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Number 116: Volume 57
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Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1958
ELECTION
FILINGS
BEGIN
Price Five Cents
18 Offices Filled In Tuesday Election
Smiling Sea-faring Meteorologists
Four members of the Oceanography and
Meteorology Department take a break
aboard the A&M Research Foundation ves
sel, Hidalgo, during a 12-day cruise in the
Gulf of Mexico. Members of the scientific
party are, left to right, Edward H. Shenton,
research scientist at the Galveston Marine
Laboratory; Dr. Hugh McLellan, head of
the ocean-going party; Walter Charm and
Oscar Chancey, marine technicians.
CampusChest
Sends $200
To Sick Ag
Two hundred Campus Chest dol
lars were recently sent to Charles
R. Hilland, senior mathematics ma
jor from Bellaire, who contracted
glandular fever over the Easter
holidays.
This is the third time the sen
ate-sponsored chest has come to
the aid of an Aggie in need. A
total of $500 has been sent to Don
Ed Connor, freshman from Hale
^Center, who was injured in a auto
mobile accident in Fort Worth dur
ing between semester recess.
The Campus Chest committee
has also sent checks for $187 to
World University Service, College
Station Community Chest and the
Brazos County TB Assn.
Sixty per cent of the $1,800
raised in the December drive was
set aside for Aggies’ needs such
as Connor’s and Hilland’s.
2nd Veto for Bill
Ike Kicks Out
Water Project
WASHINGTON—CP)—President
Eisenhower vetoed a 1%-billion-
dollar water projects bill Tuesday.
Indications appeared he will sign
the 1%-billion highway construc
tion bill.
Both measures have been advo
cated vigorously by Democrats as
weapons with which to fight the
recession. They have had some
strong GOP support, too.
The veto stopped possible appro
priations for 41 million dollars
worth of waterways and channels
in Texas.
“I regret very much that the
President saw fit to veto the bill
Policeman
CS Traffic
Melvin Luedke, College Station
policeman recently completed the
first report on local traffic prob
lems ever sent in to the National
Safety Council.
The report was made in an ef
fort to make College Station a
safer city to live and drive in, the
officer said. It covered all phases
of traffic problems and what is
being done in an effort to solve
them.
Luedke has been working on the
report for several months and has
made studies and brief reports of
all traffic accidents happening in
side the city limits since. 1954. It
also included all traffic violations
recorded in 1957 as well as safety
programs in the city in an effort
to cut down violations and acci
dents.
“Safety programs such as the
Consolidated Schools’ driver train
ing program and safe driving cam
paigns sponsored by local civic
clubs are all a vital part of our
day to day safety campaign,”
Luedke said.
He said the College Station re
port would be evaluated and com
pared with other cities having sim
ilar problems by the National
Safety Council and the evaluated
report returned. In this way we
can learn what other cities are do
ing to curb their problems and get
new ideas to experiment with and
Finishes
Study
possibly adopt permanently, he
added.
College Station is in the 5,000-
10,000 population bracket and its
report will be compared with those
from cities in this group.
“It is through such reports and
their effect that the nation’s traf
fic death toll was cut by 3 per
cent last year,” Luedke said.
Through a more complete coop
eration of public media, stepped
up police activities, public accept
ance of safety drives, activity of
safety organizations, court activ
ities and traffic engineering, the
National Safety Council hopes to
soon cut traffic accident to a
minimum.
Luedke believes better educa
tion of the public is the answer to
most traffic problems.
“A good driver is the educated
driver,” he said. “Most violations
and accidents occur through ignor
ance and heedlessness, not because
the violator wants to break a law.”
Weather Today
Cloudy today and clearing to-
'night is the forecast for the Col
lege Station area. The high ex
pected today is 78 degrees, and the
low tonight, 55.
At 8 this morning the relative
humidity was 66 per cent, and the
temperature, 62 degrees.
a second time,” said J. E. Stur-
rock, general manager of the Tex
as Water Conservation Assn.
“Because of the so-called reces
sion, I hoped he would sign it.”
Sturrock said Eisenhower’s veto
may be overturned by Congress.
He said some of the projects did
not have the approval of the U.S.
Army Engineers or the Bureau of
the Budget.
Sens. Monroney (D-Okla.), Hum
phrey (D-Minn) and Kefauver (D-
Tenn) promptly called for a major
drive to override Eisenhower’s
turndown of the water projects
measure.
As for the highway bill, Sen.
Knowland (R-Calif.) indicated he
expects Eisenhower to go along de
spite some objections.
Vanity Fair, Senior
Favorites Due Now
Friday is the deadline for sen
iors wishing to place entries for
Vanity Fair and Senior Favor
ites, Roy Davis, 1958 editor of
the Aggieland, said yesterday.
Entries should be turned in
at the Student Publications Of
fice in the basement of the
YMCA.
