Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 4, 1958)
Weather Today Forecast for College Station and vicinity is considerable cloudi ness and mild through Wednes day with occasional rain. THE BATTALION Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus Number 30: Volume 58 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1958 Price Five Cents Battalion btall I'notu oy i^aney me Math Tessie Visitors Five Tessies attended yell practice last The group from left to right included: Sallie night to invite all Aggies to attend a pre- Puddy, Beverley Blount, Sandra Siefers, Corps Trip Dance in Denton this weekend. Millie Rowland and Susan Maxwell. Corps Cadet Adds Up $1,287 Toward Chest By BILL REED Battalion News Editor The first leg of the 1958 Cam pus Chest drive progressed in good fashion Saturday morning in the Cadet Corps area as $1,287.32 was donated by Corps students, ac cording to Don Rummel, Campus Chest chairman. Everything was “fairly pleas ing” fo Rummel and John Thomas, Student Senate president. Air Force Ready To Fire Rocket WASHINGTON UP) — The Air Force is about ready to fire an other rocket at the moon. Its chances of reaching the moon's vicinity were described as “some thing less than 1 in 25.” Dr. Hugh L. Dryden, deputy chief of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA, announced the shoot will be made within a week or so. The lunar probe will be a suc cess if the instrumented nose of the rocket completes its 240,000- mile journey into space and goes into orbit around the moon. But the space scientists would be grat ified if the rocket approached with in 25,000 to 40,000 miles of the moon. All Corps units were contacted with the exception of about 10 squadrons and companies. “One outfit which we did not collect from during the one-hour period from 8 to 9 Saturday morn ing gave us an I.O.U. equal to “a dollar per Aggie,” Rummel said. Last year only $1,875 was col lected by the chest committee from the entire student body. The goal was $7,000. Besides having several units yet to contribute, the Civilian Stu dents, married students and Day students have yet to be contacted. During commander’s time Sat urday, each unit commander ap pointed one man to mingle with the men in his outfit to give them an opportunity to contribute to the chest which is designed to help Aggies buddies in need of finan cial aid. After this money was gathered into one lump sum, the unit repre sentative turned the donations over to the group or battalion sergeant major, who in turn transferred it to the wing or regimer/t level. Members of the chest commit tee then went around and picked up the contributions and proceeded to count it, finally coming up with the final count. Civilian students will be given a chance to donate to the cause to day, according to Charles Graham, News of the World By The Associated Press Pope John XXIII Crowned Today VATICAN CITY—Pope John XXIII will be crowned the Roman Catholic Church’s 262nd supreme pontiff Tuesday amid the colorful panopoly of centuries. St. Peter’s basilica, scene of the four-hour ceremony, glittered with red damask and gold and the flash of thou sands of electric lights. ★ ★ ★ U. N. to Form Disarmament Commission UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.—In a rare display of unani mity the United Nations voted Monday night to set up an 81- nation disarmament commission for 1959. The move to end the long-standing stalemate on U. N. disarmament ne gotiations came in the 81-nation political committee, where the United States and the Soviet Union reached agreement on operating rules for the enlarged commission. ★ ★ ★ Voting Light In Cuban Election HAVANA—Voting under the protection of Batista gov ernment guns was light in Cuba’s presidential election. The rebels of Fidel Castro had called for a vote boycott and threatened violence to voters and death to candidates. Many intimidated or apathetic thousands of the nation’s 2,870,000 eligible voters stayed away from the polls. Civilian committee chairman. “We have made plans to con tact every Civilian and married student enrolled at A&M and we hope to get our “dollar per Ag gie,” he said. Students living in College View and Project House area wall get their chance to give to the fund Nov. 11, Gi'aham said. 48 Million Expected To Cast Votes Today TWU Students Invite Aggies To Friday Ball An invitation to all Aggies to visit Texas