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Number 223: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1957
Price Five Cents
Hints Control
Europe Oil
POWER PLANT ADDITION—Work is progressing- on the addition to the A&M Power
Plant. Workmen are shown above doing excavation work. The construction will in
clude a new turbine generator and cooling tower. Physical Plants Manager T. R.
Spence says the total project will cost $1,800,000. The 5,000 kilowatt generator will doub
le the generating capacity of the plant, he says. —(Photo by Charles McCain)
Religious Emphasis Week
Plans Announced for ’57
By JOE BUSER
Dr. Claude Broach, pastor of
St. John’s Baptist Church, Char-
lottee, N. C., will he the main
speaker in Guion Hall for the 15th
annual Religious Emphasis Week.
Broach and 17 other distin
guished ministers are expected to
arrive on the campus Feb. 17 for
a reception given by .Acting Pres
ident and Mrs. D. W. Williams
from 3-5 p.m. in the MSC. RE
Week officially begins Monday,
Feb. 18 at 11 a.m. in Guion Hall
with Broach as principal speaker.
Broach is in demand as a speak
er and conference leader at relig
ious emphasis programs over the
nation and has spoken for pi’o-
grams at Furman University, Har- Jt M J. 1 Ub
din-Simmons, Baylor, Stetson Uni
versity and Meredith College.
Senators Will Hear
Insurance Report
John Webb will report on the
controversial student insurance
policy at the Student Senate meet
ing tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the
Memorial Student Center.
Other topics on the agenda are
senate retreat, allotment of 12th
Man Bowl funds, standing commit
tee report, Texas Hung'arian Schol
arship Fund, Hungarian water polo
team.
He was a team member in the
University Christian Mission weeks
at the University of Kentucky, the
University of South Carolina, Au
burn and Alabama Woman’s Col
lege. Broach has served as preach
er for RE Week ceremonies at Vir
ginia Military Institute, University
of Miami, University of Florida
and Florida State University.
Author of Dr. Frank, biography
of Frank Hartwell Leavell, Broach
has also written numerous articles
in denominational publications and
Sunday school lesson periodicals.
A native of Georgia, Broach re
ceived his education in the Public
Schools of Athens, Georgia
School of Technology, and the
University of Georgia where he
received his B. A. in 1934. He at
tended the Southwestern Baptist
Theological Seminary, Th.M. in
1936 and Th. D. in 1942.
Aims ToPutBrake
On U. S. Inflation
WASHINGTON, (H 3 )—President Eisenhower raised yes
terday a possibility of government controls to hold the line
against inflation and federal intervention to assure Europe
enough oil-
In effect, Eisenhower seemed to be saying that if private
enterprise doesn’t act, government will.
What steps he has in mind, the President didn’t say.
He emphasized at his news conference that he hoped to avoid
government intervention. He has repeatedly criticized Dem
ocrats as being too prone to have the government step into
business, and has stated that his administration lifted con
trols they affixed to the American economy.
The subject of oil curled
in big black question marks
over the news conference.
Insurance Plan
Vote Coming Soon
A&M Head
Cash Boost
President D. W. Williams
has been presenting A&M’s
case for more college funds
before the House Appropria
tions Sub-Committee the larg
er portion of this week.
He appeared before the com
mittee hearings Monday after
noon, Tuesday and Wednesday.
The president is scheduled
to be back today, either in
the Presidents office or the
Vice chancellor for Agricul
ture’s office.
Aggieland Pictures
Aggieland pictures for the
class sections will be made in
the following order for Jun
iors in the Corps.
Thursday and Friday
2nd Regt. Staff; 1st, 2nd,
3rd, 4th Bn. Staffs; A,B,C, Ar
mor; A, B Engineers; A
Transportation Corps and A
Ordnance.
Monday and Tuesday
A,B,C,D Field Artillery; A,
B,C AAA; A Signal Corps; A
Quartermaster Corps.
Thursday and Friday
(Feb. 14-15)
A Chemical; A, B, Composite;
A, B Athletics; Maroon Band;
White Band.
A reporter reminded the Pres
ident that in two messages' to
Congress he had called on business
and labor to police the profit and
wage fields to help meet infla
tionary threats. The question was
whether price increases put into
effect by the oil industry were
justified.
There have been complaints
within and to Congress that the
industry has used the shortage of
oil in Europe, following the shut
ting off of Middle East supplies,
as an excuse for jacking up oil
and gasoline prices.
Eisenhower said that by aao
manner of means was he asking
business and labor to be altruistic
when he stated they must dis
charge their responsibilities in con
formity with needs of the nation.
“Their own long-term good is
involved,” he said, “and I am ask
ing them merely to act as enlight
ened Americans.
