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The Battalion
Number 79: Volume 54
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1955
Price Five Cents
News
of the
World
By The ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON — Prime Minister
Churchill told the House of Com
mons yesterday that he still is
working for a big power meeting
to ease world tension, and sffrh a
meeting should include West Ger
many and France. Commons ap
proved his stipulation by a vote of
299 to 26G.
★ ★ ★
WASHINGTON—Senators de
bated the tax measures yesterday
and may reach a showdown vote
today. GOP leaders are predict
ing the tax cut proposal will be
defeated.
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STOCKHOLM—Sweden has ac
cused four members of the Lega
tion of Communist Czechoslovakia
and Romania of spying, and barined
those charged from the country.
Eleven suspects have been jailed in
connection with Syeden’s spy
cleanup.
*
NEW YORK—Prices of stocks
on the stock exchange were forc
ed down again yesterday, the
biggest fall in a single day in
five years. The effects were
quickly felt on Capitol Hill,
where some Republican senators
suggested the declines on the
market might have been caused
by a current Senate investiga
tion of the market.
AGGIE PLAYERS—With the audience all around their production of “Ah, Wilderness,”
the Aggie Players give a scene from the Eugene O’Neill play. From left to right are Ty
Hungerford, Suzanne Moss, John Kessinger, Sara Pate, and Ara Haswell.
6 Ah, Wilderness’
Anderson Edits
New Publication
Dr. John Q. Anderson of the
English depai’tment is editor of
a publication, “Brokenburn, The
Journal of Kate Stone, 1861-1868.”
The book gives e* graphic descrip
tion of civilian life during the Ci
vil war, and mentions sevei’al
Texans who took an active part
in the war.
The material is from the diary
of Kate Stone, who lived in Lou
isiana and Texas during the period.
The diary recently was found by
Anderson in Tallulah, La., where
he was seeking material for a-
nothei* book.
Anderson will be a guest of ho
nor Thui'sday at Tallulah. The day
has been named Kate Stone day,
and will honor Miss Amy Holmes,
the only living descendent of the
diarist. Anderson will appear on
radio programs in Tallulah and
Vicksburg, Miss.
Marketing Society
Gets Affiliation
The A&M Marketing society was
accepted into the American Mar
keting assoiation last week, ac
cording to Tony Specia, president
of the A&M group.
This affiliation links the socie
ty with other leading colleges and
universities throughout the coun
try.
Having at present more than 50
members, the society meets at
least twice a month with promi
nent speakers for the meetings,
he said.
• Marketing sponsors, T. R. Yan-
tis and A. B. King, said that the
affiliation was an outstanding step
towards the’ progress of the so
ciety.
WHITNEY ELECTED
TO HEAD COUNCIL
Council Planning
Civilian Weekend
Aggie Players Have Hit
By JERRY NEIGHBORS
Battalion Staff Writer
The Aggie Players, with Eugene
O’Neill’s “Ah, Wilderness,” played
to a standing room only first night
house last night, with Frank Coul
ter, Ara Haswell, and Ted Castle
turning in the top performances.
“Ah, Wilderness,” the story of
the Great American Middle Class
of the early 1900’s is good O’Neill,
and last night’s show was good
amateur theater, worthy of the tra
ditional “well done.”
Shep Fields Set
For Ring Dance
The senior class voted last night
to have Shep Fields as the orches
tra for the Senior Ring dance May
21.
The ring dance committee offer
ed the seniors only two choices:
Fields or Johnny Long. The com
mittee said that it would cost too
much to get any other band, since
no others would be on tour in this
area at that time.
The class will meet again next
Monday to discuss the rest of the
dance, the senior banquet, and the
assessment for activities.
The meeting will be in the MSC
ballroom at 7:15 p.m.
Corps To Change
To Khaki Uniform
The corps of cadets will change
to summer khaki uniforms Wed
nesday morning.
The uniform will be worn with
out a tie during the day, but a
tie must be worn for the supper
formation and after.
The corps will wear the green
winter uniform for Military day,
March 26, according to J. Frank
Ford, colonel of the corps.
The winter uniform will be worn
all day March 26, including the
Military ball that night, he said.
The Players gave the show in
the round, putting the actors and
the action right in the laps of the
spectators. Don Powell’s impres
sionistic sets added much to the
play.
