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Dance, Banquet Highlight
Next To Last Weekend
Gen. Frederic H. Smith, Jr.
. . . named commissioning speaker
Graduation Day Nears
For Over 900 Grads
Six Girls Named
For Vanity Fair
Another of the year’s weekends went down on record
Friday through Sunday, with the Student Publications Ban
quet, selection of Vanity Fair ladies, and the Senior Ring
Dance featured as highlights.
During the Student Publications banquet held Friday
night in the Ballroom of the Memorial Student Center, Vani
ty Fair winners were selected, and all outgoing editors of the
various magazines and newspaper of the college were pre
sented watches; other awards were also presented to out
standing faculty and staff members.
Outgoing editors include Joseph Smith, Southwestern
Veterinarian; Walter Willms, the Agriculturalist; Paul York,
tT'he Engineer; Jim Gib«on.
1 Texas A&M Review: William
L. HickHn. The Battalion;
Commencement and commission
ing ceremonies will be held in G.
Rollie White Coliseum, Saturday
lor over 900 graduates. Diplomas
will be awarded at 9 a.m. and gold
kars will be distributed at 3:15
p,m.
Gen. Frederic H. Smith, Jr., com
mander-in-chief, United States Air
Force in Europe, will deliver the
commissioning address and present
commissions.
Smith was born at Fort Mon
toe, Va., June 30, 1908. He attend
ed the United States Military
kademy 'at West Point and was
craduated a second lieutenant of
Field Artillery June 13, 1929.
His first assignment was that
of a student officer at the Air
Corps Primary and Advanced Fly
ing Schools at Brooks and Kelly
Field, Tex. After receiving his
rings he was transferred to the
irmy Air Corps in December,
His first Air Corps assign
ment was at France Field, Pan-
ama, Canal Zone.
Smith has served in practically
every theater of operation. In 1959
ke was named to his present post.
His decoration include, Disting-
nished Service Medal, Oak Leaf
Cluster, Legion of Merit, Air Med
al, Commendation Ribbon, Army,
Commander o f British Empire
Hedal, American Defense Service
Medal, Aisatic Pacific Campaign
Medal, European-African-Middle
Eastern Campaign Medal, World
Three Teachers
tin Awards
Tt Consolidated
The College Station Lions Club
awarded a $100 U. S. Defense Bond
to each of three teachers in the
A&M Consolidated School System
at a special banquet held at 7 p.m.
last night in the Triangle Restau-
tant.
The three teachers who received
toe awards are Mrs. Christine Du
laney, grade school; Mrs. Margaret
Hierth, junior high school; and
L C. Morgan, senior high schook
One teacher was chosen from each
tovel of the school system..
War 11 Victory Medal, Philippine
Liberation Ribbon, National De
fense Service Medal, Air Force
Longevity Service Awai’d with one
Silver and one Bronze Oak Leaf
Cluster and the American Cam
paign Medal.
Smith is the son of the late Maj.
Gen. and Mrs. Frederic H. Smith.
His wife is the former Miss Martha
King, daughter of the late Fleet
Adm. Ernest King. Gen. and Mrs.
Smith have three sons, Fredeinc,
James and Janvier.
Dr. Andrew D. Holt, president of
the University of Tennessee is the
commencement speaker.
Holt has served in virtually every
capacity of the educational pro
fession. He is an internationally
known educator. He hold a bach
elor’s degree from Emory Univer
sity and master’s and doctor’s de
grees from Columbia University.
He joined the University of Ten
nessee staff in 1950 and has served
as president since 1959. He was
president of the National Educa
tion Association 1949-50. He was
chairman of the U. S. delegation
to the World Organization of the
Teaching Profession at Berne,
Switzerland, in 1949. He has re
ceived many international, nation
al, regional and state honors.
Following is the schedule for the
commencement ceremonies:
Procession, “Air For G String,”
Mrs. W. L. Guthrie, organist.
Invocation, Barney Stumbo, Ci
vilian Chaplain.
Presentation o f Development
Fund Gift, James W. Aston, presi
dent of the Association of Former
Students.
Greetings, Eugene Darby, presi
dent, Board of Directors, A&M
College System.
Greetings, M. T. Harrington,
chancellor, A&M College System.
Introduction of Speaker, Earl
Rudder, president, A&M College.
Commencement Address, Andrew
D. Holt, president, University of
Tennessee.
Conferring of Degrees, Earl Rud
der, president, A&M College.
“The Spirit of Aggiefand,” grad
uates and audience, led by Ed
ward A. Todd.
Benediction, Robert J. Laird,
Corps Chaplain.
Recession, “Largo,” Mrs. W. L.
Guthrie, organist.
Following is the schedule for
commissioning exercises:
Invocation, Robert J. Laird,
Corps Chaplain.
Remarks, Earl Rudder, president,
A&M College.
Commissioning address, Gen.
Frederic H. Smith, commander-in-
chief, United States Air Force in
Europe.
Administration of Oath of Of
fice, Maj. Flavius F. Drake.
Presentation of Commissions,
Gen. F. H. Smith.
Star Spangled BBanner, audi
ence.
Organist, Mrs. Harriet Guthrie.
Tivo More
Batts Left
In Semester
Only two more issues of The
Battalion will be published be
fore the end of the semester.
Issues will be published this
Thursday and the following
Thursday, June 1.
Exam Schedule
May 29-June 3, 1961
Date
Hay 29, Monday
Hay 29, Monday
Hay 30, Tuesday
Hay 30, Tuesday
Hay 31, Wednesday
Hay 31, Wednesday
June 1, Thursday
June 1, Thursday
June 2, Friday
June 2, Friday
June 3, Saturday
June 3, Saturday
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Annual Faculty
Awards Issued
This Afternoon
The Former Student Awards for
Distinguished Faculty Achieve
ment were made this afternoon at
the annual spring faculty and
staff meeting held at 4 p.m. in
Guion Hall.
