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THE
BATTALION
to DAYS
Till Holidays
Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus
Number 47: Volume 58
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1958
Price Five Cents
taff Photo by Laney McMatti
The Troubadours
. take top honors in Aggie Talent Show
Troubadours
Talent Show
Awarded
Honors
By JOHNNY JOHNSON
Battalion News Editor
The Troubadours—a vocal and
instrumental trio—walked away
with top honors last night in the
Memorial Student Center Music
Committee’s annual Aggie Talent
Show.
Playing before a near-capacity
crowd in Guion Hall, the 10 acts
of the show under the direction of
Art Oswald gave a variety-packed
two hour presentation.
Numbers from ballads to gym
nasts to a classical pianist were
included in the show.
Toby Hughes was emcee for the
program.
Richard'Smith, Clem Sherek and
Hubert C. Vykukal as winners of
the show will represent A&M in
the . 1959 Intercollegiate Talent
Show here next spring.
Second place went to The Silver-
tones-—James Hickey, Robert
Blake wood, Sonny Flores and Ra-
mior Perez. Garnering third place
was pianist Ronald Bauman.
Specialty act for the night was
last year’s winner Dave Woodard
and his combo.
Also in the show was a Dixie
land combo—The Dixieland Five-
Minus One—with Rolf Lippke,
John McFarland, Zimri Hunt and
Robert V. Lee.
Steve Petty and Dick Gustafson
presented a ballad number. John
ny Lyons and his western combo—
Bill Vance, Veto Conglosi, Homer
Franks and Duane Padgett—added
a western show to the entertain-
Freshmen to Select
Officers in Run-off
Freshmen will again go to the
polls tomorrow to select four class
officers in the Class of ’62 run
off election.
“All freshman students should
turn out and vote since there was
such a poor showing in the pri
mary election,” Pete Hardesty,
Student Organization Advisor, said
last night. “Less than half of the
class voted last Thursday.”
Seeking the office of president
will be Charles M. (Chuck) Cloud,
Jon D. Kiekhush and John A. Betts.
The race for vice president will
be between Thomas A. Hohman,
Dan W. Deupree and J. Earl (Bud)
Rudder Jr.
S. C. Gazaway, Charles W.
Moore and G. R. Anderson are
seeking the office of secretary-
treasurer.
In the run-off for social secre
tary are Edward M. (Eddie) Dyer,
Kenneth Kutac and Teddie Miller.
Also at this time there will be
an election of a recording secretary
for the Student Senate.
The following sophomores have
filed for this post: Walter'(Ron
nie) Frazier, Bobby Luther McDan
iel, Travis Lane Wegenhoft, Jon C.
Schier, Raymond G. Post Jr., Rich
ard A. Mays, William Lester (Bill)
Cunningham, James L. (Larry) !
Haygood and Glenn Allen Jones.
These men will appear on all j
the voting machines and one ma- |
chine will be set aside for Sopho
mores, Juniors and Seniors only j
since they cannot vote on the same
machines that the freshmen will
use.
Hardesty said that since there
was such a poor showing on the
machines located in the news stand
next to Milner Hall all of the ma
chines will be located in the hall
way between the bowling alley and
the coffee shop in the Memorial
Student Center.
The polls will be open from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. and if there is a line
formed at closing time the polls
will stay open until all students
have had a chance to vote.
ment.
Ruben and Oscar Hinojosa and
Joe F e r n a n d e z—The Happy
Knights—played popular and Latin
American twists to the show.
The Trampoline Tumblers, all
members of the Aggie Gymnastic
Team, added their bit to the show
as Charles Teas, Wheeler Sears,
Ramiro Galindo, Richard Trapp
and Jerry Dickerson performed on
the trampoline.
Ed Dudley-—football player
turned popular singer—was an
other of the numbers.
Harry Price was stage director
and Ralph Garcia was stage man
ager. Program design was by
Mike Bo2art and Steve Sellman
handled correspondence. Richard
Nagy was assistant stage manager
and Paul Phillips was assistant di
rector.
Ushers were Oscar Dillahunty,
Dave Fess and Rudy Shubert.
