BATTALION
Student Senate
Civilian Council
Meets Tonight
Number 213: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1957
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Engineer Body
DraftsProgram
To ‘Help Fish’
‘Further Investigation 9
Dean On Nine Points
By VAL POLK
The Student Engineering Council has drafted nine pro
posals for bettering freshmen engineers’ grades. The coun
cil sent the suggestions to Dean J. C. Calhoun with a re
quest for “further investigation.”
Thb points were adopted after an intensive discussion
of poor grades that freshmen engineers usually “post” and
ways and means to remedy the problem.
The council took the action at its meeting this week in
which it decided to “talk about upperclassmen grades at the
next meeting,” said John Kelly, president of the council.
The proposals:
1. Send progress reports of the student’s grades to
♦their high schools during his
Cell Block 7,
The Doodlers
Jazz Guion
The Cell Block 7, striped
pajamas and all, and the
Doodlers swing out their jazz,
comedy and interpretations of
Dixieland tonight at 7:30 in
Guion Hall.
Featured at the second special
attraction of the year the Cell
Block 7, original Dallasites, per
form some of the routine which
stormed Las Vegas on their first
appearance outside “Big- D”.
Rusty Brown, leader, of the
group, formerly attended SMU.
He and the boys he recruited at a
jam session were invited to the
Swank Rivieria Hotel in Vegas.
They had been playing only week
end runs in Dallas.
From the “gambling capital”,
they moved on a tour of the Uni
ted States which was applauded
as a great success. They played
their way to the people’s hearts
at the Pla-mor Ballroom in Kan
sas City; Heidelburg Hotel in
Jackson, Miss.; and the Shamrock
in Houston.
Gamblers seemed to be the only
ones who had a gripe about the
group. They said the pajama-clad
musicians pulled too many custo
mers away from the gambling tab
les.
Tickets for the attraction which
is not a regular Town Hall per
formance are on sale in the Of
fice of Student Activities on the
second floor of the YMCA. All
seats for the performance are $1
each. Season tickets cannot be used.
ARCHITECTURE STUDENT ARNIE REID shows Wil
liam Wagner of the Architecture Department what he
thinks A&M will look like 43 years from now in 2000 A.D.
The plans for the campus of the future were a class project
in a Senior Design course.
first semester or year in col
lege.
2. Start six week courses
for students that have troub
le with such courses as trigonom
etry, algebra, and history. This
would give the student an idea
of what he is best suited for and
those subjects he needs to work on.
3. Put a ban on freshmen bring
ing cars to the campus except day
students who dinve cars to class.
4. Clean the Junction Camp up
and make it a suitable camp.
5. Require all engineer fresh
men to attend Junction before com
ing to A&M to orientate them to
college before the long semester
and fall football trips begin.
6. Have the Corps allow special
privileges to freshmen who do
commendable academic work.
7. Eliminate graduate instruc
tors of freshmen courses such as
algebra.
8. Hold tests for entering fresh
men who have not taken advanced
math and subjects vital to engi
neers.
9. Try to curb the old Aggie at
titude “let’s see who can make the
worst grades” by awarding special
privileges to deserving students.
Dr. Calhoun said last night he
has not yet had an opportunity to
look over the proposals due to “one
meeting after another” he has at
tended.
He said he thought it definitely
was a fine thing the council was
talking about things which might
benefit students.
Kelly said the council recom
mended the points for the purpose
of helping freshmen. “The coun
cil feels the freshman entering en
gineering should know whether he
has an aptitude for engineering,
and when he gets in should have
(See ENGINEER GROUP, Page 2)
GLYNN HILL enjoying the comforts of the College Hospital is expected to start classes
Monday. He will live in the hospital until the end of the semester.
Hill Attends Class While
Enjoying Comforts of Home
Eden Resigns;
Poor Health
His Reason
Still Determined Never
To Apologize Over Egypt
LONDON, Jan. 9, UP)—Sir Anthony Eden, choking back
tears, resigned last night as prime minister.
He said his health does not allow him to carry on.
The 59-year-old aristocrat stepped down with the “ut
most regret” after 21 months as Sir Winston Churchill’s suc
cessor.
Robert A. (Rab) Butler, Conservative party leader in the
House of Commons, was most talked of last night as Eden’s
likely successor. lie is 54.
