Number 18: Volume 55
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The Battalion
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1955
W orld
News
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FRANKFURT, Germany — T h e
“come home” campaign by Soviet
Russia and East European satel
lites is disturbing refugees in the
West. But Western experts say
the number of exiles who have re
turned is small. One American
official estimates that not more
than 150 exiles have redefected
from West Germany, their major
haven where they had been hoping
for resettlement in the United
States or elsewhere. British intel
ligence says only a “trickle” have
gone back.
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DALLAS—An F86D Sabre Jet
exploded in the air north of here
yesterday but the pilot, Capt.
Vern Davis, 34, parachuted safe
ly. The burning wreckage of the
Perrin Air Force Base craft fell
in a sparsely wooded area in
Denton County. Davis was taken
to a Denton hospital for exami
nation.
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RALEIGH, N.C.—The devastat
ing blow dealt North Carolina by
Hurricane lone left damages that
may reach 160 million dollars, the
state Civil Defense Director, Gen.
Edward F. Griffin, said yesterday.
This would mean that lone, which
slashed across the fertile eastern
section of the state Monday, sur
passed damages wreaked by Hur-
ticane Hazel last October by more
than 40 million dollars.
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NEW Y O R K—Stewards at
Belmont Park slapped a 10-day
suspension on jockey Willie
Shoemaker yesterday, and the
nation’s No. 1 rider for the last
two seasons will not be able to
pilot the Maine Chance Farm’s
Jet Action in Saturday’s $100,-
000-added Syson-by Stakes.
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CORSICANA — Lon C. Ingram,
former Texas A&M football star
and resident state highway engi
neer here, died yesterday of a
gullet wound. Ingram was found
in his home with a bullet wound
in the head last Thursday. A pis
tol lay beside him.
TAKE A GOOD LOOK—You better take a good look, for around A&M you won’t see
many parking lots unfilled. One wonders how the campus security officers can tell
whether a car is parked in the right place. For instance, should a car with a Hart Hall
lot decal be tagged if it is six blocks from its right parking lot and only five from an
other? But you’ve got to park them somewhere.
Memorial Student Center., II
Fee Won’t Take Up Slack
President Morgan
Hosts Dinner Club
The A&M Employees Dinner
Club will be guests of President
and Mrs. David H. Morgan this
evening for the first social of the
year.
Dinner will be served at 7:30
p,m. in the Memorial Student Cen
ter Ballroom followed by dancing
to the music of Ernfie Martilleno
and his Caper’s Combol Formal or
informal dress may be worn.
Ed. Note: This is the second
in a series of articles on the
Memorial Student Center aimed
at enabling students to know
their student union to help them
decide on how to vote in the
coming union fee election.
Even if approved by students in
the election next Thursday and
Friday, the revenue from the $2
union fee will not take up the
slack between expected income and
expected expenses for the Me
morial Student Center this year.
Th^ estimates for the 1955-56
school year reveal a difference, on
the debit side, of about $40,000, ac
cording to figures compiled by the
Center’s financial department. Fig
uring an average of 6,500 students
paying the $2 both semesters plus
1,500 paying $1 for two semesters
a difference of $16,000 still exists.
The lest of the money to operate
on next year will have to come out
of the reserve fund for deprecia
tion which, for the first time, the
Center was able to accumulate last
year, said J. Wayne Stark, director.
Let’s look at a simple breakdown
of the Center’s financial situation.
The areas covered include three
general categories: business oper
ations, facilities and student pro
grams.
The income from business opera
tions is expected to be $740,000
this year, balanced on the expenses
side of the ledger by an equal
amount. So far, so good.
Facilities is a smaller operation,
especially on the income side—
$90,000 coming in and $110,000 ex
pected to go out. Of the $90,000
income, $45,000 is paid by the state
for adult education programs, the
short courses. This category
leave® the Center $20,000 short.
The third area is student pro
grams, and this is one that brings
in nothing and costs $25,000. Funds
for this activities were formerly
provided by Exchange Store prof
its, but these funds are lost to the
Center this year because of the
cost of the expansion and modern
ization of the college store this
summer. •
Adding up, the MSC faces a po
tential debit of $45,000. As shown,
before, the union fee will not make
this amount up in its entirety, but
will provide more than half.
The business operations include
all of the departments of the Cen
ter that offer something to sell,
rent, use, etc. These are such as
guest rooms, bowling alley, food
departments, and the like.
The facilities are self-explana
tory. Income from this category
comes from profits from business
services, carry-over from previous
years and state funds for adult ed
ucation programs.
Of major interest to students
are the student programs of the
Center. These include the various
committees and activities that stu
dents can participate in at the
MSC.
