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18,440 READERS See insurance Plans, Page 3 Number 267 : Volume 55 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1957 Price Five Cents Aggie Band To Present Concert Tonite Tonight at 7:45 the Cuion Hall stage will feature the Ag gie Band for its Annual Spring Concert, announced Col. E. V. Adams, director. Admission is free. . Due to the size of the Guion Hall stage and the large Aggie Band the program is divided into two parts. Part one will feature the Maroon Band and Part two the White Band. After Part One there will be a short intermission. “I sincerely hope that as many students as possible will attend this concert as we have tried hard to present a variety of selections to suit the tastes- of everyone,” Col. Adams said. Before the main program be gins, a cornet double quartet will perform, using eight coj-netf^ in stead of the usual four. Next, Baritone Soloist Philip Speer comes up followed by a novelty number played by Piccolo Soloist Gordon Reynolds. Kicking of part one the Maroon Band will play “The Star Spangled Banner,” “Burst of Flame” and “The Trumpet Polka.” The cornet quartet again comes into the spot light playing “The Banana Boat Song.” The band then plays “Blos som Time,” and overture, and “Television March,” a symphonic Tnai’ch. After intermission the White Band will take over and play “The World Is Waiting For The Sun- fise,” “The Walls of Jericho” and “Blue Bells of Scotland,” featm-ing a baritone horn solo, followed Ivy “Young Love.” The music con tinues with “Hopla,” “The Barber of Seville” and ends with “The Spirit of Aggieland.” “This concert should not be con fused with the World Premier for the new record album, ‘The Spirit That Is Aggieland/ to be held Thursday evening, May 2,” said Col. Adams. “This concert has been presented annually for the last few years and could easily be confused with the May 2 program,” he added. Judging Event Tomorrow Nile More than 150 freshmen and sophomore agriculture students are expected to turn out tomorrow night for the annual Fish-Sopho- mm-e Judging Contests held under the sponsorship of the Saddle and Sirloin Club. Results of the contests will be announced in the AI Lecture Room in the AI Building after the con test ends tomorrow night. Jim Renick is serving as general superintendent for the overall con test while Don Johnson is in charge of the Meats Division; Dick Thomas heads the Livestock Divi sion and Glynn (Jiggs) Chandler is in charge of the Wool Divisions. The contestants will compete against each other with high point men in each division receiving var ious plaques and awards. The main purpose of the contest is to provide needed experience for the underclassmen and to deter mine interest in next year’s junior and senior judging teams. VOCALISTS Toby Hughes and Pat Resley (1. to r.) harmonize during’ rehearsal for the 1957 Aggie Follies, “Operation: Coed”. The production will be staged May 10 and 11, rounding out Mother’s Day activities. Vulgar Recording Case By Two Civilians Studied Two men who played a tape re cording consisting of “vulgar ad jectives” directed at the 1st Wing in Dorm 15 have been removed from dormitory 1G as a result of the incident, according to Dorm- master Clarence Bolner. The incident occurred at approx- Phi Eta Sigma Banquet Slated Thursday Nile Phi Eta Sigma’s annual banquet will be held Thurs day night at 7 p.m., in the Ball Room of the Memorial Student Center. Ninety - one freshmen will be honored at the event. The 91 first year students have posted a 2.5, or higher, grade point ratio to qualify for membership in the na tional honor society. Two faculty members, Dr. T. S. Burkhalter and Dr. W. J. Dobson, honorary members of the society, will also be honored at the banquet. Lawrence Sullivan will emcee the affair. He is current president of the organization. Chief speaker is Dr. Ralph Steen, head of the , History Department. Initiation ceremonies begin at 6:30 p.m., preceding the banquet, in the Birch Room of the MSC. All men eligible for initiation, who were not initiated last March 12, will be initiated. New officers for the coming year will also be presented at the banquet. New officers include: James B. Barlow, president; John M. Brazzel, vice president; Jack E. Little, secretary; Norman K. Dy son, treasurer; Ramon Mireles, his torian and C. H. Ransdell, faculty advisor. imately 10:20 p.m. Saturday, he said. One of the people involved was a resident of the dormitory and the other a past resident and now a day student. Immediately after the “broad cast” to the surrounding area which included most of the North campus, one resident qf the dor mitory rushed up to the men and made them turn off the recorder, Bolner said. These same men