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THE
BATTALION
Student Senate
Meets Tonight
Puhlinhed Daily on the Te.vuM A&M Coll*#* Cam pun
Numiwr 4: Volume
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1958
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Price Five Centu
$ 7,T.000 11located
Plans Studied
* or MSC Pool
Th*- dream of the Memorial Slu-] their eueata as well as iruesta at
dmt (’♦•liter is itun approarhing I the MSC, said Hervey,
reality—the addition of an (Hit
its fact!
d«*or swimming pool t
til*.
In its imeting last weekend th-
Association of Former Students
Coum il «pproved an cxpendittm
of 125.'MMI for Itto** with a innx
in'um outlay of fT.'..t ,, Hi n the rw-vt
three years for th»* pool, accord
lug to J H ilhi ki Hervi y. exiru
live m < retar y of the Asxx iation
The money will he used to fi
nance the study of p> ssible loca
tion and to develop ttae plans ms
Well as to partially pay for the
coet of construction.
For the past *• > era! s eat s the
Building ( ommit'ee of the
has been studying th' feasibility
i>f adding the swimming pisd wtioh
was in the plans for the oiigir.ar
building
The po<’|, when completed, will
Fund taiaing will atart by the
Association this year, said Hervey
Next action on the pool lies
with the Hoard of Directors at
its next meeting as to selecting
a fnm to make the survey and
, other action, said Hertey.
The swimming pool proposal
| was made to the council by th*
Development Fund Objectives
(’ommittee undei the chairmanship
of John l. Trait, ‘2K, of Dallas.
Th* council and executive hoard
also heard reports from Joe Fagan,
j '42, manager of the campus golf
coutse, arid by J (Jordon (Jay,
(‘o-ordinatoi of iiqligioua Life, on
the use of tb* 1 Interfaith Chapel
Cheap Dale Ticket
Sale Etuh Friday
Reduced price football date tick
ets are on sale for all home games
at ticket booths outside the Ath
letic Department Business Office.
The tickets the $2.. r >0 each and
must be purchased before 5pm
Friday.
After Fiiday ticket* for games
will be sold for a period of one
week ending at 5 p.m on Wednes
day preceding the game. Ath
letic activity card and student
identification will be required in
purchasing tickets to out-of-town
games.
Fagan r►ported that use of the
course has pioie than doubled since
it was opeird in 1951 after being
given to the college by the Associ-
be f«*r the us*- of student* and at ion.
Lillie Roek Citizens
Han Private School
Bn THE ASSOCIATED TRESS
Six citirens of Little Riwk form
ed a corporation Wednesday to
oj>«iate private schools an appar
ent fi>llow-up to (>ov Orval E.
Faubus' plans to make private
krstitutams of the city’s four high
schools.
Th tee more schools in V rrginia
place, Atty (Jen William Rogers
said in Washington that public of
ficials who are sworn to support
she C S, Constitution have no right
to defy decisions pf the Supreme (°
fhillesTellsl N
Not to Consider
Formosa Crisis
l’SITED NATIONS, N Y.—
Secretary of State Itjlles told the
United Nations today the United
States is opposed to I N consid
eration of the Formosa crisis as
long as theye in any chance of
reaching agreement^ with Commu
nist China in thdwiksaw talks.
Informed soupfes ^disclosed this
late W ednesday ias the l’ N s pow
erful Steering•C'ommrttee postponed
for 24 hours deliate on whether it
should recommend Assembly con
sideration of admission of Com
munist China.
The committee approved a big
list of issues, including Algeria
Cyprus, disarmament and control
of outer space.
Dulles delivered the general pol
icy address of the United States
the HI nation Assembly this
Doherty Pledges Aid
Anti-Coed Battle
Brazos Aggies
Hear Director
Outline Hopes
C lub President (ireets Doherty
Court which interpret the Consti
tution “Individuals may not de
termine for themaelves when they
will obey the decree* of the courts
tnd when they will ignore them,
morning Soviet Foreign Minister
Andrei Gromyko anil speak in the
afternoon
Informed aowees vaid Dulles |
was to touch on five key subjects—
W. T. (Doc) Doherty, chairman of the A&M
Hoard of Director*, is greeted by Brazos
AIM Club {'resident Dave Fitch prior to his
address before the club laat night. Doherty
told the club of A&M’s advancements during
(he past six years and also of plans for im
provement in the future.
facet! apparent cjosing on order* ,aid Huger* in h speech prepared ^ s’" La*t crisis, the situation
state law
of federal judg
tion One *< h***,! al
closed liecau*** jf
against integiatn-n.
