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A. G. Ollre, president of the A&M Rodeo Club (left) and
Dr. Bob Shrode, club sponsor, look over the A&M Rodeo
Arena as club members practice for the National Inter
collegiate Rodeo which opens tonight.
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Ball men* Take Over 1958-59 Posts
Today’s issue of The Battalion
is the first under the reign of the
“Battmen”, Aggie journalists re
sponsible for the newspaper from
today until next May 1.
The new 1958-59 Battalion edi
tor is Joe Buser, junior journalism
major from Arp. He is replacing
outgoing editor Joe Tindel.
Fred Meurer, junior journalism
major from Corpus Christi, is tak
ing the place of Jim Neighbors in
the managing editor slot.
Gayle McNutt will be the first
man in Battalion history to hold
the title of executive nev/s editor.
McNutt is a junior journalism ma
jor from Comanche.
Filling temporary news editor
posts this semester will be Bill
Reed, junior from Bonham; Lewis
Reddell, sophomore from Llano;
David Stoker, sophomore from Fort
Worth; and Johnny Johnson, fresh
man from Bogata. One of the
news editors will be appointed city
editor next year.
Reporters for next year’s staff
include Dennie Freeman, junior
from Dallas; Jim Moore, junior
from College Station; Jim Coston,
junior from San Antonio; Tucker
Sutherland, sophomore from Math
is; John Dibattista, junior from
Gai’wood, N.J.; Joe Callicoatte,
freshman from Atlanta; and Rob
bie Godwin, freshman from Robert
Lee.
Photographers on the staff are
Francis Nivers, freshman from Wa
co, and Earl Doss, junior from Kil
gore.
News editor Johnny Johnson will
serve as this year’s summer editor
of The Battalion, probably the
youngest editor the newspaper has
ever had.
The Battalion office is located
in room 4 in the basement of the
YMCA. Members of the staff have
invited anyone having any news
tips to bring or phone them to the
office.
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Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus
Numbc)' 125: Volume 57
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1958
Price Five Cents
College Riders Open
Rodeo Here Tonight
Ag Team to Most
News of the World
By The Associated Press
Rancher Files for Governor
SAN ANGELO—Edwin S. Mayer, 62, West Texas ranch
er, announced yesterday he would seek the Republication
nomination for Governor of Texas.
“The time has come for those of us who believe in the
two-party system for Texas to come forward and offer the
people of Texas relief from one-party monopoly,” Mayer
said in a prepared statement.
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Supreme Court’s Power In Balance
WASHINGTON—A bill to curb the power of the Su
preme Court and undo the effects of some of its decisions in
subversion cases was approved 10-5 by the Senate Judiciary
Committee yesterday.
The bill would strip the Supreme Court of its authority
to review cases involving state regulations governing the ad
mission of lawyers to practice in state courts.
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U. S. Frees Egypt Funds
WASHINGTON—The United States yesterday unfroze
26 million dollars in Egyptian government assets in a major
move to restore friendly relations with President Nasser’s
United Arab Republic.
Injured Freshman
Attending Classes
by JOE CALLICOATTE
Charles Oliver, Squadron 10
freshman who was struck by a
car on Galveston beach April 4, is
now “residing” in College Hospital
and attending classes with the help
of his “fish buddies”.
An accounting major from Dun
canville, Oliver and his date, Judith
Atkins, were strolling along the
beach when a car driven by an air
man hit them.
Oliver suffered multiple fract
ures in his leg while Miss Atkins
received a concussion and had
both legs broken.
Presently receiving treatment in
the hospital, Oliver began attend
ing classes this week. Since he can
get around only in a wheel chair,
freshmen in his outfit set up a
regular schedule for pushing him
to class.
One freshman helps Oliver to a
class and another classmate takes
him to his next class or back to his
hospital room after class.
So far the system has worked
perfectly and the patient’s only
complaint is, “I sure did get a
long way behind in those three
weeks I missed.” However, he
thinks he can do all right in his
work if he ever catches up.
Asked if the cast on his leg was
awkward, Oliver replied, “It de
pends on what position I’m in and
I usually just prop it up on the
desk in front of me.”
16 Other Entries
By JOHNNY JOHNSON
Collegiate cowboys and cowgirls from 16 southern col
leges and universities will invade Aggieland to open the
action-packed, hard-riding ninth annual A&M National Inter
collegiate Rodeo Assn, show tonight at 8 in the A&M Rodeo
Arena.
