THE
BATTALION
GET YOUR
POLIO SHOT
NOW
Number 211: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1957
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Ag Freshman
Found Guilty;
Fined $200
Burleson County Court
Revokes Driver T s License
James Harold Bingham Jr., band
freshman, has been found guilty of
negligent homicide and fined $200
and court costs, Burleson County
Attorney Jim Gray said yesterday.
Bingham’s driver’s license was
revoked for six months by the
sentence, handed down from Judge
Clint Lewis’ County Court.
Gray said Bingham waived
jury trial after changing defense
counsel and the trial was held about
three weeks ago. It had been ten
tatively set for yesterday.
The case concerned an October 21
traffic accident in which four
Bi’enham residents lost their lives.
Bingham, 18, mechanical engi
neering major from Hamilton, and
the other pasenger of his car, Gary
Clements, were hospitalized for
several days after the wreck with
severe cuts and bruises.
The intersection of Farm roads
’ 50 and 60 eight miles west of Col
lege Station was the scene of the
accident.
Highway patrolman Jimmy
Kukecka said after investigating
the wreck it might have been
caused by a misjudgement of dis
tance by both drivers.
The prosecution insisted that
Bingham was “driving at an exces
sive rate of speed” when the ac
cident happened.
Patrolman Kukecka did not com
ment on the speed of either driver.
He said there were skid marks
Kamm Appointed
To Natl. Committee
Dr. Robert B. Kamm, Dean of
the Basic Division and Student Per
sonnel Seiwices has been named to
the Commission on Student Per
sonnel of the American Council of
Education.
Dr. Kamm began his three-year
term with the commission on the
first of the year. The commission
studies student personnel services
in American higher education.
Kamm will attend a meeting of the
commission January 29th-30th in
Washington.
Currently president-elect of the
American College Personnel Asso
ciation, Kamm will take over these
duties this April.
“We are proud to have Dean
Kamm as a member of, and officer-
elect of these organizations,” Act
ing President D. W. Williams said
yesterday. “It is a high honor for
Dean Kamm and the College.”
several feet long left by Bingham’s
car.
Bingham’s trial came after an
uncontested postponement, Decem
ber 6.
Gray said Bingham had earlier
retained as defense a Bryan at
torney but was represented by a
Caldwell attorney at the trial.
Gray said the defense had given
up hope for an “innocent” verdict
and went ahead with the trial.
Aggies Win
Last Place
As ‘Sports’
A&M took last place in the
annual Southwest Conference
Sportsmanship award voting
for the year 1956 as SMU was
given the trophy of good
sportsmanship.
Meeting in Dallas during the
holidays, the committee awarded
the trophy at halftime of the Cot
ton Bowl game.
Second place went to Arkansas,
Rice and TCU tied for third place
and Baylor took fifth.
A&M representatives to the
meeting were Larry Piper, Sen
ate president; Bill Cockerham, ex
ecutive secretary; Bill Dorsey,
head yell leader and Jim Bower,
Battalion editor.
Included in the action taken by
the committee was the formation
of a subcommittee to study the
possibility of getting money to
defray some of the expenses and
to pay the executive secretary.
Committee members also voted
to change the tradition of the com
mittee to the extent that the ex
ecutive secretaryship be changed
each year along with the chair
man.
In the past A&M has always
furnished the secretary since the
committee was originated by The
Battalion in 1947.
Next meeting of the organiza
tion is in the Spring along with
the annual SWC Track Meet.
Arts, Sciences
Council Asks
Parking Study
Propose Control Lifting
At Splinter Village Lot
Arts and Sciences Council mem
bers voted last night to recommend
the Day Student parking lot north
east of Splinter Village be opened
to all students for a three week’s
trial period.
The recommendation will be
made to Fred Hickman, Campus
Security chief, since the Council
decided that the lot isn’t being
filled by day students.
It was repoT'ted that some stu
LANDSCAPING HAS BEGUN—on the former Student’s gift, the Memorial Chapel at
the corner of Houston and Jones Streets. Scheduled to be completed by early spring
the chapel will cost $250,000.
Ready and Eager
Livestock and Wool Judges
On Way To Denver Contests
Weather Today
Continued cloudiness is expected
in the area. Yesterday’s high was
63 degrees and this morning’s low,
61. The temperature at 10:30 a.m.
was 70 degrees.
Ten members of the Livestock
and Wool Judging Teams, repre
senting A&M, left the campus this
morning at 5 a. m. headed for the
Intercollegiate Judging Contests
which will be held in Denver,
Colo., this weekend.
