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.
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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.
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