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The Battalion Number 95: Volume 54 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1955 Price Five Cents General Election Slow; Senate To Discuss Primaries WFX&mk IMI vmk ^ . 4.< .. >■ ’■ ■^8? ■A News of the World fty The ASSOCIATED PRESS HUNTSVILLE — Fifty-two con victs in the “toughie” section of the State Prison refused yesterday to return to their cells Prom the exer cise yard. The rebellion was aimed at getting thi’ee meals a day in stead of two. An inmate said there was no in dication of an escape attempt, and no violence had been reported. Prison General Manager O. B. Ellis told the prisoners he would not give in to their demands but that he would listen to any “just” com plaints. Near dark yesterday, the convicts had turned down two of fers to talk about their complaints if they would end the strike. * * * WASHINGTON—President Ei senhower, in an international gesture of good will, decided yes terday to send latest information on the Salk polio preventative to nations around the globe, includ ing Russia and other Red coun tries. ★ ★ ★ AUSTIN—Atty. Gen. John Ben Shepperd urged the Legislature yesterday to make “an expression of policy” on segregation in public schools. In a telegram from Wash ington to eight members of the House, Shepperd said he thought “it would be a mistake for the Legislature to adjourn without an expression of policy by joint re solution as to its attitude on the Supreme Court’s May 17 decision.” ★ ★ ★ AUGUSTA, Ga.—President Ei senhower today approved a plan for exchange of some atomic se crets among the 14 North Atlan tic treaty nations. “I consider it to be a great stride forward in the strengthening of our com mon defense,” he said. f ★ ★ ★ WASHINGTON—A Senate Judi ciary subcommittee launched a whirlwind investigation yesterday of the administration of the Refu gee Immigration Act, touched off by the State Department’s dismis sal of Edward Corsi. Scott Mc- L&od, the State Department securi ty chief and administrator of the program, was suddenly called as a witness in midafternoon, ★ ★ ★ NATCHEZ, Miss.—Two bridges collapsed into the flood-swollen Homochitto River about 18 miles south of here yesterday. At least two cars and a truck were re ported to have plunged into the stream. No information was available about possible casual ties. Rescue workers could not get close enough to find the ve hicles. Two Elections Postponed; Run-Off Candidates Wait By HARRI BAKER Battalion Editor The Student Senate will meet tonight in special ses sion to try to clear up the student election situation which now has two elections postponed and one set of run-off can didates waiting for an election. The meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. in the Senate Chamber of the Memorial Student Center. Jerry Ramsey, Student Sen ate president, urged all members to be present. Official no tices were not sent because the meeting was called suddenly, Ramsey said. Here’s the situation: Elections for the class of ’56 and ’57 class officers, which were scheduled to be held April 5, were postponed by the Election commission because the army students in both classes had held primaries to determine a slate of officers for filing. The Election commission, a committee of the Student Sen ate, will recommend to the senate that primaries be outlawed, but it up to the senate to decide, said Dave Lane, chairman of the Elec tion commission. Not Prohibited Primaries are not specifically prohibited by the college regula tions, although any election con ducted without the approval of the Election commission is considered illegal. The senate will also have to set a date for the two postponed elec tions, and for the ran-off election for the class of ’58. Class of ’58 run-off candidates were selected in the April 5 election. The next scheduled student elec tion wall be the general election April 27, when student senators, civilian Student Life committee representatives, and Student Pub lications board representatives are elected. Filings are now open for these posts. ■/ Elections will be. the only item of the agenda for the senate to night. Little Box Doesn't Work For Students The Memorial Student Cen ter has a little box near the fountain room that isn’t work ing. The box has a sign on it that says “Drop Name in Here— Listen to WTAW.” But a student reported to The Battalion that he has dropped several pieces of paper in the box, and still hasn’t been able to hear WTAW. The box was put there to promote “Center Sounds,” the MSC’s weekly radio program. AVMA Banquet, Dance Set Friday The annual American Veterinary Medical Association banquet and dance will be held April 16 at 7 p.m. at Maggie Parker’s dining hall, according to Warren Criswell, president. L. D. Harris! of San Antonio will furnish music for the dance, which will begin at 9. The banquet and dance are open to the faculty, staff, and students of the School of Veterinary Medi cine. Gene Watts is in charge of the entertainment, and Ray Lacour and Bryan Beard are in charge of the banquet. WRONG FLOOR MOBILE, Ala.