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Number 96: Volume 57
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1958
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Local Chapters
Now Observing
4-11 Club Week
National 4-H Club Week is
being observed this week on
the A&M campus as well as
at other colleges and high
schools across the nation.
Former 4-H Club members at
tending A&M maintain their in
terest in 4-H work through mem
bership in the Collegiate 4-H Club.
The club meets regularly and mem
bers provide a monthly program
on the Texas Farm and Home
Hour as well as supporting many
statewide activities.
Young people in Brazos County
are also active in 4-H Club work.
Club members recognize recre
ation as an important part of their
work and participate in many ac
tivities and programs under the di
rection of adult leaders. The
County Agent is director of 4-H
activities in his county and re
wards club members’ work with
field trips and parties.
This year, 130 Brazos County
club members along with 24 adult
leaders and the county agents at
tended the Houston Fat Stock
Show.
Each year a county 4-H camp is
held, allowing club members from
all over the county to get together
and compare notes, receive pi’ofes-
sional advice and enjoy fellowship
together. Last summer 150 4-H
boys and girls from the county at
tended the camp held in Brenham.
This year, in observing 4-H
Week, club members are paying
special tribute to parents and adult
leaders who make their activities
possible.
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A&M Displays 4-H Work
-Battalion Staff Photo
Joe Van Zandt, right, president of the A&M
Collegiate 4-H Club points out a few
features of the A&M club’s Memorial Stu
dent Center display promoting 4-H Club
Week, now underway, to Ben Cook, faculty
sponsor.
Want US. Visit
Soviet Heads Consider
Washington Meeting
WASHINGTON, <A>) — Soviet
leaders were reported last night
to have sent word to the United
Ecumenical Heads
Named For Meets
Dr. John Deschner and the Rev.
Lee C. Phillip will lead the sixth
annual Ecumenical Student Christ
ian Conference in College Station
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The meetings will be held at the
A&M Methodist and Presbyterian
churches.
Dr. Deschner is assistant profes
sor of theology at Perkins School
»f Theology, Southern Methodist
University, and the Rev. Phillip is
dean of the chapel at Prairie View
A&M College.
After receiving his B.D. degree
from Yale, Dr. Deschner studied
for his doctorate in Helsinki, Fin
land, and Basil, Switzerland, com
pleting his work in Basil in 1956.
He has participated in the United
Student Christian Council in the
U. S., the Student Volunteer Move
ment, University Christian Mis
sion, World University Service,
Committee on Friendly Relations
among Foreign Students, and the
National Council of Churches.
He is a member of the World’s
Student Christian Federation and
was fraternal representative of the
Central Committee of the World
Council of Churches in Hungary in
1956.
The Rev. Phillip received his
A&M Debate Team
Ties In Austin
The A&M Debate Team traveled
to Austin last weekend for the Tex
as Round-up Forensic Tournament
held on the campus of the Uni
versity of Texas with 32 teams
representing 16 colleges in four
states.
Jay Hirsch finished in a tie for
third place in original oratory, and
the negative debate team consist
ing of Hirsch and John Warner,
finished in a six-way tie for sec
ond with a 5-2 won-lost record.
Don Williamson and Raymond Sim
mons won one and lost six on the
affirmative side. In two prev
ious tournaments the Aggies had
won only two debates.
Baylor won the tournament while
Rice received the trophy for the
best affirmative team record;
Texas won the negative team ti’o-
Phy.
Next weekend the team will go
to New Orleans, La., for the Tu-
lane University tournament.
B. A. from Prairie View A&M and
his B.D. and M.A. from Howai’d
College in addition to studying at
the Union Theological Seminary in
New York City. He has traveled
extensively in Europe.
Miller’s Orchestra,
To Play For Srs.
Glenn Miller’s Orchestra, under
the direction of Ray McKinley,
will play at the Senior Ring Dance
on May 17, the weekend preceding
Final Review.
The dance will be held in Sbisa
Hall from 8-12 p. m., according to
Travis Johnson, social seeretary
of the class.
States that they would be willing
to consider holding a summit con
ference in Washington.
This was the latest indication
that Premier Nikolai Bulganin and
Communist party boss Nikita
Khrushchev would like to visit this
country if they could manage to
arrange a trip.
