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THE BATTA -t, v. Lv W.' h,n&i. 10 More Class Days 'til Christmas Number 201: Volume 55 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1956 Price Five Cents TABULATING RETURNS—Counting votes of the fresh- man Don Weber, Bob Surovik, and Buddy Maedgen. man run-off are, left to right. Election Commission Chair- Four Round Table Discussion Speakers Drafted By SCONA Among the list of round-table chairmen for the second Student Conference on National Affairs are. Lt. Col. Amos A. Jordan of the U. S. Military Academy; R. W. Akers, of the Beaumont Enterprise and Journal; James MacLeod, of the British Consulate and Jack D. Gray, formerly of the State De partment. Each of the men is a co-chairman of one of the four round-table dis- eussion groups. Topics to be dis- eussed in the groups include “The United States and Allied Powers, the United States and Communist Powers, the United States and the Neutral Powers and the United States and Global defense.” LT. COL. AMOS A. JORDAN Lt. Col. Jordan is a professor in James A. MacLeod Sidewalk Art Show Sponsored by the Creative Arts Group, a sidewalk art show will be held Saturday on the walk around the Brazos County Courthouse, ac cording to Mrs. Emalita Terry. On exhibition will be paintings, sketches, crafts and other art media done by students and mem bers of the Memorial Student Cen ter group. The show is scheduled for a 9 a. m. opening and will close at 5 Saturday evening. the Social Sciences Department at West Point. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the U. S. Military Academy and his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Oxford. In 1955 he served as an economist on the Korean Aid Mission Staff. JAMES A. MACLEOD Presently serving as Vice Consul of the British Consulate in Denver, Colo., MacLeod has spent 17 years Robert W. Akers in the British Foreign Service. The Scottish born Britisher has served in the Middle-east, Rumania, Latin America, Japan, Indonesia, Turkey and Austria. JACK GRAY After receiving his Masters De gree in agricultural education from A&M in 1954, Gray was rural development advisor to the govern ment of West Bengal, Calcutta, India. He has also served as Jack Gray Ag Band Freshman Court Trial Delayed An 18-year-old band freshman’s day in court was postponed in Caldwell today after attorneys for the defense and the state reached agreement this morning over a move to delay the trial.-. James Harold Bingham Jr. of Hamilton had been scheduled to face a six - man Burleson County Jury on charges of negligent homocide. County Attorney Jim Gray of Caldwell said the trial was re scheduled for January 7. Charges were filed against Bing ham in Judge Clint Lewis’ Burle son County Court over circum stances of an October 21 two car smash-up in which four Brenham persons were killed. Bingham, mechanical engineering major, and another freshman, Gary Evin Clements, business admini stration major from Alvin were hospitalized with severe cuts and bruises after the wreck. A negligent homocide conviction carries possible sentences from one day to three years in jail and from $1 to $3,000 fine. technical advisor in the Point 4 program and done a one-month survey of Japan’s rural develop ment and extension program in 1955. ROBERT W. AKERS With the Beaumont Enterprise since 1926, Akers is presently serv ing as editor-in-chief of the En terprise and Journal. He repre sented the U. S. Department of State on a lecture tour through India, the Philippines, Japan and Korea in 1953. Since August, he has been serving as secretary of the Enterprise Co. Lt. Col. Amos A. Jordon Student Senate The Student Senate meets to night in the Senate Chamber of the Memorial Student Center at 7:30. Committee reports from the chairmen of standing committees and a report by Joe Ross on the 12th Man Bowl will be chief topics of discussion. Weather Today Occasionally very light rain showers are forecast. The tem perature at 10:30 this-morning was 76 degrees. Yesterday’s high and low readings were 83 and 69 degrees. Freshmen Vote Picks President Other Candidates Poll High Margin Floyd H. Christian, petroleum engineering' major from Richmond, polled 283 votes and captured the presidency of the Freshman Class in the run-off election held yesterday in the Memorial Student Center. In what was said to be the largest turnout for a run-off election, William D. Jobe, mechanical engineering major from Coleman, was elected vice president and received 225 votes. Jerry Don Smith, electrical engineering major from Fort Worth, won the office of secretary easily over his two op ponents as he received 356 votes, more than any other can didate in the election. Other winners were Thomas L. Sutherland, 226, social secretary; Dennis Zimmer--* man, 256, treasurer; Robert G. Allen, 257, parliamentar ian; Jimmy Davis, 316, ser geant-at-arms and Don H. Gilbert, 300, reporter. Candidates losing and their votes are president; Bruce B. Johnson, 191; and Charles R. Nourie, 151; vice president: Don R. Burns, 196 and Ralph Peterson, 189; secretary: Efraim Armendariz, 156 and Pete T. Scamardo. 