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* BATTALION
Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus
7 Days
Until Holidays
Number 89: Volume 58
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1959
Price Five Cents
Engineer Exams
Set April 13-14
Engineer - in - training examina
tions will be given in two sepai’ate
four-hour sessions April 13-14.
Any senior registered in the
School of Engineering is eligible
for the exam.
This is the first year the exam
ination has been given here. By
taking this exam and passing it,
the student is recognized as an
engineer-in-training and after four
years of working in his profession,
he may take another exam to be
recognized as a registered engi
neer. But if the student does not
wish to take the EIT exam, he must
take one in every state he wishes
to practice.
Subject matter of the exam will
consist of math, science, thermo
dynamics, hydraulics and strength
of materials.
Help sessions are being conduct
ed by the American Society of
Civil Engineers. Also, tentative
plans are being made to have a
representative professor from each
department of the School of En
gineering lecture on the portion of
the examination of which he is
familiar.
CiviliansHold
Special Meet
A special meeting of the Civilian
Student Council was held yester
day in the Brooks Room of the
YMCA to study the progress be
ing made on the Civilian Student
CoUncil-sponsored Civilian Week
end, scheduled for The Grove this
Saturday.
Attending the meeting also were
Various dormitory presidents.
Prescient of the Civilian Stu
dent Council, Tommy Beckett, and
members of the Weekend Commit
tee answered various questions
that had to do with the “Week
end."
A count was taken on the num
ber of tickets sold for the Civilian
Ball and Barbecue. Reports show
ed that the tickets sales are run
ning smoothly. Tickets for the
barbecue are $1 for adults and 50
cents for children. They can be
purchased until Thursday night.
Dance tickets are $1.50 and can
be purchased until the dance be
gins, Saturday night at 9. Both
ball and barbecue tickets can be
purchased on the campus from var
ious Civilian leaders and at the
Student Activities Department,
second floor, YMCA.
—Battalion Staff Photo by Wayne Schmidt
‘Class of J 76 Reporting, Sir!’
Three of the generation in a century of with a stony gaze. Young Richards, the
A&M are marked in this picture as Cloy son of Mr. and Mrs. Hoy Richards ’59, is
Richards, Class of ’76, reports to P. L. mascot of the Fish Drill Team while his
(Pinky) Downs, ’06, while Lawrence Sulli- father serves as the unit’s coach,
van Ross, president of A&M in 1876, looks on
$250 A&M Essay Award
Has Received No Takers
Ag Newman Club
To Hear Speaker
The Rev. Walter J. Buehler,
president of St. Mary’s University
in San Antonio will present a talk
on “Catholic Leadership and Be
coming A Good Religious Leader”
to the A&M Newman Club Sunday.
Father Buehler will talk to the
club at its regular meeting after
the 11 a.m. Sunday mass in the
Catholic Student Center.
Apparently, money can’t even be
given away to Aggies.
In the Feb. 24 Battalion, Ag
gies were given a chance to air
their views of Aggieland. By sub
mitting a theme entitled “Texas
A&M—What It Means to Me” to
the Battalion office not later than
April 1, some student now enroll
ed could receive a $250 award if
his essay was chosen as the best.
At the present time, no essays
have been submitted to The Bat
talion. Two weeks remain before
the contest will be closed.
The award has been made avail
able by C. L. Babcock, ’20, former
editor of The Battalion and pres
ently an insurance agent in Beau
mont.
Screening of the essays sub
mitted will be done by he Bat
talion staff and final judging will
be done by a committee to be ap
pointed by Vice President Earl
Rudder.
“I believe the papers prepared
by students will contain construc
tive and useful information for
publication, especially in pamph-
Two Ags Receive
Lee Scholarships
Two Aggies and a high school
senior planning to enter the col
lege next fall have been chosen to
ceive $299 for one semester, and
Bruno Ybarro, a senior pre-med
student from Agua Duke, will re
ceive 0299 for one semester, and
Roger G. Darley, a freshman bi
ology-physics major from San An
tonio, will receive $150 per semes
ter until he completes his under
graduate work.
The high school senior receiving
the scholarship is Gary Simon, of
Boys’ Ranch near Amarilla. He will
receive $300 per semester for four
years.
Simon was hei’e last summer
participating in the science enrich
ment program for secondary school
students.
