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Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus
Number 117: Volume 57
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1958
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Workmen Install Lawn Sprinklers
Workmen this week are installing an under- pipes, in previous years watering of the
ground sprinkler system in the lawn in front lawn was done by surface irrigation pipes
of the Academic Building. The man above is which were put down and picked up at each
adjusting a miniature ditch digging machine lawn watering,
which has been used to dig ditches for the
Annual -Aggie Muster
To Be Held Monday
More than 400 annual Aggie
Muster ceremonies will be held
Monday in all parts of the wox’ld.
This year will mark the 55th year
of yearly Musters. •
Muster Day honors the heroes
of the Battle of San Jacinto and
pays homage to all A&M men who
?aave passed away since the Mus
ter last year.
The campus Muster will get un
der way at 6:45 p.m. with the stu
dent body and more than 5,000
persons from throughout the state
gathering in front of the Memorial
Student Center to pay last respects
to deceased Aggies. The “roll call”
for the absent will be limited to
students who have died during the
past year.
Science Hall
Fate In Air
Science Hall, the oldest former
classroom building on the campus,
will probably be razed within the
next two or three years, according
to Dr. G. M. Watkins, head of the
Plant Physiology and Pathology
Department.
Erected in 1899, the building is
now in a deteriorated condition,
with its cracked walls and warped
floors. Some of the rooms have
already been condemned for fu
ture use.
The only reason the building is
still standing is the fact that the
Plant Physiology and Pathology
Department situated in the build
ing has no offices of its own, said
Watkins.
Congress Told Of
Desalination Work
Dr. Donald W. Hood of the
Oceanography and Meteorology
Department will testify before a
Congressional sub-committee in
Washington today and Friday
on the saline water conversion pro
gram here.
Hood, who heads desalination re
search here, will appear before the
Public Works and Resources sub-
• committee of the Congressional
Committee on Government Opera
tion.
He has also been invited to visit
the Detrex Chemical Industries,
Inc., in Detroit, Mich., in connec
tion with the program.
Maj. Gen. Bernard A. Schriever,
commander of the Ballistic Missiles
Division, Research and Develop
ment Council, U. S. Air Force, will
deliver the principal address at
the campus Muster. Gen. Schrie
ver graduated from A&M in 1931,
only eight years after becoming a
natui’alized American. He will be
introduced by President M. T. Har
rington.
The campxts Muster Committee,
composed of Bill Libby, chairman,
David Bagley, Ray Anthony, Joe
Buser, Ronald Buford, Allen Burns
and Bobby Garrett, said they felt
this will be one of the most mean-
Biologists Choose
High School Reps
Nine outstanding high school
students have been named by the
Texas Education Agency to attend
the special biology institute at
A&M this summer.
Picked were Carolyn Ruth Emer
son, Galveston; Robert Eubank,
Cross Plains; Sandra Hines,
Canyon; Katie Holstead, Port
Neches; Shirley Katz, El Paso;
Margaret McCall, Victoria; Tom
Neal, Lubbock; Gary Simon, Boy’s
Ranch; and Herman Weller, Abi
lene.
The students were picked on
the basis of their aptitude, acade
mic records and enthusiasm for
science or mathematics.
A&M’s biology institute is part
of a special science and mathe
matics program presented by the
TEA. Rice, Southern Methodist
University, the University of Texas
and Texas Tech ai’e the other
schools taking part in the program.
No tuition is charged at the,
various schools.
Weather Today
Forecast for College Station and
vicinity is cloudy today with pos
sible scattered showers or thunder
showers tonight. Friday will be
partly cloudy with possibility of
light thundershowers.
Expected high temperature today
is 79 degrees and the expected low
tomorrow is 62.
Yesterday’s high temperature
was 76 degrees and this morning’s
low was 58 degrees.
ingful Musters ever held. Libby
will make a short talk on introduc
tory matters.
Bob Surovik, Student Senate
president, will speak on Muster
tradition in behalf of the student
body.
Representing the Association of
Former Students will be E. M.
Freeman of Shreveport.
Ted Lowe, 1957-58 head yell
leader, will conduct the roll call. .
Special music for the ceremony
will be furnished by the Singing
Cadets and Aggie Band. The Ross
Volunteers will fire a volley late
in the ceremony.
Senate Passes
Public Works
Loan Measure
WASHIINGTON, UP)—The
Senate last night passed a bill
to lend a billion dollars in
federal funds to cities and
states for public works pro
jects to combat the recession.
