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1 m The Ballulion College Station (Brazos County), Texas PAGE 2 Thursday, April 25, 1957 ‘Coke’, New Name For Ad Building Exactly a year ago the Associa tion of Former Students suggested to the A&M System Board of Di rectors that the College adminis tration building be renamed and said they would foot the bill. The board accepted. On May 11 at 4:30 p. m. the building will be publicly named the Richard Coke Building in honor of the Texas governor who served from 1876-1894. Ceremonies at that time will be highlighted with the unveiling of a white marble tablet three feet wide and seven feet tall. Mental Health Code Approved By Senators AUSTIN, (TP)—Senators yesterday voiced their approv al of a modernized Texas men tal health code but slapped on several amendments which will require House consent. Sen. A. M. Aikin sponsored the bill, the enabling legislation to the constitutional amendment approv ed last November by the voters which removed jury trials for lun acy hearings. Senators advanced a proposed constitutional amendment provid ing $80 monthly pensions to former Texas Rangers and their widows who retired before the present re tirement system was set up in the mid 30s. Speaker Waggoner Carr ruled that further study was necessary op a bill transferring one per cent of the permanent school fund to the available school fund for the next three years. Rep. Barefoot Sanders question ed whether representatives could consider the bill until the appro priations bill was passed since he said the proposal was an ap propriation. f The mental health code, already passed by the house, would allow admittance of patients to state hospitals on the certificate of two doctors. The bill reduces from 10 days to 96 hours the length of time a person may be detained by a peace or health officer without a court order. / Sen. Charles Herring sponsored the measure for the ranger pen sion but will have to pick up three more votes if it is to be passed. Colorado’s Fees Kill Wildlife Trip The annual required summer field trip for the Wildlife students Will not be held this year, accord ing to Dr. W. B. Davis, head of the Wildlife Management Depart ment. Davis says the main reason for - cancelling was the collecting fee that Colorado requires. This made the trip impractical, he said. Davis had previously planned to take the trip with the men to Kan sas where they wei'e to attend the annual meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists. The tablet will carry a bronze medallion of Coke and will be re cessed ino the wall of the main lobby. Coke is called the “father of A. and M.” because while governor he pushed through legislative acts which established the school and then served as president of the College’s first board of directors. Presiding over the public cere monies will be W. T. Doherty of Houston, president of the present board of directors. Dr. Walter Prescott Webb, noted Texas historian and Distinguished Professor of History at the Uni versity of Texas will give the ded icatory address. Prayer will be given by Don Huffman, student chaplain; Presi dent D. W. Williams will give the welcome; and the Singing Cadets will sing “This is My Country” and “The Spirit of Aggieland.” E. M. Freeman of Shreveport, La., newly elected president o'f the Association of Former Students, will present the check to pay for the memorial. Student to Attend World Assembly Farid Khan, graduate Mechani cal Engineering student from Pacca, Pakistan, has been chosen as one of the foreign students to attend the first Williamsburg In ternational Assembly. - The Assembly, which will meet in Williamsburg, Va., from June 9-12, will be composed of fifty for eign students and fifty Americans. They will discuss the advantages of the Student Exchange program and the various suggestions that will help foreign students. At the present time Khan is working on his Masters DegTee. He plans to return home after he receives his degree. Codie Wells Wins $300 Fellowship Codie Wells, a 1956 civil engi neering graduate has been award ed the $300 United Gas Fellowship in Engineering Oceanography for 1957-58, by the College’s Depart ment of Oceanography and Me teorology. This fellowship carries a stipend of $200 a month, with an addi tional $600 available throughout the year for tuition, books, travel and equipment. It is offered through the A&M Research Foun dation. Wells is a member of Tau Beta Pi and Phi Kappa Phi. Since his graduation in January 1956, he has been employed on various wave force projects conducted by the department. A young German hairdresser in London invented a machine in 1906 that would curl hair into a “permanent wave.” Trouble was that the lady had to remain 18 hours under this machine designed to replace the marcel wave. Th e B attalion 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, li 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 £he Student Publications Board. Faculty members are' Dr. Carroll D. Laverty, Chairman; Prof. Donald D. Burchard, Prof. Tom Leland and Mr. Bennie Ainn. Student members are W. T. Williams, Murray Milner, Jr., and Leighlus E Sheppard, Jr., Ex-officio members are Mr. Charles Koeber, 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 throng < 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 m second-class matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas, ■nder the Act of Con- *r«sa of March *, 1870. Member of: The Associated Press Texas Press Association Represented nationally by National Advertising Servicea, Inc., a t Now York City, Chicago, Loa Angelee, and San Fran- eUeo. 