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18,440 READERS THE BATTALION Get Your Polio Shot Now NumbeK-^: Volume 55 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1957 Price Five Cents Off the Cuff- What Goes On Here One of the more iron-clad, dis cipline-minded journalism profes sors who is a stickler for taking off a letter grade after a student is late three times to his classes had a red face this morning. Students sat breathlessly watch ing the seconds tick by waiting for the minute-hand to reach 10 after, when at the last second red faced and short of breath the prof stormed into the class. Sometimes everyone oversleeps! ★ ★ ★ Expecting a sell-out crowd, or trying to make up for last years box-office deficit programs for the Intercollegiate Talent Show scheduled for Friday night in White Coliseum have been printed with the beginning time set at 6:30. The program actually is set to begin at 7—get there early for a good seat is the basic idea no doubt. James Teague’s Condition ‘Much Better’ James Teague, in Baptist Hospital in Beaumont with in juries from a car crash Sun day, “is much better” his pri vate nurse said last night. “He awakened yesterday morn ing, after being unconscious Mon day night, and the condition of his chest was considerably improved,” the nurse said. Teague was hospitalized with a lung puncture, back injury and arm and facial cuts. His mother, Mrs. Olin Teague of College Station has been at the hospital since Monday night. She says it will be two or three days until doctors can determine how much longer James is to be in the hospital. “Several of James' buddies have visited him at the hospital. Every one is sure being wonderful,” she said. Congressman Olin Teague is ex pected to join his son at the hos pital this afternoon or tonight from Washington, Mrs. Teague Bald. Weather Today CLEARING Forecase calls for clear skies by late afternoon. At 10:30 a.m. the thermometer read 60 degrees. Yes terday’s high and low were 74 and 56 degrees. MASTER CHEFS—Chancellor Emeritus Gibb Gilchrist, left, and Ralph Davey, Engi neering Drawing, practice their cooking arts in preparation for the annual Kiwanis Club Pancake Fiesta scheduled for March 23. The Fiesta is sponsored by the Bryan and College Station Kiwanis Clubs for their charity work. FSA Accepts Nominations For Five Faculty Awards By GARY ROLLINS Nominations for Faculty Dis tinguished Awards will be turned in to the Former Students Selection Committee Friday. The committee will present five awards amounting to $5,000 to five members of the faculty for out standing character in teaching. March 30 Set For Junior Prom Sbisa Hall will be the setting for this year’s Junior Banquet and Prom, scheduled for March 30. The evening’s festivities will be touch ed off- with dinner at 6:30, follow ed by the dance from 9 to 12. Dress for the occasion will be Class “A” summer for Corps jun iors and a dark suit or dinner jacket for civilians. Tickets for the banquet are $1.50 plate. Possession of a junior class dues card will suffice for ad mission to the ball. Anyone not having such a card will be charged $3 at the door, “stag or drag.” Class dues cards are on sale for $2 and may be obtained at the Stu dent Activities Office or from a junior class representative in each dorm. Army Signs Contract For Flight Training Army flight training at A&M became a reality yesterday after noon when Chancellor M. T. Har rington and Fourth Army officials signed a contract for the program. As if anticipating the signing of the contract, seven planes of the Whiterock Flying School touched down at Easterwood Field about 4 yesterday afternoon. Instructors and the light planes of the Dal las company will give the flight training to the 27 eligible army seniors and 125 qualified Air Force seniors. Col. Delmar P. Anderson, PMS- &T, wants to see the “first army senior get his wheels off the ground and into the air.” He said the ground school instruction for the army aviators will be handled by the flying school and be given here on the campus. Cadets eligible for the army flight training at A&M are: Ad ams, James R.; Beran, Joseph J.; Boyd, Billy J.; Carpenter, Oscar L.; Chandler, Glynn R.; Coblentz, William S.; Copeland, Robert W.; Crane, George R.; Durbin, Jerry C.; Emerson, Richard D.; Fitzwil- liam, James C. and Gilpin, Jack E. Hart, J. Barry; Jones, Charles C.; Lehmann, Freddie E.; Living ston, Thomas R.; Lundgren, Du- wayne C.; Matal, Lamber J.; Mont- gomei-y, John C.; Presnal, Henry L.; Rand, Glendall B.; Starr, Luth er J. Jr.; Todd, Alan R.; Vander- meer, James D.; Voelkel, Eugene; Weems, Sands S., Ill and West, Donald R. Scoates Discusses Test Techniques Speaking at the monthly meet ing of the Texas Engineering Ex periment Stations staff on fan testing recently, W. D. Scoates, as- socite research engineer