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r f The Battalion Number 103: Volume 54 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1955 Price Five Cents Election Pulls Heavy Vote MSC Will Give Awards At Annual Banquet Tonight COTTON PAGEANT SINGER—Miss Anne Harris, Hous ton television entertainer, will sing at the Cotton pageant here Friday night at 7:30 p.m. The Memorial Student Center will honor members of its council and directorate tonight at the annual MSC banquet. The banquet will be at 6:30 p.m. in the MSC. Appreciation awards will be pre sented to council and directorate members, and two special Dis tinguished Service Awards will be presented to Bud Whitney and Art Henderson. Whitney, a junior, was vice-pres ident of the council and chairman of the Forum group this year. He will be president of the council next year. Henderson, a freshman, was a member of the Music committee this year and was active in plan ning the Intercollegiate Talent show. Council members who will re ceive appreciation awards are: Doug Krueger, Dave Ashcroft, Harri Baker, Bob Boriskie, Sam B. Southwell and C. A. Roeber. Directorate members who will receive awards and their commit tees are as follows: Thomas Williams, art; Dick Wall, dance; Michael Kuich, dance; Robert Opitz, dance; Bud Whit ney, forum; Herman Hassell, great issues; Bob Backer, great issues; Harold Sellers, great issues, Les Robinson, great issues; John Wil son, great issues; Edmond Saad, dance; Tyree Hardy, recital series; Tommy Cox, bowling; Bob Cannon, camera; Frank daggers, music; Art Hen- Friday Night Entertainers Pack Pageant Crowded into the hour-and-a-half Cotton pageant Friday night will be the presentation of 160 duchess, six entertainment acts, and a style show. Morris Frank, Houston’s genial toastmaster, will be master of cer emonies for the show, vhich will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the White coliseum. The Cotton ball will follow at 9 p.m. in the Grove, with the Aggie- land orchestra playing. Tickets to the pageant are $1.50 for reserved Seats, $1 for general admission, and 60 cents for public school children. Tickets to the ball are $2, stag or couple. Tickets may be purchased in the student activities office or from members of the Agronomy society, which sponsors the annual show. Here are the acts to be presented as a part of the pageant: Miss Anne Harrison, Houston television singer; Miss Virginia McBride and Jimmy Harrison, Ste phen F. Austin student and A&M student, semi-classical duet team; a black-face number from the Jane Lee school of dancing; Dean and Dan Pinkham of Houston, 14-year- old twin singers; the Coltzer dance team of the University of Texas, sophisticated ballroom dancing. And the “Oobie Doobie Boys,” Wade Moore and Dick Penner, who missed the Collegiate Jazz show here Tuesday because of a record ing date, will be here for the Cot ton pageant show. The style show, presented by Beverly Braley of Bryan, will show cotton fashions for springtime. The pageant will end with the crowning of King and Queen Cot ton, A&M Senior Joe Bob Snod grass and TSCW Freshman Pat Calloway. W. T. Doherty, presi dent of the A&M System board of directors, will crown the queen. The time-conscious Agronomy society has promised that the pag eant won’t last more than an hour and a half, with the presentation of the 160 duchess set to last only 15 minutes. Students Get Warning On Parking Students have been advised against parking on the south side of West boulevard, which runs along the north side of the drill field, according to Fred Hickman, chief of campus se curity. Mimeographed notices were placed on the cars parked along that street last Wednes day and Thursday nights, noti fying students of the change Hickman said the Law hall parking lot and other assigned areas were big enough to ac commodate all the cars in that area. Eliminating park ing on the south side of the boulevard, he explained, will allow the corps more room to march down the street. derson, music; Murray Milner, pub lic relations; and Dick McGlaun, house. Charles Parker, out-going presi dent of the council, will be given a watch on behalf of the Center by council president Dave Ashcroft. Parker and Whitney will both make talks. Parker will then in troduce Whitney, next year’s coun cil president. The advisors of the directorate committees will also be introduc ed. More Than 2,000 Pick 47 Winners In the general election voting yesterday, 41 student sen ators, two representatives to the Student Publications board, three Student Life committee representatives, and one civil ian yell leader were elected. More than 2,000 students partici pated in the election. Here are the winners by position: (Complete results are on page 3) The class of ’56 elected as senators R. Wayne Young, Bill (Red) Swann, B. A. (Scotty) Parham, Richard Tachiband, Tommy Short, John Petty, Paul Holladay, Bob Boone, C. E. Stinnett jr., Johnnie Petter, David C. Parnell, Frank Patter son, Wade T. Ingram, Jack Edwards and Glenn D. Buell. Civilian senators and the*- dormitory or area from which Social Security No. 3 New Law Widens Insured Status Foth Selected Top Ag Professor Dr._H. D. Foth of the agronomy department has been named the outstanding professor in the School of Agriculture by the student Agri culture council. Foth, who was chosen from 10 nominees, will be presented an award May 9 by the council. The council chooses an outstand ing professor each year, on the basis of class presentation, ability to develop class interest, student- professor relationship, personal rtaits, and extra-curricular activi