The Battalion
Number 132: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1956
Price Five Cents
Mother Of Year Is Featured
In Parents Day Celebration
High School Honor Days
Future Ags Publish Butt
Staff Takes Rest
Eleven high school journalists
adventured into the “wee” hours
last night pounding typewriter
keys after pounding pavement in
and around the campus and city
in general.
The boys met in The Battalion
. offices at noon. After a short word
of greeting from D. D. Burchard,
head of the Journalism Depart
ment, Ross Strader, director of stu
dent publications and Jim Bower,
editor of The Battalion, they got
down to work. A staff was elected
and copy began to pour in.
Editor of this issue is Jimmy
Turnage, senior from Milby High
»f Houston. Managing editor is
Charles Hoehne, senior from Schul-
tnburg High of Schulenburg.
Assisting Hoehne and Turnage
*on the news section of the staff is
W'. C. Duncan, Cypress-Fairbanks
High; Kenneth Vetters, Jefferson
^High, San Antonio; and Jack Cock-
erham, Port Arthur High.
Sports staff for this issue is
comprised of Bill Blasingame from
Port Arthur High; Maurice Olian,
A&M Consolidated High, College
Station; Roy Carpenter, Stephen
F. Austin High, Bryan and Robert
Harkrider, Nacogdoches.
Photographers for the edition
were Bill Gibson, Brackenridge
High of San Antonio and Jimmy
Dunaway from Bellaire High.
The boys have done all the work
, involved in putting out the paper.
S®me of them labored long and
hard writing headlines, preparing
topy and working on page layouts.
In getting material for their
* stories they traveled the length of
the campus and to parts of the
city. All the way they reported
the hospitality of Aggieland w-as
much in evidence.
Climaxing the two-day event the
boys were guests at a luncheon in
the Memorial Student Center this
afternoon at 1 p.m. W. R. Beau-
mier, publisher of the Lufkin Daily
News was the main speaker.
After a short introduction the
newsmen were presented with cer
tificates of recognition for their
leading work in high school jour
nalism in the state.
Teasip Loses Boa
AUSTIN,—<A > >—Police last night
were looking for the 7-foot boa-
constrictor, “Crazy Boy”, missing
from his cage since early yester
day.
Jerry Davis, pre-medical Univer
sity of Texas student from Beau
mont said he took the boa over to
his fraternity house. Delta Tau
Delta to show it to friends and
feed it.
The cage glass front was broken
this moming and “Crazy Boy” was
gone.
Poultry Club Elects
Don M. Brockman has been elec
ted president of the Poultry Sci
ence Club. Other officers elected
for next year include Samuel
White, vice-president and represen
tative to the Agricultural Council;
Johnny Cates, secretary; Alfred M.
(Buddy) Lindeman, treasurer; Rob
ert G. (Bob) Foster III, reporter
and James Beran, show manager.
Students Quiz Dr. Morgan On A&M
By CHARLES HOEHNE
Battalion Managing Editor
Eleveij journalism students be
ing feted in the “Texas A&M High
School Journalism Honor Days”
yesterday bombarded President Da
vid H. Morgan with questions deal
ing with practically every phase of
Aggieland.
In the 45-minute press confei’-
ence, President Morgan told the
boys about the rapid growth of the
college enrollment and facilities.
“We expect a 20 per cent in
crease in enrollment,” he said, “this
will mean about 7400 students on
the campus next fall.”
Morgan went on to tell about the
ten-year program the board of
directoi’s is planning. The plan will
call for expansion with funds fi*om
the University School Fund being
used.
Questions typical of those asked
and answered ran something like
this:
“Is there anything to the rumor
that things are going to ‘tighten
up’ in the corps?”
Yes, beginning in the fall of ’57
it will be necessary for a student
to have some sort of recommenda
tion to get into the corps. How
ever, scholastic probation is going
to be far stricter next fall.”
“What steps is A&M taking to
ward integration?”
“We have a committee working
actively on the matter. Our sys
tem is composed of four colleges,
so of course with Prairie View, we
have the problem of desegregation
as well as integration.”
“Will girls be allowed to attend
A&M in the foreseeable future?”
“No, the board of directors has
taken a definite stand against it.”
“Is it hard to get a date here on
weekends ?”
“Not if you bring one with you.
Some do—some don’t.”
“How much can a student earn
toward paying his expenses while
enrolled here?”
“That depends entirely upon the
individual. Some students can earn
more, some are inclined to spend
more. I’d say that one third of
your college cost would be a rea
sonable estimate.”
“If I enroll in Texas A&M as a
civilian student, will I have the
same opportunities as I would if I
were in the Corps?”
