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Weather Today Mostly cloudy with slightly •/rising temperatures through | Friday. Occasional scattered I showers. - THE BATTALION Plan Now For RE Week Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus Number 70: Volume 58 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1959 Price Five Cents r # - ' Rev. Jack H. Prichard Rev. John C. Donovan Rev. Charles T. Jones Jr. Rev. David K. Switzer WMW£. Rev. Richard Norton Six More RE Week Dorm Counselors Added to Roster Religious Emphasis Week dorm and lead the forums for that dorm, counselors will hold forums and Mr. Harold O. Paden from the discussions groups Monday through Thursday nights at 7:15 in var ious lounges over the campus. They come fi’om highly varied backgrounds, and will be avail able for personal consultation dur ing the week. Rev. Jack H. Prichard, pastor of the Hemphill Presbyterian Church of Fort Worth, will lead discussion groups in Dorm 6 lounge for Dorm 6 and 8. He will live in Dorm 6. Rev. Prichard was born in Breck- em-idge, and graduated from the “School of the Ozarks”, a Presby terian vocational high school in Missouri. He attended Oklahoma City University and graduated from the Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Princeton. He has been pastor in churches in Oklahoma and New Mexico and minister of students at the Uni versity of Arizona. Rev. John C. Donovan, vicar of the Christ Episcopal Church of Mexia, was born in Indiana and later moved to Wichita Falls. He graduated from law school and en tered the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest in Aus tin. Rev. Donovan is presently chap lain to Episcopalians at Baylor University. He will live in Leggett Hall and will lead discussion groups for Legget and Mitchell. Rev. Charles T. Jones Jr., is pastor of the First Christian Church of San Marcos. He was born near Kansas City, Mo., and attended the University of Kansas and Texas Christian University. He graduated from Brite College with a B. D. degree. At present Rev. Jones is work ing on his M. A. in history at the University of Texas. He will live in Walton Hall and lead the dis cussion groups for Walton and Dorm 16. The meetings will be held in the lounge of Walton Hall. Rev. David K. Switzer, chap lain at Southwestern University, graduated from the school he now serves. He has had clinical train ing in the federal penitentiary in Atlanta, Ga., and also gt the State Mental Hospital in Little Rock. Rev. Switzer is a letterman in baseball and track and pitched semi-pro baseball. He worked as training advisor in the employe relations department of Humble Oil Company. He will live in Henderson Hall Church of Christ in Munday, Tex as, will lead the discussion g-roups in Dorm 9 and will live there. Mr. Paden is a native Texan, graduating from Abilene Christian College and George Pepperdine College in Los Angeles, Calif. He served in the United States Army ski troops during the World War II on Italian fronts. He is pres ently working on his masters de gree in education at ACC. Mr. Paden is chaplain of the Munday Fire Department and cub scout di rector. Rev. Richard Norton is from East Texas State College where he is with the Baptist Student Un ion. He will live in Puryear Hall and lead the forums for Law and Puryear, meeting in the lounge of Puryear Hall. He is a native Texan, educated in Hillsboro and graduated from Rice Institute with a B.A. degree in 1953. He has completed work on a Doctor of Theology degree from Southwestern Baptist The ological Seminary. He is a Bible instructor at East Texas. Classes will be dismissed Mon day at 11 a.m., Tuesday and Wed nesday at 10 a.m., and Thursday and Friday at 9 a.m. during Re ligious Emphasis Week in order for students and instructors to hear Dr. E. W. Remley, convoca tion speaker for the week. A&M Enrollment Set At 6,131 by Officials Band Dance Set Saturday In Ballroom The Texas Aggie Band Dance will be held Saturday evening from 9 until 12 in the Ballroom of the Memorial Student Center. Music for the Valentine’s Day affair will be furnished by Bill Turner’s combo, according to Jack Skaggs, co-ordinator for the dance. .Five finalists have been chosen for Band Sweetheart and the win ner will be announced at the dance following the judging at intermis sion time. Those chosen as finalists include Margaret Hugg of Bryan, who will be escorted by William C. Day; Linda Winterrowd of Pecos, es corted by Chester Collinsworth Jr.; Sharon Jane Bailey of Gilmer,, whose escort will be Joe Larry Guinn; Ann Buser of Arp, escorted by Jimmy Crook; and Louise Sev ier of Kilgore, escorted by James E. Fallin. Corps Loses 807, Grades Are Higher 1 By JOHNNY JOHNSON , Battalion News Editor Spring semester enrollment is below last year’s figure as was the fall enrollment, but percentagewise A&M gained in enrollment, Vice President Earl Rudder told faculty mem bers in a general faculty meeting yesterday afternoon in Guion Hall. Also during the meeting President M. T. Harrington outlined work being done to secure a larger appropriation for the next fiscal biennium. The spring’s official enrollment is 6,131 as compared with last spring’s 6,355. Enrollment this fall was 7,077 while in 1957 thg figure was 7,474. Rudder told the faculty members that the Corps is ♦larger this semester than it Installment Fees Due February 20 Second installment fees for the spring semester are now payable in the Fiscal Office. Students have until, Feb. 20 