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Number 237: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1957
Price Five Cents
Off the Cuff
What Goes
On Here
Ted McCorcle, cartoonist for
The Commentator, has gotten the
impression that the members of
the Campus Security are out for
him in force.
Seems that McCorcle drives a
motorcycle and figured he found
the “ideal” hiding place for his
cycle while in class. This spot was
behind a bush located in the rear
of the Biological Sciences Building.
Nonetheless, to his amazement,
McCorcle returned from class to
find not one, but two tickets on the
cycle.
“A KK must have been sacked
out in the next bush,” he said
as he dazedly rode off.
★ ★ ★
With all the discussion of the
chimes “getting on people’s nerves”
Dick Crawford, secretary of the
Civilian Student Council, finally
got disgusted and said—
“We’ve spent more time on this
than any other thing on the agenda.
Personally, I like the chimes!
Let’s get on to something else!”
★ ★ ★
A&M’s basketball coach, Ken
Loeffler, who has beaten Texas
three of the four times his teams
have met the Longhorns, was over
heard to say, after the Aggies
mauled the Steers in Austin:
“I’ve beaten Texas twice this
year. Where’s my Cadillac?”
Funeral For
Dr. Reinoehl
Held Today
Funeral services for Dr.
Charles M. Reinoehl, 78, of
1020 Walton Avenue, College
Station, were held at 2 p.m.
today at Hilliers Funeral Cha
pel, Rev. Charles A. Sheldon of
Bryan First Presbyterian Church
officiating.
Dr. Reinoehl died Sunday night
after a long illness. Burial was
hr College Station Cemetery.
A former professor of education
Rt the University of Arkansas, he
was author of a text book on
“Classroom Administration and Pu
pil Adjustment” and “A Plan for
Teaching Children and Adults the
Basic Principles Embodied in the
Golden Rule.”
Dr. Reinoehl was awarded $500
from the Palmer Foundation of
Texarkana for the latter article,
winning over world-wide competi
tion.
After retiring in 1951, he and
Mrs. Reinoehl made their home in
College Station. He was a Mason
and an elder of the Presbyterian
Church.
TSCW’s MODERN CHOIR, under the direction of Dr. J. S. Eberly, presented a variety
of vocal music last night in the MSC Lounge. The Tessies appeared at Consolidated High
School and Stephen F. Austin High School in Bryan today as part of this year’s tour.
Richardson Resigns
At CHS, Post Still Open
The position of A&M Consoli
dated School superintendent is still
open today following the resigna
tion of Dr. L. S. (Les) Richard
son Friday, to become superin
tendent at Cuero.
No official action on the resig
nation, which becomes effective
June 30, can be taken until the
School Board meeting Monday, Dr.
J. S. Rogers, chairman of the board
said yesterday.
“There is some doubt in my mind
that complete action will be taken
at Monday’s meeting,” Dr. Rogers
said. “Of course I can’t say what
the seven board members will do.”
Although reluctant to mention
any names until official action has
been taken, Richardson did say
that he had recommended a succes
sor to the School Board.
J. J. Skrivanek, principal of CHS
and Taylor Riedel, principal of
Consolidated Junior High both
said they had “no comment” ex
cept to express their regret at his
resignation.
“I know of no trouble between
the board and the superintendent
during Dr. Richardson’s term in
the office,” Rogers said. “We will
miss him a lot.”
Richardson made his move pub
lic Friday in a statement prepar-
Jon Hagler
Corps Sgt.
Named
Major
ed for teachers and staff members
at the schools. It said, in part:
“. . . I have resigned the super
intendency of the A&M Consoli
dated Schools to accept the same
position at Cuero, Tex. My decis
ion, which was extremely difficult
to make, was based on several fac-
Daniel Not Sure
On Cox Quitting
Dr. L. S. (Les) Richardson
Jon Hagler has been named
Corps sergeant major by recom
mendation of Jack Lunsford, Corps
commander, and approval of Com
mandant, Col. Joe E. Davis.
Hagler, as seen by Col. Davis
is “the top non-commissioned of
ficer in the Corps, as far as we
are concerned.”
“His grade point ratio and par
ticipation in numerous Corps ac
tivities show us that he is very
capable and efficient,” Colonel
Davis said.
In his new post, Hagler is the
chief administrative officer for the
Corps Staff. His duty is to see
that policies laid down by the
Corps commander are sent to first
sergeants for execution.
As news of his promotion was
released, Hagler was in New Or
leans, La., with the Ross Volun
teers Company.
