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Battalion Volume 59 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1959 Number 15 38th All-Aggie Rodeo Starts Next Thursday —Battalion Staff Photo Don’t Let Go Above is an example of the kind of rough above are trying their hand at the cow and tumble action that will take place at the saddling event. The rodeo will continue 38th annual All-Aggie Rodeo beginning through Saturday night of next week. This next Thursday night at 8. The cowboys picture was taken at last year’s rodeo. $75,000 Pledged for Construction FormerStudents Make Plans For Outdoor Swimming Pool By JACK HARTSFIELD Battalion Staff Writer Ever stop to think what it would be like to have an outdoor swim ming pool at Texas A&M? The Association of Former Stu dents have done more than think about R. They have pledged $75,- 000 toward making this dream come true. Planning to employ a three-stage appropriation, the As sociation will give $25,000 this year to the Development Fund for construction of an outdoor pool, followed by identical amounts to be donated in 1960 and 1961. J. B. (Dick) Hervey, ’42, execu tive secretary of the Association, said Wednesday, “It is conceivable that construction on the pool could begin as early as 1960. The loca tion has not been decided upon, but we anticipate that a local com mittee appointed by President Earl Rudder wil solve the question.” Six Months Use “If the project progresses as we expect it to, the pool would be equipped for use six months out of the year. Special heating- equipment would make this pos sible,” added Hervey. Plans have also been discussed to shelter the pool from the wind, making the pool usable in all ex cept the coldest weather, an esti mated ten months of the year. The present Downs pool and the new one will supplement each other perfectly, Hervey said. Downs will continue to be used for phys ical education classes, swimming- instruction and swimming teams. The proposed outdoor pool will be used for students and their guests. Pools Here Since ’94 Texas Aggies, like most men, have always tried to make full use of recreational facilities here at the college. Some type of swim ming pool has been on the campus for many years. It started 65 years'ago when the first natatorium -was built in 1894, where the present Engineering Building now stands. It wasn’t much by today’s standards, but it was the first most students of that day had ever seen and everyone was mighty proud of it. The first “Nat” was replaced in 1908 by a new and better one in the same location. It served until 1914. Swimming really came into its own in 1914 with completion of the YMCA building, featuring a pool in its basement. The pool was about 20 feet across and 50 feet long. The YMCA pool was used until about 1930. Downs Built in ’34 Built in 1934 near Kyle Field, and named for well-loved “Pinky” Downs, the P. L. Downs Jr. Nata torium came upon the scene. Since that time, thousands have contin ued to use it each year for swim ming instruction, meets, and phys ical education classes. The association has been respon sible for many campus projects. In 1949, they provided funds to build the beautiful 18-hole campus golf course. In 195i the Memorial Student Center was completed. In 1958 built the Interfaith Chapel thi-ough donations of members of the former students. “This year our big project is an outdoor swimming pool,” said Tom Murrah, ’38, president of the as sociation, “to give students of to morrow something a little better . . .as someone made it better for us.” Service Team Here Today To Rate A&M A joint Air Force-Army inspec tion team will be on the campus today jmd tomorrow to determine whether A&M will be classified as a military college again this year, Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant, said today. The Air Force team will be headed by Col. Grayde Jonen, in spector general for the Air Force ROTS. Lt. Col. James T. Frantz, provost marshal for the Air Force ROTC, is the second man on the team. Both men are from Max well AFB, Ala. Col. Melvin C. Brown and Lt. Col. Robert R. Kemm will make up the Army team. The inspectors will view the Corps, paying particular attention to dress and the manner in which cadets conduct theinselves, Col. Davis said. A good rating would mean that A&M would continue to be classi fied as a military college. This enables the school to receive double uniform commutation, said. Col. Davis. A civilian school i-eceives $25 for every freshman and sophomore enrolled in basic ROTC, and $100 for each student who 1 signs an ad vanced contract. A military school receives double this amount. Last year, all Corps students received the double money with the exception of fall athletes and day students. The inspection to determine the schools rating is held every year within thirty days of the school’s opening, said Col. Davis. Bridge Poses Little Problem SEATTLE —(A 5 )— The yell “low bridge” didn’t bother skipper Charley Ackley of the 86-foof ship Nunivak. He borrowed a saw from a tug boat. Off came three feet from the top of his mast. Then he steamed under the Bal lard Bridge, closed to ship move ments along the Lake Washington ship canal during the 4 to 6 p.m. auto traffic rush hour. Ackley, 30, explained that he wanted to reach a fuel dock on the other side of the bridge which closed at 5 p.m. With Shep Fields and His Orchestra Four Lads Set for Town Hall One of the most popular groups ever to appear on the campus, The Four Lads, will again take the Melcher Requests Names of Foreign Visitors in Area Persons having distingmshed visitors from foreign countries visit them in Bryan, College Sta tion or on the campus are asked to contact Robert L. Melcher, for eign student adviser, prior to their arrival. Melcher requests this informa tion in order that he may arrange for students from the visitor’s country to meet him and have a chance to visit with him. In cases where several students are from the visitor’s country, a reception may be ax-ranged, said Melcher. spotlight of Town Hall Monday night at 8 in G. Rollie White Coli seum. > Backed by Shep (Rippling Rhy thm) Fields and his orchestra,, the Columbia recording stars will open the first Town