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* BATTALION Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus Number 132: Volume 58 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1959 Price Five Cents STUDY NOW Weather Partly cloudy today and Fri day with scattered thunder showers. No important changes in temperatures. Journalism Workshop Ends Friday A&M Organization Gets Minor Change Several organizational changes at A&M were announced today by President Earl Rudder. “In order to make the student life program more efficient, cer tain changes have been effected,” Rudder said. “Formerly dual set ups in student activities existed, one headed up by the Memorial Student Center, and the other in a Student Activities office. Also, the golf course and intramurals were in' the office of Student Ac tivities,” Rutjder continued. “The new organization consoli dates student activities in the Me morial Student Center, and places recreational sports in the Depart ment of Physical Education,” the president explained. The specific personnel reassign ments are as follows: W. L. Penberthy, formerly di rector of Student Activities, has been assigned to the Physical Edu- CS Chamber To Present Program Soon The College Station Chamber of Commerce will present its work program and proposed budget to an open meeting of the citizens of College Station in September, said L. S. Paine, president. The preceding announcement was made following a meeting of the Board of Directors earlier this week. A tentative program designed to improve the business and living conditions in College Station and to improve communications, coop eration and public relations within the community has been designed by the Chamber. The program has been discussed at great length by the directors and is the result of many hours of discussion. “To, be successful,” Paine point ed out, “the program will need the support of all the interested citi zens of College Station, and this is the purpose of the open meeting Sept. 1.” < The board of directors is com posed of the following: W. A. Brad ley, H. E. Burgess, Don Hale, Lee Duewall, W. D. Fitch, Phil Goode Mrs. R. A. Knapp, K. A. Manning Luciah Morgan, Lacey McCall, L S. Paine, John Pruitt, Mrs. Marior Pugh, Herb Shaffer and Gene Sut phen. cation Department as professor; Barney Welch, director of intra murals, goes to the Physical Edu cation Department in the same ca pacity; Joe Fagan, manager of the golf course, is assigned to the Physical Education Department in the same capacity; C. G. “Spike” White and W. D. “Pete” Hardesty, formerly in the Department of Student Activities, have been assigned to the Memor ial Student Center in charge of stu dent activities; William Turner, director of the Music Department, formerly in the Department of Student Activities, has been assigned to the Memorial Student Center in the same capac ity; Tom Puddy, manager of Guion Hall, assigned to the MSC in the same capacity; Col. E. F. Sauer, formerly direc tor of Student Labor and Loans in the Placement Office, will be as signed to the Division of Business Administration. Student Labor and loans will remain in the Placement Office under the direction of Bill Hensel. First Event Brings 347 to Aggieland It was a touch of coeducation at A&M this week as the campus was invaded with some 200 high school girls here for the First Annual Journalism Workshop. All in all, including high school students and faculty members, the delegation attending the bright, educational event still being held, numbers 347. They are housed in Milner and Leggett Halls. The workshop, which will come to a close tomorrow, is a concentrated course of- instruction in the fundamentals of high school newspaper and year book production. It is being conducted by the Department of Journalism and the Department of Education and Psychology and is co- New Dean Takes Over James (Jim) P. Hannigan, center, has as sumed the duties as dean of students at A&M this week. He is shown conferring with Col. Joe Davis, left, commandant, School of Military Sciences and Bennie Zinn, right, director of Student Personnel Services. Activities under the direction of Davis and zunn will be under the leadership of Dean Hannigan. The new organization promises more efficiency in the student life program at A&M. ‘Beatnik’ Dance Scheduled Monday Bermuda shorts, capri and beach comber pants and sun glasses will be legal wear for the “Beatnik” Dance to be sponsored by the Me morial Student Center Summer Dance committee Monday from 8:30 to 11 p.m. on the MSC Ter race. Prizes will be' given for the most original ‘costumes following the dance’s “Beatnik” theme. Music will be from the jukebox, and per sons attending the dance are re minded by Decorations Chairman Myrna McGuire to use the outside terrace steps. Move Continues Against Magazines A movement advocating the ban ning of “filthy” magazines in the College Station area gained more momentum Monday when Mrs. William E. Kidd spoke at the Lions Club in the MSC. Mrs. Kidd had earlier spoken to the Kiwanians at their meeting which was held last Tuesday. Similar