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the FtATT/l LIQ N Number 81: Volume 57 Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1958 Price Five Cents -Battalion Staff Photo Formal Opening President M. T. Harrington cuts the ribbon on the new $68,- 000 automatic pinsetters in the Memorial Student Center bowling alley at the grand opening last night. Don McGinty, president of the MSC Council looks on in anticipation of the games of the evening. Wm&Hams Battalion Staff Photo First Ball President M. T. Harrington rolls one of the first balls at the grand opening of the Memorial Student Center bowling alley’s new $68,000 automatic pinsetters. Vanguard Satel lite Failure Blamed on Irregularities MSC Alleys Open After Reps Bowl No one broke into the “300 Club”, but college celebrities put on quite a show last night at the Grand Opening of the Memorial Student Center bowling alleys, featuring its new $68,000 Brunswick auto matic pinsetters. In the first match of the even ing, “The Pros”, composed of M. H. Butler, Stan Workman and Joe Blieden, blasted the “Alley Cats”, made up of Dr. M. T. Harrington, Dean Robert Kamm and Carl Tishler, 551-383. Joe Blieden roll ed the high game of the evening in the contest, running up a 222 score. The “Alley Rats”, composed of Mrs. Harrington, Mrs. Kamm and Mrs. Tishler, lost to “The Co-eds”, Mrs. Lou Thomas, Mrs. Alberta Gruber and Mrs. Lou McDonald, 414-230. Mrs. McDonald had the high game with 157. On Alleys 5 and 6, “The Aces” squeeze past the “Gutter Bums”, 486-416. The former team was made up of Earl Rudder, Charles Roeber and Wayne Stark, while the latter was made up 0f Floyd Hardi- man, Bob Brown an<i Bobby Carter, a student who won a slot with The Aces for bowling the highest game during the day (228). In the Weather Today Rain totaling .03 inch fell during the night, with more showers fore cast for today. A high of 70 degrees and a low of 49 are expected. Yesterdays high was 72 degrees at 5 p. m., and this mornings low, 54 degrees at 8 o’clock. Relative humidity at 8 a. m. was 55 per cent. R.E. Week Leaders Religious Conduct Discussions Seventeen religious leaders will conduct forums and discussion groups and will be available for personal conferences during the 16th annual Religious Emphasis Week Feb. 16-21. In addition, Dr. Ronald R. Mere dith, pastor of the First Method ist Church, Wichita Falls, will be the main speaker, giving four morning talks during RE Week in Guion Hall. Rev. Glen Norris, director of the Baptist Student Work and chair at Fort Worth and as Baptist Stu dent Director at Texas Wesleyan College. Conducting the groups for Dorms 1 and 3 and living in Dorm 1 will be Rev. John R. Gibbs, pas tor of the First Methodist Church in Bandera. Norris Gibbs man of the Department of Bible and Religion at Southwest Texas State College at San Marcos will live in Dorm 16 and conduct night ly meetings. A Baylor and Southwestern Bap tist Theological Seminary Gradu ate, Rev. Norris was engaged in evangelistic work before becoming associated with SWSTC. In addi tion he served as youth director of the Polytechnic Baptist Church Rogers Lutner Rev. Gibbs received a B.A. de gree from,the University of Texas and a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Southern Methodist Univers ity. A World War II Navy veteran, Rev. Gibbs was director of the Wesley Foundation and Wesley Bible Chair at Texas A&I College from 1951-56. Rev. Gibbs took over his pastor ate at Bandera in 1956. He has been active in Boy Scout work and other civic activities since. Rev. William B. Rogers, Pres byterian Chaplain for North Tex as State College and Texas Wo men’s University at Denton, will live in Dorm 2 and conduct dis cussions and forums for Dorms 2 and 4. Rev. Rogers was a World War II fighter pilot and currently is a major in the Air Force Reserve. Prior to becoming Chaplain for NTSC and TWU, Rev. Rogers served as pastor of a Brooklyn, N.Y., church and as chaplain of the Hampden-Sydney College and pastor of the College Church in Hampden-Sydney, Virginia. A native of Little Rock and El Dorado, Ark., he received a B.A. (See R. E. Week page 3) 2nd Wing Move Still Only Rumor No definite plans one way or the other have been made regarding the rumored move of the 2nd Wing to the new Corps area, Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant, said last night. Col. Davis commented that, “triagon” officials had to wait for final enrollment figures before a switch would be considered. The 2nd Wing is presently housed in three dorms in the old area located near North Gate. Unofficial figures show that due to the severe drop in enrollment this semester, the entire Corps of Cadets could live in the new area, with room for about 100 to spare. match, Brown was high man with 183. The “Rinky Dinks”, made up of Mrs. Rudder, Mrs. Roeber and Mrs. Stark, downed the “Pin-Ups”, com posed of Mrs. Mary Faulk, Mrs. Oleta Smith and Mrs. Faye Wilson, 402-252. Mrs. Smith was high bowler with 159 in this contest. In the second go-round, Ray Bowen, Bill McKown and Mrs. Ruth Edwin downed Don McGinty, Bob Surovik and Nancy Rudderrow, 328-280. McKown rolled 146 to take high honors in the match. In the final match, Joe Tindel, editor of the Battalion, defeated Gary Rollins, sports editor, 149-100. After the matches, Dr. and Mrs. Harrington, Mr. and Mrs. Rudder and Dean Kamm bowled several more games, indicating they con sidered the improved alleys “top- notch”. Hearing Set In Senate Effort To Oust Tindel A special meeting’ of the Student Publications Board has been called for Friday at 4 p. m. for Student Senators to present their request that Joe Tindel be removed as editor of The Battalion. The Senate voted 11-5 Jan. 16 to recommend that Tindel resign his editorship. Prepai’ation of a formal recommendation was turned over to the Issues Committee, headed by Pat Resley. Their findings will be discussed in the Senate meeting tonight at 7:30 in the Senate Chamber of the Memorial Student Center. The motion to recommend Tin- del’s removal was made at the last meeting by Chai’lie (Woodie) Rice, who said that “The ‘Batt’ is hurting our school and many of us feel that our editor has acted in bad faith ... so we must ask that he be removed.” S.A. Symphony Plays Here Tonight By WELTON JONES When Victor Alessandro steps