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Weather Today Considerable cloudiness through Wednesday. Warmer tonight and Wednesday. THE BATTALION Vote Tomorrow Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus Number 100: Volume 58 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1959 Price Five Cents Trio Warms Up The Kingston Trio runs through a number show here last night. Bob Shane stands be- in their dressing room as they tune their hind Nick Reynolds while Dave Guard’s voices and instruments just before their face is partially hidden by his banjo. Smell of Success Fails To Swell Kingston Trio By FRED MEURER Battalion Managing Editor They eat hamburgers just like the rest of us. But when they get on the stage and begin plunking guitars, rattl ing banjos, tapping bongo drums and singing . . . man, nobody can hold a torch >to ’em. Last night over 2,500 people in White Coliseum realized this. For the Kingston Trio was back again, wearing many celebrity schrs they weren’t sporting on their first ap pearance on Nov. 1. But just as they did then, they left the crowd swinging. Still the three guys from San Fi’ancisco who claim the nation’s No. 2 album (The Hungry I) and the No. 18 song (Tijuana Jail) ac cording to Billboard, are normal guys off the stage. You could tell when they stepp ed off their chartered plane from Dallas at Easterwood Airport, wearing casual clothes and joking With each other. Later they ate two-bit hamburgers because they were running late for the show. Started at A&M They like A&M, not only be cause of the captive audience, but because, as their unofficial lead er Dave Guard put .it: “A&M was our first college showing and we really picked up our routine there. We’ve added a little to it during the 40 or 50 college appearances we’ve made since then.’’ At 24, Guard is the youngest of the Ti'io. Nick Reynolds and Bob Shane are both 25. All three are married and live around San Francisco. Guard is the father of a one-year-old daughter. Guard and Shane went to high school together in Honolulu, “where we first sang together on the beach.” Later Guard went to Stanford University and Shane went to Medlow Business School where he met Reynolds. The three got together and made their first recording, “Tom Dooley,” when they were graduated in 1956. Studied Business “Actually,” explained Reynolds, “we studied business in college. Then we found ourselves one and went into it.” The Trio recalls its first visit to A&M. They hadn’t had any sleep the night before, and dozed for an hour on mattresses dragged into their dressing room before the show. “We were really bushed | when it was over,” Shane remark- l ed. ’59 Cotton Pageant* Slated This Friday The 1959 queen of cotton will be chosen at A&M this Friday night. Selection of the queen from among more than 170 beautiful young ladies from throughout the state of Texas will highlight the Student Agronomy Society’s 25th annual Cotton Pageant. Jack Timmons, commercial man ager for Radio Station KWKH, Shreveport, La., will be master of ceremonies for the colorful pro gram that annually pays tribute to cotton, the “king of Texas crops.” The program will be held at 7:30 in Guion Hall. At this program, the Agronomy Society will honor Joe S. Mogford, the man who was responsible for promoting the first Cotton Style Show and Pageant in the early thirties. He retired in February after more than a third of a cen tury of service to the college’s De partment of Agronomy. George W. Pfpiffenberger, ex ecutive vice-president, Plains Cot ton Growers, Inc., Lubbock, will crown the king of cotton, Kent Potts, a senior plant and soil sci ence major from Bryan. King Cotton Potts will then crown the queen from among the duchesses who will be here as rep resentatives of various clubs, col leges and universities. The duchesses will be selected on their beauty and poise by three judges from the Robert Powers School of Modeling, Houston. The eight runners-up wdll become prin cesses of the court. The Cotton Pageant will also feature a program of entertain ment including The Blotters, a pantomime group from A&M Con solidated High School comprised of Suzanne Sorenson, Janet Dar- row, Donna Hale and Blair Perry man; the Silvertones, an A&M group composed of Robert Blake- w r ood of Bellaire, James Hickey and Ramiro Perez of Laredo, Dionicio Flores of Falfurrias, and a Bryan soloist, Mrs. Ann Harrison. . Music for the program wdll be provided by