The Battalion
Number 47: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1955
PRICE 5 CENTS
World
News
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GENEVA—Soviet Foreign Min
ister V. M. Molotov declared last
night President Eisenhower’s pro
posal for immediate U.S.-Russian
exchange of military blueprints and
reciprocal air inspection “would
sti’engthen mutual distrust.” Molo
tov added that his govemment
would alter its “negative atttitude”
if the President’s proposal were
made part of a general reductioii
of armaments and prohibition of
atomic weapons. But this would
have to be “at the final stage.”
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CHICAGO—-United Air Lines
yesterday offered a $25,000 re
ward “for information leading to
the arrest and conviction of the
person or persons responsible”
for the crash of a United plane
near Longmont, Colo., 10 days
ago. Forty-four persons died in
the crash.
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LONDON—The Defense Minis
try announced last night the Rus
sians recently made another test
in their 1955 series of nuclear ex
plosions. Earlier yesterday, Foi’-
eign Minister V. M. Molotov pro
posed at the Big Four foreign
ministers conference in Geneva that
the major powers immediately re
nounce the use of atomic weapons
as a first step in working out
world disarmament.
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ROME — Egypt is buying 30
Vampire jet fighter planes from
an Italian firm, it was learned
from an authoritative source last
night. Delivery of the new
planes under a cash-on-delivery
contract signed six months ago
is expected to start next month.
The purchase price is not known.
it * it
WASHINGTON —The Pentagon
has ready for immediate delivery
to the Justice Department, upon
request, its complete files on six
tases of .former war prisoners
Vhom a recent Supreme Court rul
ing removed from the military’s
jurisdiction. A spokesman said
yesterday the records are ready,
but so far the civilian agency has
submitted no request for them.
The Justice Department said it had
no comment. The Supreme Court
earlier this week decided that per
sons now civilians could not be
tried by courts-martial for of
fenses allegedly committed while
they were in service.
CSC Approves Civilian Guards
For Bonfire By Dor mi lories
THE SUN DOES SHINE—Capturing- proof that the sun
does shine in College Station is Roger Alexander from
Livingston. Sunshine was a welcome sight in this area as
rains lifted and old man winter left for the day. With a
bonfire building coming up, you can bet your bottom dol
lar that rains will also be forthcoming.
SC ON A Delegates
Chosen By Panel
The eight delegates from A&M
for the Student Conference on Na
tional Affairs, to be held in the
Memorial Student Center Dec. 14
through 17, have been announced.
The following were selected by a
faculty panel.
William D. Willis, Murray Mil
ner Jr., John O. Kirkpatrick, Rob
ert H. Scott, Robert M. Moore,
Jerry T. Neighbors, David C. Par
nell and G. Earle Vondergoltz. All
except Milner are seniors; Milner
is a junior.
Alternates chosen were: Temple
G. Klipple and William H. Heard.
The former is a senior and Heard,
a junior.
Twenty-two students were inter-
Russel Receives
Cracked Vertebra
Dr. Dan Russell is in St. Joseph’s
Hospital due to a cracked vertebra
reecived in an accident while
building a deer stand.
His entire body is in a cast which
must remain for a period of at
least two months, however, portions
of the cast will be removed as his
condition impi’oves.
Dr. Russell has been in the hospi
tal in Bryan since the accident last
Sunday. He expects to return home
within the next 8-10 days.
Dr. Russell and a student, whose
name was unavailable, were build
ing a deer stand in a tree when a
limb broke with Dr. Russell. The
third vei-tebra in his back was
cracked in the fall.
Dr. Russell has been a professor
in the Agricultural Economics and
Sociology department since 1926.
Weather Today
COLDER
A cold front is expected to move
in tonight dropping the tempera
ture. Readings at 10:30 a.m. were
70 degrees. Yestferday’s high of 70
degrees dropped to 50 degrees last
night.
Batt Story-
Gets Results
For Bonfire
It is now a proven fact that
some people do read The Bat
talion. '
Paul Holladay, head yell
leader, made a plea for wood
to go for the annual bonfire,
and he got results. Friday
night, he received a telephone
call from a woman telling him
that she had a tree he could
have—that is if it wasn’t too
big.
With this kind of help from
the people of Brazos County,
A&M will sui’ely have the big
gest bonfire in the world again
this year.
