The Battalion
Number 92: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1956
Price 5 Cents
RE LEADERS—Shown above with Dr. Morris Wee, second from right, are three of
A&M’s Religious Emphasis Week leaders. From left to right, they are Phil Weinert,
Joe Blair, Dr. Wee, and Richard McGlaum. The last morning service was held in Guion
Hall this morning at 9. This was the 13th annual Religious Emphasis Week held on the
A&M College campus.
Martin C. Hughes Awarded
Engineer of the Year 1 [onor
Martin C. Hughes has been nam
ed “Engineer of the Year” by the
Brazos chapter of the Texas So
ciety of Professional Engineers.
Hughes was surprised with his
■ honor earlier this week at the so-
•'ciety’s annual banqiiet in Bryan.
■ Approximately 70 engineers and
their wives attended the affair.
• Hughes is head of the electrical
fengineering department here.
In making the award presenta
tion, chapter president Fred Benson
■said:
“For his many accomplish
ments in engineering and for
outstanding service to his com
munity, the Brazos chapter of
the Texas Society of Professional
Engineers honors Martin C.
Hughes as ‘Engineer of the
Year’.”
Along with his teaching work
and engineering pursuits such as
numerous papers and books on
technical subjects, Hughes also has
I, led an active life in community ac-
! tivity.
He has served as a leader in the
Boy Scout program and has served
; in many capacities for the A&M
Methodist church. At present he
? is on the church board of trustees
and is an active member of the
Kotary club.
Hughes has served as consultant
: for Texas Power and Light Co.,
Brazos River Reclamation and Con
servation District, Brazos Electric
Power Cooperative and for a num
ber of Texas cities. During World
War II, he was director of con
tract Navy schools for A&M.
He entered the teaching profes
sion as associate professor of elec
trical engineering at A&M in 1923.
After advancing to full professor
ship in 1924, he became head of the
department in 1931.
Weather Today
He received his education from
the University of Illinois and did
graduate work at Cornell Univer
sity.
For several years, Hughes served
as state director for the Brazos
chapter, TSPE, and was chairman
of the state committee on educa
tion for young engineers.
R. E. Week Termed Successful;
Last Service Held This Morning
At Abilene
TISA Convention
Seven A&M students will act as
offcial representatives to the Texas
Intercollegiate Students Associa
tion convention at Abilene Christ
ian College March 1 through 3.
A&M students attending will be
Scotty Parham, president of the
Student Senate; Glenn D. Buell,
vice - president of the Senate;
Wayne Young, Jon Hagler, Gus‘
Mujalis, Jim Roland and Joe Ross.
The convention will be the eighth
annual for the state-wide student
government organization repre
senting more than 100,000 Texas
college students.
Cedric Foster, nationally-known
radio news commentator, will speak
to delegates from 38 Texas colleges
and univiersities attending the con
ference on “The Students Role in
the World Today.”
Also speaking to the group of
several hundred delegates will be
Peyton Short, of World University
Service, and Stan Glass, of the Na
tional Students Association.
Buzz sessions and workshop
meetings will amplify Foster’s
main topic. They will also discuss
“What Are Aims and Pm-poses of
Student Government” and “What
Part Does TISA Play.”
Foster, appointed an honorary
Texas Ranger by former Governor
Coke Stevenson, has recently re
turned from the Middle East and
Europe. Since 1949 he has made
more than 20 trips abroad and has
visited all the countries this side
of the Iron Curtain.
The 56-year-old newsman holds
honorary degrees from several un
iversities, including a Doctor of
Literature from Southwestern Un
iversity in Georgetown.
Short, another world traveler, is
especially familiar with the stu
dents of other countries through
his work with World University
Service. His topic at the Friday
afternoon March 2 session will be
“WUS in Action.”
Officers will be elected at a bus
iness meeting* slated for Saturday
March 3. Present officers include
Walter Wink of Southern Meth
odist University, president.; Leon
Ginsberg of Trinity, vice-presi
dent; Mavalene Miles of the Uni
versity of Houston, secretary; Gus
Mijalis of Texas A&M, treasurer;
and Lee Baxter of Texas Southern,
parliamentarian.
