Army, Air Force Designate A&M
One of Nation’s Military Colleges
THE
B ATTA LION
Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus
Number 60: Volume 58
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1959
Price Five Cents
RV’s Selected
Honor Guard
At Inaguration
A&M’s crack honor guard, the
Ross Vounteers, has been picked
as Gov. Price Daniel’s special
guard for the inaugural ceremon
ies in Austin Tuesday.
The Texas Aggie Band will not
participate as in years past, Lt.
Col. E. V. Adams, band director,
said yesterday.
First activity for the unit Tues
day will be as honor guard for
the Governor’s three car proces
sion to the Capitol at 10 that
morning. The RV’s will form two
columns along each side of the
procession, said Melbern L. Glass
cock, RV commander.
At noon the group will form an
honor guard column through
which Gov. Daniel will proceed
from the steps of the Capitol to
Foreign Student
Must Give Address
All foreign students must report
their addresses to the Immigration
and Naturalization Service some
time during the month of January,
Robert L. Melcher, foreign student
advisor, said yesterday.
Address report cards, used for
this purpose, may be secured from
the Post Office. The card must be
turned in to an employe of the Post
Office, and must not be mailed by
the student, Melcher said.
Ag Groups Hold
Practice Judging
Several Texas FFA and 4-H
chapters participated in practice
judging contests here Saturday.
Contests were held in meat,
poultry, dairy, and livestock judg
ing.
The event was sponsored by the
Agricultural Extension Service to
prepare the club members for
the State Judging Contest to be
held this spring.
the podium on the lawn where he
svill make his inaugural address.
Tuesday night the RV’s are in
vited to the Goveimor’s Ball, the
highlight of Texas society, and to
a reception preceding the ball.
Both affairs will be held in Aus
tin’s new Municipal Auditorium.
Col. Adams said the band will
not make the trip because most of
the band students will have quizz
es the day of the ceremonies.
“In years past the final exam
ination schedule has been built
around the Inuguration so band
members could make the trip, but
this year the administration de
cided the trip would not be prac
tical,” Adams said.
“The decision was neither mine
nor that of band members,” he
said.
Ross Volunteer members will
have excuses from their finals
that day.
Drill unit members not staying
for the ball will make the trip
by chartex-ed bus, while those at
tending the ball will travel by pri
vate car, Glasscock said.
Glasscock also announced that
the unit has been invited to the
Mardi Gras festivities in New
Orleans in February. He said they
will leave Feb. 5 or 6 for New
Orleans and will return Feb. II.
Other officers in the RV’s in
clude Herb Whalen, executive of
ficer; Fred Hunter, administi-a-
tive officer; and Fred Kappel,
Jack McCrary and Randy Curtis,
platoon leadei’s.
Battalion Staff Photo
Springs Fees
Now Payable
Fees for the spxing semester
are payable now at the Fiscal
Office in the Richard M. Coke
Building.
Fees for the full semester are
$299.35. Fees for the first in
stallment are $106.50.
The full amount or the first
installment must be paid by Jan.
31.
News of the World
By The Associated Press
Rebel Execution Toll Reaches 180
HAVANA, Cuba—The reported toll of revolutionary
war crimes executions soared Wednesday to 180. Rebel chief
tain Fidel Castro declared they will continue—regardless of
world opinion.
Asked by newsmen as he left his quarters in the Havana
Hilton Hotel whether the shooting of Fulgencio Batista's
accused henchmen would be called off, Castro replied swiftly:
“No. To the contrary, we have given orders to shoot every one
of these murderers. And if we have to .battle world opinion
to mete out justice we are prepared to do it.”
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Ike Lauds U. S. Missile Progress
WASHINGTON—President Eisenhower offered an opin
ion Wednesday that “we would more than be a little stupid”
not to believe that the Soviet Union is outstripping the United
States in some phases of missile development.
“After all, he said, the Soviets have been working at it
many years but the United States began urgent work oji
long-range missiles only four years ago.”
But on the encouraging side of the missile and defense
picture, Eisenhower said: “I think we have made very re
markable progress.”
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Europeans to Start Missile Production
THE HAGUE, Netherlands—Europe will shortly have
her own guided missile production program, U. S. Dep. De
fense Secretary Donald A. Quarles said Wednesday. He told
a news conference his current European trip is intended
chiefly to lay the groundwork for such a program.
RV’s Prepare for Inauguration
The Ross Volunteers practice marching or company will also participate in the Mar-
midst falling twlight for their trip to Aus- di Gras festival in New Orleans early in
tin Tuesday for the Governor’s Inaugu- February,
ration ceremonies. The crack military hon-
Will Bring in $22 Million
Possible Solution Proposed
For State’s Financial Ills
AUSTIN (A 5 )—The Legislature’s
first possible answer to part of
the state’s financial pi’oblem was
offered Wednesday in a tax re
vision bill designed to x-aise 22 mil
lion new dollars each biennium.
