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Number 254: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1957
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Off the Cuff-
What Goes
On Here
A strait-laced A&M Consoli
dated High School geography
teacher laid it on the line recently
in reply to a student’s question.
Lecturing on the famous Niagara
Falls, the teacher pointed out the
spot’s popularity for honeymoon-
ers. A student asked if she had
gone there when she married.
“Why no,” she answered primly,
“I went to the Virgin Islands.”
★ ★ ★
Aggie baseballers demonstrated
their versatility Friday night in
the 12 inning game against Baylor
in Waco.
As usual the game approached
the riot stage but water rather
than fists were the only exchanges
made.
It all began around the third
inning when the Baylor fans began
to show their impatience by throw
ing cups of water on the Aggie
Players. Donnie Hullum, Ag
pitcher, retaliated and in that fa
mous Aggie way, went far beyond
the call of duty. He calmly hooked
up a nearby fire hose and drenched
the Baylor stands.
This wasn’t to be the end.
In the fifth inninng, Coach Beau
ftell became absorbed in an argu
ment with the umpire and ventured
Hear the screen. He quickly was
cooled as a vindictive Bruin poured
a bucket of water on his head.
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PREVIEW OF FRIDAY—Rehearsing for the bi-annual “fish day” to be held Friday,
sophomore Bobby Smith, left, “knocks off a buzz” with a handful of shaving cream.
Watching happily is Jon H. Jackson, a freshman. Fish day, normally held April 1, was
postponed due to Federal Inspection.
Concrete Block Could
Dangerous to Curious
Prove
Thief
A&M Officials
Still Hope For
Atomic Reactor
No news has been received
so far concerning the atomic
reactor A&M applied to the
Atomic Energy Commission
for, according to Fred J. Ben
son, vice director of the Engineer
ing Experiment Station.
“Results of the Atomic Energy
Commission’s decision to appropri
ate funds for building the reactor
were hoped for by the first of this
month, but we still have no news,”
said Benson. “We are hoping to
hear by April 15.”
The nuclear reactor is being
sought to make A&M’s plans of a
nuclear physics program become a
reality. President D. W. Williams
made the application for the reac
tor after the AEG announced they
would give money for assisting ed
ucational programs in nuclear
training.
If A&M gets the reactor, it will
be used chiefly for graduate work,
but Dr. R. C. Calhoun, dean of En
gineering’, said it would also be
used for demonstrations in under
graduate courses. The departments
of Physics, Chemistry and Engi
neering will share use of the reac
tor and Calhoun will draw up plans
for its use.
“If we receive the reactor, it will
definitely help our nuclear pro
gram,” Calhoun said. “An atomic
reactor is a necessity for any good
nuclear fission training program.”
Somewhere in the College Sta-
tion-Bryan area there is a con
crete booby trap which was re
cently stolen fi’om behind the Civil
Engineering Building, capable of
killing someone, said Henson K.
Stephenson, research engineer and
manager of the Texas Transporta
tion institute located on the
campus.
The innocent looking concrete
block itself only weighs about 10
pounds and is approximately 18
inches long, six inches wide and
four inches deep. But it has been
compressed in a device which has
four steel rods (one on each corner)
and two steel plates at each end.
Between the plates is a ball bear-
AAUP Will Meet;
Hear FSA Prexy
All faculty and staff members
are invited and urged to attend a
meeting for the local American
Association of University Profes
sors Wednesday at 7:45 p.m. in the
Memorial Student Center social
room.
Program for the evening will
concern the Former Students As
sociation. On hand for a talk on
the association’s work will be L. R.
Bloodworth, president of FSA.
Bloodworth will explain the
operation of the organization and
some of the proposed projects will
be discussed.
“This is an opportunity for all
faculty members to show their
appreciation of the Faculty
Achievement Awards given an
nually by the FSA,” said M. V.
Krenitsky, vice-president of AAUP.
Coffee will be served following
the meeting.
