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PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGENumber 218: Volume 53 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1954 Price 5 Cents

Muster Ceremony To Be Held Today In Front of MSC

Ag-gie Muster, paying tribute on Texas Independence day to those who died for Texas’ freedom and for the Aggies who have died dur­ing the year, will be held today.

Ceremonies on the campus will be at 4:30 p. m. in front of the Memorial Student Center.

Gov. Allan Stivers will de­liver the Muster address.

The playing of the “Star Spang­led Banner” by the band will open the program.

Charles Parker will give the in­troductions and the invocation will be given by Ide P. Trotter ji\, Corps chaplain.

the board of directors of the A&M System, and Fred Mitchell, cadet colonel of the corps, will be in­troduced.

“The Twelfth Man” will be sung by the Singing Cadets, and “The Spirit of Aggieland” will be played by the Aggie band.

Roll call for the absent will be given by Vol Montgomery of Abi­lene and the Ross Voleunteers will fire a rifle volley.

The Singing Cadets will sing “Auld Lang Syne”, and silver taps will close the ceremony.

More than 400 Musters will be held throughout the world. More than 5,000 pei’sons are expected for the Muster here.

The Muster here will be re­corded by the Texas Quality net­work and broadcast from 9:30 to 10 p. m. tonight.

Gov. Allan ShiversMuster Speaker

byShivers will be presented president David H. Morgan.

Pat Woods, senior class presi­dent, will speak on Muster tradi­tion.

J. Harold Dunn of Amarillo, president of the Association of Former Students and members of

MSC Room Reservations Given Soon

Reservations for Memorial Student Center guest rooms for any of the major events of the 1954-55 school year will be accepted between May 1 and May 31.

A drawing will be held in June to determine who will receive the available accomodations.

Only one room can be reserved for each event, and reservations *re not transfei’able.

Requests for reservations made by former students will be placed with those, of the student body and the general public.

After the drawings confirmations Will be mailed to individuals whose names were drawn.

A room deposit may be mailed to the Center at any time after the confirmations are received or by the specified time on the confir­mation. Room deposits not re­ceived by two weeks prior to the desired date will result in auto­matic cancellation of the reser­vation.

Individuals desiring accomoda­tions may wire, write^or personally make the request at the hotel desk between May 1 and May 31.

MSC Installs New Officers At Banquet

Charles Parker and H. W. (Bud) Whitney were installed as president and vice-presi­dent of the Memorial Student council at its annual meeting last night.

The meeting celebrated the fourth anniversary of the MSC and its ac­tivities. The class of ’54 is the first class which has been able to use the facilities of the MSC through four years;

Forty appreciation awards were presented by the council members of MSC committees for the activi­ties during the year. Oscar Garcia received a distinguished service award for his work with the dance committee and as did Parker for his work on the TV fund drive.

John Samuels was given a watch for his service as president this year.

Jerry Mosley, Helen Atterbury, Francis Schmidt, Margaret Long, and Samuels were in charge of the decorations.

“The union should be the center of all cultural and social extra cur­ricular activities on the campus”. Samuels said in his report to the council. He said the union should perform two functions; first to “teach the student how to spend his leisure time” and secondly to ive him a chance to practice citi­zenship — service to society over self interest.

Frank For<i Appointed Corps Sergeant. Major

TAKE A DEEP BREATH—Pat O’Brien, freshman from Gainsville, has a chest x-ray taken at the stand in the MSC. Mariano Medina, of the Texas Health department, operates the machine.

X-Ray Unit Here For All This Week

The tuberculosis x-ray unit will be in the Memorial Student Center from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. evei'y day this week.

About 700 x-rays had been made

Three Aggies Get Honors In Contest

Three A&M students placed in the top three places of the Texas Rural Journalism Award contest.

Jim Ashlock of Pecos placed se­cond and Frank Hines of Davilla and C. C. Neighbors of Kane, Pa., tied for third place.

Entries in the contest were es­says about the non-metropolitian newspaper field.

Agriculture Men Speak to 2,915

Five member's of the agricultural education department have spoken to 2,915 high school students and parents of students since Jan. 1.

