold For Use As Armory Sale of approximately five acres of Texas A&M College property to the federal gov ernment, for the use as the site of a 400-man reserve arm ory, was approved by the Board of Directors of the A&M System. Board members approved sale of the propei’ty in the general lo cation of the north boundary of the campus near Highway 6, the exact site to be determined later. Approval was granted after members heard that the armory was desired by the local Organized Reserves, that a majority of parti cipants in the program would be students or faculty members and that such an armory would estair lish closer relationship between the ROTC and Organized Reserve pro gram. Under Section 262 of the new defense bill, high school students can enlist in the service, receive six months active duty training after graduation and then be as signed to active reserve unit for their remaining seven and a half years of obligation. widow, Mrs. Ellen Saundei’s Fraps of College Station; a daughter, Mrs. Mary Fraps Tinus, Maple wood, N. J.; a son, George S. Fraps Jr. of Jonesboro, Ark.; three grandchildren; and one brother, J. C. Fraps, Tucson, Arizona. He came to A&M in 1903 as chief of the division of chemistry, T.A. E.S., and ex-officio state chemist, and served successively as assist ant chemist 1903-04, as associate chemist, 1904-05, and as associate professor of chemistry 1903-05, ac ting professor, 1905-06, and associ ate professor of agricultural chem istry 1906-12. Dr. Fraps was instrumental in focusing attention of his students as well as teachers and others en gaged in studies of Texas agricul ture upon the value of a knowl edge of the chemical nature of the soils and the products of the soils. He was a leading figure in the soils and fertilizer phases including the regulation of the manufacture and sales of commercial fertilier, also in the proper preparation and distribution of feeding stuffs and practical methods of evaluating the various feeding constituents. A native of North Carolina, Dr. Fraps held degrees from North Carolina State College, and a fel low at Johns Hopkins. Prior to coming to A&M he served in the chemistry department at North Carolina State College. Serving as active pall bearers will be Dr. F. C. Bolton, Dr. T. O. Walton Sr., T. E. Rattan, Dr. D. B. Gofer, T. R. Spence and Dr. J. F. Fudge. of agricultural economics during the fifth annual Texas Farm and Ranch Credit School for Commer cial Bankers at A&M College Dec. 6. Turf Conference Dec. 12-14 is the date for the Texas Turf Grass Association Con ference, which will be held in rooms 2A, B, C, and D and the assembly room of the Memorial Student Center. The Agronomy Department is the sponsor and chairman is Ethan C. Holt. About 130 are expected to attend. Fi ties Help Build New Parking Lots The Board of Directors of the A&M College System, meeting at College Station, approved expen diture of funds derived from fees for reinstatement of driving per mits for use in increasing parking facilities on the campus. The system of charging fees for reinstatement of driving permits was approved at the June 25 meet ing of the board. At this meeting the college was authorized to ap prove fees for reinstatement of driving permits provided that no single fee exceed $5. Since its beginning in September this year the fee system has brought in about $1,400—an aver age of nearly $30 a day. NEXT YEAR, OLD ARMY—Blazing bright’y, but futilely, the 1955 version of the annual Turkey Day bonfire lights up the 10,000-plus crowd which attended the lighting cere monies and the following yell practice last Wednesday. The bonfire was hot, but the orange and white team from Austin made things even hotter the next day. “But just wait ’til next year.” Dr. John G. McNeely of the De partment of Agricultural Econom ics & Sociology will head a panel to discuss the beef question. Dr. R. L. Hunt of the same department will head a discussion on cotton. Dr. Nathan M. Koffsky, chief, Farm Income Branch, Agricultural Marketing Services, USDA, Wash ington, will discuss the over-all picture for agriculture. Advance registrations indicate that planners of the school set the figure about right when they gear ed the program for an enrollment of 175 for this session, according to Dr Tyrus R. Timm, head of the Department of Agricultural Eco nomics and Sociology, which hand les arrangements for the annual meeting. The credit school, attend ed by leading bankers from every part of the state, is sponsored by the School of Agriculture at the college. Another featured talk will be given by Chas. N. Shepardson, ag ricultural member of the Board of Governors for the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C. Shep ardson is former dean of the School of Agriculture, and was a key figure in organizing the credit school. 0. Dept. Changed To 0. & M. Dept. Members of the Board of Direc tors of the Texas A&M College System, meeting here last week, authorized a change in title for the A&M Department of Oceanography to Department of Oceanography and Meteorology. The change in name was made following a recommendation to the board from the Academic Council’s meeting of Oct. 25. Addition of the word meteorology to the de partmental title does not consti tute an expansion in curricula, but was done to give recognition to the outstanding program already of fered within the department. Oceanography and Meteoi’ology at A&M constitutes one of the fast est growing departments of the college. Weather Today Temperature at 10:30 a.m. was 39 degrees, a slight increase over the 29 degrees in the early hours this morning. Forecast is contin ued cold and clear with high scat tered clouds late this evening. Yes terday’s high was 49 degrees. AGGIE TOUCHDOWN—Jimmy Wright lies on his back after punching over from the 1-yard line for an A&M touch down against Texas in the Turkey Day game on Kyle Field. The two Aggies lying on the turf beside the A&M quarter back are unidentified. Watching helplessly are Texas’ Chester Simcik (11), Charlie Brewer (21), and Delano Womack (44). The TD w r as the only one scored by A&M as the Longhorns roared to a 21-G upset.