“Same opportunities in terms of
participating in student activities,
yes; we do not discriminate against
any group, and a great number of
our students are not in the corps.
Of course, a civilian student is
completely left out of corps activi
ties.
Journalism Dept. Gets
National Recognition
The eight-year-old Aggie Jour
nalism Department has been mov
ed into the ranks of the top 39
journalism schools in the nation
by the American Council on Edu
cation in Journalism.
Now officially accredited under
the ACEJ program, A&M steps
into the role of one of the two top
schools for journalists in Texas.
The University of Texas is the
only other school in the state cur
rently accredited under the pro
gram.
The ACEJ gave A&M the nod on
two sequences now being taught
community journalism and agri
cultural journalism, after a team
headed by Dean Earl English of
the University of Missouri visited
Aggieland last fall. They made
their recommendations to the ac-
Concession Stand
To Benefit Curry
A concession stand selling cold
drinks and ice cream for the pur
pose of raising money for William
F. Curry will be in operation to
morrow and Sunday at the bus
stop across from the North Gate
Post Office.
Curry, who was hurt several
weeks ago in a gymnastic accident,
is still in the hospital requiring
extensive treatment and care. All
proceeds from the concessions will
go to help pay his hospital bills.
The stand is being sponsored by
the Wesley Foundation Kum Dubl
classes, Wedded Wesleyan classes
and the Tumbling Club, of which
Curry was a member.
crediting committee which met in
March.
Dean English’s team was com
posed of professor Ralph Lash-
brook, Kansas State; Dr. Quintus
Wilson, University of Utah; Joe
Cook, publisher, The Mission
(Tex) Times, and Dr. I. W. Cole,
executive secretary of ACEJ.
“The accreditation puts A&M
among the top schools of journal
ism in the country,” D. D. Bur
chard, department head, said. “The
prestige, as well as the critisim
that comes with accreditation re
port, is the biggest boost the de
partment has had to date.”
The accreditation is effective
for a five-year period, after which
the department is again subject to
inspection.
Segregation Vote
Scheduled Tuesday
The Segregation Election, to de
termine whether the A&M students
are for or against segregation, will
be held in the voting booth at the
Post Office entrance of the Memo-
rial Student Center Tuesday, May
15, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. ac
cording to Brad Crockett, election
commission chairman.
At the same time the civilian yell
leader and the class agent for the
class of ’56 will be elected.
On Wednesday, May 16, the fif
teen members of election commis
sion will be elected. Five men
from each of the classes of ’57-’58-
59 will compose the election com
mission.
Top Photographers
Attend Conference
About 150 of the nation’s top
photographers are expected to at
tend the first annual Southwest
regional meet of the National Press
Photographers Association Confer
ence here.
The meet, scheduled for May
21, 22, and 23, will feature some
of the big names in photography
from Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louis
iana, New Mexico and Mexico.
Most of the major companies con
nected to the photography business
will be represented.
The Encyclopedia Britannica will
sponsor a display of what they
have chosen as the best news
photos of the year.
Events filling the three day
NPPAC calendar include instruc
tion in various phases of “still”,
movies, and TV photography. The
first two days have been set aside
for “stills.” On the schedule for
the first day will be classes re
viewing the more elementary as
pects of taking pictures. The sec
ond day’s agenda will be domina
ted with more advanced technology
and will also deal with legal as
pects of taking and using photos.
Sessions the third day will deal
with movie and TV photography.
Flying Kadets Get
Fourth In Meet
The A&M Flying Kadets took a
fourth and a fifth place at the Na
tional Intercollegiate Flying Asso
ciation’s annual air meet held May
3, 4, and 5 in Norman, Okla. under
the auspices of the University of
Oklahoma.
Don Arneson, junior from Lare
do, won fourth place in the bomb
dropping event and Ed Rivers, jun
ior from Lufkin, won fifth place in
power-off spot landings. The oth
er Aggies who attended the meet
were Rusty Wells, Tyree Hardy, A1
Muller, Bill Schex-er, and Bud John
son. Joe Bi'usse, of aix*craft re-
seai'ch at Easterwood Airport, ac
companied the gx-oup as sponsor’s
repi'esentative.
More than 300 students x-epi'e-
senting 15 colleges and univei’sities
from all pax-ts of the United States
participated in powei’-on and pow-
ex - -off spot landings, shoi't field
landings, and bomb-dropping.
This is the second year that the
A&M Flying Club has taken part
in the NIFA meet. The Kadets
opex-ate on funds provided by its
members only.
The 1957 meet will be held in
Stillwater, Okla. with Oklahoma
A&M being host.
