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HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARRIVING FOR SPORTS DAY President David H. Morgan High school students from throughout Texas will descend on the campus today and tomorrow for the annual High School and Spoils day activities. About 1,000 students are ex pected for the program, which is designed to give the students a look at life on the A&M campus. Morgan Speaks Saturday morning registration will be held in Guion hall. A wel coming address by President Da vid H. Morgan and Lt. Col. Tay lor Wilkins, assistant command- and, start the day’s activity. Following a showing of “We Are the Aggies,” the prospective Aggies will have an opportunity to go on various tours of the campus, particularly such build ings that pertain to their future majors. Afternoon Sports After lunch in the dining halls In this issue of The Battalion are two pages of special sports stories and pictures devoted to Sports day and High School day activities. The editors hope that this coverage will be of help to the high school visitors, and that they will enjoy their stay here. at noon the afternoon will be devoted to various sports includ ing a tennis and golf match at 1 p.m., swimming meet and a base ball game at 2 p.m. After supper an intra-squad football game will be held on Kyle field. “All visitors still on the cam pus after the football game are invited to attend the Freshman ball in Sbisa hall at 9 p.m.,” said Pete Hardesty, student activities business manager. Transportation Furnished Former students over the state will provide transportation for those visitors unable to bring their own cars. Hometown clubs here on the campus have invited the students down and will be responsible for providing them with a place to stay, added Hardesty. Lt. Col. Taylor Wilkins The Battalion Number 74: Volume 54 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1955 Price Five Cents PRACTICE—Gene Henderson carries as the Aggie gridsters practice for next season. The intra-squad game tomorrow night will be the finale of Sports day activities. At Dance Saturday Fish To Pick Sweetheart The Freshman Sweetheart will be chosen Saturday night during the intermission at the Freshman Ball. The five finalists are Miss Peggy Cafe Rue Pinalle Set For Tonight The first Cafe R«e Pinalle of the spring semester will be held from 8:30 to 12:30 tonight in the Me morial Student Center. Ernie Martelino and his combo will play for the dance, and an all-star local talent floor show will begin at 10 p.m. Magician Dean Duncan will be master of ceremonies for the floor show. Jim Harrison and his gui tar and Ted Stecki and his accor- dian will play. Duncan, Harrison, and Stecki are the winners of the Aggie Talent show for the last three years. Janet Folweiler will sing, ac companied by Claire Rogers. The games area of the MSC will be decorated for the “French style nightclub,” complete with French waiters. Dick Wall will be head waiter. Others will be Roy Matthew’s, Mike Kuich, and Kit Kittrell. Admission will be GO cents per person. Weather Today The weather outlook for today is windy, cloudy, no rain expected and little change in temperature. The temperature at 10:19 this morning was 72. Patton from Wichita Falls, enter ed by Duane Miller; Miss Jo Ann Winchester from Rochester, en trant of Jon Hagler; Miss Gwen Bell from Sherman, entered by Boyd Smith; Miss Andi’ea Bea Cole, San Antonio, entered by Robert Mireles; and Miss Barbara Reidland, Dayton, entrant of Don Schilling. (See Pictures Below) Finalists for the annual event New Oil Book Dedicated To Gilchrist “The Oil Resources of Tex as,” a 358-page book, has been dedicated to Gibb Gil christ, former chancellor of the A&M system. Co-authors of the book are George H. Fancher, petroleum en gineering professor at the Univer sity of Texas, and Robert L. Whit ing, head of the petroleum engi neering department here. “It is with great pleasure that we dedicate this volume to the Honorable Gibb Gilchrist, former chancellor of the Texas A&M col lege system in recognition of his forthright help as one of the steer ing committee that originated and put on the way through a success ful start the research program of the University of Texas, A&M col lege and the Raifroad Commission of Texas,” the dedication reads. The citation is signed by Ernest H. Thompson and James P. Hart of the Texas Petroleum Research Steering committee. were chosen this year by Ed Cash- man, John Dosher, Jim Gatlin, James Saunders, Larry Van Dooz- er, Don Elledge, Ted Lowe, Don McGinney and Larry Max-tin. W. M. (Bill) Turner and his Ag- gieland orchestra will play for the dance, which will last from 8 to midnight. Money for the dance was gotten by $1 contributions from each corps fi’eshman. Civilian freiihmen may 1’eceive a complimentary tic ket to the ball by going by the student activities office and giv ing $1 to the class fund. Three to Attend New Orleans Meet Three students left yesterday for the Southwestern Journalism con-, gress in New Orleans Friday and Saturday. Attending the convention are Ralph Cole, Bill Fullerton and George Manitzas. Ross Strader, manager of student publications, also will attend. The congress will study various phases of news writing, advertis ing and publication. A boat trip and a tour of the city are some of the events planned. Senate Asks Earlier Holidays; Sets New Location for Bonfire Revised Schedule Offered for Exams The Student Senate vot§d last night to ask the college to officially start holiday periods at noon instead of a 5 p.m. the day before the holiday. The senate said that too many students had to make long drives at night to get home when they had to stay here until 5 p.m. Senators felt that allowing students to leave at noon would enable most to get home before darkness. The senate