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• '*"*1 The Battalion Number 32: Volume 55 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1955 Price Five Cents Negroes Picket State Fair On Negro Achievement Day DALLAS—</P>—The State Fair held its annual Negro Achievement Day yesterday while pickets from the youth council of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People picketed gates to the grounds. Fair officials estimated the day’s attendance at between 150,000 and 175,000, about the same as for the 1954 observance. The attendance figure included many Negro school children from over the state who were transport- TRADITION?—Some traditions really have a great end ing. And, this 15-second kiss handed Aggie Sweetheart Charlene Seth by Corps Commander Larry Kennedy is no exception. The only disappointment came when B. A. (Scotty) Parham, official timer (not shown), announced the kiss as 15-seconds long. Miss Seth was presented dur ing half-time ceremonies in Fort Worth Saturday. Town Hall Has Robert Shaw Chorale Tomorrow Night The second Town Hall program of the current season kicks off at 8. tomorrow night in White Coli seum. Featured in the program is the Robert Shaw Chorale and Orches tra, nationally known for concert tours and a long list of recordings made for RCA Victor. Director of the Chorale and Oi*- chestra is a familiar figure in the art of choi'al singing, Robert Shaw, 38-year-old Californian. Shaw, who holds two honorary doctorates in music, has become a well-known artist in his field. The engagement for this appear ance is one of 90 which marks the Chorale’s tenth American tour, during which Shaw and his singers have appeared in every state in the Rodeo Tickets Now On Sale Tickets for the All-Aggie Rodeo, with performances at 8 p.m. Thurs day, Friday and Saturday, may be purchased from members of the Saddle and Sirloin Club or at the Student Activities Office in Good win Hall. Pre-rodeo tickets are 50 cents for students and $1 for adults Tickets at the gate will cost stu dents 60 cents. More than 75 students from all frarts of the state, plus a few fac ulty members, will take part in the rodeo. Several members of the Animal Husbandry Department at A&M are expected to enter compe tition. union, except South Dakota and Nevada. Doors for the show will open at 7 p.m. Tickets for the perform ance are on sale at the Office of Student Activities, located on the second floor of Goodwin Hall and open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., except during the noon hour. Cost . for individual tickets for students is $1, general admission; and for non student general admission, $2. For reserve seats, students will have to pay $1.50 and non-students, $2.50. Persons holding Town Hall sea son tickets, pai - t of the student ac tivities fee, ai’e of course admitted on these. Langford to Attend Municipal Meeting Ernest Langford, mayor of Col lege Station, will attend the annual meeting of the League of Texas Municipalities to be held in Brownsville Get. 23-25. Langford is serving his seventh successive term as mayor of Col lege Station. He is head of the Architecture Department. Ag Ed Majors Start Teaching For Two Weeks Two week practice training sessions began yesterday for 41 agricultural education ma jors in various parts of the state. The “trial run” for the student teachers will end Oct. 28. The students and the places at which they are teaching are as follows: Don Lacy and James Denard, Bellville; H. R. Anderson and J. R. Sewell, Bowie; Robert Moody and John Johnson, Bryan; K. L. Steelhammer and Robert Yates, Burnett; O. S. Grote and S. D. Hervey Jr., Caldwell; Roy Clark and James Sullivan, Cleburne; W. B. Pence and R. A. Miller, Cole man; W. M. Slaten and Ray Mur phy, Columbus; Nolan Parker and Harry Cox, Cross Plains; C. C. Smitherman and Stanley Renfroe, Danbury; N. R. Boardman and Curtis Wilkinson, Itasca; Kenneth Schroeder and Doyle Smith, Marshall; E. H. Hough, Sherman; Billy Percival and Kenneth Mays, Tbrrell; Lea- mon Bullock and Edward Klinkov- sky, Tyler; F. L. Stogner and J. M. Hailey, Van; John Stockton and Lester Byrd, Weatherford. Leonard Berger and D. L. Steak- ley, Weimer; Joe Garza and Frank Fichte, Whitesboro; Kenneth Lew is and Frank Metzer, Wills Point; Woodrow Free and Robert Good, Rosenberg. Staff members from the Agri cultural Education Department who will supervise and assist the prac tice teachers include E. V. Walton, head of the department, and O. M. Holt, J. R. Jackson, Henry Ross and Dr. Jarrell Gray. ed in school buses. Picketing began at 8 a.m. A total of 22 pickets marched in front of six of the fair’s 11 gates. They carried signs reading “Don’t Sell Your Pride—Stay Out” and “This is Appeasement Day at the Fair—Stay Out.” Fair police said they had a squad assigned to prevent any outbreak of violence, but no disorders were