The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, October 29, 1958, Image 1
4 Weathpr Today ('•atiau«4 rtatMly and rainy lhrough t«Nnorrn«i. No rhanfr in Irmperalura. BATTALION Chest Drive Saturday Published Daily on thn Texan Ad M College Camput Number 27: Volume S8 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 19S8 Price Five Cent# -y-yv -ff Tjei i RedsInQuandry As Three More Win Nobel IVize CAROL COZART . . . by V ir l.ucaa KARKAKA V\ESTERMAN ... by Hartdd Slrvt-na PAT DORAN by Marwhall Sravey KAYSCTTON . . bv Tony konrak Buddy Brook to Press Button Open House Set \ll Day Friday Friday Count-down Nears ify Journalists Of ^ Th»* Hepartment «f Joumali^ For Annual Air Force Ball MARY ANN SAMPLES . . . by John Schmidt By FRED MEI RER Battalion Manartnx Editor Fndoy, 31 October 19f*8, the time nearing 8 30 p m. . . The Hock chime* eiyht time*, th«»n 20 more minute* pa*s, every one i* waiting . . Five. . four. . .three. . two. . . one. . . Buddy Brock move* hi* baton, turnmjt hi* 1? piece orchestra into a ma*s of music-makers. . . And Ah KOTO cadet* swirl their date* on the Sbi.<i Hall dance floor, beginning the aibual Air Force Ball. Friday is two day* off, but Jay Roland, commanding officer of the 1st Wmg and chairman of the Air Force Hall committee, and hi* as sistant* have everything ready for the blast-off thi* Halloween night. “Tbj* is the firat big dance of the year and rather than hire *ome low caliber orcheetra, we decided to Hart the year off light by sign ing Buddy Brock to play for us,” said Roland. Steen Named Austin Prew Dr. Nance Succeeds Dr. Steen As Head of History Department Dr Joseph Milton Nance wa* i named yesterday to succeed Dr I Ralph Steen, who has been nami-d pi-esident of Stephen F Austin Col- ■ lege at Nacogdoches, as head of the Department of History and C'.overnment hy Dr J B Fage, dean of the college He will assume his new duties Saturday, aaid Fage “I am very honored to take this position but I feel that every- ane in the department shares mv deepest regrets to see Dr. Steen leave. We do feel he has a very good position and all wish him well." Nance said “I think it is very gratifying recognition both to Dr Steen and the AA.W faculty that Dr Steen was picked for such a high posi ‘ tion," said Page Continuing, Page said, "We feel we have a very fine replacement for Dr Steen, whom we are very ■ Borry to see leave ” Native of Kyle Nance, a native of Kyle. Tex , Joined the department in Septem ber 1941. He holds a H A. degree, 193f*. from the I’niveraity of Tex a* Hi* major was history (f S. I and latin American), his minor j waa American government, na tional. state and local and ad j ministration He a'so holds an M A. degree from Texas, with a major in U. S. history, min or in government (governments of Latin America. Inter-American relation*. American diplomacy) and a Ph D. degree from Texas, 1941. He majored in American )|iatory; first minor. European his tory; and second minor, govern ment. Student Assistant In I§34-37 he was student as- aistant and part-time instructor in history at Texas; in 1941-42 and in 194d-47, he was instructor in hiatory at A4M. in 1942 43 he was an instructor in typing and code typing. Naval Training School here In 1946 Nance returned to AAM and rose successively through the ranks to a full professor in 19M. Naval Reserve Nance entered the U. S. Naval Receive service in August, 1943, as a teaman and rose to the rank of Ueatenant (jf), USSR by Febru ary, 1944, when released to Inac tive duty lie served a year (1945) on Admiral Cheater Nimiti’a com munications staff at Pearl Har bor; in September and December of 1944 he was at the Naval Of ! ficers Communications School. Cambridge, Mass In 1938-40 he was state super- Asan. He is a past secretary of file faculty of the School of Arts and Sciences, current president of the local chapter of Phi Kappa Phi visor of the American Imprints, and has for the past several year* Manuscripts and Newspaper Sur vey in Texas for the Historical Records Survey Program and has presented paper* before annual meeting* of the Southwestern So cial Sciences Assn, and the Texas State H'stmical Assn Member of Societies Nance is a member of several professional and learned associa tions including the Texas State Hiatorical Assn, the Mississippi Valley Historical Assn , the South ern Historical Assn., and the Southwestern Social Science* been a member of the Pre-Medical and Pre-Dental Advisory commit tee and several other committee* of the college Nance has puhHabed, besides a number of book reviews, a “Check list of Texas Newspaper*. 1H13- 1939’’ (San Jacinto Museum of Hiatory); ‘‘Bnfadier General Adrian Wdll’s Report of hia Fx- pedition into Texua in 1842” and many other*. In !