Volume 59 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, MAY 19,1960 Number 117
Heye To Make
Presentation
Cadet Col. of the Corps William Heye will leave tomorrow
afternoon for San Antonio to present a gift from the A&M
student body to Mrs. Lee A. Shirley.
Mrs. Shirley was the mother of Carole Jeanne Shirley
who was killed when the car in
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Injured Seniors
Have Been Moved
To CollegeHospital
Mike McClelland, senior in
Squadron 10, and Ed Lux, senior
in Squadron 8, who were injured
in the accident occuring last Fri
day which proved fatal for Miss
Carole Jeanne Shirley, have been
moved from St. Joseph’s hospital
in Bryan to the College Hospital.
The two seniors were released
from St. Joseph’s Hospital yester
day, and were reported in good
condition upon arrival at the Col
lege Health Center.
They are showing steady im
provement and will be able to
graduate, according to Dr. C. R.
Lyns of the College Hospital. Dr.
Lyns said the two seniors are
in Room 4 of the hospital, and
will probably remain there for the
rest of the week.
Storage Open
In Walton
For Summer
Students may begin storing
anything they wish to leave on
campus during the summer Mon
day in the basement of Dorm 3
of the basement of Ramp K of
Walton Hall.
These two storerooms will be
open according to the following
schedule: Monday, 4-5 p.m., and
Tuesday through Saturday, 11-12
a.m. and 4-5 p.m.
All students who will attend
the first summer term and not
the second may store baggage in
Ramp K of Walton Hall Friday,
July 15, from 4-5 p.m.
All students who will attend
the second term and not the first
will store their baggage in Ramp
K of Walton, according to the
same schedule to be used for
baggage that will be stored the
entire summer.
Lamps will be stored at 40
cents each and all other baggage
will be stored at 40 cents for
containers not exceeding three
cubic volume feet. Other pieces
will be stored at proportionate
rates with a minimum of 20 cents
per separate article.
All bicycles, typewriters, radios,
TV’s, etc. not stored in boxes will
be stored at $1 each.
All items stored must be re
moved by 5 p.m. September 23.
All items not picked up will be
disposed of.
which she was riding overturned
Friday night on the way to the
Senior Ring fiance.
Cadets donated over $800 as of
Monday night to help the Shirley
family. A final count will be made
Friday before Heye leaves.
Collections were made in both
dining halls Monday and civilian
students will have a chance to
make a donation through their
dorm presidents Thursday night.
Mike Carlo, president of the Ci
vilian Student Council, said he
would collect the civilian contri
butions from the dorm presidents
Thursday night and give them to
Heye before he leaves for San An
tonio.
“We never expect the money to
make up for that girl’s life,” Heye
told the Corps Monday, “but we
want her family to know that the
A&M Corps of Cadets wants to
help.”
Heye said a - spray of flowers
was sent to Boonville, Mo., for the
funeral Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Shirley worked for the
United Service Automobile Assn,
in San Antonio. Heye said he be
lieved she was the only member
of the family working at the time
of the accident.
Her father suffered a stroke
some time ago, Heye said, and is
confined to bed. Her mother has
been staying home caring for him.
The Shirley’s "moved to San An
tonio recently from Missouri. Miss
Shirley attended Sam Houston
State College for a year, accord
ing to Heye.
She was survived by her mother,
father and a brother, 12.
Gen. William Simpson Named
May Commissioning Speaker
Damage Reported
In Lot Collision
A two car collision in the parking lot behind Dorm 15
caused an estimated $1,000 damage yesterday.
The accident occured when a 1955 sedan driven by Gary
W. Ready, freshman from Ft. Worth was in collision with
a 1955 sedan driven by Mrs. Tatef
Campbell, according to Albert R.
Ward, campus security officer
who investigated the accident.
Ward said the sedan driven by
Ready was traveling west in one
of the traffic lanes when it was
in collision with the other sedan,
going north in one of the lanes.
Both cars were traveling \about
20 miles-per-hour when the acci
dent occured, he said.
Damage to the automobile of
Ready was estimated at $600 by
Jack E. Winslow, College Station
automobile body repairman. Wins
low estimated damage to the auto
mobile of Mrs. Campbell at $400.
No one was hurt in the accident
which Ward described as “the
worst parking lot wreck we’ve
ever had at A&M.”
