Lyndon B. Johnson Visits Aggieland
The Battalion
Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1959
Number 23
Breakfast Will
Kick Off Chest
’59 Fund Drive
The College Station United
Chest Fund Drive for $13,150 will
be kicked off with a breakfast on
Nov. 2.
The 7:00 a.m. meal in the Ball
room of the Memorial Student
Center will bring together about
100 people including all commit-
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Chest Drive
Aids Local,
Funds
County
(Editor’s note: This is the
fourth in a series of articles
on the College Station United
Chest. The articles deal with
the 14 agencies participating
in the drive Nov. 1-15)
Today’s article deals with the
following agencies:
1. Brazos County Hospital Fund
$300, 2. Brazos County Youth
Counseling Service $600 and 3.
College Station Local Chest Chari
ty Fund $750.
The Brazos County Hospital
Fund is used to pay the hospital
costs for needy patients. The fund
pays all expenses up to a maximum
of $125. Doctors render their serv
ices without fee, while the hospi
tals absorb expenses in excess of
payment. Thus, hospital, doctor
and Chest unit is providing medical
attention for those who otherwise
fannot pay for it.
The Brazos County Youth Coun
seling Service, an agency which is
participating in the amount of
$600, provides a professional coun
seling service for childi-en and
young people 18 and under, trou
bled by emotional, adjustment or
personality problems. The service
is equally for the child and for his
parents, since children do not or
dinarily recognize their own prob
lems. Operating expenses and
salaries for this program come
from the Cities of College Station
and Bryan and from the Bryan and
College Station United Chests. It
is estimated that $14,100 will he
needed in 1960 to administer the
program which has grown from 40
cases in 1958 to 77 cases in 1959.
The local charity fund of College
Station is administered by a sub
committee of your United Chest
Committee. This fund is used for
contingent charity needs as well
as others not specifically filled by
some other agency.
The College Station United Chest
is headed by J. B. “Dick” Hervey.
Drive Chairmen are E. L. Angell,
A&M College System; H. E. Bur
gess, City Drive Chairman; and
Irvin Lloyd, federal agencies.
Tomorrow’s article will conclude
the series on the College Station
United Chest.
Agriculture Group
Helps in Building
New Onion Dryer
In cooperation with the Depart
ment of Plant Physiology and Pa
thology, A&M, the Lockwood Con
veyor Corp. at Hereford, Texas,
has designed and built a 576,000
BTU gas-fired infrared onion drier.
The drier has a capacity of 350
bags of onions per hour.
Gas-fired infrared- drying ^sys
tems are showing promise for sev
eral agricultuarl commodities, rice
being one of them, according to
Dr. D. W. Rosberg, associate pro
fessor in the A&M Department of
Plant Physiology and Pathology,
and Dr. H. W. Schroeder of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture.
tees, department chairmen and
workers.
The meeting will climax the
planning, publicity and prepara
tion for the Nov. 2-15 Chest Drive
campaign. Brief talks will be made
by Vice Chancellor E. L. Angell
of the A&M College System, head
of the campus drive; by H.' E.
Burgess, chairman of the College
Station solicitation; and by Irvin
Lloyd, head of the drive among
federal agencies. J. B. “Dick” Her
vey, general chairman, will pi’e-
side at the breakfast meeting.
“One Day’s Pay — the United
Way” has been established as the
official 1959 Campaign slogan.
The United Chest is a community
endeavor combining 14 drives for
funds into one. In keeping with
past practices, the United Chest
Committee suggests that persons
make their contributions where
they work.
The 14 agencies which are rep
resented in the 1959 Fund Drive
and the amount apportioned to
each is as follows:
1. College Station Local Chest
Charity Fund — $750. 2. College
Station Community House Incoi--
porated — $300. 3. College Station
Youth Facilities Committee—$400,
4. College Station YMCA — $400.
5. College Station Recreation Cou-
cil — $1,500, 6. Brazos County
Crippled Children’s Therapy Cen
ter — $1,500, 7. Brazos County
Hospital Fund — $300, Brozas
Hospital Fund — $300, Brazos
County Youth Counseling Service
— $600, 9. Salvation Army —
$750, 10. Bryan-College Station
Girl Scouts Area Council—$2,450,
11. Boy Scouts of America—$2,000,
12. Gonzales Warm Springs —
$300, 13. American Red Cross —
$1,600, 14. Texas United Fund —
$250.