Two special scenes were Ted
Castle and Anne Halsam treating
the audience to one of the funniest
situations in the theater, and John
Kessinger, as Castle’s father, try
ing to tell his son the “facts of
life.” i
Information
Wanted On
Dog’s Death
Fritz, a boxer dog that be
longed to Mr. and Mrs. Lionel
L. Olyer of College Station,
was killed by a car March 6,
and the Olyers are trying to
find out how it happened.
They know the accident hap
pened on South College aven
ue, near the Culpepper addi
tion, but they want to know
more about it. They would
like to have. any one who
knows about the accident or
saw it happen get in touch
with them at 404-A Milam ave
nue or 6-4756.
“We are not seeking to have
whoever hit him reimburse us;
we are mei'ely interested in
knowing the circumstances,”
said Mrs. Olyer.
This play is the debut of a new
director for the Aggie Playei*s,
English Teacher Viv Wiening. In
the background was the Player’s
former director, now producer, C.
K. Esten.
And lurking around the edges
wei'e the people who do a lot of
the work and never get the ap
plause, Bill Swann, stage manager;
Ernie Kennedy, lights; Don Hen
derson, costumes; Albert Cusick,
sound effects and music; Tommy
Devenport, house manager; and
Bill Gilbert, tickets. .
There will be two more perform
ances of the play—tonight and to
morrow night, 8 p.m., Memorial
Student Center ballroom.
OH Invites Asians
Asian students attending A&M
have been invited to visit the Uni
versity of Oklahoma in April. An
Asia week program is scheduled at
the university April 3 to 10, and
Asian students attending over 300
schools throughout the United
States will -be invited to the school
April 8 aud 9 for talks by repre
sentatives of Asian countries.
6 Mincl Your Manners’
Etiquette Series Starts
By JIM GROVES
Battalion Staff Writer
Aggies will get a chance to learn
the good manners Aggies are some
times accused of not having by at
tending the free “Mind Your Man
ners” series sponsored by the Me
morial Student Center.
The first session of the month
long series will be Thursday, with
wives of faculty members speaking
on “Social Etiquette” at 7:30 p.m.
in the MSC ballroom.
Throughout the series, which will
cover social, table, business, and
military etiquette, faculty and staff
members and their wives will be
guests lecturers to explain the ba
sic fundamentals and the compli
cated details of good manners.
Speakers for the “Social Eti
quette” panel are Chancellor M. T.
Harrington and his wife; Mrs. Ide
P. Trotter, wife of the dean of the
Graduate School; Mrs. Jack Miller,
wife of the head of the animal hus
bandry depai’tment; and Mrs. Wal
ter Delaplane, wife of the dean of
arts and sciences.
Mrs. Fred Smith will be chair
man for this first session.
A men’s style show is tentatively
Weather Today
The weather outlook for today
is little change in temperature
with cloudy skies throughout the
day and possibilities of rain show
ers.
The high yesterday was 82, low
65. The temperature at 11:15 this
morning was 75.
set to end the series, sometime
in April.
There is no admission charge for
any of the sessions, and all stu
dents, student wives, and any other
interested persons are invited to
attend, said Dave Ashcroft, chair
man of the special etiquette series
committee of the MSC council.
“The proper attitude,” said MSC
Director Wayne Stark, speaking on
the value of the program, “must
consist of the right amount of
well-rounded personality and the
right amount of humility.”
Student members of the “Mind
Your Manners” committee, besides
Ashcroft, are L. E. Shepard, Tom
Yates, Doug Von Gonten, Bill Uts-
man, San Laden, R. L. Dabney,
John W. Jones, and Joe Hoffman.
Lecture Planned
Sanford Werbin, chief food
chemist for Stein, Hall & company.
New York City, will deliver a
Graduate School lecture at 8 p.m.
Thursday in the biological sciences
lecture room. Werbin‘s topic wlil
be “Colloids and Food Technology.”
The public is inviied.
A Civilian Student weekend dur
ing May was proposed last night
by the Civilian Student Council.
The dates proposed by the coun
cil were Thursday, May 12 through
Saturday, May 14. The Civilian
Student dance is planned for May
14.
