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THE
BATTAL ON
Registration
Begins Monday
Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus
Number 128: Volume 58
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY JULY 36, 1959
Price Five Cents
Summer Operetta
Left to right are Bob Gibbs, Richard Moore,
Charles Mitchell, Rocky Arnold and Bar
bara Gibbs, pictured before the opening
of the summer operetta “Trial by Jury”
that was presented in the MSC Tuesday and
Tuesday and Wednesday
Wednesday night of this week. The operet
ta, sponsored annually by the Department
of Student Activities, starred John Paxson
Carolyn Wilson.
‘Trial by Jury’ Makes Hit
With Appreciative Audience
Bright faces of an almost ca
pacity crowd left the Ballroom of
the Memorial Student Center last
Kiwanians Hear
Probation Officer
B. G. Vogelgesang, Brazos
County Probation Officer, was the
guest speaker at the weekly meet
ing of the College Station Kiwanis
Club in the Memorial Student Cen
ter Tuesday.
Vogelgesang spoke on the func
tions and duties of the probation
officer. He said his office was
working more for the safety of the
community rather than for the re
habilitation of the criminal.
He went deeply into the problem
t>{ juvenile delinquency and gave
various examples of juvenile
crimes.
“Juvenile delinquency generally
starts in the family, but we try to
hold the child responsible for his
actions,” he said.
Ending the program, Vogelge
sang answered various questions
about his job.
R. M. Stevenson
Gets Fellowship
Dr. B. M. Stevenson, professor
of business administration has been
awarded a visiting fellowship with
Great Southern Life Insurance Co.
in Houston, starting July 20< and
lasting for one month.
Purpose of the fellowship is to
give college teachers of insurance
the opportunity of observing the
operations of all home office de
partments.
Lions Members
See Business Film
J. E. Sandstedt, business admin
istration insturctor, presented a
film, “The Big Little Things,” at
the weekly meeting of the College
Station Lions Club Monday in the
Memorial Student Center.
The film stressed the importance
of employee appeal to the custom
er in retailing. It showed how em
ployes can do “little” extra
things to make the customers hap
py and aid business.
Guide Posts
“We are truly forced into aband
oning war as the method of solu
tion of world problems, the method
of resolution of disputes among
nations.”—Linus Pauling.
night signifying that Bill Tur-
nei’’s production of Gilbert and Sul
livan’s operetta “Trial By Jury”
was an over-whelming success.
The event opened Tuesday night.
The comic aria is a musical pre
sentation of a trial of a breech of
promise suit. The plaintiff (Caro
lyn Wilson) is seeking a beau, and
in the end she wins the admiration
of the judge (Charles Mitchell).
The defendent (John Paxson) is
more concerned with the girls’
chorus and the bridesmaids than
the court proceedings. These young
ladies included Suzanne Sorenson,
Rudder to Attend
Strategy Seminar
President Earl Rudder will at
tend the national strategy semi
nar for reserve officers at the Na
tional War College, Fort Lesley
J. McNair, Washington, D. C.
Rudder, who is a major general
in the Army Reserves, will repre
sent this area at the seminar.
Seminar classes begin Monday
and end Saturday, July 25. Ad
miral Arleigh A. Burke, chief of
Naval Operations will open the
seminar. The Honorable Allen W.
Dulles, director of the Central In
telligence Agency will be the grad
uation speaker.
The seminar will provide con
ferees with a better understanding
of the world conflict and of the
organization, resources and meth
ods used by the protagonists in the
cold war to accomplish their aims.
The course will consist of 28 for
mal presentations by leading of
ficials and individuals and discus
sion periods. Course material has
been provided by the Foreign Pol
icy Research Institute of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. The
course is sponsored jointly by the
Reserve Officers Assn, and the In
stitute for American Strategy.
Earl Rudder
Mercy Goode, Lynda Chalk, Ann
Elkins, Karen Mohr, Joanne Hertz-
ler Mary Margaret Hierth, Bar
bara Beasley and Barbara Grimes.
Jim Rector played thfe part of the
nervous usher while Charles Ar
nold portrayed the part of the at
torney. The singing jury was com
posed of Bill Dansby, Justin Jidd,
Richard Moore, Gerald Shearer,
Frank Reeves and Robert Giggs.
Mary Coslett and Maylene Rush
ing were in charge of publicity for
the operetta, and John Lester and
Robert Gibbs were in charge of
the stage and set.
The costumes were by Van Horn
and Company.
The operetta was directed by
Billie Jean Barron, and the entire
production was sponsored by the
Department of Student Activities.
