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;/v\> ■ 18 440 READERS Number 16 : Volume 57 Squadron z.» Being Formed r or Livilians Squadron 23, an organiza tion for men desiring to be in the corps but who do not have a contract, is now being or ganized. It will be a part of the . First Group, First Wing and will be housed in Dorm 9. “Interviews for commanding of ficer of the outfit will be held next week,” said Gai’y Lemmon, cojnmander of the First Group. “The outfit will pick three men to be interviewed and we will choose the C.O. from these three.” Edward W. Wyatt, who com manded Squadron 19 last year, is acting as commanding officer until a permanent C.O. can be chosen. Col. Percy Goff, tactical officer, has set a minimum of 40 men in order to start the oiitl'it. The roster presently has only 27. Those interested in joining the outfit should contact Wyatt in Dorm 9, Room 21.% “We will participate in all corps activities,” Wyatt said. “We feel that this outfit should finish high in the running for the General Moore Award because all the men in the outfit believe in the corps and really want to make the out fit click.” S&S Club Has First Meeting First meeting of the A&M Saddle and Sirloin Club was held last night in the Animal Industries Building, with ov er 125 members present. Plans were made for the All- Aggie Rodeo scheduled for Oct. 10-11-12, and members were urged to begin working on the show. Re ports on the progress of calves and lambs being fattened for livestock shows this year were then made. Plans were also made for the anmial Fall barbecue scheduled for Oct. 15, which will serve as a send-off for the judging teams go ing to Chicago next spring. THE TTALION Senate Meets Tomorrow COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1957 Price Five Cents Tech Faculty Blasts Directors G ro up Ch a rges Freedom Violated Aggie Wives Help Hubbies Through School LUBBOCK—UP)—The Texas Tech faculty charged yes terday that the college board of directors violated accredita tion standards on faculty tenure and academic freedom in firing three profssors and then refusing to reconsider or give reasons. At a meeting of about 300 of the d05 teachers, the fac ulty also voted approval of a committee on faculty tenure. The teachers also called upon the Southern Assn, of Colleges and Secondary Schools to “consull with the faculty advisory committee and the local officers of the Texas Assn, of College Teachers.” A. representative of the association, the accrediting ’►agency for colleges in this re gion, will arrive Sunday for an investigation into the dis missal of Drs. Byron Aber- nethy, Herbert Greenberg and Per Stensland. Mrs. David Atteberry and Mrs. Derry Magee (1. to r.) add a touch of domesticity to the MSC, besides providing expert secretarial capabilities. Long Range Stressed At Program W ater Water Meeting Library Course Offered At Allen A library science course open to both men and women, sponsored by Sam Houston State Teachei’ts Col lege will have its first meeting Thursday evening at 5:30 at Allen Academy. Mrs. Eliza Van Camp of the Sam Houston library staff will instruct the course, which may be taken for three hours college credit or as a non-credit class. Class period will extend from 5:30 to 8 for 17 weekly sessions. Gary Rollins The need for developing a pro gressive, long range state water program was stressed yesterday to some 100 delegates of the third an nual Water for Texas Conference in the Memorial Student Center. “It is clearly up to the people to see that one is developed and executed,” said J. R. Johnston of Bushland, Texas area director for the U. S. Department of Agricul ture’s soil and water management research branch. The conference, which ends to night, drew more than .100 farm ers, ranchers, engineers and of ficials from all parts of the state. Theme for the conference is “What is Happening to Our Water?” on during the afternoon session by R. D. Collins of the Brazos River Authority in Mineral Wells. Court To Call 200 Witnesses MSC Meol Rooms Available Friday Applications for meeting rooms in the Memorial Student Center will be accepted Friday, Sept. 20 by the social and educational de partment of the MSC. /Student organizations and clubs which desire meeting rooms have been asked to make application as soon as possible after the 20. Football Manager To Snorts Editor Gary Rollins, new Battalion sports editor, has hung up his cleats after three years as a foot ball manager to cover campus sports events. Known as the thinnest member of the “T” Association, Rollins ■ now puts all his 143 pounds into turning out the sports pages of The Battalion instead of wrestling football dummies. His aim, as sports editor for this year, is to “give fair coverage to all intercollegiate athletics, both major and minor sports.” A former head cheerleader for San Jacinto High School Golden Bears in Houston, he is no stranger to the sidelines. Rollins was sports editor of his high school news paper, the San Jacinto Star.’ For three years all his time dur ing football season was taken up with managing. For the rest of the year, when not taking inventory or performing some other man agerial duty, he tutored and was on the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Regiment Staff last year. Rollins, a journalism major, is managing editor of the Commenta tor, arts and sciences magazine. He was elected first state president of the Texas Student Advertising Association at their organizational meeting last spi’ing. Now a first lieutenant in B Armor, Rollins plans to graduate from A&M in May. “Water Storage Changes Dur ing 1957” was the topic of yes- tei’day morning’s opening session, and “Runoff and Evaporation” was the main point of the afterhoon session. A Houston builder, Howard Tellepsen, warned last night that failure of Texas to develop its water could imperil national se curity and at the same time see T I? Q/*** TTm fill a stagnation of industrial growth ill J.l.cIC'Cji-JLCctl JLIlti in the state. “Without proper water develop ment, we could see ojur national security imperiled and I’m firmly convinced water has not been as important in the past as it is in the future. The key to the solu tion Js action,” Tellepsen told the group. Texas is doing something about the water problem, however, it was pointed put at the meeting. With the federal government’s coopera tion which is forthcoming, a change may be . near. “There may be a turning point in the state now, because I believe the U. S. Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation wish to cooperate more than ever before,” said R. M. Dixon, chairman of the state Board of Water Engineers. Also, a state master water plan is one of Gov. Price Daniel’s recom mendations for the Oct. 14 special session of the Texas Legsilature. “General Survey of Present Stor age Reservoirs in Texas and Con templated Additions” was reported ,ggies yw> m wJUrn Gary Rollins Asked To Help Teach Scout Troops Aggies who formerly have been in scouting and who wish to con tinue their work with young me;; now have the opportunity to do so, declared C. M. Loyd, assistant dis trict commissioner of the Boy Scouts of America. Loyd said Aggies were needed to assist various scout organizations in this district either as an as sistant scoutmaster, scout or just as a specialist who can teach his specialty to the scouts. Anyone interested in the jobs may be interviewed by Loyd in his office in Room 307 of the Physics building each morning from 8 to* 10. Loyd said he could use any ex scout who was interested in such a job. New explorer and sea scout units are being organized which will need the help of specialists as well of good assistant scoutmasters. These specialists may be in anything from camp cookery to leather craft. c LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — UP) The federal government, mov ing toward a critical test of strength with Gov. Orval Fau- bus, drew up a list of some 200 witnesses yesterday for Fri day’s court hearing on his use of armed troops to block integration in a Little Rock high school. Advice and appeals swept in on Faubus as the zero hour neared. He conferred twice with Rep. Brooks Hays (D.Ark), who is try ing to find a formula, acceptable to both Faubus and the federal government, for ending the pow der keg racial struggle in Little Rock. While they were talking’, Mayor Woodrow Wilson Mann in a formal message appealed to Faubus to take the National Guard from Cen tral High School where the sol diers have stood—with orders to bar Negi’oes—since the night of Sept. 2. A source close to the governor pictured him as a man working “from hour to hour” to determine his next step. “I am sure that the governor himself, at this mo ment, has not decided his course of action,” the informant said. Social Planned For Students By AAUW Foreign students will be guests of honor tonight at a social meeting and program on the second floor of the YMCA at 7:30, sponsored by the local chapter of the American Association of University Women. Bennie A. Zinn, director of Stu dent Personnel Services, has in vited all foreign students to at tend the social which was planned by Mrs. Frank Powell, president of the A.A.U.W., and Mrs. Fred “Odette” Smith. At the meeting, students will have the opportunity to meet the president of A&M, M. T. Harrington, and other staff members and their wives plus many of the} women