The Julia Ball Lee scholarship
award was established by the late
Dr. and Mrs. O. M. Ball in memory
of their daughter, Julia Ball Lee.
Ball was head of the Department of
Biology from 1900 to 1937.
let form,” said Babcock in an
nouncing the award which bears
his name.
Babcock added that a collection
of the better papers may be used
to tell the story of A&M from the
student standpoint to prospective
Aggies in high schools of the
Southwest.
Certificates will be awarded the
top 10 entries in the Babcock
Award contest in addition to the
single $250 cash prize.
Judging criteria as set up by
the donor are truthfulness, fair
ness, good will building and its
benefit.
April 1 is the final deadline for
entries in the contest. Entries
should be prepared in regular man
uscript form, double spaced, with
an original and two carbon copies.
The essays should be turned in to
The Battalion office in Room 4 of
the YMCA. Manuscripts should be
no less than 250 nor more than
I, 000 words in length.
With exception of members of
the Battalion staff, any full time
student now enrolled is eligible to
enter the contest.
Doak Plans Trip
To Washington
Dr. C. C. Doak, head of the De
partment of Biology will leave
Sunday for Washington, D. C., to
attend an orientation meeting Mon
day for a directors of the 1959
Summer Science Training Pro
grams for High Ability Secondary
School Students.
A&M has just received a grant
of $10,910 from the National Sci
ence Foundation in support of a
Summer Science Training Pro
gram. The program, in which 24
high school students will partici
pate, is scheduled for June 8-July
II.
News of the World
By The Associated Press
Diplomats Applaud Ike’s Berlin Stand
WASHINGTON—Western diplomats agreed Tuesday
that President Eisenhower has taken a big step toward
achieving Allied unity in the approaching Berlin showdown
with the Soviet Union.
They said his speech Monday night, endorsing a summer
time summit conference if developments justify it, will ease
the way for this week’s talks with British Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan.
In fact, these diplomats said, it has virtually assured
the success of Macmillan’s mission. The Prime Minister, with
Foreign Minister Selwyn Lloyd, arrives in Washington Thurs
day in what is generally regarded as an effort to achieve soli
darity in the Western camp.
Eisenhower’s radio-TV address to the nation apparently
was a hit at home and abroad, drawing only a weak kind of
sour note from the Kremlin.
★ ★ ★
German Peace Treaty Outlined
LONDON—Western diplomats said Tuesday night the
United States has drawn the outlines of a peace treaty with
Germany for possible negotiation at a summit meeting.
Its submission to the Soviet Union depends on approval
by Britain, France and West Germany.
The document almost certainly will be considered at
President Eisenhower’s talks with British Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan beginning in Washington Friday, and also
at a later meeting of the U. S., British, French and West
German foreign ministers, diplomats said.
Scholarships Listed
For ’59-60 School Year
4-
A&M Receives
$10,910 Grant
A&M has received a $10,910
grant from the National Science
Foundation for support of a sum
mer science training program for
high-ability secondary school stu
dents.
Twenty-four students who will
have completed their sophomore or
I junior year in high school will at
tend the program which will be
held from June 8 through July 11
under the direction of Dr. C. C.
Doak, head of the Department of
Biology.
A similar program in biology has
been conducted for the past two
summers under the sponsorship of
the Ford Foundation’s Fund for
the Advancement of Education.
In the past the high school stu
dents paid their own expenses, in
cluding meals and lodging, but this
summer they will receive a food al
lowance, travel expenses and will
be housed in college dormitories.
Doak stated that high school
sophomores and juniors with out
standing records and interests in
biology and a desire to spend five
weeks on the campus will be con
sidered.
Friday Last Day
For Fee Payment
Students have until Friday to
pay their March installment fee
of $61.40 without penalty.
The installment may be paid
in the Fiscal Office by 5 p. m.
Friday.
Only one more installment—
$74.75—need be paid this semes
ter after the March installment
is paid.
Gvilians Plan
Leadership Meet
The presidents of the civilian
dormitories and members of the
Civilian Student Council are mak
ing plans to hold a leadership re
treat for Civilian student leaders
May 1-2, at Bastrop State Park,
Dennis Ryan, chairman of the
Leadership Retreat Committee,
said yesterday.
