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Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1959
Number 11
Kyle Seating Sectors
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Same as Last Year
YMCA Remodeling
Remodeling of the third floor of YMCA the building which will eventually house
moved into initial stages yesterday with the placement office, the short course of-
the removing of furniture. Air conditioning fice, the development fund office and the
will also be installed on the third floor of college information office.
MS C Revisions Partially
Account for Fee Increase
By JACK HARTSFIELD
Battalion Staff Writer
(Editor’s Note: This is the final
in a series of articles by the Bat
talion explaining what the $17.35
compulsory student services fee
is being used for. Included in the
fee were funds to the College Hos
pital, the Memorial Student Cen
ter and the Intramurals program.)
Consolidation of the former De
partment of Student Activities
with the student program services
in the Memorial Student Center
and an important and vital MSC
budget revisions brought on by
policy changes in the Texas Leg
islature partially accounts for
the three-way increase in student
services to $17.35 this year.
Last year, the MSC received
$2 per student from the Memorial
Student Center fee paid, as estab
lished by vote of the A&M stu
dent body and the Texas Legis
lature four year ago. Due to the re
visions carried out this summer,
registering students last month
paid a $4 increase specifically des
ignated to the Center. This amount
was included in the total student
services fee.
The natural question for stu
dents who noticed the increase
would be “Why was the increase
necessary and what is it being
used for?”
The MSC is divided into four
correlated programs. These in
clude the MSC student programs,
and other campus student activi
ties, the facilities department and
the business department. Only the
first three of these were effected
by the budget revision.
Breaking down approximate
amounts per student received by
the Center show that the campus
student activities and recreation
groups received $2.75; the MSC
student program received $2; and
the facilities department received
$1.25.
The Texas Legislature’s state
appropriations previously paid for
the support of student activities
and recreation. However, this
year the state appropriations for
this purpose were revised. The
rule now stands that the Legisla
ture will not support this program
on the basis that it is not a re
sponsibility of the State to ap
propriate funds for “non-educa-
tional” programs.
Since this one program requires
funds totaling approximately $36,-
000 per year to continue active,
';he $2.75 out of the student serv
ices fee was set for the support
if campus student activities and
ecreation.
The MSC student program also
depends on funds from the stu-
Choir, Band Opens
Tiger Assemblies
By RUSSELL BROWN
CHS Correspondent
The initial appearances of the
1959 A Capella choir and the A&M
Consolidated Dance Band marked
the opening of assemblies at Tiger-
land Tuesday.
Under the direction of Frank
Coulter and the announcing of
President Mike Gay, the choir pre
sented three numbers to the entire
high school student body. The 90-
voice group sang Handel’s “Thanks
Be to Thee.” “The Bells of St.
Mary’s” and a Negro spiritual
“Who’ll Be a Witness for My
Lord?”
The Dance Band, under the guid
ance of Band Director Jim Atkins,
followed with “Mrs. Pitlack’s Re
grets,” “Mountain Green” and
“Blues Progress,” a number writ
ten and arranged by trumpet play
er Jay Pruitt.
Following the musical highlight,
Mrs. Ermine Worrell, Mrs. A. R.
Orr and principal E. P. Ozment
presented awards for the Inter
scholastic League District and Re
gional Literary events of last year.
Track Coach Art Bright pre
sented the awards for his track-
sters in district, regional and state
playoffs before Ozment did like
wise for tennis and golf winners.
The final item in the assembly
was the presentation of the semi
finalists in the National Merit
Award Scholarships from A&M
Consolidated. John Calhoun, How
ard Mitchell and Bruce Thompson
are among the top 10,000 students
in the nation from 550,000 partici
pants and 14,500 schools. These
three boys will take another exam
Dec. 5 to determine the finalists.
Ozment went on to point out
the fifteen freshman students of
last year that are among the state’s
top 9 per cent in scholastic av
erage as proven by tests taken last
year. David Bailey, Lane Coulter,
Carla Denison, Bob Guthrie, Fur
man Isbell, Shirley Lorenz, Lynn
Roy La Motte, Linda McGuire,
Ruth McNeil, Richard Rassmussen,
Annette Robinson, Jody Rush, Sal-
lie Shephard, Richard Storms and
Russell Welch all received certifi
cates from Ozment in recognition.
dent seiwices fee. This program
includes all student committees
responsible to the MSC Council
and Directorate. Funds from the
increased fee will give $30,000 per
year to maintain, support of this
program.
