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•<1 \ The Battalion Volume 59 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1959 Number 29 Air Force Sweetheart Eater Voncannon clutches a big curly dog Miaa Voncannon is her escort for the Ball, presented to her after being named Air Don Satcher. Force Sweetheart of 1959. Congratulating Public Meeting Set Tonight at 8:30 Jackson Explains Bonds To College Station Lions Jim Jackson, representative for the A&M Consolidated School Board, spoke to the College Sta tion Lions Club at its weekly meet ing Monday noon and explained the plans embodied by the pro posed $350,000 bond issue for school improvements. Jackson announced that an open forum meeting of the A&M Con solidated School Board will be held tomorrow night at 8:30 at A&M Consolidated School. He said the meeting will be held to discuss the bond issue and to help pro- Border Talks Possible NEW DEHLI, India—Indian of ficials indicated today Prime Min ister Nehru is willing to meet with Red Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai to discuss their border dispute but not at the price of leaving a large area of India-claimed territory in Chinese control. The officials also emphasized that unless the ground is carefully prepared for a Nehru-Chou con ference and there is some indica tion of an acceptable settlement, it would be better not to open talks. ★ ★ ★ Panama Flag Dispute PANAMA—The National As sembly vowed Monday night to continue working to get the flag of Panama flying “over our terri tory” in the Panama Canal Zone. A resolution, voted unanimously, strongly condemned American au thorities in the Canal Zone for opposing by force what it called the “pacific hoisting of the Pan amanian flag in Panamanian tei'- ritory.” More than 80 persons were in jured, last Tuesday when U.S. Ar my police in the zone, U.S. Army troops and members of the Panama National Guard prevented nation alist demonstrators from raising the Panamanian flag in the zone to underline the demands for Pan amanian sovereignty. ★ ★ ★ Record Philippine Vote MANILA—A record number of voters went to the polls through out the Philippines today to choose one-third of the powerful National Senate and local officials through out the young republic. Despite an emotion-charged mote the welfare of the school. In his talk, Jackson explained the proposed improvements and additions which will be made in local schools if and when the bond issue is approved at the November election. He explained that a new 12-grade Lincoln School will be constructed sometime in the fu ture, along with a white elemen tary school to be built somewhere east of Highway 6. Additional high school facilities and improvements will be constructed, he added. Accoi’ding to Jackson, approve- campaign during which moie than 40 persons were killed, voting was reportedly peaceful and orderly in nearly all precincts. The total vote was expected to reach 6 million, and possibly 7. Four Students Share $1,000 Scholarships Four students at A&M recently were named recipients of $1,000 scholarships awarded A&M by the B&H Instrument Co., Inc., Fort Worth. Scholarship winners were Charles Wiley Conatser, junior physics ma jor from Canyon; Doyce Ray Nance, senior electrical engineer ing major from Pecan Gap; Paul York Kennedy, junior electrical engineering major from Marshall; and Roger Dennis Zimmerman, senior mechanical engineering ma jor from Henderson. Recipients of the annual B&H scholarships are selected by the school. B&H requests that the schools select not necessarily the students with highest grades, but promising students who could study more effectively if their finances were a lesser problem. Amounts of individual scholar ships are determined by school officials. Other institutions receiving simi lar scholarships were the Universi ty of Texas, Texas Tech, Rice Institute and Southern Methodist University. ment of the bond issue would mean a $.40 increase in mainte nance taxes per $100 evaluation. This inci-ease is embodied in Senate Bill 110, he explained. Another issue to be voted on at the November 17 election, accord ing to Jackson, will be bonded assumption of outstanding indebt edness caused by changes in school district boundaries. B. L. Dewey, state representa tive from Bryan, spoke briefly to the club members at the conclu sion of Jackson’s talk. He discussed Senate Bill 6, which provides that state-supported schools must fi nance their own parking lot fa cilities and improvements. Dewey commented on the recent move to make Arlington College a four-year school. He explained that he had not favored the change in Arlington’s status. He also told the club that the University of Houston is attempting to become a state-supported school, and pointed out that such a move would be detrimental to Texas A&M. J. L. Sandstedt, program chair man, introduced the speakers. Informal Architect Session Tomorrow An informal program, “The In terpretation of Contemporary Art,” will be presented by Joseph Donaldson, artist-lecturer in the Division of Architecture, tomor row evening at 7:30 in the Social Room of the Memorial Student Center. The program will be a general explanation of the purpose and thinking behind various types of art. Donaldson will use a slide projection to present and explain art for students who are not fa miliar with fhe purpose of art. Donaldson spent four and one half years in the Virgin Islands before coming to A&M in 1956. In the Virgin Islands he taught