Volume 59
Number 46
The Battalion
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1959
Aggie Band
To Perform
In Bowl Came
The Texas Aggie Band will per
form in the Bluebonnet Bowl ir
Houston Saturday.
The band has accepted an invita
tion to be the honor band and put
on the pre-game ceremony when
Clemson University meets Texas
Christian University in the Greater
Houston Bowl Assn.’s first post
season football game.
The pre-game performance am'
the game will be nationally tele
vised by CBS-TV, with ceremonies
to commence at 2:08 p.m. in the
Bice Stadium, when the governors
of South Carolina and Texas will be
presented by Elvin M. Smith, pres
ident of the association.
The Texas Aggie band will plav
background music—a medley of
Southern melodies as the govern
ors tire introduced. Lt. Col. E. V
Adams is director of the band.
At 2:14 p.m. the band will take
the field and present its drill which
will be concluded with the forma
tion of a large shield with the let
ters “U S A” inside the shield. The
band will remain in this formation
during the invocation.
Immediately following the in
vocation, the band will play the
National Anthem and then leave
the field.
All Corps colors will go along
(five sets) and will be on the field
during the Band’s performance.
Two hundred twenty-eight mem
bers of the usual 252 member band
will participate, Col. Adams said
today. Some of the members of
the band live a great distance from
College Station and have been ex
cused from the formation, so they
may go home for the holidays.
The band members will be guests
of the Greater Houston Bowl Assn,
which pays all expenses and pro
vides seats for the game not only
for the band members but also for
their dates without charge. The
Aggie band will not play during
the game. Game music and half
time music will be fm-nished by the
Clemson and TCU bands.
56 Accidents Dot
Four County Area
Fifty-^ix accidents consisting of
no fatal, 13 personal injury and
43 property damage accidents were
investigated by the Texas High
way Patrol in the Brazos, Burleson,
Lee, Milam and Robertson counties,
stated Sgt. 0. L. Luther of the
Bryan area.
The accidents in the Nov., 1959
Rural Traffic Accident Summary,
reported Luther, injured 18 persons
and caused property damage of
$17,519.
Luther said this was a decrease
of two deaths and an increase of
20 accidents for the same period
of Nov., 1958.
New City Council Room
The annual Christmas open house for the College Station
City Hall will feature a new council room for observation:
Coffee and fruit cake will be served at the occasion Wed
nesday from 2:30 to 5 p. m. when the hall will be open to
local citizens, according to Ran Boswell, city manager.
College Who’s Who
Includes 36 A
Eight Competing
Freshman Run-offs
Under Way in MSC
With nine freshman positions
filled Dec. 3, eight frosh are com-
neting today at the polls in the
Memorial Student Center in the
final run-off for the top freshman
class offices.
Nine hundi’ed fifty-five student
voters nudged 20 hopeful fish orex-
ies and left Jack L. Gibbs, science
major from Lampasas, and Robert
A. Gay, electrical engineering ma-
ior from Dallas, as presidential
candidates in today’s 8 a.m. - 5:30
o.m. runoff.
With all class offices calling for
a 1.0 g.p.r. or better, Charles L.
Blaschke, liberal arts major from
^kilmore. and Jack M. Threadgill,
Brady industrial engineering ma-
ior, will contend for the fish vice-
oresidencv today over the previous
80 candidates.
In the secretary-treasurer vote,
William T. Barnhart, Temple elec
trical engineering major, and Den
nis McIntosh, Alief pre-veterinarv
medicine major, received more
"otes than the other nine fish can
didates and will run today.
Final fish run-off competition
will feature Earl J. Henderson,
Houston aeronautical engineering
major, and Paul E. Bergstrom,
electrical engineering major from
Dallas, in a vote for social secre-
tarv of the Class of ’G3.
In the Dec. 3 elections, the Class
of ‘03 placed James W. Carter,
George A. Johnston, James Tavlor.
and David N. Chapman on the Stu
dent Senate over 25 other potential
fish officers.
The final fish election settled
last week sent five freshmen of 20
to the election commission. Those
elected were Jerry C. King. James
L. Johnson, Billv C. Ward, Delfino
Villarreal and Ben B. Boyd.
Recording secretary for the Stu
dent Senate was also selected Dae.
3, when sophomore Norris R. Gil
breath won over Earl J. Went
worth, Class of ’62, with all classes
voting in the election.
Classified juniors in the School
nf Agriculture selected Leo C.
Rigsbv over William MiHsaps.. by
one vote for junior agriculture rep
resentative to the Student Senate
also Dec. 3.
Practice for Nationals
Stark Announces
’60 Selections
Thirty-six A&M students have been selected for Who’s
Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges
for 1959-60, J. Wayne Stark, chairman of the Who’s Who
Selection Committee, announced yesterday.
