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Cotton Pageant
Tomorrow Nite
Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus
Number 118: Volume 57
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1958
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And the Water Flew!
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Battalion Silu.it Photo
Law and Puryear Halls started a water fight
last night that soon spread to other Civilian
dorms and eventually reached the Corps
dorms in the old area. The water-tossing
started about 7:30 and lasted about one
hour. Only casualties reported were several
wet Aggies. 1
Exhibits, Talks on Tap
For Pan America Week
In an effort to promote Pan
American unity and better under
standing the Memorial Student
Center Council and Directorate
launches the third annual Pan
American Week Saturday night
with a Cafe Tropical dance.
During the week of festivities
special events will include a
Great Issues talk by Dr. Hector
Santaella, ambassador to the Unit
ed States from Venezuela, next
Friday night.
Held in conjunction with nation
al Pan American Week, April 14-
19, the event will also present ex
hibits, displays, lectures, Latin
American menus in the MSC and
movies, including a special feature
by the Film Society Saturday night
in the MSC Ballroom.
Under the guidance of the MSC
Pan American Week committee, co
chairmaned by Hugh Wharton and
Floyd Christian, the special week
is also centered around the Organi
zation of American States, an or
ganization of countries of North
and South America initiated to pro
mote mutual defense and foster in
ternational goodwill.
At present there are 83 students
enrolled from 16 of the 17 Central
and South American republics in
Deficit Up Says
Ike’s Budget Chief
HOUSTON, Tex.—(A*)—President
Eisenhower’s budget chief says it
looks as though the federal deficit
this year will be 3% times as big
as anticipated. He advised against
hasty antirecession measures.
Budget Director Maurice Stans
sailed into Congress Wednesday
for spending programs which he
said sidetrack any hope of balanced
budgets for 1959 and possibly sev
eral more years.
“It’s been truthfully said that
unbalanced national budgets are
like pants without suspenders. You
can’t keep them up forever,” he
warned.
In a blunt accounting of the gov
ernment’s financial situation, Stans
dealt out figures and arguments
to bolster Eisenhower’s assertion
Wednesday that emergency meas
ures can wait awhile. His speech
was prepared for the Houston
chapter of the American Society
of Chartered Life Underwriters.
Architect Chosen
To Do Research
Bob H. Reed, associate research
architect of the Texas Engineering
Experiment Station, has been ap
pointed to the Research Executive
Committee of. Illuminating Re
search Institute, New York, N. Y.
He joins five other men examin
ing research proposals submitted
for sponsorship to the Institute.
A&M. These students ai’e the
main aim of the program, said
Wharton.
Cafe Tropical, patterned after
Cafe Rue Pinalle, will be held in
the MSC ping pong area Saturday
night from 8-12 with tickets selling
for $1.50 per couple. The dance
will be decorated with a Latin
American twist and the intermis
sion talent will present numbers
along the theme of the program.
Dave Woodard and his combo will
furnish music for the dance.
College Vice President Earl Rud
der issued a proclamation recogniz
ing April 12-19 as Pan American
Week on the A&M campus. After
issuing this proclamation, Rudder
commended the MSC Council and
Directorate for its efforts to build
a better understanding and appre
ciation of the culture, customs and
traditions of our Latin American
neighbors.
Gov. Price Daniel issued a proc
lamation making April 14-19 offi
cial Pan American week in Texas.
Cotton
Friday
Pageant
in Guion
King Cotton and Queen Cotton
will be crowned tomorrow night in
Guion Hall as the feature event
of the 24th annual Cotton Page
ant, which will be followed by the
Cotton Ball in Sbisa Hall.
Merril Adamcik, senior agron
omy major from El Campo, will
be crowned king. The queen will
be chosen from among 100 nomi
nees of beauties from all parts of
the state. The nominees will rep
resent various campus organiza
tions.
A. L. Ward, director of Educa
tion Service, National Cottonseed
Products Association, Dallas, will
crown Adamcik. The queen will
be selected by two Dallas fashion
expei’ts and a professional photo
grapher and will be presented
flowers by Miss Nancy Norton,
A&M Sweetheart.
Ann Hite, dance major at Texas
Christian University; Robert
Boone, music and drama director
at A&M Consolidated; Mrs. Ann
Harrison; and Edward Burkhead,
Singing Cadets soloist, will pro
vide entertainment for the page
ant which will have a deep south
theme.
Master of ceremonies will be
Murray Cox, farm editor of
WFAA, Dallas.
Music will be furnished by Bill
Turner and the Aggieland Orches
tra.
Tickets for the pageant are $1
per person, and ducats for the ball
sell for $2 a couple. Special coup
les tickets for both affairs are on
sale at Student Activities in the
YMCA or room 101, Agronomy
Building, until 5 Friday afternoon.
