The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, October 01, 1957, Image 1

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    E. L. Angell
System Vice President
Dr. John C. Calhoun, Jr.
Engineering Vice President
Board
Dr. John B. Page
Dean of the College
D. W. Williams
Agriculture Vice President
Meets;
Appoints Dean
Creates Posts
Fcmr major offices were created
and three of them filled in the
administrative organization of the
A&M system and a dean of the
college named by the board of
directors at a meeting held here
* Friday.
Dr. John B. Page, dean of grad-
» uate school, was named dean of the
college. Page has been with the
' faculty since 1950, when he came
here as an agronomy professor and
served as head of that department
before becoming graduate dean in
1956.
Two of the offices were made by
merely changing a title with no
change affecting the office holder.
These positions are a vice-president
of agriculture instead of a vice-
chancellor, filled by D. W. Wil
liams, and a vice-president of the
A&M System instead of an as-
Off the Cuff-—
What Goes
On Here
By .TOE BUSER
Apparently, the people in Lub-
f bock aren’t accustomed to Aggies,
especially Aggies .with knee boots.
One tlmsly clad senior strolling
through the city of the Red Raid
ers reported a number of Lubbock
citizens staling in amazement at
his footwear.
Most amazed by the boots seem
ed to be two policemen who in
tently observed the Ag as he walk
ed by. When he was almost out
of earshot, one of them said to the
other, “Boy, is that a dandy uni
form.”
★ ★ ★
Batt Sports Editor G. Rollins
sure had a red face yesterday.
* He was reminding a journalism
prof about an -advertising meeting
slated for Thursday but got a
“Sorry, Gary, but I’m going to see
^ the game” type, answer.
“The game?” Rollins asked.
“Yes,” the prof said. “You see,
the Fish play U and H here that
night.”
Meeting Sellednleel
For Job Seekers
Seniors and graduate students
interested in current information
on job hunting are scheduled to
meet with Student Personnel Serv
ices today at 4 p. m. in the Me
morial Student Center Ballroom.
Faculty advisors for the job
seekers have also been invited to
attend this meeting.
^ Discussion of the new College
Placement Annual and the prob
lems of special interest to agi’i-
culture and liberal aits students
* are planned for the meeting.
sistant chancellor, with E. L.
Angell filling this post.
Positions created completely new
were vice-president of engineering
and vice-president of the college.
The college vice presidency will
be filled at a later date.
Dr. John C. Calhoun, Jr., who has
served as Dean of Engineering
since September 1955, was named
vice-president, of engineering, ef
fective Dec. 1. He will continue to
head the combined research, ex
tension and teaching work in engi-
neering. _
Angell has been assistant chan
cellor of the system since Sept.
1956, and a member of the A&M
staff since 1936, when he became
manager of Student Activities. In
1941 he was made assistant to the
president and in 1948, when the
A&M system was formed, assistant
chancellor.
Williams, who was named vice-
chancellor for agriculture in 1948
will continue to head the combined
research, teaching and extension
work in agriculture throughout the
system. Williams has been with
the^A&M staff since 1919, and has
served as head of the college’s
Animal Husbandry Department,
vice-president of the college foi'
agriculture and as acting president
of the college during the past eight
months.
The position changes were made
to establish a clear administrative
pattern. Dr. M. T. Harrington,
president of the college, made re
commendations for the changes
Friday and presented nominations
for filling of the posts.
Integration Heads
US Talks to UN
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Sept.
30 — (A*) — The United States ex
plained to the U.N. today the
Washington government’s policy
on integration.
Informed quarters said yester
day that George Meany, president
of the AFL-CIO, would take up
the issue befoie the Genei'al As
sembly’s 82-nation Social and Hu
manitarian Committee. Meany is
a delegate to the Assembly.
So far the integration problem
has been mentioned little in the
Assembly, but delegates have fol
lowed the Little Rock development
closely.
There was no official explana
tion why the U.S. delegation decid
ed to bring up the issue.
Features Welcome
The Battalion welcomes sugges
tions for feature story topics from
readers. Any ideas on the subject
of a feature story may be brought
by the Battalion office in the base
ment of the YMCA or mailed to
the Battalion, College Station, Tex.
Lions Give $250
To Children’s Clinic
College Station^ Lions presented
a check for $250 to the Brazos
County Crippled Children’s Clinic
today at the Lions’ weekly lunch
eon in the Memorial Student Cen
ter.
