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Number 261: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1957
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ONE WEEK AGO LAW HALL students decided to do
something about a problem of disorganization. By yester
day afternoon, a week later, the group was discussing a
proposed constitution. Part of the council putting plans
into effect are (1. to r. seated) Roy Andrews, Bill Mont
gomery, Michael Haher, Grady Satterwhite and (standing
1. to r.) John Basyl, Louis Martin, Harry Whitmore, Roger
Andrews, Marvin Pate, Donald Godwin and David Yost.
Off the Cuff
What Goes
On Here
A business coupe pulled up in
Iront of the MSC the other day
and a. middle aged man leaned his
head out the car window and hailed
a passing student.
“Say, buddy, is this the con
vention hall? he quelled as be
pointed toward the rambling low
slung edifice.
★ ★ ★
A step toward closer unity be
tween the Corps and Civilians was
taken the other day-—in the mid
dle of the drill field.
Seems that a Corps junior was
walking North on the well-trod
path when he met a Civilian stroll
ing toward the MSC.
In true Aggie fashion, they both
stopped, whipped out and resumed
their journey.
★ ★ ★
QUINCY, Mass., <A>)_“Bunny”
tvill be one year old Easter Sunday
and she probably will ' receive,
tmong other gifts, a toy rabbit to
accompany the big furry one pre
sently her favorite plaything.
“Bunny’s” proper name is Anne
Marie' Babbitt. She’s the daughter
of Mi-, and Mrs. James Babbitt.
Among her guests Easter Sun
day wjll be her grandfather, Peter
Babbitt.
Runoff Candidates
The following candidates will appear in the class elec
tion runoff scheduled for Tuesday:
Class of ’58
President
Theron (Mac) McLaren, Bob Surovik.
Vice President
Jack W. Stone, Bill McLaughlin, Malcolm (Buddy)
Maedgen.
Secretary-Treasurer
Tom R. Harris, Ray G. Anthony, George Ragsdale.
Social Secretary
David W. McLain, James P. Gatline, Travis C. Johnson.
Historian
Joe W. Cantrell, C. E. (Chuck) Garcia, Floyd Hardimon.
Yell Leaders
Jerry McGown, Jack Wilkinson, Ted R. Lowe.
Class of ’59
President
W. R. Markillie, Gene R. Birdwell, Richard (Dick) Noack.
Vice President
Melbern G. Glasscock, W. A. (Bill) Myers, Richard D.
Stepp.
Secretary
R. G. T. (Bob) Lassiter, Charles H, Robinson, Manley
W. Jones.
Social Secretary
Don S. Cornwall, Edward W. Hill, Calvin D. Campbell.
VI^6cL(l0rS
Thomas Miller, Ross F. Hutchison, Bob L. Williams.
Class of ’60
President
Byron C. Blaschke, Allen N. Burns, Gene R. Laningham.
Vice President
Alvis C. James, Robert Van Winkle, Bill D. Jobe.
Secretary-Treasurer
Jerry Don Smith, Wayne Paul Schneider, Hubert Oxford.
Social Secretary
Joe B. Brooks, Jimmy Ross Chapman, W. W. (Duke)
Waggoner.
L.bL< Gives
To Seating
High School
Journalists
Here Monday
Co-sponsored by the A&M
Journalism Department and
the local chapter of Sigma
Delta Chi,, national profes
sional journalism fraternity,
the Second Annual Texas High
School Journalism Honors Day will
be held Monday.
With 27 outstanding high school
journalists expected for the honors
program, a full day of activities
has been planned, according to D.
D. Burchard, head of the Journal
ism Department.
Speakers scheduled to talk to
the group include Casey Jones Jr.,
of KOBA; W. B. Crossley, publish
er of Madisonville Meteor and
Ken Loeffler, head basketball
coach and noted author.
Besides listening to the speak
ers, the young journalists will tour
the various communications media
on the campus including WTAW,
Student Publications and the A&M
Press.
Each of the boys will be award
ed a certificate for his journalistic
prowess, signed by Burchard; Jim
Bower, editor of The Battalion and
Jim Neighbors, president of the lo
cal SDX chapter at a final assem
bly when Joe Tindel, new editor of
The Battalion, and Neighbors will
give short talks to the group.
SAE Attends Gulf
Coast Meet Today
Another trip to attend a Gulf
Coast Sectional meeting of the
Society of Automotive Engineers is
planned by the A&M Society to
day.
The group plans to leave this
afternoon in time to be in Houston
at Vilian’s Wedgewood Boom at 6
p. m. for an open discussion on
“Privately Owned-Company Oper
ated Automotive Equipment.”
Anyone interested may contact
Ernest Bickel, president of the
society, in Dorm 17, Boom 411.
