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18,430 READERS r»f BATTALION Civilian Council Meets Tonight Number 188: Volume 55 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1956 Price Five Cents TICKET LINES GET LONGER—at the A&M Athletic Office where students purchased their date tickets for Saturday’s Corps Trip game between the Fighting Texas Aggies and SMU’s Mustangs. This is the largest student turn-out for any road game so far this year, according to Pat Dial, business manager for the Athletic Department. An estima ted crowd of 65-75,000 people will be in the Cotton Bowl at kickoff time, 2 p.m. Saturday afternoon. Safety Will Be Stressed In Building 1957 Bonfire Safety will be the key word on the building of the Texas Aggie tonfire of 1957, according to Dick .Bernard, yell leader and coordi nator of the committees allied with the operation. Work commences Nov. 19 with wood cutting in the area and the erection of the center pole. Lead by Dick Wall and John Specht, the safety committee will place first aid men denoted by green arm bands in the cutting and building areas. An ambulance will be posted in each area during work ing hours. Safety posters will be displayed in dorms and a day-to- day account of accidents will ran in The Battalion. Cutting will begin in the area, located six miles south of Col- Jege Station, Monday. A special crew will select and cut the trees to be used on the outside of the stack. The cutting area was donated by Tommy Arhopulos of College Station. Berne Clark and Don Weber, in charge of transportation, expres- Texas A&M’s Rodeo Team piled up an impressive number of points in winning the Sam Houston State College NIRA Rodeo last weekend at Huntsville. Finishing first with a total of 643 points A&M’s cowboys were trailed by Texas A&I who fin ished second place with 187 points. Dominating all events, except the roping events, team members from A&M placed high in all events with A. G. Ollre and Ken- Gerald B. McLeod Wins Cabot Award Gerald Brooks McLeod, junior Chemical Engineering major from McAllen, has been named winner of a $400 Cabot Award for the ’56 ’57 school year. McLeod was selected by the Fac ulty Committee on Scholarships from junior candidates majoring in Chemical, Civil, and Mechanical Engineering. Besides the Scholar ship, McLeod wil receive an extra $95.90 to cover student fees. The Cabot Foundation provides the scholarship. The foundation is associated with The Cabot Carbon Company, Cabot Shops, Inc., and Cabot Engineering Company, with offices in Pampa. sed a need for qualified track drivers, pick-up and flat-bed trailer trucks. Working through Dick Gottlieb, of KTHT radio in Hous ton, they have obtained three or four trucks. More 'will be needed, Clark said. At a meeting Nov. 1, Col. Taylor Wilkins, assistant commandant, explained what was to be done and described the responsibilities of the various committees. Bill Dorsey, head yell leader, is in charge of all operations. Assisting Bernard are Byron King, Brad Crockett, Don Houston, Thomas Adair and Jerry Betsill. Civic Meeting The College Station Civic As sociation will hold its annual meeting Monday at 7:30 p. m. in the Junior High School Li brary. W. H. Delaplane, presi dent said all members and in terested citizens are urged to at tend. neth Beasley being named All- Round Cowboy and runner-up re spectively. A&M members and their results in the Rodeo are as follows: Bare- back Riding—A. G. Ollre, 1st, Cur tis Burlin, 2nd; Saddlebronc Rid ing—A. G. Ollre, 1st; Ken Beas ley, 3i*d; Bullriding—Ken Beasley, 1st; A. G. Ollre, 2nd, Curtis Bur lin, 5th and Rodney Butler, 6th; Bull Dogging—Rodney Butler, 1st. Both the Calf Roping and Ribbon Tie Roping events were won by Sonny Sikes of Sam Houston. Needless to say A&M won the team trophy for their efforts. Membei's of the A&M Rodeo team attending the events were Ollre, president and District rep resentative to the NIRA, Butler, Beasley, Henry Presnal, Burlin and Bill Ragland. Religious Conviction FARMINGTON, N. M. (A>)_ When an ex-prisoner got religious all of a sudden Sheriff Jim Brim- hall got a little suspicious. The former prisoner showed up for church services five days after he was released. Sheriff’s deputies started a check and found four hacksaw blades which they suspect ed were slipped into hymn books during the services. In charge of labor supervision are Bryan Dedeker and Jim Pat terson; cutting, Vic Zuckero and L. E. Sheppard; building super vision, Jerry McGowan and Ted Lowe; stacking, Doug DeCluitt and Jack Offield. Heading the communication com mittee are Jim Manley and Bob Ammer; emergency first aid, John Webb, Jack Dreyfus and A1 Richey; guard duty. Hank Menefee and Warren Johnson; refreshments, Dan Winship and Dub Bailey; guard fires, John Cobb and Charles Lewis; oil, Jim Bryan; publicity, Jim Bower, and center pole, Jim Starr. “The wood is waiting for us out in the area. With the concerted ef fort of everyone, the ’57 bonfire will be the biggest and best we’ve ever had,” Bernard said. William Spencer Wins Fellowship William F. Spencer, Jr., Civil Engineering graduate student majoring in Soil Mechanics, has been awarded a $1,000 fellowship from the Zelie Marie and William Webster Willson Fund. The fund was established at A&M by G. P. F. Jouine of Houston who is an A&M graduate of the Class of ’07. Spencer, a four year Air Force veteran, from Birmingham, Ala., is a graduate of the University of Alabama and was employed at the waterways Experiment Station, U. S. Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, Miss., before entering A&M in September. Weather Today Clear weather is the forecast. At 10.30 this morning the tempera ture was 58 degrees. Yesterday’s high was 76 degrees, and this morning’s low, 51 degrees. Ag Cowboys Dominate Sam Houston Rodeo U.S. Forces Alerted; Suez Sniping Persists Soviet ‘Volunteer’ Forces Feared By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON—Continued sniping in Port Said and dead lock over the issue of troop withdrawals menaced Suez cease-fire. Britons still feared Soviet armed intervention. India’s Nehru warned Premier Bulganin such a step might touch off world war. TEL AVIV-Israel’s army said Arab raiders from Jordan staged night attacks on a water line and other installations and harassed highway traffic across a 30-mile stretch of the border. CAIRO—Sheik Hassan Maamoum, grand mufti of Egypt, exhorted Moslem men and women of Egypt and other Moslem nations to fight the British, French and Israelis as a “sacred Architecture Awards Given Kolb, Keahey N. K. Kolb and Kirby M. Keahey were given cash awards amounting to $900 at the 17th annual convention of the Texas Society of Archi tects held in Cox*pus Christi. A fifth year architecture student from Dallas, Kolb won the $500 grand prize in the student com petition for Texas Architecture schools sponsored by the Feather- lite Corp. Keahey, fourth year student in architecture from Bluff Dale, won the $400 award offered by the Tex as Concrete Masonry Association for the best student brochure sub mitted from architecture schools in the Southwest. Other A&M students represent ing A&M and winning smaller cash awards during the convention were John O. Greer of Port Ar thur and William A. Sheveland of Fort Worth. Both Greer and Sheveland are fifth year students. A&M’s Division of Architecture received a plaque which will be kept until the next convention. Three consecutive winners by stu dents at the same school and the plaque remains at the school per manently. This is the second year in a row that A&M has won as Paul Kennon won the award last year. Melvin M. Rotsch and Theo R. Holleman were faculty members making the trip to the three-day convention where over 600 archi tects and students from Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas gathered. Negro Lady Prefers Ike Over Fire In an all-out effort to get out the vote Tuesday, mem bers of various civic organ izations were volunteering free transportation to the polls in Bryan. One member was called “way out” to the end of 18th St. She drove along, found the house and honked the horn. Out strolled a large “Aunt Jemima-type” Negro woman with a broad grin on her face. She sat down in the car and when the driver asked her if she wanted to go to the Fire Station (polling place for her location) she replied— “No suh, I wants to vote Republican.” A&M Professors In AVMA Program Three members of the School of Veterinary Medicine have been ap pointed to positions planning the technical program for the Ameri can Veterinary Medical Associa tion scheduled for next August. Dr. F. C. Neal, Dr. L. C. Grumbles, and Dr. R. J. Beamer were the men named for the honors accoi’ding to Dr. W. W. Annistead head of the school. Neal will sexwe as chairman of the section devoted to surgexy and obstetrics. He is a 1951 gi’aduate of A&M and is in charge of the ambulatory clinic at the Veterinary Hospital here. . . Grumbles will chair the section of poultry. He is one of the country’s foremost pathologists. He was graduated from A&M in 1945. Beamer will serve as secretary of the AVMA section on small animals. He was graduated in 1940 from Iowa State and joined the A&M faculty in 1954. Saddle Club Re-elects Two Team Advisors The Saddle and Sirloin Club re-elected two professors of the animal husbandry depart ment faculty advisors for the Junior Livestock Judging team and Junior and Senior Meats Teams Tuesday night. W. T. “Dub” Berry is advisor for the meats teams. Gene T. King is advisor for the Junior Livestock Team. Both were re-elected by accla mation. President of the club Bob John ston of Petrolia said, “These are two of the sparks behind the lar gest club on the campus. Both are well liked by all the members of the club.” Bei-i’y said, “It is a challenge to work with