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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1958)
Woathrr Today CWMMty and rainv today Mat- iMum tam|»rraturr tiMJay. M: minimum toniiht. ST. w BATTALION Puhlinhpd Daily on I he Texan A&M College Campun Fish VS. Wogs Tomorrow Numiter 13: Volume “>8 COIXEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, CXTOBER 7. 1958 Trice Five Cent* A&S Council Elects Officers Tuesday Night In it* first of the year last nijrht, the Art* ami Soienres Council el**<-te<l three new officers and pledged to work harder in aid mir A4S student* in problem* con- j cernina academics Glen Hitchcock, of San Antonio, | was chosen vice president. Tucker Sutherland of Mathis, was elected «e»'retary treasurer and Fred Me urer of Corpus Chnsti, was voted reporter i n opening business Hitchcock represents the Physits Club while Sutherland and Meurer are representatives of Sijrma I>elta Chi. a journalistic fraternity The trio join* president Grady Harr, who wa« elected last year. Hiacwaa Problems After readinp the couivil's con st tution, whi. h oatlmes tin pur pose a* "to discuss problems con cerning students in Art* and Sci ence* and recommended solutions." Barr told the group the council had handled too many problems in the pa*t not related to academics, and suggested the council concentrate on that point Acting Arts and Sciences Dean 0 W Schlesselman *aid the coun- eil should certainly devote itself to that issue since AA M is one of the hardest state schools as far as academics are concerned Saying the council could recom mend any curriculum <hanges to the various departments in A AS. r>ean Schlesselman agreed to ask Dr James G Potter, head of the Department of Physics, to elimi nate Spanish from the curriculum requirement of math and physics majors in favor of German. French or Russian A discussion from the Door had pointed out that those three languages were useful In technical study while Spanish wa« not Non \'oting Statu* In other business, the council voted to put presidents of repre sentative clubs on no-voting status rather than voting in order to de trease membership Barr prompt ed the diacussion by saying the secretary's office had too much work with the large membership Dean ScWesselman reported the Aggie Follies of last year had put 9M7.17 into the council's treasury Faculty SPB, Provisions Become Official Board Oka vs $208.27:5 In Special Gift s Board Confirms Edi to ria I Pos ts First Midnight A larye crowd turned out for the first Mid night Yell Craft ice Friday nijfht in The Grove to hear the fabulous fables told by this year’s yell leaders, headed bv K ' I>. Yell Practice (Smokey) Hyde. The spirit was hijifh as the Atftfies practiced the after-score kiss with lights turned low. hbr School Xcods Coordination Croup Friday Organizes The College Stat on Inter Club Coordination Committee held its organizational meeting Friday noon with various clubs and iisir organizations having r* p repent a- I tivea present. Purpose of the committee «is to cooedinate the various intere sts and effort* of the various civic organ j izations toward the improvement Senior Favors Can Non Be Purchased Senior favors have arrived and i p ay now be picked*up at the De partment of Student Activities, it was announced today I The favors may tie bought at the office between h am. and 5 pm with the exclusion of the hours I 12-1 Cost of the favors is II 2f> News of the World of the school g mind and othei needs of the school, according to Charles Haas, l.ioa* Club repre sentat ve and newly elected secie tary of the group The group will look to the school staff and school bound for advict in determining what project* need immediate attention and what rn-eds to be done. Haas said. I.ucian Morgan, representative of the Mothers and Dad* Club, was elected presidant of the new committee. Next meeting has been set foi Wednesday at noon in the AAM Consolidated Schools Cafeteria Haas said that he hopes by then all organizations will have pledged their support to the group and will work together to achieve their common goals. » Charles LaMotte, Kiwani* Club representative, wan named vice chairman. A&M Consolidated School Super intendent Taylor Riedel, City Man- Rudder Asks More Chureh Attendanee Nice President Karl Rudder of i Texas A and M College today stressed the importance of the ac tivities of the various religious ! groups on Wednesday night and 1 urged the cooperation of everyone | by not scheduling conflicting pro- giams or activities on that night. "Texas A and M. College recog nizes the importance of spiritual development in the growth of the whole student and it ha* been the policy for many years ta reserve Wednesday evening for the activi ties of the various regilious group*,’’ Mr Rudder say!