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Number 245: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1957
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Off the Cuff
What Goes
On Here
Yesterday was “Groundhog-
Day” at A&M as the Corps of
Cadets traded their winter greens
for summer khaki.
Now the campus weather pro
phets are predicting when the last
cold snap of the year will come
around. If it goes like it has in
the past, the day or so after the
Corps changes uniforms the
weather always does an about
face and this year will probably
be no exception.
* * *
One member of the Corps was
at a loss y-esterday morning as he
rushed to school trying to make a
9 a. m. class. Pushing into Shaf
fer’s Book Store to write a check
he glanced about him at the ca
dets — they looked different —
Horrors!
Leaving the check unsigned he
raced to his car and home again
for—you guessed it— he was clad
in greens.
* * *
One member of the “Day Ducks”
had a solution to the uniform
changing problem.
Like our victim above he had
forgotten whether or not Monday
was the day the Corps changed
uniforms so taking no chances he
came dressed in fatigues and
brought both a khaki and serge
overseas cap . . . smart lad!
* -I' *
Overheard while Lt. Gen. C. P.
Cabell was inspecting the Fish
Drill Team last Saturday: “Gee,
he’s old Army. He’s checking them
for fish haircuts.”
Kiwanis Club
Pancake Ducats
Now On Sale
Tickets for the annual Col
lege Station - Bryan Kiwanis
Club Pancake Supper are now
on sale from all members of
both clubs and six College Sta
tion business houses, according to
Di\ W. S. (Woody) Briles, local
Kiwanis president.
“This year we want to be sure
to stress to the parents that
children of all ages are welcome,”
Dr. Briles said. “The affair will
be more of a picnic to be enjoyed
by the whole family than anything
else.”
Tickets at 50 cents each can be
bought at Black’s Pharmacy, Lou-
pot’s Trading Post, Mhdeley’s
Pharmacy, McCall’s Humble Ser
vice Station, McCarty Jewelers
and Shaffer’s Book Store, he said.
Scheduled for 4 to 9 p. m. Sat
urday at the Bryan Country Club,
the menu will feature pancakes,
syrup, butter, bacon, milk and
coffee with second servings on
everything except milk.
OPERATION COED—Ward Boyce, Wayne Edwards, Clint and Mildred White, Virginia
Crabbe, Toby Hughes and Jim Leissner (1. to r.) read for tryouts for the 1957 Aggie
Follies. “All persons interested in appearing in the Mother’s Day show are invited to
come tonight,” said Roy (Connie) Eckard, program director. Tryouts tonight are at
7:30 in the Music Hall.
Walt Kelly Featured Here
Thursday Night In Guion
Fourteen schools from three
states will gather here Thursday
for the 27th annual meeting of
the Southwestern Journalism
Congress, according to Don Bur-
chard, Journalism Dept. head.
Starting off the Congress Thurs
day night at 8 in Guion Hall will
Teague’s
Recovery
Called Remarkable
Jim Teague, D-Field Artillery
car wreck victim of Sunday a week
ago, is progressing remarkably well
at Memorial Baptist Hospital in
Beaumont. He was admitted in
critical condition, suffering a
fractured vertebrae, punctured
right lung, and severe chemical
burns on the face and right hand.
Doctors at the hospital have re
ported that Teague’s condition,
described as good, is remarkable
for such a severe accident. A tube
inserted in the lung to remove
blood and inflate the lung has been
removed and X-rays show that
there is no danger of paralysis
from the fractured vertebra.
Teague wnll return to Washing
ton D. C. to have plastic surgery
performed on his face and hand,
in hopes that he will be healed in
time for his wedding to Gretchen
Hartsock, scheduled for late June.
He hopes to be able to return to
school next September.
be Walt Kelly and Pogo. This
show will be free and open to the
public.
Highlight of the Congress will
be the Hearst Task Force speak
ing at the luncheon Friday noon.
The task force will include W. R.
Hearst Jr., editor-in-chief; Kings
bury Smith, vice .president and
general manager of the Interna
tional News Service; and Frank
Conniff, editorial assistant to
Hearst.
A smorgasbord will be held in
the Ballroom of the Memorial
Student Center at 6:00 p. m. Fri
day for all members of the Con
gress followed at 9 by a dance.
A Rue Pinalle Night Club Floor
Show with Connie Eckard as mas
ter of ceremonies will be present
ed at 10 p. m.
“This is probably the greatest
Barbara Martin
Picked as ‘Cutie’
Barbara Martin of Corpus Chris-
ti, last year’s Cotton Ball Queen,
was chosen Combat Cutie at the
Sixth Annual Combat Ball Fri
day Night.
She was selected from a group
of five finalists, one girl repre
senting each of the five combat
arms of the Corps. Escorted by
James Wheeler, Barbara was
“cutie” for the Field Artillery.
