Volume 59
Number 7
The Battalion
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1959
Texas Air Tour Sets
Easterwood Layover
Rural Industry
Need Stressed
By Rep. Hinson
State Rep. George Hinson of
Mineola said today in the Memoi'ial
Student Center, “Texas must do
whatever is necessary to promote
rural area industry, coupled with
an ever expanding and enlighten
ing agricultural economy.”
Hinson delivered the opening ad
dress at the first session of the
ninth annual Texas Industrial De
velopment Conference being held
today and Friday.
President Earl Rudder gave the
welcome address. Approximately
200 industrialists from throughout
the nation are in attendance. The
first session was chaii’ed by Ches
ter Wine, of the Central Power
and Light Co. of Laredo.
“We all live to boast of our large
and growing cities,” Hinson de
clared, “well staffed with local in
dustrial organizations and indus
trial promotional gimmicks. But
ours is a job of seeing to it that
Texas has a well balanced indus
trial program, reaching into the
most remote areas; a program
which will guarantee to each in
dustrialist and every industrial
concern, domestic as well as inter
state that our climate will not be
surpassed by any state in this na
tion.”
Hinson spoke on “The Industrial
Climate of Texas as Viewed by the
State Administration.’*
Harry Clark, industrial consul
tant for Texas Power and Light
Co. of Dallas, said, “Although the
industrial development of Texas
has been moving at a rapid pace,
it behooves all interested parties
to take an inventory of their ac
tivities in the future for an un
precedented degree of competition
from other areas.”
He spoke on “The Industrial
Climate of Texas as Viewed by a
Consultant.”
Said the speaker, “The fact that
Texas was not listed as one of the
five states ‘doing the most to at
tract new industry’ in a recent na
tionwide survey prompts the atten
tion of all agencies to increase
their activities.
“The industrial expansion of
America faces a tremendous
growth in the 1960’s but this does
not give an automatic green light
to every community. There must
be an intelligent all out effort by
an informed leadership if many
communities of our state are to
enjoy industrial growth in the next
decade.”
11th Annual Flight
Due Here Saturday
College Station will be the second of 38 scheduled stops
on the 11th annual All Texas Air Tour to be held Oct. 3
Oct. 10.
Approximately 75 planes carrying 125 fliers are ex
pected to land at Easterwood Airport at 1:45 p. m. Satur
day as the first stop after their departure from Temple at 1.
Fliers from 18 states and Mexico have registered for the
3,000-mile flight, which is sponsored each year by the follow
ing organizations:
The Texas State Aviation Association, Texas Private
Fliers Assn., Texas Flying Farmers, Texas Ninety-Niners,
Texas Wing, Civil Air Patrol, and the Texas Aeronautics
"♦■Commission, acting as coor
dinating agency.
Local Woman Cited
For Superior Work
In Army Reserve
A local Army Civilian employee,
Mrs. Louise B. Eddins, who resides
at 2309 College Ave., was recog
nized for superior performance as
the Unit Aide of the 358th Infan
try, 1st Battle Group, a local Army
Reserve unit, last Tuesday.
Mrs. Eddins was presented a sus
tained superior performance cer
tificate, as well as a cash reward
of $150, given to her by Lt. Col.
Veon M. McConnell, Bryan Area
Commander. McConnell presented
the award on behalf of the Com
manding General, Maj. Gen. Rob
ert Card, Eighth United States
Army Corps (Reserve).
The certificate cited Mrs. Eddins
for her outstanding performance
during the reorganization of the
local Reserve units early this year
and for her superior performance
as a civilian employee of the
American Defense System. She
was picked from hundreds of em
ployees in the Eighth Corps, which
covers a large area including Tex
as and New Mexico.
Prior to accepting her present
position, Mrs. Eddins was assigned
to thy Station Hospital at Camp
Wolters, Texas. In 1952, she was
assigned the position of Unit Aide
when the advisory group was lo
cated at College Station.
