Number 26
Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1959
Aggie Players
Set ‘Bus Stop’
Tonight At 8
“Bur Stop,” a romantic comedy
by William Inge, will be presented
by the Aggie Players tonight at
8 in the lower level of the Memo
rial Student Center.
The cast for the popular comedy,
which will run through Saturday
night, includes the following parts
and players: Grace—Pat Wan, El-
ma—Marlene Rushing, Dr. Lymon
—Harry Gooding, Bo Decker—Ray
Simmons, Virgil—Perry Pope, Bus
Driver—Travis Madole, Sheriff—
Bill Stough and Cherie—Laura
Lynch.
Stage manager for the produc
tion is Dorothy Ashworth and
lighting director if Don Reynolds.
Set manager is Jim Boone, and Joe
Lee and Mary Rutledge are in
charge of script. Assisting C. K.
Esten, director of the Players, in
the direction of the play is Harry
Gooding, who also plays one of the
characters.
The main plot of the production
concerns a mountain girl, Cherie,
who ventures to the city to at
tempt to make a name for herself.
She eventually gets a job in a third
Insurance Plan
Attracts More
Ags This Year
1,927 students at A&M are now
covered by the Student Accident
Insurance Plan, the Fiscal Office
announced yesterday.
Those students who enrolled in
the program may now pick up their
receipts in the Fiscal Office.
The total number of students
enrolled in the program this year
exceeds the number last year by
304. Last year was the first year
for the insurance plan at A&M
and 1,623 enrolled.
The policy, which cost $4 per
student, covers the student until
Aug. 31, 1960 and includes college
holidays, term recesses and the
summer vacation period.
Payment is made for medical
expenses which may originate
from an accident in which a stu
dent is injured provided such med
ical expense is incurred within 52
weeks from the date of injury. Ex
pense include X-rays, laboratory
costs, hospital bills, nurses, phy
sicians and surgeons fees, medi
cines, surgical appliances and
practically any medical costs in
curred as the result of an acci
dental injury.
Payment is made up. to $1,000
for each accident including injury
to sound, natural teeth. The only
limitation is a maximum of $50
allowed for use of an ambulance
when such service is not provided
by the Student Health Service.
All claims must be filed with
the director of Student Health
Services, A&M College Hospital,
within 30 days of the date of in
jury.
When hospital or medical care
is employed an account of injury
sustained and treated during the
period for which the student is
insured, the expense actually in
curred will be paid by the Ameri
can Casualty Company of Read
ing, Pa.
Announcements
On Sale in MSC
Graduation announcements for
January graduates went on sale
today at the cashier’s office of
the Memorial Student Center. The
deadline on sale of announcements
is set at Nov. 25.
Wesley Group
To Hear Nelson
Bardin Nelson, professor in
the Department of Agricultural
Economics and Sociology, will
speak on “The Gospel on Cam
pus” at a meeting of the A&M
Wesley Foundation tonight at 7.
rate cafe, where she meets Bo
Decker, a cowboy from Montana.
Bo quickly falls in love with her
and makes plans for their mar
riage. Bo kidnaps her and trys
to take her to his ranch in Mon
tana, but enroute they are ma
rooned in a cafe because of bad
weather.
Secondary to the affair between
Bo and Cherie, Grace, the cafe
owner, and the bus driver become
involved in an affair of their own
and the sheriff has his hands full
keeping the peace between the two
pairs of lovers.
Director Esten feels that the cast
has captured the true feeling and
theme of the play.
Casting for the “Twelfth Night”
is almost completed, according to
Esten, and rehearsals will begin
next week. The play is scheduled
to be presented at the second Fine
Arts Festival to be held here in
February.
School Heads
Deliver Talks
To Kiwanians
E. P. Ozment, principal of A&M
Consolidated High School, and
Mrs. W. M. Dowell, vocational
counseloi* at the school, spoke to
the College Station Kiwanis Club
Tuesday noon on the vocational
guidance system now in use at the
local high school. The meeting
was held in the Memorial Student
Center Ballroom.
“Better than 50 per cent of the
students at Consolidated could
prove to be college risks unless such
a program as the one now in ef
fect can be successfully instigated
to guide and counsel students
searching for their own vocation,”
commented Ozment.
The statistics on these students
show that approximately 35 per
cent of the student body do not
intend to enter college. Another
25 per cent are definitely good col
lege material, and the remainder
are undecided.
“All of these students need some
sort of counseling if their voca
tional choice is to be a wise one,”
Ozment pointed out.
