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76 TO RECEI VE COMMISSIONS
Degrees To Be Given
To 390 Saturday
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Tate Uli The schedule for Saturday’s
Crsity semester graduation exercises, cen-
ia®red around addresses by Dr. John
“ iblltes; J. Newport of the Southwestern
the Ui Baptist Theological Seminary and
<1 at tlidol. Jasper N. Bell, commander of
^Veretflonnally Air Force Base, has been
ing do’ announced.
K The commencement exercises will
iff. Th^ 6 a t 10 a.m. and the com-
JMissioning exercise will be held
j r , at 1:30 p.m. Both are scheduled
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in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
There are 390 candidates for de
grees and 76 applicants for com-
comm 'ssion appli-
*7?P ei cations include 52 applications for
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■ In ®rmy reserve commissions, 22
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a] plicants for Air Force reserve
is k commissions, one applicant for a
r^Olind tpuldic Health Service commission
and one applicant for a Naval
reserve commission.
— Programs
B Cadet Lt. Col. Robert J. Laird
of Dayton, corps chaplain, will
give the invocation at both cere
monies. At the commencement ex
ercises President Earl Rudder will
introduce Newport as the prin-
jCipal speaker and also confer the
'degrees.
I Greetings will be extended at
the commencement ceremony by
William J. Lawson of Austin, a
Inember of the System Boai’d of
Directors, and Dr. M. T. Harring
ton, System Chancellor,
i At the commissioning exercise
(Rudder will again introduce the
speaker, this time Col. Bell. Bell
will present the commissions.
K The 44-year-old Newport ob
tained his first degree in his home
state of Missouri at William Jewell
Mexico Trip
Registration
[Ends Tomorrow
Tomorrow afternoon at 3 has
[been set as the deadline for reg
istering for the tour of Mexico
between semesters. Those inter
ested should inquire at the Bev
erley Braley Travel Agency in the
main lounge of the Memorial Stu
dent Center.
College. He received his Master of
Theology and Doctor of Theology
degrees from the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary at Louis
ville, Ky. He also has the Doctor
of Philosophy degree from the
University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Other Studies
He has also studied at the Uni
versity of Basel in Switzerland,
the University of Zurich, also in
Switzerland, Tulane University,
Union Theological Seminary in
New York City, Columbia Uni
versity and the University of
Tulsa.
At present Newport is Professor
of Philosophy of Religion at the
Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary, located in Foi-t Worth.
Georgia Native
Bell is a native of Georgia
and a graduate of flying training
from the Army Air Corps in 1931.
His present assignment is Wing
Commander, James Connally Air
Force Base, Waco.
During World War II, Bell served
overseas in Puerto Rico, Brazil,
Northern Burma and India.
From 1944-46 he served as chief
of the Airborne Liaison Branch,
Requirements Division, Headquar
ters Army Air Corps.
After that assignment he was
chief of the Logistics Division of
the Air War College at Maxwell
Air Force Base. He held this post
until 1949.
Bell graduated from the Indus
trial College of the Armed Forces
in June, 1950.
His decorations include the
Legion of Merit, the Distinguished
Flying Cross and the Commenda
tion Ribbon.
US’. LAMAR TECH SUNDAY
First Televised
Debate Scheduled
The A&M Debate Teams will travel to Dallas this week
end to appear on television. The appearance, part of a tourna
ment sponsored by the Sinclair Oil Company, will be seen in
College Station at 5 p. m. Sunday.
The Aggies will battle Lamar>
State College on the subject of
federal aid to education with A&M
taking the side opposed to this.
The first program in the series
was last Sunday when Texas
Christian University and Stephen
F. Austin State College discussed
the subject of a retail sales tax
for Texas.
$1,000 For Winner
The school judged the winner
receives $1,000 for its scholarship
fund, while the losers get $500.
After the first round, which will
take six more weeks, the winning
schools will battle it out among
themselves for the Championship
of the State of Texas, with the
winners getting a total of $5,000
for their scholarship fund.
The program is arranged in
three stages: the first part, where
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World Wrap-Up
By The Associated Press
Ags Win Wool-Judging Contest
DENVER—The Texas A&M College team won the col-
tegiate wool-judging contest Sunday at the National Western
Stock Show.
The Texans beat Montana State College 1,536 to 1,535.
Colorado State, Kansas State and Utah State followed.
A. M. Jameson of Ranger, Tex., a member of the A&M
team, had the top individual score of 533.
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New State Home Hoped For
AUSTIN—The director of the Texas Youth Council told
the council Monday he thinks the Legislature will provide a
state home for dependent and neglected Negro children.
^
State Asked To Take Over TRC
AUSTIN—The State Hospital Board was asked Monday
to recommend to the Legislature a complete takeover of the
Texas Rehabilitation Center at Gonzales.
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Legislature Ends Financial Work
j AUSTIN—The Texas Legislature put its finances in
order Monday and then shifted back to neutral gear to await
Tuesday’s inaugural festivities and the governor’s budget
ddress Wednesday.