Receiving the remaining $1.25
of the student services fee is the
physical facilities department.
This money will be used for day-
to-day operating expenses of the
Center and to replenish existing
physical facilities of the MSC, the
Music Hall and Guion Hall.
Looking at the overall picture,
the MSC calls for approximately
$122,000 for maintaining physical
facilities. Of this amount, the
state dmectly appropriates $41,000
to the Center; $10,000 each year
comes in from MSC rental charges
of rooms, banquets and other sim
ilar activities; plus the $20,000
from the student services fee.
This leaves an amount of $51,-
000 which must be transfered from
businesses of the Center.
The 1959-60 fiscal year calls for
an estimated $55,000 cleared by
the business operations to meet
the $122,000 amount needed, leav
ing a cushion of only $4,000.
The two-million dollar Memorial
Student Center, acclaimed one of
the most beautiful Student Unions
of the 200 such organizations in
the world, is a BIG BUSINESS!
Mrs. Terry
Takes Absence
Of MSC Post
Mrs. Emalita Newton Terry,
Art advisor and instructor of the
Memorial Student Center, is tak
ing a year’s leave of absence, ac
cording to Wayne Stark, MSC Di
rectorate.
Mrs. Terry came to A&M in
1948 when her husband, Ralph Ter
ry, a World War II veteran, de
cided to return to school for a
master’s degree in Rural Sociology.
One of the outstanding artists
in the South, Mrs. Terry began
the Creative Arts Committee in
October, 1949. Three college stu
dents asked her to give sketching
instructions. Cooler weather came
along and the group was allowed
the use of a vacant room on the
fourth floor of Bizzell Hall, now
used as a dormitory. Furnishings
in the Bizzell studio were stools
and boards placed across Coke
cases for tables. Out of this hum
ble beginning grew the present
group of artists, sculptors and
craftsmen producing award win
ning works of art, and one of the
most active painting groups in the
state.
This year Mrs. Terry won the
top award for her water soluble
painting that she entered in the
National Assn, of Women Artists,
Inc., in New York. The painting
won highest honors out of 300
painting that wei-e selected to be
put on exhibition. The National
Assn, of Women Artists, Inc., has
a membership of approximately
1,000 (membership is by juried in
vitation). Only about eight Tex
ans have been invited as members.
Mrs. Terry was born in San An
gelo, Tex., and received her Art
Degree from Howai’d Payne Col
lege in Brownwood. She had pri
vate art study with Will Stevens
of New Orleans, La.; Adele Brunet,
New York City and Dallas, Tex.;
Anthony DeYotmg, San Antonio,
Tex; Jose Arpa, San Antonio, Se
ville, Spain; and Xavier Gonzalez
of New York City.
She has exhibited in the National
Academy Gallery, New York City,
with the Grumbacher Watercolor
Technique Show on tour, as well
as with Houston Art League, Tex
as Fine Arts Assn, of Austin, Riv
er Art Show of San Antonio, Tex
as Water Color Society of San
Antonio and the Texas General of
San Angelo.
Mr. and Mrs. Terry make their
home at 401 Day St. in Bryan. Mr.
Terry owns and operates the Ter
ry’s Art Shop, Texas Ave. in Bryan
Corps Staff Takes:
Enforcement Task
The seating plan in effect at Kyle Field will be basically
the same as the plan used last year, Larry White, chairman
of the Student Senate Life Committee, said yesterday.
One major change will be in effect. Corps Staff will
have charge of enforcement of the Corps section of the seats
and the Civilian Student Council will be responsible for seat
ing Civilians. Both Corps Staff and the CSC will work with
the senate, said White.
Various cadet guard details will act as the representa
tive of Corps Staff in enforcing Corps seating, said White.
A total of 8,282 seats will be available for students and
their dates, said White. The seats will stretch from the 50-
•fyard line in the east stands
Civilian Group
Meets Tonight
A report from the Aggie Sweet
heart Selection Committee will
headline the discussion at the Ci
vilian Student Council meeting to
night at 7:15 in the Senate Cham
ber of the Memorial Student Cen
ter.
