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TLJ£~ IHL ON ^3«> ©Co ^5 o A Livili©n C©yncii Meets Tonight Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus Number 49: Volume 57 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1957 Price Five Cents Battalion Gets First Class Tag In ACP Baling The Battalion received an honor rating of first class among college dailies by the Associated Collegiate Press, a critical service which judges and compares college newspapers This rating is the second high est possible under the grading sys tem. Top figures in the field of journalism serve as judges for the ACP. They have certain basic standards for coverage, content and physical properties which must be met to earn honors. Every effort is made to judge news papers on the effectiveness with which they serve the individual collegevS. According to the ACP, the Bat talion rates high in all three of the basic standards. They gave it exceptionally fine praise on its campus coverage. The other de partments, content and physical properties, also received high pi-aise. The Battalion has received the first class honor for the past three semesters. The highest rat ing that can be obtained from the ACP is the All American honor rating. By giving its readers better campus and city news coverage, this year’s highly experienced Bat talion staff is setting its goal for the All American honor rating. Brazos County Christmas Seal Drive To Begin Tomorrow marks the begin ning of the 51st annual Christmas Seal Sale to fight tuberculosis. The. sale, which will con tinue through the month of Decem ber represents a hope that tuber culosis can be defeated. The seals symbolizing a gift to the Brazos County Tuberculosis Association are the only support for the work of the tuberculosis association for prevention and control of TB. Christmas Seals pay for health advisory services, for information on the disease and the TB hospi tals, for arrangements of admis sion and helping patients and their families obtain material aid from local agencies. Twenty new cases of TB were reported in Brazos county last year. There were two deaths from the disease. Of the funds raised from the seals, 82% remains in Brazos Coun ty for the local work, 12% goes to the Texas Tuberculosis Associa tion and 6% to the National TB Association. The latter two in turn perfoi’m many special services for Brazos County. President Urges More Spending Soviet Race ‘Bear’ and Rice’s Annual Headache Coach Paul (Bear) Bryant poses with the Roswell, N. M. halfback Loyd Taylor who for two years has proved a pain in the head for Coach Jess Neely’s ambitious Rice Owls. Taylor will be back at full strength Satur day and once again could prove to be a big Rice problem. Plans Near Completion SCON A Final arrangements are nearing completion for the Third Annual Student Conference on National Affairs to be held here Dec. 11-14. “The United States and World Affairs” wil be the subject for SCONA TIT. This theme will be broken down into more detailed discussions on the policies of the U. S. with various parts of the world, such as “The U. S. and the Middle East” and “The U. S. and Africa.” Keynote speakers who have ac cepted SCONA ITI’s invitation so far include John Scott, assistant td the publisher, Time Magazine; General Carlos P. Romulo, of the Philippine Republic, and Senator Hubert H. .Humphrey, of Minne- sota. 200 Pints of Blood Given By Aggies Aggies donated 200 pints of blood to the national Hemophilia Association Monday in a blood drive co-sponsored by the Student Senate and College Station Lions Club. The drive had 325 pints as its goal. Blame for the short figure fell to bad weather, colds among donors, and ear trouble and bad road conditions encountered by vehicles from the Wadley Founda tion, of Dallas, collectors of the blood. Blood donated to the drive will go to hemophilia (free bleeding) patients. Lions sponsored bring ing the blood mobile to the campus and the Student Senate was in charge of getting donors. Aggies cooperated beautifully in the drive, Charlie Haas, Lions club president said. Aggies were asked to make donations by the senate and 415 donors signed up. Many more were turned away because the list was full. Yesterday, however the weather didn’t cooperate. The blood mobiles from Dallas had motor trouble and had to make the trip in dense fog besides, making them more than an hour late. By the time they reached the campus and were set up, many of the donors had al ready gone to classes. “I believe that due to the all around handicaps we had to face because of bad weather we made an excellent showing yesterday,” Haas stated. He said that interest and en thusiasm ran especially high among volunteer workers behind the scenes. “Doctoi’s, nurses and gray ladies all did an excellent job,” Haas said, “And also our Lions Club members who were in charge of getting and setting up the beds and equipment on the se cond floor of the YMCA after haul ing them from upstairs in the hos pital.” “All in all, I believe everyone connected with the drive did a terrific job,” Haas said. SCONA is a student activity of the Memorial Student Center Di rectorate. It was founded three years ago by Bud Whitney, ’56, and other student leaders with the