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I BATTALION Publi*hf*it Daily on the Tnxan A AH Collage Cnmpu* Numlt«*r 3: Volume r>8 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. 19.S8 Price Five Cent* In MSC Tuesday ‘Future Brighter* Gov. Daniel Tells Water Conferees Gov Price | told the fourth that a year ago a progreH* report Water for Texas ('on fere rue here on water development in Texas Tuesday morning that he believed would have presented "little ex- the state had crossed a chasm of cept llope for the future.” disagreement on the subje^ft of u.der and was now attacking its water problems on two frantr. I*aniel told the openirig seas ion (dinsolitlatcd Dads. Moms Meet Family A AM Consol idated's Mothers and Pads Club hosted the system’s faculties of the schools in an in formal reception last night n the school gymnasium. The first of a sei ics nf meetings 1 planned by the club this yeaf, the reception officially greeted the ap- ) P'oximately fio faculty members, for the new school year minding eight new members. Between HtMi and 1 ,<«>(> member* of the club either renewed their | memberships or joined the club, 1 according to new club president : W W M II*. Mr*. Find Bnson, chairman for the event, said the meeting is held innually to give the faculty and parents an opportunity to get hettor acquainted with each other, i Other activities sponsored by the club include the annual public school* week, pet show, comlnun- )tv supper and magazine and Christmas card sales to raise funds for special projects such "Today, however, I am able to report to you that Texas hat cross ed the bridge and ia attacking it* water piublein on two front*—co operative development of our pres ent resoufees and long range plan ning for present and future needs," he said. (iov C,gorge I). Clyde of Utah, also here for the meeting was in troduced by Unmet (iov. Clyde told the conference, being held here this week, that Texas' water prob lems are a “miniature" of the na tional water problem. Both (kivetnors urged compre hensive. tong range programs to cope with the conservation and use of water ( IIS Rand Testing Planned by Hinds J The A AM Consolidated High School Hand has announced that all studcit* will be given the op portunity to enroll in a new band to be formed in the near future In a cnrfepence nf administrat ors including the band director a decision that all students will be tested scientifically to test their j musical ability, arrangement* will be made to rent an instrument for three months to determine whether a* pro- I . . , , , . , . ‘ the student has the musical ability Exes Group Okays’59 Plans 4 Aggie Players Directory, Aids, To Meet f omte Awards, Approved In Cuion Hall ^ Lt. (>>l. E. V. Adams . . . directs \jfjrte Band students, drinking fountains the school and other school provement items, said M il*. Aggie Rand Opens Year at Tech Game The two hundred and forty piece Aggie band, staffer! with member* from throughout Texas, several other states and two foreign coun tries, will make it* first public appearance of the new school year this Saturday when AAM meet* Texas Tech at Pallas. tender the direction of Lt Col E. V. Adama. the bind has mem lahoma, California, South Carolina, Vevada and \'ew Mexico, and from the Canal Zone and Puerto ftico. The hand has 107 fipahmen. The Aggie Players will start casting foi their Nnve mfce. pro duction, “The Rainmaker” at an organizational meeting Wednesday night at 7:.‘Ul in Guion Hall. Casting for the production will continue Thursday night with ie hearsnl* starting immediately af- i tn w aids. '‘Those interested in talcing part in Aggie Player produrtifhi* this year are invited to attend the meeting,” said 0. K Estep, direc tor of the gioup. "The Rainmaker,” hroaJtwiy hi t For tlazing Fish show written by Richard Nasft, ° will be* presented on November .1, Two Ah ROT( 4 and 5. It will he followed’at a later date by “Sophocles-Antigone," ilnd "The Tempest.” “The Rainmuke r" is a fomantic comedy about a dreameh named Starbuck and a girl, Li*tie, who shares his diearns. After h weekend of deliberation, the Aasociation of For mer Students made plans for the 1959 Development Fund. IVojects set aside included $10,000 for Opportunity Award* Scholarships, $6,000 for Faculty Achievement Awarda, Col lege President’s Fund and a new directory of Former Stu dents. E. E. McQuillen, executive director of the Development Fund, said the Association will provide 10 scholarahipa for outstanding Texas boys who need