Presented foV the first time this
year was an award of $1,000 hon
oring the faculty member who was
outstanding in his meritorious
service in the areas of extension
work.
Supported by the Association of
Former Students, the new exten
sion service award will bring the
number of yearly awards to seven.
Other $1,000 awards presented
at the meeting included four given
in the field of teaching, one for
individual student relationships
and one for research. Names of
the faculty members who received
these awards will be published in
Thursday’s Battalion.
The achievement awards were
established in 1955 by the associa
tion through the College Develop
ment Fund. Nominations for the
awards are submitted by both fac
ulty and students, and selections
are made by a faculty committee
whose identity remains secret.
J. B. Hervey, executive secre
tary of the association, said that
the awards are designed to illum
inate distinguished work in all
areas.
Richard McGanq-hy, The Ag--
ffieland, and Johnnv Johnson,
summer editor of The Battalion,
1960.
Vanity Fair winners included
Mrs. Linda Ann Murphy, escorted
by Charles C. Murphy; Mrs. Jo
anna J. Hudson, escorted by Billy
Bob Hudson; Mrs. Novie Jo Dun
lap, escorted by Alvin W. Dun
lap; Mrs. Lola Huitt, escorted by
Larry Huitt; Miss Lasca Butler,
escorted by Vernon Yanta, and
Miss Eleanor Flynn, escorted by
Dougles F. Olbirch.
John N. Harrington, senior lib
eral arts major from College Sta
tion, was named winner of the
Babcock Essay Contest for his
prize winning essay, “Educational
Assets I Find at Texas A&M.”
The first prize was $250; nine run
ners up were presented certificates
of merit by C. L. Babcock of Beau
mont.
Another award presented during
the evening was to The Battalion
for being first place winner in the
annual safety edition contest, spon
sored by Lumberman’s Mutual Cas
ualty Cp. Hicklin, outgoing editor
of The Battalion and president of
the A&M Press Club, received the
award for the staff.
For outstanding faculty and
staff achievement and cooperation,
The Battalion presented special
awards to Jimmy Nuche, J. Gor
don Gaiy, Lt. Col. Robert E. Burns,
Cadet Col. of the Corps Syd Hea
ton, Roland Dommert, and Dorsey
McCrory, assistant to the presi
dent.
Festivities for the Class of ’61
officially began Saturday evening
at six with the annual Senior Ban
quet in Duncan Dining Hall. Guest
speaker for the banquet was Col.
Henry Dittman, United States Air
Force, presently stationed in Paris,
France.
Following the banquet, the Sen
ior Ring Dance began at 8 p.m. in
Sbisa Hall, featuring the music of
Buddy Morrow and his versatile
“Night Train” orchestra.
Six Vanity Fair Winners _ . .
... (from left) Mrs. Joanna J. Hutson, Mrs. lap, Miss Lasca Butler, Mrs. Linda Ann
Lola Huitt, Aggie Sweetheart Louise Kue- Murphy,
hn, Miss Eleanor Flynn, Mrs. Novie Jo Dun-
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Seniors Celebrate At Ring Dance
. .. Cadet Col. of the Corps Syd Heaton shows the way
New Honor Code Proposed
Based on the axiom, “An Aggie
does not lie, cheat or steal or tol
erate those who do,” groundwork
is being laid for an active honor
code to be initiated at A&M next
year, according to Gary Lively,
Corps Intelligence Sergeant.
After careful re-examinations
and revisions of past efforts to es
tablish an honor code, the frame
work for a possibly more success
ful plan has been designed, said
Lively.
“I believe we have something
that will work; it may take it a
few years to be perfected, but we
have heard most of the tentative
first sergeants and company com
manders voice their opinions in
favor of it, and it should be pretty
successful,” he said.
The code is designed to be en
forced at the highest level by an
honor council, consisting of four
seniors either appointed or elected
to the post. These men wo^ild re
ceive a distinctive ribbon or cord,
and the position would be recog
nized as an honor to receive.
Designed to function primarily
in the classroom, but applicable to
other circumstances where breach
of honor would be involved, the
code would work in the following
exemplified manner:
If a cadet saw another cadet
cheating on an exam, he would in
form the guilty party of his obser
vation, and give the guilty one an
opportunity to turn himself in to
his company commander.
The accuser’s unit commander
would also receive the name. All
unit commanders would be mem
bers ex-officio of the Honor Coun
cil, and it would be their respon
sibility to report the violation of
the Honor Code.
The accused’s unit commander
would report his name to the Hon
or Council; the accusor’s company
commander would check to see that
the name was turned in. Then, the
accused’s company commander
would talk with the guilty cadet,
inform him of the proceedings,
and no more action would be taken
for the first offense.
However, on the second offense,
the accused would have to go be
fore the Honor Council, and more
strict measures would be imposed
upon the cadet; a third violation
would be met with the violators
being dismissed from school.
For civilian students, the same
pattern would be followed, with
dormitory counselors taking the
place of unit commanders.
Before any student would be ex
pelled for dishonesty, his case
would go through administrative
channels to the Dean of Students
and the Commandant, said Lively.
At the first of the Fall Semes
ter, 1961, a committe composed of
six seniors, three Army and three
Air Force cadets, will speak to
each cadet unit individually, to ex
plain exactly what the honor code
is, and how it will work to formu
late good for the school, said Live
ly.
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