The Battalion
Number 24: Volume 55
World
News
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
UNITED NATIONS—The colo
nial powers suffered another set
back in the United Nations yester
day. The General Assembly over
rode objections by the Netherlands
and voted to take up the' contro
versial issue of West New Guinea.
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CAIRO, EGYPT — George V.
Allen emerged from a 90-minute
meeting with Premier Gamal Ab
del Nasser yesterday and told
reporters, “I now hope for good
relations between the United
States and Egypt.”
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WASHINGTON — President Ei
senhower’s illness may delay for-
rrtal U. S. acceptance of Dr. Adolfo
Vicchi as new ambassador of Ar
gentina to Washington, it was
learned yesterday. Because the
Ignited States regards ambassadoi’s
as personal representatives of
chiefs of state, the procedure of
formal acceptance of an ambassa
dor is referred to the White House
for the president’s personal ap
proval.
Fiesta Mexicana
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1955
Price Five Cents
MEXICAN FIESTA—Music will be from South of the Bor
der tonight at the Coliseum, when the Town Hall series
presents “Fiesta Mexicana,” at 8. Featured will be songs
and dances, such as the “Jarabe de la Botella.”
Town Hall Opens Tonight
Town Hall will present its first
Reduction of the year tonight
when the doors of White Coliseum
open for Fiesta Mexicana at 8.
The ingredients of this spectac
ular production are dance, music,
cllor and a light heart. The show
features such dances as the world
famous Jarabe Tapatio, Mexican
Hat Dance, which is now the na
tional dance of Mexico; Bamba,
where dancers tie and untie a knot
with their feet without losing a
step; and the Pluma, where the
Directors Approve
Five Scholarships
j Five new scholarships for stu
dents from Latin-American na
tions, bringing to 22 the total of
“Good Neighbor” scholarships now
hvld by A&M men, were approved
by the Board of Directors of the
A&M System.
Scholarships were approved for
Ivo Marino Ferreira of Brazil;
Roberto Prodencio, El Salvador;
Carlos Salinas, Bolivia; Roberto
Julio Ildarraz, Argentina; and Luis
Ernesto Espinoza, Peru.
The scholarships are made pos
sible through a program enacted
by the 47th Texas Legislature, pi'o-
yiding payment of full tuition for
approximately 100 students from
nations of the western hemisphere
who want to pursue degree pro
grams in Texas state-supported
schools. Valued at about $300, they
are renewable each year for four
years provided students maintain
an acceptable record in college.
Already enrolled as scholarship
holders in the program at Texas
A&M College are 17 students. They
come from Argentina, Brazil, Cos
ta Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Hondu
ras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama,
Paraguay, Peru, El Salvador and
Venezuela.
Weather Today
RAIN
* Today’s forecast is widely scat
tered thunder showers after 1:30
p.m. Temperature at 10:45 a.m.
was 86 degrees; Yesterday’s high
i*yas 91 degrees with a low of 71
degrees.
men wear circular head dresses
made of feathers from quetzal
birds.
Natives of Mexico’s Veracruz
coast boast that when the Bamba
is played, the bed posts and the
souls of the dead have to get up
and dance to the irresistable at
traction of this music.
This is the first national tour
for Fiesta Mexicana with a com
pany of 30 artists, selected from
the nation’s best at auditions re
cently held in Mexico City.
Brayton Named
To Head Relief
Col. H. R. Brayton, director of
the Texas Firemen’s Training
School at A&M since 1929, has been
named to head a survey of all Tex
as disaster relief plans according
to William L. McGill, state coordi
nator of civil defense and disaster
relief.
The survey, one of many which
will begin this fall in all states, has
been made possible by appropria
tions from congress which provides
for state-wide coordination of local
and regional relief plans in all
states.
The idea of this survey is to find
out just who will do what and how
much, to eliminate needless confus
ion, and to bring together scatter
ed planning into an organized large
scale, efficient work.
Naval Reserve Unit
Being Organized
Civilian students between the
ages of 17 and 18 ai’e eligible to
join the Naval Reserve Division,
now being formed on the A&M
campus.
The division will train radiomen
and yeomen and each man will re
ceive pay for 48 training periods
pei' year. Openings are also avail
able for men already in the Naval
Reserve and former reservists who
want to re-enlist.
Anyone interested should contact
Lt. Comfort in room 124 of the
Academic Building or call 4-8596
after 5 p.m.
Pre-Med Society
Names Officers
John Simms, senior pre-med ma
jor from Port Arthur, has been
elected president of the Pre-Medi
cal Pre-Dental Society for the 1955-
56 school year.
Other officers elected are Jim
Burns, vice-president; Robert Man
illa, secretary; Carlos Mata, cor
responding secretary; James Cook,
social chairman; Bob Newsom, par
liamentarian; and Rodolfo Margo,
reporter.
Bill Willis was elected senior rep
resentative to' the Arts and Sci
ences Council.
