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Number 234: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1957
Price Five Cents
Off the Cuff-
What Goes
On Here
Last week while speculating-
about P. L. (Pinky) Downs’ license
number for 1957 The Battalion was
wondering what would happen if
Pinky came up with TU 04.
Well, yesterday Downs phoned
the office and informed the paper
that he now sports the license num
ber TT 3421.
The 3421 digits in Pinky’s li
cense denote the score of the 195G
A&M-TU football game in Memor
ial Stadium.
Pinky went on to say that he
didn’t want, and wouldn’t think of
having- a license with the “TU”
px-efix on his cai‘, but would look
at the 3421 every day when he got
in his car and remember “that”
Thanksgiving afternoon when the
Aggies broke the jinx.
★ ★ ★
Along the same vein — Pinky
Downs had the tax assessor and
collector people standing on their
heads looking for his license plate,
and refused to leave the office xm-
til they came up with the plate
with the score on it he wanted.
★ ★ ★
Barbara Boyd, the brunette
who works over at the main desk
in the MSG reports she came near
to ending her job yesterday after
noon when the members of the
Ballet Russe cast began register
ing for their rooms.
Our sympathy goes out to her
as she stumbled through all 11
letters in Igor Youskevitch.
★ ★ ★
Always trying to print both sides
Df the issue in question and to
jhow The Battalion is not biased—
Local members of the Texas
University Exes will hold their an
nual dinner Saturday night at 7
in the Maggie Parker Dining Room
in Bryan.
Reservations for the affair are |
being handled by Mrs. C. A. Greer
and Mrs. Coulter Hoppess.
M. K. Woodward, law professor
at the Univex-sity will speak.
Conroe Solon
Charged With
Taking Bribe
WRECK AT EAST GATE — Campus Security Patrolman Morris Maddox surveys the
wreckage of the two vehicles which collided yesterday afternoon at East Gate. Standing
with Maddox is R. W. Downard, driver of the pickup truck, who was injured.
At East Gate
Wreck Injures Three
By JIM NEIGHBORS
For the first time in 10 years
East Gate was the scene of an
accident, as a car and pickup col
lided at that intersection yesterday
afternoon, injux-ing three people.
Mrs. Katherine W. Prescott,
Harrison Speaks
To CS Kiwamans
Dr. Bi-ian Harrison, professor of
history at the University of Hong
Kong, compai’ed U. S. and oriental
schools yesterday at the weekly
luncheon of the College Station
Kiwanis Club.
“The original idea which the
British government formed the
university for, was to attract Main
land Chinese,” Dr. Harrison said.
“Now, of course, the ‘cux-tain’ has
fallen and we have to turn to
Hong Kong and other oriental
countries for our students.”
The university is suppoi’ted
pai-tly by the Hong Kong govern
ment and partly by the British
government, he explained. About
99 per cent of the 1,500 students
are Chinese, while almost two
thirds of the faculty are European
or American.
Puls, Ford Win
$500 Scholarship
Charles R. Puls of Houston and
Lamar Ford of Marshall have been
named winners of $500 scholar
ships sponsored by Black-Bi’ollier,
Inc. of Houston to reward and as
sist students in architecture and
civil erigineei-ing.
Puls is majoring in civil engi
neering and Ford in architectural
constx-uction. The two were selected
by the Faculty Scholarships Com
mittee.
In addition to a good scholarship
record, Puls is a baseball letter-
man, a member of the Aggie
Chx-istian Fellowship Executive
Committee and American Society
of Civil Engineei's Student Chapter.
For the / past two summei’s he
worked for the State Highway De
partment at Houston.
Ford is a lieutenant colonel in
the cadet coi’ps. He has worked as
an apprentice carpenter for several
summers and expects to become
both a licensed architect and a
journeyman carpenter.
driver of the car, received a con
cussion and possible skull fracture.
Riding with her in the car were
her two sons; Stephen M., nine and
Donald W., four. The oldest boy
had four teeth knocked out when
he was thrown against the dash
board.
R. W. Downard of the Mechani
cal Engineering Department, driver
of the pickup, received minor cuts
and did not require hospitalization.
Both the injured members of the
Sports Day
Visitor Space
Plan Urged
Hometown Clubs are urged
to try and make housing ac
commodations for their High
School Day and Sports Day
visitors in their own dormi
tories this weekend, according
to Allan Madeley, of the Hous
ing Office.
Housing will be provided for
late comers or students with
out housing in the vacant
rooms, he said. However,
there are very few such rooms
on the campus and the Hous
ing Office will not assign
somebody to an occupied room.
Therefore, the clubs are urged
to pi’ovide their own housing
for the visitors if they pos
sibly can.
Prescott family were taken to Saint
Joseph Hospital in a Calloway-
Jones ambulance. Mi's. Prescott
was unconscious at the time and
both children were suffering from
shock.