Hagler is an agricultural eco
nomics major. He has been active
in extracurricular tasks since his
freshman year when he won the
Danfoi’th Scholarship and repre
sented his class in Michigan.
He is a staff writer for the Ag
riculturist, member of the Ross
Volunteer Company, Corps supply
sergeant, chairman of the Selec
tion Committee of Great Issues,
chairman of the Campus Beautifi
cation Committee and chairman of
Jon L. Hagler
the Christian Faith and Action
Commission of the YMCA cabinet.
Hagler is also president of Phi
Eta Sigma, treasurer of the Agri-
(See HAGLER, Page 2)
R. B. Butler
Accepts Chair
Of Plan Group
R. B. (Pete) Butler, Bryan
contractor, has accepted the
chairmanship of the newly-
formed Brazos County plan
ning group, he announced Fri
day.
“I am honored and pleased to be
selected to head this important
group,” Butler said. “We will try
to meet together soon for a whole
afternoon to get our planning
started.”
The five-man planning group
was completed Friday, when But
ler announced his acceptance. Ear
lier County Judge A. S. Ware, Col
lege Station City Councilman J. A.
Orr, Bryan City Manager Casey
Fannin and S. R. Wright, head of
the Civil Engineering Department
were appointed by the County
Court, College Station and Bryan
city governments and A&M respec
tively.
The group was formulated at a
meeting of 32 area municipal lead
ers two weeks ago in the Memorial
Student Center. The meeting was
called by the City of College Sta
tion.
tors the main of which were the
opportunities to advance myself
professionally and to increase my
personal income. My decision was
in no way based on grievances
with personalities or situations.”
Richardson went on to say that
he thought no College Station sup
erintendent had ever received mure
support from the faculty, school
board arid community. He gave the
faculty credit for making Consoli
dated School “one of the finest in
the nation.”
Officials at Cuero said they had
considered “about 70 applicants”
before picking Richardson. Mem
bers of the Cuero School Board
recently came here and toured the
Consolidated High School build
ing.
Cuero is a Class AAA school
in Texas Interscholastic League
competition. It has one white and
one colored high school, one junior
high, three white elementary
schools and a colored elementary
school. Richardson called it a
“bigger system than Consolidat
ed’s.”
A graduate of A&M in 1946 af
ter serving in the Navy during
World War II, Richardson was a
member of the 1939 National
Championship A&M football team.
He came to the Consolidated sys
tem in 1946 as coach and shop
teacher at CHS. He became prin
cipal there in 1947, and superin
tendent in 1949.
He received his Master’s degree
in education from A&M, in 1948
and his Ph.D. in Educational Ad
ministration from the University
of Houston in 1954.
Tindel Elected
Vice President
Of A&S Council
Joe Tindel was elected vice
president of the Arts & Sci
ences Council last night re
placing Robert Kidd who re
signed after changing his ma
jor from oceanography to physics.
As vice president, Tindel will be
a member of the Intercouncil, a
coordinating body for all student
councils.
Ed Erickson replaced Kidd as
representative to the Council from
the oceanography department.
Council President Dwayne (Dub)
Bailey gave a report on the recom
mendations of the Council that
were presented to the executive
committee of the School of Arts
& Sciences.
No apparent concrete action was
taken on the recommendations as
the department heads explained
most of the proposals as being al
ready taken care of, outside their
jurisdiction or else they disagreed
with the recommendations.
Next on the agenda was the
narrowing down to three nominees
of the Council for the coveted For
mer Students Award of $1,000 for
outstanding men in teaching and
one nominee in student relations,
not necessarily a teaching position.
Wish In ves tiga tioni
To Go Unhampered
AUSTIN, UP)—Gov. Price Daniel said last night he
would accept the resignation of Rep. James E. Cox, charged
with agreeing to accept a bribe, “only if I am thoroughly
satisfied that his resignation will not impede or interfere with
completion” of current investigations.
“I am conferring with Speaker of the House Wag
goner Carr, chairman of the investigating committee Wade
Spilman, and Atty. Gen. Will Wilson, and will act on the
resignation after the conferences have been completed. The
House of Representatives and the people of Texas are en
titled to have all the facts in connection with this matter, and
I want to be sure that the resignation will not bring about a
Seniors To Meet
Senior Class will meet
tonight at 7:30 in the
Chemistry Building Lec
ture room for a session of
planning both the Senior
Banquet and Senior Ring
Dance, according to Jack
Steel, class secretary.
1,587 Visit A&M
A total of 1,587 visitors were on
the campus of A&M during Febru
ary announced P. L. Downs Jr.,
official greeter for the college.