the Aggieland Orches tra under the direction of Bill Tur ner. The Agronomy Society sweet heart, Miss Beverly Jane Goodbar of Texas City, will lead the pai'ade of duchesses and will make the pre sentation of flowers to the Queen and her court. Miss Goodbar is a freshman at Sam Houston State Teachers College. Following the pageant, a ball will be held at Sbisa Hall. Funds from the annual Cotton Pageant are used to finance study tours by the A&M agronomy stu dents. Just as their songs represent many parts of the world, the Trio is seeing many parts of the United States. They left for Auburn Uni versity after the show last night, the only other college appearance they’ll make on this tour. After Auburn, they’ll return to the West Coast for a two-day “vacation.” The Trio announced last night it would release a new album in June entitled “The Kingston Trio at Large,” In it, they will feature a song written by an Austin wom an, Mrs. Jane Bowers, entitled “The Alamo”, their first recording directly concerning Texas. Tex Ritter sang it in 1955. Texas Ballad Late after the show last night, long after the autograph seekers had left, people trying to sell songs had thinned and a local radio station had made a tape in terview, the Trio sang the ballad in the dressing room for Mrs. Bowers, who was here for thfe performance. The chorus goes something like this: “Look down, Santa Anna, as we kill your men below, so that Texans will be free, and will re member the Alamo.” The Kingston Trio has come to Texas. . . . Rabbi Kahn Dr. Robert I. Kahn Speaks Wednesday In AH Faith Chapel “The Bible on Broadway—A Discussion of J. B.” will be the topic of a speech given by Dr. Rob ert I. Kahn in the All Faiths Chap el tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Kahn, of the Rabbi Emanu El Temple in Houston, has spoken on the campus in a number of Re ligious Emphasis Week programs and at commencement exercises. He is the author of a weekly col umn, “Lessons for Life,” published in the Houston Chronicle. This program is being sponsored by the B’nai B’rith A&M Hillel Foundation, the Henry Cohen In terfaith Fellowship Award and the Interfaith Council. Run - Off Tomorrow Will Fill Offices He Warned, He Splashed, He Got Away A 1959 version of television’s Paladin stalked the campus Sun day night, seeking revenge over evil-doers. The curtain rang down on the drama in the wee hours of the morning when a senior cadet was rudely awakened by the shock ing slap of a bucketful of water in his face. It all began at noon Sunday in the dining hall when the same senior accidentally got a blot of catsup on a freshman’s shirt. Someone at the table suggested to the freshman that he seek ven geance. He did. With virtually the on ly means of revenge a freshman has. The senior woke up, naturally, and chased the victim-turned-vil- lian out of the dorm, but never caught him. He returned to his room. On his door he spied a card bearing a rough drawing of a wastebas ket and the following words: “Have Can—Will Travel. Wire Fish Dorm 2. (Though television’s Paladin is not masked, the identity of his understudy will be kept secret.) Housing Project Begins This Week Construction of the two-million- dollar A&M student housing pro ject is scheduled to begin this week. Two years’ planning went into the project before the Housing and Home Financing Agency of Fort Worth gave the signal to begin construction. College officials held a special meeting with build ing contractors last week to iron out details. The apartments will be located north of the present College View, and will consist of 21 two-story buildings,' with 12 apartments in each unit. Each unit will consist of a living room, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom and storage space. The interior will feature asphalted con crete floors, and concrete block walls trimmed with mahogany. They will have vented heat and places for window air conditioners. The bathrooms will have bath tub and shower combinations. Plumbing will include facilities for installing washing machines. The exterior of the buildings will be brick and concrete with aluminum window paneling and the roofs will be insulated. The kitchens will be furnished with electric refrigerators, exhaust fans, ranges and garbage disposal units. Each apartment will have a sun porch, and every two buildings will have an outside drying yard en closed with a seven-foqt fence. A garbage can container will be sup