he Battalion
Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1961
Number 107
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4th Army Inspection
Team Completes
The 12-member team of
Fourth Army officers who
conducted the annual inspec
tion of A&M’s military
science program left today
from Easterwood Airport. Head
ing the team on its three-day tour
was Col. Lawrence E. Cummings
of Fort Sam Houston.
Col. Frank L. Elder, Profes
sor of Military Science and Tac
tics, explained that, the inspection
had two objectives. In addition
to inspecting the training and
military proficiency of the cadets,
the team checked the efficiency
of the military science instruction
unit.
Elder reported that the grading
made by the inspection team was
based on administration, quality
of instruction and the use of fa
cilities.
Lt. Col. D. K. Terry, ’44
. . . fourth army inspector
Topping the list of activities
covered by the inspecting officers
was a general inspection in ranks
of all Army cadets followed by a
“pass-by” enabling the team to
observe the general military
knowledge, proficiency with the
“M-l” rifle and marching ability
of the cadets.
Chris H. Schaezler
. . . Co. B-l freshman
‘Ag Mother’ Named
12th Annual Rodeo
Begins Tomorrow
By ALAN PAYNE
Battalion News Editor
The 12th annual National Inter
collegiate Rodeo Association rodeo
will begin tomorrow night at the
college rodeo arena under the
sponsorship of the A&M Rodeo As
sociation.
Over 100 contestants from 13
southwest colleges and universities
have registered for the three-day
rodeo.
Performances will be held night
ly at 8 p.m. tomorrow through Sat
urday and at 1 p.m. Saturday.
The contestants will be compet
ing for team and individual hon
ors. A saddle will be awarded the
all-around cowboy, with trophies
Galveston’s Splash Bay:
Where The Cops Are’
By TOMMY HOLBEIN
Battalion Managing Editor
Tm going to make a new movie,
to replace the one about Ft. Laud
erdale; this show’ll be called
‘Where The Cops Are!”, said one
of the Aggies arrested in Galves
ton’s Splash Day activities over
the weekend.
Upon returning to school, after
spending from 4 to 14 hours in
one of the Galveston jails, students
began seeking proper authorities
on campus for advice on what to
do about the allegedly illicit
charges placed against them.
Dean of Students James P. Han-
nigan said the college would not
take an official stand on the issue,
because students involved were not
officially representing A&M.
Hannigan explained that if mem-
Fatal Accident
Injures One
A&M Student
Two Bryan citizens, a man and
his wife, were fatally injured when
the panel truck in which they were
tiding was in collision with a se
dan driven by Samuel J. Mackin,
sophomore science major at A&M
residing at 303 Walton Drdve.
Scene of the accident which oc-
cured shortly before 8 p.m. yes
terday was the intersection of
Royal and College Avenues, near
the Triangle Restaur-ant.
Eyewitnesses state that the panel
truck driven by Troy McElroy, a
Rryan businessman, was crossing
College Ave. from Royal; as it
pulled on to the road, the sedan
driven by Mackin came over the
hill on College and was in collis
ion with the broadside of the truck.
It was reported the car heading
north on college was traveling at
a high rate of speed. The truck
Was knocked 136 feet and both
vehicles came to rest completely
demolished on an open field across
from the Triangle Restaurant.
The injured were rushed to St.
Joseph’s hospital by Callaway-
Jones ambulances; dead on arrival
Was Mrs. Troy McEh-oy.
Her husband underwent emerg-
ency surgery immediately upon ar
rival, but succombed at 1:45 a.m.
Mackin and a companion, Ronnie
Moffett, were not serious hurt, re
viving only cuts and lacerations
of a minor degree, it was reported
by St. Joseph’s Hospital last night.
No charges have been filed.
bers of the Ross Volunteers or
Freshman Drill Team had been
involved in the police action, the
school might have taken action.
“However, under the existing
circumstances, students must take
any desired action on their own.
