—Battalion Staff Photo
Nancy Norton Looks Pensive . . .
About her forthcoming crowning as Aggie Sweathcart
Saturday in Amon Carter Stadium in Fort Worth.
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Planners Hear
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As Aggies Leave for Corps
By ROBERT WEEKLEY
Aggies en-masse evacuate the
campus tomorrow, anti sopne today
after drill, to begin streaming to
wards “Cowtown” for the first of
ficial Corps trip of the year.
Festivities start tomorrow night
at Texas Women’s University with
a dance in Aggie honor at the TWU
Student Union Building. An in
vitation to the dance was is
sued Tuesday night at yell prac
tice by TWU representatives.
The dance will begin at SrHO
p.m. and close with a Tessie-Aggie
yell practice around 11:30.
Aggies first take the spot-light
Saturday morning with the Cadet
Corps’ parade through downtown
Fort Worth. Except for cadence
tlie Corps is expected to remain
virtually silent until they have
passed the reviewing stand, when
they will break out with colorful
marching songs.
The Corps moves out from the
assembly area on East Weather
ford Street between Jones and Elm
Street at 10 a.m.
After the parade Cowtown will
be left in peace and solitude until
2 p.m. when the 12th man gathers
in Amon Carter Stadium for the
game.
During half-time activities the
A&M sweetheart, Miss Nancy Nor
ton, will be presented to the pub
lic.
Miss Norton, sophomore speech
therapy major at TWU from York,
Neb., will be reigning as the Ag
gies’ official representative to all
outside functions. She will view
the morning parade from the re
viewing stand.
Reportedly Miss Noi’ton’s selec
tion as Aggie sweetheart may be
attributed to a pink and black gai’-
ter given to her before a dance in
honor of the Aggie selection com
mittee. Nancy wore the garter,
and she feels it brought her good
luck.
Though Miss Norton is from
Nebraska, Cadet Col. Jon L. Hag-
ler told her that since she now is
representing Texas she will have
to take out Texas citizenship pa
pers.
Because of rain the Aggie band
has not been able to work out their
half-time ceremony yet, but they
are tentatively planning to spell
out Miss Norton’s first name and
play “Love Me Tender” as Hagler
salutes her with the traditional
kiss and n bouquet of American
Beauty roses. .
Hagler, who has been trying to
find out the present record, is a
strong candidate to break it. Bob
Surovik, president of the Student
Senate will record the pair with a
stop watch to get the official time.
Aggies traditionally “wildcat”
throughout Hagler’s pleasant or
deal.
After the game Aggies will break
up into their different companies
and squadrons and gangs for the
traditional Corps Trip pai’ties, as
Fort Worth sleeps.
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Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus
Number 33: . Volume 57
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1957
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By GAYLE McNUTT
Brazos County Planning Com
mission members unanimously ac
cepted a proposed plan of expan
sion for the Bryan-College Station
area last night after hearing the
preliminary report of the Area
Planning Commission.
A proposed plan to be drawn up
by Caudill, Rowlett, Scott and As
sociates of Bryan, was explained
by the committee. Their findings
showed the Bryan firm not only
had more local interest in the ex
pansion program, but also offered
a more complete and practical plan
than others studied.
Composing the commission are
32 leaders from all walks of local
municipal life. Their aim is to
prepare for the rapid rise in popu
lation of the Bryan-College Station
area, expected within a few years.
The Committee’s report was read
to the commission by R. B. (Pete)
Butler, head of the 5-man executive
committee and representing the
people at large. Other executive
committee members are: J. A. Orr,
College Station; Casey Fannin,
Bryan; S. A. Wright, A&M College
and County Judge A. S. Ware,
Brazos County.
The committee indicated that in
preparing the plans, Caudill, Row
lett, Scott and Associates would
make studies of the complete situa
tion with problems of future ex
pansion and draw up a planned map
for their solution.
