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1 ATTALION Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus Number 47: Colume 57 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1957 Price Five Cents AKv: ' ' • ;' :i::; .C V yN ’ * ^ ' c '.•mP!*"#) Ags Remain Nation’s Best; TCU, Rice in Second Ten —Battalion Staff Photo Chest Rocket Falls Short As the A&M College-College Station Community Chest drive enters its final day, the rocket to the chest’s moon- goal of $14,950 is still below the half-way mark. More funds were expected to come in today however and help boost the space ship further toward its moon. Community Chest Falls Short of Goal Today marks the close of the charity to which they wished the 1957-58 A&M College-College Sta tion Community Chest drive, and according to co-chairman Eichard Vrooman, the amount collected will fall short of the .$14,950 goal. Vrooman said last night $G,800 had been turned in to date. Al though there was still some money which had not been turned in by collection zone captains, he felt the drive would fall short, but couldn’t say by how much. Vrooman pointed out that al though the drive officially closes today, contributions to the chest can be made year round. Anyone wishing to make a contribution may do so by contacting him or any other officer or zone captain of the chest. “As a whole, citizens contributed their full share, although there were also many who objected to the drive and didn’t give their sup port for various reasons,” Vrooman said. He said most of the objections were due to some of the 15 charities the chest funds support. He also said that many contri butions came in naming a specific Weather Today Rainy and foggy weather is ex pected for the College Station area today, with fog tonight making driving dangerous. money to go. All charities supported by the chest are selected on the basis of how much they will benefit local people in need, by a budget com mittee of College Station citizens. The chest drive began two weeks ago today. : •< Candidates For Fish Officers Begin Filing Filing’ for freshman class officers began at 8 this morn ing in the Office of Stu dent Activities and will con tinue through 5 p. m. Monday. To be elected from the class of ’G1 is a president, vice president, secretary-treasurer, social secre tary, four student senate members, and five election committee mem bers. The election will be Nov. 21. Class officers and election com mittee members must have a 1.0 grade point ratio at mid-semester grade reports to be eligible accord ing to W. P. (Pete) Hardesty, stu dent activities organization adviser. Student Senate candidates must have a 1.5 G.P.R., said Hardesty. Position on the ballot will be de- tei’mined as candidates file, the first to file being first on the bal lot. On voting day, four voting ma chines will be at the post office en trance in the Memorial Student Center, and three in the old ticket office west of Milner Hall in front of Sbisa Mess Hall. Hardesty said student identifi cation cards will serve as poll tax receipts. Auburn Crowds No. 2 Oklahoma BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Texas Aggies today again hung on to top billing in the poll of the nation’s sports writers and broadcasters by a decisive margin. 1 Two other Southwest Conference teams, Texas Chris tian and Rice grabbed 17th and 20th place respectively. But some real scraps developed among the leaders as Oklahoma and Auburn finished only eight points apart in the race for second place; Michigan State led Iowa by 112 points for fourth and Ohio State edged out Tennessee by 34 for the sixth spot. With 184 experts casting ballots this week, the power ful Texas Aggies drew 60 first place votes and a total of 1,577 points on the usual basis of ten for each vote for first, nine for second, etc. Oklahoma clung to second by the margin of 46 firsts and 1,411 points to Auburn’s 42 and 1,403. The top ten teams with points on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis-first place votes and won-lost records in parentheses 1. Texas A&M (60) (8-0) 2. Oklahoma (46) (7-0) 3. Auburn (42) (7-0) 4. Michigan State (9) (6-1) 5. Iowa (19) (6-0-1) 6. Ohio State (6) (6-1) 7. Tennessee (1) (6-1) 8. Mississippi (1) (7-1) 9. Navy (6-1-1) 10. Army (6-1) 1577 1411 1403 1224 1112 893 859 347 340 321 In Op \ ni on Po 11 Most Ags Against Corps Honor Code Most Corps and Civilian students interviewed yesterday opposed the proposed A&M Honor Code accept ed by Corps seniors Thui-sday. Code pi’oponents were not sur prised at students reaction. Jack Nelson, Corps public information officer, said the reaction showed more orientation on the code is needed. “Many students have good rea sons for opposing the code but I believe it is quite adequate and will be accepted by most students after it is fully understood,” Nel son said. Congressman Olin Teague said that he thought the leaders of the —Battalion Staff Photo And Why Shouldn’t She Be? Chosen the Belle of the Air Force Ball Friday night was Miss Sandra Zunker. Picked from seven candidates, Miss Zunker seems still a bit overwhelmed as she clutches the traditional bouquet of roses. movement for the honor code were trying to move it too fast. He felt the code could be a good thing, but that it was necessarily a slow pro cess. “The honor code would really help out the school and the Corps if it went into effect,” said Charles Lessard, Corps senior. “I think most of the opposition is coming from people who have not read the code.” Corps senior, E. M. Huitt, did not approve of the code. “The whole thing is being forced on people who have to live under it by people whom it will not affect,” he said. “I think an honor code would build the character of the students and build the reputation of the school,” said Carroll Bagley, Squadron 14 freshman, “But I would not want to turn in a stu dent whom I saw cheating in class.” Another Corps freshman, Earl Cooper, had this to say. “The honor code is a good thing, but it would be bad for the school if the code was installed and then failed.” Jon Pierce, C Field Artillery sophomore had no complaint about the code. “I think the honor code as it stands would