Vice Chairman Fi'ates Seeligson
of the Texas Tax Study Commis
sion will intro^fixce the bill as early
as possible in the session, he said.
The San Antonio House member
was a member of the interim tax
study gi'oup that spent months
preparing fact material for the
Court Refuses
Coed Plea Again
The Texas Supreme Coui’t yes
terday ovemxled a motion for a
rehearing’ of a x'uling on A&M’s
coed suit.
The court three weeks refused
a motion for a writ of error filed
after the 10th District Court of
Civil Appeals in Waco had re
versed a decision made by a Bryan
District Court last spi’ing.
John Bari'on, Bryan attorney
representing Mrs. Lena Ann Bris
tol and Mrs. Bax-bara Alice Tittle
both of Bryan, said yesterday
that a brief will be filed with the
United States Supreme Court in
the next few days although he did
not know when they would act on
it.
Ban-on said, “We are in earnest
in trying to get this matter set
tled and we believe that we have
a good chance for a ruling in our
favor in the higher coui’t al
though the decision could go
either way.”
He also said, “I believe that the
Texas court did not rule in favor
of A&M but instead it ruled in
favor of the school’s boax-d of di-
rectoi’s.”
Legislature.
He figured that under extensive
revisions, his bill would bring a
gi’oss bienniel revenue of 22.8 mil
lion dollai's but a net gain of 22.2
million for the genex-al fund.
Seeligson, a business man and
rancher, also figured that the net
gain in taxes paid by individuals
each year—not each two years—
would be 2.8 million as contrasted
with a net annual gaid of 8.3 mil
lion in taxes paid by business.
His bill would call for repeal of
numerous special occupation taxes
which are out of date or hai’d to
collect such as those on itinerant
doctors, clock peddlers and street
car companies. Occupation taxes
Pakistan Prof
Due Here Friday
Di\ O. P. Bergelin, chemical en
gineering consultant at the Ah-
sanullah Engineering College of
the University of Dacca in East
Pakistan, will visit A&M Friday.
He will visit the Engineei’ing
Expei’iment Station and the de-
pai’tments of Chemical Engineer
ing, Civil Engineering, Mechanical
Engineering and Electrical Engi
neei’ing. His tour will be led by
C. W. Crawford, associate dean of
engineering, and J. H. Caddess,
associate pi’ofessor of mechanical
engineering.
Dr. Bei’gelin will also confer
with officials of the foreign pro
grain of the A&M College System.
Prior to joining the Intercol
lege Exchange Program of the
system and the University of
Dacca in 1954, Bei’gelin was a pro
fessor of chemical engineering at
the University of Deleware. He
and Caddess worked together in
Pakistan until last fall when
Caddess returned home.
are retained, he said, only on those
businesses where the levy serves
a regulatory purpose, such as on
pawnbrokers, loan brokers, and
dealers in pistols.
The bill would eliminate the mil
itary post exemption on cigarette
taxes and set up a new formula for
the franchise tax law ullocable by
companies doing business outside
the state.
It would change these rates, but
add no new taxes:
Motor vehicle sales tax raised
from 1.1 per cent to 2 per cent,
with used cars exempt; telegraph
and telephone gross receipts taxes
made uniform at 1.5 per cent in
stead of the present variation from
1.5 to 2.75; electric utility gross
receipts taxes would also be made
uniform at 1.5 percent instead of
widely varying as now.
Move Means More
Uniform Money
By JOE BUSER
Battalion Edior
Texas A&M has been recognized by the U. S. Army and
Air Force as a Military College under the Department of De
fense definition, entitling the college to double commutation
in the amount of $226,450, Vice President Earl Rudder an
nounced this week.
A&M is the seventh college in the nation to receive this
special designation. Other Military Colleges include Virgin
ia Military Institute, The Citadel, Norwich University (Vt.),
North Georgia, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Pennsyl
vania Military College. The rating is made on a yearly basis
following an inspection 30 days after school opens in the
fall.
The $226,450 commutation^'
represents almost a 100 per
cent increase over the stand
ard commutation received in
past years. Only students
(1) living in the Corps of Ca
dets (2) housed in military
dormitories and (3) under
constant military jurisdiction
are eligible for double com
mutation. This regulation
excludes day students and
athletes living in Henderson
Hall.
In addition, pro rata refunds
must be made on all students who
drop out of the Corps during the
year or who change their status
from dorm students to day stu
dent.
The $226,450 will come in the
form of federal funds from both
the Department of the Army and
the Air Force on the basis of en
rollment. Each basic ROTC stu
dent (first two years) will entitle
the college to draw $50 a year;
advanced students (those under
contract) will be allowed $100 a
year. The money will be used to
purchase uniform parts as stipu
lated by Army and Air Force reg
ulation.
