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Y.'Ji SSSSSSSSS jM JS JBESdSZS TLJtm /fit BATTALION Go I*© Church Tonight Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus Number 40: Volume 57 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1957 Price Five Cents This Dodge pickup was a vehicle of death for Corps freshman William Sidney Rogers, who was killed in a head-on collision last night. A Battalion staff writer holds the door open to allow a better look at the steering column, which was pushed almost to the truck’s ceiling. Number One Team Slot Makes Aggies Feel Great It feels great to be Number One team in the nation, seems to be the consensus of most Aggies on the day after their team was voted into first place by the Associated Press weekly poll. Most of the Aggies interviewed yesterday by a Battalion reporter said they felt that A&M ha-s the number one team and should wind It appears that Rev gave the furry mascot from Baylor a hard time Saturday in Kyle Field. The maroon and white shepherd spotted the bruin from across the field and ran at him, growling and everything. Well, the hank-a-hair, honey comb-type mascot nearly panicked. He lunged at the chains around his neck and finally rolled over on his back and waved his' feet in the air. I guess he shouldn’t feel bad though. The ol’ Baylor line had a rough day too. ★ ★ ★ Overheard in a Thursday after noon “Tiger Lab”: “I say it’s evil. Man wasn’t meant to fly.” Student Directory Expected Nov. 15 This year’s Student Directory is expected to be off the press be tween Nov. 15-22. All copy has been set and final corrections are being made. The book is now being paged up with some of the press work due to start this week. The directory will contain the name, year of study, major, local and home address of all students plus a listing of college staff and offices. Copies will be sold in Room 4, YMCA, and at the main desk in the MSC at $1 each. up the season as national champ ions. Thomas A. Player, freshman Aeronautical Engineering major from Houston, believes the team is capable of doing that. “I think we can go all the way with the kind of team we have if the Twelfth Man stays behind them,” said Player. Whether we can retain that top spot or not for very long depends a great deal on what Oklahoma can do in their remaining games, is another prevailing opinion. Norman Crocker, senior Educa tion major from Hull, commented, “If we keep winning and Oklahoma keeps playing close games or loses, we should stay in first place. But if Oklahoma starts winning their games by lopsided scores they’ll remain first.” Flu, for the second time this year is making an uninvited visit to the A&M campus. The flu bug seems to have sneak ed into College View and the Civil ian dormitories, especially Mitchell, according to a report from Dr. C. R. Lyons, College Hospital super visor, last night. Dr. Lyons said there is no im mediate crisis and no serious prob lem has developed, although the hospital now has more than twice the normal number of patients due to the new virus attack. He said the outbreak does not seem to be affecting the Corps this time. Although thei’e are a lot of coughs among Corps stu dents, he said it is no worse than could be expected following the previous flu epidemic which swept, the Corps. “The present outbreak is defi nitely on the upsweep,” Dr. Lyons said, “but we are not becoming too concerned over it yet.” Most of the College View stu dents are remaining in bed and letting their wives care for them, he said. They also receive treat ment frotn college doctors who visit the reported cases. Civilian students, as a whole, es caped the epidemic which swept the Corps about a month ago, over flowing the hospital and sending William S. Oliver, freshman Me chanical Engineering major from Houston, said, “I believe Oklahoma will lose and we’ll win the rest of our games.” There was a dissenter to this opinion, howevei\ Joe Middleton, sophomore Arch itecture major from Shreveport, La., observed, “It would be hard to say that we’re the number ope team in capabilities. The only real test of whether we’re number one or not would be a game with Oklahoma.” Charles Brod, junior Mechanical Engineering major from San Bei- nito had this comment, “If we can play at top strength the rest of the season as we ; did against. Bayf lor, we should be able to keep our first place rating.” many cadets to bed in their dormi tories. The first outbreak saw al most 2,000 Aggies in bed at one time with the virus. Senior AF Cadets Paychecks Arrive Checks for senior Air Force ca dets under contract may be picked up in the record section of the Tri- gon starting today. Announcements will be made in the Air Force classes on the length of time the checks will be available at A&M. If not picked up in the specified time the checks will be sent to the student’s home address. Checks for junior cadets under contract will be available at a later date. Club Pictures Due For '58 Aggieland Campus organizations may sche dule pictures for the club section of the Aggieland ’58 in the Office of Student Publications, ground floor of the YMCA, any time be