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The Battalion Number 166: Volume 55 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1956 Price Five Cents Lamar Tech Pickets Rough Up Negroes BEAUMONT, (/P)—Pickets from a newly 07'ganizcd White Citizens Council last night roughed up two Negro students and prevented them from attending night classes at Lamar Tech. The students were not injured, police said. Their names were not learned. Police, who were hurriedly rush ed to the scene, met two other Negro students at an entrance to the campus in a car to attend classes and advised them to go home. They did. Some 150 white persons, ranging in age from 30 to 50, arrived at the campus about 7 p. m. and set up a picket line at one entrance. Draft Board Has Registrars On the Campus Misses Pauline Malazzo and Reba McDermott of College Station have been appointed registrars for the Brazos- Grimes county draft board for stuoents attending A&M. Boys who reach the age of 18 can register by calling on Miss Malazzo or Miss McDermott at the Registi-ar’s Office, Monday through Friday between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Registrars are maintained at A&M so that men will not have to travel to the draft board office at Bryan. Colonel Morris S. Schwartz, state director of the draft system, ex pressed public appi’eciation of the Bervices of Misses Malazzo and McDei’mott. “People of A&M should appi’e- ciate the service they render to them,” Colonel Schwartz said, “as they are doing this work without pay as a public service to their country.” All males are required to regis ter under the draft law on their 18th birthday or within five days thereafter. Maximum penalties that can be applied for failure to register are $10,000 fine, or five years in prison, or both. They carried placards with slo gans such as “Rebels with a cause,” “Keep our education system white” and “For the good of the nation and the welfare of the individual, segregate and educate.” Mrs. H. T. Mercer, a housewife from Vidor, Tex., a small town about 10 miles from Beaumont, said she organized last night’s dem- ohstration. She said she had orga nized a White Citizens Council here about a week ago. She did so, Mrs. Mercer said, because she has a 17-year-old son, a senior at the Vidor high school, whom she wants to send to what she called “an all white Lamar Tech” next year. Lamar Tech, a four-year state- supported college, was ordered to admit Negro students this year by a Federal District Court. It ha an enrollment of about 5,000 day students and 1,300 night students. There are 26 Negroes enrolled in day classes and seven in night classes. She said they planned a rally here Oct, 17 “for the purpose of recaptuiing Lamar Tech from the National Assn, for the Advance ment of Colored People.” She said her group expected to have 50 pickets at Lamar Tech this morning and planned another demonstration at 5 p. m. today. Wimberly Selected Physics Club Head Robert E. Wimberley is new president of the Physics Club. Others elected at the group’s Thursday meeting are William T. Milner, vice-president; Robert B. Karsteter, secretary - treasurer; Donald R. Huffman and Robert Purrington, representatives to the Arts and Sciences Council. P. W. Parker is faculty advisor. October 9 is the next meeting date. Cubs Meet Tonight Cub Scout Pack 802 will meet tonight at 7 p.m. in the A&M Con solidated High School gym. Awards will be given to cubs who earned them during the summer. Graduate Interviews Begin Oct. 15 First job interviews for 1957 graduates of A&M will begin October 15, Wendell R. Horsley director of the Placement Office has announced. These interviews will be the first of more than 300 firms that are expected to send their representa tives to the campus during this school year. Each department is given a pre liminary list of the scheduled in terviews as they come up, Horsley said. Depaitment heads, also have material to register with the place ment office. This material is need ed to help the Placement Office de velop each senior’s personal file of references for employer’s use. This will include the qualifica tions that each senior will have to offer to a prospective employer, Horsley said. By stating these qualifications early, seniors are often saved a lot of pavement pounding, he said. After completing the forms, sen iors ai’e urged to bring them by the Placement Office and arrange a conference with Horsley or Fred W. Hensel, assistant director of the Placement Office. Civilians Choose Men For Ramp, Floor Reps Civilian Student Council Will Be Chosen Wednesday WE WANT A BENCH—Doris Bahlman representing the girls working in the YMCA presents a petition to Howard Badgett, manager of A&M Physical Plant, asking that a bench be placed in front of the YMCA so the girls will have a place to rest while waiting for their husbands to pick them up after work. Proclama