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Weather Partly cloudy and warmer to day, tonight and Friday with scattered afternoon thunder showers. THE BATTALION Final Review Saturday Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus Number 120: Volume 58 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1959 Price Five Cents 1959 Valedictorian Freddie Collins, right, of Chillicothe, is con- major who plans to work for his Ph.D. de- gratulated by Dr. J. B. Page, left, dean of gree at the University of Mississippi, post- the college, after being named valedictor- ed an overall grade point ratio of 2.91 for ian of the Class of '59. Collins an English four years at A&M. A&M Consolidated Seniors Finish Activities This Week The largest graduating class in A&M Consolidated High School’s history is beginning its final ac tivities this week. The group of 69 seniors left to day for a two-day senior trip to the Mission Valley Guest Ranch in New Braunfels. Sunday night the Baccalaureate services will be held in the CHS Auditorium at 8. The Rev. Charles Elmer of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in College Station will be the speaker. The invocation and benediction will be given by the Rev. Ed Hennig of the A&M Chris tian Church. Commencement exercises will be held Wednesday at 8 p.m. The speaker for the exercises will be J. H. Dunn, president of Shamrock Gas and Oil in Amarillo. Com mencement and benediction will be delivered by Mont Whitson of the A&M Church of Christ. Superintendent W. T. Reidel will present the graduates as they re ceive their diplomas from J. R. Jackson, president of the A&M Consolidated School Board. The class has adopted the school motto, “Deeds, Not Words.” E. P. Ozment, principal of the Boot Dance Slated In MSC Saturday The Starlighters, a combo from Houston, will provide mu sic at the annual Boot Dance in the Ballroom of the Memo rial Student Center Saturday night from 9 p.m. to midnight, Allen Burns, president of the junior class, said yesterday. “The junior class has been extremely lucky in obtaining The Starlighters,” Burns said. “The group is a seven piece or chestra and is very popular in and around the Houston area.” Tickets will only be on sale at the door Saturday night. ..No tickets will be sold prior to the dance. Prices have been set at $3 without a dues card and $2 with one. Dress for girls will be semi- formal for the occasion, Burns said. school, will present the valedictor ian and salutatorian at the exer cises Wednesday, and the valedic torian will be offered a scholar ship good for one year at any state-supported school and an other similar one for any denom inational school in the state. The names of graduating sen- ioi’s follow: Ursula Margaret Adam, Jean Anderson, Evelyn Arrington, Char lotte Baty, Cai’ol Ann Dew, Susan Dowell, Martha Esten, Patricia Freeman, Sara Goode, Kathryn Gould, Beverly Hornsey, Margaret Huff, Patricia Jackson, Helen Klipple, Jeanelle LaMotte, Deinan LaVelle, Judy Litton, Sharon Lo gan. Joyce Lorenz, Sue Lunsford, Beatrice Luther, Dolores Marquart, Nancy McAfee, Carole McElroy, Marianna McMurtray, Lois Nash, Evelyn Parsons, Annette Perry, Ora Lee Ramsey, Nancy Rogers, Leota Straub, Mary Varvel, Ann Williamson. Alton Arnold, Don Avera, Ken neth Bailey, John Barger, John Bearrie, John Beaty, Kenneth Lee Cantey, George Carroll, Kenneth Cooner, Gordon Darrow, James El der, Edgar Ray Feldman, Bill Fos ter, Matt Gaddis, Sidney Greer, Kirby Jackson, Kimbrough Johns, William Jones, Wilburn Kirkpat rick, William Dean Letbetter, Jesse Liguez. Theron Logan, James Morgan, David McGuire, Rogelio Numez, Paul Powell, Pete Rodriguez, Jud- son Rogers, Joe Ross, Robert Ross, Alex Rush, .M. L. Schehin, James Stark, John Wayne Todd, James Walton, Juan Mora. For December Meet Executive Heads Named for SC ON A Chairmen to serve on the exec utive committee for the fifth Stu dent Conference on National Af fairs which will be held next De cember have been announced by Jarrell Gibbs, who will serve as SCONA V chairman for the com ing year. The committee will be composed of 14 students who have shown ex ceptional interest and outstanding work in previous SCONA pro grams, said Gibbs. The following men will serve as chairmen for their respective com mittees: Gibbs, executive commit tee chairman; Sydney Heaton, sophomore from Tyler, vice chair man; Kenneth Keller, junior from San Antonio, vice-chairman for finance; Gustavo Berrera, junior from Port Isabel, secretary; John Vaughn, junior from Austin, con