idea of producing a program on international affairs for student leaders in the South and Southwest with the purpose of giving them an opportunity for learning how to appreciate the complexities of the foreign policies of the U. S. These student leaders wanted a type of top-flight program which would offer students an oppor tunity to learn by actually hearing, discussing with, and coming in contact with leaders of our country in government, education, and business cycles who were versed in inteniational affairs. Sixty-six colleges and univer sities from 20 states, Mexico and Canada have been invited to send delegates to SCONA TTT. SCONA centers around the idea that better infoi’med young people Fish Form Council For YMCA Work Eighteen freshmen, chosen be forehand by the YMCA Cabinet, formed a YMCA freshman council at an organizational meeting Mon day evening. Preliminary and incomplete plans of the council include pro moting interest in the “A 7 ”, giving training in leadership and helping the freshman class in every way possible. David Blue, Rush McGinty, Paul Phillips and David Spencer were nominated for freshman repre sentative to the the cabinet. One of these men will be elected to the post at a later date. Freshmen in attendance at the meeting included Tom Bacon, Blue, Don Copley, Ken Grady, Bryan Hayes, Larry Huitt, Junior Hick man, McGinty, Malcom Maxwell, Don Meisner, James Norman, Phillips, Don Reinhardt, Bill Smith, Spencer, Wesley Sanders, Jimmy Ulmer and Gerald Zybura. today will be more responsible citizens tomorrow, and that stu dents who attend SCONA TTT will go back to their respective cam puses and spi-ead their newly in stilled interest to members of their student bodies. SCONA expenses incurred by student conferees as a result of the conference - such as meals, housing and travel expenses-are paid for by the SCONA committee. This year a budget of $16,000 has been raised from firms in Texas and Mexico that want to help col lege students further their edu cation and interests through con tact with serious topics, such as SCONA offers. By having all expenses paid, SCONA is guaranteed the best delegates; not just the ones who can afford it. SCONA T, held in Dec, 1955, at tracted 106 students from 48 col leges and universities in 16 states and two localities in Canada and Mexico. Last December, SCONA TI was attended by 116 delegates from 56 colleges and universities. This year, SCONA TTl officials expect 160 to attend from the 66 schools invited. Round table meetings ai'e con sidered by SCONA members to be the “heart” of the conference. In these discussions the student conferees have a chance to talk over topics set up in the agenda or brought to mind by speakers. Each has a chance to ask questions and express himself before the whole group. Junior College Pi •ess Meeting To Open Here The Texas Junior College Press Association will meet at A&M Nov. 17-19 for their fifth annual conference based on a theme of “Operation of a Small Daily Newspaper.” Registration begins 5 p.m. Sun day in the Serpentine Lounge of the Memorial Student Center. Jim Neighbors, president of the A&M Chapter of Signa Delta Chi, and Dick Denson, TJCPA president, will give the official welcome to delegates. After the opening assembly Mon day, the delegates will hear dis cussion on various phases of jour nalism by a battery of speakers associated with the field. A smok er for the male delegates and a reception for those of the femi nine sex will be held that after noon in the MSC. A banquet will be held Monday night at which awards to winners of association - sponsored contests will be presented. A talent show and informal dance will close the day’s program. The delegates will assemble again Tuesday morning for a tour of Student Publications and Jour nalism Department quarters. Fol lowing the tour, the students will hear a summarization of the pre vious days talks and their applica tion to the school field discussed. A business meeting and election of officers will close the conference at noon. f/ee Sees Danger For All Free Men BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OKLAHOMA CITY,—President Eisenhower, cautioning that “there is danger ahead for free men everywhere,” told the nation last night America must spend substantially more money on weapons of the future to meet Russia’s challenge. In a nationwide TV-radio address, the President re called the days of Hitler and declared not enough people took the Nazi dictator at his word. “We shall not make that mistake again,” Eisenhower said in a speech prepared for delivery at Municipal Auditor ium. It was the second of a series of “chins up” talks de signed to bolster the public’s confidence in America’s de fense and ability to overtake and surpass the Russians in -♦•the space age. Besides cautioning that it Weather Today Area forecast calls for partly cloudy skies today, tonight and Friday with no important change in temperature. Yesterday’s high temperature was 64 degrees at 2: 15 p. m., and this morning’s low, 48 degrees at 7. By 8, the temptrature had risen to 53 degrees, and * the relative humidity was 94 per cent. Crcat Issues Plans Nov. 22 Speaker Brig. Gen. A. R. Luedecke USAF, will be the second Great Issues speaker of the