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Number 67: Volume 54
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1955
Price Five Cents
News of the World
By The Associated Press
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica —Vice-
President Nixon arrived in San
Jose yesterday with what he said
was firm assurance from Nicaragua
that it would work for peace with
Costa Rica. Nixon said he planned
to discuss the pledge given him
Sunday by Nicaragua’s president,
Anastasio Somoza, with Costa Ri
ca’s president, Jose Figuei'es.
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* WASHINGTON — The House
Ways and Means committee yes
terday approved a tax cut of $20
iP' year for everyone after next
Jan. 1. The committee approved
it li) to 10 and it is expected to
come up for House debate Thurs
day.
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GENOA, Italy—Explosions and
fire menaced the harbor of Genoa
last night, caused by water reach
ing a cargo of carbide. The cargo
was loaded on a Swedish motorship,
which sank in the harbor during
a severe storm. The explosion
wrecked docks, shattered windows
and caused fires.
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PARIS, France—French social
ists have rejected a place in the
cabinet being formed by Edgar
Faure. They are postponing a
decision on whether to support
him. Faure is the fourth to try
to form a government since the
fall of Pierre Mendes-France.
News Briefs
ROBERT M. STEVENSON of
vv business administration depart-
Jnent will receive the doctorate de
gree in business administration
from Indiana university in June.
IRRIGATION PROBLEMS and
methods in Texas will be discussed
during the irrigation short course
to be held here Feb. 24-25. The
course is sponsored by the agricul
tural engineering department.
:I* * *
OPERATION OF the rescue
training school will be shown over
television next week on “Texas in
Review.” Television viewers will
see how victims may be rescued
from smoke or gas-filled buildings,
collapsed stmetures and basement
shelters.
* * *
A HELP SESSION in mathe
matics is being conducted from 3
to 5 p.m. each day, Monday through
Friday, in room 224 of the Aca
demic building. Students needing
extra help in any freshman or
sophomore mathematics course are
invited to come to this room at any
time during these hours.
Combat Ball Date
Will Be March 25
The fourth annual Combat ball
will be held in Sbisa hall March
25, according to John Leimbrook
and Bill Utsman, co-chairman of
the ball.
All members of the combat arms
and air foi’ce seniors are invited to
attend.
Committee chairmen are: pro
gram publication, Jimmy Johnson;
decoration, Neely Keyser; publicity,
Don Shepard; and ticket chairman,
Dave Williams.
Members of the program commit
tee will present a 30-minute inter
mission floor show.
Weather Today
The weather outlook for today
is partly cloudy witJ* a little warm
up today and tomorrow.
Yesterday’s high was 41, low 28.
Th e temperature at 10:30 this
mhrning was 39.
4 More Than Usual’
FORMOSA—The Chinese Na
tionalist air force claims it prob
ably damaged a hostile submarine
while attacking a Red buildup area
120 miles Northwest of Formosa.
Three aimed Junks were destroyed
and 11 other vessels damaged, they
said.
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ROME, Italy—The wreckage of
a Belgian airliner missing for 8
days has been found 4.500 feet
up a mountain, 60 miles North
east of here. A ski patrol re
ported that all persons aboard,
including four Americans, died
in the crash.
City Election
For Council
Set April 5
The College Station c i t y
council last night passed an
ordinance calling for a city
election to fill the expiring
terms of three councilmen.
The election, to be held April 5, is
for the council positions now held
by J. A. Orr, G. W. Black and Fi
nest Seegar.
In other actions, the council
completed the third and final read
ing of ordinance 202, which gives
a 10 year franchise to the South
western States Telephone com
pany. The council passed a mo
tion allowing the authorization of
payment of fees for services con
cerning the recent bond elections
to Moroney, Beissner and company
of Houston. The fee was 1*4 per
cent of the value on the $265,000
bond issue, and three-fourths of
one per cent on the value of the
$110,000 bond issue, a decrease of
the fee from the IV2 per cent or
iginally called for under the con
tract for this issue.
