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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (June 19, 1958)
Collpn-e Station forecast calls for partly cloudy and continued warm with scattered thunder showers. High expected today— 96 degrees; low tonight—75. THE BATTALION MSC Secitaf Sunday at 3 Number 138: Volume 57 13th Annua] Conference Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus COLLEGE' STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1958 Price Five Cents Rural Leaders Arrive Monday The l.Tth annual Rural Church Conference will open Monday in the Memorial Student Center with more than 100 persons expected for the three-day meeting. During the 11 sessions, sponsor ed by the Department of Agricul tural Economics and Sociology, rural people, rural pastors, and lay leaders will hear nationally-known rural religious leaders. “Understanding and Developing Our Rural Communities’’ is the theme for the conference, accord ing to Dr. Daniel Russell of the Department of Agricultural Eco nomics and Sociology and one of the organizers of the conference. The program is planned to meet the spiritual, economic and phy sical challenges of rural people, said Russell. Many new ideas and techniques on how to carry out an effective rural church program will be presented. A highlight of the meeting will be the presentation of the rural minister of the year at the annual conference luncheon Tuesday. Eu gene Butler, editor of The Progres sive Farmer, will present the award. Following the presenta tion, Phillip F. Aylesworth, Na tional Agricultural Extension Serv ice in Washington, D. C., will ad dress the group on, “The Federal Schulz Resigns; Takes Private Job Dr. Carl W. Schulz, head of the Department of Veterinary Medi cine and Surgery, has resigned, ef fective Aug. 1, to become manager of the veterinary division of the Quaker Oats Company, at Barring ton, Illinois. Dr. Schulz joined the Texas A&M College faculty in June, 195G, as professor in charge of clinics for the School of Veterinary Medi cine. In June, 1957, he was made head of the department of veteri nary medicine and surgery. A native of Ellsworth, Kan. Dr. Schulz received his D.V.M. de gree from Kansas State College, in 1934. He operated a general veteri nary practice in Jefferson City, Mo., for 18 years prior to coming here. Extension Service — ITow It Can Help Your Church.” During the meeting, the group will be broken up into lecture ses sions, discussion groups and panel talks. Several foundations and indivi duals in Texas contributed to the conference so that no registration fee is charged on those attending, said Russell. 1st Journalism Committee Meet Planned Friday First meeting of the Ad visory Committee for Journa lism will be held tomorrow night beginning at 6:30 with a dinner in the Memorial Stu dent Center. Appointed by President M. T. Harrington, the group was set up to serve in a purely advisory posi tion to aid the Department of Journalism by making their ex perience available to the depart ment. They will also support ifhe department in a tangible way by helping it obtain funds, - equipment and supplies over and above those that can be obtained from the college, according to Gene Robbins, manager of the agricultural de partment of the Houston Cham ber of Commerce who is chairman of the group. The group is already composed of 22 members and more men in the journalism profession have indicated an interest and a desire to join, said Harrington. Included in the group which started in May are newspapermen, public relations executives, publish ers, editors and magazine writers. The committee is in line with a college policy of appointing com mittees composed of professionally- engaged persons interested in a certain profession to keep the de partment up to date as to what the industry wants, Harrington added. The group will hold one or two meetings each year. . DR. D. W. WILLIAMS . . . quits college for Ceylon post School Expects 1,400 Firemen More than 1,400 firemen and fire marshals are expected to enroll in the 29th annual Texas Fierman’s Training School, said Henry D. Smith, chief of the Fireman’s Training School. The course will be held from July 20-25. The men enrolling will represent some 425 Texas cities, vai’ious industries, the armed forces and possibly other states. About 190 experienced instruc tors from municipal departments, industry and armed services work with the student firemen who, dur ing the registration, are broken down into small groups for indiv idual instruction in actual handling of