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The Battalion Number 119: Volume 55 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1956 Price Five Cents Math Contest Open to Fish, Sophomores Freshmen now enrolled in math 104 and sophomores in math 210 can enter the an nual mathematics contest, which is scheduled for Tues day, April 24, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. The examination for freshmen will be held in room 223 of the Academic Bldg, and the sophomore contest in room 225. Prizes offered this year in each of the contests have been announc ed by Dr. E. C. Klipple, head of the Mathematics Depai'tment, as fol lows: First—gold wrist watch Second—$15 Third—$10 All prizes in the freshman con test and the second and third prizes of the sophomore contest are provided by the Robert F. Smith Memorial Fund, established in memory of the late Prof. Robert F. Smith. The first prize for sophomores is obtained through the Halpei’in Award Fund, established by the estate of the late Prof. H. Halperin. Both men were for many years members of the mathematics staff of the college. Winners in last year’s freshman contest were Richard S. Palmer, Samuel B. Wachel and James A. Gibbs—first, second and third, re spectively; and, in the same order for the sophomores, Charles L. Ed wards, Daniel Stalmach and Ron ald S. McCarter. College Calendar Reservations Open A meeting of all interested de partment, class, club, and organ ization officers has been author ized by the Student Life Committee for the purpose of reserving dates of student functions on the 1956- 57 All-College Calendar. The meeting will be held April 26, at 5 p.m. in Room 101 of the YMCA. “It will be wise if each depart ment, class, organization, or club Will start now discussing desirable jates for reservation at this meet ing,” said C. G. (Spike) White, director of recreation and enter tainment. Anyone desiring Student Life r Committee policies concerning this All-College Calendar should see White in the Student Activities Of fice, Second Floor, YMCA. TWO OF A KIND—Royce Hudson of Bryan and friend, cutting capers getting ready for the Texas Aggie Intercollegiate Rodeo that begins tonight at 8 p.m. in the Aggie Rodeo Arena. Royce won his clowing spurs in the All-Aggie show last fall and will show his stuff in the three-day show in which 16 teams from over the southern district of the NIRA will compete. A&M Rodeo Tonight A Prize for Everyone You don’t have to be a contest ant to. win at this year’s Aggie Intercollegiate Rodeo. All you have to do is buy a ticket. A Shetland Pony will be pre sented as a gate prize at the last performance Saturday night. You do not have to be present to win. Just save your ticket stub and drop one half in the box at the entrance. This years’ Rodeo will be pi-e- sented at four performances, to night, Friday and Saturday nights at 8 p.m. and a matinee perform ance Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. The Saturday afternoon matinee will be in honor of the professors of A&M College. Preliminaries began this after noon at 1 p.m. with the champion cutting horse eliminations. This was open to the public. Tomorrow afternoon at 4, a pa rade will be held in downtown Bryan celebrating the event. The parade will be led by contestants and will have the Consolidated High School Band and two Bryan High School Bands. Local automo bile and farm implement dealers will be represented in the parade. A large number of prizes and trophies have been donated by mer chants from College Station, Bryan, and other surrounding cities. These prizes are on display at A. M. Waldrop and Company at North Gate. Prizes and their- donors are as follows: Trophy Saddle to the Champion All-Around Cowboy, do nated by E. W. Brown of Orange, Tex.; Team Trophy, donated by Spec Harrison of Houston; Trophy Buckle to Champion All-Around Cowgirl, donated by the Saddle and Sirloin Club; Hand Tooled Breast Photographer Gives Set-Up For Aggieland “Two dollars to get my pic ture made for the annual and I don’t even get a copy,” Ag gies have been complaining lately. “The Aggieland Stu dio sure is cleaning up on us!” “Not so,” says Gene Sutphen, owner. In fact: “We lose nearly 50 cents on every annual picture we make that we don’t get re-orders on. “By the terms of our contract we have to pay the Aggieland 50 cents on each picture plus a lump sum of $500. Costs have risen by 25 percent in the last 10 years, but our price has remained the same.” He explained that matei-ials cost him about $1 for the proofs, re touching, and the glossy print he furnishes the “Aggieland.” That leaves about 30 cents out of the original $2 for him to pay his pho tographer, developer-, and the rest of his employees for their time. “We gamble that enough people will order re-prints to make it profitable for us to keep making ; the pictures,” Sutphen said. The Aggieland Studio has been making pictures for the “Aggie land” since 1921. Collar donated by Tad’s