Will Pay Bills
“We hope to pay off our bills
on the uniforms we issued in the
fall—and pay back the $90,000
loan we received from the perm
anent mess hall fund last year,”
Bryan W. Hearn, military proper
ty custodian, said.
He explained that uniforms
cadets are now wearing were pur
chased from government ware
houses on the strength of federal
commutation not then received.
The $90,000 was used to buy uni
form parts such as shoes and the
new overcoats from civilian firms,
he said.
Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant,
said, “We hope the fund will pro
vide enough money in a few years
to increase the uniform issue to
the point where entering students
will not need to buy supplementary
articles as they how must.”
Even with the uniform issue now
being made, new students are re
quired to purchase about $90 of
additional articles such as collar
brass, extra khaki uniforms and
extra wool trousers.
New Dress Uniform
Col. Davis also indicated that
plans were being made for a new
dress uniform for early fall and
spring occasions pending the ac
cumulation of necessary monies.
He also said that extra utility
uniforms (fatigues) and jump-
boots would be possible items is
sued in the future.
Local Clubs to Plant Trees,
Shrubs on National Arbor Day
Trees will spring up as if by
magic, as the College Station Ki-
wanis Club and the A&M Consoli
dated Mothers and Dads Club ob
serve National Arbor Day Friday.
The two clubs have initiated a
tree and shrub planting program
designed to beautify the school
grounds at the A&M Consolidated
schools and of homes in College
Station and nearby areas of Bryan.
Kiwanians kicked off their pro
gram at the Tuesday luncheon by
passing out brochures of the plan
for club members to distribute in
their neighborhood. The Agricul
tural and Conservation Committee
of the club and the Future Farmers
of America chapter at Consolidated
High School will hold a tree plant
ing ceremony at the CHS campus
Friday at 1:30 p.m.
Governor Price Daniel has issued
a proclamation urging home own
ers to preserve forests and trees
and to plant additional trees and
shrubs in observance of Arbor Day.
Local nurserymen have joined in
the program and donated trees and
shrubs to be planted in the Friday
ceremony. The Mothers and Dads
club also donated plants for the
event.
The leaflet being distributed by
Kiwanis members this week con
tains a summary of the purposes
of Arbor Day and urges home own
ers to participate in the program
sometime during January. A cer
tificate, on the leaflet, entitles the
bearer to a 10 per cent reduction
in the price of trees and shrubs
at four local nurseries during the
month.
Maj. C. Taylor
Quitting Job
After 12 Years
Lt. Col. Frank S. Vaden, Jr.,
Assistant Commandant, announced
today that Major Charles M. Tay
lor, tactical officer for the 2nd
Regiment, has submitted his res
ignation, effective Jan. 31.
Major Taylor, who has been at
A&M as a tactical officer for al
most 12 years, sa«d that he is plan
ning to go into the electrical con
struction business in Santa Bar
bara, Calif.
“I have enjoyed w’orking with
the Corps of Cadets more than any
thing I could have done here at
the college,” Major Taylor said
concerning his resignation. “It has
been inspiring, and has been a
pleasure dealing with the A&M
cadets. I believe that this in one
of the best student bodies in the
world; and certainly in the nation,”
Major Taylor said.
Major Taylor graduated from
A&M in 1942; and served in World
War II with the 24th Infantry Di
vision in the Philippines. After
the war he returned to A&M where
he did one year of graduate work,
then joined the School of Military
Sciences. He has served in the
Army for 17 years.
Information concerning a re
placement for Major Taylor is not
yet available.
Cub Scouts Tour
Battalion Office
With a January theme of “Cub
Newsmen”, two local Cub Scout
group visited The Battalion Tues
day and Wednesday seeking gen
eral knowledge of newspaper pro
duction and management.
Tuesday, Den 1, Pack 802, of
College Station, sponsored by the
A&M Methodist Church and led
by Mrs. Edwin Svendsen, toured
The Battalion.
Members included Bob Jones,
den chief, Howard Nedderman,
Johnny Mac Griffith, Richard Dav
is, Bruce Jones, Joel Svendsen,
Tommy Reel and Billy Braddy.
Den 13, Pack 167 in Bryan
toured the newspaper’s office
Wednesday. Mrs. R. E. Branson is
den mother. Scouts on the tour
were Bobby Marcotte, David Ter-
wey, Pierre Sargent, Dennis
Moore, Rusty Arnold, Kevin Karli
and Don Branson. Visiting with
the group were Mrs. L. L. Karli
and Ricky Branson.
Gayle McNutt, executive news
editor of The Battalion, acted as
guide.
MSC Taking Bids
For Meeting Rooms
Applications for meeting
rooms for student organizations
and clubs for the spring semes
ter will be accepted in the Soc
ial and Educational Department
of the MSC beginning at 8
Friday morning. Mrs. Ann Keel,
MSC Social Director, announc
ed yesterday.
Any student organization or
club desiring a room must sub
mit an application Jan. 16, she
said.