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The Battalion Number 112: Volume 54 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS,' FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1955 Price Five Cents Most Class Offices Will Need Runoffs Civilian Students Water, Food, Dancing T o Highlight W eekend A&M’s first Civilian weekend will begin at 5:30 this afternoon with a tug-of-war between the civilian dormitories and housing areas. The test of strength will be held on the field north of The Grove across West boulevard. The losing teams in this pulling melee will get doused from a fire hose, which will form the center line for the contest. The planning committee for the weekend activi ties has indicated that the winning teams may get their share of the water, too, depending upon the aim of whoever is holding the fire hose. After this, a barbecue will be held in The Grove, and will be open to all students, faculty and staff members. Tickets are 70 cents and a limited number will be avail able at the door, according to John Cozad, ticket chairman. Arrangements have been made to provide each person at the barbecue with one full pound of baby beef, plus the usual trimmings, said Hugh Lanktree, general chairman for the weekend. .Entertainment at the barbecue kill be furnished by the African Corpbo and the Aggie Ramblers, and the beard-growing contest will also be judged. Judges are Jane and Joan Ryba, Rice cheerleaders; Judy Nunn, Aggie sweetheart; and Shirley Woodell, Lamar Tech cheerleader. Two classes of beards will be judged — scroungiest And fanciest —and prizes will be awarded to the top two candidates in each class. The prizes were donated by local merchants. Summer Session Begins June 6 The first term of the summer iession will begin June 6 and the second term will begin July 15. Dormitories to be open are Law, Puryear, Bizzell, and the second and third floors of Leggett. Stu dents already living in these dormi tories may reserve their rooms for the summer sessions if they wish, according to Harry Boyer, chief of housing. Nightly entertainment to be pro vided at The Grove includes movies, square dances, round dances, and skating parties. A local talent show and intramural sports will also be provided for students, said Boyer. The first annual Civilian ball will cap off the weekend of fun for civilian students. This is also open to corps students, faculty and staff members. Tickets are $1.50, stag or date, and may be purchased from any Civilian Student Councilr- News of the World By The ASSOCIATED PRESS WARSAW, Poland — Communist China pledged yesterday to fight alongside the Soviet Union and its European allies if war erupts in Eur-ope. At the same time a Pei ping spokesman said his govern ment is convinced world peace can be preserved. ★ ★ ★ VIENNA, Austria — The Big Four agreed yesterday on final terms for an Austrian treaty of independence. This country’s foreign minister, mindful of an impending top-level East-West meeting, called it “a turning point in world history.” ★ ★ ★ HAIPHONG—Thousands of Com munist Vietminh troops swept into the Uorthwest section of this big seaport yesterday and immediately imposed an iron rule of fear. Oc cupation of Haiphong will be com pleted today, ending French colo nialism in North Indochina. ★ ★ ★ AUSTIN—A bill clamping rig id controls on the state’s veterans land program won unanimous Senate approval today and was sent back to the House with 20 amendments. The measure im poses strict regulations over the administration of the land pro gram, target of sweeping inves tigations since last November. ★ ★ ★ WASHINGTON—The House last night passed a $31,488,206,000 mili tary appropriation bill for next year, upholding President Eisen hower’s plans to reduce armed service strength. As the measure went to the Senate it provided for a cut of $107,300 for the army, navy and marine corps, and an increase of $5,000 for the air force. man or at the office of student activities. Music will be furnished by the Capers Combo, and the dance will be from 9 p.m. to midnight. At 10:30, during the intennission of the dance, the finalists in the Ugly Man contest will be judged to see just who is A&M’s ugliest civilian student. Among the judges will be Bill Lawrence, con stable of Snook, and Taylor Wil kins, assistant commandant. The “winning” student will be awarded an elaborate certificate stating that he is definitely “A&M’s ugliest stu dent for 1954-55.” Finalists in this contest are Lanktree, Robert (Bob) McClary, Everet T. Rickets, Don (Tex) Boehnke, and Cecil R. Curry. Also during the intermission, a floor show will be presented by the Business Administration Wives club, featuring a can-can line. Charles Parker will be master of ceremonies for the activities. T GETTING READY—Two of A&M’s “bluebeards” are readying- their growths for the beard judging contest at the first annual Civilian Students dance in The Grove tomorrow night. Russ Goodale, animal husbandry junior from Kenedy, is shown trimming the beard of Gene Red, accounting major from Georgetown. Mendes-F ranee Ex-Premier Thanks Club The wine