Mrs. Eddins .and her family have
lived in College Station since that
time. Her husband, Frank Eddins,
is the Assistant Division Officer
in the United States Department
of Agriculture Cotton Division,
here at College Station. The Ed
dins have a daughter, Dana, who
is a student at Stephen F. Austin
High School in Bryan where she is
a member of the Senior Class.
Easy On The Dogs 5
A&M Freshman Philip Grant took time out from his daily
tours yesterday to have the blisters on his feet checked
at the College Hospital. Registered Nurse Marie Caswell
applys bandages to Grant’s feet.
The College Station Cham
ber of Commerce will act as
host for the visit, according
to Leland S. Paine, president of
the Chamber of Comnrerce. Mem
bers of the reception committee for
the fliers wil be the following:
Mr. and Mrs. Leland S. Pdine;
Ernest Langford, mayor of College
Station; O. B. Donaho, mayor of
Bryan; E. L. Angell, vice chancel
lor of the A&M College System,
and Mrs. Angell; Ran Boswell, city
manager of College Station; Don
Dale, past president of the College
Station Chamber of Commerce;
Jack Springer, manager of the
Bryan Chamber of Commerce; and
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Burgess.
Also Mrs. John Perry; Mrs. R.
E. Odom; John Naylor, president
of the Bryan Chamber of Com
merce; and Mrs. Naylor.
The A&M Consolidated Dance
Band will furnish entertainment
for the visitors and refreshments
will be served.
The purpose of the annual tour
is to point up the safety of mass
movement, the utility of the small
aircraft, the improvement of “Good
Neighbor Relations” and to pub
licize the March of Dimes.
Major stops on the tour will in-
include Texarkana, Mineral Wells,
Brownfield, Ft. Clark Ranch, Har
lingen, Corpus Christi, Lufkin,
Sherman, Dumas, Big Spring, Mar
fa, Eagle Pass and Edinburgh. The
tour will end in Galveston, Oct. 10.
New features of this year’s trip
will be a pre-flight reception by the
Temple Chamber of Commerce Oct.
2, side trips to the McDonnell Ob
servatory and the location for the
filming of the movie “Alamo.”
There will also be tours through
the Mitchell Industries, Snow Air
craft, Inc., and the Army Prelimin
ary Helicopter School. Also fea
tured on the tour will be a night
in Old Mexico for all those making
the trip.
An open invitation has been is
sued by Asa Burroughs, tour di
rector, to all interested pilots.
The week of Oct. 3-Oct. 10 has
been proclaimed “Aviation and Air
Tour Week in Texas” by Governor
Price Daniel.
MSC Film Society
OffersCinemascope
Production Friday
The Memorial Student Center
Film Society will present the Cin
emascope production, “The Sun
also rises,” tomorrow at 7:30 p.m.
in the MSC ballroom.
Previously, all Cinemascope pro
ductions had been rescheduled due
to a hold up in shipping the special
lens from the factory, according to
Ed Saenz, film society chairman.
However, the lens have arrived
earlier than expected and Cinema
scope production will go into full
swing.
Guide Posts
“Dead flies cause the ointment
of the apothecary to send forth a
stinking savour: so doth a little
folly him that is in reputation for
wisdom and honor.”—Ecclesiastes
10:1
Fish Council
Slates Meet
Friday Night
The second organizational meet
ing of the Freshman Council will
be held tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. in
the Andei'son Room above the main
floor of the YMCA. All freshmen
intex-ested in working with a fresh
man gi'oup that will try to aid
the fi’eshmen in all ways possible
are ui'ged to attend this meeting.
Those wishing membership in the
YMCA will have an opportunity to
sign up in the Cabinet Room on
the main floor of the YMCA
Building.
Also Friday night, the YMCA
will sponsor a panel discussion en
titled, “If I were in College Again
—What?” The panelists will i
elude P. J. Woods, professor in the
Depax-tment of History and Gov
ernment, who will act as moderator
for the discussion. Also on the
panel is the Rev. Earl P. Mai'tin,
and Dr. J. Q. Hayes, professor of
English. Austin Keiley of the Ba
sic Division, and James Miller of
the Department of Agricultural
Economics conclude the list of men
representing the fine Aggie facul
ty on this panel discussion.
