iizc Hattalion
Number 141: Volume 55
collegp: station, texas, Friday, may 25, 1956
Price Five Cents
Civilian Aid Is
Planned For By
Student Affairs
A program designed to better
orientate new civilian students to
pollege life will be inaugurated by
the Department of Student Affairs
next fall, according to Rennie A.
Zinn, head of the department.
The activities being planned will
be similar to the /‘Buddy” system
which the coi-ps uses to help fresh
men become accustomed to college
life. -
Basing the program on 40 uppei’-
classmen who will offer assistance
to new students and transfers, it is
the first oi-ganized program of the
Student Affairs Department aimed
at working with the civilian stu
dent to include nearly all of his
activities. It is designed to remedy
the problem of providing adequate
counseling to civilian students, Zinn
said.
About 40 upperclassmen will be
selected, one from each ramp of
the civilian doi'mitories, and will
probably be designated as “Aids”
to the new students living in their
section of the dormitory, stated
Zinn.
These Aids will return to A&M
the day before New Student Week
begins to receive instructions and
suggestions as to how the program
will operate.'
They will help new students dur
ing New Student Week understand
more about college life at A&M,
the traditions at A&M and will en
courage school spirit. Continuing
through the year the aids will be
available to help the new student
in studies.
“Some advantages which should
come from the program are bigher
academic achievement, more par
ticipation in student activities, a
better Aggie spirit and a feeling
of being a part of the college, Zinn
said.
CS High Schools Set
Graduation Exercises
A TYPICAL SCENE is shown again for this time of the year as a group of anxious
seniors gather around the official list outside the Registrar’s office looking for one
name—their own!
CHS Students Are
At Annual Award
Honored
Assembly
But the program will be designed
to prevent its. becoming a hazing
program, according to Zinn.
A&M Consolidated High School
students wei’e honored recently in
the annual Awards Assembly, ac
cording to J. J. Skrivanek. Awards
were presented to outstanding stu
dents in all phases of the school’s
life.
Ed Linton, president of the stu
dent body, and J. B. Carroll, vice
president, were recognized b y
Skrivanek, after his talk on the
awards.
Dr. A. B. Medlen, president of
the College Station Lions Club pre
sented Lions Club plaques to out
standing scholars in each field.
The students and their fields of
study were Junis Clark, Natural
Science; Marcia Smith, Social Sci
ence; Margaret Berry, English;
Mike McGuire, Mathematics; Pat
Byrd, Home and Family Life;
Charles Delaplane, Spanish and
Margaret Dehlinger, Latin.
Other students and their awards
were JoAnn Norwood, Commercial;
Mike Walton, Agricultui’e; Janet
Folweiler and Ann Fleming, Art;
Speech, Chai'les Delaplane; Music,
Claire Rogers; Industrial Arts,
David Webb and Bobby Potts, Saf
ety Training. Best All Around
Girl and Boy went to Ann Fleming
and J. B. Carroll respectively.
Dr. Medlen also announced stu
dents with the highest scholastic
average in each class for the pre
ceeding year. Their names will be
inscribed on four large plaques
given by the Lione Club.
Highest in the twelfth grade
was Marcia Smith; eleventh grade
Jo Ann Walker; tenth grade, Mary
Margaret Hierth and ninth grade
Margaret Dehlinger.
Students having perfect attend
ance for the year were presented
by Dr. J. S. Rodgers, president of
the school board. Dolly Smith, Jo
Ann Norwood, Marilyn Davis, Mike
McGuire and Anna Parsons were
William D. Willis, Jr.
Fred B. Cox, Jr.
Registrar Announces
Co-Valedictorians ’56
Fred B. Cox Jr., and William D.
Willis Jr., were named co-valedic
torians for class of 1956 by H. L.
Heaton, registrar, this morning.
Both Cox and Willis have main
tained an overall grade point ratio
of 3.0* throughout their career at
A&M.
Cox, an electrical engineering
major from Temple, is married and
he and his wife, Harriet, reside at
404 Boyett St. in College Station.
He has been active in many organi
zations at A&M and is a member
of the Phi Eta Sigma, Tau Beta Pi
and Phi Kappa Phi honorary fra
ternities. A member of the Corps
of Cadets, Cox is a first lieuten-
Willis is a zoology and English
major from Dallas and has been
active in many extra-curricular ac
tivities in addition to being able to
keep a perfect gpr. He has been
a member of the Basic Division
Council; vice-president of Phi Eta
Sigma; chairman of MSC Junto
Committee; served as co-editor and
editor of MSS One and Two; presi
dent of the Texas Collegiate Acad- j ^ ^
emy of Science; member of the
MSC Council and served as vice-
president and president of the Arts
and Science Council.
