18440 READERS ^ BATTALION Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus Welcome New Students Number 78: Volume 57 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1958 Price Five Cents 6,500 Expected for Registration CS Civic Group Plans Own Future College Station’s Civic Associa tion made plans for the future of the organization at a special called meeting last night in the CHS cafe teria. President Don Dale expressed the desire of the group to bring the residents of College Station togeth er under one organization. “We’ve been resting for a while and it’s time we woke up and did some thing.” About 20 residents of College Station attended the meeting at which they prolonged the life of the organization. Various individ uals at the meeting gave votes of confidence to the possible future of the civic association and offered suggestions as to ways of increas ing the interest in the CSCA on the part of the citizens of College Sta tion. Many people felt there should be one specific goal to work for to in crease interest in the group. The purposes as set down in the consti tution are as follows: 1. To repi’e- sent the people of the College Sta tion Community and others who are interested in the progress, welfare and proper development of the City of College Station and particularly to assist in meeting the local needs of the A&M College of Texas. 2. To develop here a city of homes and schools; to encourage and support the business enterprises needed for such development; to encourage and support the City of College Station and the A&M Consolidated Schools. There is a strong feeling of apathy on the part of the people of College Station even though the need for an organization like the CSCA is very apparent. Dale said. The next meeting of the associ ation is scheduled for Peb. 10 at 4 p.m. in the CHS cafeteria and will also be open to the public. Other officers in the group as appointed at the last annual meet ing include Vic E. Schember, vice president; Mrs. C. H. Gi’oneman, secretary, and R. E. Callender, manager. Teenage Killer Nabbed in Wyo. DOUGLAS, Wyo., CP)—Charles Starkweather, 19, runty Nebraska gunman sought in 10 slayings, was captured yesterday in the badlands near this Wyoming cowtown. He suffered head cuts during an exchange of shots with a deputy sheriff. With Starkweather was Caril Fugate, the 14-year-old girl who fled with him from Lincoln, Neb., where police said he killed nine people. Included among the victims were Caril’s parents. A tenth victim was found not far from where Starkweather was captured. Sheriff’s men said he ad mitted the killing. The dead man was Mei'le Collison, 87-year-old Great Falls, Mont., shoe salesman. The two teen-agers were run to earth in rugged country where old Western gunmen often holed up. The girl was almost hysterical and ran fleeing to Dep. Sheriff Bill Romer crying out her fear Stark- weather 1 WTd 1 cf 1 klIT Tier. She was in a state of shock shortly afte?’ward. Romer said she screamed to him: “He’s going to kill me. He’s crazy. He just killed a man!” Romer sajd the gunman, who likes to swagger in cowboy boots and black motorcycle jacket, had made a crude attempt to disquise his flaming red hair with shoe polish. The bloody trail began less than 48 hours ago in Nebraska when the slaying of Caril’s parents and infant half-sister was discovered. As police pressed the investiga tion, other killings were disclosed until the total reached nine. The hunt was started for Starkweather but he and the girl escaped the frantic search. —Battalion St&Cf Photo It’s A Bobcat! The 22-poimd bobcat being held by Ed Kranz of the Me chanical Engineering Department was shot by a member of his hunting party six miles south of College Station off the Navasota Highway. Others in the party were S. I. Roberts of the History Department and Glenn Hallett of the Texas Engineering Station. — b»noto by Aggiei&nd studio Prospective Co-eds and Attorney Mrs. Barbara Tittle, 20, (right) sits with a mandamus suit yesterday in the 85th Dis- Mrs. Lena Bristol, 34, as they wait with trict Court, their attorney, John M. Barron, after filing t wo File Co-ed Suit; Hearing Date Distant A mandamps suit filed yester day in the 85th District Court to seek a court action ordering ad mission of two Bryan women to A&M “probably will not be heard for at least 60 days,” John M. Bar ron, Bryan attorney said last night. Barron filed the suit in behalf of Mrs. Lena Ann Bristol, 34, wife of an Allen Academy faculty mem ber, and Mrs. Barbara Gilkey Tit tle, 20, currently an academy stu dent. Defendants in the suit are Reg istrar H. L. Heaton, President M. T. Harrington and the A&M Boai’d of Directors. The two Bryan women had sought admission to A&M last week but were turned down by both the registrar and Harrington. Mrs. Gray Left Out Mrs. W. C. Gray, A&M graduate student’s wife, who was refused admission earlier, would not com ment last night on why she was not a party to the suit. She had said earlier she would seek court action. Barron said he felt the suit would very probably be appealed to some higher court regardless of the outcome of the initial hearing. He said it possibly could go all the way to the U. S. Supreme Court. In the event of such appellate action, the Bryan attorney indi cated he would pay expenses if necessary. Citizenship Rights Basis Barron said the suit is based on the argument that Texas women should be able to use public insti tutions since they are citizens and taxpayers, and