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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1957
Price Five Cents
Off the Cuff
What Goes
On Here
Working under the old “Save
While You Pay” plan, the Inter
collegiate Talent Show ticket com
mittee is supposedly meeting great
success in the Corps with their
“incentive” ticket sales plan.
Offered to units in the Corps,
the plan is: Each unit first ser
geant is given tickets. If he can
sell one to every member in his
unit, the unit gets a percentage
for the unit fund and the sergeant
gets two tickets free.
★ ★ ★
Time will tell whether or not
the weatherman is right — last
night the “word” was passed
around the campus that a hail
storm was heading toward College
Station. Immediately the caver
nous spaces under Kyle Field foot
ball stadiufn were filled to over
flowing with cars trying to es
cape the downpour of the white
pellets.
Here’s hoping that Bear and
Bones don’t mind the extra-curric
ular use of the stadium-for a storm
cellar.
★ ★ ★
Seems like George (Swish) Me-
haffey has kept one of his better
social accomplishments under a
basket while plying his “round-
(See OFF THE CUFF, Page 2)
NEW SUPERINTENDENT—W. Taylor Riedel is shown at
home last night shortly before he was notified of his ap
pointment as A&M Consolidated School System Superin
tendent. At present Riedel is principal of Consolidated
Jr. High.
Group Studies
Grass Problem
Representatives from the stu
dent body, faculty and staff met
yesterday afternoon for a “brain
storm” session to produce a solu
tion to the paths that have now be
come “distinct lines” across the
drill field and Spence Park in the
Corps area.
Those present were Dean Robert
B. Kamm, Col. Joe Davis, Bennie
A. Zinn, W. L. Penberthy, Howard
Badgett, Larry Piper, L. E. Shep
pard and Jim Bower.
Several suggestions came forth
during the meeting and the gen
eral concensus of opinion was that
students themselves were going to
have to realize the necessity for
helping keeping the campus “some
thing we can be proud of.”
Maintaining the thought for
student initiative, a committee
composed of Larry Piper, Student
Senate; Bill Clark, Civilian Coun
cil and L. E. Sheppard, Corps, was
appointed to work with the Senate
Beautification committee for pos-.
sible solutions to the problem of
students walking across grassed
areas.
Talent
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By JOE BUSER
“KITS-TV,” the “Kadet Inter
collegiate Talent Show,” which
originates from G. Rollie White
Coliseum, will be on the air Fri
day night at 7 with an even doz
en acts of fresh talent for the col
legiate set and their dates. The
program will sign off before the
Combat Ball begins'.
The visiting talent will perform
against the backdrop of a televis
ion studio — with cameras, boom
mikes and wires to trip on. A
touch of realism is being added by
two TV scouts from local stations,
who- will be seeking new talent
for their programs. Studio music
will be provided by the Aggieland
Orchestra.
Master of ceremonies for the
sixth annual show will be Bob
Cooper, a disk jockey for KTSA,
San Antonio. He will be intro
ducing such acts as the Apache
Show
Video
Belles from Tyler Junior College;
Don Reis, drummer extraordinary,
University of Oklahoma; and the
Four Hits, four sophomores from
Oklahoma A&M who have just
signed a 10 year contract with
ABC Paramount Recording Stu
dios.
Also included in the two hour
show will be the Flying Matadors,
a trampoline act from Texas Tech;
June Pence, a piano-playing lass
from TCU; The Bunch, a calypso
combo from the University of Ar
kansas; and Jerry (Impersonator)
Hatfield from Aggieland. Also
featured will be Carol Cunningham
and Harry Theard from Loyola
University in New Orleans, doing
a medley of songs from “Okla
homa”; a modern dancer from
LSU, Jeanette Pillerin; and the
Br-uin Airs, a quartet from Bay
lor.
A special attraction for the show
will be Beverly Montgomery from
Rice. “Beverly sings, but the Ag
gies may not notice that,” Shirley
Cannon, MSC program Director,
says.
Tickets for the talent show are
on sale through all 1st Sergeants.
Admission is 75 cents for regular
seats; $1 for reserved seats.
Methodists Discuss
Racial Integration
First r in a series of Wesley
Foundation programs on integra
tion and segregation will be pre
sented tomorrow night at 7:15 in
the Foundation building.
The program on the topic, “In
troduction to Racial Problems,”
will be presented by the Inter
racial Strategy Committee of the
Austin YMCA.