Another newsman remarked that
the United States has been lag
ging on oil deliveries to Western
Europe, that Britain reportedly is
down to a two weeks’ supply, and
that the Texas Control Board has
not okayed a substantial produc
tion step-up in the state. The
question here was whether Eisen
hower planned to do anything in
view of the threat to the European
economy.
AUSTIN, CP)—State officials
promised yesterday that Texas
would make oil available to Eur
ope as long as it could be done
without waste.
Public Invited
To Enter CHS
Talent Show
Entries for the third annual
A&M Consolidated High
School Talent Show are now
being accepted at the high
school offices, according to
chairman Steadman Davis, vice-
president of the Student Council.
Everyone is invited to enter, Da
vis said.
“There will be three classes of
competition; junior high school and
under, high school and adult,” he
said. “A five dollar prize will be
awarded to the winner of each
class, and second and third places
in each class will receive ribbons.”
The show is set for March 22
at 8 p.m. in the CHS auditorium.
Admission will be 50 cents for
adults and 25 cents for students.
Proceeds from the show will go
into the Student Council fund.
“Anyone wishing to enter the
contest may do so by picking up
an entry from the CHS or by writ
ing me at the school,” Davis ad
ded.
Judges for the show will include
Frank Coulter and Mrs. Eugene
Rush, members of the high school
faculty; Charles Delaplane, CHS
student and James Johnson of ra
dio station WTAW. One other
judge is to be announced later.
Members of the planning com
mittee, other than Davis, are Be
atrice Luther, Anita Hamner and
David McNeely.
The Student Senate compulsory
insurance plan will be put to a
campus vote in the next ten days
to two weeks, according to John
Webb, Senate Hospital, committee
chairman.
Already approved by the Hospital
Board and Dean Robert B. Kamm,
the plan will go to President D. W.
Williams and then on to the Board
of Directors, if approved by the
student body.
According to Webb, a “thorough”
investigation of all aspects of the
plan revealed the following facts:
1. $1,000 coverage for accidents
and accidental deaths.
2. A fee of $1.55 per semester.
3. Coverage wherever the student
may be while enrolled in A&M
and between semesters.
4. The policy will pay regardless
if the student holds another policy.
5. Coverage up to $1,000 for any
of the medical expenses.
6. Only those who pay their stu
dent medical fee ($10 per semester)
are allowed to take the policy.
7. Students injured here on the
campus will be first treated at
the college hospital and then taken
to another hospital if further treat
ment is needed.
8. College lawyer and Dr. Lyons
will approve the contract.
9. All administration and paper
work will be handled by the College
Hospital.
10. Contract lasts for two years
and rates cannot be changed during
that time.
Webb said the compulsory route
was the only way such a policy
could be presented. He said Dr.
Lyons had investigated the other
agencies.
The policy is being offered by
Universal Security Life of Houston
and is underwritten by Lincoln Na
tional, according to Webb.
“Students don’t stand a chance to
lose anything but their $1.55” Webb
said. “They or their buddies stand
a chance to gain.”
He added that those participat
ing in major sports or on trains
or planes enroute to games for
those sports will not be covered by
the policy.
Pageant To Pick
Queen Cotton Set
Queen Cotton and her court will
be chosen at the 23rd Cotton
Pageant and Ball April 12 at
Sbisa.
Duchesses competing for the
crown will be representing Aggie
clubs and organizations and many
colleges throughout the state. King
Cotton and his court are chosen
by members , of the organization
responsible for the pageant and
ball, the Agronomy Society.
Funds raised from the Pageant
and Ball pay for the agronomy
field trip for seniors and juniors
to different areas of Texas.
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Religious Emphasis Convocation Speaker
By WELTON JONES
Two opposite camps are form
ing in Brazos County over the
proposed Brazos County law court,
but investigation has shown that
no two individuals think exactly
alike on the subject.
“I think that 80 or 90 per cent
of the voters would be for the
court if they knew the whole
situation,” said acting county- dis
trict attorney John Barron, who
has been mentioned often as being
in line for the job.
“I would say that almost 90 per
cent of the people in the county
would be against the court when
they know all the facts,” said H.
E. Burgess, College Station realtor
who is campaigning against the
bill.
Introduced and passed in the
senate by State Senator W. T
(Bill) Moore of Bryan, the bill
calls for a judge of a county court-
at-law for Brazos County who
would receive a salary of “at
least $8,400 per year”. The pro
posed judge, who would be appoint
ed by the county commissioners
until the November, 1958 general
elections, will be a licensed attor
ney with at least two years of ex
perience.
Total costs per year for the pro
posed court, with court employe’s
salaries and expenses, has been
estimated by many as “near $20,-
000”.
The present bill will become law
when the state house of representa
tives passes it and Gov. Daniel
signs it. These steps are considered
practically automatic as a courtesy,
if the bill is sponsored by County
Representative Brownrigg Dewey.
