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r~lT~i'W W~% a 1 #• 1 Ihe JBattahon Number 70: Volume 54 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1955 Price Five Cents Board To Consider Building, Finances At First Meeting Three New Members Now Added; Election of Officers Set A new board of directors for the A&M System will meet here tonight to begin consideration of financial and construc tion matters for A&M and the other system schools and agencies. The nine board members will have committee meetings tonight, with the regular session set at 9 a.m. tomorrow. 1 Three of the board mem bers are newcomers — Price TIME OUT—The members of the A&M Consolidated high school senior play take a breather during their dress rehearsal. They are, left to right, Helen Ross, Mrs. C. L. Byrd, sponsor. Jack Smith, Jean Puddy, Bill Little, Jerry Oden, Elsie Richards, Eu genia Rush, Betsy Burchard, Winfred Pardue, Jean Adams and Martha Blum. WELL HELLO!—Pretty Miss Betsy Burchard, star of the A&M Consolidated high school senior play tonight, poses in her third act costume. Although portraying a middle- aged spinster, Betsy dons shorts to compete in a track meet in the play. News of the World By The ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON—The United States yesterday warned its United Nations allies that the balance of power in Korea has been upset by Communist armistice violations. Reds have enlarged their forces and introduced new weapons in Noith Korea, officials said, and the UN should consider counterbalancing action. ★ ★ ★ LONDON—Henry Cabot Lodge jr., U.S. delegate to the five-power disarmament conference, said yester day that he had little optimism for the proposed disarma ment talks between the United States, Russia, Britain, France and Canada, but said that the U.S. will try to develop an honest workable disarmament plan. ★ ★ ★ LONDON—The British Trades Union congress warned yesterday against Red propaganda in connection with invi tations to labor leaders to travel behind the Iron curtain. They said Communist countries are using broadcasts and press statements of visiting trade unionists to make East Europeans think there is a large body of sentiment in the west favorable to Russian policies. ★ ★ ★ BAGHDAD—Iraq became the first member of the eight-nation Arab league to join with a NATO member in common defenses aimed at resisting Communist ag gression in the Middle East yesterday when she signed a mutual defense pact with Turkey. ★ ★ ★ WASHINGTON — The CIO executive board approved yesterday the agreement for a merger between the CTO and the AFL. Only one union, the transport workers union, op posed the merger. ’ ★ ★ ★ WASHINGTON—The House broke out into name calling yesterday over the Democratic drive to cut in- - come taxes by $20 per person next year. Democratic Speaker Sam Rayburn has expressed confidence the mea sure will be passed today. But GOP leader Joseph Mar tin says that Eisenhower's fight against the cut has had a tremendous impact. Th ree-Acl Comedy CHS To The A&M Consolidated school senior class will present their play, “An’ That’s Accordin’ to Hoyle,” at 7:30 tonight in the CHS auditorium. Under the direction of R. L. Boone, the play is a three-act com edy about a middle-aged spinster who gets bitten by the love bug. Although previously a confirmed man hater, she announces that she is to be married. All goes well until she mistakes the new athletic coach for her be trothed, and he naturally denies even knowing the woman. But she is such a changed woman that later in the play she insists on substi tuting in a track meet for the coach’s star athlete, who became ill. To cap it all off, she ends up running the wrong way. From here, the play moves into a laugh able finish. Students in the play and their parts are Betsy Burchard, Hetty Hoyle; Jack Smith, Leander Tate; Helen Ross, Olivia Tate; Eugenia Rush, Thelma Tate; Winfred Par- due, a dual role of Durwood Dou glas and Douglas Dombie; Ruthann Fudge, Bonnie Stan-; Jean Puddy, Melba; Bill Little, Jim Goidon; Jerry Oden, Foster Frost; Elsie Richards, Kim Douglas; Jean Adams, Rosaleen Dombie; and Give Senior Play high Martha Blum, Dr. Carie Ditto. I Marie Lewis is also assisting with The play is sponsored by Mrs. the prompting. C. L. Byrd, and Anna Beaty is in Furniture for the stage was charge of makeup and prompting. I loaned by Stacys. lieligion Message Abou t God - - Hines “What men forget and are sur- I ered. I was also