The studies and surveys would
cover utilities, sanitation, housing,
business districts, industries, public
buildings, schools, parks, parking,
streets, highways, railroads, and all
other aspects to be considered in
the future expansion and meshing
of the cities of Bryan arid College
Station.
“Both Bryan and College Station
are growing in parallel patterns to
ward the south and east,” said
Butler. “We must meet this growth
by being ready for it with streets
which will meet and utility lines
and facilities which will com-
nect without causing trouble, and
loss of time and money for citizens
of both cities.”
The commission itself has no
legal authority to take action on
the matter however. Before any
movement is taken, it will be re
viewed by each represented body,
and even then will have to receive
official approval. In A&M’s case,
it will mean a vote by the Board of
Directors and in the other three
cases, possibly a public election.
Cost of the proposed expansion
survey and plans would be a maxi
mum of $54,250. This sum would
be split up among the four groups,
according to the amount of plan
ning required for each.
The cost would be spread out
over a 3 year period, the time
(See AREA, Page 3)
-Battalion Stai't Photo
Ami Jon Hagler Looks Eager
And who wouldn’t be eager to plant the Corps’ traditional
kiss on the Aggie Sweetheart?
Air roree Names
44 Cadets DMS
Foi'ty-four students were select
ed Distinguished AFROTC Cadets
by the Distinguished AFROTC Ca
det Board this mouth.
The board reviewed the records
of 96 seniors and recommended 44
to be designated as distinguished
cadets.. These 44 cadets have been
placed in one of two groups.
Those Air Science IV students
who have an overall grade point
ratio of 1.8 or better were placed
in Group I.
Group II consists of those Air
Science IV students with an over
all grade point ratio below 1.8
A&M’s Radar Tracks
Recent Rain Storms
The strange whirring sound com
ing from the tower near Bizzell
Hall began Sunday as the Meteor
ology Department’s radar set start
ed its first day of actual operation.
The department had a photo
grapher on hand that enables The
Battalion to pull a first and show
Aggies how a storm actually ap
pears on a radar screen.
Looking at the photo of the
radar screen, the center part is
the Bryan-College Station area.
Approximately 200 miles to the
northwest of us is a large white
blob that is a line storm racing
toward us. The storm at the time
the picture was taken was above
and between Austin and Waco.
By looking at this photo the ra
dar-meteorology department is able
to make out the location of the
Weather Today
Local forecast calls for partly
cloudy skies and not much change
in temperature through Friday.
The relative humidity at 8 this
morning was 83 per cent and the
temperature, 69 degrees. Yester
day’s high, coming at 3:30 p. m.,
was 83 degrees, and this morning’s
low—at 5—was 62 degrees.
storm and the direction that is
is taking. They can judge the
storm’s height and the location of
its most turbulent portions. They
can'also make an educated guess
on whether there is hail mixed
with the rain, and are able to iden
tify tornados, if present.
The radar department takes this
information and passes some of it
on to Bryan Air Base. The mater
ial not sent out is used for storm
research.
Besides providing valuable in
formation, the set is used to train
students on storm observation and
the actual operation of the set.
The Oceanography Department,
of which the radar-meteorology de
partment is a part, will hold an
open house Tuesday, October 22
at which time they will demon
strate and explain the functions
of the set. The open house will
be held in both afternoon and
evening, and Aggies and faculty
members are invited.
but w r ho have demonsUated lead
ership ability by performance in
Air Science subjects, Summer
Training Unit, campus activities
and, in the opinion of the board,
are worthy of this honor. There
are 14 cadets in Group II.
Selecting the cadets were Lt.
Col. William F. Barnard, Capt.
Rolla E. Griffith, Capt. Roger A.
McCaulley, Capt. Gene F. Williams,
and William S. McCulley. All
board members were present.
The following were placed in
Group I:
James W. Anz, Ray M. Bowen,
David L. Attebery, William W.
Bryan, Phil D. Fisher, Bobby J.