Vanity Fair
Pics Ready
Seniors are reminded to pick
up their pictures submitted for
Vanity Fair. The pictures may
be obtained at the Office of Stu
dent Publications in the basement
of the YMCA.
Graduating seniors are also re
minded to leave their forwarding
address at the Office of Student
Publications if they intend to
have their Aggieland ’60 mailed.
Deadline for submission of for
warding address is before the
close of school.
206 Applicants
Seek Promotion
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Pan Am Club
Meeting Set
The Pan American Club will
hold its last regularly scheduled
meeting of the year Friday at
7:30 p.m. in the YMCA Build
ing.
Nance Recipient
Of Bolton Award
Doyce R. Nance, a graduating senior in electrical'engi
neering, has been named the recipient of the Bolton Award.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Nance of Mesquite
and a graduate of Cooper High School.
The Bolton Award is presented —
annually to an outstanding elec
trical engineering graduating stu
dent. The award is provided by
an endowed fund established by
former students and friends of
President Emeritus F. C. Bolton.
Dr. Bolton, who has served as
head of the Department of Elec
trical Engineering, Dean of the
School of Engineering, Dean of
the College and President of the
College, presented the award, a
$100 check and an engraved gold
watch.
Nance has been a distinguished
student for seven semesters and
scholastic officer of Co. H-2.
He is chairman of the program
committee, Great Issues Commit
tee, member of the Ross Volun
teers, vice president of Eta Kappa
Nu, cataloger for Tau Beta Pi,
secretary of American Institute of
Electrical Engineers, a member of
Eta Sigma and the Institute of
Radio Engineers.
Eleven To Be Recognized
At Faculty and Staff Meet
Eleven persons will be honored
at the annual Spring Faculty and
Staff meeting at 4:30 p.m., Tues
day in Guion Hall. Visitors are
cordially invited.
Six of the honorees will be pre
sented Faculty Distinguished
Achievement Awards of $1,000
each. Five professors who are re
tiring will be recognized for their
long and beneficial services to the
college and the State of Texas.
The achievement awards were
established in 1955 by the Associa
tion of Former Students through
its Development Fund. Nomina
tions for the awards are submitted
by the faculty and students, and
selections are made by a faculty
committee.
Three Categories
The Faculty Distinguished
Achievement Award program is
divided into three categories as
follows: for distinguished achieve
ment in teaching, four awards of
$1,000 each; for distinguished
achievement in individual student
relationships, one award of $1,000,
and for distinguished achievement
in research, one award of $1,000.
W. C. McGee, Jr., of Houston,
president of the Association of
Former Students, will present the
awards. Presiding at the session
will be President Earl Rudder.
Award Winners
Winners of the Faculty Achieve
ment Awards will be named during
the meeting. The five retirees are
H. J. Reinhard of the Department
of Entomology; C. B. Godbey,
Head of the Department of Ge
netics; Dr. Guy W. Adriance, Head
of the Department of Horticulture;
Dr. C. C. Doak, Head of the De
partment of Biology, and Otis H.
Miller, associate professor in the
Department of Journalism.
Reinhard graduated in 1915 from
Ohio State University with a BS
degree in entomology and came to
A&M in 1916. He has written
about 100 scientific articles on a
wide variety of entomological sub
jects. His specialty is parasitic
flies.
The entomologist, as a result of
his research, received a Faculty
Distinguished Achievement Award
in 1959 by the Association of
Former Students.
FOR COMING SUMMER
Recreation Council Program Revealed
Schedules have been announced
for the various summer activities
offered in connection with the sum
mer program of the College Station
Recreation Council.
Adult softball action will begin
June 3 and all adult men inter
ested should contact Herman Beck
man. Games will be held on Friday
and Saturday nights at the lighted
Intramural Softball Field south of
the Grove.
Archery competition for adults
and juniors begins June 6 at the
Brazos Bowmans Archery Range
and will be held on Monday and
Wednesday nights. Knox Walker
will be the instructor.
Little League Action
Little League Baseball action
will be held on weekday evenings
at 5 under, the supervision of
League President W. A. Varvel.
Registration for bowling, ages
twelve through eighteen, will be
held June 9 from 1-3 p.m. in the
MSG Bowling Alley. Classes start
both June 15 and August 3 and
will be conducted by John Geiger
in the MSC Bowling Alley.
The annual community picnic is
set for 5 p.m. July 4 at the Con
solidated High School Btadium.
