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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1957
Price Five Cents
Senate Salesmen Discuss Insurance
Moore Willing to Kill Court Bill
Culprit Caught Will Send Plan
REMODELING NAGLE HALL—Assuming a new form under the hands of the
carpenters to become the home of several departments of the School of Arts and
Sciences, Here is a section of the basement which will house new quarters of the
Journalism Dept.
RE Week Dormitory Forums
Led by Experienced Men
By JOE BUSER
Religious Emphasis Week for
ums for Dorm and 8 will he led
by Chaplain Maj. Edwin Leverenz,
Assistant Division Chaplain, 4th
Armored Division, Ft. Hood, Tex.
Chaplain Leverenz graduated
Jrom Concordia College, Fort
Rev. Edward V. Long, pastor,
St. Martin’s Lutheran Church,
Austin, Texas, will live in Puryear,
to conduct discussion groups in
the lounge for Puryear, Law and
Mitchell Halls.
Law and Mitchell Halls.
Long was born in Pittsburg,
Penn., and graduated from high
Maj. Edwin Leverenz
Wayne, Ind. and Concordia Theo
logical Seminary, St. Louis, Mo.
In 1939 he became pastor of Trin
ity Lutheran Church, Toronto,
Canada. He went on active duty
as a commissioned chaplain of the
Army in 1942.
He has served with the 81st
“Wildcat” Infantry Division and
made the initial invasion* of the
Palau Islands with the 322nd In
fantry Regiment. Chaplain Lev
erenz was awarded the Bronze
Star three times for meritorious
service and also the Army Com
mendation Ribbon.
Rev. Edward V. Long
school in Long Island, N.Y. He
attended Capital College where he
participated in four sports and re
ceived Berea Boots, given to the
most outstanding apnd versatile
athlete. He received his B.D. from
Capital Seminary in 1943. He
has held offices of second Vice
President, Texas District, Ameri
can Lutheran Church, and Presi
dent, Board of Directors of Luth
eran Student Foundation, Univer
sity of Texas.
L. J. Wolf Speaks
To SAE Tonight
Lloyd J. Wolf, of Wolf Engi-
neeiing Corp. in Dallas, will speak
to members of the A&M Chapter
of the Society of Automotive En
gineers tonight at 7:30 in the ME
Building lecture room.
His talk will cover many of the
problems encountered in the design
and construction of various types
of special heavy equipment.
Wolf became world-famous for
his designs, which saw heavy
usage during and after World War
II by the Armed Forces. The two
most popular of his “brainchil
dren” were the Weasel, used ex
tensively by the Army in polar
explorations, and the Alligator,
used for traveling marshy land
and swamps.
All students interested are in
vited to attend the talk according
School of Theology and did grad
uate study in the Union Theologi
cal Seminary in New York City.
For one year, Harris served as
Associate Minister at St. Marks
Methodist Church, Houston and
was then appointed minister of
Bethany.
Leading RE discussions and con-
Rev. Richard Wheatcroft
ferences in the lounge of Puryear
Hall for Milner and Puryear will
be Rev. Richard Wheatcroft, rec
tor, St. Francis Episcopal Church,
Houston.
He is a member of the Diocese
of Texas, Chairman of the Depart
ment of Christian Education and
a member of Church Corporation.
He is also a member of the Board
of Trustees of St. Stephens School,
Austin.
He was graduated from Wash
ington University in 1940 and at
tended Union Theological Semi
nary, New York City. He was
graduated from Virginia Theologi
cal Seminary, Alexandria, Va., in
1943 with a B.D. degree.
&
Rev. William M. Harris
A native Texan, Rev. William
M. Harris, Bethany Methodist
Church, Houston, will lead the
group discussions in Dorm 16. He
was born in Nacogdoches, the son
of a Methodist minister.