Glass, the national president of
NS A, will climax the convention
at a Saturday night banquet by
speaking on “The Philosophy of
Student Government.”
Junior Ball
Smith To Play For Juniors
Bob Smith and his Orchestra
with vocalist Dody Smith will fui--
ni'sh the music for the Junior
Prom and Banquet to be held Sat-
urday night in Sbisa Hall.
The orchestra includes 12 pieces
and has played at several promi
nent clubs and hotels in Houston.
They have played at the Petroleum
Club, the Shamrock-Hilton Hotel,
the Ellington Field Officers Club
WIND Y
Partly cloudy with fresh south
erly winds diminishing this after
noon is forecasted foi’ College Sta
tion. Yesterday’s hig’h was 75 de
grees; low, 66 degrees. Tempera
ture at 10:30 this morning was 72
degrees.
“PAPA WAS A PREACHER”—The Junior class at Con
solidated will present a three-act play tonig-ht at 8 in the
school auditorium. Tickets are 50 cents for adults and
$5 cents for children. Shown are Charles Delaplane, as
the preacher; Bill Danningfon and Margaret Manthie,
about-to be married; and Mary Lou Ergle.
News
of the
World
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BONN, Germany—Sixteen rank
ing members of the Free Demo
cratic party — FDP — bolted last
night and said they will form a
new pro-Adenauer pai’ty. The 16
—all members of Parliament and
including four Cabinet ministers—
blasted the Free Democrats’ action
in joining Socialists to oust State
Premier Karl Arnold in the rich
industrial state of North Rhine-
Westphalia three days ago.
A A A
WASHINGTON — Army engi
neers reportedly gave an unfa
vorable finding yesterday on a
plan by the Brazos River Author
ity of Texas for financing con-
struction of five new dams on
the river above Waco.
AAA
WASHINGTON—A former Ford
dealer testified yesterday he was
told the Ford Motor Co. called on
its Chicago dealers to contribute
$50,000 to help elect President Ei
senhower in 1952. Milton Ratner,
who sold Fords in Chicago for 20
years, said he was asked to give
$1,000 but that, “as far as I
know,” he was one of two Ford
dealers in the city who refused to
contribute to the campaign.
AAA
WASHINGTON—Southern con
gressmen proposed yesterday a
congressional investigation of
the National Assn, for the Ad
vancement of Colored People.
The suggestion was advanced by
Rep. Gathings D-Ark and won
immediate support from others.
and the Pine Forest Country Club.
Smith and Orchestra are booked by
Ed Gerlach, class of 1941.
The dance will begin at 9 p.m.
and last until 12 midnight. It will
be preceded by the banquet which
begins at 6:30 p.m.
Chester Lauck, better known as
“Lum” of the internationally fam
ous radio and motion picture team
of “Lum and Abner” will be the
guest speaker for the banquet. He
is presently serving as executive
assistant for Continental Oil Com
pany. In addition to his entertain
ment and business activities, Lauck
is well known as a rancher. Until
recently, he owned the “Bar-Noth
ing”, a 256,000 acre cattle ranch
in Southern Nevada.
Five finalists have been chosen
to compete for the title of Junior
Class Sweetheart. They are Mil
dred Taylor of Dallas sponsored
by Clinton White; Barbara Cook
of Houston sponsored by Bobby
Best; Lou Ann Mires of Dallas
sponsored by James Tenell; Shiiley
Cook of Dallas sponsored by John
Hampton; and Gwen Andrews of
Bryan sponsored by Bob Lockett.
Winner of the sweetheart title will
be chosen during intermission at
the dance.
Metcalf Evangelist
For Bryan Baptists
Dr. Grady Metcalf will be the
evangelist for a revival meeting at
the First Baptist Church in Bry
an, beginning Sunday.
The evangelist, pastor of the
First Baptist Church in Temple,
will conduct services at 10 a.m.
and 7:30 p.m. daily through March
4.
Carl Best, director of Music at
the Bryan church, will lead the
singing.
Dance tickets are $2 for those
who contributed to the class fund
and $3 to those who have not.
