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Number 104: Volume 57
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1958
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District Court Grants Two Women
Authority To Enroll Into Aggieland
Hopes Climbing
For Vanguard
As It Circles
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.,
(TP)—The Vanguard satellite
rocketed on around the world
in obedience to the strange
laws of space Tuesday amid
growing 1 conjecture that the Navy
launching feat may have been more
remarkable than at first was evi
dent.
Some of the men who helped
launch the g’rapefi’uit-size moon
Monday were willing to wager
their baby moon was zooming con
siderably higher than the 2,500
mile apogee, or orbital high point,
officially conceded to it.
Their guess must await several
days more of analyzing Vanguard
radio information before it can be
adjudged right or wrong.
But they argued that infant Van
guard probably was looping as
Jnuch as 3,000 miles out into space
before whipping back to the 400-
mile perigee, or closest point to
the earth.
Because its perigee is so far
above the earth’s atmosphere, Van
guard probably will be the longest
lived of the artificial moons yet
created. The spent Vanguard
tocket drifting along behind it—
a 50-pound metal tube five feet
long—may have a comparatively
short life.
In Washington Dr. John P. Ha
gen, Vanguard project director,
conceded that because of the ex
treme height of its orbit the little
satellite may stay aloft even long
er than the 10 years originally es
timated.
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Registrar Gives Testimony
—Battalion Staff Photo
H. L. Heaton, director of admissions and
registrar, testifies in the coed suit which
last night was decided in favor of the two
women seeking admission to A&M. John M.
Barron, plaintiff’s attorney, is questioning
Heaton.
Dulles Declines Soviet Bid
To Lift U.S. Overseas Bases
WASHINGTON—^)— Secretary
of State Dulles yesterday turned
down Russia’s demand that inter
national control of outer space be
linked with elimination of Ameri
can overseas bomber bases.
Town Hall Monday
Features Dancers
Jose Greco and his company of
Spanish dancers will be the fea
ture attraction in the next Town
Hall presentation Monday night at
8 in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
Greco was hailed as the finest
male Spanish dancer following his
world tours. He also played a role
in "Around the World in 80 Days.”
Forming his first dance com
pany in 1948, Greco has since
made many tours of Europe and
the United States. In addition the
troupe has made several television
appearances.
Included with Greco are male
and female dancers and singers
who perform all types of Spanish
dances.
A native of Italy, Greco came to
Equipment School
Begins March 24
The third six weeks Heavy Con
struction Equipment Operators
School sponsored by the' Engineer
ing Extension Service will begin
March 24.
this country while in his early
teens. He continued to study danc
ing for which he had acquired a
taste while in Europe. After quit
ting art school Greco soon had his
first professional engagement in
New York City.
Lola de Ronda, Jose Molina, Pe-
pita Sevilla, Rosario Caro, Dolores
del Carmen, Lupe del Rio, Manuela
de Jerez, Miguel Garcia, and Roger
Machado complete the troupe.
Adult tickets will sell for $2,
children for $1 and Town Hall
tickets wil be honored.
Weather Today
College weather station fore
casts partly cloudy skies and cold
for the local area today and to
night. It is expected to continue
partly cloudy and cool Thursday,
becoming gradually warmer Fri
day.
This morning’s low' - , recorded at
6:30, Tvas 34 degi’ees. A high of
43 degree was recorded at 3 p. m.
yesterday.
He desci’ibed the new Soviet pro
posal as “not very acceptable” in
its present form.
"They are mixing up two things
that are quite unrelated,” he told
newsmen on his return by plane
from a 10-day trip to the Philip
pines and Formosa.
Only 75 minutes after getting
back to his State Department desk,
Dulles met with Soviet Ambassa
dor Mikhail Menshikov, who had
requested the appointment. How
ever, Menshikov stayed only 10
minutes and insisted afterward his
visit was on "a routine matter.”
In discussing the Russian plan
for space control, Dulles in effect
accused the Soviets of stealing an
American idea and attaching im
possible conditions to it as a de
vice for killing it.
Dulles’ words appeared clearly
directed at two purposes:
1. Offsetting propaganda gains
Moscow has registered since un
veiling its proposal Saturday.
