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Published Daily on Ihe .Texas A&M Coliege Campus
Number 39: Volume 58
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1958
Price Five Cents
4th Army Chaplain
Talks at RV Initiation
RV Initiation Speaker
Col. Robert H. Homiston, chaplain of the tion ceremonies last night in the Memorial
Fourth Army, grins as he delivers his ban- Student Center. Seventy-one juniors were
quet address at the Ross Volunteer initia- taken into the organization.
Fourth Annual Turkey Shoot
Set for Kyle Field Saturday
The fourth annual Range and
Forestry Club Turkey Shoot will
be held from 1 to 7 p.m. Satur
day at the rifle range beneath the
east side of the Kyle Field Sat
urday, Jerry Pitts and David
Sanders, co-chairmen of the
Turkey Shoot Committee, said
yesterday.
By courtesy of the Bryan
Shrine Club, the shoot will be
held before and during th^e half
of the Shrine Benefit A&M Fish-
University of Texas Shorthorn
game. The range will be open un-
‘Fish’ Favor
Big ’58 Blaze
Members of the freshman class
have pretty optimistic views on
the bonfire.
For example: Paul J. Cooper,
A Fiefld Artillery member from
Robstown, said, “It will be as large
as Smoky Hyde wants, it to be.
I’m really enthused over the bon
fire and I’m sure glad the weather
has cleared.”
“Its a great tradition and sets
Texas Aggies apart from any
students of other universities,”
commented David R. Arman, A-
AAA, from Tulsa, Okla.
Jerry W. Monroe, Squadron 10
cadet from Sanderson, said, “I
think something that large is
great because you can get so
much cooperation in such a un
dertaking. Even with the lack of
time we should be able to build
it to the expected height.”
“It takes a lot of work, but its
worth it. Tradition should be car
ried on at all cost,” said Thomas
A. Shifflett, Squadron 10 fresh
man from Marble Falls.
John D. Allen, Maroon Band
member from Brownwood, com
mented, “Its a good idea, it
builds spirit and shows the tradi
tions of Aggieland.”
til 7 p.m. after the game.
Proceeds from the shoot will
be used to finance the Range
Plant Identification Team at the
National Intercollegiate Contest
in Tulsa and Oklahoma, plus other
club activities.
Rules for this year’s Turkey
Shoot are: (1) Ten contestants
will compete for one turkey and
the best score wins a turkey; (2)
Two shots will be fired per per
son and the person firing the two
closet shots wins regardless of
location on the target; (3) More
than two shots on one target dis
qualifies the individual; (4). All
•contestants will fire from stand
ing position; (5) No personal guns
will be allowed; (6) Targets will
be at a distance of 50 feet; (7)
Safety rules of the range must
be observed at all times. Violators
will be removed from the range
without refund of ticket price; (8)
Safety instructions will be given
to each group of 10 and the sup
ervisor of each group must be
obeyed at all times; and (9) A
persons may win only two turkeys.
Four ‘J’ Students
Attending National
SDX Convention
Four A&M journalism students
left Monday for San Diego, Calif.,
to attend the national convention
of Sigma Delta Chi, Nov. 19-22.
They are Johnny Johnson of Bo
gota, Tucker Sutherland of Math
is, Gayle McNutt of Comanche and
Bill Reed of Bonham.
The students were accompanied
by Wesley D. Calvert, 'assistant
professor of journalism.
McNutt, president of the A&M
chapter of SDX, a journalism fra
ternity, is the official delegate
from A&M and Reed is alternate
delegate.
The Range and Forestry Club
has decided that varsity rifle team
members will be excluded from
open competition. This action
was deemed necessary because of
the unfairness of these men com
peting against amateurs and be
cause of severe criticism from the
general public.
Rifle team members may com
pete against each other or other
expert riflemen who care to com
pete against them.
Processing Center
To Be Completed
About June, 1959
Completion date for the build
ing which will house the A&M
College System’s Data Proces
sing Center will be around June,
1959, according to R. L. Smith,
helad of the center.
The building, which cost an
estimated $275,000 and has ap
proximately 10,000 sq. ft. of floor
space, will be located south of the
Animal Industries Building.
IBM equipment presently hous
ed in the statistical laboratory
in the System Administration
building, the computer center in
the Electrical Engineering build
ing and the fiscal office installa
tion will be located in the new
building.
An additional three million dol
lar computer, the IBM 704, will
be added to the present equip
ment, which is valued at one mil
lion dollars. The IBM Company
made the computer available
through a grant of 60% of the
normal rental, a grant approxi
mating $252,000 annually.
The installation will serve . the
A&M system by statistical anal
ysis, engineering calculations and
data processing of various types,
and is expected to play an im
portant part in the activation
analysis of the Nuclear Science
l Center.
71 Cadets Repeat
Oath in Ceremony
“And Then They Lived” was the topic of the speech
given by Col. Robert M. Homiston, chaplain of the Fourth
Army, Fort Sam Houston, at the Ross Volunteer initiation
banquet in the Memorial Student Center last night.
Highlight of the night’s events was administering the
RV Oath to 71 juniors who became official members of the
drill team during the ceremony.
Homiston told his audience that there are eight areas
of a person’s character, all needing equal development if the
individual desired to lead a well-rounded life.