plied with each unit. The plans for the project were drawn up by A&M College System architect Henry D. Mayfield Jr. Specific direction and handling of all details is under the direction of W. H. Badgett, Manager of Physical Plant for A&M. Chandler To Speak To Methodist Men A&M baseball coach Tom Chand ler will be guest speaker at a din ner meeting of Methodist Men to morrow night at 6:30 in the fel lowship room of the A&M Method ist Church. Reservations can be obtained by calling VI 6-5846. No ticket is necessary to attend the meeting. Aggies Shun Polls TTI Engineer In Vote Last Week Class run-off elections will be held tomorrow in the Memorial Student Center from 8 a. m to 5:30 p. m. to de cide sixteen class officers. Only two out of eighteen races were determined as freshmen, sophomores and juniors turned out last Thurs day to cast only 1,200 votes. Allan N. Burns was elected president of the Class of ’60 over three other candidates, and Charles C. (Clint) Murphy won the Class of ’61 presidential spot over seven other hopefuls. The Class of ’60 paced the voters at the polls, casting 433 votes, while the Class of ’61 totaled 402 votes and the : ♦Class of ’62 had 401 voters. E. C. Lux, Larry Winkle Wreck Hospitalizes Two Aggie Seniors A head-on collision approximate ly seven miles south of College Station at- 5 o’clock Saturday af ternoon hospitalized four persons including two Aggies. Injured in the wreck were James C. Blackmon, senior petroleum en gineering major from Dallas, Da vid L. Guenzel, senior language- arts major from Houston and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Beckman of 3518 Georgetown St.,. Houston. The accident occurred during a heavy rain. The car in which the Beckman couple was riding was traveling north on the way to Wa co and was attempting to pass a truck when they met Guenzel and Blackmon head on. The Aggies were enroute to Houston. They were carried to St. Jos eph Hospital in Bryan by a Calla- way-Jones Ambulance. Mrs. Beckman suffered a brok en leg, broken left arm, broken ribs, bruises and cuts. Beckman had a broken leg and broken arm. Guenzel had a broken jaw, a con cussion and bruises and Blackmon had a broken leg and bruises. Mrs. Beckman’s condition was described as critical yesterday af ternoon. Beckman and Guenzel were reported to be in satisfactory condition. Blackmon was trans ferred to a Dallas hospital yester day. Extensive damage was done to both vehicles involved in the wreck, a local Highway Patrol officer re ported. and Stan F. Weid will be vying for the Class of ’60 vice presidential post in a race that originally boasted 11 candidates. In other Class of ’60 run-off races: Thomas R. Hamilton and Samuel H. Langley are the nomi nees for the secretary-treasurer post. Wayne P. Schneider and William R. Savage are candidates in the social secretary race. There were five applicants for the position. In the run-off for historian, Charles Ridgeway, Wayland Qui- senberry and Ray Murski are the run-off nominees from a field of five candidates. Also from a field of five candi dates, Richard Biondi, Joe M. Lep- per and Norman M. Dowdy en tered the run-off elections for yell leader. David H. Plylar and Tom G. Withey will seek the Memorial Student Center Council spot after gaining the run-offs over two other applicants. John W. Welch and William F. Phillips are run-off candidates for the student entertainment mana ger race. There were five candi dates. In the Class of ’61 run-offs: Marvin Girouard, Glenn H. Jones and James C. Noack gained the deciding elections from a field of 13 candidates. In the secretary-treasurer race, Ray G. (Skipper) Post and Mike Ogg captured run-off status over two other candidates. Charlie Erickson and Douglas B. Vauger earned the run-off race for social secretary in a field of (See POLLS OPEN Page 4) Tells CS Lions Of Fund Deficit “One of the greatest public works projects ever undertaken in the nation is in danger of being lost,” Jack Keese, research engi neer at the Texas Transportation Institute, told . College Station Lions yesterday. Keese was speaking of the vast program of interstate and national highways, now beginning to bog down due to a lack of finances. Set up to be financed through trust funds, the money has been slower to come in than anticipated. Isiow the program depends on legislative support, Keese said. “Civic organizations such as the Lions Club can do a lot to bring about the success of the