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r Weather Partly cloudy and mild through Wednesday with some possible light showers. « BATTALION Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus 11 Days r til Final Review Number 116 Volume 58 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1959 Price Five Cents A&M Asked to Study Coeducation Cusimano Paid Last Tribute For the second time in a week, the final Silver Taps tribute was paid a departed Aggie sophomore. The traditional ceremony was given last night for Tony Cus imano, sophomore agricultural en gineering major from Houston in Squadron 9. Cusimano was the victim of drowning while swimming in the Brazos River last Saturday — a bare week following the boxing death of Curtis Lyons in Hunts ville. The body of the 21-year-old cadet was recovered from the Brazos near the Koppe Bridge at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, about three hours after he disappeared in the river. Don Lieske, sophomore geology major from Houston, and Cusi mano had gone swimming in the Brazos at about 2:45 p.m. Sat urday. Lieske told Bryan Sheriff J. W. Hamilton that he and his companion were swimming in the Tony Cusimano . . . drowning victim Vanity Fair Pics Ready for Pickup Pictures submitted to the Aggieland ’59 as Vanity Fair entries may be picked up in the Office of Student Publica tions on the ground floor of the YMCA, Rod Stepp, Aggieland ’59 editor, said this morning. Vanity Fair nominees will be announced in Friday’s issue of The Battalion and will be hon ored Friday night at the annual Student Publications Banquet. river when he looked back and saw Cusimano in trouble. Lieske said he called to Cusi mano asking if he was in trouble and received no answer. Lieske told the sheriff he called a second time before telling Cusimano to return to the bank. Cusimano then started back, but the stream was too swift and he began drifting downstream. Lieske said Cusimano called for help, then disappeared. The body was recovered by the Rev. Ray Head, a Wellborn min ister. Funeral services for Cusimano were held yesterday at 9 a.m. at the All Saints Catholic Church in Houston. The intern was in the Garden of Gethsemene Cemetery. 980 Students Are Candidates For Graduation Nine hundred and eighty A&M students are candidates for de grees at the May 23 commence ment. Included are 105 candidates for advanced degrees. James W. Foley, ’32, president of The Texas Co., New York, will deliver the commencement ad dress. Foley holds a B.S. degree in petroleum engineering. The commencement program will be held at 9 a.m. in the G. Rollie White Coliseum. The program follows: Procession, “March Triumphal,” Mrs. A. B. Medlen, organist. Invocation, Sammy J. Ferguson, Atlanta, civilian chaplain. Presentation of Development Fund gift to A&M by Thomas A. Murrah, San Antonio, president of the Association of Former Stu dents. Announcements and introduc tion of speaker, President M. T. Harrington. Commencement address, Foley. Conferring of degrees, Presi dent Harrington. “The Spirit of Aggieland,” grad uates and audience led by Cadet Robert D. Hyde of Wichita Falls. Benediction, Cadet John H. Par tridge, Jr. of Corpus Christi, Corps chaplain. Recession, “Postlude,” Mrs. Medlen, organist. Moore Trophy Finals Released Final standings for the Gen. George F. Moore Award were released yesterday by Lt. Col. Taylor W. Wilkins, assis tant commandant. The award is based on scholarship, military proficiency, intramural proficiency, and extra curricular activities. The standings are as follows: 1— Squadron 4 2— White Band 3— B AAA 4— C Composite 5— Squadron 17 6— Squadron 13 7— Squadron 3 8— A Medical 9— Squadron 9 10— A Signal Corps 11— A Chemical 12— C Field Artillery 13— A Ordnance 14— A Composite 15— Squadron 21 16— A Veterinary 17— B Field Artillery 18— Squadron 22 19— C Infantry 20— Maroon Band 21— Squadron 20 22— B Composite 23— A Athletics 24— A Infantry 25— A Quartermaster 26— Squadron 8 27— Squadron 1 28— Squadron 5 29— Squadron 6 30— Squadron 16; C AAA (tie) 32— B Infantry 33— Squadron 2 34— A AAA 35— Squadron 12 36— A Engineers 37— Squadron 11 38— B Armor 39— Squadron 10 40— B Ordnance; A Field Artillery (tie) 41— A Field Artillery 42— B Athletics 43— A Transportation 44— Squadron 19 45— B Engineers 46— A Armor 47— Squadron 7 48— Squadron 18 49— Squadron 14 50— Squdron 15; C Engineers (tie) 52— Squadron 23 53— C Armor Mrs. Dorothy Cleland of Pasadena, Aggie last Sunday. Mrs. Cleland, the mother of Mother of the Year, takes the salute of the three Aggies, witnessed the review with Corps of Cadets shortly after being honored President M. T. Harrington left, and Vice as the Aggie Mother of the Year for 1959 President Earl Rudder. Compulsory Corps Also Mentioned By JOHNNY JOHNSON , Battalion Editor State legislators took another jab at A&M’s decreased enrollment as the Senate passed a resolution calling for the A&M System Board of Directors to study the feasibility of making Aggieland co-educational. The resolution also asked the board to study the possi bility of dropping the present compulsory military training. Sen. Martin Dies Jr., Lufkin lawmaker, presented the resolution with Bryan’s Sen. W. T. (Bill) Moore, ’40, and Sen. Preston Smith of Lubbock going on record as co-spon sors. The resolution passed by the Senate was a watered-down version of the original resolution offered by Dies. * While one former student was backing the stronger measure calling for the board to consider the proposals, Sen. Bob Baker, ’44, of Hous ton, proposed an amendment to the proposal which had just pass ed the Senate by a tight 15-13 vote. Baker’s amendment called for the board to merely study the possibilities of the changes and was passed by a voice vote. President M. T. Harrington said last night that the resolution is simply asking the board to study and that is all. “The board is and always has been willing to study anything that will improve the school,” said