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Wea th er Today Mostly cloudy with showers and scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. Not much change in temperatures. THE BATTALION 16 Days 'til Final Review Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus Number 113: "Volume 58 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1959 Price Five Cents Few Changes Slated For Final Ceremonies Commission ing Set After Final Review Without Intervention Steel Talks Begin On Friendly Terms NEW YORK Steel negotia tions opened yesterday on a hope ful note with both sides assert ing they wanted to reach an early amicable contract agreement with out government intervention. President Eisenhower hinted the government may step in if the bargaining points to a new infla tionary surge of wages and prices. The President, at his Washington news conference, urged both sides to exercise good sense and statesmanship in the talks. Otherwise, he said, the American people could not stand idly by and let themselves get hurt. Commenting on this, R. Conrad Cooper, chief negotiator for U. S. Steel Corp. and the entire indust- Phi Kappa Phi Initiates 126 New Members Twenty-five graduates and 101 undergraduate students were in itiated last night into the A&M Chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. To be eligible for membership in the scholastic society, a student must be within one year of his graduation, enrolled in a four year curriculum and he must be in the top 10 per cent of his class schol astically. Graduate students are eligible for membership if they have out standing records. Arnold, Bailey, Brown Nominated Band Drum Majors David Arnold, junior education major from Galveston, was nomi nated President M. T. Harring ton as next year’s head drum maj or for the Consolidated Band. Arnold’s nomination will be sub mitted along with those of the two other drum majors, James F. Bail ey, San Antonio junior mechanical engineering major, and Olin Brown, junior industrial technol ogy major from Dallas, through the Commandant’s office for ap proval. The three men were selected for the posts by a 15-man selection committee made up of band sen iors, Cadet Lt. Col. Jack Skaggs, Consolidated Band commander and Lt. Col. E. V. Adams, director of the bands. Bailey will lead the Maroon Band and Brown will carry the baton for the White Band. ry, said with the assent of Steel; workers Union President David J. McDonald: “Pm sure we would very much like to do our job ourselves. It’s our responsibility. We’d like to dis charge it.” Both McDonald and Cooper ex changed pledges before newsmen to work hard toward reaching a new contract agreement ahead of the June 30 expiration of present contracts. They said they also would strive to avoid any July 1 industrywide strike. Negotiations got under way with Bethlehem, Republic and Kaiser Steel as well as U. S. Steel, the industry’s top producer. Sep arate sets of talks open Wednes day and Thursday with eight other top companies. Thus a dozen sep arate bargaining sessions Jnvolv- ing close to a thousand union and industry men will be under way. It was recognized that real bar gaining would start only after al ready designated four-man indus try and union teams replace this unwieldy setup with one set of negotiations. This pi’obably will be in a week or so. Crippled Kids Clinic Held Here Monday The 14th annual Crippled Chil dren’s Clinic was held Monday at the A&M Presbyterian Church. The general chairman of the Ki- wanis Club’s Underprivileged Chil dren’s Committee was Maurice C. Futrell who is with the Depart ment of Plant Physiology and Pathology. The purpose of the clinic was to seek out crippled children and re store them to normal health, said Futrell. Each case was diagnosed by specialists in the field. Patients were referred to orthopedics throughout the state. If they are unable to finance their care, the State Health Department helps them to obtain it. Also, a few adults were aided by the clinic this year, Futrell added. Physicians present at the clinic included Dr. G.N.W. Eggars, an orthopedist, and Dr. S. R. Lewis, a plastic surgeon, both of the Uni versity of Texas Medical School in Galveston. Aso present were Dr. Joe Woodward and Dr. R. K. Gassier, orthopedists from Waco. Dr. James F. Cooper of Bryan was also present. This year’s clinic was an out standing succcess according to Fu trell. Approximately 161 patients from five counties were present at the clinic, he said. Final Review will be conducted the same as in past years with very few changes, Corps unit commanders were told by Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant, in a meeting yesterday after noon. No commanding officers, first sergeants or staff mem bers will be named at Parents’ Day activities, the comman ders were told by Col. Davis. The other change announced by Col. Davis was the time for commissioning ceremonies which will be held at 3:30 p. m. Saturday May 23, instead of at 1:30 as in years past. Final Review is a military formation and will be con ducted as such, the unit commanders