Richard Vanderstucken Gives His Pint
‘This Is Gonna Be Easy
Tt Won’t Hurt, Will It?’
‘Boy, It Takes Long Enough!’
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‘Hey, I Filled the Bottle!’
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‘Wasn’t Hard at All!’
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Number 86: Volume 58
Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1959
Price Five Cents
Ags Give400Pints of Blood
Lukemia Research
‘Largest One-Day
Drive ’ for Center
Reds Promise
Open Road If
Berlin Free
Texas Aggies gave 400 pints of blood yesterday as ap
proximately 573 Aggies reported for donations to aid victims
of leukemia in their fight for life.
Time was the crucial factor which hindered the expect
ed goal of 450 pints set by the College Station Lions Club
and the Student Senate before the blood drive began.
Blood received from the Aggies yesterday was the larg
est one-day collection ever netted by the bloodmobile away
from the Dallas center, according to Dr. D. E. Soules, tech
nical director of the blood bank.
Of the 650 Aggies who signed up to give blood last week,
620 cards were sent out. No addresses were available for
4 the remaining 30 prospective
donors.
“During the one-day blood
drive, 181 Aggies were reject
ed because of cold, shots and
blood pressure,” said Soules.
With 16 beds available, it was
estimated that at the peak, there
were 60 men an hour being put
through, requiring approximately
15 minutes per man.
The canteen which served re
freshments to the donors, was
sponsored by the Lions Club and
under the supervision of the Gray
Ladies of the Bvyan-College Sta
tion area.
Mrs. Ide P. Trotter, one of the
Gray Ladies, said “The boys have
been in wonderful spirits and if
they can give blood, we can spai’e
a half a day.”
“I just feel that the kids with
leukemia need it worse than I
do” was the comment from fresh
man Dan Griffith which was the
typical attitude in G. Rollie White
Coliseum yesterday.
In addition to the organizations
which volunteered their help, there
were many unselfish individuals
who also assisted. Mrs. J. H. Den
ton, whose husband teaches in the
School of Veterinary Medicine and
Mrs. L. C. Grumble were two of the
Volunteer typists. They assisted in
the preparation room. In addition,
several registered nurses of the
Bryan-College Station area also
gave a hand.
Mrs. Charles Richardson, whose
husband is with the Department of
Biology department here at A&M,
was in charge of the registration
for the second straight year.
“It is a very worthy cause,” she
stated. “Nearly all of the boys who
registered showed up and quite a
few came in who had not originally
registered. The boys were very
helpful when they were unable to
come at their appointed time. Most
of them rescheduled for a later
time. Their spirit and attitude was
wonderful.”
BERLIN (AP) — The Soviet
Union and Communist East Ger
many promised Wednesday night
they would keep the road open
between West Berlin and the out
side world if West Berlin becomes
a free city.
But they indicated the price they
would demand for such guarantees
would be Western diplomatic rec
ognition of the satellite East Ger
man regime. That recognition has
long been sought by the Commun
ists and refused by the West.
The latest word on the Berlin
issue came in a communique is
sued by the East German govern
ment as Soviet Premier Nikita
Khrushchev ended an eight-day
visit to East Germany.
The communique also again
urged a quick summoning of a
summit conference to ease inter
national tension. It said a summit
meeting should be convened in ad
dition to a foreign ministers’ par
ley.
In a note to the Western pow
ers March 2, the Soviet Union
plumped for a summit conference
but said at the same time Moscow
would be agreeable to a meeting
of foreign ministers if it was not
possible to set up a summit ses
sion.
Wednesday’s communique called
for both.
In Washington, a spokesman
said the State Department had no
comment on the communique.
The communique left out any
reference to the Soviet threat to
give control of the Allied life
lines to the East Germans on or
about May 27.
Kilgore Rangerettes
. three of the 29 for ITS ’59
ITS Opens Tomorrow Night
OSU Girl Replaces
For Rice Singer
Carol Beasley, female vocalist
from Oklahoma State University,
will replace Beverly Montgomery
of Rice tomorrow night in the
eighth annual Intercollegiate Tal
ent Show.
Miss Beasley won honorable
mention in the 1958 Freshman
Talent Show at O. S. U. last fall.
She sings tunes from musicals and
popular music.
The Kilgore Junior College Ran
gerettes will open and close the
show in G. Rollie White Coliseum
Primary Set April 8
Class Election Filings Open/'
Monday at Studen tA ctivities
By KEN COPPAGE
Battalion Staff Writer
Filings for class offices will be-
?in Monday morning in the Office
of Student Activities. Class pri
mary elections will be held April
I, with runoffs scheduled for April
5.
The Class of ’60 will elect a pres-
dent, vice president, secretary-
50cial secretary, historian, student
ontertainment manager and two
yell leaders.
The Class of ’61 will elect a
^resident, vice president-secretary-
treasurer, social secretary and two
yell leaders.
The Class of ’62 will elect a
president, vice president, secretary-
treasurer and social secretary.
Qualifications for class officers
are a minimum grade point ratio
of 1.0 at the time of the election
and also for the preceding semes
ter. A candidate must be aca^
demically classified with his class
at the time of the election and for
the year for which he is elected. '
Student Entertainment Manager
qualifications are a minimum grade
point ratio of 1.5, junior classifi
cation and each candidate must
have the consent of the manager
of recreation and entertainment in
the Department of Student Activi
ties. He must have had at least
one year’s experience on the Stu
dent Entertainment Staff (Town
Hall).
