Intercollegiate Talent
OnD isplay Tonight at 7
By JIM NEIGHBORS member of the tremendous Tiger TCU, who is followed by Loyola
Providing the initial charge Tappers. University’s talented pair, Carol
for a big weekend, tonight at 7 Next number on the program is Cunningham and Harry Theard.
the Intercollegiate Talent Show June Pence, a piano stylist from (See TALENT SHOW, page 3.)
takes to the stage of White Coli
seum with an outstanding array
of entertainment.
Opening and closing the show
will be the Apache Belles of Tyler
Junior College, an all girl chorus
group. Three members of the
Apache Belles are Susan Potter,
Ann Tunnel! and Cherry Jo Mc
Kinney. (See picture at left, (1. to
r.)
Bob Cooper, KTSA, (San An
tonio) disk jockey, , is master of
ceremonies and will introduce each
of the 10 all-star acts.
Using television as a theme, ITS
has set the stage to resemble a
TV studio with cameras and mike
booms to add to the realism. Two
scouts from area television sta
tions will be on the look out for
talented performers and should
provide an added impetus for the
performers to do their best.
Sponsored by the Memorial Stu
dent Center Music Group, ITS is
presenting their sixth annual per
formance in the coliseum.
After the overture by the Ag-
gieland Orchestra and the open
ing number by the Belles, Baylor
University’s Bruin’ Aires, a male
quartet will take to the stage.
They will be followed by Jeanette
Pellerin and Giglio Santo' from
LSU, a dancing duo with Miss
Pellerin, a holdover from last
year’s show in which she was a
Maj. Gen. P. F. Lindeman, chief of Army Re
serve and ROTC Affairs from the Department of
Army in Washington, D. C. is among the distin
guished guests here tomorrow for the annual
Spring Military Day. At left is Lt. Gen. C. P.
Cabell, deputy director of Central Intelligence also
from Washington. Gen. Cabell will take the salute
in the review tomorrow which begins at 1:30 p.m.
Both he and Gen. Lindeman will be guests at the
Military Ball tomorrow night.
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Number 244: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1957
Price Five Cents
Weekend Offers Gala Entertainment
Dr. Dillion Advances
New Evolution Theory
By JERRY HAYNES
Off the Cuff
What Goes
On Here
Sophomores at A&M Consoli
dated High School will sponsor a
dance Saturday night at 8 in the
Activity Room at the school. Ad
mission is 25 cents for singles and
35 cents for couples.
Also of interest is the announce
ment that there will be a “very
interesting floor show”-hm-m-m.
★ ★ ★
The recent deluge of English
Qualification Tests has students
in the Division of Business Ad
ministration reeling under the re
sults it seems.
A “must” for all juniors in the
School of Arts and Sciences it
seems the B. A. boys are not
laughing. and playing as per ad
vertised.
Of the 219 B. A. students taking
the exam 36 failed and 75 were
placed on the doubtful list.- Stu
dents say the 2 hour test was un
fair.
★ ★ ★
Roy (Connie) Eckard, ’55 senior
journalism student from Irving,
has written the lead story in the
March issue of the Texas Press
Messenger.
Eckard, former editor of The
Commentator, wrote the article,
entitled, “Newsman Apprentice,
Triumphs and Trials” from his
viewpoint of a summer internship
on a Texas weekly newspaper.
In the article he tells of his
experience while working as news
editor for the Navasota Examiner
last summer.
Eckard’s picture is displayed on
the front cover of the magazine
which is the official publication for
the Texas Press Association.
★ ★ ★
Have the Tessies joined forces
with TU?
A number of the lassies from
our “sister” school have spent a
number of days in Austin this week
lobbying for a bill to change the
name of TSCW to-the Texas Uni
versity for Women.
What can they be called then
—TUW’s?
What is man ? Where does he
come from? Whatever and where-
ever, a drastically different theory
developed by a friendly professor
in A&M’s Biology Department
claims that man is not an animal.
The theory claims that man is
a plant, as is every living thing.
Having recently released his
story to the public’s eyes, Dr.
Lawrence S. Dillon claims that his
theory is a new concept of the
origin of life. It is entirely new
thinking along lines that try to
trace life from the beginning.
Based on the internal structure
of the cell, it deals chiefly with
the nucleus and new findings re
search has uncovered.
“There is only one kind of life.
All living things are plants.” he
says. “Animals are just a highly
developed plant.”
Higher classes of animals evolve
from brown seaweed. Life, which
began 2 billion years ago, began
in the sea, Dillon’s theory says.
In working on the theory, Dillon
became the first man to trace
development of sexual reproduc
tion. This is all part of the theory.
“All mammals, including birds
and man, are a subdivision of
reptiles and reptiles are a sub
division of plants,” says Dr. Dillon.
In a seminar before A&M’s
faculty Dr. Dillon first presented
a preliminary report on his theory.
Last month Dr. Dillon went to
Ohio State University and present
ed it to the public, professors,
faculty and graduate students.
“From reactions at the seminar,
I expect it (the theory) to be
accepted within the next 10 to 15
years,” he says.
In book form, the theory is now
in the hands of a publishing com
pany and is expected to be out
within the next year.
Dr. Dillon has only presented
the theory to the A&M faculty,
Ohio State University, and his
Biology 115 class, Survey of Bi
ology. It is currently being taught
in that class.
The original idea for the theory
came about two years ago when
Dr. Dillon was teaching a new
course on evolution and a course
in advanced vertebrates. During
one class a question arose over the
origin of the metazoa, a subclass
of the animal kingdom.