financial assistance to pur sue a college education. The opportunity Awarda are in the amount of $1,000 each for a four-year education. Since the plan was started in 1946. McQuillen aaid, “a ■♦total of 1,020 boys have en tered AAM as Opportunity Award winners in statewide competition.” R N. ConoHy, president of the association, said, "former stu- sophomore* dent* of the college continue to were rampused until November recognize the need for providing and lost all campus correction an education for outstanding young privilege* except speaking to Texas hoy* who are deprived of freshmen for violation of basic the opportunity by lack of funds.” Sophs Gam/msed The Agg.e Players staff will be | headed by Jim Best, presxfent; lion Reynold*, v ice president' Sophie ' Size of the band wttlire* thfee drum major*. They are Cadet Maj. Rudy C. Schubert of Wood* . drum major; Cadet Ho * U ‘; h ” r ' ^^“ry; a** Dave public relations Manager for im- boro, head drum major. Capt J Fred Stoll ’of Houston, Maroon Band drum major; and 1 bers from Texas, Louisiana, Vir-j Cadet Capt. Fred Hunter of Dal ^ Darnell policy for meeting freshmen, ac cording to Col. Joe K. Davia, Commandant of the Swhool of Military Science*. ( ol. Davis said the two soph, omores violated policy Monday afternoon by making a freshman walk in the opposite direction from which he wa* going while meeting them. and the desire to plav in the band,, .... according to Band rector Lefty * in,a ’ Afkanaaa. °k las. White Band drum major. Correction Engineering draw ing clnsse* will continue to, be held in Anchor Hall until at least February and p<»s Hinds. These tests are to be gtven on Thumday,. at 1:30 in the AAM Consolidated Auditorium. It is vital that a proper assign ment of an instrument be made for each child, this choice can he made with the recommendation of U.S. Army Reserve To Reopen in Area Local U.S. Army Reserve Offi cials have announced the reopening City Liven Achievement Certificate * For Superior School Safety Program *vhly until next summer, aflrmd-1 the band director, said Hinds, mg to W illiam E Street, held of "Since free instruction is fum- the Department of Engineering ished by the school,” commented Drawing. j Hinds, "It is a fine opportunity An earlier story in The Battal-' for your child to discover his mu- ion reported that the building sical talent and work toward mem would not he* used this falj but bership ia the regular band with that it would be remov'd or dis- all its dividends in training, arh- mantled. ievement and > ajoyment.” News of the World By The AnHorialed l^ress 10 Day* ia Pressure ( abinet SAN ANTONIO—Two Randolph Air Force Rase re- aearchcr* were irteri d<>injf satisfactorily Tuesday as they neared the halfway mark of their 10 days in a sealed pres sure cabinet. The pair, Dr Bruno Balke and Senior Sjft. Samuel G Karst, entered the steel chamber Friday morninR Scientists at the School of Aviation Medicine are study- AAM ( nnsohdated Sc hot b. W. T. Riedel, school superin tendent, accepted the awe’d on be Communding officer* are Cadet Lt. Col William J. Skaggs of Pasa dena, combined bands; Cadet Capt Jo« L. Guinn of Gilmer, Maroon Band; and fadet ( apt Diivid G. I^xal U S. Army Reserve Offi- F.ller of Mexia, White Band. Responding to tha commands of of the six month* Army Reserve drum majors are eight flutes Riogram in this area. land piccolos, two E flat cUmnets, All young men between the age*- I 30 B flat clarinets, three bass of 17 and 26 may romplet* their! riurinat*, u alto Ha>ophones, ill a< live military duty in this way tenor saxophones, four btiritone Men interested in this program saxophones, 70 comet* and trum- , half of the College Statinft schools may contact for more information pets, 12 french horna, 20 baritone at presentation teremoni«a held at the local USAR advisor at the horns, 42 trombones, Ik Sousa- the noon meeting of the College F V Kel ley, TSA regional vice president for this area, presefSted the award, a framed certifteate do nated by the Safety Eduction As sociation nf Texas "Tbir certificate of achievement indicates that the public' school* of College Station have rrxched 75 per cent or more of d& ignated minimum requirement* for effec tive traffic accident pretention,” Kelley said. College Station is the only city The City of College Station re datew High School, he indicated ceived an achievement awitrd Tues- I The local driver training pro day from the Texas Safaly Asso- gram is under the directorship of ciation and allied