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The Battalion College Motion (Brazos County), Texas PAGE 2 Friday, February 6, 1959 BATTALION EDITORIALS . . . Our Liberty Depends on the Freedom of the Press, And It Cannot Be Limited Without Being Lost . . . Thomas Jefferson Worth 4 Cents To Better A&M Yesterday college officials appeared before the Texas Legislature asking for more state appropriations for A&,M— an attempt to fill the college’s empty coffers and make it pos sible to furnish the young men of Texas with the kind of education they deserve. The House Appropriations Committee deferred action on A&M’s request for an increase in appropriations from $4,- 200,000 to $5,300,000. Apparently, they aren’t sure their constituents would be in favor of an increase from the general fund in the amount of $1,100,000. This is where the men of Aggieland can help. It is not enough to just tell our state legislators that we want A&M to regain its former place as the outstanding school of its kind in the Southwest—WE MUST DEMAND THAT THEY GIVE US ENOUGH MONEY TO BE ABLE TO OFFER EDUCATION THAT IS AT LEAST COMPETI TIVE WITH OTHER SUCH SCHOOLS IN THE NATION. As taxpayers, the people of Texas should tolerate nothing less. Everyone has complained about the type of instructors our pay-scale tends to attract, the condition of the dormi tories, the out-dated equipment used by some departments. Now we have a chance to do something to remedy our poverty. The work that can be accomplished when Aggies pv>ol their energy is readily visible in the mammoth bonfire each year. If this same willing labor could be drawn from 6,000 students—and 32,000 former 'Students—the possibility of A&M regaining its position as an educational mecca would become a reality. The letters sent to Austin this week and next by stu dents, parents and former students may well shape the des tiny of A&M. If there are enough letters—and if their lan guage is plain enough—Texas A&M may soon be back where it belongs as the Southwest’s biggest—and best—educational center. At least it’s worth four cents to try. . . Indian on Warpath in D. C. WASHINGTON (AP) — An Indian chief is on the warpath in the nation’s capitol. Appropriately for these top- sy-turvey times, the chief is a lady whose warpath takes her from one government office to another by taxicab. And Dolly C. Akers’ weapons —how far we have Come from the simple arrow and toma hawk — have been lawyerlike briefs that cite such precedents as “Peel V. Chotaw Indians’’ and “Green V. Menominee Indians in Wisconsin.” Mrs. Akers, who is one-fourth Assiniboine, is chairman of the tribes at the Fort P6ck, Mont., reservation. She says the root of the pres ent Indian claims fuss can be summed up in one magical word: Oil. Oil has been found on the reservation. At last count, 107 wells were perking away. These, by Mrs. Akers’ figures, have enriched tribal coffers by three million dollars. The interesting question a- rises: Who gets the loot? Both Asssiniboine and Yank ton Sioux Indians are on the' Fort Peck reservation. But the last roll call was held back in 1934, when 2,500 Indians were counted. Another puzzler: How much Indian blood do you have to have before you can call yourself an Indian? For example, if the Indian blood has dwindled until it’s but one-thirty-second of the total, are you an Indian? “We have split in every direc tion,” Mrs. Akers says. “Five members of the executive board ■ We Aggies like to read about Wee Ag gies. When a wee one arrives, call VI 6-4910 and ask for the Wee Aggie Edi tor. .... Twin Aggie boys were born Feb. 3 to Mr. and Mrs. Don Wil liams ’61, of 809 Montclair. The boys, .Russell and Richard, checked in at 8:16 and ’8:18 a.m. Tuesday in St. Joseph’s Hospital in Bryan. Job Calls Wednesday Tex Robertson will interview stu dents in the Student Employment office for jobs as counsellors at Camp Longhorn this summer. Stu dents may sign up now for in terviews. THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the stu dent writers only. The Battalion is a non-tax-supported, non profit, self-supporting educational enterprise edited and op erated by students as a community newspaper and is under the supervision of the director of Student Publications at Texas A&M College. Members of the Student Publications Board are L. A. Duewall, director of Student Publications, chairman ; J. W. Amyx, School of Engineering : Harry Lee Kidd, School of Arts and Sciences; Otto R. Kunze, School of Agriculture; and Dr. E. D. McMurry, School of Veterinary Medicine. The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A.