The vote was 60-26. The bill now
goes to the House.
The measure was sponsored by
Senate Democrates. The Eisenhow
er administration opposed it in the
Senate Banking Committee and Re
publicans succeeded there in cutt
ing it down substantially.
However, Republicans failed on
the Senate floor yesterday in an
effort to chop the bill down further
to 500 million dollars. This was
beaten 52-33.
The bill would authorize 50-year
loans at a 3!£ per cent interest
rate. There could be a two-year
postponement on payment of inter
est and principal on the loans.
Sponsors said it would principal
ly aid small cities because large
municipalities now can borrow at
less than 314 per cent from private
soui’ces. Cities are expected to be
the biggest beneficiaries of the
bill, with states making relatively
little use of it.
The Senate accepted by voice
vote an amendment of Sen. Wat
kins (R-Utah) adding nonprofit
hospitals to the list of projects
eligible for loans.
K&F Club to Hear
Famous Memory
George Bailey, known as “The
Man with the Photographic Mem
ory,” will be guest of honor at
tonight’s regular meeting of the
Knife and Fork Club in the Me
morial Student Center.
In addition to his entertainment
with feats of memory, Bailey will
produce music from a set of inex-
psnsive musical glasses.
Speaker, Film Ends
Pan America Week
A highly exciting and colorful
event, the third annual Pan Ameri
can Week, comes to a close with
Dr. Hector Santaella’s Great Issues
talk Friday night and a special
film feature by the Memorial Stu
dent Center Film Society Saturday
night.
Santaella, ambassador to the
United States from Venezuela, will
discuss economics and foreign re
lations. The Great Issues speaker,
scheduled to speak at 8 p. m. in
the MSC ballroom, has held many
top positions in his country.
Among these are Chief of Econo
mics Section, Ministry of Foreign
Relations; Director of Economics
and Finance, Ministry of the
Treasury; Technical Manager,
Venezuelan Development Corpora
tion; Professor of Economics, Cen
tral University; and others.
Admission for the talk is $1 per
person. Great Issues Series season
tickets will be honored.
The Film Society’s special
movie for the week is “Captain
from Castile”, starring Tyrone
Power. The movie begins at 7:30
p. m. in the MSC ballroom.
Held in conjunction with the na
tional Pan American Week, April
14-19, the festive week has in
cluded various lectures, displays
and exhibits concerning the coun
tries south of the border.
Promoting Pan American unity
Stale Committee
Seeking Economy
A Legislative Budget Board committee today began
questioning A&M Administrative officials concerning ways
and means of economizing the state’s spending for education.
The committee, headed by Sen. Crawfod Martin of Hills
boro, is seeking to put government spending into better use in
four fields—education, public welfare, highways and health
and hospitals.
Three other A&M System schools are being included in
the questioning. They are Arlington State, Prairie View A&M
and Tarleton State.
The questions run from athletic programs, to enrollment
in small classes, to building and construction and student
♦■activities.
The committee’s tentative
Ike’s Bill Helps
Texas Highway
Construction
AMARILLO, Tex. UP) —
Marshall Formby of Plain-
view, chairman of the Texas
Highway Commission said
yesterday he was very pleased
President Eisenhower signed the
new highway bill.
“It will mean nearly 36-million
extra highway consti-uction dol
lars for Texas during the next
year, bringing total funds for con
struction in Texas during the next
two years to $303 million. This
new money will mean more jobs
for Texans on highway work. It
will speed up some consti-uction
jobs,” he said.
“The money will be put to con
tract just as fast as possible. Most
of this new $36 million will be used
on jobs where right of way has
already been pui’chased, is in the
process of being purchased, or
where plans are already complete.
and better understanding has been
the MSC Council and Directorate’s
main aim. Under the guidance of
the MSC Pan American Week com
mittee, co-chaired by Hugh
Wharton, ’58, and Floyd Christian
’60, the week has been centered |
around the Organization of Ameri
can States, an organization of
countries of North and South
Ameidca initiated to promote
mutual defense and foster inter
national goodwill.
Local Bank Gains
In Size Ranking
College Station State Bank gain
ed 484 places in its national stand-
among the 7,000 largest banks in
the United States, ranking 6914th
largest in size for 1957.