He was named winner of the CHS Seniors Visit
Jul ia Ball Lee Scholarship; mem- • ~\J 11
ber Phi Kappa Phi; associate edi-| \ 3ttey
Morgan To Attend
President’s Meet
Dr. David H. Morgan, president,
and Mrs. Morgan will attend the
President’s Institute for presidents
and their wives, to be held at Har-
vard University June 19-27. Dr.
Morgan w-as one of 36 college pres
idents in the United States selec
ted to attend the institute.
The program of the institute in
cludes three major parts: The
core of a series of problems faced
by presidents of colleges. Each of
these pi'oblems will be presented
in written form and an attempt
will be made to provide the back
ground, the environment, the tra
ditions, the personalities and the
circumstances within which the
president has to reach a decision
on a course of action.
The second part of the program
will be comprised of brief talks
by college presidents and by their
waves, followed by informal dis
cussion periods. The third part of
e program will consist of
speeches by leaders in the field of
education.
ant, acti\e in intiamural athletics, tor of The Commentator; member
and a
Club.
member of the Handball
He has won several awards and
distinctions while at A&M, these
include a General Electric Scholar
ship; nominee from A&M to na
tional meeting of National Society
of Manufacturers; winner of a Na
tional Science Foundation Schol
arship for graduate study.
Cox will go to work for the
Sperry Company after graduation
and intends to work on a MS
degree next fall.
of Pre-Med and Pre-Dental Socie
ty; named in Who’s Who; won Out
standing Pre-Medical Student
Award: AfSC Distinguished Service
Award ; Distinguished Honor
Award of School of Arts and
Sciences.
His freshman year he was
member of B Company, Freshman I
Infantry and “A” Chemical Co.
his sophomore year.
Consolidated High School sen
iors are on the second day of their
annual senior trip, according to J.
J. Skrivanek, high school princi
pal.
The class, 48 members strong,
are at Mission Valley Guest Ranch,
J near Hunt, Texas. They are ex-
a I pected to return sometime tomor
row’.
Accompanying the group is Dr.
L. S. Richardson, superintendent
Willis plans to enter University of A&M Consolidated Schools, and
of Texas Southwestern Medical senior sponsors R. L. Boone and
School in the fall. j Mrs. A. R. Orr.
announced for the twelfth grade.
In the eleventh grade Ronald Gan
dy, Jo Ann Walker, Lucy Rogers,
Rosanne Phillips, Billy Taylor,
Bobby Pots and David Lloyd had
perfect records.
Perfect records in the tenth
grade were those of Carolyn Wil
son, Jeanette Vance, Elaine Chalk,
Jerry Mills, Hugh Lindsay, Jerry
Holland, and Bill Farrai\ Named
in the ninth grade were Matt Gad
dis, Myrtle Nolan, Sharon Logan,
Pat Freeman, Martha Esten, Eve
lyn Arrington, Jean Anderson,
David McGuire, Theron Logan,
Jesse Liguez, and Bill Jones.
Skrivanek presented J. B. Car-
roll and Ed Linton as Outstanding-
Student Council members, and R.
L. Boone named Jean Ann Smith
as outstanding music student in
vocal music, w-ith Claire Rogers
outstanding in instrumental mu
sic.
Mike McGuire roceived the
Baush-Lomb Science Award, pre
sented each year by the optical
company of that name to the out
standing science student in all ac
credited high schools.
Steadman Davis and Pat Byrd
were announced as the Most Po
lite Boy and Girl respectively.
Outstanding homeroom workers
each homeroom were named.
They include: Pat Jackson, 9-1;
Sara Goode, 9-2; Billy Dean Let-
better, 9-3; Judy Bishop, 10-1;
Steadman Davis, 10-2; Jerry Mills,
10-3; John Harrington, 11-1; Ros
anne Phillips, 11-2; Ann Hite, 11-3;
Dolly Smith, 12-1 and Sallie Puddy
and J. B. Carroll, 12-2.
Outstanding workers in each
club include: Anna Parsons, an
nual; Rosanne Phillips, FHA; Ora
Lee Ramsey, Library; David Webb,
Sharpshooters; Maurice Olian and
John Skrivanek, paper; FFA, Mike
Walton; Dee Morgan, FT A; Bill
Taylor, photography; Ernest Tan-
zer. Science; Dick McCannon, Slide
Rule and Steadman Davis, Golf.