various types of fires with all types of extinguishing equipment. All types of approved exting uishers and recharges, respiratory Soprano, Bass Baritone Star in Sunday Recital Camille Kenedy, soprano, and Robert Boone, bass baritone, will be the featured artists in the sec ond presentation of the Memorial Student Center Summer Music Series, scheduled for Sunday at 3 * p. m. in the MSC Main Lounge. Introducing the program will be Pat Resley. Dorothy Berry will ac company the vocalists. Miss Ken- » nedy will open the I’ecital, includ ing “Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies,” “II Est Doux, II Est Bon,” ROBERT BOONE . . . bass baritone “He’s Gone Away,” “Remem brance,” “And So, G o o d b y e,” “Shoes” and “If God Left Only You” in her presentation. Boone has selected a varied pro gram, combining a number of songs from Broadway musicals with other serious and light music. “I’ll Walk With God,” “Without a Song,” “My Friend,” “I’ve Got Plenty of Nothin,” “Shadrack,” “The Glory Road,” and “Jonah and the Whale” will be among his se lections. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam P. Kennedy, Bryan, Miss Kennedy is a senior music educa tion major at Southwestern Uni versity in Georgetown. She is a graduate of Stephen F. Austin High School, where she was a soloist with the a cappella choir. A member of the A&M summer operetta cast for the past three summers, she is also a member of the First Methodist Church choir. At Southwestern, Miss Kennedy has been a college delegate to the Six-State Voice Convention of the National Association of Teachers of Singing for the past three years. She is an officer in Delta Omicron, national professional music fra ternity. Currently a student of Wendell Osborn in Southwestern, the young artist studied locally with Mrs. Joe Barron. Originally from Frederick, Md., Boone has been a teacher of band, choir and drama at A&M Consoli dated High School for seven years. He holds a B. S. degree from the Univei’sity of Houston, and a M. A. degree from Sam Houston State College. In Houston, he studied under Bruce Spencer King. The versatile vocalist has enter tained frequently in local produc tions, and will appear in the lead role in this summer’s operetta. He will leave College Station for El Campo this fall where he will be high school choir director. Williams, Kamm Quit; Acting Dean Named For Arts And Sciences CAMILLE KENNEDY . . . Sunday soprano and safety equipment are furnish ed by manufacturers and distribu tors. Several of the major oil com panies furnish gasoline, kei’os’ene, crude oil and butane for the pit and tank fires. In addition, four houses will be burned in “structuixil fire fighting training.” Upon completion of the weeks five and one-half days of study and actual field practice, certificates will be given to the men success fully passing a written examina tion, Smith added. Mardi Gras’ Theme For Next Dance “Come to the Mardi Gras” is the theme of the Memorial Student Center Summer Dance Committee, which will sponsor its first combo dance of the summer Monday night from 8:30 to 11 in the MSC Ball room. Featuring decorations with a Mardi Gras theme, the dance will be semi-formal, meaning that coats will be compulsory wear for men attending. Music will be furnished by Bill Turner’s Aggieland Combo, and Ellen Howell and Martha Amis, both of Bryan, will provide inter mission entertainment. Admission will be 75 cents a couple or 50 cents stag. Plans for this dance and other weekly dances to be presented in the MSC this summer were dis cussed Wednesday in the first meeting of the “coed” Summer Directorate. New* officers in the Dance Committee, who will co chair the various activities with officers previously elected, are Ann Hite, secretary and floor show manager; Ann Fleming, decora tions and publicity; and Alice Zim merman, tickets. Also serving on the Summer Di rectorate will be Doi'othy Berry, Miss Howell and Miss Amis. 1.72 Inches Rain Falls Monday Night A total of 1.72 inches of rain were reported by the meterology department weather station over a 12-hour period from G:15 p. m. Monday to 8:05 a. m. Tuesday. This is the first appreciable rainfall since may 3 when 1.65 inches of rain were reported. The weather station reports that there have been traces of rain in scatter ed areas since then. Drawing-Classes May Soon Move From Anchor Moving of the Engineering drawing department, from Anchor Hall to the new Engi neering Building is now in the planning stage, according to Paul Mason, Engineering drawing- associate professor. A