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The Battalion Number 51: Volume 55 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1955 PRICE 5 CENTS Appeal For Help; College Sla lion’s Chance To Help By BILL FULLERTON A family in College Station is in need of help, and the Local Chest Charity Fund, an agency of the Community Chest, is appealing to citizens of our community for assist ance. The Willie Phillips’ family lost all of its possessions in a $3,500 fire Wednesday which destroyed their home. Mr. Phillips’ mother-in-law, Mrs. Anna Mae Blake, rescued the four young girls from the burning frame house. The Salvation Army, another agency benefiting from the Chest, has arranged for immediate relief in the form of shoes, groceries and other aid. The Fund is arranging for clothing, medical attention for the 15-months-old baby,+ : and a new rent-home for the family. The Phillipses are living temporarily with Mrs. Blake. A house has been found which is available, but no furniture is in it. All that the family owned was de stroyed in the fire. To help these people an appeal is going- out to College Station and anyone else wishing to help for clothing, a cook stove, a heatei’, baby diapers, baby clothes, blan kets, an ice box, a bed—mainly, the bare essentials that are needed for a family with four young chil dren to survive. Robert A. Houze, chairman for the Community Chest, said, “Any help citizens can give will be ap preciated by the family and also by the Chest.” Mr. Phillips wears 9D shoes, size 38 coat, and size 30-30 pants; Mrs. Phillips wears a size 16. The chil dren’s ages are two months, 15 months, 214 years and four yeai-s. The house which has been found for the futui'e home of the stricken family has butane gas. It is hoped that anyone who can give a cook stove or heater using butane will do so. FSA Staff Awards Planned Tuesday A special meeting of the faculty and staff will be held at 4:30 Tues day afternoon in Guion Hall for the purpose of presenting the awards established by the Former Students Association for outstand ing teaching, reseai’ch by a teacher >nd individual student relationship. Dr. David H. Morgan, president, has said that it is highly desirable fhat a high perceptage of attend ance be had for the meeting, since “our colleagues are being honored on this occasion.” Every effort has been made to maintain complete secrecy relative to the awards, so everyone should attend because he might receive one. The award is $500. The meeting will be over by 5 p.m., as there will be no long speeches. The items can be taken to Mr. Houze at the College Library, or he will see that they will be picked up if he is called at 4-5224. The items can also be taken to both Consolidated High Schjool and Lin coln School. Thanksgiving Day is nearing; Mr. Phillips, who is a janitor at White Coliseum, is in good spirits despite his losses. Citizens of the community can do their part in giv ing the family a real reason to give thanks. NOT YET FINISHED—Here is the Aggie Bonfire as it looked to Battalion photographer Guy Fernandez Thursday afternoon. Logs will be cut and hauled in large quantities this weekend as the workers prepare for what has been said “should be the largest bonfire in the history of A&M.” The bonfire will be set off by the yell leaders Wednesday night. i Largest T Bonfire Work Behind Schedule Student Body Receives 500 Additional Tickets Four Freshmen Heated Disputes Rage Appear Tonight ^ urin g Senate Session At Town Stall Work on the bonfire is not pro gressing quite as fast as was ex pected as we are about one day behind schedule, said Paul Holla- day, head yell leader. “Work should be complete by 1 p.m. Wednesday,” said Gus Majalis, bonfire committee coordinator. Holladay said that with the logs available, this bonfire should be the largest in the history of A&M. “The logs out there are just like the Aggie football team,” said Hol laday. “They’re many, mean, and marvelous.” More men are needed in both the cutting area and the drill field. Juniors are still needed in the cut ting area to man axes and saws. More sophomores and freshmen, are Installment Fees Due This Monday Third installment fees must be paid before Nov. 21 in order to avoid paying an additional pen alty. The fees may be payed in the Fiscal Office in the Admin istration Building. A total installment fee of $44.65 will be due from members of the Corps. This charge in cludes board, room rent and laundry to Dec. 17. The payment less the board fee, $31.05, is $13.60. Bowl Game Teams Must Be In Monday Nominations for the 12th Man Bowl football game must be sent to the Athletic Office before Tues day. The lists will be turned over Weather Today COOLER Yesterday’s “high” of 60 degrees dropped to 50 degrees last night. After warming slightly this morn ing, the temperature was dropping “again. At 10:30 a.m. readings were 50 degrees. Foi’ecast is light rain to stop after 2:30 p.m. and cloudiness will lift. to the two head coaches who will choose their team from the men submitted only. Players will be issued shoes Nov. 29 and complete uniforms Dec. 12. The game is scheduled for 3 p.m. Dec. 15. Winkler and Robbins The 12th Man Bowl Committee has chosen Lawrence Winkler and Ronald Robbins as the two head coaches. Assisting Winkler will be Eugene Stallings, Don Watson, Loyd Hale and