Leather- Shop of Houston. Trophy Buckles for first place in each event were donated by the A&M Grill, Twelfth Man Inn, Coo ley’s Service Station, The Exchange Store, Hudson Fence Company, Co ca Cola Bottling Company, Jack Holliday and Varisco, The Tex as Aggie Rodeo Association. Boots for second place in each event were donated by: L. White Boot and Saddle Shop, Model Boot Shop, B. F. Snowden, Finney Broth ers Saddle Shop, and Louis Pearce. Hats for third place in each event were donated by Whitten’s Hat (See RODEO, Page 2) Major McCannon Receives Transfer Major John S. McCannon, asso ciate professor and head of sopho more section of the Department of Air Science, has been transferred to Elmendorf Air Force Base, An chorage, Alaska, effective July 25. After serving a four year tour of duty at A&M, McCannon will be assigned to the Air Base Wing at Elmendorf. He will probably be doing aircraft maintenance work. McCannon received his bache lor’s degree in 1935 at the Univer sity of Illinois and his masters de gree in education at A&M last June. He was commissioned a sec ond litutenant in the Air Force Reserve when he graduated from Illinois and has been on active duty since March, 1941. The major and his family, his wife and four sons, will leave Col lege Station about July 1, and will drive up the Alcan Highway to Anchorage. Doug DeCluitt Chosen Senior Class President R&F Field Trip Plans Study Of Range Practice Various phases of range management practices will be studied by the Range and For estry 409 class as it tours the Edwards Plateau tomorrow and Saturday. Twenty students will participate in the field trip. The group will visit the Sonora Experiment Station and the Texas Range Station at Barnhart. The tour also includes a stop at the Edwards Plateau Soil Consei-vation District Demonstration Area in the vicinity of Sonora, according to G. W. Thomas, assistant professor of range and forestry. Thomas plans to make short stops at several other locations on the Edwards Plateau during the trip. Students will study the gr-azing experiments at the Sonora Experi ment Station, Thomas said. These experiments include studies of stocking rates; various combina tions of sheep, cattle and goat grazing and deferred rotation ver sus continuous grazing. The effects of range manage ment practices on poisonous bitter weed will be observed on the 3,100 acre Texas Range Station. Student Senators To Meet Tonight The Student Senate will meet to- Poultry Club Gives Life Memberships Dr. J. P. Delaplane, head of the Veterinary Bacteriology and Hy- ! giene Department, and George P. j McCarthy, executive vice-president | of Universal Mills, have been elec ted as honorary lifetime members Scout Roundtable Set For Thursday The April Roundtable for Scout masters, Explorer Advisors, and Troop Committeemen of the Ar- rowmoon District will be held at 7:30 p.m., April 24, at the Brazos County A&M Club meeting hall, ac cording to O. B. Donaho, District Committeeman. The program will deal with first- aid procedures and methods. Mem bers of the fii-st class in first-aid to be graduated under the current program will make up the working group which will put on the show. They are Mrs. Harry Rankin, Wayne Rideout, Jimmy Monk, Julian Carsey, Mrs. _ Phil Wells, Gary Goodwin and Bob Smith Ji\ A question-and-answer session will follow demonstrations of meth ods used in artificial respiration, snake - bite treatment, pressure- points for stopping- arterial bleed ing, and improvisation of equip ment such as stretchers while in the field. , Refreshments will be served af ter the formal program. Ellington Elected by ’58; '59 Class Picks Rind fuss Doug - DeCluitt was elected president of next years senior class in the run-off elections held yesterday in the MSC. Next years “ring-wearers” selected Don W. Green as vice-president, Durward Thompson as social secretary, War ren Johnson as reporter, Jimmie Dellinger as parliamentarian and Dick Bernard yell leader to complete their ballots in the class elections. The class of 1958 elected Jerry Ellington for president; Donald B. Kirby for vice-president; Bill McLaughlin for sec retary; Ray Anthony for social secretary; J. Paul Cosfa for treasurer; Bobby R. Smith for sergeant-at-arms; Robert Bal- horn for parliamentarian and Jerry N. McGown and Terry R. ♦'Lowe for yell leaders. Rounding out the run-off Flouse Refuses To Override Farm Bill Veto WASHINGTON—(H 3 )—The House refused to override President Eisenhower’s veto of the farm bill, and plans for any other farm relief legisla tion this year entered a state of confusion. Democratic leaders, who ac knowledged in advance that they were merely going through the motions, failed to get even a simple majority on their motion to over ride. The roll call vote was 202 to override and 211 against. This left the leadership 74 votes shoi-t of the two-thirds majority needed to pass the omnibus measure over the President’s objections. The vote definitely killed the bill; no Senate