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Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus
Number 47: Colume 57
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1957
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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.
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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)
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1403
1224
1112
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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.