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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<Sr registration may be ob
tained in the Registrar’s Office,
Richard Coke Building.
Students without identification
cards must have their pictures tak
en in the west wing of Sbisa Hall
before they may obtain registra
tion cards.
Steps in registration are as fol
lows:
1. Secure registration cards.
2. Pay all fees (these may be
paid earlier)
3. Report to department heads
for approval of courses to be taken.
4. Get dean’s approval and report
to Chief of Housing
5. Veterans secure book requi
sition approval.
6. Turn in assignment card at
registrar’s station.
Registration and/or adding new
courses must be done by Feb. 8.
(See REGISTRATION, Page 3)
Cute Catch
San Antonio Poster Girl Alix Cain tries her luck in one of
the streams in the Alamo City area with startling results.
Fishermen can try their luck the year ’round in South
Texas streams and lakes but their is no guarantee they
will make such an attractive strike. ((./P) Photo)