The Battalion
Number 109: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1956
Price 5 Cents
Electricity Shut-Off
Planned Tomorrow
Electrical service will be
shut off on all circuits served
by the A&M College Power
Plant at 9 a.m. tomorrow, ac
cording to T. R. Spence, man
ager of the physical plant. Service
may be restored by noon but all
concerned should be prepared to
do without electricity until 1 p.m.
The shut-down Thursday will en
able the A&M plant and the City
of Bryan Power Plant to be inter
connected. The interconnection
will allow either plant to supply
power for the other in time of
emergency.
Power will again be shut off
from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily in cer
tain areas on Friday, Saturday,
Sunday and Monday.
The following areas will be af
fected only by the initial shut
down Thursday: Downs Natator-
Dean to Transfer
To English Dept.
In a letter to the English depart
ment yesterday, Dr. S. S. Morgan,
head, announced that Dr. John Paul
Abbott will give up his duties as
Dean of the College next year and
return to the English staff as a
full time professor.
“I am most happy to say that
beginning next September Dr. John
Paul Abbott will relinquish his du
ties as Dean of ^he College and
return to us as a distinguished pro
fessor. As those of us on the staff
who have taught with him well
know, Dr. Abbott is a superior
teacher, a man learned in Ameri-
ran literature, and a wise voice
in department affairs.
“His return to the staff will
strengthen us. I know that you
will all join me in a hearty Well
come to John Paul,” said Morgan.
Crumbles Elected
Head of CS Lions
Leland C. Grumbles was elected
president of the College Station
Lions Club at the regular meeting
Monday in the Memorial Student
Center.
Other officers elected were Al
bert K. Sparks, vice-president;
Charles G. Haas, second vice-pre
sident; Call M. Lyman, third vice-
president; Don E. Davis, secretary;
George L. Huebner, treasurer; J. J.
Skrivanek Sr, lion tamer; and
and Archie I. Flokers, tail twister.
Members elected to the board
of directors include Robert G. Go
forth, Fred P. Jaggi and Clifford
R. Barth.
The club has made plans for a
ladies night to be held April 7 in
the American Legion in Bryan.
New club members will be initiated
at that time.
Weicks Leaving
On Europe Trip
Fred E. Weick of the Personal
Aircraft Research Center at East-
ervrood Airport plans to leave to
day for a three-month vacation in
western Europe. Mrs. Weick^ her
brother and his wife will accom
pany him.
The party will make the cross
ing by Dutch Royal Airlines.
They plan to visit West Germany,
Denmark, Sweden, Holland, France,
Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Aus
tria and the United Kingdom. The
return trip will be made by ship.
ium, DeWare Field House, Kyle
Field, Athletic Office, Memorial
Student Center, White Coliseum,
Guion Hall, campus residences,
Anchor Hall, Project House apart
ments, the entire College Station
area south of the campus and the
entire area west of the railroads.
Second shut-down occurring in
certain areas will enable connec
tions to be made from the electri
cal generators to new modern
switchgear at the power plant.
Residential areas affected by the
second shut down are: Noith Gate
Area and College View 7 —Friday,
March 30; Hospital, Nurses home,
and President’s home — Saturday
March 31.
There will be no interruption of
the water service since the con
nection with the Bryan Power
Plant will peripit continuous serv
ice to the water pumping plant.
People with deep freezes should
not open them during the shut
down, according to Spence. A
closed deep freeze will maintain
its cold temperature for the neces
sary time.
Student Publications
Move Into New Offices
NEW OFFICE—Cecilia Prihoda, business manager for Stu
dent Publications, tides out a new desk in the new Battalion
office in the basement of the YMCA building. The entire
Publications Department has now moved to its new quar
ters.
April 4 in White Coliseum
‘Star’ Show Set Here
Services Today
For Mrs. Graham
Funeral ■ervices for Mrs. A. D.
Graham, 65, wife of A. D. Graham,
linotype operator with the A&M
Press, were scheduled at 2 p.m. this
afternoon in the chapel of Hillier
Funeral Home.
Mrs. Graham died in a local hos
pital Monday night.
Dr. Harry V. Rankin, pastor of
the First Methodist Church of Bry
an, of which Mrs. Graham w r as a
member, officiated at the survices.
Internment will be in the family
plot in the Bryan City Cemetery.
Serving as pall bearers wei’e
Woodrow Wallace, Steve Andert,
Dr. W. B. Roman Jr., C. E. Sulli
van, Jack L. Gary and Raymond L.