A motion was passed to author
ize the city to adveitise for bids
on 80,000 linear feet of big and
small pipe for the sewer woi-ks im
provements. The council also
authorized the mayor to renew an
existing contract with the City of
Bryan for treating sewage. The
contract is for five years, the first
one for this period made in April
1950. The city pays Bryan for the
use of its sewage lines and disposal
system at a rate of 45.25 cents per
month for each home connection.
Aggie Players
Rehearse For Play
The Aggie Players will present
Eugene O’Neill’s “Ah, Wilderness”
March 14-16, in the Memorial Stu
dent Center ballroom, according to
Bill Gilbert, business manager.
Due to the length of the play,
there will be not matinees.
The cast includes Ara Haswell,
Suzanne Mass, John Kessinger,
Sara Pate, Ann Haslam, Frank
Coulter, Ted Castle, Fay Neale and
Ty Hungerford.
Bill Heuttell, Robin James, Tom
Collins, James Leissner, Charles
Ware and Dave Denny.
Hines Says Temptations
Often Signs Of Strength
Dean C. H. Shepardson
Federal Reserve Nomination
Shepardson Draws
Board Nomination
C. N. Shepardson, dean of agri
culture, has been nominated to the
board of governors of the Federal
Reserve Bank by President Eisen
hower.
Shepardson will go to Washing
ton sometime this week to appear
befoi-e the Senate Banking and
Currency committee for approval
of his nomination.
He has been a director of the
Houston branch of the FRB of Dal
las since 1950 and is now chairman
of the board.
The nomination of Shepardson
was sent to the Senate for con-
flrmatton, which is expected short
ly, after a routine check by the
Senate committee.
Civilian Election
Slated Tomorrow
A civilian student election will
j be held tomorrow, according to Bob
] Murray, civilian counselor.
Two floor representatives for
Leggett and Bizzell halls and one
; for dormitory 17 will be elected.
An election will be held Thui'sday
for a new civilian councilman from
1 Bizzell hall, said Murray.
Poultry Club
Will Hold
Chick Show
The Poultry Science club
will hold its seventh annual
Chick, Poult, and Egg - show
May 7 in DeWare field house.
For the first time in the
show’s history the random samp
ling system will be used. This sys
tem employs unbiased individuals
who select sample chicks from
various hatcheries, said Dr. J. H.
Quisenberry, head of the poultry
husbandry department. He said
that the system is unique and has
never been tried anywhere before.
The random sampling will not
be used in the egg and poult divis
ions. These divisions will be
judged on the basis of individual
quality. Representatives of the
various hatcheries and breeders
will select their best specimens
themselves.
There is no entry fee and the
samples become the property of
the show. These speciments are
later auctioned off, and the money
is used to support the two poultry
judging teams. Also, $100 schol
arships are given to both the FFA
and 4-H club winners.
A large crowd is expected for
the show, said John D. Williams,
president of the poultry Science
club. Don Portie is this year’s
show manager.
In an interview yesterday, Shep
ardson said, “Thei’e is nothing def
inite yet. I received the message
Friday saying the nomination had
been made and would go before the
committee.”
If approved, Shepardson will
serve out the unexpired term of
the late Paul E. Miller, of Minnea
polis, Minn. About 13 years of
Miller’s term still remain, and
Shepardson also will have to i-esign
his post at A&M since the board
position is full time.
The annual salary of the new
position is $16,000.
The board consists of seven mem
bers and maintains its headquarters
in Washington. If approved, Shep
ardson will move to Washington.
Cattleman’s Ball
Scheduled In April
The Cattleman’s ball, presented
annually by the Saddle and Sirloin
club, has been rescheduled for
April 30, according to Ken Killion,
club president. The dance had
been previously set for March 12.
Further plans concerning details
and arrangements for the ball are
still undecided, said Killion. A
committee is working on the loca
tion for the dance, tickets, band
and other plans, he said.
Freshmen
In Crash
Two A&M freshmen were injur
ed in a head-on collision Saturday
night on farm road 60, between
Jones bridge and Snook.
The two students are Billy Ray
Horn, electi-ical engineering major
from Roans Prairie, and Ray Allan
Hahn, engineering major from
Independence.
They were taken to Bryan hos
pital where their condition was re
ported as satisfactory.
