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T T 1 he Battalion Number 121: Volume 55 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1956 Price Five Cents WHOA PARDNER—Jim Butler, five-year-old son of Dr. O. D. Butler of the Animal Husbandry Department, gets a free ride on a frozen pig while holding on to another with a lariat. The frozen pigs are used in freshman classes, to show the difference between fat and lean hogs. They will also be used in the coming Swine Conference. City Council Meeting CS Health Officer Named Chairmen and members of four city committees and a city health officer were appointed at the monthly meeting- of the College Station City Council last night. New appointees for the city com mittees and their chairmen include, the following: Zoning Committee: Theo R. Hol- leman, chairman, E. O. Siecke, Cot ton Price and Spencer J. Buchanan. Planning Committee: R. K. White, chairman, G. K. Vetters and S. R. Wright. Cemetery Committee: Nestor Mc Ginnis, chairman, and Sid Loveless, Mrs. T. W. Leland, Mrs. E. E. Mc- Quillen and Mrs. J. A. Orr. Human Relations Committee: Melvin Brooks, chairman, and Dan Russell, Benny Zinn, and L. D. Trevino. Dr. J. E. Marsh, College Physi cian, was re-appointed city health officer. The council also voted to pay the State for building curbs and gut ters on the east side of the new farm road 2154, from Jersey St. to the city limits. The new farm Phi Kappa Phi Tickets for the Phi Kappa initiation go off sale Thursday at 5 p.m. The banquet is sched uled for next Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Student Center ballroom. Dr. Clarence E. Ay res, professor of economics at the University of Texas, will be speaker for the occasion. road will be built on the site of the Old Highway 6. The Texas Highway Depart ment’s plans for an intersection of Highway 6 and Walton Drive were approved and forwarded to Austin to be included in plans for widen ing Highway 6 from the southern city limits of College Station to the northern limits of Bryan. In other action, the council auth orized the mayor to renew the con tract with Bryan for supplying wa ter and electric power, referred the Center Polls Open Until Five Today The election for the two posi tions open on the Memorial Stu dent Center Council will be open until 5 p.m. this afternoon. One position is from the class of ’57 and will be chosen from among candidates Cecil Ozan, Charles Skillman, Charles Orr, and John L. Loggins. Candidates for the other position fi-om the classes of ’58 and ’59 are Bob Stansberry, Mike Gill, John Partridge, John Windham, Earl Willis, Bill Libby, William Cooper, Jimmie Porter, John Avant, Hugh Wharton, Jim Brady, Theron (Mac) McLaren, Dale Lake and Donald Cloud. The election is being held today in the voting booth near the Post Office entrance of the MSC. zoning request of property owners in the Boyett and Tauber Addi tions to the Zoning Commission, and appointed N. D. Durst, certi fied public accountant, to the post of city auditor. City Attorney C. E. Dillon rec ommended that the city manager be authorized to settle any ease ment cla^ns on the proposed right- of-way for the Highway 6 develop ment. The College Station Kiwanis Club was authorized to construct a sign “not to exceed six square feet and not creating a traffic haz ard” to commemorate the sidewalk which the club built from Highway 6 to Consolidated School. City employees will vote soon on the question of whether or not they want the Social Security program. Military Colleges To Receive Increased Recognition, Money New Program Becomes Effective July First William F. Curry Prayer Meetings Held For Student By MARK S. SMITH The Texas Aggie spirit has been often praised by exes and friends of A&M, but it has been unusually evident this past year. It has been 12 days since William F. Curry, freshman architect ma jor from Comanche, suffered a broken neck while practicing tum bling in the gym. During this time he has been uppermost in the thoughts of his Aggie buddies. Every night for the past week the freshmen of his outfit, A En gineers, have been holding a brief prayer meeting for Curry. At these meetings, friends speak a few sin cere words of hope and prayer for their stricken buddy. They feel this may have been in part respon sible for the gradual improvement in Curry’s condition. At present Curry is able to be fed orally, instead of the previous intravenous feedings. He is able to talk, and has a vei’y limited but encouraging control of his arms. He is in excellent spirits, and was pleased to see his friends who vis ited him in Methodist Hospital in Houston last weekend. “His morale is very good, and I feel it will remain that way, for his personality reflects his faith in the Christ who has ‘overcome the world’,” said Robert H. Scott, Corps chaplain, who visited Cuiry Sun day. . “Bill’s parents are still at the hospital,” said Scott. They have Local Army Reserve Units Are Holding Open House Open house is being conducted by all Army Reserve units located in the College Station-Bryan area at the Reserve training center, three blocks south of Kyle Field. From 7:30-10 tonight, the U.S. Army Reserve School