were told. The year-ending review in^ recent years has been marked by “wildcatting”, twirling of guidons and other un-military proceedings. The seniors were also told that the Aggie uniform would be worn by all Corps Seniors to graduation that morning, Final Review and commissioning ceremonies. Seniors will be in complete uniform when taking the salute from the Corps the second time around, said Col. Davis. “The Spirit of Aggieland” will be sung just before the second time around and not during the first review as in years past. Cadets will be allowed 10 minutes from th^time the last unit leaves the field on the first review until assembly is blown for the second review, Col. Davis said. Commanders were also told that moi’e facts concerning next year’s re-organization would be given them before the end of the year. Boots will be worn to gradua tion and for the first time around the drill field, but not to commis sioning. The Aggies’ uniform with cadet rank will be worn to com missioning, but patches will not be worn on the sleeves. KiwanisClubHears Dean Page Speak On State Schools Dr. John B. Page, dean of the college, spoke to the Kiwanis’ Club yesterday on the legislative activ ities with respect to state-support ed institutions. Appearing before a luncheon in the Memorial Student Center, Page said that a formula developed in much detail is presently before the legislature. The formula is broken into 10 categories and is a resultant of a board here at A&M. “We’re sure it will help us if it gets adopted,” said the dean. Page declared that A&M stands to profit by the measure since it is not in competition with other schools such as Tarleton State College, Arlington State College, the University of Texas and Sam Houston State College. “The thing that is encouraging is that the legislature is noticing it,” concluded Page. That’s My Girl Toby Mattox, who j)lays the part of Trinculo with Ram Simmons, who enacts Caliban and in the Ag Players’ production of Shake- A1 Reisen, who plays the part of Stephano, spear’s “The Tempest” concludes a scene in preparation of tonight’s staging. Starting Four-Day Run Ag Players’ ‘Tempest’ Opens in Guion Tonite The Aggie Players open in Guion Hall tonight at 8 with their first production of William Shake speare’s “The Tempest.” New costuming, a better sound system and original music by Al len Schrader combines to make this, in the words of C. K. Esten, director, “The best we have ever done.” The new costumes, on which no expense was spared, said Esten, were made by Mrs. Gertrude Fol- weiler of Bryan. Costume mistress for the production is Janet Routt. The players have recently ac quired a new sound system, which includes new stage mikes, new re cording equipment and new broad- Ballistic Missile Expert Tells L egisla lure OfA ttackDa nger AUSTIN (Spl.) — Lt. Gen. Ber nard A. Schriever, ’31, commander of the Air Force Ballistic Missile Division, yesterday addressed a joint session of the Texas Legis lature and presented the lawmak ers with a serioqs report on na tional defense. One of the nation’s foremost ex perts in the modern concept of in tercontinental missiles, Gen. Schriever reminded the state law makers that “The day of annihil ating sneak attack — of massive aggression—is dawning. The ad vantage of striking the first blow is so great that not merely se curity but national survival is at stake.” He told the legislators this coun try can no longer afford to take undue calculated risks in fixing the level of our military deterrent strength. David Arnold Olin Brown Janies Bailey As emphasis for his statement that the day of massive aggression is dawning, he told the lawmak ers that “simply stated, deterrent power is the power to prevent an attack by making it plain to any potential aggressor that he cannot possibly escape destruction even by launching an all-out surprise onslaught with nuclear weapons.” He gave the legislators a re port on the progress of such bal listic missiles. To achieve the cap ability of deterring an enemy from a possible sneak attack, Gen. Schriever said, the nature and size of our forces must “At the earliest possible date, be such that they can withstand an attack of many hundreds of missiles launched at us simultaneously and still retain the capability of devastating the aggressor.” Aggie-ex Parishes In Florida Crash Capt. Willis L. Sutton, ’49, was killed Sunday when the T33 jet trainer in which he was flying crashed and burned near Lake Jo hanna, Fla. Sutton, an Air Force ROTC in structor at Oklahoma State Uni versity at Stillwater, was on a flight from McCoy AFB at Or lando, Fla., to Maxwell Field at Montgomery, Ala., when the crash occurred. While at A&M he majored in agricultural administration. Also killed in the crash was an other Air Force ROTC instructor from Oklahoma State, Maj. Jack L. Slatton. Continuing he said, “We simply don’t know when the Soviets, for their part, will achieve the capabil ity for this type of massive ag gression; therefore, it is only safe to asume that they will have it sooner rather than later.” Gen. Schriever, who was born in