Apparently Downard entered the
intersection and was turning left
toward Highway 6 while on New
Main Drive as Mrs. Prescott turned
right onto the drive. They collided
in the middle of the street and the
Prescott car was swung around
from the impact.
Damages to the two vehicles
were extensive and both were
towed away fr-om the scene.
Morris A. Maddox, Campus Se
curity investigating officer, said
the accident was the worst one on
the campus this yeai\
Mi's. Prescott’s husband, an in-
sti’uctor in the Biochemistry and
Nuti’ition Department, ai'rived at
the scene of the accident in time
to ride to the hospital in the
ambulance with his wife.
Her condition was reported as
satisfactox-y” by hospital officials
last night. 1
Flight Training
Almost Certain
Says Dittman
A&M’s proposal to set up a
flight training program is
presently in the hands of of
ficials at Air University in
Alabama and little or no op
position to the plan expected.
“I feel confident the proposal
will be acceptable to the Air Uni
versity officials,” said Col. Henry
Dittman, professor of Air Science.
Dittman spoke with the officials
yesterday and said later that they
seemed to favor the proposal and
that he “does not anticipate any
trouble as to its acceptance.” How
ever, if there are any changes made
in the proposal it would hamper
considerably the chances for its
acceptance.
Several other proposals had been
made by the college, bxxt each time
they were turned down because of
their high cost of opex-ation. The
latest pi’oposal sets the lowest fig
ure made on any of the previous
ones.
If the proposal is acceptable and
the flight ti'aining program is
put into effect, A&M will be the
42nd school to do so. Only 43
schools in the U.S. have been cer
tified for the program.
Pres. D. W. Williams, acting
president of the college, has said
his main interest in the program is
to “let the boys that want to fly
have the opportunity.”
This semester only senior Air
Force category I (pilot) contract
students are eligible for the flight
training, but in the future plans
will be made to include senior ai’my
ROTC students.
Dittman’s reaction to the flight
program for senior AF cadets is
“Gig’em and let’s get those boys
in the air!”
Conflicting Opinions Among Aggies
Students Wonder About Bill
By GAYLE McNUTT
•Students across the state are
concei’ning themselves more and
more about the wisdom of our State
Legislatui'e in presenting a bill
raising the tuition fee at all state-
supported schools from $25 to $50.
Meanwhile, students at A&M
show conflicting opinions as to
whether the raise in tuition rates
will benefit them or be just anoth
er $25 out of the well-woim pocket-
book.
Most Aggies do not seem to
have a definite opinion. They say
they do not really know enoxxgh
about the, proposed raise to ex
press an intelligent opinion. Gen
eral opinion is that if the schools
will be directly benefitted by the
higher tuition, it is worthwhile.
However, if the bill will merely
lower taxes for the general public
or allow more state money to be
put elsewhere, while the students
pay more, it shouldn’t be passed.
Jim Christ, senior industrial ed
ucation majoi’ from Rosenberg and
member of “C” Infantry, said, “If
it will help education standai’ds and
encoui'age more and better profes
sors and facilities, I am for it. It
is a well-known fact that many
good teachers leave the profession
because they x-eceive higher pay
in another field, and if we can keep
this from happening, it will benefit
us all. I do not think an extra
$25 a semester will hui’t any of
xxs too much, after all we ai'e get
ting a good education at a rela
tively low price.”
Tommy Locke, “A” Ti’ansporta-
tion junior from Hamilton, said,
“If it will benefit the school and
not somebody else, it is certainly
good for all students. For some
students, digging up an extra $25
a semester may be pretty rough,
though.”
Tom Wisdom, fi'eshman in “B”
Armor from New Braunfels, like
wise felt the value of the raise
rested in its use. “If it will really
benefit us, I’m for it, bxxt if we
really won’t receive the benefit of
it, I can’t see any good it could
possibly do,” he said.
Another big question ai'ises as
to how the raise will affect medi
cal students and non-resident stu
dents.
From the view of Lester J. Ber
ry, sophomore pre-medicine major
from Galveston, the higher tuition
rates for medical students may dis
courage promising young doctors
and dentists. He said, “I can’t
really see the use in raising the
tuition, but there may be one. It
seems to me that the x’aise could
at least be more flexible and be
added onto something else such
as student activity fees. Some
students may have to leave col
lege because of the increase.
Raul Villaronga, of Ponce, P.R.,
said of the raise’s effect on non-
x'esident students, “I believe it
would almost wholly discourage
non-i'esident students from coming
to A&M. The $150 we now have
to pay seems too much, and if
it increased even more some of us
will jxxst have to drop out and go
somewhei’e else.” Villaronga is a
sophomore in “C” Infantry.
Regaxdless of the outcome, the
eyes of Texas A&M seem to be
resting on the State Senate.