Also, no action will be taken
against any student unless evi
dence is presented by the City of
Galveston showing that students
were violating the law,” Hannigan
added.
In a telephone conversation Sat
urday, Police Chief O. E. lienson
of Galveston told Hannigan that
no students had been reported as
attending Texas A&M.
Hannigan then asked him to sup
ply the Dean’s Office with names
of any A&M students that might
be proven criminally involved in
any of the Splash Day trouble.
“As of right now, no names have
been supplied me,” said Hannigan.
Ill feelings about unjust treat
ment in Galveston were still on
edge yesterday evening, as stu
dents reported accounts of inci
dents supplementing those appear
ing in an earlier story.
Edward Lee Kennedy, senior
business administration major
from Dallas, said, “I was in a
group of boys who were appre
hended under similar circumstances
as those of Norris Gilbreath, whose
account of arrest was printed in
yesterday’s Battalion.
“We were driving on our way
to our motel, when we were stop
ped, arrested, and taken to jail.
We wound up in the jail’s court
yard, along with many other stu
dents from a large number of
schools. The courtyard was
guarded by policemen with dogs
and billy clubs.
“The courtyard was a place
where they keep all the trash and
ashes, strewn out on the ground.
Some guys were in swimming
trunks, some were barefooted.
Fortunately, we three were all
fully clothed.
“Everyone had the same com
plaint, being picked up without
explanation or reason. Saturday
morning, we found out what we
were being charged with—it was
unlawful assembly. We had stayed
in the courtyard from about 3
until 10 a.m. Saturday by this
time.
“The fine was $15; two of us
had to pay our way out, and the
other one talked to a judge, and
he was allowed to go free.
“I’d like to, but I can’t fight
it, since funds to afford a lawyer
to buck the City of Galveston
might run pretty high,” concluded
.Kennedy.
Weldon Nash, junior architect
major from Dallas, described his
sensations while driving down a
Galveston street:
“It was a mighty strange feel
ing driving down the street,
afraid to stop because if you did,
you knew you stood a pretty good
chance of getting picked up on
trumped up charges and would
wind up in jail.
“The most infuriating thing to
me was the mobs of policemen,
armed with shotguns, milling
around and stirring up trouble
wherever they could find it. I
saw the police, their dogs, clubs,
and other weapons, and how they
used them.
“That’s one reason it was a
funny sensation driving down the
street, completely afraid to stop,
wondering how long it would be
before you were pulled over and
hauled off with the rest of ’em,”
added Nash.
Phi Kappa Phi
Initiation Set
Monday Night
The annual initiation banquet of
the honor society of Phi Kappa Phi
will be held at 7 p.m. Monday in
the Memorial Student Center.
The speaker for the program is
Dr. Otis A. Singletary, assistant
to the president of the University
of Texas. His subject will be
“The Superior Student in the
State University.”
Singletary is a government
teacher. He is also director of
the Texas University program for
honor undergraduate students and
is regional director of the Wood-
row Wilson Fellowship Founda
tion.
The following new members will
be initiated:
Faculty: M. R. Calliham, Vet
erinary Medicine and Surgery;
Robert Glenn Cochran, Sr., Nu
clear Engineering; Karl E. Elm-
quist, English; Archie I. Flowers,
Veterinary Microbiology; Glen D.
Hallmark, Electrical Engineering;
Joe S. Ham, Physics; Jack Thurs
ton Kent, Mathematics; John G.
Mackin, Sr., Biology; Isaac I. Pe
ters, Dairy Science; Raymond Rei
ser, Biochemistry and Nutrition;
David W. Rosberg, Plant Physiol
ogy and Pathology; Robei’t L.
(See PHI KAPPA on Page 3)
to go to the champions in the in
dividual events.
A&M’s six-man team consists of
Joe Neff, Eddie Rosenberger, Jerry
Andis, Jay Jones, Everett Farth
ing and John Baker. In addition,
numerous Aggies will be compet
ing independently for individual
honors.
