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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1957
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What Goes
On Here
The Athletic D< Vartment is bus
ily hunting thieve; Lvho broke into
DeWare Field House and took sev
en baseball gloves among other
personal items from the lockers of
the baseball team.
Coach Beau Bell said the thieves
broke open the door and then rifled
the locker room. He said the
gloves were valued at about $22
each. Personal belongings ran the
grand total up to “close to $200.”
Since the gloves were locked up
and the responsibility of the Ath
letic Department, they will have
to replace the gloves.
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Not wanting justice to go beg
ging while a lawless man stays
free, Dr. Tyrus R. Timm has offer
ed a $20 reward for the capture
of the yegg who took $51 in a
purse snatched at Timm’s home
Saturday.
Making the offer before a class
he teaches in. Agricultural policy,
Timm said, “You are all economic
men. I’ll give $20 to the person
who furnishes information leading
to the arrest and conviction of the
person who is responsible' for the
theft.”
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Boots and sabres flashed in the
new Corps area last night for the
retreat and pass-by for Maj. Gen.
J. B. Medaris. Shoes and brass
were shiny, despite the murky
weather. The Corps and visiting
dignitaries stood stiffly at atten
tion as the Band lustily played the
National Anthem. The color guards
Itruggled with the snarled flag
pole chain.
At last report the flag was still
flying.
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While on the subject of flags—
The Dust-bowl in Oklahoma must
have gotten about as bad as it was
during the mid-30’s for the Oakies
are on the move again and trying
to claim part of the state of Texas
as their own, namely the Brazos
bottom.
Yesterday morning the Campus
Security officers went over to the
System Building to raise the Texas
flag as usual and found someone
had beaten them to the punch—
for there on the pole waving in
the breeze was an Oklahoma flag.
FURTHERING TRADITION—The Band and the Singing Cadets make recordings of the
traditional Aggie songs for a new album. The album will contain eleven selections.
Aggie yells, also for the album were recorded last week.
House Action Expected
College Fee Bill Up Today
English Make-up
Exam Scheduled
An English proficiency make-up
examination will be given next
Tuesday, at 3 p.m., for all junior
Business Administration students
graduating after January 1958.
It will be given in room 202 of
the Business Administration Build
ing and is required for all persons
missing the first quiz.
Army Sets Date
For Contract Quiz
Army R-Q 3 “Contract Quizzes”
will be given at 4 p.m. Tuesday in
the basement of Sbisa Hall.
The examinations will be given
to all Army students who wish to
receive a contract in September',
1957. To be eligible, the normal
requirement is that the student be
in his fourth semester of basic
military science.
AUSTIN, (A 5 )—The House ap
proved on second reading yesterday
doubling tuition fees in the 18 state
supported colleges and universi
ties but did not specifically tag
the money for increases in teach
ers’ salaries.
The bill is up today for final
action.
Rep. Sam Bass Jr., of Freeport
said his amendment “sets for
legislative intent” the money to
go to salary increases, although
his amendment did not specify the
money would be used in that man
ner.
The bill would raise state stu-
Ag Bridge Players
Vie for Awards
Eighteen Aggies will vie long
distance with students from more
than 100 U. S. colleges in the
1957 Intercollegiate Bridge Tour
nament tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. in
the Social Room of the Memorial
Student Center, Mrs. Gladys Black,
local tourney sponsor, said yes
terday.
Included on the local team are
C. D. Hungerford, O. W. Hunger-
ford, J. S. Peterson, F. B. Buch
anan, R. L. Patton, T. M. Byar, C.
T. Goldenberg, R. B. Keith, E. R.
Philipp, C. McFarland, P. F. Bry
ant, P. J. Mason, J. R. Byrd, L. G.
Diehl, W. G. Henderson, C. S.
Skillman; Bridge Committee chair
man, R. H. Kidd and J. W. Brady.
The players will be playing
hands which have been sent to
them this week by the Tourna
ment headquarters, Mrs. Black
said. After the hands have been,
completed they will be sent to
Geoffrey Mott-Smith, contact
bridge authority, for scoring, she
said.
C. C. Nolen of the University of
Texas, Tournament Committee
chairman, says campus, regional
and national winners will be pick
ed by Mott-Smith.
Christian’s Challenge
Defined By Dr. Broach
By JOE BUSER
The challenge of Christian faith
has never been more perfectly sta
ted than in the words of Jesus
when he said, “Follow thou me,”
said Dr. Claude Broach today at
10 a.m. in Guion Hall.
Broach said that these words,
which can change a man’s life,
point out three different aspects
of the call of Christianity. The call
is for a personal program of liv
ing, responsibility and a personal
fellowship with a living Lord, he
said. Considered together, these
words constitute the essential sub
stance of Christian faith and the
wholeness of Christian personality,
Broach said.