The show comes straight from
the hearts of the people and their
everyday lives. Elements of the
company are dance groups bring
ing the dances of regions from
which they come, a trio singing ro
mantic popular songs, a tenor and
soprano, a Mariachi band and a
number of musicians playing Mex
ican instruments.
Nothing anywhere known to man
compares with the originality and
color of Mexican native ward
robes. They are a part of every
ceremony, celebration and festival.
Dance costumes, drawn from
2,000 years of textile art and three
civilizations are of the most skill
ful needlework.
Tickets for the production were
included in the student activities
fee or may be purchased at the door
or at the Office of Student Activ
ities in Goodwin Hall. Price of the
tickets are $2.50 reserved seats and
$2.00 general admission.
Aggielands Arrive;
Ready for Students
The ’55 Aggielands were expect
ed to arrive today and distribution
to start as soon as they are un
loaded from the trucks.
Students should bring their iden
tification cards and their fee slips
from last yeai', showing they paid
their student activities fee, in case
their name was left from the ros
ter.
Aggielands will be distributed on
a first come, first served basis on
the first floor of Goodwin Hall.
Students Approve Union. Fee
Souvenier Hunters
Manhandle Cadet
An A&M Cadet Regimental Duty
Officer was beaten Saturday night
as three husky souvenier hunters
over-powered him and took his hel
met liner.
Bill Gilbert, victim of the out
burst, was walking down ramp Q
in Kyle Field when he noticed three
boys dressed in civilian clothes
standing by the gate opposite the
ramp. •
As he turned to go into the vis
iting team tunnel he heard one of
them say “let’s get that helmet
liner.”
Ignoring the remark, Gilbert was
continuing down the tunnel when
he was hit from behind, twisted his
neck and stole his helmet liner.
As the boy started running away,
Stu den tsHope
Sun Sinks
Earlier Soon
Cadets now can start hoping
for the Sun to go down faster.
Pass-bys started Wednesday
evening and will continue to
be held every Wednesday until
it gets too dark.
The best-dressed cadet in
each outfit will be selected at
every pass-by formation, ac
cording to Col. Joe E. Davis,
commandant.
Town Hall Staffers
Named for ’55-’56
Les Robinson, Town Hall student
manager for this year announced
the members of his staff yesterday.
Senior members are: Don Driggs,
James R. Henderson, Gay Henry,
Bob Bacher, Bobby Lee, B. F. Wat
kins, Walter Parsons, Bill Huskey,
Harry Scott, Hugh McCrary,
Cookie Brannan, Ken D. Burke,
Ben Allen, James Hammers, Har
old Sellers and Wade Ingram.
Junior members of the staff are:
Bob Best, Bill Rasco, Damon Camp
bell, Jimmy Dellinger, Doug De-
Cluitt, Charles' Skillman, Jerry
Cash, Warren Johnson, Brad
Crockett, Larry Lee, Bill Alsup,
Lee Hilgartner, John Loggins, John
Heard, Gilbert Steile and George
Bahlmann.
Calhoun Speaks
To Petroleum Club
Dr. John C. Calhoun, Jr., dean of
Engineering, was the main speaker
at the organizational meeting of
the Petroleum Engineering Club
last night.
The club also elected Junior Class
Officers. They are Harry Piper,
secretary; Buddy Byrne, treasurer;
George Manitzas, reporter; and
Bill Tom, junior representative to
the engineering council.
Gilbert pulled his saber and started
hitting him across the back with
the flat side.
Just as Gilbert was getting ready
to call for help, another boy hit
him in the mouth with his first and
knocked him down. From then on
he doesn’t remember very much
about it except that he was kicked
while down.
When he finally got away, he
rushed outside and called Capt. Joe
C. Brusse who immediately went
to the scene. A lady standing there
pointed to the direction in which
the attackers had left. Brusse saw
them about two blocks away still
running. He followed but was un
able to catch them.
Gilbert suffered two broken ribs
in addition to cuts on his lips and
bruises over most of his body.
Lt. Col. Taylor Wilkins, assist
ant commandant, said that it was
a natural assumption to assume
that the attackers were University
of Houston freshmen football play
ers, but that there was no evidence
pointing as to who the boys were
or that they were UH students.
He said that notice of the inci
dent would be given to UH officials
in hope that they might be able to
help locate the boys.
Union Charge
By 1,535-216
Wins
Vote
Senior Meat Team
Plans Kansas Trip
The Senior Meats Judging Team,
consisting of three members and
one alternate, is now working out
for the Oct. 18 American Royal In
tercollegiate Meats Judging Con
test in Kansas City, Mo.
J. A. Loftis, Kenneth G. Killion,
Melvin Lebo and Robert W. Cald
well are meeting with G. T. King,
judging team coach, each evening
at 5 to work with all classes of
carcasses and meat cuts.
The team is sponsored jointly by
the Saddle and Sirloin Club and
the Animal Husbandry Depart
ment. They hold practice workouts
in Fort Worth, Oct. 7-8; Oklahoma
City, Oct. 13-14; Kansas City, Oct.