The eight areas which allow a person to “live”, he said,
are physical, business, recreation, esthetic, intellectual, co
operative. emotional and re- +
Unusual Hen
Crows About
News of the World
By The Associated Press
Lake Michigan Freighter Sinks
CHARLEVOIX, Mich.—A Great Lakes freighter with
a crew of 35 to 40 men was reported to have broken up and
sunk in gale-whipped northern Lake Michigan Tuesday night.
There was no report on survivors.
The U. S. Coast Guard station at Port Huron—on Lake
Huron far to the south—said the 615-foot Carl D. Bradley of
the Bradley Transportation Co. of Rogers City, Mich., had
gone down.
The Port Huron station said the Bradley, a stone and
gravel carrier captained by Roland Bryan, went down short
ly before 6 p. m. off Gull Island about halfway between Michi
gan and Wisconsin and 38 milesl north of here.
★ ★ ★
U. S. Airliner Outruns British Jet
NEW YORK—An American jet airliner beat a British
jet across the Atlantic Ocean Tuesday after twice giving it
a head start.
The American plane passed the British ship more than
five miles in the air 100 miles east of Boston, then swooped
out of a thick mist and landed at Idlewild Airport 11 minutes
in advance of its rival.
It was the first opportunity since the recent inaugura
tion of transatlantic jet travel to judge ship to ship the
American-built Boeing 707 airliner flown by Pan American
World Airways and the British Overseas Airways Corp’s
Comet IV.
★ ★ ★
Cuban Rebels Attack Police
HAVANA—Eleven rebels and four policemen were killed
in a running gunfight Monday night in Havana suburb.
The raiders, riding in a fast car, invaded the fringe of
the capital and sprayed the policemen with gunfire as the
night shift lined up in front of the station absut to go on
duty.
ligious values.
Homiston compared a per
son’s concentration on only
one area to having an eight-
story building- and using only one
floor to transact business in.
Waiter Kappel, first platoon
leader of the RV’s, gave the in
vocation at the banquet. Melbern
Glasscock, RV commander, then
introduced the honor guests which
included college and military of
ficials and supporters of the drill
team.
Initiation ceremonies were open
ed with a roll call by Robert Turn
er, first sergeant, after which Ex
ecutive Officer Herbert Whalen
read the RV Constitution.
Other rites saw Administrative
Officer Robert Hunter give a his
tory of the company since its or
ganization in 1887. Randy Curtis,
third platoon leader, then outlined
responsibilities of the Volunteers.
Glasscock administered the oath
to the new members after which
Jack McCrary, second platoon
leader, read and explained the RV
certificates which were given to
the new members.
Hennard to Lead
Intercouncil Group
Tommie A. Henard, senior vet
erinary medicine major, was elect
ed chairman of the Intercouncil
Committee at a committee meeting
Monday evening, Dr. A. A. Price,
Dean of the School of Veterinary
Medicine, said yesterday.
The committee is a coordinating
group between the four A&M
schools. One of the committee’s
biggest functions is sponsoring the
A&M Open House Day which in
cludes the Aggie Follies.
Other officers elected were Ma
son L. Nevill, civil engineering sen-
Three Legs
So you’ve heard everything—
then try the Department of
Poultry Science.
Housed in the poultry pavilion
is a three-legged chicken. But
chow- hounds can get rid of the
idea that there will be extra
drumsticks on the table from
now on.
This fully mature hen with
the tricycle landing gear is just
a freak of nature that occurs
from time to time, according to
B. L. Reid, assistant professor
of poultry science.
“I have seen some chickens
with four legs,” Reid said. “Mu
tations occur in other forms.
Once we had an egg hatch a
two-headed bird. Usually these
freaks of nature live only for a
short time.”
As for the bird with the tri
pod torso, Reid described the
thiid leg, located behind the two
normal legs, as being completely
non-functional and, from a com
mercial standpoint, of no value.
Exactly where this bird came
from or how it got into the
poultry department’s cages at
the pavilion, no one seems to
know. Anyone lose a three-
legged chicken ?
Savings and Loan
Plan Now Ready
For Residents’ Use
The College Station Kiwanis
Club heard Phillip B. Goode tell
about the new Community Savings
and Loan Assn., at the regular
noon meeting Tuesday in the Me
morial Student Center.
Goode stated that the new bus
iness, located on Sulphur Springs
Road, is ready to make loans now.
Applications has been made for
depositor’s insurance and accept
ance is expected in the very near
future, he said.
The speaker pointed out that
over $275,000 has been subscribed
in stock and it is expected that
the deposits will reach $1 million
the first year of operation.
The beginning interest rate will
be 3 1/ 2 per cent on savings, while
the loan rate will depend upon the
type of loan. The predominant
rate will be G per cent, he said.
UT Game Tickets
Go Off Sale Today
Aggies have until 5 p.m. to
day to purchase student and date
tickets to the A&M-University
of Texas football game, accord
ing to Pat Dial, Athletic De
partment Business Manager. All
unsold tickets will be returned
to UT.
Guide Posts
“Democracy is that madness that !
believes about men what isn’t so,
and yet without that faith they
will never become what we be- I
lieve them to be.”—E. Stanley
Jones '
“It is love, as the outward ex
pression of one spirit within, which
ior, vice president; and Glen I). : is the means of making oneness of
Hitchcock, School of Arts and Sci- ! mankind a genuine reality.”—E.
ences, secretary-treasyrer. I Stanley Jones
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