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Number 86: Volume 57
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1958
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Council Amends
Constitution,
Plans Dance
The Civilian Student Coun
cil voted last night to amend
their constitution on the date
of election of new representa
tives and also elected two
members to fill vacant Council of
fices.
Fleeted to office were Thomas
Beckett, vice president and Charles
Graham, treasurer.
Constitutional amendments
changed the date for elections for
representatives from the beginning
of the fall term to the last six
weeks of the spring term. Officers
for the Council will be elected in
the spring also.
CIVILIAN WEEKEND
The Civilian weekend, planned
for March 22 was also discussed,
at the meeting. Beckett told the
Councilmen that the barbecue Sat
urday afternoon before the dance
would cost $1 a plate, and tickets
would be available next week.
Dance tickets will also go on sale
next week, he said.
LETTER JACKETS
They also mentioned the wearing
of letter jackets not granted by
A&M. Councilmen were told to ask
wearers to remove the letters, and
if that wasn’t successful, to report
it to their dorm councilor.
UNKNOWN MAN
Billy McKown, president of the
Council, said that a man had been
chosen to go with him to the Board
of Directors meeting Feb. 22, to air
Civilian opinion on compulsory mill
itary training, but did not mention
his name.
He said the man was highly
respected by students, faculty, the
fdrmer students and the board of
directors. He declined to mention
his name, because of pressure that
might be applied to keep him from
appearing before the board.
Cherry Pie and Blossom White Ice Cream .
-Battalion Staff Photo
Emil Wulfe, senior from San Antonio, digs
in with both hands in a day-early valentine
present—a quart of vanilla ice cream and a
whole cherry pie. His mother wanted to
have the present delivered here, and asked
the Memorial Student Center Birthday Cake
Club to give it to him yesterday. Floyd
Hardimon is looking on.
CSC Commends Batt
Editor’s Courage, Skill
The Civilian Student Council
voted unanimously last night to
send a letter to the Student Publi
cations Board commending the
courage and journalistic skill of
Battalion Editor Joe Tindel, whose
job is being challenged by the Stu
dent Senate in today’s meeting of
that board.
Players to Stage
‘Macbeth’ Finale
By JOE TINDEL
“Fabulous,” is the main word
that should linger tonight when
the Aggie Players’ Production
“Macbeth” becomes a milestone in
the long road to fine drama at
A&M.
Such names as Toby Hughes,
Mrs. Florence Delaplane and Jean
ette Grover portraying Macbeth,
Lady Macbeth and Hecate will have
had much to do with adding em
phasis to the “fabulous” exclama
tions.
To Hughes goes the highest
praise for his more than outstand
ing portrayal of Macbeth, the man
whose great ambitions and talents
lead to nothing but utter futility.
With near-professional style,
Hughes led the audience through
every moment of the futile
struggles and did much to fulfill
Shakespeare’s intention of making
these struggles vivid.
Praise should definitely go to
Producer C. K. Esten and Director
Sam B. Southwell for a well-staged,
well-planned production. But to
their names should be added those
Veterinary Profs
To Present Papers
Three members of the Depart
ment of Veterinary Microbiology,
School of Veterinary Medicine, will
present papers at the eighth an
nual conference on Diseases in Na
ture Transmissible to Man.
The conference will be held at
the Baylor University College of
Medicine, Texas Medical Center,
Houston, Feb. 20-22.
Dr. Paul Jungerman will present
a paper entitled “Fungus Mastitis
Associated With Antibiotic Ther
apy”. Dr. Archie I. Flowers will
give a paper on “Cataracts As A
Flock Problem in Chickens”. Title
of Dr. R. T. DuBose’s paper will
be “CELO—A Possible Viral Con
taminant in Chicken Eggs Used for
Virus Isolation Attempts”.
Dr. A. A. Price, dean of the
School of Veterinary Medicine, will
serve as chairman of one session.
of Bob Wenck, in charge of light
ing, and Allen Schrader, composer
of the musical score.
Changes and additions to Shakes
peare’s original play by Southwell
only enhanced the presentation and
complimented the Elizabethan
playwright. Music which intermin
gled with the tragedy was well-
placed and provided a continuity
which captured the audience even
more.