&M.. is published in College Sta- sas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, Septem ber through May, and once a week during summer school. tion, Texa Entered as second - class matter at the Post Office in College Station, Texi under the Act of Cc Mi greas of xas, >f Con- darch 8, 1870. MEMBER: The Associated Press Texas Press Ass’n. Represented nationally by National Advertising Services, Inc., New York City, Chicago. Los An geles, and San Francisco" The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited co it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter here in are also reserved. Mall subscriptions are $3.50 per semester, $6 per school year, $6.50 per full year. Advertising rate furnished on request. Address: The Battalion, Room 4, YMCA, Col lege Station, Texas. Jditorial News contributions may be made by telephoning VI 6-6618 or VI 6-4910 >rial office. Room 4, YMCA. For advertising or delivery call VI 6-6415. JOE RUSER... Fred Meurer..... Gayle McNutt. Bob Weekley ....EDITOR Managing Editor Executive News Editor - Sports Editor Bill Reed, Johnny Johnson, David Stoker, Lewis Reddell.—News Editors Bill Hicklin..:. Sports Writer Robbie Godwin, Jay Collins, Ken Coppage, Jack Teague, Henry Lyle Staff Writers Earl Doss, Laney McMath Photographers Ray Hudson Circulation Manager CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle Who’s Here Boyd Got Hot Poop at School; Two Burned Up Around Him. By JACK TEAGUE Curtis W. Boyd, 21-year-old senior animal science major from Athens, had a bit of trouble get ting out of high school, but not because of low grades. Two high schools he attended burned to the ground leaving Curtis and his textbooks search- in for greener pastures. He finally finished his senior year at Henderson County Junior Col lege after Cross Roads and Athens high schools burned. While in high school, Curtis was vice president and then pres ident of the local FFA chapter, president of the countywide 4-H program, and participated in a judging team at A&M during a 4-H Roundup weekend here. Scholastically, he was ranked first in his class and judged the most courteous of his graduat ing class. Curtis came to Aggieland be cause of his interest in agricul ture and the respect his dad, who is now nearing his 30th year in the Texas National Guard, gain ed for Aggie officers while in the service. Having spent his first t w o years here in Squadron 16, Cur tis went civilian his junior year and then returned to Corps life this year as commanding officer of the newly-formed A Medical Company. Curtis -won the Danforth Award as a fish and was also a member of Phi Eta Sigma. He was a member of SCONA III; is in Alpha Zeta, is president of In terpreting Macmillan to Sound Out Reds Before Five-Power Conference “Why do they always send our grades home when we’re there for the semester break?” Zdrastvuyti? D.C. TV Teaching Russian the Pre-Med, Pre-Dent Society, and has been secretary, treasuf- er, vice-president and president of the Henderson County Home town Club. This year Curtis was selected to Who’s Who. After graduation, Curtis plans to enter Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. He said that, barring any financial difficulties^ he plans on doing academic Re search and teaching in medicine. As for his military obligation Curtis will finish his -service with the National. Guard bykthe time he graduates from J medical school. May 1957 and January of . .1^59 were tw’o big months for Ciftt^N. In May, Curtis became a. licenced minister in the Baptist church. He delivered his first sernipn that month, and then performed his first marriage ceremony in September of 1958 for his former freshman roommate, Paul Mar'- tin. " Ibis past Jan. 325, Curtis man- vied the former La Merle- MatlA hews of Palestine. LaMerle is now in Athens attending Hender son County Junior College' unjil Curtis graduates this May. think one way, four think anoth er and three have been disqual ified. We can’t agree on any thing, even on calling a meet ing.” As she prepared to dash off to see someone else, she fired a parting shot. “It’s got us all in a tizzy,” •she said. “With all that oil, everybody wants to be an Ind ian.” By ARTHUR EDSON WASHINGTON (AP)—Propt- ly at 6:30 a.m., a pleasant be spectacled 31-year-old teacher named Vladimir Tolstoy stepped in front of a television camera and said: “Zdrastvuyti.” And all over the Washington area sleepy students bellowed back, “Zdrastvuyti!”