Corps Cleaning Up
For Annual Check
By JACK TEAGUE
Spring has arrived once more at
A&M, bringing with it the Annual
Federal Inspection of the Cadet
Corps.
The inspection, scheduled for 7
a. m., Thursday, for all cadet
dorms, is bringing cries of plea and
despair from all concerned. Until
the inspection is over, all spare
time will be spent mopping and
waxing floors, dusting long-for-
gotten springs and dressers and
discarding all loose junk to bring
rooms and halls to tiptop per
fection.
Maj. Gen. Mark McClure, of Fort
Sam Houston, will be the general
officer to take the salute of the
Corps Thursday afternoon at the
review.
Other army inspectors include
Col. Reavus C. Marys* Arty.; Col.
Beverly Caldwell, Cml.; Lt. Col
Robert D. Hand, CE., Lt. Col
Hershel J. Martin, Ord.; Lt. Col
Roy A. Davis, TC; Lt. Col. Fred F
White, Arty.; Major William E
Hames, , Sig; Maj. Morton W
Kimball, QMC; Maj. Thomas G
Bunn, Inf.; Capt. Paul E. Griffin
Arty (AAvn).
Air Force inspectors include Col.
R. F. Hardy, Chief of Liaison, Grp.
C, Headquarters, AFROTC; Lt. Col.
W. R. Maloney, Headquarters,
AFROTC; Major M. Jones, Asst.
PAS&T at Arizona University,
.Tucson, Ariz. Assisting the Air
Force team will be twelve tactical
officers from Bryan AFB.
The Army team, except McClure,
will arrive at Bryan AFB between
4 and 5:30 p. m. today. They plan
to return to Fort Sam Houston
after completion of the inspection.
mg. At one end is a heavy spring
with another steel plate over it
with the ends of the steel rods
screwed down by large nuts.
“If this mechanism is tampered
with by unskilled hands,” said
Stephenson, “The loosening of the
nuts could cause the block to slip
out of place, explode like dynamite
and kill anyone nearby.”
The block was placed in the
special device by a compressing
machine in the Civil Engineering
Department. It was compressed
until a reading of 24,000 pounds or
12 tons registered on the meter.
The main purpose of the block
being placed in the device was to
test the stress on the special con
crete material which contains a
mixture of aggregate.
“This particular specimen re
presents several hundred dollars of
time and effort,” said Stephenson.
Baptist Annual
Aggie Banquet
Due Saturday
The annual Baptist Student
Union banquet, with the
theme of “Time Marches On,”
will be held at 7, Saturday-
evening in the ballroom of the
Memorial Student Center.
Tickets for the semi-formal ban
quet are on sale by the BSU dor-
mitory representatives for $1.75
and will be on sale until Wednes
day night. Corsages may be or
dered when the ticket is purchased.
The main speaker for the ban
quet will be Dr. W. F. Howard, di
rector of student work for Texas
Baptists in Dallas. Also on the
program will be soloist Mary Vo
gel from Dallas, a quartet from the
school of nursing at Memorial Hos
pital in Houston, a quartet of Ag
gies who call themselves the “Ag-
gienizers” and Jerry Hatfield, the
winner of the Aggie Talent Show.
An added surpiise feature of the
banquet will be presented by mas
ter of ceremonies Skipper Connor.
This program will include several
visiting personalities from over the
state.
General chairman of the banquet
is A1 Meyer. Assisting him in
committee work are Sammy Fergu
son, Jimmy Windle, Tom Sirianna,
Howard Hamner, Jim Manley, Bob
Phillips and Tommy MacDonald.
For about a year we have been
taking data and readings from the
block.”
Several blocks of the same type
are presently being tested behind
the Civil Engineering Building.
Some of the blocks have been
studied for more than two years.
“I am only interested in warn
ing whoever has the device to be
careful and not try to tamper with
it in any way. I am very much con
cerned over its disappearance and
would like to have it back because
of the research value,” Stephenson
asserted.