Mrs. W. A. Dow is chairinan of
the proceedings.
Registration for those ages eight
through high school in golf will
be held June 7 at 9 a.m. at the
Golf Course. Classes will be of
fered at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Tues
days and Thursdays under the in
struction of Joe Fagan.
Registration for the pre-school
program will be held at 9 a.m.
June 6 in the Consolidated Gym.
Classes in the six weeks course
for ages four through six will be
held every weekday at 9 a.m. in
Room 7 of the Consolidated Junior
High School under the supervision
of Mrs Joe Fagan.
Reading classes have been sched-
the supervision of Mrs. D. F.
Leipper, the council representative.
Tennis Instruction
Tennis instruction for ages ten
through high school will be held on
the A&M Concrete Courts under
the instruction of Horace Schaffer.
Registration will be held June 8
from 8-10 a.m. at the Consolidated
Junior High School. The classes
will meet from 7-8 a.m., 8-9 a.m.
uled every Monday through Friday i an< ^ a-m '
from 8 a.m.-noon in the Consoli
dated Junior High School Building.
Teen dances for junior and senior
high school students have been
scheduled at 7:30 p. m. June 9,
June 24, July 8, July 22, August
12 and August 26. They will be
held at the Consolidated Slab under
Tumbling registration will be
conducted June 6 at 9 a.m. in the
Consolidated Gym. Classes will be
offered daily under the instruction
of Manuel Garcia from 9-10 a.m.
and 10-10:30 a.m.
The Basic Small Arms Training
School begins May 30 at the Twin
Consolidated Awards Given — Page 4
City Range in Pleasant Acres. All
those interested should contact Sid
Loveless concerning registration
procedures.
An extensive program has also
been planned for swimming classes
for both children and ladies.
Representatives
Council representatives and their
respective assignments are W. T.
Riedel, volleyball; Ran Boswell, the
July 4 picnic; W. L. Penberthy,
bowling; W. A. Tarrow, Lincoln;
K. A. Manning, golf; F. L. Fisher,
tennis.
H. F. Beckman, softball; Mrs.
J. W. Amyx, swimming; Mrs. W. A.
Dow, July 4 picnic and Christmas;
Mrs. D. F. Leipper, junior high
dance; J. C. Brusse, pre-school;
Mrs. W? B. Dozier, swimming;
C. V. Wootan, Little League; Ran
dall Stelly, tumbling; H. B. Shaef-
fer, archery, and the Chamber of
Commerce, senior high dance.
Adriance was born on the
campus and graduated in 1915 with
a degree in horticulture. He re
ceived his MS degree from the
University of California, his PhD
at Michigan State University and
has been here since 1920.
Adriance is co-author of a horti
culture textbook in use here and
at 36 other major colleges in the
U. S.
Godbey graduated with a BS de
grees at the University of Ken
tucky and came here in 1925, where
he obtained his MS degree the
same year. He has been Head of
the Department of Genetics since
1946, his special field of study
being biometry.
The geneticist is a past winner
of a Faculty Distinguished Achieve
ment Award and was named Man
of the Year by the City of Col
lege Station in 1949.
Known As ‘Judge’
Miller, better known as “Judge”
to his students, came here in 1947
from Jones County, where he was
in the newspaper business for
seven years at Anson. He has
taught agricultural journalism,
special feature writing and radio
and television news writing.
While in Jones County, he was
county attorney for two years,
county judge six years and district
attorney for six years. He also
was president of the State Associa
tion of County Judges and Com
missioners.
Miller taught journalism at Bay
lor University and at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin. He estab
lished the first journalism courses
at Baylor from 1920-22.
The educator was twice named
Professor of the Month at A&M.
Known for Botanical Studies
Doak, widely known for his
botanical studies, received his BS
degree in 1922 at North Texas
State College and his MS degree
at A&M in biology in 1927. He
has been here since 1927 except
for the period 1930-32 when he
obtained his PhD in botany-genet
ics at the Universtiy of Illinois.
The scientist started here as an
instructor. He became an assistant
professor, then associate professor
and in 1938 was made a full pro
fessor and Head of the Department
of Biology, the position he has held
up to the present.
Gen. William H. Simpson, re
tired, will give the commissioning
address at the commissioning ex
ercises May 28 at 3:15 p.m. in the
G. Rollie White Coliseum.
There are 153 applicants for
Army reserve commissions as sec
ond lieutenant and 108 for Air
Force reserve commissions.