But there was some feeling that Harold Macmillan, 62,
chancellor of the exchequer, was still in the running.
Queen Elizabeth II, in accepting Eden’s resignation, in
dicated she would designate^
the new prime minister to
morrow. The dominant party
in Commons forms the gov
ernment.
The Conservative regime
has three years to go. There seems
no prospect of a general election
Civilian Council
To Elect Officers
By GAYLE McNUTT
Still recovering from a close
call with death, Glynn Hill is liv
ing in the College Hospital and
enjoying all the comforts of home
while attending classes.
Hill, an agricultural education
major from Winters, according to
his doctors, has recovered much
faster than expected from the in
juries he received in the wreck
which took the life of freshman
Bernard Bemafdoni.
Glynn received two fractures of
the skull, a crushed cheekbone, a
broken jawbone, a fracture under
the nose that extended almost
from ear to ear, multiple facial
cuts, and a badly sprained ankle.
He has almost recovered from his
injuries now, however. His jaws
are still wired together, but his
Summer Job Calls
Beginning Early
Due to early announcements of
summer job opportunities, the
Placement Office plans to start
activities for filling job calls as
soon as possible.
W. R. Horsley, Placement Of
fice director, has advised that any
one interested in summer employ
ment, whether a student or faculty
member, fill out a personal infor
mation form which can be obtain
ed from the Placement Office.
Job calls for summer job oppor
tunities will be posted as soon as
they come into the office. Faculty
and student applicants should
check with the Placement Office
for the name of employing officer,
application forms and other neces
sary information in connection
with job calls in which they are
interested, said Horsley.
December Checks
Ready For Vets
Korean veterans who have not
received their December pay chacks
are urged to report to the Veter
ans Advisor’s Office and pick up
their checks according to Bennie
Zinn, head of the Department of
Student Affairs. In addition, grad
uating vets and vets who plan to
complete the semester, but do not
plan to return for the spring se
mester are urged to come by the
Veterans Advisor’s Office to sign
pay forms before their departure.
“muzzle” is scheduled to be re
moved in about two weeks.
“The three and one half hours
I spent on the operating table were
worse than the wreck,” said Hill.
“The only thing I have to show
for it now is a pair of clamped
jaws and a swollen face.”
He is still weak from spending
so much time in bed, but plans to
get some exercise this week to re
gain his strength and begin at
tending classes next week.
Glynn will have what most Ag-
Folio Shots
Available At
Hospital
Dr. C. R. Lyons, Hospital
Hospital superintendent, has
announced that A&M stu
dents can get polio shots at
the College Hospital. “T h e
three shots will cost one dollar
each. The dollar is to cover the cost
of the Salk vaccine,” he said.
“We had hoped to give free shots
to the students,” Dr. Lyons said.
“But at Texas University they an
nounced free polio shots and
several thousand doses of vaccine
were brought in and hundreds of
syringes were sterilized. Hospital
officials were ready for the rush
and only a very small percentage
of the students came for their
shots.
“The second shot is given seven
weeks after the first and the
third is up to seven months after
that. Students who started taking
their shots elsewhere may finish
them here if they wish.”
“The shots have been available
all year and given to many,” Lyons
said. “We are not trying to get all
the students in college to get their
shots here, but we will gladly give
shots to all. We just want the
students to know that these
facilities are available.”
gies term an “ideal” situation
when he does return to his classes.
He will have a private room, and
plenty of free personal service in
cluding room service with break
fast in bed, and attend classes non-
reg. Strangerly enough however,
Glynn says he “would rather re
turn to the old routine as a mem
ber of D Infantry.”
Hill’s biggest gripe is being able
to eat only strained foods. He
says that he just can’t become ac
customed to “eating through a
straw” and craves some solid food.
He said that he had kept most
of his weight, having lost only 19
pounds. He attributed this to the
excellent meal service of his nur
ses.
Glynn said that he was very anx
ious to be up and around the cam
pus again, even with the pi’ospect
of the oncoming finals. Next se
mester he plans to, take up Corps
life once again, but only taking a
light scholastic load in order to
get plenty of rest.
Eden, to the end, stuck by his
determination “never to apolo
gize” for the invasion of Egypt-
a venture that split Britain and
imperiled his country’s relations
with the United States.