He said that if whoever had the
block would write an anonymous
note or letter to the Institute, tell
ing where it is, that no further
questions would be asked.
“The block is only useful to us
and dangerous to anyone else,”
he said.
Anyone having any information
concerning the whereabouts of the
block is requested to phone or
write the Texas Transportation
Institute, VI 6-7213.
Esten, Medlen
McCuIley Get
A&SC Awards
Arts and Sciences Council
members selected C. K. Esten,
William S. McCuIley and Dr.
A. B. Medlen to receive the
Faculty Appreciation Awards
for 1956-57 at their regular meet
ing last night.
Esten of the English Department
dwects the Aggie Players and is
the familiar announcer at football
games who says, “Welcome to Kyle
Field, home of the fighting Texas
Aggies.”
McCuIley of the Mathematics De
partment is also a lieutenant col
onel in the Air Force Reserve.
Medlen of the Biology Depart
ment specializes in the teaching of
medical and dental students.
The three men will be presented
plaques at the next meeting of the
council, May 6.
Preceding selection of the award
winners Dave McReynolds, senior
representative to the Intercouncil
Committee, reported that at the
last meeting, Tuesday night, the
committee set up a system of
booths to be operated by repre
sentatives from each of the schools
of the college, May 11-12, Parents
Day Weekend.
GOP High Brass
Supporting Thad
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Republican hig-h brass was used Monday night in a final
pitch for votes by Thad Hutcheson in Tuesday’s election to
pick a new U.S. Senator from Texas.
Endorsing the Eisenhower-backed candidate in a tele
vision appearance from Houston were Secretary of Agricul
ture Ezra Taft Benson, Sen. William Knowland (R-Calif.),
Sen. Styles Bridges (R-NH) and U. S. Rep. Bruce Alger (R-
Tex.), of Dallas.
Agriculture Commissioner John White returned to Aus
tin from Houston Monday and continued his hand-shaking
tour along the route.
Most of the 19 candidates made their final pleas in Hous-
♦ ton with 14 appearing Sunday
’ on a Houston television pro-
Mardi Gras King
Gives RV’s Medal
His Majesty Rex, King of New
Orleans Mardi Gras, recently gave
the coveted Ducah Medal to the
Ross Volunteers for being the
unit that contributed most to mak
ing the parade a success.
The medal is given yearly and
the RV’s have taken it for the last
two years.
Cadet Captain John H. Specht,
commander of the RV’s made the
announcement.
Over 300,000 people were
estimated to have watched the
parade and six to nine million
television viewers.
City, State
Elections
Held Today
Polls will stay open until 7 to
night for election of a U. S. Senator
from Texas and two College Station
City Councilmen.
Voting in the Texas special
general election called to fill the
vacant senate post of Gov. Price
Daniel was held in the North
Gate Culpepper Realty office and
the A&M Consolidated School
music room. City election boxes
were located in the city hall.
“The city council post of Ernest
Seeger, who died Thursday, will
have to be filled in a special elec
tion called by the new council,”
City Manager Ran Boswell said.
“Ballots for the council posts will
be canvassed by Monday and thre
is a possibility Mayor Ernest
Langford may call a special ses
sion to disCMss the matter.”
According to the College Sta
tion charter, a special election to
fill a vacancy must be called with
in 30 days after the vacancy
occurs.
Seeger was running unopposed
from ward three (North Gate
area). The other two wards each
had two candidates for their repre
sentatives.
gram, either in person or by
film.
Congressman-at-large Mar
tin Dies ended his campaign before
home town rooters in Lufkin.
Sen. William A. Blakley, tem
porarily appointed Jan. 15 minutes
before Allan Shivers stepped out
as governor, will be replaced by
the winner. He is not a candidate
and said in Dallas Monday he has
“never aspired to public office and
I have no intention of ever making
it a career.” . He said he will be
glad when his successor is elected
and he can remain in Dallas.
Hutcheson said the race is be
tween himself and Yai’borough. He
said, “We believe Yarborough
could be elected only by conserva
tives who stay at home or con
servatives who vote for a prejudice
instead of a cause.”