acted on this on a suggestion from the Civil ian Student Council, which recently passed a similar resolu tion. Holiday periods included would be Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter. The senate also voted to build the Thanksgiving bonfire in the area behind Duncan - * hall, and proposed a new final examination schedule. The senate voted last se mester to move the site of the bonfire if the college would agree to landscape the main drill field, the previous site. Behind Duncan Last night, the area behind Dun can hall, used as a di-ill field, was decided upon for the bonfire. The new final examination sched ule, the work of Glenn Buell and the senate’s exemption committee, will be forwarded to Registrar H. L. Heaton for his consideration. No Saturday Afternoon It was proposed to eliminate having many students taking a fi nal examination on Saturday aft ernoon. Under the senate’s sched ule, the only examination period scheduled for Saturday afternoon is one when only 12 sections meet. The exemption committee also presented a rough draft of a let ter giving the senate’s reason for requesting the return of exemp tions. The letter, after final sen ate approval, will be sent to other student organizations, then to the Executive committee. New Representation An amendment that would give the Project House area a represen tative on the senate was proposed by Dave Parnell. The amendment wall be voted on at the next senate meeting. Committees were formed to study the possibility of having pre- registration for the spring semes ter, and to investigate methods of raising about $200 to complete the Twelfth Man Scholarship for this year. World News By the ASSOCIATED PRESS FORMOSA—Secretary of State Dulles is reported to have told Chiang Kae-Shek the offshore is lands of Quemoy and the Matsus will not be used in any cease fire negotiations without Nationalist consent. He conferred with Chaing during the secretary’s tour of Asia. LONDON—British Prime Minister Churchill told Com mons yesterday if Britain suf fers a sneak hydrogen bomb raid, the U.S. might strike back at the aggressor without waiting for consultations. UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.—Is rael has complained to the U. N. that Egypt has continually vio lated the 1949 armistice that end ed the Palestine war. The U. N. called an emergency meeting of (See WORLD NEWS on Page 2) Deadline Nears For Draft Test Monday is the deadline for making application for the Se lective Service qualification test, according to the housing office. Application blanks are available in the housing office and must be mailed by mid night Monday. The test will be given here April 21. Committee Okays New Activity Fee Based on AP Reports A senate committee of the Texas Legislature Wednesday approved a bill that would allow state colleges to charge a mandatory student ac tivity fee of up to $20 a semester, or $40 a year. This bill, which will now go to the senate for debate, came fast on the heels of house committee approval for a bill that would raise the state college tuition from $25 a semester to $50 a semester. This Takes All the Fun Out of It To combat people slipping into the Skyway drive-in the ater, the management has come up with a novel method— they’re going to let in free anyone who doesn’t have the price of admission. If anyone doesn’t have the price of admission, says Jack Farr of Houston, owner of the theater, they can get in by going by to see Manager J. W. Robertson first. He also added that anyone who was caught sneaking in would be chax-ged with tx*es- passing. The senate state affairs commit tee passed the activities fee bill by a 6 to 5 vote, after heaxing sev- ex*al college pi’esidents and students testify that most students would not object to paying the fee and that it would not wox-k any addi tional hai'dships on them. Senator Jimmy Phillips of An- gleton, who led a fight against the bill, said that colleges should not be allowed to charge so much for “archery, artistry, and other ac-f tivities.” Senator Otis Lock of Lufkin, who authored the bill, said the stu dents should be exposed to spe cialized activities, at their own ex pense. “The state pi-ovides almost a free education for its students, but their are some things they should pay for,” Lock said. Rising Costs Phillips argued that if the Leg islature approves both the $25 tui tion incx-ease and the $40 activity fee, the cost of a year of school could be $140. Six 1947, a mandatory activity fee was authoi'ized at state col leges. The law allowing this ex- pix-ed in 1952. At that time the maximum fee allowed was $15 a semester. A&M now has an optional stu- dexxt activity fee of $21.90 a year. This includes all intei’collegiate athletic events sponsored by the (See LEGISLATIVE, Page 3) President’s Message “Howdy” and welcome to our visitors on the campus for this very special day, “High School Day”. The College is at your service. We hope that your stay with us will be most beneficial to you in making your decision relative to attend ing college and the choice of your college. The faculty, staff, and student body are ready to answer your questions, not only concerning A&M College, but also concerning college education in general. May your stay with us be enjoyable as well as profitable. David H. Morgan President Which One Will Be Freshman Sweetheart? Brusse To Work With Airplanes Capt. Joseph C. Brusse, former tactical officer of dormitory 11, is now working in the personal aircraft research center. The research center is part of the engineering experiment sta tion, and is located in the same building as the wind tunnel at Eaatarwood airport. Andrea Bea Cole By Robert E. Mireles ... — -w. . ■ -*•— ■ Barbara Reidland By Don Schilling Peggy Patton By Duane L. Miller Gwen Bell By Boyd Smith JoAnn Winchester By Jon Hagler