Weather Today
PARTLY CLOUDY
Partly cloudy skies and possible
rain showers are forecast for the
area. At 10:30 this morning the
mercury stood at 62 degrees.
Yesterday’s high and low readings
were 74 and 57 degrees.
Represen ta tion
Question Arises
Civilian Student Council members? put their okay on the
Student Senate’s seating plan for Kyle Field last night after
a heated discussion on whether they should do so without
first contacting more of their constituents.
Frank Bailey, representative from Walton Hall, asked
Council members if they had really found out how the men
in their dormitories felt about the Senate seating plan.
Some said they had found out and others indicated that
they hadn’t made a complete study.
Vannis Redman, senior class representative, said he
believed it was the responsibility of Council members to act
on measures even though they haven’t consulted their con
stituents.
“We must weigh all the as
pects of a problem and come
to a conclusion, because we
are closer to the problems
then the men in our dorms,” he
said.
Council members discussed the
plan as it was and decided it was
satisfactory.
Bailey and Boy Andrews, Law
Hall councilman, were the only men
who opposed the plan. They said
they couldn’t support it because the
men in their dorms showed oppo
sition.
William Short, Dormitory 16 rep
resentative, suggested that the plan
be amended to provide for checking
ID cards at the entrances to the
junior-senior ramps to assure that
no students other than those with
reserved seats in that section be
allowed to go in at those ramps.
Bedman said there is no way of
telling a student’s classification by
looking at his ID card so this
amendment was not necessary. The
Council agreed and rejected the
amendment.
The Traditions Committee with
John LaCroix as its head, had noth
ing to report at the meeting con
cerning the plans for a program
for civilian freshmen. At the last
meeting LaCroix outlined a pro
gram which had been suggested by
several civilians to have freshmen
get short haircuts and meet persons
using a “fish handle.”
Andrews of Law Hall reported
to the Council that his dormitory
had adopted a constitution and was
now operating under it. He said
they planned to elect a dormitory
council in the near future.
Bailey of Walton Hall said men
in his dormitory were considering
a constitution and were making
their suggestions now. He said he
expected a constitution to be rati
fied at a dormitory meeting Mon
day night. He said he felt a dor
mitory council could be elected by
early May.
Other councilmen said they were
also working on plans for consti
tutions in their dormitories.
Henry Williams, sophomore rep
resentative, told councilmen of
plans for the Civilian Weekend pro
gram and urged all members to
get their selections for dormitory
sweetheart in before the deadline,
April 17 at 12 noon.
Further plans were made for the
Council banquet May 3.
Sweetheart
Deadline Is
Monday at 5
Deadline for turning in entries
for Vanity Fair, Senior Favorite
and Civilian Sweethearts is 5 p.m.
Monday.
Pictures for Vanity Fair and
Senior Favorite are to be turned in
to the Office of Student Publi
cations. No entries will be ac
cepted after the deadline.
Civilian day students also have a
chance to enter a candidate for
Civilian Sweetheart, according to
John Avant, chairman of the Publi
city Committee for Civilian Week
end.
A picture of the girl with her
measurements and name are to be
turned in to W. G. Breazeale’s of
fice in Puryear 1-H, or at the Of
fice of Student Activities by 5 p.
m. Monday, Avant said. Any size
picture will be accepted, he said.
Entries from College View and
Project House areas must be turn
ed in by five Monday. These en
tries can be turned in to Student
Activities only.
Deadline for civilian dormitory
students to turn in entries extends
until noon Wednesday, according
to Avant. Dormitory students will
also turn in their finalist pictures
to the Activities Office.
Aggie Wives’
Polio Shots
Begin Saturday
Final preparations got un
derway today as volunteer
workers of the Aggie Wives
Council set up shop in anti
cipation for tomorrow’s mass
Polio Inoculations shots in apart
ment B-2-C, in College View.
Shots are scheduled to begin
promptly at 1 p.m. and nurses and
doctors will be on hand until 3.
Four registered nurses will ad
minister the vaccine, under super
vision of a local doctor.
The shots are available to any
one who wishes to take them, ac
cording to members of the Coun
cil. The only charge is $1 per shot
and this will go toward defraying
the cost of the serum itself. Any
money that may be left will be do
nated to the local chapter of the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis.
Mothers are reminded that the
polio season is almost here and
the shots consist of a series of
three inoculations in order to assure
the most complete protection
against the disease.
The first shot and the second
may be taken within one month,
but a period of six months is re
quired between the last two.
Civilians To Start
BBQ Ducat Sale
Barbecue tickets for the
annual Civilian Weekend will
go on sale Monday in all Civ
ilian dormitories, Student Ac
tivities and Civilian Counsel
ors’ Officers.
The Civilian Weekend Commit
tee set prices at 85 cents for stu
dent tickets and 45 cents for child
ren under 12. The barbecue will
be held in The Grove at 5 p.m.
