Only One Batt This Week; WeVe Got Finals, Too
The. Battalion
Number 79: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1956
Price 5 Cents
Wash ington
Give Some
For ROTC
Talks
Hope
Cadets
Talks at the recent confer
ence of the heads of “essen
tially military colleges” mav
prove to be “very successful.”
according to Dr. David H.
Morgan, president of the College.
A&M Commandant, Col. Joe E. Da
vis, accompanied Dr. Morgan to the
meeting in Washington, D.C.
“I am moi’e hopeful,” Dr. Morgan
said, “relative to just recognition
being given to military colleges by
the Depai-tment of Defense than T
have been at any time in the past.
It was a very successful meeting!”
Recommendations to the Depart
ment of Defense aj-e essentially the
same as last year with -the excep
tion there was tio 7’equest for addi
tional subsistence. Included in the
7 , equests was cont7’acts for all who
qualify afte7’ successfully cot77plet-
ing basic ROTC, coTnmissio77s in the
se7-vice or in a 7-eserve co7npo77e7it
for all who successfully complete
the adva77ced ROTC and 7‘eceive
the bachelor’s deg7-ee and addi
tional emolume77ts for cadets liv
ing in milita7-y U7iits as follows:
1) Students eni'olled in basic
ROTC to 7-eceive a clothing allow
ance of $50 per year" for' each year
of the two-year coui’se.
2) Students enr-olled in advanc
ed ROTC, under' contr'act, r-eceive
V. clothing allowance of $100 a year
for each year of the two-year
cour-se.
“I hope to have positive informa
tion as to acceptance or- denial be
fore the close of next semester,”
Dr. Morgan said.
Other meetings of the ROTC
Panel of the Reserve Forces Policy
Board will be held in the near fu
ture. Repr-esentatives of military
colleges will be invited to appear
before the Board at this time.
Gen. William Milton, president
of Virginia Military Institute, is
head of the Militar-y Colleges
Board.
Piano Concert
Scheduled For
Recital Series
The Memorial Student Cen
ter Recital Series will present
M i s s June Stokes, young
pianist, in a recital Sunday
afternoon. The recital will
be held at 2 p.m. in the MSC as
sembly room.
Miss Stokes has studied in Vien
na, Austria at the State Academy
of Music under Bruno Seidlhofer
for the past two years on a Ful-4-
bright Scholarship. She perform
ed in public concert-solo evening in
Vienna in February of last year.
Miss Stokes completed require
ments for’ her diploma in piano
“with distinction” in June of last
year. She received one of five
Forderungspramie in International
Music competition in Munich. There
were 50 contestants entered.
Tickets ar-e 75 cents each and
may be purchased at the door.
Great Issues-Recital Ser ies season
tickets will also be honored for the
performance.
Registration To Begin
Sbisa, February 3
Miss June Stokes
Featured at Recital Series Sunday
News of the World
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — President Ei
senhower suggested to Congress
yesterday that it keep the segre
gation issue out of school aid legis
lation. He told his news confer
ence that nothing should be written
into the legislation “that delays the
construction” of schools.
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HUNTSVILLE, Tex.—Bascom
Spivak, The Hilltoppers
Town Hall Set Feb. 7
The Hilltoppers with Charlie Spi-
rak and his orchestra are scheduled
for Town Hall’s second bonus at
traction of the year to be presented
Tuesday, Feb. 7.
Main highlights of the evening
will be the singing of the Hilltop-
per leader Jimmy Sacca and Miss
Shirley Jones, vocalist for Spivak.
The Hilltoppers started a fabu
lous career in 1951 on the campus
of Western Kentucky State College
with their recording of “Trying.”
Recorded originally on a tape re
corder, the record “Trying” sold
over 7,000 copies the first week.
It remained at the top of the Hit
Parade for 42 consecutive days.
Since then they have recorded
15 .different “hit” songs for Dot
records out of Gallatin, Tenn.
The remarkable part of the suc
cess of the Hilltoppers is that they
rose to fame through the new tra
dition of hillbilly hit acts in Ten
nessee although their- records were
strictly of the popular variety.
They made their TV debut on Ed
Sullivan’s “Toast of the Town.”
They have appeared on all three
of the major TV networks.
Staying in the same trend of
soft, mellow music comes Charlie
Spivak.
Spivak gained fame as a jazz
trumpeter and has since stayed at
the top by changing with the de
mand for soft music. Keeping
this style, he has broken attendance
records set by Glenn Miller and
Jimmy Dorsey. He also has been
awarded as the top sweet band of
the nation by Downbeat magazine.