*>« he wa. named «F.th#r | T|i ^ ^ ^ Mnt of the Year” in the Bryan-( ollege Station area News of the World "We (tnnk this will be n fine affair and that everyone will en-| joy it,” he added. Numerous Attractions In addition to the orchestra from Houston which will feature a fe male vocalist, many other luster- addmg attractions hac* been out- lirtW on planning board for thi* year’s ball. A* m year’s past, the highlight of the night will be selection and presentatiigi of the Air F>>ice Sweetheart, who will be chosen from fhe finalist*. The finalist^ who were selected from 38 entrie* submitted by Air Force cadets, are Pat Doran, es corted by Marshall Seavey; Kay Sutton, escorted by Tony konrak; Barbara Westerman, %irurted hg Harold Stevens, Carol Coaart, es corted by Vie Lucas, and Marv Ann Sample*, escorted by John Schmidt. Honor Guard Cadets and dates arriving at the ball bill pas* between an honor guard formed by the Fi*h Drill | Team. Standing outside the en trance, the squad w ill snap to at- | tontion as guests pass and present ' arm* as officeia puss. Team mem- j bets will also act as ushers. All Army ROTC »en(r>is have been invited to the ball. They may 1 purchase tickets selling for 50 ; cent* per couple at the Student I Activities Office in the YMCA. j Photographers w ill be on hand i at the affair to take pictures of cadets and their dates. The pic- I tures may be purchased later All military personnel in the | invitations to the ball, said Roland. Dean* and othei member* of the faculty ' and staff have akb> been invited About 1.000 Expected Depa hold an Bv The Amociated Prem house m com memoration of it* 10th anni'ers- ary Friday on the ground floor of , Nagle Hall, according to D Ft Hurchard, head of the department The opon house will last from * a m. to 5 p m. I he department ha* <ent some 1.200 invitation* to staff and fac ulty members at A A M and to daily and weekly newspaper* throughout the state. The department was •*tabli«hod in 1948 amf since that time it has achieved major stature in the state anil nation. In 1956 it became one of the 46 colleges in the nation ac credited by the American Council on Education and Journalism. In Texas, besides AAM, only the I ni 1 veraity of Texas and Texas Wo man’s University are accredited bv ahe ACKJ. 1 Journalism was instituted at AAM primarily to prepare students for careers on non-metropolitan i newspapers in Texas. The department offers two de- | greet*—a bachelor of arts in •straight journalism and the bach elor of science in agricultural jour- ; nalism. "The men are in positions of ie ( sponsibiiity on weekly and daily i i newspapers, magazines, radio, tele vision and public relations work I Of the inf) who started in journal ism only two have failed to achieve | a high degree of success.” The journalism department main- tains an active program of sum- ■ mer internship* w hereby students ' spend their summers working for various Texas daily newspapers. This progtam was instituted with the cooperation of the Texas Daily Newspaper Assn , the Texas Press Assn., and the Texas Chemical Council. "The high degree of interest and support of the professional field is <bie to several reasons,” Bun hard said.. "The editors and publishers A A M Englishman Wins (diem istry Prize 0/ STOCKHOLM, Sweden LP)—Three Soviet nuclear scien tists won the Nol>eI Prize in Physics Tuesday. i*>sinjf a prob lem for the Kremlin. The Prize for ( hemistry went to an E nglishman. The Russian# are P. A. Cherenkov, I. M Frank and Igor H. Tamm, all Moscow professors. They were cited jointly for their work with high sjieed, suli-atomic particle#. One product of their research was a cosmic ray counter. One such counter now is circling the earth in the Russians’ Sputnik III, Now the Kremlin must decide what to do about it. It ha# already brought down its wrath on the Nobel committeemen for chosing author Boris Pasternak as the wunner of the ♦Literature Prize. Monday last Day , '"‘ ,e "’ ak wro,e '' r "'" ,r For ho’s \l ho ’ America;! Col-i the W>*t. Nominations for Who’s Win Among Students in leges and Universities will close; Monday at 5 p. m. Nomination forms are to he 'urned in at the mam desk of the Memorial Student Center, the Commandant'* Office, the Housing office or the Office of Student Activities. To be eligible fur Who’s Who a student must he classified as a senior (have 95 hours), have at least a CM I grade point ratio, be active in campus activities, show qualities of leadership and b* popu lar with fellow students. After a student has been nom inated and his grade point ratio verified, he will be mailed an in formation form which must be filb-d out and turned in at the • iffice of Student Activities by 5 