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Y FE 12 COPIES Weather Today Partly cloudy tonight and to morrow with slowly rising tem peratures. THE BATTALION Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus Number 106: Volume 58 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1959 Price Five Cents Expert Speaks Soviets Cause Space Efforts “The United States by itself has no freedom of choice whether man will explore space,” Dr. Charles S. Sheldon II, technical director of the United States House of Repre sentatives Committee on Science and Astronautics, told a Great Is sues audience last night in the Memorial Student Center Ball room. “The Soviet Union has already decided to do so. For straight military reasons, for cold war rea sons and for scientific and com mercial reasons, we cannot afford to refuse this challenge,” he said. “It is quite impoi'tant to recog nize that space exploration is not the only challenge. Every part of our scientific and technical heri tage has contributed to our space abilities and our space work should return dividends to many other fields of endeaver,” Sheldon went on to say. Speaking on “The Exploration Ceylon Profs View Facilities In Engineering Three lecturers from the School of Engineering, University of Cey lon, are touring facilities and ob serving teaching methods at A&M this week. The visitors are D. K. Arumu- gam, lecturer in civil engineering; Dr. W. P. Jayasakara, lecturer in electrical engineering; and Dr. S. Mahalingam, lecturer in mechani cal engineering. They are on a two-month tour of the United States, visiting in dustries and colleges to observe methods of manufacturing, produc tion and education, especially in the field of engineering. They arrived on the campus Monday and conferred with Presi dent M. T. Harrington and Dr. John C. Calhoun, vice-president for engineering. Following a tour of the campus, they have been visiting various de partments of the college, observ ing the operation of facilities and sitting in while classes are in op eration. Friday afternoon they will meet with Fred J. Benson, dean of the School of Engineering; Jack Gray, coordinator of foreign programs for the A&M System, and depart ment heads of the School of En gineering. Board to Meet Saturday The A&M System Board of Di rectors will hold their regular meeting here Saturday at 9 a.m. of Space: A Challenge to Amer ica,” Sheldon outlined the history and future of space travels and exploration and the many problems already overcome and the ones yet to be solved. Shelton outlined the challenge as this: “First, the goal of a free fall in orbit beyond the atmosphere; then the exploration of the moon; eventually the occupation of bases on Mars, and possibly other plan ets or satellites in this solar sys tem; and in the ultimate future, travel to and colonization of other world’s remote by today’s stan dards from our solar system.” Some of these developments may seem too distant to some people, he said, “But this is inaccurate in the context of our present head long pace, snowballing progress in science and technology.” “Why did the Soviet Union be gin a sustained effort on ballastic missiles so early?” Sheldon asked after explaining the Russians started a full-speed program im mediately after World War II. “Apparently they decided they would build huge rockets of suffi cient thrust as to carry a fairly high yield nuclear bomb over in tercontinental distances,” he re plied in answering his own ques tion. The consensus of a poll of top military scientists and industrial leaders taken by Sheldon’s com mittee showed that they predict that a manned expedition on the moon is possible within the next 10 years. Better mapping of the world, early-warning defense capabilities, new navigation aids, improved weather reporting, greatly im proved communications systems and manned reconnaissance for both commercial and military pur poses were given as payoffs to be derived from space exploration by Sheldon. “Congress has pi’ovided the ma chinery for the United States to build a sound space program.” It is up to the executive branch to get on with the job. It is up to the people to understand and to support with taxes the work which must be undertaken. Both con gress and the executive branch have an important job to do in bringing this public understanding and support,” he said in conclusion. Sheldon conducted a question and answer period following his talk. Prior to the speaking engage ment, a dinner was held for Shel don. Campus officials and vai'ious department heads and student re presentatives were present. This morning he toured some of the departments of the college be- foi’e leaving shortly after lunch for Washington. News of the World By The Associated Press GE Reveals Nose Cone Return PHILADELPHIA—General Electric partly lifted the veil from its secret nose cone Wednesday, saying' the cone returned to Cape Canaveral after an intercontinental flight. The Air Force Thor-Able cone came back Tuesday. This cone was the second in a series of new re-entry test vehicles developed and built by General Electric’s mis sile and space vehicle department here. It was described as the first U. S. re-entry vehicle to be recovered after an intercontinental flight of 5,000 miles, and one of a series being flown to test ablating materials being considered for advanced Air Force nose cones for Atlas and Titan ICBMs. ★ ★ ★ Hodges Fails to Halt Mill Strike RALEIGH, N. C.