Riggs Selects
J. K. Riggs, in charge of beef
cattle teaching and research here,
made a recent trip to San Mar
cos and Sabinal to check Aberdeen
Angus and Hereford bulls for pos
sible use in the college herd.
viewed for the positions of dele
gates by the panel composed of Dr.
Alfred F. Chalk, Economics De
partment; L. J. Martin, English
Department; Dr. R. L. Skrabanek,
Agricultural Economics and Sociol
ogy Department; and Dr. Paul J.
Woods, History Department. Dr.
Walter H. Delaplane, dean of the
School of Arts and Sciences, was
chairman for the group.
The students were interviewed
for their reading, interests in na
tional problems, and knowledge of
curi’ent history and problems.
SCONA will draw student rep
resentatives from more than 50 col
leges and universities of the South
and Southwest. The theme for the
discussions will be “The Role of
the United States in World AN
fairs,” and will be continued each
year.
Eight round-tables are planned
for discussion of problems connec
ted with this theme. Chairman for
this year’s conference is senior
John W. Jenkins. The affair will
cost about $12,000, all of which
was raised by students interested
in getting the annual conference
started at A&M.
Job Calls
The following job interviews
will be held next week:
Monday
NORTH AMERICAN AVIA
TION, INC. of Columbus, Ohio will
interview majors in advanced de
grees in applied mathematics, and
physics, all levels in aeronautical,
mechanical, electrical, civil and in-
dustiial engineering.
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC.
will interview majors in electrical
and mechanical engineering and
physics for all degree levels for
research, development and design.
Monday and Tuesday
HUMBLE OIL & REFINING
(See JOB, Page 4)
Campus Bare
As Students
Get Holiday
A&M students began leav
ing the campus early this af
ternoon, headed for Houston,
parties, girls, parades and a
football game.
This is the second, and the last,
Corps Trip for this year. Units
will form at North Main, Bell and
Clay Streets at 9 a.m. tomorrow
morning and will move out at 9:30.
Starting things off this weekend
will be the Fish-Owlet football
game in Rice Stadium tonight at
8. There will be no yell practice
held because of police 'regulations.
The only place yelling can be exer
cised is at the Fish game.
Bill (Jitterbug) Henderson, ex-
Aggie athlete will be honored to
morrow during half-time ceremo
nies. The Band will spell out
“Jitterbug” on the field while an
appropriate tribute is read over the
loud speaker. A plaque will be
given to Henderson and his family
by the Houston A&M Club.
Tomorrow night, the Challie Rice
Literary Society will hold a Sock
Hop in the Rice Gymnasium from
9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Admission is
$1 drag and 75 cents stag. The
Rice Rythmaires will play for the
dance.
The Aggies meet the Rice Owls
at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Rice Sta
dium. The Owls are always rough
during November, and this game
promises to be one of the best.
Headquarters for A&M students
will be in the Rice Hotel.
Photoelectric Eye
Stops Class Cutters
(Ed. Note—This story is not
being published to give the profs
any ideas, but perhaps they could
rig up some way of “cramming”
electrically.)
SAN ANTONIO—(A*)—A head
counting photoelectric eye has re
sulted in a sharp decrease in the
number of students who disappear
during physics lectures at Trinity
University.
The electric eye mechanically
counts heads as students enter and
leave and, of course, registers when
a student walks out on a class.
The gadget, designed by a stu
dent majoring in physics, has been
dubbed the “evil eye” by other stu
dents.
Rescue Team Has
Demonstration
The Civil Defense Rescue Team
from College Station will put on a
rescue demonstration in Austin this
afternoon as part of the Veterans
Day activities held there.
Grants-In-Aid Given A&M;
Total More Than $5,000
Five gi'ants-in-aid, representing
more than $5,000 and including
four Charbray heifers, were re
ceived by the Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station, announced R.
D. Lewis, State Director.
The grants go toward carrying
on the work of various experiment
stations over the state in carrying
out their different experiments.
Lewis explained.
The four Charbray heifers were
loaned to the Station by four Texas
ranchers. They are Howard S.
Martindale, Rocksprings; Ralph W.
Hutchins, Raymondville; W. L.
Goldston, Houston and Goldston-
Emerson, also of Houston.
Lewis said the heifers would be
used in connection with research
aimed at the improvement of beef
cattle within pure breeds and cer
tain of their crosses through breed
ing methods, based on evaluation
tests for efficiency and rate of
gain, heat tolerance and carcass
value.
