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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1959)
Weather Today Mostly cloudy with little tem perature changes through Wednesday. THE BATTALION Ags vs. 'Sips In Austin Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus Number 76: Volume 58 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24,1959 Price Five Cents Insurance Plan Payments T ally $2,100 to Ags Claims paid off by the voluntary insurance plan have netted average payments of almost $100 each to 22 Aggies since the plan was ad opted last spring. Claims ranging from a fall down a stairway to an auto accident have amounted to $2,147.80, with $125 in claims still unpaid early today, Mrs. Gene Taylor, secretary to Dr. C. It. Lyons at the College Hospital, said. At the beginning of the fall se mester 1,023 students enrolled in the voluntary plan. The same policy was offered to new students at the beginning of this semester, but no policies were taken out. Mrs. Taylor said the 22 claims ranged from $458 to about $12, with an average of $97.63 paid to Blood Drive Plans Begun By CS Lions College Station Lions yesterday laid preliminary plans for a blood drive in cooperation with the A&M Student Senate, which drive lead ers hope will net 450 pints of life saving blood for the Texas Leu kemia Research Foundation. The collection will take place March 11 in G. Rollie White Coli seum. Aggies who wish to con tribute to the drive may sign up at a Student Senate-manned booth to be located in the Memorial Stu dent Center next week. Last year in a similar drive, Ag gies contributed 200 pints of blood and more than 500 Aggies were turned away due to the flu epi demic at that time. At least 14 children, victims of the “blood can cer” disease, V; e alive today thanks to the blood donated last year. A bloodmobile from the Wadley Research Institute and Blood Bank in Dallas will be here March 11, with a crew to collect the blood. Lions club members will set up the physical facilities for the col lection and serve as assistants to the Wadley staff. David R. Fitch, Lion president, and Don Rummel, chairman of the Stuednt Senate Welfare Commit tee, are co-chairmen for the drive. each students making a claim. “The students who have received payment under the plan have been well-pleased,” Mrs. Taylor said. “The time lapse between the filing of the claim and the time students received payments was usually very short.” For example, the $458 claim was completely transacted in a period of three days, she continued. Students who took out the pol icy at the beginning of the year paid $4 for a $1,000 investment in case of an accident within a one- year period. The policy will offi cially expire three days prior to registration next fall. The policy, underwritten by a reputable national firm, has no ef fect on policies under which stu dents may currently be enrolled or plan to participate in in the fu ture. The program complements present health services offered by the College Hospital. The program was endorsed last spring by the Student Senate and approved by a student-staff com mittee authorized by President M. T. Harrington and the Board of Directors. $25 Tuition Grants Open to Students A limited number of tuition scho- lorships will be available this spring according to an announce ment by the Faculty Scholarships Committee. These scholarships take the form of refunds for the additional $25 which was added to the ma triculation fee under terms of a bill which was passed by the Texas Legislature in 1957. To qualify for the refunds stu dents must show that the added tuition created a serious financial hardship for them. Other require ments are: (1) applicants must have completed at least one se mester or more at A&M with an overall grade point average of 1.00 on work taken at this col lege, (2) applicants must be legal residents of Texas and (3) appli cations must be filed with the secretary, Faculty Scholarships Committee, Office of the Regis- tar, on or before March 15. Application forms are now available in the Registrar’s Office. News of the World By The Associated Press Specialist Favors Red China WASHINGTON—The State Department’s top Far East specialist said Monday “I believe Red China should be in cluded” if a sound, workable system could be set up for con trolling world armaments or nuclear weapons tests or guard ing against surprise attack. But in taking this position before the Senate Disarma ment subcommittee, Walter S. Robertson said he wanted to stress the words “sound” and “workable.” ★ ★ ★ TU Investigation Continued AUSTIN A special University of Texas investigation continued Monday after 21 students had been suspended for cheating on a final examination in a government course. Dean of Student Life Arno Nowotny said the suspen sion terms, meted out by a discipline committee of three faculty members and two students, ranged from one to three years. ★ ★ ★ Proxmire Attacks Johnson WASHINGTON—The broad powers that Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas wields in the Senate came under a sharp, surprise attack from Sen. William Proxmire (D-Wis.) Monday. While a scattering of Republicans sat back with smiles on their faces, Proxmire set off a Democratic family fight by telling his colleagues that they had surrendered to John son their right to decide that legislation will be acted upon. ★ ★ ★ Wilson Defies Candidacy BROWNSVILLE, Tex.