ference manager; Herbert Whalen, senior from Beeville, arrangements chairman; Percy Mims, junior from Houston, housing chairman. Frank Buchanan, junior from San Antonio, planning committee Exam Schedules The following schedule will be followed for final exams DATE TIME SERIES Monday 8-11 a. m. Classes meeting MWF8 Monday 1-4 p. m. Classes meeting TThSFl Tuesday 8-11 a. m. Classes meeting MWF9 Tuesday 1-4 p. m. Classes meeting MWThl Wednesday 8-11 a. m. Classes meeting MWF10 Wednesday 1-4 p. m. Classes meeting TF1 or 2:15 Thursday 8-11 a. m. Classes meeting MSTThlO Thursday 1-4 p. m. Classes meeting MWTh2 Friday 8-11 a. m. Classes meeting MWF11 Friday 1-4 p. m. Classes meeting M4TThll Saturday 8-11 a. m. Classes meeting TTh9F2 Saturday 1-4 p. m. Classes meeting TF2 or TF2-3:15 chairman; Bruce Keith, junior from Scarsdale, N.Y., program chirman; Jack Hartsfield, senior from Wa co, publicity chairman; Charles Bell, junior from Donna, secretar iat; and Mike Reid, junior from Dallas, will serve as transporta tion committee chairman. The remaining two members of the executive commmittee will be Ronald Buford, senior from Liv ingston, MSC Council and Director ate president for next year; and Mike McGuire, junior from College Station, who will serve as Great Issues chairman for 1959-1960. The objectives of the annual De cember event serve a three-fold purpose, said Gibbs. They are to conduct a series of informative and stimulative discussions on “The Role of the United States in World Affairs,” to provide an apprecia tion of the complexities of the for eign policy of the United States to an increasingly large represen tation of college students of the South and Southwest and to help promote a generation of respon sible leaders in international af fairs by a serious exchange of ideas between students over a pe riod of years. Although speakers for next year’s conference have not been selected at the present time, it is certain that they will be no less distinguished than past speakers, including such men as General Car los P. Romulo, Philippine Ambas sador to the United States; Sen ator Hubert H. Humphrey from Minnesota; and Eugene M. Zuck- ert, former assistant secretary of the Air Force and foi’mer member of the Atomic Energy Commission, said Gibbs. Announcement of the exact date and speakers for the conference will be released later in the year. Programs in Coliseum Saturday Collins Named Class of ’59 Valedictorian Freddie D. Collins, English ma jor from Chillicothe, has been named valedictorian of the 1959 graduating class. Collins is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. CoUins of Rt. 1, Chilli cothe and a graduate of Chillicothe High School, where he was vale dictorian of his graduating class. He has an overall grade point ratio of 2.91 for four years work, the highest of his class for stu dents doing all their undergraduate work at A&M. Collins is a member of Phi Eta Sigma, freshman scholastic honor society; Phi Kappa Phi, scholastic honorary fraternity; and the Civil ian Student Council. The valedictorian is an honorary Woodrow Wilson fellow, a holder of an Opportunity Award scholar ship and a National Defense Grad uate Fellowship, his most recent award. He was an outstanding student in French in 1958 and was awarded a travelogue of France by the Fi-ench Consul in Houston. For the? past four summers Col lins has worked at Experiment Substation No. 12 at Chillicothe. Collins plans to do graduate work at the University of Missis sippi, working toward his Ph.D. de gree. After that he plans to teach English in college. GI Students Should Get May Pay Form Students attending .the college under the Korean GI Bill and plan ning to graduate should sign their pay form for the month of May before leaving school, according to Robert O. Murray, veteran’s ad visor. He said the checks would be de livered at the usual time, June 20, and that a change of address should be designated on the form. Murray also added that stu dents who plan to attend summer school under the GI Bill should make a new enrollment at the of fice of Student Personnel Serv ices soon. Texas Co. Prexy, General to Speak The closing’ programs for graduating seniors—commen cement and commissioning exercises — will get underway Saturday morning and afternoon in G. Rollie White Coli seum. . Nine hundred and eighty students are candidates for degrees with 105 of these candidates for advanced degrees. One hundred and fifty eight Army cadets are candi dates for reserve commissions as second lieutenants with 35 