2. Replying to Democratic crit
ics led by Sens. Johnson of Texas
and Mansfield of Oklahoma, who
contended the administration al
lowed the Soviets to steal a pro
paganda march on the United
States.
The Soviets in offering their
plan termed it. important enough
to be discussed at a summit meet
ing between Soviet Premier Bul
ganin, President Eisenhower and
other Western leaders.
Their four-point program called
for a United Nations agency to
supervise a ban on use of cosmic
space for military purposes. Si
multaneously they suggested
American-Soviet coopei’ation with
in the U.N. on a peaceful outer
space program.
Civilian Weekend
Gals Vie Saturday
In Sweetheart Tilt
Barbara Browning
Ann Ball
Fourteen finalists are now be
ing considered for the "Civilian
Ball Sweetheart” title as part of
the 5th annual Civilian Weekend
which begins Saturday.
The finalists include sweethearts
of each of the civilian dormitories,
^.three from College View, one from
the Project Houses and one who
will be chosen fx-om the group of
25 gfrls coming from Sam Hous
ton State University.
The sweetheai’t will be named
during intermission at the Civilian
Ball which will be held in Sbisa
Hall Saturday night. The sweet
heart and her escort will receive
the display of door prizes which
have been donated by local mei'-
chants.
Weekend activities begin Satur
day afternoon at 5 in the Grove
with a bai'becue. Anyone may at
tend the barbecue. Tickets.ai’e on
sale at $1 for adults and 50 cents
for children. Coi’ps students may
go to the dinner in civilian cloth
ing.
The following are the finalists
for sweetheart of the ball:
Mary E. Schmidt, College View,
escorted by Emil Schmidt; Sue
Lee—"Miss Puryear Hall”, escort
ed by Robert A. Lee; Joan Quasso,
Legett Hall finalist, escorted by
Champ Grona; Barbara Browning,
Mitchell Hall’s sweetheart, escort
ed by William A. Conaway; Ann
Ball, Dorm 16 finalist, escoi’ted by
Charles Davis.
Ellen Levine, Hart’s candidate,
escorted by Howai’d L. Martin;
Alvasyne Hay, "Miss Bizzell Hall”,
escoi’ted by Claude Pace; Benita
Williams, representing the Project
Houses, escorted by John D. Wil
liams; Janice Stovall, Walton Hall,
escorted by Clyde C. Castleberry.
Carolyn Tom, Day Student en
try escorted by Henry K. Tom;
Catherine Moczygemba, College
View, escorted by A. D. Moczy
gemba; Kitty Van Matre, Law
Hall, escorted by Allen Lee; and
Bobbie Jean Foster, Milner Hall,
escorted by Leonard W. Shoemak
er.
The finalist from Sam Houston
has not yet been named.
Appeal Scheduled
For Waco Court
By JOE BUSER
In unprecedented action last night, Judge W. T. McDon
ald granted Mrs. Barbara Tittle and Mrs. Lena Bristol auth
ority to enroll in A&M, granting them the mandamus against
the college they sought.
The judge’s ruling came only moments after the closing
arguments of the two-day hearing in the 85th District Court
in Bryan.
In his ruling on the two women’s request for court inter
vention in their plea for admission to the all male college,
the judge said:
“The Board of Directors has abused its right to regulate
the operation of the college by excluding these women and
has even been arbitrary in 4 ;
exercising power in this de
cision.”
He further said that any
ruling by the board excluding
students on the basis of their sex
was a “direct violation” of the 14th
Amendment to the Constitution.
This was a major contention of the
Bari’on father and son team which
x-epresented the relators in the
hearing. They held that denying
the women the right to enroll was
not in accord with the equal xaghts
granted by this constitutional
amendment.
James N. Ludlum, chief counsel
for the college officials from the
state attoi’ney general’s office, im
mediately voiced the desire for an
appeal of the ruling, either to the
Texas Supreme Court or a coux-t of
civil appeals. Both principals had
mentioned during the day’s testi
mony that the case would be ap
pealed, regardless of the ruling.
John M. Barron, younger of the
two counselers for the Bi’yan wo
men, last night while shaking
hands with well wishers, said “The
case has - just begun and probably
my telephone will xung off tl\e wall
before the night is ovei’.”