Among the defending champions
returning are last year’s all-
around cowboy, Royce Rogers of
Southwest Texas Junior College,
and Karen Bland of Sam Houston
State, the defending champion all-
around girl.
Other schools to be represented
other than A&M, Sam Houston and
Southwest Texas Junior College
are Texas A&I, Blinn Junior Col
lege, Texas University, Texas
Christian University,- Southwest
Texas State College, McNeese
State College, the Univei’sity of
Houston, Stephen F. Austin Col
lege, East Texas State College and
Pan American Junior College.
Events will include bareback
bronc riding, tie-down calf roping,
ribbon roping, steer wrestling and
bull riding for men and barrel rac
ing and a goat tie-down for women
participants.
Third of Year
The four-event meet will be the
third regional rodeo of the school
year for region members, with
three more remaining on the cir
cuit.
At the present time, A&M, Sam
Houston State am} McNeese State
are the top three contenders for
regional team honors. The region
al winner will compete in the na
tional championships in Sacremen-
to, Calif., in August.
Rosenberger is the top Aggie
performer in the standing for in
dividual regional championships.
He ranks second in bareback bronc
riding, primarily due to winning
first place in a rodeo at Sam Hous
ton State in early April.
Following the completion of the
local rodeo Saturday, officers for
the new year will be installed by
the A&M Rodeo Association. They
are Andis, president; Jerry Tay
lor, vice president; Bill Gradick,
recording secretary; Ken Dorris,
corresponding secretary, and Paul
Kiker, treasurer.
THIRD IN A SERIES
F acuity
‘Elated
Award Winners
And Dismayed’
On May 23, the A&M faculty
and staff will assemble in Guion
Hall for the seventh annual faculty
distinguished awards program.
Organ music will fill the hall
as the group is seated. Following
an invocation, and a few remarks
from Jimmy Aston, president of
the Association of Former Stu
dents and Dr. M. T. Harrington,
chancellor of the A&M College
System, President Earl Rudder will
take the podium and discuss the
purpose of the meeting.
Then the President will read off
seven names. Each person called
will come to the stage and receive
a $1,000 award for his outstanding
service to the College.
The recipients will have two
things in common—they will be
elated and also dismayed at why
and how they were chosen. These
emotions will stay with them, too,
because they will likely never find
out who nominated or who selected
them, for this information is kept
secret.
The only thing they will find
out about the selection committee
is that President Rudder appoints
a chairman, the dean of each de
gree-granting school appoints one
member from his school and the
president of the Association of
Former Students appoints two
members.
Only those people on the com
mittee and those who appointed
them know their identity. All
correspondence and nominations
are made to the committee through
the President’s office.
It is equally hard to pin down
just where nomination for one of
of the awards comes from, because
it can come from many sources.
J. B. Hervey, executive sec
retary of the Association, of
Former Students, said today
that anyone—both students and
faculty—may submit names to
be considered for nominations
through the proper nominating
sources.
For instance, in the case of the
four awards for distinguished
achievement in teaching, each of
the student councils of the degree
granting schools may submit
names of three nominees. The
executive committee of the four
schools can also make two nom
inations.
In the case of military science
instruction, the staff of the Corps
of Cadets submits one, and a spe
cial committee composed of the
commandant, professor of military
science and tactics and the profes
sor of air science may submit one.
Nominations for the aw T ard of
distinguished achievement in in
dividual student relationships can
come from each of the sources
above, plus one nomination from
the Student Senate and one from
the Civilian Student Council.
Nominations for the distin
guished achievement award for
research may come from the ex
ecutive committees of each of the
degree-granting schools, the di
rectors of the Engineering and
Agricultural Experiment Stations,
and from the director of the Texas
A&M Research Foundation, each
of whom may make one nomina
tion.
The nominations for the new
award for distinguished achieve
ment in the areas of extension
come from two sources. These
are the directors of the Engineer
ing and Agricultural Extension
Services.