Deadline Friday for
SCON A Applicants
All Aggies who wish to ap-
plj' for membership on the
committees for the Third Stu
dent Conference on National
Affairs must have their appli
cations into the Memorial Stu
dent Center Directorate Office
before March 15. All SCONA
11 members who want to
work on SCONA 111 must also
fill out an application.
Weather Today
RAINY
Cloudiness and possible show
ers are forecast for the area. The
high yesterday was 79 degrees, and
the low last night, 61. At 10:30
this morning, the mercury stood at
63 degrees.
BEVERLY MONTGOMERY, Rice freshman from Houston,
will be one of the many beauties vieing for the talent
crown at the Intercollegiate Talent Show Friday night.
She even sings too.
School Board Hires
New Superintendent
Daring Flier
Richard Byrd
Dies In Sleep
BOSTON, LT>) — Retired
Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd,
USN, 68, the first man to fly
over the North and South
Poles, died peacefully in his
sleep last night at his Brimmer
street home.
His wife and four children were
at his bedside when he passed
away at 6:20 p.m. His death was
attributed to a heart ailment
brought on by overwork in con
nection with his man activities.
The family said that he had
worked without a holiday for three
years and only recently was able
to get any rest. Although he had
kept up his work in connection with
the United States antarctic pro-
grams of which he was officer in
charge, he gradually weakened and
finally his heart failed.
His son, Navy Lt. Richard E.
Byrd, Jr., said that although his
father had been in ill health, his
death “came as a blow because he
was talking by phone with Sher
man Adams (presidential aide) and
my Uncle (Sen. Harry F. Byrd) as
late as Feb. 28. Recently he had
been sending out messages to
friends.”
Car Crash Hurts
2 Corps Juniors
James M. Teague, son of
Congressman Olin Teague of
College Station, is in fair con
dition at Baptist Hospital in
Beaumont today following an
automobile accident Sunday at 4
a. m. near Beaumont, hospital of
ficials said last night.
John Jefferson, who was riding
with Teague received only minor
injuries and was scheduled to re
turn to class today, according to
Lt. Col. Taylor Wilkins, assistant
commandant.
Both are ‘D’ Field Artillery
juniors.
Teague, who was driving the
car, received an injured lung,
possible fractured vertebra and
cuts on the face and right arm,
hospital officials said.
Col. Wilkins said he heard that
Teague was thrown from the car
but Jefferson remained inside.
Jefferson said he had fallen asleep
and thought Teague must have
also.
W. Taylor Riedel
Takes Over Reins
By WELTON JONES
W. Taylor Riedel, principal of A&M Consolidated Junior
High and a member of the Consolidated school system for 10
years, was named superintendent of the system last night by
the School Board after a tedious three and one half hour
session.
He succeeds Dr. L. S. (Les) Richardson, who resigned
recently to accept a similar position with the Cuero schools.
The meeting was closed to the public during discussion
of Riedel’s application when School Board member J. R.
Jackson moved, and the Board approved, an “executive ses
sion.”
“I think I can do a good job, otherwise I would not have
asked for the job,” Riedel+
said when notified of his ap
pointment to a one-year con
tract beginning July 1, 1957.
His salary was set at “well
above” the minimum set by the
Gilmar-Akin Bill.
“The Board worked hard at pick
ing Riedel,” Dr. J. S. Rogers, pres
ident of the Board said. “We have
been well impressed with his 10
year performance in the system
and consider his promotion a just
reward for his good work.”
Riedel will meet with the Board
at all their remaining meetings
until he takes over in July, Dr.
Rogers said. He will present and
be responsible for action to be
taken next year, while Dr. Richard
son will continue to care for busi
ness affecting this school year.
“He will probably do better on
the financial and business end than
I did,” said Dr. Richardson, who
recommended Riedel for the job
“without reservations.”
(See RIEDEL, Page 2)
Ag Debaters Fail
To Win At Tulane
Jay Hirsch, A&M freshman, ad
vanced to the finals in afterdinner
speaking, but failed to place in the
debate tournament held last week
end at Tulane University in New
Orleans, La.
Rice Institute won sweepstakes
in the tournament by taking both
first and second place in the sen
ior debate division and several
places in individual events. The
University of Houston won the
junior debate division with South
ern Methodist University second.
Besides Hirsch, David Dannen-
baum, E. M. Huitt and John War
ner, also made the trip, repre
senting A&M. William B. Kadow,
of A&M’s English Department ac
ted as sponsor.
Announcement
Orders to End
Tomorrow at 5 p.m. is the last
day for seniors to order graduate
announcements, according to Mrs.
