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.
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Senate, Civilian
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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
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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.