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Weather Today Clear to partly cloudy through Saturday. Turning cooler to night. BATTALION Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus 50 Days 'til Final Review Number 95: Volume 58 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1959 Price Five Cents U.S. Pledges Defense Of Atlantic Pact Allies * 1 LemnitzerGives Array of Strength Ready If Needed! 1 Rotarian Registers R. N. Traxler of Bryan registers for the Ro- the new Corps area will participate in a tary District 591 Conference which is going pass-by review tonight for the visiting Ro- on through tomorrow in Guion Hall and the tarians. Memorial Student Center. Corps units in Candidates Named t Student Elections Begin In MSC Next Wednesday Praise to Corps The Corps received praise from Gen. L. L. Lemnitzer, present vice chief of staff, U. S. Army, who will assume duties as chief of staff, Aug. 1. Lemnitzer was a guest at Spring Military Day activities March 14. “I was particularly impressed by the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M. Their military review was as fine as you could see anywhere and clearly indicates the superior leadership being furnished b y yourself and members of your staff,” Gen. Lemnitzer said in a letter to A&M Vice President Earl Rudder. Gen. Lemnitzer wrote, “I had been aware of the fact that more Aggies served during World War II than from any other college as well as the high caliber of officers produced by Texas A&M through my association with many of them through the yeax - s.” Lt. Col. Walter A. Pennine, chief of the information office, U. S. Army Reserve and ROTC Affairs, wi-ote Don Cloud, Coi’ps command er, “You young men are certainly doing a brilliant job in keeping alive a true spirit of duty and obli gation to country. Thei’e are alto gether too many quarters in our country where this motivation has been cruelly snuffed out or is fad ing away.” Green to Address Engineer Societies Col. Thomas C. Green, executive secretary for the State Board of Registration of Professional Engi neer, will speak on “The En gineer Registration” Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the-Chemistry Build ing Lecture Room. The meeting is for all engineer ing societies with special empha sis being given to graduating sen iors. 'Seniors Can Pay Aggieland Postage Graduating seniors may begin paying postage for their Aggie land ’59 so that it can be sent to them next September, Rod Stepp, editor, said yesterday. Postage may be paid in the Stu dent Publications Office, base ment, YMCA. It must be paid in order for the yearbook to be mail ed, Stepp said. WASHINGTON (^1—The United States pledged Thursday to use its full array of aircraft and missile power to defend its Atlantic Pact allies if it should become necessai’y. It made this pledge shortly af ter President Eisenhower had cau tioned this country’s North Atlant ic Pact Allies against “substitut ing illusions for reality” in seeking tension-reducing agreements with Russia. * Speaking on behalf of the U.S. Government, acting Secx-etary of State Christian Herter also told the 15-nation Atlantic Pact Coun- Wives Hold Carnival Tomorrow The Aggie Wives Council will hold a carnival tomorrow from 4 to 7 p.m. at the A&M Con solidated High School Gymnas ium to raise funds for one of the local charity groups and the respective wives clubs. There will be 28 booths oper ated by various student wives clubs. The booths will include a baby photo contest, a powder puff throw and a kissing booth, along with pony rides, a wild animal show, a cake walk and a Charleston line. Hamburgers, hot dogs and cot ton candy will be sold. There will be one-cent gen eral admission sale. College Station voters face two voting issues Saturday and Tues day when they go to the polls to pick City Council members and A&M Consolidated School Board members. The school board election will be held Saturday with balloting slated at the school. Voters will cast their ballots at three locations in the council race. Nine persons have filed for the three