Approval of the union fee will
enable the Center to continue its
services unimpaired, Stark said.
The alternative presenting itself
(See UNION FEE, Page 6)
Three SWC Schools
Admit Rule infraction
Mock Disaster
Demonstration
Staged Tonight
Following a make-believe
tornado, evacuees from a
nearby town will be brought
to Rensel Park tonight to the
evacuation center there for
medical cai’e, shelter and food.
Demonstrating every service of
civil defense, the drama will high
light the Civil Defense Conference
being held at the Memorial Stu
dent Center.
Representatives from some 40
women’s organizations over the
state registered for the conference
Wednesday morning. The confer
ence will end Friday.
Sponsored by the State Women’s
Civil Defense Advisory Council,
the workshop is designed to give
the 125 delegates ideas to intro
duce in their groups at home as
well as to pi'ovide the content for
a new civil defense handbook.
Topics being discussed in the
workshops of the conference in
clude health, welfare services,
emergency mass care (including
feeding, housing and clothing),
school roles in civil defense, youth
participation and information and
communication work.
During the session, exhibits,
open to the public, are set up in the
second floor lounge of the MSC
which show different preparations
and precautions that can be taken
against disaster.
These exhibits include the first
place winner in the American Le
gion. Fair. Estimated at a cost of
six dollars, the display is a first
aid kit with additional equipment
in case of disaster or enemy at
tack.
(See CIVIL DEFENSE, Page 6)
Southern California
School Paper Cuts Shivers
By RALPH COLE
Battalion Managing Editor
Texas Governor Allan Shivers
has again been attacked by the
University of Southern California
school paper in an editorial titled
“That Governor From Texas!”
To re-hash the story, the admin
istration of the University of
Southern California had invited
Shivers to speak at the 1955 grad
uation exercises. The USC Stu
dent Senate met the same evening
the announcement was made and
voted unanimously to pass a pro
test resolution drawn up by the
student body.
The protest resolution stated:
“The historic purpose of a com
mencement is to inspire the grad
uating seniors to recognize the
importance of the ideals of -toler
ance, integrity and intelligence.
“Governor Shivers has consis
tently demonstrated a lack of these
ideals and it would be to the def
inite detriment of the reputation
and best interests of the Univer-
TUMBLEDOWN SHACK—Shown in the picture above are
the rear steps to “H” building in Splinter Village, where
Infantry and Artillery classes are held. Students coming
out the rear door don’t have to worry about tripping on
steps, they just brace their feet and slide down the ramp.
However, if someone happened not to slide just right, the
overturned steps might not make for such a comfortable
landing.
Clubs May Apply
For MSC Rooms
Applications for meeting rooms
of student organizations and clubs
are now being taken in the Social
and Educational Department of
the Memorial Student Center.
Beginning this morning at 8
o’clock, the applications will be
taken until all of the rooms are
filled. Applications will be accep
ted primarily on a first come, first
j serve basis.
However, if a club or organiza
tion used the MSC as a meeting
place last year, there is not much
chance they will be able to meet
again this year.
“We try to let as many clubs as
possible have a chance to use the
rooms and the only way we can do
this is to alternate the organiza
tions,” said Mrs. Ann Keel, Social
Director of the Center.
sity to have a person who has
demonstrated such a lack of these
ideals, particularly in the light of
the fact that this is the Diamond
Jubilee Year.” (SC 75 anniver
sary).
The Daily Trojan went on to say
that all the more reason to leave
Shivers out of the graduation cere
monies was for his “infamous and
widely publicized quote two years
ago that ‘I am personally revolted
by the idea of having white and
nigger children in the same schools
together’.”
President Fagg, president of the
University, said “we weren’t even
considering his views on segrega
tion—nothing amazed me more
thant the student protest.”
The Daily Trojan came back with
“Well, nothing amazes us more
than the administration’s amaze-
than the student protest.”
During all this bickering, Shivers
had no comments except to say
Weather Today
that he still planned to attend the
exercises and make the speech as
invited.
Dr. Fagg called the Student Sen
ate into his private office and talk
ed with them on the administra
tion’s position in the matter. As
soon as the good Doctor left the
room, the Senate agaih voted una
nimously to keep the student pro
test.
On the day Shivers was an
nounced as speaker for tehe occa
sion, the Daily Trojan went off
publication for the summer. The
paper says, “It is perfectly clear
now that certain campus politicos
used the Shivers affair to enhance
their own careers rather than pri
marily for the principles involved.”
It seems that some biased students
made some money off the Los An
geles papers by selling them
stories which weren’t necessarily
true.
