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Weather Today Partly cloudy through Wed nesday. Cooler tonight. Maxi mum temperature today 61, low tonight 40. « BATTALION Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus Pi on Now For RE Week Number 68: Volume 58 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1959 Price Five Cents —battalion Staff Photo by Laney MoMath Almost Springtime at Aggieland A&M cadets got a little “rambunctious” Sunday and staged attacked another and pretty soon a third took part. The the first intra-dorm water fight of the year. The weather result: wet Aggies, wet sidewalks—and a sure sign of was warm, bull ring had been held the day before and the spring coming. Aggies were restless. One dorm in the New Corps Area Buford Replaces Wharton ★ MSC Council Names New President, Veep Ronald Buford, senior agricul tural economics major from Liv ingston, was elected president of the Memorial Student Center Council and Directorate last night to replace Hugh Wharton, who graduated in January. Buford assumed his duties im- Ijnediately upon election. Elected to replace him as vice president of the council was S. R. (Rush) Mc- Ginty, sophomore pre-veterinary medicine major from Abilene. In a financial report to the By DENNE FREEMAN Battalion Staff AVriter One department on the A&M tampus was proved to be batty Monday afternoon! Who proved it? Bats, that’s who. Prof J. G. H. Thompson’s Me chanical Engineering 338 lab was turned into chaos by an estimated 150 wildly-flying bats which had come in through a hole in the win dow frame during the night. They were discovered peering over the Venetian blinds by a group of early-bird engineers who had just arrived in Fermier Hall for their lab. The engineers drew their trusty Seniors May Order Grad Invitations Seniors planning to graduate in May may begin ordering grad uation announcements today in the Department of Student Ac tivities, Room 210 of the YMCA. Price of thhe invitations is 10 cents each for the french-fold type, 40 cents each for card board-bound invitations and 75 cents each for leather bound in vitations. Printed cards are $1.50 per 100 and engraved cards may be obtained for $2.50 per 100. March 12 at 5 p.m. is the dead line for ordering the invitations. council, C. G. (Charlie) Haas, MSC business manager, said the Center showed a 9 per cent financial de crease for the past five months over the same period last year. He said this was no figure to be alarmed about however, since oth er business has shown a similar decrease over the same period. In contrast to the overall de crease, the bowling alleys and game area has shown a 60 per cent increase, Haas said. The increase in this area is due primarily to slide rules and T-squares to do battle as the web-winged bats be gan to circle the room in threaten.- ing gestures. The first swoop past the excited engineers by the jet- fast creatures brought no casual ties for either side. By quick caculation the engi neers realized that the winged mammals have built-in radar and could quickly dodge a slow mov ing missle. The slide rule experts speeded up their swings, and the bat casu alties began to mount. Every time the formation zoomed past, a glee ful engineer would swing with all his might and blast a bat into a crumpled heap into the nearest corner. The “batmitton” battle waxed hot and the sounds of battle drew a neighboring class from their studies to the scene. The newly arrived spectators shouted encour agement, but seemed lose cour age whenever a dead bat was bat ted their way. Finally, Thompson arrived at the battlefield and gave orders for his men to retreat to a room far- the down the hall. The combat- weary engineers collected their blood-splattered equipment and left. The final tally included approx imately 40 bats dead or wounded, and one badly mangled and broken T-square. the automatic pinsetters installed last spring, he added. His report also said the barber shop was on about even keel with last year’s figures. “The bowling alley figures are even above expectations,” Haas stated. “We have already doubled our note payment on the auto matic pinsetters, paying $10,000 instead of the $5,000 due, which will enable us to pay off the new equipment must faster than antic ipated.” Haas said several factors help account for the year’s financial decrease. “Having only three home foot ball games instead of the usual four was a telling factor as well as the fact that 400 less students paid the MSC activity fee this year as compared to last,” h e stated. “But as for the exact num ber of students using the MSC as compared with last year, we can’t say.” He said that although the de crease presents no immediate problem, the long range program must be taken into consideration. Current efficiency studies and proposed alterations in the food programs and other operations may furnish part of the answer, he added. Wayne Stark, MSC director, backed up Haas on the need for long-range consideration. “Although we are in no im mediate financial danger, we must take the future into our plans,” Stark said. “Furniture and equip ment is going to wear out and necessitate replacing if we plan to keep the MSC operating at its present standards.”. Installment Fee Due by March 20 Second installment fees for the spring semester are now pay able in the Fiscal Office. This installment — $56.70 — eovers room, board and laundry until March 20. The last two payments for the semester will be $61.40 and $74.75. Milstead Elected Football Captain; Oliver Named A ide Charlie Milstead was elected captain of the 1959 Aggie foot ball team by a near unanimous vote yesterday. Gale Oliver was picked alternate captain. Head Coach Jim Myers re marked that he didn’t believe bet ter men could have been chosen for the honor. Both gridders are honor stu dents. Milstead, the Aggies’ single wing tailback from Tyler, is majoring in industrial engi neering and Oliver, A&M’s first string center from Refugio, is a mechanical engineering major. Milstead and Oliver both won their second varsity letter during the 1958 campaign. It was large ly due to Milstead’s guidance that the Aggies managed to salvage a 4-6 season record. At one point he was recognized as the nation’s leader in total offense. Tot Hit by Car Reported Okay Cal Linne, four-year-old