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* Weather Partly cloudy and mild through Wednesday with some possible light showers. THE BATTALION 10 Days 'til Final Review Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus Number 117: Volume 58 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1959 Price Five Cents &Ags Ease Past Owls, 8-7; Ags’ Percy Sanderson . winning hurler arrives home. Dr. Ewens Praises Senate at Banquet Membei’s of the Student Senate Were told by Dr. William P. Ewens of the Department of Education and Psychology last night that their organization was probably the most important on the campus. Ewens was speaking at the annual Student Senate Banquet held in the Memorial Student Cen ter Assembly Room. At the ban quet, 29 senator’s received keys for service rendered during the year. Ewens, who was on a committee to evaluate the Senate two years ago, pointed to four achievements of the Senate during the past two years which he considered out standing. They are the voluntary insurance plan, the A&M Memor ial Scholarship program, the Cam pus Chest and the blood drive. Explaining that he was sug gesting rather than criticizing, Ewens offered three areas which he hoped the Senate would stress next year. They are to instill a form of leadership training pro gram, to utilize a greater portion of the student leadership ability than in the past, and to act more as the official voice of the entire student body. Ewens was introduced by Sen ate Vice President Jake Sekerka, who will serve as Senate president next year. President John Thomas introduced othe# 1 guests at the banquet and presented the awards. Also at the banquet, Thomas presented appreciation gifts to Mrs. Joan Culberth and Mrs. Nell Davis, employes in the Depart ment of Student Activities, for se- retarial aid given the Senate dur ing the year, and to W. L. Pen- berthy, Senate advisor. • Senators who received keys are Tom Airhart, Thadis Box, Stew art Carpenter, Kenneth Clevenger, William Cook, Ben Corbo, Lyle Cross, Wayne Culberth, Randy Curtis, Walter Frazier and Char les Graham. Also Jerry Hatfield, Edward Hill, Ross Hutchison, Lee May- field, Pat Mauritz, Harley Mc Adams, William McFarland, Rush McGinty, Tom Miller and Bill Myers. Also Richard Noack, Jack Paris, Don Rummel, Sekerka, Ronald Stallings, Thomas, Richard Van- der Stucken and Richard Whit- Take Lead Miracle Makers Near SWC Title By BOB WEEKLEY Battalion Sports Editor Miracles will never cease! Back around May 1 the Aggies were 4-4 in Southwest Conference play and were rated “dead” as far as their chance for a pennant were concerned. Now look at them! They’re 9-4 in the conference, half a game ahead of Texas and almost a cinch to win the title. Rice is out of the picture, except they must face the ram paging Farmers tomorrow. Texas, those mighty titans of the diamond, lost their fourth straight game of the season to SMU yesterday to drop behind the Cadets with a 9-5 mark. All the Aggies have to do is win one game ♦•out of the next two with Rice ^ JLJ anc * B a yl° r ’ to cinch a tie for Annual Meeting Here in June Contestants, agents, leaders and friends of 4-H club members from all over Texas will be at A&M for the Texas 4-H Roundup, June 9-11. According to Floyd Lynch, state 4-H club leader and chairman of the 4-H Roundup committee, there will be two teams from each of the twelve agriculture extension dis tricts. Lynch also stated there would be about 2,000 boys and girls taking part in .the contests. Highlights of the three days of activity will include a “friends of 4-H Luncheon” sponsored by the Texas 4-H Recognition Committee in the Ballroom of the Memorial Student Center. Guest speakers for the assembly in Guion Hall on June 9, will in clude Mackey Ivy, vice chairman of the Texas 4-H Council; Richard Sherman, a member of the Round up Committee; John E. Hutchison, director of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service; John Gardner, a member of the Roundup Com mittee; and special guest,'Dr. Ken neth McFarland, educational con sultant and lecturer for General Motors. Thursday in MSC Write-in Votes to Play Big Role in Elections Write-in votes will play an im portant part in tomorrow’s elec tion from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Memorial Student Center of representatives of the four degree granting schools to the Student Senate and of members to the Election Commission. A sophomore, junior and senior (all based on 1959-60 classifica tion) will be elected from each of the four schools to serve on the Student Senate. Five representatives from each of the three classes will be elected by the entire student body to serve on the Election Commission. Three of the elections have no candidates filing for the office. These include the sophomore repre sentative to the Senate from the School of Agriculture, the sopho more representative from the School of Arts and Sciences and a representative from the fifth professional group (fifth year students) for , the School of Vet erinary Medicine. In the race for the five repre sentatives of the Class of ’62, only two candidates have filed. Class of ’60 candidates for the Election Commission are Thomas E. Downs, Floyd W. Kaase, Hu bert Oxford, Clarence Pennywell, Wayland Quisenberry, Robert B. Santore, Wayne P. Schneider, Al len Smith, John L. Smith, Danny J. Snooks, James F. Tucker and Albert G. Zambrano. Election Commission