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THE
BATTALION
Town Hall
Tonight
Number 222: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1957
Price Five Cents
Aggies Edge Longhorns in Overtime
For First Conference Victory, 69-67
Reno Blasts
Kill Two;
40 Injured
RENO, Nev., UP) — Three
shattering explosions from a
leaky gas line, followed by a
four-hour fire, destroyed a
business block and the Elks
Club in Reno yesterday, killed at
least two persons and injured about
40.
Ten business establishments
were wiped out and glass from
shattered windows littered a wide
area.
All gas lines in the downtown
area were quickly shut off.
Twelve square blocks, including
the 13-story Mapes Hotel and the
Masonic temple, were evacuated
for fear of further explosions
from pockets of the artificial gas
(propane-air).
Although witnesses told of see
ing bodies all over the street with
“many” dead, only two bodies had
been found by nightfall, five hours
after the blast.
They were the bodies of Mrs.
John DuPratt, about 60, member
»f a socially prominent Reno fam
ily who was walking along the
street at the scene, and Frank
Spina, part owner of a cobbler
shop in the destroyed block. Spi
na’s crushed body was found un
der a wrecked car at the curb.
Billy Hensel
Struck by Car
Two-year-old F. W. (Billy)
Hensel is in St. Joseph Hospital
with bruises, a forehead cut and a
concussion received Monday when
he was struck by a car.
The lad had been watching some
aider children fly their kite across
the street from his home in the
1200 block of Taurus Street in
College Station, when the mis
fortune occurred as he crossed the
street.
Hospital officials say his con
dition is fair and expect Billy to
have recovered enough to return
home soon.
Mehaffey Drops Jump Shot
To Win in Final Seconds
A&M REBOUNDS—Neil Swisher {66) brings down a rebound in last night’s 69-67 vic
tory over the University of Texas Longhorns. Watching for the Steers is Ray Downs
(31). An unidentified Texas eager tries vainly for the ball.
Corps Leader Clears Order
About Room Check Policy
In an effort to explain the con
troversial order on Saturday morn
ing standby inspections, Cadet Lt.
Col. L. E. Sheppard, deputy corps
commander, began by saying the
inspections would be held only
once per month instead of once a
week.
Sheppard said the Corps Staff
had received a steady flow of
complaints about the order because
it had been magnified by rumors
to become much more than it really
was.
Most of the complaints were
from cadets who believed the in
spections would be held each Satur
day, rooms would have to be in
strict order as for Federal Inspec
tion and that no one could leave
until after the inspection each
week.
The original order read: “A
standby dormitory inspection (with
rifles for Army cadets) will be
conducted between 0710 and 0745
on 9 Feb. 1957.”
Nothing was said in the order
about the frequency of the in
spections or any of the questions
raised in controversy. The rest of
the order described the manner in
which the inspection would be
conducted and that unit com
manders “will take appropiate
Weather Today
Cloudy to partly cloudy skies are
forecast. At 10:30 this morning
the temperature was 59 degrees.
Yesterday’s high was 80 degrees,
and this morning’s low, 55.
action against occupants of rooms
where deficiencies are found by the
inspecting officer.”
Sheppard said the purposes of
the inspection were to raise the
level of room maintenance in the
Corps and to prepare all cadets
for the coming annual Federal
Inspection to be held later in the
Spring.
He went on to say that room
arrangement will not have to be
as strict as it would be for the
Federal Inspection and cadets
would not have to stay on the
campus for the inspection as long
as their room was left neat,
orderly and in inspection order.
The inspection teams will be
composed of tactical officers and
Military and Air Science in
structors.
By BARRY HART ♦
George Mehaffey dropped a jump shot with three sec
onds remaining to give the Aggies a 69-67 victory over the
University of Texas Longhorns last night in White Coliseum
in a frenzied frey that couldn’t be held by the regulation 40
minutes.
Tied at the end of 40 minutes of play, 61-61, and 15 other
times, the game marked the first victory for the Aggies of
Coach Ken Loeffler in Southwest Conference play and their
fifth of the season.
In a frantic second immediately after the final buzzer,
when Ted Harrod fouled Texas’ John Shaffer after Mehaf-
fey’s game-winning goal, both coaches, officials and Steer
players swarmed around the
scorers’ table.
