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Weather Today Mostly cloudy with scattered showers through Friday. Cooler today and tonight. « BATTALION Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus CSC Meets Tonight Number 98: Volume 58 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1959 Price Five Cents The Kingston Trio . . . coming to White Coliseum Monday night Starts Sunday Pan American Week Observance Scheduled Special films, displays, a panel discussion, Latin American foods and music will be featured in the Memorial Student Center in recog nition of the annual Pan Ameri can Week, which starts Sunday, ac cording to David Plylar, ’60, Pan American Week chairman. Gov. Price Daniel has proclaim ed April 12-18 as Pan American week in Texas and April 14 as Pan American Day. Films of various Latin American Civilians Slase Council Meeting A weekend report from A. M. Hoffpauir, a treasurer’s report and a report on the leadership retreat will headline the topics of discussion at the Civilian Student Council meeting to- nijght at 7:15 in the Memorial Student Center. A resolution of appreciation is also scheduled on the agenda. countries will be shown Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Friday in the main lounge of the MSC, Ply lar said. A panel discussion will be held in the Assembly Room of the Cen ter at 7:30 Wednesday night, he said. The panel will be composed of students from Latin American countries who will discuss their individual countries and answer any questions asked them from the floor. Latin American displays will be set up in the promenade during the week, Plylar said. The MSC public address system will also play Latin American Musical arrangements. A special film, Viva Zapata, starring Marlon Brando, will be shown Thursday night at 7:45 in the Ballroom of the MSC, Plylar said. During the week, foods from various Latin American countries will be served in the Center. These foods will be made from authentic Latin American Recipes, he said. A Cafe Tropical will be held in the MSC Saturday night to end the week’s activities. A Latin American combo will be the fea ture attraction at the dance, Plylar said. He urged all Aggies to attend the various activities during the week, so that they can learn more about the Latin American Coun tries. 66 Entries Received In Contest The $250 essay contest spon sored by The Battalion closed last night with 66 entries. Judging of the entries will be done by The Battalion staff and the top 10 entries will be screened by a committee yet to be named. Winners of the contest will be an nounced at the Mother’s Day pa rade on May 10. Prize money for the contest was provided by a former Battalion editor, C. L. Babock, ’20, of Beau mont. He plans to use some of the essays on “Texas A&M—What It Means to Me” in connection with a program to inform the state about the college. Marriage Forums Start Tonight “A Medical View of Sex and Life” will be the subject of a talk tonight by Dr. C. R. Lyons, director of Student Health Serv ices, at the first in a series of four programs on dating and mar riage sponsored by the YMCA. The programs will be held each Thursday night, according to Carl Zietlow, assistant secretary of the YMCA. He said the programs are an attempt to share some vital information that everyone who is planning marriage or just dating should know. The topics for the other three meetings will be “How Our Chang ing Culture Affects Married Life,” “Religion and Your Mate” and “Dating and Mating”. Zietlow said the YMCA is con sidering inviting a panel of girls from Sam Houston State College to discuss “Dating and Mating”. “We would like to know if the Aggies would be interested in such a program,” said Zietlow. He said all students are invited to the meetings, which will be held in the YMCA Lounge. News of the World By The Associated Press West German Policy Will Not Be Changed BONN, Germany—Konrad Adenauer declared Wednes day night West Germany’s unbending policy toward negotia tions with the Soviet Union will not be changed “one iota” after he retires as chancellor. He made it clear that Tie has no intention of becoming aa figurehead president. The 83 year old leader spoke to a nationwide audience on his decision to drop out as chancellor and campaign for the less powerful post of president. Then he left for a month’s vacation in Italy. ★ ★ ★ Senators Begin Study of 1960-61 Expenses AUSTIN—Senators began their study Wednesday of two versions of how much should be spent in 1960-61 to operate Texas government. A Senate Finance Subcommittee laid out its biennial recommendations totaling $2,385,035,751 from all sources including $302,133,593 from the general revenue fund. The House passed, 107-37, and sent to the Senate Tues day its spending bill HB216 which totals $2,410,197,895 from all sources with $332,982,503 from general revenue. ★ ★ ★ ICBM Nose Cone Fired 5,000 Miles Down Atlantic CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—An ICBM nose cone of to morrow was fired 5,000 miles down the Atlantic abroad a powerful Thor-Able rocket Wednesday and plucked out the depths in a completely successful mission. ' When the cone was hauled onto the deck of an Air Force ship near Ascension Island two hours after launching, it marked the