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MORE WATER on South College Avenue doesn’t seem to bother the truck too much although the car in the fore ground is completely stalled after “drowning out.” Water kept a steady traffic block in this area for about five hours yesterday afternoon. OVERFLOWING THE SMALL DAM on the Country Club lake on South College Avenue, water gushes out into the street to cut down traffic as shown in the pictures on each side. At 1:30 p.m. the lake level was about two feet below the top of the dam but by 2:30, it was well on its way out of the lake. Even then the spillway did not provide a big enough outlet as the water also overflowed the north end of the lake and spilled out on the highway. BOBBY MAGER of Bryan rides his motor scooter through the small lake that formed on South College Avenue along the Country Club lake. The water, overflowing from the lake, reached a steady depth of about 18 inches, slowing and often stalling traffic on the road. 18,440 READERS THE ATTALION Senate, Civilian Council Meets Tomorrow Nite Number 264: Volume 55 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1957 Price Five Cents Daniel Under Fire For Teachers’ Raise FIELDS BECOME LAKES just West of Bryan on Highway 21 yesterday afternoon as the swollen creeks were unable to carry off the 2.84 inch rain that fell yesterday. This was a frequent scene on both sides of the road from Bryan to the Brazos river. The muddy Brazos river was rising rapidly from local and up-state rains but still was not close to leaving its banks. A tornado was sighted near this area but apparently never touched the ground. W alter H. Holzmann To Retire Aoril 30 After working for A&M for 35 years as cashier, comptroller and business manager' for the college and comptroller for the A&M Sys tem, Walter H. Holzmann will re tire on April 30. A native of New Braunfels, he finished the sixth grade of the New Braunfels public schools, went to work as a youth for the I&GN Railroad (now Missouri Pacific) as an office boy, and finished his high school work by correspond ence. He was with the railroad as of fice boy, clerk, telegrapher and station agent, during the period 1900-1912, serving in New Braun fels, Kyle, Dilley, Madisonville, Calvert, Bedias and a number of Central Texas communities. In 1912 he became cashier of the First State Bank of Bedias, where he stayed until 1922, when he accepted a job as cashier in the fiscal office of the College. Student Wife Wins Station Wagon A jingle paid off and a student wife, Mrs. Ralph Harris, is now the owner of a Mercury station wagon. She is one of four winners across the nation in the contest being sponsoi-ed by Ford Motor Co. The t Harris family have two children and live in Project House 0-A. | $ Timop changed a lot during the 35 years Holzmann served the col lege and the A&M System, he re calls. “When I came here, the value of the college plant was $4,036,000. In 1956, as of Sep- tembei', it was $38,092,000.” When Holzmann came to the A&M campus, railroad transpor tation was the heavy transpoi't, and football fans were as rabid then as now. “Why back in 1923,” he recalls “they ran eighteen special trains over here from Austin, Houston, Dallas and other points, for the football games.” Rail travel had one disadvant age where A&M was concerned in the way of public relations. The horse cavalry was the big item in military training on the campus and on the west side of the rail road tracks was a huge, rambling wooden barracks and barns with horses and mules all over the place. A large sign on the barracks read “ROTC — Texas A&M Col lege.” “You know,” says Holzmann, “a lot of people going through here on the trains would look out of their windows on the west side and remark how disappointed they were in the appearance of the col lege and its campus. They figui’ed (See Holzmann, Page 2) Cancer Workers Praised By Local Chairman Volunteers active in the 1957 American Cancer Society education and fund raising Crusade here were hailed to day as “life-savers in the bat tie against cancer.” The 400 local residents who car ried on the drive were praised by Charles D. Hart, local campaign chan-man who said “These wonder ful people are certainly helping to save lives. They will help to save lives through Crusade funds rais ed for research. “At least one quarter of the money will go toward research that one day will solve the cancer problem. So the Crusade volun teers are, in a very real sense, life savers.” Approximately one-half of Bra zos County’s quota of $5,300 was raised. The national goal of the Cancer Society this year was $30,- 000,000. Sixty per cent of the money collected here will remain in Texas and will be devoted to state and community programs of cancer control. “Besides appreciation for the splendid work of the volunteers Hart said, “I want to express the cordial thanks of the American Cancer Society to the public for its generous giving and to all those who co-operated in any way with our campaign.” Real Estate Expert Speaks Here Thursday Industrialists from through out the state are expected to gather here tomorrow night to hear William Zeckendorf, world-renowned real estate developer. Sponsored by the Division of Architecture, the address is at 8 p.m. in the MSC and will be open to the public. Zeckendorf is presently president of Webb & Knapp Inc., New York, the world’s largest real estate development company. The list of achievements include assembling the site in New York City which became the headquart ers of the United Nations, origi nating the largest urban develop ment project ever undertaken in the United States, now under way in Washington, D. C., and trans- fm-ming Roosevelt Field, an ob solete ah'port on Long Island into one of the major shopping centei's in the nation. His operations extend throughout the country and his name is magic in the real estate development world. Soon after going into the real estate business and at the age of 25, he negotiated a $3,000,000 sale. He joined his present company in 1937 and became president in 1947. Zeckendorf’s new concepts of financing and his ability to con ceive new uses for existing pro perties have brought changes throughout the profession, said Charles R. Colbert, head of the Division of Architecture. Criticism Arises Over School Fund AUSTIN, (ZP).