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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.