J. - O. Alexander accepted the
check on behalf of the clinic from
Charlie Haas, Lion president.
Alexander also gasve a brief talk
on the work of the clinic and told
of progress made since its begin
ning.
During the first month of the
clinic’s operation, 108 patients were
treated with some remarkable re
coveries witnessed, Alexander said.
Contributions made by organiza
tions such as the Lions have made
this possible, he added.
The clinic is now open daily
from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m., Monday
through Friday, and a trained ther
apist is on d(Uty. He will evaluate
a case and administer therapy at
a doctor’s recommendation. No
charge wiH be made for those who
cannot afford to pay for such treat
ment.
Adults who wish private treat
ment may see the therapist af
ter clinic hours for advice and
possible treatment.
A&M Receives
$300,000 In
Scholarships
A&M received a total of
$369,108.16 of the $468,934.20
for grants - in - aid, scholar
ships, and awards accepted
for the A&M System by the
Board of Directors Friday.
Scholarships amounted to $104,-
068.16 from 116 sources. Supply
ing scholarships were A&M clubs,
industries and individuals. In new
industries and indivduals. In new
or additional endowed funds the
college received $41,020.
Two large grants, one from the
Atomic Energy Commission and
the other from the Rcfbert A. Welch
Foundation of Houston, contrib
uted largely to , the $224,020 re
ceived in gnants-in-aid.
The AEC supplied $156,800 for
the establishment of a nuclear edu
cation training program and the
Welch Foundation gave $50,000 to
support work in nuclear chemis
try.
Solon Says Strife
May Close Schools
MARSHALL, UP) — State Rep.
Regan Huffman said yesterday he
believed Texas school boards now
have the power to close their
schools if racial violence is threat
ened.
The East Texas lawmaker added,
however, that “some legislation
may be necessary before private
schools can function.
“This might be accomplished by
giving individual students the per-
capita apportionment that now
goes to the school district,” he
said.
“The students, white and Negro,
could use the money to go to a
private school,” he added.
Huffman said he believed the
number one problem facing the
Texas Legislature is segregation
and new legislation should he con-
sidei’ed in the coming special ses
sion.
He said that due to the action
of the President in Little Rock,
segregation overshadows water
problems, lobby control measm’es
or anything else.
“Safeguai'ds should be taken by
the Legislature that in th» event
. . . the federal government sends
troops with bayonets and guns,
we will be in a position to close
the public schools and open up
private schools,” Huffman said.
Lions made final preparations
for their annual ladies’ night to be
held Saturday night at 7:30 at the
picnic grounds west of College Sta
tion on the American General In
surance Company’s lots. Capt. R.
P. Foster is in charge of the pro
gram which will include the instal
lation of six new members.
New members to be installed are
E. J. Briggs, Philip Weihs, Wil
liam Barnard, Grange Coffin, Wil
liam Millier Jr. and Charles Gos
per.
Other business of the meeting
yesterday included reading of min
utes of the Board of Directors’
meeting held Saturday. Lions
pledged their support to the Hem
ophilia Project of the College and
City. The project is a bloocj do
natio*! drive which will see the
bloodmobile from Wadley in Dal
las come to the campus to collect
the blood.
The board also passed action to
buy sweaters for the Lincoln High
School gilds’ basketball team.
Next Monday’s luncheon meet
ing of the Lions has been cancelled
due to the Saturday ladies night.
Vet Cheeks Late
For September
September checks for veterans
attending school under the Korean
G. I. Bill will not be delivered un
til at least Oct. 31, Bennie Zinn,
veterans advisor, said yesterday.
Veterans who registered after
Reptv 19 will receive September
and October checks Nov. 20.
Zinn advised vteterans to make
arrangements for paying second
installment payments as scheduled
to avoid penalty.
Teague Seeks Delay
In Final .Decision
Bryan Air Force Base will be closed in mid-summer,
1958 if Air Force officials follow plans and sign an order to
that effect. Congressman Olin Teague of College Station told
The Battalion last night.
In a telephone report from Washington, D.C., Teague
said the Secretary of the Air Force disclosed the plans to
him while he was inquiring on the base’s future.
Teague said he had asked the secretary to delay or
postpone his final decision until the congressman could “get
a good look at the figures” to establish whether the air
base should be closed or not.
