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Number 231: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1957
Price Five Cents
BIRDSEYE VIEW of the model expressway exhibited in the Memorial Student Center
as a part of the Texas Highway Short Course being held thrsjveek^ ^
The Battalion Wins 1st
In Safety Competition
First place laurels in the An-
ual National College Newspaper
afety Contest, sponsored by the
umbermens Mutual Casualty Co.,
ent to The Battalion for their
556 Safety Edition published be-
>re Christmas.
For the fifth time in as many
ears, The Battalion has placed
mong the top three winners in
le national contest. Jim Bower,
iitor, yesterday received a tele
ram informing him of the win
nd the $500 prize money which
; being mailed to The “Batt.”
Colleges and universities from
-Off the Cuff-
What Goes
On Here
With the new Texas license
lates now being issued in Brazos
ounty one question that has been
u-emost in many Aggie minds is
ist how is P. L. (Pinky) Downs-
le colleges’ official greeter and
[r. A&M-going to feel if he ends
p with license number TU 04 ?
Could the; source of this out
age in Brazos County be some
engeance-minded “teasip” work-
ig part-time in the license bureau
i Austin ?
★ ★ ★
M. K. (Duke) Thornton, long-
me agricultural chemist for the
exas A&M Extension Service, will
jtire March 1. Thornton was
iven the nickname “Mr. Soils”
jr his untiring work in the fields
£ water, soils and fertilizers
iroughout the years. The well-
nown figure on both state and
ational levels becomes technical
irecfor for the Texas Limestone
ssociation at the time of his
itirement, thereby continuing his
urvice to those who respect his
ast knowledge of a basic re-
mrce of the state—its soil.
★ ★ ★
Members of the auditioning team
>r the Intercollegiate Talent Show
[arch 15, recently returned from
ae of their trips to other schools,
i the past two weeks they have
•aveled over 2,500 miles, visited
1 schools in 4 states and audition-
I over 130 acts. They have ac-
?pted seven acts so far.
High School Rooms
High school students visiting the
campus for High School Day March
2, should be housed in rooms of
students off the campus that week
end if possible, the Housing Office
has announced. Empty rooms are
being reserved for students ar
riving without arrangements.
More information is available in
the Housing Office, YMCA base-
28 states turned in 278 entries in
the competition for the prizes.
There are two divisions in the con
test; one for daily publications
and one for non-dailes. The $500
first prize in the latter field was
won by the Miami University, Ox
ford, Ohio.
The “Batt” placed first in 1953
also. In 1952, ’54 and ’55 they
placed third, winning $100 each
time. The only other college news
paper entered in the contest which
comes close to this record is The
Daily Trojan of the University of
Southern California.
In the daily field second prize
was won by Brigham Young Uni
versity and the University of New
Mexico placed third. Non-daily
top winners were the University
of Arkansas, second, and the third
place money was divided by San
Diego State College and the North
ern State Teachers College of Ab
erdeen, S.D.
Four students will receive $100
each for winning the individual
editorial, feature, cartoon and pho
tograph classifications.
The winning editorial was sub
mitted by Curtis B. Mathis of the
University of Tennessee, top fea
ture by Dick Anderson of the San
Diego State College, the outstand
ing cartoon by Robert Smogor of
the College of Steubenville and
the best photo by Paul Henry of
the University of Buffalo.
Prizes were won for outstanding
efforts to promote safe driving
among fellow students.
Ike Says Only Choice
Is To Pressure Israel
Broach Speaks
Of Man’s Faith
InR.E.Talk
In Christianity we have a
faith to stand up and cheer
for, Dr. Claude Broach, prin
cipal speaker for Religious
Emphasis Week, said today.
“Americans are an enthusiastic
people. We sound off on politics
and sports, but when it comes to
religion we become shy and apolo
getic,” Dr. Broach said.
Dr. Broach went on to say that
Christians need not be ashamed of
their convictions. “Instead”, he
said, “we should stand up and cheer
for the church, the continuing mir
acle of history; the reality of re
demption, and the majesty of
Christ.”
Yesterday, Dr. Broach told stu
dents of a question which involves
every Christian. “What does it
mean to be a Christian?” The
answer Jesus gave was simple,
“Follow thou me.” Even a child
can understand this, he said, and,
if a man believes it, his life w;ill
take on new dimensions and mean-
ing.
“For man, however, religion is an
individual thing between him and
God. And man’s acceptance of re
ligion should also be individual,
not the product of “doing what
everybody else is doing.”
“Being a Christian means more
than just doing or believing cer
tain things “The essence of dis-
cipleship is a personal relationship
with the Master,” said Dr. Broach.