to pay this fee. This installment, $56.70, covers room, board and laundry until March 20. The last two pay ments for the semester will be $61.40 and $74.75. For School of Agriculture Writers’ Conference To Start Tomorrow A&M will set a first tomorrow when it will host the first agricul tural news communications confer ence in the nation. The conference will be held in the Memorial Student Center As sembly Room. The conference, sponsored by the Department of Journalism, will host guest speakers from every phase of the agricultural news communications field in Texas. The program will begin at 9 a.m. and will continue through 4 p.m. The nationally-renowhed speakers will be given 30 minutes in which to develop the theme of their talks and 20 minutes will be given for answering questions from the floor. “The man working in agricul tural news communications today 'is caught up in the fastest growing phase of the whole news communi cations process,” said Otis Miller, agricultural journalism professor and director of the conference. The purpose of the conference is to familiarize students and fac ulty members in the School of Ag- Harold O. Paden News of the World By The Associated Press Turk, Greeks Seek Freedom for Cyprus ZURICH, Switzerland—Greece and Turkey agreed Wed nesday on a constitution designed to give independence and peace to the British-ruled island of Cyprus. By nightfall their plan for a republic of Cyprus won the eagerly awaited blessing of the British-exiled Greek Orotho- dox primate of Cyprus, Archbishop Makarios. 'At tAt New Parley Plan Includes Germans WASHINGTON—A new Western formula for a Big Four foreign ministers conference about Germany provides for including German representatives as advisers. This opens the way for possible compromise with the Soviet Union on German participation. ★ ★ ★ Lobby Control Act Introduced AUSTIN—A tougher, loophole-plugging lobby control act to reveal more fully what legislative pressure gropps are spending was introduced in the House Wednesday. That plus mounting demands for more money with still no definitive answer on where it’s coming from were top developments as the session neared the end of its fifth week. Prison boss O. B. Ellis bluntly warned the House Ap propriations Committee that overcrowded prison conditions threaten to blast off a major riot. ★ ★ ★ Troops Went to Little Hock on Request WASHINGTON—The mayor of Little Rock, Ark., was disclosed Wednesday to have pleaded for the federal troops that President Eisenhower sent there in 1957. Until now, for all the general public could tell, the bit terly controversial decision was the Eisenhower administra tion’s own idea. It has hurt his party in the South. Wednesday, the Justice Department released a document covering advice which Herbert Brownell, then the, attorney general, gave Eisenhower on what to do in the crisis result ing from opposition in Little Rock to school integration orders. Scuba Sessions Begin Wednesday A short course in Safety Meth ods ia Scub^l Diving will begin next Wednesday, at 7:30 p.m., in Room 306, Goodwin Hall. The course is sponsored by the Department of Oceanography and Meteorology and is for students, staff members and other interest ed persons. Registration for the Scuba (Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus) course is scheduled for the first session. The course will include four two-hour class room sessions and six two-hour pool sessions. Requirements include a medical examination, moderate swimming ability and a swim suit and face mask for the pool sessions. Addi tional equipment will be furnished by the sponsor. Cost of the course will be $10 for A&M staff members and stu dents and $20 for all others. Instructors will be John Jones, Neill Hitchcock, Bill Green, Bob Tate, Jimmy Goodwin and Jack Hill. Deadline Saturday To Drop Courses Saturday is the last day for students to drop courses, accord ing to H. L. Heaton, director of admissions and registrar. Any course dropped after Sat urday, Feb. 14, will carry a grade of “F,” he added. riculture with the problems of ga thering, organizing and dissem inating agriculture news, Miller said. Miller issued an invitation to all students and faculty members in the School of Agriculture to attend the discussions. Anyone else in terested in attending the confer ence is also invited as class schedules will permit. The opening lecture will be given at 9 a.m. by Stanley Andrews, ex ecutive director of National Pro ject irt Agricultural Communica tions, discussing the basic factors involved in transferring ideas from one mind to another. Andrews will use slides to illustrate his talk. At 10 a.m. Sam Whitlow, associ ate editor of The Farmer Stock- man, wall present methods of ag ricultural communications in farm magazines. Following Whitlow at 11 a.m. will be Leon Hale, former farm editor of the Houston Post and now special featui'e writer for that pa per, who will discuss the problem of presenting agricultural news in the daily newspaper. Fourth on the agenda will be F. E. Charles, editor of The Fur row, publication of the John Deere Co., who will talk at 1 p.m. on advertising and public relations processes employed by the large agricultural industrial concerns. At 2 p.m. Jack Timmons, former president of the National Radio and Television Broadcasters Assoc iation of America and radio farm director of Radio-TV Station KWKH in Houston, will discuss the agricultural communications process employed by the radio and