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Two New Regulations Affect Corps
The Battalion
Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1960
Number 63
Entrance Denied To Coeds
In Court This Morning
Hannigan Reveals
Policy Revisions
By ROBBIE GODWIN
Battalion News Editor
Two changes in Corps policy were announced Monday
by Dean of Students James P. Hannigan, and were furher
discussed in a commanders’ meeting at 5 p. m. yesterday.
Until further notice, and beginning tomorrow, reveille
and breakfast formations will be optional for all cadets except
one senior and one junior per unit.
The second change was in the uniform policy for the
Corps. All cadets are authorised to wear civilian clothing for
unofficial, off-campus activities after retreat, and from 12:30
n. m. Saturday until reveille Monday, unless otherwise speci
fied by the Commandant.
Hannigan said the steps were being taken on an experi
mental basis in an effort to
Barron to Appeal
To Civil Court
Judge W. T. McDonald today denied entrance to A&M
to three Bryan women in a hearing in the 85th District Court
in Bryan.
McDonald said he considered the case as a class action
by the women on behalf of themselves and other women of
Texas.
He said he was bound to the decision of the Waco Court
of Civil Appeals in the prior coed suit in which the Waco
court reversed McDonald’s action. Since the Supreme Court
denied a hearing on the case, McDonald said the Waco court’s
decision was still binding.
John M. Barron, attorney for the plaintiff, announced
-♦■his intention to appeal the
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Greek Course
Being Offered
A non-credit course in introduc
tory Greek is being offered by
Melton W. Bulgerin, director of
the Lutheran Student Foundation,
lo those interested in learning the
fundamentals of the language.
The initial meeting of the class
was held at 5 p.r*i. yesterday after
noon in the YMCA Building. At
this session, regular meetings of
the class were scheduled at times
most convenient to the group.
There is no charge for the
course other than supplying the
basic text book. The course
should be of particular interest to
pre-seminarians, religious workers
and those majoring in science.
Further information regarding
the course may be obtained from
Pastor Bulgerin at VI 6-5011 or
YI 6-5801.
Duty Conferences
Set For Graduates
All students who have com
pleted Military Science and who
expect to graduate in May, or
either of the summer sessions,
are requested to report to M/Sgt.
K. H. Truitt in Room 104, Mili
tary Science Building immediate
ly. This conference pertains to
active duty.
case to the Court of Civil Ap
peals.
Attorney for the defense
was Leonard Passmore, from
the State Attorney General’s of
fice in Austin.
Plaintiffs in the suit, all seeking
admission to A&M, are thi’ee Bry
an women, Margaret E. Alh'ed,
Sarah C. Hutto and Mary Ann Par
ker.
In a 1958 suit brought by two
other women seeking admission,
Wilson successfully defended the
A&M Registrar. The Brazos
County District Court ruled in fa
vor of the women, but the Waco
Court of Civil Appeals reversed
the decision. Wilson argued the
case personally before the Waco
Court.
The Texas Supreme Coui’t up
held the decision of the Waco court
and the U. S. Supreme Court dis
missed the case.
The three women seeking ad
mission alleged in their original
petition that they are entitled to
an education at A&M and em’oll-
ment in a degree course offered
at no other school in Texas. Con
sequently, they allege they are en
titled to bring this action for
themselves and for all women.
Miss Allred, now a student at
Texas Tech, is seeking entrance to
pursue a Bachelor of Arts degree
with a major in history and gov
ernment and a degree in floricul
ture in the School of Agriculture.
Mrs. Hutto, an Allen Academy
student, ^seeks a major in biology
or entomology and wants a Bach
elor of Science degree.
Mrs. Parker says she wishes to
seek a Bachelor of Architecture
degree.
Cadets Fall to 12th
In Cage Rankings
From The Associated Press
The Texas Aggies dropped out of the top ten in Amercia‘s
national basketball rankings in the weekly Associated Press
cage poll.
Following a 69-65 overtime triumph over San Francisco
and a 66-55 humbling from Santa
Clara in Los Angeles, the Cadets
fell to 12th in the poll. The Ags
also annexed a Southwest Confer
ence triumph with a convincing 89-
59 victory over the Red Raiders of
Texas Tech last Saturday. The
win kept the Farmers atop the
SWC standings, although tied with
Southern Methodist with identical
5-1 loop slates.
Tonight the Ags journey to the
Ozarks for an important clash
with the always-tough Razorback?
of Arkansas. The Cadets return
home Saturday for an encounter
with the Rice Owls, before going
to Austin Feb. 16 for a battle with
the Texas Steers.
Cincinnati continues to show the
way in the poll with Oscar Robert
son breaking records as he goes.
The voting of 191 sports writers
and sportscasters, based on games
played through Saturday, Feb. 6,
left the first six positions un
changed from the previous week.