lion Teacher Attends J. C. Morg-an, A&M Consolidated High School science teacher, will attend a state meeting for Texas science teachers in Austin Thurs day and Friday, principal J. J. Ski-ivanek said. WHEREAS the newspapers of the nation during the week of Oct. 1-8, 1956 are observing National Newspaper week with the theme “Your Newspaper—Freedom’s Key to Better Living” and, WHEREAS your newspaper is a potent force in bringing about desired civic improvements in your community wdiich become realities because of the enlightened public opinion shaped and nurtui’ed by the free American press, and WHEREAS your newspaper contains information that helps to build success for all people by keeping the people informed and is waging a continual battle to keep the people of our land free at the same time it aids them to have a better life, THEREFORE, I, the mayor of College Station do hereby proclaim the week of Oct. 1-8 as National Newspaper Week in the city of Col lege Station and urge all citizens to take time to reflect upon the theme “Your Newspaper—Freedom’s Key to Better Living” with special attention to the important role our newspapers play today in keeping us an informed people, in making better our way of life, and in bring ing t call of us by the printed word and picture the news o£ our community, our state and nation, and the world. Ernest Langford Mayor, College Station JC Conclave Hears Education Purposes Education has three obligations to society, Dr. Guy D. Newman, president of Howard Payne Col lege, Brownwood, told participants the thirteenth annual Junior College Conference held Monday and today at A&M. Speaking at the opening session, he declared, “It is the business of higher education to help society discover and utilize fully the na tural resources of our country and the woidd for the common good of all human society. All over our land there have been put into effect flood control measures and hydro-electric plants simply because of the insight of men and women in responsible po sitions in our educational institu tions,” Newman said. The rapidly growing- population here and abroad makes more and more urgent the necessity of rea-. listic and creative thinking and planning in our world wide econ omy, he said. “As long as there remain hungry and destitute peoples on this earth modern education has failed to complete its task,” said Newman. In the second place, Dr. New man said, it is the responsibility of modern education to provide technical data “that will enable our high command to meet the growing possibility of our enemy out-thinking arid out-creating us in the area of military facilities. “The full measui’e of our educa tional resources both in means and minds must be utilized if we meet the growing exigencies thrust up on us by our enemies who seem to understand our weaknesses better than we understand ourselves.” Finally, Dr. Newman pointed out, higher education has the re sponsibility of the synchronization of the finest in ideas and ideals. “It is at this point,” he said, “I firmly believe we in the field of education have shown the greatest weakness. There should prevail a strong affinity between means by which we live and the ideals for which we live.” Dr. C. H. Ransdell, associate dean, A&M Basic Division, served as general chairman for the con ference, attended by about 75 top educators and administrators. Candidates for ramp, floor and row representatives and their votes (as of 10 a.m.) are as follows: Hart Hall A, B, C Ramp—Fred Hoffman —26; Wiseman—22. D, E Ramp—Roy Hahn — 25; Gatlin—21; Baazhauf—11. College View A Row Even—Robert Montgom- ei-y—9; A. L. Brown—1. A Row Odd—Freddy R. Ryan— 22; Joseph Peterson—6; W. Gods- by—1. B Row Even—John M. Blain— 21; Emmett F. McCulley—13. B Row Odd—Forrest Reed—29; Sidney McDonald—8. C Row Even—Harold Higg-ins— 23; J. Cox—3; R. King—2. C Row Odd—Donald Bisett — 18; John Henderson—14. D Row Even—H. D. Swilley— 17; Kenneth Morgan 5. D Row Odd—Raymond Green— 15; Mills—1. Law Hall Ramp 1-2—J. M. McClure—11; C. E. Zeller—8; John Pipes—8. Ramp 3-4—Roy E. Andrews — 21; Stanton E. Brown—9. Ramp 5-6—Sam C. Skidmore— 22; Donnie Hatter—2; Bob Adams —2. Ramp 7-8-9—Melvin Pate — 17; Ruchard Rubin—9; Robert Wies- inger—4; J. D. Frank—3; Joe King —3; Sam Halley—2; V. D. Ander son—1. Puryear Hall Ramp 1-2-3—Fred McDonald—31; Billy T. Zoger—12; Carl Maynard —1. Ramp 4-5—James P. Cavnes — 24; John Hofman—8; Anonh Bail ey—8. Ramp 6-7—M. C. Smith — 22; Clyde Houston—7; Roy Cox — 5. Ramp 8-9—John Avant—20; E. L. DeLeon—10; Fred Beckor—8. Mitchell Hall 1st Floor—Thelton W. McCorkle —19; James Carr—18. 2nd Floor—Lester Berry — 19; Martin Wolf—11. 3rd Floor—Wm. R. Conoway — 26; Ervin Pavlik—15. 