The meeting will be held at 7:15
instead of the usual 7:30 due to
the freshman football game to
night. Council members who are
interested in the game will, there
fore, have the opportunity to at
tend.
Other old business will consist
of a report on the Student Senate
meeting, a Registration Committee
report and report from the Park
ing Committee.
New business on tonight’s agen
da consists of a discussion of the
use of the All-Faith Chapel, Civil
ian Yell Leader, a review of reg
ulation for dormitory social events
and party suggestions for-civilian
dormitories.
Davis Finishes
Mammal Script
Dr. W. B. Davis, head of the
Department of Wildlife Manage
ment here has completed a man
uscript on the Mammals of Texas
which wil be published in book
form soon by the Texas Game and
Fish Commission. The book will
contain accounts of 138 native and
introduced mammals and will in
clude distributional maps, photo
graphs, and information on home
life, feeding habits, breeding hab
its and economic values.
Davis is one of the leading con
temporary mammalogists of North
America. In addition to the Mam
mals of Texas.
in
and extend to the halfway
mark on the north end zone
seats as in years past.
No one will be admitted in
the student seating section unless
they have a student activity card
or student date ticket, said White.
All students are also urged to
have their dates meet them in the
proper section of the stands to
avoid confusion, said White.
Students and their dates will be
expected to sit only in the seating
section reserved for the student’s
class.
Civilians will be admitted to
their respective sections by show
ing the Kyle Field Seating Cards
issued them when they paid their
student activities fees during regis
tration.
Ropes separating the sections
will be taken down after the kick
off as in the past, said White.
Seniors will have 3,000 seats
stretching from the 50-yard line
to the 15-yard line. These seats
include section 132, 131, 130 and
one-third of 129. Civilians and
graduate students will have seats
in this area from Row 22 to the
top of the stands. The band will
also be seated in this area.
Juniors will have seats from the
15-yard line to the goal line. The
1,500 seats allotted to the Class
of ’61 includes two-thirds of sec
tion 129 and section 128. Civilian
juniors will sit from Row 22 up
in the junior section.
A total of 3,782 seats have been
allotted to the freshmen and sopho
more in section 123-127. Civilian
freshmen and sophomores will sit
in seats in the section from Row
32 up. z
Seniors will enter through Ramps
Q and P. Juniors will use Ramp O
and sophomores will enter through
Ramp N. Ramp M will be used
by freshmen.
The civilian cards are pink for
seniors and graduate students,
white for juniors and blue for
freshmen and sophomores.
Yell Practice
Fables, Jokes
Eliminated
The Class of ’60 held a meeting
yesterday at 5 in the Chemistry
Lecture Room and voted to elimi
nate all fables and jokes of any
kind from midnight yell practice.
Head yell leader Joe Leeper,
along with the Yell Leader Com
mittee and senior class officers,
had decided previous to the meet
ing that the “spicy” form of fables
told in the past by the yell leaders
should be discontinued. They felt
the fables were not in good taste
and did not contribute to the true
purpose of yell practice.
A 20-minute discussion was held
previous to the vote in which the
merits of having “toned-down”
versions of fables were discussed.
A vote was then taken and it was
decided that fables would be elim
inated from midnight yell practice
entirely.
Class President Allen Burns said
that almost 90 per cent of those
attending the meeting voted in fa
vor of eliminating all forms of
fables.
“We felt that the pm-pose of
yell practice is to build and learn
true Aggie Spirit, not to tell
jokes,” Bums said.
“A few years ago fables were
not told by the yell leaders at any
yell practice. The “tradition” was
introduced at yell practice within
the last 5 or 6 years and we felt
it should be discontinued,” he
added.
Leeper announced at the meet
ing' that he would like to meet
Monday with anyone interested in
helping direct this year’s bonfire
for the purpose of planning early
operations.
Garner To Address
Chemical Society
Dr. Clifford S. Gamer, professor
in the Department of Chemistry
at the University of California,
will address the local section of
the American Chemical Society
Oct. 16 in the Chemistry Building.
The subject of his talk, to be
given at 7:45 p.m. in Room 231,
will be “Isotopic Tracers in Chem
ical Research.” In his address,
Garner will discuss chemical re
search problems involving radio
active and enriched stable-isotope
tracers.
'UvUV'*,
New Kyle Field Se ating Arrangement
. . effective Saturday at Un iversity of Houston contest