ties. Little League Tryouts Start Tomorrow Spring training will begin at the city diamond at 5 to morrow afternoon for an ex pected 125 rookies, 12 years old and under, who have reg istered for tryouts and who aspire to gain a place on one of the eight teams to participate in Little League baseball at College Station this summer. In addition to these, there are about 50 holdovers from last year’s major teams who do not take spring training. As in the past, there will be four major and four minor league teams in the local league. T. E. McAfee, player agent for the College Station league, super vises spring training. The train ing is to be in four periods and will end May 4, McAfee said. Each of the four sessions, to morrow, May 2, 3 and 4, will start promptly at 5 p.m. at the city dia mond at Park Place and Fairview in College park, he said. “All trainees should bring their own gloves unless they are to try out for catcher,” McAfee said. “Balls, bats and full catching equipment will be supplied.” To be eligible for Little League ball this summer, trainees are re quired to attend at least two full practice sessions. Details of the program will be discussed with each player during training. they were elected are G. E. (Joe) Hunt, Hart hall; C. Frank Webber, Law hall; Tony Bracks, Leggett hall; Walker B. Porter, Milner hall; Joe Blair, Mitchell hall; Don H. Davis, Pur- year hall; Bill Midgett, Walton hall; Melvin M. Newsom, College View; and Charles Saxe and Day- ton Moses, day student senators. Class of ’57 The class of ’57 elected as sena tors Thomas R. Thedford, Joe Da vid Ross, Douglas R. DeCluitt, Brad Crockett, Byron W. King, Dale G. West, Jim Rowland, Lardy D. Piper, Jimmie Dellinger and Dick Bernard. Elected* senators for the class of ’58 were Ben A. Yeager, Ted Lowe, Bill W. Libby, James P. Gatlin, Don Elledge and Jon L. Hagler. The civilian representative to the Student Publications board will be Derrell H. Guiles; from the corps it will be Paul Holladay. The civilian students elected Ger ald Van Hoosier, Ray D. Carroll and Hugh D. Lanktree to the Stu dent Life committee. John E. Co- zad was elected civilian yell lead er. A breakdown of voting in the elections shows about 750 civilian students participating, about 500 class of ’56, about 450 class of ’57 and about 320 class of ’58. “Yesterday’s election generated more interest, especially among the civilian students, than any previous general election I can remember, 1 said Dave Lane, chairman of the Election commission. Fuchs Will Head Alpha Zeta Group Monroe Fuchs, junior poultry husbandry major from Cameron, was elected chancellor of the Texas Alpha chapter of the Fraternity of Alpha Zeta in a special election meeting recently. Fuchs will take over his duties Monday night at the annual spring banquet of the chapter. Other officei*s elected were Frank Waddell, agricultural jour nalism major from Roby, censor; Don Dierschke, animal husbandry major from Rowena, scribe; David Fawcett, range and forestry ma jor from Del Rio, treasurer; and Leroy Bieri, animal husbandry ma jor from Angleton, chronicler. Alpha Zeta is a national agri cultural honor society composed of juniors, seniors, and graduate stu dents in the School of Agriculture. This is the third in a series of four articles explaining the plan to allow state employees to be eligible for Social Security insur ance. The articles were prepared by John Hill, A&M System di rector of workman’s compensa tion. The new law covering Social Se curity benefits liberalizes the re quirements for insured status. This is of great value to college and university staff members who are not covered at this time. Under the new provisions, the in dividual is considered fully insured if all the calendar quarters elapsing after January, 1954, and before January, 1956, or if later, the quarter in which he dies or reaches age 65, are covered quarters. To be eligible, newly covered persons aged over 63% as of Jan uary 1, 1955, will have to continue working in covered employment after age 65 until a minimum of 6 quarters has been accumulated. Alternately, persons who meet the following eligibility require ments are fully insured: (a) forty quarters of OASI coverage (10 years), or (b) half as many quar ters of coverage as there are quar ters between January 1, 1951, and age 65 or death. Survivor benefits for wife and children are available by meeting the above tests, or by having cover age for 6 of the last 13 quarters before death. The individual staff member of colleges and universities and his employer will contribute 2% of his earnings up to $4,200 of each year. For a $4,200 salary, each staff member’s yearly contribution to So cial Security will be $84. This will be matched by his em ployer’s contribution of $84. Con tributions to Social Security are shared equally by the individual and his employer as follows: 4% through 1959; 5%, 1960-64 ; 6%, 1965-69; 7%, 1970-74; and 8%, 1975 and after. News of the World By The ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON—The government ordered one of the companies making Salk vaccine to pull back all its shipments yesterday after eight children inoculated against polio were reported hit by the disease. Health authorities cautioned against a scare, however. They said there was no indication the vaccine caused the disease, and that there was evidence to the contrary in some cases, at least. ★ ★ ★ WASHINGTON — President Eisenhower yes terday sounded a cautious note of optimism about peace prospects, based in part on some personal cor respondence he has had lately with Georgi K. Zhu kov, defense minister of the Soviet Union. ★ ★ ★ TAPEI, Formosa—A U.S. official said yesterday the mission of Walter S. Robertson and Adm. Arthur W. Rad ford to Formosa was to strengthen—not weaken—defenses in the Far East. Nationalist sources insisted neither the assistant secretary of state nor the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff suggested withdrawal from the offshore is lands of Quemoy and the Matsus. 