Yesterday, Broach spoke in Gu
ion Hall on “Living by Affirma
tion.” He said that life cannot be
built on dreams alone—it is what
a man says and believes it to be.
“Life is no accidental collision
of molecules and atoms, nor is it
a treadmill of duties and obliga
tions. Nor is it a squirrel cage of
monotony or a contest of power.
Life is what a man makes it—
good or bad,” Dr. Broach said.
Broach suggested five affirma
tions that would add to the dimen
sions of life. “Let us affirm that
this is a universe, God is personal
and knowable, prayer is power,
personality is the supreme value
and Jesus Christ is the supreme
personality.”
The Singing Cadets furnished
special music for yesterday’s ser
vices.
dents’ tuitions from $25 to $50 a
semester. It also would increase
out-of-state fees immediately $50
and up to $200 by 1959. Medical
and dental students’ fees also
would be increased to $200.
After three days of debate, the
House approved the bill 101-40 on
second reading, but turned down
a request by its author, Rep. Mur
ray Watson Jr., of Mart to give
final approval to the bill today.
Scholarships
Offered For
Ag Freshmen
Two new scholarships for
first-year students in agricul
ture at A&M have been an
nounced by Dr. J. C. Miller,
dean of the School of Agri
culture.
They will be for $250 each, and
will be available for' the 1957-58
school year, Dean Miller said. The
scholarships will be provided by
The Kroger Co. of Cincinnati.
,In a letter to Dean Miller an
nouncing the company’s plans.
Merle J. Thomas, agricultural
counsel to the company said, “We
are happy to welcome the Agricul
tural and Mechanical College of
Texas to the Kroger Scholarship
Program.”
During the current school year
The Kroger Co. sponsored 97 such
scholarships in 27 colleges and uni
versities throughout the country.
Any graduate of an accredited
high school in the state is eligible
and may make application directly
to the dean of the School of Agri
culture. He also may make appli
cation through his county agent,
vocational agriculture teacher or
other school official. Selection of
the winners will be made by offi
cials in charge of the scholarship
program here.
Awards are made on the basis of
scholastic achievements in high
school as well as leadership qual
ities demonstrated in school, church
or youth oi’ganizations. Need for
financial aid also may be consid
ered.
Two Aggies Get
Award For Papers
Two A&M Engineering students
received awards for outstanding
technical papers in engineering at
the regional meeting of the Amer
ican Institute of Mining Engineers
at Texas University, Feb. 14 and
15.
Winners of a year’s free mem
bership in the AIME after they
finish school are Robert L. Rid
ings, senior, and Stephen G. Dar-
daganian, graduate student.
The conference was sponsored
jointly by the student chapters of
AIME at A&M and TU.
Weather Today
Gradually clearing skies, with
possible scattered rain showers,
are forecast for today. Lowering
cloudiness is expected again to
night, but generally improved
weather conditions are forecast for
tomorrow. A cool 50 degrees was
the high for yesterday, with this
moi-ning’s low, 46. The tempera
ture at 10:30 this moiming was 47
degrees.
Aggie Slayer
Year
Prison Term
—f.
Great Issues Sentence Finds Menter
Nine amendments were offered
to the bill. One of the main
amendments adopted would allow
board of regents of the various
colleges to set up tuition scholar
ship funds for needy students
with the increased monies.
The bill also was amended to
allow the legislature, if it desires,
to use part of the new fees for
increases in teachers’ salaries or
hiring additional teachers.
RV’s Plan Trip
To New Orleans
Members of the Ross Volunteer
Company travel to New Orleans
Friday and Saturday, March 1-2
to represent the State of Texas at
the Mardi Gras, according to John
Specht, commander.
The RV’s will march as honor
guard for King Rex in the main
parade of the festivities Tuesday
morning, March 5. That night
they will be guests at the King
Rex Ball, Specht said.
Monday night, before the parade
the following morning, the New
Orleans A&M Club will honor the
RV’s with a dinner in the “French
Quarter” of the city, he said.
While in New Orleans the com
pany will be housed in Camp Le
roy Johnston.
Extra Program
Comes Tuesday
Memorial Student Center
Great Issues Series presents
the second program of the
season at 8 p.m. Tuesday in
the Memorial Student Center
Ballroom.
Following Senator Paul Doug
las’ analysis of the Mid-East cri
sis, the series is bringing Hong
Kong University History Professor
Brian Harrison to the campus for
a discussion on “Far Eastern Prob
lems of Today.”
Harrison’s appearance is extra
to the other programs to come to
the campus.
Having first-hand knowledge of
the Asiatic problems, Harrison has
published various articles in the
Journal of Royal Asiatic Society.
Other publications include “South
East Asia, a Short History” and
“Problems of Political Integration
in South-east Asia,” a paper for
the South East Asian Conference.
Before becoming history profes
sor at Hong Kong, Harrison was
senior lecturer at the University of
Malaya. Harrison spent the recent
fall term at Cornell University as
visiting professor in the Southeast
Asia Program of the Department
of Far Eastern Studies.