The singles tickets may be pur
chased at these places or at the
gate.
(See Pictures, Page 3)
1200 Elect Finalists
For Campus Offices
Kiwanis Hear
Stark Tell
MSC Stories
Anything can—and usually does
—happen in the Memorial Student
Center, J. Wayne Stark, director
of the center told College Station
Kiwanians Tuesday.
Stark made the statement as he
gave a talk on unusual happenings
that he has encountered in the
MSC.
A typical example of incidents
cited was the time, shortly after
the building's opening, when Stark
saw a former student, lugging a
50-pound block of ice on ice hooks
through the MSC lobby. Asked
what his intentions were, the for
mer student informed him that he
was merely going to have refresh
ments in his room.
Promptly dispatched from the
premises with his chunk of ice, the
former student was caught shortly
afterward dragging the burden up
the fire escape. The ice was then
confiscated by MSC personnel to
put an end to the party ideas.
Another incident was the letter
Stark received from a correspon
dent obviously bent on saving time
with abbreviations. The letter was
addressed, to the “Memorial Stud
Center.”
Civilian Council
Has Full Slate
Members of the Civilian Student
Council will discuss an amendment
proposal to their constitution to
night at their regular meeting in
the Memorial Student Center.
Under the heading of new busi
ness, the council plans to notify
the Civilian dorm councils of their
reasons for changing elections
from the fall semester to the
spring semester.
Also on the agenda are commit
tee reports from the Mother’s Day
Committee, the Council Banquet
Committee, the Honor Code Com
mittee and the Seating Plan Com
mittee.
The Council will meet at 7:30
p.m. in the MSC Senate Chamber.
Weather Today
College Station forecast calls for
clear to partly cloudy today and
tomorrow, with a high today of 75
degrees and a low tonight of 52.
Two Candidates
IS/a m ed On trigh t
By JOHNNY JOHNSON
J. T. (T) Hearne and Robert F. (Bob) Turner were the
only two candidates winning their class officer spots without
a run-off as almost 1200 Aggies went to the polls yesterday to
select class officers.
Eighteen class offices will still be up for grabs Tuesday
in the run-off election.
In order to win without a run-off, Hearne, new student
entertainment manager, and Turner, new Memorial Student
Center Council representative, had to have 20 per cent of the
total vote more than the next highest candidate, except in
Turner’s case where there were only two men running for
the office.
+■ In the other races run
off spots were determined in
races with more than five
candidates with the top three
men making the run-off while
in offices with five or less candi
dates, only two run-off candidates
were picked.
William McLaughlin was the on
ly unopposed candidate. He was
named Class of ’58 agent.
In Class of ’59 elections, R. R.
(Dick) Noack, Gary Pepper and
William Ross Brienhoeter are run
off candidates for president. Mar
ion F. Stone, S. P. (Greer) Voinls
and J. K. (Jack) Swann are in the
run-off for ’59 vice president.
R.T.G. (Bob) Lassiter and Leo
(Len) Dorney are secretary-treas
urer run-off candidates for the
Class of ’59 and John David Sack-
ett and T. J. Johnson are social
secretary candidates. Historian
candidates^ making the run-off are
Steve A. Edminston, Joe L. Guinn
and Calvin D. Campbell.
Thomas (Killer) Miller, E. E.
(Gene) Fudge and R. D. (Smoky)
Hyde are candidates for the yell
leader spots. The highest of the
top two candidates will be head yell
leader.
Class of ’60 elections found Al
len Burns, William B. Heye and
Floyd H. Christian as presidential
run-off candidates. Vice-presiden
tial run-off nominees are Stanley
Wied, Thomas R. Hamilton and
Tommy W. Brown.
John L. Lenamon, Wayne Schnei
der and Jerry Don Smith are Class
of ’60 secretary-treasurer run-off
candidates. F. (Buck) Buchanan,
J. (Danny) Chapman and Max W.
Woodard gained spots in the run
off race for social secr-etary.
Dave Blue and F. Rush McGinty
(See ELECTION Page 3)
College Station
Chest X-Rays
Now Underway
Brazos County’s TB X-ray
survey began today at South-
side Shopping Center, with
special emphasis on persons
over 50 years of age.
Tomorrow the mobile X-ray unit
from the State Health Department
will also be in operation for the
benefit of College Station citizens.
Bryan chest X-rays will begin Mon
day and continue through April 25,
with the exception of Monday,
April 21, a holiday.
This year the State Health De
partment has asked the local TB
association to emphasize quality of
effort, rather than numbers, as the
plan for the survey. The survey
will be. centered on the 50 years
and over age group, since this
group is the major source of TB
cases in Texas.
Those 20-49 years of age must
have a card from a doctor, the
health unit or the tuberculosis as
sociation to get at X-ray. Young
people 15-19 years of age must
have had a positive reaction to a
tuberculin test before an X-ray
may be given.
