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\<Vr 13,440 READERS BATTALION JNumber 281: Volume 55 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1957 Price Five Cents Seniors Get Gold Bars Maj. Gen. Gabriel P. Disosway, USAF, will be guest I speaker at commissioning ceremonies of 323 ROTC grad- ; uating seniors in G. Rollie White Coliseum, Saturday after- | noon at 1:30. Also on hand as the graduates receive their commissions I into the United States Army and Air Force will be a special 1 guest, Brig. Gen. John A. Berry. Gen. Disosway and Gen. j Berry will present the commissions. The oath will be administered to the cadets by Major Rufus K. Conoley. Cadet Colonel of the Corps Jack Lunsford will call the corps to attention at 1 :30 for the entrance of the guests and —” ♦Corps Chaplain Dwayne S. O TO*11 m ri* 1 (Bailey will give the invoca- htate Bill lo r i^ht o Small Town Slums Texas Legislature recently pass ed a bill enabling the State De partment of Health to become the official planning agency for the administration of urban renewal advance planning ffinds to cities under 25,000 population in Texas. The new law is to be the first step in improvement of health, so cial and economic standards of thousands of Texans. It w T as au thorized to help rid and prevent future slums in Texas cities by giving assistance to the cities with the job. The law will also make it pos sible for the Health Department to work with smaller cities for this planning and will allocate fedei’al funds from the Federal Housing Mii of 1954. to prevent future slums. Civilians Discuss AF Unit Tonight Students interested in forming an Air Force squadron for men un able to qualify for a contract are planning a meeting tonight at 7:15 in Room 107 of the Biological Sciences Building. Ptirpose of the short meeting is to discuss the possibilities of form ing an Air Force outfit similar to “E” Infantry. Plans for such a squadron were started following the release of a Corps order issued last w T eek. The order forbids any juniors and seniors from living with the Corps unless they are eligible for a contract and are taking military or air science as an elective. Don. Following the invoca tion, the audience sings “The Spirit of Aggieland.” President D. W. Williams then is to make announcements and give a talk, after which Cen. Disosway will give the commissioning ad dress. At the conclusion of the address, the oath will be adminis tered followed by presentation of the commissions. Of the 323 cadets being commis sioned, 202 are Army ROTC grad uates aud 121 are Air Force. Lt. Col. Bailey will give the ben ediction to close the ceremonies and the audience will sing “The Star Spangled Banner.” The ceremony draws to a close four years of hard work for these 323 cadets of Texas A&M as they walk from the building 2nd Lieu tenants in the U.S. Armed Forces. £X'_ . ; ,. ’ , f , H % *■ i# y. Wallace L. Kleb 1957 Valedictorian Wall ace KI e b Is Valedictorian Seniors Eligible For Fee Refund Graduating seniors, who live in dormitories, may get a i^efund on their board, room rent and laun dry for the last week of school by calling at the Cashier’s window of the Fiscal Department in Richard Coke Building. McAfee Named Leading Prof* In Agriculture Dr. T. E. McAfee of the Agrono my Department was named “Out standing Professor of the School of Agriculture” for 1950-57. He received the award from the School of Agriculture Council at its final barbecue last night at the home of Dr. R. C. Potts, assistant dean of agriculture. He was given a desk clock. Miss Lillian E. Ferguson was presented a token of appreciation for her dedicated and inspiring services at the barbecue. She is secretary to the Dean of Agricul ture. Her award was an inscribed tray as visual recognition of her help to students through words of encouragement, an understanding heart and , assurances that they could master their problems. Miss Ferguson is retiring this year. Keys to council members were presented by Dr. JVC. Miller, Dean of the School of Agriculture. Keeper of the coveted Gathright Hall Gavel for the next year will be the Entomology Society. The Society won it for having the most members present at the School of Agriculture Convocations. Money A Holed For Teacher Pay Raises AUSTIN— CP)-— Using a rabbit out of the hat technique, Gov. Dan iel and the 55th