Number 34 : Volume 57
ATTAL
Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1957
LIBRARY
Price Five Cents
Sevan Discloses 4
Soviet
Moonwatcli Expects
Sputnik Sighting
One More Vote
Ann Clolanrl and Pat Jackson (1. to r.) each
deposit a penny “vote” in their own ballot
box “just for luck”, as Consolidated High
FFA President Kenneth Cooner holds a can
for each contestant. The girls are finalists
in a run-off election ending today to pick
the CHS FFA sweetheart.
CHS Names FFA
Sweetheart Today
As voting cans grow heavier,
with “penny” votes, Ann Cleland
and Pat Jackson, Consolidated High
Seh^MFA Sweetheart candidates
in a runoff election, grow steadily
more eager for the winner to be
announced at 3:30 p.m. today.
Both Miss Cleland and Miss Jack-
son went through the same period
of “butterflies” last Friday as
they waited the election results
between fovir candidates. When
the pennies were all stacked up
side by side though, there were
exactly the same number in two
of the heaps, calling for a runoff.
Voting is done by the entire stu
dent body. Cans for each girl, bear
ing her name, are placed at var
ious places in CHS and students
drop money in the cans to vote for
Oceanography Will
Have Open House
The public is invited to an open
house, by the Department of
Oceanography and Meteorology
Tuesday from 2 to 5 p. m. and 7
to 9 p. m. in Goodwin Hall.
All sections of the department
will be open to visitors during the
open house. These areas include
the biological, chemical and
geological laboratories in the base
ment, the oceanography offices and
the Navy and Signal Corps research
units on the first floor, and the
Meteorology offices, weather sta
tion and Air -Force Research units
on the second floor.
their choice. Each penny counts
one vote.
Miss Cleland is senior class can
didate and Miss Jackson, junior.
Freshman and sophomore selec
tions were eliminated in last
week’s race.
Both finalists have campaign
managers \yho have been busy ^ince
the beginning of the contest, get
ting votes[for their candidates.
In past years only FFA chapter
members selected the sweetheart,
but this year the chapter decided
to give the entire student body a
chance to make the choice, since
the sweetheart will represent the
school as a whole.
The CHS Chapter Sweetheart
will vie in the District I contest
at the Sweetheart Banquet next
April in Lexington.
Should the Consolidated sweet
heart win district, she would com
pete in Area Ill’s meeting at Blinn
Junior College next May. Win
ner of the area sweetheart contest
will be entered in the state com
petition at the State FFA Conven
tion in San Antonio next July.
Wea th er Today
Partly cloudy and mild with
increasing cloudiness Saturday is
the local forecast
This mornings low temperature
reading, made at 7 o’clock was 57.
degrees. Yesterdays high, at 2:30
p. in., was 81
At 8 this morning the mercury
stood at 64 degrees, and the
relative humidity was 70 per cent.
Finishing Touches
Added To SCON A
Scona TIT committees are begin
ning to put the finishing touches
to the conference which will be
gin ih two months on the A&M
campus, Jack Nelson, chairman of
the Student Conference on Nation
al Affairs, said today.
The conference’s offices are be
ginning to receive names of dele
gates to the educational confer
ence. The first delegate to sub
mit a registration foiun was a sen
ior from Texas Christian Univer
sity majoijng in government—Miss
Bfv.y XTm Hanson.
Aggie delegates are being se
lected now by Dean W. H. Dela-
plane’s office. They will be chosen
from students who expressed de
sires to attend SCONA.
The seven delegates from hei’e
will be joined at the conference
by 150 other students from uni
versities and colleges scattered a-
cross the United States, Mexico
and Canada.
SCONA, which originated three
years ago, is much farther ahead
in its schedule than the past two
conferences and should prove to be
T
better than the two previous ones,
Nelson said. ,
ROTC members from the var
ious colleges seem to be quite in
terested in the conference-,since a
number are being sent by their col
leges, Nelson observed.
Among ROTC registrants are
James E. McWilliams, Cadet Col
onel of the Corps of Cadets at
East Texas State College and Ca
det Lt. Col. Bruce Hibbitt fr-om
the college’s Air Force branch.
McWilliams represents the Army
branch there.
A&M students, faculty and staff
members, and interested persons
from the surrounding area will be
invited to hear the panel discus
sions and speakers speaking each
night during the conference. Nel
son said.
Corps Trip
Promises Ags
Busy Weekend
Texas Aggies’ first Corps
trip of the year promises to
be a busy one with a parade,
a football game and crowning
of the Aggie sweetheart head
ing the list of Cowtown activities.