CHS Office
During the
Weekend
At least $16 was taken from the
office of A&M Consolidated High
School over last weekend, accord
ing to Principal J. J. Skrivanek.
The loss wns discovered yester
day morning by Mrs. Donna Log-
gins, school secretary, when she
opened a vault in the office and
found some money missing.
All cash was gone from a box
usually kept in the vault, and an
other box which Skrivanek keeps in
his desk was found on the floor
empty of the cash it contained.
College Station Police Chief Lee
Norwood, who is investigating the
theft, said that he had examined
the box for fingerprints. Skrivanek
was fingerprinted also to determine
which of the prints on the box
were his, he said.
Taylor Riedel, junior high prin
cipal, reported that the school in
dustrial shop had apparently been
entered and that “some loose
change” was missing.
Elementary Principal Mrs. H.
S. Creswell said that two meal
tickets were missing from one of
the rooms, but that “they might
have been misplaced.”
Entry to the CHS office was
apparently gained by forcing the
lock of the office door, Norwood
said. There were no visible marks,
but Norwood said the “vault” door
might have been opened in a
CS ‘Best of Year"
Contest To Close
Tomorrow is the last day for
submitting entrants for the Col
lege Station Civic Association’s an
nual man and woman of the year
contest, according to W. S. Man
ning, president.
“Entries must be in the mail to
morrow,” Manning said. “Any
citizen of College Station is
eligible for the honor, and many
entries have aready been received.”
The winners will be picked by
the Civic Association’s board of
directors from finalists chosen by
a confidential committee, Manning
said.
similar manner.
“The thief probably used about
a ^ inch screwdriver,” Norwood
said. “I don’t think anybody would
have said that door could have
been picked.”
The missing money was part of
funds belonging to the Student
Council, Senior Class and the of
fice postage fund, Skrivanek said.
“If we hadn’t taken a lot of our
money to the bank Friday after
noon they could have really made a
haul,” he said
The theft recalled a similar
break-in at Consolidated Schools
during the Christmas holidays.
Consolidated Superintendent L. < S.
(Les) Richardson said the two jobs
looked “similar.”
Weather Today
PARTLY CLOUDY
High and low temperature read
ings yesterday were 77 and 51
degrees. At 10:30 this morning,
the temperature was 60.
collection of top-flight names in
journalism that has ever been
brought together in one group,”
remarked Burchard, who is pres
ident of the Congress. Top men
from newspapers, news services,
publishing companies, corpora
tions, and colleges will begin
registering Thursday at 4 p. m. in
the Serpentine Lounge of the MSC.
The Southwestern Student’s
Press Club will have their regu
lar business session on Saturday
at 10:30 a. m. Joe Tindel, junior
journalism major from A&M, is
president of the club and will
preside.
Other schools in the Congress
are Baylor, Hardin-Simmons, U.
of H., L.S.U., North Texas, Ok
lahoma A&M, University of Ok
lahoma., S.M.U., T.C.U., T.S.C.W.,
Texas Tech, University of Texas
and Tulane.
The Congress will adjourn after
the luncheon at 12:30 p.m. on Sat
urday.
ackin
Says
Deals
srael
Mrs. Golda Meir
Fails With Appeal
WASHINGTON, OP)—Secretary of State Dulles was re
ported to have told senators yesterday the United States
has made no secret promises to support Israel’s position in
the Middle East.
Senators who came out of a closed meeting of the For
eign Relations Committee before which Dulles testified also
said the secretary gave them an optimistic report of condi
tions in the Middle East.
Fresh from a conference with Mrs. Golda Meir, Israel’s
foreign minister, Dulles was said to have been pressed as
to whether this country had promised Israel to back up her
claim of free passage of ships through the Gulf of Aqaba.
Dulles was quoted as reply
ing there were no commit
ments beyond the expression
of “hopes and expectations”
that Israel’s withdrawal of
military forces from the Gaza
Strip would lead to that country’s
having free passage through the
Gulf of Aqaba and other gains.
Sen. Fulbright (D-Ark) said he
asked Dulles what new assurances,
if any, were given Mrs. Meir.
Fulbright said Dulles replied
“none, whatever.”
Even before Dulles came out of
the Senate committee meeting, it
seemed apparent that Mrs. Meir
had failed in her first effort to
argue Dulles into a tougher U. S.
policy toward President Nasser of
Egypt.
Mrs. Meir flew dramatically to
Washington from Jerusalem amid
Israeli statements that her goal
was U. S. support of Israel’s “stop
Nasser” campaign.
But ho change in U. S. policy
showed up in the four-paragraph
joint statement issued after she
met for more than three hours
with Dulles and his aides.
Arch. Pick
Franklin’s
For Dance
Architecture students will
hold their annual Costume Ball
at Franklin’s on Farm Road
60 west of College Station
Saturday starting at 8:30 p.m.,
according to Raymond Lam
bert, chairman of the Archi
tectural Society’s Annual
Beaux Arts Ball.
