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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1957
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Seating Plan
Price Five Cents
‘Tig er Flay ers’
Sweep Honors
At State Meet
Consolidated High School
made a clean sweep of the In-
terschblasitic League one-act
play finals Thursday night in
Austin, taking first place in
the play contest. They provided the
best male actor and placed all three
members of the cast on the All-
State play cast.
Bill Hite, Patsy Williams and
Charles Delaplane won the state
championship in the AA division
with their presentation of Anton
Chekov’s “The Proposal.” Bill Hite
was named outstanding male actor
for his portrayal of the young
lover who tries in vain to propose
to his sweetheart.
All three members of the cast
were placed on the 6-man team
designated as the best play cast in
the state.
Robert L. Boone, CHS music
teacher, directed the play which
defeated six other state finalists to
take the top position in dramatic
ability. Boone said that although
he has had some experience in
dramatics, this is his first year to
take an active interest in directing.
It was also the first time a CHS
play cast had gone to the state
meet.
“There are three exceptionally
talented kids,” Boone said of the
cast. “They have put in a lot of
hard and serious work on the play,
and deserved to win. Besides, they
turned in an excellent performance
st every one of the seven times
they produced it before the public.”
Aggie General
Will Speak
At ’57 Barbecue
Maj. Gen. Percy Clarkson, class
of T5, who has been affiliated with
hydrogen bomb testing in the
South Pacific, will lead the list of
speakers at the Fourth Annual
Senior Barbecue honoring mem
bers of the graduating class of ’57,
to be held in the Grove Thursday
Slight at 6:15.
“The Former Students Associa
tion sponsors the barbecue for the
purpose of honoring graduating
seniors with an informal function
and at the same time, welcoming
them into the Association of For
mer Students,” said J. B. Hervey,
chairman of the barbecue.
Besides Clarkson, the other main
speaker will be E. M. (Jiggs) Free
man, ’22, president of the Former
Students Association.
Roy Snyder, of the Animal Hus
bandry Department, is in charge
of cooking the beef which was do
nated by former students. The re
mainder of the menu includes po
tato salad, beans, pickles, onions,
buns, cookies and soft drinks.
Tickets for the occasion are
free, and may be obtained from
group and battalion commanders,
or from civilian housemasters.
Tickets also may be picked up at
Student Activities, in the YMCA,
or the Association of Former Stu
dents in the Memorial Student Cen
ter.
The bai’becue should be over by
8 p.m., Hervey said.
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DO YOUR PART! (See Editorial, Page 2)
Student Senate Gets
Maj or Reorgan i zation
A&M’s Student Senate will re
ceive major changes in organi
zation next year as a result of a
decision by the College Executive
Council Thursday.
The decision came after a study
made by a special Senate evalua
tion committee revealed weaknesses
in the former organization.
New organization provides for
election of major officers and
standing committee heads by the
student body as* a whole and elec
tion of senior, junior and sopho
more representatives by members
of their classes in the academic
schools.
Other representatives will in
clude a student selected by the
dean of the Graduate School, four
freshmen elected by Basic Division
students immediately following is
suance of November grade reports,
and five ex-officio senators.
Ex-officio positions will include:
the deputy Corps commander; vice
president, Civilian Student Council;
vice president, Memorial Student
Center Council; vice president,
YMCA Cabinet and student officers
of the Texas Intercollegiate Stu
dents Association.
Filings opened Friday and will
close May 13 at 12 noon for election
of president, vice president, parlia
mentarian, recording secretary and
the four heads of the Issues, Stu
dent Life, Student Welfare and
Public Relations Committees of the
Senate.
Senators to fill these positions
will be elected at the General
Election May 15 in addition to the
Civilian, yell .leader.
Filings open May 15 for positions
as representatives of the Schools of
Agriculture, Arts and Sciences,
Engineering and Veterinary Medi
cine to the Senate. These filings
will close May 21 and the election
will be May 23.
Qualifications for Senators have
been raised as a result of the new
organization.
All officers elected at large
must have a gpr of 1.5. President
Aggie, Child Hurt
In Weekend Wreck
Edward Duane Hill, junior me
chanical engineering student from
Abilene, was released from the
Bryan Hospital Saturday afternoon
after being injured in a two car
accident in Bryan.
Hospital officials said Hill re
ceived several head cuts when he
was thrown through the wind
shield of the car in which he was
riding.
Also injured in the collision was
Ricky Layman, 5, son of Mrs.
Charlotte Layman, 1500 S. College.
He received a cut under his eye.
The car in which Hill was riding
was driven by James Roland Moore,
junior mechanical engineering stu
dent from Venus. ^
Ricky Layman was in the car
driven by Aubrey Moore, 2312
Cavitt St., Bryan.
and parliamentarian must be
seniors; vice president must ,bo a
junior and recording secretary
must be a sophomore.
Heads of standing committees
must have a 1.25 gpr and be a
junior or senior.
Senators from academic schools
must have a 1.25 gpr.
Under the new organization, the
Senate will draw up a new constitu
tion and be aMe to appoint any
minor officers they need.
The new plan spells out regula
tions for campaigning for student
offices. A candidate cannot use
other means of campaigning than
the following:
(1) Personal oral solicitation;
(2) Oral solicitation before student
assemblies; (3) Written solicita
tion in The Battalion in the Letters
to the Editor column or in some
other section ■ arranged with the
editor; (4) Equally apportioned
written solicitation on a bulletin
board or in an area to be decided
by the Election Commission.
Election for freshmen repre
sentatives will be held in Novem
ber.
