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1 Weather Today Continued fair with maximum temperature 65 today, 45 to night. 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. ★ ★ ★ 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.” ★ ★ ★ 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.