Legislature pro duced enough money yesterday to pay the teachers pay raise. All talk turned immediately to expected adjournment of this Ses sion at 6 p.m. today. Along with ironing out financial tribulation’s the governor and the lawmakers came to terms on re- Freshmen Quota For Junction Met The quota of 120 freshman stu dents for the first term of summer school at Junction, an A<£rM ad junct, has already been filled and reservations for the second semes ter have taken up two-thirds of its quota, reported S. A. Kerley, director of the adjunct. Applications will exceed the quota by about 25 per cent, said Kerley. The quota is necessary due to limited classroom space. “This means that students who apply for first term admission dur ing the remainder of May must be turned down and either accept a reservation for the second term which is almost filled, or be plac ed on a waiting list for the possi bility of a resignation oceuring on the first term roster,” said Kerley. organization of the state insurance commission. The compromise calls for a full time three man board that shifts to part time in one year. The governor wanted it full time all time. When the 49 x At million dollar teachers pay raise passed the Sen ate Tuesday State Comptooller Robert S. Calvert promptly an nounced that state income would lack 13% million dollars of meet ing the raise. Consternation pre vailed. Daniel, Calvert, Speaker Wag oner Carr, Lt. Gov. Ben Ramsey and leaders of both houses began onference that lasted much of the night, and throughout all of yes terday morning. There were rumors of special sessions, deficit financing, of ask ing teachers to Cut the raise from $399 to $299 annually or at least wait until Feb. 1, 1958 to start the raise. None of the recommendations were accepted. After conferring with representatives of the Texas State Teachers Assn. Daniel ab ruptly called a press conference Sports, Movies Planned For Summer Terms Movies, swimming, tennis and just about everything “under the sun” will be in cluded in the student activi ties summer program begin ning June 3, announced W. L. Pen- berthy, head of the Student Activ ities Office. A fee of $1.75 per session will allow students to participate in 23 events in the first session and 28 during the second. This fee in cludes admission to movies which will be shown Monday through Friday nights in the Grove. Four intramural . programs — softball, volleyball, golf and ten nis—are scheduled for the summer. In addition, tennis and handball courts will be open constantly. P. L. Downs Natatorium will be open from 3 to 5:30 and from 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, while the golf course will he avail able during daylight hours all week long. Bill Turner and a cast of selec ted students and community resi dents will present an operetta in the Grove on July 9 and 10. To keep students up to date on campus happenings, one Battalion will be published per week. Has 2.9819 GPR For 1957 Honors “FINALLY MADE IT” must be the thoughts of John Quigley, junior personnel adminis tration major from Dallas, as he tries on boots bought from Gilbert Steile, petroleum and geological engineering major from Bellaire. Wallace Lee Kleb, of Houston, has been named valedictorian of the graduating class of 1957. Kleb, who receives his doctors degree in veterinary medicine Sat urday, has maintained an overall grade point ratio of 2.9819 out of a possible 3.0, making him top graduate in his class. Zukcro Fund Gets $51 At Sky-Way Fifty-one dollars was added to the Vic Zuckero Fund last night by the Sky-Way Drive-in Theater, according to manager James W. Robertson. The drive-in gave half its gate receipts to the fund at the fund raising campaign last night. Only 204 people paid to see the fund raising movie last night. Robertson said. Zuckero was stricken with spinal meningitis two weeks ago while playing intramural softball. He has been steadily improving but his hospital bills mount up at $100 a day. Keese To Head S&S Next Year Stanley Keese .of Llano was elected president of the Saddle and Sirloin Club at its meeting Tues day night. Other club officers are Charles Campbell, vice-president; Curtis Joe Van Zandt, secretary; Homer Smith, treasure r and Hudson G'limp, reporter. The club’s show committee dis cussed possibilities of the club’s livestock at the major stock