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PAGE 6 Friday, May 11, 1956
Segregation Laws
Face Federal Test
MONTGOMERY, Ala.—^'—Bit
terly contested city and state bus
segregation laws, upheld only day
before yesterday in state • court,
face another, perhaps more signi
ficant test today in federal court.
A three-judge panel, whose de
cision can be appealed direct to the
U. S. Supreme Court, has been
convened to hear a suit by four
Negroes challenging the racial bar
riers responsible for a mass boy
cott of city buses in Montgomery.
The suit, filed as an outgrowth
of the boycott now in its sixth
month, seeks an injunction to stop
city and state officials from en
forcing the antirace mixing laws,
and a declaratory judgement hold
ing the statutes unconstitutional.
Since some judicial officers, in
cluding Circuit Judge Walter B.
Jones in Montgomery and the Pub
lic Service Commission in South
Carolina, contend the April 23 rul
ing of the Supreme Court did not
decide the segregation issue, the
trial here may produce the first
clear-cut finding by the Supreme
Court.
The action of the three-judge
panel can be reviewed direct by
the Supreme Court while the South
Carolina case involved in the April
23 decision goes back to a lower
court for trial.
Defendants in the complaint
challenging validity of Montgom
ery City and Alabama State laws
are Montgomery City Lines, which
operates the city’s only bus serv
ice; the City Commission whose
three members all belong to the
white citizens council, the chief of
police; two bus drivers, and the
members of the Alabama Public
Service Commission.
The suit points out that two of
the complaining Negroes, Claud
ette Colvin and Mary Louise Smith,
were arrested for violating the city
segregation laws. It also cites the
arrest of a Negro seamstress, Mrs.
Rosa Parks, which touched off the
long bus boycott last Dec. 5, al
though Mrs. Parks is not one of the
plaintiffs.
Negroes by the thousands have
refused to ride the buses since the
day Mrs. Parks was fined $14 and
despite the fact that the bus com
pany abandoned segregation the
day the Supreme Court announced
its decision in April. They voted
at a mass meeting to continue
their protest until city officials
were willing to accept integration.
The bus company was ordered
by Jones Wednesday to rescind its
integration order. . The judge said
the Supreme Court has not out
lawed bus segregation yet.
Class Of 58
Due Special
Examinations
Seniors graduating after
Jan. 30, 1958, in the School of
Arts and Sciences will be re
quired to pass a written exam
ination in English composi
tion, according to an announce
ment by Dr. W. H. Delaplane,
dean of the School of Arts and
Sciences.
The directive announced the
examination will be given in
the spring of the junior year.
A student failing the quiz will
be required to report to the
English Department for work
in remedial English. When
the department feels he is
qualified he will again be re
turned to a candidate-for-de-
gree status.
Students in the following
majors are affected by this
announcement: biology, chem
istry, economics, education,
physology, English, history,
government, journalism, math
ematics, modern languages,
oceanography, meteorology,
physical education, physics and
all majors in business admin
istration.
TUNING &
REPAIR
GRAY PIANO CO. .
314 ,N. Main—Bryan
TA 2-1451 — TA 2-4148
OLE ARMY, GET PREPARED
We Have Y T our —
CAPS — BELTS — BUCKLES — BRASS, ETC.
For Final Review and Next Year
LOUPOT’S TRADING POST
Social Whirl
BUSINESS WIVES will hold
their annual family picnic at 6:30
tonight at the home of Prof, and
Mrs. T. W. Leland, 1307 Walton.
Prof. Leland, head of the depart
ment, will present the diplomas to
wives of graduating seniors. Menu
will consist of sandwiches, baked
beans, potato salad, cake, and cold
drinks.
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AGGIE WIVES COUNCIL will
meet at 8 p.m. Monday at the home
of Mrs. Robert B. Kamm, sponsor,
4109 Nagle. New presidents and
representatives elected for the Fall
semester will attend this meeting.
The group will vote for the sum-
mei* governing body. A&M Garden
Club has extended an invitation to
all members of the wives club, ac
cording to Mrs. Kamm, to attend
the annual flower show Tuesday in
the MSC.