Ran Boswell, chairman for Col
lege Station, has asked Mrs. H. B.
Sorenson, president of the Council
of Church Women, to secure vol
unteer workers for College Station.
Costs of the survey are paid out
of funds provided from last year’s
Christmas Seal sales.
Troops Halt
Cuban Revolt
In Havana
HAVANA, (JP) — A
bold
rebel uprising fizzled out
under police gunfire in Ha
vana Wednesday and set off a
Batista government counter
offensive that raged through the
night. Blood flowed in widespread
gun fights.
Twenty-three rebels have been
counted dead since the abortive
revolt was launched.
Late Wednesday night the esti
mated toll of I'ebel dead was more
than 30 and the figure was expect
ed to go even higher.
Two policemen were killed and
several wounded.
The rebels’ vaunted genei’al
strike call was a failure.
President Fulgencio Batista’s
tough, heavily armed national po
lice ranged about the capital and
its suburbs with orders to break
up , rebel nests and shoot to kill
any motorist sighted with ai’me or
sabotage devices.
Motorized and foot patrols were
reinforced.
The heat was on in the govern
ment’s challenge to the followers
of i’ebel leader Fidel Castro. He
declared total war last Saturday
by the Cuban people against “the
tyranny of Batista.”
The main army and navy forces
in Havana stood by in their garri
sons, awaiting a call to crush any
armed opposition that might be
too tough for the police.
Rebel sabotage left some marks.
The heart of Havslna was blacked
out by gas and electric power fail
ures due to bomb explosions. News
paper and other offices worked by
the light of lanterns and candles.
Passion Play Helps
Religious Groups
A&M religious student groups
benefited from selling general ad
mission tickets to the Obei’am-
mergau Passion Play now playing
at Guion Hall.
The student groups sold tickets
on a commission basis for the play
for Student Activities, sponsors of
the Passion Play.
Horticulture Talk
Set Tuesday Night
John McQueen, head of the
Grounds Maintenance Department,
will speak on “Plants of Landscape
Significance in Texas” at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 22.
Public and staff are invited to
attend the color-slide-illustrated
discussion, which will be given be
fore the Horticulture Club.
Dr. E. E. Burns of the Horticul
ture Department, faculty advisor,
extends the invitation, and said,
“We’ll be glad to have anyone at
tend who is interested in the sub
ject.”
Wives Revue Night
Features Variety
BMil
jrwiu
Song, dance and melodrama
will be served up by Aggie wives
clubs Monday night when they pre
sent Aggie Wives Revue Night at
8 in the Memorial Student Center
ballroom.
“Dark Town Strutters Ball,”
featuring a song and dance by
Margaret Fallin, will be presented
by Chemical Engineering Wives,
while Oceanography Wives will
dramatize the question, “This Is
Well Dressed “Aggies’
-Battalion Staff Photo
Displaying costumes they will wear Monday
night in the Aggie Wives Revue are these
five Industrial Education Wives. Left to
right are Elaine Goolsby, vice president;
Annmarie Hillman; Alberta Oehler; Carol
Beard; and Mickie Standard, president.
Theirs will be a skit on what the well-
dressed “Aggie” should wear with an “Ag
gie Style Show.”
Other acts will include “Six Lit
tle Soldiers,” a musical skit by
Mechanical Engineering Wives;
“Mock Herping Trip,” Wildlife
Management Wives, and “Chemi-
serie (Chem-Misery)”, with Aero
nautical Engineering Wives giving
the pros and cons of the chemise.
Architecture Wives will show
what will happen if “Sorority Life
Comes to A&M”; Agricultural Eco
nomics and Rural Sociology Wives
will present the “Ink Spots,” and
Petroleum Engineering Wives will
“melodramatize” with “Little
Nell.”
“A Night Out with the Gang”
will be the offering of Business
Administration Wives; the Elec
trical Engineering Wives will pre
sent “The Electrifying Four,” and
Industrial Education Wives will
give everyone an idea of what the
“well-dressed Aggie” should wear
with an “Aggie Style Show.”
Dames Club has titled its act
“Goldielocks and the Three Ag
gies,” and Agricultural Education
Wives will touch on the subject of
co-education with “Here Come the
Girls.”
What really goes oh at a wives
club meeting will be the subject
of the Civil Engineering Wives
Club skit, “Little Red Riding
Hood.”
Agronomy Wives will present a
“Futuramic Cotton Pageant of
2058,” and Sand Wives hare been
rehearsing an all-g’irl minstrel,
“Darkest America.”
Proceeds from the show will be
donated to the Brazos County
Council for Retarded Children.
Tickets at 50 cents each are on
sale at the MSC or Student Activ
ities Office and may also be ob
tained from any member of a
wives club.