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V £i The Battalion PAGE 2 College Station (Brazos County)* Texas Tuesday April 9, 1957 Needed: Dorm Councils Law Hall residents have started A&M’s first civilian dormitory council. -■ Their action and future plans are commendable. For if Law Hall plans are carried through to completion, it will contribute greatly to ending the disorganization so common to civilian dorms. They have the opportunity to raise the status of the civ ilian students from a group without a serious voice to one that exerts a needed influence for the betterment of A&M. May they reach their goal. In starting the movement, other dorm residents are challenged to take action of their own. Remaining mute any longer has no justifiable excuse. Students have for too long elected somebody to a coun cil, only to have the elected person to present his personal views, rather than represent the desires of the electorate who sent him to the council for a purpose. A giant who always sleeps may as well be a mite. Civ ilian students who refuse to organize tb better the college deserve the back seat, the position they hold now. LB Practice A Privilege Tomorrow students have a chance to practice what is the top American Heritage—the right to vote for the candidate of their choice. * To many, voting is a drudgery and many people look upon this priceless responsibility as something to'be shrug ged off. • The contrary should be the case. It is only when the majority do not vote—and vote wise ly—that the minority groups get the controlling seats in a governing body. Apathy is the sin of democracy. “I just had too much to do and didn’t get by the polls.” This familiar cry and excuse is heard over the country every year after the annual elections. Somehow it is usually this same lackadaisical person who is soon heard to cry—“How did that guy get into office?” When people fail to vote for the candidate of their choice they have no right to gripe when the man who is elected doesn’t fill what they think are the qualifications for the office. This is true at A&M. How many of you know the names, background and pos itions of the candidates on the ballot? “His name sounds familiar”—“He lives in our dorm”— a flip of a coin—and this is the way a governing body is selec ted. Then next fall when some controversial issue arises, think back and see who is to blame—did you vote, and vote for a man you knew and had your trust in? Or like so many, did you just scratch through a group of names without thought to each ones’ individual merits ? Or worse than that, did you even bother to go by the voting booths and cast your vote? In addition students now have an opportunity to prac tice voting on machines in this election and thus better pre pare themselves to be good voting citizens after graduation. WHAT A DREAMBOAT! MV IDEAL HERO! \ - WHAT A DATE i I'M BATTING ZERO I WHY, YOU SMOKE A PIPE TOO! j>aN'- M/ V/ YOU'RE FOR ME! W\ \ \\\ ll ' " // /\RS I | Y THEATl SIR WALTER RALEIGHS BLEND OF CHOICE KENTUCKY BURLEYS IS EXTRA-AGED TO GUARD AGAINST TONGUE BITE. 24-PAGE BOOKLET ON PIPE CARE . JUST WRITE TO. SIR WALTER RALEIGH, OEPT. 786D LOUISVILLE, KY. Aggies Take Fifth In UT Rodeo Meet B$17 Honors Rev. A. Smith With ‘Your Life 9 Program The Battalion The Editorial Policy of The Battalion * Represents the Views of the Student Editors The Battalion, daily newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station, la published by students in the Office of Student Publications as a non-profit educational service. The Director of Student Publications Is Ross Strader. The governing body of all student publications of the A.&M. College of Texas is the Student Publications Board. Faculty members are Dr. Carroll D. Laverty, Chairman; Prof. Donald D. Burchard, Prof. Tom Leland and Mr. Bennie Zinn. Student members are W. T. Williams, Murray Milner, Jr., and Deighlus E. Sheppard, Jr., Ex-officio members are Mr. Charles Roeber, and Ross Strader, Sec retary. The Battalion is published four times a week during the regular school year and once a week during the summer and vacation and examination periods. Days of publication are Tuesday through Friday for the regular school year and on Thursday during the summer terms and during examination and vacation periods. Subscription rates are $3.50 per semester, $6.00 per school year, $6.50 per full year or $1.00 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. Entered as second-class natter at Post Office at College Station, Texas, ander the Act of Con- ffreas of March 8, 1870. Member of: The Associated Press Texas Press Association Represented nationally by National Advertising Services, Inc., a t New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Fran cisco. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republi cation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. News contributions may be made by telephone (VI 6-6618 or VI- 6-4910) or at the editorial office room, on the ground floor of tht YMCA. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (VI 6-641£) or ai the Student Publications Office, ground floor of the YMCA. JIM BOWER Dave McReynolds Barry Hart Welton Jones ^ Editor Managing Editor Sports Editor City Editor By DON BISETT A&M’s Rodeo Team had a let down from their winning ways this weekend and could do no better than fifth place at the University of Texas Rodeo. The team amassed only 184.5 points of which A. G. Ollre gath ered in 106.5, Rodney Butler gar nered 42 and Kenneth Beasley got 36 points. Ollre placed on every head of stock he mounted but was a victim of the drawing as his broncs and bulls were not top quality animals. Ollre’s points came from a fourth in bareback bronc riding, third in saddle bronc riding and a split of sixth place in bull riding. PETITION ( Continued from Page 1) civilians especially if it was passed partly for the reason given by John Specht, another senator. He said Specht told the Senate Thursday night that by integrat ing the two groups the Corps could-help civilian juniors and sen iors learn more about traditions used by the Corps at football games. Larry Piper said he agreed with Specht. Upchurch emphasized that this would only create misunderstand ing because most junior and senior civilians have either been in the Corps at one time and know tra ditions or else they