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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
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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.
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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