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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1958)
Weathpr Today F*tc*y»»t f«r ( ollrre Htstioii «n^ • hf »i<i»ily ia cloud) toda) and WadnMda), with cooler tem perature* expected H cdneodar. BATTALION Publinhed Daily on the Trxat A&M College Camput Get Flu Shots NOW Number 10: Volume 58 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, tUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 80. 1958 Price Five Cent* Mrljfan Shifts into High! Back Bubba McLean turns the comer at high speed Saturday night against the Uni versity of Houston Cougars. The Cats won Photo by Noble Eden I World Tension Topic SCO N A IV 89-7. Guard Joe Munson (62) and Carter Franklin (68) lead the way against two un identified Houston players. (l>one Star MSC Council Plans Renovation Studies 7?cpa irs ’ Fu n ds IS cod More Income Discuss Organization Honor Code Group Holds First Meet T{f*vitf*wsi 1958 Activity Plans The Fourth Student Conference on National Affair* went into full *winc Monday as more than 75 fltudent leader* &n<i faculty advi* er* met In the Anaamhiy Room in the Memorial Student Center for the fir*t general a*aembly The main topic* on the agenda for the initial meeting »ere re port* from the various committee head* concerning the present sta tue of SCON A IV. The Executive Committee, com posed of the head* of the com mittres and *everal adviner*. met ('.HS Dance Band Plays for Lions J College Station Lions got in on the downbeat Monday at their luncheon meeting a* they were en tertained by the Consolidated High School Dance Band The li-piece band, under the di faction of Consolidated Band Di rector Walton (l>efty» Hind* gave out four renditions at the end of the Lions Club business meeting During the business session Don Dale, president of the Col lege Station Civic Association, spoke to the Lions on the poasi bility of putting a cooperative beautification program for the Consolidated school grounds into effect Dale said plans were underway to unite all local civic organiza tions possible and begin action to clean and landscape the entire ground around Consolidated School*. Lions also laid final plans for their annual light bulb sale which will begin next Tuesday earlier in the year to discus* this „>| V e*. hut have Dot contributed year’s avent. liefore throwing it I yet out to the general aaaembly. Bishey reported that SCON A Bob Pfeuffer chairman o f | [V ha* 70 *pon*nr* as compared SCON A IV, opened the meeting | with only 50 last year. 'Sell A&1VT Theme l sed in Teaehing PIO ^ritin® ( lass The Corpa Honor Code Commit- Claaa of ’f># in the spring of ty>f«7, ee held it* first meeting Friday but never reached the full wale light in the Corps Conference orientation stage. This .year’s Room to get organised for the code committee is starting off with oming year. Randy Curtis, chairman of the ■omm.ttee, opeped the meeting Taylor Scott, last year’s chair with a general ♦xphmat.on of the I man of the H(IIlor Cwdp ( - om •ask the group is undertaking in „p )(ke ^ xhf . briefly, d._ trying to put the Honor Code into t . U( , M i n g tbe progress accomplished by the Seniors last year. The code was designed by the ... 7 After telling the new committee what happened last year, various topics were discussed by Scott concerning the present revised copy of|the rode and the methods of punishment. During the hour-long meeting, members of the committee threw questions to Scott so as to bring Possibly one gf the largest ef- I the new group up to the point forts to sell A4M to the public'where the graduatiag seniors left through new* relea*e* moved into ! off. high gear Saturday a* public in- Tommy Beckett, Civilian Student formation officers and sergeants Council president, attended the from various Corps units were gtv- meeting representing the Civilian en their second lecture of the j studerta. Beckett said that the newly designed three week short I Civilian students were interested course in journalism. jin joining forces with the Corpa Donald D. Burchard, head of ' of Cadets in order to produce one the Department of Journalism and honor code for the whole student By GAYLE McNITT Executive News Editor Memorial Student Center Councilmen began study Mon day aftern«>on on u long plan for maintenance and improve ment of the center. Although the MSC has maintained a self-supporting pro- th. a .