Gene Henderson. For Robbins and the White Team will be Donald Robbins, Joe Sch- ero, Herb Wolf and Henry Clark. The Committee unanimously agreed, upon approval by the Stu dent Life Committee, to pay the medical and dental expenses for treatment of any new injuries suf fered during practice or the game itself. The two teams will be called the Maroon Team and the White Team Breakdown is as follows: Maroon Team Four players each from Bizzell, Hart, Leggett, Milner and Mitchell Halls; and 28 players, or one per cadet unit, from the First and Sec ond Regiments. (See BOWL GAME, Page 4) needed to carry logs from the being played over a public address woods to trucks so they can be hauled to the drill field. More power saws and axes are still needed in the cutting area. The new cutting ai’ea has bigger trees and to save time, power saws are a necessity. The accident rate has been cut to almost nothing thanks to the newly formed Bonfire Safety Com mittee, headed by Buddy Biehunko. Only five minor injuries were re ported by the A&M hospital yester day. For added enjoyment for workers on the bonfire, records are now Thanksgiving Dinner Is Tuesday The annual student Thanks giving Dinner will be Tuesday at the regular seiwing hour, said J. G. Peniston, dining hall supervisor. Guest tickets are $1 and can be purchased at Sbisa or Dun can Hall. Tickets must be pur chased by Monday noon. No tickets will be sold at the door. Menu for the dinner is roast turkey, cornbread dressing, giblet gravy, cranberry sauce, candied yams, green peas, a relish tray, fresh fruit, rolls and butter, and coffee. Desert will be pumpkin chiffon pie. Job Calls The following interviews will be held next week: Monday LONE STAR GAS COMPANY will interview geology and peti’ol- eum engineering majors for open ings in Texas for natural gas and oil work. UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA will interview chem ical engineers at all levels, petrol eum and geology majors at BS and MS levels for openings in their Texas Division in Exploration, Production and Manufacturing. system set up on the drill field. Bonfire guards for tonight, to morrow, Sunday and Monday are as follows: Friday Squadron 1, Area I; A Infantry, Areas II and III; and Squadron 2, Areas IV and V from 7 to 11 p.m. B Infanti'y, Area I; Squadron 3, Areas II and III; C Infantry, Areas IV and V from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. Squadron 4, Area I; D Infantry, Areas II and III; and Squadron 5, Areas IV and V from 3 to 7 a.m. Saturday A Armor, Area I; Squadron 6, Areas II and III; and B Armor, Areas IV and V from 7 to 11 p.m. Squadron 7, Area I; C Armor, Areas II and III; and Squadron 8, Areas IV and V from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. A Engineers, Area I; Squadron 9, Areas II and III; and B Engi neers, Areas IV and V from 3 to 7 a.m. Sunday Squadron 10, Area I; A Trans portation Corps, Areas II and III; and Squadron 11, Areas IV and V (See BONFIRE, Page 2) Town Hall will present the Four Freshmen tonight at 8 in White Coliseum. Doors op en at 7, and admission is by Town Hall tickets, or individ ual tickets. General admission is $1 for stu dents and $2 for non-students. Re served seats which will be sold only at the door are $1.50 for students and $2.50 for non-students. Gen eral admission tickets can be pur chased at the Student Activities Office in Goodwin Hall until 5 today. The Four Freshmen, Ross and Don Barbour, Ken Errair and Bob Flanigan, got together for the first time in 1948. Since that time they have appeared on television and in a movie, as well as being very pop ular recording artists for Capitol Records. 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 hom. Bob plays both bass and trombone. Songs scheduled tonight include “It’s a Blue World,” “It Happened Once Before,” “Seems Like Old Times,” “It Never Occui’red To Me,” “Please Remember” and “Day Isn’t Long Enough.” End-Zone Tickets May Be Available A few end-zone reserve seats may be returned from the Univer sity of Texas, according to Pat Dial, business manager of the Ath letic Office. They will be placed on sale at 8 a.m. Monday on a first-come, first-served basis with a limit of four per person. None of these tickets will be sold by mail or phone, said Dial. A student body section of Kyle Field has not been cut, as had been rumored. During some of the ear lier games, students were allowed to overflow into section 123 end- zone seats because those seats were not sold. The student sections are 124 to 132.' All of these tickets are sold for the Texas game. The Student Senate last night alloted 310 date tickets, 62 per cent, to the Corps of Cadets and 190 date tickets, 38 per cent, to civilian students. Heated disputes arose between civilian and Corps Senat ors during the two-hour session, which the Senate spent “bickering’’ over allocation of the 500 date tickets authorized by the Athletic Department. Dave Parnell, Senior representative, presented figures on a proposed distribution that would give civilians 180 tickets and Corps students 320. After voting itself out of regular session and into an open committee on the matter, the Senate finally agreed to go back to regular session and pass the ^allocation. Tickets in the Corps will be distributed through Larry Kennedy, Corps commander. Kennedy will give 75 