candidates from the Class of ’61 are Walter R. Frazier, Gary J. Hammer, Allen Leonard, Paul Martin, William F. McFarland, John M. McMullen, Roger S. Terry and Randy Year- gen. Charles G. Crouch and Noi’ris R. Gilbreath are the lone candidates from the Class of ’62 seeking to gain the Election Commission posts. School of Agriculture Kenneth R. Beerwinkle and D. (Mickey) Dungan are the two sen ior School of Agriculture candi dates for the Senate seat. Vernon L. Yanta is the lone candidate for the School of Agriculture’s junior spot. The sophomore race has no entrants. School of Engineering In the School of Engineering senior race, Fred D. Clark, Thom as E. Dunlap, Jerry H. Hatfield, Hubert Oxford and John Smith are the candidates. Robert Bower Jr., A. W. Dun lap, Walter R. Frazier and Bobby L. McDaniel are the Class of ’61 engineering majors who are seek ing the Senate seat. School of Engineering freshman race finds Tom Airhart, Jack F. Paris and Tim Pixley in the run ning. School of Arts and Sciences Marcus G. Blagg, Clayton Cates and Alden Smith are the candi dates in the School of Arts and Sciences senior race. Harvey D. Barber, G. B. Laycock, William F. McFarland and Richard (Van) Vander Stucken are the Class of ’61 members in the race for the junior seat. No sophomores in the School of Arts and Sciences filed. School of Veterinary Medicine Thomas Beckett, Jerry D. Glea son and Sam H. Ridgway are the sixth professional group candi dates in the School of Veterinary Medicine. David W. Ellison, O. C. Mulkey and Bruce Ueckert are the fourth professional group candi dates. No one in the fifth group filed for the job. W. D. (Pete) Hardesty, student organizations advisor, said that all students would vote on the Election Commission members from their respective classes but could only vote for the Senate nominee from their class and school. the championship with the Steers. If they win both of them, or if Texas loses their remaining game with TCU and A&M splits their games, the Ag gies will be undisputed champs. If the two teams tie for the title the Aggies will represent the conference in the national playoffs, simply because they dumped the Longhorns three times. A&M is due to face Rice Thurs day at 3 p.m. on Kyle Field while the Baylor date is yet to be set, a game they might not have to play. George Banda, TCU’s fine short stop, is credited with giving the Farmers life in the conference race. The Aggies had won the first contest with TCU, 5-2, in 12 innings the previous day, but were behind two runs in the top of the ninth with two men away when Banda dropped Ralph Plumlee’s infield fly. A&M went on to score three runs in that frame to win the game and continue on to their present title contention. So far they have won five straight. Richard Biondi . . leads yell practice Fish Drill Squad To March in Bryan The members of the freshman Drill Team will go to Bryan Sat urday to march in the Armed Forces Day parade. < About thirty-four members of the drill team will be present ac cording to Ben Rice, commander of the team. The parade will begin at 10:30 Saturday morning. After Stopping Rice Ag Nine Greeted With Yell Practice By DAVE STOKER Battalion Managing Editor The world-renowned “Spirit of Aggieland” was never more aptly expressed than last night when Aggies assembled in front of the Kyle Field Main Entrance for a yell practice to greet the South west Conference leading Aggie baseball nine. Yelling for the baseball team in the same manner as they yell for the football team each fall, the Aggies jubilated their delight in the Aggies victory some 30 minutes before the team arrived. The vic tory moved the Aggies into first place, a half game ahead of the faltering Texas Longhorns, who lost to SMU in Dallas yesterday. Visions of a Southwest Confer ence baseball crown hallmarked the special yell practice led by two yell leaders and various members of the Aggie Band. “The Aggie War Hymn” and “The Spirit of Aggieland” were done twice while waiting for the team and the band blasted out such numbers as “Dixie,” “Beer Barrel Polka,” Tishler Receives Doctor’s Degree J. Ward Tishler, son of Carl E. Tishler, head of the Department of Health and Physical Education at A&M, has received his Ed.D. de gree from the University of Wy oming. He holds a B.S. degree and an M.A. degree from A&M, and is now an instructor in Physical Edu cation and Director of Intramurals at Stephen F. Austin State Col lege, in Nacogdoches. “When the Saints Go Marching In,” “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” and even the Mickey Mouse Club theme song. It was beginning to appear that by some hook or crook the team was not going to make it as sched uled. But at 9:30, the big blue and white bus rolled down Joe Routt Blvd. and was quickly greeted with the yell of “Gig’em Aggies.” When it stopped the band again played “The Aggie War Hymn.” SWC Race Ayres, Wortham Pace Cadet Win By BOB WEEKLEY Battalion Sports Editor HOUSTON—Air-tight relief work by sophomore Larry Ayres merged with the explosive bat of catcher Randy Wortham to sneak the Aggie nine past a stubborn Rice team, 8-7, in Southwest Conference play here yesterday. The win pulled the Aggies within shouting distance of a conference title, their first since 1955. Details on A&M’s standing is in columns three and four on this same page. Percy Sanderson, the lean junior from Nederland, went 7 and 2/3 innings to receive