The Battalion
Number 110: Volume 54
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1955
Price Five Cents
Tomorrow Is Election Day
Recreation Council
$5,855 Budget Approved
HIGH FASHION — A&M students can keep up with the
latest in fashions if they want to. Here Bobby Marks, left,
and Tom Strait model walking shorts, high socks, and
straw hats—the last word in summer campus wear.
Civilian Students’
Weekend Ahead
The College Station Recreation
c o u n c i 1 yesterday approved a
$5,855.50 budget for the 1955 pro
gram, including estimated expenses
of $5,317,50 plus a 10 per cent
contingency of $532.
Estimated income this year is
$5,009.21. Contributing agencies
are the City of College Station,
Chamber of Commerce, Community
Chest, Lions club and Kiwanis club.
Money comes also from the fol
lowing council programs: swim
ming registration, tennis registra
tion, pre-school registration and
American legion.
The council’s bank balance at the
start of this year’s program is
$1,157.70, -which together with the
estimated income gives a total of
$6,166.91. Of this, $311.41 has not
been allotted for any specific pur
pose.
This year’s programs, the
amount budgeted for each, and last
year’s expenses are as follows:
Swimming—$2,800, and $3,323.05
in 1954.
Tennis—$480, and $432.28.
Pre-school—$135, and $75.68.
Lincoln school—$375, and $247.25.
Picnic—$100, and $70.49.
Tumbling—$240, and $240.
Golf—$30, and $30.
Little league baseball—$325, and
$300.
American Legion baseball—$550,
and $533.80.
Softball—$62.50, and $82.20.
Christmas party—$60, and $54.31.
Treasurer’s expense—$0.00, and
$3.54 in 1954.
Administrative program expense
—$10, and $0.00 in 1954.
Community Christmas program
—$0.00, and $10.
Basketball—$100, and $85.51.
The council postponed until July
action on setting up a softball pro
gram, because of lack of past par
ticipation in this sport.
Registration for the swimming
program will start June 6 at De-
Ware field house, according to Mrs.
Fred Weick, chairman of the coun
cil’s Swimming committee.
The first Civilian weekend ever
to be staged at A&M will get un
derway at 5:30 p.m. Friday with
a tug-of-war on the field, across
West boulevard from the Grove.
The affair will have civilian dor
mitories and housing areas com
peting with each other, and each
member of the winning team will
be given a free ticket to Guion
hall. A stream of water from a
fire hose will serve as the center of
the pull, with the losing team in
each contest getting doused.
Barbecue Planned
At 6:30, after the tug-of-war, a
barbecue will be held in The Grove.
Tickets, which are 70 cents each,
are good for one pound of baby
beef complete with the usual trim
mings. A limited number of tick
ets will be available at the door,
and advance tickets may be pur
chased from Civilian Student Coun-
cilmen, ramp representatives, or
at the office of student activities.
The beard-growing contest will
be judged at the barbecue, and
judges will be Jane and Joan Ryba
f^-om Rice, Judy Nuhn, Aggie
sweetheart and Shirley Woodell
from Lamar Tech. Two classes of
beards will be judged — fanciest
and scroungiest.
Prizes
The prizes to be awarded are as
follows:
Fanciest, first place — 8 by 10
portrait from the Aggieland Stu
dio; a $3 pair of cuff links from
Varner Jewelers; choice of one 10
inch LP record or one 45 rpm al
bum from Shaffer’s; 10 gallons of
gasoline from the Triangle service
station; free shave from the Me
morial Student Center barber shop; I bers.
a ‘‘best in the house” dinner from
the Texan drive-in.
Fanciest, second place — 8 by 10
portrait from the Aggieland stu
dio; $2 in merchandise from Hol-
ick’s Shoe Repair; one pair of
Treadlite summer shoes from Lou-
pot’s; one dozen doughnuts from
Amnuts; free shave from the MSC
barber shop.
More Prizes
Scroungiest, first place—one $2
steak dinner from the Triangle
drive-in; $3.50 in merchandise from
Lipscomb’s pharmacy; a money
clip from the MSC gift shop;
10 gallons of gasoline from the
Triangle service station; free
shave from the MSC barber shop.
Scroungiest, second place'—free
suit cleaning from Smith’s clean
ers; shave from MSC barger shop;
sport shirt from the Student Co
op.
Only A Part
But these afe only a part of the
activities. For entertainment at
the barbecue, music will be fur
nished by the African Combo and
the Aggie Ramblers. Master of
ceremonies for the weekend will
be Charles Parker.
Saturday, the first annual Civil
ian ball will begin at 9 p.m. Tick
ets are $1.50, and music for the
dance will be furnished by the
Capers Combo.