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AGRONOMY WIVES Club will
meet at 8 p. m. Tuesday in the
YMCA. Mrs. John Hayes will
speak on pointers of buying a
home.
BAND WIVES CLUB will have
the presentation of “PhT” degrees
at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the YMCA
to graduating members.
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AGGIE WIVES BOWLING Club
will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday for
the presentation of trophies.
HEY AGGIES — DON’T DELAY
Now Is The Time To Buy Your New 1956 . . .
MERCURY or FORD
GOOD DISCOUNTS ON STRAIGHT SALES
MORE FOR YOUR TRADE IN
For your convenience we have tried to work out some finance
plans whereby it will make it easier for you to get your new car.
For Example:
TWO MONTHS GIVEN FROM DELIVERY DATE UNTIL YOU
MAKE YOUR FIRST PAYMENT.
— Or — •
YOUR FIRST THREE PAYMENTS AT ONLY $40.00 WITH THE
REGULAR PAYMENTS STARTING FOUR MONTHS FROM THE
TIME YOU TAKE DELIVERY.
— Or —
NO DOWN PAYMENT AT ALL IF YOU ARE A GRADUATING
SENIOR IN R.O.T.C. AND HAVE YOUR ORDERS TO GO INTO THE
SERVICE.
Don’t say I can’t buy a car, come by and see one of our sales
men at Bryan Motors, Highway 6 South. You wull be surprised at
some of the deals I can work out for you. Call at TA 2-1605 in the
daytime or VI 6-7305 at night. Call for a demonstration ride at
any time. If you dont’ want a new car we always have a large
selection of clean used cars priced right.
BRYAN MOTOR CO.
Highway 6, South
Bryan, Texas
Interposition
Petitions
Mailed
LONGVIEW,—GP>—Twenty-five
thousand copies of a petition ask
ing that the question of intei-posi-
tion be submitted as a referendum
in the Democratic primary July
28, have been mailed to all parts
of the state, Robert Cardill chair
man of the Longview Referendum
Committee, said yesterday.
The petition was suggested by
Atty. Gen. John Ben Sheppard in
a speech to the Gregg County
Democratic Convention on Tues
day. He said that 150,000 signa
tures should be obtained on the
petition and that it should be pre
sented to the state Democratic con
vention in Dallas on May 22.
Sheppard said that if the peti
tion was not presented he feai’ed
that the Johnson forces in contro 1
of the convention would sidetrack
the interposition issue.
Thomas Appointed
Research Head
Dr. Gerald W. Thomas, of the
Range and Forestry Department
has been appointed coordinator o*
research conducted by the Wes+
Texas Agricultural Experiment-
Station. He will assume his new
duties June 1.
Dr. Thomas has been associated
with the Range and Forestry De
partment since 1951. Before join
ing that department he worked
with the Soil Conservation Ser
vice.
Included in his new duties will
be determining problems facing
farmers and ranchers and needs
for research in the West Texas
area.
Glnh Flower Show
Set For Tuesday
The Gun and Rod Shop division
of the annual flower show spon
sored by the A&M Garden Club
will be held again this year, ac
cording to Mrs. M. T. Harrington,
chairman of the men’s division.
The flower show which will be
held from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in
the Memorial Student Center, will
be open to male flower enthusiasts
in either the arrangement or hor
ticulture divisions.
“In the past few years we have
had exhibits entered by Fred E.
Smith of the Geology department;
Marion Pugh, of the Pugh Lumber
Co., Dr. L. S. Dillon, Biology de
partment; Dr. C. C. Doak, head,
Biology department; B. C. Mooye,
Mathematics department and the
Rev. Norman Anderson, pastor of
A&M Presbyterian Church,” said
Mrs. Harrington.
There is no entrance fee, or
membership requiiements. Parti
cipants must have their display in
the MSC by 11 a.m. Tuesday.
For additional information call
Mrs. Harrington at VI 6-4414.
PUSHING HUBBY THROUGH DEGREES—Dr. J. C. Miller, head of the Animal Hus
bandry Department is handing out PHT Degrees to Betty Keith, Nancy Landford and
Elizabeth Cypert, all members of the AH Wives Club and graduating with their hus
bands this semester.
