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The Battalion Volume 59 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1959 Number 5 U Finalists Picked In Race Barbara Dunn Winner Selection Set This Weekend Twelve Texas Women’s University lovelies—six seniors, five juniors and one sophomore—have been nominated fina lists in the annual Aggie Sweetheart contest. The lasses, chosen from a group of 45 finalists, were selected last night at a meeting in the Memorial Student Center Activities Office. The Aggie Sweetheart will be selected this weekend in Denton by the Aggie Sweetheart Selection Committee, headed by Wayne Schneider, social secretary of the class of ’60. She will be officially crowned at the A&M-Texas Chris tian University grid contest at Amon-Carter Field in Fort Worth Oct. 17. Selected finalists were: * Seniors—Judith Babington Ellen Jane Leister Rebecca Clapp of Alexandra!, La.; Carmela Cabra of Kingsville, Tex.; Re becca Clapp of Borger, Tex.; Jeanine Fitschen of Garland, Tex.! • • Karol Kokernot of Lpogview, Tex.; J and Ellen Jane Leister of Orange, Tex. Juniors—Rosa Ann Annaratone of Memphis, Tenn.; Barbara Dunn of Randolph Air Force Base, San Antonio, Tex.; Marilyn Morris of Jefferson, Tex.; Mary Roberts of Roswell, N. M.; and Elizabeth Sonnen of Brownsville, Tex. Myrtice Lee Conn was the only sophomore selected as a finalist. Composing the selection commit tee are Schneider; Allan Burns, president of the Class of ’60; Bill Heye, cadet colonel of the Corps of Cadets; Jake Sekerka, president of the Student Senate; Hiram French and Ronald Buford, MSC Council and Directorate; Buck Buchanan, commander of the 2nd Brigade; Percy Mims, commander of the 2nd Wing; J. C. Burton, commander of the 1st Wing; Stan Weid, vice president of the Class of ’60; Ben Havard, treasurer of the Civilian Student Council; Joe Brooks, rep resentative of the civilian students; and Hillry Ransom, Corps opera tions officer who will act as the voting delegate for Heye. The A&M group will meet the finalists Saturday afternoon, Oct. 3, before going on a picnic at Lake Dallas for a get-acquainted ses sion. The delegation will return to the campus for a weekend of dining and dancing. The TWU finalists will attend an Aggie Yell Practice Saturday evening and a Chapel Service Sunday morning. The Ags will announce their sweetheart Sunday. Mary Roberts Marilyn Morris ASAE to Sponsor Program Tonight The student chapter of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers will sonsor a one-hour program for all students in the Agricultural Engineering Building Lecture Room tonight at 7:30. The program is designed to in form students of the fields of en deavor offered jointly by agricul tural and engineering. It will in clude concentrated discussions on “Processing” by J. W. Sorenson, “Farm Structures” by W. S. Al len, “Farm Electrification” by W. E. McClune, “Power and Mach inery” by Lambert Wilkes, “Soil and Water” by E. T. Smorden and “Opportunities in Agricultural En gineering by Price Hobgood. Special attention should be given to the program by freshmen as it is designed to acquaint them with the fields of Agricultural Engi- Four Special Drills Slated During October Four special drills are scheduled during October for the Corps of Cadets, Col. Frank S. Vaden, as sistant commandant, announced Monday. The first special drill will be Friday. All the drills will be from 5:15 to 6 p.m. Col. Vaden explained that the exti'a drills are necessary before the home football game march-ins and Corps trips because regular drill periods will not be devoted to unit formations until later in the semester. Another special drill will be held Friday, Oct. 9. Both of the first two drills will be practice march- ins at Kyle Field. The third special drill, Thursday, Oct. 15, will be practice for the Corps trip to Fort Worth, Oct. 17. The final scheduled special drill will be another Kyle Field march- in practice on Oct. 23. Col. Vaden sAid that uniform for all of the extra drills will be fa tigues and all units will partici pate in the drills. Rifle Group Sets Main Office Here Headquarters of the Southwest Conference Rifle Association will be at A&M for the 1959-60 sea son according to Sgt. Malcolm K. Wilson, coach of the rifle team. The SWC Rifle Assn, is affili ated with a member of the Inter- Collegiate Rifle Association and is affiliated with the National Rifle Association. Each year the headquarters is rotated among the schools of the SWC. Sgt. Wilson said that he had nine returning lettermen on the squad. Larry G. Myers, a senior with three letters, is captain of the team. CS Church Women Plan Social Hour A Newcomers Coffee will be given Thursday morning at the A&M Methodist Church by the College Station Council of Church Women honoring all newcomers. Following the social hour a pro gram will be presented by Mrs. T. Gordon. Mrs. Gordon will speak on “Mature Thinking As Christ ians”. Mrs. George Barton and Miss Barbara Gibbs will also par ticipate in the program. A nursery will be provided. Leads Group Meeting Team Ken Cox, ’59, civilian yell leader, led yells win over Michigan