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Five Texans Die In Crash
FT. CAMPBELL, Ky.,—Five Texans died Sunday night
when an Air Force Cl 19 cargo plane crashed while landing
in a drizzling rain. -
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Four Arrested After Theft
I ANDREWS, Tex.—Four men with money poking from
every pocket and their boots were arrested Monday in con-
inection with the theft of about $10,000 from two elderly
sisters who hid the cash in a bucket in their back yard.
the members of the teams get
three minutes to advance their
ideas; the cross-examination,
where the teams ask each one di
rect question; and the “battle roy
al” portion, where the audience
gets to ask the team members
questions.
Leaving Saturday
The team will depart Saturday
and will stay through Sunday aft
ernoon. The program will be
filmed in Dallas at 2 p.m., and
shown at 5 p.m. the same day.
Members of the team who will
go to Dallas for the debate are
Don Williamson, Dennis Shepps,
Dick Stengel and Robert Denney.
The teams will be accompanied by
Dr. Harrison Hierth, faculty spon
sor.
NSF Grant
Extended
By $15,000
The National Science Foundation
has awarded a $15,000 extension of
a research grant to the Depart
ment of Chemistry to continue sup
port of fundamental aminosugar
research being carried out by Dr.
H. K. Zimmerman. The grant will
continue to be administered
through the A&M Research Foun
dation.
“The research which these funds
will support is primarily con
cerned with the synthesis of new
aminosugars of which a great
many occur naturally as con
stituents of specialized tissues in
the body, antibiotics and bacteria,”
Zimmerman says.
Zimmerman said that recent
work on this project has led to
the verification of the chemical
structure of Neosamine-C, a newly
discovered aminosugar which is a
constituent of the antibiotic Neo-
nycin-C.
This natural animosugar was
first found by a research group
at the University of Illinois, “but
they were unable to determine its
complete structui’e,” said Zimmer-
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Broussard Breaks
Free Toss Record
After the final buzzer sounded; all the fouls were called;
the supply of drink cups extinguished; and usual rowdy
crowd of Longhorns cleared—A&M came out on the bottom
end at Texas Gregory Gym last night by a score of 81-76.
During the first half of play, not more than three points
separated A&M and Texas as the lead changed hands nine
times was tied 10 times. The halftime score was 38-37 in
favor of the Aggies but the percentages didn’t speak too
well for any team as A&M hit for 37 per cent while Texas
has a 36.8 percentage.
Early in the second half Texas’ Butch Skeete and A1
Almanza shot the Longhorns into a lead that was never
overtaken by the Cadets, al-* ~
though they came within one
Broussard, Almanza, Clark
. . . wildly waving down a rebound
ELIL. WHITELY FETED
Medal Of Honor Winner
Attending Inauguration
Eli L. Whiteley, one of A&M’s
two living Congressional Medal of
Honor winners, is attending the
inauguration of President-Elect
John F. Kennedy in Washington,
Friday. Whiteley is a professor in
the Department of Agronomy.
Whiteley was accompanied to
Washington by his family and will
occupy a seat of honor alongside
the president-elect during the cere
monies. He will be a guest of the
inaugural committee.
A graduate of A&M, Whiteley,
Class of ’41, was a first lieutenant
in the Army during World War II.
He is vice president of the Con-
ressional Medal of Honor Society.
Citation Quoted
To illustrate the type of action
for which the awards were made,
Whiteley’s Congressional Medal of
Honor sitation is quoted:
“1st Lt. Eli L. Whiteley, 15th
Infantry Regiment, for conspicu
ous gallantry and intrepidity at
the risk of life above and beyond
the call of duty.
“Lt. Whiteley, while leading his
platoon on Dec. 27, 1944, in savage
house-to-house fighting through
the fortress town of Sigolsheim,
France, attacked a b u i Id i n g
through a street swept by wither
ing mortar and automatic weapons
fire.
“He was hit and severely wound
ed in the arm and shoulder, but
he charged into the house alone
and killed its two defenders. Hurl
ing smoke and fragmentation
Car Registration
Proceeding For
Spring Announced
Students who will have auto
mobiles on the campus next semes
ter, and know where they will be
living, may register their cars
with the Campus Security office
now and avoid standing in line at
registration, it was announced to
day by Campus Security Chief
John F. Hickman.
Students may pay the $3 regis
tration fee at the Campus Security
office anytime between now and
the start of the Spring semester.
grenades before him, he rushed to
the next house and stormed in
side, killing 2 and capturing 11
of the enemy.
“He continued leading the pla
toon in the extremely dangerous
task of clearing hostile troops from
strong points along the street un
til he reached a building held by
fanatical Nazi troops. Although
suffering from painful wounds
which had rendered his left arm
useless, he advanced on this
strongly 4efended house and, after
blasting out a wall with bazooka
fire, charged through a hail of
bullets. Wedging his sub-machine
gun under his uninjured arm, he
rushed into the house through the
hole torn by his rockets, killed 5
of the enemy, and forced the re
maining 12 to surrender.
