The Battalion
Number 95: Volume 54
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1955
Price Five Cents
General Election
Slow;
Senate To Discuss Primaries
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.