Under the sponsorship of the A&M Rodeo Club, perfoiv
mances are set for tonight, Friday night, Saturday afternoon
and finals Saturday night. Preliminary contests in the eight
competitive events of the rodeo will be held in the first
three performances.
The six-man Aggie rodeo team, currently riding second-
high in the Southern Region N.I.R.A. saddle, will be at-
^temping to move into the top
Pre-Law Students s P°t.
Six fast-action events—
bareback bronc riding, bull-
dogging, calf tie-down roping,
saddle bi’onc riding, ribbon roping
and Brahman bull riding — plus
two girl contests, barrel racing
and goat tying, promise to provide
performances with plenty of thrills
and spills.
Plan for Law Day
A&M’s Pre-Law Society, in con
junction with the Brazos County
Bar Assn., will sponsor a commun
ity-wide program Thursday even
ing observing Law Day, U.S.A.
The program will be held on the
lawn of the Brazos County Court
house and will feature Percy Fore
man, Houston criminal lawyer, as
main speaker. Master of ceremon
ies will be W. S. Barron, Bryan at
torney.
The program in Bryan will be
gin at 7:30 p. m.
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For Senate Tonite
The Student Senate will meet to
night at 7:30 in the Senate Cham
ber of the MSC.
Agenda for tonight includes a
report from the standing commit
tee, from the Senate orientation
program and on the selection of
Aggie Mother of the Year for
Mother’s Day festivities.
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Back to the ‘Hole’
Charles Oliver gets an assist back to his room in the hospi
tal from ‘fish’ buddy Richard D. Ward following classes.
Oliver was injured when struck by an automobile at Gal
veston Beach April 4. Freshmen in his outfit, Squadron
10, push him back and forth to classes each day.
J. C. Dishman, Eddie Farris,
Phillip Cox, Doyle McSpadden,
Kennith Beasley and Rodney But
ler will wear the A&M colors into
the show.
Stock for the show will be fur
nished by Lawrence Winnfrie of
Orange.
The job of handling a “ton of
dynamite” — Brahman bull — goes
to rodeo clowns Royce Hudson,
Eddie Farris and Tinker Clift. The
clown’s job will be to keep the
bull from attacking the thrown
rider as well as provide a comical
twist to the shows.
Patients from the Waco Veter
an’s Administration Hospital, Bry
an orphans and the A&M teaching
staff will be special guests of the
Rodeo Club for Saturday after
noon’s performance.
Advance sale tickets are selling
for 50 cents from Rodeo Club mem-
mers. Gate admission is GO cents.
Corps members have been au
thorized to attend the shows in
civilian clothes.
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Students Given
Top A&S Awards
Three A&M students recently
were selected to receive the Fac
ulty Achievement Awards for grad
uating seniors in the School of
Arts and Sciences for the 1957-
58 school year.
They are Pete Dominic Ghiglieri,
zoology, Bryan; Robert Jesse Ring
Jr., mathematics, Wichita Falls;
Stanley Louis Barnes, meteorol
ogy, Tulsa, Okla. Barnes gradu
ated in January, 1958.
“This award is the highest honor
that is given in the School of
Arts and Sciences and requires
outstanding scholastic work thru-
out a student’s undergraduate pro
gram,” Dr. Walter H. Delaplane,
dean of Ai’ts and Sciences, said
yesterday.
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‘Just Waiting
Waiting for the ninth annual A&M National are J. C. Dishman, Eddie Farris, Kennith
Intercollegiate Rodeo Assn, contest to get Beasley, A. G. Ollre, Curtis Burlin and Phil-
underway is the Aggie Rodeo Team, repre- lip Cox.
senting the A&M Rodeo Club. Left to right
Civilian Yell Leader
Undecided After Vote
No Civilian yell leader was elect
ed in yesterday’s general election
as Election Commission president
Dick Noack threw out the results
of the election because of an ir
regularity in the application pro
cedure.
In his official statement, Noack
said:
“Because of an irregularity in
the application procedure for the
position of Civilian yell leader,
the Election Commission has
ruled that filing will be re-opened
for that position from 8 a. in.
Friday until 5 p. m. Monday.
The election for Civilian yell
leader will be held Wednesday,
May 7, from 8 a. m. until 5 p.m.”
In the other races—most of them
uncontested—Student Senate of
ficers and one student member of
the Student Publications Board
were named by a light turnout of
some 750 voters.