orgamlbtion for j Jack Chaney. The program is fur- the city's outstanding triffic edu- j nished a new duel-control car each cation program conduct^! in the i year by George Clark Motors of USAR ( enter, Wellborn Road. Col- phones and 24 percussion instru-i Station Kiwanis Club, lege Station or call VI 6 .S418 menta. Constitution ^ eek Proclaimed In honor of the annivenuiry of the adoption of the Con- utitution on this day in 1787, College Station Mayor Ernest Langford has proclaimed the week pf Sept. 17-23 aa Consti tution Week. PROCLAMATION September 17 marks another anniversary of the adop tion of the Constitution of the United States of America The Constitution gives us the foundation for a free prosper ous and independent life for every citizen; but each genera tion, in time, must work for and claim it, otherwise, through Hcarnc and 10H student* have iwen Gained in driver education during the past year. Chaney has taught the course here for the past eight years and previously taught driving driver training in I^iuisiana Other phases of safety taught at College Station school* include playground, workshop, school bus, bicycle and home At last week's Kiwania meeting, new officers were elected for the coming year Roy Wingren was named president; K A (Chubby) Manning, first vice president; Loyd Keel, secon dvice president; and I M Atkin*. Jim Cooper, Boh Flet- cbei and Tony Sorensen, director* BA Grad Tests carelessness or indifference, the rights and. liberties which of le!,s th * n ,00<>0 i >opUlat ‘ on 11 we have enjoyed may vanish. It is appropriate, therefore. wm on * of ,h *‘ anniJ * 1 «'* r *'d* pre ing the effects of conditions similar to high altitude and space , that September 17 be proclaimed Constitution Day in Col- to participating Texas 4 kff Four travel on the two men living in the tiny cabinet. | e ge Station and that the week of September 17-23 l>e pro- >" a"**" of <•<>''- i claimed Constitution Week. I trol, Kelley added The city's high ' The Admission Test for Graduate Ernest I.d(ngford score wa* due chiefiy to the dnv j Study in Business, will he offered Mayor ^r education program of Consoli- i on four dates during the coming ' " l —— — \ yeiir, according to Educational I). W. Williams Commended ★ ★ ★ Kloctrical Failure Halts Vanguard ('APE CANAVERAL, Fla.- The Navy** temperamental Vanguard satellite rockit failed another big test Tuesday when an electrical breakdown caused engine cutoff just lie- j fore launching The first-stage engine ignited but the slender misaile \ and its 21 1 *-pound satellite payload never got off the ground. A reliable source in the project said the rocket tilted •lightly on its pad when the engine power was shut off auto matically by the malfunction. ★ ★ ★ Federal Action Awaits Public Pressure NEWPORT, R I —The Eisenhower administration an nounced Tuesday it is holding up federal action at this time in the hope public i>ressure will force reopening of Southern Schools shut down to halt intergration. Atty. Gen. Rogers made it plain, however, after a sum mer White House conference with President Eisenhower, that the federal government wifi take whatever legal action it can to get the schools often if local authorities fail to do so. ★ ★ ★ V. N. Elect* Charteft Malik UNITED NATIONS. N. Y.—The U.N. opened a crisis- ridden General Assembly Tuesday with election of a pro- Western Arab leader as president. The election of I.ebanese Foreign Minister Charle* Malik was an initial victory for the United States and ita allies, but they faced bitter debate in the weeks ahead on fundamental iaaues dividing East and West, i* The real fireworks were expected to start when the As sembly’s Steering Committee will debate whether to put the isaue of admitting Communist fhina on the agenda. Bv A&M Former Students Testing Service. The test* will be administered on \*v. 1, 1958, and Feb. 5, April 11, and July 25 in 1959. Sit Faculty Awards The Association will present six $1 IKK) Faculty Achievement Awarda next year Four of the award* are for distinguished achievement in teaching, one for distinguished achievement in re search and one for distinguished ,u hievement in individual student relationship.' This will be the fifth year soch award* have beef) preaented and it i* the only program of thia type in the vast Southwest The recipients are selected by a faculty committee of seven mem bers. Uallege Benefit Fuad The College President’s Fund will he used for purposes which will benefit the college but for w hich state funds