drinkers in France may not have liked ex-premier Pierre Mendes-France’s id^as about drink ing milk instead of “alcoholic bev erages”, but the Kream and Kow Klub at A&M had different ideas. Each year the group presents two honorary memberships to out standing leaders in the Texas dairy industry at its spring bar becue. This year, the club decided to go a step, or rather a country, further. They presented a special Steak Fry Honors YMCA Officers The A&M YMCA installed offi cers for the 1955-56 school year at a steak fry at Hensel Park re cently. Speaker for the occasion was the Rev. Lee Phillip, dean of the chapel at Prairie View A&M col lege. Officers installed were Stew Coffman, president; Dan Winship, vice-president; Dick McGlaun, pro gram chairman; Curtis Shulze, sec retary; Rollins Bilby, treasurer; Harold Byars, reporter. Commission chairmen for the new year are David Bagley, fresh man guidance; Campbell Wood, world relatedness; Newton Harris, personal life and campus affairs; and Jon Hagler, Christian faith .and action. certificate • to Mendes - France, which read as follows: “In recognition of his outstand ing contributions to the health and welfare of the people of his na tion through the encouragement of the consumption of dairy products, the Kream and Kow Klub of the Agricultural and Mechanical Col lege of Texas hereby confers Hon orary Membership with all the privileges and appurtenances there to.” The certificate was made up and was translated into French by T. E. Comfort of the modern lan guages department. It was mail ed with a covering letter to the French Embassy in Washington, D. C., to be forwarded to Mendes- France, at that time still premier. The club received word March 22 that the letter had been forwarded to the French premier, and then settled back to wait for any answer that the busy Frenchman might send. Monday, the club received an an swering letter for Mendes-France, Cox Elected Head Of A&M DeMolay L. O. Cox was elected president of the A&M DeMolay association recently. Other officers elected were Charles Schiwzer, vice-president; Jim Neighbors, secretary; and Jim Bates, treasurer. stating that he appreciated the cer tificate and that it was an excel lent souvenier. The letter, which Comfort translated into English for the club, also carried Mendes- France’s belief that this action en hanced diplomatic relationship be tween the two countries, and he thanked the organization for the encouragement it gave him in his effort to increase the quality, pro duction and consumption of dairy products in his country. Invitations Now Ready For Pick Up Graduation announcements may be picked up in the office of student activities beginning today. Seniors must bring their re ceipt, and each person may pick up only his announce ments, according to W. D. (Pete) Hardesty, business manager of student activities. The office is open until noon Saturday, and is open from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. during the week. A few extra announcements were oi'dered, and they will be sold beginning Wednesday, Hai’desty said. Holladay Elected Head Yell Leader Only two class offices, other than for the class of ’58, were decided in yesterday’s combined class and Election com mission election. The freshman class had its election earlier and yesterday’s voting was the final runoff election. Paul Holladay was elected head yell leader for the class of ’56. A runoff will be held to decide between David N. Bailey and Gus S. Mijalis. Les Robinson was the winner for student entertainment manager. The only two class offices, both class of ’56, decided were for social secretary, won by Joe Bill Foster, and his torian, won by Thomas R. Olsen. The runoff election for class officers will be held Wed- ’ ♦nesday in the Memorial Stu- FFA Dele gates To Invade A&M This Weekend More than 1,400 Texas Fu ture Farmers, representing 300 Texas high schools will be there this weekend for the annual FFA judging contest. The judging starts today, and will be broken down into five divi sions—livestock, meats, dairy, cat tle, dairy products, and poultry and egg. Tomorrow the boys will be guests of the A&M Collegiate FFA chapter for an announcement cer emony and variety show in Guion hall. The delegates to this contest, which is held here annually, are the top 10 per cent from each of the 10 FFA areas in Texas. Each division of the contest is sponsored by the corresponding de partment of the college, and the results will be tabulated by the agricultural education department. At the awards ceremony tomor row, the top five teams will re ceive banners and the top 10 in dividuals will receive individual awards. The winners of each division will represent Texas in the national judging contest. President David H. Morgan will speak at the announcement cere mony, and the A&M film “We Ai-e the Aggies” will be shown. The variety show will feature acts from five high schools and three acts from A&M. FSA Will Elect New officers for the Former Stu dents association will be elected Saturday night at a business meet ing in the Memorial Student Cen ter. Naming the