Hugh Lanktree, general chair
man for the activities, has prom
ised a “whale of a good time” to
all students who participate in the
activities. All the events except
the tug-of-war are, open to corps
students, faculty and staff mem-
News of the World
By The ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON—President Eisenhower joined with the
leaders of Britain and France yesterday to invite Soviet Pre
mier Bulganin to a top level Big Four meeting aimed at re
moving “sources of conflict” between the Western powers
and Russia.
★ ★ ★
MOSCOW—The Soviet Union made public yester
day a proposal calling for immediate withdrawal of the
bulk of foreign forces from both East and West Ger
many.
★ ★ ★
AUSTIN—The bill raising Tarleton State college, a
member of the A&M System, from junior college to senior
college status gained final approval in the House yesterday
and was sent to the Senate.
Cushion, Hensel
Late Staff Men Honored
Class Elections
Scheduled in MSC
The primary-postponed class elections will be held to
morrow in the Memorial Student Center, with the voting
booth by the post office entrance. The election opens at
8 a.m., closes at noon, reopens at 1 and lasts until 5:15 p.m.
Because of primaries held by army juniors and sopho-
‘ mores, the election commis
sion, following Student Sen
ate instructions, reopened fil
ings for officers of the class
es of ’56 and ’57, two yell
leaders for each of the classes,
and a student entertainment man
ager for the class of ’56.
The senate also made a recom
mendation, later approved by the
Academic council, outlawing any
election not held under the auspices
of the student activities depart
ment.
Runoff for the class of ’58 offi
cers also will be held at tomorrow’s
election. This class was not in
volved in any charge of holding a
primary, but the election commis
sion delayed its runoff until this
time for convenience.
Fifteen election commission
members are also to be elected to
morrow, five from each of the
three classes. ,
After a meeting of the Election
commission last night, Dave Lane,
chairman, said, “We have no rea
son to believe there was any type
of primary conducted for this filing
by any of the classes taking part
in tomorrow’s elections.”
(See list of names of candidates
on Page 2, under Class Candidates.)
By RALPH COLE
•Battalion Managing Editor
Markers have been erected for
two of A&M’s most beloved and
widely known men. Mason L. Cash-
ion and Fritz W. Hensel, in Hen
sel Park.
Cushion was one of the most
widely known YMCA men in the
college field. He came to A&M in
1926 and worked with the social
and spiritual welfare of students
until his death in 1952. He was
65 years old.
He was executive secretary of
the YMCA here for 26 years, dur
ing which time he won the heart
of many students. For many for
eign students, Cashion was their
first taste of the American way
of life. The Iran Secretary of Ag
riculture, a former student, recent
ly visited Mrs. Cashion.
^ Old Social Center
During the times before the Me
morial Student Center, the YMCA
served as the hub of the social ac
tivities on the campus. Most stu
dents depended on “Mr. Cash” for
some level-headed advice.
Cashion created the Cosmopoli
tan club, now known as the United
Nations club, to bring students
from foreign lands into close con
tact in the field of entertainment
and social activity so they might
understand the problems they fac
ed.
Cashion was secretary of the YM
CA at Austin college in Sherman
before coming to A&M.
He was born in Hunterville, N.
C., and was graduated from Ers-
kine college in Due West, S. C. in
1912, when he came to Texas.
During World War I, he served
with the YMCA divisions in France
and later served with the British
Army of Occupation in the Sudan
until 1921, when he returned to
his former position at Austin col
lege.
Cashion has two boys, both A&M
graduates. Jimmy graduated in
1950 and is now teaching and
coaching at Odessa. Mason jr. is
now stationed in Washington, D.C.
and is due to be discharged later
this month.
He was presented a plaque by
the YMCA cabinet which stated.
In appreciation for more than 25
years of unselfish service to the
students of Texas A&M College.
A job well done.”
The marker is erected in front
of Cashion Cabin in Hensel Park.
It reads, “This cabin built by Ma
son Lee “Mr. Cash” Cashion, sec
retary of the YMCA, 1926-1952,
for the inspiration and enjoyment
of the Aggies he loved.”
Hensel Honored
The other marker, erected in the
honor of Fritz W. Hensel, is lo
cated in the Hensel Park area.
Hensel was head of landscape
arts department here from 1926-
1949, when he died. Besides plan
ning all the entrances to the cam
pus, Hensel designed the present
system of having an oak tree for
each of the World War I dead
placed around the drill field.
He was a native of San Antonio
and came to A&M in 1903 as a stu
dent and graduated in 1907 with
a BS degree. He received his mas
ter of science degree from Cornell
in 1914 and returned to A&M as
an instructor in the horticulture
department. He became the head
of the landscape arts department
in 1926, when it was established.
Hensel is planning the golf
course. He is responsible for
having developed the A&M cam
pus into one of the most beautiful
in the country.
He received The Battalion Ach
ievement award in 1949. Hensel
Park was outlined by Hensel and
was named in his honor.
The inscription on the memorial
states:
“Hensel Park, this park is one of
many projects built for beauty and
pleasure by Fritz W. Hensel, head
of the landscape arts department
1926-1949.”