this bunch of men as this club is the backbone of the AH Department. The objective of the club gives each member a chance to give something above being a‘student. It helps him as a man—and the department thx*ough the club’s activities.” King said, “It is an honor to me to wox-k in this club, the best and most active on the campus.” The group will hold its next meeting November 19. No Smoking Enforced MEXICO CITY <A>) — Manuel Salazar Rendon lost his life be cause he didn’t smoke. He was approached by a gi’oup of toughs who asked for cigarettes. Salazar Rendon explained he didn’t smoke. Infuriated, one of the men stabbed him to death. UNITED NATIONS—With troops offered by a dozen countries; U.N. pushed plans for formation of Middle East police force despite Israel’s indi cation it will stand its gi’ound in Sinai and British-French refusal to pull out until the police take over. WASHINGTON—The United States was reported urging speed on the U. N. police project, feel ing there was grave danger the Soviet Union would take a htxnd with “volunteers” unless the cri sis was brought under control within a few days. U. S. armed forces were put ixx state of read iness against surprise attack. Lexxding uxxeasiness to the cease fire in the main theater in the Suez Canal zone, Sheik Hassan Maamoum, gx*and mufti of Egypt, today exhorted Moslems the woi’ld over to fight Britain, France and Israel as a “saci'ed duty.” He did not specifically proclaim a holy war. But the British appeared to think full-scale military opera tions would not be resumed. The Air Mixxistry disclosed that some Bi’itish wai’planes - ixxcluding the Valiant four - jet bombers - had been called home from the Mid dle East. It was a Valiant which was used to drop an atom bomb in a test in Australia last month. Baptists at TSCW Plan Open House An open house is being sponsor ed for Aggies by the TSCW Bap tist Student Center Friday at 8 p.m. It will be held at the Baptist Student Center at 1111 Oakland in Denton. Reservations should be filled out and turned in to Cliff Hands at the Baptist Student Cen ter here, or to any BSU executive council member. 4 Youth Program Draws Funds From Chest By WELTON JONES (Ed. Note: This is the sev^ exith in a series of articles on the agencies requesting your help in the 1956 A&M College-College Station Community Chest - Red Cross.) The 1956 Community Chest budget sets aside $400 for the Brazos County Youth Devel opment Counseling Service, an experimental agency being tried in the county in cooperation with the State Department of Health. It was organized in Febi’uary, 1955 as a “corporation formed for the support of any benevolent or charitable undertaking, including youth counseling service, for the pi’evention of juvenile delinquency and to encourage the youth of Brazos County to become better citizens.” Vic Ehlers, a paid professional worker, holds the double job of county pi’obation officer and coun ty yoxxth counselor. Over one hundred children have been help ed by Ehlers and his staff since 1955. The seiwice is organized with the state paying Ehlers’ salary, the county paying for secretarial service and car expenses and the group paying the remainder. “Last year about 20 per cent of our cases were from College Sta tion,” Ehlers said. “We had on the average of one child in each month.” The contract with the state ex- pii*es in 1958 accoi’ding to B. F. Swindler, chairman of the Brazos County Youth Development Com mittee. After that the committee must support itself. In addition to Ehlers, the group pays the salary of a professional psychiatrist from Houston who comes here at frequent intervals to counsel some of the more “prob lem” cases. Next year the service has a bud get of $13,666.20. $4,200 has been x’equested fi'om the Biyan United Fund and $400 fi-om College Sta tion. Members of the sexwice’s execu tive committee, besides Swindlei', are Mrs. W. A. Varvel, vice chair man; Mrs. D. W. Andres, treas urer; and Di\ W. R. Carmichael, Dan Davis, James R. Gi’ubbs, Tra vis Lipscomb and JeiTy Massey. Collegiate 4-HClub To Go On Radio The A&M Collegiate 4-H Club will present a 15 minute progi’am over radio station WTAW on the 3rd Saturday of each month, ac cording to a decision made last Monday night during its regular bimonthly meeting in the MSC Senate Chambei'. Walter Miers, president, officia ted and the club agreed that pro grams would be recoi’ded four or fiv^ days in advance before each show. After pi’ogramming details were decided upon, G. G. Gibson of the Texas Agi’icultural Extension Service gave a lectui’e on the mean ing and history of 4-H Club woi'k. Later, he led a question-answer discussion oxx Agricultural woi’k in foreign countries. “The club extends an invitation to anyone interested in 4-H Club woi’k,” said pi’esident Miers, “es pecially to those Aggies who are working in 4-H Clubs in their hometowns.” Community Chest Drive Ends Monday