He pointed out that such a com
mand as Jesus made was easy to
praise but hard to follow.
“Our goal must be to seek in our
lives the ideals and principles that
marked His life,” Broach said.
Housing
6 Controls
• By JIM NEIGHBORS
Ted Cathey, an unassuming man
with a pleasant voice, is probably
the most qualified person for the
title of “Mr. Texas A&M After
5 p. m.”
He is the man who every night
answers the phones in the Housing
Office, and takes all the calls made
by parents, girl friends and other
people who call the office looking
for students.
Office’s Cathey
Campus 9 After 5
When asked about his job,
Cathey is the first to minimize it
by saying “nothing much ever hap
pens to me.” However, as one of
his acquaintances said, “He does
more work and is the most under
paid man on this campus.”
Cathey’s duties are many, and
often he is doing two or three
things at once. For instance, he
might be trying to talk to two
people on different telephone lines
at once and look up the room
numbers of students in the rostei^
Besides answering the tele
phones, there are telegrams to be
sent, as the Housing Office is the
only place where telegrams may
be sent at night.
The soft-spoken man with all
the information came to A&M 10
years ago and is still doing the
same thing every night and all
day Sunday. Night after night,
he talks to people all over the
United States. Of course, most of
them are long distance telephone
operators.
Cathey has the distinction of be
ing one of the few people who has
been to every home football game
except one, in the past 10 years.
His wife, Vicki, is quite ac
customed to his schedule by now as
it has not changed since he began
working as night clerk, housing
assistant, chief dispatcher or any
of the other job titles he could
claim. Too few people appreciate
the work he does until one of the
little yellow call slips telling them
of a long distance call is left at
their door.
Ted Cathey
“Mr. Texas A&M after 5’
Former Students
Executive Board of the Associa
tion of Former Students of A&M
will meet here March 2-3. The
members will also attend the an
nual Sports Day to be held at
that time.
Weather Today
Forecast for the College Station
area calls for clear skies. The high
yesterday was 53 degrees, and the
low, 35. The 10:30 a.m. reading
todav was 55 degrees.
Hints US Ready
To Support UN
WASHINGTON UP) — President Eisenhower declared
last night “the United Nations has no choice but Jo exert
pressure upon Israel” to get her troops out ot disputed Mid-
eaSt Eisenhower thus threw out an apparent hint that the
United States stands ready, if a show-down comes, to sup
port some kind of United Nations sanctions against Israe
for her failure thus far to heed U.N. demands to withdraw
But the President coupled with the hint a statement that
“we still hope” Israel will accept U.S. assurances and go
along with the U.N. demands. . .
Eisenhower spoke out in a half-hour radio-television le-
port to the nation on his ad-*
ministration’s efforts—so far
unavailing—to settle the la
test Middle East crisis with
out sanctions against Israel.
He opened his talk, broadcast
worldwide by the Voice of Amer
ica, with the solemn statement:
“The future of the United Na
tions and peace in the Middle East
may be at stake.”
Eisenhower”s talk went step by
step over the situation as he saw
it. In a warning to Israel he said:
“The United Nations must not
fail.
“I believe that—in the interests
of peace—the United Nations has
no choice but to* exert pressure
upon Israel to comply, with the
withdrawal resolutions.”
And then he offered the Israelis
a way out:
“Of course, we still hope that
the government of Israel will see
that its best immediate and long
term interests lie in compliance
with the United Nations and in
placing its trust in the resolutions
of the United Nations and in the
declaration of the United States
with reference to the future.”
Eisenhower spoke shortly after
the U.N. announced a postpone
ment, the third this week, of Gen
eral Assembly debate on the ques
tion of sanctions against Israel.
The announcement said that at
United States request debate was
being put off from today until
tomorrow on an Asian-African bloc
move to impose U.N. economic
strictures against Israel in an ef
fort to force withdrawal of Israeli
forces from the Gaza Strip and
the mouth of the Gulf of Aqaba.
The President held a conference
with congressional leaders yester
day morning on the grave Mideast
situation.
Grade School
Plans Program
On Washington
A&M Consolidated Elemen
tary School will present a
George Washington’s Birth
day program in the school
auditorium tomorrow at 12:30
p.m.
Second grade students will sing
“February Birthdays” and “Our
Flag”. Billy Brady will tell the
story of “Betsy Ross and the Flag”
while a group of children panto
mime the story. Sherril Haas will
portray Betsy Ross and Mark
Hayes will play the part of George
Washington. Bobby Mixon and
Douglas Lewis will be soldiers. The
children from one room will dance
a minuet.