Consolidated High School has
put into effect in the last year a
program to give these students
just exactly what they are search
ing for. Last year, a Career Day
was held in which successful pro
fessionals in varied fields talked
with promising students on their
respective vocational choices. Some
315 students participated in the
half-day program.
With the growing attendance at
the school, Ozment hopes to extend
this year’s program to a full day
in order to give each student a
chance to talk with someone in
their chosen field.
“Let me urge you to consider
this step in progress. We have
many excellent leaders in the
school who never receive due rec
ognition for their outstanding abil
ities. We hope this program will
bring these qualities to the sur
face,” Ozment emphasized in clos
ing.
Following the principal’s talk,
Mrs. Dowell explained to the group
how psychological surveys made of
the student body aid the vocational
guidance group at the school.
Through these surveys, attitudes
and aptitudes can be correlated to
give a broad picture of student
abilities.
Before the program, Bill Krue
ger announced the sale of box
lunches at the SMU-A&M game
next Saturday. Boxes will go on-
sale at 10:15 Saturday morning.
Proceeds from the sale will go to
the club treasury.
Music for the group was led by
Tony Sorenson and accompanied
by Murray Brown at the piano.
Roy Wingren, president of the
club, presided at the luncheon
meeting.
Robert F. Kennedy
. labor expert to speak here
Nov. 18 in Guion Hall
Robert F. Kennedy
To Give Talk Here
Robert F. Kennedy, chief .coun-
sel for the Senate Select Commit
tee on Improper Labor or Manage
ment Field Activities the past two
years, will speak in Guion Hall
Nov. 18 at 8 p.m.
Kennedy’s appearance will be
sponsoi’ed by the Memorial Stu
dent Center Gi’eat tsdues Commit
tee.
The outstanding Democrat,
younger brother of Sen John F.
Kennedy who is one of the con
tenders for the Democratic Presi
dential nomination in I960, wall
speak on labor racketeering, a field
of study in which he has gained
national recognition for his efforts
to curb such activities.
He is considered one of the top
U. S. experts on exposing labor-
management corruption, particu
larly on shady operations within
the Teamsters’ Union.
He was recently instrumental in
the exposure of Dave Beck, strong-
arm leader of the Teamsters’
Union. Some 15 or 16 union offi
cials who have appeared before
Kennedy and the Senate Commit
tee have been convicted and sen
tenced for participating in labor
racketeering.
By radio and television appear
ances, Kennedy has roused the pub
lic to demand action. He has un
covered many cases of corruption,
mishandling of money and mis
treatment of labor union members.
He has also condemmed unscrupu
lous laber unions for misuse of
power over union workers and
abuse of the welfare of the entire
nation.
In 1954, Kennedy was named
“One of the Ten Outstanding
Young Men in the United States”
by the U. S. Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
In addition to his speech in Guion
Hall, Kennedy is scheduled to
speak at the University of Texas
and at Southern Methodist Uni
versity. His speech here is to be
one 0f the top attractions offered
this year by the Great Issues Com
mittee.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the informative session,
according to Reid Armstrong.
Student Paper Cut
As Copy Filched
DENVER, Colo. (TP)—-There were
only two pages in today’s issvie of
The Clarion, student newspaper at
Denver University. ..Normally
there are eight pages.
A front page story explained
that all copy, photographs and ad
vertising layouts had been stolen.
CORRECTION
The Air Force Ball will be
held Friday night and not Sat
urday night as reported in
Tuesday’s Battalion. J .C. Bur
ton, 1st Wing commander, and
Percy Mims, 2nd Wing Comman
der, are co-chairmen for the
dance. Wally Cannon is chair
man of The Sweetheart Selection
Committee.
Engineers Have
Large Semester
nr oil me nt
Arts and Sciences
Agriculture Next
By JOHNNY JOHNSON
Battalion Editor
The School of Engineering claims the largest percentage
of the 7,094 students enrolled for the fall semester according
to figures released by Registrar H. L. Heaton.
With 45 per cent, or 3,168 of the students, the School
of Engineering leads the second place school, the School of
Arts and Sciences, which has 2,155 students, or 31 per cent,
of the total enrollment.
The School of Agriculture is third in enrollment with
1,147 students for 16 per cent. The School of Veterinary
Medicine has 6 per cent of the enrollment or 444 students.
General curriculum claims 180 students for 2 per cent of the
enrollment.
All of the percentages foi”*
the school includes freshmen,
sophomores, juniors, seniors,
fifth year, sixth year, gradu
ate and special students.