—Atty. Gen. Will Wilson said here Monday that he was “not a candidate for governor now.” Wilson addressed a joint civic club meeting on the first day of a three day tour of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. liS . Jpe# !*>;<• *1 tSrf* „ :«1P Sf \|IP 4 Y. f •* : a- i MlfNSlis ■ 'A.; -.. ' ■ ■■ Photo By Mueller YMCA Lawn Getting a New Face Physical plant workers are shown above placed across the side of the building. Also leveling dirt on the northwest side of the the curbs in front of the YMCA are being YMCA. The lawn is being refaced after replaced, being torn up when new sidewalks were Applications Now Available For Publications Editorships Applications for the editorships of A&M’s four magazines, daily newspaper and year book officially opened yesterday morning, accord ing to L. A. Duewall, director of Student Publications. Duewall said editorships for the publications are available to cap able and qualified Aggies for the 1959-60 school year, and applica tions must be filed by 5 p.m., March 16. Students interested may file for editorships of The Aggieland, The Agriculturist, The Commentator, The Southwestern Veterinarian, The Engineer and The Battalion. Duewall said a student must meet the following minimum re quirements to hold one of the posi tions: • Junior or senior academic classification. • Free from academic and dis ciplinary probation. • Must have clearly demonstrat ed above average achievement and ability. • A minimum of one year’s ex perience on the staff of any publi cation and proven ability to carry on the work of publication in a manner deemed creditable by the Student Publications Board. Procedure for selection of the six publications editors is as fol lows: Nominations for editor or edit ors of The Aggieland and The Bat talion will be made to the SPB by the Director of Student Publica tions. After approval by the board, Story of Aggieland Ags Try for Prize In Essay Contest “Texas A&M—What It Means to Me.” Some student now enrolled at A&M will receive a $250 award in May for the best essay using this theme and submitted to The Battalion office not later than April 1. The award has been made avail able by C. L. Babcock ’20, former editor of The Battalion and pres ently an insurance agent in Beau mont. . Screening of the essays sub mitted will be done by The Bat talion staff and final judging will be done by a committee to’ be ap pointed by Vice President Earl Rudder. “I believe the papers prepared by students will contain construc tive and useful information for publication, especially in pam phlet form,” said Babcock in an nouncing the award which bears his name. Babcock added that a collection of the better papers may be used to tell the story of A&M from the student standpoint to pros pective Aggies in high schools of the Southwest. Certificates will be awarded to the top 10 entries in the Babcock Award contest in addition to the single $250 cash prize. Judging criteria as set up by the donor ai’e truthfulness, fair ness, good will building and its benefit. April 1 is the deadline for en tries in the contest. Entries should be prepared in regular manu script form, double spaced, with an original and two carbon cop ies. The essays should be turned in to The Battalion office in Room 4 of the YMCA. Manuscripts should be no less than 250 nor more than 1,000 words in length. With exception of members of The Battalion staff, any full time fetudent now enrolled is eligible to enter the contest. final appointment is made by the vice president of the college. Nominations for editor of The Agriculturist, The Commentator, The Engineer and The Southwes tern Veterinarian will be made to the SPB by the board members re presenting the academic schools which sponsor the individual mag azines. The SPB, upon approval, will submit the nominations to the deans of the schools concerned. Application blanks for the ed itorship of The Agriculturist may be obtained in the office of O. R. Kunze, Department of Agricultural Engineering. Those interested in filing for the editor’s post of The Aggieland and The Battalion may do so by picking up blanks in the Office of Student Publications, ground floor, YMCA. Students wishing to apply for editor of The Commentator should see Harry L. Kidd, Department of English. Application blanks are available in the office of J. W. Amyx of the Department of Petroleum Engi neering for students interested in applying for the editorship of The Engineer. Application for The Southwes tern Veterinarian editorship may be picked up in the office of Dr. E. D. McMurry