Firemen’s School
Begins Here Sunday
Chamber Here
Studies Plans
For New Year
The board of directors of the
College Station Chamber of Com
merce met Monday night to map
out a program for the oncoming
fiscal year.
The problem at hand was to de
cide what can be done by the
Chamber of Commerce for the be
nefit of the citizens of College
Station.
A three person committee was
chosen to plan the program at the
meeting which was held in the
Banquet Room of the Sabre Hotel.
These three persons included Mrs.
Marion Pugh, Hershel Burgess and
John Pruitt.
Their job is to outline a pro
gram to be presented to the entire
fifteen member board on Aug. 11.
When this program is accepted by
the board as a whole, it will be
presented to the citizens at a
called public meeting.
Marshall Croft of the Rosenburg
Chamber of Commerce was present
at the meeting to lend a hand with
the programming. He told the
board members that College Sta
tion will require a special type of
programming and that it will re
quire the backing of the entire
community if it is to be a success.
Leland Paine, president of the
Colleere Station Chamber, was the
presiding officer at the meeting.
Groueman Speaks
At Annual Meeting
Chris H. Groneman, head of the
Department of Industrial Educa
tion is in Baton Rouge, La., as the
featured speaker for the Pelican
Vocational and Industrial Arts
Assn, annual convention.
Groneman will give talks on
standards and accreditation as it
applies to industrial education.
Advisory Group
Gives School Study
The advisory committee of the
A&M Consolidated School District
recommended that $540,000 worth
of improvements be made on the
school system at a meeting in the
Junior High School Cafeteria last
Friday night.
The main provision of the re
port is that the citizens of the
A&M Consolidated District raise
the ad valorem tax from $1.40 to
$1.90 per $100 evaluation of real
property.
The recommendations have been
turned over to the school board,
and J. R. Jackson, president of the
board, told the citizen’s committee
that the board would consider the
recommendations carefully before
pi’esenting them to the public.
It is evident that these people
have the good of the community
at heart as can be determined by
what O. M. Holt, a finance sub
committee member said. He said,
“We give our school board mem
bers and school administrators just
so much money to work with. . .
They have a set amount within
which-to operate; only now it isn’t
enough.”
Under the present general law,
the highest possible ad valorem
tax that a school district can levy
is $1.50 per $100 evaluation. Holt
explained that a raise of only $.10
would not be enough to do any
good. He told those citizens pres
ent that Senate Bill 116 allows ex
tra taxing in emergencies, and
this is how the extra $.40 tax can
be levied.
The advisory committee stated
that $540,000 worth of improve
ments are absolutely necessary.
Bob Holcomb, committee secretary
who is also a professor of the
A&M Department of Civil Engi
neering, said that $70,000 was
needed for the improvement and
present maintenance of buildings.
He claimed that the roofs, founda
tions, and other parts of the build
ings are badly in need of repair,
and he provided photographs to
back up his statement.
Dr. Chax-les LaMotte, the com
mittee chairman told those present
that it is also necessary to con
struct a new elementary school of
approximately fourteen class
rooms. There is a problem of
where the new building will be
constructed and its cost, but La
Motte said that it is up to the
school board to determine these
stipulations.
Library to Change
Schedule for Break
During the between semester
break, the library will change its
daily schedule, Michael V. Krenit-
sky, said this week.
The library will be open from 8
a. m. until 5 p. m. tomorrow and
from 8 a. m. until 12 noon on Sat
urday.
The library will be closed Sun
day.
On Monday it will be open from
8 a. m. until 5 p. m. returning
to its regular summer schedule
Tuesday.
30th Annual Event
To Attract 1,600
Some 1,600 firemen from all over Texas and several
other states will invade the campus next week for the 30th
annual Firemen’s Training School.
The firemen will arrive here Sunday and begin a fire
fighting campaign that will last through Friday of next
week. The Army, Navy, Air Force and private industry also
will be here for the event.
Houses, gasoline pumps, butane tanks, small oil storage
tanks, trucks, airplane fuselages, refinery mockups and pit
fires will be started on the average of five times a day.
Student firemen will be given basic instructions and
then will be on the business end of a fire hose and told how
f£ 0 fight the fire.
Finals Tomorrow;
Register Monday
Final examinations for the
first term of the summer session
will be given tomorrow.
Registration for the second
term will be held Monday, 8
a. m. to 12 noon in Duncan Hall
Classes will begin Tuesday, July
21. The second term ends Aug
ust 28.
A&M Wives Group
Has Banquet Here
A mother-daughter banquet was
held for the members of the Ruth
and A&M Wives Circles Monday
evening in the Wesley Foundation
Building, A&M Methodist Church.
