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- vCi 1 The Battalion I Volume 59 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1959 Number 27 At All-College Dance Lovely songstress Jean Carroll will sing Saturday night at the All-College Dance in Sbisa Hall which will begin at 8 and last until midnight. The dance is included in an entire weekend of colorful activities. On Routt Boulevard Blowout Collision Damages Two Cars A blowout on Joe Routt Boule vard last night in front of the P. L. Downs Jr. Natatorium resulted in an estimated $1,100 damage to two cars. No one was injured. The accident occurred at ap proximately 9:30 p.m. when a 1953 sedan driven by Jim O’Brien, a junior at A&M Consolidated High School, had a tire blowout and smashed into the rear of a 1959 station wagon, parked in front of the natatorium. The parked car is owned by Wil liam Degenhardt, instructor in the Department of Biology, and Inves tigating Officer Albert (Pop) Ward of the Campus Security estimated damage to the station wagon at $300. He also estimated damage to the sedan at $500. O’Brien said he had left a bon fire at Consolidated High School and was driving east on Routt Blvd., when he felt the right front end of his car drop and swerve in that direction. The right front of his car crash ed into the left rear of the station wagon, damaging the wagon’s rear fender and tail light. The front of O’Brien’s vehicle was caved in and officers said that section of the car may be a total loss. O’Brien also broke the steering wheel of his sedan on impact but suffered only a bruise on his arm. Two other occupants were also un hurt. Two witnesses—J. W. Terry, sophomore engineering major from Beeville, and John Jones, profes sor in the Department of Oceanog raphy and Meteorology—told the investigating officer the vehicle driven by O’Brien had a blowout and veered into the back of the station wagon. O’Brien is the son of James Wil liam O’Brien, a contractor, and lives at 404 Ayshire in College Station. Degenhardt, also a resi dent of College Station, lives at 1101 Foster. The Aggie Players Air Force Cadets Ready For Annual Dance Friday Plans Completed, Candida tesNamed Sweetheart finalists have been selected, decorations are in readiness, invitations are out, and the Air Force Ball is ready for Friday night at 8 in Sbisa Mess Hall. The sweetheart selection committee, headed by Wally Cannon, 1st Wing Operations officer, have chosen the five sweetheart finalists. They are Alice Faye Brabham, Eleanor Flynn, Ann J. Buser, Susan Redden, Esther Voncannon. In respective order, they are escorted by Charles Vernon Isaac, freshman business administration major from Port Arthur; Douglas Olbrich, junior mechanical engineering major from Houston; Spencer McClung, senior business ad ministration major from Dallas; Mickey Dungan, senior ani mal husbandry major from - ^ McKinney; Don Satcher, jun ior business administration major from Kilgore. Cannon will introduce the candidates during the first inter mission and call for a vote. Air Force seniors will vote for their choice, and the winner will be an nounced during the second inter- Yuletide Event Set for Aggie Foreign Pupils Fd Sullivan’s 11-piece orchestra from Houston will provide music for the dancers. Charles Graf, 3rd Group com mander, was in charge of decora tions. According to Percy Mims, Chairman of the Air Force Ball committee, each squadron will have their emblem on display at the dance, along with the 1st and 2nd wing shields. A full-length mirror will be placed directly in fi-ont _of the door, and a mural of airplanes taking off in formation will com plete the decorations. Blue spot lights will be used to light the dis plays. John Jaeckle, executive officer of the 1st Wing was in charge of programs and tickets. Tickets were sold to Air Force Cadets in the dormitories, and Army Seniors may get tickets at the Office of Student Activities at $1. The Kellogg Center for Contin uing Education of Michigan State University is again this year spon soring a “Christmas Adventure in World Understanding” to all A&M foreign students. The program includes a trip to an automotive plant, a night and a~day spent on a farm and many other experiences. Application blanks for accept ance and scholarship must be ob tained from Robert L. Melcher, Foreign Student Adviser, not la ter than Monday. One-hundred foreign students and 10 American students from across the country will be accepted for the tour, Mel cher said last night. The dance will break up at 11 p. in. to allow the Aggies to at tend the Midnight Yell Practice in the Grove. Members of Cannon’s sweetheart selection committee were Graf; Mims; Jaeckle; J. C. Burton, com mander of the 1st Wing and co- chairman of the Ball committee; Byron Blasche, Army coordinator and Coi*ps intelligence officer; and Don Walther, 2nd wing executive officer. Two students from A&M were accepted last year. No applicants will be admitted for part of the adventure only. They must be able to arrive in East Lansing, Mich. Dec. 19 for the start of the program and stay until the morning of Dec. 31. Cost of the trip will be $115. This includes room, meals, and en tertainment, but does not include transportation cost to and from East Lansing, according to Mel cher. A limited number of $75 schol arships are available. Show Me Those Mustangs! Lee Adams, freshman from Houston, dons made of bottle caps and coat hangers, were the traditional spurs and prepares to meet put on Monday and will be removed at Mid- another day. Spurs are worn this time of night Yell Practice tomorrow night. (See year by freshmen as a symbol to “spur” related story