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T THE BATTALION WELCOME GUESTS Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus Number 106: Volume 57 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1958 Pitfce Five Cents . Merril Adamcik To Be Dubbed ‘King Cotton’ One of more than 100 duch esses to the annual Cotton Pageant will reign as queen for the event the night of April 11. Merril Adameik, senior agrono my major from El Campo will pi'e- side over the pageant and ball as * King Cotton. He will be crowned by A. L. Ward, director of the Edu cation .Service, National Cottonseed Products Association, Dallas. ^ Murray Cox, farm editor of WFAA, Dallas, will be master of ceremonies for the event. King Cotton’s court will be com posed of Konrad Losen, of Lima, Peru; Harold Byars, Anton; Harry Burleson, Mart; David Bagley, Martindale; Kenneth Potts, Bryan; Walter Carlton, Lockhart; Lyle Lovelace, Evant;.and Harold Henk, San Marcos. All the men are ag ronomy majors. The Aggieland Orchestra will , furnish music for the ball in Sbisa Dining hall following tlje pageant, which will be held in Guion Hall. Sponsored by the Agronomy De partment as a project of the Stu- ^ dent Agronomy Society, the pag eant proceeds are to be used to send crop judging teams to the na tional judging contests held in Chi cago each year. Local Talent To Stage Acts At CHS Tonight Students at Consolidated High School will present a tal ent show tonight at 8 in the CHS Auditorium. Sponsored by the Student Council, the show is a fund-raising enterprise. There will be about 20 acts made up of CHS, Bryan High School and A&M 1 students. Toby Hughes and Don Friedrich, disc jockeys for a local radio sta tion will be emcee’s for the show. Tickets will 1 be sold at the door for 50 cents each. None will be sold before the show. Four prominent citizens will act jis< judges for the performance, ac- tording to Shirley Rogers, publicity chairman for the CHS Student Council. They will judge on the presentation made by each contes tant and award prizes in three classifications; college, high school and pre-high school entrants. Scientists Gather ' For Idea Exchange Nationally and internationally i known atomic scientists will visit * A&M to exchange ideas at the 1 first Texas-wide conference on utilization of atomic energy to be held March 31-April 2. Atomic age agriculture, with its promises of revolutionary new methods of crop and livestock pro duction, new techniques of disease prevention and treatment and new implications for marketing, will be one of the major topics. Other subjects to be discussed by the scientists will include every thing from applications of atomic energy . and fissionable materials to the Texas petroleum industry to problems of radioactive waste • disposal. To Sing At Civilian Ball The Sinclair Sisters will appear at the Civilian Ball Satur day night in Sbisa Hall with Sandy Sandifer and his Orches tra to supply dance sounds for the weekend’s top dance. As one of the youngest singing groups of the day, the sis ters are fast approaching the top of the musical ladder. They are (top to bottom) Ann, Mary and Judy. Barbecue, Dance Set For Civilians Civilians and their dates kickoff a full weekend of activities tomor row when the fifth annual Civilian Weekend opens with a barbecue in the Grove, followed by a dance in the Sbisa Dining Hall and the choosing of a “Civilian Ball Sweet heart.” The barbecue, the first event of the day, is scheduled for 5 p. m. A local catering firm will furnish the food. Entertainment at the bar becue will be provided by a singer Today Last Day For Paying Fees Today is the last day students can pay the third installment fee without penalty. The $55.10 fee is payable in the Fiscal Office and takes care of room, board and laundry until April 23, excluding the spring recess. Reservists to Fire At BAFB Sunday Members of the Marine Corps Reserve in the College Station-Bry- an ai’ea are invited to fire weap ons at the Bryan AFB range Sun day from 8 a.m. until noon. Weapons to be fired include the M-l rifle and the .45 caliber auto matic pistol. Ammunition will be supplied free of charge to anyone who wishes to fire on the range, according- to 1st Lt. Bob Wilson, commanding officer of the Marine reserve unit in College Station. M/Sgt. E. D. McMurry is in charge of firing at the range and S/Sgt. Mike Flood will supervise the personnel interested in firing Sunday. from Milner hall, James Hickey, and,several skits by Aggia wives. Tickets ai’e $1 for adults dnd $.50 for children. Spotlighting the big weekend is the Civilian Ball, beginning at 8 p.m. in Sbisa Hall. Music for the dance will be furnished by Sandy Sandifer and his Orchestra. Appearing with the Sandifer group wil be the Sinclair Sisters, a young, vocal trio from Fort Worth. The three sisters, although rather new in the entertainment business, have already appeared with such noted stars at Lawrence Welk, Arthur Godfrey and Ted Mack. Hal Jones will sing with them. “Civilian Ball Sweetheart”, will be picked from 14 