The Aggie Ex said it took the Air Force seven weeks to
4 furnish figures that deter
mined where BAFB fits into
Flu Fpi(l< k mif Cone,
Says Dr. Lyons
With the flu on the downgrade,
the College Hospital reports few
students entering the hospital with
Asiatic flu, according to Dr. Char
les Lyons, medical director.
About 35 men entered the hos
pital yesterday to be treated for
the flu. Some of these men were
relapse victims, although in most
cases the relapse period has pass
ed.
Dr. Lyons wishes to emphasize
now that the flu era is past, the
hospital is keeping regular clinic
hours. They are from 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. on week-days and from 8
to 12 Saturday mornings.
However, emergency cases will
be admitted at any time. Accord
ing to Dr. Lyons, many men are
coming in at all hours of the night
to have “warts removed and other
minor cases.”
Flu vaccine will be available in
the very near future. Dr. Lyons
■laid, but men who have already
had the flu have built up an im
munity to it and they need not
take the shots.
IN utrition
Planned This Week
Meeting
Top authorities on poultry and
livestock feeding will gather Wed
nesday through Friday for the
1957 Nutrition Conference in the
Memorial Student Center.
Some 300 perscjfts from the U.
S. and several foreign countries
are expected by officials on the
basis of last year’s attendance.
The confereiaoe, sponsored by
the A&M System with cooperation
from feed manufacturers’ groups,
is rauked among the top meetings
in its field, officials said.
Joe Delatte Rests
Leg Injury at Home
Everybody who remembers Joe
Delatte and the three-wheel bicycle
he pedaled around the campus last
year is probably wondering what
happened to Joe this year.
According to a letter received
by William Breazeale, civilian
counselor, Delatte fell and broke
his leg this summer and was un
able to return to A&M for the fall
semester.
Bi-eazeale feels that since Joe
has always been one of the biggest
boosters of Aggielend, he would
be sincei’ely interested in healing
what is happening on the campus
now from his friends. Letters
shoidd be addressed to Joe Delatte,
2426 E. 9th St., Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Town Hall Du cals
On Public Sale
Non-student season tickets to
Town Hall performances will go
on sale tomorrow at 8 a. m. in
the Office of Student Activities,
second floor, YMCA.
Mail orders will be filled be
ginning at noon the same day.
Ticket purchases tomorrow morn
ing will be limited to four tickets
each, C. G. (Spike) White, director
of recreation and entertainment,
said.
Dr. J. R. Couch of the Depart
ments of Poultry Science and
Biochemistry and Nutrition, gene
ral chairman for the meeting, said
top leaders in the industry will be
included in. the 21 speakers who
will discuss every major phase of
feeding and nutrition.
Wayne Nusbaum of Fort Worth,
pi’esident of the Texas Feed Manu
facturers Association; J. K. Loosli,
Cornell University; R. W. Luecke,
Michigan State University; H. L.
Fuller, University of Georgia and
R. L. Kathe of Chicago, director
of the Agricultural Service Divi
sion, American Feed Manufacturers
Association, are among those who
will speak during the three-day
meet.
Dr. Bobby L. Reid of the Depart
ment of Poulti’y Science, is in
charge of local arrangements for
the meeting.
Smilh Is Winner
Of Welding Award
Jerry A. Smith, junior civil en
gineering major from Bryan has
been named winner of the Tenth
Annual Engineering Undergrad
uate Award of $50 and Scholarship
Design Program, sponsored by the
James F. Lincoln Arc Welding
Foundation of Cleveland, Ohio.
The contest was on a national
level and Smith was one of 46 win
ners repi’esenting 26 engineering
schools and universities which re
ceived awards of more than $5,000.
Smith’s design and construction
of an arc-welding subsoiling plow
for use with Caterpillar D-6 trac
tor took the fifth award in the
contest.
Weather Today
A high pressure area over cen
tral United States has brought
cool, dry air to Texas, the college
weather station reports.
Partly cloudy skies with little
change in temperature are expec
ted in the vicinity.
the picture. He indicated
doubt at plans to close the
base after seeing these fig
ures.
Teague said he tried to see Air
Force officials yestefrday to learn
more and failed but would attempt
a hearing again today. He will
return to this area tomorrow.
Col. James A. Gunn, base com
mander, said last night he had had
no official notice on the Air Force"
plans. However, he indicated he
had discussed the problem with
Teague before the congressman re
turned to Washington.
“If it is to be closed, it is un
doubtedly part of an overall plan
for the United States,” he said
Teague termed Air Force fig
ures on BAFB “confusing.”
