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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.
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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.
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Aggies Take Fifth
In UT Rodeo Meet
B$17 Honors Rev. A. Smith
With ‘Your Life 9 Program
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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
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“Girl He
Left Behind”
Tab Hunter
—Also—
“Animal World”
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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.
Dave Ford of Waco, ’48-’49.
Cedric Copeland of Waco, ’49-’50.
Bob Smith of Houston, ’50-’51.
(He was All American Fullback.)
Bill Munnerlyn of Dallas, ’51-’52.
Dick Frey of Dallas, ’52-’53.
Jerry ‘Catfish’ Mickel of Dallas,
’53-’54.
Dick Bumpass of Oklahoma, ’54-
’55.
Dub Bailey, A&M senior, ’55-’56.
Jim Owens, A&M Junior, ’56-’57.
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