“The threat of Republicanism
that flared briefly in Texas’ poli
tical skies is sputtering out,” said
White. “The apathy and indecision
of the voters that marked the
early phases of the campaign has
crystalized into a firm resolve to
elect a Democrat to the Senate.”
Dies said in Lufkin, “All over
the state Texas voters have swung
their support to me because they
know I am the only man in the
race that can beat Yarborough.”
State Sen. Searcy Bracewell said
(See SENATE RACE, page 2.)
AH Seniors
Leave For
Oklahoma City
Thirteen senior animal hus
bandry majors will leave to
morrow morning for Oklaho
ma City to observe sessions in
the Meat Animal and Carcass
Evaluation Clinic which will be
held through Saturday.
The trip, sponsored by the Sad
dle. and Sirloin Club, will be on the
order of a “senior trip” for the
AH majors.
Accompanying the students will
be Doug Wythe of the AH Depart
ment.
The students will hear notables
in the field of animal husbandry
discuss subjects dealing with prob
lems in the field of their study at
the clinic.
Students making the trip include
Charley Jackson, Frank McMurray,
James Rambin, Caddo Waldrip,
Norman Vestal, John Bullard, Nor
man Kinne, Kenneth Rivorre, Ralph
Terrill, Bill Thane, Bill Ragland,
John Foshee and Cecil Wilde.
Members making the trip will re
turn to A&M Sunday.
Curve Claims Priority
Safety Belts Save Aggies
By JOE BUSER
Death was cheated by a pair of
safety belts which held two Aggies
fast in their seats while their cloth-
topped Triumph sports car turned
over and over after missing a
curve on Farm Highway 158 early
Saturday morning.
Driver of the car was James E.
Sheffield, mechanical engineering
major from 114 Lakeside Dr., Bry
an. Other passenger in the car
April 15 Deadline
Set For Pictures
All pictures, for Vanity Fair and
Senior Favorites, for the Aggie-
land, must be turned in to the
Student Publications office before
April 15.
Pictures of any size may be
submitted and the same picture
may be used for both contests.
A.
Weather Today
CLOUDY
Continued cloudiness is forecast
for the immediate vicinity, with
thundershowers expected in the
surrounding area late this after
noon and evening. Yesterday’s
high was 82 degrees, and this
morning’s low, 66. From the time
of the low reading, 1:30 a.m., the
mercury rose steadily to 76 de
grees at 10:30 this morning.
SAFETY BELTS prevented the occupants of this car from
being killed early Saturday morning. The light sports
car rolled about 500 feet and landed upside down with the
driver and passenger owing their lives to the safety belts
recently installed in the car.
was John W. Hall, Jr., ’39, 605 E.
26th St., Bryan. Both men re
ceived multiple cuts and bruises
about the face and head and are
being treated in the Bryan Clinic.
Their condition was reported “im
proving” yesterday and they will
probably be released in a few days,
according to Dr. Joseph Cox, at
tending physician.
The two men were “just riding
around” while Hall’s wife was tak
ing a German lesson when the
accident occurred. They chose Farm
Highway 158, they said because
“it has less curves.”
According to State Highway
Patrolman O. L. Luther, who in
vestigated the accident, the sports
car was traveling at an excessive
speed when it reached the curve.
Marks indicate the car skidded
several hundred feet before it be
gan to roll, he said.
Neither of the passengers in
the car remembers anything after
turning on to the farm highway.
“I must have been unconscious.
All I remember is shifting gears
after we stopped for the stop sign
and, later, being bounced around.
It seems that I said, ‘Oh, Hell, here
goes my car,’ but I’m not sure of
anything,” Sheffield said.
Hall said carbon monoxide, es
caping from a newly installed
muffler might have caused the lack
of memory about the ride.
“One thing’s for sure, though,”
he added. “Without the safety
belts we would have just made a
mess on the highway.”