April 30 Election
Filings Open Today
Filings for the April 30 general
election begafci this morning in the
Student Activities Office with
deadline for filing set next
Wednesday.
Student Senate offices, Student
Senate Committee heads, a Civilian
yell leader and two members of
the Student Publications Board will
be picked in the election.
The presidenj, vice president,
parliamentarian and the recording
secretary for the Student Senate
will bo chosen. Student Senate
committee heads to be named are
the issues committee, the student
life committee, the student welfare
committee and the public relations
committee chairmen.
Kids To Show
Pets Saturday
At Tiger Field
Everything from goldfish
to elephants are eligible to
enter the 18th annual A&M
Consolidated Mother and Dads
Club Pet and Dog Show to be
held Saturday at 4:30 p. m., Tony
Sorenson, show chairman, said yes
terday.
The pet show, which will be held
at the A&M Consolidated Tiger
Football Field, will have 30 classes
which will allow the entry of any
type of pet, Sorenson said. Dogs,
however, must be at least six
months of age and have a rabies
vaccination tag.
Posters designed by school-age
childi’en for the Saturday show are
to be judged today and prizes given
the winner. In addition all entries
will be displayed in Colleg’e Sta
tion store windows tomorrow.
In the show, there will be no
restrictions on breed or quality of
ancestors on any pet and all types,
from pedigree-registered to Heinz
(57 varieties) may be entered,
Sorenson said.
He added that if tradition holds
true, Tiger Field will resemble a
combination zoo and Barnum and
Bailey’s menagerie come Saturday
afternoon. :
A&M Vessel Given
Test Cruise in Gulf
Hidalgo, the A&M Research
Foundation vessel, recently com
pleted a 12-4ay test cruise in the
Gulf of Mexico to check the effi
ciency of the vessel and its equip
ment.
The Hidalgo, built in 1944 by
the Navy as a sub-chaser, was
given to the foundation by the Pan
American Petroleum Corp. of
Houston. The 136-foot vessel is
valued at $90,000.
One Coi’ps senior and one
Civilian senior will be chosen as
members of the Student Publica
tions Board.
Student Senate officer candi
dates must have at least a 1.5
grade point ratio. ’Hie president
must be a 1958-59 academic sen
ior; the vice president has to be
a 1958-59 academic junior; the
parliamentarian must be an acade
mic senior in 1958-59 and the re
cording secretary has to be an
academic sophomore in 1958-59.
Student Senate committee heads
must be at least academic juniors
or seniors in 1958-59 and have at
least a 1.25 g.p.r.
Candidates for Civilian yell lead
er must have a 1.25 g.p.r., and be
a Civilian junior or senior in 1958-
59.
The two Student Publications
Board members must have at least
a 1.5 g.p.r., one must be a Corps
senior and one a Civilian senior
and must not have participated in
the Student Publications program
except as a contributor to the
“Letters to the Editor” column.
UT Professor
To Speak On
Dating Topic
Dr. Robert E. Ledbetter,
director of the Methodist Stu
dent Center at the University
of Texas, will speak on “Dat
ing and Mating, at 7:30 p. m.
tomorrow on the second floor of
the YMCA.
“Dating and Mating” will cover
such questions as “How Can I Tell
It’s Love?”, “Can I Be Sue It’s
the Right Person?” and “How Has
Sexual Desire Influenced M y
Choice?” Dr. Ledbetter will also
discuss personality differences and
how dating should be used for an
effective courtship.
Dr. Ledbetter received his B.A.
and M.A. degrees fi-om the Univer
sity of Texas and in 1950 received
his Ph.D. from the University of
Chicago. He teaches several Bible
classes and a class, “Mai’riage and
Family Life,” at the University of
Texas.
This is the first of four marriage
forums that will be presented by
the YMCA. The next three forums
will be presented on the following
three Thursdays. The speakers
and their topics will be Dr. Sidney
Hamilton, professor in the depart
ment of Education and Psychology
at North Texas State College
speaking on “Sex and Marriage”;
Dr. W. C. Bonney, clinical psychol
ogist here at A&M speaking on
“Tensions and Marriage” and Rev.
James Ai'gue, pastor of the A&M
Methodist Church on “Faith and
Marriage.”
‘Smokey ’HydeNew
Head Yell Leader
Aggies went to the polls yesterday and completed their
selection of class officers for the 1958-59 school year in
elections that produced several close races in the 18 disputed
contests.
Robert (Smokey) Hyde was named head yell leader
with 298 votes to E. E. (Gene) Fudge’s 255 and T. H. (Killer)
Miller’s 238. Fudge will be next year’s senior yell leader.
Class of ’60 yell leaders will be R. M. Biondi and Joe M.
Deeper. Biondi polled 252 votes and Deeper received 237.