Doris Bahlmann, cashier-bookkeep
er for Student Activities.
“As many announcements as de
sired may be ordered,” she said,
But personal cards must be or
dered in lots of 100. The cost of
personal cards are not included in
the announcements.”
The price of leathefbound an
nouncements is 75 cents each;
cardboard, 40 cents each and
French-fold, 10 cents each. All
three types of announcements are
printed in Old English type letters.
“Lettering for personal cards
may be selected in about 15 differ
ent type styles,” she said.
The price of engraved personal
cards is $2.50 per hundred and
printed cards $1.50 per hundred.
R. E. Callender
NamedManager
CS Civic Assn.
R. E. Callender, retired
member of the Extension
Service, was appointed man
ager of the College Station
Civic Association yesterday at
the Association’s Board of Direc
tors monthly meeting in the College
Station State Bank.
Callender retired from his pos
ition as wildlife specialist with the
service last May, after serving in
that capacity since September, 19-
36. He replaces Nestor McGinnis,
who resigned because of ill health.
Other items discussed by the
board were the 1957 budget, chan
ces of attracting industry here, a
brochure describing College Sta
tion, the annual College Station
clean-up drive and sidewalks for
the city.
Items in this year’s budget in
clude A&M Consolidated School,
summer recreation program, civic
improvement, membership drive
expenses, publicity, the Carnegie
Library in Bryan, the College Sta
tion brochure, the manager’s sal
ary and miscellaneous expenses.
President W. S. Manning ap
pointed Herbert G. Thompson to
head a committee to work on the
proposed brochure and H. E. Bur
gess to make airangements for the
annual clean-up drive set for the
latter part of April.
Some entries for College Sta
tion’s man and woman of the year
have been received, according to
Manning. The contest, sponsored
by the Association, closes March
20.
AF Begins Flight
Training March 15
Flight training begins for those
students eligible in the Air Force
ROTC March 15.
The Whiterock Flying Service of
Dallas was awarded the contract
under which 125 senior Category
I (pilot) contra ct cadets will
participate in the program.
The program will get underway
with a ground school. The first
sessions will begin in the Biological
Science Lecture Room at 7 p. m.,
March 15.
Actual flying training will begin
upon completion of this ground
course which will review weather
and navigation training taught
during the junior year of air
science.
All senior cadets in Category I
are eligible to participate in the
program, including those classified
as “academically incomplete.” This
refers to those who have completed
their required air science courses,
and will graduate between now and
January 1, 1958.
A roster of the names of cadets
is carried on page 3 of today’s
Battalion.
Egypt Bucks U.N.
With Gaza Control
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. —CP)
—Egypt yesterday challenged the
authority of the U. N. Emergency
Force in the Gaza Strip and said
it is sending its own administra
tion in to take charge.
President Gamal Abdel Nasser
set forth Egypt’s intentions in a
cable from Cairo to Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold here.
The formal Egyptian move fol
lowed a weekend of tumultuous
demonstrations for Egypt by Gaza
residents. Many are refugees of
the 1948 Palestine war.
Israel officially expressed grave
concern.
The Mediterranean coastal strip
was given up by Israeli troops
last midweek under an Israeli “as
sumption” that it would not re
vert to Egyptian control. Egypt
was the occupying power in Gaza
under the 1949 armistice until Is
rael invaded the strip and Egypt
last fall.
The new turn caused apprehen
sion among U. N. diplomats. A
serious new Middle East crisis may
be in the making.
JERUSALEM — Israel officially
expressed grave concern at the
Egyptian step. Israel evacuated
the strip last midweek on an “as
sumption” that it would not re
vert to Egyptian control.
WASHINGTON—U. S. officials
expressed alarm, fearing the
Egyptian move may provoke re
taliation. It was repoi’ted Egyp
tian Foreign Minister* Mahmoud
Fawzi had assured U. N. Secre
tary General Dag Hammarskjold
that Egypt would do nothing to
create new difficulties after the
Israelis withdrew.
UNITED NATIONS — Diplo
mats voiced fear that a new Mid
dle East crisis may be in the mak
ing. Hammarskjold conferred with
his seven-nation advisory com
mittee on the Middle East and told
them Egypt’s President Nasser
had cabled he took the step be
cause the U. N. General Assem
bly did not give UNEF adminis
trative authority.
RAFAEL HUEZC—tells the Pan American Roundtable
about the progress that Nicaragua is making and plans to
make at the Table’s banquet Thursday night in the Char
coal Room of the Western Restaurant.