first time that recovery was accomplished on a flight close to the intercontinental range. The spectacular shot in the early morning hours was the seventh nose cone re-entry flight close to interconti nental range in a year. Two Offices Decided As 1,236 Cast Votes Kingston Trio Coining Again; Tickets on Sale Tickets are on sale at three lo cations in the area for the return engagement of the Kingston Trio to A&M’s Town Hall Monday night at 7:30. General admission ducats are selling for $1.25 and reserved seats are going for $1.75 at the Office of Student Activities in the YMCA, Schaffer’s Book Store and the Fidelity House. The Trio was signed for Mon day’s show by C. G. (Spike) White, recreation and entertain ment manager, and Joseph (T) Hearne, student entertainment manager, after their Nov. 1 per formance here was a smash hit. Since that time, the Trio has made numerous other songs fam ous, including “Tijuana Jail” and those found in their second album, “The Kingston Trio at the Hun gry I.” A&M was the first stop for the Trio on its first swing to various colleges and universities. At that time the three were featuring songs from their first album, “Tom Dooley.” In recent months the three lads from California have appeared on several top television shows, in cluding the Ed Sullivan Show, Perry Como Show, Playhouse 90 and the Dinah Shore Show. “We feel very fortunate in pre senting the Kingston Trio again because we have found that high school and college students are very interested in seeing them since they are the hottest attrac tion in the United States today,” White said. Last week White took an unof ficial count among students to see if the performance would receive the needed backing. Town Hall tickets will not be honored. 27-Shot Barrage Kills Waterman COLONIAL BEACH, Va. <A>>— A Virginia waterman was killed and another was wounded Wednes day when Maryland officers fired a 27-shot barrage at their speed ing motorboat. The shooting rekindled flames in an age-old oyster war which erupts periodically on the Potomac River separating the two states. Sharply conflicting reports came from the Virginians involved and officers of Maryland’s Tidewater Fisheries Commission. John F. Griffith, 39, lone Vir ginian on the three-man crew to escape injury, claimed the Mary land boat intercepted them for no legitirpate reason shortly before daybreak. “They never tried to halt up or anything. It sounded like gangs of shots,” Griffith said. The three Maryland inspectors who fired the shots said they were trying to stop the boat from get ting back to Virginia water after it had been observed pirating oy sters by dredge off the Maryland shore. Dredging is permitted in Vir ginia water but prohibited in the Maryland-owned Potomac. Grif fith denied the Virginians were dredging—gouging watez-s from the river bottom by trailing a scoop. The Marylanders said they fired six warning shots at the speeding boat, then opened fire at its mo tors when it appeared the boat would ram them. Guide Posts “Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learn ing is perilous.”—Confucius Murphy, Burns Grab Prexy Posts By JOHNNY JOHNSON Battalion News Editor Freshmen, sophomores and juniors turned out to cast 1,236 votes in class elections and decided only two out of the eighteen races without throwing the race into a run-off. Charles C. (Clint) Murphy was elected president of the Class of ’61 over seven other candidates and Allan N. Burns won the Class of ’60 presidential spot over three other hope fuls. The Class of ’60 polled the post votes with 433 votes, the Class of ’61 had 402 and the Class of ’62 turned out 401 voters. The run-off election will be next Wednesday from 8 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. in the Memorial Student Center. Larry Winkle, Stan F. Wied and Ed C. Lux will be try ing for the Class of ’60 vice president’s spot in the run-off. There were 11 candidates in the race. In other Class of ’60 races: Thomas R. Hamilton and Samuel H. Langley made the run-off in the secretary-treasurer race in a field of five candidates. Wayne P. Schneider and William R. Savage are the two juniors in the social secretary race. There were five applicants for the posi tion. Three men out of a field of sev en candidates made the run-off for historian. Charles Ridgeway, Way- land Quisenberry and Ray Murski HS Seniors Sent Letters By Rudder Letters have been sent by Vice President Earl Rudder to inter ested high school seniors concern ing the 11th annual High School Day Program to be held on the campus Saturday, April 18. The letter invites the student to come to the activities on behalf of the A&M students and former are the run-off nominees, students from the senior’s home- i David H. Plylar and Tom town area and to be their guest. “Purpose of High School Day is to give high school seniors a preview of life on our campus,” Rudder said in the letter. A full schedule of events have been planned for the students in cluding a review of the Corps of Cadets, an exhibiton by the Fresh man Drill Team, group tours of the campus, a baseball game, track meet, tennis match, golf match and the annual intra-squad game that will climax spring training for the Ags. Only cost to the high school stu dents will be meals. Former stu dent