In a farewell statement, he said:
“When I returned to this coun
try a month ago from a three
weeks rest in Jamaica I hoped
that my health had been suffi
ciently restored to enable me to
carry out my duties effectively
for some considerable time. That
hope has not (repeat not) been
realized.”
Four doctors—one the Queen’s
own physician—released a state
ment saying Eden’s health “gives
cause for anxiety.”
Looking lonely and, dejected,
Eden rode alone to Buckingham
Palace after bidding farewell to
his Cabinet and top government
ministers.
To those along the way, he
seemed choked up and on the
verge of tears.
Civilian Student Council mem
bers elect a new president and vice
president at their regular meeting
tonight at 7:30 in the Senate
Chamber of the Memorial Student
Center.
Sam Zuckero and Freddie Ryan,
former president and vice presi
dent graduate this semester and
leave vacancies.
Zuckero will be replaced on the
Council by the runner-up in the
last election for senior representa
tive to the Council.
Ryan’s successor on the Council
will be appointed by the College
View Council.
The Council also will discuss
New Student Week and Civilian
Weekend plans.
Grad Announcements
A few gi-aduation announcements
are available in the Office of Stu
dents Activities on the second floor
of the YMCA.
These will be sold on a first
come, first served basis, according
to Doris Bahlmann, cashier.
Polio Victim Tells Of Agony
And March Of Dimes Help
Senate To Convene
In MSC Tonight
Bill Dorsey reports on Cotton
Bowl Festivities and Sportsman
ship tonight at the Student Sen
ate meeting in the Birch Room of
the Memorial Student Center at
7:30.
Senate leaders said earlier that
after the holidays they would prob
ably bring up the compulsory in
surance proposal that came out of
the last meeting.
Seniors May Get
Activities Refund
Graduating seniors may get a
refund on the spring portion of
the Student Activities fee they
paid in the fall.
They must apply in the Housing
Office in the YMCA and present
Town Hall, Great Issues and Ath
letic tickets to get the refund.
Students besides these who will
not be here this spring also may
apply for refund in a similar man
ner. This should be done as the
student leaves and turns in his
room key at the Housing Office.
Weather Today
High clouds ai’e forecast for the
area at 10:30 this morning the
temperature stood at 42 degrees
yesterday’s high was 80, and the
low, 40 degrees.
By DAVE McREYNOLDS
In connection with the local and
national efforts being waged for
the March of Dimes our thoughts
naturally turned to a friend of ours
who has been a victim, and is still
overcoming, the effects of this
crippling disease.
John Noyes is a discharged vet
eran of the U. S. Air Force, having
served as a First Lieutenant in that
organization. He is a member of
the class of 1953 at A&M.
Noyes is married, father of one
child, 3-year-old Nancy, and he and
his wife, Judy, live in College View
while he attends classes working
toward his B. S. in aeronautical
engineering.
Here is his story as told by him:
August 24, 1955 is a date I will
long remember, a day of terrific
headaches, nausea, high fever and
left me generally hazy in memory.
The following morning I was no
better so Judy, my wife, called a
doctor. He made me try to touch
my chin to my knee and also touch
my chin to my chest. After I was
unable to do so he told Judy to
get me to Parkland Hospital (Dal
las) for a Spinal Tap and determine
if I had Polio.
The tap proved I was suffering
from Bulbar and High Spinjal
Polio.
The morning of Aug. 26 I was
laying under an oxygen tent, still
nauseous and the headache throb
bing in my head, I watched my
right arm go completely lax, the
muscles ease off and go flail . . .
at this time I was too sick to care.
The next morning I dimly re
member attendants and nurses
picking me up, together with all
the assoried accessories I had
acquired (intravenous tubes, bot
tles, catharter and the like), and
transferring me to an Iron Lung.
This proved to be my home for a
week.
Here ice was placed between my
legs to try and keep me cool and
lower my temperature even though
I lay naked in the Lung.
I was told later I passed a crisis
on Sept. 1 and missed having a
tracheotomy by 30 minutes.
(Tracheotomy- hole in windpipe to
aid in breathing and through which
fluids may be extracted from the
lungs.)
Three days later I was removed
(See POLIO VICTIM, Page 2)
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John Noyes
Polio Couldn’t Keep Him Down