Weather Today
LIGHT RRAIN
Yesterday’s high temperature
was 74, and the low last night was
56.
The forecast for today is mostly
cloudy with occasional light rain
and no high winds.
Reading at 11 a.m. was 70 de
grees.
Senators to Air
Pros And Cons
On Kyle Seats
CS Councilman ^ m Gilt Sla rts
To Be Elected
In Vote Today
Today, after a month of
confusion and waiting. Col
lege Station’s Ward 3, elects
a city councilman.
Ward 3 has been without a
councilman to fill the vacancy left
by Ernest Seeger’s death a week
prior to the regular city election
held April 2. Today’s election is
a run off between write-in candi
dates Col. Frank H. Matthews, re
tired Army colonel, and the Rev.
R. L. Brown.
The late Ernest Seeger was un
opposed in the April election, but
a number of write-in votes were
cast for other persons after his
death, leaving the office without a
candidate. Rev. Brown and Col.
Matthews were the only candi
dates judged eligible for the post.
However, since neither received
enough votes to be declared elected,
today’s runoff became necessary.
Polls opened at the City Hall this
morning at 8 and will close at 7
p. m.
Cor/a
Student Aviator
Slightly Injured
William (Bill) Easley, senior
from Waco, will be released from
St. Joseph’s Hospital in Bryan
Thursday following his accident
Saturday when the training plane
in which he was flying hit a tele
phone wire during a simulated
landing near Hearne, according to
Col. Henry Dittman, PAS.
Dittman said Easley is being
held in St. Joseph’s only for ob
servation.
Besides a slight concussion,
Easley had a bad cut over his left
eye and a badly bruised eye. He
was in high spirits yesterday and
was awaiting his release from the
hospital for a few days at home,
Dittman said.
Easley was making a dual ctoss
country flight with his instructor,
C. E. Walker, at the time of the
accident.
“It was just a routine simulated
landing for his (Easley’s) period
of flight training,” Dittman said
“It Was just one of those things
At $ In Coliseum
Students who are undecided about their views on re
served and integrated seating will have a chance to hear both
sides of the question at a debate in White Coliseum today at
5 p.m.
Voting on the football seating issue takes place tomor
row from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Post Office area of the
Memorial Student Center. Two Student Publication Board
members will be elected at the same time.
The questions to be voted on read as follows:
1. Shall the Student Senate’s reserve seating program
be approved?
2. Shall the Corps and Civilian juniors and seniors be
“•seated together in Kyle Field?
Candidates for the Student
Publications Board are Baxter
E. (Pete) Hogue and Bill W.
Libby, Corps candidates and
John F. Avant and Van Redman,
Civilian candidates. One man from
the Corps and one civilian student
will be elected. Students may vote
for both a Corps and Civilian Board
member.
Arguing for the Senate seating
plan are Joe David Ross and John
Specht, both senior senators. Don
Weber and Bill Markillie will op
pose the plan and present the neg
ative argument against the issue.
At last week’s Senate meeting
the local legislators voted to al
low only senators to take part in
today’s debate. Senate President
Larry Piper has invited all stu
dents to hear the debate. A mim
eographed information sheet has
been posted on almost all dormi
tory bulletin boards and reads in
part:
“Most every other seating plan
has been attempted, but none have
worked to provide the most desira
ble conditions. Thus, the Senate
in an effort* to reach a desirable
solution that can be used from
year to year is asking that the
possibility of reserved seats ser
iously be considered by the Stu
dent Body for at least one year.”
s To Wear
Black Footwear
Black shoes and socks will
be worn by all members of
the Corps next fall and will
be isued by the clothing ware
house, according to Col. Joe
E. Davis, commandant.
Originally, plans had been
made to change to black foot-'
wear a year from September,
but surplus stock has been
• used up and brown shoes are
no longer available.
Since both Ihe Army and
the Air Force are now wear
ing black shoes, it was unfeas
ible for the Corps to continue
to wear brown ones.
that happen during training.”
J. Doyle Alexander, chief pilot
for the training program, said the
accident occurred when the two men
were coming in for a landing and
hit a concealed, low telephone line
and nosed oyer, crashing the plane.
Alexander said there was no
engine trouble involved in the
crash. The Civil Aeronautics As
sociation is investigating the
crash.
Easley said he didn’t remember
anything about the crash except
coming in for the landing and
hitting the wires which he said
couldn’t be seen from the air.
“The Air Force has been check
ing and they don’t think it was the
fault of either of us,” Easley said,
referring to the instructor and
himself.
Dittman said that the accident
hasn’t hampered the flying pro
gram in any way. It was to be
expected and was most likely an
unavoidable accident, he said.
Ag Cowboys Place
Second At Home
Aggie cowboys gathered 261
points to take second place in the
National Intercollegiate Rodeo held
in the A&M arena over the week
end, but their efforts were not
enough to retain their first-place
rating in the Southern Region of
the NIRA.
Aggies who took first place in
the various events included John
Kiker, bulldogging, with a time of
17.4 for two steers; Lowie Rice, tie
down calf roping and Kennith
Beasley and J. C. Dishman, who
split the bull-riding contest.
Seven Vanity Fair Finalists --More Tomorrow
Mildred White
Entered by Clint White
Betty Moers
Entered by Jack Robertson
Marietta Pratt
Entered by John Janak
Donna Kinard
Entered by Edwin Pierson
Saundra Dale Cartwright
Entered by Richard McGown
Martha Montgomery
Entered by Dale McCullough
Nancy Mitchell
Entered by Charles Jenkins