p. m. Friday, Nov. 7. Selection of Who's Who will be made sometime after Thanksgiv ing, W L Penberthy, director of Student Activities ^aid. Zhivago”, a novel optical of communism and the Bolshe vik Revolution. The book has not been published in the Soviet Union hut is being widely read in Guide Pouts Roland said a rough “guessti-1 are interested in maU” was that about 1,000 peisons would be present. Fach female guest will be given a prografn up I on arrival. Roland said no plan had been ( worked out by which cadets could struct ion of Diablo Dam near Del Rio, forwarding the project purchase corsages at * special to federal agencies for further action. I pnee. He said all flower* would ‘‘This is a particularly urgent project due to the deva- have » be bought individually stating floods which have occurred on thi# river, one of the .through local florists. Worst of w hich i# causing great lo#se# and suffering on both Uniform f<* the dance win be sides of the Rio Grande at thi# time,” Daniel*said in hi# let- W)nt#r a,.,.,,, w j th bioaae. white ahirt and black bow tie Dates ^ ^ W | will wear feimals. Whittfnburg Return* Money FORT WORTH —Roy Whittenburg laid Tuesday he has returned all contributions to his campaign for the Senate be- |\<|lllin<iKcrS I l3V cause he is afraid the federal government will try to punish J his supporters. , Ppapfipp I nflpi'YA M V The Republican candidate has campaigned on a states 1 1 aviiAk v imi i ™ay rights and self-government platform and has urged curtail ment of the power and influence of the Internal Revenue Service. ★ ★ ★ Eisenhower ( ampaignN in New York NEW YORK —President Eisenhower joined with Nelson A. Rockefeller and Rep Kenneth B Keating Tuesday in a demonstration of unity between the White House and the Republican ticket in New York. ; “I am scared of this climate in • which people don’t dare think, and dare not say what they think. You , don’t get thought, and you don’t and they jjpj controversy: you have a dead recognix# the quality of the grad- that’s juet’waiting fur th* (Nee JOURNALISM, Pg. 4) man on horseback.”— Fred Cook The Soviet pres* ha# called Pasternak a tool of those who would fan the cold war. * It de manded that he reject tl^e 141,440 Nol>el cash prize On the other hand, Cherenkov, F’rank and Tamm are among the scientific elite in the Soviet Un ion and are the first Soviet mi- i clear sciential* ever to receive a Nobel citation. The Kremlin, proud of Soviet scientific achieve ment*. would like to have them recognized. What the three scientist* were (cited for is. an laymen’s teimg, s highly effective trap for elusive subatomic particles. , ,, Without it, the Royal Swedish Academy said, the dtaMVery of the antiproton at Bei kelap, C#lif., in 1955 scarcely would have been possible. The antiproton exists only a fraction of a second 4nd is dissolved into light when it meets a proton. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to Dr Frederick Sanger, 10, for pioneer work on the structure of insulin, furthering the search into the secret* of life. Three Americans were reported as possible winners in Medicine and Physiology They are Dr* Rd- watd I. Tatum. George W Hadle. and Joshua l^derberg. all gene tic ists doing research into the fun damentals of heredity. The Aggie Players last night began putting the finishing touch es on their presentation of “The Rainmaker ” Curtain rises Monday at 8 p m. in the Memorial Student Center Ballroom for the production C. K Eaton, director of the play , said tickets may be obtained He told two party rallies, to which he rode in the rain.^gt the mam desk in th# msc, ©r that by sending Rockefeller to Albany they will elect a gov ernor just as great as the fine new senator he #aid they will send to Washington. Keating is running for the Senate. ★ ★ ★ Michigan Gambling Ring Broken ANN ARBOR, Mich. —Twe Univartlty <*f Michigan ath letic stars were arrested with fire ether itudent* Tuesday in a police crackdown on gambling on the campus. Detective Lt. Osorge Stauoh said the athlete# were first- string football fullback Tony Rio and basketball captain Jack Lewis. frera any of the Aggie Players for 75 cents aqrh “The Rainmaker," a romantic coinedv by N Jtighard Na*h, re veals a aaotherlea* family of a father and two ton* trying to find a man for the only daughter of the houaeheld A drought persists throughout the drama, and the en trance of Tho Ramiaaker pro duces a refreshing comedy First Log for Bonfire Squadron 13 sophomores brought in the first log for the 1958 bonfire last night. They cut the 40-foot tree last Friday after noon and unloaded it on the drill field at Raltslw* Staff Pfertw 7 :‘i0 yesterday. A local wrecker service and a log hauler furnished the truck for the move.