Women’s University and attend a pre-Corps Trip dance, was given by a delegation of five Tessies at yell practice last night. The five included: Millie Row land, ’58 Aggie Sweetheart; Su san Maxwell, president. of the TWU Student Council; Beverley Blount, president of the Student Finance Council; Sallie Puddy, jun ior class beauty; and Sandra Sie fers, vice president of the fresh man class. Miss Maxwell introduced the girls to the group, each in turn issuing invitations for all Aggies to attend the dance in Denton Fri day night. All Aggies who don’t have dates were invited to Denton by Miss Puddy, who said, “This dance is the best opportunity to bring our two schools together”. Miss Blount told the group, “We want the Aggies to do two things this weekend, come to TWU and beat SMU.” Miss Siefers issued a special in vitation to all freshmen to attend the dance. Miss Rowland said, “I hope you will be as pleased with me as I am honored to be your Aggie Sweetheart.” •- / v . ■ ' '■'• V • ' ; Ti;’ : m I .. -£-• CTm. Freshmen Wear Spurs As SMU Clash Nears By LEWIS REDDELL Battalion News Editor “I’ve Got Spurs That Jingle- Jangle-Jingle,” is No. 1 on the freshman hit-parade this week as is evident with the new addition to the uniform being worn by the Class of ’62. The fish are having their turn United Chest Drive To Be Launched in College Station Brochures, listing all informa tion on the College Station United Chest Drive, will be distributed Nov. 10 Attempt will be made to get a brochure into every home and bus iness in College Station and every department of the A&M Campus. “We are distributing forms and information, in a way that should get results quickly,” said Gibb Gilchrist, general chairman for the drive. “We earnestly request your full cooperation to that end.” Zone captains will be announc ed Wednesday, and they will be gin picking up checks Thursday. Second visits of zone captains will be Nov. 13. “We believe that we can accom plish our objective of completing the campaign within two weeks,” said Gilchrist. Goal for the drive, set for Nov. 1-15, is $13,727. Guide Posts “The time has now come for morality to take its proper place in the conduct of world affairs; the time has now come for the nations of the world to submit to the just regulation of their conduct by in ternational law.”—Linue Pauling at wearing the traditional “fish” spurs, worn each year before the A&M-Southern Methodist Univer sity football game. Wearing spurs has been a tra dition at A&M for over 33 years, with the idea starting around 1925, according to P. L. (Pinky) Downs, official greeter for the college. “Since every Aggie wanted to ride and tame the SMU mustang, Peruna, they thought spurs were necessary,” Downs said. The disadvantage of wearing the spurs is the monotony involved in putting them on and taking them off whenever leaving or entering a building. The fish are required to wear them outside, but must shed, them anytime they enter any building on the campus. Few fresh man are sad when game-time comes and the spurs can be put away, although many keep the ar ticles for momentos of their fresh man days. Most of the spurs are made of simple materials, such as coat hangers, bottle caps, wax and shoe polish cans and tape, although some are more elaborate, sporting minature flags. Although it is usually a fresh man privilege to wear spurs, mem bers of the Class of ’59 set a new precedent in 1956 when they don ned the spurs ■ for a week along with the freshman class. The soph omores wore spurs as punishment for an incident which occured at a ball game the week before. A&M Campus Has 1,741 Visitors Some 1,741 visitors were on the A&M campus during October. P. L. Downs Jr., official greeter for the college, said the visitors attended short courses, conferences and other scheduled events. Total number of visitors from June through October was 8,527. Rue Pinalle Songtress Pretty Judy Edwards, voca list from the University of Arkansas, is pictured above singing one of her popular ballads at Friday night’s Cafe Rue Pinalle. Bitter Campaign In Hands of Voters WASHINGTON (JP)—The angry words of a bitter cam paign faded today and it is left up to the voters: will they gratify the sky high hopes of the Democrats, or surprise the experts with a Republican triumph? More than 76 mil lion men and women are eligible to vote today and about 48 million are expected to. Their votes will decide