—Gov. Luther Hodges failed Wednes day in another attempt to mediate the bitter Henderson mill strike, and severely critized union and management for contributing to the stalemate. Hodges met for several hours in the executive mansion with John D. Cooper, president of Harriet-Henderson Cot ton Mills, and Boyd E. Payton, Carolinas director for the striking Textile Workers Union of America, and their aides. In a statement admitting the conference had failed to settle the issues involved in the 23-week-old controversy, the governor told reporters, “My patience and that of the public is about exhausted.” Inspection Set Tomorrow; Review at 9 a.m. Saturday Live Specimen Exhibit Dr. Richard J. Baldauf, assistant professor of wildlife management, and James R. Dik- on, graduate student from El Campo, dis play some of the live specimens to be shown at the open house exhibit in the Department of Wildlife Management on May 9. Dr. Baldauf is holding a six-foot Indigo snake, while Dixon has a firm gasp on a diamond- back rattler. The animals on the table are Gila Monsters. By Wildlife Department Snake Milking Show Prepared for Parents Team of Officers Arrives at 3 p. m. The annual federal inspection of the Army ROTC units is set for tomorrow to be climaxed by a review by the Corps held Saturday morning at 9 a. m. on the main drill field in front of the Memorial Student Center. Members of the 11-man Army inspection group, headed by Col. Robert J. Hill Jr., arrived at Easterwood Field this afternoon at 3 p. m. Federal inspection of the Army ROTC will begin tomor row morning. Capt. John W. Simmons, instructor in the De partment of Military Science and Tactics, said the team will cover the campus inspecting each corps dorm, military science classroom instructor, the use of government property and -♦■training schedules. Feeding and “milking” of poi sonous snakes of Texas will mark the wildlife exhibit in the Depart ment of Wildlife Management May 9 for the thousands of mothers and fathers expected for the col lege’s annual “open house” pro gram. Parents’ Day is scheduled the following day. James R. Dixon, a graduate stu dent from El Campo, will give a “milking” demonstration in which he will extract the venom from rattlesnakes, copperheads and wa ter moccasins. The demonstration will be given once an hour on the hour in a spe cially prepared concrete block snake pit on the third floor of the Agricultural Engineering Build ing. Dixon formerly lectured and gave demonstrations at the Ross Allen Reptile Institute in Florida. Wearing protective clothing, he and Dr. Richard I. Baldauf will be in the pit to inform the visitors of the habits and characteristics of the snakes. Baldauf is an assist ant professor of wildlife manage ment and retiring president of the Texas Herpetological Society. Feeding demonstrations, in which rats and mice will be fed to the snakes, will also be held during the day. The open house exhibit will in clude about 50 different kinds of reptiles and amphibians and vari ous kinds of fish found in Texas. There will be four different spe cies of rattlesnakes, two different kinds of water moccasins and two kinds of copperheads. Many of the specimens to be ex hibited were collected during the | recent field meet of the Texas Her petological Society on the 65,000- acre ranch of Horace Fawcett in Judging Contest Set in Beef Center The annual Freshman-Sopho more Livestock Judging Contest, sponsored by the Saddle & Sirloin Club, will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Beef Cattle Center. The contest will consist of class es of cattle, hogs, sheep, wool and meat. Oral reasons in the live stock classes and written reasons on the meats division will be given. Hudson Glimp, contest superin tendent, said persons on the bull ring Saturday can get excused for the contest by notifying him or L. D. Wythe, professor of animal husbandry, today. Val Verde county. Fawcett is a member of the Class of ’24. The A&M group, comprised of staff members and students from the Departments of Biology and Wildlife Management, received a certificate of recognition for its collection of specimens. Also featured at the Open House exhibit will be live specimens from other states and countries, includ- Gila Monsters from Mexico and Arizona, a five-foot boa constric tor from South America, a Vine snake from Panama, lizards from Australia and salamanders and frogs from Switzerland. Championship FFA Judges To Meet Here Approximately 1,100 agriculture students and 250 teachers from Texas high schools will attend the State Future Farmers of. America Judging Contest on the A&M campus May 2, seeking state cham pionships in five judging divisions. The contest is the culmination of a year’s activity of the high schools in ten areas. Those participating in the con test will be the vocational agri culture students in the top ten per cent of their area contests. The contest will begin at 7:30 a.m. and the results will be announced at 3 p.m. • An entertainment contest will be held at 1 p.m. in Guion Hall with a $100 prize given to the winner. Winners of the judging contests will go to the national contest in