A grant of $2,000 was given by
the Salisbury Laboratories of
Charles City, Iowa to be used to
support studies aimed at determin
ing the value of 3-nitro-4-hydroxy
phenylarsonic acid in the diets of
laying hens.
AH Sheep Project
Drs. T. D. Watkins Jr., R. O.
Berry and B. T. Warwick, of the
Animal Husbandry Department,
traveled to Denton and Iowa
Park sub-stations this week for
surveying facilities for coopera
tive work in a Southern Regional
Sheep breeding project. These two
sub-stations are included in a co
ordinated early lamb production
program with the Bluebonnet and
College Station flocks.
Two other gifts, to be used on
the Rice-Pastures Station in Jef
ferson county, were $1,200 worth
of water given by the Lower
Neches Valley Authority of Beau
mont and a grain bin, value $701.50,
made by the Butler Manufacturing
Company of Kansas City, Mo. The
bin will be used in connection with
rice drying and storage research
studies being conducted on the sta
tion.
The Central Power and Light
Company, of Corpus Christi, made
available $1,000 to be used to sup
port cooperative investigations and
demonstrations on grasses and leg
umes for range and pasture used
in the Winter Garden area. This
work will be carried on by the
Winter Haven substation.
The Beef Cattle Program, car
ried on by Substation 21, near
Gonzales, received $357.94 from the
Gonzales Chamber of Commerce.
Constitution for Council
Approved Unanimously
For the first time civilians will help guard the annual
bonfire as definite housing groups. A proposal to this ef
fect was presented to the Civilian Student Council by Byron
A. Parham, who heads the Guard Duty Committee, and civ
ilian yell leader John Cozad. After discussion it was approved
by the CSC.
Wednesday night will be the first assigned guard duty
for the civilian housing groups. The students will stand
tours of 4-hours each starting at 7. Thursday night will
also be given to the civilians. The Corps will guard next
Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, and on the following
Monday through bonfire day, both Corps and civilians will
stand guard. >
A mimeographed sheet will
be distributed to the ramp
representatives of each* civ
ilian dorm, giving dates and
where the guarding is to be done.
For Wednesday and Thursday, the
center pole is to be surrounded and
Kyle Field is to be protected. Start
ing next Friday, the entrances to
the fcollege will also come under
guard.
Cozad estimated that it would
take about 25 students from each
civilian housing unit to provide the
protection needed. A complete list
of who is where and when will be
published in Tuesday’s Battalion.
The Council unanimously approv
ed a constitution which is subse
quently to be submitted for ap
proval by the dean of Student Per
sonnel Services, D r. Robert M.
Kamm. In the preamble to this
constitution is written: “We, the
Civilian Students of the Agricul
tural and Mechanical College of
Texas, establish the following con
stitution in order to promote unity
of the Civilian Students, encourage
greater participation and to en
courage closer cooperation between
the civilian and military student
groups.”
The compromise reached at the
Student Life Committee meeting
earlier this week on the Twelfth
Man Bowl was discussed at the
meeting. The CSC had recommend
ed to the SLC that the game be
between civilian students and
Corps. The compromise divided
the teams into Maroon and White.
This compromise placed 48 men,
both Corps and civilian, on the Ma
roon team and 49, both Corps and
civilian, on the White team. The
Maroon team was to have 28 Corps
men and 20 civilians, and the White
team to have 25 Corps and 24 ci
vilians. The percentages, 54.6 for
Corps, and 45.4 for civilians, are
approximately equal to the break
down in students this year.
Hugh Lanktree, who is in charge
of civilian ticket sales, emphasized
to the Council members the impor
tance of selling this game to stu
dents. The profits go to the Stu
dent Aid Fund and for the Twelfth
Man Scholarship. Tickets, which
will cost 50 cents each, will be dis
tributed by Dec. 1, Lanktree said.
Each unit’s man or men must be
selected by the athletic officer or
intramural manager and report for
practice by Nov. 21. There will
be no additions or switches after
this date, Lanktree said, nor will
students be allowed to represent
another outfit or housing unit than
that to which they belong.
Play ers to Present
Caine Mutiny Trial
The Aggie Players will present
the Caine Mutiny Court Mai'tia!