vacancies on the school board. Two of the men ai’e seeking re- election to their posts while one cil that the United States is now making faster progi’ess than Rus sia in developing missiles. Herter described American mili tary might at a closed-door x’eview of Soviet thx-eats against Beidin and Germany. He stressed the need for the al lies to stand firm while offering to negotiate diffei’ences with Rus sia. Despite the mounting tensions over Berlin, Herter predicted the ci’isis \yould be settled without shooting. Herter spoke only a few hours after Eisenhower addressed the opening meeting of the pact coun tries. Recalling his days as a soldier, Eisenhower appealed for free people to display coux*age, sacri fice and perservei’ance while their goveimments search cai’efully for just solutions to cuirent East-West deadlocks. “We must be prepared, during the years ahead,” Eisenhower said “to live in a world in which ten sion and bickering between fi’ee nations and the Soviets will be daily experiences.” Herter’s remarks at the closed door session that followed Eisen hower’s talk were relayed to news men by Asst. Secx*etary of State Andx-ew H. Berding. Addressing the same closed-door meeting, Britain’s Foreign Secre tary Selwyn Lloyd assux-ed the al lied repi-esentatives that his coun try stands as fii'mly as the other allies in resisting Russian pres sure for one-sided agreements. of the present board members did not seek another term. Milton Williams and C. A. Bon- nen are seeking repeat turns. Er nest Redmond did not file for re- election. The others filing are Albert W. Jache, the Rev. Charles G. Work man, George B. Hensarling Jr., Mrs. Raymond B. Hite, Milton Ford, J. B. (Dick) Hervey and Harold E. Redmond. In the city race only one of the three incumbent seeking another term faces any opposition. William A. Smith is opposing L. J. McCall, present Ward III council member. J. A. Orr in Ward I and D. A. Anderson in Ward II ai’e without opponents. Dr. L. G. Jnes will be election judge at the Ward I voting booth in the A&M Consolidated School Music Room. His assistanst will be Mrs. F. R. Bryson and Mi’s. J. B. (Dick) Hervey. In Ward II voters will cast their ballots at 111 Walton in the Col lege Hills Shopping Center. Mrs. Robert A. Knapp will be election judge and Mrs. Harvey Oakes and Mrs. John Hill wil be assistants. Mrs. W. D. Lloyd will preside at the Ward III booth in the City Hall. Today Deadline For Junior Pics Juniors have until 5 p.m. today to submit pictures of their girls for Junior Class Sweetheart. The pictures must be turned in at the Office of Student Activities. Tickets are on sale in the office for the Junior Prom and Banquet to be held next Saturday night. Burk Named Texas Delegate To 4-H Meet Kinan Burk, junior animal hus bandry major from Tulia, will be one of the four Texas delegates to the 29th annual National 4-H Cl,ub Conference in Washington, D. C., June 13-19. Burk, who has been a 4-H Club member for 10 years, has garnered many prizes in his woi’k with 4-H, especially in the field of leader ship. He has conducted demonstrations involving beef and dairy cattle, poultry, swine, field crops and pastures. He w r as a member of the 1953 state-winning field crops team from Swisher County and later was a member of the county grass and livestock judging teams. He was an exhibitor and the win ner of many prizes at the state’s major livestock shows including champions and/or reseiwe champ ions at Tulia, Amarillo, Lubbock, Houston and Plainview. Among the major responsibil ities that Burk has carried in the field of leadership have been co- chairman of the county 4-H or ganization; vice chairman and chairman of the district council and in 1957 chairman of the Texas 4-H Club Council. Also in 1957, he was a delegate to the National 4-H Club Congress at Chicago, 111. Funds for the all-expense paid trip will be provided ]by United Gas Pipeline Co. b A&M Consolidated Board Candidates Speak at Meeting Seven of the nine A&M Con solidated School Board candidates and a spokesman for an eighth spoke to an estimated 75 