on page four.) and defeat the SMU Mustangs. The spurs, Second Session of Year Numerous Topics Top Meet Of Student Senate Tonight The Student Senate will conduct its second meeting of the year in the Senate Chamber of the Me morial Student Center at 7:30 p.m. with numerous topics dotting the agenda. Topping the docket are discus sions for aid to an injured Texas Christian University coed, the Twelfth Man Bowl, the TCU seat ing controversy and the Campus Chest. The aid to the injured TCU stu dent is still in the embryonic stage, according to Senate President Jake Sekerka, but it is concerned with Jeanie Peacher, a TCU coed who was critically injured in an acci dent following the Horned Frog game in Fort Worth. Sekerka said Jack Kingston, sen ior on the 1st Battle Group Staff, would be present at the meeting with more details. Aid would come from the Campus Chest, if needed. Miss Peacher was accompanied by two other TCU coeds and three Aggies—Ray Murski, Craig Trot- man and Robert Lane—at the time of the accident. The Senate will also discuss the possibility of positive action for ceasing membership in the Texas Intercollegiate Student Assn. Se kerka said the membership of A&M was perhaps not warranted since it is a military, all-male school. Definite moves will be discussed to end association with the organi zation. The Twelfth Man Bowl and the Campus Chest moves will be as signed to committees, said Seker ka, to begin action along these lines. Also up for discussion is the TCU seating controversy and the Southwest Conference Sportsman ship. Committee reports will also be given at the meeting. ‘Bus Stop’ Begins Run With Smash Opener By KEN COPPAGE Battalion Staff Writer The production of “Bus Stop” by the Aggie Players began with a tremendous success last night in the Lower Level of the Memorial Student Center. The fast-moving play by William Inge was staged in realistic man ner by the cast under the direction of Harry Gooding. The cast for the popular comedy, which will run through Saturday night, includes the following parts and players: Grace—Pat Wan, Elma—Marlene Rushing, Dr. Ly- mon—Harry Gooding, Bo Decker— Ray Simmons, Virgil—Perry Pope, Bus Driver—Travis Madole, Sher iff — Bill Stough and Cherie — Laura Lynch. Stage manager is Dorothy Ash worth and lighting director is Don Reynolds. Set manager is Jim Boone, and Joe Lee and Mary Rut ledge are in charge of script. As sisting C. K. Esten, Director of the Players, is Harry Gooding, who also plays one of the characters. The play takes place in a small bus stop cafe on a wintry night. The main plot concerns a mountain girl, Cherie, who has ventured into Kansas City to make a name for herself. She finally gets a job in a third rate cafe, The Blue Drag on, as a singer. Bo Decker, a cow boy from Montana, comes to the city for a rodeo and meets Cherie in the cafe. He quickly falls in love with her and makes sudden plans to take her back to his ranch and marry her. After she tries to run away from him Bo kidnaps her and then proceeds to take her back to his ranch, but enroute they are marooned at the cafe. The Sheriff, Bill Stough, has his hands full trying to keep peace between Bo and Cherie and at the same time trying to keep an eye on Dr. Lymon, a drunken profes sor, who can never hold a position for any length of time. Also, Grace, the cafe owner, and the bus driver liven things up with an af fair of their own. Elma, portrayed by Marlene Rushing, is the wait- j ress in the cafe and the object of Dr. Lymon’s affections for a while. Virgil, Perry Pope, Bo’s best bud dy has his hands full trying to keep Bo calm and quiet. The production—put on in the Round, a style first used success fully by the Margo Jones Theater in Dallas—was a light comedy very well acted and it kept most of the audience laughing throughout the three acts. Producer Esten said last night that he felt that the Players did a fine job and he hopes that the audience will grow with succeeding performances. The show will be given tonight, Friday and again Saturday night. Curtain time is 8 and tickets will be on sale at the door for 75<f each. This is the first production by the Aggie Players this year. Their next will be a production of Wil liam Shakespeare’s “T w e 1 f t h Night” during the second Fine Arts Festival in February. Casting for this play is now underway and re hearsals are expected to start next week. Opening Night Above is a scene from the Aggie Player’s ten by William Inge, will continue each production of the Broadway and Hollywood night of this week and will end Saturday hit, “Bus Stop”, which opened last night in night, the lower level of the MSC. The play, writ- College Who’s Who Nominations End Here Tomorrow Nominations for Who’s Who Among Students in American Uni versities and Colleges close tomor row. Forms are still available in the Memorial Student Center post of fice area, the Commandant’s Office and the Department of Student Affairs in the Housing Office. Applications may be filed by the student himself, another classmate, members of the faculty or mem bers of the college staff. Deans of A&M degree-granting schools and the Dean of Students will be sent letters inviting them to nominate a student for the hon- Ol'. To be considered for Who’s Who a student must be classified as a senior (95 hours), have a grade point ratio of 1.50, be active in campus activities, show qualities of leadership and be popular with fellow students. A student may be considered for Who’s Who only once. Approximately 35 students from A&M will be selected from nomin ations sometime in December. Those selected will be announced before the Christmas holidays.