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 the YMCA. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (VI 6-6415) or at the Student Publications Office, ground floor of the YMCA. JIM BOWER Editor Dave McReynolds i. Managing Editor Barry Hart .. ...... Sports Editor Leland Boyd, Jim Neighbors, Joe Tmdel News Editors Joy Roper ^ Society Editor Jim GarreH ... Assistant Sports Editor D. G. McNutt, Val Polk, Fred Meurer, Joe Buser, Jerry Haynes Reporters John West, C. R. McCain Staff Photographers Don Collins Staff Cartoonist Gebrge Wise Circulation Manager Sauries Oliao ———CHS Snorts Correspondent Sophomore Class Finalists 111 m I >' .S' •. 8*£ Jean Dever ★ Joanne Garner 'A Arden Edwards l§ti I H I Sophomore Ball Planned For Saturday Night In Sbisa Hall Jan Ellis ★ Mary Shaw ★ By VAL POLK Sbisa will “rock and roll” again Saturday night as the class ’59 starts its “swingin and swayin’’ at the annual Sophomore Ball. Joe Luby and his orchestra will furnish the music for the annual event. Luby and orchestra are from Houston. Highlighting the dance will be the presentation of the Sophomore Sweetheart from the five finalists of the sweetheart contest. Finalists and their escorts are What’s Cooking 7:15 South Central Texas Club will meet in room 208 in the Academic Building for an election of officers. Fayette Colorado County Club will meet in room 3C in the Me morial Student Center. 7:30 Austin Hometown club will meet in room 226 in the Academic Build ing. Panhandle Club will meet in room 305 in the Academic Building. Eastland Stephens Shackleford Hometown Club will meet in room 306 in the Academic Building to select an official name. Kaufman County Hometown Club will meet in the North Solaiium room of the YMCA. Fannin County Hometown Club will meet in Bagley Hall. Deep East Texas Hometown Club will meet in room 207 of the Academic Building to discuss plans of a forthcoming party. ’57 Aggieland Plans More Beauty Aggieland ’57 promises to be even better than last year’s ac cording to Don Burt, editor. Burt said the book would be es pecially larger in the Vanity Fair and Senior Favorite sections. The ’57 yearbook has 100 Vanity entries against 65 for last year and 418 Senior Favorites compared with 280 last year. Steen Fop Speaker For Phi Eta Sigma Dr. Ralph Steen, head of the De partment of History, will be the guest speaker for the annual Phi Eta Sigma banquet, planned for May 2, at 7 p.m. in the MSC. Tickets for the banquet includ ing those for parents must be pick ed up at the Basic Division Office before April 30.^ I’VE GOT CASH U J. For Your Books Kight When You Need It F R I E N D L Y PERSONAL LOANS L O U P O T ’ S Arden Edwards, Dallas, escorted by Mark Jackson; Joanne Garner, HuntsviUe, escorted by Jay B. Bisbey; Bunny Jean Dever, San Antonio, escorted by Carl F. Raba Jr.; Jan Ellis, Dallas, escorted by Davis Black and Mary Elizabeth Shaw, Waco, escorted by Richard Noack. Judges will be introduced at the first intermission and then the finalists will be presented and the winner will be picked by the judges at this presentation. At the second intermission, the winner of the contest will be pre sented to the audience. Junior class officers elect will also be introduced to the dancers at the second break. “I feel like this year’s bail is coming about the right time of the year thereby setting it apart from other school activities giving us, as a result, a good turnout,” said James Rindfuss, class ’59 president. Heading the dance arrangements committee was the class Social Secretary Don Cornwall with the following ■ class officers working on the sub-committees; William R. Markillie, vice-president, decora tions committee; James Rindfuss, president, program committee; Robert Lassiter, treasurer, tickets committee; Parliamentarian Robert E. Edwards and Sergeant-at-Arms Robert C. Barr, invitations com mittee. “I want to thank all the com pany clerks and representatives for their job in selling the dance tickete. They have helped in get ting the large turnout for the dance that we are expecting,” Rindfuss said. Tickets for the ball are now on sale in Student Activities on the second floor of the YMCA. If they are bought before the dance they will be. $2 drag or stag but if bought at the door they will cost $3 drag or stag. Tickets go off sale at noon Saturday, April 27. BLUE DENIMS $2.95 and up L O U P O T ’ S -•I CATERING for * Ip" SPECIAL OCCASIONS keave the Details Ui me. 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