Registration starts at the Me-
mox-ial Student Center at 7 a.m.
May 21. The meet is open to any
one intexested in photogx-aphy, but
fees are somewhat higher for non
members. Registration fees for
members are $10 for two days, non
members $15 and both groups pay
$5 exti’a for the thix-d day.
Students ax-e admitted free and
students from other schools may
attend for half a non-member’s
fee.
The meet is jointly sponsoi’ed
by National Pxess Photogxaphers
Association and the Encyclopedia
Binttanica. In expressing his opin
ions on the meet D. D. Burchard,
head of the Journalism Depart
ment said, “We feel foxtunate in
being selected as the site of the
meet, several other colleges tried,
without success, to have the meet
held there.”
4 Y’ Secretary
Recognized For
Church Work
J. Gordon Gay, General sec
retary of the YMCA, will be
recognized for his 30 years
work with the A&M Metho
dist Church Sunday school
progi’am with the naming of the
new educational building in his
honor.
Accoi*ding to the Rev. Nolan
Vance, pastor of the chuivh, Gay
was voted to be recognized in an
official board meeting last Sun
day.
Gay began his Sunday School
wox-k in an old World War I build
ing which was moved to College
Station for use as a tabei’nacle.
Since that time he has taught
fx-eshman Sunday School classes,
seived on the church boai’d, and
helped on many other chui’ch ac
tivities. He became Sunday School
superintendent when he agreed to
take the job temporaxdly for two
weeks. Since that time 20 yeax-s
ago, he has served continuously.
While in College Station, Gay
has been on the staff of the YM
CA and in 1952, was named genex - -
al secx-etax-y. Religious Emphasis
Week is one of the major activi
ties for which he is in charge.
Gay is a gx-aduate of the Univer
sity of Alabama and holds two
masters degi’ees, one from Vander
bilt and one from the YMCA Gxad-
uate School.
Schedule of Events
EVENT
Aggie Follies
FRIDAY
TIME
7:30
SATURDAY
Krueger Collection 8
Mothers’ Clubs Coffee 8
Chick & Poultry Show 10
Mothei's’ Club Confei’enee 10
Mothers’ Day Speech Contest 10
MSC Open House 2
Aircraft Flyover 2:30
Aerial Show 3:30
Molten Ix-on Display 4
Smorgasbord 5:30
Little Southwestern Finals 7:30
Aggie Follies 7:30
All-College Dance 9:30
PLACE
Guion Hall
Cushing Library
MSC
DeWaxe Field House
MSC
MSC
MSC
Campus
Eastexwood Field
ME Shops
MSC
Rodeo Arena
Guion Hall
Grove
Flower-Pinning
Cadet Awards
Adjutant’s Call
Fish Dx ill Team
Mother of Year
Dormitory Open House
Lunch
Presidents’ Reception
Ross Volunteer Drill
Award
SUNDAY
8:15
...8:25
9:10
10:40
11
12
12:15
1
2:30
WILLIAM F. CURRY
Curry Drive
Sponsored By
Student Senate
Five campus organizations are
sponsoring a sale Saturday and
Sunday for the benefit of William
F. Curry, freshman architecture
major who was critically injured
four weeks ago in the gym.
The membex’s of A Engineers,
Cui’ry’s outfit, together with the
Wedded Wesleyans, Kum Dubl, the
Tumbling Club and the Wesley
Foundation are sponsoring the sale
to collect money for the William
F. (Bill) Curxy Fund. On sale at
the Noi’th Gate Saturday fxom 8
a.m. until 4 p.m. and Sunday from
9 a.m. until 4 p.m. will be assorted
soft drinks and ice ci’eam.
Fred J. Handlei', vice-px - esident
of Kum Dubl, an organization of
the A&M Methodist Church co
sponsoring the sale, urged all Ag
gies and their weekend guests to
patronize the stand.
“In addition to the sale of x-e-
freshments, there will be a jar for
donations. We want to collect as
much as we possibly can,” he said.
Curry, who suffered a broken
neck while pi-acticing on the txam-
poline, is now at Methodist Hos
pital in Houston. He is paralyzed
from the neck down, and may nev
er walk again. His bills at the hos
pital are enormous, his nurses’
bill alone being $42 per day.
All proceeds from the refi*esh-
ment stand will go towards pay
ing Curx-y’s hospital bills. It is
hoped that this money, together
with the donations collected by the
Student Senate Welfare Commit
tee, will pay a substantial amount
of the bills.
