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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.