commanded by Col. Clifford M. Simmand will hold open house. Topic of discus sion will be “Infantry Division in Springer Awarded Farny Scholarship The Women’s Auxiliary to the Amei'ican Society of Mechanical Engineers has awarded the Sylvia W. Farny Scholarship of $500 to Karl J. Springer, a San Antonio junior mechanical engineering ma jor. Mrs. Ralph L. Goetzenberger of Chevy Chase, Md., chairman of the Sylvia W. Farny Scholarship Com mittee, made the announcement of the award to C. W. Crawford, head of the Mechanical Engineering De partment. The $500 award is effective Sept. 1, 1956, at the beginning of Sprin ger’s senior year. The award is one of three such scholarships be ing granted by the Auxiliary this year. Springer is a member of Phi Eta Sigma, Tau Beta Pi, the Amer ican Society of Mechanical Engi neers, student chapter, Chi’istian | Science Organization, the American Foundrymen’s Society and is a | sei-geant major, Second Group First Wing. ALL SMILES—Three members of the Campus Security Office are all smiles after recently moving into their new headquarters in the YMCA. The office is located in the basement, adjacent to the Housing Office. Standing, left to right, are Morris A. Maddox and Glen C. Bolton. Seated is Mrs. Wanda Westerman, secretary. ADDITIONS Three persons were overlooked in Friday’s dedication of The Battalion. The three are C. O. Spriggs, who was connected with the Eng lish Department until 1952, died Feb. 8, 1956; J. W. Barger, pro fessor of agriculture economics, died March 6, 1956; and Harley D. Hardy, freshman business ad ministration major from Port Lavaca, died May 28, 1955. Mountain Operations.” All regu- lar, reserve and National Guard officers are invited to attend. Tomorrow night from 7:30-10, the public is invited to the open house of the Hq. and Hq. Battery, 343 Field Artillery Battalion, com manded by Lt. Col. O. D. Butler. Discussion for the program will be “Testing Field Wire Circuits and Principles of Field Artillery Ra dar.” Two training films will be shown. Thui'sday night, the Hq. and Hq. Company, 358th Infantry Regi ment, commanded by Col. Joe E. Davis, invites the public to attend a discussion of “Message Center Procedure and Dismounted Drills and Ceremonies.” The programs opened last night with open house by the 420th Engi neer Aviation Brigade, commanded by Brig. Gen. Spencer J. Buchanan Sr. Being obsei-ved this week is National Military Reserve Week. been at their Son’s bedside con stantly since his accident Thursday night, Apiil 12. He has had three operations which are considered to have saved his life, but is still par alyzed from the neck down. Hos pital doctors in Houston had no comment as to Bill’s chances of being able to walk again. The spirited freshman is optimis tic, however, and is looking forward to the time when he will be able to leave his hospital bed. Again there were no comments from the hospital staff. Dr. Charles R. Lyons, the A&M physician who first attended Curry and rode to Houston with him in the ambulance, said that his spinal cord is badly bruised. Dr. Lyons said, “He does appear to be out of immediate danger unless any com plications set in.” Chaplain Scott was impressed by the Aggies’ hope for the student’s recovery. “The Aggies have supported the Currys in a wonderful way by their moral support,” Scott said. “Now we need to go beyond the moral support. We need to give in a material way and meet a need that might be ours some day.” Scott added that the bill for nurses alone is $42 a day. A collection for Curry was start ed yesterday. Money is being taken up in all cadet units to be turned over to Scott, who will apply it towards the hospital bill. Civilian students may give their contribu tions to their dorm counselors. Six of Curry’s friends in his out fit are driving to Houston Thurs day to give blood for him. Two pints will be replaced in the blood bank in his name; the other four will be added to the bank’s reserve and the cash proceeds turned over to the Aggie fund for Cui'ry. Effective July 1, the role of military colleges in the na tional defense program will be granted increased recognition in the form of additional emoluments. Through the efforts of Dr. David H. Morgan, as presi dent of the Council of Military College Presidents, and Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant, who both made numerous trips to confer with Washington officials, and as a result of con ferences of the presidents of the CMCP, the following special consideration has been granted for cadets participating in the program of an essentially military college. “Fifty dollars per year for a period not to exceed two years for each enrolled member of the basic ROTC course and $200 covering a two year , , . , , ~ . ^ ^ “We look forward to the future Slide Rule Winners Announced Today More than 700 students will at tend the Slide Rule Awards Cere mony, Tuesday, May 1, in Guion Hall, according to Robert H. Fletcher, slide rule contest coordi nator. All sections of M.E. 108 and 101 classes are expected to attend the award ceremony which will be set up in a manner similar to the di ploma system at graduation. A short program demonstrating early