reported. The only confusion occurred when the Negro Achievement Day parade prepared to enter the grounds. A group of six boys and girls of about high school age, bearing signs, urged parade units to bear right and not enter the grounds. Others inside the gate shouted “come on in.” By prearrangement or through confusion, the Dallas News said, some of the marching units, includ ing several high school bands and the Wylie College band, turned away from the picketed fair grounds. At least some of the bands later entered the grounds. Tommy Neal, head of the MSC Recital Series To Feature Trio A trio from the Houston Sym phony Orchestra will present the first program of the Memorial Stu dent Center Recital series, tonight at 8 p.m. in the Assembly Room of the Center. Fredell Lack Eichborn, a leading violinist; Marion Davies Bottler, first cellist of the Houston Sym phony; and Albert Hirsh, head of the piano department of the Uni versity of Houston make up the trio. Eichborn has appeared with many of the leading symphony or chestras in this country and on concert tours from coast to coast. Miss Bottler is starting her eighth season with the Houston Symphony and was formerly first cellist of the Kansas City Philharmonic. Albert Hirsh has played to MSC Recital Series audiences before and will appear on many of the major concert series in this area. News of the World By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RABAT, FRENCH MOROCCO- Morocco’s newly formed regency council, appointed to take over du ties of the Sultan after his banish ment, held its first meeting yester day and asked for broad Support NCAAP’s youth council, said his group was picketing the fair be cause Negroes had been segregat ed and discriminated against on five sepai-ate days at the fair. James Steward, executive secre tary and general manager of the fair, called the picketing of the fair’s Negro Achievement Day “re grettable.” He said “it is particularly ironic and difficult to understand in view of the fact that the State Fair has been a pioneer in making available to Negroes through its sixteen day run, facilities that are not open to them anywhere else in the state.” Aggies Escape Serious Injury In Car Wreck Two Aggies escaped serious injury in the only accident re ported for the Corps Trip weekend. Victor Hlavinka and Rob- ei't Castor were on their way to Dallas after attending a dance at TSCW when the accident occurred. Hlavinka, driver of the automo bile, missed a curve about a mile outside of Denton and- lost control of the car. Leaving the road, the car rolled over five times during* which time, the two occupants were thrown from the car. Castor was cut about the face and eyes. Hlavinka received mul tiple bruises and scratches plus a torn muscle on the calf of his leg. They were taken to Floy Me morial Hospital in Denton and treated for their injuries. Castor was released Saturday afternoon and was in school yesterday. Hlavinka was allowed to go home Sunday but was supposed to re turn to school today. The automobile, a 1953 Chevro let, was completely demolished and sold for $50. Hlavinka is a sophomore pre- med major from East Bernard. Castor is a sophomore pre-vet ma jor from Mesquite. Both boys are members of Squadron 20. FRIENDLY RIVALRY 9M A. (Scotty) Parham, center, reveals the engraving of a plaque presented to A&M by TCU Saturday in Fort Worth to Dr. David H. Morgan, right, and Glenn Buell, left. The plaque read, presented to Texas A&M, Oct. 15, 1955 by TCU for 35 years of friendly rivalry. The plaque was being presented at the same time freshmen were tearing up a sign reading “Stomp the Aggies.” City Council Sets Policy On Re-Directing Sewers According to action taken by the City Council last night, all sewer connections that have to be re-di rected to by-pass an alley or sep tic tank will be done with a fee of $25 to be paid by the property owner. However, if the connection is on private property, the owner will pay for the connection only and not the fee of $25. Also at the meeting a report was made by City Manager Ran Bos well about the repairs that would have to be made in the future. Dr. F. C. Bolton gave a report on the electricity need of College Station. He stated that he could not give a full report because of the revamping of power that is being done at the present time and the building of the new electric sub-station, in the parking lot be hind dorm 14 near the USD A building. Upon approval by the. city at torney, Mayor Ernefet Langford signed a contract with the Mid west Video Corp. which will give the city a central television re ceiving antenna for $1.50 rental per year. A three man committee was ap pointed to investigate the possi bility of getting the college to build a sidewalk on college prop erty between Timber and East Dexter Sts. The necessity for this was listed because there was not enough room