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Number 128: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1956
Price Five Cents
News of the World
By The ASSOCIATED PRESS
WACO—President Eisenhower will return to his native
Texas May 25 to make an important speech on international
affairs during Baylor University’s 111th commencement.
The White House announced yesterday Eisenhower had ac
cepted the Baylor invitation. He will fly from Washington
for a special convocation at 10:30 a.m. at which he .will be
awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. He will re
turn to Washington immediately after the ceremony. Dr.
William R. White, president of Baylor, said the special con
vocation will be mostly a university affair open td graduating
students, faculty and undergraduates, he said.
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WASHINGTON — Murray M. Chotiner, who was
Vice President Nixon’s 1952 campaign manager, testified
yesterday he got help from the White House in connec
tion with some private law cases. He said the help
amounted to calls put in at his request by two aides to
President Eisenhower, Maxwell Rabb and Charles F.
Willis Jr., to check on the status of some pending cases,
or to arrange for Chotiner to see government officials.
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UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.—Dag Hammarskjold came up
yesterday with three more Palestine cease-fire agreements.
Aimed to muzzle the guns on both sides of the frontiers, they
were reached by Israel and three of her Arab neighbors—
Syria, Jordan and Lebanon.
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MARRAKECH, Morocco — Moroccan mobs raged
through the city again yesterday settling old scores in an
orgy of massacre and pillage. Most of the fury was
aimed at supporters of a former sultan who sided with
the French. But authorities said some private grudges
were settled under the veil of general violence.
Walter Beach Will Speak
To SDX Tuesday Night
School-Wide Election On Segregation
Will Be Held 4 As Soon As Possible’
Walter G. Beach, supervisor of
publications and infoi'mation for
Humble Oil and Refining Co.,
Ags Vie SHSTC
In Matched Rodeo
A&M will meet Sam Houston
State Teacher’s College in a match
ed rodeo in Navasota, tonight and
tomorrow, according to James
Dickey, president of the Texas Ag
gie Rodeo Association.
“Eight contestants from each
school will compete in each event,”
Dickey said. “Cowboys will ‘jack
pot’ their entry fees, and the top
four men in each event will divide
the money.”
Proceeds from this rodeo will
go to the Fayetteville Rodeo Stock
Producers Association of La
Grange, Texas, which furnished
the stock for the recent A&M In
tercollegiate Rodeo.
The schools will enter teams in
bareback bronc riding, tie-down
calf roping, steer bull-dogging and
bull riding.
“Anyone interested in competing
should contact me,” said Dickey.
Houston, will speak at an open
meeting Tuesday in the assembly
room of the Memorial Student
Center at 7:30 p.m.
The speech, sponsored by the
student chapter of Sigma Delta
Chi, professional journalism fra
ternity, will be on the subject,
“What Industry Expects From the
Journalism Graduate.”
Beach went to work for Humble
in 1935 in the advertising depart
ment after working with a Houston
advertising agency. For nine years
he worked as publicity assistant
specializing in company publication
work and doubling on all types of
copy work and photography.
In his present position he man
ages the production of six company
publications.
The speaker received his Bach
elor of Journalism degree from St.
Edward’s Univei'sity in Austin in
1932 and was director and instruc
tor of publicity at that school for
the following two years.
Beach has been active in indus
trial editing organizations for many
years, and was president of ICIE
in 1952. He was named Editor of
the Year by Society of American
Industi’ial Editors in 1953.
MEDICAL JOURNALISTS—Delmar R. Cassidy from Col
lege Station and Kenneth R. Pierce from Winters get their
heads together planning for the next issue of The South
western Veterinarian. Cassidy and Pierce will be co-editors
of the School of Veterinary Medicine publication during
next year.
Holley Given Award
Cyrus H. Holley, junior chemical
engineering student from Taft, was
presented the annual Tau Beta Pi
Scholarship Award at their ban
quet last week in the , Memorial
Student Center.
Howard Tellepsen, president of
the Tellepsen Construction Com
pany of Houston and speaker at
the banquet, is shown here con
gratulating Holley.
Dr. T. J. Parker of the Geology
Department made the award which
is presented each year to “a de
serving and qualified engineering-
student”.
Otis D. Wells, junior aeronauti
cal engineering,» was recognized
for having the best initiation pa.-
per.