Refreshments will be served, and
all in attendance will have ample
opportunity to speak with the pan
elists personally.
A&M Consolidated
Parent’s Club Has
Organization Meet
A meeting to organize a parents’
club to support the A Capella
Choir of A&M Consolidated School
was held last Tuesday evening in
the library of the Senior High
School and officers for the club
were elected.
Mrs. W. W. Mills was elected
president, Mrs. W. H. Tayloi’,
vice president, and Di\ and Mrs.
R. O. Berry, treasurer and secre
tary, respectively.
Until the officers were elected,
Frank Coulter presided over the
meeting and explained the need
for a parents’ club to help support
the choir of ninety members. Pre
vious to the election of officers,
he outlined prospective functions
for the year, emphasizing cei’tain
items on the proposed program.
Coulter felt that the activities
of the choir might include a Christ
mas Open House featui’ing choral
music, the production of a musical
show in March, participation in
Interscholastic League Competition
in April, and possibly a short tour
sometime during the year. He in
dicated that parents could help
in these activities by arranging
for adequate publicity, and promo
tion of the sale of tickets.
Proceeds of the events would
go towax’d the purchase of addi
tional music and for obtaining new
choir robes.
Dues wei’e set at $1.00 per fam
ily per year to provide working
capital for the choir until the ac
tivities are complete.
Plans were also made to ask the
students in the choir to make sug
gestions for a name for the or
ganization and a pidze will be
awarded the author of the winning
name. Other business included a
decision to inform all parents of
choir members by letter about the
formation of the new club, and to
extend them invitations to join.
Four officers of the choir, Mike
Gay, president, Anita Mowery,
vice president, Ann Elkins, secre
tary, and Barbai’a Beasley, treas-
ui'er, were present, along with
about thirty parents.
X-ray Assistance
Taking- advantage of the X-ray equipment
at the A&M College Hospital is patient Vick
Chester. Operating the machine is technic
ian Terry McKee. The X-ray equipment is
only one of the many beneficial services of
fered at the campus hospital. Thirty-five
persons are employed at the hospital.
Many Additions
College Hospital Changes
Increases Effectiveness
(Editor’s Note: In an effort to
explain what the $17.35 complsory
student services fee is being used
for, The Battalion is beginning a
series of three articles explaining
the services of the College Hos
pital, the Memoria Student Center
and the Intramurals program.)
The fully-equipped College Hos
pital under the direction of Dr. C.
R. Lyons has undergone several
major changes this summer.
The biggest change this year
according to Dr. Lyons is the add
ition of a Physio-Therapy Room,
This room, under the direction of
Mrs. Rose Sowers, contains two
whirlpools, one tub that can be
rigged with a whirlpool machine
and two diathermy machines. The
diathermy machine is used for
deep heat ti’eament.
Dr. Lyons said that the hospital
can handle almost any type of
injury or illness.
“We, are equipped to take X-
Rays, handle all types of laboi’a-
toxy work, minor surgexy, frac
tures, infii’mary care, medical
counseling and psychiatric counsel
ing,” he said.
The hospital normally has 50
beds set up but it does have facili
ties to handle 200 bed patients.
“On a normal day we handle ap
proximately 200 out patients,” he
added.
The hospital employs thirty-five
persons. This includes six physi
cians including specialists in in
ternal medicine, surgery, ear, nose
and throat. There are also nine
registered nurses and two fully
trained technicians on the staff.
For those students who have
been wondei'ing about the $17.35
paid for student services, $11 of
this fee goes to the hospital. This
is an increase of $1 over last year.
Dr. Lyons said that this increase
was necessary to replace the $4,000
that the Texas Legislature did not
give the hospital this year.
Dr. Lyons also said that the
hospital has a contract with the
Army to give physicals to Army
contract applicants. The extra
money that the hospital receives
under this contract is put toward
Auxiliary Officers
Needed for Help
At Ag-Cougar Game
Appi’oximately 40 students will
be hired as auxiliary patrolmen to
help direct traffic and parking for
the A&M-University of Houston
football game Oct. 10, Fi'ed Hick
man, chief of campus security, an
nounced yesterday.