Judges for the show were Rich
ard J. Baldauf, assistant professor
in the Department of Wildlife
Management; J. G. McGuire, as
sistant to the Dean of Engineering;
Robert L. Harris, assistant profes
sor in the Department of History
and Government; Robert B. Alex
ander, assistant professor in the
Department of Chemistry; and
Hugh Wharton, president of the
MSC Council.
Opens Gate
For Delegates Today
4th Annual Talks
in Tomorrow
''■.O’
By BILL REED
Battalion News Editor
Delegates and speakers from all parts of Mexico, Canada
and the United States will begin arriving late today for the
A&M-sponsored Fourth Student Conference on National Af
fairs which will officially start in the Memorial Student Cen
ter tomorrow afternoon.
Approximately 150 delegates from 65 colleges and uni
versities will be on the campus during the 4-day conference
to take part in roundtable discussions and hear seven top
authorities speak on world tension.
Vice President Earl Rudder will give the welcoming ad
dress in the Ballroom at 2 p. m.
S. G. Ramachandran, first secretary, Embassy of India,
Washington, D. C., is slated as
the first keynote speaker. He
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SCON A EVENTS
Wednesday
12:00 Noon—Orientation Luncheon
for round table co-chairmen and
recorders. Rooms 2C and 2D,
MSC.
2:00 p.m.—Welcome by Vice Pres
ident Rudder. First main address
by S. G. Ramachandran, “Random
Reflections on International
Trade.”
4:00 p.m.—Roundtables go into
sessio'n in various rooms in MSC.
6:00 p.m.—Smorgasbord in Ball
room.
8:00 p.m.—Dr. Kenneth Holland to
speak on “How Can We Alleviate
Pan American Tensions ? ”
Thursday
8:30 a.m.—S e c o n d roundtable
meetings in MSC. _
12:15 p.m.—Luncheon in Duncan
Dining Hall.
1:30 p.m.—Roundtable meetings.
4:00 p.m.—Address by Arthur T.
Hadley in Ballroom.
6:00 p.m.—Texas Style Barbecue.
Lions Club Begins
ChristmasT reeSale
College Station Lions Club
members turned salesmen yester
day as they kicked off their an
nual Christmas tree sale at the
old Blue Top Motel office at East
G ate.
Trees of all sizes and in a wide
price range are being offered by
the Lions. Also, a supply of Christ
mas decorations and Christmas
tree lights were to be available
Tuesday, according to M. L. (Red)
Cashion, chairman of the sales
drive.
will be introduced by Don
Cloud, Cadet Colonel of the
Corps.
Ramachandran, a man who has
been exposed to many world prob
lems by way of his work in India,
Europe, the Far East and the
United States, is scheduled to
speak on “Random Reflections on
International Trade.”
The theme for SCONA IV is
“Sources of Tension—National and
International.” The conference is
an informal seminar for the dis
cussion of world problems and is
designed as a long-range effort to
promote enlightened and respons
ible citizenship through free dis
cussion of crucial issues.
Eminent authorities on world af
fairs are listed on the agenda to
give keynote addresses. Among
these speakers are distinguished
educators, industrial leaders, noted
journalists and government offi
cials. Aside from the seven main
speakers are 14 co-chairmen who
will coordinate the seven round
tables in the MSC during the con
ference. The discussions will end
on Saturday.
Dr. Kenneth Holland is slated for
the second main address at 8 to
morrow night in the Ballroom. Dr.
Holland, who will speak on “How
We Can Alleviate Pan-American
Tensions”, will be introduced by
Bob Lynd, Program Committee
chairman.
Speakers scheduled to give ad
dresses during the remainder of
the conference are Arthur T. Had
ley, News Development Editor,
New York Herald Tribune; Maj.
Gen. Charles B. Westover, Director
of Plans, Strategic Air Command,
Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.; Con
gressman William Jennings Bryan
Dorn, U. S. Representative from
South Carolina; and Thomas E.
Mann, Assistant Secretary of State
for Economic Affairs.
Michael V. Forrestal, attorney,
Shearman, Sterling and Wright,
New York City, will moderate a
panel discussion Friday night.
S. G. Ramachandran
secretary, Embassy of India
Thirty-seven Listed
Seniors Selected
For Who’s Who
Thirty-seven Aggies were named
this week to Who’s Who Among
Students in American Universities
and Colleges.