finalists, one from each of the Civilian dormi tories, three from College View, one from Project Houses and one from the 25 girls from Sam Hous ton State College attending the ball. Pictured below are five of the girls who are vicing for ball sweet heart. They are Benita Williams, representing the Project Houses and escorted by John D. Williams; Bobby Jean Foster, Milner Hall, escorted by Leonard W. Shoe maker; Barbara Canada, of Sam Houston State College; Janice Stovall, Walton Hall, escorted by Clyde C. Castleberry; and Ellen Levine, Hart Hall, escorted by Howard L. Martin. During intermission at the dance, the sweetheart will draw the name of a couple to receive door prizes donated by local merchants. A free baby sitting service will be provided by the College View Council at Kiddie Korner during the evening. Committee To Study Ring, Name Changes judge Effigy Again Hanged In Protest By GAYLE McNUTT For the second straight day, an effigy of Judge W. T. McDonald, who literally opened the doors of A&M to coeds Tuesday, was hang ed on the campus yesterday. Yesterday morning the effigy was hanged from a telephone pole in front of the North Gate post office. Wednesday, a similar effigy was hanged from a tree in the quadrangle across from Sbisa Dining Hall. Both dummies woi’e a sign inscribed, “Judge McDonald —A True Aggie?” The effigies were apparently protests of the judge’s decision that A&M must admit Mrs. Lena Bristol and Mi-s. Barbara Tittle, who filed the suit for admittance after being refused the right to i-egister for the spring semester by college officials. Judge McDonald, a 1938 A&M graduate, said last night he held no hard feelings against any of the protestors. “I feel rather honored to be placed in the same category with many A&M presidents, coaches and commandants who have been hang ed in effigy in the past,” he said. “Whether some of the Aggies realize it or not, it hasn’t been too long since I was an Aggie myself, so I can understand how they feel.” Although John Barron, attorney for the coeds in their suit, has had several anonymous phone calls de nouncing him profanely for his part in the hearing, Judge Mc Donald said he had received none of the sort. “The only calls I have received concerning the decision were com mending me for the action,” he said. “I am sure there are many who disagree with the decision, which is their right.” Immediately after the court’s de cision, college attorneys announced they would file an appeal with the Court of Civil Appeals, l()th Su preme Judicial District, Waco. This will keep coeds from enrolling until a final decision on the case is reached, James N. Ludlum, first assistant Attorney General of Tex as, said yesterday. The hearing in Waco will not likely be held hr less than GO to 90 days and possibly much longer, Ludlum said. “It is reasonable to expect that heai'ings before the Texas Supreme Court, if the case goes that far, will not be held before September or October,” the assistant attorney general said. Communist Fighter To Speak Tonight Dr. Fred C. Schwarz, interna tionally known authority on Com munism, will discuss the question, “Can You Recognize Communism?” in another Gx-eat Issues Committee presentation tonight at 8 in the Memorial Student Center Ballroom. As executive dh’ector of the Christian Anti-Communism Cru sade, Dr. Schwarz has tx-avaled all over the woidd speaking against Communism. He discussed it be fore the House of Repi’esentatives, the Un-American Activities Com mittee, the National War College and before leaders of the Republi can and Democratic pai’ties and the California legislatux-e. Tickets may be purchased at the main desk of the MSC for $1. Weather Today Incx-easing cloudiness and I’isfrig temperatures are expected through out) the day, with a high of 72 de grees and low tonight of 52. The 8 a. m. temperature was 48 degrees, and the relative humidity 82 per cent. The thermometer reacher a high of 66 degrees at 3 p. m. yesterday and a low of 43 at 6 a. m. today. Cadet Simp On Players’ Wanted List Cadet Simp, right-band man of the famous cartoon character Ca det Slouch, is now on the wanted list recently issued by the Aggie Players. The “typical” Aggie is being- sought to play a role in the Aggie Follies’ production of “We Is The Aggies,” coming to G. Rollie White Coliseum on the nights of April 9 and 10. Also on the players’ wanted list is an Aggie to fill the leading role of Slouch, and other students to depict Cedric, Fish Jethro and oth er members of the Slouch fame. Anyone intei'ested in tx-ying out for the parts is urged to see C. K. Esten, Jim Earle or any member of the Aggie Players. Deadline for applying for tryouts is April 1. Benita Williams . . by John Williams Barbara Canada . . by Civilian Council Ellen Levine ... by Howard Martin Bobbie Jean Foster . . by Leonard Shoemaker Janice Stovall . . . by Clyde Castleberry Action Turns On Co-ed Decision By JOE BUSER A committee was formed last night by the Student Sen ate to consider changing the name of A&M and to redesign the senior ring, in