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HEADERS
THE
ATTALION
Student Senate
Meets Tonight
Number 235: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1957
Price Five Cents
France, Israel
Agree on Withdrawal
FROM ONE CORPS member to another is what J. F. (Bubba) Heard, Town Hall man
ager, seems to be saying to one of the Ballet Russe chorus girls.
Ballet Russe Makes Hit
As First Offered Here
By JIM NEIGHBORS
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo was
not only successful from the per
former’s standpoint but also for
the highly appreciative audience
that attended the Town Hall show
last night.
Unfortunately, White Coliseum is
not the best auditorium for ballet
and much of the scenery could not
-Off the Cuff-
What Goes
On Here
J. Wayne Stark, of the MSC
Starks, dug his hand into an ash
tray, pulled out the rubber band
§hat lay there, quickly pushed it
into his coat pocket and looked up.
His face turned red as he saw
everyone in the room was staring
at him with eyebrows raised.
He coughed, grinned and said,
“My little girl has pigtails and
this size rubber band is just the
right size for holding her braids
together.”
He went on to explain to the
group that this particular size of
band was hard to locate and inti
mated that the only reason The
Battalion was so popular around
his home was that the paper came
tied with-that size of band.
No wonder The Battalion is so
popular in College Hills.
★ ★ ★
A student left the Engineei'ing
Building yesterday afternoon, walk
ed to a car parked under a tree at
the curb and prepared to get in.
(See OFF THE CUFF, Page 2)
be used, making the presentation
doubly hard for the troupe.
Performing on a bare stage is
vei’y difficult under any circum
stances, but in the cavernous
gloom of the Coliseum it was re
markable the way the talent and
ability showed through.
As an experiment, the Ballet
Russe proved that true culture is
desired on this campus and more
shows of this type should be forth
coming. According to C. G. (Spike)
White, Student Activities director
of recreation and entertainment,
last night was the first time that
a ballet has ever been performed
on the campus for Town Hall.
There was one bad moment at
the very beginning of the show
when an Aggie of the “heckling
variety” let out with an hysterical
laugh as the ballerinas made their
first appearance. It was immedi
ately cut off and he was either im
pressed or nonplussed for there
were no other disparaging sounds
to be heard for the rest of the pro
gram.
If any criticism could be raised
toward the audience of about 4,000,
it would be that they were almost
too appreciative and applauded
enthusiastically during the middle
of several numbers.
Male ballet dancers are not often
Student Senate
Student Senate meets tonight at
7:30 in the Senate Chamber of the
Memorial Student Center.
Agenda includes reports of elec
tion, insurance, TISA, and welfare
committees. Also on the program
is Senate Retreat and Campus
Chest discussion, and committee
appointments for Distinguished
Faculty Achievement.
featured performers and special
mention should be made of the
excellent job turned in by Deni
Lament, for his parts in “Gaite
Parisienne” and “The Mikado.”
Prima ballerina Nina Novak was
quite naturally outstanding in
“The Black Swan” as was her
partner Igor Youskevitch.
The Uoup left for Houston early
this morning.
Fish To Have Ball
In Sbisa Saturday
By VAL POLK
Saturday at 9 p.m. freshman
will begin arriving at Sbisa Hall
for the Freshman Ball and will
dance to the music of the Aggie-
land Orchestra until 12 p.m.
As Aggie tradition goes the
“fish” will have the most beau
tiful dates to grace the campus
this year. Out of these beauties
one of the five finalists will be
chosen Freshman Sweetheart. She
will be the girl to represent the
“fish” in the Aggieland ’57 as
their sweetheart. She will be
named at the ball tomorrow night.
Candidates left in the running
for sweetheart of the Freshman
class are: Judy Shieder of Dallas,
sponsored by Terry Orr; Linda
Plemons of Houston, sponsored by
Joe Brooks; Barbara Martin of
Corpus Christi, sponsored by Rob-
Faculty Dinner,
Dance Canceled
The faculty dinner-dance orig
inally scheduled for tonight will
not be held, according to mem
bers of the planning committee.