At present, county "jurisdiction
cases are tried in the 85th Texas
District Court by Judge W. T. Mc
Donald under an agreement dat
ing back to 1917. County Judge
A. S. Ware hears probate cases,
sanity hearings and condemnation
suits.
There is doubt in some quarters,
of need for any change at all.
“I’ve never had any trouble get
ting a case tried under the pre
sent set-up,” Bryan attorney Coult
er Hoppess said. “There may be
some old cases still untried, but
you will find that anywher®, often
caused by lawyers in the case or by
some question undecided. If there
is a pile up on the docket, I am
sure Judge McDonald is doing his
best to clear it.”
A check of the District Clerk’s
office, where all county and dis
trict cases are filed, showed some
misdemeanor cases filed in July,
1955 set for trial March 4. Some
criminal cases date back to 1953.
A similar check with the county
clerk, A. B. Syptak, revealed that
the county court docket is com
pletely up to date “and usually is”.
Judge McDonald advocates a
change of some type, saying “I
could pay more attention to my
district cases if I were relieved of
the county cases. As is, the same
process and a 12-man jury must
be used for minor cases as are
used in major crimes.”
Hoppess speculated that, should
there be a change in the present
system, the 85th District Court
might be assigned more than the
two counties that it now covers,
Brazos and Robertson.
Others think there should be a
Weather Today
Skies should begin clearing this
afternoon, the forecast states. At
10:30 this morning the thermom
eter stood at 69 degrees. Yester
day’s high and low readings were
73 and 58 degrees.
change but differ as to what
change.
“I think we should give the
county court its old power again,”
attorney F. L. Henderson said.
Henderson is preparing a report on
the situation, which will be covered
in a future article.
Main objections to the county
court plan include the fact that,
by Texas law, the county judge in
not necessarily an attorney.
“Our present county judge, A
S. Ware, is a highly capable at
torney who could do a fine job as
judge,” attorney John L. Sandstedt
said, “but this doesn’t guarantee
that the next judge would be.”
When asked if a local law re
quiring the county judge to be an
attorney would be constitutional,
Sandstedt and several other
lawyers, including former district
judge W. S. Barron, said they
thought it would not be.
Judge Ware, asked if he would
welcome jurisdiction of the county
cases said: “I don’t see how I
could handle them under the pre
sent system”. He previously said
he could be neither for or against
the bill in its present form.
(See COURT-AT-LAW, page 2)
Game Warden
School Starts
Here Monday
Nineteen game warden re
cruits, selected by the Texas
Game and Fish Commission,
started classes here Monday
for the 10th Annual Game
Warden School.
Sponsored by the Game & Fish
Commission, the school is offering
a first aid course in civil defense
training for the first time, and
other courses such as English,
public relations, public speaking,
and writing.
In addition to the daily classes,
the course includes several week
end trips to the Game and Fish
Commission installations through
out the state. At the end of four
months of schooling, the men will
receive game warden cex-tificates
and be assigned to posts in Texas.
The school is sponsored jointly
by A&M and the Game and Fish
Commission and Dr. W. B. Davis,
head of the Wildlife Management
Department, the host department.
Attending the course are Nor
man B. Chennault, League City;
Carl Covert, Liberty; Raymond E.
Custer, Uvalde; Raymond H. Da-
vee, Brady; Willard J. Frazier,
Pharr; Hugh Frost, Douglassville;
J. R. Holbein, Encinal; Malcolm C.
Hollister, La Porte; J. B. Good
win, Gonzales; Clifton C. Jung,
Harper; Fred Lambert, Kingsville;
Charlie Maynard, Palacios; R. C.
Nichols, Hemphill; Robert Ogburn,
Brookland; James Ray Palmer,
Brownwood; Joe Pigg, Bowie; W.
H. Sfeago, Nacogdoches; Charles
A. Short, Anahuac; Bill Ray
Swope, Killeen.
CAP To Organize
In MSC Tonight
Persons interested in joining the
Civil Air Patrol meet tonight at
7:30 in the Memorial Student Cen
ter Ballroom for an organizational
meeting, G. R. Hamilton, Flying
Kadet secretary says.
The CAP is an auxiliary unit of
of the air force which helps locate
crashed or downed aircraft and
strives to intei’est youth in aviation,
Hamilton said.
Hamilton says the CAP group
commander from Waco will dis
cuss CAP history and organization.
He urges pilots and ham radio
operators and any other interested
parties to attend.
Highet To Give Talk
On ‘Father Of Italy’
“The Father of Italy” will be
the subject of a 15-minute talk
to be given by Gilbert Highet at
8:30 p.m. today over radio sta
tion KORA. The program is one
in a series being sponsored locally
by the Friends of the Library.