Selection was made on the basis
of scholarship, activities, leader
ship demonstrated by campus posi
tions and popularity. Four stu
dents and four staff members
made the final selection from sen
iors nominated for the honor.
Named to Who’s Who from A&M
were Thomas Anderson Beckett
Jr., Curtis Wayne Boyd, Joseph
Jackson Buser, Donald Wayne Car
ver, Wilfred Earl Cleland, Donald
Roy Cloud, Raymond Wendell
Cook, William Wayne Culberth,
George Randolph Curtis, Raymond
Leon Darrow, Eugene Edwin
Fudge and Larry Gene Garrison.
Melbern Gilbert Glasscock, Jerry
Don Gleason, John Rudolph Gott
lob, Tommie Augusta Hennard Jr.,
Teddy Ray Lowe, Jack Newton Mc
Crary, William Allen Myers, John
Henry Partridge Jr., Dwane Gary
Pepper, Robert Tug Pfeuffer, Del-
ma Powell Posey, Richard Kent
Potts and Jarrell Dwayne Pruitt.
Thomas Edward Reddin, Charles
Howard Robison, Jay Roy Roland,
Everyone Has the Christmas Spirit
These freshmen and sophomores in “B” mores George Loveland and Guy Keeling,
Field Artillery are busy decorating the third and freshmen Weldon Nash, Kenneth Mc-
story hall in Dorm 6 for the coming Yule- Alister and Jimmy Goddard,
tide season. Standing (1. to r.) are sopho-
News of the World
By The Associated Press
East Germans Stick By Proposal
BERLIN—The East German Communists, stunned by
their crushing defeat in the West Berlin elections, have re
fused to let go of the Soviet free city proposal.
Premier Otto Grotewohl Monday feebly echoed Moscow’s
assertion that Sunday’s municipal elections “have nothing to
do” with the Soviet bid to turn West Berlin into a neutral
demilitarized city.
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Soviets Remove Security Chief
LONDON—The Soviet Union announced Monday night
the removal of Gen. Ivan Serov, top security chief, who
served as a sort of super bodyguard and advance agent for
Premier Nikita Khrushchev on his travels. Serov was chief
| of intelligence and counter-intelligence.
Moscow Radio said he had been assigned to other work
but didn’t say what. In Soviet procedure this usually means
demotion but not purging.
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Commission Investigates Records
MONTGOMERY, Ala.—The U. S. Civil Rights Commis
sion Monday gained access to some voting records from Ma
con County, focus for charges of discrimination against
would-be Negro voters.
Arlon Martin Scott, John Richard
Steadman, Rodei-ick David Stepp,
John Gordon Thomas, Benjamin
Breeze Trotter, Robert Frank Tur
ner, Richard Erwin Whitmire jr.,
Robert Earl Wilkins and William
Finch Wimberly.
(See Who’s Here—And Why
on Page 2.)
Aggie Sophomore
Involved in Wreck
A two-car collision in front of
the Western Restaurant on Texas
Avenue about 10:25 last night did
an estimated $675 damage to the
vehicles driven by an A&M sopho
more and a Houston electrician.
Jerald Wayne Caruthers, sopho
more from Port Arthur, received
a traffic violation ticket for fail
ure to yield right of way. Ca
ruthers, driving north in a 1954
Mercury, said he was preparing
to turn into the Western parking
lot on the west side of the street
when the accident occurred.
The 1957 Ford, driven north by
Benjamin R. Conrad, of Houston,
struck the Caruthers vehicle almost
head-on, doing an estimated $600
damage to Conrad’s car and dam
age estimated at $75 to Caruther’s
vehicle. Both drivers were alone
and neither was injured.
Conrad said he had been visiting
his ill father at Lamesa and was
enroute to this home in Houston
when the crash occurred.
College Station City Patrolman
William Lusk investigated the ac
cident.
4th Installment
Payable 9 tilDec. 20
Fourth installment fees are now
payable at the Fiscal Office in the
Richard Coke Building.
The $45.60 fee includes board,
room rent and laundry until Jan.
25.
Deadline for payment is Dec. 20.
Guide Posts
The power of God protects you.
Wherever you are, God ip.—E.
Stanley Jone« ,