18,440 READERS ™ BATTALION Visit Your Public School Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus Number 96: Volume 57 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1958 Price Five Cents 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. a ■- im :M1 S : 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.