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The Battalion Number 49: Volume 55 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1955 PRICE 5 CENTS ; .’aplw • - * ^ - * - ,« . . ^ ’ ...: 4 *, ’ ^ ‘ > , ; , , '’'i: , " i r. ~ « r ^ . ^ FIRST LOAD—The first truck load of wood brought to the drill field this year was driv en by Frank Gajewsky and Earl Hall, Class ’55 civilian students. The truck was furnish ed by North American Van Lines. This load was stacked before dark and gave freshmen the first look at what will finally turn out to be the world’s largest bonfire. Last Performance Tonight Court-Martial’ Well Acted By JIM NEIGHBORS Battalion Staff Writer The Aggie Players performed the “Caine Mutiny Court-Martial” with ease and professional ability at their second performance of the drama last night. Playing to a spare, but appre ciative, audience in the Memorial Student Center ballroom, the stu- Job Calls Thursday ‘ CARRIER CORPORATION—op portunities in Sales, application engineering, service, factory, re search and development. Some openings in Texas. Will interview mechanical, industrial, chemical and electrical engineering majors. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.—business adminstration, agri cultural economics and economics majors will be interviewed for openings in sales and office work. PAN AMERICAN PRODUC TION CO.—openings for trainee geologists in district offices. STANDARD OF TEXAS —me chanical and petroleum engineer ing majors will be interviewed for general engineering work. TEXAS ELECTRIC SERVICE ^ CO.—January graduates in electri- tal, mechanical and civil engineer ing and accounting and finance tvill be interviewed. KERR McGEE OIL INDUS TRIES INC.—'Will interview me chanical and petroleum engineer ing majors for drilling and pro duction and Geology and geologi cal engineers for Geological De partment. dents did an excellent job on one of the most difficult plays to be produced in the round. Special mention must go to Harry Gooding, who played the exacting role of Capt. Queeg, the ship’s ty rannical captain, for his profes sional performance. Other out standing characters were those played by Don Powell, as the advo cate general; Charles Ware, the defense attorney; and Bill Swann, the accused Maryk. The supporting cast gave con vincing characterizations which ad ded to the enjoyment of the famed Herman Wouk play. Toby Hughes, Hugh Lanktree, Roy Eckard, Don Ta^lii ban a Elected Richard Tachibana, senior ani mal husbandry major, was elected president of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Club recently. Other offi cers elected are E. B. Gray, vice- president; Eddie Priest, secretary; Warren Tenney, Treasux-er; Ronald Parker, reporter; and Tommy Rob erts, sergeant-at-ai’ms. Fisher, Jim Leissner, Les Coch ran, Ted Castle, Roger Alexander, Rpy Cline, Ward Boyce and Roger Clark did not have many lines, bxit their respective acting was an as set to the overall pei’formance. C. K. Esten, dix’ector of the play, desei’ves a lot of credit for the smooth performance, which was the resxilt of many weeks of pa tient and painstaking?' rehearsals. He has another successful produc tion to add to his long list of 'suc cesses. Tonight is the last night the play will be given. Curtain is at 8, and admission is 50 cents for student and 75 cents for adults. Weather Today COLDER A low of 28 or 30 degrees is expected tonight from the cold front that moved in eaxdy this morning. Yesterday’s high of 85 degrees dropped to 48 degrees early this moi-ning. Temperature at 10:30 a.m. was 51 degxees. UN Security Council To Settle Membership UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.—The United States late yesterday called for a meeting of the U.N. Security Council soon to consider the dead locked new membership question. If all those bidding for member ship ai'e accepted the U.N. roll would increase fi’om 60 to 78 coun tries. UP SHE GOES—The center pole, 60 feet tall from the ground up, was raised yesterday and some logs stacked. Squadron 21 volunteered to guard the bonfire area last night as the pole went up sooner than was expected. The pole was donated by Dr. S. J. Buchanan of the Civil En gineering Department. But the various characteristics of the countries knocking for ad mittance and the means of getting them in have been for years sub ject to dispute between the West ern and Soviet poweis. The new U.S. move to take the bids once more to the Security Council was challenged in some quarters. Under the rules the Council pro vides the real test because any of thp big five powers—the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain, France and Nationalist China—can veto any