Williams.
Surviving Mrs. Graham, besides
her husband, are one daughter,
Mrs. Julia Graham Bobbitt, and
two brothers, Tom G. Jenkins Sr.
of Bryait and Harry S. Jenkins of
Houston.
went on without the drummer and
this is where the famous Cole style
was born.
Cole has had many record hits as
a Capitol Records recording artist.
Among his unforgettable ones are
“Nature Boy,” “Mona Lisa,” “Too
Young” and “Unforgettable.”
Sharing the spotlight will be the
Dr. Kamm Named
A&M will play host the “Record
Star Parade of 1956” April 4 in
White Coliseum.
The Star Parade will feature en
tertainment stars Nat “King” Cole,
June Christy, The Four Freshmen,
Gary Morton, Patty Thomas—all to
the tune of Ted Heath and his or
chestra.
This will be a feature attraction
sponsored by the Office of Student
Activities. Town Hall tickets will
not be good for the performance.—j~|-* • | tt*
Tickets may be purchased at the i rCSlClCIlt“LlCCt
Activities Office on the second
floor of Goodwin Hall. Prices are
$2.50 and $2 for reserved seats
and $1.25 for general admission.
Headlining the show is the inter-
nationally-known singing star Nat
“King” Cole. He w 7 as born in
Montgomery, Ala., and learned to
sing in the church choir after his
family moved to Chicago. His fa
mous trio was born after a drum
mer failed to show for a quartet
engagement in California. They
Dr. Robert B. Kamm, dean of the
Basic Division and Student Per
sonnel Services, has been named
president-elect of the American
College Personnel Association
wdiich is holding its annual meet
ing March 25-30 in Washington,
D.C.
An organization made up of
college officials concerned with the
various functions of student per
sonnel services, the ACPA mem
bership is made up of college fac
ulty and staff officials from col
leges and universities throughout
the country.
As president-elect, Dr. Kamm
W'ill take over as president of the
group in March, 1957, when the
next annual meeting is held in De
troit. Present president is Dean
W. W. Blaesser, University of
Utah.
Currently a member of the
ACPA Executive Committee, Dr.
Kamm also has served as chairman
of the Committee on Professional
Standards and chairman of the
Budget Committee.
W. D. (Pete) Hardesty of Stu
dent Activities and a member of
ACPA, is in Washington with Dr.
Kamm for the meetings.
British orchestra of Ted Heath,
appearing for the first time in the
States.
A former singer with Stan Ken
ton, June Christy, will provide the
audience with the type of singing
that made her popular with such
hits as “Tampico,” “How High the
Moon” and “I’ll Remember April.”
A group needing no introduction
to A&M, the Four Freshmen, was
greeted with much enthusiasm on
the campus earlier in the year as a
Town Hall attraction. The quaitet
is composed of Ross and Don Bar
bour, Ken Errair and Bob Flani
gan.
The humorist of the show will be
young comedian Gary Morton. He
is known for television appearances
and vaudeville stints over the coun
try.
Last, but not least in the star-
studded attraction will be Patty
Thomas, a dancer who has appear
ed on many television shows.
By JIM BOWER
The busy rattle of typewriters has replaced the sound
of hammers and saws on the ground floor of the YMCA as
all of the student publications officially moved in today. Also
in the move is the business office of Student Publications.
Under construction for the last several months, the
ground floor will house, in addition to student publications,
the office of Campus Security, the Housing office and the
office of Veteran’s Affairs.
Dr. Robert B. Kamm, dean of the Basic Division and
Student Personnel Services has his office on the second floor
of the YMCA.
Other offices scheduled to move from Goodwin Hall in
the near future are the departments of Student Affairs and
Student Activities. The Department of Oceanography and
Meteorology will occupy all of Goodwin Hall.
The student publications offices have been completely
equipped with all new equipment in addition to their new
quarters. The Battalion office, located in the north wing of
the Y will be air conditioned as will be the darkroom and the
business office of student publications.
One of the featured facilities of the new offices is the
new darkroom built especially for the student publications.
Large enough to accomodate four people at once, the dark
room has a new automatic focusing picture enlarger and an
automatic temperature regulator for the water in the de
veloping sink.
In the east wing of the YMCA will be the offices for the
Aggieland, Commentator, Southwestern Veterinarian, Engi
neer and Agriculturist. Also in the east wing will be a li
brary and a conference room.