Those making the speeches are E. V. Walton, head of the depart­ment, M. N. Abrams, W. W. Mc- Ilroy, Henry Ross, and J. R. Jack- son.

Hospitality Guests Are Signing Today

Students can begin signing up today for Pi'of Hospitality night on April 27, Dr. Carl Landiss, chairman of the student-faculty sub-committee of the Student Life committee said.

Formerly “Applepolishing Night,” the evening will provide an opportunity for students to visit informally in the homes of profes­sors, Landiss said.

With invitation blanks from 122 professors and staff members al­ready on hand in the student activ­ities office, a response from ap­proximately 1,000 students, both corps and non-corps, will be needed to make the night a complete suc­cess, he said.

Since the forms listing the stu­dent guests must be nthiled back to the professors and staff mem­bers on April 24 to permit them to complete entertainment arrange­ments, the forms will be available today to students in the student ac­tivities office, and Thursday and Friday at a table provided near the fountain room of the MSC.

by noon yesterday. Mdnday, the first day the unit was here, 640 x-rays were made.

Anyone in the county 15 years old or over- is eligible for an x-ray, said Mrs. A. A. Blumberg, execu­tive secretary of the Brazos county Tuberculosis association.

“This is the sixth suiwey in this county, and we expect more people to take advantage of the service this year than ever before,” she said.

The survey is sponsored by the association and the Medical society and the Health unit.

Technicians for the machine are Doris Wickliffe and Marion Me­dina of San Antonio.

Helping with the survey are Mesdames W. G. Breazeale, Jean D. Taibutton, M. V. Krenitzky, Phillip Goode, John Hill, J. R. Oden, A. D. Adamson, W. H. Dela- plane, M. A. Huggett, A. C. Ma­gee, A. E. Carted.

Kay Halsell is general chairman for the county survey. W. L. Pen- berthy, dean of men, and Harry Boyev, chief of housing, are the chairmen for College Station and the college.

Lubbock Junior Gets Highest Non-Com RankFrank Ford, junior agronomy major from Lubbock, has

been named corps sergeant major, effective today.Ford, who has been corps operations sergeant, will be

responsible for coordinating work of the sergeant majors and first sergeants of the corps. He will be the highest ranking non-commissioned officer in the corps.

“Ford’s main job will be planning for next year,” said Fred Mitchell, corps commander. “He certainly deserved th& job after his superior demonstration of devotion to duty dur­ing the year. It wil be a peasure to work with him toward a greater Texas A&M.”

The sergeant major was selected on a basis of academic and military proficiency and leadership ability.

“F o r d has demonstrated that he has developed the characteristics we are lookingfor in a corps sergeant major,” said Col. Joe E. Davis, command­ant.

Reccomendations for the position come from the cadet officers, the military counselors, the PMS&T and the PAS&T.

The PMS&T and the PAS&T narrow the candidates to four, two from the army ROTC and two from air ROTC. A board composed of the PAS&T, the PMS&T, the as­sistant commandant and the com­mandant chose the sergeant major.

“This job is an honor and a chal­lenge that I feel very deeply,”Ford said. “I think these last three years have seen an increas­ingly strong corps of cadets, and I have confidence that we will be able to fux'ther this progress.”

Ford, who is taking ai’tillery mil­itary science, was outstanding sophomoi’e in the corps last year.He has a 2.64 grade point ratio,4. and has been a distinguished stu­dent every semester.

He is a member of the Ross Vol­unteers, the Agronomy society, the student senate, the Agriculturist staff, Alpha Zeta and Phi Eta Sig­ma freshman honor society.

The appointment as sergeant major does not necessarily mean that Ford will be corps command­er next year, Davis said.

A replacement as coi’ps opera­tions sergeant will not be named,Mitchell said.

Frank FordCorps Sergeant Major

Phy sics Student To Receive Award

The phy»ics depai'tment has been given a copy of the current editon of the “Handbook of Chemistry and Physics” by the Chemical Rub­ber Publishing company.

The book will be awai’ded to a sophomore student who has made the most outstanding progress in one of the sophomore physics courses, said J. G. Potter, head of the department.

! Election i dose at

Filings 5 Today

Cadet Officer Choice To Be Done In August

Cadet officers for all outfits on the campus will not be named until the latter part of August said Col. Joe E. Davis, Commandant.

