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The Battalion
Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1959
Number 10
Summer Repair
Gives New Look
To Civilian Dorms
A&M civilian students returned
this fall to find their dormitories
glowing with a “look of brand
new” due to the repair work done
throughout the summer.
Mitchell, Milner, Leggett,' Law,
Turyear and BizZell Halls have all
received major repairs, according
to Howard W. Badgett, manager
of the Office of Physical Plants.
“We have repaired everything
in the dormitories that needed it,”
Badgett said. “The repairs com
sisted mainly of repainting and
plastering.”
Along with repainting, most of
the dormitories have been equipped
with rebuilt mattresses and new
furniture.
Bizzell Hall is still under repair,
but the work is expected to be
completed soon. The Housing Of
fice had not planned to use Bizzell
to house students this fall but due
to increased enrollment of civilian
students, the dormitory was need
ed.
Painting took place in Bizzell
the first week of school and the
work of the painters made it in
convenient for some students.
However, most of the painting is
completed and the students in Biz
zell are pleased with the job and
believe it was well worth the incon
venience.
Acoustical tile has been added
to the corridors of Bizzell and Leg
gett. Leggett has been improved
in lighting and light above the lav
atories have been installed in Biz
zell.
New study tables have been
placed in Leggett, Milner and Pur-
year, Badgett added.
The outside of Mitchell and Leg
gett has been painted and the win
dow sills on the south half of Leg
gett have been raised.
Window sills along the west half
of Milnef have been raised also.
For safety purposes the east en
trance of Milner has been closed,
Badgett added.
In Mitchell Hall floors have been
leveled and leakage along the
walls has been fixed and new
springs have been placed in the
dorm. The toilets and showers in
Bizzell have been rebuilt and wa
ter proofed masonry walls have
been installed along the west wing
of Bizzell.
The entrance steps to the Leg
gett Hall lounge have also been
repaired, and the grounds around
Leggett have been reworked with
new soil and drainage.
Venetian blinds are now in all
civilian dormitories and floors have
been waxed and polished and win
dows have been washed, Badgett
added.
“There is still a lot of work to
be done,” Badgett said. He said
the amount, of work done depended
upon the funds available and point
ed out that the money for repairs
came from the rent paid by the
students.
Plans are being made now to
repair Walton and Hart Halls next
summer, and a study is being made
of how to improve the lighting in
the corridors of the dormitories.
At the first Civilian Student
Council meeting, Robert O. Murray
Jr., Civilian Adviser, in voicing
his opinion of the dormitory re
pairing said that “the dorms now
look better than they did when
they were brand new.” At that
meeting the members chose to
draft a letter of thanks to Bad
gett for the “fine work done on
the civilian dormitories.”
All students have been warned
to respect and take care of the
dormitories. In order to keep the
new paint respectable looking, stu
dents especially have been asked
not to tape printed material on the
walls.
In cases where the paint or prop
erty is damaged, charges for the
damages will be levied against the
guilty party.
Girls, Band Top Rue Pinalle
Songs by beautiful girls and mu
sic by four bands will hold the
limelight this weekend when the
Memorial Student Center Dance
Committee presents this year's
first Cafe Rue Pinalle and Mid
night in New Orleans dances.
Barbara Gibbs, a senior at Ste
phen F. Austin High School, and
Marcia Ransom, freshman at the
University of Texas, will be the
vocal stars for this year’s premiere
of Rue Pinalle, to be held Friday
night in the lower level of the
MSC from 8 until Midnight Yell
Practice.
Following the University of
Houston game, Saturday night,
the committee will present a Mid
night in New Orleans dance. This
late evening entertainment will
feature The Aggieland Combo
playing popular music in the Ball
room, Richard Smith’s Band with
rock ’n’ roll music in the lower
level, Dave Woodard's Combo
playing progressive music in the
Serpentine Lounge and Carlton
Norris’s Band playing western mu
sic in the Assembly Room.
Soph Returnees Increase;
First Time in. Three Years
Figures Show Over
Half Rack for Fall
The percentage of freshmen who returned for their
sophomore year was increased this year for the first time
in three years.
Of the 1,753 members of the Class of ’62 who entered
A&M in September, 1958, there were 97G—a percentage of
55.7 per cent—who returned this fall.
The figures were made public in a memorandum re
leased by Director of Admissions and Registrar H. L. Hea
ton.