He received his B.A. from SMU
in 1946 where he was president of
the Student body. In 1948 he re
ceived his B.D. from Perkins
Weather Today
Forecast calls for partly cloudy
skies in the area. At 10:30 this
morning the temperature was 68
to Ernest Rickie, chairman of the degrees. Yesterday’s high was 76
Society. | degrees, and the low reading, 63.
Insurance Voting
Set for Thursday
The Accidental Insurance plan
proposed by the Student Senate
will be voted on by the students
Thursday. The election posts and
times for voting are as follows:
Sbisa Mess Hall 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m.;
Duncan Mess Hall, 11:30 a.m.-
1:15 p.m.; Memorial Student Cen
ter, 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Fourth polling place is located
in College View Quonset Hut
(where rent is paid). It will open
from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.
The senate had first designated
only three boxes. In action taken
last night election committee
chairman Don Weber said, “We
set up boxes at both mess halls
for convenience of part of the stu
dents, but at the time failed to
consider the students of College
View.”
By WELTON JONES
Squabbling- among local
lawyers marked the second
controversial week in the life
of Texas Senate Bill No. 66,
State Senator W. T. (Bill)
Moore’s attempt to establish a
Brazos County Court-at-Law.
Acting County-District Attor
ney John M. Barron quoted Sen.
Moore as saying: “I will withdraw
my support of the bill if Rep.
Brownrigg Dewey of Bryan and
the people of Brazos County don’t
want it. Rep. Dewey should have
his way, because he representsi
only Brazos Cotinty, while I rep
resent 11 counties.”
“Brazos County is losing a good
chance for better and more pro
gressive government,” Sen. Moore
said.
Sen. Moore could not be reached
last weekend by The Battalion,
but Barron relayed his statements
in an interview yesterday.
The biggest fib told in this
whole thing was the statement
that Bill (Sen. Moore) set up this
job especially for me,” Barron
said. “Just because we have law
offices in the same building, peo
ple think that we were trying to
make a deal.”
Barron, speaking very decidedly,
said he had never, under any cir
cumstances, even considered seek
ing the job. Earlier the young
attorney, son of a former local
district judge, had been mentioned
for the post by many sources, in
cluding at least two county com
missioners.
First judge of the proposed
court, who would receive a mini
mum salary of $8,400 per year,
would be appointed by the county
court. General elections in Sep
tember, 1958, would pick the first
elected office-holder.
“Why should I accept the job,”
Barron asked. “It would mean a
loss of $5,000 to $10,000 per year
for me, because as a judge I
would not be able to practice law,
which I can do as county-district
attorney.”
Among the leading opponents of
the present bill, Dewey has said
that he will not support the bill
without several amendments which
he says would cut down the cost
of the court, which has been es
timated in many quarters as “near
$20,000.” He also advocates let
ting the County Commissioner’s
Court set the salary of the court
as they do the other county offices.
Dewey is merely using these
things as a ‘red herring’ to bolster
his own objections,” Barron de
clared angrily. “He figures that
Moore got the jump on him, as he
was planning a similar bill him
self.”
In answer to cries that the hill
is unconstitutional because it was
not printed in the county 30 days
before being introduced in the
Senate, Barron pointed out the
proposed court’s decisions will be
in effect throughout the state,
therefore making it a statewide
bill.
Bills of a local nature are passed
in both Houses of the Legislature
as a courtesy to those legislators
introducing them. The Senate
passed Moore’s bill in this man
ner, evidently not aware that it
was a bill of “statewide” influ
ence.
“Actually, Dewey’s proposal to
let the County Court decide the
judge’s salary is unconstitutional,
Barron said.
“The bill as introduced by Sen.
Moore was a model one,” he con
tinued. “He expected changes
and amendments. Before he sub
mitted the bill, he consulted with
me, District Judge W. T. McDon
ald, County Judge A. S. Ware and
County Commissioners Newton
Burlin, Clyde Porterfield, and
George Dunn.”