In fact, the first three teams, Cin
cinnati, Bradley and California,
each boasted identical 17-1 won-lost
records.
The newcomers among the top
20 were Holy Ci'oss, 16th, and Au
burn, 17th, while Kansas State, a
loser, and idle St. Bonaventure
dropped out.
The first 10 teams with points
on a 10-9-8 etc. basis with first
place votes in parentheses:
1.
2.
3.
4.
6.
6.
7.
5.
9.
0.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
Cincinnati (88)
radley
or
Ohio S1
nia (33)
Bradle
Califoi
tate (19)
West Virginia (9)
Georgia Tech (2)
Utah State (S)
Villanova
Utah _
Miami Fla. (7)
Toledo (8)
Texas A&M
North Calorina
Providence
Dayton
Holy Cross
Auburn (2)
St. Louis
Detroit
Illinois
1,798
1,606
1,603
1,351
1,108
624
588
557
546
211
174
116
115
69
68
43
42
41
35
20
New Regulations Explained
Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant, explains Two revisions—concerning uniforms and
new regulations to cadet commanders in the formations—were given commanders at the
Corps of Cadets at the meeting yesterday conference,
in the Biological Sciences Lecture Room.
Arts Festival Ready
For Two Week Stand
The A&M Fine Arts Festival
will present an array of interna
tionally known concert artists,
superb and outstanding stage px-o-
ductions, art-architectural displays
with a contemporary arts lecture,
entertaining - shows from the movie
world and musical entertainment
by A&M’s own Singing Cadets
when the student - sponsored
AMFAF presentation opened on
the A&M campus yesterday.
The festival, now moving into
its second year as one of the most
outstanding campus programs at
A&M, will run through Feb. 20.
Dr. Peter Guenther, art his
torian and member of St. Mary’s
University faculty in San Antonio,
opened the festival with a speech
in the Memorial Student Center
Assembly Room on the D. D. Feld
man Collection of Contemporary
Art. The Feldman Collection will
be exhibited in the MSC prome
nade during the entix-e festival.
Both Guenther and the Feldman
Collection are being presented by
the MSC Creative Arts Committee.
Grishman-Ryee Duo
The Grishman-Ryce Duo will be
pi-esented tonight by the MSC
Recital Series Committee in the
MSC Ballroom. The artistry of
this duo has captivated audiences
throughout America and the Con
tinent.
The Singing Cadets will hold
the spotlight Wednesday at 8 p.m.
when the 60-member glee club,
directed by Dr. Bill Turner, will
give a free concert in the MSC
Ballroom.
“The Eddie Duchin Story” and
“Pablo Casals,” two film presenta
tions that radiate the personality
and musical ability of an extremely
popular pianist and the greatest
cellist of our time, are scheduled
for Thursday at 7:30 p.m. when
the MSC Film Society presents
| these outstanding movies in the
MSC Ballroom.
“Vienna on Pax-ade,” a Town
Hall presentation, will also share
the Thursday night agenda. This
event, scheduled for 8 p.m. in
G. Rollie White Coliseum, will
feature the Deutschmeister Band
with 65 soloists, chorus and danc
ers direct from Austria.
Star Pianist
Scheduled by the MSC Recital
Series Committee to perform in
the Ballroom of the center at 8
p.m. Friday will be David Bax--
Illan, one of the nation’s sensa
tional yoxmg pianists. Admission
for the concert will be by Great
Issues-Recital Series season ticket
or $1.50 per person.
The Aggie Players production of
Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”
will kick off the second week of
the festival at 8 p.m. Monday, Feb.
15, in the lower level of the MSC.
This production, under the direc
tion of C. K. Esten, will run
throxxgh the following Saturday
night with all performances sched
uled for 8 p.m.
Fx-iday, Feb. 19, the MSC Film
Society will make a x-eturn appear
ance to the Festival for the show
ing of “The Silver Chalice,” the
moving story of the struggle to
obtain the cup from which Christ
dx-ank at the Last Supper.
The art and ai-chitectxiral display
will be on exhibit free of chax-ge
in the Serpentine Lounge of the
center during the entire festival.
The exhibition is being px-esented
by the Design Student Society of
the A&M Division of Ai-chitectux-e.
Gordon Reynolds, chairman of
AMFAF, says, “I believe we have
a program which will be of interest
to everyone and may even sxxrpass
the tremendous success of last
year’s presentation. We hope that
every student, every faculty mem
ber and every citizen in the com
munity and surrounding areas will
take advantage of the opportunity
to attend some or all of the events
of the festival. We feel that the
festival, as we have it scheduled,
should be both educational and
entertaining.
make Cadet Corps life more
attractive, less time consum
ing - and less expensive.