To end the editorial, Paul Was-
serman. Managing Editor says,
“Shiver’s right to speak was not
the point at issue. It was the fact
that speaking at a commencement
is an honor that should be be
stowed only on those who deserve
it. Shivers, by no stretch of the
imagination, is so qualified!”
SMU, Baylor, TU
Recruit Athletes
DALLAS, Sept. 21—L 7 ?)—Southern Methodist, the Uni
versity of Texas and Baylor yesterday admitted what they
said were minor, technical violations of the Southwest Con
ference code on recruiting athletes.
Rice denied any violations and Texas A&M, which re
cently was penalized by the conference, said it wouldn’t be
proper to comment now.
These five schools were named in a story in the Dallas-
News yesterday as scheduled to be called on the carpet for
recruiting practices at a special meeting of the conference
Sunday in Dallas.
The story said that 12 cases were to be considered all
♦’together, and that “most”
were minor and highly tech-
iTlings Open
For Civilians
This Friday
Filings for this year’s Civ
ilian Student Council will op
en at 8 a.m. Friday, remaining
open until 5 p.m. Friday,
Sept. 30. The election will be
held Oct. 4.
Students who want to file must
have been a civilian student at
least one semester, must have a
1.0 grade point ratio and must not
be on scholastic or disciplinary pro
bation. A representative is elec
ted from each two ramps, from
each floor of civilian dorms and
from each College View row. The
representative to the Civilian
Council is then elected for each
dormitory or row from the ramp,
floor or row representatives and
each respective student senator.
Filing should be made with civ
ilian house masters, the student
manager in College View, or with
the civilian advisors, W. G. Breaz-
eale and Robert O. Murray.
The civilian student senators
will conduct the election. Ballots
will be distributed in College View,
according to John Jones, last
year’s Council president. Dormi
tory students can get their ballots
from house masters or senators, he
said.
At present no decision has been
made as to how day students will
vote, Jones added.
’56 Aggielancl
Staff To Meet
A meeting of ’56 Aggieland staff
will be held Monday night at 7:30
in room 201 of Goodwin Hall. This
is an important meeting for staff
members, and section editors as
well as any student interested in
working for the annual, said Edi
tor Kurt Nauck.
nical in nature. It said one
case, however, involving a
track star who enrolled at
Texas was “more serious.”
Howard Grubbs, executive sec
retary of the conference, refused
to comment on the reports. Ear
lier, he had announced the meet
ing would be for the purpose of
discussing recruiting practices in
general and to receive reports on
inquiries into these practices by
conference officials.
Texas A&M is already under a
two-year probation for violation of
recruiting rules.
J. Neils Thompson, Texas’ fac
ulty representative to the confer
ence, said Tuesday he felt Texas
was involved in violations of the
recruiting rules, “in a rather mi
nor way, but nevertheless they
were violations.”
Texas Athletic Director Dana X.
Bible said there was one instance
where a Texas assistant football
coach might have violated the rule,
“if they want to be real techni
cal.”
Transportation Case
He said the case involved the
transportation of a prospective
athlete from Bastrop to Austin in
cidental to bringing the boy’s fath
er to Austin to meet Head Football
Coach Ed Price.
Bible said it did not occur to the
assistant coach that a rule was be
ing violated when the boy came
along with his father.
Bible said he assumed the news
story about a track star concerned
Eddie Southern, much sought-after
Dallas spi-inter. JL.
“I do know the boy was sought
after, and I do know they mkde
a pretty thorough investigation of
all those rumors, and to my
knowledge it was all cleared,Bi
ble said. “There wasn’t anything
that took place that was irregular
—if that’s the boy they’re talking
about.”
Southern Methodist Football
Coach Woody Woodard said SMU
had made a technical violation,
but that he wasn’t aware it was
one when it was made.
Partly Cloudy
Temperature of 84 degrees was
recorded at 10:30 a.m. with a low
early this morning of 78 degrees.
Forecast for today remains the
same, partly cloudy with widely
scattered thundershowers.
Yesterdays high was 90 degrees
with a low last night of 73 degrees.
Student Senate
Meets Tonight
Introduction of guests and the
forming of committees will head
the agenda of this years’ first
Student Senate meeting.
Meeting time is 7:30 tonite in
the Senate Chamber of the Memor
ial Student Center. A seating
-plan for football games is now be
ing worked out according to Byron
(Scotty) Parham, Senate president.
Last Day To Drop
Saturday is the last day for ad
ding courses or enrolling. Oct. 1
is the last day for dropping cour
ses with no grade.
SEPTEMBER SHOWER—Giving Sully his first bath of
the new school year are freshmen from Squadron 13. The
group also were first to water the statue down last year,
and, according to reports, plan to make being first a tra
dition.