(See DMS, Page 2)
Top-ranked Ags
Battle Vengeful
s Saturday
TCU Bitter Over
Two Past Losses
By GARY ROLLINS
Battalion Sports Editor
No elaborately-planned posters, pictures or headlines
about TCU are on the Aggie varsity dressing room walls this
week. Usually, the opposing team’s “Rogue’s Gallery” is
pasted in the dressing room to remind the Cadets they will
be meeting a tough team, etc.
But this week, the entire scouting report has been placed
on one small handwritten page and simply states^‘TCU wants
to kill the Aggies. You know who they are, and why they
want to beat A&M.”
Two years ago, Swink and Company were upset by the
Farmers, 19-16 in Ft. Worth and last year, on Kyle Field,
amidst a torrential downpour the cadets once again “came
through” on TCU, and ekedf"
by 7-6 victors.
As a consolation prize, the
Frogs were awarded the Cot
ton Bowl bid.
For the past six years, this par
ticular series has been the closest
in the conference. Only ten points
separates the two teams, with the
Aggies holding the advantage.
The Horned Frogs are currently
the top defensive unit in the con
ference, and the Cadets are trailing
closely behind. On the other side
of the boai'd, the Aggies hold a
margin offensively over Abe Mar
tin’s sprightly crew.
Dorothy Coll IBIS
Hit Parade Star
Sings For Aggies
Dorothy Collins, former “Your
Hit Parade” star, and Shep Fields
and his orchestra with Jackie
Austin, featured singer will present
the second program on the 1957-58
Town Hall season next Thursday
at 8 p. m.
Canadian born Dorothy Collins
started singing on a children’s pro
gram in Detroit while still in school
after winning a Windsor, Canada
amateur contest. She remained
with the group until she finished
secondary school.
Bandleader Raymond Scott hap
pened to hear her sing in 1942
while in Chicago. He advised her
to study music for a year.
A year later Scott went on the
air with his own show and Miss
Collins was his singer. She and
her mother toured with the band
for two years.
Scott later was made musical di
rector of “Your Hit Parade” and
Miss Collins continued studying
voice.
In 1950 the American Tobacco
Company, the show sponsor, asked
Scott to create a new type com
mercial. His tricky tunes or jingles
are those heard often on the com
pany’s shows.
These same tricky tunes and
jingles were anonymously sung by
the beautiful Dorothy Collins. The
sponsor was so impressed by the
gill that she soon made her tele
vision debut singing the Lucky
Strike commercials.
Backing Miss Collins will be
Shep Fields and his popular “Rip
pling Rhythm” Orchestra.
Featured with the Fields orche
stra will be the beautiful, shapely
Jackie Austin.
The two teams have impressive
records so far this season, but TCU
has one victory that carries quite
a bit of weight in their considera
tion.
Just three weeks ap;o, the Frog
gies upset mighty Ohio State 18-
14 and only last week they shut
out powerful Alabama 28-0.
The Texas Aggies, seeking only
“one victory at a time,” have won
four games—scoring 98 jioints to
their opponents 19.
“The TCU game is the most im
portant game in the world for us
this week, because it’s our next
one.”
Vacancies Open
For SCUBA
Diving Course
Vacancies are still open for
persons who wish to enroll in
the SCUBA Diving Short
Course, Assistant Diving In
structor John Henderson said
yesterday.
Persons desiring* to enroll in the
course should report to room 306
Goodwin Hall Monday night at
7:30 with required $10.00 admis
sion fee. Persons not affiliated
with the college will be chai'ged
$20. The course is open to women,
Henderson said.
SCUBA, commonly called skin
diving, is really a self-contained
underwater breathing apparatus,
using an air tank to allow the diver
to remain underwater.
Henderson emphasized that the
purpose of the course is not to
make a professional diver out of
anyone, but to train in the use of
diving equipment and form safe
diving habits .
Swimming qualifications for the
course are: 400 yards freestyle
in 15 minutes; 60 feet submerged
and retrieve a 10 lb. weight from
12 feet of water.
Miss Jackie Austin
Songstress with Shep Fields and his Orchestra
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