State, a rousing welcome, for an estimated 750 persons who met the Coach Jim Myers was carried from the returning Tex-as Aggie football team Satur- plane on the shoulders of several enthusias- day night at Easterwood Field. The crowd tic supporters, gave the Cadets, returning from their 9-7 Omit Obscene Reading City Council Street Work The College Station City Coun-, cil last night passed a special ordi nance, assessing the repair work on Walton and Kyle Streets at $3 a foot. Ran Boswell, city manager, said the ordinance was in accordance with the contract released recent ly to the Jarbet Construction Co. of San Antonio. The bid by the San Antonio firm was $96,770.87 and Boswell said the work would begin in the near future. Omit Obscene Literature Also on the agenda for' the monthly council meet was a dis cussion on the elimination of por- onographic literature in the Col lege Station area. Boswell said that the council plans to contact the Bryan City Commission and form plans to “eliminate porono- graphic or obscene literature from the newsstands. In addition, the council deter mined to send Boswell to the an nual City Managers’ meet in St. Louis, Mo., next month. The con ference is set for Oct. 25-28, but it has not yet been determined what transportation Boswell will take. Second Move The move by the council is only the second in the mass street re pair work getting underway in Col- Battalion Requests Club Information All clubs and organizations on the campus are asked to furnish The Battalion with a list of their present officers and a short description of the purposes and activities of the groups. This information will be print ed in The Battalion as space permits and will be printed in the order in which it is received in The Battalion. Please bring or mail this in formation to The Battalion, on Ground Floor, YMCA. Passes Repair lege Station. The improvement program, still in the embi-yonic stage, has work being completed on Lee Ave., in southern College Station, running near A&M Con solidated High School. Work on Lee is the only street repair pro ject that has been or is underway. Work on Lee is expected to be completed soon. Curbs and gut ters are being set, making ready for the base material. Other Firms Two other firms also submitted bids on the repair work at Walton and Kyle. B&W Construction Co. of Bryan bid $99,692.36 and the Moore Bros. Construction Co. of Lufkin bid $146,316.15. The Jar- bet Co. bid was low by almost $3,000. The hearing tonight was set in accordance with the state statutes of Texas, allowing those who pos sess property near the streets soon to be under repair a chance to be heard. Figures Show Enrollment Up This Semester Texas A&M has again shown an increase in enrollment this year. As registration ended last Sat urday, the figure was 7,076. This is a jump of 31 over last year’s total of 7,045. Figures for the last five years show the 1956 enrollment still the highest during this period with 7,113 registering. In 1957, 7,016 students enrolled in the fall se mester. ^ The registrar’s office at Arling ton State College also shows an increase in enrollment since last year. The figure at the end of enrollment was 6,528 in compar ison with last year’s 5,173. Stewart Chilton, registrar at John Tarleton State College re ports that with three days of reg- isti-ation left, 1,020 students have registered there. Lions Club Holds Business Meeting The College Station Lions Club met Monday noon in Room 2-B of the Memorial Student Center for a luncheon and a short but extensive business meeting. Opening the luncheon was a song fest led by Capt. Jim Killibrew, Air Science instructor, accompan ied by Mrs. Sue Medlen at the pi ano. Following the luncheon, Lions President Archie Flowers presided over the business meeting. Acti vities discussed during the business meeting included the forthcoming light bulb sale scheduled for Oct. 6; the Lions Club Carnival to be held Oct. 17; and the Lions Club carwash scheduled to be held Oct. 31. Officers of the club are Flowers, president; Dr. Don Hood, 1st vice president; Charlie Wootan, 2nd vice president; M. L. “Red” Cash- ion, 3rd vice president; and Charles Cosper, secretary-treasurer. Distinguished guests at the Mon day meeting were “Brownie” Dew ey, district representative to the Texas legislature, Olin Teague, congressman from the 6th district of Texas, Omar Smith, Capt. Bax ter Duncan, Tony Bacigalupo, Mar shall Crouch and Dr. Charlie Half. Approximately 35 attended the meeting. The Lions Club board of direc tors held a brief meeting following the adjournment of the club. UT EnrollmentHits All-Time Record AUSTIN (A*) — An all-time en rollment record was met Monday at the University of Texas. The enrollment hit 18,245 at noon Sat urday to equal _ the exact enroll ment for the fall semester in 1956. Guide Posts “Religion is the art and the theory of the internal life of man, so far as it depends on the man himself and on what is permanent in the nature of things.”—Alfred North Whitehead Karol Kokernot Myrtice Conn Jeanine Fitschen Carmela Cabra Rosa Ann Annaratone Judith Babington Elizabeth Sonnen