Tape Recorder Is
State’s Evidence
By DAVE CHEAVENS
AUSTIN—(TP)—Rep. James E. Cox, 36, of Conroe was
charged yesterday with consenting to accept a bribe to use
his influence on a bill dealing with the practice of naturopathic
medicine.
The warrant charged that Cox agreed to accept a bribe
from Dr. Howard Harmon of San Antonio with the under
standing that his “vote and influence” be given on HB274
“in a manner favorable to Dr. Harmon.”
House Speaker Waggoner Carr said that the informa
tion on which Cox was charged was volunteered to him by
Dr. Harmon who brought a recording of a conversation that
allegedly took place in a hotel room here.
Dr. Harmon is president off —
1,000 Seniors
Expected Here
For Sports Day
More than 1,000 high school
seniors are expected on cam
pus Saturday for the annual
High School and Sports Day.
President D. W. Williams
will welcome the students Saturday
morning. They come by invitation
from hometown clubs and former
student clubs throughout the state.
The seniors will hear Presi
dent Williams after they reg
ister. After the speech they will
be taken on a guided tour of the
campus which will emphasize de
partments of special interest to
each man as a possible major
course of study. The visitors will
also see a color film on life at
A&M.
After noon meals in the two col
lege dining halls, the visitors will
be feted by a program of athletic
events sponsored by “T” Associa
tion in cooperation with the Ath
letic Depai’tment.
The Office of Student Activities
will sponsor the morning program.
Sports events for the day will in
clude an A&M-Lamar Tech golf
match at 1 p.m.; A&M-University
of Houston tennis match at 1 p.m.
and A&M-University of Houston
baseball game on the Kyle Field
diamond at 2.
Saturday night the Aggie foot
ball team will play an intra-squad
game at 7:30 on Kyle Field.
the Texas Naturpathic Phy
sician’s Assn. The bill in
volved is one th^t would out
law the practice of naturo
pathic medicine. It is pending in
committee.
Intexmal security officers of the
Depai'tment of Public Safety
sought to serve the warrant on
Co.x at his desk in the chamber of
the House yesterday afternoon,
but he was not there.
While officei's wei'e looking for
the legislator, Carr called newsmen
to his office whei’e he issued a
statement detailing events that led
to the filing of charges, and seek
ing to make it clear that the law
makers were determined “to keep
their own house in order.”
Cox repi’esents Grimes and Mont
gomery counties in the House.
He lists his profession as an
accountant and insurance man. He
is married and has a two year old
son.
Carr Sets Bond
The charge was that as a mem
ber of the House of Representa
tives, Cox “willfully and corruptly
did consent to accept a bribe from
Di\ Howard Hai'mon, under an
agreement with Harmon and with
the understanding that the vote
and influence of Cox should be
given and made on HB 274 in a
manner favorable to said Di\ Har
mon, in violation of his duties as
a legislative officer.”
Watson set bond at $5,000. In
his statement, Carr said:
(See SOLON CHARGED, Page 2)
Town Hall Features
Ballet Russe Tonight
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo will
be pi'esented tonight at 8 in White
Coliseum by the Town Hall Series.
The ballet team promises to give
the Aggies a real treat with its
gay, light ballets.
Gaiety extends from the can-can
in the “Gaite Pai’isienne” ballet to
the flirtation between the boys and
gilds in the ballet “Sombreros.
The team has dancers fi'om over
the woi'ld including one from
Poland, one from Australia, one
fi*om Russia and one from Fort
Worth.
They have the reputation of giv
ing the people “modern” ballet in
stead of classical. Modern ballet is
like that being used on Broadway,
in television and movies.
PROVOCATIVE DUCHESS Lorraine Miller of Waelder
is one of the first entries in the annual Cotton Pageant
to be held this spring. She is an eye catching preview of
what is to come from future entries in the event.
Board Accepts
A&M’s Board of Directors ac
cepted $171,179.92 in funds for
scholai'ships, fellowships, awards
and in grants-in-aid for reseai'ch
at their meeting Saturday.
A&M College received $121,939.-
92; the Texas Agridultural Expei’i-
ment Station got $48,850; and
Pi'aii'ie View A&M received $400
plus miscellaneous equipment.
The company has been said to
have the greatest gi’oup of male
stars in ballet. This is a great
compliment since male ballet
dancers are few and hai’d to get.
Male dancei’S have not been star
ring in ballet for many years and
are now showing the same, if not
more, gi’ace and skill than the
ballerinas, many fans say.
The ballets to be presented are
of a classical nature and have a
period setting which makes them
timeless and universal in theme.
This type of ballet is said to be
popular with most people since it
tends to take people’s minds off
their worldly problems.
Admission to the ballet is by
Town Hall season ticket or by
single admission tickets which can
be bought at the main door of the
Coliseum.
Weather Today
Clear to partly cloudy is the fore
cast for the College Station area.
High and low temperature read
ings yesterday wex-e 63 and 42
degrees. At 10:30 this morning
the mercury stood at 56 degrees.