“George Washington”, will be
sung by the third grade and two
sections of the class will present
a choral speaking part, “America is
Great.”
“Washington’s Little General”,
an original play, will be given by
the fourth grade pupils. The an
nouncer will be Gregg Burroughs
and the narrator will be Janet
Gould. Parts will be played by
Lorelei Brown, Wade Wright, Al-
lyn Phillips, Jimmy Beamer, Claire
Elkins, Larry Godfrey, Tommy
Skrivanek, Ralph Dittman, Don
Musa and Walter Varvel.
Frank Coulter will be the piano
accompanist. Teachers in the sec
ond, third and fourth grades are
assisting with the program.
Civilian Event
Planning Starts
With Questions
Civilian Weekend planning
got under way this week as
questionnaires were passed
out in civilian dormitories ask
ing for suggestions and opin
ions to use in setting activities for
the annual event.
The same questionnaires will be
available to College View and Pro
ject House residents when they pay
their March rent, Bill Claidc, chair
man of the planning committee
said.
“Among the questions to be de
cided are the type of orchestra
desired, location of the dance, type
of meal and the sweetheart con
test,” Clark said. “Also, we hope
to set up a baby-sitting service for
married students, if enough want
it.”
Clark stressed that anyone wish
ing to help with organization of
the celebration, which is scheduled
for May 3-4, shonld contact him
or the individual’s Council repre
sentative.
Registrar Requests
Fast Degree Filing
As deadline for filing for a de
gree comes closer, seniors and
graduate students are requested
by the registrar’s office to take
care of this as soon as possible,
according to J. Y. Alexander, as
sistant registrar.
March 1 is the deadline for filing
the degree application for both
undergraduate and graduate stu
dents.
Alexander points out that the
sooner students apply to his office
for the degi-ee the easier it will
be for his office to work out the
“red tape.”
Besides checking all require
ments, the registrar must notify
various departments which stu
dents are exempt from exami
nations, said Alexander.
As to the number of degree
applicants, Alexander says there
is no definite count yet, but there’s
a stack of cards about eight
inches high filled out by degree
candidates on his desk.
Antitrust Official Tells
Of OilTransport Profits
WASHINGTON—UP)—The gov
ernment’s top antitrust prosecutor
told Congress yesterday he under
stands some tanker owners are
“making a million dollars a trip
hauling oil from the Middle East
to Europe.
Victor Hansen, head of the Jus
tice Department’s Antitrust Divis
ion, made this statement to sena
tors investigating the oil-for-Eu-
rope program and recent increases
House Approves
Tuition Increase
AUSTIN, —CP)— The House
yesterday passed and sent to
the Senate a bill (HB 265) to
double tuition at state colleges
and universities.
The bill’s author. Rep. Mur
ray Watson Jr. of Mart, said
it would allow needy students
to get tuition scholarships, pro
vide salary increases for teach
ers and add needed teachers.
If the Senate approves the
bill, it will go into effect 90
days following the close of the
session.
in the price of petroleum and oil
products.
Hansen said the plan to alleviate
oil shortages in Europe caused
by blockage of the Suez Canal and
the blasting of pipelines is work
ing reasonably well.
He also said Justice Depart
ment officials “have been able to
conduct a day-to-day watch over
functioning of the industry groups
formed under the plan.”
He stressed that the “voluntary
agreement” could be terminated
at any time by the attorney gen
eral “at the first real showing
that the participants are misusing
the immunities from antitrust pros
ecution given by the agreement.”
Fifteen of the biggest U. S. oil
companies, operating as a volun
tary Middle East Emergency Com
mittee, were granted certain anti
trust immunity to pool tankers and
supplies to help meet European
needs.
Sen. O’Mahoney (D-Wyo), pre
siding at a joint inquiry by the
Antitrust and Public Lands sub
committees, told Hansen this im
munity should have been restrict
ed to ensure that “extortionate
prices would not have been charg
ed.”
The senator said freight rates
on tanker ships hauling the emer
gency. oil “have skyrocketed.”
Stromgren Slated
For‘Star’Speech
“The Chemical Composition of
Main Sequence Stars” will be the
subject of a talk given by Dr.
Bengt Stromgren, tomorrow at 8
p.m. in the Lecture Room, Biologi
cal Sciences Building.
Stromgren graduated from Cop
enhagen University, Denmark, with
a Ph.t). degree at the age of 21
and since that time has taught in
both European and American col
leges and universities.
He has been awarded many hon
ors throughout the years, includ
ing the first Augustinus Prize to
be given in 1950 and the Sewell
L. Avery Distinguished Service
Professor award in 1952.