are veterans and dislike some one younger tell ing them what to do. “Unity between the Corps and civilians will come only when civil ian leaders institute a program so that civilians may learn the tra ditions of A&M on their own and take part in them as a group, not because the Corps has forced them down their throat,” he said. Upchurch said he thought the plan for freshmen civilians under consideration in the Civilian Stu dent Council Traditions Committee might be a good answer to the problem of unifying the Corps and civilians. He said the petition would prob ably be submitted to the Student Senate at the next regular meet ing, April 25. Upchurch said he hoped the Sen ate could have a re-vote on the plan at the meeting. He said he knew of 24 senators who didn’t know what they were voting for, and said if they voted again would be against integration. Piper says he still believes in integration of the two groups. He says he thinks it would be a good first step in a long range program toward unification of the two groups. “Some have called me an idealist for thinking this way, but I think no goal is too high to reach for,” he said. He said if a referendum is held it will probably be at the General Election, May 1. Browsing Thru Shaffer’s May the 8th will be a big day at A&M. The new album “SONGS jf AGGIELAND” will be out. We’ve been fortunate enough to hear a preview and it gets “RAVE” no tices from us. It’s twice as long and twice as good as the previous album. Which leads us to the subject of phonographs. If you buy the 45 rpm extended play version of this album, we’ve got just the thing for you. RCA Victor’s 45 Vic- trola. It’s only 41 95, but to make it even more interesting to you, for one month only, Shaffer’s will include 7.96 worth of records at NO COST TO YOU. Let’s talk about games. We have cribbage boards, chess men and boards and Autobridge. Wheth er you.are a beginner at the Goren system of bridge or want to im prove your present game, AUTO BRIDGE is the answer. Requires only one player and there are hands for beginners or experts. Priced from 1.50. Skaff, Pool St, er 6 North Gate ore College Station Open 6 days a Week from 8 A.M. to 6 P.M. (Adv.) Butler’s time of 14,3 seconds was good for a fourth in the steer wrestling and Beasley’s time of 15.8 was sixth in the same event. Beasley got a split for the fifth and sixth place in the bareback riding event. Two bad breaks figured in the overall outcome as Beasley had 10 seconds added to his time of 5.8 in the steer wraestling for breaking the barrier. This knocked A&M out of a first in that event and quite a few team points. Curtis Burlin had his bronc rig ging* slip over the withers of his animal, in what was the best bare- back ride of the entire rodeo and this disqualified his winning ef fort. All-round honors went to Jimmy Miller of McNeese College. Grady Allen, Texas A&I was good for runner up. Miller had a total of 216 points. Team honors went to McNeese College with a total of 545.5 points. This weekend sees A&M’s tan- bark invaders travel to McNeese College in Lake Charles, La., for their National Intercollegiate Ro deo. Members making the trip in clude Ollre, Butler, Beasley, Bur lin, John Kiker and Roger Lacy. NSA Schedules Cancer Program Bryan-College Station Chapter of National Secretaries Associa tion (International) will meet at 7:30 p.m. today in the board of di rectors room, Chamber of Com merce office. In observance of Cancer Control Day, the program will feature a talk by Kay Halsell, chairman of the organized groups for the Can cer Crusade in Brazos County. After discussing some of the ac tivities of these groups, he will introduce Dr. J. E. Marsh Jr., who will show a film. TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY “Between Heaven and Hell” with ROBERT WAGNER —Plus— “The Bottom of the Bottle” with VAN JOHNSON LI’L ABNER By LELAND BOYD A&M Bhptist Student Union ob served one of its most memorable occasions of the year Saturday night at their annual banquet in the Memorial Student Center. But it will probably be remem bered most clearly by a 50-year- old Bible teacher, Rev. Arthur Smith of the Baptist Bible Chair. The program held special im- poi'tance to Smith, for it presented a rehearsal of his life and the in fluence for good he has done. The occasion was patterned after “This Is Your Life.” Smith is observing his 10th anniversary as a Bible teacher at A&M. * Presented in sequence on the program were his parents, Mr. and Ag Experiment Station Gets Poultry Grants Grants totaling $16,170 have been made to the Texas Agricultural Experiment Sta tion to aid the Poultry Science Department in its research program. The announcement was made re cently by R. D. Lewis, director of the station. A grant-in-aid of $8,000 was made by the Texas Random Sample Teste Committee to enable the college to construct two laying cage houses. These houses will become part of the random test facilities at the College Poultry Center. A grant of $3,000 has been ex tended by the American Cyanamid Co. to support research work on the effect of vitamins, aureomycin chlortetracycline and other anti biotics on t,he nutrition of chickens and turkeys. CIRCLE TUBS. & WED. “Girl He Left Behind” Tab Hunter —Also— “Animal World” . •; Mrs. B. M. Smith of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Dr. J. E. Dixon of Mt. Vernon, Ill., who as a' doctor delivered Smith at his birth in 1907, conducted the baptismal rite when Smith became a mem ber of the Baptist Church, officiat ed at his marriage ceremony, and assisted in his ordination into the ministry. Then came Mrs. Smith, his wife. By tape recording Dr. Kyle M. Yates, now of Baylor University, spoke to Smith of the time when Smith studied Theology under his teaching. Next came the Smith’s three sons, John Robert, Richard, and Bradley. Dr. W. F. Howard, secretary of Baptist Student work in Texas, told of Smith’s work and how it had deeply influenced those with whom he had come in contact. Next came Mrs. Hill Daniel of Cottonwood Baptist Church. Smith has pastored at Cottonwood Bap tist Church since 1948. Ten students ' who had studied courses under Smith at A&M were present to represent each year of his teaching career here. The former students were: Earl Glenn Rose of Abilene, ’47- ’48. 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