shows next year. A picnic and business meeting is scheduled for tonight at the home of Gene King. College Station Spring Clean-Up Date Is June 3-4 The annual city-wide spring clean-up, sponsored by the Col lege Station Civic Association in cooperation with the City of College Station, will be held June 3-4. Civic Association offic ials urged all citizens to gather refuse and trash around their homes and place it beside the street in front of the house. City trucks will pick up the refuse. Trash of every description, with the exception of garbage will be hauled free during the clean-up. Ti’ash will he picked up east of Highway 0 on Monday, June 3, and everything on the north side of the highway and the south part of the city will be picked up the following Tues day. He is a member of Phi Eta Sig ma, Phi Zeta and Phi Kappa Phi scholastic fraternities, has receiv ed numerous awards and was a member of the A&M track squad for four years. Awards to Kleb include a Dan- forth Foundation Award in 1952, the Borden Award in 1956, the C. C. Krueger Award in 1956 and the Houston Light and Power Com pany Award in 1955. For four suc cessive years, he received the Fac ulty Award of Merit in veterinary medicine. Kleb made points for the Aggies varsity track team for three years and one year for the freshman squad as an 880 specialist and a member of the mile-relay team. In 1955, he was elected president of the “T” Association. He is married to the former Eve lyn Meyer, of Houston, and the Klebs have a two-and-one-half year old son. They live at 503-A Duncan, Bryan. After graduation, Kleb plans to return to Houston and begin pvac-» tice in veterinary medicine. S\ C. Key Retires; Will Write, Teach Weather Today Temperature climbed to 84 at mid-morning after a low of 76 last night. Wednesday’s high read ing was 91 degrees. Hi School Seniors Take Annual Trip Consolidated High School sen iors packed up their boots and sad dles to board Consolidated school busses at 4:30 a.m. this morning and departed for the Lost Valley Dude Ranch at Bandera, on the annual senior trip. The graduating seniors will spend today and tomorrow swim ming, horseback riding and just loafing in general as the class has one lust fling before graduation May 29. By VAL POLK P. C. Key, professor of English, is retiring after 33 years of teach ing at A&M. Key came to A&M in 1924 from Abilene Christian College, where he, was head of the English De partment, because he “preferred a state school to a religious school” in regard to the manner of teach ing subjects. “I have been just a classroom teacher since coming to A&M be cause I have preferred classroom work,” Key said. Working with the students, particularly fresh men was one of his favorite duties while teaching here. Key came to Texas from Ala bama at the age of 7 with his fam ily to a farm near Fort Worth He received his Bachelor of Arts from ACC, and his Master of Arts from Vanderbilt. In addition, he did considerable graduate work at the University of Chicago. While at A&M, Key taught tech nical writing, argumentation (writ ing and discussion) and freshman English. He said at A&M he had “learned the finer points of English and writing” and enjoyed his work and the association with both faculty and students. He plans to “study, teach and write” when he retires from A&M next week. All of this work will be on a religious basis. Key, who is a member of the Church of Christ, has been writing religious articles for magazines of that church for some time and plans to keep on doing so. Regarding teaching, he plans to do only religious teaching.in this locality while making his home in Bryan. He has two children—a boy and a girl—and one grandchild. His son lives in Chicago and is a graduate of ACC. His daughter is married to an Aggie and lives in Corpus Christi. Exam Schedule Schedule for final examinations which begin Monday morning is: Monday 8-11 a. m. Classes meeting MWF 8 1- 4 p. m. Classes meeting TThS 8 Tuesday 8-11 a. m. Classes meeting MWF 9 1- 4 p. m. Classes meeting MWF 1 Wednesday 8-11 a. m. Classes meeting MWF 10. 1- 4 p. m. Classes meeting TTh 1 Thursday 8-11 a. m. Classes meeting TThS 10 1- 4 p. m. Classes meeting MWF 2 Friday 8-11 a. m. Classes meeting MWF 11 1- 4 p. m. Classes meeting TThS 11 Saturday 8-11 a. m. Classes meeting TThS 9 1- 4 p. m. Classes meeting TTh 2 P. C. Key