The bank, which reported de
posits of $2,979,173, ranked 7,398th
in 1956, Clinton B. Axford, editor
of the Daily American Banker,
said yesterday.
The announcement appeared in
the 1958 annual roll call of largest
banks in the United States, pub
lished by the Daily American
Banker of New York, trade news
paper of banking business.
docket lists these as some of
the questions to A&M.
What enrollment level is
desirable for best results? Are
changes needed in entrance re
quirements? About what percent
age of students who enter finally
earn bachelor degrees ? What is
A&M doing now to assure a stu
dent body intent on learning?
The committee asked many other
questions involving administration
and also will get into sports.
“What is the total annual com
pensation, from all sources, of the
head coach?” the committee’s
docket read. “What is the nature,
and amounts, of indirect compensa
tions such as housing and any
other perequisites ?”
The committee also seeks to find
out how much of the intercollegiate
athletic programs at the various
colleges are self-supporting.
Similar questions will be asked
of the other colleges.
Arlington State officials will be
asked whether they—and the A&M
System— : will urge the next Legis
lature to make Arlington a 4-year
college. A bill to upgrade the 2-
year institution is being studied
by the Texas Gommission on High
er Education.
Sam Houston State College will
be asked: “What efforts are being
made to strengther natural science
and mathematics offerings?” 1
Friday, the committee will hear
executives from Sam Houston
State College, Lamar Tech, Texas
Southern University, and Stephen
F. Austin.
Student Senate To
Assemble Tonight
Student Senate meets tonight in
the Senate Chamber of the Memor
ial Student Center at 7:30.
New business to be discussed in
cludes the naming of a Texas In
tercollegiate Student Association
correspondent and discussion of
standing rules.
Europe To Get
More Weapons
By End of Year
PARIS, The United
States told its NATO Allies
Wednesday it can Begin regu
lar deliveries of medium-range
ballistic weapons to back up
the European defense shield before
the end of this year.
The defense ministers of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza
tion received a briefing on the
highly complicated modern arma
ment aimed at bolstering the fire
power of Allied forces manning
the ramparts across the center of
Europe.
Officers and experts accom
panying U. S. Defense Secretary
Neiw McElroy displayed charts
and motion pictures covering all
types of new arms, from pocket
rockets to the intercontinental bal
listic missile with a range of 5,000
miles or more.
In most cases they were dual-
purpose weapons, capable of fir
ing either conventional or nuclear
explosives. They included ground-
to-g-round, ground-to-air guided
missiles and artillery-type anus.
The first of the intermediate-
range ballistic missiles, capable of
hurling nuclear devastation on
targets 1,500 miles away, will be
in place on a base in Britain be
fore the end of 1958, informants
said.
They said the over-all plan is to
place American-built Thor mis
siles on four bases in Britain, be
ginning late this year and at reg
ular intervals through 1959-60.
Literary Winners
Speak To Kiwanis
Three district Interscholastic
League winners from A&M Con
solidated High School re-enacted
their ribbon-winning entries Tues
day for the College Station Kiwanis
Club. -I
David McNeeley, senior, gave
his winning declamation poem
“Forever a Stranger”, by Ijiahe
Oakes, before the group. The CHS
senior will compete in the r-egional
contest in Houston, Saturday.
The other two students, both
sophomores, were winners in jun
ior division poetry reading con
tests. Cindy Drake read “Renais
sance”, by Edna St. Vincent Millay
and Mike Gay gave his reading of
Carl Sandburg’s “Playthings of
the Wind”.
Mother of Year
Bids Underway
The A&M Mother of the Year
will be honored at a convocation
on Sunday, May 11, at 11 a.m. in
Guion Hall.
She will be chosen from nomi
nating letters written to the Stu
dent Welfare Committee, office of
Student Affairs, which must be
submitted by April 21.
Requirements for her selection
are:
1. She must have a son cur
rently enrolled at A&M.
2. She must be able to attend
the Parents Day services May 11.
3. She must have overcome ex
treme difficulties to secure an ed
ucation for her children.
—jba.u.aiioii &lau eiiuio
Banquet Hears Combo
The Gamma Mu chapter of the Eta Kappa initiation banquet. Left to right are Walter
Nu Association, honorary fraternity for Raynaud, Don Dunlap, Stan Cannon and
electrical engineers, heard this combo last William Kuykendall. Jack Nelson, another
night at Kelley’s in Bryan during its annual combo member, is not shown.