Tentative plans for the weekend,
which have been approved by sev
eral college officials, include a
beard-growing contest, ugly man
contest, and a barbeque, according
to T. S. (Stew) Coffman, who has
been working with some of the
councilmen on the plans.
Lanktree Chairman
Hugh Lanktree, chairman of the
council’s dance committee, was al
so named chairman for the week
end’s activities. Representatives
are to be named from each civilian
dormitory to aid in the planning.
Coffman said activities for the
weekend would include those which
would be “unique only to civilian
students.” The council passed the
motion providing for the weekend
unanimously.
Election Discussion
Discussion also arose on student
elections, which will begin in April.
Some of the councilmen said they
felt the ban against campaign
signs was not fair to the civilian
students.
The council unanimously passed
a recommendation to the Student
Life committee asking that “cam
paigning in civilian areas for civ
ilian students” be allowed.
Book-Selling Room
Councilman Pete Goodwin sug
gested that a non-profit book room
be set aside where students could
sell their used text books. He said
he felt the students could get more
money from book sales if such a
room were provided. The pro
posal was referred to a committee.
In other action, the council re
ferred to a committee a motion
stating that all ramp, floor and
row representatives be given keys
for their work during the year.
The committee was appointed to
decide what qualifications would be
necessary for a representative to
earn a key.
The council also voted to have
the Capers Combo to play for the
Civilian dance. Lanktree reported
that other arrangements for the
dance were being held up until the
band was named.
The council’s next meeting will
be March 28. Absent from the
meeting last night were R. C.
Francis and Ray Lambert.
Attendance
Urged For
Soph Ball
Durwood Thompson, social
secretary of the sophomore
class, has urged ^all sopho
mores to get dates for the
sophomore ball, to be held in
The Grove April 2.
“Everyone’s participation will
make the dance a success,” he said.
Buddy Brock’s orchestra of
Houston will play for the dance,
which will be from 8 p.m. to mid
night. ,
All sophomores who have not
paid their class donation and sen
iors who wish to attend the dance
with their dates can go by deposit
ing a dollar in the class fund in
the student activities office.
Pictures for the sophomore
sweetheart may be turned in now
at the student activities office. Any
size picture is eligible, and all pic
tures will be returned, Thompson
said. The deadline for turning in
pictures is March 25.
Brock’s orchestra plays music
types from dixieland to Miller, and
features Betty Cole as vocalist.
His musicians have played with
name bands like Gene Krupa, Bud
dy Morrow, Jimmy Dorsey, Bob
Crosby, and Freddy Martin, and
Miss Cole has toured with the
Horace Heidt show.
Phi Eta Sigma
Honor Society Initiates 86
Eighty-six new members of Phi i room of the Memorial Student Cen-
Eta Sigma, freshman honor society, ter and will go to the Assembly
will be initiated today at 4:30 p.m. room for the initiation. Those who
Initiates are to meet in the Birch | have classes until 5 p.m. will report
MISS WOOL IS IN THE PINK—Sarah Belcia, Miss Wool
of 1955, will appear in the P. L. (Pinky) Downs jr. appre
ciation show, “In The Pink,” scheduled for March 24 in the
G. Rollie White coliseuip. The blue-eyed 19-year-old beau
ty won the title in a contest sponsored by the Texas Sheep
and Goat Raisers’ association and the San Angelo Board
of City Development during Wool Fiesta week held in San
Angelo in September. Third “Miss Wool” to be selected.
Miss Belcia is an honor graduate of Jefferson high school
in San Antonio and currently is Miss San Antonio. She is
5 feet-5 inches, weighs 125 and has caramel-colored hair.
after their class.
C. H. Ransdell, acting dean of
the Basic Division and co-sponsor
of the society, said that he was
anxious for all persons who are
eligible to be initiated to be present
because pictures for the Aggieland
will be taken.
Honorary members will be intro
duced at the annual banquet May
5, he said.
Present officers of the society
are Larry D. Piper, president; Au
brey G. Owen, vice-president;
James Duke Willbom, secretary;
Robert L. Glazener, treasurer; and
Robert L. Patton, historian.
Jerry Ramsey and Weldon W.
Walker, respectively, are senior
and junior advisors.