( • v,,, „ ,u , F™™ during the past eight years of operation, fund* for was drawn ud last year ' ma ! ntenanct ‘ ° n depreciating equipment are not currently ' rising at a sufficient rate to support a rejuvination that muat come in a few years This was shown in a financial report to mittf-c j the council at their Monday evening meeting. During the 8-hour business meeting the council heard financial reports for the 1957-58 yean approved budgets for MSC committees during the coming year and laid preli- 4 minary plans for the year’s with general comment* concerning whet the committee* did during the summer month*, especially the finance committee. S1&.7M Budget At present the budget for the conference is set at tl5,7KO. about 52,300 short of the original goal >f *1*.0*0 Jay Bisbey, finance committee chairman, reported that to date the treasury records show* $14,167 However, there are several spon -on who have committed them- Jark Mc( rary head of the plan ning Committee, reported body, Beckett aaid that the Civilian* instructor of the free new* writ ing course, told his audience of over 100 that "you hare the oppor tunity to put A4M in the eyes of the public, so the way people see aeniora. He also said that the t|ie school depends a lot on you ” Civilians are planning to set up "Kvery Aggie i* entitled to at j an Honor Code Committee More Aggies lake Influenza Shots About 10 per cent of the stu dent body received their influ enza shot* si (he College Hos pital last week, Dr. C. R Lyon*, director of Student Health Serv. ice*, said last night. “We were pretty Susy Iasi week with our routine work and the flu shots.” he said. “We still hue plenty of flu vaccine left.” event.*. One of their primary objectives for the year will \>e to establish a solid foundation for future years of MSU activity. Funds for the rehabilitation pro gram. which will include replacing or repairing worn out furniture and other equipmenS and facilities, must come from three basic sou ice* of income, studie* of the MSC hadgt-t show The three sources are the student MSC fee, business operations and the adult education program. Curtis said that Beckett and that some 20-30 speaker* have been contacted, of which four will be least one new* story in his home major speakers and 14 others will'town paper due to the fact that j a representative from the Civilian Student Body would be invited to each and every meeting held by the Corps committee. Beckett were working on a code similar to Ffiroll for the one drairn up by last year's | Accident Insurance F.nroliment for the students’ ac cident insurance plan ended Fri day and only 1,785 A4M students be chosen a* co-chairmen for the | he is here,’’ Burchard said in the seven round table sessions early morning sessioa. "In addi- Tentative Program tion, anything else he doea is news The tentative program consists > to anyone who knows him bark of five major topics which will home ” Marine Programs Offered to Aggies Officer training programs, lead ng to commissioning in the United States Marine Corps, are open to Aggies, I t. Charles F Thompson, Marine Officer Selection officer said yesterday Lt Thompson and an officer se lection team will he in the Memor isl Student Center post office area each day this week between 8 a m. and 4 30 p m Programs available to college students include the Platoon Lead ers Class, for freshmen and sopho mores and the OCC, open to col lege seniors and graduates, said lay of the conference and schedule Thompson j of programs and activities serve as a general outline for the co-chairmen of the round tables. Boy Lynd, Program Committee chairman, said. The topic of this year’s confer ence is “Source* of Tension—Na tional and International” The five topics are 1. Cultural —Rdigious—Racial Backgrounds 2 National Secxirity 1 Contrasting Political Ideoligies 4 Economic Policies 5 Policies Methods— Tech - mques of Rnaolving These Tensions. Bill Meyers, Secretariat Com mittee head, said the pre confer ence brochure was almost com pleted The brochure was started in mid-August. It is designed to tell the delegate* what to bring I with them, the cost, general out- News of the World The program, set up to teach public information personnel how to present a "newsy’’ account of events at A AM to hometown news- papera, was started on the first Saturday of the new semester with an introduction to new- writing Burchard explained the methods in more detail last Saturday and -tressed the need of accuracy The final session ip scheduled for next Saturday in the Memorial Student Center Assembly Room, acene of the two previous sessions. Jack Teague. Corps informa tion officer, assigned each man at tending the session to write a story about an individual in his outfit by Thursday a* a bit of "homework ” According to Teague, the idea behind the whole plan is to teach PI personnel fundamental* in news writing so they can keep hometown newspapers supplied with news of what local boys are doing at college urged Curtis to appoint some Corps member to attend the Civil ian*’ meetings. Tha next meeting of the Corps committee, mad** up of represents lives from each group and battal ion, will be held Friday night at 7 in the Corps Conference Room, Dormitory 2. After looking over the possibili ties of the three income sources. The flu shols are being given ,h< * roum ' 11 mad,, P lan, t0 for a fee of $|, he said. th * foll < m,n K **P*rt» increasing I revenue: 1. Increasing the student MSC fee from $2 to $5. fiince such fees are regulated by state government, an act by the Texas legislature would be required to bring about the increase. 