The Longhorns claimed a
free throw (with the chance
to tie the game if Shaffer
di’opped both on the one-and-one
rule) while Loeffler argued vi
olently that the game was over.
The official time-keeper ended the
verbal battle with a declaration
that the foul came after play had
ended, much to the displeasure of
Texas’ coaches, players and fans.
All five of the Aggie starters
scored in double columns, with Me
haffey meshing 23 to tie the Steers’
Ray Downs for high-point honors.
Harrod, Neil Swisher and Fritzie
Connally dropped 12 each with Ken
Hutto scoring 10. Loeffler kept
his starting five in the game until
Connally fouled out with 1:46 left
in the overtime period.
The pace of the game was set
early in the evening, both sides
hitting field goals the first four
times they got the ball. The score
tied seven times in the first 5:58
before A&M pulled away to an 18-
14 lead.
Texas came right back and went
ahead, 22-20, then led by one point
right up until the intermission,
(See BASKETBALL Page 3)
Aggie Fan
Turns Tables
On Teasip
Aggies and the former stu
dents of our institution ap
parently aren’t the only exes
who are proud of their schools
and colleges.
Attorney Pete Solito of
Houston, an active member
of the Ex-Students association
of* the University of Texas,
proudly presented his 4-year-
old son Vincent Charles, a T-
shirt with the letters “I am a
Little Longhorn from Texas”
emblazoned in bright Orange
letters across the front.
The day before Christmas
Vincent went out to play. He
was wearing his T-sipperish
shirt in all its glory. Half an
hour later he returned home.
But-something had changed,
across the back of the shirt
was pinned this sign: “Gig
’Em Aggies!”
Wait ’til next year.
Aggie Follies
Outlined To
Inter-Council
Operation: Coed will be the
title of the 1957 Aggie Follies,
C. K. Esten, sponsor of the
Aggie Players who will pro
duce the show, told members
of the Inter - council Com
mittee yesterday.
The Follies, traditionally held
the Friday and Saturday nights
immediately preceding Mothers’
Day Activities on the A&M Cam
pus, are sponsored by the Inter
council Committee on behalf of the
four school councils.
Aside from the title, which was
picked “out of the air” no concrete
work on the script for the pre
sentation has been done. The
theme of this year’s play “has
been kicked around” Esten said.
But, as the bulk of the play writing
remains to be completed, he hesi
tated to tell anything else about
the plot of the play.
“I guarantee it will be clean, no
satire toward any official of the
college, just a good laugh from the
students toward the students,” Es
ten said.
In other action Chairman Fritz
Landers, who presided at the meet
ing, assigned Dave McReynolds to
the Coordinating Committee for
Mothers’ Day, Bill Roach, chair
man, with Robert Kidd and H. S.
Layton to the Publicity Committee
for the Aggie Follies.
W. R. Horsley
Job-hunters Best Friend
Proposed County Law Court
Questioned By Local People
By WELTON JONES
Some of the citizens of Brazos
County have expressed opposition
to the bill, passed by the state
senate recently, establishing a
county court-at-law here.
Many of these people are ask
ing “Who drew up this bill?”
They ask “Do we need another
court ?”
As introduced to the senate by
Senator W. T. (Bill) Moore of
Bryan, the measure wnuld create
the post of judge of the county
court-at-law, with a minimum
salary of $8,400 per year, to have
jurisdiction over all civil and
criminal cases for which the county
is responsible.
At present, county cases are tried
in the 85th district court under an
agreement reached in 1917 when
certain local attorneys determined
that the county judge, who is not
necessarily an attorney, should not
be requii-ed to decide such cases.
At the time of this agreement,
however, the population of the
county was less than half that of
Bryan alone today. Now, the dis
trict court docket is crowded with
minor cases, which must be con
sidered along with major felonies
and crimes in the district, said 85th
District Court Judge W. T. Mc
Donald.
Sen. Moore introduced the bill in
the state senate this session and, as
is true in practically all such cases
of county affairs, it was passed by
that body.
Last Saturday, Sen. Moore,
Judge McDonald and acting county-
district attorney John Barron call
ed an “informal” meeting of the
county commissioner’s court in the
chambers of County Judge A. S.
Ware to explain the bill to them.
Judge Ware, who said he was
Arlington Division
Opening Postpon ed
The proposed graduate engineer
ing division at Arlington will not
go into operation this Spring, as
originally planned, Chancellor M.