Corp Sergeant Major was to be named today,___________

Deadline for filing for general elections April 27, is 5 p. m. to­day.

Candidates who have filed are as follows:

Class of ’55 student senator; Martin S. Burkhead, Bobby Car­penter, Dale Fisher, Thomas N. Dui'din, John N. Benefield, Jim H. Childress, Jack Couch, Tom Jones (Bubba) Sammons.

J. W. Dewbre, James C. Allums, jr., Floyd Trim, Wallace Evei’S- berg, Roberto Tijerina, Edwin E. Forshage, Richard B. (Dick) Hull, Clifford D. Hobbs, Bill Utsman, Jim McDowell, James D. Johnson, Bob Rowland, A1 Cook, John Dewald, Bill Soltis.

Tommy Schmidt, Pat Wheat, Tony Specia, Jerry D. Ramsey, Neil Price, Edwin (Bubba) Ben­nett, Doug Krueger, Lolan M. Pul­len, Joe Walker, Chartier C. New­ton, John Chapman, Holman King, Deland D. Castle and Bill Riveire.

Class of ’56 for senator; Sidney Pillow, Johnnie Petter, Bill Ruez, Lloro (Bummy) J&ry, Ed FriSSj R

Work Plans Ready For Court House

A. Miller, Jerry T. Neighbors, Wil­liam D. Willis jr., Jerry L. Johnson, Clay McFarland, Stew Coffman,B. A. Parham.

Lari'y B. Kennedy, Gus S. Mijalis, Ronald G. Gardner, Jan D. Bi-oderick, Henry Carl Hill, James Braeutigan, Jim Collins, Paul W. Holladay, G. A. La Hood Jack D. Quinn.

For class of ’57 senator; William A. McCarty jr., Jack Weathei'foi'd, Ronnie Bretz, James “Jim” Row­land, Lee T. Popejoy, Carl E. Wagner, Adolph E. Pavlik, Bob Marshall, Ed C. Hanson, R. W. McClesky and James T. Patterson.

For non-military co - editor of The Battalion: Bob Boriskie and Jon Kinslow.

For non - military yell leaders: Roy Santerre and Frank A. Davis.

For non-military student life: Joe E. West, Wallace Biikes, Jerry C. Schnepp, C. D. (Buddy) Fox- worth, Hugh D. Langtree, Dale Southern, William D. Willis, jr., James E. Cook and Leonard P. Stotz. ____

When work is completed on the proposed $800,000 Brazos County Court house, the county offices will be housed in one of the most mod­ernistic buildings in the nation.

Work on the new structure is scheduled to begin in July after the present court house has been razed and removed. Construction is expected to take about one year.

Designed by the architectural firm of Caudill, Rowlett, Scott and Neff, the new building will consist of four connected units. Three of the units will be one story seg­ments connected with a central four story building.

On the 26th Street side of the court house squai'e will be the building housing the county clerk, the county auditor and the county treasurer. Adjacent to this build­ing will be diagonal parking facil­ities for 15 vehicles.

Central OfficesThe central or main structure

will have offices of the county judge, county sheriff and deputies, justice of the peace and conference I'ooms on the first flooi*. On the second floor will be the district court room, the district clerk office, county court room and office of the county attorney.

Thhxl floor plans include the jury retirement room, petit and grand jury deliberation rooms and office of the probation officer. The jury rooms have been designed to

New Feature Starts Today In Battalion

Newsof the W oriel

By the Associated Press WASHINGTON, April 21—6P>—

Secretary of State Dulles left for the Geneva conference last night, promising to seek an “honorable” peace in Indochina and a free, unit­ed Korea. But Dulles served notice that he would oppose an expected Russian move to turn the Geneva meeting on Far East issues into a Big Five meeting on world prob­lems.

BURBANK, Calif., April 21— <dP)—Seven men were killed yes­terday when an air force flying box car crashed into fog-shroud­ed Mission Peak in the Santa Susana mountains. The big twin- engine C-119 from Charleston, S. C., air force base smashed head-on into the peak only 70 feet below the 2,771-foot crest.

