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i' ♦44 ■ ■ \ The Battalion Volume 59 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1959 Number 9 Memphis Lass Named Ag Sweetheart “TheBattmen ”Fly North for Photos By BILL HICKLIN Battalion News Editor “The Battmen” were out again yesterday. However, the experience encountered this time easily surpassed any antics on record—although the true serious ness of the situation was not revealed until the crisis had passed. It was learned early yesterday afternoon that the pictures of the newly-selected Aggie Sweetheart, Rose Ann Annaratone. could not be reproduced due to a camera de fect. And the only other source for shots of the Ag lovely was the Texas Womanls University student newspaper, The Daily Lass-O. This, naturally, posed a problem since today’s issue of * 1 ♦The Battalion, Senior Sets Dairy Cattle Contest Record Fred Thoi’nberry of Conroe, sen ior student at A&M, set a new con test record in the Senior* Dairy Cattle judging contest at the Mid- South Fair in Memphis, Tenn., last week. In setting the new mark, Thorn- berry gathered a total of G40 points out of a possible 700. For his efforts, he was awarded two trophies, one for high individual in the contents and another for high score in the Guernsey classes. Thornberry also placed second in Jersey and fourth in Brown Swiss judging. Troy Tatum, senior from Dub lin, won the Jersey trophy fpr high score. The team as a whole placed fifth in Brown Swiss and seventh in the entire contest. Other members of the team were Paul Wayne of Mt. Pleasant, Bill Lee of Gordon and Dale Vincent of Sulfur, La. All of the men are dairy science majors. Dr. M. A. Brown, assistant professor in the Department of Dairy Science, is coach for the senior dairy cattle judging team. Review Editor Sets Staff Meet Tonight The Texas A&M Review, the magazine of the School of Arts and Sciences, will hold its second staff meeting of the year tonight at 7:30 in the basement of the YMCA, Tucker Sutherland, editor, said yesterday. Sutherland said tonight’s meet ing will be held to discuss final preparations for the first issue. announcing Miss Annaratone’s selection, would hardly have been com plete without pictures of the Aggie queen. But a phone call to Easterwood Airport and a rapid jaunt to Dorm 9 produced a Cessna 172 and a pilot in the person of Wayne Col lins, senior from Satin. A quick call was also placed to Denton to have Sue Inwood, edi tor of The Lass-O, meet the craft with the important pictures. Accompanying Collins were Johnny Johnson, editor; Bill Hick- lin, news editor; and Joe Callicoate, assistant sports editor and a pilot in his own right. The take-off was made at ap proximately 2:45 p.m. with the troupe arriving in Denton at 4:30. The pictures were procured and the return trip hastily began. It can be noted now that, short ly before leaving for College Sta tion, the question, “How Much Gas We Got?”, was seemingly ignored. It was the general consensus that even if the fuel gage read empty, there would still be 30 minutes flying time remainng. And the gauge then glared over half a tank. Just east of Waco, the gauge glared a very vibrant red—empty —but no none seemed perturbed. Nonetheless, Collins and Callicoate felt it would be a nice idea to de tour to Waco and get gas. When Collins said, “Waco Tow er. 4102 Foxtrat calling Waco Tow er,” it could easily have been the proverbial ’famous last words.’ A few minutes later at the Waco terminal, it was determined that the little craft had but 10 minutes flying time in fuel remaining. Of course, gas was purchased and the tip back to College Sta tion, was, somehow, completed. W Aggie Congratulations Hillry Ranson, Corps Operations Officer and member of the Aggie Sweetheart Selection Committee, congratulates Rose Ann Annaratone, newly-selected sweetheart. Similar congratulations were conferred by the selection party after the Sunday morning announcement. i xjy * y<- Gasp of Surprise Rose Ann Annaratone, TtVU junior cloth ing design major from Memphis, Tenn., registers disbelief as she hears herself an nounced Aggie Sweetheart for 1959-60. Congratulating her are finalists Rebecca Clapp of Borger, right, and Karol Kokernot of Longview. The decision, announced by Allen Burns, president of the Class of ’60, came at the climax of a weekend of festivi ties by candidates and the selection party from A&M. Reckless Driver Unsa fe Tra ffic Report Leads To Recovery of Stolen Car Promptness in reporting an un safe traffic condition by an A&M student led to,the recovery of a stolen car and the apprehension and arrest of Joe Garcia for car theft in Brazos and Grimes coun ties. Lee L. Lowery, senior chemical engineering student from Galves ton, reported a reckless driver on Highway 6 south of College Sta tion at 4:30 p.m. Saturday. He told Patrolman R. P. Batten of Campus Security that the car was headed toward Navasota. Patrol man Batten then called the Brazos County Sheriff’s Department, who in turn radioed a pickup on the Flu Shots Available In College Hospital Dr. C. R. Lyons, director, Stu dent Health Services, College Hos pital, announced today that the college is prepared to give influ enza shots again this year. Dr. Lyons said, “The vaccine this year is a combination of two flu vaccines designed to combat both Asian and the conventional flu.” He added that the hospital has already given around 200 shots to students for the regular price of $1. Shots wil be given any time between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on week days. Dr. Lyons asked that students remember that it was only two years ago that A&M suffered an influenza epidemic in which sev eral hundred students were af fected. 