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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.