Hubert Oxford had 230 voltes.
In th» primary election last Wednesday, Class of ’58
elected William McLaughlin, who was unopposed. Class of
— ♦•’59 named J. T. (T) Hearne
t- w-* new student entertainment
ID i Program
Slated Friday
By ME Society
Outstanding Texas engi
neers will give talks at the
South Texas Section’s Inter
national Geophysical Year
Symposium to be held Friday
in the Memorial Student Center.
Dr. Clifford M. Simmang, head
of the Mechanical Engineering De
partment, will preside at the sym
posium, and Fred J. Benson, dean
of the school of Engineering, will
present the opening speech.
B. M. Robinson, deputy director
of Feed Materials Division of the
Atomic Energy Commission at Oak
Ridge, Tenn., will also take part
in the symposium.
The subjects will include “The
Earth’s Crust and Core,” “Rockets
and Satellites,” “Oceanography,”
“Minitrack Mark II Houston,” “The
Upper Atmosphere” and “Uranium
Ore Processing and Nuclear Fuels.”
Other joint sponsors of the pro
gram include the' American Insti
tute of Electrical Engineers, the
American Institute of Mining and
Metallurgical Engineers and the
Institute of Radio Engineers.
Registration for the symposium
will be conducted by the ASME
Student Chapter at the Memorial
Student Center at 1 p.m., Friday.
$850 Collected
In Cancer Drive
Local workers for the American
Cancer Society started toward
their $5,000 goal as they collected
about $850 in a doorbell ringing-
drive in College Station last night.
The money was turned in last
night and more is expected to be
turned in today, Tom Mahoney,
looal chairman of tho society, said.
“About 350 workers joined in
the door-to-door campaign, receiv
ing a very receptive greeting,”
Mahoney said. “Ninety per cent of
the homes visited donated to the
campaign.”
The money collected by the local
workers will go to the American
Cancer Society, a national volun
tary health agency, to fight can
cer through research in finding-
new cures, professional and public
education and service to patients.
manager and Robert F. (Bob)
Turner, Memorial Student
Center representative.
Wth 1345 votes cast in the elec
tion, the Class of ’61 turned out
the most with 483. Class of ’59 was
next with 441, while the Class of
’60 had 421.
Gary Pepper was elected Class
of ’59 president with a total of
181 votes to 144 for William Ross
Brinkoeter, the next highest candi
date. R. R. (Dick) Noack polled
121 votes.
Class of ’59 vice president will
be S. P. (Greek) Voinis with a six-
vote margin, 157-151, over J. K.
(Jack) Swann, followed by Marion
F. Stone with 133.
Leo (Len) Dorney won out over
R. T. G. (Bob) Lassiter, 220-208,
for ’59 secretary-treasurer. John D.
Sackett polled 246 votes to T. J.
Johnson’s 185 for social secretary.
Class of ’59 historian is Steve A.
Edmiston with 160 votes to 153 for
Joe L. Guinn and 112 for Calvin
D. Campbell.
In Class of ’60 elections Allen
Burns retained his job as president
with 203 votes to 165 for Floyd
H. Christian and 92 for William B.
Heye.
In the day’s closest election
Thomas R. Hamilton was picked
’60 vice president by three votes,
179-176, over Stanley Wied. Tom
my W. Brown garnered 95.
Wayne Schneider polled 175
votes to 169 for John L. Lenamon
and Jerry Don Smith’s 104 to win
the secretary-treasurer race. F.
(Buck) Buchanan beat J. (Danny)
Chapman and Max W. Woodard for
the social secretary post. Buchanan
garnered 175 votes to Chapman’s
146 and 132 for Woodard.
S. R. (Rush) McGinty, ’61, beat
D. (Dave) Blue, ’61, 329-154, for
the Classes of ’60 and ’61 Memorial
Student Center Council post.
In the Class of ’61 elections in
cumbent Charles (Clint) Murphy
held onto the president’s office
with a 265-133 margin over T. J.
(Jim) Reeves. Don. F. Boren poll
ed 91.
G. A. (Tiger) Jones won the ’61
vice president’s spot with 221 votes
to 143 for Donald Lee Ocker and
J. H. (Hamp) Carter’s 118.
A. C. (Chris) Elkins won the
secretary-treasurer spot with a
nine-vote margin. 171-162, over
John H. (Johmiy) Johnson. Ken
neth W. Moore polled 149.
Walter R. Frazier won the social
secretary spot with a 250-224 win
over E. P. (Ed) Winston.
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Five Sophomore Sweetheart Finalists Named
Linda Dyess
Escort, James Sellers
Martha Jo Flynn
Escort, Tony Koncak
Barbara Russell
Escort, Leroy Machemehl
Linda Plemons
Escort, Joe Brooks
Jan Doole
Escort, Charles Dollard