These students were selected by a student-staff com
mittee with the aid of two student screening committees.
Those selected include: Robert Eugene Abies, 6th year
veterinary medicine student from Fort Worth; Allan Roy
Allbritton, 6th year veterinary medicine student from Good
Pine, La.; Byron Curtis Blaschke, senior civil Engineering
student from Houston; John Michael Brazzel, senior business
administration major from Houston; Frank Blair Buchanan,
III, senior librial arts majorf
from Corpus Christi; William
David Bunting, Jr., senior
science major from Bryan.
J. J. Burton, senior petrole
um engineering major from Tyler;
Donald Raye Clark 6th year vet
erinary medicine major from Col
lege Station; John Guinn Cull, 7th
year education major from College
Station; Frank Tver Dahlberg, Jr.,
senior industrial engineering major
from Bi’yan; Wiley Wade Dover,
senior petroleum engineering ma
jor from San Angelo; Homer Jar-
rel Gibbs, senior business adminis
tration major from Dallas.
Sammie Edward Glass, Gth year
vetei’inary medicine major from
Gonzales; Hudson Arlyn Glimp,
senior animal science major from
Burnet; Charles Wesley Graham,
5th year veterinai-y medicine major
from Thorndale; William Bernard
Heye, Jr., senior electrical engi
neering major from San Antonio;
Jimmy L. Howard, Gth year veter
inary medicine major from College
Station; Joseph Raymond Joyce,
senior agriculture major from. San
Marcos.
Lovell Wilford Kuykendall, sen
ior agriculture major from Chero
kee; Joe Marvin Leeper, senior
business administration major from
Dickenson; Jack Edward Little,
senior petroleum engineering ma
jor from Dallas; Allen Clarence
Ludwig, senior chemical engineer
ing major from San Antonio;
Michael Linden McGuire, senior
chemical engineering major from
College Station.
Charles Milstead, senior indus
trial engineering major from Tyler;
Percy Duncan Mims, senior me
chanical engineering major from
Houston; Russell Warren Neisig,
senior liberal arts major from
Pasadena; George Werner Ohlen-
dorf, senior rural sociology major
from Lockhart; Gale 01ivei% III,
senior mechanical engineering ma
jor from Refugio; Carrol Evans
Osbourn, senior agriculture major
from Valley Spring.
Frederick Arthur Pendleton, sen-
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Production
By Ag Players
In Final Stages
Progress is coming along smooth
ly as the Aggie Players go into
the final stages of preparation on
“Twelfth Night” by William
Shakespeare, the play that has
been performed through the cen
turies more than any one of his
plays.
Last night, a rehearsal was held
in the Music Hall and scenes 1-11
of the 17-scene play were prac
ticed. The players have memorized
most of their lines, and the re
hearsals run much smoother.
C. K. Esten and Harry Gooding
are doing the directing for the
show, which will open on Tuesday,
Feb. 1G and carry through Feb. 20
in conjunction with Fine Arts
Week. The Lower Level of the
Memorial Student Center will be
converted into a theater, and the
play will be performed in the
round. Plans have been made to
utilize what would normally be the
impediments, such as pillars, and
convert them into trees and other
scenery.
Several changes in cast have in
cluded the part of Viola, which is
now played by Laura Lynch, and
the Sea Captain, now played by
Ray Simmons.
“We’ve been very lucky not to
have any more trouble with chang
ing the cast than we have,” said
Esten. He said the part of Sir
Toby is presently being rehearsed
by Harry Gooding until the normal
actor returns after the holidays.
Costumes are being made and
should be ready by the end of the
holidays, as members of the cast
and costume committee work on
the designs and assemble the prop
er materials to use in making the
different suits.
William II. Lawrence
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SCONA Wrapup
Lawrence
Problem
Urges
Solution
William H. Lawrence, president
of the National Press Club and
New York Times correspondent in
the Washington Bui'eau, empha
sized the importance of continued
efforts by the Free World to solve
the world problems all nations face
today at the final plenary wrap-up
session of the Fifth Student Con
ference on National Affairs which
closed Saturday afternoon on the
A&M campus.
“The problem is the same around
the world,” said Lawrence. “And
so it goes at home too. . .problems,
problems, problems everywhere.
Problems that are crying out for
solutions.”
Pointing out the need for more
such conferences as the world-rec
ognized SCONA programs held at
Texas A&M each year by students
of the college, Lawrence said, “You
are the leaders of tomorrow and
you have shown in the five round
table discussions here that you are
not satisfied with the world of to
day or the multitude of unsolved
problems that the present genera
tion will will to you. You are de-
r.
