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Faculty Takes Part in RE Week
-Battalion Staff Photo
Dr. DeWitt C. Reddick, Associate Dean of
Arts and Sciences at the University of Tex
as, addresses faculty members and their
wives at a faculty forum last night in the
YMCA. The forum is part of Religious Em
phasis Week being held at A&M.
Little Rock School Asks
Integration Suspension
Corps’ Study Habits,
Policies Revamped
CO’s, Corps Staff
Un officia lly Agree
By JOE BUSER
Changes in Corps study habits and conditions and other
new policies were agreed upon unofficially yesterday by unit
commanders and the Corps staff.
Ray Bowen, deputy Corps commander, said most of the
changes will stress re-emphasis of points already outlined in
the Articles of the Cadet Corps.
“Anything that doesn’t complement good study habits
and conditions is being removed,” Bowen said.
He said that about 10 points were discussed at the com
manders meeting and 5 more were to be considered next week.
Some proposed points in the Corps’ program are:
• General changes in Call to Quarters policy, which were
“^left up to individual unit com-
Mitchell-Ruff Duo
Plays Monday Nile
Departments
Receive Copies
Of Honor Code
The Honor Code Orientation
Committee, headed by Taylor
Scott, has sent copies of the
code and a letter offering to
explain it to each department
head on the campus.
Yesterday a group from the com
mittee explained the Corps’ code
to instructors in the Division of
Business Administration, and ac
cording to Ray Bowen, deputy
Corps commander, who was one of
the group’s representatives at the
meeting, it was successful. He said
the instructors were mostly inter
ested in how the code would af
fect them in the classroom, and
also why the code was not school
wide.
Bowen said he explained to the
men that the ultimate purpose as
stated in the last paragraph of the
code is to include all students.
The committee also has plans to
visit the Academic Council if they
can, to present the code and to ex
plain it, according to Bowen.
manders, included extension
of CQ conditions from 7:30
p. m. until Reveille formation.
At least one unit is going a
step further by ending blowing
of a whistle for tattoo and lights
out, thus allowing students to
study during this noisy period of
the night.
• Upperclassmen who detain
students enroute to class would be
punished through their respective
units.
• Upperclassmen will stop to
meet students on the campus
rather than continuing walking.
• The use of abbreviations or
slang to describe hometowns or
major fields of study to freshmen
will be discontinued because the
purpose of meeting upperclassmen
is to find out where they are from
and what course they are taking,
rather than to voluntarily submit
to “hazing.”
• No privileges, such as long
hair for freshmen, will be passed
down to underclasses in any unit
until final review.
• Changes in cadet messhall
conduct and the “bracing” of
freshmen outside dormitories also
were discussed.
Elder Barron
Joins Son In
Fight for Coeds
John M. Barron, attorney
for two women seeking admis
sion into A&M, said yesterday
his father, W. S. Barron,
former judge of the 85th Dis
trict for 15 years, has joined him
in representing the plaintiffs.
The lawyer also said he expected
a reply this weekend from the
Texas Commission of Higher Edu
cation concerning a petition sub
mitted by him which was signed by
190 persons. The petition is re
questing investigation of whether
or not A&M should be made co
educational.
Barron said members of the
A&M Board of Directors had been
informed of the proceedings and
he also expected replies from them
soon.
He indicated he would try for a
court hearing within three weeks.
Barron hopes for a writ of man
damus ordering the directors to
admit his two clients, Mrs. Barbara
Gilkey Tittle, 20, and Mrs. Lena
Ann Bristol, 34. The women were
refused admittance when they
tried to enroll in January.
The petition has been circulating
in the commission office where Dr.
Ralph Green, director, will study
it and then make a recommen
dation.
When the case finally comes to
court, the Barrons are expected to
base their argument primarily
on evidence that Article 1, Section
9 of the Texas Constitution was
violated when the women were re
fused admittance.
Their main plea will be that the
idea that A&M is open only to
white males is a misconception.
RE Leader Shows
Worry Over A&M
Humber 90: Volume 57
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—(A>)_The
Little Rock School Board yesterday
asked the federal courts to suspend
the six-month-old racial integration
at Central High School.
The requested suspension would
be in effect until the “deliberate
speed” in integration ordered by
the U.S. Supreme Court “can be
Streets Are Again
Top Council Issue
City street improvement is
again slated to be the chief topic
of discussion by the College Station
City Council at their regular
monthly meeting Monday night in
the City Hall.
The street problem has held the
spotlight at the last few meetings
of the body. The council has
agreed that immediate street im
provements are a necessity for the
city, but it has not yet decided on
a definite plan which will fill to
place before the public.
They hope to reach some definite
decision at the Monday meeting,
Mayor Ernest Langford said.
Clement D. Thames, engineer for
District 17, was named “Engineer
of the Year” last night by the
Brazos County Chapter of the Tex
as Society of Professional Engi
neers.
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Presentation of the annual
award was made at the chapter’s
Engineer Week Banquet held at
Briarcrest Country Club in Bryan.
