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Meets Tonight
Student Senate
Number 256: Volume 55
Off the Cuff
What Goes
On Here
Ominous rumblings from the
Trigon have had many seniors
“sweating” since the practice re
view Tuesday afternoon.
For some strange reason many
seniors, too numerous to mention
here were very conspicuous by their
absence at Tuesday’s review.
Contrary to commanding offi
cers’ opinion a first sergeant
stands out more than is realized.
Perhaps the reason the Bulls
missed the seniors was that the
sun didn’t glare off the serge
stripes like it does off the dia
monds and buttons.
A local doctor has diagnosed
the ailments as acute senioritis.
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If you are planning to leave for
this year’s Spring Recess on the
date indicated in the college cata
log, don’t do it. The catalog lists
a date which is erroneous. *
The correct date for the recess
is April 18-22 inclusive, with holi
days for the faculty as well as
students, according to President
D. W. Williams.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1957
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MODERN SANCTUARY in the A&M Chapel is shown above near completion. The room,
when completed, will seat 180 persons. The chapel is supposed to be completed soon.
Sigma Delta Chi
Selects Officers
For Next Year
A&M’s chapter of Sigma
Delta Chi, national profession
al journalism fraternity, elec
ted new officers and installed
four new pledges last night at
their Spring Initiation Dinner in
the Charcoal Room of the Western
Restaurant.
Taking office are Jim Neighbors,
president; Welton Jones, vice presi
dent; Gayle McNutt, secretary,
John West, treasurer and Joe
Buser, parliamentarian. The new
officers take their positions im
mediately to pilot the chapter for
the next year.
Pledges Joe Buser, Val Polk,
Bob Clendennen and Gayle McNutt
were administered the oath and be
came members of the fraternity.
D. D. Burchard was reelected
sponsor of the A&M chapter. He
has been elected to this post each
year since the chapter’s beginning
in 1954.
Retiring officers are: Dave Mc-
Reynolds, president; Jim Bower,
vice president; Connie Eckard,
secretary; Barry Hart, treasurer
and Jim Neighbors, parliamentari-
Cowboys
To Ride,
By DON BISETT
A&M sends its rodeo team to the
Intercollegiate wars of the arena
for their second outing of the year
this weekend when they travel to
Austin and the Texas University
Arena.
A. G. Ol'lre, club president and
current leader for All-Round Cow
boy, says, “We are sending a very
strong team and one that is due to
bring home another team trophy
with any kind of luck at all.”
Ollre himself is the present lead
er in the Bareback and Saddle
Bronc riding and stands second in
From
Rope.
Aggielond
Wrestle-
Twenty one members
pledges attended the dinner.
and
CHS Student Admits
Entering Classroom
A student at A&M Consolidated
High School has confessed that
he broke into the school three
weeks ago and took “about $16”,
according to school officials. Super-
intendant L. S. (Les) Richardson
was unavailable for comment yes
terday.
Ag Bridge Players
Place 13 in Finals
Charles Skillman, Jr., Frank
Buchanan, C. Dewey Hungerford
and Robert Patton placed 13th as
a team in the South Central Zone
of the National Intercollegiate
Bridge Tournament, after playing
the eliminating hands last Feb. 21.
Skillman and Buchanan edged
Hungerford and Patton to become
A&M’s individual bridge champ
ions.
The results were released re
cently by C. C. Nolen of the Uni
versity of Texas, chairman of the
NIBT committee, after studying
the scores of 2,000 participants
representing 103 universities in
the United States.
Teams representing Cornell Uni
versity and Oberlin College (Ohio)
won first place in this year’s tour
nament.
Other schools in the South Cen
tral division include the state uni
versities of Kentucky, Tennessee,
Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana
and Texas.
the Bull riding. Keneth Beasley is
first in the Bull riding and second
in the two events that Ollre leads.
He also stands second to Ollre in
the All-Round standings.
Rodney Butler, another member
of the star-studded team, is first
in the Steer Wrestling standings
and closely follows Ollre and
Beasley in the Riding events. Both
Beasley and Butler are men who
work four events in the tanbark
arena and work them jwell, accord
ing to Ollre. }
Other members of the strong
A&M team are John Kiker, Cui'tis
Burlin and Sonny Presnal. Kiker is
the team roper and another Steer
Falsies Start Fire
In Cleaning Shop
MIAMI, Fla., (A>>—A pair of
“falsies” were blamed yesterday
for a fii’e which did more than
$4,000 worth of damage at a
laundry and dry cleaning plant.
One of. the plant’s owners said
• he believed the falsies—used by
women to provide curves-were
left in a basket of clothes which
had been dried in a hot air tum
bler.
He said the material of which
the articles are made holds the
heat and can cause an explosion
if kept in an unventilated place.
Wrestler while Presnal and Burlin
ride in the Bareback and Bull
riding events.
Burlin is the only four year mem
ber of the team and has been a
consistent winner in his two events.
Presnal is considered the dark-
horse in his two events and has
the skill to beat any of his team
mates any time they match their
skills.