Purpose of the retreat is to dis
cuss Civilian student government
problems and ways to improve
dormitory programs.
Panel discussions and group dis
cussions will discuss topics con
cerning responsibilities of leader
ship and other “leader training”
subjects.
Topics that have been suggest
ed are “The Responsibilities of
Leadership,” “Civilian-Corps Re
lationships, and How to Bring the
Two Bodies Closer,” “How Can We,
as Civilian Leaders, Motivate Ci
vilian Students to Take Pai't in
Dormitory Council Projects,” “Why
Doesn’t the Civilian Student Take
Part in College Activities, and
How Can We Encourage Him to
Do So,” and “Financing Student
Government.”
All old and new dormitory pres
idents and vice presidents, Civil
ian Student councilmen, dormitory
council members and invited guests
may attend the retreat.
The cost is approximately $5 per
person and the dress is informal.
Singing Cadets
Set Trip to TWU
The Singing Cadets will sing at
the Texas Woman’s University
Auditorium in Denton and at the
Highland Park Junior High School
in Dallas, March 20.
W. M. (Pop) Turner, director
and music coordinator of the ca
dets, said that they will perform
before large audiences of several
thousand at both places.
The cadets will leave by char
tered bus from the Music Hall at
9 a. m. Friday.
More than $10,000
i
Offered to Students
Scholarships totaling approximately $10,000 will be
awarded within the next 30 days to qualified students for
use during 1959-60, it was announced yesterday by the Facul
ty Scholarships Committee.
The scholarships, based on scholastic records, evidence
of potential leadership and need of financial assistance, will
range from $100 to $600.
Applications may be obtained in the Registrar’s office
and from the heads of departments and deans concerned.
Applications must be submitted no later than April 1.
Included among the awards to be made are the follow
ing:
4.
Ch.E. Senior
Gets Columbia
Assistantship
Gerald W. Avery, a senior chem
ical engineering major has receiv
ed a graduate assistantship from
Columbia University.
The assistantship will cover tui
tion and research fees and a $1,500
grant to cover living expenses for
the 1959-60 academic year.
He willl complete his work here
in May and will enter Columbia
next September. During the sum
mer he will do unit operations re
search with the Union Carbide
Chemical Co., in Charleston, West
Va.
Avery is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack T. Avery of Pans. He
was the valedictorian of the 1955
graduating class at Paris High
School.
An outstanding student, Avery
has just been elected to member
ship in Phi Kappa Phi and Lambda
Epsilon honor societies. He had
previously been elected to Phi
Eta Sigma, freshman honor soci
ety, and Tau Beta Pi, engineering
honor society.
He is a member of the A&M
student chapter of the American
Institute of Chemical Engineers
and is a former secretary treasurer
of the student chapter of the
American Chemical Society.
Four B&H Instrument Co.
awards ($250 each) for sopho
mores or juniors in electrical
or mechanical engineering;
two Black-Brollier scholar
ships ($500) each for sophomores
or juniors in architecture or civil
engineering; the Cabot Carbon Co.
scholarship ($400) for a sophomore
in civil or mechanical engineering;
Fort Worth A&M Mothers Club
award ($200) for a sophomore,
junior, or senior from Tarrant
County; two Monsanto Chemical
Co. scholarships ($500) each for
sophomores in chemistry, chemi
cal engineering, geology, mechani
cal engineering or petroleum engi
neering; two Mosher Steel Co.
scholarships ($600 each) for soph
omores in civil engineering or ar
chitectural construction; two Trane
Co. scholarships ($300 each) for
sophomores or juniors in mechani
cal, chemical or industrial engi
neering; U. S. Daughters of 1812
award ($200) for a sophomore
ROTC student in the School of
Arts and Sciences; Western Elec
tric Co. scholarship ($400) for a
freshman, sophomore, junior or
senior in electrical, mechanical or
industrial engineering or physics;
and the J. E. Duff scholarship
($250) for a senior student who
has earned all or a substantial part
of his college expenses.
Guide Posts
There are no crown-bearers in
heaven who were not cross-bearers
here below—C. H. Spurgeon
Miss Carol Beasiey was the Oklahoma State University
representative in the eighth annual Intercollegiate Talent
Show Friday night. The Kilgore Junior College Ranger-
ettes and 10 acts performed in the show.