year Nov. 22, at 8 p. m. when he talks in the Memorial Student Center Ballroom. Gen. Luedecke, Class of ’32, be came commander of Joint Task Force SEVEN in June. Rated a command pilot, he has been award ed the Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit with two oak clusters and Bronze Star Medal. The general has seen service in many foreign countries during his career and has served with the Atomic Energy Commisson, Office of the Secietary of Defense and Special Weapons Project. T. U. Date Tickets Go On Sale Nov. 18 Date tickets for the A&M-Uni- versity of Texas Thanksgiving- Day clash will go on sale early and won’t he around long. Business manager Pat Dial an nounced yesterday that the du cats will go on sale at 9 a.m. Monday, Nov. 18, and off sale at noon on Saturday, Nov. 23. Exchange Store Divides Profits For 1956-57 The Exchange Store Ad visory Board met Tuesday to recommend allocation of this year’s profits from the Ex change Store. The board considered the total profits for 1956-57, agreed to re tain $28,655.84 as operating capital and for further improvement of Exchange Store facilities, and recommended the following alloca tions: Student Activities Office for club aid—$5,500. Band awards and band trips— $736. Office of Commandant for ex penses of the Ross Volunteers and the Freshman Drill Team—$1,000. Aggie Players for the purchase of stage lighting equipment— $1,200. Student Activities Advisory Com mittee for Student Welfare and Recreational Facilities — $3,150, with the understanding that: (1) the sum of $2,150 be used for fur nishing awards to students work ing in the intramural and the relig ious life programs; (2) at least $1,000 be used for improvements of Hensel Park, and (3) any balance remaining at the end of the year be used for improvement of Hensel Park. The board commended Carl Bird- well for his excellent management of the store and for continuing and improving the relationship of the store with the student body and staff. will be necessary to spend more money than in the past on the missile and satellite programs, Eisenhower called for a stepped-up education program to provide for training of more sciem tists. He also said there must be an increase in basic research in the light of Soviet Union developments. Eisenhower said that even under the Russian totalitarian system it is possible, “to produce some re- markable materialist achieve ments.” “When such competence in things material is at the service of lead ers who have so little regard for things human, and who command the power of an empire, there is danger ahead for free man every where. That, is the reason why the American people have been so aroused about the earth satellites, he added. But the President, as he did in addressing the nation last week, said that “free men are meeting and will meet this challenge.” Discussing the satellite program specifically against the back ground of Russia already having put two into space, Eisenhower said the United States “must adopt a clear formula to guide us in deciding what satellite and outer space activity to undertake.” He said there must be two tests, first, if the project is designed for scientific purposes, the size and cost must be tailored to the scientific job to be done. Secondly, he added, if it is some ultimate defense project, its ur gency for this purpose must he judged in comparison to the prob able value of competing defense projects. Civilians Discuss Problems Tonight The Civilian Student Council meets tonight at 7:30 in the Sen ate Chamber of the Memorial Stu dent Center to discuss the proposed honor system and bonfire pre paration. A report on the proposed honor system will be given by Dick Mc- Glaun. Yell leaders Ted Lowe ancj Don Houston will discuss bonfire preparation. CC Drive Given Week Extension The A&M College-College Sta tion Community Chest drive has been extended one more week after Tuesday’s results showed that slightly more than two-thirds of the $14,950 goal had been reached. Drive co - chairman Richard Vrooman said last night that al most $10,000 had been turned in by zone captains with two zones still out. He said he felt sure that with them, the drive would go over the $10,000 figure. “We are disappointed, naturally, that the goal was not reached,” Vrooman said, “And we are going to extend the drive one more week. I feel that with the extra week we can reach the figure previously set.” Vrooman said he was going to urge each of the 20 zone captains to go back over their areas and seek out any who had been missed The during the past two weeks, drive began Oct. 29. “Many people seem to object to some of the organizations support ed by the community chest,” Vrooman said. “Many say they do not wish to contribute because of a specific organization and others specify their contributions for one or more particular charities.” Vrooman said he would appreci ate letters from any citizen who could suggest ways to improve the fund next year. “Any opinions that will help the chest are welcome,” said Vrooman, “They may be mailed or turned in to me or any other member of the chest committee or zone captains.” Suggestions as to which charities are preferred and which ones are not wanted could also be included, Vrooman added.