Each of the offices has been equipped with new metal
desks, filing cabinets and secretarial-type chairs. Very little
old equipment was moved from Goodwin.
Advertising facilities for the publications also benefitted
from the move. A separate room complete with filing cabi
nets and slanted drawing desks is provided for the publica
tions.
Two From A&M
Work on Group
Dr. Ralph W. Steen, head
of the History Department
and Dr. John Q. Anderson,
English Department, attend
ed a committee meeting at
Baylor University last Saturday
which resulted in the organization
of the American Studies Associa
tion of Texas.
Affiliated with the national
American Studies Association, the
newly organized Texas branch is
the seventeenth regional gi-oup
formed since the ASA was founded
about five years ago. Members of
the Association come from the
fields of literature, history, phil
osophy, art, government, architec
ture, journalism, science, political
theory, and others. They include
writers, teachers, scholars, stu
dents, librarians, and laymen inter
ested in American culture, and
their concern is to study American
civilization as a whole. Regional
branches of ASA meet periodically
for the exchange of ideas about the
nation’s life and culture. Member
ship in the ASA is open to anyone
who is interested in these topics.
The first meeting of the Amer
ican Studies Association of Texas
will be held at Baylor University,
Dec. 8. Officers of the newly
Collegiate FFA
Will Hold Banquet
The A&M Collegiate FFA Chap
ter’s annual Student-Prof Banquet
will be held Wednesday, April 11,
7:30 p.m., at Maggie Parker Din
ing Hall in Bryan.
Pui-pose of the event is to cre
ate a better relationship between
students and their professors.
Plaques will be presented the
outstanding junior and senior in
agricultural economics and the out
standing professor in the School
of Agriculture will also be pre
sented an award. One junior, se
lected by the Scholarship Commit
tee, will receive a scholarship for
$125.
City Elections April 3
For Mayor, Council
Annual city elections for the
City of College Station will be held
April 3, according to City Manager
Ran Boswell. A mayor and three
councilmen will be elected.
The ballot box will be located in
the city hall, and the polls will be
open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Only candidate for the position
of mayor or councilman-at-large is
the incumbent, Ernest Langford,
head of the A&M Architecture De
partment.
Candidate for councilman of
ward one is Marion Pugh; ward
two, Joe Sori - els; and third ward,
A. P. Boyett. Pugh, Sorrels, and
Boyett hold the offices at present,
and are unopposed.
Two councilmen are elected from
each ward, one each year, to serve
two-year terms. The mayor, elect
ed at large each year, makes the
seventh member of the council.
Councilmen completing their
first year include Ernest Seegar,
ward three; J. A. Orr, first ward;
and G. W. Black, second ward.
Ward one includes all of south
College Station, Ward Two is the
east part of the city and College
Hills, while the Third Ward con
tains the North Gate ai-ea.
Audiences Like ‘Portrait
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, March 30th of this year will be observed by
all Christians as Good Friday; and,
WHEREAS, we are now in the Lenten season and as
Christians should honor our Saviour on this day, it being
the day that Jesus Christ died on the Cross for us and for
the remission of our sins; and,
WHEREAS, we should at least attend Church on this
day and give thanks for the sacrifice Jesus Christ made for
us:
NOW, THEREFORE, we, Ernest E. Langford, Mayor
of the City of College Station, Texas, and H. C. Dishman,
Mayor of the City of Bryan, Texas, do hereby jointly pro
claim the hours from 12 o’clock noon to 3 p.m. on Good Fri
day, March 30, 1956, to be observed by the citizens of our
Cities as hours of prayer and meditation, and urge each cit
izen to attend the Church of his choice during this period of
time; and we further urge that all business houses in these
Cities cease their operations and close during this period.
ERNEST E. LANGFORD
Mayor, City of
College Station, Texas
H. C. DISHMAN
Mayor, City of
Bryan, Texas
20 Cub Scouts
Win in Kite Match
Cub Pack 802 annual Kite Flying
Contest held recently ended with
20 Cub Scouts winning places in | characterization
the six divisions.
Smallest Kite, in the order that
they finished, went to Ken Fisher,
Darrel Nixon, Sam Henry Creswell
and Jim Mills. Largest Kite award
ribbons were given Don Musa,
Johnny Krenitsky, Milton Moore
and Bill White.
David Holmgreen, Don Musa,
Lawrence Nemee, and Bruce Riggs
were winners in the Most Unusual
Kite division. Highest Flying Kite
scouts were David Holmgreen, Ken
Fisher, Milton Moore, and Terry
Turner.