Others in the cast and production
staff should be lauded for out
standing contribution. Some of
the better portrayals came from:
Welton Jones, Sophia Boettcher,
Dorothy Ashworth, Vada Puszew-
ski, Don Reynolds and Raymond
Simmons.
Ags to Lead Clinic
At Hardin-Simmons
Three A&M students will lead
an evangelism clinic at Hardin-
Simmons University, Abilene, Tues
day, John Petry, Hardin-Simmons
director of religious activities
said.
James O. (Jim) Manley, of Bay-
town, H. E. (Skip) Connor Jr.,
of Bryan, and Max D. Barnett,
of Littlefield, will lead the clinic.
The three men will be on the
campus Sunday, Monday and Tues
day. They will appear in Abilene
churches and in classes at Hardin-
Simmons, speaking at the regular
religious services of the Baptist
Student Union on the campus.
Connor, current president of the
A&M Baptist Student Union, was
a summer missionary to Alaska
last summer, is on the Aggie In
ter-Faith Council an is a leader
in youth retreats and evangelism
clinics.
Barnett, A&M B.S.U. missions
chairman, is a member of the In
ter-Faith Council and area F.F.A.
president here.
Manley is on the state B.S.U.
executive committee, was a presi
dent of the Texas A&M B.S.U.,
and is on the Aggie Inter-Faith
Council.
Billy McKown, president of the
Council, said,
“I don’t think Joe’s job is in
jeopardy tomorrow, but I do think
we owe him a vote of confidence.
“I think he’s upheld our position,
though maybe not intentionally”,
he said.
The SPB heard the Senate’s re
commendation asking that Tindel
be censured or asked to resign at
their last meeting on Feb. 7. They
voted to accept the report, pre
sented by Pat Resley, chairman of
the Senate Issues Committee, and
to postpone final judgment on the
Senate’s request until today.
Tindel was charged with violat
ing Articles IV and V of the Code
of Newspaper Ethics and deviating
from the statement of principles
US Planning
Underground
Pits for Missiles
WASHINGTON,—UP)—The
United States, like Britain,
plans to put some of its bal
listic missile launching sites
i n protected, underground
pits, to reduce the possible dam
age from enemy counterattack.
An official British White Paper,
issued in London yesterday out
lining military progress in the Uni
ted Kingdom, said Britain is de
veloping a medium-range ballistic
rocket more advanced than those
the United States now possesses,
and is designing it for launching
from underground sites.
The announcement also disclosed
that British air fleets are being
equipped with hydrogen bombs
made in Britain.
These were the salient points of
a government White Paper pre
pared by Defense Minister Duncan
Sandys. It constituted an interim
report on a five-year program ini
tiated last year to streamline the
defense forces for the nuclear-mis
sile age.
In blunt language the White
Paper warned the Kremlin that
any Soviet aggression would force
the West to hit back with strategic
nuclear weapons from bases which
will dominate every target of im
portance in the Soviet Union.
It declared there was “no mili
tary reason why a world confla
gration should not be prevented
for another generation or more
through the balancing fears of mu
tual annihilation. In fact, there
is no reason why all his should
not go on indefinitely.”
This would, however, be a mourn
ful prospect, the report said.
set forth by former president of
the college, David H. Morgan.
Article TV of the Code of Ethics
deals with sincerity, truthfulness
and accuracy; Article V has to do
with impartiality. The statement of
principles states the explicit pur
poses of student publications.
Resley supported the Senate’s
charges with back issues of The
Battalion and other state papers
which carried stories submitted by
Tindel. He also accused the 21-
year-old senior journalism major
from Athens of slanting news
stories and editorializing in news
columns of the “Batt” but did not
support the charge with any
examples.
Senate voted Jan. 1G to recom
mend that Tindel be asked to re
sign on the basis that he acted in
bad faith.
At the last meeting, several
members indicated a desire to
question Tindel on the charges
and since he was not present at the
Feb. 7 meeting, he was asked by
the board to attend the one today.
Ross Strader, dh’ector of Student
Publications and an ex-officio mem
ber of the board, said that if the
board took any action against
Tindel they would have to do so
immediately. Tindel’s tei'm of of
fice expires April 30.