big reason for the move is to get classrooms that are adequate to teach the drawing classes, said Mason. Anchor Hall was not adequate because of its weak foundation, which allowed the desks to shake when a person walked by, he added. The move to the new location will centx-ally locate the classrooms. This will be a great help to the students coming from and going to class and it is hoped that this will help improve the student atti tude in class, he said. . The department has been in its present location since 1946, and was put there on a temporary ba sis until class rooms could be ob tained elsewhere. During this time many buildings have been consid ered, including the old creamery building, but none of them fitted the requirements, Mason said. Luedecke Accepts AEG Top Position Maj. Gen. Alvin Luedecke, ’32, has been named general manager of the Atomic Energy Commission. K. E. Fields, the present general manager, has resigned effective July 1. Luedecke, 47, a native of Eldo rado, Tex., will retire from active duty in the U.S. Air Force and assume the new post at the con clusion of the present nuclear weapons tests in the Pacific. At the present time Luedecke heads Joint Task Force 7 which is conducting the tests. Naming Of Successors Likely At Board Session One vice president and one dean have resigned within the past week, while an acting dean has been named to take the place of the departing Dean of Arts and Sciences. Three deans have resigned this year. Vice President for Agriculture D. W. Williams announced his resignation effective July 15, while Dean of Student Personnel Services and the Basic Division Robert B. Kamm tendered his resignation effective July 31. Dr. G. W. Schlesselman, head of the Department of Geography, was named by President M. T. Harrington to become acting dean of Arts and Sciences until a permanent head can be named. His appointment becomes effective im mediately. + First Two-Day Tests Given New Students The first two-day testing and counseling clinic was held last weekend for 100 boys. Boys from Kansas, Okla homa, Louisiana and various parts of Texas wei-e given place ment tests, including aptitude, achievement and interests, on Fri day. The tests were scored that night and the results were made available to conselors the next day. The clinic /was open to all boys who have been accepted as new students. Each student met with a coun selor who discussed the student’s test scores, outlined his fall aca demic program and made sugges tions about improving any weak nesses he might have. C. H. Ransdell, associate dean of the Basic Division, said the pi-o- gram was well received by the students and the parents. “Michigan State and other schools have found this program very useful,” Ransdell said “but as far as we know, this is the first attempt at a two-day testing and counseling clinic in Texas or the South.” Naming permanent men to these positions will probably be brought up at the next meeting of the Board of Directors July 22-23 in Austin, according to J. B. Page, Dean of the College. Williams has accepted an assign ment as agricultural consultant on the intercollege exchange pro gram with the University of Cey lon, where he will work with the university’s vice chancellor in set ting up an improved agricultural program. Williams joined the college in 1919 in the Department of Animal Husbandry. For the past several years he has headed the coordina tion of t^e A&M System’s foreign technical assistance programs with Ceylon and Pakistan. From December, 1956, to Septem ber, 1957, he served on interim ap pointment as college president. Kamm has accepted the post of dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Oklahoma State Uni versity. He joined the faculty in July, 1955, coming to A&M from Drake University where he served as dean of students. Earlier this, spring, J. C. Miller, Dean of the School of Agriculture, and W. H. Delaplane, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, re- 1 signed from The college. Fru- a d vyg m jj r .. m WM SSlili! m w. I' • •< y y ••: P :iU ■ v*. 'X 1 - mm ' Bermuda Shorts Dancers - Battalion Staff Photo Dancers in Bermuda shorts invaded the weekly dance at the Memorial Student Cen ter Monday night. Almost 200 boys and girls danced to juke box music on the ter race. The dances are weekly presentation of the MSC Summer Dance Committee which will present 10 more dances this summer with the next being a ballroom semi-formal dance Monday night. Pop Turner’s combo will furnish music for the dance, featuring a “Mardi Gras” theme. , L