Cox-ps Areas j
Corps Areas j
Main Drill Field 1
Main Drill Field :
i Guion Hall j
Doirn A reas j
Sbisa and Duncan Halls 1
MSC
Main Dxill Field
Big Weekend Features
Honors, Review, Exhibits
By W\ C. DUNCAN
Battalion Guest Writer
In climaxing- a gala weekend of festivities, Mrs. Maria V.
Reyes will capture the unique honor of reigning as Aggie
“Mother of the Year.”
The College, acting through a special committee of the
Student Senate, chose her to be the symbol of all Aggie Moth
erhood.
Mrs. Reyes is receiving the award on behalf of all Aggies’
mothers throughout the world.
She will be the honor guest at the Parents Day review of
the Corps of Cadets Sunday morning.
Special ceremonies will follow at 11 a.m. in Guion Hall
in honor of visiting Mothers and Dads. Mrs. Reyes will be
presented with a plaque at
this time.
Kickoff time for the week
end of celebration is 7:30 p.m.
Friday night with “Khaki
Jungle”, an Aggie Follies presen
tation. The play depicts student
life on the A&M campus—in a com
ical mannex-. It will be staged in
Guion Hall.
The completed Krueger collection
of oil paintings will be on display
in Cushing Memox-ial Library the
first thing Satux-day morning.
The paintings were gathered
thx-oughout Eux-ope, and featui-e the
work of many old masters.
Fx-om 9 until 10 a.m. a coffee
will be held in the MSC by the
Brazos County A&M Mothers’ Club
in honor of the Fedex-ation of A&M
Mothex-s’ Club.
The eig-hth annual Chick, Poul-
try, and Egg Show will present its
awards and auction in DeWare
Field House beginning at 10 a.m.
The Bxazos Bar Association and
the English Department will spon
sor a Mothers Day Speech Contest
in the MSC.
Aerial Show By Jets
A half-hour aerial show, by the
Thundexbirds, will transpire from
3:30 to 4 p.m.
Beginning at 5:30 p.m., there will
be a smorgasboaxd in the Dining
room of the MSC.
Final judging to select the cham
pion cattle, sheep, swine and horse
showman; Gx-and Champion and
Resexve Champion showman; and
Ham Auction will stai’t at 7:30 in
the Aggie Rodeo Ax-ena.
A x’epeat of Friday’s pexform-
ance of “Khaki Jungle” will be
given in Guion Hall fx-om 7:30 to
9 p.m.
The day will be climaxed with an
All-College Dance — honoring Ag
gie Pax-ents—at The Grove. It will
be sponsox-ed by the Department of
Student Activities. It begins at
9:30 and tei-minates at midnight.
Exhibits Open At 8
Some 47 depai-tments will con
duct touxs, show r expex-iments, and
give exhibits thx-oughout Open
House Day—Satuxday.
Exhibits will x-ange fx-om collec
tions of dangex-ous insects to films
on atomic energy and radioisotopes.
While some students are explain
ing fax-m equipment, others will ex
plain insti-uments for px-ospecting
for ui-anium.
Sunday, the Pax-ents Day px-o-
giam will open at 8:15 with the
tx-aditional flow-er pinning cere
mony at which Mothex-s pin flow--
ex-s on the Aggies.
Immediately following, the Ca
det Cox-ps will pass in review and
individual membexs, as w'ell as un
its and organizations, who have
excelled will be presented aw-axds.
The Freshman Drill Team will
then give a demonstx-ation.
Px-ogxams honoring Mothex-s and
Dads and special guest, Mx-s. Reyes,
will stax-t at 11 a.m.
The time betw-een noon and 4
p.m. will be allotted to open house
in the doims.
A special dxill by the Ross Vol-
unteex-s Company, at the Main Drill
Field, will put the finishing touch
on the w-eekend celebxations.
All six schools of the college will have exhibits on display
at their departmental buildings all day Saturday. A complete
pxogram of these exhibits and schedule of events are available
at the Office of Student Activities on the second floor of the
YMCA.
Starters Register
For Grade School
Pre-registxation for those chil
dren w-ho ax-e to enter A&M Con
solidated Elementary School in
September will be held at 1:45 p.m.
Wednesday in the school cafetex-ia
according to Mrs. H. S. Creswell,
principal.
Pax-ents are asked to bring their
children at 1 p.m. for a visit to the
fix-st gxade classes before the reg
istration.
In order to xegister then- chil
dren, parents must bring both the
bixth certificate and small pox vac
cination certificate for each child.
Weather Today
CLOUDY
Cloudy skies are forecasted for
College Station today. Yestexday’s
high and low temperature were 91
degrees and 71 degrees. Tempera
ture at 10:30 this moxning was 85
degrees.