tween now and December 13. Clubs are urged to have their pictures made in locations signifi cant to their activities. Flu Back Again, Hits Civilians In Head-On Collision fj ea res Sch oo L Enroute Home A Corps freshman on his way home after resigning from school was killed last night in a head-on collision on Texas Avenue. . Killed almost instantly when his pickup collided with a 1957 Dodge Coronet was William Sidney Rogers, of Trini dad. Also killed in the accident was the driver of the other car, Connor (). Armstrong, 44, from Giddings. The accident occured at 8:30 just south of Del Marmols. Investigating officers from the Bryan Police Department at tributed at least part of the blame for the accident to the new center stripe markings dividing the recently widened street. They found no skid marks to indicate either car had attempted to avert the acci-+ dent. There were no eye wit- Food and Fun Slated For CHS Band Carnival Fun, frolic, good food and a good time is promised by Consolidated High School Band Boosters to anyone at tending the CHS Band Carni val Saturday night. Band Boosters are sponsoring the event to raise money for new uni forms, instruments and band activi ties. The carnival begins at 5:30 on the high school campus. Bill Card is chairman of the affair. “The old country store, fish pond, snake show, pony rides, spook walk and dunking stool are only some of the major attractions planned for the carnival,” said Card. “For a reasonable price, carnival comers can enjoy a meal of hot dogs, hamburgers, homemade cakes and pies, Ice cream and soft drinks,” Mrs. K. R. Bailey, chair man of the food committee adds. The 57-member band is active throughout the year both in march ing and concerts. Robert Boone is band director at CHS, having held this post for the past six years. Boone gives credit for the band’s success to support from the par ents, such as their staging the carnival. Five beauties playing five harps will appear on the Town Hall stage tomorrow night at 8. Known as the Angelaires the five attractive girls will play classical and semi- classical music for the entertain ment of the Aggies. The lasses’ are destined to charm the Aggies with their fast moving fingers hitting the harp strings with an angelic touch. Proclaimed from coast to coast for their charm with the harps which gives “the tonal effects of one giant harp” making the per formance “not only beautiful but exciting ... an emotional exper ience we feel sure the audience will long remember”, said the Con- nersville (Indiana) News-Exami ner. They have appeared on televis ion’s “The Ed Sullivan Show” and “The Steve Allen show.” Two of the girls are native Tex ans one being a University of Tex as graduate and the other a past musician with the Texas All-State Orchestra. Songs like “Black Magic”; “Hal- Chest Talk Given To Luncheoners “Do We Really Like the Amer ican Way,” was the topic of a talk for the Community Chest drive made by Mrs. Marie Heritage to the College Station Kiwanis Club yesterday. Mrs. Heritage spoke to the lunch eoners for the last time yesterday ending a four year public service in the Bryan-College Station area, the club president, John Longley, said. She urged everyone to take an active part in “giving from the heart and not the pocketbook” to the Community Chest in “true American spirit.” Before the meeting was over Mrs. Heritage had slipped out to help load the van which was to take her back to New York. Her husband has been stationed at Bryan Air Force Base for the last four years. nesses. Rogers completed with draw! from the college only hours before the accident. He said he was leaving because he was dis satisfied with architecture and planned to join the Navy. Among his personal belongings was a Navy enlistment brochure and a ticket to Chicago for an audition with the Navy Band. Armstrong, a truck driver for Southern Pacific Transport Co., had recently received a three year safe driving award. Both of the vehicles were esti mated to be total losses. Silver Taps for Rogers will be held tonight at 10:30. lelujah”, from “Hit the Deck” and “Holiday for Strings” will be play ed at the performance. “Perfect timing and coordina tion—soloist capacities in each of the five performers” are just two comments about the five harpists. Admission to the perfoimance will be by Town Tall season ticket or $2 for general admission, $2.50 for reserved and $1 for high school and younger seating. A&S Dean Names' SCON A Delegates A&M’s delegates to SCONA ITT wei*e announced last week by W. H. Delaplane, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. Selected to attend the conference were Robert L. Hudson, senior education major from College Sta tion; James F. Dempsey Jr., senior history major from Fort Worth; George N. Ragsdale, senior engi neering major from Memphis, Tenn.; John W. Warner, senior journalism major from Pampa; Joe David Ross, fifth year veterinary medicine major from Sonora; Charles T. Tucker, senior chemistry and math major from San Antonio and Don R. Cloud, junior economics major from Kerens. Hart Hall Council Chooses Officers Hart Hall council officers for 1957-58 have been