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The Batfalion
Number 96: 'Volume 54
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1955
Price Five Cents
Postponed Elections
This Year
News
of the
World
By The ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — President Ei
senhower asked Congress yesterday
to approve U. S. membership in a
new world trade organization as an
important step in the struggle
against Communist domination.
“We would thus cooperate further
with the free world,” he said “to
the greater security and the great
er prosperity of all.”
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AUSTIN—Atty. Gen. John Ben
Shepperd reported from Wash
ington yesterday the federal gov
ernment will try to block Texas’
sale of tidelands oil and gas
leases scheduled for May 3. Land
Commissioner Earl Rudder left
at once to confer with Shepperd
and Department of Interior offi
cials over the offshore land lease
questions.
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NEW YORK—The National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
festerday decided on the two-shot
JSalk polio vaccine plan for the na-
. tion’s beginner school children.
Their parents will have to arrange
for a third shot that comes seven
months or more later.
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WASHINGTON — The Eisen
hower administration asked Con
gress yesterday to apply the min
imum wage to 2,200,000 more
workers and raise the minimum
to 90 cents an hour from 75.
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Ag Journalism
Scholarships Given
Frank Waddell and Joe Boyd,
Agricultural journalism majors,
were awarded the Anderson, Clay
ton and Co. $500 scholarships for
agricultural journalism for 1955-
56, announced D. D. Burchard, head
of the journalism department.
The scholarships were awarded
on the basis of character, scholar
ship, need, and the possibility of
achieving success in agricultural
journalism after graduation, Bur
chard said.
Waddell was awarded the senior
scholarship. He will be next year’s
editor of the Agriculturist.
Boyd received the junior scholar
ship. He is editor of Texas Young
Farmer, the new FFA magazine
published by the agricultural edu
cation department.
THIS IS THE LIFE—That’s what quarterback Bobby Conrad seems to be saying as Wil
liam Bendix, star of “The Caine Mutiny Court Martial” feeds him a piece of toast. Ben-
dix ate dinner with the football team yesterday and gave a “scouting report” on UCLA,
1954 national champs who meet the Aggies in the ’55 season opener.
22 Yesterday
Election Filing Mounts
Twenty-two students filed yes
terday for the general elections,
bringing the total entrants to 73.
Filings close Wednesday.
The election will be April 27
near the post office entrance of
the Memorial Student Center.
There have been no filings for
the Student Publications board
posts. Filings for this position
are open to one corps student in
the class of ’56, and one civilian
student in the class of ’56.
Might Be Vacant
In case no students file for the
position, the posts will probably
be vacant next year, according to
W. D. (Pete) Hardesty, election ad
visor.
The following students had filed
by 3 p.m. yesterday for the elec
tion:
Student Senate, class of ’56, (15
to be chosen) — Charles Stinnett,
John Kessinger, Henry Hill, Sidney
Pillow, Clay McFarland, Tommy
Short, Bill Swann, Ronald Gai’dner,
Jack Edwards, Robert Lee, Frank
Vaden, G. E. Hunt, Jennings Bunn,
Sam Curtis.
Earle Geddes, Edward Castle,
John Petty, Jack Pearson, B. A.
Parham, Jack Brady, Cecil Stew
ard, Glenn Buell, Robert Moore,
Robert White, Kenneth Richmond.
Inspection
Deadline
Is Midnight
Midnight tonight is the
deadline for cars to be inspec
ted.
After this, owners of cars
without proper inspection
stickers can be fined as much
as $200.
Violation of this law is treat
ed in the same manner as a
traffic violation. It will be
enforced by highway patrol
men and federal weight sta
tions according to the Bryan
police department.
Local inspection stations are
jammed with a last minute
rush of car owners. Not
enough time remains to in
spect all the cars that have
not been inspected by April
15, it is feared.
Violations of the law will
also be apprehended by cam
pus police, according to the
Campus Security office.
Class of ’57
Student Senate, class of ’57 (10
to be chosen ) -—Donald Williams,
John Weatherford, William Mc-
Caidy, Jon Cobb, Tommy Smith,
Jim Rowland, Joseph Sanders, Joe
Ross, Bann Farquhar, Thomas
Thedford, Jack Lunsford, Durward
Thompson, Bernai’d Halverson, C.
R. Bollinger.
James Goode, David Brothers,
Carl Wagner, Douglas DeCluitt,
Charles Schweizer, John Aldrige,
Jimmie Dellinger.