Candidates for senior yell lead
ers must have a minimum grade
point ratio of 1.25 and be classi
fied with their respective class.
The one receiving the largest num
ber of votes will be designated as
head yell leader. The two elected
by the sophomore class must be
come juniors scholastically with
their class. All candidates for yell
leader must have the approval of
the Yell Leader Committee of the
Department of Student Activities.
The civilian yell leader will be
elected from and by the civilian
students in the general election
scheduled April 30.
“We urge all students to vote on
the seven voting machines that
will be located in the hallway be
tween the Bowling Alley and the
Fountain Room of the Memorial
Student Center, said W. D. (Pete)
Hardesty, student organization ad
visor. “The polls will be open
April 8 from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
This extra 30 minutes will give
students who have a full day of
classes a chance to vote.”
“I would further urge all pros
pective candidates for offices to
drop by the Office of Student Ac
tivities for more information.
Candidates may familiarize them
selves with the campaign proced
ures that are outlined on pages 31
and 32 of the College Regulations
for 1958-59,” he added.
beginning at 6.30 tomorrow night.
Joel A. Spivak of Houston’s Ra
dio Station KILT will serve as
master of ceremonies for the show
that will present the top 10 va
riety acts selected from more than
130 acts auditioned at 15 colleges
and universities in Texas, Oklaho
ma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Miss
issippi.
Tickets are on sale through
group and battalion commanders
and at a special booth placed be
tween the Memorial Student Cen
ter Fountain Room and Gift Shop.
Advanced sale general admission
ducats are 75 cents each.
Performers for the show will be
gin arriving on the campus in the
morning. Rehearsals will be held
tomorrow afternoon. The rehear
sals will not be open to the public.
License Plates
On Sale Monday
Automobile license plates will
be on sale at the Memorial Stu
dent Center beginning Monday,
according to Mrs. Ann Keel, Me
morial Student Center Social
Director.
This courtesy is being extend
ed by Raymond Buchanan, tax
assessor and collector of Brazos
County, she said.
All residents of this area and
college students may obtain
their car license plates at the
MSC and save themselves a trip
to Bryan, said Mrs. Keel.
Certificates of title must be
presented before license plates
can be issued.
Buchanan plans to have per
sonnel on duty from 8 a. m.
until 11 a. m. and from 12 noon
until 4:30 p. m. on week days.
The booth will be open from 8
until 12 noon on Saturdays.
One Week Drive
PlannedLocally
To “Spruce Up”
Texas Beautification Week, be
ginning March 22, has been chosen
as the time to improve the appear
ance of the section of Highway 6
opposite the A&M golf curse, ac
cording to Mrs. Marion Pugh,
chairman of the College Station
Improvement Committee.
On Monday, March 23, 80 crape
myrtle bushes will be planted in
this area.
“The committee would be grate
ful if some public spirited friends
would plan to help with the work,”
said Mrs. Pugh. She also said a
“Clan Up Drive” reminder was
stamped on the March utility bills.
Schedule of trash collections for
College Station during the week of
March 22 is as follows:
Southside—Monday, March 23
East of Highway 6 — Tuesday,
March 24.
Northside—Wednesday, March
25
The Improvement Committe re
quested that College Station citi
zens place the trash in front of
their houses in advance of the day
of collection for their respective
areas. The committee stressed
■Fat people with trash to be haul
ed away should not wait until the
cllection day to put their trash
out. The trucks will work in each
area until the area is covered, but
will not return to an area once
it has been covered.
“This is an opportunity to clean
up and f>' up the premises. It is
too much to ask that each mem
ber of our community do his share
: n his own home and yard ? The
appearance of College Station can
be improved by everyone’s cooper
ation,” said Mrs. Pugh.
Rue Pinalle
To Sponsor
All-NightHop
The Memorial Student Center
Dance Committee will have just
the thing Friday night for people
who want something unusual to do.
Beginning immediately after the
Intercollegiate Talent Show and
lasting until evei’yone goes home
(all night if necessary), Cafe Rue
Pinalle will present dancing, re
freshments and entertainment for
students and guests.
The Aggie version of a French
night club will take place in the
newly-excavated lower level of the
MSC.
Entertainment will be selected
from top acts of ITS, and will
include Bob Flowers of Arkansas,
Carol Beasley of Oklahoma State,
Joyce Tallman of Texas Tech and
the Hi-Phi’s of Southern Methodist
University. Curt Schwartz and Lar
ry Bledsoe, University of Okla
homa, will be masters of ceremon
ies. The ’ Jokers from Louisiana
State University will furnish danc
ing music.
Tickets at $1.50 per couple or
75 cents per persson will be on sale
at the dance entrance by the bar
bershop in the MSC.
MSC Committees
To Meet Monday
A joint Memorial Student Cen
ter Committee meeting will be held
on Monday, March 16, in the lower
level of the MSC to announce the
officers for the new year.
Ronald Buford, president of the
MSC Council and Directorate,
urges all chairmen to have their
members and prospective members
present.
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