went immedi ately to the surrounding dormitory area and apologized to as many of the people that heard the broadcast as possible, added Bolnei\ The broadcast aimed at running the Corps down in no uncertain words was an act only of those $25,000 Loss On A&M Farms As the muddy waters of the boiling Brazos recedes into the main current, A&M Farm Manager J. E. Roberts ex pects about $25,000 in damage as a result of the high water. All the crops that had been planted previous to last weeks’ high water have been lost and crops of cotton, corn, small grains and alfalfa are well on their way to the Gulf of Mexico. All the crops, except corn, will be replanted and Roberts hopes the year will not be a complete failure in this respect. A herd of cattle was moved across Jones Bridge to safety last Thusday afternoon and the 492 head refused to cross one of the expansion braces in the bridge. While milling around on the bridge two calves fell into the swirling waters. One swam to safety and the other drowned. two individuals, Bolner told the Executive Committee of the Civil ian Student Council at its special hearing. He said that the boy was removed from the dormitory Mon day as soon as was possible. Both the men have been warned for dormitory disturbances in the past, William Shorty, Dorm 16 representative to the council said. Bolner said the boys, according to thgm, recorded the tape and played 'it to get back at the corps for using vulgarity against them when they visited Dorm 15 one day. The men were in private confer ence with Bennie Zinn yesterday afternoon from 2-5. Zinn said he would have a decision on their case at 10 a.m. today. The Executive Committee of the Civilian Student Council at its spe cial meeting yesterday released a statement expressing regret about the incident to anyone who heard the recording played Saturday night. The statement is as follows: “We, the Executive Committee of the Civilian Student Council, are sorry such an incident has hap pened and feel that such actions should not be tolerated by the ad ministration or by the students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. “Executive Committee of the Ci vilian Student Council.” Weather Today SHOWERS Frequent rain showers, with possible thunderstorms late this afternoon, are forecast for the area. Total precipitation recorded thus far this year is 23.63 inches, yesterday’s high and low tempera ture readings were 74 and 64 de grees. At 10:30 this morning the mercury stood at 70 degrees. Spring Election, Kyle Seatin Vote Postponed Changes Brewing In Student Senate General elections will not be held on the date they were originally scheduled for, according to Don Weber, chairman of the Election Commission. The Election Commission had first planned and set the election for Wednesday. Voting on next year’s seating plan was also logged for Wednesday but postponed to be held along with the general election. Reason for the postponement is the possible reorganiza tion in the Student Senate, Weber says. May 15 is now marked for the date of the elections, according to Larry Piper, president of the Senate. Also to be elected in the coming general election are ^student members of the Stu dent Publications Board, and Election Commission. Due to be out from its cov er before long is a report from an evaluation committee that has reportedly turned in its findings to Dr. Robert Kamm, dean of the Basic Division. Kamm appointed the committee near the start of last semester to investigate and determine if the senate was worth having. As the evaluation progressed, rumors started that the senate would be discontinued for next year. But a senate of some fashion will be continued, commented a person who saw the evaluation committee’s report. Kamm said in an explanatory letter when the committee was established that possibly a student (See SENATE, Page 2) Marines To Give Commission Tests Students interested in securing a commission in the United States Marine Coi’ps may get information from 1st Lt. C. E. Thompson who will be on the campus tomorrow through Friday. Lt. Thompson will be in the Me morial Student Center and an in formation booth will be set up by the Post Office Entrance. Two officer training programs are offered. One is designed f(5r the undergraduate to receive his commission upon graduation and the other is for the graduate who can apply for Marine Corps Offi cers Candidate School. Both com missions qualify a candidate for training in the Marine Air Wing. College System Receives Funds For Student Aid A&M College System re ceived a total of $233,447.59 in funds for fellowships, schol arships, awards, and grants in aid for research and teaching, recently. A&M received $148,380.19 of the amount, $84,862.40 went to