to the podium in White Coliseum tonight to direct his San Antonio Symphony Orchestra in a return Town Hall engagement, he will do so carrying with him not only the affection shown toward a na tive (Texas) son, but also the in spect due a formidable artist. Alessandro, born in Waco and educated, in part, in Houston, has had his qualifications extolled in previous articles, and now his choice of a program shows, at least, that he is a good judge of audiences. As the chief work of the even ing, the organization will perform Peter Tschaikowsky’s Symphony No. 5. The program will open with Berlioz’ Roman Carnival Ov erture and will include some mu sic from Bizet’s well-worn opera “Carmen”, “Afternoon of a Faun” by Claude Debussy and Enesco’s First Roumanian Rhapsody. Tschaikowsky, the immortal Rus sian romantic, thought he had played out his talent when he completed his Fourth Symphony (See Symphony page 6) Excavation Begins Under MSC Soon Workmen will begin excavating dirt beneath the Memorial Student Center Post Office, Gift Shop, and Fountain Room sometime this week, according to J. Wayne Stark, MSC Director. Some 10,000 square feet will be excavated in a joint project by the MSC and the Texas Engineer Ex periment Station. A preliminary excavation was carried out Saturday with success ful results, according to Stark. The complete work will take three years and will cost about $50,000, said Stark. The work is being done as an ex periment by the Engineer Station using modern equipment and adult students who are being taught at the station through a program set up through the American General Contractors of Texas and the sta tion. The men are taught operation of modern machines and this excavation will provide on-the-spot training. Stark said there was no danger of harming the present building as the tiers supporting the building go far below the planned excavation. The work is experimental and may not be completed, said Stark. If completed, the new room will be devoted to storage space for chairs and tables and rooms for painting and other' maintenance' work, he said. . If completed, the present walls in that area of the MSC will have to be changed, as they do not ex tend down to the proposed depth of the excavation. In addition concrete floor and walls will be constructed in the new space. A. L. Kramer is in charge of the project for the Engineer Extension Service. Navy Plans Study In Second Failure By The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA.,—The Air Force said yester day that irregularities in the control system caused the Van guard satellite-bearing test vehicle to break apart shortly after its launching early yesterday. The irregularities occurred in the engine control system of the first stage of the three-stage Navy vehicle. It came 57 seconds after the launching of the rocket. Within three seconds the irregularities had deflected the missile so far to the right that it broke in two. The Navy-disappointed in its second failure to get a satellite aloft—plans to delve deeper into just what went wrong before trying a third shot. The Air Force said in a pre- AAUP Passes Bid to Form Faculty Council A proposal for the organi zation of a Faculty Advisory Council was passed by the A&M Chapter of the Ameri can Association of University Professors Wednesday night, and the proposal will be forwarded to President M. T. Harrington for his action. If approved. by Harrington, the advisory council would provide for direct two-way communication on questions of college policy be tween the faculty and administra tion. It would also consider mat ters brought to its attention by the college president, members of the council, or other faculty mem bers. If approved, the plan would have the faculty of the various schools in the college elect representattives to form the council. Members of the local AAUP which drew up the plan for the council were Chairman E. E. Lieb- hafsky, W. F. Adams, J. Q. Hayes, L. S. O’Bannon, J. H. Quisenberry, and F. O. Sargent. Ag Graduate New Veterinary Prof Dr. Richard W. Moore, a 1955 graduate of A&M, recently was ap pointed assistant professor of vet erinary microbiology here. He will be in charge of the Virus Research Laboratory and will con,- tinue research on the problem of ornithosis in turkeys. Dr. Moore was awarded his doc tor of veterinary medicine degree in 1955 and did advanced work un der a post-doctoral grant to com plete a M.S. degree in 1956 pared announcement trans mitted to it here by the Naval Research Laboratory that parts of the wreckage also have been recovered offshore. The loss of the Vanguard wag a sharp setback to Navy hopes to put a series of small satellites into an orbit during the International Geophysical Year now under way. That program already is consider ably behind schedule. The Naval Research Laboratory preliminary report on the Van guard launching said: “The Vanguai’d rocket test ve hicle launched this morning at Cape Canaveral was the second of the four three-stage rocket test vehicles in the Vanguard program. “The first 57 Seconds of the flight were smooth, with all com ponents of the rocket functioning normally. “Our telemetry records show that between 57th and 60th sec onds after takeoff, small irregu larities occurred in the first stage engine control system. “After the 60th second a failure in the control system caused the engine to deflect far to the right and the resultant abnormally high forces caused the rocket to break in the middle. “At this time, the rocket was destroyed for safety reasons and 'fell into the Atlantic. “Parts are being recovered for further study and to obtain addi tional details of the accident. Project Vanguard has two more test vehicles before the satellite launching vehicles are scheduled.” Saturday Last Day For Registering Saturday is the last day for registering or adding new courses for the spring se mester. The last day for drop ping courses has been set for the following Saturday, Feb. 15. —Battalion Staff Photo Excavation Begins Under MSC About 10,000 square feet will be excavated ject will take about 3 years to complete at from under the Gift Shop, Post Office and a cost of $50,000. The new space will be Fountain Room of the Memorial Center by used for storage rooms and for maintenance, the Engineer Extension Service. The pro-