Student Senate, class of ’58 (6
to be chosen)—D. L. Smith, Joel
Spitzei% John Herren, James Hall,
Cai-1 Ditmore, Eax-l Huitt, Don Ell-
edge, Ted Lowe, Ridley Ruth.
Civilian Senators
Student Senate, Milner hall —
Walker Porter and Dudley Thomas.
Student Senate, Law hall—Frank
Webber.
Stxident Senate, Hart hall — G
E. Hunt.
Student Senate, College View—
Melvin Newsom.
Student Senate, Puryear hall —
Don Davis.
Student Senate, Leggett hall -—
Tony Bi'ucks.
Student Senate, day students —
Dayton Moses.
Student Life committee civilian
representatives, (three to be chos
en)—John Jones, Hugh Lanktree,
John Brannen.
Civilian yell leader—John Cozad,
Ronald Gardner, Clifford Chud-
leigh, Thomas Hendrick.
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Senate Also
Outlaws Primaries
The Student Senate last night decided to reopen filings
•in the controversial class of ’56 and ’57 elections and have
the election some time this spring, and also recommended
that primaries be made illegal.
The two class elections were postponed by the Election
commission because the army students in both classes had pri
maries to determine a slate of officers.
Here is what the senate decided in more than two hours
of sometimes-violent debate:
The present filings for the two sets of class officers will
be erased, and filings will be reopened to anyone, including
the persons now filed.
♦ The election for these offi-
i"\l cers will probably be held at
1 jvilians t >kay
I Concessions
In Dormitories
Students living in civilian
dormitories were polled by the
Student Life committee in
February and March to deter
mine what concessions they
desired, said Bennie A. Zinn, head
of student affairs.
The results of the poll were stud
ied and the following concessions
approved for 1955-56: Christmas
cards, magazines, newspapers, Ag
gie “T” pictures, bonfii’e pictures,
student directories, student floral
concessions and songs of A&M on
record.
Students who live in civilian dor
mitories and desire one of the listed
concessions for 1955-56 should ap
ply with W. G. Breazeale, civilian
student advisor, at 1H Puiyear hall
before May 1.
College apartment residents have
approved the following items for
concessions, and the Student Life
committee approved the plan: Milk,
newspapers, Avon products. Fuller
brush products, and cleaning and
pressing establishments who do not
charge for pick-up and delivexy.
Students who desire concessions
in College apaiLment areas should
file applications with Robert O.
Murray, jr. of the department of
student affaii's in 105 Bizzell hall
before May 1.
No solicitors except those author
ized will be allowed to operate in
civilian dormitories or , college
apartments, Zinn said.
On 54th Birthday
the same time the election for
Election commission members
is held, May 12, said Dave
Lane, chairman of thp Election
commission.
The Election commission will
meet Monday night to decide def
initely. They will also decide when
to hold the class of ’58 run-off,
postponed pending senate decision
on the other elections.
Primaries Outlined
The senate also prepared a rec
ommendation outlawing primai’ies,
to go to Pi’esident David H. Mor
gan, who is also acting dean of stu
dent personnel services.
The recommendation reads as
follows:
“Any student election not
authorized and sanctioned by'the
student Election commission is in
valid and any student involved in
such election will be ineligible to
become a candidate for any elected
student office for the period of one
year.”
If approved, this will become a
pai’t of the college regulations, ef
fective • next September. Primary-
type elections are not now specif
ically prohibited by the college reg
ulations.
At the start of the special called
meeting, Lane offered the senate
three possible courses of action on
the postponed elections.
They wex-e (1) use the original
ballots, (2) reopen filings, and (3)
postpone all but the yell leader
elections until next spring.
A motion to outlaw primaries
and have the two elections next
fall was defeated, and the bicker
ing started.
(See ELECTIONS, page 2)
Fifty Cents
Will Buy Meal
Of Pancakes
You can eat all you want for
50 cents, said Maj. Charles
Taylor, publicity chairman for
the Kiwanis Club’s “Pancake
Fiesta”, which starts tomor
row at noon at the Bryan country
club.
The menu for the affair, a
joint pi'oject of the College Station-
Bi’yan Kiwanians to raise money
for local undei'privileged children,
will include syrup, bacon, marga
rine, milk, coffee and gidddle cakes.
To make sure the chefs for the
supper do a good job, expert cook
ing advice will be given by Aunt
Jemima, in pex*son direct from Col.
Higbee’s Landing on the Missis
sippi.