applicant. Russia has vetoed many, and repeatedly, in the past. With council approval, an appli cant needs only the usually per- functox-y okay of two-thirds in the General Assembly. The call for a council meeting shortly came as support mounted for a Canadian move to admit 18 applying nations, including Outer Mongolia, a satellite neighbor of both the Soviet Union and Red China. The U.S. request caused a com motion in diplomatic quai’ters. Del egates of 22 countries sponsoring the Canadian Resolution immedi ately- caucused and decided some expression of opinion by the As sembly should be made before the council acts. Some diplomats said at least 42 of the 60 U.N. countiies would vote for the Canadian plan. Rog ers Elected Mori’is R. Rogers has been elec ted president of the Howard County Hometown Club. Other officers elected axe Jimmy Poi’ter, vice- president; John Dorsey, treasurer; Pat Ci’ossland, secretary; Charles Fox, reporter; and Herbert W. Whitney, social chairman. Bonfire Center Pole Raised; Guarding Starts Tonight At 7 Blisters Lead Injuries As Cutting Area Cleared Blisters, blisters everywhere, and all the hands were sore; blisters, blisters everywhere and there’s sure to be some more. That’s the story of the A&M student body as work gets underway on the annual bonfire. One cutting area has been cleared and the other was to be entered today as work goes on its third day. The center pole and about 20 logs went up yesterday. Squadron 21 volunteered to stand guard around the bonfire area last night as the center pole was raised earlier than expected this year. Two boys were injured in the cutting area yesterday. '♦'Names were unavailable at the time, but one student had a serious cut on his foot while the other student was less seriously i n j u r e d. Blisters took the spotlight this week as axes flew in pxeparation for the big week ahead. Power saws are still needed in the cutting area. The new cut ting area has bigger trees and to save time, power saws are of necessity. Anyone in the Col- lefe Station-Bryan area, who would like to donate a power saw for use on the bonfire should get in touch with Roy Woodle at 6-7724. Juniors are still needed in the woods. Paul Holladay, head yell leadei’, said there wei'e a good many juniors out yestei’day but moi’e were needed to manhandle axes and saws. Sophomores are still needed to supexwise freshmen in carrying logs from the woods to trucks so they can be hauled to the drill field. Life Magazine may run pictures on this year’s bonfii’e. Pictures of the center pole going up were taken yestei'day, along with several other action shots in the area. The center pole, which was do nated by Dr. S. J. Buchanan of the Civil Engineei'ing Depai’tment, is 60 feet from the ground up and set eight feet in the ground. Last yeax^’s center pole was 73 feet tall before 15 feet was sawed off to allow the familiar “tea house” to be placed on top. Guarding assignments for to- morx-ow are as follows: Milner Hall, Area I, from 7 to 11 p.m. Law Hall, Area I, from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. Puryear Hall, Area I, from 3 to 7 a.m. Units guarding the outer x*ing of the bonfii’e will permit no one to pass within the ring without proper identification and no. one will be allowed inside the inner ring under any condition at any time, accord- (See BONFIRE, Page 4) January Grads Will Discuss Ceremonies In a recent poll of 66 Janu ary graduates, 80 per cent voted in favor of January com mencement and baccalaureate exercises, said Robin K. Ran- sone, a senior who has been or ganizing the drive for ceremonies. If they are held, both baccalau reate and commencement will be scheduled Jan. 20 or 21, before fi nal examination week. If it could not be held befox-e final week it is assumed that no one would be in terested. Should the College Administra tion approve the ceremonies, it would become mandatory for all candidates to attend the baccalau reate and commencement exercises. All Januaxy graduates will meet tonight in room 2-A of the MSC to discuss the program. Gadkari Elected Prabhaker Gadkaid of India has been elected px-esident of the Unit ed Nations Club. He is a gx-aduate student. Other officexs elected in clude Ivo M. Ferreira, vice-presi dent; Max A. Casalta, treasui’er; and Luis A. Lopez, secretary. Notice Received A notice has been received from Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Koym and daughter Vivian, parents and sister of James Buimis Koym, who died of a heart at tack at A&M Nov. 2. The notice expressed gratitude for the kindness and sympathy shown by students at Texas A&M. The deceased was a freshman from Pasadena, Tex. News of the World By The ASSOCIATED