be okay,” he said. Charles Welch, Civilian senior; Larry Whitman, Corps freshman; Bob Davis, Corps sophomore, and Jay Crawford, Civilian junior, all agreed that the honor code was a good thing, but that it should ap ply to every student and not be limited to members of the Corps. “We' are all for an honor code,” agreed Ed Wyatt, Paul Carroll and Charles Dahl, all Squadron 23 sen iors, “But we don’t believe that the suggested code would work unless it includes both Civilians and mem bers of the Corps.” “Civilians would have to have restrictions placed on them and elect their members to the honor council along with the Corps,” Dahl added. West Point Officer Studies Student Center A United States Military Academy officer s t u d i e d A&M’s Memorial Student Cen ter this weekend to aid in planning a cadet activties cen ter at West Point. Col. John W. Thompson, post engineer, left this morning, after a stay which began Friday and included observation of Fall Mili tary Day and the A&M-SMU game. Thompson said he found the MSC very functional and was sur prised at its extensive use. “Its physical layout impresses upon me the need in our planning for flexible layout for changing needs,” he said. Col. Thompson said the acade my’s present facilities are scat tered and entirely inadequate. “Although our cadets don’t have as much time for activities as A&M students, the proposed activities center will be of great value on weekends and some times during the week,” the colonel said. Research Director CS Lion Speaker The A&M Research Foundation was created to serve the college as a research promoting and re search bringing organization, Archie M. Kahan, eecutive director of the foundation told the College Station Lions yesterday. Speaking at the Lions luncheon meeting, Kahan told the Lions of the foundation’s organization and operation. He said the research foundation was entirely self-sup ported and non profit. Lions praised the Aggies for their work in supporting the hemophilia blood drive they are sponsoring today. “Ag-gies certainly are willing to help others besides their Aggie buddies, “a Lion spokesman said. ‘The Student Senate opened a booth to sign up donors, and after signing up 415 Aggie volunteer donors there were still about 50 students waiting in line”, one Lion said. Today, more than 300 Aggie blood donors were scheduled to give a pint of blood to the drive. Curb Service —Battalion Staff Photo One of the three cars involved in a collision on South Col lege Street yesterday is shown after crashing into the curb service area of the Texan Drive In. Driver of the car, Mrs. D. E. Spradley, received cuts about the face and was taken to the Bryan Hospital. Two Injured In 3-Car Collision A three-car collision on South College Street yesterday afternoon injured two people, caused an esti mated $2,000 damage to the three vehicles and $800 to the Texan Drive In. Injured were Mrs. D. E. Sprad ley and William O. Parker. Both were taken to Bryan Hospital and were reported to be in good con dition last night. The accident occurred about 1:15 p.m. in front of the Texan. Ac cording to Delmo Jospei’, investi gating officer from the Bryan police department, the car driven by Mrs. Spradley was headed south; the car driven by Parker was traveling north. The two cars collided head-on, Jasper said, after Mrs. Spradley lost con trol of her car in an attempt to miss a pickup. Parker’s car was knocked into a third car, also traveling north, dinven by Freddie Lehmann. Parker’s vehicle then bounced across the street into the Texas Drive In. $2,500,000 Granted For New Apartments A $2,500,000 federal loan to A&M to finance the construction of hous ing for 252 married students and their families was approved Fri day by the U. S. Community Facil ities Administration of the Hous- Delaplane Award To Be Established A three man committee has been appointed to aid in establishing a John Paul Delaplane Memorial Fund to provide awards to stu dents in recognition of research contributions in poultry and ani mal diseases. The committee, composed of J. C. Miller, R. E. Patterson and R. D. Turk, will aid only the estab lishment of the fund. The fund it self will be held in trust by the college and administered so that all its income will be used to provide the awards. Dr. Delaplane, past head of the Department of Veterinary Micro biology, School of Veterinary Med icine, died Sept. 22. He was a na tionally recognized figure in re search on virus diseases of poul try. Contributions to the fund should be made out to the John Paul Dela plane Memorial Fund and mailed to the Texas A&M College Develop ment Fund, College Station, Tex. ing and Home Finance Agency. Tentative plans currently call for erection of 21 buildings in the area north of College View that is now being used for the Firemen’s Train ing School. The buildings will be of frame construction and covered with brick veneer. Each building will be divided into apartments containing a living room, dining room, bedroom,- kitchenette and bath. There will be central Utility rooms and heating units in each building - . Construction of the apartments will not begin until the board of directors of the A&M System ap proves the federal government’s proposal to buy revenue bonds is sued by the A&M System to repay the loan, approval by the govern ment of the architectural plans and certain agreements on es sential services for the housing area. In announcing the loan, CFA said that 22 per cent of the A&M student body is married. While there are 1,600 married students at the college, there are presently only 526 housing units for them on the campus. The other students live in rented quarters in the A&M area. —Battalion Staff Photo What’s your opinion, Gen. Taylor? Getting Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor’s opinion on the review held in his honor Saturday afternoon by the Corps of ca dets is James Johnson. From the look on the General’s face, he was well pleased. Physicist Speaks To Engineers Tonight Dr. R. E. Collins, petroleum phy sicist, will speak to the Physics Society tonight at 7:30 in Room 320 of the Physics Building. Collins received his Ph.D. from A&M in 1954.