Crow Wins Hei
John
By CARY ROLLINS
John David Crow, whom Coach
Paul (Bear) Bryant calls the best
player he ever coached, was
named recipient of the Heisman
Memorial Trophy, an award given
annually to college football’s out
standing player.
Crow, senior halfback co-captain
from the little town of Springhill,
La. was the overwhelming choice of
1,267 sportswriters and sports-
casters taking part in nationwide
balloting conducted by the Down
town Athletic Club of New York.
The announcement was made on
the campus yesterday afternoon, at
a time when Crow was not avail
able for comment. He is presently
in New York appealing on various
radio and television shows.
Crow is the second Southwest
Conference football player to re
ceive the coveted trophy. Doak
Walker, of Southern Methodist
fame is the only other winner from
the conference.
A few days ago, Crow was
named the United Press’ Back of
the Year, receiving 101 vote-s—40
per cent of the total compared to
run®er-up Walt Kowalczyk of
Michigan State.
The amazing Crow was also
named to the Collier’s All-Ameri
can team. Last year, he was un
animous All-Southwest Conference
halfback.
Crow, 22, received 241 first place
votes and 1,183 points, nearly
double that of the runner-up, tackle
Alex Karras of Iowa, and led the
balloting in every section of the
country except the Midwest.
There Crow was third behind
Karras and halfback Walt Kowal
czyk of Michigan State, who fin
ished third in the overall ranking.
Others high in the voting, in or
der, were Lou Michaels, Kentucky
tackel; Tom Forrestal, Navy
quarterback; Jim Phillips, Auburn
end; Bob Anderson, Army half
back; Dan Currie, Michigan State
center; Clendon Thomas, Oklahoma
halfback; Lee Grosssup, Utah
quarterback; King Hill, Rice quar-
terback; Bob Stransky, Colorado
halfback; Bill Krisher, Oklahoma
guard; and Don Clark Ohio State
fullback.
In the point system, Karras
drew 694, Kowalczyk 630, Michaels
330 and Forrestal 232.
Crow operated both as a half
back and fullback, depending on |
the Aggies’ formation. His club’s
“bread and butter back,” he car
ried the ball 129 times for 62
yards and a 4.4 average. He
scored six touchdowns and was a
rugged player on defense, both as
a tackle and pass defender.
Crow and the Aggies have an
other game remaining, meeting
Tennessee in the Gator Bowl at
Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 28.
The 23rd recipent, Crow will re
ceive the Heisman Trophy at the
Downtown A. C.’s dinner in New
York, December 4. Last year’s win
ner was Paul Hornung, Notre
Dame quarterback.
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Number 58: Volume 57 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1957 Price Five Cents
Required Military Training
Returns Here Next Fall
The Bear and The Crow
Coach Paul (Bear) Bryant smiles and puts his hands on
the broad shoulders of the 1957 winner of the Heisman
Trophy, John David Crow, senior co-captain of the Gator
Bowl-bound Aggies.
UN Leader Talks
To Israeli Premier
By ERIC GOTTGETREU
U. N. Secretary General Dag
Hammarskjold conferred with Is
rael Premier David Ben Gurion
and Foreign Minister Golda Meir
today on the second stage of a
peace mission that apparently en
countered roadblocks in Jordan.
A communique said discussions
extended over the main current
problems effecting the Israel-Jor-
dan armistice situation and further
talks would be held tomorrow.
The U. N. Secretary general flew
MSC Will Sponsor
Chess Tournament
First all-college chess tourna
ment will be held Saturday and
Sunday in the Assembly Room of
the Memorial Student Center be
ginning at 1 p. m. Saturday.
Participants must pay a $1 en
trance fee by Thursday at the
cashier’s office in the MSC.
in from Amman, the Jordan capi
tal, in a U. N. plane and landed at
Jordan’s Kalandia Airport north
or the old walled city of Jerusa
lem.
Skirting Mt. Scopus, the hill
which is the focal point of shooting
threats between Jordan and Israel,
Hammarskjold entei'ed Israel
through Jerusalem’s Mandelbaum
Gate.
He crossed Jerusalem to Mt.
Mukabbir in the no-man’s land
just south of the city, scene of a
tree-planting dispute between the
two nations. Jordan contents the
planting shows Israel intends to
take over the demilitarized area
in violation of the 1949 armistice.
U. N. truce supervision head
quarters is on the hill. There Ham
marskjold talked with U. S. Ma
rine Col. Byron Leary, acting chief
of the truce organization, who is
the personal storm ceYiter of an
other Jordan-Israeli quarrel.
Therapy Clinic Offers
Outstanding Service
Outstanding service is offered to
Brazos County residents at ho cost,
Buddy Lanoux, physical therapist
of the Brazos County Crippled
Children’s Thei'apy Center told
local Kiwanis Club members yes
terday.
Lanoux, told Kiwanians that the
therapy center had made rapid
sti’ides since its opening, Aug. 1 of
this yeai'. He said he hoped that
by this time next year the center’s
treatments will have quadrupled
and call for the addition of another
therapist.