A color scheme of pink and white
was carried out in the table de
coration^ with beautiful spring
flowers arranged in silver con
tainers. Pink candles in silver hold
ers and lacy pink placemats added
to the decor of the tables.
Mrs. Paul Woods, program chair
man, introduced Mrs. Kent Hackle-
man who sang and played “Your
Mother and Mine.” She was ac
complished by Mrs. Woods who
read“What is a Girl.”
Mrs. Hackleman also sang “Play
Gypsies-Dance Gypsies” and clos
ed with “May the Good Lord Bless
and Keep You.”
About 50 mothers and daughters
attended the banquet and hostesses
were Mrs. Wesley Calvert, Mrs.
Virginia Erickson, Mrs. Pete Har
desty, Mrs. Woods, Mrs. Mary
Francis Ross, Mrs. Barbara Payne
and Mrs. Bonnei Aylesworth.
Fishier, Landiss
Attend Conference
Dr. Carl E. Tishler and Dr. Carl
W. Landiss of the Department of
Health and Physical Education, at
tended a conference of the Texas
Education Agency in Austin Tues
day.
They heard a report of a com
mission of college and public
school teachers appointed by the
Texas Education Agency to study
the health education and physical
education curricula for public
schools.
Tishler is head of the Depart
ment of Health and Physical Ed
ucation and Landiss is a professor
in the department.
W.H. Wiley Named
Agriculture Dean
Dr. William H. Wiley, ’36, has
been named dean. of the College
of Agriculture and director of the
Agricultural Experiment Station,
University of Rhode Island.
Wiley has been a member of the
Rhode Island staff since 1951.
He received his B.S. in agTicul-
ture and M.S. in poultry husband
ry and Ph.D. degree from A&M
Wiley took over his new duties
at Rhode Island July 1, upon the
retirement of Dean Mason H.
Campbell.
According to Henry D.
Smith, chief of the school, the
profit of the school is not lim
ited to more lives saved and
property conserved.
“Participating communities get
real benefits in lowered fire in
surance rates,” he said.
Manufacturers provide modern
fire fighting equipment for the
school. Major oil companies sup
ply gasoline, kerosene, crude oil
and butane. Industries and insur
ance companies furnish engineer
ing personnel to help the perman
ent staff of the school.
Established by the Legislature
in 1930, the Texas Firemen’s
Training School is a year-round
program by the engineering ex
tension service of A&M with the
cooperation of the Texas Educa
tion Agency.
The school is operated under the
auspices of the State Firemen’s
and Fire' Marshals’ Assn, of Texas.
The courses are not confined to
fire fighting. Fire prevention is
a major element of the school.
There is also a special course for
instructors that train men to be
come effective instructors of stu
dent firemen. There is also a spec
ial school in rescue work.
Smith says there has been only
one serious injury in the school’s
long history and that was when an
instructor fell from the top of
a gasoline truck when setting it
on fire.
Bader Selected
To Attend Meet
In Minnesota
Dr. Richard G. Bader, associate
professor of . oceanography at
A&M, is one of 30 persons in the
nation selected as participants in
a conference to be held at Duluth,
Minn., July 20 to Aug. 28.
The Duluth Conference for
Teaching Resources Development
in the Geological Sciences is spon
sored by the University of Minn
esota, Duluth Branch, the Ameri
can Geological Institute and the
National Science Foundation.
Participants will include 10 sec
ondary school educators or science
teachers, seven geologists from
state geological surveys, 10 geol
ogists from college and university
faculties and three representatives
of other earth sciences. Bader will
be the only oceanographer parti
cipating in the conference.
Purpose of the conference is to
develop plans for a teaching pro
gram in the geological sciences in
secondary schools and junior col
leges.
MSC Sunday Flick
Shows Hollywood
The Memorial Student Center’s
summer film series, “Operation
Flick,” will present three films be
ginning at 3 p. m. Sunday in
Rooms 2A-B-C,
“Flight to California” is a per
sonally-conducted tour of Holly
wood by actor Richard Carlson,
plus the tourist highlights of San
Francisco, Los Angeles and Cali
fornia’s scenic triumphs.
“Boundry Lines” is a strong
plea for greater understanding be
tween peoples.
“Arts of Japan” presents an ar
tist-soldier returning to Japan
where he had fought during World
War II and his search for the
beauty and art characteristic of
the country.
The movies are free.
Carolyn Cooper,
from Plainview,
and helps bring
She was elected
in Perryton last
Miss Wheatheart
18, 1958 “Miss Wheatheart of the Nation”
visits the Ray Wright farm near Perryton
in some of the last of the 1959 wheat crop.
“Wheatheart” at the annual beauty contest
fall. (AP Photo).