Heaton’s report shows that since the freshman class
that registered in September, 1948, the returning percena-
age has shown an overall decline.
The smallest returning per
centage was when the Class
of ’61 returned 48.0 per cent
— 958 out of 2,002 who en
tered as freshmen — in Sep
tember, 1958.
Overall average for the 11-year
period covered ip Heaton’s report
is 59.5 per cent.
The largest percentage of re
turning sophomores was the re
turn made by the first class cover
ed in the report. Of the 1,503
freshmen who entered in Septem
ber, 1948, there were 1,034 who re
tuned in September, 1949, for a
percentage of 68.8.
Greatest decreases were shown
during the years 1954-55 when the
Corps was non-compulsory.
Included in the drop-outs are
those students who leave from the
date of registration during their
freshman year until registration at
the beginning of the sophomore
year.
Town Hall Ticket
Sale Opens Today
Town Hall non-student season
tickets went on sale this morning
at the Memorial Student Center
cashier’s window on a first come,
first serve basis.
Reseiwe seat ducats sell for $9
while general admission tickets
cost $7. Single performance tick
ets, at $3 and $2.50 respectively,
are not yet on sale.
Pete Hardesty, student organi
zations adviser, related that a def
inite plan hasn’t been established
for the distribution of single per
formance tickets.
The season tickets cover the en
tire Town Hall schedule.
Students and Visitors
Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Lloyd, right, look on
while Bill James (foreground) and Doug
Yauger, left, discuss free-lance art work of
Harvey Schmidt, celebrated New York City
artist, now on display in the Memorial Stu- .
—Battalion Staff Photo
View Art Exhibit
dent Center. The exhibit is the only show
ing Schmidt expects to present in Texas
this year. The public MSC exhibit will/ run
through Oct. 15.
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Bader Relates
Arctic Jaunt
To Kiwanians
The College Station Kiwanis
Club heard Dr. Richard G. Bader,
associate professor bf oceanog
raphy and meteorology at A&M, re
late one of the most unusual per
sonal experience talks ever given
before the group at the regular
weekly meeting held in the Me
morial Student Center Ballroom
Tuesday noon.
Bader, who was in charge of the
1954 Canadian Arctic Expedition,
told of his four-month adventure
in the cold wastelands, far north
of Canada.
Using a movie filmed near the
Arctic by the expedition, he de
scribed the complete desolation
felt by members of the team, yet
held spellbound by the beautiful
wonders of nature. Seeing the
“land of the midnight sun” where
complete darkness is unknown is.
a sight to long be remembered, he
added.
The expedition, which was con
ducted primarily for military pur
poses, moved northward first by
air, then by sea. When it became
an impossibility for the sturdy ice
breakers to cut through the packed
ice, Bader and his two associate
explorers turned to the only other
means of transportation—by foot.
One of his celebrated fellow ex
plorers was Col. Joe Fletcher, for
whom Fletcher Island located near
the Arctic Circle was named.
Reminiscing of his most unusual
experience while on the expedition,
Bader told of being lost for two
days. When asked how it felt to
know that you are lost in such a
desolate location, Bader answered,
“You feel pretty lonely.”
Mrs. W. D. Hardesty serves punch to three
of the more than 30 student leaders who
held an informal get-together with Presi
dent Earl Rudder last night. The group
included Corps, Student Senate, Civilian
Student Council and class representatives.
—Battalion Staff Photo
Refreshments for Leaders
Purposes of the meetings are to give the
leaders an opportunity to express their
views to President Rudder. Following the
group discussion, refreshments were served
at President Rudder’s home.
More Than $6,000
MSC Council Approves
Budget for Committees
By JACK HARTSFIELD
Battalion Staff Writer
The Memorial Student Center
Council approved $6,177.80 in bud
gets for committees sponsored by
the MSC Monday evening at the
second session of the Council held
in the MSC rear-dining room.
Budgets approved were bowling
committee—$500; bridge commit
tee—$38; Browsing Library com
mittee—$375; Camera committee—
$231; creative arts committee—
$605; music committee—$340; pub
lic relations committee—$1153.80;
amateur radio committee—$120;
and table tennis committee—$55:
Revolving funds for self-sup
porting committees approved in
cluded “Cafe Rue Pinalle” commit
tee; dance class eommitjtee; crea
tive arts committee; special dance
committee; film society committee;
Intercollegiate Talent Show com
mittee; SCONA V committee; am
ateur radio committee; and the re
cital series committee.