Russia Rebuked
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For Linking US
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In 1 unis Lrisis
RE Leaders Doubt of Russia’s
To Be Honored Intention Spreads
Schedules Outlined
For Junior Photos
Portraits of Corps juniors will
be made for the Aggieland at the
Aggieland Studio beginning next
Monday and running through
March 7. Uniform must be class
“A” winter.
Next Monday and Tuesday jun
iors from the Corps Staff, 1st
Regiment, and 1st, 2nd, 3rd Bat
talion staffs, A, B, C, E Infantry,
A Ordnance, and B and C Armor
will have their portraits made.
Thursday and Friday of next
week juniors from the 2nd Regi
ment, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Bat
talion Staffs, A, B, and C En
gineers, A Transportation and A,
B, and C Field Artillery ai’e sched
uled.
February 24-25, A, B and C
“AAA”, A Signal, A Quartermas
ter, A Chemical, A Veterinary, A,
B, and C Composite, and A and B
Athletics juniors will e photo
graphed.
Pictures of the Maroon & White
Bands and Squadrons 1-5 are
slated February 27-28.
March 3-4 will be the dates for
the remaining juniors in the 1st
Wing and those on the 1st, 2nd
and 3rd Group Staffs.
Juniors from the 2nd Wing and
4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Group
Staffs are scheduled March 6-7.
With Reception
President and Mrs. M. T.
Harrington will act as host
a n d hostess at a reception
honoring 18 Religious Empha
sis Week speakers and lead
ers Sunday afternoon fi’om 3 to 5
in the Birch Room of the Memorial
Student Center.
The reception will serve as the
first official segment of the week-
long RE Week which officially be
gins at 11 Monday morning when
Dr. R. R. Meredith, convocation
speaker, will talk in Guion Hall.
Monday night forums and discus
sion groups for students and fac
ulty members will be held aci’oss
the campus.
Classes will be dismissed for
Rev. Meredith’s talks each morn
ing, Monday through Friday of RE
Week.
Tuesday and Wednesday Dr.
Meredith will speak at 10 a.m. and
Thursday and Friday, he will speak
at 9 a.m.
Saturday Last Day
To Drop Courses
Saturday will be the last day
for dropping courses for the
spring semester without a fail
ing grade.
For a course dropped be
tween now and Saturday, a
grade of WP will be recorded.
Courses dropped after Satur
day will receive a grade of WF.
WASHINGTON, UP)—The State Department denounced
Russia yesterday for spreading “lies” to the effect that the
United States masterminded the French air attack Saturday
against a Tunisian border village.
A department spokesman said such “outrageous allega
tions” throw grave doubt on Russia’s widely proclaimed de
sire to ease tensions with the West.
Press officer Lincoln White, abandoning diplomatic
language, made the accusation.
Meanwhile, American diplomats worked intensively back-
stage seeking to patch up the bitter French-Tunisian dispute
that has erupted over the bombing.
The State Department ap- -i
peared however to back away
from Wednesday’s apparent
public offer to mediate as
friends to both sides.
White said neither France nor
Tunisia has formally requested
such mediation, even though Tu
nisia’s President Hazi Bourguiba
was quoted in Tunis yesterday as
saying he favored such American
intervention.
French Ambassador Herve Al-
phand said in Washington no for
mal offer of U.S. mediation had
been made. But an Italian For
eign Ministry spokesman in Rome
said a request may be made for
Italy’s mediation and “Italy will
be ready to mediate.”
Of Bizerte, Bourguiba said he
realized the base was of strategic
importance to NATO, and that he
was ready to discuss its use with
any NATO power except France.
This appeared to be a feeler for
the 15-nation Alliance to step in
and take a hand in at least one
phase of the dispute.
The President contended French
troops in Tunisia have been in “an
illegal situation” since Tunisia
gained independence.
Student Pilot Lands
6 Dead’ Plane Safely
I wouldn’t have given a thousand
to one odds on walking away from
it, Roy A. Powell, Squadron 14 sen
ior flying student, commented last
night after safely force-landing his
light plane in a cow pasture 10
miles east of Kosse yesterday aft
ernoon.