It is likely that those who re
ceive the awards this year will do
just as those in the past—accept
the awards, express their thanks,
and continue to wonder who nom
inated them, and who selected
them.
Mrs. Hilma Huitl
Ch osen For Honor
Mrs. Hilma S. Huitt, mother of Larry Huitt, senior archi
tectural construction and civil engineering major, has been
named Aggie Mother of the Year, according to Bob Bower,
chairman of the Student Senate Public Relations Committee.
Mrs. Huitt, who resides at 2517 Cottonwood Road, Bay
City, was notified of her 4-
re-
was
choosing before it was
leased to the public.
Huitt’s letter to the com
mittee chairman submitting
his mother as nominee for the
honor read as follows:
' “I feel that I have been blessed
with one of the most dedicated
mothers a man could have.
“In 1946, my father, Earl M.
Huitt, was accidentally killed leav
ing mother with four boys rang
ing in age from seven to 13. Rea
lizing she would have to have a
good job to support four boys, she
took what savings she had and
enrolled in several business cour-
“Upon completion of the cour
ses, she started as a sales lady in
an order office. In the next six
years, she climbed from sales lady
to sales manager, to tax deputy
and after being coaxed by inter
ested friends, she ran for County
Clerk of Matagorda County and
was elected.
“In the past 12 years, mother
has sent four boys to college. One
son is a partner in an insurance
agency, another is foreman on a
ranch, another is to graduate from
law school this year, who has an
accounting degree from A&M, and
myself, who will graduate in Jan
uary of 1963 with degrees in arch
itectural construction and civil en
gineering.
For these achievements and
above all for being a wonderful
mother, I feel that Mom, who is
an Aggie at heart, deserves the
honor of being Aggie Mot/her of
the Year.”
Bacteriologists
Slate Meeting
Over Weekend
The Texas branch of the Society
of American Bacteriologists will
hold their spring meeting Satur
day and Sunday in the Veterinary
Medicine Building. Dr. I. I. Pe
ters of the Department of Dairy
Science is program chairman and
vice-president of the Society.
Other A&M members who will
take an active part in the meeting
are Dr. J. R. Couch, of the De
partment of Poultry Science,
chairman of the banquet and ar
rangements; Dr. L. C. Grumbles,
Head of the Department of Vet-
eidnary Microbiology, and Dr. N.
P. Wood of the Department of
Biology.
Presiding officers include Dr.
E. D. Rosenblum, University of
Texas Southwest Medical School,
Dallas, and Wood.
Dr. R. E. Kallio, Department of
Bacteriology, School of Medicine,
State University' of Iowa, will be
the I. M. Lewis lecturer. The ses
sions will be held on the second
floor of the Veterinary Medicine
Building.
Mrs. Hilma Huitt
. . . ‘mother of year’
All - State
W inners
Graphics
Disclosed
Winners of all-state honors in
the Texas State Drawing Compe
tition, were announced yesterday
by the Department of Engineering
Graphics, the sponosr.
The winners are:
First year division—Nick Mor
row, Roy Miller High School, Cor
pus Christi, first place; Jordan
Tarletz, Benjamin Franklin Junior
High School, Dallas, second; Terry
Johnson and Steve Schermerhorn,
both of Harlingen High School,
third and fourth.
Second year division — Robert
Williams, Harlingen High School,
first; Leo Weaver, Jr., Jesse Jones
High School, Houston, second;
Charles Hood, Harlingen High
School, third, and John Rinn,
Rockdale High School, fourth.
The 1961 competition was the
largest ever held in the 19-year
history with 6,500 student partic
ipating from 173 Texas junior and
senior high schools. The number
of schools competing this year
tripled the number entered in 1959.
There were 150 high schools en
tered in 1960.
With the cooperation of the
high school drawing teachers, the
best solutions of the contest prob
lems were mailed to A&M for judg
ing. Every drawing received close
study from the judges in the selec
tion of four winners in each cate
gory of the contest.
du