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READERS
THE
BATTALION
Agriculture
Edition
Number 270: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1957
Price Five Cent
1,100 FFA Boys Arrive Here Today
FFA, Welcome
It ia with real and sincere pleasure that I welcome you
to the Texas A&M Campus! It is an inspiration to all of
us as we see you earnestly engage in the skills of Agricul
ture in your contest. The interests, skills and abilities you
are developing in Vocational Agriculture now may someday
lead you into the front ranks of the men we need in tomor
row’s modern Agriculture.
We want you to know you are welcome on this occasion
or at anytime you paj^ us a visit.
We know that many of the A<%M students you will meet
here were members of the Future Farmers of America a
short while back and had their first glimpse of the Campus
While participating in this contest.
We hope you find your visit rewarding and enjoyable
and that we may have the privilege of welcoming you again
some day as students.
D. W. Williams
Acting President
Finalists Picked
For Vanity Fair
Twelve girls out of approximately 100 were picked to
represent the senior class last night as the preliminaries to
the Vanity Fair contest were held, according to Don Burt,
Aggieland Editor.
Six of the 12 will be eliminated at the Press Club Ban
quet when the girls will show up in person to be judged by
that audience.
The six remaining girls will
have full pages in the Aggie
land ’57 and the six who lost
in the finals will be placed on
two pages, Burt said.
Winning a chance to be in the
Aggieland ’57 were Mrs. Clinton
D. White, submitted by Clinton
D. White; Miss. Marietta Pratt,
submitted by John D. Janak; Miss
Saundra Dale Cartwright, submitt
ed by Richard L. McGown; Miss
Esther Morvant, submitted by
Clark E. Holloway; Miss Betty
Moers, submitted by Jack Robert
son and Miss Jeanene Stein, sub
mitted by Stanley J. Stein.
Miss Peg-gy Ann Mechler, sub
mitted by Joe W. Joeris; Miss
Donna Kinard, submitted by Ed
win G. Pierson Jr.; Miss Martha
Montgomery, submitted by Dale
McCullough; Miss Nancy Mitchell,
submitted by Charles Jenkins;
Miss Ann Gordon, submitted by R.
B. Penland and Miss Cathy Ko-
neeny, submitted by Ben H. Allen.
Selection of these 12 girds was
done by a committee composed of
the Aggieland ’57 section editors.
They were Don Burt, Jimmy Stew
art, David Cox, Val Polk, Bill
Hampton, Roy Davis and John
Jefferson.
SPILLS LIKE this are typical at most rodeos but at A&M it really pays off. The cham
pionship Aggie team always welcomes new comers to its ranks.
— (Photo by Bob Stansberry)
Student Senators Pick
\ on-Coiii pu Isory Pol ic)
Citations Given
At SOX Dinner
LEARNING THE ART of laying out terraces for use in
the soil conservation are (left to right) Konrad Losen and
Emmitt Galzener.
Seven citations of merit
for outstanding entries in va
rious student publications
during March will be presen
ted tonight at the first An
nual Sigma Delta Chi Awards Ban
quet to be held at 7 in the Wes
tern Restarant.
Each winner will be presented
a certificat® from the A&M Chap
ter of the national fraternity. This
is the second mo»th the awards
have been given.
Best news story award for the
month will go to Joe Tindel, new
Battalion editor, - for his account
of the ditch cave-in during con
struction of the power plant addi
tion. Jim Bower, whom Tindel
succeeded as ' editor, will collect
the best photo award for his shot
showing the rescue of a trapped
worker in the same cave-in.
Sports story prize will be given
to Bob Clendennen for his run
down on the Aggie football team
outlook, while Leland Boyd will
receive best feature story token
for his story on Holim Kim, ex-
ROK soldier now attending A&M.
T. W. McCorcle’s cartoon, pic
turing an Aggie wife’s latter criti
cizing a writer’s unique “sex out
look” after reading 1ms story in
the Commentator, wins the award
in the carfoon field.
For his article, “Helminth Para
sites of the Domestic Cat,” appear
ing in the Southwestern Veterinar
ian, Thomas J. Galvin will receive
the award for best magazine story.
Welton Jones, past city editor
for the Battalion, will be com
mended as best reporter of the
month.
By GAYLE McNUTT
, After an eight month search for
the “right” plan, a 12 month, non-
compulsory, student insurance pol
icy was chosen by the Student Sen
ate last night to go into effect for
A&M students next fall.
Lloyd’s of London got the senate
Cleland, Ellison
Win First Place
In Math Contest
Wilfred E. Cleland, sopho
more physics major from Ge
noa, and Tommy Ray Ellison,
freshman mechanical e n g i -
neering major from Dallas,
captured the first place spots in
the annual Matfiematics Contest
sponsored by the Math Depart
ment.
Both first place winners were
awarded gold watches.
Second place went to James D.
Chlatek of Temple in the sopho
more contest, who won $15 in cash.
Chlatek is a mechanical engineer
ing major.
Jack D. Bryant won third place
in the second year contest and was
presented a $10 prize. Bryant is
a math major from V^ichita Falls.
In the freshman contest Joe W.
Woodward won second place.
Woodward, an electrical engineer
ing major from Nederland, was
also presented $15 in cash.
A $10 prize honored Hubert J.
Bowles as third place winner in
the freshman contest. He is a
chemical engineering major from
Dallas.
The tests were given Tuesday,
April 23, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.,
in the Academic Building.
350 Teams Come
For State Contest
, By DAVE McREYNOLDS
Blue corduroy jackets and Levi trousers will be a com
mon sight on the campus this afternoon and tomorrow morn
ing as an estimated 1,100 Future Farmers of America begin
arriving for the State FFA Judging Contests.
