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18,44© READERS Number 73: Volume 57 Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 195§ .*> ■ ■: ■ S' DAYS TILL FINALS Price Five Cents Girl tills Rumors of Entering A&M Famed Artist Arrives For Speech Tonight Xavier Gonzalez, who has been pronounced the “best living artist” by many art authorities, speaks tonight at 8 in the Memorial Stu dent Center Ballroom on the topic, “Let the Artist Speak for Him self.” The learned artist is scheduled to arrive by plane at Easterwood Air port today at 4 p. m., where he will be greeted by a group of repre sentatives from the Architecture Division and the MSC Creative Arts Group, sponsors of his visit. Mrs. Emalita Terry, a close friend of Gonzales and art instruc tor for the Creative Arts Group, describes the slight-built, dark eyed painter as, “The most dyna mic speaker I have ever heard, on any subject.” Mrs. Terry said the ai’tist, who will be 60 years old next month, has studied widely and is very well-educated, full of energy, has a wonderful sense of humor and is constantly striving to better his painting. Xavier Gonzalez renowned artist speaks here tonight Gonzalez is noted for his versa tility in painting. He can paint in practically any style on any subject with excellent results. He was commissioned to do a series of paintings by Life maga zine last year and was sent to Egypt to gather the material. When reproduced in the maga zine, the series received wide ac claim from critics. He has won many awards such as the Guggenheim Fellowship, and medals and prizes from the Car negie International, The Academy of Arts and Letters and the Pennsylvania Academy. He is the author of “Notes About Painting” on his artistic philosophy. “He has won practically every award that any artist can receive,” Mrs. Terry said, “And he speaks in such a manner that anyone, re gardless of interest in art, will enjoy hearing Mr. Gonzalez speak.” Gonzalez’s wife is also a painter. A pupil of her husband, Mrs. Gon zalez paints under the name of Ethel Edwards. She is not ac companying her husband on his trip to the campus due to an art exhibit of her own which she is preparing in New York, where the Gonzalezes make their home. A dinner will be held in honor of Gonzalez preceding his speech by Mr. and Mrs. Theo H. Holleman. Holleman is acting head of the architecture division. An informal coffee will be held after the speech to give those attending a chance to meet and talk to the artist per sonally. Kamm Says Any Integration Could Work Only Gradually Racial integration in schools ftrust be on a gradual basis and must be a process rather than an event, Dean Robert B. Kamm told the A&M YMCA last night. He prefaced this remark by say ing that because of “cultural lag and educational lag most Negro youngsters are not now able to compete on a par in our schools with our white students.” Also he said it is a recognized fact that the separate schools for Negroes are generally inferior to schools for white youngsters. In answering the question of what the situation at A&M is at the present time, Kamm quoted a statement of the A&M System policy. He said the statement read: “It shall be the policy of the col leges of the Texas A&M College System, pending the findings on the Board’s study on integration, to allow no mixed participation of groups including Negroes and whites in activities on their re spective campuses . . .” Picture Schedule For Civilians Set Civilian sophomores, juniors, .seniors and graduate students will have their portraits made for the Aggieland ’58 according to the following schedule. Portraits will be made at the Aggieland Studio, between 8 a. m. and 5 p. m. Coats and ties should be worn. Jan. 13, 14 A-C Jan. 16, 17 D-G Feb. 3, 4 ..H-L Feb. 6, 7 -M-0 Feb. 10, 11 ..P-S Feb. 13, 14 ..T-Z Graduating seniors or any stu- Kamm told the group that stu dies of academic readiness of fresh men and sophomores at the four A&M System schools point out the differences in preparedness of Negro and white students. He said data shows that a “small number of Prairie View students could perform satisfactorily in the programs of the other three A&M System colleges and a large ma jority of those who attend Prairie View would likely find themselves so handicapped (because of limited grade school, high school and home experience) that they could not compete successfully academical ly.” However, some Negroes, because of superior ability, or better edu cational and home situations, Kamm continued, can now compete on a par with white students. He said the University of Texas has realistically recognized this and now admits those Negroes who meet the institution’s entrance re quirements. “I believe that Texas A&M might well follow the lead of the University at this point.” ActivityFieeRefund Boa rd Ruling Halts dent not coming back to school next semester may have his por