calculators, specialized slide rules and digital and analog com puters will be presented. Weather Today POSSIBLE SHOWERS Continued cloudy with possible thundershowers is forecasted for College Station this afternoon. Yesterday’s high of 73 degrees dropped to 61 degrees last night. Temperature at 10:30 this morn ing was 76 degrees. CSC Banquet Set May 17 In MSC Dr. M. T. Harrington, chan cellor of the A&.M College System, will be the principal speaker for the second annual Civilian Student Council ban quet May 17 in the Memorial Stu dent Center, John W. Jones, coun cil president, has announced. Dr. David H. Morgan, college president, will present civilian councilmen’s keys to members of the council. About 50 council members and guests are expected to attend. Council officers, besides Jones, are Gerald L. Van Hoosiei', vice- president; Ronald G. Gardner, sec retary, and Hugh D. Lanktree, treasurer. Arrangements for the banquet have been handled by a committee consisting of Jack D. Quinn, chair man; James W. Ard II and Jerome C. Martinets Jr. Robert O. Murray Ji\ and Wil liam G. Breazeale, civilian student counselors, are council sponsors. period for each enrolled mem ber of the advanced ROTC course.” In order to qualify for the increased support, institutions must meet the following revised definition of an essentially military college: “Colleges or universities which confer baccalaureate or graduate degrees and which are fully ac credited by their regional accred iting associations; at which the average age of students at the time of graduation is not less than 21 years; which require all military students to be habitually in uni form when on the post, reservation, or campus; which organize their military student bodies as corps of cadets under constantly maintained military discipline; which have as their objective the development of military students’ chai-acter by means of military training and the x - egulation of his conduct in ac cordance with disciplinary princi ples; and which, in general, meet military standards similar to those maintained at the service academ ies.” At the present time, students in the first two years of ROTC re ceive $25 per year commutation in lieu of uniform, and those in ad vanced ROTC receive $100 for the two year period. “This is the first recognition giv en by the Department of Defense to the special contribution made by essentially military colleges as well as the potential role of these col leges in the defense of our nation,” said Col. Davis. “This recognition will have a stimulating effect upon our Corps of Cadets, the custodian of a long and glorious history,” he added. with A&M College, providing an even better service to our nation.” The definition of an essentially military college was revised to meet the changing needs of the Twentieth Century. Two Students Are Injured In Accident Larry Kelminson, engineer ing - freshman from Houston, was released from St. Joseph’s Hospital in Bryan Sunday af ter suffering a cut artery in his neck in a freak accident Fri day night. Kelminson and Nathan Jacob son Segal, also a freshman from Houston, were riding in a borrowed car which was being- pushed by an other car when they hit the culvert behind dormitory 17 on old High way 6. Kelminson was thrown against the windshield and could have suf fered serious injury had it not been for the prompt first aid he re ceived, according to physicians at the College Hospital. Segal was bruised and shaken up in the accident. Wayne R. Yeager was driving the car that was pushing Welminson. He was not injured but both cars received serious damage, according to in vestigating officers. Kelminson was takgn to the Col lege Hospital and later moved to St. Joseph for treatment. The car was borrowed from Mrs. J. J. Taubenhaus. Youth Groups Meet The Brazos County Crippled Children’s Society and the College Station Kiwanis Club Underpriv ileged Children’s Committee will hold a joint meeting in the south solarium of the YMCA today at 4 p.m. Dr. L. G. Jones and Taylor Rie del will report on the annual Crip pled Children’s Convention which they attended this month in Aus tin. Dr. John J. Sperry will report on plans for the Crippled Children’s Clinic which will be held here May 7. Plans call for some of the coun- ti-ies’ leading therapists to give free treatment to the 150 expected for the clinic. Mrs. D. W. Andres, chairman of this year’s Easter Seal sale, and Herman Krauser, financial direc tor of the drive, will report on fi nal results of the drive. All persons interested in work ing with crippled persons are in vited to the meeting. Center Chairman To Start Thursday Group chairmen for m-ganiza- tions of the MSC and for commit tees of the groups will take their positions Thursday night at the MSC Council banquet. Three distinguished service awards and eighteen special ap preciation awards will be presented to officers of the 1955-56 school year. * The banquet begins at 7 p.m. in the Ballroom. HOLD *ER NEWT—Thrills and spills dominated the annual Ag-gie Intercollegiate Rodeo last week as cowboys from 16 colleg-es and universities competed for prizes. Trophies and other prizes were donated by local merchants.