President Harrington. The move in effect gave the senate’s approval to the making of A&M a co-educational institution and also doing away with mili tary training in its present com pulsory form. I. Eng. Department Wins Parents’ Day Display Award The Department of Industrial Engineering won the open house display competition in the School of Engineering for the Parents’ Day displays^ The department will receive an award cup from the Student En gineering Council. It will be pre sented by Fred J. Benson, Dean of Engineering’, at the School of Engineering meeting Monday night. Displays were inspired and created by the students of each department. Benson appointed judges for the competition. The displays were judged on their appearance, skill in organi zation, originality and initiative displayed in the show, the skill 1 Guide Posts Wins Two Others Squadron 4 Receives General Moore Squadron 4 walked away with three top honors including the Gen. George F. Moore Award as outstanding cadets and units were honored Sunday morning. Commanded by Cadet Roy Dav is, the unit won the Houston Chamber of Commerce’s Military Affairs Committee Award to the best-drilled unit and also the Woolridge Award, a saber pre sented to the outstanding Air Force unit, in addition to the Gen. Moore Award. The presentation of awards was one of the highlights of the an nual observance of Parents’ Day activities held Sunday and the open houses held Saturday. The Gen. Moore Award goes an nually to the organization having the highest over-all general rat ing based on academic proficiency, Storm Hits College With Heavy Winds, 3.15 Inches Rain High winds and heavy rains blanketed the College Station area Sunday evening in part of a storm that lashed destructively across South Central and Central Texas. Wind, recorded atop the college radar tower during the storm, reached a maximum of 46 miles per hour at 8:30 p.m. The storm hit here around 6 p.m. Sunday and by 8:30 a.m. Mon day a total of 3.15 inches of rain fall was recorded at the college weather station. Near Munford one of the state’s five tornadoes injured seven per sons and ripped down trees and buildings on Brazos valley plan tations and near Wellborn. Four children and three adults were treated for injuries at the in Hearne after their homes were demolished by a tornado. military proficiency, intramural and extra-curricular activities and is offez-ed by the School of Mili- tai’y Science. The President’s Award, a flag presented annually by the presi dent of the college to the battal ion or group with the highest scholastic standing, Was won by the Fifth Battalion, 2nd Regi ment, commanded*by Cadet Lt. Col. Benjamin B. Ti'otter of Bryan. The Texas Department, Reserve Officers Assn. Award, a saber presented annually to the Corps Commander was presented to Ca det Col. of the Corps Donald Roy Cloud. The George P. F. Jouine Schol arship Awai’d, a flag presented annually by the A&M Mothei's’ Club of Houston to the company- size unit with the highest schol astic standing, was won by A Medical Company, commanded by Cadet Capt. Curtis Wayne Boyd. The Fritz Awai’d, a cup and key presented to the most outstanding company commander in the cadet coi’ps, went to Cadet Capt. Paul S. Voinis of Houston, commander of B-AAA. The Caldwell Trophy, a watch pi’esented by Caldwell’s Jeweli’y Store of Bryan to the outstanding non-commissioned officer in the cadet corps, was won by Cadet M. Sgt. William B. Heye Jr. of San Antonio, Corps Staff. The Federated A&M Mothers’ Clubs of Texas Award, a bronze cup and key presented to the most outstanding thiz-d class cadet in the cadet coi-ps, went to Cadet Cpl. Paul J. Phillips of Conroe, White Band sophomore. Marion M. Walton Jr., A Infan try freshman, won the outstanding freshman cadet award. The Albei’t Sidney Johnson Sa ber, presented annually by the . United Daughtei’s of the Con federacy, was won by Cadet Col. Charles Howai’d Robinson, 2nd Award Wing commander'. The Daughters of the American Revolution Award of $200 cash to an outstanding second class cadet went to Cadet M. Sgt. Wiley Wade Dover Jr., Coz-ps Staff. The U. S. Air Force Assn. Medal presented to an outstanding sen ior Air Foz’ce cadet, was won by Cadet Lt. Col. John Henry Par tridge Jr., Corps Chaplin. The R. D. Hinton Awards, med als presented annually in memory of the late R. D. Hinton, to the outstanding color beai’ers and col or guards, went to 2nd Regiment color guai’ds Cadet T. Sgt. Robert Bruce Keith and Cadet T. Sgt. Robei't Forrest Martin; and 2nd Regiment color bearers Cadet Cpl. Jerry Ivey Gilliland and Cadet Cpl. Billy James Thompson. Three other units received rec ognition as the best drilled units in the Cadet Corps this year. They wei'e B-AAA, Squadron 11 and Squadron 9. > Final Interviews Set for Town Hall Town Hall staff member inter views will be held for the last time tonight at 7:30 in the Corps Confez-ence Room in Doz-m 2, ac cording to Bill Phillips, next year’s Town Hall student entertainment manager. Phillips said that next year’s staff members will do mainly usher and publicity work while re ceiving such benefits as attending two steak fries, getting into all unscheduled shows fi’ee and get ting a fii’st-hand inti’oduction into the background of show business. Intei'est, scholastic classification as a junior and an over-all gz-ade point ratio of 1.25 are the only requirements for becoming a mem ber of Town Hall staff, said Phil lips. used in displaying the layout and how well it was manned during the contest, said Benson. “Freedom is not worth having if it does not' connote freedom to err.”—Mahatma Gandhi Miss Universe Entries Peggy Wilson and Janis Hooks, Sam Houston State College coeds, are entries in the Bryan Miss Universe Regional Con test scheduled for Thursday night. The event will be held at the Townshire Shopping Center. The winner will be named Miss Brazos Valley of 1959 and will represent the area in the Texas Miss Universe Contest at Lake Whitney.