very encouraged prised to realize,” Bishop John E. by the vital personal interest Hines said this morning in his final Religious Emphasis week message, “is that Christian religion is not primarily a discussion of desirable human virtues at all. It is a mes sage about God.” Hines said religion is not a blue print of the way men ought to act in an ideal society. It is an account of the way God has acted in his tory, he explained. As RE week ended, several of the leaders gave their impressions of the students here and partici pation in the forums and discussion groups during the week. Rev. Robert Breihan, associate director of the Wesley Bible chair and foundation at the University of Texas said, “I found the students very kiterested in seeking details on information the speaker deliv- Band To Dance In Ballroom Saturday Night The Memorial Student Cen ter balLoom will be the scene of the annual Consolidated Band dance at 8:30 p.m. Sat urday. ** This year’s theme will be “The Old South,” with Spanish moss hanging overhead, old Southern relics and Japanese lanterns. W. M. (Bill) Turner and the Aggieland orchestra will play for the dance. The dance is financed by contri butions from members of the bands. In charge of finances are A. C. Flanagan and Paul Roberts. Arrangements for the dance wall be handled by Chartier Newton and John Doi-nbusch. John Finney is in charge of decorations and program chairman is Victor'Moseley. The dance will be formal. This year the Texas Aggie bands will salute the band director, tac tical officer and the cadet com manding officers. For Crippled Children Clinic To Be shown by the students in the dis cussion periods.” Dr. Dallas H. Smith, department of Christian vocation, Presbyterian church, in Richmond, Va., said he had never encounteied a more en thusiastic and interested group more determined to found their marriage on Christian faith. The cadet leadership seems to instill a type of conduct and spirit of cam araderie and warmth you just don’t find elsewhere, he added. Chaplain James C. Bean, fourth army chaplain at Fort Sam Hous ton said, I particularly valued the after-session counseling because the students sought information on important matters. They give , . V. , . | Monday in room 105 of the Agron- promise of being the best motivated i , , I omy building. His topic will be and most competent young officer ; “\Yhy an Agricultural Information j material I have ever seen.” 'Office?” IE Department To Have Meeting More than 200 persons are due to attend the Industrial Education conference here today and tomor row. The conference is sponsored by the industrial education department and the engineering extension service. Chris Groneman, head of the IED department, will chair the conference, which will be held in the Memorial Student Center. Campbell of Abilene, H. B. (Pat) Zachary of San Anton io, and L. H. (Howdy) Ridout of Dallas. The board will elect a president and a vice-president at this meeting. Items of A&M business on the agenda for the meeting include taking bids on new classroom chairs, air conditioning for two lecture rooms, dining hall im provements, and student fees for required physical education. Bids will be taken on 1,368 tab let arm chairs for the Academic building classrooms and the lec- ture rooms in the Petroleum Engi neering and Mechanical Engineer ing buildings. Bids will also be taken on air conditioning two lecture rooms and continuing the improvements in Sbisa dining hall. As a part of enlarging the power plant, bids will be taken on a 7,500 kilowatt turbine generator, a con denser and a cooler tower. A student fee for use of the re quired physical education gymna sium, to be completed by next se mester, will be considered. This fee will include use of lock ers, clothing, and towels, plus laun dering. Routine business will include ap pointments, promotions, and leaves of absence and acceptance of gifts, grants and loan funds. Moses To Speak Tad Moses of the Agricultural Information office will speak to the Agi-onomy society at 7:30 p.m. Held May 2 By FRANK WADDELL Battalion Staff Writer The services of the top physical therapy and corrective surgeons in the state will be available free of charge to crippled children of the Brazos county area at the tenth annual Crippled Children’s clinic May 2. The clinic, sponsored by the Col lege Station Kiwanis club in co operation with the Brazos County Chapter for Crippled Children and Cotton Pageant Set For April 29 