are not available. In the past the funds have been used to provide money to send out standing students and faculty members to national academic con ferences for presentation of paper* and other similar use*. The Association allocated 910,000 a* a second payment toward the financing of the new directory of Former Students, which will he published in 1962. President M T. Harrington dis cussed the nuclear science center and the computor data center ami outlined in brief the naming of a committee of the governing hoards of state universities and college*, pointing out that the work revolve# around the needs of higher edu cation in Texas. Praiaea Faculty Aleo on the program was Vice President Earl Rudder who told the Former Student* that the col lege is dedicated to a program of placing academic achievement of the entire student body first. Rud der also told the Association that the faculty members have volun- tered their services, shove and be yond their regular dutiea. to wink with the students in raising the academic standards at AAM John L. Pratt, chairman of the Association’s Objectives Committee, preaented the recommendations. D. W Williams, who retired and vice-chancello • for agriculture from the faculty on July 16, 1956, for the Texaa A<M College Sys- received high praise and apprecis tern from 1946 loathe time of hia tion by resolution from the Assoc iation of Former Students of Tex as AAM College, last weekend The resolution leads: retirement; and, , “Whereas, he sat coordinated the Texas AAM tollege System’s foreign technical assistance pro- “Be it resolved that the Council of the Association of Former Stu dents, Texas AAM College, aasem bled in regular sessiof at College Station, extend* to Hr and Mrs Williams the follow njtfcentiment* "You are held in Nhe highest "Whereas, Dr. D. W. Williams r rarn* with Pakistan and Ceylon, j esteem by former stu^nts of Tex- retired from adminiatrative duty BFM j rw ^ n t|y Dr. Williams accept- as AAM College everywhere All students who are planning to enroll in graduate study in buKines* should consult the school of his choice to see if it is neces sary for him to take the test*. Applications and fees must be filed with the Admission Test for Graduate Study in Business, Edu cational Testing Service, 20 N’a* sau St., Princeton, N J , at least ! two week* before the testing date Some of the institutions requir ing this test are Carnegie Insti tute of Technology, Columbia Uni- i versity, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Terh- nology. Northwestern University, Rutgeis University, Seton Hall University, Syracuse University, the University of Chicago, th# pletion of your mission there, you ! University of Michigan, the Um- “He who sacrifice* hia conscience ] will return to our campus and re- versity of Pennsylvania, the Um- Hotbandry Department from 1922 ( to ambition burna* a picture to ob- main in your retiring pears-among ver*ity of Virginia and Washing- until 1946, and as vice president j tain the ashes "—Chineee Preverb [ your many friends here.” ton University (St. Louis). with Texas AAM College on July 15, 1966, after devoting 3f years of distinguished service to its de velopment; and, “Whereat, he served as acting president of Texas AAM College from I>ecember, 1966 to Septem her, 1967; and, "Whereas, Dr Williams has dis tinguished himself nationally in the field of agriculture, through his service ss head of the Animal ed an assignment ss agricultural consultant in the Inter-Cellege Ex change Program gith the Univer sity of Ceylon, where he will sid in the development of *n improved agricultural progt^m. Guide Posts “You are extended our most sincere thanks and deibp apprecia tion for your many ykgr* of serv ic# to the young men flf the South we»t and to our Collate. "You have our beet wishes for a most enjoysble snd constructive experience at the Uuivereity of Ceylon; and we hope upon com Ag FjCo Adds Seven To Dept. Staff Seven research and tenching as sistants, working on advanced de grees in agricultural economics, hav# been . added to the De partment nf Agricultural Eco nomic* and Sociology this fall. Three research assistants are Thomas D. Aaron, 710 Montclair, College Station; Robert L. Hol land. 9(t5 W 27th St., Bryan; and Roward R Yaatgan, soon to be re leased from the V. S. Amy. Teaching assistants are Wayne C. Burton, 609 W 26th St, O. B Clifton. 601 E 29th St., both of Bryan, snd Robeit H. McClure, 500 N Mam, snd Robert 8. Glover, 6o:t Montclair, both of College Sta tion.