The budget was studied by pub
lic hearing Sept. 29, and was a-
dopted Oct. 1 by the. College Sta
tion United Chest Committee. The
Committee is composed of the
following persons: Angell, H. E.
Burgess, Don Dale, R. H. Davis,
John S. Denison, Lee Duewall,
David Fitch, Gibb Gilchrist, F. W.
Hensel, Jr., Mrs. Raymond Hite,
R. L. Hunt, Mrs. John Hays, Dale
Leipper, Mrs. R. E. Patterson, Ir
vin Lloyd, K. A. Manning, Taylor
Reidel and Hervey, general chair
man.
United Chest Officials
J. B. ‘Dick Hervey, standing, points out
a United Chest item to his three campaign
chairmen. Seated left to right are E. L.
Angell, who heads the A&M College System
drive; Irvin Lloyd in charge of federal
agencies; and H. E. Burgess, chairman of
the College Station drive. Hervey is General
Chairman of the College Station United
Chest. The Campaign will be launched with
a breakfast Nov. 2, seeking to raise a budget
of $13,150. Officials hope to conclude the
drive by Nov. 15.
SC ON A Committee
Names Delegates
Jimmy C. Smith, Squadron 10
junior, and Walter R. Willms, Con
solidated Band Sgt. Maj., have been
named by a selection committee of
the Fifth Student Conference on
National Affairs to represent A&M
at the Tenth Student Conference
on United States Affairs to be held
at West Point, N. Y., Dec. 2-5.
In addition to participating in
the conference, the two representa
tives from A&M will evaluate the
We\st Point’s SCUSA and formu
late ideas to improve next year’s
SCONA.
Jarrel Gibbs, SCONA V chair
man, explained that delegates to
the conference at the U. S. Mili
tary Academy are chosen from the
junior class each year so their
ideas can be used for future
SCONA meetings.
Smith and Willms will leave by
Novelist Speaks Tonight
The Browsing Library Committee of the Memorial Student
Center will host guest speaker Elmer Kelton, winner of the
1958 Western Writers Assn, of America Spur Award for
the best Western novel of the year, at an open meeting of
the group tonight. The meeting will be held in the MSC
Assembly Room at 7:45 p. m. There will be no admission
charge.
plane Nov. 30, returning to the
campus in time for the opening ses
sion of SCONA V on Dec. 9. A
portion of their expenses will be
paid by the college.
SCONA representatives will also
be sent to the Air Force Academy
Assembly and Principia College’s
Public Affairs Conference later in
the year.
Vegetable Growers
Slate Conference
At Exposition
One of the features of San An
tonio’s eighth annual South Texas
Vegetable Day Exposition, Nov.
12-14, will be a conference of vari
ous state vegetable growers associ
ations.
Purpose of the session, which
will start at 1 p.m. the first day
and continue through Nov. 14, will
be to discuss mutual problems,
ideas and opportunities in the veg
etable production industry.
J. D. Prewit, association direc
tor of the Texas Agricultural Ex
tension Service at College Station,
called special attention to a meet
ing Nov. 13, when a discussion will
be held to consider forming one
statewide vegetable growers asso
ciation.
The conference will be held at
the Hilton Hotel.
Prewit said Gov. Price Daniel
has issued a proclamation declar
ing Nov. 9-14 Vegetable Week in
Texas.
Auditions for Aggie
Talent Show Slated
Early Next Month
All Aggies interested in partici
pating in the 8th annual Aggie
Talent Show to be held Dec. 8 in
Guion Hall must register in the
MSC Directorate office for an au
dition before Nov. 9.
Auditions will be held Nov. 10-
11,’with sevexal acts to be selected
for the show. The winning act will
represent A&M in the 9th annual
Intercollegiate Talent Show to he
held Mar. 11 in G. Rollie White
Coliseum.
All types of comedy routines,
dancers, combos and other enter
tainers are invited to audition, ac
cording to Jhnmy Roberts, chair
man of the show.
The annual show is under the
sponsorship of the MSC Music
Committee.
SenatorCommends
A&M for Leaders
By JACK HARTSFIELD
Battalion Stuff Writer
A&M was honored Wednesday afternoon with a whirl
wind visit from a distinguished Texan, Sen. Lyndon B. John
son, Senate majority leader and a likely 1960 presidential
candidate.
Sen. Johnson was received in the lobby of the Memorial
Student Center by Chancellor M. T. Harrington, President
Earl Rudder, other college officials and representatives of
both the Corps and civilian student body.