in charge of fan testing, discussed facilities and testing techniques developed by the Station. Scoates was introduced by Fred J. Benson, vice director of the Sta tion. Sutphen Photo In International Display Gene Sutphen, owner of the Ag- gieland Studio, has had one of his photographs chosen for display at the 1957 International Convention of photographers in Washington, D. C. A Jury of Selection, made up of judges holding a Master of Photo graphy degree, made the selection. Three awards of $1,000 each are given for Distinguished Achieve ment in Teaching in recognition of superior classroom teaching. The committee chooses three men whose ability, personality and teaching methods indicate the high est success in teaching and inspir ing of their students. The program is not a popularity contest in thait recipients must have the respect and even the affection of their students. An award for $1,000 is given for Distinguished Achievement in In dividual Student Relationships. This is given as a reward to en courage and recognize the staff members whose individual personal relationships with students are particularly helpful and inspiring. While members of the staff whose principal duties are students relationships and student counsel ing are eligible, it is recognized that there are other individuals equally deserving of recognition. Particular attention is given to those teachers who receive no ad ditional pay or a lessened load for such activities. Another award for $1,000 is pre sented for Distinguished Achieve ment in the Field of Research. This is given to reward, encourage and recognize the staff members who are basically teachers but whose research efforts are parti cularly successful and outstanding. All of these awards are designed for those who teach students at the A&M College. The Selection Committee, com posed of not more than seven mem bers of the College Staff, makes the final selection of faculty nomi nations. Of the 22 nominations, five are selected. The presentation of these awards will be made at a certain time during the 1957 calendar year at a time agreed to by the College President and the Association of Former Students. These awards to deserving mem bers of the faculty at Texas A&M are given to teachers who are able to inspire students and lead them to their best efforts. Their total influence should be constructive and inspiring—not only in relation to the subject matter at hand, but in their attitudes and in their general thinking. Sea Base sked By US Ethiopians Want Aid In Exchange Funeral Rites Held Today For Henry B. Burns Funeral services were scheduled for 3 p.m. this af ternoon for Henry B. Burns, husband of Elizabeth Burns, secretary to Associate Basic Division Dean Cliff Ransdell. Buims died at 4:30 p. m. Monday afternoon as he left work at the International Shoe Factory in Bry an. A veteran of World War II and the Korean war Burns was a mem ber of the Third and First Marine Divisions, respectively, and was 37 years old. He was born near Dobbin, Nov. 11, 1919. Survivers include his widow; one son, Richard F. Burns; his mother, Mrs. Mai’y Burns of Buffalo; two sisters, Mrs. Edgar Holland of Buffalo and Mrs. Bruce Scott of Dallas and two brothers, W. L. Burns of Waco and Roystell Burns of Ganado. The Rev. H. R. Early, pastor of the Northview Baptist church of ficiated at the service. Pallbearers included: Barton Adams, Marvin Nevill, H. E. Connor, Ronald Wiley, G. M. Nevill, Jr. and Gid Bell. They are all members of the College Station Evening Lions Club of which Burns was a member. Military honors are scheduled at the graveside. Dairy Conference Starts Tomorrow Representatives from colleges and firms in seven states will speak at the annual Dairy Manufactur ers’ Conference, to be held in the Memorial Student Center begin ning tomorrow. “We are expecting about 100 visitors, primarily from Texas,” said A. V. Moore, Professor of Dairy Manufacture. “The purpose of the conference is to give the manufacturers of dairy products an idea of the developments and methods in use in other firms and schools throughout the United States.” AN ABATTOIR?—No, the only shower serving the 100 Aggie track men. This room, 8 by 12 feet, is located in old Deware Field House, and is more than adequate (?) for the thinlyclads. Thirty feet down the hall is an identical shower for both A&M baseball squads. ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, (iP)—The United States has asked Ethiopia for a Red Sea military base on Egypt’s south ern flank, reliable sources said yesterday. The locale is south and east of Suez. Vice President Nixon, now visiting Ethiopia, has dis cussed the idea with Emperor Haile Selassie, informants said. Selassie was reported receptive provided he gets more U.S. aid. The informants said the United States wants an Air Force communications base and naval anchoring facilities at the Red Sea port of Massawa. Massawa is within easy reach of one of the Middle East’s hot spots, the Gulf of Aqaba, and would provide bunkering for U.S. Navy Middle East units operating in the Red Sea. Israeli forces withdrew from Egyptian positions on the Gulf of Aqaba last week on an assumption Egypt would not interfere with Israeli ships bound up the gulf to Israel’s port of Filat. The United States shared this assumption, but the Egyptian press has indicated Egypt intends to block Israel’s ships from the Gulf, as it did before the Israeli inva sion last fall. The word that the United States was seeking the base apparently leaked out and touched off furious diplomatic activity. The Soviet Union is reported to have advised Ethiopia it might be dragged into a major war because —it contended—the United States wants to store atomic and hydro gen bombs on its territory. President Nasser of Egypt sent a special mission to Addis Ababa three days before Nixon arrived. The envoy reportedly carried an urgent message asking the Em peror to visit Cairo. Both Nixon and Selassie met the American press after nearly two hours of conferences. Nixon did" not say the base was discussed. He said he had talked with Selas sie about increased “United States activity.” Nixon said he was with holding details on grounds of se curity. Selassie received the reporters at his palace. He was asked about the possibilities of granting rights to such a base. “Ethiopia desires to collaborate with the United States,” he re plied, “but only on an equal foot- ing,” Parents’ Day Preparations Now Underway Preliminary plans and groundwork for 1957’s Open House and Parents Day Week end were laid at the regular meeting of the Intercouncil Committee yesterday in the MSC. Chairman Fritz Landers called for reports from various commit tee chairmen and members heard a discussion of the Coordination Committee’s meeting of Feb. 27. Members discussed various phases of this years Parents’ Day Weekend and voted to have four information booths located about the campus at strategic spots to guide visitors and provide a week end program of events and maps. These booths will be manned by members of the School Council sponsoring the information spot. Booths will be located at the North Gate, manned by the Engi neering Council; West Gate—Arts and Science Council; East Gate— Agricultural Council and the MSC booth will be run by the Veteri nary Council. The council will meet again on March 26. Camera Club Men Go on Field Trip Members of the MSC Camera Committee went on a field trip to Houston Saturday where they vis ited Stiles Photography. Dark room techniques, lighting, arrangements, and camei’a usage were of partic ular interest. Pogo Creator Slated For ‘J’ Congress Walt Kelly, creator of the comic T. Jones, president of the Houston strip Pogo, will open the annual Southwestern Journalism Congress with a speech Thursday, March 21. The congress, which will last through Saturday, will present William Randolph Hearst Jr., presi dent of Hearst Newspapers, Friday at the congress luncheon speaking on “The World Today.” Other speakers for the Congress include Sig Mickelson, vice presi dent of Columbia Broadcasting System; Kenneth Towery, 1955 Pulitzer Prize winner and Austin correspondent for Fentress News paper’s; Miss Gay Pauley, women’s editor for the United Press As sociation; Jim Wagner, managing editor of the Houston Press; John B. L. Reid Leaves For Nutrition Survey B. L. Reid, Department of Poul try Science, will leave on a trip to Turkey March 28. He will as sist in conducting a nutritional survey of the Turkish Armed For ces for the Inter-departmental Committee on Nutrition for Na tional Defense. The survey is expected to last about three months. Chronicle and Ulrich Bewerunge, editor, Rheinische Post, Germany. “Our array of authorities and personalities for this year’s con gress offers students in journalism a once in a lifetime opportunity,” said D. D. Burchard, head of the Journalism Department. Saturday morning students from the 14 colleges and universities in the congress will meet for their business meeting. Last year the Southwestern Students’ Press Club passed a resolution condemning censorship of the press. This year the group is under the leadez-ship of Joe Tindel of A&M and will attempt to do more than ever before in the service of its schools and journalism. Colleges and universities partici pating in the congz-ess are: Baylor University, University of Houston, Louisiana State University, North Texas State College, Oklahoma A&M, University of Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Texas Christian Uni- vei’sity, Texas State College for Women, Texas Technological Col lege, University of Texas, Southez-n Methodist University and Tulane University.