Soviet Ambassador Mikhail
Menshikov said in an interview
last week that he personally fav
ored exchanges of visits by very
high level officials. His remarks
specifically covered Khrushchev
and Vice President Nixon.
Authoritative officials reported
earlier today that Nixon is con
sidering a visit in September to
Russia in exchange for a trip to
the United States by Deputy Sov
iet Premier Anastas Mikoyan.
The United States yesterday re
jected Russia’s bid for a summit
conference on Soviet terms.
Secretary of State Dulles buried
it under a barrage of words like
unacceptable, unscrupulous, am
biguous, spectacular, fraud, hoax,
fiction, flamboyant, at his news
conference.
‘Look’ Sees ROTC
Nearing Disaster
The ROTC program is facing a
“drastic reduction or even elimi
nation” because of failure to pro
duce a sufficient number of high-
caliber officers, according to an
article in the March 18 issue of
Look Magazine.
Whereas the Army has assigned
a civilian team to determine why
there is a lack of efficient officers,
the Air Force is considering a
slash of ROTC units in favor of
Officer Candidate School for se
lected college graduates, says the
article.
It further states the Army is
losing 24 per cent of all electronics
and radar technicians each year,
and 12,100 pilots have* resigned
from the services during the past
three years.
Five basic reasons for this turn
over, called “Our Military Man
power Scandal” by Look, were
given. They are:
(1) The military revolution.
Each of our military services are
steadily shrinking the size of ready
manpower.
(2) Military vs. civilian pay. Be
cause industry is striving to hire
trained' servicemen, it is offering
higher pay scales than the armed
forces.
(3) Housing and moving. No
military officer is certain of mak
ing one location his home for any
length of time.
(4) Lack of incentive. Officers
are promoted according to tenure
of service, with every one eligible.
“There is no extra reward for
doing your job well,” said the
article.
(5) How officers are chosen.
Cadets at West Point and An
napolis are appointed by repre
sentatives and senators. Because of
this the men cannot be rated ac
curately.
So far, said the article, the
military is toying with the problem
by passing emergency measures,
such as converting 27,000 reserve
officers to regulars by July and
stepping up the tour of Air Force
pilots to five years.
But the services are taking a
“nervous new look” at the ROTC.
In order to get the best men into
the services, thereby insuring the
United States of adequate protec
tion against any attack, some
changes will have to be made, says
Look.
The Soviet proposal was laid
down in notes last Friday to the
United States, Britain and France.
The Soviets called in essence for a
foreign ministers meeting in April
with a prior commitment to a sum
mit conference in June. There
would be no discussion of German
reunification. There would be
equal representation between East
and West at the foreign ministers
meeting.
Corps Uniform
Changes March 17
Effective March 17, all mem
bers of the Corps will wear sum
mer uniforms, Lt. Col. Taylor
Wilkins, assistant commandant,
said yesterday.
Unless otherwise specified, ca
dets will be authorized to wear
Class B uniform (without ties)
between Reveille Retreat forma
tions on weekdays in the imme
diate vicinity of the college and
from Reveille until noon on Sat
urdays.
Uniform at Retreat and off the
campus will be Class A, he said.
The North Gate area is consid
ered part of the campus, with
regard to uniform regulations,
Col. Wilkins said.
Day students traveling directly
to and from their homes and the
campus may also wear Class B,
he said.
Council to Offer
Single Plan For
Street Repairs
Subject Matter
Most Important
A&M Prof Says
Teachers should be selected
on the basis of their knowl
edge of the subject, not on
their knowledge of teaching
methods, Herbert G. Kenagy,
of the Division of Business Admin
istration, told College Station Ki-
wanians yesterday.
Kenagy, centering his speech
around Texas Public School Week,
now being observed, told the club
that too much emphasis is placed
on how well the teacher can con
duct a class.
“If the teacher knows his sub
ject, experience will bring about
good teaching methods,” he said.
Also, he stressed the need of bet
ter pay for teachers, saying that
business lures too many prospec
tive teachers with higher pay.
“We should ask ourselves the
question,” he said, “To what ex
tent are we to blame for what we
believe wrong with our public
schools ?”
He explained that the best way
to do this was to visit the schools
and see them in action and talk
with school officials to find out
the problems they face in hiring
teachers and managing the schools.