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WASHINGTON, April 21—CP)— The state department disclosed yesterday it fired 309 persons dur­ing 1963 on security charges, in­cluding two employes suspected of espionage. Security officer Scott McLeod told a Senate appropria­tions subcommittee the department had information on 148 of these employes indicating “Communist activity or associations, or member­ship in Communist organizations.”

HOUSTON, April 21—<A>)_A tentative date of May 11 was set yesterday for start of the polio vaccine field test in Harris coun­ty. Tentative plans call for the second shot to be given May 18, with a booster shot following on June 15.

Starting today, The Battal­ion will run daily a feature designed to present news of national importance in concise, easy-to-read form.

The feature, headlined “News of the World”, will con­sist of brief items of import­ance to students and the rest of the college community, compiled in The Battalion of­fice from the wii'es of the Associated Press.

‘Because of the fast-chang­ing news events of today, we believe that this feature will be a service to our readers,” said Harri Baker, Battalion co-editor.

provide complete facilities for both men and women without separating jurors. Sleeping quarters will be separated by a panel.

The entire fourth floor will be the county jail with a 84-prisoner capacity. Adequate facilities will be provided for women prisoners and juveniles. A feature of the plans for the jail portion of the building will be a separate elevator which will deliver prisoners from the ground level to the jail area without taking them through the corridors of the building.

Other UnitsRemaining two units will be lo­

cated on the north side of the central building. The building next to the main structure will house county tax ofices in the east section, while the west end. will contain the public welfare offices.

The fourth or north unit will have the county agent office and home demonstration offices for both Negro and white persons in the east section. Public health of­fices will be located in the west end of the building.

On the north, or College Avenue side of the square, will be a 42-car parking lot, plus parallel parking space on all four sides of the square.

Bonds for construction of the new court house were voted on Dec. 5 by a majority of about six to one in a very light turnout at the polls.

Changes Planned For A&M Library

Major changes scheduled for the next sevei’al months which will make the Cushing Library building cooler, lighter, larger and more comfortable and attractive have been announced by Robert Houze, librarian.

Present plans call for air con­ditioning to be installed during the summer, followed by new floure- scent lighting fixtm’es and in­creased seating capacity for the library.

Old and worn out chairs and tables will be replaced with modern equipment and the entire building will be redecorated. Walls and ceilings in all rooms will be paint­ed, Houze said, and the oil paint­ings on display in the library will be lighted for viewers.

Morgan Protests Service Transfer

President David H. Morgan has sent a letter to John Hannah, as­sistant secretary of defense for manpower, protesting the transfer of service branch ROTC graduates to combat branches.

Quoting from a Battalion story of April 15th, which said that the PMS&T expects “many seniors in oi'dnance, quartermaster and trans­portation will be assigned to active duty in other branches,” Morgan said, “It is essential that we be able to guarantee to the student who qualifies for a contract for advanced training a commission on completion of that rtaining.”

“As we informed you,” Moi'gan’s letter continued, “the morale of our corps of cadets, your future offi­cers, is being seriously affected by doubt and uncertainty arising from the recent failings of the armed services to maintain the tra­ditional ties of long standing with the military colleges.”

Morgan ended the letter by re­questing that “serious co-nsidera- tion be given the special problems of the military colleges and that a policy be established and issued for them so that they can continue to provide, in times of international security, as well as of armed neu­trality, a constant supply of fine ofifeers with a high esprit de corps dedicated to serving their country to the best of their ability.”

AF Camp Placing Completed Soon

The exact summer camp as­signment for air force juniors has not been made but will be released later this week, said Maj. Luther J. Westbrook, operations officer.

The cadets will be assigned to one of ten air bases over the nation.

The first session of camp will begin on June 20 with cadets re­porting to one of the following bases: Norten air force base Calif., Max-ch AFB Calif., Long Beach AFB Calif., Nellis AFB Nev., Luke AFB., Williams AFB Ariz., or Goodfellow AFB Tex.

The last session will begin on July 25 and will include March AFB and Bergstrom AFB Texas,

Weather Today

PARTLY CLOUDYPartly cloudy with decreasing

cloudiness in late afternoon and decreasing winds. High yesterday 84. Low this morning 68.