the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and Prairie View A&M re ceived $205. A&M was granted $25,494.55 from 34 sources for use in financ ing scholarships, fellowships and awards. New and additional endowed funds amounting to $38,- 612,50, and $22,200 in research and grants in aid from two sources each wei'e given. Special gifts of $62,073.14 were approved, including a gift of $57,000 from the Associa tion of Former Students for con struction and furnishings for the Interfaith Chapel, now nearing completion. The Texas Agricultural Experi ment Station received $82,242,40 in grants in aid from 20 sources and gifts amounting to $2,620. The largest single grant in aid was $30,000 f r o m the Rockefeller Foundation of New York for a training program for foreign stu dents working in rice improvement and management, and covering a three-year period. Dance, Barbeque, Too Playboy Weekend Planned For Civilian Students By JOE BUSER There’ll be plenty of rabbits on the campus this weekend. Not just ordinary rabbits, either; these will be urban, sophisticated rabbits, just like the ones that decorate the cover of a well known magazine for men. They will be used as decorations for the Civilian “Playboy” Week end and are being used by special permission of the magazine. “Play boy” has requested some pictures of the festivities and may possibly use them in a future issue. Playboy activities begin Satur day afternoon with a barbecue in the Grove, starting at 5. Tickets for students are 85 cents and 45 cents for children under 12 and will be on sale through Thursday at Student Activities, Civilian Counselors’ Offices and in all Civilian dormitories. Saturday afternoon’s schedule for the Playboys is a game fest at the Grove from 2 until 4 p. m. Featured will be an all-star soft- ball game between College View and the Civilian dorms. Anyone desiring to play should contact Bill Perry, 93, Leggett, manager for the dorm team or Tom Reyman, D-6-D, who will lead the College View group. Also included in the game time will be a potato sack race and a volleyball game. Highlight of the Playboy Week end will be the annual Civilian Ball, to be held in Sbisa Hall at 9 p. m. Saturday. Decorations will include rabbits of all sizes, and the tickets (which have rabbits on them too) are $2, stag or drag. Civilian sweetheart will be chosen from 12 finalists during the intermission. A baby sitting service for stu dents with children will be avail able at the A&M Presbyterian Church. Charge is 25 cents and bedding should be brought for children. Corps students have been autho rized to wear civilian clothing to the barbecue but uniform for dance is Class A. World Premier of Aggie Records Opens Thursday Jack Littlejohn A&M will hold its second woi’ld premier Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Guion Hall as its new album of Aggie songs and yells, Music from Aggieland, is released, according to C. G. (Spike) White, director of recreation and entertainment. Programming of the premier is unique in that all the songs and musical numbers will be played by the Aggie Band as they were play ed in the recording session. Toby Hughes, master of ceremonies, will include the recording cues to put the last touch of realism in the program. Hughes will make the fii’st al bum presentation to Acting Presi dent D. W. Williams after the band has played their selections. The Aggieland Orchesti’a and the Singing Cadets will perform the Mrs. Ford (Lil) Munnerlyn selections which can be found in the new album. A portion of the program is planned for meeting the composers of the four Aggie songs. They will autograph the new albums after the premier. They are Mrs. Ford (Lil) Munnerlyn, “12th Man”; Lt. Col. R. J. Dunn, Ret., “Spirit of Aggieland”; J. V. (Pinkie) Wilson, “Aggie War Hymn”; and Jack Lit tlejohn, “I’d Rather Be A Texas Aggie.” The last album of the Aggie songs, also premiered, sold over 11,000 copies. The most sold by any college in the nation. White said. He said, “As far as I know A&M is the only college to ever stage a world premier of its records.” Or anything else, he added. J. V. (Pinkie) Wilson With the advantage of newer re cording techniques, the new album is far better than the old one in both quality and composition, he said. Songs recorded by the Aggie Band on the new platters are “Na tional Anthem,” “U. S. Army March” and in conjunction with the Singing Cadets “Agg-ie War Hymn” and “Spirit of Aggieland.” The Cadets recorded “Spirit of Aggieland,” “12th Man,” “This is My Country” and “Auld Lang Syne.” Finishing up the program the Aggieland Orchestra will play its recording of “I’d Rather Be A Tex as Aggie.” Records will go on sale Friday in most of the local stores for $3.50 per album, White said. Lt, Col. R. J. Dunn