Skrivanek announced 13 students
who made the honor role each of
the first five six-weeks periods.
They are Beatrice Luther, Billy
Dean Letbettei*, Margaret Dehlin
ger, Mary Margaret Hierth, Jerry
Mills, Christopher Kent, Maurice
Olian, Charles Delaplane, James
Martin, Larry Leighton, Jo Ann
Walker, Marcia Smith. an 4 Ann
Fleming.
(See CHS HONORS, Page 3)
Baccalaureate Sunday;
Graduation Wednesday
The two College Station high schools, A&M Consolidated
and Lincoln, will hold baccalaureate services Sunday and
graduation ceremonies next Wednesday, according to Dr.
L. S. Richardson, superintendent of A&M Consolidated
schools.
Consolidated’s 45 graduating seniors will hear Rev.
Nolan Vance of the A&M Methodist Church give the bacca
laureate sermon in the CHS auditorium at 8 p.m. Sunday.
The senior choir, under the direction of R. L. Boone, will
sing two numbers accompanied by Miss Margaret Berry.
Graduation ceremonies will also be held in the auditor
ium. Dr. Robert Kamm, Dean of Student Personnel Services
♦'and Basic Division at A&M
will be the principle speaker
at the commencement, to be
held at 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Boone will direct the choir,
accompanied by Miss Berry, in
I more numbers, and will sing a vo
cal solo himself.
J. J. Skrivanek, principal of the
high school will present the vale
dictorian and salutatorian, who will
not be announced until that time.
Superintendent Richaidson will
present the graduates to Dr. J. S.
Rodgers, pi’esident of the school
board, who will pi’esent the de
grees.
The Lincoln high school bacca
laureate speaker will be Rev. Rob
ert Castle, 'Jr., pastor of the Col
lege Hills Baptist Church. The
sermon will be held in the school
gymnasium at 8 p.m. Sunday and
Miss Jean Williams will lead the
school choral group in several se
lections.
Ester Ray Steen will be recog
nized as valedictorian and Lorenzo
Wilborn as salutatorian at the an
nual Lincoln High Senior Day to
be held in the school Monday. The
seniors will present an assembly
at 11 a.m., and then hold a picnic
in the afternoon.
At commencement Wednesday
night in the school, W. A. Tarrow,
principal of Lincoln, will present
Miss Steen and Miss Wilborn. Af
ter songs by Miss Williams and the
choir, Tarrow will present the 18
deg-ree candidates. A member of
the school board, who has not been
picked yet, will give diplomas.
Dr. W, L. Cash, of Prairie View’
A&M College, wall be the. speaker
at the ceremonies.
132 AF Seniors
Commissioned
One hundred and thirty-two
A&M seniors will receive commis
sions in the United States Air
Force and Air Force Reserve today
according to the Air Science De
partment.
Eighty-one cadets will be com
missioned in category I, pilot; 26
in category I-A, observer; 12 in
category II, technical; two in cate
gory III, non-flying and non-tech-
nical; and tw r o in category IV, vet
erans.
The category I and I-A officers
will report to Lackland Air Foi’ce
Base at different designated times
this year. Several of the category
II cadets have already been sched
uled for overseas duty and one
category IV man will remain at
A&M to attend meteorology school.
Assignments for the i-est of the
students have not yet been decided.
CS Negroes Hold
C of C Barbecue
The College Station Negro
Chamber of Commerce will hold its
first annual Community Bar-B-Q
on the campus of Lincoln High
School today at 6:30 p.m., accord
ing to Henry Williams, president
of the organization.
“Anyone interested in the com
munity is invited to eat barbequed
chicken with us tonight,” Williams
said. “Tickets are 75 cents each,
and we will play a softball game
after the meal.”
News of the World
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATHENS, Greece—Premier Con
stantine Karamanlis’ government
w’on a vote of confidence last night
on the Cyprus issue, 162 to 126.
For four days Pai-liament had de
bated an opposition censure motion.
The opposition accused the Premier
of inefficient handling of the Cy
prus issue and wdth failure to
prevent riots in Athens May 9. The
opposition called for a policy of
struggle rather than compromise
over British-ruled Cyprus, whose
citizens of Greek descent are de
manding union wdth Greece.
★ ★ ★
N I C O SI A, Cyprus—Turkish
Cypriots armed with stones and
clubs rioted through the streets
of Nicosia and Larnaca yester
day, seeking revenge against
Greek Cypriots.