Thomas, O’Connor
Get Scholarships
Two junior mechanical engi
neering major's, Gary E. Thomas
of Laredo, and Charles J. O’Connor
of Corpus Christi, were chosen as
recipients of M E scholarship funds
awarded by a Houston manufactur
ing firm.
E. B. Hoyler, personnel director
of the Mission Manufacturing Co.,
Houston, represented the firm in
making the grants. This is the
second time the company has made
the awards.
Thomas and O’Connor were
chosen on the basis of outstanding
scholarship and deserving merit.
Dr. C. M. Simmang of the M. E.
Department presented the $400
check to O’Connor last night at
the joint meeting of the ASME and
AIEE clubs. O’Connor is a mem
ber of ASME.
Simmang wil give Thomas an
identical check at Tuesday night’s
meeting of the SAE club, of
which Thomas is a member.
Houston Rabbi Is
Kiwanis Speaker
Dr. Robert I. Kahn, Rabbi of
Temple Emanu El, Houston, spoke
to the College Station Kiwanis Club
luncheon in the Memorial Student
Center yesterday.
Dr. Kahn, who is in College Sta
tion to help with Religious Em
phasis Week, described his life as
a minister and compared the
ministry with other professions.
First vice president John Longley
announced preliminary plans for
the annual Pancake Fiesta, held
each year in connection with the
Bryan Kiwanis Club. Plans call
for serving pancakes from 4 to 9
p. m. on March 23. „
Guilty Without Malice
LIVINGSTON—After nearly 22 hours deliberation the
jury returned a verdict of “guilty of murder without mal
ice” last night at 9:45 and Ronald Edward Menter was sen
tenced to five years in the State Penitentiary at Huntsville.
The 22-year-old Menter was charged with the murder of
20-year-old Jan David Broderick, Aggie senior, from Curundu,
C.Z. who was killed near Hempstead Dec. 31, 1955.
Menter was his own star witness in this, his second
trial. The prosecution, headed by District Attorney J. W.
Simpson of Conroe had asked the death penalty be imposed
on Menter.
Spectators at the trial said there was a feeling through
out the trial that Menter
would either get a suspended
sentence or the trial would
end as the first had done, a
hung jury.
Both the prosecution and defense
had asked for a change of venue
in the case, but were refused by
Judge Coker.
The state rested its presentation
Monday afternoon and defense
counselor Zimmie Foreman, broth
er of Houston’s famous Percy Fore
man, called a parade of witnesses
to take the stand in Menter’s be
half.
Menter, by his own testimony,
admitted he was the child born of
a father-daughter union and told
the jury of a life of mental frus
trations, separations from his 14-
year old wife, and aborted attempt
to ship out to the Far East while
in the Army which added to the
burden of his birth shadowed his
entire life.
Menter met Broderick in an El
Paso bar, according to his testi
mony, while attempting to hitch
hike his way to Clarksburg, Tenn.
The two traveled across Texas,-
drinking all the way, according to
Menter, and the trip ended in Brod
erick’s death near Hempstead,
where Menter shot Broderick be
cause the student threatened him,
he told the jury.
“I thought he was going to kill
me,” he said.
Judge Ernest Coker said the
state’s firing tests nor those in
troduced by Foreman Saturday
were conclusive enough to show
the distance from which the fatal
shot was fired.
Arts Group
Shows Local
Talent In MSG
Aggie artists currently have
an art exhibit all their own
in the fountain room of the
Memorial Student Center.
Paintings presently on the
walls of the fountain room were all
done by members of the MSC Crea
tive Arts Group.
The Group decided to give an
all Aggie art display a chance
displaying some of the students’
best paintings in the fountain room,
according to Mrs. Emalita Terry,
creative arts advisor.
She said the display had brought
so many favorable comments the
group now plans to make it con
tinuous. Student painters will de
cide which are the best paintings
and the display will be changed
every two or three weeks.
Other projects of the Arts
Group include lapidary (stone cut
ting) and copper enameling. They
will sponsor a display and demon-
stration of these crafts in the
MSC from 2-3 p.m. on Feb. 28.
Richard D. Tarble, of the Ocean
ography Dept, will demonstrate the
art of cutting and polishing stones.
Cut and polished stones are used
widely in expensive cuff links, tie
clasps and earrings.
Mrs. Terry said she believed
there would be many students in
terested in the hobby, both for its
interest and financial possibilities.
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BRAINS FOR SALE—Education was being auctioned yesterday in the lounge of Dorm
1 as company representatives interviewed Aggie seniors for jobs. Bob Lowry is being
interviewed by Scott Vaughan and L. E. Crawford (1 to r.) for a position with the Alum
inum Company of America. In the background, Henry Goff talks with D. B. Morrison,
also an ALCOA representative. —(Photo by John West)