—Gov. Daniel yesterday was criticized for supporting Legislation to take an estimated 11 million dollars from the permanent school fund and give it to teachers in a pay raise. “There hasn’t been a governor in 58 years so desperate for votes for re-election as to dip into the cookie jar of the children of Texas,” Rep. Scott McDonald of Fort Worth said in the House. “Let’s get up our guts and vote a tax, if we want to give the school teachers a raise.” Earlier, the attorney general issued his second opinion as to when the House and Senate could take up the teachers’ pay raise bill. He put the problem back in- Lightning Strikes J. T. Smith Home Lightning struck the J. T. Smith home at 11 Norton Street in Col lege Station yesterday evening causing minor damages. Striking the television antenna, the lightning froze the controls on the television set, knocked out a hole in the ceiling, tore some of the wall paper off the wall and melted the chrome on the plumbing fixtures in the next room. No one was at home at the time. to the lap of the joint confer e n c e committee concerning the consideration of the ma jor appropriations bill. McDonald’s criticism of Daniel came up after Rep. Louis Dugas of Orange received house approval to bring up House Bill 103. The House moved the bill closer to final passage, approving it on second reading by a vote of 113-25. However, it was after McDonald and others partially won their fight to keep the permanent school fund closed. The House voted to take final action on the bill to morrow. The bill would allow transfer of 1 per cent of the permanent school fund to the available school fund. There is no provision that the mon ey would be used for teachers’ sal aries, but Dugas said it would be McDonald won his partial vic- toi-y when the house adopted an amendment by Rep. John Lee of Kermit. It limited the taking of the 1 per cent only for the years 1957, 1958 and 1959. Dugas said the money now could be used for teachers’ salaries and in years to come for other opera tions in the state government. He estimated 11 million dollars to be collected from the fund during the next three years. “If the Legislature and gover nor put this through, I’ll guar antee you they’ll go down in his tory as a black Legislature,” Mc Donald said. Rep. Don Kennard of Fort Worth said the Legislature would be do ing “what the gas lobbyists want you to if you pass this bill. “Rather than plunder the school children of Texas I would rather pass a tax bill.” Civilian Ball Tickets Co On Sale Tickets for the annual Civilian Ball went on sale yesterday at two dollars stag or drag. They may be purchased in all civilian dorms from floor representatives, in College View from row repre sentatives, and in Civilian Coun selors offices and Student Activi ties. The semi-foi'mal dance, with a “Playboy” theme, will be held in Sbisa Horn 9 to 12 p. m. Saturday, May 4 according to John Avant, chairman of the Ticket Sales Com mittee. The Sweetheart contest, with entries from all civilian dorms, Col lege View and Day Student areas, will be held at 10 p. m. during the dance. The winner of the con test will be crowned Civilian Sweetheart. Barbecue tickets at 85 cents for students and 45 cents for children under 12 may be purchased from the same sources as the dance tickets. The barbecue will be in The Grove on Saturday afternoon at five. Deadline for purchasing the barbecue tickets will be mid night Monday, April 29. AIME Student Chapt ers Meet Here May 3-4 Representatives of the sev en student chapters of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, petroleum e n g i - neering bi’anch, will meet here May 3 and 4. The petroleum engi neering branch is located in Texas and Louisiana. Purpose of the meeting is to recognize student achievement in petroleum engineering and partic ipation in AIME activities, pro vide opportunity for exchanging ideas and discuss recent advances in the field of petroleum engineer ing. Sponsored by the Department of Petroleum Engineering and the A&M Petroleum Club, the meeting is open to interested AIME mem bers. Larry D. Piper, Brownwood, president of the Petroleum Club, will welcome student delegates to the meeting. Representatives of the student chapters will present technical pa pers. Awards will be given to out standing petroleum engineering students at the closing session. Weather Today SHOWERS Possible thundershowers are forecast for this area for the re mainder of the day. During the 24-hour pei’iod ending at midnight last night 3.41 inches of rain fell. Yesterday’s high and low temper ature readings were 74 and 67 de grees. At 10:30 this morning the mercury had risen to 75 degrees. TV Quiz Kid Quits While Winning NEW YORK, —hT*)—Television’s all-time high quiz show winner, Robert Strom, 10, quit last night while he was $192,000 ahead. Robei’t, who has answered tough questions in different scientific fields for many weeks on CBS’ “The $64,000 Question,” broke the record for quiz show winnings last week. BULLETIN Silver Taps will be conducted to night at 11 in front of the Academ ic Building in honor of Reynaldo Duran, 18, who died Monday night in San Antonio. The cause of his death was not given this morning in the telegram received by the Student Personnel Service office. Duran was a freshman petroleum engineering major and lived in Leggett Hall.