citizens at a Lions Club sponsored meet ing in the school auditorium last night. The meeting began at 7:30 and lasted until 9 p.m. The session was emceed by Lions Club President David R. Fitch. Each of the candidates was limited to five minutes of speak ing time, then the floor was thrown open for questions and discussion. The election, which will be held this Saturday, will fill three va cancies on the seven-man school board. The only polling place will be the Music Room of A&M Con solidated Junior High School. In order to vote in the election a citizen must have a valid poll tax receipt or proof of age for exemption. Of the nine candidates for office only two are incumbent. They are Milton Williams and C. A. Bon- nen. Other candidates are: Al bert W. Jache, the Rev. Charles G. Workman, George B. Hensarling Jr., Mrs. Raymond Hite, Milton Ford, J. B. (Dick) Hexvey and Harold E. Redmond. Ag Extension Pair Get Study Grants Two members of the Agricul tural Extension Service headquar ters staff were among 21 recipi ents of study grants from the Ford Foundation’s Fund for Adult Ed ucation. Mrs. Florence W. Low, head of the Department of Home Eco nomics and Extension Home Eco nomist, and E. M. Trew, Exten sion Service pasture specialist, are the two persons receiving the awards. Trew’s grant is for one year’s study at the University of Chi cago for work on a doctoral de gree in adult education. By JOE CALLICOATTE Battalion Staff Writer Student elections will begin Wednesday, April 8 at 8 a.m. in the Memorial Student Center with seven voting machines in opera tion. All voting machines will be located in the hall between the bowling alley and the fountain room. “The polls will remain open un til 5:30 p.m. to give students who have late classes a chance to vote”, W. D. (Pete) Hardesty, Student Organization Adviser said yesterday. He urged all students to vote because the last few elec tions showed poor turnout. Last year at the same election only 1,167 voters went to the polls. The Class of ’60 will elect a president, vice president, secre tary treasurer, social secretary, historian, student entertainment manager and two yell leaders. The Class of ’61 will elect a president, vice president, secre tary treasurer, social secretary and two yell leaders. The Class of ’62 will elect a president, vice president and social secretary. One MSC council member will be elected from the classes of ’60 and ’61 and one from the Class of ’62. Run-Off Election The run-off election will be held April 15. If there are more than five people running, there may be thi’ee candidates in a runoff. If there are less than five people run ning, only ;two will be in the runoff. For a candidate to win without a run-off, he must have 20 per cent of the total votes cast for his Friday Last Day For Soph Pictures Deadline for submitting pictures as candidates for Sophomore Ball Sweetheart in the office of Stu dent Activities is next Friday, ac cording to Glenn Jones, vice presi dent of the sophmore class and chairman of the Sweetheart Com mittee. Sophomores should submit an 8 x 10 glossy print and a snap shot of their gii’ls if possible, Jones said. office in excess of the next high est opponent’s votes. If there are only two candidates running, the one with the highest number of votes will win. Hardesty announced that mem bers of the election Committee will meet next Monday at 5 p.m. in room 101 of the YMCA to receive their working assignments and to approve the candidates qualifica tions. ’60 Candidates Presidential candidates for the Class of ’60 are: Allen N. Buims, Robert A. Reeh, Ken W. Curry and Robert (Don) Lane. Vice president candidates for ’60 are: (Wally) S. Cannon, Larry A. Winkle, Ed C. Lux, Gerald D. Griffith, Stan F. Weid, Richai’d W. Scott, G. (Granny) Nerren, J. P. (Pat) Craddock, M. J. Carlo, J. (Mike) Brazzel and Sam C. Bar- ranco. A. W. Adickes, Waye P. Schnei der, William R. Savage, Richard E. Damon and Paul Rosenthal are candidates for social secretary of ’60. Candidates for historian from the Class of ’60 are: Charles Ridgway, Wayland Quisenberry, Jimmy