Any students interested in apply
ing for this woi’k are urged to
inquii’e at the Campus Secui’ity
Office, Hickman said.
giving the students better medical
service.
Under the x’emodeling plans now
undei’way the hospital hopes to
soon be able to x’eplace all of the
old ceiling fans with window air
conditioners, Di\ Lyons said. He
added that with the new impi’ove-
ments and others to be added soon,
the College Hospital will be able
to offer as fine a service as axxy
hospital in the area.
Dr. Lyons advises students not
to come over after hours for treat
ment of common ailments since
they cannot be accommodated at
that time.
Fred Thornberry
Sets Judging Mark
At Memphis Meet
Fred Thornberry, senior agricul
tural education major from Con-
rie set a new contest record in the
Senior Dairy Cattle Judging Con
test at the Mid-South Fair at Mem
phis, Tenn., Sept. 29.
Dr. M. A. Brown, coach of the
Senior Dairy Cattle Judging Team
reported by telephone that Thorn
berry scored 64d points out of a
possible 700. He received two
trophies, one for high individual
in the contest and another for high
scoi’e in the Guernsey classes.
Rhodes Scholarship
Conferences To Begin
Conferences for students inter
ested in obtaining applications for
Rhodes Scholarships at the Uni
versity of Oxford are now open, ac
cording to Dr. Richai’d H. Ballin
ger, professor in the Department
of English and the college repre
sentative for the scholarship.
Ballinger said yestei’day that
students who are unmarried and
of junior classification should con
tact him in 302C Academic Build
ing before Oct. 10.
If selected, the students will en
ter Oxford in October, 1960. The
value of a Rhodes Scholarship is
750 pounds per year—equivalent
to approximately $2100 in Amer
ican money. The scholai’ship is
for two years with the possibility
of an additional year.
Only 32 Rhodes Scholarships are
available to students in the United
States. Those nominated to rep
resent their college or state must
also appear before a District Com
mittee, composed of six or seven
states from which four men will
be chosen Rhodes Scholars. The
states are divided into eight dis
tricts.
Texas forms a district with Ala
bama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Ok
lahoma and Arkansas.
The scholarship, provided for in
the will of Cecil Rhodes, famous
Bx-itish Empix-e buildei*, has four
qualities as basis of selection. Stu
dents applying must show literary
and scholastic ability and attain
ment; qualities of manhood, truth
fulness, courage, devotion to duty,
sympathy for and the protection
of the weak, kindliness, unseelfish-
ness and fellowship; exhibition of
moi’al force of character and of in
stincts to lead and to take an
interest in his fellows; and physi
cal vigor, as shown by fondness
for and success in spoi’ts.
A Rhodes Scholar may study for
the Oxford B.A. in any of the
Final Honour Schools or for an
advanced degree.
Included in the course of study
in the Final Honour Schools are
Literae Humaniores, Mathematics,
Physics, Chemistry, Animal Physi
ology, Zoology, Biochemistry, Bot
any, Geology, Engineering Science,
Science of Metals, Geography, Ag
riculture, Jurisprudence, Modern
Histroy, Theology, Oriental Sub
jects, English Language and Liter-
atux-e, Philosophy-Politics-and-Eco-
nomics, Psychology-Philosophy-and
-Physiology, Modern Languages,
Foreign Language and Music.
Only two A&M men have been
selected Rhodes Scholai’s. Charles
Wright Thomas, who received his
B.S. degree in Chemical Engineer
ing here in 1922, was selected a
Rhodes Scholar. However, he
studied English Language and Lit
erature and is now chairman of the
Department of English at New
Yoi'k State Teachers College in
Cortland, N. Y.
Jack Edward Brooks received his
B.S. degree in Electrical Engineer
ing hei’e in 1946 and was also a
Rhodes Scholar. Brooks studied
physics at Oxfox’d and is now a
member of technical staff of the
Ramo-Wooldridge Corp. in Los
Angeles, Calif.