Members eligible for initiation
into Phi Eta Sigma are Frederick
W. Adair, Byron E. Andrews,
Thomas A. Beckett jr., Philip R.
Blackburn, David C. Bonner, James
I W. Brady, Arthur F. Brooks, Don
ald Wayne Carver, Asa Bill Chil-
j ders jr., Robert Coffey II, James
Paul Costa, Donald A. Cunningham,
Elam Leon Denham.
Don T. Elledge, Thomas W.
Estes, Edward B. Field, Charles K.
Gorstenberg, William M. Gillespie,
Oscar David Graham, Edward E.
Graul, James Robert Groves, Jon
Lewis Hagler, Sammy M. Halley,
Jack Andrew Haney, Thomas R.
Harris, Jerry Donald Hawes, Nich
olas A. Hopkins, Robert L. Hudson,
Tom D. Humphreys II, Charles H.
Johnson, David A. Jones jr.. Jay
Leslie Kaufman, Robert H. Kidd
III, Gerald A. Kramer.
William E. Kuykendall, Everett
(See PHI ETA SIGMA, Page 2)
Wall Named
Vice-President;
Others Picked
Bud Whitney was elected
president and Dick Wall vice
president of the Memorial
Student Center council for
next year at a meeting held
last night in the MSC senate cham
ber. '
Permission to hold the Aggie
muster on the MSC lawn also was
gi’anted and a budget of $164.60
was set up for a “Mind Your Man
ners” series which will include so
cial, dining, business and military
etiquette, Dave Ashcroft, commit
tee chairman said. A style show
was included in the budget esti
mate.
Performers in the Intercollegiate
Talent show have been invited to
go to Tyler following the Friday
show here to appear on a telethon
fund drive for the Texas Warm
Spring polio foundation, Charlie
Parker, MSC council president,
said.
Committee and group chairmen
elected during the evening for next
year’s offices include Paul Ross,
art group; Edmond Saad, dance
group; Les Robinson, forum group;
Bob Bacher, great issues commit
tee; Bob Rea, recital series com
mittee; Walter Neaves, film socie
ty committee; Rudy Hernandez,
browsing library comittee; Frank
Vaden III, games group; A1 Mc
Clellan, bowling committee;
Charles Skillman, bridge commit
tee.
Gene Grossholz,, audio commit
tee; Roy Wallace, crafts commit
tee; Bill Willis, junto committee;
Bryan Dedeker, public relations
group; Erwin Lyon III, radio com
mittee; Robert T. Stansberry, cam
era committee; Ex-le Vandergoltz,
stamp collecting committee; Dick
McGlaun, house group and Art
Henderson, music group.
Bill Willis and Frank daggers
were elected members of the coun
cil for next year. Two council mem
bers will be elected by the student
body in class elections to be held
March 28-29, one from the junior
and senior classes and one from the
freshmen and sophomore classes.
In addition to these council mem
bers, another will be selected from
the student senate next fall and the
co-editox’s of The Battalion will
complete the student membership
of the council.
Pax-ker said that MSC service
awards and distinguished seiwice
awards would be presented to sev
eral membei’s of the various com
mittees and gi'oups who have been
outstanding in their committee or
gx-oup work during the year. Some
of the council members will also
receive cex’tificates, he said.
More Than 100
Attend Meeting
More than 100 members of the
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers as
sociation are attending a quarterly
meeting of the association and the
women’s auxiliary here.
The meeting, which started yes
terday and will end today, includ
ed a tour of the campus yesterday
with special interest on the col
lege farms, bams and labox-atories.
Business ■' meetings, committee
meetings and a brief report on the
teaching-research-extension pro
gram of the college in livestock
woik as it affects the sheep and
goat industry were on today's
agenda.
R. W. Hodge of Del Rio is pres
ident of the association.
Li ons Chib Elects
Medlen President
A. B. Medlen of the biology de
partment yesterday was elected
president of the College Station
Lions club.
Other officers elected were F. P.
Jaggie, first rice-president; J. M.
Prescott, second vice-president;
Capt. A. K. Sparks, third vice-pres
ident; Don Daris, secretai*y; A. B.
Wooten, treasurer; Don Young, lion
tamer; and A1 King, tail twister.
Board members elected for a
two-year term were W. W. Kirk-
ham and W. F. Burt.