★ ★ ★
WASHINGTON—A Senate agri
culture subcommittee has resched
uled a hearing for June 11 and 1
on “conflicts and controversies over
Exam Schedule
what voice farmers have or should
have” in operation of farm pro
grams through the farmer-elected
committee system. This announce
ment came yesterday from sub
committee Chairman Humphrey D-
Minn. Originally planned for this
month, the heai-ing was postponed,
he said, “to make sure that Sec
retary of Agriculture Benson and
other top Department of Agricul
ture officials would have an oppor
tunity to testify.”
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—
The government cracked down on
transport strikers yesterday. It
arrested 356 and sent 25 off to
prisons in the frozen South. The
day-old strike was being crushed.
Subway service was back to nor
mal. Trolley and bus service was
about 50 per cent restored. But
some strikers still appeared to be
defying a government order to
return to work by 5 p.m. or face
arrest and military trial.
Army Cadets
Co To Camp
On July 23
Three hundred and seven
ty-seven cadets from the 10
Army branches at A&M will
be assigned to camps spread
ing from Texas to Maryland,
beginning June 23. The juniors
and seniors attending these camps
in fulfillment of commission re
quirements will remain in camp
until August 3.
Col. Delmer P. Anderson, pro
fessor of Military Science and Tac
tics at A&M, will act as executive
officer at the ROTC training camp
in Fort Hood. Twelve other US
Army officers and 14 enlisted men
stationed at A&M this year will
accompany the cadets to the va
rious camps to act as instructors!
and personnel.
All camps will begin and end
simultaneously.
The number of cadets per branch,
and the camps they will attend, are
as follows:
Infantry, 67 cadets, Fort Hood;
anti-aircraft artillery, 63, Fort
Hood; chemical, 17, Fort Hood;
field artillery, 69, Fort Sill, Okla.;
armor, 47, Fort Knox, Ky.; engi
neers, 37, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.;
Quartermaster, 26, Fort Lee, Va.;
ordnance, 26, Aberdeen Proving
Gi-ound, Md.; transportation, 16,
Fort Eustis, Va.; signal, 19, Fort
Gordon, Ga.
Infantry, AAA and chemical ca
dets will train together at Fort
Hood under a basic ROTC summer
course.
Cadets will receive five cents per
mile transportation expenses to and
from camp. They may charge the
travel expense on mileage from
either A&M or their home address.
While at camp, the Army cadets
will receive the same pay as an
enlisted regular Army private, E-2.
Baptists Send 22
To Mission Fields
Twenty-two Baptist students
from Texas colleges and universi
ties will be sent to mission fields
this summer by the students and
churches associated with the col
leges.
The students will visit such
places as the interior of Mexico,
Hawaii, Alaska, Jamaica and Ni
geria.
Expected expenses, some $11,000
have been divided by the Texas
Baptist Student Unions and allot-
ed on a percentage basis to each
Union.
Texas A&M BSU has $500 set
for its goal. The drive has been
started and so far $232 has been
turned in. Skipper Conner, com-
Uiittee chairman, has designated
one student from each dormitory
to sell shares. The shares sell for
$.50 and enables the owner to par
ticipate in sending the students
to their various fields.
Weather Today
The final
follows:
examination
schedule f
Monday
8-11 a.m.
Classes
1-4 p.m.
Classes
Tuesday
8-11 a.m.
Classes
1-4 p.m.
Classes
Wednesday
8-11 a.m.
Classes
1-4 p.m.
Classes
Thursday
8-11 a.m.
Classes
1-4 p.m.
Classes
Friday
8-11 a.m.
Classes
1-4 a.m.
Classes
Saturday
8-11 a.m.
Classes
1-4 a.m.
Classes
is as
4-H Chib To Judge
Poultry At Contest
The state 4-H Poultry Judging
contest will be held at Reid Lab
oratory on the A&M Poultry Farm
beginning Wednesday, June 13.
Teams judging in the contest are
from districts nine, ten and eleven.
Each team will consist of four
members. Winners of the contest
will represent Texas in the Inter-
I state 4-H Poultry Judging contest
in Chicago.
Judging will be made on the
grading of eggs, dressed market
PARTLY CLOUDY
Partly cloudy with scattered
light rain showers and thunder-
storms is forecasted for College
Station today. Yesterday’s high
I birds, live market birds, potential j and low was 89 degrees and 67
* breeders, breeder selection a n d I degrees. Temperature at 10:30
| production. this morning was 81 degrees.