Still another Virginia school
at ea - the one at N orfolk faced
the integration jaestion W ednes
dav night, t S I>i*t J idge Walter
V. Hoffman i-alU-d a spetual ses
sion t«i consider a request by the
Norfolk School Hoard to knock out
a state injunction against I aal
assignment of [mpils
The "f.itt'e R tk Tiisate S«-hoo| ......
fotp” became a but mens when » injected the idea of a cease-fire in Formosa Strait while
.• icuit judge - gned corporation American and Red Chinese ambassadors confer in Warsaw
papers Faubus who ordered the ^ Crisis.
i. ho .is closed to prevent forced I Referring to President Eisenhower’s “no appeasement”
WSC Dance Class
Registration Set
favoring mtegra-! f„ r t he National Conference on ln Middle East, fieaceful use
alrvatiy has been j The sjwech obviously outer space. Hungary, and the f 0r / UPSuaV StD. HI.
was an official statement of the question of indirect aggression * r
F.isenhower administration on the The informant* gave these adde.l
school integration issue 1 (See Dl'LLKS, Page 3i
News of llie Worid
Rttis
TOKYn-
By The Associated Pretw
Reject Oane-Fire in Formosa
Red rhina's official mouthpiece Wednesday
integrat. *n,
the a tion
It < uld t
the group
to open pnv
Risk’* high
forced
h.,d no eminent on ^ | n w hj c h he urged that arrangements lie found to
stop gunfire and jutve the way to a jieacetul solution, an
m leame.i whether article in the Peiping People’s Daily said*
>ii move immediately ‘‘There is no question of a cease-fire since China and
i*e classrooms m Littl j the United States are not at war. The Chinese people have
school* However, ob- waged a struggle to liirerate the whole of their territories
seiver* expo't the corporation to f'H* the past 11 years,
wait unt.l after a «pcc al leferen-; ★
dum Sept 27 L fore taking any j
action Fa mi* cnlb-d the ek-ction
for the Lit'le R* * k D; - * rict I
let voteis dec de whether they j
want integrated or segregated
classrooms
Reds Dump Heavier Shells on Quemoy
TAIPEI, Formosa—The Chinese Communists opened
up on Quemoy with heavy artillery and deep-penetration
shells Wednesday in w*hat appeared to be a new attempt to
j smash Nationalist gun positions.
Previous heavy shellings were aimed at blasting sup
ply vessels coming ashore at Quemoy or at Nationalist troops
The guns rv»w being used by the Reds were described
! by Nationalist ordnance experts as 204mm and 212mm.
weapons, as compared to the 152mm artillery previously
aimed at Quemoy. The smaller artillery spattered the island
with antipersonnel shells which hurst into fragmerJp The
n£kt&’ FAluriror- rrtma rl < takrt- r rut K vn Nntfkilki
rharlottesvillc H*- suid «ti«y or
dvrs ar" granted only f>>r go<vl
cans*- and th d there wa* not
enough cause in th:* case to war
rant interference
As these developments took
In one <>f the Virginia crises.
Chi< f Judge Simon h Sotwkiff of
the Th P d fiicuit Court a* Belli
nine refused to interfere with a
luwer court order to adit it two
Negroes to t rine H gh ard 10 to
\enable Elementary s h*,] a . new digger guns use deep-fhenetration shells.
★ ★ ★
Muhtova Chare*** U. S. on Peare
LONDON—Moscrfw radio charged Wednesday the United
States has written off In advance any prospect of a Far
East settlement through the Warsaw peace talks
Moscow radio’s commentator said U. S. agreement to en-
i ter amltassador-level negotiations with the Chinese Com-
i . c i munists coincided with a movement of U. S. military rein-
/ICket Sales Open forcements to the Far East.
Intensification of military preparations and evacuation
AV»r *7/f Tmrn Unit ^ families of U. S. servicemen, show that Washington does
“not attribute any significance to the Warsaw talks, and re
jects n advance any prospect of a peaceful settlement of the
conflict in the Far East,” the radio said.
★ ★ ★ _
Redstone Again Fin** Successfully
* CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla—A Redstone, the nation's
most advanced ballistic missile ami reportedly the first to
fire a nuclear warhead, roared aloft from the Cape Wednes
day.
The 63-foot medium-range weapon was launched as one
of the final steps In the Army’s development program to
Registration fop thf M- mor
ial Student Ceetqi Dance \
(’lasses, to be igstiucted by
Manning Smith, is scheduled
for 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept 2H, I
in the MSC Ballioom
According to A. R Brothers,
'60, dance class chair man, ba
sic and intermediate classes
will be offered Tuesday nights
throughout the semester, with
a fee of )5 per jtudent guar
anteemg a minimum of l<i
classes each term. Regular
instrurtioh will begin Sept SO,
alter which time vlasses will
begin at 8 p.m. and inlet medi
ate classes at 9 ,Pm.
“Married couplps and gnla
from Jhe Bryan-College Sta
tion area are welcome to par
tinpate in ihe c'.aaaes,” Bro
thers added, "and the fee for
ladies w ill be $4 ”
The first meeting of the
MSC Dance Committee, which
sponsors the P»nce Classes.
Cafe Rue Tinalle and a num
ber of other special dances
during the year, will be Mon
day, Sept 2‘2, in Room 3C of
the MSC.