Germany, became a naturalized U. S. citizen and attended public schools and universities in Texas, warned that we cannot sell our ad versary short. “To win this struggle, cold or hot,” he said, “we must not only be prepared to work as hard as they do—we must actually work as hard and we must be prepared to sacrifice.” The general arrived in Austin yesterday morning by plane and was received by Governor Price Daniel shortly before addressing the joint session of the legisla ture. AFS Barbecue Set for Seniors The Class of ’59 will be honored by the Association of Former Students with a barbecue tomor row evening, according to J. B. Hervey, executive secretary of the association. The barbecue is planned for 6:15 p.m. in The Grove, but in case of bad weather, it will be held in the main dining room of Sbisa Hall. The president of the Association of Former Students Tom Murrah, ’38, of San Antonio, will welcome the class into the association. casting amplifiers. Esten said this should make it possible for everyone in Guion Hall to hear every word of the play. Esten has changed the play from the original five acts to 12 scenes. He plans only one intermission. The play will run for four nights, the final production being Satur day night. Esten and Schrader worked out a musical score for the production themselves. Schrader took ideas fi’om the play and wrote the music exclusively for this play. A 15- member orchestra will play the score, to be recorded on the ma chines. The 25-member cast has been working on the production since early in the semester. They have been assisted by eight men on the production staff. “The staff has worked hard all the time,” said Esten. Tickets will be sold at the box office for .$1 each. Any student enrolled in an English course may get a slip from his professor which entitles him to a special ticket. He may present this slip at the ticket office and get his ticket for 75 cents. The cast of characters include: Alonso—Paul Curda; Sebastian —Bill S tough; Prospero—Bill Routt and Jim Best; Antonio— Ed Herider; Ferdinand—Frank Myers and Howard Hayes; Gon- Ag Flying Kadets Attend Contests Six members of the Flying Ka dets Committee of the Memorial Student Center Directorate, led by Chairman Dennis Ryan, took off early this morning for Urbana, Ill. and the National Intercollegiate Flying Meet. Ryan said that the team would compete against some 50 college flying teams for honors in the meet. Ryan said the team will partici pate in all events, including power- on and power-off landings, cross country navigation and bombing runs. He said that the team will make the 1,600 mile round trip in two airplanes, returning to the campus Sunday. JuniorOffices Open On Town Hall Staff Town Hall staff interviews will be held in the Corps Conference Room Friday at 7:30 p.m. for jun ior positions on the Town Hall staff. Applicants for office must be academic juniors next year, viuth a minimum grade-point-ratio of 1.25. zalo—Don Reynolds; Caliban— Raymond Simmons; Trinculo—To by Mattox; Stephano—A1 Risien; Master—a voice; Boatswain—Mar- cial Knapp and Perry Pope. Mariners—Roy Simmons, Travis Madole and Gary Lilly; Miranda— Dorothy .Ashworth and Mai’lene Rushing; Ariel—Sophia Boettcher and Mary Coslett; Nymphs—Selma Cluck, Diane Todd, Gloria Smith, Sophia Boettcher and Mary Cos lett. •The production staff is Marcial Knapp—stage manager; Harry Gooding—set design; Knapp, Cole Hines and Gooding—set crew; Don Reynolds, Bob Huffaker and Jay Hirsch—lights; Vic Wiening—dic tion; Gooding and Ed Herider—as sistants to the director. The orchestra is made up of Gordon Reynolds on the flute; Rob ert Alexander, John Leavitt, Mike Hyde and David Blue on clarinets; Clark Kimbeiling, David King, Jimmie Crook, and Kathy Gould on french horns; Jerry Don Smith on trombone; Fred Birson on tuba; Olin Brown on tympani; David Woodard on bongo drums; and Mrs. Jesse B. Coon and Schrader on piano and harpsichord. Scientists To Join Oceanography Cre Crew On Gulf Trip Oceanographers and meteorolo gists of A&M will sail from Gal veston on May 12, t6 join scientists of three other oceanographic in stitutions in a search for a spot to drill a hole about three miles deep beneath the ocean’s floor. The project is one of the most ambtious research efforts yet brought forward in man’s effort to determine what goes on along a mysterious layer running deep be neath the earth’s surface. To drill to this line, known as the Mbho- rovicic Discontinuity, or “Moho,” scientist plan to drop several miles of pipe through ocean waters, and then go about three miles deeper through the ocean floor. The Moho is a layer in which there are sudden changes in the nature of the earth’s material, a layer just below the earth’s crust. Below it lies the mantle of the earth, which comprises about 80 per cent of the earth’s mass, and inside this mantle lies the core, be lieved to be metallic. Studies of earthquake shocks have caused scientists to -give the Moho top priority as an area in which extremely valuable infor mation may be obtained as to how the earth was formed, and how it grew.