campaigns are now in progress in Houston and Austin with their purpose to clear all city news stands of “filthy” magazines. Mrs. Kidd, a local housewife, ?aid that several petitions are be ing circulated in the community :o request the City Council to pass in ordinance to ban the circulation >f these magazines in the city. Mrs. Kidd did not mention the lames of any of the magazines to >e considered as “filthy.” How- wer, she did pi-esent a number of he publications at the Lions and Ciwanis meetings. The first action toward banning las already taken place in College station’s city government. Mayor Earnest Langford instructed City Mrs. William E. Kidd . speaks at Lions Meeting Attorney C. E. Dillon to investi gate the possibilities of passing a city ordinance calling for the ban ning of “filthy” magazines. Dillon said that he has sent re quests to Houston and to the Tex as League of Municipalities for sample ordinances. He said that the council would study these or dinances to determine which course of action would best suit College Station. A major problem for the coun cil is to determine which maga zines will be censored. Dillon re- poi-ted that most cities appoint citizen’s committees to determine which publications should be ban ned. Dillon, when asked how these committees would decide on which magazines they would ban, replied, “They usually go by what has been done in the past by other commun ities.” Dillon’s report will be turned in and studied at the August meeting of the City Council. Secretaries Hold Monthly Meeting Fifteen members were present at the monthly meeting of the Bryan-College Station Chapter of the National Secretaries Assn, at the Triangle Restaurant, 7 p.m. Tuesday. Special guest for the evening was Mrs. Dale Leipper, wife of the speaker. “Glimpses of Life and Science in the USSR” was the presentation of Dr. Dale Leipper, speaker for the evening. Leipper made a tour of Russia in 1958 and showed many interesting slides from his trip. His comments on the women in the USSR presented quite a con trast from the life we enjoy here in the United States. Leipper is Head of the Department of Ocean ography and Meteorology, and is widely known in his field. At the business meeting which followed President Margaret Cole man introduced a new member, Mrs. Benita Williams, who is em ployed by the Texas Transporta tion Institute. Plans for the Seminar to be held Jan. 9, 1960 will be centered around the theme “Destination: Success”. Co-chairmen for the seminar are Mrs. Florence Hall and Miss Alma Kasner. Experiment Group Conducts Survey Of Galveston Area A recent economic survey and evaluation of Galveston reveals it to be suitable for 10 specialized types of industries. The work was conducted by the Texas En gineering Experiment Station, a part of the A&M System. The industries are those for pro duction or operations as follows: aluminum castings; air condition ing units (assembly); rolling, drawing and extruding of alum inum; boats (aluminum or plastic or wood); metal outdoor furni ture; meat packing; plastic film extruding; rubber and plastics molding; frozen seafoods and elec trical industrial apparatus (as sembly). The study emphasized also that Galveston possesses a number of characteristics which can proper ly be counted as positive attrac tions to new industry. Among these are (1) more than adequate transportation facilities including deep water shipping; (2) proxi mity to new and growing mar kets; (3) an abundance of fuel and power at attractive rates; and (4) potential industrial land front ing deep water. Staff members Bill R. Shelton and Russell H. Thompson and L. S. Paine, head of the Industrial Economics Research Division of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station, conducted the survey and made the evaluation. They work ed in cooperation with the Gal veston Chamber of Commerce. A comprehensive report covers the findings. Seventy Foreign Students Enrolled A total of 70 foreign students representing 25 countries, are en rolled for the second term of the summer session at A&M. Pakistan leads the list with 15 students, Mexico is second with seven and India and Venezuela are third with six each. The breakdown shows that Af- ganistan, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Greece, Jordan, Korea, Lebanon, Nicaragua, Scotland and Thailand, have one each. Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Hon duras, Indonesia and the Philip pines have two each. Bolivia, El Salvador, Peru, three each; Panama four; India, Vene zuela, six each; Mexico, 7 and Pakistan, 15. MSC Music Series Wilson, Mitchell Entertain Sunday The Memorial Student Center Summer Music Series will present Carolyn Ann Wilson, soprano, and Charles M. Mitchell Jr., baritone, on its final program of the season Sunday at 4 p.m. in the MSC Main Lounge. On the same program will be Peter Dehlinger and Gordon Rey nolds, flutists, who will perform a special duet. Miss Wilson’s ac companist will be Anita Mowery, and Dorothy Berry will accompany Mitchell. MSC Summer Director ate hostess for the presentation will be Jo Anna White. Classical, Popular Combining classical and popular selections, Miss Wilson’s program will include “Voi Lu Sapete” by Mascagni, Robyn’s “A Heart That’s Free”, “Baubles, Bangles, and Beads” by Wright and Forrest, and a Rodgers and Hammerstein favorite, “A Wonderful Guy”. Romberg, Rodgers and Hammer stein, Herbert and Friml are a few of the composers whose music will be sung by Mitchell, who has se lected “The Riff Song”, “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ ”, “Pretty as a Picture” and “Rose Marie” among others on his program. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wilson, 712 Garden Acres, Miss Wilson is a sophomore at the University of Houston, attending college on a voice scholarship. Solo ist in the University of Houston’s annual performance of “Elijah” this year, she also sang the femi nine lead in the summer operetta “Trial By Jury”, sponsored in July by the A&M Department of Stu dent Activities. Chorus Soloist While at A&M Consolidated High School, the young artist was a chorus soloist for four years, a “night of music” soloist for three years, two-year winner of the high school talent show, and twice a first place soloist in the state con test. She has been a soloist for the A&M Methodist Church choir for the past five years. Well-known locally, Mitchell has also participated in the A&M sum mer operettas, singing the role of the judge in this year’s “Trial By Jury”. A soloist for many church es and civic clubs, he also has tak en part in the Lion’s minstrel show. The baritone was a member of Stephen F. Austin High School’s a capella choir and has studied privately under Elizabeth Bolden- weick, Mrs. Bill Guthrie and Mrs. Joe Barron. Carolyn Ann Wilson . . .soprano Guide Posts To go along that road and to reach the goal, is all one with the will to go; but it must be strong and single will, not a broken winged wish fluttering hither and thither, rising with one pinion, struggling and falling with the other.—St. Augustine. Charles M. Mitchell . .. baritone ♦sponsored by the Texas Daily Newspapers Assn, and the Texas Press Assn. Dr. Otha Spencer, head of the Division of Mass Com munications at East Texas State College, is ir^ chai’ge of the con ference section on yearbooks, and Mrs. Edith King, head of the De partment of Journalism at San An tonio College, directs the news paper section. Professional men and women in the conference program included Jack Donahue, managing editor of the Houston Post; Betty Rose Cra vens, women’s editor of the Hous ton Chronicle; Walter Robertson, assistant sports editor of the Dal las Morning News; Jamds E. Wag ner managing editor of the Hous ton Press; Murray Neal, city editor of the Waco News-Tribune, and Phil R. North, vice president of the Fort Worth Star Telegram and president of the Texas Daily News paper Assn. The program is being coordi nated by Donald D. Burchard, head of the Department of Journa lism, and Dr. Grady P. Parker, head of the Department of Educa tion and Psychology. “The spirit which motivates you to attend this Journalism Work shop speaks well for your journa listic future,” Dr. M. T. Harring ton, chancellor of the A&M System, said Monday in welcoming the high school boys and girls and teachers to the campus. “We are proud and honored to have you on the campus of Texas A&M College. I know you will de rive the kind of benefit you seek at this workshop. “Professor Burchard, head of the Journalism Department, has lined up outstanding newspaper men and women, in practically all phases of the profession, to counsel and guide you m the workshop. Please come again and let us know if we can be of further service.” Certificates of participation will be presented at a luncheon that will close the conference tomorrow. Attending from Bryan and Col lege Station are, Bryan: Linda Plagens Jackie Conrad, Cassandra Lang, Judy Rountree, Sarah Sid- dal, Joyce Cargill, Beverly Ogg and Mrs. Lela Edwards, sponsor. College Station: Russell E. Brown and Marilyn Whatley, spon sor. Nineteen high school journalism teachers and school publications sponsors are attending the work shop on scholarships awarded by ’the Newspaper Fund, Inc., of New York City. They are Mrs. Lela Edwards, Stephen F. Austin, Bryan;; Miss Martha Van Meter, Ray High School, Corpus Christi; Mrs. Joan Leon, Highlands High School, San 4ntonio; Mrs. Jack Van Bebber, Dumas High School; Ben Brock, Newman High School, Sweetwater; Mrs. Frances Hall, Travis High School, Austin; Mrs. Joan Reese, Pasadena High School; Mrs. Billie Wise, Spring Branch High School, Houston; Mrs. Jewel Gibson, Cy press Fairbanks High School, Cy press; Royce Brown, Arlington High School; Miss Hazell Bech- toldt, Beaumont High School; Mrs. Margaret Caskey, Paschal High School, Fort Worth; Mrs. Louise Early, Reagan High School, Hous ton; Miss Jean Dugat, A. C. Jones High School, Beeville; Mrs. Nell Benson, Winters High School; Mrs. Marie Barfield, South Houston High School; Mrs. C. E. Jopling, Wharton High School; Mrs. H. M. Gibson Birdville High School, Fort Worth; and Jack O. Hazlerigg, Aransas Pass High School.