Vi ive* Also Meet
Organization Held
For All Senior l nil
There’ll T>e boots aplenty show
ing when one A&M Cadet unit
marches by in Corps reviews this
year.
The unit is all-senior C Compos- '
ite, which got plans for the year
rolling las’ night in the 'l MCA
wdh an organizational company
meeting. Forty three ‘ of the 46
day students composing the com
pany were piesent for the meet
ing All but two of the unit’s
members are married.
Company Commands r C A
(Buddy) Bollfrass briefed th**sen
ion on the company's policies and
objective* for the coming year, in
troduced other unit officers, ap
pointed acting officer* to fill va
cant positions jnd introdu* ed the
company’s drill instructor and tac
Ural officer.
Bollfrass was named outstand
mg cadet at the Infantry summer
ROTC ramp at Fort Hood this
summer Executive officer for the
company is Ray Fields, who was
fust .-eigeant of B Infantry last
year Administration officer is
Clyde Tew, who was only three
places behind Bollfiasa for high
ranking cadet at summer camp
Maj. Edward Scott will he tac
tiTal officer for C Composite and
Capt. William L. Martin is the
company's drill instructor.
The unit is notorious for con
sistently ha'ing the highest grade
average in the (Dips of Cadets.
By JOHNNY JOHNSON
Battalion New* Editor
The Board of Directors and
the administration of A&M
will fight against Co-educa
tion all the way, W. T. (Doc)
Doherty, chairman of the
Board of Directors, told the Bra
zos A AM Club last night.
Speaking to the group at their
regular monthly meeting, Doherty
said, "We are entirely within our
rights to deny admission to wo-
men. The statutes give us the
right to set entrance requirement*
and regulations."
(Bryan attorney John M. Banon
is appearing before the Court of
( ivil Appeals in Waco today ar
gue mg in behalf of the two local
women who sought admission to
the college earlier this year A4M
attorneys appealed the ruling of
Dist. Judge W T M* Donald al
lowing the women to enter A AM
to the higher court.)
Reviews Arcomplishmeat*
Reviewing accomplishments,
problems and planned projects
< that have taken place during hit
I six year* on the Board (hi* term
'expires Jan. 1, 1959), Doherty
j pointed out that one of the main
j problems facing all of Texas' 18
state-supported schools is the in
ability to compete with both col-
| leges in our own state and state
j colleges and universities in other
| states.
We c an’t expert a top notch
I professor to come here and teach,
when the top salary he could hope
to work up to here would still be
more than $200 less than the aver
age of all instructor* where he
I was," said Doherty.
Expresses Hope
He expressed hope that prog
ress along this line is underwsy.
To help solve this problem he told
of the formation of a group by
i the Texas state supported schools
| to present the fact* to the Texas
Commission on Higher Education
and the legislature on why the
schools are asking for an addition
al $13,060,000.
He said he believes the com
mission Is convinced of the need
of this money for additional teach
ing salaries and more equipment,
While their husbands attended
the company meeting, 18 C Com
posite wives attended a "get ac
quainted" meeting also held in
the YMCA The wives made plans
for providing unit activities due
ling the year and supported theT D** next big hurdle la to
husbands in building compary convince the Legislature of the
spirit. Flense Bollfrass presided oeed.
(See DOHERTY, Page 5)
MSC Club Room
Applications Open
Filing of applications for meet
mg rooms in the Memorial Student
(enter by student organizations
and‘clubs began this morning at
8, M'* Ann Keef MSU social di
rector. announced.
Applications ar* being accepted
in the Sdhal and Educational De
partment in the A|SC.
Student* h*»e exclusive pre
ference for Town Hall re«er\e
ticket* and may purchase ticket*
at the Office of Student Adiv.
ities until Oct. 1. according to
J T (T) Hearne, Town Hall stu
dent director
Price of tickets is $? a feature
if student* have paid their
student activities fee. Otherwise
tickets will cost $6 per feature
Tickets will g» on sale to the
general public on Oct. 1 on a
first - come first - serve basis,
Hearne said
make the miaflile operational.
The Redatone. which helped push three Explorer satel
lite* into orbit as the first .xtajre of the Jupiter-C launching
•vehicle, roae straight up on a tail of orange flame, curved
toward the southeast and wa* out of sight in two minutes.
Guide Posts
“Never regard your study as i
dutv, but as thf enviable nppor
tunny to learn tfeknnw the l berat- J
ing 'influence o* beauty in the
realm of the spilt for your own
personal joy and to the profit of
j the community tr which your later
\ work belongs.” j
"Too much idlenesa, I have ob
served, fills up a man’s time much
more completely, and leaves him
i less his own master, than any sort
| of employment whatsoever.”—Ed
mu ad Burke
B Rattdrv Field Artillery captured first
place in the first weekly football sign con
test with this piece of art. The outfit com
manded by Walter Kappel won |5 given by
I/Oupot's trading Post.