Saturday, May 4.
The Civilian Ball, with a “Play
boy” theme, will be held in Sbisa
Saturday night from 9 to 12 p.m.
Tickets will go on sale immediately
after the Easter Holidays at $2
stag or drag. The Civilian Sweet
heart will be chosen from the final
ists at 10 p.m.
A baby sitting service will be
available for students with child
ren. Details for this service are
still being worked out by com
mittee members.
Cotton Pageant Duchesses—Another Random Sample
By DAVE McREYNOLDS
Sbisa Hall will take on the like
ness of a huge cotton field tonight
as members of the Royal Court,
guests and spectators gather to
watch the 23rd Annual Cotton Pag
eant and Ball at 7:30.
John Beaty, senior agronomy
Imogene Stanley
major from Comanche, will be
crowned King Cotton of 1957 and
his Queen will be picked from
among the 161 attending Duchesses
who represent various A&M Moth
ers’ Clubs, Hometown Clubs, Wives
Clubs and other organizations over
the state.
Bryan C. Miller, president of the
Texas Textile Mills, McKinney, will
crown King Beaty after the pres
entation of the Kings’ Court which
includes Wayne Allen, Ernesto De
Leon, Bert Hoff, Fausto Yturria,
David Bagley, Harold Byars, Mer
rill Adamcik and Kent Potts. Fol
lowing this the various Duchesses
will be presented.
C. K. Esten and David Daniel
will spell Morris Frank, rotund
columnist and humorist from the
Houston Chronicle who will serve
as the evening’s master of ceremo
nies for the event.
After a modern dance act by
Ann Hite from A&M Consolidated
School, the Duchesses and their
escorts will be presented to the
King and his Court.
The Queen’s Court will be pre
sented following a calypso selec-.
tion by The Beachcombers—musi
cal group including James Gatlin,
Charles W. Jenkins, Gerald L.
Leighton, Bill Lange and Pat Res-
ley.
The Queen, who will be selected
by a committee composed of Miss
Mary Carter of the Fashion Shop,
Linda Sutton
Dallas; Miss Graydon Heartsill,
Fashion Editor, Dallas Times Her
ald and Max of Photo Associates
in Dallas will then be announced
and crowned by King Beaty.
Mrs. R. W. Butler of Bryan will
then present a song followed by
the presentation of flowers to
Queen Cotton and Her Court. Miss
Shelby Sanders, A&M Sweetheart,
will do the honors for this part of
the program.
This will lead into the Grand
March which officially opens the
1957 Cotton Ball.
Music for the Ball will be fur
nished by The Aggieland Orchestra.
The Pageant and Ball, both spon
sored by the A&M Agronomy So
ciety, has the long-standing repu
tation of being one of the social
highlights of the Spring Semester
at A&M. Through this medium
members of the Agronomy Society
collect funds to send members of
the society and department to va
rious competitions throughout the
year.
Committees for the 1957 Ball and
Pageant and their chairmen are:
Vol Davis Jr., social secretary;
Charley Delaney, stage setting;
Wayne Allen, entertainment; Mrs.
W. H. Delaplane, advisor.
Tickets for the night’s entertain
ment may be purchased at the Ag
ronomy Department, room 101,
spectator tickets are $•! each and
dance tickets $2 each — stag or
Betty Dickinson
drag.
Duchesses and the organization
they represent are:
Local Women’s and
Local Civic Clubs
Margaret Ann Adams, College
Station-Bryan Lions Club; Lorita
Donaho, Bryan Reading Club; Shir
ley Ebner, Bryan AFB Wives Club;
Mary Lou Ergle, Campus Study
Club; Linda Melissa Fouraker, Wil
liam Scott Chapter, DAB;
Carolyn Graham, Womans Club
of Bryan; Jane Hatfield, Pan
American Roundtable; Ann Hite,
A&M College Womens Social Club;
Gayle Lykins, American General
Contractors; Mona McBeth, Cal
vert Chamber of Commerce; Merna
Beth McQuire, Agricultural Sta
bilization & Conservation Auxili
ary; Lina Ruth Lewis, American
Legion Auxiliary of Bryan; Glenda
Peery, Bryan Saddle Club; Linda
Rodgers, College Station Lions
Club; Lucy Rogers, College Station
Kiwanis Club; Jo Anne Walker,
Extension Service Club; Elaine
Wardlaw, Dames Club; Nancy
Lynn Adkins, Methodist Student
Movement of TSCW; Carolyn Ama
to, Sophomore Class of TSCW; Jo
Ann Bailey, Tarleton State Col
lege; Barbara Barnhill, Arlington
State College; Mary Beth Blasdel,
University of Houston; Sylvia Con-
trini, Our Lady of Lake College;
Kay Dean, Students Association of
(See COTTON PAGEANT, page 3)
La Blanche Davis