of this group candidates for regular commissions. Ninety- four Air Force cadets are candidates for reserve commis sions with 15 of these candidates for regular commissions. Principal speakers at the ceremonies will be James W. ♦•Foley, president of The Texas £i* q pf i»y| i Co. in New York City, at the i^IX iTlCIHDCrS Receive Awards For Achievement Six A&M faculty members were presented with faculty achieve ment awards in a program at Guion Hall Tuesday. The awards, $1,000 each, were made by the Association of For mer Students. They were pre sented by Thomas A. Murrah, president of the association. Four of the awards were for distinguished achievement in teaching, one for distinguished achievement in student relations and one for distinguished achieve ment in research. The first four are given to class room teachers considered by a faculty committee to be superior. The next is given to the teacher who, in the words of President M. T. Harrington. “Has carried on personal relations with students which are particularly helpful and above and beyond the call of duty.” Awards went to Dr. John H. Milliff, head of the Department of Veterinary Anatomy; Dr. Wen dell H. Nedderman, professor of civil engineering; Dr. Rudolph E. Leighton, professor of dairy sci ence; and Roy M. Wingren, pro fessor of mechanical engineering. All these were teacher’s awards. The research award went to Henry J. Reinhard, professor of entomology. J. G. H. Thompson, professor of mechanical engineering, won the individual student relations award. commencement exercises at 9 a.m. and Gen. O. P. Weyland, commander of the Tactical Air Command located at Langley AF Base, Va. at the commission ing exercises at 3:30 p.m. Foley, a native of San Augus tine, attended Sour Lake High School, and graduated from A&M with the Class of ’32. He receiv ed a B.S. degree in petroleum engineering. Weyland received his B.S. de gree in mechanical engineering with the A&M Class of ’23. He was born in California, but moved with his parents to the Taft ranch near Corpus Christi. Later, the family moved to Hempsted where they lived while he attended A&M. Upon graduation from A&M Foley joined the Producing De partment of The Texas Co. and in 1937 was transferred to the Mid dle East oil fields. Foley was a member of the board of directors in 1954 and president in 1955. Weyland was captain of the Texas Aggie Band in his senior year and was eouncil-at-large of the Assn, of Foi-mer Students. After graduation,' he was com missioned a second lieutenant in the Air Corps and became a flying instructor at Kelly Field in San Antonio Following his promotion t o brigadier general, he was sent to England and shortly thereafter be came commander of the 19th Tac tical Air Command. Weyland was warded the Bronze star on recommendation of Gen George S. Patton for the invalu able air support given the Third Army of Patton. Vanity Fair Girls Named At Ring Dance Six top Vanity Fair lovelies were named last Satui'day night at the annual Senior Ring dance held in Sbisa Dining Hall from 8 p. m. to 1 a. m. Chosen were Elaine Kaler, es corted by Clem Sherek; Carolyn Rylander, escorted by L. D. Cloud; Charlotte Daniel, escorted by Ron- ny Stewart; Lai Carter, escorted by Merrill Witt; Mary Eliza beth Noack, escorted by Richard Noack; and Carolyn Tew, escorted by Clyde Tew. Runner-ups were Mary Sue Ratcliff, escorted by John Rat cliff; Theresa Miller, escorted by Bob Williams; Virginia Holmes, escorted by Jack Swann; Donna Hill, escorted by Pete Terry; Sha- ron Jane Bailey, escorted by Joe Guinn; and Carolyn Beutel, es corted by Fred Hunter. Snapping of ring pictures in the two large mock Aggie rings in one end of the dance floor highlighted a full evening of activities for the seniors and their dates. The band of Jimmy Dorsey un der the direction of Lee Castle pro vided the music for the dance. Songstress Jan Winters was fea ture soloist for the band. Harrington to Give Graduation Talk President M. T. Harrington will deliver the commencement address at graduation exercises of the Uni versity of Texas Medical Branch, it was announced this morning. The Commencement exercises will be held in Galveston on Thursday, May 28. Battalion Becomes Weekley Until Fall The Battalion assumes the status of a weekly publication with today’s issue. Battalion’s will be published on Thursday from now until the fall semester begins in Septem ber. Hi Itilfpfi i! XT-' X ' .■ 4X : ^ .M ^flj 1959 SWC Baseball Champions . . . face Arizona in NCAA Region 5 playoffs, see story Page 5