At this time, Lanoux is the only
therapist employed by the non
profit clinic. Lanoux defined a
Aggieland Pictures
For Civilian Fish 9
Civilian freshman students
will have their portraits made
for the 1968 Aggieland Thurs
day and Friday, Dec. 5 and 6.
Pictures can be taken at Ag
gieland Studio between 8 a. m.
and 5 p. m. daily. Coats and
ties should be worn.
SCONA III Opens
’57 Meeting Tuesday
Final preparations are in pro
cess for the Third Annual Student
Conference on National Affairs
which opens next Tuesday with 66
universities participating.
Theme for the Dec. 11-14 con
ference will be “The United States
and World Affairs.”
A number of outstanding leadens
in world affairs have accepted
SCONA’s invitation to speak. They
include: John Scott, special as
sistant to the publisher of Time
Magazine; General Carlos P.
Romulo, special envoy of the presi
dent of the Phillippine Republic;
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey of Min
nesota, and Gen. John P. Daley,
chief of research and development,
special weapons, Department of
the Army.
Keynote Speeches
All four of the keynote speeches
will be open ta the general public,
but the round table meetings will
be open to official SCONA person
nel only.
Humphrey will deliver the open
ing address at 1:30 p. m. next
Wednesday on “How can the Situa
tion in the Middle East Affect the
Rest of the World?” A panel dis
cussion, “What is the Role of Nu
clear Energy in Foreign Policy,”
will be held Wednesday night at 8.
Members of the panel will be
Eugene M. Zuckert, former assist
ant secretary of the Air Force and
former member of the Atomic
Energy Commission and Dr.
Charles L. Dunham, chief of the
Division of Biology and Medicine,
Atomic Energy Commission.
Daley Speaks
On Thursday at 8 p. m. Daley
will speak on “Why Army Missiles
in the Space Age?”
“The United States and World
Affairs” will be the topic of a
speech by Romulo Friday night
at 8 p. m.
At 1:45 p. m., Saturday, Scott
400 To Witness
Gator Row! Clash
Approximately 400 Ags are mak
ing plans to witness the New
Year’s football clash in Jackson
ville, Fla. between the Texas Ag
gies and the Tennessee Volunteers.
According to Head Yell Leader
Teddy Lowe, about 500 more stu
dents have voiced a desire to tra
vel to Florida, provided some as
sistance in financing the trip can
be obtained.
As yet, no definite plans for
chartering a train or buses for the
trip have been made. However,
Lowe said he was checking with
carriers for an estimate of travel-
costs.
will discuss “Fact Finding Round
up.”
At the round table meetings,
considered the ’’heart” of the con
ference, .student conferees will have
a chance to discuss topics set up
on the conference agenda and items
of current nature which come up
during other conference meetings.
Round Table Co-chairmen
Round table co-chairmen for
SCONA III are Dr. Ross J. Pritch
ard, director of the program of
international studies at South
western at Memphis; Dr. Paul
Geren, executive vice president of
Baylor University; Colonel Guy
Kissinger, U. S. Marine Corps; Lee
Sharrar, attorney, Humble Oil and
Refining Company.
Also Harold Pyle, associate
editor of the Houston Chronicle;
Dr. John C. Calhoun, Jr., vice
president of engineering, A&M
System; S. Shepard Jones, Burton
Craige professor of political
science at the University of North
Carolina; Dr. Ronald Hilton, di
rector of Spanish-American studies,
Standford University; Maj. Erwin
R. Brigham, United States Mili
tary Academy and Lt. Col Wesley
W. Posvar, United; States Air
Force Academy.
Student leaders for SCONA III
(See SCONA III, Page 4)
therapist a “a medical expert who
treats by physical means the phy
sically handicapped on the prescrip
tion of a licensed physician.”
College Station Kiwanis members
were responsible for beginning the
centex*, he said. Patients of polio,
cei'ebial palsy, spinal injuries and
xxxany other physically disabling
accidents and diseases have been
treated he stated. For those who
cannot afford the expense, traet-
ment is fi’ee.
Although the center is for chil
dren through 16, older patients will
be accepted for ti’eatment after
clinic hours on a doctor’s prescrip
tion, Lanous ,said.
Some 63 children need thei’apy
treatment in Brazos county, 39
of them in the Bryan-College Sta
tion ai*ea, but many are not taking
advantage of the treatments, ac
cording to Lanoux.
The therapy center is located at
100 Highland just off College Ave
nue about mid-way between Bryan
and College Station.
Next week at the Kiwanis
luncheon, Dr. Richard E. Wainerdi
will give a talk on the A&M Nu
clear reactor and its uses.
Board Member
Reveals Decision
BY JIM NEIGHBORS
Compulsory military training- for freshmen and sopho
mores returns here next fall, A&M Board member, L. H.
Ridout Jr., revealed yesterday.
In a telephone conservation with The Battalion yester
day afternoon, Ridout said the Board took action last week
and officially voted to bring back two-year compulsory mili
tary training.