of A.A.U.W. Refreshments provided by the women’s group will be served fol lowing a short program, which is to be highlighted by Mrs. Frank McFarland’s talk to the students on important facts about the Uni ted States and Texas, local cus toms and local programs for for eign students. Mi's. W. H. Ritchey is chairman of the reception and refreshment committee. Illnesses Hit 42 In Brazos County According to a morbidity report released by the Bryan - Brazos County Health Unit, 42 patients are being treated for various illnesses in the Bryan-College Sta tion area as of Saturday, Sept. 14. Topping the list is influenza, with 13 persons falling victim to the “flu” in Bryan and seven in College Station. Diarrhea currently accounts for six ill persons in Bry an and seven in College Station. Other cases, all registered in Bry an, include one with measles, 2 with septic sore throat, five with gonor rhea and one with syphilis in the primary stage. “Any comment on the faculty action should come from Board Chairman W. D. Watkins of Abi lene,” Jim Lindsey of Midland said. Lindsey, as vice chairman of the board of directors, presided at the July 13 meeting when the board refused to renew the con tracts of the three professors. “The unanimous decision of the board stemmed from what was considered best for Texas Tech,” Lindsey said. Neither Watkins nor Dr. E. N. Jones, school president, could be reached inupedialely, .. for- com ment. In a resolution, the faculty said, “the refusal of the boai’d of di rectors of Texas Technological College to acknowledge or accede to the request of the faculty to reconsider the case of the recently dismissed faculty members as stated in the unanimously adopted resolution of July 16, 1957, and the board’s refusal to give reasons for the dismissals, are looked upon by the faculty with grave concern.” Enrollment Tops Last Year By 16 At CHS Enrollment at Consolidated High School went over last year’s mark by 16 students as the figure reached 258 yesterday, according to E. P. Ozment, (MIS principal. Largest percentage of the stu dents went to the freshmen class with 89. Tenth and eleventh grades registered 65 each while the sen ior class registered 39. Consolidated High begins the 1957-58 school year with three new faculty members. Ozment came to College Station from Ga- nado, replacing J. J. Skrivanek who resigned last spring. Ozment also served as principal at Ganado High School. Mrs. Maxene Hurley joined the CITS teaching staff as an English instructor. The other addition to the faculty was Dick Gardemal, head football coach and teacher of physical ediication, algebra and general science. Consolidated Jr. High School also added three new faculty membres this fall. C. O. Williams, a ’57 A&M graduate, is a new seventh and eighth grade science teacher; Robert McKinney teaches sixth and seventh grade science and math, and Mrs. R. H. Secat is in charge of special education from fifth to eighth grade levels. Spe cial education includes the teach ing of handicapped and crippled students. Weather Today CLOUDY Yesterday’s high was 91 degrees, and this morning’s low, 70. At 10:30 a. m. the mercury stood at 74 degrees. y \ ■ mmB CHS Rand For Three Readies Events A&M Consolidated’s Tiger Band will be busy this week. Director Robert Boone an nounced yesterday. Thursday night the band plays at the opening junior high football game when the Kittens meet Navasota Junior High. Theme for the halftime show is “A Look at America”, through the eyes of a visitor. Friday night finds the band in Rockdale for the high school game between Consolidated and Rock dale. Drum Majorette Anne Wil liamson leads the band in a salute to the “March King”, John Philip Sousa. The show features a num ber of Sousa marches plus some difficult formations by the group. The University of Houston has extended an invitation to the Tiger Band to participate this Saturday night in the Annual University of Houston Band Nigbt. The extrav aganza is to feature some forty South Texas high school bands. At halftime the 4,000 participating musicians will form, the letters “GOLDMAN”, to pay tribute to the famous march composer Sam uel Goldman. Also the combined groups will play a number of Goldman’s marches. This year, as in years past, Rob ert Boone is the director of the band. Twirlers are Kathryn Gould, Mary Varvel, and Carol Dew. Some 50 Consolidated High School and juniot high students form the band. m I ; \ —Battalion Staff Photo by John West Police Survey ‘Homicide’ Scene Bryan policeman Thomas Bradley aids in preparing a sketch of a murder scene set up by the Texas Municipal Police School. Teams of intraining policemen were graded in their survey of the mock murder.