the Brazos County Easter Seal so- I club is proud tto be associated ] Brazos County Society for Crip- ciety, will be held in the reception [ with in this great endeavor.” \ pled Children, and Mrs. D. W. An- Other persons active in the plan- I ^ res » ehahman of the Easter Seal ning for this year’s clinic include | socie ty* Taylor Riedel, president of the | Members of the Children’s com mittee of the Kiwanis club include, and banquet rooms of Sbisa hall,! said Luther G. Jones, ehaiiTnan of i the Children’s committee of the lo- cal Kiwanis club. Last year, 115 children from i Brazos, Madison and Burleson I counties were treated, said Jones,: and more than twice that many; are expected for this year’s clinic.; Top Doctors Here Some noted orthopedic surgeons ; I and physical thrapists who have : voluntered their services for this year’s clinic include Dr. G. W. H. | Eggers, University Medical school,: Galveston; Dr. T. C. Blocker, John Sealy hospital, Galveston; and Dr. The Cotton Style Show pageant] W. H. Ainsworth, University Med- and ball, an annual event at A&M ical school, Galveston. Two inde- since 1931, will be held at G. Rollie ! pendent orthopedic surgeons from White Coliseum April 29. Waco, Dr. P. W. Bailey jr. and Over 300 letters and applica- | Dr. Arthur P. Heps, also have of- tions have been mailed to differ- I fered their services, ent clubs for the selection of 1 These specialists will be on hand duchesses for the ball. i to make free diagnosis and to give Seven boys will be selected to! recommendations for treatment, * go to TSCW to choose the Queen said Jones. They will provide and the Queen’s court. So far, the ' their own transportation to the | king has not been chosen. i clinic. For the past several years the ‘Benerolont Gesture’ style show has been put on by peo- : "This is a most benevolent ges- j pie from out of town. This year, j ture of these fine men.” said It. G. Beveaiy Braley of Bry’an may han- Cherry, president of the local Ki- j die the style show. ! warns club, “and a group which our I besides Jones, J. F. Fudge; Isaac Peters; W. W. Potts; E. B. Rey nolds, Riedel and J. J. Sperry. ORGANIST—Miss Margar et Elaine Berry will be pre sented in an organ recital by her teacher, Mrs. J. B. Baty, at 4 p.m. in the Me morial Student Center ball room, Sunday. Miss Bern' is a junior student at A&M Consolidated high school. Bush Accepts Executive Post Edward H. Bush, a native of Bryan, has accepted the position of executive rice-president of the Tex as Cotton Ginners association, ef fective March 1, with headquarters in Dallas. Bush is recognized throughout the South for his work in the cotton industry as cotton gin spe cialist for the Texas Agricultural Extension service. He will repre- j sent the cotton ginners of Texas : in their relations with all branches ! of the cotton industry, and with ! the state and federal governments. ! He also will publish a yearbook and i an annual directory of cotton gin ners. Bush, who was graduated from I A&M in 1938, lives at 707 Meadow , lane. JSJSfc 1 j t '■> si 4$ m ; Fish Urged To Pay Dollar To Class Fund Freshmen who have not paid their dollar for the class fund are urged to do so as soon as possible, said I) o n E 1 1 i d g e, president of the freshman class. Most of the money will be used for the Freshman ball March 5 from 8 p.m. to midnight, in Sbisa hall. Non-military freshmen are asked to pay their money' at the student activities office in Goodwin hall and pick up their compliment ary ticket there, while those in the corps are to pay their first ser geant. The Aggieland orchestra will play for the ball, and refreshments will be sold. Five finalists for the Fish Sweet heart will be chosen tonight and will be presented at the ball. The sweetheart will be chosen by “a committee of qualified judges” at the ball, according to Ellidge. The complimentary pass given to all freshmen will carry date privileges, and seniors with dates will be welcome if they pay’ a dol lar to the freshman class fund, Ellidge said. Weather Today HOLD IT—These men of the George Fagen Surveying company of Dallas line up their transit along the line which will ultimately be the course of the city’s new $300,000 sewer system. Bids on pipe for the sewers will be taken soon by the City CounciL The weather outlook for today is continued cloudy with light showers and cooler in the after noon and tomorrow. Yesterday’s high was 65, loW 49. The temperature at 10 this morn ing was 54.