to deny them the right is illegal discrimination. The plaintiffs are petitioning that the denial and deprivation of an education at A&M is a direct violation of the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the 14th amendment to the Constitution of the United States and also violates Article I, Section 19 of the Texas Constitution. Both mothers, the two Bryan women are college students cur- Poll Tax Due Poll taxes can be paid through Friday in the Memorial Student Center near the post office area. The tax is $1.75 and must be paid if a citizen wishes to vote during 1958 in any election. rently. Mrs. Bristol has completed all the work she can at Allen Military Academy and is now attending Sam Houston State College in Hunts ville. She said she commutes to the college three times a week at an estimated expense of $15 per week. Besides expense, Mrs. -Bristol said she had to change her major from biology to library science and education to attend SHSC. She in dicated shfe would change back to biology and education if allowed to attend A&M. Chemistry Courses Sought Mrs. Tittle is currently a stu dent at the newly co-educational junior college division of Allen Academy. She lacks some courses in chemistry not offered at the academy before she can receive her degree in that field. She is contending it would be a hardship and inconvenience for her to attend any other college but A&M. The Bi'yan Daily Eagle reported yesterday their fund to assist in court costs is approaching $500 and contributions are still coming in. Mothers March On Polio Tonight In Porchlight Drive College Station residents with their front porch lights on tonight will be asked by local mothers to contribute to the March of Dimes. From 7 to 8 p.m. College Station mothers assisted in some areas by National Guardsmen will be calling on homes to find contributors to the local polio fund as a climax to the drive. At 7 the College Station fire si ren will sound the starting signal Weather Today College Station forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and a little warmer today, with a high of 62 and a low of 46 expected. Yesterday’s maximum tempera ture was 59 degrees at 4 p. m., and this morning’s low, 43 degrees at 6 a. m. The 8 a. m. relative humidity reading was 96 per cent, and the temperature, 48 degrees. for what local mothers call the most important part of the city’s March of Dimes drive. The Mothers’ March Against Polio will not include College View and the Project House since many students are away between semes ters. Residents in these areas and others not contacted who wish to contribute are asked to call Mrs. John J. Sperry at VI 6-4144. Captains in other areas of the city are as follows: College Hills — Mrs. Stewart E. Brown, Mrs. John V. Perry Jr., Mrs. E. S. Holdx-edge. Highway 6, Cooner—Mrs. W. L. Bauer. College Park — Mrs. Harrison Hierth, Mrs. Dan R. Davis, Mrs. T. E. Comfort. South Oakwood — Mrs. John K. Riggs. The Knoll—Mrs. Murray Brown. Campus Homes — Mrs. Joe E. Davis. Culpepper Addition — Mrs. Rob ert L. Andrews. Norton Street Area—Mrs. John Lyons. A similar drive is being conduc ted in Bryan to aid in the March of Dimes Drive. Three Local People On Really Board Three College Station residents have been named officers in the Texas Real Estate Association, Inc. H. E. Burgess, 112 Lee, was named regional vice president and Mrs. Fred Hale, 504 Brookside, was named associate regional vice pres ident. Named a new director was J. C. Culpepper, 904 Frances. The three were installed Jan. 20 in Galveston. Total Drops By 1,000 Some 6,500 students, including 150 newcomers, will regis ter tomorrow, Saturday and next week for the spring semes ter, H. L. Heaton, registrar, has estimated. Registrar’s records show this figure compares with 7,474 students registering last semester. Until noon yesterday 349 cadets and 144 civilians had indicated they would not return for the spring semester by turning in clearance slips, Bennie Zinn, Student Affairs head, said. Records show others dropped during the fall semester. Zinn said only 61 cadets have moved to civilian dormi tories. “We are anticipating some 100 students changing over ♦from Corps to Civilian dorms for the spring semester,” he said. Fees are now payable at the Fiscal Office in the Richard Coke Building. Automobiles may be registered now also in the Campus Security Office, Ground Floor, YMCA. Fees for the full Semester ai’e Vandals Paint Ag On SMU Wall gie Signs A 7-foot “T” and a neatly painted “Texas Aggies, Sqd. 1, A Eng.” appeared Monday on the red brick wall of Southern Methodist University’s $21/2 million coliseum. SMU officials suspected van dalism and assumed the sign to have been painted by Aggies. They said the vandalism had evidently occurred Saturday night and was not discovered until Mon day when athletic employes came to work. Ralph Gorman, president of the Dallas A&M Club, expressed ro- gr’ets to Athletic Director Matty Bell and said he would attempt to round up Dallas Aggies home for the holidays to erase the sign. Attempts to remove the sign only resulted in smearing it and making it sink deeper into the porous bricks, SMU officials said. An SMU building superintendent said late Monday an expensive sandblasting job would probably be necessary. $281.95 for resident students. First installment payment is $103.20. Neyv students pay an additional $1 for room key deposit and $11.55 for student activities ticket. Schedules of classes and direc tions f