“An idea came to me that it
might be possible to define animals
on the basis of the internal struc
ture of their cells,” he said.
After finishing the theory, Dr.
Dillon completely reorganized class
ification for plants proper and
animals.
A man of many talents, Dr.
Dillon has a “Handbook of Beetles”
now awaiting publication. He also
has published about 40 technical
papers.
Though Dr. Dillon does not ex
pect the theory to be accepted in
its entirety, he does expect the
principle to be accepted.
He was bom in Reading, Pa. in
1910. He attended West Reading
High School and later the Univer
sity of Pittsburgh, where he re
ceived a B. S. degree in biology.
After joining the faculty here,
Dr. Dillon earned an M.S. degree
and a Ph. D. degree from A&M.
In November 1955, Dr. Dillon be
(See EVOLUTION, page 3.)
Opens at
Saturday
By DAVE McREYNOLDS
Lighting the fuse on this week
end’s burst of entertainment will
be the Intercollegiate Talent Show
tonight at 7 when the doors of
White Coliseum open to welcome
students, dates and visitors to the
campus.
Following the ITS at 9 is the
annual Combat Ball in Sbisa Hall
from 9 until 12. Uniform of the
night will be combat boots and
fatigues for the Aggies and pea
sant blouses and skirts for the
girls.
Sponsored by the Combat Amis
of the Corps of Cadets this event
has proven to be one of the more
popular* dances of the year and
Third Marriage
Forum Slated
For Monday
“Sexual Aspects of Married
Life” will be the topic for the
third marriage forum to be
held in the YMCA Monday
night at 7:30.
■Leading the forum will be Dr.
Sidney Hamilton, Professor of
Psychology at North Texas State
College. Discussion will include
such problems as the importance of
sexual compatability, planned par
enthood, ideals of sex morality and
causes of sex adjustment or malad
justment.
Subjects for this series of for
ums are those a majority of stu
dents indicated on the intei’est lo
cators circulated through the
dorms. Problems that individuals
wish to discuss will also be included
in the program.
Dr. Hamilton has written several
books on marital psychology and
has done consultant work on mari
tal adjwstments and personality
problems. He was leader of the
married students forums for Re
ligious Emphasis Week in 1954
and 1955.
7 Tonite,
Full Too
according to co-chairman Tom
Adair, this year is no exception.
Friday night at 10 the Aggie
version of French night club-cafe—
Rue Pinalle-will burst out in a riot
of color and gaiety in the games
area of the Memorial Student Cen
ter.
The Rue Pinalle entertainment
for the night is tops and the dance
will last until 1 a. m.
Saturday’s activities Will get
into swing at 1:35 p. m. when first
call will go signaling the begin
ning of Spring Military Day Re
view.
The Corps of Cadets will step
forth with all their brilliant brass
with an impressive list of disting
uished guests watching their move
ments from the Reviewing Stand
on the Main Drill Field.
Saturday night will see the
Corps spread the welcome mat in
front of Sbisa Hall as the an
nual Military Ball begins at 9.
Music for the occasion will be
provided by Ted Weems and his
Orchestra.
. Combat Ball
The Aggieland Orchestra will
provide the music and gay de
corations and a light atmosphere
will provide the impetus for the
Combat Ball tonight.
Programs for the annual event
will feature cartoons by the famed
World War II cartoonist of “Stars
and Stripes” Bill Mauldin.
Rounding out the highlights of
the dance will be the selection of
the Combat Arms “Combat Cutie,”
who will be chosen from six final
ists at the dance.
Rlie Pinalle
At 10 p. m. Saturday the Me
morial Student Center’s Dance
Group will present Rue Pinalle in
the games area of the Center.
Dance and background music for
the affair will be provided by a
new aggregation of Aggie talent-
the Dwight Allen Quintet. Members
of which are Buddy Allen, Morris
Partain, Joe Lowe, Buddy Heart
and Howard Yeargan.
As no Rue Pinalle program would
be complete without a floor show
(See WEEKEND, page 3.)
Civilian Group
Makes Plans
For Weekend
By JOE TINDEL
Final planning - got under
way last night for Civilian
Weekend as Civilian Student
Council members heard a re
port from the Civilian Week
end Committee.
Henry Williams, chairman, told
the council that a contract has been
signed with the Aggieland Orches
tra to play for the dance. He said
student polls showed a desire for
a barbecue in The Gi’ove preced
ing the dance in Sbisa Hall the
night of May 4.
Vannis Redman was named chair
man of the sweetheart and dance
committee. This committee will
handle arrangements for the dance
and supervise selection of the Civ
ilian Sweetheart.
Redman said all civilian dormi
tories, College View and Project
House may enter candidates for
sweetheart. Method of selection
for dormitory entries will be left up
to the individual dorm councils.
All entries must be in to the com
mittee by April 17.
Appointed chairmen of other
committees were: H. D. Swilley,
College View arrangements; Da
vid West, Barbecue; John Avant,
Publicity and Ticket Sales and Wil
liam Huitt, Afternoon Entertain
ment.
W. D. (Pete) Hardesty, Student
Activities, outlined the civilian stu
dent’s part in elections to the Coun-
(See COUNCIL, page 3.)
CS Court Issues
Arrest Warrants
Warrants for the arrest of 11
persons charged with failure to
appear in City Corporation Court
have been issued. College Station
Police Chief Lee Norwood said
yesterday.
“A1 11 owe money on overdue
tickets,” he said.
The action was taken backing
up an earlier warning that the
city would crack down on delinq
uent motorists.