Refunds on the tickets may be
obtained where they were bought.
ert C. Abbott; Beth Crocker of
Pasadena, sponsored by Douglas
Swail; and Linda Dyess of Austin,
sponsored by James B. Sellers.
Tickets for the dance are $1 be
fore Saturday noon or $2 at the
door. They can be purchased in
the Student Activities Office on
the second floor of the YMCA.
The freshman class officers
serve as the dance committee for
the ball.
Civilian Council Meets
Civilian Student Council meets
tonight at 7:30 in the Press Club
Library of the YMCA.
Besides standing committees
and regular procedure, the agenda
calls for reports from banquet,
constitution, special, magazine for
veterans, pre-registration, singing
for fun, Salk vaccine, and MSC
chimes committees. Aggieland pic
ture is scheduled.
Weather Today
Skies will be partly cloudy today.
At 10:30 this morning the temper
ature had risen to 60 degrees, from
a low of 40. Yesterday’s high
reading was 63 degrees.
Hungarian Patriot Now
Lives in College Station
By JIM BOWER
A dramatic account of the strug
gle for freedom was told last
night by a new resident of College
Station, a Hungarian with almost
8 years in Communist prisons. He
asked his name to be withheld to
avoid possible retaliation against
members of his family still in
Hungary.
Arriving here over the weekend,
the elderly freedom fighter is
living with his daughter and son-
in-law, Sgt. and Mrs. J. R. Brown.
As a Hungarian officer in World
War II, he was captured by the
Russians and stayed in a prison in
Murmansk from 1944 until 1948.
His conflict with the Russians
was far from settled as he returned
to Hungary to find his country
slowly being bled to death by Com
munist control. Once proud citizens
of Budapest were being forced by
necessity to steal from each other
to get food for survival.
Agricultural Hungary was chang
ed by the Russians into a highly
industrialized country with the pro
fits going into Communist pockets
and barely enough food imported
for the Hungarian citizens.
Since he has been here, his chief
delights in food have been fruit and
vegetables with lettuce, tomatoes
and oranges the most popular.
Another favorite of the Hun
garians is the American standby
of corn on the cob which they
eat as a dessert after the regular
meal. They are the only Europeans
that do eat corn. All the others,
including the English, regard corn
as strictly for the hogs.
One of the popular ways the
Hungarians “passively” resisted
the Russians was by dropping
pieces of metal in the machinery in
factories, thus causing a break
down and slowing production.
On Sept. 3, 1953, he was arrested
and charged with being a member
of the Christian Socialists Against
Communism, a democratic party in
Hungary. His particular group had
adopted the name of Rotund, a
famous Hungarian patriot in the
13th century.
He was tried simultaneously
with 14 others and the Communists
appointed an attorney for their de
fense. The attorney’s worth was
measured in the words of the
Hungarian as he left the court
asking them to let him speak
against the defense offered by his
attorney.
While a prisoner in a former
convent south of Budapest, he had
a cerebral hemorrhage and was
paralyzed and partially blind for
six months. He attributes his re
covery' to the prison doctors who
were sympathetic to his cause and
the doctors in prison with him.
In addition to the customary
beatings and cruelty', he told of a
(See HUNGARIAN, Page 2)
UN To Move In
Emergency Units
WASHINGTON, UP)—The United States, France and
Israel agreed last night on a formula for prompt withdrawal
of Israeli troops from two disputed Middle East areas and
their replacement indefinitely by United Nations forces.
The agreement was disclosed after a day of urgent
talks involving Secretary of State Dulles, French Foreign
Minister Christian Pineau, Israeli Foreign Minister Golda
Meir and Israeli Ambassador Abba Eban.
Details of the agreement, which apparently breaks a
weeks-long deadlock, were kept secret pending an expected
formal announcement in the United Nations, possibly some
time today.