2. Increasing efficiency in the took advantage of the plan which ^ Dining Hoorn and Coffee Shop, offers $1,000 coverage against ac- ! which operated in the red laet year, cidents for a full calendar year. although the overall MSC food pro- The plan, $4 per student, pro- ' Kram d,d not - 0ne un ‘ vides for coverage in the majoritv d,M ' * tudy at P r '^ nt - of cases and is equally effective I ^ ,)m,n * Rooni into a mod * rn during the college holidays term raf ' t * ml ’ while at the ‘i"'' recesses and summer vacation: th * hi * h ,ood • t * ,nd - penod. (See MSC COUNCIL, Page 4) Shooting Accident Hospitalizes Aggie Fred Palmer, ’59, a wildlife man agement student from Tyler. Tex., incurred a self-inflicted wound in hit left foot with a 22 caliber pistol at 5:15 pm. yesterday. Palmer was riding in a car with another boy en route to the clay piU to do some target shooting when the accident occurred. Ha w as taken to . the College Hospital where he re^ei'ed emer gency treatment. Me will be re leased today, officials sank ”1 forgot how dangerous guns caa be. I’ve bandied then* all my life,” said Palmer “I didn't ex- ernee enough caution.” He was resting comfortably in the hoepiUl laet pight. By The Asaoeiated Press School Board to C omply With Court Order LITTLE ROCK, Ark—Supt. VirRil Blossom said Mon day night attorneys advised the Little Rock School Board to comply with court orders to halt plans to open schools on a private integrated basis. Blossom said the board would com ply with the order. The superintendent said that “is alJ I can say.” From this terse announcement it appeared that the plan to open Little Rock’s four high schools as segregated private schools has been postponed. ' ★ ★ ★ Alabama Governor Commute* Death Sentence MONTGOMERY. Ala—Jimmy Wilson. $5-year-old Ne gro handyman under death sentence for a $1.95 robbery , waa saved from the electric chair Monday by Gov. James E. Folsom. Wilson received the news that the governor had spared his life with a calmness common to his race. "Thanks you sir,” was the 55-year-old Negro handy man’s only comment when informed by Dep Warder Curtis Simpson that the governor had commuted his death sentence to life imprisonment. He showed no visible sign of emotion. It was almost as if he were expecting the governor to take that action. Tonn Hall Tickets On Sale Tomorrow Town Hall student and non-atu- dent *«a*on tickets, both reserved and general admission, will go on -ale tomorrow at the Office of Student Activities, Room 210 in the YMCA Oeneral admission tickets for students who have not paid their -tudent activities fee and for stu dents’ wives will cost $4. with re served seat tickets selling for $6 Students who have paid their stu dent activities fee may purchase reserve seat tickets for $2 Deneral admission tickets for non-students will sell for $6. with reserved seat tickets going for $M Town Hall will feature this year suck performances as Rambi Linn and Rftd 41*zander in "Dance Jub ilaa,’’ tha National Orrhestrs of Mexico, the world renown Boston Pop* Orchestra, the Roger Wtg ner Choral and the Boardway hit “Lil Abner ” . IF Coal Set At $31*35.75 Bryan's United Fund Drive, got underway yesterday with a set goal of $.’18,836.76, which partici pants hope to raise before the drive closes Nov 1. Among funds set aside this year will be $300 for the (lonsales Warm Springs Foundation; which is fac ed with the posibility of closing unless sufficient fund* can be rais ed immediately. Travis Bryan Jr, chairman of the drive said, "We want every one to know we re depending on them to contribute, even though it is impossible to contact everyone personally." Other agencies participating in the drive include Boy Scouts of America, Girl Scouts of America, the Salvation Army, YMCA, Bry an Welfare Fund, Red Cross. Tex as United Defense Fund, Brazos County Youth Development Asso., and the Crippled Children’s Ther apy Center in Bryan. Bryan expressed pleasure at the way the drive progressed during ita first day. "If we keep rolling this way, we’ll make our goal,” he said. Guide Posts ’ Tba bast advice I can five to any young man or young womaa upon graduation from school can ba summed up in exactly eight woixia, and they are—ba hnne»t with ywuraalf and tall the truth.”— Jamea A. Farley I'm A Little Aggie That's the Aggie fighting spirit you se* as Don Murray Y'iguet Jr., 3, makes his comeback from an auto accident that left him paralvzed from the waist down. A patient at the Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation, he is the aon of Mr and Mrs D M Viguet Sr of Beaumont. The founda tion must close within 30 days if a statewide fund raising drive is not successful.