“One section of the Air Force
says it. will take $30 million to
place Bryan in condition while an
other section says only $8 million
will be needed,” Teague observed.
He indicated that the Air Force
still judges the futures of BAFB
and four other bases “on a mone
tary basis.”
The Air Force had earlier decid
ed to cut its pilot training program
from 5,500 new pilots a year to
3,300 and later to close a number
of pilot training bases not operat
ing on sound economic basis.
However, Teague’s announce
ment of plans to closing BAFB
was the first indication of an end
to pilot training at the Bryan base.
Until now the Air Force has
said it had no plans for the base
beyond 1960.
Teague said “dozens of Air
Force sources have indicated to me
that Bryan should be fourth ou the
list of air bases to be closed and
l intend to keep working on this.”
The congressman had several
conferences with the Bryan Cham
ber of Commerce military affairs
committee concerning the base
before returning to Washington.
Teague has been working closely
with the committee, headed by
Joe Vincent; a subcommittee and
Travis Bryan, Bryan banker and
supporter of the air base.
Labor Leader
Tbnight
In Great Issues
James B. Carey, president
of the International Union of
Electrical Radio and Machine
Workers, AFL-CIO, talks to
night at 8 in the Memorial
Student Center Ballroom as the
first speaker of the Great Issues
series for 1957-58.
“What is the Future of the
American Labor Movement?” will
he the topic of Carey’s discussion.
Carey was one of those respon
sible for the merger of the AFL-
CIO, and was elected unamimously
as president of the IUE-CIO in
1950. He has been reelected at
each meeting since.
He was named one of America’s
butstariding young men by the U.
S. Junior Chamber of Commerce in
1941. Parent’s magazine gave him
its annual award for outstanding
service to youth.
Carey is also a leader in the
fight against labor racketeering.
He played a prominent role in the
drive which removed Teamster
racketeer Dave Beck.
Admission to tonight’s program
is $1.00 per person or a Great Is
sues season ticket.
Public Safety
To Give Tests
Ou October 16
Tests for prospective law
enforcement officers in the
Texas Department of Public
Safety will be given October
15-16 for those interested and
qualified.
To be eligible an applicant must
be between 21 and 35; a high
school graduate or equivalent; of
good moral character; excellent
physical condition and a minimum
of five feet, eight inches in height
with proportionate weight.
Men completing the training
course at Austin will then go into
the field for several weeks work,
after which they will return to
training school for special training
in some field of the Department of
Public Safety, according to Col.
Homer Garrison Jr., director of
the Texas Department of Public
Safety.
Complete information may be
obtained by writing the Personnel
and Training Department, Texas
Department of Public Safety, Box
4087, NAS, Austin.
Jr. Colleges Study
Student 1 Macement
Texas industry wants junior col
lege graduates but it does not un
derstand the utility of them, Jer
ald F. Bassler, director of person
nel development, Continental Oil
Co., told the 14th annual Junior
College Conference yesterday af
ternoon in the Memorial Student
Center.
In some instances our junior col
lege men have advanced faster
than our four-year men, said S. E.
Morehead, ’40, executive officer,
southwestern territory, Sears-Roe-
buck and Co.
“Junior colleges have failed to
sell industry on the utility of jun
ior college people,” Bassler said.
“Industry needs to make some
changes to fit junior college grad
uates properly into its organiza
tions.”
“We have training programs de
signed for high .school and college
graduates but none for junior col
lege graduates,” Morehead said.
Bassler and Morehead listed char
acter, native ability and enthusi
asm as qualities industry is look
ing for.
Rex Jackson, who substituted
for Dr. Gaston T. Gooch, read the
speech Gooch had prepared. He
said that junior colleges should
make more contacts in industry
and bring more industry represent
atives to the students. He felt that
junior colleges should offer a one-
year course for secretaries and
should offer evening courses for
business men wanting to further
their education.
“College professors and junior
college professors need to get to
gether to see if we are teaching
the same thing,” said Dr. O. J.
Curry, dean of the School of Bus
iness Administration at North
Texas State College. “Though
two colleges may have two similar
courses and may vise the ^same
textbook, the courses will vary
widely depending on the ability
and background of the professor.
We can’t tell just by looking at a
course in a catalog whether or not
to accept the credit when a student
transfers from a junior college to
a four-year college.”
Bassler estimated the average
starting salary for junior college
graduates to be between $250 and
$375 with the average around $325.