credit for the win in the steamy humidity of Houston. The Ag hurler now has a 5-2 confer ence mark. Loser was Jerrol Springer who is 1-1 in con ference warfare. -fr Wortham was the game’s hero, slashing out a double and a homer to lead the Farmers at the plate. The sophomore’s round-t ripper came in the top of the eighth to give the Aggies an 8-5 lead, a scant one run margin when Rice came back in their portion of the inning to score two runs. A&M opened their scoring spree in the third inning on a single, er ror and a single. Stuffy Davis be gan the rally with a Texas leaguer to center and advanced to second and third on a stolen base and a passed ball into the outfield. Sanderson helped his own cause and scored the first run when he slammed a shot past shortstop, sending Davis scampering home. Two more runs came trotting home in the fourth, with Rice countering with one run in their part of the frame. The Cadets scored four additional markers in the next three innings with Rice again matching the Farmers run for run. Then came the eighth and Wort ham’s homer and the Owl’s threat ening two-run gesture in the bot tom of that inning. Ayres relieved Sanderson with two away in the bottom of the eighth and struck out the next man, Jerry Epsten, who had al ready slamed a homer. The Paris, Tex., hurler retired the first two men in order in the final frame, but pinch hitter Jack Kristnik, the leading slugger in the conference, touched him for a double that bounced over the cen ter-field fence. The hit appeared to be a homer at first but the um pires ruled it a ground rule dou ble. The next man up, Bob Live ly, went out on a fly to center to end the game. A&M will play Rice here Thurs day at 3 p.m. on Kyle Field. Army General Arrives Here For Inspection Maj. Gen. Rush B. Lincoln Jr., deputy chief of transportation for the U.S. Army, arrived here yes terday afternoon for a two-day visit of the Depai’tment of Mili tary Science and Tactics. The general and his party was met at Easterwood Field yester day by Col. Frank L. Elder, pro fessor of military science and tac tics, and Maj. Horace A. Lowe, senior trasportation corps instruc tor. This morning Gen. Lincoln and his party observed reveille forma tion and had breakfast with A Transportation Company in Sbisa Hall. At 11 a.m. Gen. Lincoln address ed the Transportation Corps senior cadets and had lunch with' Vice President Earl Rudder, following a tour of the campus. A 1932 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, Gen. Lincoln served in various command posi tions in World War II. These in cluded assignments in the planning division of the Office of Chief of Transportation and also in the Middle East, North Africa, Europe and Pacific theaters of operations. He also took part in conferences of the combined chiefs of staff at Quebec, Cairo, Malta and Yalta. After V-J Day he served as Chief of Transportation (Army Forces Western Pacific Area), remaining in that capacity until his retum to the United States in 1947 to at tend the first class of the Armed Forces Staff College. Dorms for Summer School Student Housing Announced Walton Hall, Hart Hall and dormitories 14, 15 and 16 will be used for housing students attend ing summer school, Harry L. Boy er, housing manager, said this morning. In order to reserve the rooms they already have and to avoid con gestion on registration day, sched uled for Monday, June 8, all dorm itory students should pay their fees and reserve rooms beginning at 8 a.m. Monday. Korean veterans planning to at tend summer school should report to the veterans’ advisor’s office and sign enrollment papers, said Boy er. All summer students should be gin paying fees at the Fiscal Office Monday, he said. Students living in the dormitor ies listed above may reserve tke room they now occupy from 8 a.m., Monday, until 5 p.m. next Thurs day. Students, regardless of pre sent location, who wish to reserve a room in Walton, Dorm 16 or Hart may also reserve rooms during this time by presenting a signed MSC Display Case Applications Open Applications for use of Memorial Student Center display cases will be accepted in the Social and Edu cational Department of the MSC through Friday, Mrs. Ann Keel, social director for the MSC, said this morning. The applications will be received from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily and will cover the 1959-60 school year. Each application will be reviewed by the MSC Council Display and Exhibits Committee and will be ap proved in the order of preference and the operational procedure es tablished by the committee, she said. room change slip from the house master of his dormitory. This does not apply to Dorms 14 and 15 since no housemaster is cur rently on duty there, Boyer said. All other students may register for rooms on a first-come, first- served basis from 8 a.m. next Fri day until noon Saturday, May 30. Students now living in Walton Hall will have priority on rooms in this dormitory for the fall se mester provided they sign for them with the housemaster on his fall roster and send in room reserva tions by July 31, said Boyer. Therefore, summer student^ may not be able to retain their summer rooms for the fall semester. All students, including those liv ing in College Apartments, who do not plan to live in dormitories during the summer session, must secure day student permits from the Housing Office before paying fees, Boyer added.