From the noon starting hour un
til closing time, 9 p.m., entertain
ment will be provided by a commit
tee headed by J. H. Southern of the
College Station club and Jerry
Massey from the Bryan Kiwanis
club. W. E. Briles is co-chairman
for the fiesta with Dick Holmgreen
of Bryan.
Briles said of the supper, “it is
a good chance to get acquainted
with your neighbors and should be
a wholesome afternoon for young
and old alike.”
Advance tickets for the fiesta
can be bought from any Kiwanian
or at Loupots, McCarty Jewelers
and Lipscomb’s Pharmacy. Tickets
will also be sold at the fiesta.
SLC To Discuss
Civilian Campaigns
The Student Life committee will
meet Monday to study the civilian
student request to allow them to
campaign in student elections.
A sub-committee, headed by Bob
Murray, has recommended the ci
vilians be allowed to campaign
within their areas in only the elec
tions limited to civilian students.
Other business will include a con
sideration of the proposal for so
liciting on the campus. The meet
ing will be at 4:30 p.m. in the Me
morial Student Center senate cham
ber.
Loeffler Gets Aggie Welcome
By JERRY WIZIG
The newest Aggie of them all
got an A&M welcome on his 54th
bii’thday at the Grove last night,
as 4,000 welcomed basketball coach
Ken Loeffler, builder of champions,
to probably his biggest task.
In just his thix-d day on the
campus, Loeffler appeared as much
impressed with his official x'ecep-
tion as with the task before him.
In tine Aggie tradition, Loeffler
took off his coat and bow tie, rolled
up his sleeves, and told his wildly
yelling audience, “I just hope we
on the basketball court will some
time justify a reception like this,
and that you all can be at a na
tional tournament.
“You’ll have to wait a little
while, because it takes a little time,
but you’ll be there sooner or later,
and it won’t be too far off.”
“How can you keep from getting
better with this kind of suppoxi;?”
said the tutor of six national tour-
AGGIE BARBER—Someone has finally found a use for
sabers as the senior with the “sword” is shown demonstra
ting. Shaving the civilian entrant in the beard growing
contest, Lamar Hisey, junior animal husbandry major from
Odessa, is Roy H. Markwardt, CO of squadron 23, an indus
trial technology major from Palacios.
Brazos Aggies
Set Muster Rite
A&M former students who live in
Brazos county will meet at the
A&M club house in Bi'yan at 7 p.m.
Thursday to observe the 52nd an-
niversai'y muster.
It will be one of more than 400
similar ceremonies held when foi'-
mer students pay homage to their
fellow classmates who have passed
on, and a humble tribute to the
Texans who won the freedom of
the state at the Battle of San Ja
cinto.
Families are invited to bi'ing
their own picnic supper and soft
di’inks will be served.
Weather Today
The weather outlook for today is
clear and warmer.
Yesterday’s high was 84, low 56.
The tempei’ature at 10:30 this
moi'ning was 75.
Saturday is expected to be fair
and warmer and Sunday there is a
possibility of showers.
HOWDY—New basketball coach Ken Loeffler looks over the Aggies as he is introduced
at the yell practice held in his honor last night. Behind him are members of the A&M
band.
ney teams in six years at LaSalle,
whex-e he won 145, lost 30.
It was the second time in 14
months that A&M has held a tu
multuous welcome for a top figui'e
in the spoi-ts world whom Aggies
hope will lift the Mai'oon and White
fi'om the athletic doldrams.
Paul (Bear) Bryant, head foot
ball coach and athletic directox*,
came to the campus in Febniary,
1954.
At Yale, where he coached for
eight years, Loeffler lost only three
games to arch-rivals Princeton and
Harvaxd, winning or tieing for the
Big Three title seven times.
Entering the air force in 1942,
Loeffler, a professor of business
law at LaSalle, came out four years
later to find that Red Rolfe, foi’-
mer manager of the Detroit Ti
gers, had his Yale job.
So Loeffler signed with the St.
Louis Bombers of the now-defunct
Basketball Association of America
and piloted them to two straight
division titles. The Bombei's had
finished last the year befoi*e he
joined them.
“I’m the only coach that ever
left Yale of his own accord,” says
Loeffler. “I’ve never been fired—-
maybe this will be the first time.”
He won’t hold a workout today,
because he flies to Amarillo. Mon
day he goes back to Philadelphia,
where his teaching contract at La
Salle is due to run until June 15.
Jerry Claiborne, assistant foot
ball coach (and straight A student
at Kentucky) will handle the final
week of spring drills. Loeffler
will not sign his assistant for at
least several more weeks.