“As he emerged to continue his
fearless attack, he was again hit
and critically wounded. In agony
and with one eye pierced by a
shell fragment, he shouted for his
Dr. Harrington
To Install
Club Officers
The Brazos County A&M Club
will have its regular monthly
meeting Wednesday in their club
house at the west end of Ehlinger
Drive in Bryan.
Dr. M. T. Harrington, Chan
cellor of the A&M System, will
preside for the installation of new
club officers. This will be an
“eating meeting” as fried chicken
with all the trimmings will be
served with liquid refreshment.
Dr. Wayne Hall, Dean of the
Graduate School, will be the guest
speaker of the evening. Hall will
bring the members up to date on
the role and function of the Gradu
ate School.
New officers who will be in
stalled are Bob Boriskie, President;
Bob Skrabanek, Vice President;
U. M. Alexander, Second Vice
President; M. L. Cashion, Secre
tary-Treasurer, and Tom Sistrunk,
Assistant Secretary-Treasurer.
men to follow him to the next
house. He was determined to stay
in the fighting and did remain at
the head of his platoon until
forcibly evacuated.
“By his disregard for personal
safety, aggressiveness while suf
fering from severe wounds, de
termined leadership, and superb
courage, Lt. Whiteley killed nine
Germans, captured 23 more, and
spearheaded an attack which
cracked the core of the enemy re
sistance in a vital area.”
A&M produced six Congres
sional Medal of Honor winners
during World War II. Two of the
heroes are living and four awards
were made posthumously.
point with 3:20 left as Don
Stanley’s jump shot made the
score 69-68. However, this
closeness was short-lived as Texas
quickly widened their margin to
three points and were upward from
there to end the game a five point
winner.
Again the Aggies’ brightest spot
was Carroll Broussard who netted
37 points for the second time in
the last week. Besides tying his
old record set against Arkansas,
Broussard tore down the A&M
record for free throws. The old
record of 16 was held by James
Addison, but in last night’s game
Broussard tallied 19-22 from the
free throw line.
Texas’ high man was Almanza
who netted 23 points followed by
Jimmy Gilbert with 16. Both Texas
high scorers made 11 free throws
and Almanza was the top re
bounder for both teams with 10.
Jerry Windham was A&M’s big
man off the boards as he dragged
down rebounds as Broussard,
Wayne Annett and Lewis Qualls
had six each.
Fouls marred the performance
of both teams last night as a total
of 61 fouls were called. There were
33 against Texas and 28 against
A&M, but the Aggies suffered the
greatest loss. The only man on
A&M’s starting lineup who didn’t
foul out was Broussard and he
played a major part of the game
with four miscues against him.
Last night’s win left the Long
horns in the Southwest Conference
lead with a 4.-1 record while A&M
is riding in third place tie.
No more conference action is
slated for the Aggies until after
semester exams, but Thursday
night A&M meets Houston in
Houston and Jan. 30-31, the Cadets
host the College of the Pacific.
STATISTICS
TEXAS FG
Almanza 7
Heller 1
Clark 1
Lasiter 3
Skeete ; 5
Winborn ...! 1
Gilbert 3
Brown 2
Dugan 0
Porter 0
Ledbetter 0
TOTALS 23
A&M FG
P. Stanley 2
Broussard 9
Windham 3
D. Stanley 3
Annett 1
Qualls 2
Smith 0
Durbon 0
Craig 0
Young 0
TOTALS
FT
9
1
3
0
3
4
10
2
3
0
0
35
FT
6
19
0
2
2
5
2
0
0
0
Room Fees
May Be Paid
For Spring
Students who wish to reserve the
rooms which they now occupy for
the Spring semester should pay
their fees at the Fiscal Office be
fore noon Saturday. To reserve
the rooms the fee receipts are to
be taken to the Housing Office in
the Basement of the YMCA, and
make the reservations.
Students who wish to reserve a
room other than the one which
they now occupy, including stu
dents changing from military to
civilian dorms and vice versa, may
do so before noon Saturday.
To do so they must present a
room change slip from both House
masters and Organization Com
manders concerned. A student
moving from a military to a
civilian dorm will also secure th(.
signature of his Tactical Officet
on his room change slip. These
students must also turn in a
“Clearance for dropping ROTC”
form to the Housing Office before
registration.
All remaining rooms will be
available on first come, first serve
basis beginning at 8 a.m. Monday.
Military students who are moving
to civilian dorms at this time will
need only the signatures of the
commanding officer and tactical
officer in addition to the “Clear
ance for dropping ROTC” form.
All students who move from the
cadet areas to civilian areas oi
vice versa, are reminded that they
must turn in their mattress covers
to the place where they were
drawn and draw new ones from
the issuing agency for their new
area.
Day students, including those
living in College Apartments* are
strongly urged to secui’e Day
Student Permits and pay their fees
early in order to save time for all
concerned. Any one who expects to
be a day student during the Spring
semester must secure a Day Stu
dent Permit from the Housing
Office before paying their fees.
This includes all students who are
day students at the present time.
Lewis Qualls
. . lets fly with a hook shot