However, it was learned 4 ^
was
that orders would go out
shortly to the Israeli troops to
evacuate the Gaza Strip and
Sahrm el Sheikh, which com
mands the mouth of the Gulf of
Aqaba.
Further, the plan was said to
call for replacement of these troops
with U.N. Emergency Force sol
diers who would remain until the
Egypt-Israel dispute quieted down.
This was a key position. Israel
has insisted that the Gaza Strip
must not be turned back to Egypt.
Israeli officials were reported sat
isfied that this would not happen.
The agreement in effect ap
peared to mean Israeli compliance
with two Feb. 2 U.N. resolutions
sponsored by the United States.
The first called for prompt Israeli
withdrawal beyond the 1949 truce
lines. The second ordered UNEF
troops into the areas evacuated
by the Israelis.
It was not clear, however, wheth
er a new interpretation would
have to be made of the status of
UNEF troops. U.N. Secretary
Dag Hammarskjold has ruled that,
under the Feb. 2 resolution, the
UNEF is in Egypt at the invitation
of Egypt. Under that interpreta
tion the U.N. police could simply
accept Gaza from Israel and hand
it over to Egypt if Egypt so de
sired.
Indications that Israel officials
feel that this would not happen
pointed to an expected new inter
pretation that U.N. police should
stay in Gaza until the situation
eases up. The Israelis fear com
mando raids from Egyptian bases
in Gaza.
BULLETIN
Mrs. John M. Prescott and son,
Steve, were reported this morn
ing as being in good condition
after their car accident Tuesday
afternoon at East Gate. Both
are being treated for cuts and
shock. The other son, Donnie,
was released after treatment for
cuts and bruises.
Fish Ball Sweetheart Finalists
Barbara Martin of Corpus Christi
Robert C. Abbott, escort
Linda Dyess of Texas U.
James B. Sellers, escort
Beth Crocker of Pasadena
Douglas Swail, escort
Judy Shieder of Dallas
Terry Orr, escort
Linda Plemons of Houston
Joe Brooks, escort
Friday Closes
Application For
Student Editors
Last day students may apply for
editorships for the Aggieland, Ag
riculturist, Commentator, South
western Veterinarian and Engineer
is Friday, according to Ross Stra
der, director of student publica
tions.
Deadline for Battalion editorship
application is March 15.
Battalion and Aggieland editors
are appointed by the Board of Stu
dent Publications after certifica
tion of eligibility and recommenda
tion by the director of student pub
lications.
Editors of the four magazines
are appointed in the same fashion,
but in addition must have approval
by the student council of the school
served by the magazine.
Minimum requirements are:
One year’s experience on the
staff of a student publication and
proved capacity to carry on the
work.
Junior or senior classification.
Free from academic probation or
disciplinary action.
Grade-point average of at least
1.5 through the fall semester.
Interested students must make
written application. Application
blanks and other information may
be obtained at the Office of Stu
dent Publications on the ground
floor of the YMGA.
Novelist Says
Custer Killer
FinallyFiound
“Who killed Gen. George
A. Custer?” a question that
has been bothering historians
for quite a few years is sup
posedly solved in a book just
published by the University of
Oklahoma Press.
The death of Custer, for
80 years a subject of amateur
and professional students of
American history, is described
in Stanley Vestal’s “Sitting
Bull: Champion of the Sioux.”
Vestal says in his book that
Gen. Custer got killed by White
Bull, a nephew of Chief Sitting
Bull.
The way Vestal tells it,
White Bull was supposed to
have told one of his Indian
friends, Bad Juice, “If that is
Long Hair, I am the man who
killed him,” when Custer’s
body was pointed out to him
after the battle.
Vestal, whose real life name
is Walter S. Campbell, claims
be could not publish this in
formation before since many
of his informants were still
alive.
Grad Comes Clean
PULLMAN, Wash.—(^—Wash
ington State College’s physical ed
ucation department received a
package with a note: “Stolen in
1940.” A well worn towel was in
side.