R. Archer, Ray Murski, N. M. (Rowdy) Dowdy, Larry C. Pea body and M. G. Blagg. For student entertainment man ager in the Class of ’60 there ax-e: Walter C. Miller, M. G. Blagg, William (Stump) Phillips, Bruce B. Johnson, Tom R. Hamilton and John W. Welch. MSC council member candi dates are: Richard Biondi, N. M. (Rowdy) Dowdy, Joe M. Deeper, J. P. Loveland and Byron C. Stone. ’61 Candidates Candidates for the Class of ’61 president are: Charles C. Murphy, M. E. Hickman, Don A. William son, Robert M. Johnston, Sydney Heaton, Ray V. Gomez, Robert Bower and William Ray Boone. Class of ’61 vice president candi dates are: M. Paul Martin, Fx-ank Steinle, Robert A. Nichols, Wal ter R. Williams, Charles M. Pres ton, Darrell G. Pausky, Guy W. Keeling, Glenn A. Jones, Roger N. Blakeney, Ronny Hampton, Rich ard Thomas, James C. Noach and Marvin Girouard. (Ci’is) A. Elkins, Charles D. Taylor and Raymond G. (Skipper) Post are candidates for secretary treasurer from the Class of ’61. Social secretary candidates for the Class of ’61 ax-e: Walter R. Frazier, Mike Ogg, Martin E. Garcia, Doug B. Vauger, John M. McMullen and Charlie Erick son. Class of ’61 MSC council candi dates are: Bob Ei’isman, Pat Crouch, Charles D. Marshall, Rich ard Spengler and Clyde L. Whit- well. Yell leader candidates from ’61 are: Joe R. Powell, John C. Schier, George A. Loveland, Ed (Sonny) Todd, Ken W. Moore, Bill Hender son and R. C. Ray. ’62 Candidates The Class of ’62 will elect a president from candidates, Dan W. Deupx-ee, Chuck Cloud, John H. Winder, Jack T. Shanks, Stephen W. Muller, George E. Lowke, Bill Jones, John A. Betts and (Jim) S. Baldry. Vice president candidates from the Class of ’62 will be: Weldon Nash, J. Earl Rudder, Tommy Hohman, Ronald V. Smith, R. Dean Sanborn, Robert C. Richey, Ralph D. Loyd, Robert N. Hale, M. D. Fox, David C. Chapa, James D. Loyd and Rogue C. Rodriquez. Jim Howell, J. C. Grout, J. Ray Baily, Terrace Gossett, Marion Walton, Robert C. Neely, Chai’les W. Moore, Lynn Ratcliff, Gene Strader, Raleigh Coppedge, Mal colm Strole, Jack D. Beck, Charles Munnerlyn and Bernard Haegelin, ai’e the Class of ’62 candidates for secretai’y treasurer. The Class of ’62 social secretary candidates are: Karon G. Mc Creary, Gary G. Lively, Jeff Went worth, Ken J. Kutac, Everett Richardson, Hugo E. Ernest and David S. Spencer. MSC council candidates from the Class of ‘62 are: Bob iE. Grisman, Pat Crouch, Chai’les D. Marshall and Richard Spengler. Deadline Extended For Senior Pics The deadline for senior favor ite and Vanity Fair pictures has been extended until April 10. The pictures may be turned in at the Office of Student Pub lications in the basement of the YMCA. News of the World By The Associated Press Reds Question Free Airways Over Berlin BERLIN—The Soviet Union Thursday challenged America’s determination to maintain free air access to Ber lin. It warned any new high-altitude flights through the Berlin air corridors would risk collision with Soviet fighters. A Soviet Embassy spokesman in East Berlin insisted the dispute over Western air access routes to this Com munist-encircled city is strictly a matter of flight safety. ^ ’A’ 'Jr Hammarskjold Says Powers Ready for Peace Talks UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.—Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold said today his contacts with the big powers have convinced him they are ready to negotiate seriously with the aim of getting somewhere. ;He hailed the forthcoming meeting of the Big Four foreign ministers at Geneva May 11 as a valuable element in the cause of peace. "Jr 'Jr 'Jr Reds Under Orders to Wear “New Look” WASHINGTON—Communists in the United States are now reported under orders “to wear a new look.” The House Committee on Un-American Activities, tell ing of this Thursday, said: “Communists are now promot ing themselves as loyal to the United States, peace-loving and humanitarian in purpose, and anxious to work in har mony with Socialists, liberals and even capitalists for the good of the nation.” Two Elections Set For College Station