Barron added that he and “four
or five other local lawyers” had
supported the measure for six
years in an attempt to alleviate
the 85th District Court’s crowded
conditions. At present the District
Court tries county jurisdiction
cases under an agreement of 40
(See MOORE, Page 2)
Red-Handed In
Booby-Trap
Petty thefts of objects in
the Memorial Student Center,
ranging - over a period of 5 or
6 days, came to an end yester
day when two students caught
the culprit red-handed in a make
shift booby-trap.
Several thefts of books' from the
Browsing Library in the MSC
prompted students to plant an ED
tackle box and some books on the
coat rack outside the Fountain
Room, hoping it would attract the
thief. They then set up a careful
watch over the bait. Late yester
day afternoon, their vigil paid off,
for the offender struck again,, tak
ing the box with him.
Quickly contacting campus se
curity officers, the two followed
the culprit to his dormitory. Up
on questioning, the freshman civil
ian student admitted he had taken
books from the MSC on three oc
casions.
The report will be turned in to
the head of the Department of
Student Affairs. No action has
been taken yet.
To A&M Board of Directors!
By LELAND BOYD
Student Senators began explaining the points of their
compulsory insurance plan last night at civilian dormitories
in an all out effort to push it through with a favorable vote.
Assemblies were held at Dorms 16, Milner, Mitchell,
Leggett, Walton and Bizzell with a senator from one of the
dorms taking charge of the discussion.
Senators available for comment said they thought a
favorable reaction prevailed in the meetings.
Senator Joe Ross told a joint assembly of Dorm 16 and
Walton that the Senate wanted everybody to know all about
the plan.
He told them it would cost $1.55 a semester or $3 a
year. It would cover all acci-* -
dents at any time and any
place, except for the three
months during the summer.
And it will pay up to $1,000
for each accident and an additional
$1,000 in case of accidental death.
Other schools have similar in
surance and the senate thought we
ought to have one, too, Ross said.
He said voting would be placed
handily so all students could get
out and vote.
HighwayPatrol
Will Accept
Applications
Anyone interested in be
coming a Texas Highway Pa
trolman may send his applica
tion to Captain E- E. Brown
ing, Commanding Officer of
the Austin District of the Texas
Highway Patrol, Browning an
nounced last week.
General qualifications for ap
pointment to the Highway Patrol
include the following: age 21 to
35 years, inclusive; high school
education or the equivalent there
of; minimum height of 5 feet, 8
inches; weight in proportion to
height; good moral character; per
fect physical condition and excel
lent character.
Rookie patrolmen are paid dur
ing their' training and probation
ary period, Browning said. Other
job benefits include two weeks paid
vacation annually, sick leave, State
retirement and Federal Social Se
curity.
Browning said that he would be
happy to talk to prospective can
didates at his office in Austin, at
5606 Adams. The examination
will be held in Austin on March 12.
All men interested are urged to
get their application in by March
1.
Applications may be sent to:
Texas Department of Public Safe
ty; District No. 1, Texas Highway
Patrol, Austin, Texas.
Two-car Collision
Injures Patrolman
A two-car collision Sunday noon
involving a Bryan police patrol car
resulted in the damage of
car driven by Charles Randolph
Elkins, 804 E. 23 St., Bryan.
The patrol car, which was on
call at the time of the accident,
received about $600 worth of
damage. It was driven by Officer
Curtis B. Dungan. Slightly injured
was Sgt. George Moss, the other
occupant of the patrol car.
The accident occurred at the in
tersection of N. College and 23
St. as Elkin attempted to turn left
from 23 St. on to N. College, ac
cording to investigating Highway
Patrolman O. L. Luther. Charges
have been filed against Elkins for
, failure to yield right-of-way.
“We want you seniors to get out
and vote, even though only juniors,
sophomores and freshmen will be
affected. We feel that this is the
best plan we can get,” Ross said.
If the plan passes Dr. Robert
Kamm will try to get it put on the
Board of Directors’ agenda at their
next meeung and if they pass on
it, the Texas Legislature can take
final action to put the plan into
effect,” Ross said.
