The Battalion
Number 114: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1956
Price Five Cents
Three Classes Vote
In Center ’Til 5:30
Members of the classes of 1957-58-59 are casting their
primary ballots today in the election booth in the Post Office
entrance of the MSQ to determine next year’s class officers.
Balloting will end at 5:30 p.m.
Runoff elections will be held Wednesday, April 18, for
class officers.
The general elections of senators and members of the
. student life committee will not be held at this time, as in the
past, due to the re-writing of the constitutions of these or
ganizations.
Filings for the positions of class agent for the class of
- 1956 and for members of the Election Commission will open
May 1 and remain open until
May 7 at the Office of Stu
dent Activities located on the
second floor of Goodwin Hall.
The Election Commission will
be composed of five men each from
each of the classes of 1957-58-69.
Class of 1957
President; Karl Springer, Dick
Howard, Brad Crockett, Thomas
Ray Thedfor, Herman Veselka and
Doug DeCluitt. Vice-president;
* Don W. Green, Bob N. Hancock,
John Kirkpatrick, Dub Bailey,
Hank Menefee and George R.
„ Crane.
Secretary; Charles K. Orr, Ed
C. Hanson, Jack T. Steel and
Dewey C. McMullan.
Social secretary; D u r ward
Thompson, Bob McCleskey, Tom E.
Norton, Jack M. Di'eyfus and John
P. Aldridge.
Byron W. King, Tedd M. Lewis,
Paul B. Beckman and Andy John
son are candidates for treasurer.
Johnny Heard, Gilbert Steile and
Bob Best are running for student
entertainment manager.
Applicants for class historian are
4 Don Weber, Bobby Noack, “Red”
Wilson, Marcus Crow and Don
Wilson.
For reporter, Warren Johnson,
Howard Martin, John Selensky, A1
Chappell and Joe Joeris.
For sergeant - at - arms; Gene
Smith, Myron Gantt, G. B. Rand,
Dennis H. Goehring, Thomas Liv
ingston and McFarland Osborn.
Tommy Newman, Dean Duncan,
Leon Curtis, Ralph Stout, Jimmie
Dellinger, Willie Alsup and Jack
Lyle are candidates for parliamen
tarian.
Candidates for yell leader from
the class of ’57 are Gary Anderson,
. (See ELECTIONS, Page 2)
CS Rec Council
Discusses Budget
The College Station Recreation
Council met yesterday afternoon at
the A&M Consolidated School. The
budget for this summer was dis
cussed, and chairmen for each sum
mer program were announced.
New officers for the Council in
* elude Dr. Luther Jones, president;
Charles Haas, vice-president; Mrs.
E. C. Klipple, secretary; and Mrs.
K. A. Manning, treasurer.
* New members include Mrs. John
Quisenberry, Mrs. Walter Varvel,
Flake Fisher, Bill Hensel and Mike
Krenitsky.
FFA Banquet
At 7:30 Tonight
Barbecue chicken will be served
tonight at 7:30 at the A&M Col
lege annual student-prof banquet
at Maggie Parker’s in Bryan.
Awards will be presented by E.
V. Walton, head of the Agricul
tural Education Department to the
outstanding senior and junior in
the Agricultural Education Depart
ment. Nathan Boardman, chapter
president, will present the out
standing professor award to C. B.
Ryan of the Poultry Husbandry
Department. He was selected by
members of the chapter.
Will Slaten, senior, will act as
master of ceremonies. Music will
be provided by the Hi Five combo.
5 A&M Students
Involved In Wreck
Five A&M students escaped ser
ious injury early Monday morning
as the car in which they were rid
ing over-turned two and one-half
times near Calvert.
Wynn Snoots, swimming team
member, was the only injured stu
dent, having a broken arm. The
other four students, John R.
Nelms, driver of the car, Harless
Benthul, Bill Bedford and Max
Stone, received only minor cuts
and bruises. They were taken to
Hearne General Hospital follow
ing the accident.
Nelms said he was driving about
60' miles per hour when the car
skidded on a wet place in the high
way, causing them to leave the
road. The vehicle was completely
destroyed.
Leland Receives
Freedom Award
T. W. Leland, head of the Busi
ness Administration Department
here, has been »awarded a fellow
ship by the Third Institute on
Freedom and Competitive Enter
prise at Claremont Men’s College,
Claremont, Calif. It will be held
June 10-24.
Leland is one of 30 economists
and other social scientists from
various parts of the country to
i-eceive the fellowships.
The institute consists of lectures
EYES RIGHT—Squadron 17, commanded by Marion L. Williams of Abilene, passes by
the reviewing stand in preparation for the Corps Review Thursday afternoon for Fed
eral Inspection. For the past few days, Aggies have been sharpening up clothes, rooms
and military manners in anticipation of the annual spring event.
The Council is made up of mem- and seminars for intensive study
bei’s from all civic and interested
groups in the city. It conti’ols the
summer I'ecreation program for
College Station.
of the relationship of private com
petitive enterprise and the free
market system to individual lib
erty.
Graduates Hear
Paleontologist
ThursdayNight
One of the nation’s out
standing paleontologists will
deliver a graduate lecture
here Thursday at 8 p.m. in the
Biological Sciences Building.