—UP)—A visitor to Providence hospital tried to ring for an elevator and got hold of the wrong button. Three fire com panies answered the alarm. Stork Brings Son On Easter Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harris have announced the birth of a son, David Charles Harris. He was born in St. Joseph hospital at 4:36 a.m. Easter Sunday, and weighed eight pounds and nine ounces at birth. Harris is a junior aeronautical engineering major and lives with his family at 608 Montclair. The Harris’ are from Dallas. Civilian Positions Have Few Fifty-one students have filed for offices to be filled in the general election April 27. Filings close Wednesday. Positions to be chosen are 15 class of ’56 senators, 10 class of ’57 senators, 6 from the class of ’58, one from each civilian dormi tory, one from College View, 2 from the day students. One student from the class of ’56 from the corps, and one civilian student from the class of ’56 will, be elected to the Student Publica tions board. Also, three civilian students will be named to the Stu dent Life committee and a civilian yell leader will be elected. Until 5 p.m. yesterday, no stu dents had filed for the Student Publications board posts, and the civilian dormitory senator posi tions had either one applicant or none; Three students have filed for the Student Life committee posts, and four had filed for yell leader. • In the other senate elections, 20 had filed for the class of ’56, 11 for class of ’57, and 9 for class of 58. “This is a poor showing at this time for the civilian students,” said W. D. (Pete) Hardesty, elec tion advisor. “However, we expect the filings to increase as the dead line nears.” Students may file in student ac tivities office, Goodwin hall, be tween 8 a.m. and noon and 1 and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Saturday, the office is open from 8 a.m. until noon. Ml V" : TWO WINNERS?—These two students file for the general election April 27, but they may not have much trouble winning if more students don’t file. The deadline for the filing is Wednesday. Showing the students the correct procedure for filling out the blanks is Mrs. George Ann DeMarris of the student activities office. Fifty-Fourth Annual TFWC Convention Closes Weather Today The weather outlook for today is clear. Yesterday’s high was 75, low 50. The temperatui’e at 10:45 this morning was 74. ‘Caine Mutiny’ Town Hall Draws Crowd of 6,000 By HARRIET THOMAS Battalion Staff Writer About 6,000 persons last night saw what was probably the best Town Hall production of this year “The Caine Mutiny Coui’t Martial.” Starring William Bendix and Robert Lowery,' the show gave the audience the expected dramatic CAINE MUTINY—A tense courtroom scene highlights the “Caines Mutiny Court Martial,’’ seen by about 6,000 persons last night at the Town Hall presentation in White coliseum. protrayal of the breakup of a navy captain, Queeg. The best parts of the presenta tion came in the second act when Queeg (Bendix) took the witness stand and Greenwald (Lowery) be gan his defense of the lieutenant charged with mutiny. Tense dra matic action entertained the audience as Greenwald broke 4-Queeg down. Ranking along with the defense scene was the ending of play when Greenwald tells the gi’oup of celeb rating officers that the wi-ong man was convicted. Others in the cast turning in laudable pei’formances were Gerard Masterson as Lt. Keefer, James Bumgarner as Lt. Mai’yk, and Maik Herron as Lt. Keith. A good comedy relief was provided by Robert Cole’s portrayal of Signal man Third Class Urban when he took his turn on the witness stand. The play was adapted from Hei’- man Wouk’s best selling novel, “The Caine Mutiny”, and was di rected by Charles Laughton. It was a production of Paul Gregory & DailCe Program company, Hollywood, Calif. The show with the original Broadway cast was booked by Town Hall earlier this year, but it was canceled after Actor Paul Douglas told newsmen “the South stinks.” Last night’s cast was this Broad way show, with the exception of Bendix and Lowery. As a bonus attraction for the warm reception of the Town Hall performances this year, Guy Lom bardo will be presented next week. This will be the last attraction of this year. The fifty-fourth annual conven tion of the fourth district of the Texas Federation of Women’s clubs closed yesterday afternoon with the presentation of club reports and awards. Oral