Checks on Performance
Hannigan added that during the
first month of the optional forma
tion a cax-eful check will be made
to see that cadet rooms are ready
for inspection at 8 each morning
and that there are no reports of
xxnshaven or untidy cadets arriv
ing at their first class.
“If the entix-e Corps cooperates
by maintaining and even x-aising
nresent standards of neatness, this
experiment of having the 8 a.m.
x-oom inspection or class as the
first official daily requix-ement
could become permanent college
policy,” Hannigan added.
Reduce Extra Hours
The dean also pointed out that
morning formation is not required
at a militax-y college although it
has been customax-y at A&M* ex
cept during examinations periods
and other special periods. He said
the move . shoxxld redxxce slightly
the number of hours spent on
Cox-ps activities xxs distinguished
fx-om ROTC reqxu’rements. He
added that it should answer some
what charges often heax-d from the
academic area and fx-om paxents
that too much time is spent on
non-requixed military activities.
Six Units Improved
The six top units on the prelim
inary scolastic standing ranking
were the day-student, athletic and
medical units. Companies L-2 and
M-2, the athletic units, were fix-st
and fourth on the ranking. Squad
ron 14 and Company L-2, the sec
ond and third units are day students
units; H-2 is the medical company
and fifth in the ranking, followed
by Company 1-2, another day stu
dent unit.
Hannigan said this would appear
to indicate that some redxxction in
the non-x-equired Corps activities
should assist in raising academic
gi-ades.
Uniform Encoxiraged
Even though the new policy of
uniforms will go into effect, ca
dets are encoux-aged to wear the
uniform and to weax- it propex-ly
when off campus, but will not be
required to do so.
“Here again the conduct of the
individual cadet during this ex
perimental pex-iod will determine
whether or not this will become
(See Regulations on Page 5)
Three Vet Medicine Profs
Plan Off-Campus Programs
Three members of the A&M
School of Veterinary Medicine will
take part in off-the-campus px-o-
grams during February and March.
Dr. M. R. Calliham, head of the
Department of Veterinary Medi
cine and Surgery, will participate
in the annual meeting of the
American Quarter Horse Assn, to
be held March 14 at Amarillo.
Dr. J. F. Neal instructor in
clinical medicine and well known
authority on the care of horses’
hooves, will travel to Los Anegles,
Calif., to speak at the Southern
California Veterinary Assn. He
will discuss corrective shoeing.
Neal also will speak on general
goat husbandry at a meeting Feb.
14 of the Fox-t Bend Dairy Goat
Assn, in Fort Bend County.
Dr. John C. Raxnge, associate
professor in veterinary medicine
and surgery, will participate in
short course on breeding soundness
in bulls to be held Feb. 13-16
dux-ing a meeting of the Colorado
State Veterinary Medicine Assn,
at Fort Collins, Colo.
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Commanders
Get Answers
To Questions
The announcexnent by Col. Davis
at the commandex-’s meeting yes
terday concex-ning optional morn
ing formations and optional uni
form off campus after duty hours
brought several questions from the
assembled cadets.
One question that everyone
seemed to want answered was how
will the new policies improve the
Corps of Cadets.
Col. Davis explained that the
new policy was only experimental,
and that only time would tell its
woi'th.
Larry Guseman, Senior from
Beaumont, mentioxxed that in the
past, Seniors had to" get special
peianisioix to go off campus out
of uniform, now evex-yone would
be able to attend any off campus
function in civilian clothes.
“A check of the revised militax-y
college regulations showed that it
was not a requirement fox- cadets
of any military college to wear the
uniform off campxxs. The same
applies to meetiixg x-eveille forma
tion. That is why we are making
them optional,” Col. Davis said.
Col. Davis was then asked if the
changes were being made to make
A&M more attractive in order to
increase enrollment.
“No, I didn’t say that. There
was as big, or bigger, a row when
the reveille formation was made
compulsox-y just a few years ago,”
Col. Davis added.
Charles Chambex-lain, senior
fx-om Paris, expx-essed fear that
the optional morning formation
privilege would be abused. He said
he doubted freshmen given the
px-ivilege of missing bx-eakfast for
mation would get up uxitil late and
grades would suffex-.
Col. Davis explained that since
rooms would still have to be ready
for inspection by 8 a.m. he believed
cadets would get up in plenty of
time to make their fix-st j class. He
added that the privilege was only
experimental, and if it is abvxsed
it will be x-evoked.
Flu Outbreak on the Wane
State Health Commissioner J. E. Peavy said in Austin,
Tex., the beginning - of the end of the current influenza out
break, may be in sight. Dr. J. V. Irons, director of labora
tories at the State Department of Health in Austin, pre
pares to check a specimen of throat washing to determine
the type of virus infection present. Dr. Irons’ secretary.
Mrs. Violet Gardner, left, takes notes. (AP Wirephoto)