Roy Branch, Negro employee on
the Earl Porter farm, in the other
car, died Sunday from injuries suf
fered in the accident. Funeral ser
vices are pending at Daniel Fun-
eral home. J. D. Boldin of Cald
well, who was driving, suffered
minor injuries. .
Horn said the other car was on
his side of the road, and when he
attempted to avoid it on the left
side, it swerved also.
Doctors said Horn was suffer
ing - from a broken light thigh and
he probably would not be able to
walk without aid for at least nine
months.
Hahn has a dislocated right hip
Injured
Saturday
which should take at least three
months to heal. Both students suf
fered facial cuts.
The accident happened about 8
p.m. as Horn and Hahn were on
their way to a dance in Snook.
Frozen Pipes
May Get
Thawed Soon
If your water is still frozen,
you have something to look
forward to in the next few
days.
According to weathermen at
Easterwood aiiTiort, the cold
spell is due to start warming
sometime today.
The wintry weather came
from a body of polar air from
Canada. It hit the College Sta
tion area at 3:55 p.m. Saturday
when the temperature was a
mild 66 degrees. An hour lat
er, a 25 degree drop, or a cool
41 degrees was recorded.
Forecasters look for more
rain before the cold weather
breaks up.
Chem Majors
Trying To Get
Fraternity Here
Membership in Phi Lambda
Upsilon, an honorary chemical
fraternity, may be open to
chemistry and chemical en
gineering majors by June,
1956, according to M. B. Burton,
president of a group petitioning for
membership.
Phi Lambda Upsilon is a na
tional organization for promoting
higher scholarship and more origi
nal investigation into all branches
of pure and applied chemistry.
Membership is limited to juniors,
seniors, and graduate students.
The petitioning group presently
has 35 members.
Burton said a committee ies well
under way in compiling the large
amount of information needed to
submit a petition since the boai'd
of director’s recent authorization
of national professional societies
at A&M.
.Officers of the petitioning or
ganization besides Burton are O.
E. Smith, vice-president; J. B.
Beckham, secretary; and J. E.
Shaffer, treasurer. R. D. Thomp
son is the faculty advisoi - .
Wilson Elected
James A. Wilson was elected
president recently of the Pan
handle club for the spring semes
ter. Othei - officei - s are Jack Tar
ter, secretary; Tom Thedford,
treasurer; Pat Kerr, social secre-
tary; James Henderson, sergeant-
at-arms; and Ted Koenig, reporter
At SDX Banquet
Shepperd Praises Press
Campus Thefts Increasing
A
thef
inve
offic
“more than usual” outbreak of
cases on the campus is being
.tigated by campus security
ers and cadet corps officers.
Since the beginning of this se
mester, there have been repeated
cases of theft of small personal
items from dormitory rooms and
automobile accessories from parked
cars.
“There are not too many thefts,
and no big items, but it’s more
than usual,” the campus security
office said. No pattern is evident
in the thefts, they said.
The items taken from the dor
mitories, including watches, rings,
billfolds, clothing, and small
amounts of money, usually have
been taken between 5 and 6 p.m.,
the time students participate in in
tramural games.
The automobile thefts, which in
clude such things as hub caps, ra
dios and ornaments, usually occur
during big night-time campus
events, when campus security offi-
cers are busy with traffic.
In an effort to catch the persons
stealing from parked cars, campus
security put additional men on duty j
last Wednesday, when the Harlem
Globetrotters appeared here. Still, |
no one was caught.
The cadet corps, in an effort to j
assist the campus security office,
is planning to institute a system of !
reporting all thefts. Cadet officers ;
will be asked to assist in this.
Such a system of reporting has
been used effectively in the first
regiment area, according to Lt.
Col. Taylor Wilkins, assistant com
mandant.
“Show me a journalist, and I’ll
show you a hard-boiled idealist
with a deep love for his country
and an urge for self-expression—
in other words, a kind of loud pa
triot,” said Texas Attorney Gen
eral John Ben Shepperd, speaking
here Friday night at the installa
tion dinner of 20 A&M students
into Sigma Delta Chi, national pro
fessional journalistic fraternity.