—or a some what butchered facsimile. With this greeting — freely translated, it means “Hi there!” —George Washington Univers ity, in cooperation with station WTOP — TV, started its first full-time TV lesson in beginning Russian. Tolstoy, a distant relative of the great novelist, turned out to be a personable, but no nonsense, type. He plunged right into the mysterious Russian alphabet, the double dealing Russian vowels By J. M. ROBERTS Macmillan, on the other hand, Associated Press News Analyst while traveling semiofficially, will Prime Minister Harold Macmil- carry with him the questions lan is going to do for the Allies, which all the Allies would like 1 ^ ' with his exploratory trip to Mos- answered, and be a thermometer DailCC Ua^S' . cow, what no other Western chief by which they hope to take the of state or foreign minister could Soviet temperature before plans do are completed for any possible . , five-power conference on the Ger- If President Eisenhower or man question . Secretary John Foster Dulles wanted to visit the Kremlin on an This is possible because Mac- official or semiofficial mission vnillan is in no position to make they would have to hold back be- any commitments without agree- and such necessities as how to say cause of constant European fears ment with the United States, and that American leadership in free the Soviets will know that any of “I love you” in Russian. And when he asked members of his class to repeat something P°b N • world affairs will become a mono- hig sug . gestions are purely explo- after him, he would pause ex pectantly for the answer. A pleased expression would cross his face as if he could hear the multitude of earnest voices. “Fine, fine,” he would say, and would plunge deeper into the Russian wilderness. Thd Washington administration has taken the position that it can not even afford to have Premier Nikita Khrushchev come to this country. The position is that it would be impossible for a chief of state to visit “unofficially” as Dep. Pre mier Anastas I. Mikoyan did, and that the United States cannot , en- ratory. LEGAL NOTICE ~~~T - - -V ". Possibly late sleepers don’t realize it, but this sort of thing has been going on all over the ter officially into unilateral dis- country. cussions. NOTICE OF BOND ELECTION TO THE DULY QUALIFIED RESI DENT ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WHO OWN TAXABLE PROPERTY WITH IN SAID CITY AND WHO HAVE " DULY RENDERED THE SAME FOR, TAXATION: Notice is hereby (riven that a special election will be held in the City of Colletrp Station, Texas, on the 17th day of Febru ary, 1959s purauan t >i‘«» tlnufollayu mj-,ouJi, nance adopted by the City Council of said Assistant Juilfco: Mra. R. J. Bond Clerk,: Mrs. \V. H. FrieborKor Clerk: Mra. L. M. • IlmorAk Section 4; That snd eieetioji shall be visions of lurid the Constit: Texas, and i ex as, electors •dunce with the provisions ion and laws of the Stale i f only duly qualified reside! Texas, on the 17th da 1 City, to-wit: ORDINANCE NO. 273 ]> rope it S', "with i n said City and vrho have duly, Wndewu'l the. same ’ for taxation shall voIll* -w, y Is your house ready for spring? Let "Doctor Fixit" Furnish the Spring Tonic For Your House Loans Up to $3,500 5 Years to Pay Cold and Wet Weather is Hard on Your House Too! Steps, Porches, Garages, Roofs may need repair or replacement now. Call "DOCTOR FIXIT" Today MARION PUGH LUMBER CO. Wellborn Rd. VI 6-5711 No Down Payment Low interest Rates AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF STREET IMPROVE MENT BONDS OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION: PRESCRIBING CERTAIN TERMS AND CONDITIONS RELATING THERETO: MAKING PROVISION FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE INTEREST THEREON AND PRINCIPAL THEREOF: PROVIDING FOR AN ELECTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS; AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVI- SIONfe RELATING TO THE SUBJECT WHEREAS, under the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas and the Home- Rule Charter of the City of College Sta tion, Texas, said City has authority to is sue tax bonds for street improvement pur poses ; and WHEREAS, before such bonds can be elec- resi- ity who" own tax- ble property within said City and who :ve duly rendered the same for taxation, ting at said election ; and WHEREAS, the City Council of said City wishes to proceed with the authoriza tion of such bonds and to call an election for such purpose: THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION: Section 1 : That an election shall be held in and throughout the City of College Station. Texas, on the 17th day of Febru- 1959, at which election there shall be Jnly duly quutnied resident mid City who own. taxable lin said City : the. same" for ■lection fiodeg; the , St.ut ¥ ,.pf, X.oqi Tr 492, Acts of the l)2nel Leg is I,- of 'leSas, RigttlAr S/thsivn. HtM. The issued, they must be approved at an tiein by majority ejf the eiuly qualifieel dent electors of said City whe>' own nb ha the ejecti< Chapter < ture of 3«Sas, KogiMAr- S*5isi.vi}„ 1961, as 'th nCI f il <m * ■ s * lu ^ hav<v printed thereon .afV-xvo 1 uJU •• Y" Y ' OFFICIAL BALLOT FOR THE ISSUANCE OF $350,000 STREET IMPROVEMENT BONDS AGAINST THE ISSUANCE OF s/.n. P"0 STREET IMPROVEMENT BONDS ”oter shall vote on the •prppositioti by hing or marking out the. expression -— — — vote for. thus leaving the one not so scratched or mark ed out as indicating his voteApn sdeh proposition, in accordance with said Elec tion Code, as am nded. •’ .Section 6: That notice of said elction shall he given by posting a copy <>f 8 notice containing a substantial copy o| this ordinance at the City Hall fijnd at * public place in each of said wards wit hit said City not less than fourteen, <14,) days prior to the date on which said election is to be hold, and by publishing)'...such scratching or marking out the. that he does not wish paper of within said official me same day in each of two weeks in The Battalion, a tiews. notice on the same day in each successive ier hin the ohiciui newspaper first of said publication general Git icial no ty and circulation which nc in puli later than fourtei date set for said elect also be published on of two successive weeks in The flm* ;. s a hews. published :n newspaper is .'said City., the to be - miulu , hot 14) dny.v. prioit.to the ion. Said .noticehfttidl the same, day in Aich ary, submat electors mitted to of erty wi sa thi there shal the duly qualified resii id City who ov n said City and wh th Mr > *^?~53s w ” fc ssaa»i: B i” "t? .*<& resident Station the first of said nuldicationk to not later thti City vof CfeUcvce 1 aubllcHt-ionW, t in fourteen (14) ;cfav for said *1^ circulation SiW taxable be hav e Prior to the date set for said 'clt i ctto'n'‘"‘ , ° Section 7: That if sakl proposition!.' is approved by a majority vote of the electors voting at said election, the Same will con- slitute an approval of this Ordinance and of the authority of the City Council to issue Sccti bonds is neretjy au ipfoval thereof by sident qualified s votir on 8: That the issuance of Isuid is hereby authorized; subject to .the al thereof by a majority vote,mf'the operty tax pacing election hereiti above iwn property within said City and who, have prii duly rendered the same for taxation, for their action thereupon, the following pro position, to-wit: PROPOSITION SHALL THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY. OF COLLEGE STATION, TEX AS, BE AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE THE BONDS OF SAID CITY IN THE AMOUNT OF 8350,000, MATURING SERIALLY WITHIN 30 YEARS FROM THEIR DATE OR DATES, AND BEARING' INTEREST AT - A RATE NOT TO EXCEED 5te PER ANNUM,' FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCT ING PERMANENT STREET IM PROVEMENT IN AND FOR SAID CITY, AND TO LEVY' AN ANNUAL TAX ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN SAID CITY SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE INTEREST ON SAID BONDS AS IT ACCURES AND TO CREATE AND PROVIDE A SINK ING FUND TO PAY r THE PRINCIPAL OF SAID BONDS AS IT MATURES? (The probable period of usefulness of the improvements for which the bond funds are to be expended is 40 years.) and manner, and at the sa ... Section 2. That the probable period of City taxes are lovie usefulness of the improvements for which leeted, i the bond funds are to be expended is 40 current year, continuing ttirec' yodrs. ad ^valorem tax upon -all taxable voters voting' at the election horcih.Xve pi ovule for, rn accordance with th* yirovi- sions of Section 63 of Article VI of the City s Home-Rule Charter; and that'. ■ if ' l ' fixed shall be fixid and'lpe'c'ffied^by "irSce or ordinances duly adopted by the Citv g-mneu subsequent to the .holding . «ty,sai'd eiectioh. Section proval, the principi remain out! hereby levied and there shall be an assessed and collected, in • 1 '- ' and •em tax upon Section 3: That said election shall be w| thin said City sufficie held at the following polling places, and re,, t interest thereon r the election officials shall be, for the pur- 9™ Vll p' ^ ■ sln .king fund " That', Mii'tiect ,to Add, ap- whde said bonds or • any . pari of icipal thereof or interest' th'erwm outstanding and unpaid', there is levied and there shall be annually Hi collected, in due tirho, form r, and at the same tin*- 'other are levied, assessed, *amd * col each year, beginning with the car, continuing direct, animal ion officials pose of this election, as follows: (1) In Ward No. 1, at the Music Room in the A&M Consolidated School Building. Presiding Judge: Dr. L. G. Jones Assistant Judge: Mrs. F. R. Brison Clerk: Mrs. J. B. Hervey Clerk: Mrs. J. G. McGuire (2) In Ward No. 2, at HI Walton Drive in the College Hills Shi Presiding Judge: Mrs. of r the principal amount then outstanding or of ount required cient to pay tjhi md bo oreati annual Dlqpoi'ty lev.rur- ardson /Assistant Judge: Mrs. Omer Sperry Clerk: Mrs.. A. Y r . Alexander _ Clerk: Mrs. D. W. Andre 111 Walton Drive Shopping Center, rs. Charles Rich- oreiiie • and not less, .tjian of such bonds amount required to pay tf^'prihcfp^pay! able out of said tax, whichevej; is greater full allowance being made for deliquencies and costs of collection, and such taxes when collected, shall be applied to the stated purposes and to no other. *i| Section 10: That this ordinance shftll take effect from and after its PASSED AND APPROVED, 26th day of January, 1959. passage, this the So Station, <3 ) c;,. W f I r . d u No - 3 ’ at the Cpllege Station Presiding Judge: Mrs. W. D. Lloyd PEANUTS PEANUTS By Charles M. Schulz OH, ITS JUST something your SISTER SAID.. SHE SAID MY FACE HAS NO CHARACTER...AND SHE'S RIGHT, TOO..,I'M A NOTHING/ DON'T PAY ANY ATTENTION TO LUCY CHARLIE BP0CUN...CUHY IF I LISTENEDT0 HEP, I'D HAVE BEEN A NERVOUS (JURECK ~XA LONG TIME AGOlj— day of January, 1959. /s/ Ernest Langford Mayor, City of Colie; Texas ATTEST: /s/ N. M. McGinnis City Secretary (SEAL) THE STATE OF TEXAS S COUNTY OF BRAZOS f I the undersigned. City’Secretary of the City of College Station, Texas, do hefe- by certify that the attached and fobe- fujug is a true and correct, copy of • NOTICE OF BOND EJ-ECTIOn! includ ing a true and correct copy of the ordi nance calling said election (which ordi- nanee was adopted by the City Council of said City at a meeting held on the 2(ith nay of Janua a. .m-cuiug utiiu on me ztith taiy, 1959), together with an excerpt from the minutes of said meeting adoption thereof, ay same icial minutes , . - -- ps Ox »aiu meetimr showing the adoption thereof, as same appears of record in the official minutes of said City Council on file in mv office WITNESS MY HAND AND THE 0F- FICIAL SEAL OF SAID CITY, this the 26th day ot January, 1959. /*/ N- M. McGinnis **.. , City Secretary, City of College Station, Texas Slates Registration Registration for sprinp; se mester dance classes offered in the Memorial Student Center will begin Tuesday with an in formal dance in the MSC Rajl- room at 7:30 p.m. The classes will begin Feb. 24, with 10 classes being .guaran teed pupils during The semester. Fees for the classes will |I for boys and $4 for girls. - J