report awards were given to the Liberty Study club, first place, and the Hearne Study club, second place. Mrs. Morgia R. Lester from Beaumont received first place in the short story awards and Mrs. Vilma Lipscomb also of Beaumont, second place. Poetry awards were given to Mrs. Sally Alderman, first, and Mrs. Lina Todd O’Neil, second. Junior clubs I, yearbook awards were presented to, the Progressive Junior club of West Columbia, first place; the Wednesday Study club of Rosebud, second place; the Lambda Alpha Sigma club of Day ton, third place. Senior club year- Admiral Will Now Studying ROTC Setup One of the nation’s top mil itary manpower men is now touring all the military col leges to get information for a recommendation on the mili tary colleges’ place in the national defense scheme. The man is Rear Admiral John Will, director of personnel policy, office of the assistant secretary of defense for manpower and person nel. He will visit A&M within the next two or three weeks, said Pi'es- ident David H. Morgan. Will was one of the guests here for Military day Mai'ch 26. Will’s trip is a result of a re quest for more benefits from the Council of Military College Presi dents, of which Morgan is chair man. The council has requested that militai’y colleges be given a defi nite place in the department of de fense’s manpower plans, because of the additional training offered at the nation’s nine military colleges. “We’re better off now than we were this time last year,” Morgan said, speaking of the council’s hopes for recognition of its re quests. books awards were given to the Brazoria Study club, first place; the Sorosis club of El Campo, sec ond place; and the Dakota c^ub of Dayton, third. Awards for the de- Bridge Winners To Be Named This Week Winners of the National Intercollegiate Bridge contest will probably be announced sometime this week, according to Wayne Stark, Memorial Student Center director and chair man of the Bridge contest. A&M has 16 students entered in the contest, which was entered by 1,792 students from 94 colleges all over the country. Winners will be named at the campus, regional, and national lev els. The contest is conducted by mail, with prepared hands sent to all the entrants. The hands were prepai'ed by Geoffrey Mott Smith, nationally- known bridge expert, who will also judge them. “There is a terrific amount of interest in this contest in some parts of the country,” Stark said, “especially in the North and North east.” A&M’s entrants in the contest were from the MSC’s Bridge com mittee, with Miss Gladys Black as sponsor. pai’tment clubs yearbooks were won by the Women’s club of Or ange, first; the Departmental club of Port Arthur, second; the Wom en’s club of Jasper, third. Junior club report first place, was given to the Wednesday Jun ior Study club of Rosebud. Senior club reports awards were given to the Brazoria study club, first place; the Women’s Study club of Wood- ville, second; the Women’s Civic club of Kerbyville, third; and the Department club reports awards to the Departmental club of Port Arthur, first; the Women’s Civic club of Jasper, second; the Wom en’s club of Orange, third. City Federation reports award was won by the City Federation of Women’s clubs in Temple. Press book awards were present ed to division I, class A, first place, the Brazoria Study club; division I, class A, second place, the Women’s club of Kerbyville; divi sion I, class B, first place, the First Capitol Study club of West Columbia; division I, class D, first place the Extension Service club of Bryan and College Station; division I, class D, second place, the La Societe De Beaux Arts club of Waco; division III, class E, first place, Port Arthur; division III, class F, first place, the Wo men’s club of Beaumont. The honor of club woman of the year was given to Mrs. J. W. Brooks, who is a member of the Civic club of the Port Arthur De partmental club. She was nominat ed ed to the honor because she organized the “Elder Citizen’s Recreation club.” * *a m m •' i- , v ■ ;'f. ' v*’ . \ L / 1 ' r . ’ 't - ?* ,■ i - .c.vt**'** i UN Club Holds “Dances of the World” will be the subject of the meeting of the United Nations club Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the YMCA chapel. The countries to be represented include Japan, India, Pakistan, Mexico, Egypt, France, Germany and Texas. The px-ogram will in clude short explanations. A group from the University of Texas will also take part in the program, to which the public is invited. RECITAL SERIES—These two University of Texas faculty members, Miss Phyllis Young, left, and Miss Janet Mc- Gaughey, will perform at 3 p.m., Sunday in the Memorial Student Center assembly room. They are being presented by the MSC Recital Series.