First to Fly awards went to
Ken Fisher, Johnny Krenitsky, Jim
Mills, and David Holmgreen.
A triple tie of Den 5, 3 and 4
were winners for the Most Kites
in the Air, with Den 6 taking the
second place spot.
The Award ribbons were prepar
ed and donated by Fugate Printing
Co.
“Family Portrait,” Easter sea
son production of the Aggie Play
ers, was presented to appreciative
audiences a,t each performance in
the ballroom of the Memorial Stu
dent Center.
The five consecutive perform
ances of the three - act play ended
last night. They were done in co
operation with the Council of
Church Women of College Station.
The play revolves around the
family of Jesus. While it is not
strictly a religious drama, it does
have a lot of spiritual feeling. The
main characters in the play are
Mary the mother of Jesus, and
His brothers — Joseph, Simon,
James, and Juda played by
Florence Delaplane, Bill Swann,
Toby Hughes, Roy Cline, and Don
Fisher.
Ardith Melloh, who played Mary
Cleophas, made her debut with the
Players and did an excellent
of the aunt of
Jesus. Other members of the cast
who did well in their roles include
Chris Pavelka as Naomi, Gene
Logan as Reba, Helen Page as
Selima and Roy Eckard as Judos
Iscariot.
Four of the scenes are laid in
Mary’s home in Nazareth where
the family is portrayed in its own
environment. These are staged in
the round which gives the audience
a closer look in the family’s life.
The other two scenes are played on
the stage. *
Actors is the supporting
whose prortayals merit
include, Lari Webster as
Roger Clark as Mathias, Charles
Ware as Appius Hadrian, Ronald
Ruth as the rabbi, Joe Dannen-
baum as Mordecai, and Rocky
Arnold as Mendel.
cast | Smith as the Woman at the Well,
mention j Mary Magdalene portrayed by
Eban, Evelyn King, Nathan played by
Ted Castle, Esther played by Bar
bara Johnson, Leban played by Jim
Leissner, Joshua played by Phil
McNemer, and Beulah played by
Pat Huebner.
Other members of the cast who
contributed to the success of the
play are Helen Brady as Anna,
Iris Bullax-d as Hepzibah, Alan and
Lane Coulter as Daniel, Shirley
The play was directed by C. K.
Esten, with Vic Wiening assisting
Beryl Baty was organist and
Maxine Kamm and Kim Alexander
were soloists.
Weather Today
The- dust brought in by the cold
front that arrived last night is
expected to improve this after
noon.
Yesterdays high of 85 degrees
dropped to 57 degrees last night.
Temperature at 10:30 this morn
ing was 65 degrees.
Action Taken
On Annexation
Two ordinances to annex
over 500 acres of land re
ceived first reading at the
monthly meeting of the Col
lege Station city council Mon
day night.
One of the plots is in the south
west part of the city near the
Knoll, and extending south to the
railroad, and the other is north-
w’est of College Hills.
The Brazos County Commis
sioners Court awarded L. K. Jonas
$546, and W. L. Caughin $396 for
easements of their seven-foot prop
erty fronts for the widening of
Highway 6.
C. E. Dillon was appointed to
fill the post of the late J. Wheeler
Barger, who died earlier this
month. The council also passed a
resolution honoring Barger.
In other business, the council
voted to accept the utilities bill of
the Little League ball park this
summer. The field will be lighted
five nights a week, for approxi
mately seven weeks. At $10 per
night, wholesale, the bill should be
$350, according to Ran Boswell.
City Manager Boswell was ap
pointed representative for the city
on the College Station Youth Fa
cilities Council, an organization to
provide recreational facilities for
College Station youth. The group’s
present project is the Negro soft-
ball diamond.
AGGIE FLAYERS—Left to right are Ardith Melloh as
Mary Cleophas, Florence Delaplane as Mary and Connie
Eckard as Judas Iscariot. The picture was taken in act 3,
scene 1 when Mary Cleophas and Mary were asking Judas
as to the whereabouts of Jesus following the Last Supper.
The Player’s five-day production of “Family Portrait”
finished last night. —Photo by Bob Stansberry
Consolidated Menu
April 3
Baked pork, potatoes, green
limas, celery and carrot sticks,
bread, milk and apricot cobbler.
April 4
Hamburgers, potato chips, Eng
lish peas, pickles and onions, buns,
milk and cupcakes.