The lecture is open to the public.
The lecturer, Dr. Alfred S. Ro-
mer, is director of the Museum of
Comparative Zoology, Harvard
College, Cambridge, Mass., and his
subject will be “Fossil Animals of
the Texas Permian Basin.”
Currently, he is collecting speci
mens near Archer City, Texas
where he has done outstanding
work in the past. ^
Dr. Romer is a native of New
York and holds the AB degree from
Amherst College and Ph. D. from
Columbia. He was awarded an
honorary degree from Harvard Un
iversity in 1949, instructor of an
atomy, Bellevue Medical College,
N.Y., 1921-23 and a member of
the Department of Comparative
Anatomy, American Museum of
Natural History.
He taught Vei’tebrate Paleon
tology at the University of Chica
go, 1923-34, and was professor of
zoology and curator of Vertebrate
Paleontology, Harvard University,
since 1934; director of the Museum
of Comparative Zoology since 1946,
and Alexander Agassiz professor
of zoology since 1947.
Dr. Romer has received numer
ous honors and awards including
the Mary Clark Thompson Medal
of the National Academy of Sci
ences for 1954. Among his pro
fessional memberships are the
following:
American Association of Anat
omists; Paleontological Society
(vice president 1939); American
Society of Zoologists; Geological
Society of America; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences;
National Academy of Sciences; So
ciety of Vertebrate Paleontology
(president 1941); Cosmos Club;
Society for the Study of Evolution
(vice president 1950).
Dr. A. S. Romer
Graduate Lecture Thursday
Electricity
To be Cut Off
At 5 O’clock
Power will be turned off in
the Memorial Student Center
and the south side of College
Station from 5 until about
5:30 this afternoon, according
to T. R. Spence, manager of
physical plants.
In order to avoid a ten hour
power cut-off, the current will
be transferred to another cir
cuit while it is being connec
ted to the new equipment at
the power plant. The circuits
are being re-arranged during
the shut-off.
The MSC and the Coliseum
were without electricity yes
terday morning and afternoon
for about three hours.
The project house apart
ments will also have their
electricity turned off for about
thirty minutes this afternoon.
Style Show Set
The Officers’ Wives’ Club will
hold a style show at their i-egular
monthly luncheon, 12:30 p.m.
Thursday, at Maggie Parker Din
ing Hall.
The latest spring and summer
fashions will be shown through the
courtesy of “Town and Country.”
Mrs. Robert Goforth is chairman
of the style show and is assisted
by Mesdames Taylor Wilkins,
Charles Taylor and Billy Wright.
Weather Today
BAFB Aero Club
Open To Aggies
A limited number of A&M
students may now learn to
fly through Bryan Air Force
Base’s “Aero Club”, accord
ing to Wayne Wilson, member
of A&M’s Flying Kadets.
“Maj. John P. Howard, a mem
ber of the club, contacted us,” said
Wilson. “He invited all Aggies,
either in the Corps or not, to take
part in the program.”
Bryan Air Forte Base’s Aero
Club is an independent club, spon
sored by the Air Force. Its mem
bers, mainly base personnel and
families, receive instruction at $6
an hour from licensed Civil Air
Patrol instructors. Solo flying
time costs $3 each hour.
Clubs similar to the Aero Club
have been set up at all of the Air
Force’s bases throughout the
world.
“At present the club has about
30 members, two instructors, and
one airplane,” Wilson said. “The
government is helping . them buy
two or more planes, and hire an
other instructor. They will take as
many members as they have room.”
Anyone interested in joining the
program may contact Wilson in
room 123, dormitory eight, or at
tend the weekly meeting of the
Flying Kadets, each Monday night
at 7:30 p.m. in room 129 of the
Academic Building.
Houston Aggies
Set Barbecue
Members of the Houston Home
town Club will hold their annual
spring barbecue Thursday at 6:30
p.m. in the Brazos A&M Club
House.
Program for the evening includes
election of officers and a movie of
the A&M-Rice football game. The
club also will have its Aggieland
pictm-e taken at 5:15 Thursday in
front of the Administration Build
ing.
Disease Report
Measles is the leading disease
with 22 cases in College Station
according to reports from the Bry-
an-Brazos County Health Unit.
Chickenpox was close behind with
21 cases reported for the week
ending April 7. Mumps was listed
next with three cases.
Federal Inspection
Starts Tomorrow
A&M Cadets will end the “long wait” tomorrow as Fed
eral Inspection officers take a look around. Dormitory in
spections will be held from 8-10 a.m. and classes will be dis
missed during this time.
An inspection of room orderliness, cleanliness and ar
rangement as well as personal questioning of individual
cadets was held yesterday in the Army area and Friday in
the Air Force units. Local cadre participated in the 6 a.m.
inspections.
The full-scale inspection of A&M’s Corps of Cadets will
also include a review tomorrow afternoon and classroom in
spections- as to procedure and student knowledge.
Following an orientation of
Acct. Conference
To Be April 16 -17
The ninth annual Accounting
Conference to be held here April
16-17, will have as speakers top
flight men in the profession, fea
turing accounting in all its phases,
present and future.