new officers will be a part of the annual spring council meeting of the association, which begins here at 8 Saturday morning for an expected 120 persons. Retiring officers are O. T. Hotchkiss jr., ’24, president, and W. L. Ballard, ’22, vice-president. Rufus R. Peeples, ’28, is chairman of the Officer Nominating commit tee. For Great Issues Sen. Smathers To Speak Sen. George Smathers Great Issues Speaker Sen. George Smathers, Democrat from Florida, will be at A&M Mon day night for the Great Issues Series. Smathers will speak on “Our Political System is Yours To Pro tect,” in the Memorial Student Cen ter at 7:30 p.m. Smathers comes from a long line of political men. His great-great grandfather was a member of the Colonial Assembly, his grandfather was a Methodist minister, and his father was a judge. Smathers moved to Miami at the age of four. He was educated in Miami public schools and received a bachelor degree from the Uni versity of Florida in 1932. He re reived his law degree in 1938. While at the university, he was captain of the basketball and de bating teams, and was president of Man Who Gave Reveille II Dies Arthur Weinert, class of ’00, known on the campus as the former student who gave Rev eille II to A&M, died Thursday morning at Seguin. Weinert, an Aggie football player at A&M during the turn of the century, has been active many years as president of the Guadalupe County A&M club. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 3 p.m. in Seguin. the Student Body association. In July, 1942, he volunteered for duty with the marine corps and served until the end of the war. His service included 18 months in the South Pacific, and he is now a lieutenant colonel in the marine reserve. Smathers entered the race for Congress in 1945 and was re-elect ed in 1947. He was selected as the outstanding young man in the United States in the field of gov ernment in 1948 by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Smathers was the first World War II veteran to gain a seat in the House. He was one of the first to support the Marshall Plan of sending aid to war devastated coun- ti'ies as a means of preventing the spread of Communism. His major fight was to oppose the withdrawal of American troops from Korea. In 1953, he fought the Alaska statehood bill, and in 1954 he op posed the Hawaiian statehood bill. Smathers was awarded the “Or der of Manuel de Cespides,” the highest honor ever given a non- Cuban by the president of Cuba. He was chosen last fall to make a tour of South America to study taxation and aviation problems for the Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce committee. This is a regular Great Issues series and will be the last one this year, according to Bud Whitney, chairman of the MSC’s Great Is sues group. dent Center from 8 a.m. to noon, and from 1; to 5:15 p.m. The booth will be by the post office entrance. The Election commission elec tion does not have a runoff, as it is a “sudden death” election. Complete results follow, with the runoff candidates in boldface. Win ners are also in boldface, and also are so noted in the tabulation. Class of ’56 President—John D. Cunningham, 128; Bob Yates, 30; Allen Greer, 143; Lloyd E. Billingsley, 179; Ho mer Martin 1, (write-in). Vice-president — R. (Wayne) Young, 118; Gene Stubblefield, 68; Bill Swann, 184; Homer Martin, 120, (write-in). Martin will be in the runoff with Swann, as he was okayed by the Election com mission. Recording secretary — William Nourie, 84; Richard Tachibana, 104; Charles Willis, 47; R. E. Good, 179; Carl Hill, 51. * Social secretary — Joe Foster, 290, (winner); Clay McFarland, 163. Treasurer—Herman Keller, 33; John Donvie Cain, 41; Jack Ed wards, 195; Wade Ingram, 64; Frank Patterson, 143. Parliamentarian—James Denard, 58; Steve Scott, 80; John Liddy, 89;Kenneth George, 138; Don Bur ton, 90, (write-in). Burton will be in runoff with George as he was okayed by the Election commission. Historian — Edward Dusebout, 124; Thomas Olsen, 224, (winner); Gerald Hord, 3, (write-in); Walter Parsons, 107, (write-in). Sergeant-at-arms—Dexter Lack- land, 90; Roy Miller, 46; Jerry Sides, 168; Albert Magnon, 29; Kerry Burleson, 83; Ben Allen, 44. Student Entertainment manager —Les Robinson, 248, (winner); William Huskey, 181. Yell leader—(one elected; two Officers Tomorrow men in runoff for other ye " lead ~ er)—Dudley Swofford, 58; Paul Holladay, 347, (winner, head yell leader); Don R. Burrow, 41; Da vid Bailey, 240; Gus Mijalis, 219; Lynn Monical, 5, (write-in). Run off for other senior yell leader be tween Bailey and Mijalis. Election commission — (no run off, five elected)—Jennings Bunn, 270; Glenn Buell, 331; Robert Lee, 346; Edward Dusebout, 2 3 6; Hughes McCrary, 246; Albert Rial, 249; Rex Rowell, 241; Sidney Pil low, 242. Class of ’57 President—John Cobb, 40; Gay Cloud, 36; Bill Davis, 12; Bill Setz- ler, 26; Durward Thompson, 58; (See COMPLETED LIST, Page 2) Weather Today PARTLY CLOUDY The weather outlook for today is clearing in the afternoon with no rain predicted. Yesterday’s high was 86, low 62. The temperature at 10:15 this morning was 76.