Personal invitations were extended by the well-known
visitor to student representatives of the college to the na
tionally-televised Citizenship Seminar next Sunday at 9 a. m.
in the Austin Municipal Auditorium. This conference, spon
sored by the Texas Junior*
Chamber of Commerce, will
bring together national lead
ers in various fields to dis
cuss and answer questions on
major issues directed to them by
attending students.
included on the Sunday agenda
will he Speaker of the House Sam
Rayburn; Secretary of the Air
Force James Douglas; Allen Doug
las, head of the Central Intelli
gence Agency; Justice of the Su
preme Court William O. Douglas;
RCA’s John Burns; Cy Anderson,
labor; Keith Glennan of the Space
Agency; and the farribus radio-tele
vision personality, Arthur Godfrey.
Miller Leads Singing
Mitch Miller will lead group
singing at the conference with
Howard Bud Jr., outstanding Tex
as evangelist, giving the invoca
tion.
All student representatives at
the conference were also invited
to attend a barbecue at Senator
Johnson’s ranch at the close of the
informative session.
Following introduction and wel
come by the group, Johnson chat
ted informally with the officials
and students over coffee in the
MSC fountain 1’oom.
Covering many topics in the
group discussion, the Senator spoke
most enthusiastically of the edu
cation bill which he will push for
passage when Congress convenes
in January.
In commenting on the bill, Sen.
Johnson predicted college enroll
ment would triple if the bill
passed. The measure would pro
vide loans of $1,000 a year for
four years to qualified high school
graduates who would be unable to
attend college without this provi
sion. These loans will be undei’-
written by the government. No re
payment will be due until the sixth
year after the first loan is made.
Education Need
Johnson pointed out that only
30 per cent of the nation’s youth
goes to college, thus emphasizing
the need for extending higher edu
cation opportunities to a larger
segment of the population. He
could not foresee any major oppo
sition to the bill.
A question was directed to Sen
ator Johnson about the up-and-
coming Space Age. He rebounded
by asking the student to keep in
mind that it took Russia four years
to catch up with the United States
(See SENATOR, Page 3)
Specialist Here
To Attend Meet
In Washington
Mrs. Eloise T. Johnson, special
ist on family life education for
the A&M Extension Service, has
been selected as a delegate to the
1960 White House Conference on
Children and Youth, State Chaii’-
man Guy D. Newman has an
nounced.
Mrs. Johnson is one of 116 dele
gates to attend the conference in
Washington March 27 through
Api’il 2 of next year. Delegates
were chosen by the Executive
Board of the Governor’s Commit
tee on the basis of outstanding
interest and work in the counties
and states’ preparations for the
conference.
Preparations for the conference
include forming county commit
tees and completing questionaires
and reports for the Governor’s
Committee. These reports will be
taken to Washington for the con-
fei'ence to be studied as a means
of improving the welfare and sta
tus of the childi’en and youth in
the nation. Some of the question
aires prepared and filled out on
a county level were compiled by
the young people on the Governer’s
Committee themselves.
The conference will mark the
Golden Anniversary of the White
House Conferences which began
in 1909 with President Theodore
Roosevelt. The conferences have
dealt with problems concerning
the dependent child, standards of
child welfare, status of health and
well-being of children, development
of mental, emotional and spiritual
qualities essential to children’s in
dividual happiness and the condi
tions necessary to this develop
ment.
Like its forerunners, the ap
proaching conference will be a
meeting of representative citizens
who share a humanitarian and pro
fessional concern for the youth of
the nation, Chairman Newton
said.
More than 1,750,000 Texans
have been involved in preparations
for this conference, Newman said.
Scout Registration
Meet Set Tonight
Parents of 8, 9 and 10-year-old
boys who are interested in regis
tering their son or sons in Cub
Scout Packs are invited to meet at
St. Thomas Parish Hall at 8 to
night, according to John Sperry,
pack committee chairman.
Boys living south of Sulphur
Springs Road and west of High
way 6 are eligible to register in
Pack 102, Sperry said.
Those parents who are unable
to attend this meeting may call the
cubmaster, James R. Bi-own, at
VI 6-7145 or John Sperry at VI
6-4144.
Good on Cars
The A&M parking problem leads to a simi- empties
lar problem in traffic and street condition.
This picture was taken during the 5 p. m.
rush of traffic leaving the campus on the
street that runs in front of the A&M Press
Building and the Military “Shacks’' and
its traffic onto Farm-to-Market
Road 60. This is one of the streets on the
campus that carry a large load of traffic
during rush hours and needs improvement.
(See Page 2 for related article.)