94. Social secretary: Norman Dowdy, 217 and Alden J. Smith, 145; treasurer: Bobby J. Newsom, 160 and James H. Bingham, 188; parlia mentarian: Jay P. Gatlin, 226; sergeant-at-arms: David Johnson, 139 and Paul Barsotti, 147; and reporter: James L. Heller, 160 and David Dannenbaum, 148. Injured Aggies Condition Good One Released Norman Joel Smith, sopho more of Squadron 12, hospit alized in Temple Monday night, is still under an oxygen tent, but improving, accord ing to hospital authorities. He received severe lung and kidney injuries when his car and a truck side - swiped Monday night. Charles W. Bone, freshman of C Infantry, hospitalized at Hearne with four broken ribs and a broken arm, is progressing normally. Al bert H. Ormsby, sophomore in Squadron 6, injured in the same accident, was released Wednesday afternoon from the Hearne hos pital. Both were injured Tuesday when they were thi-own from their car as it smashed into a concrete bridge railing about two miles north of Calvert on Highway 6. Astronomers Will Track Earth Satellite The A&M Astronomy Club’s observer post w h ich will track the man-made sat ellite to be launched during the 1957 Geo-physical year has received official approval by national headquarters for the tracking stations in Cambridge, Mass. Jack Kent, club faculty sponsor and original planner for the sta tion, said yesterday he had received word from Smithsonian Astrophysi- cal Institute that the station had been recognized. Kent says the club and observer station members are now making headway in getting equipment and a location for the station. Surveying for the post’s location has got under way. A committee is working out ways and means to get wide field telescopes for the post. Eighteen persons have signed up to man the telescopes when the station gets into operation, Kent said. The club hopes to conscript at least 30 persons to carry out the station’s work. Persons interested may contact Kent in the Mathe matics Depai’tment or Dan Purring- ton, Astronomy Club president. The station is to be one of many scattered around the globe that will visually trace the satel lites’ path so scientists in the “Operation Vanguard” can plot an orbit for the man-made moon. Radar will also be used to keep the object’s whereabouts known. Further plans are to be discussed in the club’s next meeting, Dec. 12, in the Physics Building at 8:30 p. m. Fogel Painting Current Art Contest Winner Seymour Fogel’s painting, “Symbol of Belief” won first prize in the 1956 Invitational Exhibition of the D. D. Feld man Contemporary Texas Art Collection held Nov. 16-25 in the Memorial Student Center. The Austin artist’s painting won a purchase prize of $1,500. “The Keeper”, painting by Luis Eades also of Austin, took second purchase prize of $1,000. Eight other artists received $100 awards of merit. Artists and their paintings were David Adickes, Austin, ‘The Poets”; Lowell Collins, Houston, “On Stage”; Kelly Fearing, Austin, “The Place of the Yogi and the Fishes”; Michael Frary, Austin, “Transfigured Night”; Paul Max well, Houston, “Penumbra”; Donald Vogel, Dallas, “Evening”; Donald L. Weismann, Austin, “Sic Tran sit”; and Hiram Williams, Austin, “Walking Figure.” First and second prize paintings are on display near the Coffee Shop and Dining Room in the Main Lounge of the MSC. Ag Horticulturists Open Fruit Show The A&M Horticulture Club sponsors a fruit display in the main lobby of the Agriculture Building from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. Thursday and Friday. Main attraction of this display will be the grapefruit. Displays also will include other citrus fruits, apples, pecans, and some processed foods. Main purpose of this show will be to sell 500 cartons of ruby red grapefruit. These cartons, contain ing 40 pounds of grapefruit, will remain on sale in the Agriculture Building until all are sold. Price is $3.75 per carton. The show will be stx-ictly for dis play and sale of fruit. No meet ing will be held. BULLETIN Joe Berger of 1608 Bamboo Street in Bryan received treat ment for a heart ailment and was released from St. Joseph Hospital today about 9:40 a.m., hospital officials said. Berger was carried to the hospital by Calloway-Jones am bulance after he suffered the ailment while working at 503 Jersey Street. 8th Annual Debate Tourney Begins Tomorrow in MSC By VAL POLK Opening tomorrow, the 8th An nual Invitational Debate Tourna ment will begin in the Memorial Student Center with about 200 delegates attending. The tourna ment is sponsored by the Aggie Discussion and Debate Club. Topic of the tournament is “Discontinuing Foreign Aid”, ac cording to David Dannenbaum, de- Ants In Pants BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (^(—Pro cedure was held up in superior judge Warren Stockton’s court for an emergency. The witness pro tested he had ants in his pants. Deputy Sheriff Tommy Gallon, a prosecution witness began slapp ing at his legs and lower body. The court interrupted to inquire the reason. Inspection showed— sure enough—averitable army of little red ants had taken posses sion. They had invaded Gallon’s clothing before he was aware of their presence. bate tournament publicity head. Austin Wheatley, former British foreign correspondent and London editor, will be the principal speaker at the tournament. He is now with the British Information Office, Southwest Region of the United States and is attached to the staff of the British Consulate-General, in Houston. Wheatley was in the RAF during World War II and was awarded the MBE by King George VI in Victory Honors List. The tournament will begin to morrow morning at 10 with regist ration and verification of entries in the main lobby of the MSC. Start ing at 1 p. m. and ending at 2:15 will be round one of the tourna ment. From 2:15 to 3:15 a coffee for all visitors in the Assembly Room on the second floor of the MSC. At 3:30 round two will begin and it will end at 4:30. That even ing rounds three and four will be held starting at 7. Saturday at 8:30 a. m. the last two rounds will start. Then at 12:15 p. m. a luncheon and pre sentation of trophies will be held in the Ballroom of the MSC. Aggies is charge of the tourna ment are Glenn Jackson, housing; Tom Newman, judges; E. M. Huitt, banquet and coffee; Jay Hirsch, publications; Mike Gaines, debate recalls; and David L. Dannenbaum, publicity. Raw Decision LONG BEACH, Calif. CP)—How does a professional muscle man keep in condition ? Exercise and raw meat, says Mark A. Evans, a husky judo instructor. Well—al most raw. Sometimes Evans has trouble with waiters in restaurants. He says they can’t believe he only wants a steak on the grill 5 or 10 seconds. Recently, weary of argu ment, he says he told a waiter: “Tell you what. Just bring the steak to the table. I’ve got a cig arette lighter and I’ll do my own cooking.”