The teams seemed in high spirits
about their chances of improving
last years record which was the
best chalked up in recent years by
A&M teams.
Members of the Livestock Team,
coached by W. T. (Dub) Berry are:
Curtis Burlin, Stanley Keese,
Homer Smith, Charles E. (Ted)
Montgomery, John Kiker and Jack
Estes.
Coached by A. R. Thallman,
members of the Wool Team mak
ing the trip include: W. E. (Bill)
Davis, Jr., Neal Meares, C. C.
Castleberry, and Norman Griggs.
The teams will travel tbgether
and visit several places of interest
along the way. Spots picked for
visits are the Pronger Bros. Here-
Grad Announcements
Announcements for January
graduates have been received and
may be picked up in the Depai't-
ment of Student Activities, room
210, YMCA. Students are requested
to have their receipts with them
when they come to pick up their
orders, the department said.
ford Ranch at Stratford, Tex.,
which is owned by A1 Pronger, ’42;
Panhandle A&M College in Good-
well, Okla. and several registered
breeders of all types of livestock
in Colorado.
Friday morning the Livestock
team will begin their competition
by entering the Carload Judging
Contest in Denver which is a pre
lude to the Intercollegiate Contest
scheduled to begin Saturday morn
ing.
Wool Judgers will begin their
activities Saturday.
Sunday at noon a banquet will
be served to all members of the
teams from over 20 colleges and
universities which have teams
entered in the contest. At this time
awards will be made for the Live
stock contests. Sunday night the
Questions And Answers
On Salk Polio Vaccine
(Ed. Note: This is the first in a
series of articles dealing with the
problem of Polio and the steps
taken against it through the March
of Dimes.)
Q. Are polio cases decreasing?
A. Yes, thanks largely to the Salk
vaccine. In 1956 the number
of new cases dropped to about
16,000 after ranging between
27,000 and 57,000 for several
years. However, there are
still 80,000 Americans suffer
ing the after-effects of polio.
Q. How many people have been
inoculated with the Salk vac
cine ?
A. The National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis estimated
last October that only 43,000,-
000 of the nation’s 168,000,000
population had begun the ser
ies of three shots.
Q. What has the Salk vaccine act
ually accomplished ?
A. It is too early to make any
exact claims but it is estima
ted that the Salk vaccine kept
about 1,200 children from be
coming victims of paralytic
polio in 1955. In 1956, polio
was far lower than the five-
year average.
Q. Why are three shots of Salk
vaccine needed to provide “full
immunization” against polio ?
A. The first two shots, spaced a
month apart, insure primary
immunization to most persons;
the third shot, seven months
after the second, is the one
that prolongs the period of im
munity.
Vaccine Available
Salk vaccine polio shots are
available to all students at
the college hospital. A charge
of $1 is made to cover the cost
of the vaccine.
“The shots have always
been available to students, and
rumors to the contrary are
false,” said Dr. C. R. Lyons,
College Hospital Superinten
dent.
Q. Why are research scientists
trying to find a drug for the
prevention of polio, now that
Salk vaccine has proved ef
fective ?
A. The Salk vaccine cannot stop
paralysis if injected after the
polio vims has attacked the
nerve centers. Scientists hope
they will find a drug to ac
complish this.
Q. What did the March of Dimes
contribute toward discovery of
the Salk vaccine ?
A. The March of Dimes financed
the research of Dr. Salk, cre
ator of the vaccine. Prior to
this, it had appropriated $1,-
300,000 for the research which
resulted in the classification
of the three types of polio vi
rus—a necessary first step to
ward creating a vaccine. Dr.
Salk’s work alone required
nearly $2,000,000 and his lab
oratory is still receiving March
of Dimes funds to aid his cur
rent effort to improve the vac
cine.
Aggie Players Plan
For Follies of 1957
The Aggie Players will meet to
night at 7:30 in room 3C of the
Memorial Student Center to discuss
their spring production and the
Aggie Follies of 1957.
Casting for the play will start
soon, said C. K. Esten, director.
The play, “Skin of Our Teeth”, is
a satirical comedy by Thornton
Wilder. Production will be near
the end of March, Esten said.
Esten invites all persons in this
area to attend if they are interested
in drama or work on the Follies.
Title of the ’57 Follies is tenta
tively “Operation: Coed”, publicity
director Connie Eckard said.
Wool Teams will attend a banquet
in their honor where awards will
be presented.
The teams will begin making
their way back toward Texas Mon
day morning and are scheduled to
arrive here late Tuesday.