of the School of Veterinary Medicine. Further information may be ob tained in the office of Student Publications, Duewall said. Petition Urges City to Begin Paving Streets Council Sets April 7 Vote To Pick New Councilmen A petition was presented to the College Station City Council last night calling for the paving and construction of curbs and gutters on Kyle Drive and Walton Street from the intersection of Highway 6 and Kyle around to Walton to the intersection of Walton and Foster Avenue. The council also set April 7 as the date for a general municipal election to elect three new commissioners, and ap pointed a Board of Equalization. The petition was signed by 73 per cent of the property owners along the streets. Length of the job will cover al most 1% miles. City Manager Ran Boswell was authorized by the coun- -♦•cil to secure legal descriptions Fish Drill Team Takes Honors At Laredo AFB A&M’s Freshman Drill Team won first place honors over the Texas University Army ROTC drill unit in competition at Laredo Air Force Base last weekend. Out of a possible 100 points, the Aggie cadets accumulated a total of 92. The drill unit from Texas had a total of 87 points. Cadet Ben Rice from Orange is commander of the A&M unit. The drill competition was orig inally scheduled for Saturday af ternoon following the Washing ton’s Birthday Celebration parade scheduled for that morning. How ever, the parade was cancelled due to unfavorable weather and the drill event was rescheduled for Sunday afternoon. Other drill units from various colleges in Texas who were to have participated in the competition were unable to do so because of the change in date. The Aggie team and the Texas drill unit com peted solely against each other. The Aggie team and others who were to participate in the parade were honored with a dinner Satur day evening given by Martin High School. For the remainder of the Laredo trip, the freshman team toured Laredo Air Force Base, a T-33 training base. They also took in the sights of near-by Laredo. The group was furnished hous ing at the base, according to Greg ory A. Garcia, executive officer of the team. Captain Grange S. Coffin, Sgt. Richard M. Temple, Sgt. Clarence C. Lee and the drill team advisor, Cadet Major Hoy Richards, accom panied the group to Laredo. Currently on display in Architecture, fourth floor of the Academic Building, is the exhibition, “Architecture in Venezuela,” sponsored by the Venezuelan Photo By Mueller Architecture Exhibit the Division of Society of Architects and the Creole Petrol eum Corporation. The exhibit will con tinue through March 10. and names of property owners along the streets to be paved as a means to insure action to secure payment from all of the property owners. Cost of the paving will be $3 per running foot for each property owner as well as the city. Councilmen L. J. McCall, J. A. Orr and D. A. Anderson are the councilmen whose terms expire and who must seek re-election or drop fi’om the council. Deadline for filing for the office is 30 days prior to the election. Three Terms Expire H. E. Hampton, Ed Kidd and B. J. Fluker were appointed to the Board of Equalization. Purpose of the board is to hear complaints of citizens who think personal taxes are too high, and to take action on the matter. Mayor Ernest Langford was au thorized by the council to study the possibility of enlarging the of fice space in City Hall by remodel ing the area now occupied by a maintenance and workshop area. The council also authorized the purchase of four lots and a build ing immediately behind City Hall at a cost of $10,500—$1,500 each for two of the lots and $7,500 for the two lots on which the building is located. New Street Lights Boswell asked permission to se cure bids for eight more street lights along Highway 6. The coun cil okayed the project. Boswell es timated the lights will cost ap proximately $160 each. City Attorney C. E. Dillon rec ommended the city pay the Dom inick brothers $3,500 for right-of- way for the new farm-to-market road off Highway 6 running east. Parking along Boyett Street from Sulphur Springs Road to Church Street will be changed to a 6-hour limit at the next meeting of the council. Civic Improvement A letter was read by Mayor Langford from Mrs. B. B. Ham- ner, a member of the Civic Im provement Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, asking the mayor to declare the week of March 22 as Civic Beautification Week as part of the state-wide program at that time. Mrs. Marion Pugh, chairman of the committee, appeared before the council with a list of suggested im provements in civic beauty. Mayor Langford said he would make the proclamation including some of Mrs. Pugh’s recommenda tions in it. Sophs Call Meeting With Earl Rudder Sophomores will meet with Vice President Earl Rudder tonight at 7:30 in The Biologi cal Sciences Lecture Room. Guide Posts And he that neither coveteth to please men, nor feareth to displease them, shall enjoy much peace.— a Kempis. t