Engineer Week officially began
Monday and extends through
Saturday.
After being presented the award
by M. A. Coleman, district right-
of-way engineer, Thames was
speechless for a few seconds, then
he said:
“I’m overwhelmed. This is quite
an honor and one I deeply appreci
ate, especially so when I consider
the fertile field from which you
had to choose.”
The award is given each year
to the engineer of this area whom
Weather Today
Low pressure area now over New
Mexico and West Texas is expected
to move slowly southeastward dur
ing the next two days, the college
weather station reports.
Forecase for the local area calls
for cloudy skies and mild tempera
tures through Sunday, with occas
ional light rain or thundershowers.
clearly defined and effective legal
procedures can be obtained which
yvill enable the school district to
integrate without impairment of
the quality of education it is ca
pable of providing under normal
conditions.”
Gov. Orval Faubus said the
school board’s action should have
been taken some time ago and
added that the “situation in Cen
tral High School at pi’esent is in
tolerable from the standpoint of a
proper educational atmosphere.”
Mrs. L. C. Bates, Arkansas pres
ident of the National Assn, for the
Advancement of Colored People,
said the filing of the petition “must
have been a shock to all decent-
thinking people in Little Rock.”
Nine Negro students have been
attending the school along with
nearly 2,0.00 whites under the pro
tection of federal troops in com
pliance with a court-appointed plan
for gradual desegregation in the
Little Rock public schools.
One of the nine, Minniejean
Brown, was expelled recently as
a result of one of the many racial
incidents which have plagued the
school and has announced she will
local chapter members deem to
have done the most for the engi
neering profession during the past
year. Thames has been active as
as engineer, both in teaching and
practicing, since receiving an engi
neering degree from the Univer
sity of Texas in 1924.
About 75 engineers, engineering
students, their wives and guests
attended the banquet. The Brazos
County chapter includes men of the
engineering profession from the
surrounding eight or nine counties.
J. W. Hall, Bryan professional
engineer, was master of cere
monies for last night’s affair.
Engineering students from A&M
were special guests of the engi
neers, giving the students a chance
to meet and talk with men already
in the field. The program consisted
of “friendly fellowship”, as Hall
termed it, giving all a chance to
get better acquainted instead of
having a “long-winded” speaker.
Engineer Week is observed each
year during the week of George
Washington’s birthday, which is
tomorrow, since Washington was
this country’s first “great” engi
neer.
Spencer J. Buchanan, of Spencer
J. Buchanan and Associates, Bry
an, is president of the local chapter
of the Texas Society of Profession
al Engineers.
enter a private integrated school
in New York.
The board and Supt. Virgil T.
Blossom filed the petition for de
lay with U.S. District Court a few
minutes before close of business
for the day, Court Clerk Grady
Miller said.
This is the second time the
school board has asked that inte-
gTation be postponed.
Last September, such a request
was overruled by U.S. Dist. Judge
Ronald N. Davies of Fargo, N.D.,
here on temporary assignment.
MSC Recital Series
By DAVE STOKER
The Mitchell-Ruff Duo, a bright
new instrumental combination, will
be featured in the third program
of this year’s Memorial Student
Center Recital Series Monday night
at 8 p. m.
Bringing forth the exuberant
high spirits of jazz, the two pro
duce inventive chamber music.
Their music making, known as
“’classical jazz”, is partly jazz and
partly serious music, with a beat
brought to an irreducible mini
mum. The beat, implicit and not
an altogether new idea, has found
enjoyment among many types of
audiences.
Both musicians are trained on
their instruments and in music
theory. D w i k e Mitchell, the
pianist, studied at the Philadelphia
Academy of Music and has ap
peared as soloist with the Phila
delphia Symphony Orchestra. He
later became a member of the
renowned Lionel Hampton orches
tra and accompanied the group on
its second tour of Europe.
Willie Ruff, who alternates be
tween bass viol and French horn,
received his musical training at
Yale University. While in New
RadioactivityHeads
Science Discussion
Exhibits of work done in research
on radioactive elements will be dis
cussed at a meeting of the Texas
Academy of Science Collegiate
Assn, next Monday night at 7:30
in room 107 of the Biological Sci
ences Building.
Frank Katterman and Charles
Miller, both graduate students in
the Plant Physiology and Patho
logy Department, are in charge of
the progi’am.
Love, Marriage
Discussed In
4th RE Meeting
Steps in love, courtship and
marriage were outlined to the
fourth Religious Emphasis
Week audience yesterday
morning in Guion Hall by RE
Week speaker, Dr. Ronald R.
Meredith.
This morning Dr. Mereditty con
cluded his talks with a lecture on
“Discipline and Discovery Are
Twins.”
“Religion is a love affair be
tween our individual lives and God
the great lover,” he said yesterday.
He then outlined the steps leading
to marriaga.
Speaking of love, he said there
is no way to describe how it is
when you have it. “You just know
it.”
Courtship is the step when you
are “Getting acquainted with the
other. Then examining one’s life in
the light of the other person’s in
terest, love, concern and dreams
is the next stage,” he added.