Ross charged that a story in The
Battalion was “all fouled up” when
it explained the policy when it
first came up. But it was not all
the Battalion’s fault, he added.
To make sure everybody is in
formed on the matter, Ross said
the senate will pass out a paper
telling what is on the policy. It
will go to all dorms Wednesday
night, he said.
“Now the question has come up
over what will happen if a guy
has another insurance policy,” Ross
explained. This policy will pay re
gardless of another policy, he said.
And we took a poll of some stu
dents who already have insurance
and they said they would not mind
paying for this additional insur
ance,” Ross said. About one-
fourth of the students have other
policies, he estimated.
He then offered to answer ques
tions the group might have.
One student asked what about
the Aggies that do not pay the
medical service fee.
Anybody that wants to can pay
the $10 fee and be eligible to buy
the insurance,” Ross explained.
What about the students who
have to pay for an appendectomy,
someone wanted to know. There
are just as many guys who have
to drop out because of non-accident
hospital bills as those who have
accidents, the questioner stated.
Ross said that was one of the
disadvantages of the plan, but the
Hospital Committee worked this
thing out with Dr. C. R. Lyons
and came out with what they think
will benefit most students.
At a behind the scenes meet
ing last night, Senate Hospital
Committee Chairman John Webb
said he could not see why anyone
would be against the insurance.
I might be biased, but if I am
biased it is because I am in favor
of it, he said.
It doesn’t bother me because
a part of the students won’t bene
fit from the compulsory plan
Webb said. Why they can pay the
medical service fee and then get
the insurance. Besides, anybody
is silly not to pay the medical serv
ice fee in the first place, Webb
said.
Senate President Larry Piper
said the compulsory part of the
policy doesn’t bother him. I think
it is a good deal, he said. Piper is
| due to be graduated in May.
BA Department
Sets Standards
In English Test
H. G. Kenagy, chairman of
the committee which will ad
minister the English Qualify
ing Exam for Business Ad
ministration majors, has an
nounced the criteria by which the
exam will be judged.
The exam will be given to all
B.A. majors graduating after Jan
uary, 1958, in Room 202, B.A.
Building, from 7:30 to 9:30 Fri
day evening.
In annonuncing the expected con
tents of the exam, as set up by the
Division of Business Administra
tion, Kenagy stressed that the stu
dent’s ability would not be meas
ured by the absence of grammati
cal errors, misspellings and faulty
expressions. It will be based on
the evidence shown by the exams
—the major part of which involves
the writing of a theme or thesis
that he has ideas and uses both
judgment and imagination in his
treatment of them.
The theme should contain su
perior substance,” declared Kena
gy. “The student should show
ability to develop the parts of
the whole with a sense of con
trolling purpose and orderly pro
gression, with proper paragraph
ing and transitions. He must
demonstrate ability to deal with
difficult material rather than play
it safe with simple material.”
Finally, the student should dis
play an awareness for style in his
writing, which should have both
precision and fleuncy, said Ken
agy.
Call News In
To The Battalion
Getting news in The Bat
talion is a very simple process.
Any time you have something
you think might be of interest,
here is how to get it published.
Call YI 6-6618 or VI 6-4910
until 5 p. m. each week day
and VI 6-6618 from 7 p. m.
until 10 p. m. each evening.
News must be turned in the
day before you want it to
appear and the earlier, the
better.
The Battalion offices are
located on the ground floor of
the YMCA, room 4.
Vanity Fair; Senior
Favorite Deadline
The deadline for turning in
photos for the Vanity Fair con
test and Senior Favorites has been
set for April 15.
Two pictures of your “favorite
gal”, one full length and one bust
shot, must be turned in at the
Student Publications Office for the
Vanity Fair entries.
One picture of any size, but
preferably a 5 by 7, is sufficient
for Senior Favorites. A $2 fee is
required with each picture for the
latter.
No color prints can be used.