The oath of office will be ad
ministered by Lt. Col. Jack H.
Remele of the College’s Military
Department and Gen. Simpson will
present the commissions.
Gen. Simpson is a native Texan,
born in Weatherford and on June
11, 1909, graduated from the U. S.
Military Academy, West Point, and
was appointed a second lieutenant
in the regular army.
Gen. Simpson has a brilliant war
record, having served in World
War I and World War II, over
seas.
Anyone living in the Bryan-
College Station area who served
with the Ninth Army in Europe
during World War II is urged
to contact Capt. John Simmons
of the School of Military Science
prior to May 27.
The Ninth Army under his com
mand arrived in Europe in 1944
and set up the First Command
Post in the field at St. Sauvier,
France. It marched through
France, Belgium and Normandy
and was engaged in the Rohr Riv
er operation, attacked from the
Rohr to the Rhine, crossed the
Rhine River operations to the
Rhine, crossed the Rhine and made
contact with the Russian Army
southwest of Berlin.
Following victory in Europe, the
Ninth Army continued its occupa
tional role, with Gen. Simpson in
command. In August, 1945, when
the capitulation of Japan made re
deployment necessary, Gen. Simp
son brought his army back to the
United States, where after 30 days
leave the Ninth Army headquar
ters reassembled at Fort Bragg,
N. C.
In October 1945 following de
mobilization of his army and air
trip to China, Gen. Simpson was"
appointed acting commanding gen
eral of the Second Army at Mem
phis, Tenn., taking official com
mand upon retirement of Lt. Gen.
Lloyd R. Fredenhall on March 26,
1946.
His decorations include: Dis
tinguished Service Medal, Oak Leaf
Cluster to DSM, Legion of Merit,
Silver Star, Bronze Star Medal,
Philippines Campaign Ribbon,
Mexican Interior) Medal, World
War Victory Medal, Occupation of
Germany Medals, American De
fense Medal, European Theater
Medal, Legion of Honor (Cheval
ier), Croix de Guerre, Order of
British Empire, Legion of Honor
(Commander), (France).
Gen. Simpson retired Nov. 30,
1946 and was advanced on the re
tired list of the army to general
in August, 1954.
Earl L. Butz, dean of agricul
ture at Purdue University, will de
liver the 10 a.m. Commencement
Address, also in G. Rollie White
Coliseum, rounding out the key
note speakers for graduation and
commissioning.
Butz has been at Purdue since
1957 and for three years prior he
served as Assistant Secretary of
Agriculture in charge of marketing
and foreign agriculture.
He is a native of Indiana and
graduated from Purdue in 1932.
He served for eight years as head
of the Department of Agricultural
Economics before becoming Assist
ant Secretary of Agriculture.
Aggie Wife
Perishes
In Accident
Another casualty went on record
for Brazos County yesterday, as
Mrs. T. L. Austin of 4201 College
View, Bryan, was fatally injured
after losing control of her car and
hitting a utility pole located 220
feet north of Avadale Street on
Texas Avqnue, just south of the
shopping center there.
The victim was rushed to St.
Joseph’s Hospital by Hillier Ambu
lance Service, and died immedi
ately after arrival. She is now in
Hillier Funeral Home.
Mrs. Austin’s husband, a junior
at A&M majoring in preparatory
medicine, has been a patient at St.
Joseph’s hospital for several days
and had just undergone an opera
tion Monday. His condition was
reported fair, although the patient
is under sedatives.
Funeral arrangements have not
yet been announced.
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YMCA Council
The men shown here are members of the YMCA Council
for 1960-61 school year. Top row, left to right, are Rev.
Milton W. Bulgerin, pastor of Our Saviour’s Lutheran
Church; Dr. C. R. Lyons, director of Student Health Serv
ices; Dr. Paul J. Woods, associate professor in the Depart
ment of History and Government; David Wallace, YMCA
president-elect and J. Gordon Gay, general secretary of the
YMCA. On the bottom row, left to right, are Dean Frank,
W. R. Hubert, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences;
Rev. James B. Argue, pastor of the A&M Methodist
Church; Dr. C. C. Doak, head of the Department of Biology
and Dr. H. E. Hierth, associate professor in the Depart
ment of English.