* By JOE HUSER Battalion Editor Bylaw* of the new all-faculty Student Publication* Board were approved Thursday by the Executive Committee and the Board was officially recognized at that time. At the first meeting of the SPB. called Thursday after noon, student editors for the 1958-59 year were approved. The editors were nominated last year and selected by the old Board and hat! not lieen approved this year. They had scholarship*. fellowship* and i*>en working "unofficially” on their publications until the award*—the money coming from approval. Editors approved were the ones nominated last year: Rod Stepp for The Aggieland, Delmar Deterling for The Agricul turist, Joe Buser for the Battalion, Bob Kerr for The Com- ♦mentator, Louis Stipp for The Funds totalling $20s,27 1 4:t, for giants-m-aid for research, scholar- shipa, fellowship* and special I awards, were accepted here Sat ur day by the Boaid of Director*. Of the total, AAM received f l0o,My.20 in fund* to support 105 sources. Gift* tame from bus iness and industrial organization*, foundations, AAM club*, formei students, civic and service club* and indixiduals. The college also received new endowed funds of $610 59, and a $2,5*K) g ant-in aid for research and three gifts totalling $(,200. The Texas .Agricultural Kxperi rnent Station was the reripient of 12 grants-m-aid for research, sup ported by funds of $22,550 The station was also given three gifts xalued at $2,158.70, and received the loan of livestock and equip ment valued at (iftO Arlington FtwAe College receiv ed one grant-in-aid of $7,000; Tarleton State College wa* given livestock valued at $150. Annual Clean-l p l)riv<‘ Progressing In Area By The Ansoctaled Press Order Freeze** School Situation ST. LOUIS—A federal court extended Monday the order that prevent* a Little R*»rk group from leasing the city’* high uchools and operating them a* private, segregated institu tion* It scheduled the next hearing *>n the case for (>ct 15 in St. Ixmii*. legally, thi* freeze* the *it|«ation in Little Rock 'The schools remain closed and beyond the reach of the Little Rock Private School Corp ★ ★ ★ Daniel Re|>eats Promise of No State Sales Tax DALLAS—Qov Dannel repeated campaign promise* Monday that Texas will never have state sales or income taw "The state is in some financial difficulty," he admitted to about 1,000 person* at the (ounty Judges and Uommission- ers Assn meeting here "But now as 90 cents out of every tax dollar goes for | public welfare, such a* hospital*, highway* and school*. | question* come up a* to which of these services should we turn over to the federal government. ★ * ★ Reds Oasc Quemoy Barrage TAIPEI—The Nationalists poured a record quantity of aupplies into Quemoy Monday under Communist guns silenced on the first day of a Red cease-fire But early Tues day the Nationalists denounced the cease-fire as only a lull before a new storm As both sides held their fire, Sampson Chen, a Nationa list spokesman, called the week-long truce proclaimed bv the Communists early Monday a "diabolical jteace offensive” and predicted the Reds would make more trouble soon He pledged again that the Nationalists would stand firm against the Communist call for direct negotiations of the Formosa Strait crisis. ★ ★ ★ Seawolf Surfaces After 2 Months NEW LONDON. Conn —The atomic submarine Seawolf surfaced Monday after a record two months beneath the and came home in glory. Her skipper said she could have stayed down twice as long The Nautilus.' America's first atomic submarine, was Monday as residents started their special effort to f get their city < lean. Under the sponsorship of the College Station Civic Assn., the agre Ran Boswell, County Commis progtam is designed to make cit- sion* r Raymond N#lan and School men* more clean up conscious, said Hoard President J R Jackson will i) on president of the a**o- serve as ex-officio members of thi* j elation committee. "We hope that we can make CoU Othei representatives at the ( Station residents so aware of meeting included Mis. Marion! the need for a clean city that the three day, special-emphasis pro gram will extend throughout the year,” he said Dale expressed appreciation to the various individuals and group* who are cooperating to make the project a success. He pointed out that the signs and painted windows in several North Gate busmesaes were done through the cooperation of AAM j Consolidated Schools Superintend College Station's annual Clean-. furnished by the American Steam Up Days swung into full operation | Laundry, Biyan, Dale *aid. The city of College Station 1s furnishing special trash puk up collections by its trucks Tnrnor- the trucks will make sp»-< lal row collections in the north part of j the city. "We won’t know until Wednes day how good a job we did. but light now, this looks like the best | clean-up job aver,” said Dale. New Building r Dedication Set AAMN new $1,300,00 Dairy-Bio chemistry building will be formally dedicated Wednesday at 11 a.in. President M T Harrington will make the dedication address. Dairy science facilities in the new building, which contains 60,900 square feet erf floor space, include classroom, research laboratories and a very modern Creamery. Biochemistry work includes live stock and poultry nutrition and fundamental biochemical research in proteins, fats, ammo acids and radioactive tracer techniques