With more emphasis on the soft
danceable songs, Spivak has such
control that he needs no mute even
when playing only a couple of
inches from the microphone.
Tickets are $1 and $1.50 for stu
dents; $2 and $2.50 for non-stu
dents.
Greer Is Author
Dr. Clayton A. Greer of the A&M
English Department is author of
an article, “An Actor-Reporter* in
The Merry Wives of Windsor?”
which will be published in a forth
coming issue of Notes and Queries
magazine. The article was written
in answer to the book by W. W.
Greg dealing with the actor-report
er theory of “The Merry Wives.”
Registration Notice
The Housing Office has sug
gested that all day students will
save time in registration if they
will get their day student permits
at the Housing Office and pay
their fees in advance.
Miss Shirley Jones
Appears With Charlie Spivak at Town
Hall
Library Schedule
For Jan. 29 - Feb. 6
The College Library has an
nounced the following schedule
for the between semester vaca
tion :
Jan. 29—closed
Jan. 30 to Feb. 3—8 a.m. to
5 p.m.
Feb. 4—8 a.m. to 12 noon
Feb, 5—closed
Feb. 6—regular schedule
Giles, who had the job of keeping
tab on Texas lands, now will keep
up with the production of some
40,000 license plates a day. Giles,
former state land commissioner
serving six years for bribery, has
been assigned as a clerk in the
state prison’s license plate plant.
O. B. Ellis, general manager, said
Giles had made a very good ad
justment since arriving at the
prison two weeks ago but has
had no visitors.
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WASHINGTON — Sen. Jackson
D-Wash said yesterday the Navy
is going to go “full speed ahead”
toward converting warships from
oil to atomic fuel. Jackson gave
r-eporters this word after a meet
ing between an Atomic Energy
subcommittee and top Navy offi
cers.
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WASHINGTON—Sen. Douglas
D-Ill ended a four-day speech
against the natural gas bill late
yesterday and called on the Sen
ate to defeat the measure -“by a
resounding vote.” Douglas had
the Senate floor almost exclu
sively since last Friday to voice
his opposition to the Harris-Ful-
bright legislation, which would
exempt all natural gas producers
from direct price control by the
Federal Power Commission.
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ASHEVILLE, N. C.—Judy Gen-
er, 14, a white New York state
girl who chose to attend a Negro
school here because she felt she
“wasting my life,” has w
the praise of the nation’s first lady.
Judy happily displayed to students
and teachers at Allen High School
a letter from Mrs. Dwight D. Ei
senhower. She wrote that Judy
was “much to be admired for .
making the road towar d integration
a shorter one.”
Returning Students Meet
February 4; Begin At 8
Registration for the spring semester will be conducted
in Sbisa Hall Friday, Feb. 3, and Saturday, Feb. 4.
New Basic Division students who have done no college
work will register in Sbisa Hall Feb. 3. The following day will
be held registration for new undergraduate college transfer
students, former students and new graduate students.
Registration cards will be issued to new college transfer
students beginning at 8 a.m. Cards for former students and
graduate students will be issued according to the following
schedule:
8-9 a.m.—All whose surnames begin with T, U, V, W,
X, Y, Z.
9-10 a.m.—All whose sur-*
names begin with L, M, N, O
Weather Today
CLOUDY
Continued cloudy with light rain
is forecast for College Station.
Yesterday’s high of 58 degrees
dropped to 48 degrees last night.
Temperature at 10:30 this morning
was 53 degrees.
10-11 a.m.—All whose sur
names begin with P, Q, R, S.
1- 2 p.m. — All whose sur
names begin with C, D, E, F.
2- 3 p.m.—All whose surnames
begin with G, IT, I, J, K.
3- 4 p.m. — All whose surnames
begin with A, B.
After securing the assignment
card at the entrance, students
should pay all fees at the Cashier’s
desk; then report to the heads of
departments or their representa
tives for approval of courses to be
taken. They will be on the main
floor. Students should then report
to their dean for approval of the
schedule, followed by a visit to the
Chief of Housing. Veterans secure
approval of book requisitions, and
everyone should timr in their as
signment card at the registrar’s
section.
The total fee for the spring se
mester is $251.95, which includes
board. The first installment which
s due registration is $71.35 with
board and $43 without. This cov
ers the period to Feb. 23.
The second installment will be
payable Feb. 1-23, and is $50.60
with board. Without board, it is
$14.15. This payment covers the
period to March 21.
Third installment will be $60.70
with board and $18.85 without.