PRESS GENEVA—The Western Allies turned down last night a new Soviet bid for a European security pact based on the continued division of Germany. They also rejected a draft declaration by Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov which would commit the Big Four powers to consider the disarme- ment problem in future with emphasis on the Russian ob jective of banning atomic weapons. Molotov’s repeated ef forts to divorce European security from German unity got a chilly Western reception. BUENOS AIRES—Provisional President Pedro Ar- amburu’s “get tough” policy with Argentine labor shook the foundations of the once all-powerful General Con federation of Labor, CGT, yesterday and stopped a threatened nationwide strike dead in its tracks. The CGT’s Peronista bosses rallied thousands of workers for walk-outs in major meat-packing, glass-works, rubber, tire and shoe manufacturing industries but tens of thousands of anti-Peronista laborers boycotted the strike. ★ ★ ★ WASHINGTON—Two railroad presidents testified yes terday at a closed-door inquiry apparently aimed at deter mining whether there was a “conflict of interest” on the part of an unnamed government official. The first phase of the Senate Investigations subcommittee’s inquiry resolved about the awarding of a contract for shuttling passengers behind Chicago railroad terminals. Neither Paul E. Feucht, president of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co., nor Wayne A. Johnston, president of the Illinois Central Railroad Co., would disclose what he told the senators. But each told newsmen he had no part in negotiations giving between-depot transportation rights to Railroad Transfer Service Co., Inc. GETTYSBURG—Feeling fine after a “topnotch night,” President Eisenhower slipped quickly yesterday into the easy ways of a country squire. It was a combi nation of leisurely physical activity and bits of official business for the convalescing President on his first full day at his country estate on the edge of Gettysburg’s Civil War battlefield. UNITED STATES, N.Y.—The United States yesterday called for an early meeting of the U. N. Security Council to consider applications for U. N. membership from 18 countries, including controversial Outer Mongolia. This sudden move came as nearly two-thirds of the 60 U. N. members lined up behind a Canadian resolution urging admission of all 18 ap plicants. ★ ★ ★ HOUSTON—The Houston District Bank for Coop eratives is to be sold to Texas Farmers for 10 million dollars. The last Congress authorized sale of 12 such government-owned hanks, a depression born project de signed to provide easier credit for marketing coopera tives. ★ ★ ★ KANSAS CITY—Single shots of Salk polio vaccine for many millions of children might “prevent epidemics next year”—because the vaccine works so well, a government scientist said yesterday. Twice as many children could get protection if each received one rather than two shots from available supplies of vaccine, he said. Town Hall Four Freshmen Here Friday Probably the only freshmen on the campus this Friday who will not be wox-king on the bonfii’e for the Texas game will be Ross and Don Barbour, Ken Ex-rair and Bob Flanigan. No, they’re not sick, hurt or two- percentei’s; these four ai’e here for entex’tainment purposes. For Fri day night at 8 in White Coliseum the Town Hall series will present the Four Fx-eshmen, vocal and in- sti’unxental stars for Capitol rec- oi’ds. The doors open at 7, and Town Hall tickets, part of the activity card package-deal, are good for the show. Individual tickets ai’e as follows: General admission, $1 for students and $2 for non-students; reserved seats, $1.50 for students and $2.50 for non-students. Reserved seats will be sold at the door Friday night, but general admission tickets axe now on sale at the Office of Student Activities, second floor of Goodwin Hall. There ai’e still some season tickets, both general admission and x’esei’V- ed, on sale. The quartet had its beginning in 1948 at the Arthur Jordan Con- sei’vatory of Music in Indianapolis, where, having discovered that they had mutual tastes and a happy blend of voices, the boys decided to apply their talents commei’cially as a group. The foursome is especially noted for its versatility. Ross, the drum mer, doubles on trumpet. His brother, Don, the guitarist, splits vocal solos with Ken, who handles trumpet, bass and French hoi’n. Bob plays both bass and trom bone. Among the songs scheduled for the program are “It’s A Blue Woild,” “It Happened Once Be- fox*e,” “Seems Like Old Times,” “It Never Occui’i’dd To Me,” “Please Remembei’” and “Day Isn’t Long Enough.” 11 1 The Four Freshmen To Be Here With Town Hall