Previous approved budgets by
the Council earlier in the year tal
lied the remaining amount. These
include the recital series commit
tee—$100; Flying Kadets—$155;
directorate — $1,235; Council —
$1,120; and the house committee—
$150.
Repetition of several committees
in the above paragraphs can be
attributed to the necessity of cer
tain committees being allowed
more than one budget from which
to draw funds.
Also on the agenda was the elec
tion of student representatives
from the senior, junior and sopho
more classes.
Named to fill these posts on the
Council were Weldon “Bo” Lee,
senior representative; Ronny
Hampton, junior representative;
and Pat Crouch, sophomore repre
sentative.
One directorate post still re
mains vacant. According to Ron
ald Buford, president of the Stu
dent Council and Directorate, the
house committee chairman post has
yet to be filled. Applications are
now being accepted in the direc
torate office.
Buford presided qt the two-hour
meeting.
Others serving on the council are
Rush McGinty, vice president of
the Council; Hiram French, hon
orary vice president; Johnny John
son, Battalion representative;
Travis Wegenhoft, Student Senate
representative; and Clyde Whit-
well and Dennis Ryan, representa
tives from the directorate.
^Harrington to Speak at Banquet
73 Selected New Volunteers
Seventy-three Corps juniors out
of one hundred and six applicants
have been selected as Ross Volun
teer members according to Wade
Dover, Deputy Corps Commander
and this year’s commander of the
Ross Volunteers.
An address by Di\ M. T. Har
rington will be the feature of the
Initiation Banquet that will be held
Tuesday, Oct. 13, in the Ballroom
of the Memorial Student Center.
The Ross Volunteers, organized
in 1886, is the elite drill unit and
honor guard of A&M. Among its
many honorary and official duties
is acting as honor guard for the
Governor of Texas and marching
the Mardi Gras.
Dover went on to say that he
felt that many outstanding cadets
had been chosen this year and that
the stiff grade point requirements
had been relaxed in some cases due
to outstanding leadership traits
and character.
Those selected are:
David Anderson, Gernot W. Ar
nold, James S. Austin, David J.
Bailey, Harvey D. Barber, Daniel
E. Bauer, and Roger N. Blakeney.
David R. Blue, Malcolm F. Bol
ton, Donald F. Boron, Marvin J.
Bridges, Herbert H. Cambell, Shel
ton J. Champagne, and Anton E.
Coy.
William R. Crockett, William L.
Cunningham, Kenneth J. Demel,
Irwin S. Dierking, Aubrey C. El
kins, Jr. and Walt M. Fagan.
Ernest E. Figari, Jack D. Floyd,
Walter R. Frazier, James S. Gal
latin, Martin E. Garcia, Jay M.
Gardner, and Jerry I. Gilliland.
Ronnie Hampton, John N. Har
rington, James L. Haygood, Syd
ney N. Heaton, Rodney W. Hebert,
William R. Howerton, and Fred
B. Hudspeth.
Allen C. Johnson, Glenn A. Jones,
Guy W. Keeling, Rodney W. Kelly,
Three Aggie Grads
Finish Basic Course
A&M graduates have recently
completed the officer basic course
at The Infantry School, Fort Ben-
ning, Georgia.
Second Lt. Richard D. Hubbard,
’59; Second Lt. Charles C. Martin
Jr., ’59; and Second Lt. James R.
Groves, ’58 joined with other newly
commissioned officers who have
not yet served with troops for the
ten-week course. During the
John V. Kitowski, James C. La-
Grone, and Brantley G. Laycock.
Merle P. Mahaney, Mark Majors
III, Bobby McDaniels, William F.
McFarland, Scott S. McKay, John
M. McMullen, and George R.
Meadows.
Kenneth W. Moore, Danny D.
Murdock, Don M. Ogg, Douglas
F. Olbrich, Donald G. Patton, Paul
J. Phillips, Richard M. Powell and
Revedy C. Ray III.
Charles H. Rollins, Jr., Roy E.
Spencer, Larry C. Sudderth, Ed
ward A. Todd, Bobby D. Under
wood, Richard W. Vander Stucken,
and David L. Woelter.
George W. Vogt, Gerald J. Wal
la, Joseph C. Wheeler, Walter R.
Willms, John A. Winship, Edmund
P. Winston, and Winburn N. Wynn.
Vernon L. Yanta and Douglas
B. Yauger.