Payable March 1-21, it covers the
period to March 21.
Fourth, and final, installment for
the semester, is $69.30 and without
board will be $19.35.
The optional student activities
fee for the spring semester is
$11.55, which includes subscription
to The Battalion, admission to all
intercollegiate athletic events play
ed here, the Aggieland ’56, Town
Hall, Great Issues and Recital Se
ries, and the magazine published by
the school in which the student is
registered.
The medical fee of $5, which was
included in the payments listed
above, is required of all students
living in College Housing and cov
ers the professional serwices of the
college physician and the hospital
staff.
The first day of the second se
mester will be Monday, Feb. 6.
Saturday, Feb. 11, will be the last
day for enrolling in the College for
the spring semester or for adding
new cour-ses. The following week
will be the last one for dropping
courses without an F, to end Feb.
18.
AIME Chapter
Receives Check
The A&M Chapter of American
Institute of Mining* and Metallur
gical Engineers has been awarded a
$100 check for having the largest
membership of a college chapter in
the United States.
The student associate chapter at
A&M is composed of junior and
senior students. Upon graduation
they become junior members of the
national society. If active partici
pation is maintained by the grad
uates, they will receive senior mem
bership status.
This year was the first time that
the A&M Chapter has had 100 per
cent membership.
The group attended a regional
AIME meeting last fall at the Uni
versity of Houston, and had a sim
ilar meeting recently at the Me
morial Student Center here.
Laundry Stations
To Close Saturday
Larrndry can be picked up but
not turned in at the laundry sub
stations from 12 noon Saturday,
Jan. 28, until Feb. 6. •
Anyone desiring to have clothes
laundered during this time must
take it to the main laundry office
on Monday, Wednesday or Thurs
day before 9 a.m. and pay commer
cial rates.
The sub-stations will be open
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Dance Planned
Saturday By
Polio Group
The 1956 Brazos County
March of Dimes will hold a
dance for local teenagers at
the Bryan Country Club Sat
urday, from 8 to 12 p.m., ac
cording to Jeanelle LaMotte, Coun
ty chairman for teenagers.
“Theme for the dance will be
‘Winter Wonderland,’ ” said Miss
LaMotte. “It will be. semi-formal,
and a floor show will be included
in the program.”
Co-Chairmen for the dance are
Sally Buddy, Consolidated High
School, and Horace Dansby, Bryan
High School.
The Bryan Jaycees will sponsor
a parade in Bryan Saturday at 1:30
p.m. All during the day, Jaycees
will be selling small lapel crutches,
which signify that the wearer has
contr ibuted to the March of Dimes.
The Mother’s March on Polio,
held last Friday night, collected
more than $2,100, according to Mrs.
Walter Heritage, chairman of the
March.
“College l^tation gave just under
$1,000,” Mrs. Heritage said, “and
all the money has not been tabu
lated from smaller towns in the
county.”
The proceeds from the Mother’s
March bring the Drive’s total to
about $5,500, with none of the coin
containers placed around the cam
pus and the cities counted.
Gviion Schedule
Guion Hall will be closed Jan. 31
and Feb. 1 for the between semes
ter holidays. Regular schedule will
resume Feb. 2 with the showing of
“She Couldn’t Say No” with Robert
Mitchum and Jean Simmons.
Placement Office
Urges Registration
The Placement Office has urged
that all seniors register, so that
records may be processed and avail
able for interviewers next semester.
Interviews for the spring semes
ter will begin Feb. 13. During the
fall semester, 138 companies inter
viewed prospective candidates for
jobs, and about 200 more companies
are scheduled this spring, for* inter
views with June and summer grad
uates.
Seniors who registered with the
office earlier should turn in a new
trial schedule for the spring term
as soon as the information is avail
able.
Students Urged
To Lock Up Tight
Dorm counselors and housemas
ters are urging all students to take
special care to lock their windows
and doors while away for semester
recess in an effort to reduce loss
from theft.
During the past Christmas holi
days, there were a few cases of
break-ins and thefts in the dorms.
Most of the thefts result from
doors being left unlocked.
The dorm counselors and house
masters are coordinating with the
Campus Security in a move to re
duce possible chances for theft in
dorms during holidays.
1 PLUS 2 EQUALS AXY (???)—Pete Justice, senior in
dustrial education major from Sherman, expressed this
week’s “Typical Aggie Look,” as he tries to figure from
whence came the axy out of 1 plus 2. It’s very simple as are
all finals, which students are now taking; all you have to
do is arrive at an answer of z to the nth power. Or is it a
multiple of F?