Holley Receives Award
Old Ambulance To Be Sold
Hospital To Contract Ambulances
The College Hospital will not use
an ambulance of its own anymore
as service rendered by the ambu
lance didn’t measure up to the cost
involved.
In the future emergency ambu
lance service for A&M students will
be fumished by ambulances from
Callaway-Jones, Hillier and Mc
Donald Funeral Homes in Bryan.
“This move was made in an ef
fort to give students a more effi
cient service,” said Dr. Charles
Lyons, head of the hospital. “The
old ambulance was costing about
$50 a trip and we can contract the
trips in Bryan for $5 a trip.”
During the last three years that
the hospital has operated its own
ambulance the vehicle has traveled
only 680 miles. About half this
distance has been to the garage, to
get gas and state inspection stick
ers. The ambulance has made only
OLD AMBULANCE-Shown
pital, which will no loneer ho 0ve 18 “Black \t. ■ —~
the times it is nee**. Amh^^coat
47 trips and counting depreciation,
garage bills, gasoline, grease, in
spections and drivers’ salai-ies this
averages $50 a trip.
“Besides saving $45 a trip an
ambulance from Callaway - Jones,
for instance, can be at the scene
of an accident on the campus in
about five minutes,” Dr. Lyons
pointed out. “Those people are
specialists and trained in their
jobs. They are on call 24 hours
a day where our boys have to be
called out of classes, movies or
dormitories and then half the time
the battery on the ambulance was
down.”
Another point Dr. Lyons brought
out was all ambulances from Bryan
are marked, have red lights and
fully equipped.
Policy to be followed in the fu-
tm-e will be to bring emergency
cases to the College Station Hospi
tal where they will be treated and
if the case calls for it, then moved
to Bryan or some point where the
services of a specialist can be at
hand.
“A doctor or nurse from our hos
pital will accompany the patient on
these trips,” Dr. Lyons said.
Weather Today
CLEAR
Clear and probably warmer is
forecasted for College Station.
^ esterday’s high of 85 degrees
dropped to 63 degrees this morn-
Temperature at 10:30 a.m.
was 80 degrees.
e Whistle
Is Civil Defense
Warning Signal
College Station’s Civil De
fense has set up a warning
signal for citizens of the com
munity in case of a major
catastrophe.
A&M’s laundry whistle will be
sounded in short broken blasts for
one minute, then a one minute si
lence and then another minute of
shoit broken blasts. When citizens
hear this, it is time to turn on the
radio and find out just what the
trouble is and where it is located.
Lt. Col. Taylor Wilkins, opei’a-
tions officer for the local group,
says a 20-minute warning will be
given.
The clear signal will be sounded
by a constant blast from the whis
tle for 30 seconds with a 30 second
pause and then another 30 second
constant blast.
“Anytime the warning signal is
blasted, it will be meaningful,” said
Col. Wilkins.
The laundry whistle is only a
temporary warning as many of the
city’s areas cannot hear it. An
other warning will be worked out
as soon as possible.
Election Voted By Senate
After Report By Parham
A school-wide election to determine the student body’s
view on segregation will be held “as soon as possible” ac
cording to action taken last night by the Student Senate.
Passing by a 25 to 5 vote, the motion read that “the
Student Senate present to the student body an election voting
on the question that the A&M student body is for or against
segregation and that this election be held as soon as possible
by the election commission.”
W. D. (Pete) Hardesty, senate advisor, said the ballot
would probably be worded to read “are you for or against
segregation ?”
Before any action was taken on the segregation ques-
■♦■tion, B. A. (Scotty) Parham,
senate president, gave the
background as to why this
same question had been ve
toed earlier by Dean of Stu
dent Personnel Services, Robert B.
Kamm.
Parham said the reason for the
veto “was my fault in that I de
fined the senate action as taking
up the segregation question as a
referendum.” Parham then read
Kamm’s letter showing the advis
ability of solving' the question by
bringing it up as “new business.”
The vote was then taken with very
little discussion given.
COMMITTEE REPORTS brought
out that the review to be held on
Mother’s Day will be held in honor
of the mother receiving the Honor
Mother Award which will be pre
sented during the Parent’s Day
piogram at 11 Sunday morning in
Guion Hall.