action on the veto will be taken in view of the House vote. “This is the end of it,” said Rep. Cooley D-NC, referring to prospects of any general farm leg islation at this session of Congress. Cooley is chairman of the powerful House Agriculture Committee. Republicans and other Demo cratic leaders, however, indicated they would continue to struggle with the politically important farm issue and might come up with something to help the farmers be fore Congress adjourns in mid- BULLETIN Calvin L. Zinn, brother to Bennie Zinn, veteran’s advisor, passed away Wednesday in a San Antonio hospital. His home was in Temple and he drove a bus be tween San Antonio and Dallas. Cause of death was diagnosed as a heart attack. night at 7:30 in the senate cham- ; 0 f Poultry Science Club. Delaplane came to A&M in 1950 to serve as professor of veterinary bacteriology and hygiene. He is especially well known for his wil lingness to give his time and ef- ber of the Memorial Student Cen- I ter, according to Jim Rowland, re cording secretary of the senate. New business on the agenda will I include a report on the Aggie Fol- SINGING STARS—TSCW’s Singing Stars will present a concert of contemporary music and folk songs at the Me morial Student Center tomorrow night at 7:30. Members of the group are from all departments of TSCW and have appeared in almost all Texas cities and many neighboring states. j lies by Hugh Lanktree; “Honor f or t to assist many who seek his : Mother Award” report by Byron ; advice and counsel, i (Scotty) Parham; a report by Joe | McCarthy, class of ’28, has been I Blair on the Parents’ Day Pro- : especially active in turkey work, (gram; appointment of a Senate He introduced the Broad Breasted j Banquet Committee and an item | Bronze turkey to Texas and the to be placed in charge of the Wei-! southwest and has been active in I fare Committee. 1 its development and distribution. News of the World By The ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON—The United States, Russia, Great Britain and nine other nations agreed yesterday on the basic form of an international “atoms for peace” charter. If car ried through, it would set up an international atomic energy [ agency to promote the use of atomic energy for power, medi cal research and other peaceful purposes. Others in on the agreement are France, Canada, Australia, Belgium, Portugal, I India, Brazil, Czechoslavikia and South Africa. ★ ★ ★ AUSTIN — Cactus Jack Garner — vice president when Lyndon Johnson became a freshman congressman —agreed yesterday to be honorary chairman of the Johnson for President campaign. Garner’s political ut terance have been rare since he quit public office in 1941. ★ ★ ★ WASHINGTON — A 51U*-billion-dollar road-building ! program—one of the most important measures before Con gress this session—was approved yesterday by the House Public Works Committee. The action reportedly came on a voice vote. It cleared the way for early House action—per haps next week. The Senate already has passed a less com prehensive bill. Backed by both the Eisenhower administra tion and Democratic leaders, the House bill calls for a 13-year program to include a 40,000-mile network of interstate super- 1 highways. ballot the class of 1959 selec ted James Rindfuss as presi dent, William R. Markillie as vice-president; A. Charles Moeller for recording secretary, and Rob ert Lassiter for treasurer. Complete Election Results Class of 1957 President — Doug DeCluitt (246 won), Brad Crockett (211), Dick Howard (83). Vice-president — Don W. Green (239 won) Dub Bailey (227), Hank Meneffee (70). Social secretary — Durward Thompson (322 won), Tom Nor ton (207). Reporter—Warren Johnson (316 won), John Selensky (204). Parliamentarian—Jimmie Dellin ger (261 won), Willie Alsup (122), Dean Duncan (114). Yell leader—Dick Bernard (278 won), Sona Forester (140), Bob Foster (118). Class of 1958 President—Jerry Ellington (282) Thomas R. Harris (198). Vice-president—Donald B. Kirby (243 won), D. Lamar Smith (137), Jim Groves (99). Secretary—Bill McLaughlin (296 won), Tom Upchurch (166). Social Secretary—Ray Anthony (240 won), Bill Libby (229). Treasurer—J. Paul Costa (205 won), Rollins Bilby (190), Frank lin Demuth (78). Sergeant - at - arms — Bobby R. Smith (259 won), Billy Rogers (196). Parliamentarian — Robert Bal- horn (193 won), Harry McBrierty (145), William E. Kuykendall (133). Yell leaders—Jerry N. McGown (328 won), Teddy R. Lowe (303 won), John F. Buford (287). Class of 1959 President—James Rindfuss (289 won), Raymond Darrow (169). Vice-president — William R. Markillie (170 won), Melbern Glasscock (113), Charles McKin ley (96), Jack Swann (81). Recording secretary—A. Charles Moeller (231 won), James Hata- way (220). Treasurer—Robert Lassiter (279 won), Joe Coughran (172). Weather Today LIGHT RAIN Occasional light rain this after noon is forecasted for College Sta- ! tion. Yesterday’s high of 70 de- ; grees dropped to a low of 47 de grees. Temperature at 10:30 this