the event that Tuesday’s decision making A&M co-educational is upheld in the appellate courts. The committee was suggested by Teddy Lowe, who said, “The good name of our school has been encroached upon.” Thomas Beckett and Bill Libby amended Lowe’s motion to iilow seven members to sit on the committee, five students to be appointed by the senate president, Dr. Robert B. Kamm, dean of Student Personnel Services and A&M Vice President Earl Rudder. The two staff members will be non-voting. Senators serving on the group are Don Cloud, Thomas ^ ZT - ^ ♦Beckett, Bill Wafer, Allen ^ O’O'|0^ LlBC ^ urns anc ^ Woody Rice. Their For $10,000 In Scholarships Scholarships amounting to approximately $10,000 will be awarded to A&M students within the next 30 days. R. G, Perryman, secretary of the of the Faculty Scholaivships Com mittee, announced Thursday. Applications for these scholar ships may be obtained in the Reg istrar’s Office as well as from the heads of the departments and deans 'concerned. Applications are to be submitted no later than Apx-il 1. Four B & H Instnxment Co. awaxxls of $250 each for sopho- mox-es or juniors in electrical or mechanical engineering; two Black- Brollier scholarships of $500 each for sophomores or juniors in archi tecture or civil engineering; Cabot Carbon Co. schoJax-ship of $400 for a sopfeomoi’e majoring in civil or mechanical engineering. Foi-t Worttx A&M Mothers Club award of $200 for a sophomore, junior or senior from Tai'rant County; two Monsanto Chemical Co. scholarships of $500 each fox- sophomores in chemisti-y, geology, mechanical, chemical or petx-oleum engineering; two Mosher Steel Co. scholarships of $600 each for soph omores in civil engineex-ing or ax-chitectural construction. Two Trane Co. scholarships of $300 each open to sophomores ox- juniors in mechanical, chemical or industrial engineering; U. S. Daughters of 1812 award of $200 for a sophomore in the School of Ax'fcs and Sciences taking- ROTC; and Western Electric Co. scholar ship of $400 for a freshman soph omore, junior or senior in electri cal, mechanical or industria*! engi- neering or physics. group was instructed to in quire how Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State Univer sity) changed the name of that school and have the information on fije for future use. Constitution Approved The Senate also ratified their constitution as drawn xip by the Issxies Committee, with three ex ceptions. Principal in the excep tions was setting a minimum num ber of signatures on petitions for referendums at one-third of the students instead of 40 per cent as the committee proposed. New Member Introduced The newest member of the Sen ate, Ross Hutchison, was recog nized and introduced to the govern ing body. Hutchison became a member by virtue of his new of fice as vice president of the Texas Intei-collegiate Student Associa tion. In other action, the Senate ap^ proved a resolution commending the Corps for its successful week end activities dux-ing Spring Mili tary Day and the Civilian stxident body for the spix-it and enthusiasm shown regarding its upcoming ac tivities for the Civilian Weekend. Libby also told the body that an additional $250 of the Campus Chest emergency fund had been sent to Don Connox-, freshman from Hale Center who is still unconscious from injuries sustained in an auto mobile accident Jan. 27. Republic Day Fete Set by Pakistan Pakistan Republic Day will be observed by A&M Pakistani stu dents with a pi’ogx’am in the Me morial Student Center Assembly Room Sxxnday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Spanish Dancers Final Town Hall On Stage Monday Jose Greco and his company of Spanish dancers will hold the lime light in the final Town Hall pre sentation of the semester Monday night at 8 in G. Rollie White Coliseum. Known recently for his outstand ing performance in Producer Mike Todd’s movie, “Around the Woidd in 80 Days,” Gx-eco has been hailed as the finest male Spanish dancer in the business. He has received tremendous px-aise from noted cx-itics and experts alike. Included with Greco at the Town Hall pi-oduction will be male and female dancers and singers per forming all types of Spanish dances. Accompanying Greco ax-e Lole de Ronday, Jose Molina, Pepita Sevijla, Rosario Caro, Dolores del Carmen, Lupe del Rio, Manuela de Jex’ez, Miguel Garcia and Roger Machado. Greco acquired his love for Spanish dancing while in his native Italy. He immigx-ated to the United States at the age of 10, attended art school for a short while, and then began concentrat ing on dancing. He soon had his first px-ofessional engagement in New York City. In his appeax-ance hex-o last year, the exciting Greco group made a hit with the Aggies. Town Hall this year brought to A&M a variety of fine shows, such as Dorothy Collins, the National Ballet of Canada, Cax-men McRae, “No Time for Sex-geants,” and others. Town Hall cax-ds will be honored for Monday’s show and tickets will be on sale at the dooxv Adult dxicats sell for $1 and children will be admitted for 50 cents.