tickets to each regimental and wing com mander to sell tp any senior under his command who does not already have a date ticket stamped on his student activities card. As soon as all seniors in the Corps have pm’chased their tickets, those re maining will be turned in to Ken nedy Avho will in turn give them to regimental sergeant majors to sell to juniors. The process will be carried on down through classes until all the 310 tickets are sold. . Civilian Students The 190 tickets allotted to civ ilian students will be distributed as follows: Applicants will have their names placed in a barrel from which Avill be picked the 190 students who will be eligible to buy a date ticket from the civilian student represen tative in civilian advisor Robert Murray’s office from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday. Each ramp and row representa tive will take a 3x5 card and print the applicant’s name, ID number and student activity card number (checking to see that the card is signed and does not have “Nov. 24”—indicating that the holder al ready has a UT date ticket). These applications must be turned into the representative by 1 p.m. to morrow. The cards will be put in the. barrel by the councilmen no later then 1:30 p.m. in Murray’s office. Day students must turn in their applications to W. G. Brea- zeale in 1-H Puryear by 1 p.m. tomorrow. The drawing will be held tomor row afternoon at 3. Any tickets not claimed by 6 p.m. Monday will be sold first-come, first-serve. (See TICKETS, Page 2) Meats Team Will Enter Chicago (’ontest The Senior Meats Judging Team will travel to Chicago next week to try their train ing against 26 teams, includ ing one from Canada. The team, coached by G. T. King, will leave Tuesday. They will have practice workouts at Little Rock Packing Co., Wednesday; Fisher Packing Co. in Louisville, Ky., Fri day; and will enter the contest on Tuesday. Team members will be guests of the American Meats Section of the American Society of Animal Pro ducers in the Sherman Hotel in Chicago Saturday. They are invit ed to dinner at Swift and Co. Mon day, where they will be interviewed for prospective employment with that company. “We hope to place higher in Chi cago than we did at the American Royal at Kansas City,” King said. “If the breaks fall right, the boys should make a good showing for A&M College.” Members of the team are Ken Killion, J. A. Loftis and Robert W. Caldwell. Alternate is J. M. Lebo. Marines, Anyone? A Marine Corps officer procure ment team, headed by Capt. Char les Fimian, will be here Tuesday to discuss two Marine Corps offi cer programs with interested stu dents. The team will be in the lobby of the YMCA. CS Sewer Lines, Disposal Plant Move Toward Finish R. E. Good Elected Circle K President Robert E. Good, senior from Clarksville, has been named presi dent of the Circle K Club. The Circle K Club is a student civic organization at A&M, spon sored by the College Station Ki- wanis Club. The club sponsors Boy Scout Troop 802, serving as assistant scout masters, as a pro ject for this year. The College Station sewer line and disposal plant draws nearer completion. Ran Boswell, city man ager, reported the plant was 30 per cent completed, and much of the line was already finished. The Texala Construction Com pany of Houston, who received the contract for digging the lines, re ports they have completed an esti mated 65 per cent of the work. All of the large branch lines of 15- inch pipe have been laid, and the company is waiting for the city to secure additional right-of-way so they may complete the lines. R. B. Butler, Inc. of Bryan is constructing the disposal plant, a trickling filter type, and they ex pect to finish in early January. Both companies have until Dec. 21, 200 calendar days from the let ting of contracts, to complete the projects. Boswell said that the plants should be completed, joined, and in operation by the last of March. “We hope to be able to have some sort of opening ceremony,” said Boswell, but plans are not at all definite at this time.” The new system will allow city residents to bypass septic tanks and to connect sewers directly to the mains. Until now, sewerage has been dumped into several local ereeks, some of them within the city limits. The north part of College Sta- i disposal in that part of town. A&M tion will not use the new facilities, College will also be unaffected, as as the city has a contract * with the college has had its own sewer- the City of Bryan for sewerage ' age disposal for many years. SP Office Remains Open Tomorrow The business office of Student Publications will be open Saturday morning from 9 a.m. until noon for the convenience of students wanting to pick up their Aggie- land yearbooks or to purchase cop ies of the Student Directory. Of fices for Student Publications are located on the second floor of Goodwin Hall. mm \ SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT—Work is progressing satisfactorily on College Station’s new sewage disposal plant, according to reports received from the city. The work on the plant, which is of the trickling filter type, is being done by R. B. Butler Company of Bryan. They expect to finish in early January, and the plant should be in operation by the last of March. The sewer lines are also showing much progress, according to city reports.