Dick Howard is president of
the junior class. He is assisted by
Carlton Hazelwood, vice-president;
Charles McMullan, treasurer; Don
Weber, sergeant-at-arms; Brad
Crockett, social secretary; Don
Green, secretary; and Dean Dun
can, parliamentarian.
General chairman for the prom
and banquet is Brad Crockett.
Other committees and their heads
are Jerry Cash, Dance; Marcus
Crow, Banquet; Jim Manley, Tick
ets; John Rinard, Guests and Pro
gram; Stanton Brown, Sweetheai’t;
and Ed Wyatt, Decorations.
A&M Laundry
Will Enlarge
Present Plant
The college laundry is building a
$60,000 warehouse and sub-station
addition to its present plant.
“This long needed improvement
to the laundry will help us give
better and speedier seivice to all
our customers,” said J. H. King-
caid, plant manager.
The sub-station addition is on
the west end of the present plant
and will be constructed with a steel
frame and brick exterior to match
the present building.
Inside the sub-station will be a
system of pigeonholes for each
laundry bundle. The system is de
signed to speed up delivery of
laundry by making the bundles
easier to find.
The warehouse is on the east end
and will be of steel frame and sid
ing construction. It will house a
flatwork receiving- station, storage
room and a maintenance office.
The entire pi’oject is being paid
for out of profits earned by the
laundry. No college or state aid
will be needed.
Estimates of time required for
completion of the project range
from three to six weeks, depending
on the weather.
Dr. Wee Very Impressed
With Campus and Aggies
“It’s easy to be cynical about life,” said Dr. Morris Wee
in his Thursday morning Religious Emphasis Week talk in
Guion Hall.
Speaking on “Can I Be Confident of Life?”, Dr. Wee,
pastor of the Bethel Lutheran Church, University of Wis
consin, said that much of life seems meaningless and men
despair of a meaningless life.
“Paul thought he knew the answer. ‘All things,’ he said,
‘work together for good for them that love God.’ Paul was
either a simpleton or he had discovered a positive way of
looking at life. He did not say that everything in this world
would come out all right, but he was confident about life for
♦those who were children of
God.”
“In the commitment of
one’s life to Jesus Christ, this
same confidence is given to
any man.”
Richard McGlaum pi’esided over
the morning program and Joe
Blair led the audience in singing
several hymns. Phillip D. Wein
ert offered the morning prayer and
the Singing Cadets presented two
choral arrangements. Mrs. Ross
Strader was organist for the pro
gram.
The last service was pi’esented
this morning at 9 a.m. in Guion
Hall. Dr. Wee spoke on “The Re
sponsibility of the Christian Man.”
The last discussions and for
ums for the 13th Annual R. E.
Week were held last night in the
lounges of the dormitories. For
ums for married students and for
faculty members also ended last
night. The morning service in
Guion today was the last sched
uled meeting for R.E. Week.
Dr. Wee was very much im
pressed with the campus at
A&M and with the Aggies them
selves. He said, “The students
here have a marvelous religious
spirit and it was a great pleas
ure to spend a week with Texas
Aggies and speak to them.”
According to J. Gordon Gay, sec
retary of the YMCA, “The Relig
ious Emphasis Week was very suc
cessful and I hope that the stu
dents here on the campus bene
fited by what the religious leaders
had to say.”
As a kind of added attraction,
Dr. Ralph Overman of the Oak
Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies
led a seminar yesterday afternoon
sponsored by the Baptist Student
Union. Last' night he gave a talk
on “Chemical Problems and Nu
clear Reactors” at a meeting of
the local sections of the American
Chemical Society.
What’s Cooking
Monday
The Agricultural Economics Club
picture will be taken in front of
the Memorial Student Center.
Class A unifonn will be woiti.
Tuesday
The Agricultural Economics Club
meets at 7:30 p.m. in room 307 of
the Agriculture Building.
Board Of Directors
To Meet Saturday
The Board of Directors of A&M
will meet Saturday at 9 a.m. in the
Board of Directors home.
Included on the agenda is the
consideration of a large number of
building projects and an outline of
agricultural experiment station ac
tivities by Dr. R. G. Lewis, director
of the Agricultural Experiment
Station.
Dody Smith, Junior Ball Vocalist
Appears Here Saturday with Bob Smith and Orchestra