'*'■ '... For a Fuller Life... For You...
CALENDAR OF CHURCH SERVICES
A&M CHURCH OF CHRIST
9:45 A.M.—Bible Classes
10:45 A.M.—Morning Worship
7:15 P.M.—Evening Service
OUR SAVIOUR’S
LUTHERAN CHURCH
9:30 A.M.—Church School
10:45 A.M.—Morning Worship
A&M METHODIST CHURCH
9:45 A.M.—Sunday School
10:55 A.M.—Morning Worship
6:00 & 6:45 P.M.—MYF Meeting
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
OF LATTER DAY SAINTS
10:00 A.M.—Morning Worship
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
SOCIETY
9:30 A.M.—Sunday School
11:00 A.M.—Morning Worship
ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC
CHAPEL
7:00 a.m.—Mass
8:30 a.m.—Mass
10:00 a.m.—Mass
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
9:40 a.m.—Church School
11:00 a.m.—Worship
6:30 p.m.—Training Union
7:30 p.m.—Worship
A&M CHRISTIAN CHURCH
9:30 a.m.—Coffee Time
9:45 a.m.—Sunday School
11:00 a.m.—Morning Service
3:30 p.m.—Children’s Fellowship
6:00 p.m.—Christian Youth Fellowship
and Disciples Student Fel
lowship
A&M PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
8:45 a.m.—Worship
9:45 a.m.—Church School
11:00 a.m.—Worship
ST. THOMAS
EPISCOPAL CHAPEL
8:00 a.m.—Holy Communion
9:30 a.m.—Sunday School
9:30 a.m.—Morning prayer and sermon
11:00 a.m.—Morning prayer and sermon
FAITH EVANGELICAL AND
REFORMED CHURCH
9:15 A.M.—Sunday School
10:30 A.M.—Morning Worship
7:30 P.M.—Evening Service
CHURCH OF THE
NAZARENE
10:00 A.M.—Sunday School
11:00 A.M.—Morning Worship
7:00 P.M.—Young People’s Service
7:45 P.M.—Preaching Service
COLLEGE HEIGHTS
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
9:45 A.M.—Sunday School
11:00 A.M.—Morning Worship
6:30 P.M.—Young People’s Service
7:30 P.M.—Evening Worship
BETHEL LUTHERAN
CHURCH
(Missouri Synod)
800 S. College Ave. Bryan, Texaa
9:30 A.M.—Church School
<0:45 A.M.—Morning Worship
JJitLr n era ( ^J-lo
BRYAN, TEXAS
502 West 26th St.
PHONE TA 2-1572
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LEARN FROM WATCHING MAMA
The school of experience has a wide
reputation, and many are those who are
proud to be its alumni.
But there is another school, an elemen
tary school. And though it’s less her
alded, it turns out eager scholars year
after year.
It hasn’t really any name, and certainly
no ivy-covered halls. Classes are held in
the students’ own homes. And the tuition
is a wealth of love contributed by pupil
and teacher alike.
But this is the best preparatory school
in the world. For whatever it teaches has
a place in the life of its graduates forever.
And the most encouraging sign on the
spiritual horizons of America is the
greater emphasis now being placed on
the Bible, prayer, and religious educa
tion in the school of “watching mama!'’
THE CHURCH FOR ALL . . .
ALL FOR THE CHURCH
The Church is the greatest fac
tor on earth for the building of
character and good citizenship It
is a storehouse of spiritual values.
Without a strong Church, neither
democracy nor civilization can
survive There are four sound
reasons why every person should
attend services regularly and sup
port the Church. They are (1)
For his own sake (2) For h*.
children s sake. (3) For the sake
of his community and nation (4)
For the soke of the Church itself
which needs his moral and ma
terial support Plan to go to
church regularly and read your
Bible daily
Day Book Chapter Verses
Sunday Proverbs 31 1.3
Monday Mark 2 14-2
Tuesday John 13 12.,;
Wednesdyl Timothy 4 ll-i<
Thursday I Peter 2 18-2j
Friday Ecclesiastes- 3 1-8
Saturday Mark 13 31-37
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