In closing arguments, Bari'on
pointed out, as he previously in
dicated he might, that although the
question was not one of integration
of races, the two were by neces
sity, related.
“If a ‘pickaninny’ has the x-ight
to go to any public school in the
state, then sui’ely two white ladies
have the x'ight to attend A&M,” he
said.
The elder attoi’ney for the rela
tors, W. S. Barron, commented on
Pi’esident M. T. Hai’rington’s re
lationship with the Boai'd of Di
rectors in regard to the co-educa-
tional question in his pai’t of the
final statements.
"Di\ Hai’rington talks good, and
his speeches read good, but his
Board of Directors act rotten,” he
said.
Primary contention of the re
spondents’ closing argument was
px-ecedent based on numerous
similar but not identical cases
heard in the Supreme Court of
Texas and of the United States.
Two expei’t witnesses were call
ed to the stand earlier yeaterday to
give opinions on the relative merits
of co-ed and all male institutions
of higher learning.
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Dr. Fred C. Schwarz
Issues Speaker
Assails Commies
"Can you Recognize Commun
ism?” will be the question dis
cussed by Dr. Fx’ed C. Schwarz,
executive director of the Christian
Anti-Communism Crusade, to be
presented by the Great-Issues Com
mittee Friday night at 8 in the
Memoi’ial Student Center ballroom.
Schwai’z is recognized by gov
ernmental and militai’y officials as
an authority on Communism, hav
ing discussed it before the House
of Representatives Un-American
Activities Committee, the Nation
al War College and before leaders
of the Republican and Democratic
parties and the California State
Legislature.
Admission to the discussion will
be $1. Tickets may be purchased at
the main desk of the MSC.
Two Profs to Pick
Best Farm Writers
Donald ,D. Burchard, head of the
jouimalism department, and Fred
R. Brison of the Horticulture De
partment, have been selected by
the American Seed Trade Ass’n.
as members of the organization’s
judging board to determine the
outstanding farm and garden joui’-
nalists of 1957.
The board will consist of lead
ing educators in the technical and
journalistic fields relating to farm
and garden writing.
YMCA Cabinet
Adopts Purpose
For Fish Camp
Last week the A&M YMCA Cab
inet met and approved an explicit
written purpose for the annual
YMCA Freshman Camp.
The purpose was drawn up by
the combined committees for the
1958 camp. The camp has been
held the three days prior to new
student week each fall since 1954.
The puxpose is expressed in four
parts:
(1) To expose and meet the
needs of the individual wheai he en
ters college.
(2) To help him undex’stand and
find a means of self-expression and
self-development in college.
(3) To help the student-under
stand himself and to prepare him
to confront the basic issues in a
meaning of life.
(4) To help the student develop
into his role as a Christian leader
on the campus.
Camp committees met yesterday
•afteimoon to discuss and make de
tailed plans for next fall’s camp.
Two camps will be held this year
due to growth of the project. One
camp will be at Foi’t Parker, north
of Mexia, and the other will be at
Bastrop.
The publicity committee, headed
by Joe Middleton, is working in
coordination with a similar pi’o-
gram at the University of Texas
to publicize the camps in Texas
and Louisiana high schools. They
will make contacts with future
students who might be considered
for attending the camp.
Filings For Walton
Council Posts Open
Filing for membership on the
Walton Hall Council is now open,
with the deadline set for Mai’ch
28, Jack Bailey, president of the
council, said Monday.
An election to fill the 16 posi
tions on the council is scheduled
for April 10 in the quadrangle near
Walton Hall.
Positions are open for two i’ep-
resentatives from each of the sev
en ramps in the dormitoi’y and
also two repi-esentatives-at-large.
The latter two must be at least
juniors, and they will be elected
for two years.
Filings can be made in K-8 of
Walton.
Film Group Slates
Folloiv the Sun 9
"Follow the Sun” will be pi’e-
sented Friday night at 7:30 in the
Memorial Student Center ballroom
by the MSC Film Society.
The film stars golf star Ben
Hogan and is the stoiy of his life,
featuring his comeback from injur
ies received in an automobile ac
cident.
Mary Schmidt
Joan Quasso
Sue Lee
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