Woik also is being done on rumen * nutrition. Additional research is being conducted to find new com mercial uses for low-grade surplus by products of agricultuial indus tries. Dr G M Watkins, Dean, School of Agriculture, will be master of ceremonies at the dedication. Dr I W Rupel, head of the Depart ment of Dairy Science, and Dr Carl M Lyman, head of the Bio- chemistiy and Nutrition Depart ment will discuss teaching, re search and extension activities of the two departments. Ihigh, Garden Club, and Don Dale. College Station Civic Association Building (zrou|) Opens Planning For MSC Pool _ . . , lent Taylor Riedel, who pledged the Preliminary plans were begun I 7 , r m Friday for the building of an out door swimming pool for reerea-d tional purposes at the Memorial j Student ( enter. Members of the 1058-59 Memor ta! Student Center Building Study Committee held tbeir first meet ing of the year Fuday evening and appointed Finance and Plan nmg committees to begin making studies for building of the new pool The building study committee agreed to make the pool their No 1 project for the year and spent most of the two hour session dis cussing possible locations, con struction and ways of financing the project Ijist May the MSC Council au thorized the committee to spend up to $2,500 to do a feasibility study of an outdoor swimming pool for the MSC, providing the treasure met with administrative approval During the summer, Vice President support of the school children in working on the signs and windows More windows could have been painted, except for inclement wea ther. he said Materials for the posters were Lions Quh Sells Isi^ht Bulbs Today A "brighter” College Station is j the prospect of the College Sta- I tion Lions Club members as they "fall out” in force this evening for their annual city light bulb saie I The Ijons will sail bulb* door- to-door throughout College Sta tion from 5 to 7.30 p m. today The bulbs will be sold in packets of nine, at $2 per packat Kach packet ! will include one 150-watt, four 100 | watt and four 75-watt bulbs, which would retail at $2 Oft. ' B«sides being able to stock up on extra bulbs always a handy item around the house, buyer* will EnRirm-r and Tommie Hen- nard for The Southwestern Veterinarian. At the first meeting mem ber* i>f the publications advisory group expressed appreciation to the editors and their staffs for "the interest shown in Student Publication* by taking prompt hold of the work on their individ ual publication this fall and carry ing out that work in an efficient and effective mannar. . . Artifig chairman for the Boe"d was H L. Kidd, member from the •School of Arts and Science*. He will serve as chairman until a di rector is named. At that time, by a provision in the bylaws, the new director will take over as perman ent chairman of the body. (See Page 2 for complete copy of new bylaws approved Thurs day ) Vice PresidenQKarl Rudder said Monday in regard to the appoint ment of a new director Xhat "a capable man should be appointed within a few weeks.” He explained that the college was seeking "a journalist of high caliber to take the directorship and would defer appointing ^ust anyone” until they found a man qualified for the position. C Composite ins Review C Composite, the Corps all-sen ior unit, made it knowa to the rest of the Corps that they are going- to be an outfit to be reckoned with this year a* they gathered in 30 out of a possible 35 points and an oveiail average of 8571 to win the year's first graded pass-by, the march-m prior to the Missouri game The outfit is commanded by C. A, I Buddy) Bollfraa* The Consolidated Band held an impressively steady cadence dur ing the march-in to take second place and A Transportation Corpa marched into the third place slot. Three unit* tied for fourth place. They were Squadron 4, Squadron 11, and A "AAA”. among the fimt to congratulate the Seawolf on her record E * rl Ru<1<1#r »PP r » v ^ •" cxpendi- get them delivered to their door of remaining submerged 60 full days. u,r * Ilooo for such • study »t • cut rat# pneo.” said Maj r The previous record of 31 days, hours was set last At * meeting on Sept IS, the p Scoggins, chan man of the sales May by another atomic sub, the Skate. 1 (kee MSC POOL, Page 3) i drive. Poster (iirl Previews Art Pretty Alex Cain, one of fcx*n Antonio’s famed Boater Girls, preview* an entry in the Alamo City's unique River Art Show The 14th annual show held Saturday and Sunday, featured 400 artists and craftsmen in costume displaying their works on the hanks of the San Antonio River as they compete for f 1,100 in cash awards. Vpterinarian PlaiiH Chicago Trip Dr R D Turk, head of the De- i partment of Veterinary Parasltol- 1 ngy. School of Veterinary Medi cine, will attend a meeting ef the Council on Research' of the Amer- i«*n Veterinary Medical Aasn in Chicago, III , Oct 11-12. Turk, coordinator of veterinary reserach, Texas Agricultural Ex periment Station, represents the area of veterinary parasitology as ■ member of the Council on Re search of the American Veterinary Medical Assn.