trait made before he leaves. No refunds of student activities fees can be made unless a student is withdrawing from the college and does not intend to enroll again the following semester. A special committee made up of Student Personnel Services staff members made this point clear at a meeting held yesterday. They cited a ruling made by the A&M Board of Directors which specifically states that a student must be with drawing from the college in order to receive a refund on his Student Activities fee. About 30 or 40 students at tempted to get refunds on their activities fee Friday and Saturday. They sought refunds under the authorization of a statement in the 1957-58 edition of the undergrad uate catalog which said “stu dents withdrawing or requesting refund after the first week ‘of the fall semester and before the end of the first week of the spring semester, will receive a refund of $6.55 and will be entitled to re ceive a copy of th student annual.” The statement in the 1958-59 catalog concerning refunds will be changed to conform with the Board ruling. No refunds will be made unless it is determined that a stu dent does not plan on reenter ing fo rthe spring semester after resigning following comple tion of final examinations and de manding the $6.55 refund. An open meeting has been sched uled Friday, Jan. 17, to give inter ested students an opportunity to present their thoughts on the mat ter. The meeting will be held in the meeting rooms of the second floor of the YMCA Building. Weather Today College weather station forecasts clear and partly cloudy skies through Wednesday and colder to- ftight and tomorrow. At 8 this morning the relative humidity was 98 per cent and the temperature, 46 degrees. Yesterday’s high was 69 degrees 1 Lions To Host Area Meeting Next Sunday Miss Ann Adams upset over false “start co-education’ rumors CS Man First ’58 Becomes F atality Dr. Hubert Schmidt, 71, 712 Eagle Pass St. died last night in a local hospital from injuries sus-» tained in an automobile accident Thursday night. He was the first Brazos County traffic death of the year. Dr. Schmidt was an authority on veterinary medicine, credited with 40 years of distinguished service to the livestock industry. He had retired in 1956 after serving 20 years as head of the department of veterinary science. He is survived by his wife, Ger trude; two sisters, Mrs. Ima Ling of Comfort and Mrs. Hullda Schwab of San Antonio; one brother Herbert, also of Comfort; and a number of nieces and ne phews. Degree Candidates Warned About Cuts Dean John B. Page, dean of the college, reminded undergraduate candidates for degrees that they are required to attend all scheduled classes through Jan. 13-17. Unauthorized absences during this period will be considered suf ficient cause to withhold the degree at regular commencement exercises on January 18. Students are re sponsible for telling their pro fessors about authorized absences in order to avoid assumption that the absence was unauthorized. Graduation exercises will be held in Guion Hall on Saturday, Jan. 18. The Academic Council will form part of the processional and will sit in a reserved section. Local Man to Run For Representative E. R. Alexander, of College Sta tion, filed last week to oppose B. H. Dewey Jr., in the race for the office of State Representative, 44th District, Brazos County, sub ject to the action of the Democra tic Primary, July 26. Dewey, 40-year old Bryan at torney, is seeking re-election to his fourth term in the legislature, He has served as Brazos County representative in the 53rd, 54th and 55th Legislature. There have also been reports that other candidates planned to file for the office, but Alexander and Dewey are the only candidates to do so thus far, according to Clifton Carter, county chairman, Democratic Executive Committee. Funeral services will be held in the Hillier Chapel at 3 p. m. Wed nesday, Jan. 15, 1958. Interment will be in the College Station City cemetery, with the Rev. Norman Anderson, pastor of the A&M Presbyterian Church, pre siding. Pallbearers include Dr. A. A. Lenert, Dr. Hilton Smith, Dr. R. D. Turk, Dr. Ted Franklin, Dr. D. W. Burns and Dr. Harold Redmond. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. T. T. Walton and all the members of the faculty of the Department of Veterinary Medicine. Pedestrian Dies After Being Hit In Bryan Street A 53-year-old Bryan man was killed last night about 8:15 when he was struck by a car as he crossed North Col lege Ave. Killed instantly was Frank S. Havel, 1212 N. College St. He was a 20-year resident of Bryan. Driver of the car was Jesse B. Brown, a 26-year old Negro A.l/c from Bryan AFB. Brown told in vestigating officers he was blinded by high lights and did not see Havel crossing the street until he hit him. No charges have been filed. W. E. Darby, investigating officer from the Bryan police department, said last night that investigations had not been completed. Havel’s survivors include two daughters, Mrs. E. R. Polansky, Bryan and Mrs. L. L. Sweat of Grand Prairie; four sons, Andrew of Colorado Springs, Colo., Hubert, Raymond and Edmond, all from Bryan; and six grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Wednesday in St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. Time for the service has not been set. A rosary will be said in the Hillier Chapel tonight at 8. Interment will be in the Mount Calvary cemetery. Engineer Asks Aid Juniors and sophomores inter ested in working on the Texas A&M Engineer staff are invited to attend a meeting tonight at 7:30 in the Engineer office lo cated in the YMCA basement. Source of Story Remains Unknown Ann Adams, 18-year-old Bryan girl, said last night she has no intention of seeking admittance to A&M for the spring semester^ Miss Adams, freshman journalism student at Texas Tech, instead will enter the University of Texas as soon as housing arrangements can be made, her mother, Mrs. G. B. Adams reported last night. Mrs. Adams said her daughter called home last night expressing concern over news reports indicating she was con sidering seeking admittance to A&M. Her mother said Miss Adams made it clear she would not enter A&M. A story in the Sunday Houston Chronicle revealed Miss ♦Adams “might resort to court action, based on the 14th Dudley L. Simms of Charles ton, W.Va., first vice president of Lions International, will be the chief speaker as Lions Club members from all points of the state gather in the Memorial Student Center Sunday for the Lions Area Mid-Winter conference. College Station Lions yesterday made final plans for the conference. The local club members and their wives will act as hosts for the conference which will see approvi- mately 200 Lions and their wives come here for the meetings. The conference registration will take place Sunday morning, fol lowed by a noon luncheon. The program will begin at 1 p. m. with Simms’ opening speech. The Lions will then br’eak down into groups for special meetings on the duties of each office in the Lion organi zation. The mid-winter conference lasts only one day, and will be adjourned Sunday evening. Yesterday’s luncheon program was brought to the Lions by Dr. John Sperry, a member of the Board of Directors for the 1958 March of Dimes. Sperry gave a ( talk on the March of Dimes and how it aided polio victims in their fight for recovery. He read reports on a list of patients from this area who had received treatment from the March of Dimes. The list included children and adults of the College Station area, as well as Aggies, stricken by the disease. Sperry stressed the Salk polio vaccine shots as a great factor in combatting the disease. He also showed a film on polio cases and how they were cared for through the March of Dimes. amendment, if the college re fused to admit her.” The story said Miss Adams was “seriously considering seeking admission for the spring semester.” Mrs. Adams said last night she had no idea how the reports of her daughter’s intentions began. “They definitely did not start with our family,” she said. In a telephone conversation with The Battalion yesterday. Miss Adams said she was “completely surprised” by reports of her ser iously seeking admittance to A&M. She admitted talking with a re porter from the Chronicle, how ever, and said other newsmen had been interviewing her. “I don’t know how they got the idea I was considering entering A&M,” she said. “I haven’t been considering much of anything late ly except finals.” Mrs. Adams said her daughter was undoubtedly thought to be in terested in entering A&M because of her desire at one time to major in agricultural journalism. A&M is the only school in the state of fering this course. Unofficial sources have indicated if Miss Adams does not choose to seek admission to A&M, another girl will be found to seek admit tance by coui’t action. A Houston attorney is reported to have said that a law suit to en ter a girl under the 14th amend- met would surely succeed. Sunday the Bryan Daily Eagle received a letter from E. M. Hughes, Rt. 1, Bryan, with a one dollar bill enclosed “toward court costs to start a fund so that a coed from Brazos County can get a good lawyer and try and enroll at Texas A&M next fall.” Protests over Battalion editorials supporting co-education continued Friday when Editor Joe Tindel was bombed with a “Bab-o bomb” while asleep in his room Friday night. The bomb is made by putting a large firecracker in a can of clean ser. Tindel reported damages were only slight. Just Looking? Navy Football Coach Eddie Erdelatz relaxes during a press conference while visiting the A&M campus. Erdelatz is the latest of a string of football coaches to visit the campus. So far, all seemed to be just looking? The Erdelatz question is still on the table however. — Battalion Staff Photo J