On display will be a “re
creation of the characters in
Walt Disney’s ‘Fantasia’,”
Lambert says.
Decorations for the occasion
are being made by architecture
students. Several wall murals
are completed, showing the
architect’s version of “Fan
tasia,” nudes and all, Lam
bert says.
“Everyone attending should
wear a mask,” he says. “The
ball is open to all Aggies and
their dates. Dwight Allen
Combo will furnish the music.”
Class Officer
Candidates
Start Filing
Filing 1 for 20 offices began
yesterday morning as several
students signed up for . a race
to end with class elections,
April 19. Deadline for filing
is March 27.
Due to be filled are positions
for 16 class officers and four
yell leaders. Applications may be
filed at the Office of Student Ac
tivities, second floor of the YMCA.
To qualify for an office, a class
officer candidate must have a 1.00
gpr. Yell leader candidates need a
1;25 gpr. All candidates must have
academic classification of the class
in which he would take office
next fall.
Offices to be filled are:
Class of ’57 class agent.
Class ’58 president, vice presi
dent, secretary-treasurer, social
secretary, historian and two yell
leaders.
Class of ’58 Student Entertain
ment Manager. To qualify, candi
dates must have served one year
on the Town Hall staff. Applicants
must be approved by C. G. (Spike)
White, director of recreation and
entertainment. A 1.25 gpr. is also
required.
Class of ’59 px-esident, vice pres
ident, secretary-treasurer, social
secretary and two yell leaders.
Class of ’60 president, vice pres
ident, secretary-treasurer and soc
ial secretary.
10,000 In 10 Years
College
Growth
Station Mayor Says
Requires Planning
College Station will probably
have a population of “about
10,000” within 10 years, and A&M
an enrollment of 12,000 Mayor
Ernest Langford told the weekly
luncheon of the College Station
Lions Club yesterday.
“With this increased number of
both student and permanent resi
dent population coming up, we
must begin to plan ahead to ac
commodate them,” Mayor Lang
ford said. “Since we can only ex
pand to the East and South we are
planning along those lines.”
Saying that many people had
asked him about the street con
ditions in parts of the city. Mayor
Langford told the Lions that the
City Council was planning to put
a street repair bond to a popular
vote “one of these days.”
The Mayor also called attention
to the newly-formed Brazos Coun-
ey planning group headed by R.
B. Butler, which is composed of
representatives from the Bryan
and College Station city govern
ments, A&M College and Brazos
County. He said the committee was
formed to study growth problems
in the ar^a and suggested that
residents send ideas to Butler.
“Among the problems we in the
city are interested in,” he told the
Lions Club, “are school expansion,
fire protection, water, electricity,
streets, curbs and gutters and
street lights.”
Langford estimated that another
College Station school would be
needed within the 10-year period
and a separate fire department be
longing to the city. At present
the city has a working agreement
with the A&M fire department.
He pointed out that, to equal
ize water pressure over the city,
a water tower would have to be
built before the end of the 10-
yead period.
“As for the other problems, we
are working on them and ex
pect drastic changes before our 10-
year period is up,” he said. “On
the street light problem, for in
stance, we have a plan that could
go into effect tomorrow, if we had
the money.”
Langford also called the club
members’ attention to the city
election April 2.
Sweetheart Entries
Due for Juniors
All members of the class of
’58 who wish to enter their dates
in the Junior Ball Sweetheart Con
test must submit the girl’s name,
address and picture, 8 x 10 if pos
sible, to the office of Student
Activities. The pictures must be in
the office before 5 p. m. tomorrow.
Hound Dogs
TULSA, Okla. (A 1 )—A rock ’n
roll fan must have placed the fol
lowing ad in the newspaper
published by Douglas Aircraft Co.
here: “Giveaway—Genuine Elvis
Presley pups. They ain’t nothin’
but hound dawgs. Female. . . ”
Art Show Entries
Due Today in MSC
Entries for the second annual
Regional Art Exhibition are due
tomorrow at the Memorial Student
Center, accoi’ding to Mrs. Emalita
Terry, art director of the MSC.
They may be brought or sent
prepaid to the Creative Arts Group,
Memorial Student Center, A&M ;
College of Texas, College Station, 1
Texas.
The works of artists and crafts- j
men of the following counties will
be exhibited, Brazos, Washington,
Burleson, Liberty, Grimes, Montgo
mery, San Jacinto, Polk, Houston,
Leon, Walker, Trinity, Falls, Rob
ertson and Madison.
•- S
REVEILLE TAKES A SALUTE—during the Saturday af
ternoon Military Day ceremonies Rev does “eyes-right” as
members of A Quartermaster Corps pass in review.
Holding Rev in check is Joe Grubbs as Cadet Capt. John
Pogue, Jr. drops his saber in salute to visiting dignitaries.