Juniors Reminded
To Submit Entries
Rod Stepp, vice president of the
junior class, yesterday reminded
juniors that pictures of candidates
for the Class of ’59 Sweetheart are
due March 18.
The pictures, which are to be
submitted along with the girl’s
measurements and a picture of the
candidate in a bathing suit, may
be turned in at the office of Stu
dent Activities. Portraits should
be 5 x 7.
Tickets for the junior banquet
may now be purchased at $1.50
each from the following represent
atives: Rod Stepp, Dorm 7-408;
Ed Hill, Dorm 5-204; Bob Lassiter,
Dorm 17-231; and Gary Pepper,
Dorm 14-303; or at the Student
Activities Office, second floor of
the YMCA.
CS Citizens Won r t
Face Bond Issue
By GAYLE McNUTT
Meeting last night to discuss and draw up city street
improvement plans to submit to the public, the College Sta
tion City Council agreed to combine the better points of the
three plans proposed and submit only one plan to a public
vote.
The Council also agreed to dismiss the possibility of a
large bond issue from the plan and place it on a “pay as you
go” basis, since public opinion seems to be heavily in favor
of this type plan.
In a meeting last week, the council decided to present
three plans to the people by mail and let them decide which
plan they preferred.
The decision to submit only
one plan came after many citi
zens approached council mem
bers with the preference that
the council use information
they have gathered to present one
plan for approval rather than con
fuse the public with sevei’al
possible solutions.
The greatest objection in the
past has been against imposing a
large bond on the people and re
quiring them to pay for work
which they will not receive direct
benefit from for a number of
years. Last night’s decision was
designed to elimenate these ob
jections.
The council adjourned subject to
call and another meeting will be
held as soon as the mayor can ar
range a meeting with engineers to
assure that the combined plan is
feasible.
After it is drawn up and ap
proved by engineers, the complete
plan will be mailed to College
Station citizens before being put
to a vote.
Newspaper
Workshop Set
Here Friday
Publishers and printers
from daily and weekly news
papers across the state liter
ally invade the Memorial Stu
dent Center and the Journal
ism Department Friday and Satur
day for “Do it Yourself” instruc
tion in better newspaper production
methods.
About 200 newsmen are expected
for the 9th Annual Texas News
paper Clinic and Mechanical Con
ference sponsored jointly by the
Department of Journalism and the
Texas Press Assn.
Featured in this year’s clinic
will be a workshop in photography,
plus a demonstration of various
types of printing equipment, with
the most emphasis to be placed on
the oil-and-water offset printing
technique.
On Saturday morning, the news
men will be turned loose in the
A&M Press, where they may see a
demonstration of any machine they
desire. Several manufacturers of
printing equipment will set up
special displays jin. addition to the
equipment already available in the
press building.
Talks by various publishers dur
ing the meet and exhibition of the
14th Annual Newspaper Pictures
of the Year are also on the pro
gram.
Weather Today
Showers and occasional thunder
storms are expected in the local
area today, with a high of 65 de
grees and a low of 55,
Junction Manor Nears Completion
—Battalion Staff Photo
Workmen are busy laying white rock around mester. The dormitory, being constructed
the three-story building which is to house behind the A&M Chapel, is expected to be
Aggie football players beginning next se- finished this semester.
Local Ministers’
Group Endorse
Passion Play
A joint group of Bryan and
College Station ministers
Monday endorsed a Passion
Play which will be presented
in Guion Hall April 8, 9 and
10, under the auspices of the De
partment of Student Activities.
This is the first program of its
kind to be brought to the campus,
according to W. L. Penberthy, di
rector of student activities.
The play is a 2% hour portrayal
of the last seVen days in the life
of Jesus Christ and is non-denom-
inational.
According to Richard Weddell,
who is locally representing the New
York company, bringing the play,
the cast of 28 will present three
afternoon and three evening per
formances for the college and the
community.
Daniel T alks Today
At Water Banquet
Gov. Price Daniel will address
members of the Texas Water and
Sewage Works Association today
at their annual banquet in the Me
morial Student Center at 5 p.m.
Because a water works bill was
recently passed by the State legis
lature, the governor is expected to
speak on the development of water
resources in Texas.
The banquet is part of the as
sociation’s annual short course cur
rently being conducted in the MSC.
It began Sunday and will run
through Friday.