From June, 1956 through Febru
ary of 1957, the total number of
visitors was 12,833. The visitors at
tended short courses, conferences,
class reunions and other schedul
ed meetings.
contrary result,” Daniel said.-*-
Earlier, a group of House
members proposed that the
special investigating commit
tee looking into the bribery
charges against Cox be disbanded.
The move apparently was the
outgrowth of' resentment from
some representatives because they
were not consulted before charges
Were filed against Cox.
The resolution (HSR213) was
filed for introduction by Reps.
Cecil Storey of Longview and Har
old Kennedy of Marble Falls.
It would wipe out the present
nine-man investigating committee
headed by Rep. Wade Spilman of
McAllen and give the job of fur
ther investigation to the present
five-man standing committee on
representation before the House.
The committee would report “from
time to time as it deems expedient
and proper.”
Members of the standing com
mittee are Reps. Reagan R. Huff
man of Marshall, chairman; Jim
Heflin of Houston, vice chairman;
Bill Hollowell of Grand Saline,
John Lee of Kermit and George
. McCoppin of Texarkana.
Housing Shortage
Facing Delegates
Rooms are needed to house dele
gates to the Fifth Annual
Ecumenical Student Christian Con
ference to be held in College Sta
tion beginning March 8, according
to Bob Monk, Wesley Foundation
director.
These rooms, which are needed
for women delegates are. to be in
private homes if possible.
Between 200 and 300 students
are expected from various colleges
around the state and any families
who wish to open their homes may
call the Wesley Foundation for
additional information.
The conference will begin Fri
day and will continue until Sunday.
J. S. Denison Chosen
John S. Dension will chair the
Municipal Electric Short Course
to be held March 25-27 at A&M.
Seventy persons are due to attend.
The Electrical Engineering De
partment is the sponsor. Sessions
Sessions will be held in the Me
morial Student Center.
Interests Most Aggies
Ralph
Called
By JOE TINDEL
Steen’s Lectures
‘Best on Campus
A&M to Observe
Day of Prayer
A&M College and System of
fices housed on the campus will
join with College Station in re
cognizing Friday, as “The World
of Prayer,” Acting President D. W.
Williams has announced.
“At 10 a.m. there will be one
minute of silence as all of us
unite with people throughout the
country and in over 100 countries
around the world in observance of
this World Day of Prayer,” Presi
dent Williams said.
Starting shortly before 10 a. m.,
the college whistle will blow until
10 a. m. At 10:01 a. m. the whistle
will again blow, signifying the end
of the minute of silence. All
activity on the campus will cease
for this moment.
Weather Today
Continued cloudiness is the fore
cast for the area. The high yes
terday was 71 degrees, and the
low this morning, 51. At 10:30
a. m., the mercury stood at 59 de
grees.
Aggies in technical fields get
a much needed relief from routine
courses of their departments when
they hear the “best lectures on the
campus.”
The lectures of Dr. Ralph Steen,
head of the History Department
and famous expert on Texas, de
livered without the aid of notes,
will interest the most indifferent
Aggie, according to students who
have taken his courses.
It is no wonder that Steen’s
lectures are so interesting. He has
spent most of his career studying
and collecting documents which
have made him one of the most
well informed historians in the
nation.
He has written 11 books on Texas
history, his specialty. One of his
books is being used here for his
tory 326, Texas History. It
entitled “The Texas Story.”
Steen’s study of Texas history
has led him to many conclusions
about the state.
“The last 20 years have been
sad politically,” he says. “But we
have made marvelous strides
economically”.
Steen says he feels there is a
growing trend toward the Republi
can Party in Texas politics mainly
because of the increasing amount
of big businesses moving into the
state.
He believes many Democrats will
join the Republican Party because
they have always shared the views
of the GOP but never had a party
in Texas.
Steen joins other historians in
choosing Washington, Lincoln
Cleveland, Jackson, Theodore
Roosevelt, F. D. R. and Jefferson
as the top px-esidents of the United
States.
“I also believe that when the
prejudices ai’e forgotten Harry S.
Truman will rank above many of
the ‘do nothing’ presidents,” he
says.
Steen has just finished wx-iting
a high school American histox-y
book and is planning another Tex
as history book for the genex*al
public. He. says it will be published
in about a year and a half.
Borxx in Coyde, Tex. in 1905,
Steen received his B. A. degree
fi'om McMurry College in Abilene
and his M. A. and Ph. D. degrees
fi'om the University of Texas.
He came to A&M from Hill
sboro Junior College in 1935 to
become an assistant professor in
the history department. He became
head of the department in 1954.
Dr. Ralph Steen