4th Floor—Robert Lowry — 40; Ed Bawone—1. (Results for the other civil ian dormitories were not com plete at press time. Complete results of the election will be in the Wednesday Battalion.) Preliminary elections were held in the civilian dormitor ies, College View and Project Houses last night to select row, ramp and floor representatives who will, in turn, select the members of the 1956-57 Civilian Student Council. Housemasters of the various dormitories and housing projects passed out and collected ballots for the 41 posts from 6:30 until 10:30 last night. These men, who were selected last night, will meet to morrow with their housemasters to choose a man from each dormitory, two from College View and one from the Project Houses and Day Students. Those selected will meet Thurs day night at 7:30 in the Press Club Library on the ground floor of the YMCA to organ- 4- ize the council. 16 Community Chest Leaders Are Appointed Thirteen men and three women have been appointed to the 1956-57 College Station Community Chest board of directors by John H. Milliff and Bob H. Reed, co-chairmen, and Mayor Ernest Langford. The co-chairmen, who were ap pointed by Mayor Langford last week, have set the first organiza tional meeting for the board in the city hall Oct. 10, at 5 p.m. “At this meeting' we will set dates for the dilve and decide the time for the budget hearings,” the chairmen said. Appointed to the committee were Herbert G. Thompson, L. E. Mc Call, Herbert Shaffer, Edward Madeley, J. L. Bearrie, Gilbert S. Trevino, Jack Tippit, K. Frank Robinson, Sidney O. Brown, Rob ert R. Shiode, Maj. K. J. Edwards, R. V. Hite, W. A. Tarrow, Mrs. W. M. Heritage, Mrs. R. L. Elkins and Mrs. F. R. Brison. Delegates Bolt Israeli-Jordan Armistice Meet JERUSALEM—(TP) — The Israeli delegation to the Is- rael-Jordan Armistice Com mission walked out of a meet ing of the commission yes terday as the chairman was about to vote on a resolution proposed by Jordan. The Israelis took the view the chairman was going to vote for it, thus giving it approval. The res olution alleged an attack at Ram- at Rachel Sept. 23 was canned out by a Jordan soldier who had run berserk. Four Israelis were killed and 16 wounded in the shooting-—directed at a party of archeological excur sionists, the Israelis claim. An Israeli foreign ministry spokesman said the Israeli dele gation asked the vote be postponed “in view of the need for further deliberations.” This request was refused by the U. N. chairman, Norwegian Col. Christian Moen, the spokesman said. Votes on the commission number three — the Israeli delegate, the Jordan dele gates and the chairman. The spokesman said the walkout was intended to protest what he called “an attempt to belittle Jor dan’s 7’esponsibility for the incident itself.” Day Students To Choose Councilman l Civilian Day students who wish to vote in the civilian elections for a , day student representative to the Civilian Student Council must contact W. G. Breazeale in _ room 1-H Puryear Hall between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. tomorrow. Voting will be conducted at these hours in Breazeale’s office. Nutrition Study Starts Wednesday J. R. Couch, of the Biochemistry and Nutrition Department, will ^erve as chairman for the Nutri tion Short Course 'which starts to- morow in the Memorial Student Center. Sponsors for the short course are the Departments of Animal Husbandry, Biochemistry and Nu trition, Dairy Science" and Poultry Science. The course will start with ' registration at 7 a.m. Wed nesday and. end on Friday, Oct. 5. All the.'meetings will be held in the MSC Ballroom with an esti mated attendance of 240. WORKING ON 1956-57 STUDENT DIRECTORY—Four of the girls that have been typ ing the new Student Directory are shown above; (left to right) Shirley McReynolds, Joy Roper, Polly Patranella, and Barbara Stendebach. Delivery for the Directory will be around Oct. 20. Weather Today Scattered showers until 7 p.m. tonight is forecasted for the Col lege Station area. Temperature at 10:30 a.m. was 82 degrees. High and low yesterday were 89 and 68 degrees. Tech Ticket Sales Close Wednesday Student and student date tickets for Saturday’s A&M- Texas Tech game must be pur chased before Wednesday at 5 p.m. Student tickets are $1 and (kite ducats $3.50. A&M meets the Red Raiders at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. The game ticket will allow a holder to enter the State Fair grounds without additional charge. Barker Is Reporter Of Area III FFA Donald Barker, president of the A&M Consolidated FFA Chapter, was elected reporter of the District I, Area III FFA organization at a meeting in Hearne Tuesday. He served as District sentinel last year. Barker is a 17-year old senior at A&M Consolidated where he served as president of the local chapter for two years. TEXAS BROADWAY STAR—Chele Graham, left, of Ty ler, who is taking over the role of “Gladys” in the Broad way musical hit “Pajama Game” goes over the script with the star of the show, Julie Wilson, backstage at St. James Theatre in New York. —(AP Wirephoto).