A&M is considered the out
standing team in the Southern
Division of the Intercollegiate
Rodeo Association. They have al
ready established a strong lead in
the team standings with their
overwhelming team victory at the
Sam Houston State College Rodeo
early this year.
Pictorial Guide
A new pictorial guide of the
campus has been produced by the
A&M Press. It consists of an
aerial view of A&M with all build
ings and other points of interest
clearly marked and numbered to
help visitors find their way around
the campus.
Ralph Grabs
Larger Margin
Over Rivals
DALLAS, UP) — Democrat
Ralph Yarborough polled more
than 350,000 votes to win the
special U.S. Senate election,
final returns of the Texas
Election Bureau released Wednes
day night show.
Yarborough received 353,923
votes. Congressman-at-large Mar
tin Dies, also a Democrat, was
second with 284,881 votes and Thad
Hutcheson, Republican, was third
with 218,475.
Yarborough had 37.85 per cent
of the vote, Dies 30.46 per cent
and Hutcheson 23.26 per cent.
The final returns, from all of
the state’s 254 counties, including
158 complete, amounted to a total
of 935,086 votes. Robert Johnson,
head of the bureau, said about
25,000 votes were still unreported.
Thus the actual vote was con
siderably higher than the 700,000-
800,000 predicted.
State Senator Searcy Bracewell
received 32,166 votes, former Su
preme Court Justice James P.
Hart 19,093, and Agriculture Com
missioner John White 10,825.
Totals received by the others in
the field of 19 were:
Elmer Adams, 2,127; Herbert J.
Antoine, Sr., 556; The Rev. M. T.
Banks, 1,991; Jacob Bergolofsky,
579; John C. Burnes, Sr., 553;
Frank Cortez, 1,291; C. O. Foers-
ter, 613; Curtis Ford, 771; Ralph
W. Hammonds, 2,047; Walter Scott
McNutt, 651; Clyde R. Orms, 332;
J. Perrin Willis, 823 and High Wil
son 788.
Property Damage
Hits $4 Million
DALLAS, UP)—Dallas suffered new anguish from raging
thunderstorms and twister threats yesterday after Tuesday’s
tornado which killed 10 persons and laid waste to 60 blocks—
the worst destruction in the city’s history. Nearly 200 per
sons were treated at hospitals for injuries.
The tornado was part of a storm wave which swept
across Texas and Oklahoma killing 16. A tornado killed one
man at Ben Franklin, and other twisters took five lives in
Oklahoma—two at Little City, two at Durant and one near
Ardmore.
Yesterday a tornado ripped a third of the gymnasium
roof off the Little Cypress school in deep southeast Texas
"♦"near Orange, but none of the
800 students were injured.
Requirements For
Living Democracy
By DR. RALPH STEEN
A&M’s student elections serve
as an excellent example of democ
racy in action. They illustrate
both the good points and the bad
points of democracy as it oper
ates in the United States. In the
elections you will have candidates,
platforms and a remarkable lack
of interest on the part of many
of the students.
It is this lack of interest which
keeps democracy from being as
good in practice as it is in theory.
Every voter who stays away from
the polls makes it easier for an
organized group (practically al
ways a minority) to control the
Kyle Field Reserve Seat Plan
Planned for Senate Decision
election.
The fact that great numbers of
voters stay away from the polls
often makes it possible to change
the definition of democracy from
“government of the people, by the
people, for the people” to “govern
ment of the people, by the party,
for the machine.”
If the government is to operate
as it should every citizen has the
duty to vote and the obligation to
vote intelligently. Voting intelli
gently is not easy. It requires
careful study of the candidates
and the people back of the candi
dates.
. To the extent that the people
make these studies carefully and
cast their votes intelligently, we
will have good government. Fail
ure to do these things will give us
bad government. There is much
justification for the statement
that the people get exactly the
kind of government they deserve.
One rule has been proved time
and time again: If the good citi-
(See VOTING, page 6)
Stage Set For
23rd Annual
Cotton Pageant
Huge cotton bolls set the
stage for A&M’s 23rd Annual
Cotton Ball and Pageant which
will be held in Sbisa Hall, Fri
day, April 12 at 7 :30 p.m.
A field of 125 girls from over the
state representing various clubs,
societies and oi’ganizations, will be
on hand to reign as duchesses.
From this array of beauty the
Cotton Queen of 1957 will be
picked.
Judges for the Royal Court in
clude Mary Carter, owner of the
Fashion Dress Shop in Dallas;
Grydon Heart Si 11, fashion editor of
the Dallas Times Herald and Max,
of Photo Associates, Dallas.
Reigning as King for this years
presentation will be John Beaty,
senior agronomy major from Co
manche. He will be crowned King
of Cotton by Bryan C. Miller of
Texas Textile Mills, McKinney.
Master of ceremonies for the
night’s festivities will be Morris
Frank, columnist for The Houston
Chronicle. Aggieland Orchestra will
provide music for the occasion.
A 3-act play, dance routine by
CHS’s Ann Hite, songs by Mrs.
Marvin H. Butter of Bryan and
calypso music by the Beachcom
bers will round out the evening’s
entei*tainment.