Waterloo, Iowa, and Kansas City, Mo. The contests are divided into five parts—livestock, poultry, dairy cattle, dairy products, and meats. Local faculty in chai'ge of dif ferent judging divisions will be W. T. Berry, Livestock; Dr. R. E. Leighton and Dr. Murray A. Brown, dairy cattle judging; A. V. Moore and I. I. Peters, dairy prod ucts; Cecil B. Ryan and Ed Cor nell, poultry and G. T. King, meats judging. Supervisors will be assisted by A&M agriculture students, and the results will be tabulated by mem bers of the staff of the Department of Agricultural Education. J. R. Jackson is contest chairman and coordinator for the contest. Ring Dance Tickets Priced At $10 a Couple by Officers Tickets for Ring Dance activities May 16 were set at $10 a couple yesterday by officers of the Class of ’59. The officers set the price after some debate over expected number of attendants and estimated costs of the affair. The figure was set at the minimum which the class could collect from an estimated crowd of 600 couples—and cover all expenses. The $10 fee will cover cost for two for the Senior Banquet in Dun can, tickets to the Ring Dance and two prints of a single picture taken in the ring-turning cere mony. Broken down, the cost of each item is $4.75 for the dance, $2.25 for the pictures and $3 for the banquet. The class voted to permit students to purchase tickets for one, both or all three events as they chose. Tickets are due to go on sale early next week on a first-come, first serve basis. Tickets will be numbered as to time for the pic ture in the ring. Dinner ducats have been limited to 1,200 this year because of limited space in Workman to Speak Tonight in YMCA The Rev. Charles Workman, Presbyterian student worker, will speak tonight at 7:30 on “Religion in Marriage” for the YMCA Mar riage Forum. Meeting will be in the YMCA Building. Rev. Workman received his ed ucation at the University of Texas and Union Theological Seminary, New York City, N. Y. He has held regular pastorates ■ in the Austin Larger Parish and Mes quite before coming to College Station. Duncan. Senior Barbecue Dick Hervey, secretary of the Former Students Assn., met with the officers yesterday and formal ly invited the Class of ’59 to a barbecue in their honor on May 7. Hervey said the sixth annual af fair was the association’s way of welcoming the graduates to the organization. He asked that free tickets for the barbecue be handed out to all seniors graduating in May, summer school or in Jan uary so that an accurate count of the number attending could be made. Free tickets will come down to Corps seniors through military channels and to civilians through dorm representatives. Day stu dents may pick up their tickets in the Office of Student Activities, the Former Students Office or from Robert O. Murray Jr., di rector of Student Affairs. The last 15 minutes of each military science class will be given to team inspectors who will ask questions, Simmons said. The inspection team will in spect the Corps in front of the dorms at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow. Arriving with Hill were Lt. Col. John C. Allan, GS(Armor); Maj. George H. Worf, Artillery; Lt. Col. Walter C. Henderson, Engineer Section; Maj. Festus E. Harrison, Chemical Section; Col. Charles As- kins, Ordnance; Maj. Fred W. Dol lar, Quartermaster Section; Lt. Col. Gerald M. Cravens, Signal Section; Lt. Col. Gordon F. Tyrrell, Trans portation Section; Lt. Col. Harold M. Kennedy, GS(Infantry), Combat Arms; and Capt. Arthur J. White, Army Aviation Section. Each of the officers, most of whom are from the 4th Army Headquarters, Fort Sam Houston, will inspect his respective branch here on the campus. Maj. Gen. L. S. Griffing, deputy commanding general of the 4th Army Headquarters, Fort Sam Houston, will be here Saturday to review the Corps. Hill, leading the inspection team, is a member of the staff and fac ulty of the U.S. Army Artillery and Missile Center, Fort Sill, Okla. He has been in the Army since June, 1939, following his gi’adua- ation from the U.S. Military Acad emy. Hill completed the Command and General Staff College in 1950, the Armed Forces Staff College in 1954 and the Army War College in 1956. During World War II, Hill serv ed in the European Theater of Op erations as commanding officer of the 180th Field Artillery Battalion of the 26th Infantry Division. He was awarded the Silver Star, the Bronze Star and the Legion of Merit. Leggett Hall Students Must Make Change Students living in Leggett Hall are being moved to Dorm 16, Walton, Law and Puryear halls in preparation for a re novation of the building which will begin Monday. Leggett Hall students began making dorm changes Wednes day morning, and the majority of the men had been reassigned by Wednesday afternoon. Stu dents in the other dorms were asked to consolidate their va cancies to allow the incoming students to remain together as much as possible. First choice of reassignment in September will be given to Leggett Hall men. Students who pay their $6 room reservation fee by July 31 will be assured of a room, according to Robert O. Murray, director of Student Personnel Services. “We would like to express our appreciation to the Leggett Hall students for their fine show of cooperation throughout this change in quarters,” said Mur ray.