CS State Bank
Pays Stockholders
A 10 per cent dividend was or
dered paid for the year ending Dec.
31, 1956 to stockholders of the Col
lege Station State Bank, according
to Harold Sullivan, president.
The directors of the bank also
authorized a payment of three per
cent interest to be paid on savings
accounts, the maximum allowed by
commercial banks, Sullivan added.
Check That Gun
PHOENIX, Ariz. OP)—A high
way patrolman, bringing in a
prisoner for drunk driving, stop
ped at the desk to check his gun.
It’s a rule that officers can’t take
their pistols near the jail where
prisoners might grab them. As
the patrolman slapped his pistol
on the desk, the prisoner reached
into his pocket and brought out his
own gun. “Here,” he said, “you
better take mine, too.” Police were
so embarrassed they refused to
give out the name of either the
patrolman or his prisoner.
Aggieland
Picture
Schedule
Today is the last day for
juniors, seniors and graduate
civilian students whose names
begin with “A” through “G” to
have their pictures made for
the 1957 Aggieland during the
regularly allotted time.
Students so classified whose
names begin with H-N are
scheduled Thursday and Fri
day. These days are also set
aside for freshmen and sopho
more makeup pictures.
Portraits will be made at the
Aggieland Studio between 8
a. m. and 5 p. m. Coats and
ties should be worn, the picture
schedule says.
A&M Group
Scans Texas U.
Publications
Members, of the Student
Publications Board and stu
dents from A&M publications
toured facilities of Student
Publications at the University
of Texas Friday.
Staff members from the various
publications met with their cor
responding publications at the uni
versity to discuss mutual prob
lems they have in putting out the
annuals, magazines and daily
newspapers.
Editors of university publica
tions and professors of the School
of Journalism were hosts at a
luncheon given for the A&M rep
resentatives at UT’s student un
ion. A short discussion about the
two schools’ student publications
programs followed the luncheon.
Six members of the Student
Publications Board who made the
trip were Carroll D. Laverty,
chairman; Donald D. Burchard,
head of the Journalism Depart
ment; L. E. Sheppard, Corps stu
dent representative; Bennie Zinn,
head of Student Affairs Depart
ment; Ross Strader, director of
Student Publications and Murray
Milner, Civilian student memberr.
Representing The Battalion were
Jim Bower, editor and Joe Tindel,
Leland Boyd and Jim Neighbors,
news editors. The Aggieland
members making the trip included
Don Burt, editor; James Stewart,
assistant editor and Roy Davis, a
section editor. John Oliver rep
resented The Southwestern Veter
inarian.
dents with military classes from 2
to 4 p. m. Thursday in the “shacks”
need to drive their cars to the lot
and park so they can get back
to their dormitories in time for
drill.
Should the day students need the
lot, the council said, it could then
be returned to them.
Members also accepted a report
by Bill McCarty, chairman of the
Parking Committee, providing for
other recommendations to Campus
Security officers.
Suggestions included hardsur-
facing all permanent lots, inform
ing day students they can park
in the lot behind G. Rollie White
Coliseum and constructing a lane
for parking between the day stu
dent lot behind the Petroleum Engi
neering Building and the lot north
east of Splinter Village.
The last recommendation was
made as a result of Chief Hick
man’s report that the lot behind
the building was filled to “120 per
cent capacity”.
Hickman said that constructing
the lane Would allow day students
not able to find parking places in
the crowded lot to drive easily into
the other lot. He says that it
might cut down on day students’
tickets for parking on the streets.
The Council will also suggest
that officers bear down on reckless
drivers on the campus.
A&M Students
Attend Ad Meeting
Four students and one professor
from Texas A&M represented the
Department of Journalism at the
Texas Daily Newspaper Associa
tions’ annual seminar in Austin
last week.
Wes Calvert, of A&M's Journal
ism Dept, and four Journalism
students, Connie Eckard, David
McClain, John Hopkins, and Gary
Rollins were invited to represent
Texas A&M. Other colleges at
tending were Texas Christian Uni
versity, Texas Technological Col
lege, Sam Houston State Teachers
College, University of Houston, and
Kilgore College.
CHS SPORTSMANSHIP TROPHY — Consolidated High School student body president
Maurice Olian, left, and CHS football co-captains Bill Hall, right, and Garland Andrews
are shown with the District 2 AA Sportsmanship Trophy awarded each year by the
Navasota Lions Club to the team in the district voted the outstanding sportsmen. This
is the third consecutive year that CHS has won the award, according to principal J. J.
Skrivanek.