Tickets are on sale in the Ag
ronomy Building, room 101, for $1
spectator tickets and $2 dance
tickets stag or drag. Dance tickets
entitle the holders to see the Page
ant.
Other tornadoes, rumors of
tornadoes, and windstorms
swept eastern Texas, but
there were no immediate reports
of deaths or major damage.
Sodden survivors of the Dallas
storm slogged through rain and
mush trying to salvage a few pos
sessions from their destroyed
homes.
At least 500 persons had no
place to live today except in re
lief shelters or with friends, or rel
atives.
Deputy Police Chief O. P.
Wright estimated Dallas damage at
four million dollars. I At least 500
homes were destroyed or damaged.
The federal government de
clared Dallas County a disaster
area, eligible for low-interest loans
for rehabilitation.
Milton Hilliard, 2, died in a hos
pital yesterday of tornado injuries
to hecome the 10th Dallas fatality.
The twister ripped a 21-mile
path through the city, knocked out
electricity in 75,000 homes and put
4,000 telephones out of commission.
The utilities damage was rapidly
repaired.
A slashing thunderstorm struck
the city before dawn yesterday, and
others struck later.
Three funnels were seen during
the morning in Dallas County, and
many others were reported
throughout north and east Texas.
But damage appeared minor ex
cept at Little Cypress school. Most
funnels did not touch the ground.
Many areas reported minor dam
age from windstorms.
The Dallas police force, 600
strong, was beefed up by 100 re
serves and placed on 12-hour shifts
until the crisis was over.
A plan for using the reserve seat
system in Kyle Field for juniors
and seniors (both Corps and
Civilians) may come up for Student
Senate decision . at the Senate’s
meeting tonight.
Approval of the idea was grant
ed yesterday by the Athletic Coun
cil after a detailed plan for
organizing and practicing the pro
gram was presented by Senate
members.
Generally accepting the Senate
plan, the Council had three require
ments they felt had to be met for
the plan to be successful. These
were: date ticket prices for
juniors and seniors raised to $3.50;
tickets sold on a first come, first
serve basis with the section
designated by classes as was the
case last Fall and the integrated
seating of Corps and Civilian stu
dents.
The Council said they urged the
integrated seating because it would
simplify ticket sales and improve
Corps-Civilian relations.
Under the plan, only juniors and
seniors could buy the reserve seats
and class distinction would still be
enforced. Freshmen and sopho
mores w r ould continue their seat
ing ai'rangement as in the past.
Senator Joe Ross said the ticket
price hike of $1 was due because
Southwest Conference regulations
govern the sale of reserve seats
and that college regulations state
that any seat not in the end zone is
to be priced at $3.50.
Ross added that since only the
Senate and not the student body
would vote on the plan, he urged
students to express their opinions
on the idea to their Senators be
fore the Senate meeting tonight.
The plan submitted by the Sen
ators listed the following as ad
vantages and disadvantages.
Advantages: cut down on con
fusion caused when Corps members
rush for their seats, civilian stu
dents would not have to come too
early to get a better seat, not as
many student ushers would be
Car Theft Solved
By Title Holder
Campus Security said yesterday
a car reported stolen last week
from student Roland Baird was
repossessed by the individual who
held title to the car under the plan
Baird purchased it.
Baird told officers he checked
with the person in Houston and
found the car. But the title hold
er required him to pay all the debt
on the car in two weeks or lose it,
Baird told them.
necessary and the Athletic Council
would stand to make more money.
Disadvantages: new change will
add confusion for awhile, each
student will have to get a ticket
for each game just as they do
for out of town games and the
price of date tickets for reserve
seat holders is raised $1.
The Senate committee did not
ask for reserve seats for freshmen
and sophomores because “there is
very little difference in any end
zone seat, end zone reserve seats
would raise date ticket prices in
that area to $3.50 because of con
ference regulations, a group of
freshmen could get seats together
in order to be away from Corps
sophomores and it would not be
good relations to have a civilian
freshman standing by laughing
while a Coi-ps freshman is being
corrected.”
Two CS Tessies
Make Dean’s Team
Two Texas State College for
Women students from College Sta
tion, Ann Fleming, freshman
costume design and fashion illu
stration major, of 103 Fairview,
and Carolyn Rhea Landiss, junior
education major, of 803 Dexter Dr.,
were named to the college’s honor
roll for fall semester grades.
A high “B” average must be
maintained to deserve being entered
on the Dean’s List, a recognition
of superior scholarship.
Weather Today
PARTLY CLOUDY
Yesterday’s high and low tem
perature readings were 79 and 56
degrees. At 10:30 this morning
the temperature was 74.
LITTLE SOUTHWESTERN preparations include, the kill
ing of swine for the Saddle & Sirloin Clubs annual Ham
Sale which will be a part of weekend festivities May 11 and
12. Rob Gooch inspects carcasses of swine killed by stu
dents prior fo curing of hams for the show. Proceeds
from the Ham Sale held during Little Southwestern Week
end go toward paying for trips taken by judging teams to
various contests over the nation.