T. Hai'rington announced yesterday.
Proposals for establishment of
such a center, to meet the needs
of industry in the Fort Worth-
Dallas area, are now under study
by the Texas Commission on High
er Education. No further develop
ment of plans on this project can
be made until the Commission has
acted on the proposal, the Chan
cellor said.
not notified of the meeting, was
out of town at the time. Absent
also was state representative
Brownrigg Dewey of Bryan. Com
missioners present were Ray Nol
and, Precinct One; Newton Burlin,
Precinct Four; and Clyde Porter
field, Precinct Three. George Dunn
of Precinct Two was absent.
Sen. Moore, Judge McDonald and
Barron explained the bill to the
court and pointed out that the
court would have to appoint the
first person to hold the office
until the next general elections in
November of 1958.
Two of the commissioners pre
sent were said by good sources to
be “for” the measure. All persons
contacted denied knowing of any
person being considered for the
job.
In addition to the judge, at
$8,400 per year, the bill gives the
commissioners power to appoint a
secretary, reporter and deputy
clerk for the court. Total expenses,
including jury pay, has been
estimated at “near $20,000.”
Judge McDonald estimated that
court fees and fines would probably
cover most of the expense. “At
present there is some revenue from
fines in the district coui-t, but much
of this money is lost due to weak
cases which our crowded docket
sometimes forces the state to pre
sent,” he said.
Barron agreed with McDonald
and pointed out that some amend
ments may be added before Rep.
Dewey presents the bill to the
house of representatives, who are
expected to pass it also.
These changes include making
the judge’s salary fall between
$7,200 and $8,400 per year and
appointing the present district
clerk to handle the county clerk’s
office also.
Judge Ware presently has a
salary of $6,000 annually.
Speaker To Discuss
Banking Business
Jacques A. Livaudais will tell
architects how they are related to
the business of banking at 8 p. m.
tomorrow in the Biological Sciences
Lecture Room.
Livaudais is vice president and
cashier of Progressive Bank and
Trust Company. He is member of
several professional organizations
and is sponsored by the Division of
Architecture as another in a series
of guest lecturers.
By JOE TINDEL
Most graduating Aggies need
look no farther than the Place
ment Office for the man who is
their best friend when they need a
job.
When that time comes W. R.
Horsley, director of the Placement
Office always seems to have an
opportunity to sit back at his
desk and with a smile give what
help he can.
“I think that technically the
basic aim of the Office is counsel
ing,” Horsley says. “If a profes
sor can tell us something of a
student’s aims or goals, we can
better counsel him. We find out
what employers want and then are
better able to meet a graduate’s
needs.”
Since Horsley became director
of the Office in 1940, he has help
ed build it into one of the best of
its kind in the nation.
The office scheduled 366 inter
views last year as compared to
293 the year before.
“This year we plan more than
400 interviews with employers”,
Horsley says.
The Placement director has done
some work with companies to
leam more of the employee train
ing practices. During the summer
he has worked with Continental Oil
Co. and Boeing Aircraft. Also he
has acted as consultant for Union
Carbide.
He feels this kind of experience
will better enable him to do his
job and increase the number of
interviews.
“As long as the demand con
tinues as it has in the past there
should be more interviews in the
future,” Horsley says.
Born in Cripple Creek, Colo, in
1902, Horsley attended Denver
University and Colorado A&M at
Fort Collins. He was graduated
from the latter school with a B.
S. degree in forestry.
After graduation he worked for
the Nashville Lumber and Creosot-
ing Co. and was regonal forester
for the U. S. Forest Service.
Horsley came to A&M in Sept.
1937 and taught forestry and
recreational area development in
the Landscape Architecture De
partment. He was also with the
Texas Forest Service.
Dr. E. V. Walton, then president
of A&M, asked Horsley to take
over the Student Employment Ser
vice in 1940. Later that same
year the placement service was
added. Previously the Former Stu
dents Association had been run
ning the service.
Since that time the service has
embraced other aspects. In 1944 a
short course service was added
which now attracts thousands of
visitors each year. The office now
includes an employment service for
Aggie wives and a Speakers’
Bureau which arranges speakers
from the college for events over
the state.
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W. R. Horsley
Placement Office Director