Hall series of the year. The Four Lads, with pei’haps the exception of the Kingston Trio, are considered the most popular of many singing groups to appear on trie campus. The group has had more than 24 hit records, 6 albums and tele vision appearances on evefy major show on the air including Perry Como, Steve Allen, Tony Bennett and Dave Garroway. Their hit records include “Stand ing on the Cornei-,” ”No Not Much,” “Moments to Remember,” “Who Needs You,” “Down by the Riverside,” “Skokiaan” and many others. Seniors will most remember the Four Lads when they made their first appeax-ance at Town Hall on Api’il 29, 1957. Not very old as a team at this time, the group von Vesper Services Scheduled Tuesday Vesper services will be held Tuesday night in the Interfaith Chapel at 7:05 p.m. under the di rection of 2nd Wing Chaplain Bob Compton, according to Bill Shen- kir, president of the YMCA Cabi net. Ten minutes of the evening serv ice will be spqnt on the main thought of the day, while the re maining ten minutes 'will be spent on silent reflection and meditation of the happenings of the day, said Shenkir. Anyone interested in giving a vesper service or speaking at one. should contact Compton or sign-up on the calendar in the YMCA Cabi net Room. Three-Night Show Sla tes Eigh tEven ts> By DAVE STOKER . Battalion Managing Editor If Aggie cowboys seem a bit nervous now, they have good reason to be. The 38th annual A11-Aggie Rodeo opens on the campus a week from today, Thursday, Oct. 22. The rough and tumble show i^ scheduled for three nights next week, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Each show will begin at 8 p. m. in the Aggie Arena. Sponsored by the Saddle and Sirloin Club in conjunc tion with the A&M Rodeo Club, the 38th affair will feature five standard rodeo events. These events are bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, calf roping, steer wrestling and the ever- dangerous bull riding. Ribbon roping will also be featured. Freshman Loss Remains Low The nximber of freshmen leaving school is still running below last year’s figure, according to statis tics released Wednesday by Ben nie A. Zinn, director of the De- pax-tment of Student Affairs. Zinn’s figures show thieugh the thix-d week of classes, 59 freshmen have left school as compared with 98 through the same period last year. The figure includes 55 Corps freshmen and 4 civilian freshmen this year and 96 Corps fx-eshmen and 2 civilian freshmen last year. Dean of Students James P. Han- nigan said Wednesday that a new procedure for freshmen to follow in resigning from school has been instituted. Now a freshman must start his check-out procedure with Hannigan first and then talk to the dean of his academic school. He said several freshmen who had at first indicated that they planned to leave have stayed after having talks with Hannigan or their academic dean. 4 Along with these events, two new events have been added to the ticket in intra mural cow saddling and pig scrambling. Intramural points will be awarded to winning out fits in these events. According to Bobby Bennett, Rodeo Club reporter, cow saddling is “where about 10 cows are turned out and cowboy teams catch a cow, saddle it and ride it across a desig nated line.” “In pig scrambling,” Bennet said, “the stock is turned out and teams scx-amble for them, get one and then carry it back to the starting point. The fix-st man back to the starting point is winner.” Members of the rodeo team who will be competing for px-izes are Bennett, Philip Cox, John Baker, Jam^ Waldrop, Bobby Sims, Jim King, Keith Kidwell, Eddie Rosen- berger and Andy Bond. Cox took bareback riding honors at the show four years ago. Baker won the ribbon roping contest last year. Doyle McSpadden, A&M’s cham pion all-around Intercollegiate Ro deo Assn, cowboy, recently had a (See RODEO on Page 3) State Colleges Show Increase In Enrollment A&M was one of 13 state-sup- poifed colleges and univex-sities showing inci'eases in enrollment this yeai\ Five of the state’s 18 tax-supported schools reported de creases. The Texas Commission on High er Education said enrollment is up 5.6 per cent for the full-time stu dents. A survey showed that 84,642 students entex-ed this fall as com pared to 80,932 for 1958. Com mission officials said the increase overall isp' 4.9 per cent, but the full-time student increase is 5.6 per cent. Colleges suffering decreases wex-e Tarleton State, 65; Prairie View A&M, 31; West Texas State, 17; Stephen F. Austin State, 49; and Sul Ross State, 45. Inci'eases included A&M, 14; Univex-sity of Texas, 650; Texas Western, t 97; Arlington State, 1,449; Texas Tech, 98; North Tex as, 244; Lamar Tech, 98; Texas A&I, 90; Texas Woman’s Univer sity, 119; Texas Southern, 179; East Texas State, 203; Sam Hous ton State, 536; and Southwest Texas State, 14. Subsistence Checks Arrive Next Month Bennie A. Zinn, veterans advis er, has announced that subsistence checks for veterans and oi’phans attending A&M under the G. I. Bill for September will be mailed on or after Oct. 31. All subse quent checks will arrive on the 20th of each month. ' - ’ A i a place in the heax-ts of the Aggies with their fine singing and clown ing. They were backed then by Hal McIntyre and his orchestx-a. The four began their recording career by backing up such singing stars as Johnny Ray, Frankie Laine Doris Day, Jill Corey and Tony Arden. Entertaining in such clubs as New York’s Copacabana and Giro’s in Hollywood, the group is now in great demand across the nation. Other Town Hall shows on sched ule are “The Most Happy Fella,” Nov. 3; Fi’ed Waring’s “Stereo Festival,” Nov. 23; and “Vienna on Parade,” Feb. 11. Town Hall Student Activity tickets will be honored Monday night. Tickets can be purchased in the Memoi’ial Student Center or at the door Monday. Tickets ai’e $1 for high school and elementai’y students and $3 (reseiwed) and $2.50 (general admission) for adults. At First Town Hall Show The Fabulous Four Lads, television and re cording stars, wjll appear in G. Rollie White Coliseum Monday night at 8 to kick-off this year’s Town Hall series. It will be the second appearance at A&M for the group. They will be backed by Shep Fields and his or chestra. \