Comparison
Compared with last year’s fig
ures, the School , of Arts and Sci
ences gained 2 per cent, the School
of Agriculture gained 1 per cent,
the School of Veterinary Medicine
picked up 1 per cent, the School of
Engineering dropped 3 per cent
and general curriculum lost 1 per
cent. Last year’s fall semester
enrollment was 7,077.
626 Graduate Students
Of the 7,094 currently enrolled,
626, or 8.8 per cent, are graduate
students with the School of Agri
culture boasting the largest num
ber at 227, followed by the School
of Engineering with 195 and the
School of Arts and Sciences with
184. The School of Veterinary
Medicine has 20 graduate students.
Freshman Largest
The freshman class has the larg
est percentage of students—30.7
per cent or 2,179 freshmen. This
division of freshmen is by acad
emic classification and includes
not only freshmen who entered in
September, but all students who
do not have 30 hours and 30 grade
points.
Seniors Next
Academic seniors comprise 21.9
per cent or 1,555 students for sec
ond honors followed by academic
ally-classified juniors with 17.5 per
cent or 1,244 students. Sopho
mores comprise 16.7 per cent or
1,179 students. There are 152 or
2.2 per cent special students, 101
or 1.4 per cent fifth year students
and .8 per cent or 58 sixth year
students, all of whom are in the
School of Veterinary Medicine.
City Traffic
(Conference
Set in MSC
A conference on planning
traffic improvements will be
hei'e Nov. 18-19.
city
held
The conference, designed for city
managers, mayors, and enginser-
ing personnel responsible for the
planning and operating of city
traffic systems, is sponsored by
the Texas Transportation Institute
and the Department of Civil En
gineering at A&M.
Cooperating with the conference
will be the Texas section of the
Institute of Traffic Engineers, the
Texas Municipal League, the Tex
as Highway Department, and the
Automotive Safety Foundation.
According to Charles J. Keese,
research engineer for TTI and pro
fessor in the Department of Civil
Engineering, the conference will
be pitched on the practical level.
He explained by saying that
Victoiaa, Tex., a city of some
50,000 residents would be used as
an example city. Following a
mocked Victoria city council meet
ing at which typical problems will
be encountered, a series of con
ferences will take place with their
topics taken from questions and
situations raised in the council
meeting.
President-Elect Of IPPA
Alvin C. Hope of San An
tonio was named president
elect of the 7,000 member
Independent Petroleum As
sn. of America. He will suc
ceed Judge Gordon Simp
son, of Dallas (AP Wire-
photo)
35 Numbers
Top Musical
In Town Hall
Love, happiness, hate and sad
ness were all put in the same pack
age last night as Town Hall pre
sented “The Most Happy Fella”.
Of the some 35 musical num
bers presented in last night’s show
was “Big D,” “Joey” and “Stand
ing on the Corner Watchin’ All
the Girls Go By.”
Carolyn Maye as “Rosabella” and
Richard Wentworth as “Tony”
played the parts of “mail order”
lovers.
Miss Maye, a native of New
York City, studied at the Man
hattan School of Music under a
Schepp Foundation scholarship.
She has appeared in many Broad
way shows and summer theaters.
Others featured in the musical
were Lawrence Brooks as “Joey”,
Dee Harless as “Cleo”, Robert
Dixon as “Herman”, Eleanor
Knapp as “Maria” and Clifford
Scott as “The Doctor”.
Producers of the musical were
Robert Cross and George Lipton.
James Leon is conductor-pianist
and Duncan Noble is the show’s
choreographer.
Recipient of the New York
Drama Critic’s Award as the best
musical of 1956, the play was
written by Frank Loesser, who
is also the writer of two other
top musicals, “Guys and Dolls”
and “Where’s Charley”.
Town Hall Stars
Lawrence Brooks (Joey), Carolyn Maye (Rosabella), Dee musical production, “The Most Happy Fella”—winner of
Harless (Cleo) and Eleanor Knapp (Marie) ham it up the New York Drama Critic’s Award of the best musical
between acts of their Town Hall performance last night in of 1956.
G. Rollie White Coliseum. The quartet headlined the
Staff Lots, Streets
Now Being Marked
For Zone Parking
Faculty and staff parking lots
and streets are being marked for
reserved zone parking, according
to Bennie Zinn, director of the De
partment of Student Affairs, but
parking will continue as in the
past until marking and registra
tion have been completed.
An announcement in regard to
regulations will be made when the
new reserved parking system goes
into effect, according to Zinn.
The new parking system is
scheduled to begin by Jan. 1, 19G0.