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THE
BATTALION
Blood Drive
Tomorrow
Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus
Number 80: Volume 58
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1959
Price Five Cents
Ecumenical Meeting
Slated for March 6
The Seventh Annual Ecumenical
» ! Student Christian Conference,
■ sponsored b y several student
P| Christian movements at A&M, will
■ begin at the A&M Wesley Founda-
H tion Friday, March 6, and will run
|| through Sunday, March 8.
The conference was started in
1952 as a needed addition to the
growth opportunities available to
^ college people of any and all de-
H nominations and races. It has been
■ well attended, bringing together as
IS many as 400 students and leaders
H of all denominations and from 29
n campuses at one conference.
This year, W. Jack Lewis, foun-
H der-director of the Christian “Faith
[H and Life” Community at the Uni-
fl versity of Texas will be the plat-
B form speaker. He is a Presbyter-
H ian U. S. minister, trained at the
University of Texas, Austin Pres-
|| byterian Theological Seminary and
H in Scotland. He served as Marine
|| Corps Chaiplain in World War II,
|§ and is now furthering his pro-
S gram of lay leadership training in
■ P
several states and nations.
Bible lecturer for the confer
ence will be Paul Green Wassen-
ich, associate professor of the De
partment of Religion at Texas
Christian University.
The program outline calls for
programs to begin Friday at 7:30
p.m. and last until 10:15. Satur
day, an early breakfast will be
served at 7 a.m. and the program,
consisting of speakers and study
groups will last until noon. More
services and discussion groups are
scheduled for the afternoon ses
sion, ending with vespers at 10:15
p.m. Sunday morning the break
fast will be at 7:30, and the pro
gram will last until noon, at which
time the group will be dismissed.
Registration fee for the confer
ence is $3 and should be sent to
Amon L. Bailey, Chairman, Ecu
menical Student Christian Confer
ence, YMCA, College Station, Tex
as, as soon as possible, since the
registration will close as soon as
400 people have registei’ed, accoi'd-
jng to the conference bulletin.
News of the World
By The Associated Press
U. S. Officials Welcome Red Move
WASHINGTON—Top officials cautiously welcomed
Monday Russia’s acceptance of Western proposals for a Big
Four foreign ministers conference on Berlin and Germany.
But they showed enthusiasm for Russia’s insistence on
a later summit conference—unless substantial progress is
made by the foreign ministers in settling German problems.
The State Department withheld all comment on Rus
sia’s new note. Authoritative officials, however, viewed it as
moving the Kremlin only a few inches toward the Western
position, because of the conditions Moscow attached.
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Military Forces Ready to “Back Up Ike”
WASHINGTON—U. S. military forces are ready to back
up President Eisenhower’s vowed determination to stand fast
on American rights in Berlin, Secretary of Defense Neil H.
McElroy told Congress Monday.
“We think we have a definite offensive superiority over
the Russians at this time,” McElroy said in. discussing the
situation with the House Space Committee.
While voicing doubt the Russians want to start a war,
the secretary told the congressmen, “We are prepared to
meet various stages of the Berlin situation as it develops.”
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Officials Are Corrupt, Says Labor Leader
WASHINGTON—Organized labor’s top leader said Mon
day if Congress wants to get at the ro^t of corruption it
should look to officialdom at federal, state and local levels.
AFL-CIO President George Meany said only “a very,
Very small minority” of labor unions has been involved in
Senate Labor-Management Committee disclosures.
But he said “every corrupt labor official exposed is tied
up with some corrupt employer, or some corrupt local of
ficial.”
Meany proposed that Congress launch a new and separate
probe into what he called the real problem “which is corrup
tion at some official level—either federal, state or local.”
Civilians Begin
Selling Tickets
For ‘Weekend’
Tickets to the Civilian Weekend
dinner and dance, March 21, were
distributed to the Civilian dormi
tory presidents at a special meet
ing yesterday in the Brooks Room
of the YMCA.
Secretary of the Civilian Stu
dent Council Fred Pendleton hand
ed out t}re tickets and gave instruc
tions to the nine presidents who
are to distribute the tickets among
their dorm 'representatives.
“You can sell the dance tickets
up until the dance begins,” Pendle
ton told them. “But the sale of
dinner tickets will have to be stop
ped on the morning of March 18
in order to know the number of
people expected to attend.”
Tickets to the dinner are $1 for
adults and 50 cents for children.
Dance tickets are $1.50 per couple.
In other business, Oliver C. Mul-
key III reminded those present
that March 13 is the deadline for
submitting Sweetheart nominee
pictures to the Office of Student
Affairs in the YMCA. He told
them that pictures should be 5 x 7
or larger in size. An entry from
each Housing Unit is needed, he
said.