First activity ot the trip is a
dance tonight in hdnor of the Ags
onj the Texas Wompn’s University
campus, at D.epton] beginning at
8:30. f
Saturday’s events begin Avith a
Corps parade through downtown
Fort Worth, beginning at 10 from
East Weatherford Street.
Game time for the football clash
between the Texas Christian Horn
ed -Frogs and the Texas Aggies is
2 p. m. in Amon Carter Stadium.
At halftime, the A&M sweetheart,
Miss Nancy Norton, will be pre
sented to the public in traditional
fashion. And in traditional fashion,
Corps Commander Jon Tlagler will
plant the congratulatory kiss on
Miss Norton.
Second In stall men t
Tuesday is the last day for
paying the second installment
fees at the Fiscal Office in the
Richard Coke Building. Fees
for this month are $56.26.
By JIM NEIGHBORS
Jack Kent, director of the local
Operation Moonwatch team, last
night was confident at least one
of the observers would spot Sputnik
this morning as it passed over Col
lege. Station.
According to the latest reports
from Kent, the satellite was due to
come over at about 5:47 this morn
ing. Sputnik followed about 23
BULLETIN
At 5:24 this morning. Sput
nik’s fiery rocket carcass rolled
across the heavens above Col
lege Station, but the satellite it
self did not put in its scheduled
appearance.
Plainly visible to the naked
eye, the third stage of the
rocket moved through the clear,
star-scattered skies at an even
pace. Within about three min
utes after the first sighting, the
rocket had passed from view.
minutes behind the rocket carcass.
Scientists at the Smithsonian
Astrophysical Observatory at Har
vard estimated the location of the
third stage of the rocket at 100°
longitude north and 40“ latitude
west.
Since the angle of flight (65
degrees) is already known, the
scientists estimated the rocket hull
would be directly over Cambridge,
Neb. By relaying the information
to the local moonwatch team, the
directors of the observation posts
should be able to have a definite
fix on the orbit of the satellite.
Up until now, no positive fix has
been taken, although hundreds of
people claimed to have seen Sput
nik. However, using the equipment
of moonwatch, the local astrono
mers will be able to accurately give
the orbit of the satellite if it was
visible this morning.
One of the members of the crew
was going to try to photograph
either the rocket or the satellite,
whichever was visible. Results of
this attempt will be published in
Tuesday’s Battalion.
If Sputnik did not show up this
morning, according to Kent, there
Hungarian Artist
Teaches In MS(]
By LEWIS REDDELL
Hungarian sculptor Josepf Tom-
pa’s life for the past 13 year’s has
been a vicious cycle of imprison
ment and freedom.
Tompa, who is instructor for the
Memorial Student Center sculptur
ing classes, was a well known
sculptor in Hungary prior to the
outbreak of World War II. He won
several awards and prizes for his
work at various European art
shows and exhibits.
Drafted into the Hungarian
Army as a reserve officer in 1ST41,
Tompa was captured by the Rus
sian Army late in 1944 and sent
to a prison camp a few miles from
Moscow.
During his imprisonment, he was
allowed to sculpture various pieces
of art for the Russians. He made
an exceptionally fine statue of
Stalin which gained him the ac
claim of even the Russian news
paper’, Pravda. The statue so pleas
ed the Russians that they allowed
him to return to Hungary.
Freedom was short-lived for
Tompa, for in 1953 he was arrested
by the secret police on charges of
plotting to overthrow the Com
munist government and spying.
For his “crimes,” he was sentenced
to a Hungarian prison, Mariauoltra,
which was a converted Catholic
convent.
When the ill-fated freedom revolt
broke out in Hungary in October
of 1956, a gixmp of university stu
dents broke into the prison and
Tompa gained his freedom once
more.
Upon his escape from prison,
Tompa decided to try an escape
from Hungary and come to
America.
He, along with a Catholic priest
and two university students made
the trip to freedom together. Only
once, during their journey was
the group accosted by the Russians.
A soldier approached them with a
machine gun. They managed to
disable him, however, by knocking
him out.
The group ci’ossed the famed
Andau bridge into freedom on
Dec. 21, 1956.
Tompa was sent to a refugee
camp in Eiseustadt, Austria and
later was sent to America where
he joined his daughter and son-in-
law, S.F.C. J. R. Brown in College
Station.