A&M Students
Admit Robbing
Several Stores
Two A&M students have
admitted the theft of goods
totaling more than $700 to
the Bryan police department.
The students, Jerry W.
Bruce and Paul Smith, have admit
ted entering the Hillcrest Hard
ware store, Central Texas Hard
ware store. Western Auto store in
College Station and Nita’s news
stand. Both students are fresh
men.
The goods consisted of six rifles,
ammunition, baseballs, bats, and
numerous other items. Most of
the stolen goods were recovered
from the weekend robbery of the
Western Auto store in College Sta
tion.
The biggest theft was at the
Central Texas Hardware store
where four high-powered rifles and
two .22 calibre rifles were stolen.
The stolen articles were stored
in a house outside Bryan with
some friends of Bruce, who said
they didn’t know the things were
stolen. Other articles were found
in dormitory rooms.
Bruce was arrested in College
Station Monday night and Smith
was arrested before noon yester
day.
Commentator Staff
Meets Tomorrow
Commentator staff members will
meet in the Commentator office to
morrow at' 5 p.m. for their 1955-56
organizational meeting, said Con
nie Eckard, editor.
Next year’s staff will include
Don Powell, managing' editor; Bill
Willis, associate editor; Ronnie
Greathouse, sports editor; Walt
Bell, art editor; and Phil McNemer,
business manager.
Great Issues
Sen. George Smathers, Demo
crat from Florida, will speak for
the Great Issues Series Monday
night. Sen. Smathers was educated
at the University of Florida and
later went into private practice of
law in Miami.
Exchange Store
Plans Remodeling
The Exchange Store’s “new
look” will be ready for the Sep
tember rush, according to Carl
Birdwell, manager.
A complete remodeling of the
present store will start early in
June and is planned to be completed
in August. Bids will be opened
May 20, Birdwell said.
The $65,000 renovation, designed
by Arch Baker, college system ar
chitect, and his staff, will replace
the front show cases with windows,
break up the interior into distinct
departments, and increase the num
ber of entrances to three. A large
extension of the men’s shop will
handle both military and civilian
clothes.
The store will follow the pattern
of the new book department with
85 per cent of the merchandise
available for self-service.
The Exchange store will operate
in the lounge of Leggett hall dur
ing the reconstruction period. Bird-
well said.
Growing Enrollment
CHS Football Stadium Moved
The push of a growing school
enrollment has resulted in the
moving of the A&M Consolidated
football stadium from its present
location behind the old school
buildings across the street to the
new high school campus.
Work began last week on mov
ing the 1,200 wooden seats from
the old Tiger field to the west side
of the new site. An additional
. 1,200 new steel-supported seats
Weather Today
The weather outlook for today is
mostly cloudy with possibilities of
thunder showers.
Yesterday’s high was 89, low 69.
The temperature at 10:15 this
morning was 72.
will be erected this summer on the
east side, along with a small press
box and scouting booth. The work
is expected to be finished during
the summer, according to Dr. L. S.
Richardson, superintendent of Con
solidated schools.
Space will be left for a cinder
track which will be put in at a
later date. A chain-link fence will
be erected completely surrounding
the field and stands.
The stadium is being moved for
two primary reasons, Richardson
said. First, the old location will
provide more playground and phy
sical education space for elemen
tary and junior high pupils in an
area closer to these schools. And
second, more football seating ca
pacity is necessary.
It was not deemed practical to
add it on the old field with its
limited space.
Consolidated will participate in
Class AA football by the fall of
1957, Richardson said. It could pos
sibly be 1956 if a change was made
in the Interscholastic league ruling
of the size of schools which parti
cipate in AA* football, he added.
&*3ce attendance at A A football
games is expected to be consider
ably larger than in previous years
Manning Elected
Walter S. Manning of the busi
ness administration department has
been elected to membership in the
American Institute of Accountants,
national organization of certified
public accountants.
in A competition, the present seat
ing capacity is not enough. At
tendance has increased with school
enrollment to the point where there
was standing room only at five of
the six home games at the school
last fall.
The new stadium will double the
old capacity, providing nearly
2,500 seats. A modem concession
stand will be erected, and public
toilets and improved lighting will
be installed. The lighting is de
signed to benefit both spectators
and players. The work is being
done by maintenance crew at the
school, with electricians brought in
The project will be financed by
revenue bonds to be retired over
a ten year period from gate re
ceipts, Richardson said. No tax
money or state funds will be used.
PROGRESS — Because of an increasing enrollment in school, the crowds at A&M Con
solidated high school football games have become too large for the old stadium. The
stadium was moved to the new high school campus so as to provide room for more
stands. Enjoying the preview of next year’s view of the football game are, right to left.
Tommy Barker, Betsy Burchard, Marie Lewis and Alfred Linton. In the foreground is
Jim Bevans, coach of the Tigers.