A. M. Hoffpauir, Day Student
representative, said that those liv
ing in the Day Student area who
would like to submit Sweetheart
entries should call him at VI 6-
4960.
Sweetheart finplists will be not
iced at the dinner and the winner
will be noticed at the dance.
Blood Drive Nears
630 Aggies Asked
To Donate Blood
By BILL REED
Battalion News Editor
Tomorrow Aggies and local residents can join forces to
contribute up to $11,000 worth of blood to help save leuk(*i
mia-stricken children and at the same time contribute to the
all-out drive to find a cure for the dreaded disease.
Members of the Student Senate and College Station Lions
Club hope to have 650 students and residents sign up to give
a pint of blood each to the Texas Leukemia Research Founda
tion.
A booth will be opened in the morning at 8 in the Memor
ial Student Center between the Post Office and the Fountain
Room for students and local citizens to sign to give blood,
Don Rummel, chairman of the Senate’s Welfare Committee,
♦said. The blood will be given
This Leukemia-Stricken Child
Help
This little boy is lying flat on his back with a deadly disease
—leukemia. Victims such as this boy need help to over
come the disease which does not have a known cure. To
morrow Aggies are getting a chance to help save lives
through the giving of blood for research. Last year Aggies
saved at least 14 lives through the donation of over 200
pints of blood.
A&M Board Approves
Student Fee Increases
By JOE BUSER
Battalion Editor
A&M College System Board of
Directors approved three increases
in student fees and tabled another
at their regular meeting here Sat
urday.
Attending the meeting in addi
tion to the six regular members
were the two new members ap
proved by the Senate last week,
John Newton of Beaumont and
Sterling C. Evans, of Cameron. The
ninth board member, John Biggs
of Vernon, was nominated by Gov.
Price Daniel but as yet has not
been approved by the Senate.
The Board voted to raise optional
summer activities fee from $1.75
to $3 per term. They also raised
the fees to bind thesis from $3.25
to $5 each and the price to pub
lish abstracts from $12 to $15.
At the motion of board member
H. L. Rideout of Dallas, they tabled
a request to raise room rent for
dormitory students from $12.50 to
$15 a month. In his motion, Ride
out said, “A&M was set up to fur
nish quality education at lowest
possible cost to the young men of
Texas—and although $2.50 doesn’t
segm like a lot of money it might
be the difference between getting
to come to A&M and not.”
He was echoed by Newton who
resigned from the Commission on
Higher Education in Austin to ac
cept the position an A&M’s gov
erning board.
In other action the Board ap
proved appropriations for $60,000
to continue the program of repair
and renovation of; Mitchell, Milner,
Brizzell, Leggett, Law and Puryear
Halls and installation of accousti-
cal tile in Dorms 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12
and to put a new roof on Walton
Hall.
Public School Week
Declared by Mayor
College Station Mayor Ernest
Langford has issued a proclama
tion proclaiming March 2-6 Public
School Week in the community in
conjunction with the statewide
program.
The proclamation read as fol
lows :
WHEREAS:
The security and future progress
of our Nation depend more than
ever before upon the adequacy of
our schools, and
WHEREAS:
Since the founding of the Texas
Public School System 105 years
ago, the growth and development
| of our State has been tied closely
to the educational advantages
available to Texas citizens and de-
T pend upon the continuance and fur
therance of educational opportuni
ties for all Texas children, and
WHEREAS:
The Texas Citizens’ Committee
for Public Schools week, has worked
diligently and effectively since
1950 in cooperation with local
school officials to bring the one
purpose of Texas Public Schools
Week to the attention of all the
people in Texas, that purpose be
ing to encourage citizens to visit
in their local schools:
NOW, THEREFORE, as mayor
of the City of College Station, I
hereby designate the week of
March 2 through 6, 1959, as the
ninth annual Public Schools Week
in Texas and urge all our citizens
to visit a public school during that
week.
Ernest Langford, Mayor
CHS Vocalists
Entertain Lions
College Station Lions got off to
an early start on Public School
Week as they were entertained
Monday by a girls’ trio at their
noon luncheon.
The “Three Pastels,” consisting
of Pat Jackson, Kathy Gould and
Susan Dowell, all A&M Consoli
dated High School seniors, blended
three beautiful voices with two
ukuleles, to render three numbers
and an encore for the appreciative
Lions. Tunes sung by the trio
were “Lend Me Your Comb,” “Blue
Moon,” “Tom Dooley” and “I’ll Be
Home.”
Lion President David Fitch
urged all club members to attend
one of the local schools during
Public School Week whether they
have any children in school or not.