son of Milner Hall Counselor Alton C. Linne Jr., returned home yester day morning after spending two days in St. Joseph’s Hospital fol lowing an accident in which he was struck by an auto Saturday morning. The child was struck by a car driven by James T. Jones, a day student, while walking out from between two parked cars in front of Milner Hall Saturday looming. Linne said his son was uncon scious until shortly before the am bulance arrived to take him to St. Joseph’s Hospital. Attendants at St. Joseph’s Hos pital said the boy received a con cussion, a broken collar bone and multiple bruises from the accident. Alton Linne, father of the boy, said he was still confined to bed, but was allowed to come home yes terday morning. The Linne fam ily lives at 1997 Milner in College Station. Patrolman Howard C. Kirkland of Campus Security investigated the accident. ME Lab Students Have ‘Batty’ Time School Aid Plan Unveiled by Ike Dimes Leader Pleased With Drive Outcome Mrs. Grace M. Martin, chairman of the College Station 1959 Moth er’s March of Dimes Drive, was ‘greatly pleased’ with progress of the drive and extended con- gi’atulations yesterday to all who participated. Mrs. Martin extended sincere thanks to area captains, the 100 mothers that marched, the contrib utors, the national guard, the press, radio and TV. “The students were most gen erous this year, contributing $109 from their Campus Chest fund,” Mrs. Martin said. “The area captain, Mrs. Jim Riggs df College View, collected over $150, the largest amount brought in from any area. Mrs. Riggs and the students’ wives that worked with her and the A&M stu dents who contributed so gener ously are to be congratulated on their part in this worthy cause,” she said. More than $1200 were collected this year, three times the amount collected last year, Mrs. Martin said. Minute of Prayer To Be Observed On Campus Friday The College whistle will blow Friday at 10 a.m. to signal a min ute of prayer in observance of “World Day of Prayer,” Vice Pres ident Earl Rudder said yesterday. “The College and System offi ces will join the College Station Council of Church Women Friday for the occasion,” Rudder said. “It is requested that we halt our ac tivities for a minute of silent prayer as we unite with the peo ple throughout this country and around the world in observation of this occasion.” The college whistle will blow at 10 and again one minute past the hour. Guide Posts “Nothing good ever comes of violence”—Martin Luther. Program to Offer Billion Dollar Aid WASHINGTON (JP)—The Eisenhower administration Monday formally unveiled a five-year program of federal school aid, aimed at helping to provide five billion dollars worth of facilities. The program was presented by Arthur S. Flemming, secretary of health, education and welfare, as one that would help needy school districts and institutions of higher learn ing without pushing President Eisenhower's budget into the red. Flemming disputed advance criticism by Sen. James Mur ray (D-Mont), chairman of the Senate Education subcommit tee, that the administration plan is aimed at helping bankers rather than students a n d* teachers. The secretary told a news conference that under the new bill, school districts urgently in need of schools could get fed eral aid amounting to half the cost of bonds and intei’est incurred to build schools. He figured this would make it possible to begin three billion dol lars worth of construction during the next five years in money-short communities. Colleges and universities could get federal help in debt retire ment with the government agree ing to pay 25 per cent of the prin cipal of long-term bonds issued by institutions to finance hous ing, academic or other educational facilities. The federal payments would be limited to half a billion dollars, or 25 per cent of the total con struction cost of two billions in the college program. A total of three billions was figured for the public school pro gram, for a grand total of five billions. The total cost to the federal government, spread over 25 years or so, was estimated at 2 1 /£ bil lion dollars. Sen. Murray and 30 other sena tors are jointly sponsoring a bill that would provide $1,100,000,000 in federal aid to states the first year and increase this to $4,700,- 000,000 after four years. The mon ey could be used for construction or teacher pay. On the “banker’s bill” taunt, Flemming said: “I would like to point out that all pending pro posals for assistance in this area, because they call for deficit fi nancing, would require borx-owing on the part of the federal gov ernment at interest rates compar ing to interest rates on school bonds.” Mexican Group Visits A&M’s Ag Facilities Gen. Lazaro Cardenas, former president of Mexico, headed a dele gation of visitors from Mexico who toured agricultural facilities at A&M yestei’day. Gen. Cardenas, president of Mex ico from 1934-40, is completing a world tour in which he is observ ing industrial, agricultural and cul- tm-al developments in various na tions. Accompanying Cardenas was Alejandro Carillo, former vice mayor of Mexico City; Manual Santillan, former minister of econ omy; Gonzalo Martinex; and Luis Quintanill, Mexican ambassador to the Organization of American States. President M. T. Harrington wel comed the visitors to the campus. Dr. R. E. Patterson, A&M vice president for agriculture, made a talk outlining the organizational setup of the system and explained the broad scope of the agricultural teachings, research, and extension of the system. Patterson and Jack Gray, coordi nator of foreign programs, led the visitors on a tour of the agricul tural research and training facil ities and the quarterhorse breeding unit of the college. The group visited the Department of Agricul tural Education and confered with the head of the department, E. V. Walton, and members of his staff. They were officially escorted by Louis F. Blanchard of the U. S. Department of State. There Will Be at Least One Fish at the Ball Ted Wilson, A Infantry freshman from Feb. 28. Freshman officers have already Meridian, Monday was assured a place at begun preparations for the annual ball, the Fish Ball when he purchased the first Tickets are on sale in the Office of Student ticket to the ball to be held in Sbisa Hall Activities.