“A terrific marriage is the most-
looked for thing by young people
today. Nothing is greater in this
world than a great marriage.”
In conclusion he told the largest
crowd in the current RE Week
gatherings, “Divine power is the
only power in the world that keeps
love lovely.”
Special music was provided by
the Singing Cadets.
Haven he played first horn with
the Connecticut Symphony.
After working together in the
Air Force and with the Hampton
orchestra, the duo made its debut
as a single unit in Las Vegas and
New York nightspots in 1955, and
have met huge success every where
since.
They have gained overwhelming
popularity through three concert
tours of the United States, popular
recordings and appearances in such
New York jazz centers as Bird-
land and The Composer.
The pair has also appeared on
the Dave Garroway “Today” tele
vision show and now hold a five-
year contract with Columbia Re
cords.
All in all, Aggies can expect a
show full of top entertainment.
Students can purchase tickets for
75 cent if they do not possess a
Recital Series ticket.
Ag SDX Members
Go to Huntsville
Six members of the A&M Chap
ter of Sigma Delta Chi, national
journalism fraternity, along with
Donald D. Burchard, head of the
A&M Journalism Department and
chapter advisor, will attend the in
stallation of the Sam Houston
State College Journalism Club into
SDX tonight at 7:30.
The SHSC Journalism Club will
be installed by members of the
Texas Gulf Coast Chapter.
Don Reed, editor of the Hunts
ville Item, is the newly elected
president of the Sam Houston
Chapter.
SDX is the largest professional
fraternity in the United States.
Correction
Two errors in stories yester
day concerning the Junior Ball
have been brought to The Bat-
tallion’s attention. Instead of
$2 admission to the dance, the
charge will be $2.50, or payment
of class dues.
In addition, deadline for sub
mitting pictures for Junior
Sweetheart selection is March
18 rather than March 1.
House Passes Bill
To Provide Leader
WASHINGTON—<A>)_A. House
subcommittee voted 3-2 yesterday
for a bill providing for the vice
president to take over temporarily
if the president becomes disabled.
The two Republicans on the los
ing side, Reps. Keating 1 (R-NY)
and McCulloch (R-Ohio), argued
for a constitutional amendment ap
proach, rather than a simple piece
of legislation.
Atty. Gen. Rogers has said he
would recommend a presidential
veto of a bill like the present one,
and Keating said he had no doubt
Eisenhower would follow Rogers’
advice.
But Chairman Celler (D-NY)
said the veto threat should be ig
nored. He said: “A constitutional
amendment will involve too long
a period of time and could not
be approved by the states until
near the end of President Eisen
hower’s tenure.
“History shows that when the
emergency created by illness has
passed, interest is lost in the sub
ject of presidential inability. Thus
the sense of emergency is gone.”
Dr. Ronald Meredith, Religious
Emphasis Week convocation speak
er, last night termed Texas A&M
the campus “with the most re
ligious concern” he has seen.
In an interview, Dr. Meredith
said he didn’t know of a finer
religious emphasis program any
where, than the one at A&M, even
in church schools.
However, the Methodist minister
from Wichita, Kan., said he
thought A&M is at a “real cross
road.”
MSC Dance Class
Extends Deadline
Registration for Memorial Stu
dent Center , dance classes will be
extended until Tuesday, Feb. 25,
due to popular request, Bob Moody,
chairman of the dance committee,
said yesterday.
He urged all members who have
registered but not paid their fees
to do so by Feb. 25, since no one
will be admitted to the classes
without a season card after that
date.
CHS Freshmen
Set Dance Tonight
Consolidated High School fresh
men will sponsor a dance in the
high school activity room tomor
row night at 8. The fund raising
event is open to the public.
Admission is 35 cents for couples
and 40 cents for stags.
A basketball game formerly
scheduled for tonight between the
CHS junior girls and the women
faculty members has been cancell
ed.
“The college’s future rests on
its choice of whether it will be a
univei'sity of higher learning with
a search for truth or a military
academy,” he said.
Although he expressed grati
tude for the fine treatment and
reception while at A&M, Dr.
Meredith said he is “going home
concerned about Texas A&M.”
“There must be freedom of
thought at an institution of higher
learning and there must be free
dom of inquiry,” the convocation
speaker said.
Speaking in his room in the
A&M Board of Directors’ home on
the campus, Dr. Meredith said cur
rent events at A&M are leading all
concemed with the college to the
point where they must evaluate
their position in regard to the
future.
Dr. Meredith stressed, however,
that he had never seen a finer
group of male students anywhere.
“I have never had more real
satisfaction from a meeting than
I have had this week,” he con
cluded.
Tech Rooters Hire
Train To Dallas
LUBBOCK—hT)—A special train
for a basketball game? It’s un
known in the Southwest — until
now.
Texas Tech students are going
to ride one to Dallas Friday night
for the Texas Tech-SMU game Sat
urday.
More than 300 tickets already
have been sold on the train.
Thames Heralded
^Engineer of Year’