to build the sidewalks on the other side of the streets. The streets were cited as being needed for the protection of school children going to and from Con solidated school. The committee members are J. A. Orr, Norman Anderson and Howard Badgett. Peace Reigns Aggies Surprise Fort Worth HERE THEY COME—Aggie yell leaders, left to right, Bill Dorsey, Randolph Newcomer, Gus Mijalis and Paul Holla- day lead the Fightin’ Aggies of Texas A&M out of the runway for the second half. Civilian yell leader John Coad ran completely out of the picture. A&M toppled the pre viously unbeaten Froggies 19-16. (See page 3 for game story.) from the local population. The first duty of the four-man throne council, whose members were agreed on only Saturday, will be to appoint a premier to form a gov ernment representative of all shades of political opinion. ★ ★ ★ WASHINGTON—Caryl Chess- mann, death cell author, won another reprieve yesterday from California’s gas chamber. The Supreme Court, splitting 5-3 ordered a new hearing for Chess man, who has written two books during the more than seven years he has spent under a death sentence. ★ ★ ★ L O N D O N—Princess Margaret came home to face the music last night as leaders of the govern ment, church and royal family converged in the capital for the crisis week in her romance with Peter Townsend. A A A OKLAHOMA CITY—An esti mated 55 to 60 union printers employed by the Oklahoma Pub lishing Co. walked out of the plant yesterday. The company, publisher of the Daily Oklaho man and Oklahoma City Times, said in a statement that the newspapers would continue to be published. Arts & Science Faculty To Meet The fall meeting of the faculty of the School of Arts and Sciences will be held at 4 p.m. today in the Lecture Room of the Biology Building. All staff members of this School are urged to attend. By RALPH COLE Battalion Managing Editor Many people were surprised to hear of A&M’s win over the purple of TCU Saturday, but they were even more surprised to hear that the student body caused no trouble while in town. According to the Fort Worth Star Telegram, 4,500 “peaceful” Aggies roared into their city Fri day night with but one thought— getting through town and heading for Denton and Texas State Col lege for Women. TCU Vigilantes patrolled their campus, expecting some eager Ag gie to “paint” or destroy some of their property. So far, no such incidents have been reported to college officials, who are very pleased with the weekend. Charlene Seth, 1955-56 Aggie Sweetheart was presented during half-time ceremonies and given the traditional bouquet and kiss by Larry Kennedy, Corps commander. Again quoting the Star Telegram, “Kennedy was a little worried about the assignment Friday. He didn’t think his steady girl friend would understand the difference between a line and line of duty.” Aubrey Owen, president of the Student Association Congress at TCU, presented a plaque , to B. A. (Scotty) Parham, Student Senate president, during the half-time cer emonies. The plaque read present ed to Texas A&M by TCU on Oct. 15, 1955 “For 35 years of friendly rivalry.” While the plaque was being pre sented, freshmen poured onto the field to capture a Froggie sign saying “Stomp the Aggies.” Fort Worth was quiet Saturday evening during the game but turn ed into a frenzy of excitement that night when Aggies and their dates starting celebrating their victory. The Star Telegram said Aggies were not quitg as spruce that night as they were earlier in the morn ing. Nearly everyone came away from the game with a good sun tan. The 83-degree weather didn’t knock too many people out of the game though; there were an esti mated 38,000 on hand to see the Aggies come through for their first conference victory in as many at tempts. Rumors were flying around TCU Saturday night that A&M would have a holiday because of the win. A&M College officials said they had heard nothing about it and that, usually, the only holiday giv en for winning a football game is with the University of Texas. Sully received sevei’al coats of paint during the weekend. Friday, he was purple and now freshmen are clearing away the remains of orange paint. One more Corps Trip is left for this year—to Houston when A&M takes on the Rice Owls Nov. 12. Weather Today Reading on the thermometer at 9:30 this morning was 66 degrees. Yesterday’s high was a cool 76 de grees and the temperature dropped to 45 degrees in the early hours this morning. Foi’ecast is contin ued clear and cool. TALLEY HO—Marching in a parade is one thing, but marching in an A&M Corps Trip parade is a horse of a different color. More than 4,500 Aggies poured into Fort Worth over the weekend for the first Corps Trip of the year and the annual clash between the Froggies and the Aggies. Winner of the graded parade was A Anti-Aircraft Artillery, while B Anti-Aircraft Artillery was second.