Only two of the eight offices
were contested, Student Senate vice
president and Public Relations
committee chairman. One office,
Corps Student Publications Board
members, was determined by
write-in votes as A. H. Klopfenste-
Singing Cadets Pick
Cameron President
Arthur Cameron, a junior from
Rule, has been elected 1958-59
president of the Singing Cadets.
Cameron, of the 2nd Group Staff, -
is also a member of Phi Eta Sigma
and Eta Kappa Nu and has been
with the Singing Cadets for three
years.
Other oficers elected for the
new school year are Don Linden-
berger, vice president, Houston;
John Lenamon, reporter, Groes-
beck; David Bunting, business
manager, Bryan; and Ronald Doan,
librarian, Baytown.
The 50-member singihg group
gave concerts locally and through
out the state and appeared on
KBTX-TV, the Bryan television
station, during the past year. They
also gave a non-scheduled concert
for the Dallas Rotary Club.
in received 80 votes. No Civilian
board member was elected.
A sprinkling of other write-in
votes were cast in each of the other
races.
John G. Thomas garnered 639
votes to walk into the Senate presi
dent’s spot virtually without con
test. His only opposition was 80
write-in votes for M. G. Glasscock.
Follies to Star
Cadet Slouch,
Aggie Buddies
Cadets Simp, Slouch, fish Jethro
and others will come to life in the
annual “Aggie Follies” to be pre
sented in G. Rollie White Coliseum
May 9-10 at 7:30 nightly.
The Follies’ production, “We
Is The Aggies” was written by Jim
Earle, well-known creator of the
famous Slouch cartoons. Student
director is John Gladwell.
Portraying Simp will be Ray
Simmons, Slouch will be played by
Jim Barlow, and “fish” Jethro is to
be staged by Larry Day.
Other characters are Cedric,
played by Ray Killion; freshman,
G. B. Laycock; butlers, O. L. Har
ris and Eric West; sergeant, Sey
mour Bauer; “Bull”, Robert Huf-
faker; Aggies, Joe Callicoattte and
Jimmy Jackson; ladies, Mable
Loesch, Vada Puszewski, Dianne
Russell and Della Carson.
Lighting crew for the show is
composed of Bob Wenck, Don Rey
nolds and Nick Hopkins.
Ray Killian, Don Hullum and
Toby Newton will work on the set.
Stage hands will be Lynn Sim
mons, Toby Mattox, Welton Jones
and Don Demming.
Intermission acts will include
singers Alice Gene Butler, Ann
Harrison, Dianne Russell, Janet
Folweiler and Ed Bulkhead.
Twelve freshmen are still need
ed to play parts in group scenes,
Gladwell said. Persons interested
should be at the next rehearsal
meeting of the cast.
J. (Jake) Sekerka was elected
vice president with 6G2 votes.
Don K. Reinhardt slipped by Jim
Gallation with 178-175 vote margin
for the recording secretary spot in
the hottest race of the election.
Jerry I. Gilliland got 147 votes,
Leer R. Ratliff, 130, and H. Fitz-
hugh, 128 votes for the office.
Parliamentarian for next year’s
Senate is M. N. Mauritz who poll
ed 653 votes.
In the only other contested elec
tion R. L. (Ronny) Stallings de
feated R. (Bob) Lassiter and M. G.
Glasscock for Public Relations
committee chairman. Stallings’
vote totaled 286 against Lassiter’s
252 and 212 for Glasscock.
Student Life committee chah’-
man elected was William (Bill)
Markville with 691 votes.
William (Bill) Myers received
704 votes to win the Great Issues
committee chairmanship.
Don Rummel polled 660 votes to
win the Welfare committee chair
manship.
Filings Open
For Election
Candidates began filing today
for Election Commission posts and
Student Senate school representa
tives to be elected in the Student
Senate-School election May 14.
Students wishing to file must
make their application in the Stu
dent Activities Office, YMCA, be
fore 5 p.m. next Thursday.
A senior, junior and sophomore,
based on 1958-59 classification,
will be elected from each school—
Arts and Sciences, Engineering,
Agriculture and Veterinary Medi
cine—to represent their respective
schools on the Student Senate next
year.
In the case of the School of Vet
erinary Medicine, a fourth, fifth
and sixth year student wil be elec
ted.
Five students from each of the
classes of ’59, ’60, and ’61 to serve
on next year’s Election Commis
sion will be elected.