Kadets Conduct Meet
-By TOMMY HOLBEIN
Battalion Staff Writer
The Flying Kadets held their
first practice air meet for Decem
ber, Sunday, at the crop duster
weighing station located approxi
mately five miles west of Easter-
wood Airport.
Beginning at 11 a.m., members
of the club were flown to the site
of the meet from Easterwood in
three planes obtained for all day
use. The planes included an Aer-
onca Champ, an Aeronca L-3 and
an L-16. All are light, single-en
gine, two passenger aircraft.
Upon arrival at the weighing
station, which is used each year
to test the amount of spray a crop
dusting airplane puts out, a picnic
lunch awaited the members of the
club. After eating, preparing the
field by use of markers and flags,
and preparing the planes, the club
members began the contests for
the afternoon.
The first event in the practice
meet was spot landing, where a
pilot is required to land his craft
within a certain specified distance
marked off on the runway, his
wheels touching the ground at a
certain marker.
This event was conducted in
heats of two planes, and each plane
had three tries at spot landing on
the field. The winning distance was
determined by thq average of the
two best distances obtained by the
pilot.
Winners for the spot landing
contest featured Lee Threadgill in
tst place, flying an Aeronca L-3.
whose average was a distance of
17 feet fi’om the marker. In 2nd
olace, Jhn Willess averaged 105
feet from the marker in his Aer
onca Champ and Dennis Ryan and
James Werner tied for 3rd place,
each landing over 300 feet from
the designated markei’.
The second event featured bomb
ing runs fi-om an approach at an
altitude of 250 feet over a desig
nated target located in the center
of the field. The winning plane
was determined by averaging the
two closest distances to the target
in three tries. Two-pound bombs
were used, and the event required
two people, a pilot and a bombard
ier.
1 1st place in this event went to
Tim Willess, pilot, and Van Santos,
bombardier, flying an Aeronca
Champ, with an average distance
of 129 feet off target. Dennis
Ryan, pilot, and Vic Lucas, bom
bardier, flying a Tairlercraft,
placed 2nd, with an average dis
tance of 150 feet.
In 3rd place were Jim Werner,
pilot, and Ken Coppage, bombard
ier, in the same Tairlercraft, with
an average distance of 154 feet off
target. 4th place went to Lee
Threadgill, pilot, and Tommy Hol
bein, bombardier, flying an Aer
onca L-3 and obtaining an average
distance of 1G2 feet.
The Flying Kadets are training
for the National contest at the Uni
versity of Ohio the first weekend
of this coming May. In past years,
they have won the United Airlines
Award for being the team traveling
the greatest distance to the meet,
which was held at the University
of Illinois last year.
The club fs a non-profit organi
zation, and is now raising money
to buy their own ah’plane for use
in club activities in the future.
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The Flying Kadets in Action
. . . practice runs for coming national competition)
termined to examine old ideas in
a new light and are willing to sac
rifice something now that the
world may be a better place in
which to live.”
Dealing with our foreign policy,
Lawrence admitted that through
enthusiasm and the wisdom of
youth, America’s leaders of tomoi’-
row have revealed a trend to shift
our set-up from one of “reaction”
to that of seizing a bold initiative
for freedom.
In discussing the Wednesday af
ternoon addi-ess by Gen. John B.
Medaris, commanding general of
the United States Army Ordnance
Missile Command who plans to re
tire in January, Lawrence compli
mented the general in his broad
ranging vision and deeply human
understanding he brought out in
his speech.
“If General Medaris’ speech was
a typical or even an untypical ex
ample of the military mind, then
please—Texas A&M, West Point,
Annapolis, Air Force Academy and
the others—produce some more like
him for us.”
Explaining further, Lawrence
said, “We need them ever so des
perately, and I am going to be bold
enough to say that we have so few
hke General Medaris now that we
can ill afford the loss of his serv
ices at time of crises like this.”
* “Certainly our pace in the space
race has been a leisurely one, and
needs swift acceleration. This was,
T found, a fairly unanimous conclu
sion of the 149 delegates from the
South and Southwest, Canada and
Mexico who are attending this con
ference.”
Attacking the complacency of the
average American, Lawrence re
lated a shocking article he had read
in a leading American newspaper.
“It is indeed shocking to read
that the combined payload of our
successful space shots up to date
still is less than the load of a single
Soviet One shot earlier this year.
This is hardly a time to be self-
confident, cocky and relaxed, but I
fear very much that we are,” Law
rence warned.
However, Lawrence clarified his
statement by saying that some of
the leaders in our Federal govern
ment have recognized at once the
seriousness of the challenge and
the need to answer it with a drastic
speed up of our own lagging mis-
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