In making this report Parham
said the review was being held in
her honor since “she was represen
tative of all Aggie mothers.”
The welfare committee reported
that $645.80 had been collected for
William F. Curry, who was hurt
three weeks ago in a gymnastics
accident. Of this amount, $400 has
already been sent to Cmn-y’s father.
Joe Blair, civilian senator, said
the nurse expenses alone wei’e cost
ing $42 per day and that “much
more money is needed” since his
hospital stay is expected to be
quite lengthy.
Other action settled by the sen
ate decided just who was going to
keep Reveille this summer. After
much discussion the senate decided
to give Reveille to Larry Hill, civil
ian student, who will be here all
summer for summer school. She
will return to “A” Quartermaster
in Septembei - .
AS A SPECIAL GUEST
SPEAKER, Dr. Charles Lyons,
superintendent of the College Hos
pital, outlined a few of the plans
for the hospital in the near future.
As for the personnel of the hos
pital, Di-. Lyons said that he and
Dr. J. E. Marsh would work full
time.
In addition, Di*. Lyons said there
would be four specialists available
for the students and all nurses
would be registered and that a
nurse would be on duty in the
dispensary at all times.
(See SENATE, Page 2)
May 12 Deadline
For Cap & Gown
The deadline date for renting
caps and gowns is May 12, at 12
noon, according to an announce
ment by the Convocations Com
mittee in a notice to candidates
for degrees in the May 25-26 com
mencement activities.
Degree candidates should ar
range for the rentals with the Col
lege Exchange Store, the announ
cement said.
Thank You
The Arthur Mund Family,
one of the families burned out
in the College View fire,
wishes to express their sin
cere “thanks” and apprecia
tion for the help of all the per
sons in their time of need.
Board Accepts
Grants For
A&M System
A total of $54,978.70 in
grants - in - aid, scholarships,
gifts, and loans to the Texas
A&M College System was ac
cepted by the Systems’ Board
of Directors.
Of the amount, $37,652.25 was
received for the Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station, of which $36,-
350 was for grants-in-aid for re
search to be conducted on 18 agri
cultural projects. The remainder
of the funds came from gifts or
loans of equipment or livestock.
Texas A&M College received a
total of $15,311.45, of which $14,-
461.45 was to provide for scholar
ships, fellowships and awards to
students. The remainder of the
funds were received for special
gifts to already established schol
arships, a gift to the Cushing Me
morial Library and in miscellane
ous equipment.
The Texas Ti’ansportation Insti
tute received a $1,100 gift to fur
ther its work in development of
pi’efabricated bridges for Texas
highways.
Prairie View A&M College re
ceived $415 for scholarships and
awards to students, and the gen
eral offices of the System received
$500 for use in purchasing books.
Mathematics
Winners Told
James D. Chlapek of Temple,
took first place in the freshman
division of the annual A&M math
ematics contest. Richard S. Pal
mer of Port Arthur, won first
place in the sophomore division.
Palmer also was the 1955 winner
in the freshman division.
Joe Vargos of Sao Paulo, Brazil,
won second place in the freshman
division and Wilfred E. Cleland of
Genoa won third place.
Marion D. Arnold of Bryan for
merly of Corsicana, won second
place in the sophomore division
and Donald B. James of Fayette-
vill won third place.
First place winners received a
watch and, second place winners
received $15 and third place win-
nei*s $10 each.
Aggieland Staff
Meeting Called
Aggieland Staff members will
meet at 7:30 Monday night in the
Aggieland Office on the first
floor of the YMCA to take staff
pictures for this year’s Aggie
land.
“All members are urged to at
tend,” said Kurt Nauck, editor.
“After the meeting the editors
will meet to select the finalists
for Vanity Fair.”
ROTARY CLUB GUESTS—The four cadet officers above outlijie the duties and respon
sibilities of their respective positions at the regular luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club
Wednesday. Above are (left to right) Larry B. Kennedy, Corps commander; William
H. Sellers, 2nd Wing commander; Dr. C. C. Doak. Club president; C. M. Crawford, com
mander 1st battalion, 1st Regiment: Robert \\ . Sears, commander Squadron 21. The
cadets were the personal guests of Col. Henry Dittman, PAS.