1954 Mercury. Joe Garcia was ap prehended in the car and held for driving without a license. Columbus Robinson of 1704 E. J. A. Wilson Takes Extension Position James A. Wilson, veteran of 12 years of service as water works plant operator at Richmond, Ky., and as superintendent of water and sewage at Brownsville, has ac cepted a position as field instructor in the Water Works and Sewage Training Department of the Engi neering Extension Service here. His duties will include travel over the state conducting water works classes for municipal water and sewage treatment plant per sonnel. Wilson, a native of Big Hill, Ky., attended Berea Academy, Berea, Ky. During World War II he served for two years with the Army in Europe. He came to A&M from the city water and light plant in Jonesboro, Ark., where he was assistant superinten dent. He will live in College Station with his wife and two-year-old daughter. Guide Posts “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. Hy help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.”—Psalms 121:1-3 21st St., Bryan, an employe of a highway contractor, was working on a bridge 1 Vz miles south of College Station. His car was parked at the side of the road over head. He discovered the car was missing when he got off work and reported it to the Sheriff’s depart ment only to find that the car had already been located. Sheriff J. W. Hamilton filed charges and Garcia is now being held in the Brazos County Jail on charges of auto theft. Miss Annaratone Awarded Honors By ALLEN McCREE Aggieland Editor Torrential rain Saturday and Sunday at Denton failed to dampen the spirits of A&M’s Sweetheart Selection Commit tee as they performed the difficult job of selecting the Aggies’ 1959-60 representative from Texas Woman’s Uni versity. After hours of discussion far into Sunday morning and a short deliberation after Sunday morning breakfast with the candidates, Rose Ann Annaratone was announced the winner from a field of 12 finalists. Miss Annaratone, a junior clothing design major from Memphis, Tenn., gasped with delight and surprise as she was named sweetheart Sunday morning by Allen Burns, president of the Class of ’60. *♦ 1 The A&M Sweetheart Selec tion Committee, headed by Wayne Schneider, left Satur day morning on the traditional annual trek to TWU to find the one girl to represent A&M during the 1959-60 school year. Accompanied by student Organi zations Adviser Pdte Hardesty and his assistant, John Geiger, the 17- man party arrived in Denton at noon Saturday in the midst of a driving rainstorm. Plans for a picnic with the final ists thus were altered, but gaiety was not. Following the picnic, held in doors, the committee and candi dates went to the senior dormitory on the campus for an afternoon of talk, Cokes and TV football. The party was seiwed dinner Saturday night and a formal dance followed in a ballroom of the TWU Dining Hall. A well-planned program of danc ing and conversation with the can didates gave the Aggies a chance to get better acquainted with the choice field. Then, under umbrellas and rain coats, the party proceeded to the annual Fall Dance, where they danced until after midnight to the music of Shep Fields and his or chestra. Upon returning to the dorm in which the committee was staying, discussions were held behind locked doors, but no agreement could be reached. Said Hardesty of the candidates, “you can’t possibly go wrong with any of them.” This gives some idea of the dif ficulty of the job and how many factors had to be considered. Still later, when nothing even near an agreement had been reached, the committee decided to wait until after chapel services Sunday morning for another at tempt to reach a decision. Sunday morning the colorful group made its way—still under cover from a slow drizzle of rain— to TWU’s Little Chapel in the Woods, where a short worship service was held. After breakfast, the committee retired once more to try to reach a decision, but the job was no easier than before. Finally, when tension among (MISS ANNARATONE, page 4) United Chest Sets $13,150 As 1959 Goal J. B. (Dick) Hervey, chairman of the United Chest Committee, an nounced today that the College Station United Chest goal for 1959 has been spt at $13,150, which is slightly lower than last year’s goal. The fund drive will be conducted Nov. 1-15 with E. L. Angell head ing the A&M System drive; H. E. Burgess the College Station drive; and Irvin Lloyd, the Federal Agen cies. “One day’s pay. . .the United way” has been adopted as the campaign slogan, according to Hervey. The same 14 agencies which par ticipated in the United effort last year are participating again this year with no new agencies joining, he said. The agencies participating and the 1959-60 budget amounts are as follows: College Station Commun ity House, Inc., $300; College Sta tion Youth Facilities Council, $400; College Station YMCA, $400; Col lege Station Recreation Council, $1,550; Brazos Valley Crippled Children’s Therapy Center, $1,500; Brazos County Youth Counseling Service, $600; Bryan-College Sta tion Girl Scouts Area Council, $2,450; Gonzales Warm Springs, $300; American Red Cross, $1,600; Texas United Fund, $250; Boy Scouts of America, $2,000; College Station Local Charity Fund, $750; Salvation Army, $750; and Brazos County Hospital Fund, $300. Election Highlights Initial Council Meet The Arts and Sciences Council held its first meeting of the year last night in the Social Room of the Memorial Student Center, highlighted by the election of of ficers and discussion of some of the proposed areas of interest of the organization for the coming year. ‘■•V* <••>■■■ \aJ. a. HP w ' ' '*** v 4 ■ ■m. The Smile That Won Rose Ann Annaratone, newly-selected Ag- night. The dance, one of several activities gie Sweetheart, listens to Class of ’60 Presi- of the weekend at TWU, was held in a ball- dent Allen Burns in between dances at the room of the TWU Dining Hall, formal selection ball in Denton Saturday