“I was going fine when suddenly
the motor sounded like it was go
ing to tear loose from the plane and
then ‘conked’ out, Powell said.
“Then the ground rushed at me.
I didn’t know whether I could land
it or not, but I was sure going to
try.”
Powell did make the landing
though and walked away from the
undamaged plane without a scratch.
He said the first thing he
thought about when the motor quit
was where he was going to land.
“And when you’re up there and
start falling, you sure do a lot of
quick thinking about God,” he add
ed.
Powell said he saw a rectangular
pasture and decided to attempt a
landing there.
“The field looked shorter and
shorter as I started to land and
then I saw a barn directly in front
of me at the other end of the pas
ture,” Powell related. “I thought
I’d never stop rolling once I touch
ed the ground. I know I would
hit the barn.”
His craft finally came to rest
about 200 feet from the barn.
There were a few cows between
the plane and the barn when it
stopped, he said.
The forced landing happened
about 5:15 p.m. as he was return
ing from a solo cross-country
flight. He took off from Easter-
wood Airport at 11:40 a.m., flew
to Mineral Wells and then Dallas,
where he refueled, before starting
back here.
After successfully landing the
plane, a Cessna-120, Powell said
he walked about a mile to a high
way and hitch-hiked a ride to. the
nearest telephone, about six miles
away. When he finally called Eas-
terwood, his flight was 45 minutes
overdue.
Powell’s flight instructor, Rod
ney Gant, went to Kosse to pick up
the aviator.
“He was sure glad to see me,”
Powell stated. “He ran up and
started slapping me on the back
and telling me how happy he was
that I made it okay.”
Last night, when asked how he
felt about the whole thing, Powell
answered, “I don’t really know; I
was too excited to think about any
thing but getting on the ground
safely when it was happening and
now I’m glad it’s over—I’m still
shaking!”
“If the weather isn’t too bad in
the morning, I plan to go back up
there and look it over; then maybe
I’ll have a better idea of what
really happened and at least find
out how far I rolled,” he added.
Powell was the first Air Force
flight training student forced to
make a dead-engine landing in its
two years of operation. The rea
son for the plane’s engine failure
had not been determined last night.
End Nearing
For First AF
‘Space Test’
SAN ANTONIO, Tex.,—(ZP)
—The Air Force today announced
plans for more simulated flights
beyond the wild blue younder into
outer space as its first test en
tered the home lap.
Airman Donald Farrell of the
Bronx, N. Y., who entered the com
pact space cabin at Randolph Air
Force Base last Sunday at 9:35
a.m., passed the 100-mark yester
day and is now well on his way on
the mythical return trip to earth
from the moon.
The seven-day flight is sched
uled to end Sunday morning. Far
rell was pronounced fit and fine
in every way by Air Force scien
tists as he started his sixth day
at 9:35 a.m. today.
Steinkamp announced that addi
tional tests are planned. “We plan
to keep this space chamber busy,”
he said. “There will be tests of
varying situations and tests of
similar conditions on other men.”
Dr. Hubertus Strughold, former
German scientist who is now an
advisor in space medicine here,
agreed today a man could be put
into space next month if the me
chanical equipment were ready.
“It would be possible,” he said,
“with some modification of our
air-regenerating equipment.”
Income Tax Return
Due on April 15
April 15 is the deadline for send
ing in 1957 income tax return.
For ease in filing the govern
ment has provided a simplified,
short form 1040A.
To be eligible to use form
1040A, a taxpayer’s income must
be less than $5,000, said Clarence
E. Carlson, administrative officer
of Internal Revenue Service in
Bryan.
The income must consist entire
ly of wages subject to withholding,
or of wages, dividends, and in
terest, providing not more than
$100 of such income came from
a source outside that listed on the
taxpayer’s W-2 form, Carlson said.
Weather Today
College Station forecast calls for
cloudy and mild weather today with
occasional rain, with clearing skies
and lower temperatures tonight and
Saturday.
A total of .17 inch of rain fell
during the 24-hour period ending
at 8 this morning.
Yesterday’s high was 45 degrees
at 4 p. m., and the low, 37 degrees
at 9 p. m.