An annual affair, attracting boys from over 350 teams
from Texarkana to Brownsville, the contests are held each
spring here at A&M.
The contests will be divided into five divisions including
livestock, dairy cattle, dairy products, poultry and meats
judging.
The FFA teams which will appear are the top judges
from their respective areas. Ninety teams—the top 10 per
—♦‘cent — will judge livestock,
dairy cattle and dairy pro
approval over all other policies
studied by the Insurance Commit
tee. The policy gives a more com
plete coverage, better overall bene
fits and a better rate than any of
the others studied, the Senate
agreed, as they , voted unanimous
ly to accept the plan.
“After spending eight months
seeking a student insurance plan
which would be acceptable to all
students, we believe we have now
found the answer in this policy,”
said Larry Piper, Student Senate
president.
The policy is strictly an accident
policy and does not include sick
ness benefits, but is designed to
include Aggie wives, pix>fessors
and day students who do not pay
the medical fee. The plan will cost
only $3.15 per person for a 12-
month period, and will cover all
accidents, no matter how small,
during the school year and summer
vacation, on or off the campus, ex
cept while participating in inter
collegiate athletic contests and
group travel connected therewith.
Total disability, dismemberment
of any sort, loss of one or both
eyes and death are included in the
policy. This coverage includes all
athletic events which are not con
sidered by the college as intercol
legiate. There is no deductible
clause in the policy, assuring the
holder that an accident will cost
him no charge of any sort.
The insurance committee present
ed the two best policies available
to the Senate for a vote, and after
discussion, they showed no doubt
that Lloyd’s was their choice. Not
one member voted against it.
Lloyd’s, the largest insurance
company in the world, is located
in London. Their policy was
especially drawn up and submitted
to A & M by Baytes Insurance
(See STUDENT, Page 2)
Silver Taps
Held For Vet
Last Night
Silver Taps was held last
night for Marshall Putman
Magers, 36-year-old j u n i o r
pre-vet medicine major from
Barry.
Magers, a resident of Mitchell
Hall, was found dead in his bed by
his roommate, James Thomas
-Tones at 5:15 yesterday morning.
Jones said as far as he knew Ma
gers had not been previously ill,
but he had been taking medicine
for a back condition, which he had
n’t considered serious.
Wednesday afternoon at 5, Ma
gers complained of a headache and
took an aspirin. Last night he in
dicated a slight nausea. The exact
cause of death was not determined.
Dr. Henry McQuade and Dr. H. L.
Graham, justices of the peace, re
turned a verdict of death by na
tural causes.
Magers was a veteran of World
War II. He was discharged as a
Staff Sergeant in the Air Force.
During the war he was awarded
the Air Medal.
Survivors include his
Mrs. Helen Hagers of
his mother, Mrs. Sara
ces Magers of Gainsville
brother. Dr. M. E. Magers of Dal
las.
Funeral services for Magers will
be announced later today.
widow,
Barry;
Fran-
and a
TSCW Singers
Perform Tonight
Members of the TSCW Singing
Stars will present a program in
the Main Lounge of the Memorial
Student Center tonight at 8.
The Stars program consists of
selections from “Carousel,” “Brig-
adoon,” modern theatre and Amer
ican Folk songs, said J. M. Ken
drick, director of the Stars.
Weather Today
SHOWERS
Partly cloudy skies, with scat
tered rain showers this afternoon,
are forecast. At 10:30 a.m. the
mercury stood at 77 degrees. Yes
terday’s high was 80 degrees, and
this morning’s low, 64.
ducts; 50. teams—the top five
teams from each area — will
judge poultry and 40 teams—
the top four teams from each area
will judge meats.
AH judging will be completed
tomorrow morning. Local faculty
members on the campus will su
pervise the judging in their de
partments, assisted by A&M stu
dents.
Local men in charge of the di
visions are W. T. (Dub) Berry, of
Animal Husbandry Department, in
charge of livestock; A. L. Darnell
of the Dairy Science Department,
in charge of Dairy Cattle; E. D.
Parnell and C. D. Ryan of the
Poultry Science Department will
split the Poultry Judging duties;
Dr. A. Y. Moore will supervise
Dairy Product Judging and G. T.
(Gene) King will be in charge of
meats judging.
Contest chairman for the over
all contest will be J. R. Jackson
of A&M’s Agriculture Education
Department.
Acting President D. W. Williams
of A&M, who is vice-chancellor for
agriculture, will serve as host for
the 300 visiting sponsors and voca
tional agriculture instructors ac
companying the teams at a coffee
slated to be held in The Grove to
morrow morning at 9:30.
Members of A&M’s Collegiate
FFA Chapter will preside at Sat
urday afternoons’ entertainment
which will begin at 1 in Guion
Hall. Kenton Haiwey, president
of the Texas Association of Fu
ture Farmers will introduce other
state FFA officers and past offi
cers who are now attending A&M.
At 3 p.m. results of the morn
ing contests will be announced.
The winners in each division will
represent the State of Texas in the
National FFA Contest which will
be held next fall in Kansas City,
Mo.
Gentry Wins First
With Farm Speech
Charles Gentry, A&M Consoli
dated FFA member, won first place
for his talk on “Farm Surplus,
Our Enduring Paradox,” in the
District I, Area III,. FFA Public
Speaking Contest held recently in
Hearne.
Charles will represent the dis
trict with his 10-minute talk in
the Area III contest scheduled for
Blinn College on May 18.