Shepperd was the main speaker
at a banquet which followed the
formal initiation ceremony. The
banquet was also one of the high
light of the Newspaper Clinic and
Mechanical conference, sponsored
by the A&M journalism depart
ment and the Texas Press asso
ciation. More than 100 persons at
tended the banquet.
“As a public office holder.”
Shepperd said, “I have seen a great
deal of good government and I
hpve seen some pretty bad ex
amples of misgovemment, and I
say without hesitation that the
press makes all the difference.”
“We do not want a dead democ
racy on our hands because public
information was retained in a file
marked ‘restricted’ or behind a
closed door marked ‘executive ses
sion’,” he said.
Shepperd also let loose a blast
at the persons involved in the vet
erans land deals, saying that “there
will be no whitewashing—every
one guilty will be brought to jus
tice.”
“The involved heads must roll,”
ha said, adding that grand jury
proceedings in the case were start
ing in several counties.
Walter Humphrey, editor of the
Fort Worth Press, presided at the
SDX initiation. James Bryon,
WBAP new - s director and a mem
ber of the fraternity’s national ex
ecutive council, presented the
group’s charter to Ralph Cole, stu
dent president.
Students initiated were Cole,
Calvin Pigg, Bill Fullerton, James
Collins, Ed Fries, Ronnie Great-
house, Bill Holloway, Jon Kins-
low, Paul Savage, John Nelms, A1
fred McAfee, Philip McNemer
Don Shepard, Ray Smith, Jei - ry
Wizig, Harri Baker, Bob Boriskie
Bill Thomas, Dolph Morten and
Allen Pengelly.
All are senior or junior journal
ism majors.
RE Week
Speaker
Fills Guion
By BOB BORISKIE
Battalion Co-Editor
“The presence of temptation in
one’s life does not necessai'ily in
dicate a weakness in character but
rather may be a sign of spiritual
strength,” Bishop John E. Hines
said this morning in his second
Religious Emphasis week message.
Speaking to an audience which
packed Guion hall for the second
time, Hines said that “to know
temptation is to undestand that
we have not yet surrendered to
the powers of darkness,” and that
the Christian strategy is to ovei - -
come evil with good.
He listed several defenses
against temptations. One, he said,
is to steer clear of the peril. “Play
ing around the edges” has ruined
many a promising career. Anothei*
defense is to be so governed by
“right principles” that tempta
tions are robbed of their appeal.
In his opening message Monday,
Hines said the “big - question” with
which men must grapple is not
“where shall I hide should death
rain from the sky,” but rather it
is the question “who am I,” for to
grapple with this question success
fully is to establish an under
standing of life.
The topic for the 10 a.m. Wed
nesday address was not available
at press time, but classes wall be
dismissed during that hour as well
as for the RE talks scheduled for
the remainder of the week. Thurs
day and Friday talks will be at
a.m.
RE week began Sunday with a
eception for the visiting leaders
at the home of President and Mrs.
David H. Morgan from 4 to 5:30
p.m. Prominent college officials
and local religious leaders assisted
n the receiving line and many of
the visiting leadei - s also delivered
Sunday sermons at local churches.
In addition to the convocation
talks given each morning by Hines,
17 dormitory leaders are holding
forums and discussion groups in
the dormitories in the afternoons
and after the evening meal. The
leaders also are available for coun
seling during the week.
Bi*eakfast for the RE speakers
held at 7:30 each morning in
the Memorial Student Center din
ing room, and the noon meal is in
Sbisa dining hall. Local ministers.
Interfaith council members and
student leaders also attend these
meals.
The Interfaith council, composed
of student representatives from
all denominations, sponsors RE
week.
Fees Due Today
Today is the last day to pay sec
ond installment fees to the fiscal
office. The total *due is $46.80, and
covers the period from Feb. 22 to
March 22. A $1 fine is assessed
for each day the payment is late.
DARN LIGHTPOLE—The truck with the house seems to be stopped for the moment
by the lightpole obstacle in its way. The problem was solved, apparently, for the
house now rests, though still on the truck bed, on the northeast corner of the main
drill field. It is one of four houses being moved to the farm area for residential purposes,
and this one formerly housed the agricultural economics research headquarters.