17; and the American Royal Con
test on Oct. 18.
The union fee was approved by a landslide vote, 1,535 to
216, by students voting in the election held last week in the
Memorial Student Center.
The result of the election was announced by the A&M
System Board of Directors at its meeting here Saturday.
The collection of the fee is authorized for the fall term, 1955,
and for all semesters thereafter. Payment of the fee, which
is $2 per regular semester and $1 per summer semester, is
compulsory for all students.
Two dollars was collected from each student upon pay
ment of fees to the Fiscal Office at the opening of the pres
ent term. If the vote had gone against the assessment of the
■♦union fee, this amount would
have been returned.
At its last session, the State
Legislature, in what apparent
ly was a compromise measure
for the loss of the compulsory
student activities bill, passed leg
islation authorizing the A&M
Board of Directors to hold a stu
dent election to decide on the un
ion fee.
The money from the fee is to be
used for the operation, mainten
ance and repair of the Center. The
MSC faces a deficit of $45,000 in
its budget for this year. The com
pulsory fee will take up almost
$30,000 of this lack, caused by loss
of Exchange Store profits and an
increased cost of facilities; the re
mainder will be made up of depre
ciation funds accumulated by the
Center last year.
Board Accepts
$160,79466
Grants-in-Aid
A total of $160,794.66 rep
resenting grants-in-aid, schol
arships, fellowships and spe
cial gifts to the A&M College
System, was accepted by the
Board of Directors of the System
meeting here Saturday.
Texas A&M College received the
greatest portion of the total
amount—$103,947.05. Of this sum,
$76,600.01 was for scholarships,
from 89 sources over the state, in
cluding alumni organizations, serv
ice clubs, industries, business firms
and private individuals. The re
maining portion of the total con
sisted of fellowships, grants-in-aid
and special gifts of equipment and
books for the college.
The Texas Agricultural Experi
ment Station received $49,430 in
grants-in-aid for study of twenty-
six major agricultural problems,
and $3,066.61 in gifts of equipment
for use in research work.
Prairie View A&M College was
recipient of $1,460, of which $1,000
was earmarked for a student loan
fund for junior and senior majors
in agriculture.
The Texas Transportation Insti
tute received a $20,000 grant-in-
aid for study of transportation
problems and $1,901 in equipment
for use in research on better as
phaltic mixes and road surface ma
terials.
Tarleton State College has re
ceived $1,000 for scholarships also
an egg cooler for use in its Poul
try Department.
Dorm 15 Drownout
Being Investigated
An investigation is now under
way in the Sunday night “drown
out” of several students on the
first floor of dormitory 15.
Identity of the assailants is still
unknown although military author
ities said they “thought” they
knew who two of the boys were.
They said Bennie Zinn, head of
student affairs, would have to talk
to the students first.
The students were assumed to be
civilians since they ran into dor
mitory 16 after throwing water
through windows of the Signal
Corps outfit.
The Military Department said
they did not know if they were
civilian students or not, but should
find out within the next two or
three days.
The trouble was very minor, they
added.
$150,000 Given Board
Inter-Faith Chapel Planned
A check for $150,000, a letter of
committment for an additional
$50,000 if needed, and plans and
specifications for an inter-faith
chapel for A&M students were pre
sented to the Board of Directors of
the A&M System at its meeting
Saturday.
Presentation of the check and
promise of additional aid in build
ing the chapel was made by a dele
gation of officers of the Former
Students Association. The group
consisted of W. L. Ballard, Long
view, Association president; Louis
R. Bloodworth, Wichita Falls, vice-
president; O. T. Hotchkiss, Port
Arthur, immediate past president;
and J. B. Hervey, College Station,
executive-secretary.
W. T. Dougherty, president of
the System Board, in accepting the
Courtesy Of Former Students
check, said, “Former students have
made many wonderful gifts to
A&M, but this is undoubtedly the
finest and most wonderful they
have ever given.”
Plans shown to the Board call
for a steel structure with stone and
glass facings, having 9,200 square
feet of floor space. The chapel will
contain a sanctuary with seating
capacity for 162 persons, chaplain’s
office, rooms for meditation and
counseling, a religious library and
a large enclosed garden opening on
the sanctuary. It will be built on
the campus, between the presi
dent’s home and Law and Puryear
Halls.
Construction, planned during
1956, will climax a campaign be
gun by the FSA in 1952. Since
that year thousands of former stu
dents have contributed to the fund.
The building will provide a center
for prayer and meditation for stu
dents of all faiths, and will be
available for augmenting programs
of churches operating near the
campus.
Design for the chapel was done
by Richard Vrooman, a member of
the college’s Department of Arch
itecture. Vrooman’s fees will be
paid by the Association.
President Elected
Fred Gregory, senior Animal
Husbandry major, was elected pres
ident of the Port Arthur Hometown
Club at their regular meeting in
the Biological Science Hall last
week. Other officers elected were
Clark Holloway, vice-president;
Dan Owens, secretary and treas
urer and Billy Runte, reporter.