groups will provide transpor tation and the high school students will stay in college dormitories. There have been 380 names turned in by hometown club pres idents to C. G. (Spike) White, recreation and entertainment man ager. Withey will seek the Memorial Student Center Council spot af ter gaining the run-offs over two ; other candidates. Richard Biondi, Joe M. Deeper and Norman M. Dowdy made the run-off for yell leader in a field of five candidates. William F. Phillips and John W. Welch are run-off candidates in the student entertainment mana ger race. There wex-e five candi dates. In the Class of ’61 races: M'axwin Girouard, Glenn H. Jones and James C. Noack made the vice presidential run-off in field that had 13 candidates. In the secretary-treasurer race Ray G. (Skipper) Post and Mike Ogg bounded into the run-off over two other candidates. Douglas B. Vauger and Chai’lie (See TWO OFFICES on Page 8) G. W. Pfeiffenberger . . . crowner of King Cotton Lubbock Man Will Crown Cotton King George W. Pfeiffenberger, exe cutive vice-president of the Plains Cotton Growex-s, Inc., Lubbock, has accepted an invitation to crown the king at the 25th annual Cotton Pageant, April 17. Kent Potts, senior plant and soil science major from Bryan, is King Cotton. The cotton queen will be selected during the pageant from among more than 100 duchesses who will be here fi’om all over the state. Pfeiffenberger received a chem ical engineering degree from the University of Dayton and studied textile engineering at A&M. He spent 14 years as a cotton fiber and spinning technologist for the U. S. Department of Agi-iculture at the Washington Fiber Labora tory, the Stoneville Ginning Lab oratory and the College Station Spinning Laboratoi’y. Dui’ing the next eight years, he seiwed as spinning research di- x-ector for the Chicopee Manu- factui'ing Coi’p. at Chicopee Falls, Mass., and at Lubbock. In his present position, Pheif- fenbei’ger directs the activities of a cotton industry organization that is involved in a broad program of i-esearch, promotion and service. He ti’avels extensively and is fam iliar with most all phases of the cotton industry. CS Kiwanis Reveal Plans For First CHS Career Day The first “Career Day” will be held Friday morning at A&M Con solidated High School under the sponsorship of the Vocational Guidance Committee of the Col lege Station Kiwanis Club. The program will open with an assembly in the auditorium at 8:30 a.m. when Wendell R. Hors ley, dix-ector of the Placement Of fice here, will discuss the pux-poses of a “Career Day” and the im portance of choosing the right vo cation. Students will attend thx*ee one- hour vocational discussion groups of their choice dux-ing the morn ing. John B. Longley will head the group discussion on selling; Toby Hughes will talk on the radio and television announcer; Bi’ooks Gof er will discuss the law px-ofes- sion; Nelson B. Dui’st and Walter S. Manning will talk on account ing, cashiering and office man aging as a career. Mrs. H. H. Hall will discuss the life of the stenographer, secre- tai’y and office and clerical work; Wallace D. Beasley will talk on police work; the life of the social case worker, welfare worker, and counselor will be discussed by Dan Russell and Mrs. Otis Miller. Dr. Paul Hensai’ling will speak on teaching; and a health team consisting of Dr. Chaides R. Lyons, Mrs. Doi’is Black, Dr. H. W. Hooper, Di\ Henry C. Mc- Quaide, and Mrs. Gladys M. Black will discuss vai’ious phases of health promotion. Mi’s. Eloise Johnson will speak on home economics; Jack T. Kent will discuss astronomy; Dr. James Potter will talk on physics; Mrs. Edna Pruitt will speak on the beau ty operator; Mrs. Darnell White Soph Pictures Due Friday All sophomores were urged by Class of ’61 president Charles C. (Clint) Murphy to turn in their pictures for sophomore sweetheart nominees before Friday. The pictures must be turned in to the Department of Student Ac tivities on the second floor of the YMCA, Murphy said. The Sophomore Ball will be held Saturday, April 18, in the Grove with the Hi-Fis, a nine-piece com bo from the University of Texas, providing the music. will discuss modeling; W. M. Turn er will discuss the music profession; C. K. Esten will speak on acting; Gene Stuphen will talk on photo graphy; and Dr. Alvin A. Price will discuss the veterinary field. An engineering team consisting of Charles W. Crawford, H. C. Dillingham, Dr. J. D. Lindsay, J. H. Caddess, D. M. Vestal and Eai’l Logan will speak on the different engineei'ing opportunities. Also an architecture designing team comprised of Richard Vroo- man, Mrs. Edna Davidson, Mrs. Shirley St. John and Mrs. L. L. Foui'aker will discuss the archi tecture and designing aspects. A. L. Kramer will speak on the operation of heavy equipment; S. A. Wykes will talk on the ma chinist vocation; H. O. Miller will discuss the journalism profession; William A. Smith will speak on the forestry field; Edwin H. Cooper will discuss naturalist and game warden occupations; Dr. A. M. Sorenson Jr. will talk on farming and ranching; J. E. Wellman will discuss the air line hostess field and Dr. John Sperry will discuss Christian service. Information concerning the various branches of the armed services and college scholarships will also be available.