He plans to continue his
sculpturing in America and will
enter an exhibit at the Texas Fine
Arts Show in Austin next week.
are several reasons for its shyness.
First, there could have been too
much daylight; second, there might
not have been enough light; third,
it passed too far east to be visible
and fourth, it passed to far west.
Whether it was visible or not,
the loyal members of Operation
Moonwatch were on the job this
morning attempting to make scien
tific history.
Senate Returns Rev
To Former Keepers
K rusch e v L is is
Four Stage Plan
LONDON, (/P)—Aneiirin Levan disclosed last night Niki
ta Khrushchev had outlined to him an alleged four stage plot
by the United States for the Turkish occupation of Syria.
The left wing Laborite’s account appeared to be the
first detailed indication of what lies behind the Soviet Com
munist party chief’s repeated charges that Turkey, under
American prodding, is about to attack leftist Syria.
On the basis of these vehement charges the Soviet
Union has launched an all out propaganda campaign clearly
designed to blast American influence out of the Middle East.
The main objective may be to drive the United States from air
bases which at present serve to neutralize the threat of
♦Russia’s intercontinental mis
sile.
By JOE BUSER
Student Senators last night voted
to return the custody of Reveille II
to A Quartermaster and discussed
her conduct during football game
halftimes.
The Senate’s action on the school
mascot was a reversal of a decision
made at.the year’s first meeting to
turn the dog over to newly formed
A Vets.
Action on the question of the
school mascot came after hearing
the feelings of the two outfits in
volved from their respective com
manders. Both John Foster, Com
manding Officer of A Vets and
Bill McLaughlin of A Quarter
master indicated that their outfits
were interested in caring for “Rev”
and both claimed facilities for her
care were available in their outfits.
Senate vote to rescind the former
action, tabled at the last meeting
until a complete investigation of
each company’s feelings could be
obtained, carried by a reluctant
“Aye” with several members not
voting.
Also discussed at the meeting
was the “questionable” conduct of
Reveille during halftime and her
possible interference with the band
Bill Libby moved that Rev remain
leashed during halftime, or at least
until the band’s performance was
over. In his motion, Libby said,
“The band finds it disturbing to
spend 720 man-hours preparing
a drill only to be in competition
with the dog”.
After some rather heated debate,
Senate President Bob Surovik turn
ed the question over to the Issues
Committee headed by Pat Pesley,
for consideration.
Other business discussed at the
meeting was the sponsoring of a
drive to collect blood for Wadley
Research Foundation of Dallas.
The Senate approved a motion
made by Jim Brady, head of the
Student Welfare Committee, to
bring a blood-mobile on the campus
Nov. 12 to collect 300 pints of blood
to be used for persons suffering
from hemophilia, free bleeding.
Senate also heard from two
leaders of the College Station Com
munity Chest, who urged that the
students join with the people of
College Station in their fund-rais
ing campaign. The question was
turned over to the Public Relations
Committee, as well as the question
of a Campus Chest, which would
work in conjunction with or in the
place of the Community Chest at
the college.
Be van who is the British
Labor party spokesman on
foreign affairs, made his dis
closure in a copyrighted article
published in the left wing Labor
Weekly Tribune.
Khrushchev, who received Revan
at Yalta on* Sept. 17, gave this
version of what he called “Ameri
can intentions” towards Syria:
1. Turkey and Israel, at first,
will “be kept in the background
because any moves-by them—would
unite the Arab states.”
2. But certain “gentlemen from
Syria are in Istanbul” and are
maneuvering under Turkish gov
ernmental protection to take over
power in Syria. These favor the
United States, Khrushchev added.
In a letter to West European So-
cialists this week Khrushchev said
Syrian emigrants in Turkey plan
ned to form a government in exile.
3. After they topple Syria’s pres
ent rulers “something will happen
—-and if it doesn’t happen it Will
be made to happen-of which the
Soviet Union or elements favor
able to the Soviet Union will be
accused.” Khrushchev did not de
fine what that “something” might
be.
4. On the ground that Syrian
independence is in peril, Turkish
troops now concentrated along the
Syrian frontier, will be “invited”
to enter the country for its protec
tion against “Communist domina
tion,” Khrushchev said.
Sculptor Class Begins
— Battalion staff photo
Hungarian Sculptor JoSepf Tompa, demon
strates techniques used in sculpture to (1.
to r.) E. L. Denham and Nicholas Settanni
at the opening class session of the Memorial
Student Center Sculpture Class last night.
Denham and Settanni are two of the many
students taking the instruction.