television media. The last talk will be given at 3 p.m. by Jack T. Sloan, visual aids specialist for the A&M Ex tension Service, who will explain how farm and ranch people and those engaged in other fields of agriculture accept new ideas rela tive to agriculture. Charles G. Scruggs, associate editor of Progressive Farmer, will be in charge of running the day’s program. was this time last year—3,- 044 against 3,001. But, even more important, grades of Basic Division freshmen students are higher for the fall semester for this year, percentagewise, than last year, Rudder said. Only 46.7 per cent have grades under 1.0, while last year 52.16 per cent were below 1.0. More students are in the higher- grade ranges too, he said. Corps Loses 807 In 1957-58 the Corps lost 1,287 the first semester as compared with an 807 loss this year. President Harrington next told of the work being done by the newly- formed Committee of Governing Boards — composed of members of the 9 governing bodies of the 18 state-supported schools. This group is working to co- lect data on the need for more and larger appropriations for state- supported higher education and to inform the people of this need, he said. Although total appropriations to state schools have increased by 75 per cent since 1951, this has been only a 12 per cent increase per student. Officials Request More Funds Administration officials have requested $6,323,000 for the first year of the coming fiscal bien nium, an increase of $1,600,000 over the present appropriation, he said. The Commission on Higher Edu cation has recommended a $601,- 000 increase over this year’s ap propriation while the Legislative Budget Board recommended only a $426,000 increase, Harrington said. Hearings were held by Senate and House committees last week and the first part of this week in Austin ©n the proposed appro priations, Harring-ton said. No in dication was given as to how much would finally be appropiated, he said. “I think the money needed for higher education will have to come from new tax money. Personally, 1 think that this will have to be in the form of a sales tax,” Har rington said. Fish Get Best Profs In referring to progress made in keeping freshmen here, Har rington said, “Last September it was suggested that we use our best teachers to work with fresh men. It is encouraging to know that our losses from fall to spring this year were much lower than the year before.” On this same subject, Rudder- said, “These figures don’t mean We’re lowering our standards or begging people to stay here. We’ve made some progress this year. We’ve cut out some carttpusology, which some people tried to con fuse with military or Corps life, and added stress on academic achievement. This campusology has still got parts of it which have to go. It’s all of our respon sibilities.” CS Residents Vote Tuesday On Bond Issue College Station property owners will go to the polls Tuesday to decide whether they want to vote for a $350,000 bond issue for street improvement or continue with the city’s present pay-as-you-go plan. The bond election was authorized by the City Council in its January meeting after a petition, signed by 265 citizens, calling for the elec tion was presented to the Council. Only property owners with poll tax receipts will be eligible to vote in the election, except owners who are over 60 years old, whether they have a poll tax exemption or not. City Manager Ran Boswell said. Voting will take place Tuesday from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. in, the three following locations: Music Room, A&M Consolidated High School (Ward I); 111 Walton in the 'College Hills Shopping Center (Ward II); and City Hall (Ward III). MSC Dance Draws 70 at First Meet Seventy persons enjoyed an in formal dance at the first meeting of the semester of the Memorial Student Center Dance Committee Tuesday night. Manning Smith, insurance agent from Bryan, is the instructor for the class. There will not be a meeting of the committee next week because of the Religious Emphasis Pro gram. The next meeting will be on Feb. 25. This will be the last chance for persons to register for the class. The registration fee is $5 for men and $4 for women. Silent Prayer Set Tomorrow Friday at 10 a.m. the College whistle will blow to signal a minute of prayer in observance of “World Day of Prayer,” Vice Pres ident Earl Rudder has announced. “It is requested that we halt our activities for a minute of sil ent prayer as we unite with the people throughout this country and around the world in observa tion of this occasion,” Rudder said. “The College and System of fices will join the College Sta tion Council of Church Women Friday for the occasion.” The whistle will blow at 10 and again one minute past the hour. Revenue Advisor To Help Foreign Students Tuesday A representative of the Internal Revenue Service will be in the of fice of Robert L. Melcher, foreign student advisor, 105 Bizzell, from 2-2:30 p.m., Tuesday. “Foreign students who have questions about their income tax, or who need help in filling out their income tax forms, should ar- i-ange to see this man,” Melcher said. Melcher urged that Foreign stu dents who have an income tax ob ligation should pick up forms at his office. Melcher also said the Foreign students and exchange visitors who are interested in attending the Houston Fat Stock Show and Rodeo on Feb. 28 through March 1 are reminded to see the Foreign Student Advisor and pay their transportation fee.