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
in the Ballroom of the MSC.
C. K. Esten, of the English de
partment, is directing the produc
tion. Members of the cast are
Charles Ware as Greenwald; Bill
Swann, Maryk; Don Powell, Chal-
lee; Toby Hughs, Blakely; Harry
Gooding, Queeg; Hugh Langtree,
Keefer; Connie Eckard, Urban;
Don Fisher, Keith; Jim Leissner,
Southard; Lester Cochran, Lun-
deen;
Ted Castle, Bird; Roger Alexan
der and Roy Cline, members of
court; Ward Boyce, stenographer;
and Roger Clark, orderly. Pete Jus
tice is stage manager and Billy
Joe Campbell is business manager.
Curtain time is 8 p.m. Admis
sion is 50 cents for students and
75 cents for adults.
Chest Raises
58 Per Cent
01 Total Goal
The A&M College - College
Station Community Chest-Red
Cross Drive had raised $7,500
of its $12,100 goal at last
count yesterday, according to
Robert H. Houze, chairman of this
year’s drive.
“Most of the funds collected so
far are from departments of the
College,” Houze said. “There are
100 separate departments includ
ing academic, service, administra
tive and business ofices.”
Several businesses have not re
ported; Bryan Air Force Base
has not finished their Base Fund,
which will contribute a sum to the
College Station Chest, and all res
idential collectors are scheduled to
report today.
The following departments have
contributed 100 per cent: Journal
ism Department, YMCA, offices of
the Chancellor; the Dean, and
President, Air Science Department
and the entire School of Veterin
ary Medicine.
“Some of the other departments
have not reported at all, while
others have given only a part of
their total,” said Houze.
“Today will be the last day for
house-to-house collection,” Houze
emphasized. “We are quite proud
of our progress so far, and we
hope to be able to reach our goal
by Saturday.”
Two Local Men
Will Attend
Conference
Two local men, Dr. M. T.
Harrington, chancellor of the
A&M College System, and
George Adams of Bryan, were
announced as delegates to the
President’s White House Confer
ence on Education to be held Nov.
28 - Dec. 1.
The announcement was made by
Dr. Edwin L. Rippy of Dallas,
chairman of the Steering Commit
tee for the Texas Conference.
There will be a 70-member dele
gation from Texas, including pro
fessional school men, business men,
ranchers, clubwomen, Parents-
Teachers Association leaders, and
many others.
Professional educators will make
up only about one-third of the
Texas delegation, as the White
House had requested that two-
thirds of the group be persons who
are not pi’ofessionals in education.
Texas had a quota of 67. Special
invitations were extended from
Washington for Gov. Allan Shiv
ers; Dean L. D. Haskew, vice-pres
ident of the Univei’sity of Texas;
and J. W. Edgar, State commis
sioner of education.
MSC Cameras Turn
On Models Tonight
Tuesday night will be “Model
Night” for the MSC Camera Com
mittee.
They will have five (5) live, girl
models in the Assembly Room at
7:30 p.m. All members are re
minded to bring their cameras and
a $1 fee for the models.
Christmas Panel
Appointed By Club
Committee members were ap
pointed for the annual Christmas
Party sponsoi’ed by the Anderson
County A&M Club at their meeting
last week in the Academic build-
ing’.
Members of the various commit
tees are as follows: Howell Crit
tenden, John (Buddy) Sandhop,
program; Charles Bremer, Forrest
Williams, decorations; Jeff Horn,
refreshments; Ronnie Averitte,
Dave McReynolds, invitations.
The party will be held during the
Christmas holidays at a date and
place not yet decided. The mem
bers voted unanimously to invite
all Aggie-Exex in the area to the
party.
Banks Will Talk
Dr. W. C. Banks, professor of
veterinary radiology in the School
of Veterinary Medicine, will give a
talk on Treatment of Squamous
Cell Carcinoma with radioactive
cobalt at the symposium on the
pi-actical aspects of vetei-inary ra
diology to be held Dec. 1 in Chi
cago. Dr. Banks, president of the
American Veterinary Radiology
Society, also serves as chairman
for the symposium.
WINNING SIGN—A Athletics and Squadron 24, winners
in the sign contest three other times, were again awarded
$5 for the best sign for the Rice game. The formula for
an Aggie victory, according to the sign, is Bryant plus
team plus 12th Man.