elected, it was announced yesterday. Bob Ring was elected president, Roger Shandley, vice-president; Bob Jones, secretary and Louis Conant, treasurer. Other new council members in clude Walter F. Hartman and Phil McEvoy, fi-eshman representative; Bob Singletary, sophomore repre sentative; Fred Hartman, Hart Hall Civilian Student Council; Eugene Buie, dormitory chaplain and Wayne Schmidt, housemaster. CS Lion’s Club Sets Plans For Ag Blood Drive College Station Lions Club members voted unanimously Monday to sponsor bringing a blood-mobile to the cam pus from the Wadley Re search Foundation, of Dallas, Nov. 12 to collect 300 pints of blood for hemophilia patients. Lions will supply $100 to bring the mobile unit to the campus in cooperation with the Student Sen ate, which will line up donors. Ag gies are relied upon to do most of the contributing. Hemophilia is commonly known as free bleeding, and the charity is a very worthwhile cause, Charlie Haas, Lion president told the or ganization Monday at their lunch eon meeting. Haas also told the Lions that $250 had been given to the Brazos County Crippled Children’s Clinic on behalf of their group. The Lions made final arrange ments for sponsoring several booths at the Consolidated High School Band Carnival Saturday night at CHS. The club will have several booths and games to help raise money for the band. Other Lion activities over the past week included purchasing five capons at the Bryan FFA Live stock auction last Tuesday. The capons are frozen and will be used as prizes or raffled, off in future Lion activities. This weekend is homecoming for Consolidated High School as the CHS tigers play host to Cypress- Fairbanks in their second district game Friday night. Highlights of the homecoming weekend include the crowning of a homecoming - queen, a television in terview and a bonfire and yell prac tice. To kick-off homecoming festivi ties, CHS cheerleaders and home coming queen candidates will be interviewed on KBTX - TV, in Bry an, Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. Then Thui’sday night at the school the bonfire and yell practice begin at Wea th er Today College Station can expect part ly cloudy skies and slowly rising temperatures thi’ough tomorrow, according to the college weather station. The mercury dipped to a low of 58 degrees at 5 this morning. Yes terday’s high was 72 degrees at 3:45 p. m. The 8 a. m. temperature reading was 62 degrees, and the relative humidity, 86 per cent. Sophomores Face Charges In Cadet Court Four sophomores faced Group B Cadet Court last nig'ht on charges of violating college regulations pertaining to physical hazing. Accused of violating Article 44a of College Regulations and Article 12e of Articles of the Cadet Coi-ps are Thomas R. Hamilton and Mil ford M. Reid, “B” AA A, and Floyd H. Chi’istian and Ingle C. Trimble, “C” Engineers. Final decision on the case will not be known until the court’s opin ion has been studied and approved by the commandant. Both articles charged as being violated prohibit physical hazing or submission to physical hazing in any form. College regulations indicate discipline could result in dismissal or suspension from the college. ‘Too Many Tickets 9 Campus Cops Say Aggies are receiving far too many parking fines this semester, Fred Hickman, head of Campus Security, said yesterday. Hickman said there was no way of telling how many fines had been given, but 2,008 had been paid al ready this semester. Fines that have been paid average about $2 a piece. “We were hoping the number of tickets given would drop this year,” Hickman stated, “but instead they have increased.” Since school started $3,584 has been collected from numerous park ing violations. NOISE PLEASE LOS ANGELES 0T>—Architect Richard J. Neutra says school libraries should take down their “Quiet” signs and— Provide television coverage of current events. Install news teletypes and stock market ticker tapes. Set up outdoor reading rooms and informal lounges. Neutra made the suggestions to the University of Southern Cali fornia’s Library School. 6. Friday night at 8 the Tigers meet Cypress-Fairbanks on Tiger Field. The homecoming queen will be announced and crowned at the game’s halftime show. At the Thursday yell practice, talks will be given by Margaret Weedon, yell leader of the class of ’53, Garland Andrews, a last year’s football co-captain, and CHS coach Dick Gardemal. Friday night’s halftime cere mony, will see the homecoming queen and two princesses introduc ed. The selections are being made by “penny voting” for two candi dates from each of the four high school classes. Candidates for queen are Ann Cleland and Millie Caughlin, senior; Pat Jackson and Margaret Huff, junior; Nancy Rae and Marilyn Mc- Elroy, sophomore, and Suzanne Sorenson and Sue Ross, freshman. Jars will be placed in stores throughout the community with each candidate’s name on her jar. All money dropped into the jars will count one vote for each penny. The girl receiving the largest num ber of votes will be named queen and the two runners up named princesses. Angelaires Play For Next Town Hall Queen Picked At CHS Homecoming