Sessions will be held in the Me
morial Student Center on the cam
pus of the college and a panel dis
cussion, “What Management Ex
pects From Its Accounting Func
tions” will be held in the after
noon, April 16. George W. Laf-
ferty, Houston (partner, Cheatham,
Brady and CJo.) will moderate the
panel.
Speakers include John A. White,
president, American Accounting
Association of the University of
Texas; Kenneth S. Axelson of Chi
cago, Arthur Stewart, Business
Administration, A. and M.; How
ard C. Greer, Decatur, Alabama;
James I. Mahon, Philadelphia, Pa.
and W. R. Gilchrist, Tulsa, Okla
homa.
Roy E. Burke of Houston, con
ference chairman (Price Water-
house & Co.) will preside at the
opening session.
Edward S. Packenham of the
Business Administration Depart
ment, A. and M., is general chair
man for local arrangements.
Weldon Walker
Wins $250 Prize
Weldon W. Walker, senior stu
dent from Waco, recently won
$250 from Time Inc. as an out
standing subscription salesman.
Time Inc., publishers of Time,
Life and Sports Illustrated, con
ducted the contest in colleges and
universities over the United States.
First prize was $3,000.
the visiting inspectors by Col.
D. P. Anderson, PMS&T, Lar
ry Kennedy, Corps command
er, and members of his staff,
the visitors will inspect military
and air science instruction class
rooms and facilities. Inspections
this afternoon are being directed
at the military and air science
plans, records and files as well as
visits to the property custodian,
rifle range and motor pool.
At 8 tomorrow morning, cadets
will be in their rooms for the in
spection. First sergeants and com
pany commanders will escort visit
ing inspectors through their respec
tive units. Cadets so armed will
be inspected with their rifles.
Classroom inspections will be
continued tomorrow afternoon. In
spectors will have lunch with Da
vid H. Morgan, president of the
college, and will meet with him
later in the afternoon to discuss
results of the inspection.
Then, at 4 p.m. tomorrow, a re
view will be held on the main drill
field with the entile Corps of Ca
dets participating.
Members of the Army inspecting
team are Col. Wendell H. Langdon,
chief of the inspecting party; Col.
Robert M. Bacher, ordnance; Lt.
Col. Travis A. Gerrells, infantry;
Lt. Col. John M. Aylor, armor;
Lt. Col. George Stevens, engineers;
Maj. Vincent Grzegorowicz, signal;
Lt. Col. John L. Gates, transporta
tion; Lt. Col. Comet Gibson, quar
termaster; Lt. Col. Kenneth S.
White, chemical; and Maj. Leslie
B. Hardy, artillery.
Air Force inspectors are Maj.
Herman L. Kirkpatrick, Maj. John
P. Howard, Bryan AFB; Lt. Col.
Robert L. Collie, Lt. Col. James A.
McKinney, USAF-IG Inspectors,
General Staff, Norton AFB, Calif.;
Col. James F. Risher, Lt. Col. Wil
liam G. Dolan, Maj. H. G. Gendrei-
zig, Headquarters Air Force ROTC,
Maxwell AFB, Ala.
Magazine Editors
Approved by Board
Editors for the four school mag
azines were approved at a meeting
yesterday * of the Student Publi
cations Board. The students were
chosen upon recommendation by
Ross Strader, director of Student
Publications, and concurrence by
the school councils of the magazine
involved.
Bennie Eugene Fichte, junior ag
ricultural-journalism major from
Megargel, was named editor for the
Agriculturist.
Co-editors were named for the
Southwestern Veterinarian. Head
ing the well-known journal next
year will be Delmar R. Cassidy of
College Station and Kenneth R.
Pierce from Winters. Both are
veterinary medicine majors.
Sitting in the editor’s desk for
the Engineer for the 1956-57 school
year will be Joe Bill Foster, senior
petroleum engineering-'general bus
iness major from Greenville.
John Elvin Smith, junior business
administration major, was approv
ed by the board as editor for the
Commentator. His appointment
will have to go before the Execu
tive Committee of the college to
have the one-year experience re
quirement waived. Smith’s approv
al as editpr was recommended by
both the Arts & Sciences Council
and Strader.
Last month Jim Bower was
named editor for The Battalion
next year, and David McReynolds
summer editor. Don Charles Burt
was appointed editor for the Ag
gieland ’57.
m
FOR PROF’S BENEFIT—Robert A. Houze, college librarian, left, shows some of the
library’s collection of books on teaching to Robert Sherrill‘of the English Department.
The library is featuring a display this month of the collection, which was established in
1952 by the College Committee on the Development of Teaching Personnel.
FAIR
Fair and a little warmer is the
forecast for College Station. Yes
terday’s high was 64 degrees; low,
39 degrees. Temperature at 10:30
this morning was 56 degrees.
MORE I.T.S. TALENT—A favorite up Oklahoma way are the songs of the Beta Four,
barber shop quartet from Oklahoma A&M. The quartet will appear Friday night at the
Intercollegiate Talent Show in White Coliseum. Tickets are on sale at the MSC for
?1 and $1.50.