No official statement on the action taken by the board at
last week’s meeting has been made by President M. T. Harr
ington. However, he said he would make an announcement
at the Academic Council’s meeting tomorrow.
Harrington, would neither confirm nor deny Ridout’s
♦•statement, but said the Dallas
kUKJW /m* A * board member had “slipped up.
i utiers Aggies
Free Gift Wrapping
A fi*ee Christmas gift wrapping
service will again be pi’ovided for
Aggies this year, YMCA Secretary
J. Gordon Gay announced yester
day.
Aggies can get their gifts wrap
ped oh the second floor of the
YMCA Building every day between
now and December 21. Hours for
weekdays are 8 to 12 in the moi'n-
and 1 to 5 in the afternoons, and
8 to 12 on Saturdays.
Sheets of Christmas carols are
also available at the “Y”.
—Battalion Staff Photo
. . Back In the Saddle Again
J. E. (01’ Army) Loupot lashes his wooden steed reminis
cent of days gone by in the mechanical donkey race in
De Ware Field House last night. The race was part of a
donkey basketball game sponsored jointly by the Saddle
and Sirloin Club and the Consolidated High School FFA
Chapter.
Ridout indicated that both fresh
men and sophomoi’es would be i’e-
quired to take two years military
ti’aining with the exception of for
eign students, retuiming veterans
and physically unqualified men.
Militai’y training was made non-
compulsory in the spring of 1954
and since September of that year,
various attempts have been made
to change back to the required mil
itary tx-aining.
Last spring the Academic Coun
cil in a poll of the members, voted
49-1 against compulsoi’y military
training.
Cadet Colonel of the Corps
Jon L. Hagler, when asked his
reaction to the recent board
action admitted that he was de
lighted and felt it was a change
for the good. He said it presents
a “x’eal challenge for the Corps of
cadets.”
He feels that it will eliminate
trouble by putting people in the
Corps “regai’dless of their feel
ings.”
No college officials would com
ment on the board action and
many, when queried about the mat
ter, were astonished by the rever
sal of policy.
Student reactions were varied
and most men were surprised al
though rumors had been flying
since the return from the holiday.
Some men felt the return to com-
pulsoi’y military training meant a
significant drop in enrollment next
year, while others were extremely
pleased with the return to the old
rule.
Bowl Game Tickets
On Sale Tomorrow
Tickets for the Gator Bowl
Game go on sale here tomorrow
at 9 a. m., according to Pat Dial,
Athletic Department business
manager.
Tickets may be bought either
by mail or at the ticket office.
Price of the ducats is $6 for seats
between goal lines and $3.50 fox-
end zone seating. Prices are the
same for both students and
adults. There is no limit on the
number of tickets which may be
bought.
Mail orders for the Dec. 28
bowl game must be in by Dec.
14, according to Dial. They
should be mailed to the Athletic
Department.
♦
Ike Plans Boost
In 1958 On
Defense Budget
BY WiLMOT HERCHER
The Eisenhower administra
tion was today reported plan
ning to spend an extra 2)4
billion dollars next year on de
fense and foreign aid to meet
the challenge of Russia’s military-
scientific advances.
Plans for a bigger Defense De-
partment budget and increased
spending by mutual security agen
cies were laid before 31 congres
sional leaders from both parties
at a five-hour White House brief
ing. Defense spending this year
has been estimated at 38.4 billion
dollars.
Sen. Russell D-Ga., chairman of
the Senate Armed Sei’vices Com
mittee, told reporters after the
meeting the defense program has
not yet been firmed up. He said
the legislative leaders were given
a spending objective but that the
administration wasn’t yet sure it
could stick to it. He declined to
furnish any figures.
A figure of $3,940,000,000 was
reported to have been advanced
by Seci’etai’y of State Dulles for a
new foi’eign aid program covering
both military and economic as
sistance to American allies. Con-
gi’ess voted $3,436,000,000 for mu
tual security in the current fiscal
year.
Apparently the administration
hopes to hold ovei’-all federal
spending in the new year close to
the current figures by cutting
down on domestic programs.
Chairman Cannon D-Mo., of the
House Appx-opriations Committee,
said he gathei’ed from the brief
ing that the entire budget for the
new fiscal year will x-un a little
more than the 71.8 billion dollars
Eisenhower requested last January.
Tiger Band Wins
1st, 3rd in Contest
Cathy Gould took first place in
the Regional V solo twii’ling con
test last week at Alvin, to head the
list of honors won by the Consoli
dated High School band and twirl-
ers.
The band received a first place
x-ating on inspection and a third
in mai’ching. Max-y Varvel and Ann
Williamson each received a second
rating in solo twilling. The three
twirlers then combined their tal
ents for a second in the ensemble
division.
The CHS band, competing with
11 other class AA bands, gave its
seven minute and thirty-five second
performance in mud that seemed
six inches deep, Robert Boone, di
rector of the band, said.
Miss Gould won her first place
for ability to demonsti’ate the basic
twirling fundamentals and an ori
ginal routine.