In other club business, the Lions
laid final plans for the Lion-Stu
dent Senate blood drive to be
staged March 18. Donors may
sign up to give blood tomorrow at
a booth near the Post Office in the
Memorial Student Center.
Fish Sweetheart Arm Douglas receives congratulations and
a gift from Eddie Dyer, class chairman of the sweetheart
committee, while other finalists look on following the judg
ing and selection during the second intermission of the
Freshman Ball held last Saturday night in Sbisa Hall.
Miss Douglas, escorted by Robert Kepke, was picked from
Fish Sweetheart
five finalists during the first intermission of the ball. The
announcement of the winner was made during the second
intermission.
Left to right are finalists Anita Marchant, Juanita Wirch,
Ann Douglas, Martha Kaye Daniels, and Dorothy Ann
Phillips.
| Guide Posts
We can often do more for other
men by correcting our own faults
than by trying to correct theirs.
—Fenelon.
H. Jarrell Gibbs
Gibbs is SCONA
Chairman-Elect
H. Jarrell Gibbs, junior business
administration major from Dallas,
on 1st Bn, 2nd Reg. staff, was
named chairman-elect of SCONA
V yesterday.
He succeeds Robert T. Pfeuffer
and was picked by the Memorial
Student Center Council. He will
take the position after the Council
banquet April 24.
A new executive committee for
SCONA V will be selected soon to
meet with the old committee to
draw up plans for the December
conference. Students interested
can secure information about in
terviews for the positions at the
director’s office of SCONA in the
MSC.
Chairmen Named
For Cotton Pageant
Committee chairmen have been
appointed fbr the 25th Annual Cot
ton Pageant and Ball, to be held at
A&M April 17.
They are James C. Blue, junior
agronomy major from Clifton, pro
gram and tickets; Norman Mahren-
holz, senior agronomy major from
Vincennes, Ind., stage setting; Lar
ry Hausmann, senior agronomy
major from Goliad, entertainment;
and Richard Richardson, senior
plant and soil science major from
Mexia, publicity.
Wednesday, March 11.
A special bloodmobile is
scheduled to come to College
Station from Dallas to receive
the blood from the donors. The
bloodmobile will be set up in G.
Rollie White Coliseum from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
“In the end the Senate and Lions
hope to net 450 pints of blood,”
David R. Fitch, president of the
Lions, said last night. “The 450
pints will be worth $10,000 to $11,-
000.”
With the blood donated in this
area last year at least 14 children
are alive today, Rummel said.
Every year a few more children
live a little longer with the blood
that is donated by those who are
willing to help.
“It doesn’t make any difference
what type blood a person has, his
or her blood will be accepted if
they are in good health and do not
have colds,” Rummel said. Another
qualification is that a person must
be at least 18 years of age.
“The blood local people give this
year may save hundreds of lives
through research findings,” John
Thomas, Student Senate president,
said. “Letters have been distribu
ted to commanders and dorm coun
selors and posters have been placed
all over the campus to help get
students to sign to give blood.”
Members of the Student; Senate
and Lions Club will be on duty to
help receive the blood in the Coli
seum. Several other organizations
in the area will donate their as
sistance to make the drived a suc
cess.
The College Station-BryaTi Gray
Ladies, volunteer workers who
wear gray uniforms, have donated
their wholehearted assistance, ac
cording to Mrs. A. D. Folweiler,
chairman of the organization. She
ives at 1028 Walton E., College
Station.
The Registered Nurses’ Associa
tion, composed of registered nur
ses who are not practicing at the
oresent time, will furnish 15 work-
u's to help the bloodmobile, Mrs.,
W. H. Ritchey, 301 Hensel, Col-
'ege Station, is chairman of the
• roup.
April 1 Deadline
For ‘Vanity Fair 9
All seniors who are interested in
having Senior Favorite entries in
the Vanity Fair section of the Ag-
gieland ’59 should turn in a picture
before April 1, Bob Bertin, asst,
editor, said yesterday.
If the picture is to be used only
for the senior favorite section, a
bill-fold size glossy print may be
used, but it must be a head and
■•boulder picture, Bertin said.
To enter the Vanity Fair con
test, a full length picture must be
submitted, accompanied with a
head and shoulder picture. The
head and shoulder picture should
be' at least 5x7 and preferably
8x10.
Entries in the Vanity Fair Con
test must be able b° attend the
Press Club banquet May 15, the
night before the Senior Ring
Dance. Twelve finalists will be
selected from the entries and the
six winners will be selected at the
banquet.
A charge of $2 will be made for
entries in the Senior Favorite sec
tion, Bertin said.