'A "At ★ WASHINGTON—President Eisenhower assert ed yesterday the United States would be glad to meet and talk with the Chinese Communists about a Formosa cease-Tire. Committee Meets The class of ’55 class committee will meet at 7:15 p.m. tonight in the Memorial Student Center sen ate chamber to organize, said F E. (Sonny) Tutt, class agent. The class committee is composed of senior representative from each dormitory. Phi Kappa Phi To Initiate New Members New members of Phi Kappa Phi will be installed at the sixth annual initiation ban quet at 7:30 tonight in the assembly room of the Memor- Student Center. Dr. Clanton W. Williams, historian and author, will be the main speaker for the affair. New members to be installed are as follows: School of Engineering Grover L. Alexander, James E. Austin, Roland S. Behlmann, Don ald L. Barksdale, Herbert N. Bar nard, Robert I. Beaver, Owen R. Brock, Julian S. Bryant, James E. Caffey, John T. Cameron, Thomas M. Campbell, John L. Clanton, Lindsay J. Crawford, Ronald G. Denton, James B. Dutton, William F. Dwinnell, Edward B. Field, Mar vin H. Ford, Randall L. Fowler, John E. Frandolig. Harold W. Gale, Douglas Z. Gayle, Donald G. Greene, Garner Johnson, Lawrence B. Laskoskie, Harold L. Loyd, Jimmy D. May, Robert T. Miller, George W. Mill- sap, Ray B. Nesbitt, Marvin F. Nielson, Francis B. O’Donnell, Sid ney C. Pitzer, John T. Purcell, Jer ry D. Ramsey, James F. Ratcliff, Paul O. Roberts. Jerry L. Sales, John L. Shanks, Allen C. Sharp jr., Jack E. Spell, John M. Starke, Thomas D. The riot, Ross R. Wardle, Clifford A. Watson, Daniel P. Wheat, Travis G. Wunderlich, Albin J. Zak, and Robert E. Zumwalt. Weather Today u*e Hen* PS. The weather outlook for today is thunderstorms and showers in the afternoon. Yesterday’s high was 84, low 66 The temperature at 11 this morn ing was 81. School of Veterinary Medicine Tommy Foy Abbott, Ralph W. George, Rudolf A. Hoffman, Jerry (See PHI KAPPA PHI, Page 2) Club Presidents Should See Prints Presidents of hometown, profes sional and other clubs whose pic tures were made for the club sec tion of the Aggieland should go to the student publications office on the second floor of Goodwin hall and pick up the sample print of their club. The presidents are asked to check for the following: Satisfactory quality of print, and proper identification on back of pictures. If the picture is not of satisfac tory quality, a retake must be scheduled this week, as the dead line for club section in the year book is April 30. All lists of club officers should be turned in by Friday to the stu dent publications office. ‘Anything’ Can Win At The Pet Show Saturday By BILL FULLERTON Battalion City Editor If it doesn’t rain, Saturday afU emoon will see the strangest array of pets ever gathered to gether in College Station — at least since the last time the A&M Consolidated Pet show was held at the school. The show, sponsored by the Mothers and Dads club of the school, will get underway on the high school football field with registration at 4:30 p.m. Any type of pet is eligible for the af fair, as there will be a wide va riety of classes in which to enter animals, fowl life, reptiles, bugs or whatever else is accepted as a companion for children. “We have received inquiries from hundreds of children, indi cating such varied entries as horses to goldfish will be in the show,” said John Kinoannon, co- chairman of the show with John McNeely. After registration, a parade of all the animals and their owners wall be held at 6 p.m. with the group moving from east to west twdce around the field. Clowns will lead the parade, and a prize will be given to the entrant judg ed the most original during the parade. Wayne Stark will han dle prize and award announce ments. Judging of the entrants will be done by A&M senior veteri nary students after the parade. The show will end at 7:30 that night. Concession stands will be open at the show with a varied menu of food and drink. Maay door prizes will be given away, the awarding winners to be picked by a drawing of numbers which will be on the programs given to everyone attending the show. There will be two rings for the affair—one on each end of the field. Dogs will be in one and larger animals in the other. In the middle of the field will be enough tables to hold the rest of the contestants. All dogs which are entered must have had rabies shots, so owners should have the dog tag to prove vac cination. Tickets for the pet show are 25 cents for adults and 10 cents for students. The tickets are available from any Consolidated student in the second through fifth grades, and prizes will be awarded the boy or girl selling the most tickets, and to the home room which sells the most. Plenty of ribbons will be given for the entrants, and prizes will be awarded in the dog class. Signs and posters will be up to direct the flow of traffic. B. A. Hardaway is handling ar rangement for these signs. Others working on the show are Mrs. W. B. Harris, Nelson Durst, Maj. E. R. Wright, James Fowler, V. E. Schember and Howard Badgett. The last time the show was held, in 1953, 192 pets were en tered, about one-half of which were dogs and the rest were of a wide variety of “everything.’