which party will control Con gress for the next two years—and by how much—and they’ll choose the men who’ll govern 32 states. Their votes may indicate, too, how blow the winds for the 1960 presidential campaign. A 48-million voter turnout would be a record for a non- presidential election year. The Democrats grew so"* confident of sweeping gains that one of their top strate gists, Sen. George Smathers of Florida, talked somberly of the duties that devolve on those in a place of great power. Republicans made no sweeping claims. They talked hopefully, though, of startling upsets they said were in the making, some thing like the upset former Pres ident Harry Truman administered to overconfident Republicans in 1948. In this 1958 campaign, Truman admonished his party not to grow too confident, but in the end he too threw restraint to the winds. He predicted the biggest Demo cratic landslide since 1932 when the Franklin D. Roosevelt years began. Truman, 74, was the most vig orous of the top Democratic cam paigners. Vice President Nixon, 45, carried the ball hardest for the Republicans. However, Presi dent Eisenhower, 68, got in some surprisingly hard blows himself. Miss Carol Cozart Reigns Over AF Ball Second Time Carol Cozart, for the second time in four years, became Air Force Sweetheart Friday night at the annual Air Force Ball held in Sbisa Hall. Miss Cozart, a pert blond from Dallas, went through the same pro cedure she participated in at the 1955 Air Force Ball and again charmed the judges with her win ning smile to receive the 1958 crown. And proudly looking on, just as he did when a freshman, was Vic Lucas, Squadron 9 commanding officer and, quite naturally, Miss Cozait’s escort. The event highlighted the even ing spent by Air Force Cadets and their dates dancing to the music of Buddy Brock and his Orchestra of Houston. The Fish Drill Team served as honor guard for a list of dignitar ies from the college staff and ad ministration, and officers from the Department of Air Science, head ed by the honored guest, Col. Char les E. Gregory, professor of air science. k > 1 ' Honor Code Discussed at A&S Meeting The Arts and Sciences Council last night appointed committees to study honor codes in operation at other universities in the nation and to look into possibilities of begin ning a Phi Beta Kappa honorary fraternity at A&M. The council, because of its pur pose of helping academics at A&M, decided to look into the honor after discussion from the floor. Grady Barr, president, said he hop ed any findings might be used by the Honor Code Council already active on the campus. Frank Buchanan was appointed chairman of the committee, whilo James Barlow, Jerry Young and Jay Hirsch were designated as his assistants. Harley McAdams was appointed chairman of a committee to study organization of a Phi Beta Kappa fraternity on the campus. Also appointed to the committee were J. Doyle Stewart and John Morris. George H. Schlesselman, Acting Dean of the School of Arts and Sci ences, told the group that mem bers of the adiminstration were in the process of revamping the stu dent activity point system, and shoul dreveal a new criteria soon. ' ■ ■ ■ . ; rA A mf r . Carol Cozart Chosen Air Force Sweetheart Agriculture Group Initiates Students Twenty-four undergraduates in the School of Agriculture were in itiated into the Texas Alpha Chap ter of Alpha Zeta, national agri cultural honor fraternity, at the formal initiation ceremonies held in the Dairy-Biochemistry building at 7:30 last night. John G. Thomas, chancellor of the Texas Alpha Chapter, presid ed over the ceremonies. He was assisted by Kent Potts, and Hagan Lippke, scribes; Curtis Van Zandt, treasurer; and Robert Gooch, chronicler. The initiates were welcomed in to the fraternity by the Chapter’s Faculty Advisor, Dr. Murray Brown, Department of Dairy Science, and Dr. G. T. King, De partment of Animal Husbandry. New members of the Texas Al pha Chapter are: Robert P. Baugh, Charles M. Bell, Henry E. Blazek III, Henry J. Bonorden, James A. Carberry, Corbett D. Crabtree II, Kirby P. Cunningham, Frederick J. Duderstadt, Eugene P. Foerster, William B. Gay III, Raymond V. Hart Jr., Edward W. Hill, John H. Keith, Lovell W. Kuy kendall, Jerry C. McDaniel, Nor man L- Mahrenholz, Alien A. Mar- burger, Alton M. Moellering, George W. Ohlendorf, Boyd S. Procter, Jack W. Rapp, Johnny Wattp, Donald E. Whitt and Elmer E. Willard.