program by writing their congressmen and urging them to back the highway project in the legislature,” he said. With modern automobiles and to day’s travel habits, the American people are demanding better and more modern super highways, Keese pointed out. Citing the con stantly changing transportation demands, the highway engineer said today’s travel is gauged in time—not miles and money as was the case a few years ago. Keese illustrated his talk with motion pictures taken from the transportation institute’s 60-foot high traffic tower of the tremen dous volume of traffic on the Gulf Freeway between Galveston and Houston. Currently the institute staff is making research studies on expressway traffic and how drivers react under expressway conditions. The films showed that a car pausing for only a few seconds when leaving the Gulf Freeway would cause a complete breakdown of traffic in the right-hand lane, backing up traffic for miles. “Through studies such as these, we hope to use better planning in building expressways of the fu ture, thus cutting down on traffic stoppage and accidents,” Keese said. Next week, Lions wall hear A&M head coach Jim Myers talk on the progress and prospects developed in this year’s Aggie spring foot ball training session. Also List Committee Chairmen M S C Council Nominates Four 1959 - 60 Members Four 1959-60 Memorial Student councilmen and four MSC com mittee chairmen were named yes terday afternoon at the April council meeting. Faculty members of the council who have been approved by Vice President Earl Rudder, are Joe H. Sorrels of the Department of Civil Engineering and J. W. (Bill) Amyx of the Department of Petroleum Engineering. Two stu dent members of the council elect ed yesterday by the council are Dennis Ryan, junior mechanical engineering major from Dallas, and Clyde Whitwell sophomore business major from Seguin. Sorrels and Amyx replace W. I. Truettner and H. C. Dillingham, whose terms on the council expire this year. A third student to be elected by the council will not be named until a later date. Two more members of the coun cil will be elected in general class elections Wednesday. One will represent the junior class and the other the freshman and sopho more classes. The third member to be named by councilmen will come from either the freshman or sopho- omore class—depending on the election outcome. He will be chos en from the class not represented. Another member of the council will be named by the Association of Former Students to replace W. R. Horsely, outgoing councilman. New Committee Chairman The four new committee chair men named by the council are: 1. Wiley R. Bunton — Bridge Committee. Bunton is a sophomore electrical engineering major from Del Rio. 2. Paul Phillips — Music Com mittee. He is a sophomore from Conroe. 3. Larry Winkle—Table Tennis Committee. Winkle is a junior pre-law major from Pittsburg. 4. Nick Settanni — temporary chairman, Creative Arts Commit tee. Settanni, senior architecture major from Camden, N. J., will fill the post until the return of John Hargis of Angleton. Hargis, who was elected to the post, is now in the Veterans Hospital in Houston following a recent heart attack. He hopes to return to A&M some time this summer. Lay Banquet Plans Councilmen also laid final plans for the annual MSC Council-Di rectorate Banquet to be held at 7:15 April 24 in the MSC Ball room. Invitations will go to all councilmen, members of the direc torate and members of all Center committees. Special guests will be members of the A&M Board of Di rectors, college administrators and the president of the Former Stu dents Assn. In other action the council ap proved the Flying Kadets, plans for obtaining and pperating light planes through a corporation set up by the flying club two years ago. Approval had already been given by college officials. The or ganization plans to obtain the plane through donations from in terested persons and organizations over the state. Reports to the council included a summary of activities at the National Association of College Unions held April 8-12 at Miami, Fla. J. Wayne Stark, MSC direc tor; Charles Haas, business mana ger; and Rosalie Spencer, activi ties adviser, attended the meeting. Also reporting on his recent trip to Saint Louis and the national College Union Bowling Tourna ment was Larry Dantzler, fresh man from Dallas, who represented A&M at the tournament, placing eighth in single competition. i > • >