drawing and painting while oper ating a small galley. He Is pres ently working on material for a publication entitled “The Visual Arts in Architectural Education— A Survey.” This publication, which deals with methods and degrees of emphasis of the visual arts in various accredited collegiate schools of architecture, will be published in the spring. World Briefs Council Sets Study Of Cultural Program Atomic Energy Meeting Opens Here Thursday Alvin R. Ludecke, ’32, general manager of the Atomic Energy Commission, will head a list of some 30 of the nation’s top atomic scientists and men concerned with the uses of atomic power, in a conference on utilization of atom ic enei'gy here Thursday and Fri day. Gen. Luedecke, who will serve as general chairman for the sec ond annual Texas conference on utilization of atomic energy, will also speak on aspects of atomic power and training for atomic scientists at a banquet for dele gates to the conference Thursday. The conference will be concern ed with a number of problems re lating to the uses of atomic ener gy in connection with the physical and life sciences. Topics will in clude such subjects as the effect on residual natural gas if radio active waste materials are stored in abandoned gas reseiwoirs, types of reactors for propulsion of man ned aircraft and missiles, uses of radiobiological techniques in agri cultural reseai’ch and problems of economical production of atomic power. Design considerations for con struction of the nuclear science center to be built here—a $3,000,- 000 regional science facility, will also be discussed at the meeting. First-day sessions will be con cerned with use of atomic energy in relation to the physical sciences. Second-day sessions will deal with life sciences and atomic energy. Chapel Services Tomorrow Night Mark Veterans Dav J A non-denominational memorial service will be held tomorrow, Veteran’s Day, at 7:15 p.m. in the Interfaith Chapel to honor the war dead of A&M. The service is being sponsored by the Lutheran Assn., which originally planned the service as a part of association activities for the fall. Former plans were to conduct the service in Our Savi our’s Lutheran Church, but it was decided to change the location of the service so that more Aggies could participate in the commemo ration. Town Hall Voted Part ofDirectora te By ROBBIE GODWIN Battalion News Editor “Is the Memorial Student Center cultural program worth its cost-in time and money?” This topic was brought before the MSC Council in their meeting last night. The resolution stated that two questions must be con sidered by the evaluation committee in its forthcoming study. “In light of the financial cost, compared with benefits to the student body, is the program justifiable?” “Have full and proper efforts been made to bring these programs to the student body?” The program includes the MSC Recital Series, Great Is sues, Creative Arts Committee and, by amendment, Town Hall. The report will be submit-* ted to the February meeting of the MSC Council. It was asked by the council that the committee supplement its pre sent membership by using the members of the council to the best advantage. Town Hall Transfer Town Hall was made a part of the MSC Directorate by another action of the Council. In years past, the program was under the direction of the Office of Student Activities and the Manager of Recreation and En tertainment. On Aug. 13, a re organization combined the Office of Student Activities with the MSC. In a letter to the MSC Council recently, William Phillips, Student Entertainment Manager requested that Town Hall be put under the directorship of the MSC Directo rate. The Nominating Committee submitted their report last night. According to Rush McGinty, committee chairman, the organiza tion, function, and regulation of the Directorate will apply to Town Hall in all cases except that the office of Student Entertainment Manager will still be filled by election of qualified seniors in the spring elections. He will be a class officers, and will appoint his own staff. The MSC Council will control their funds as did the Office of Student Activities. Solicitation Regulations In other actions last night, the Gift Committee submitted articles for solicitation of funds by MSC Directorate committees. The articles stated that the use of solicited funds shall provide op portunity for benefit of the entire student body and/or the institu tion. It shall state which group is to be solicited, the' amount to be solicited, when and where the so licitations and for what purpose (See Council Page 3) TB Group Prepares Letters Ladies of Bryan and College Station were busy the past week at the Brazos County Tuberculosis Office helping to prepare the Christmas Seal appeals for mail ing by stuffing the letters and seals into the envelopes previous ly addressed by the Bryan-College Station Chapter of the National Secretaries’ Assn., International. Under the direction of Mrs. I. W. Rupel, Christmas Seal chair man, over 8,000 envelopes were filled for the mail campaign for funds to fight tuberculosis which will open on Nov. 16. “The big job of getting the Christmas Seal letters out is done enth’ely by volunteers,” Mrs. Rupel said. “These generous people save the Brazos County TB Association hundreds of dollars and thousands of hours of staff time which can then go where it should go—to tuberculosis control activities.” Included among those who work ed during the week were Mes- dames A. D. Folweiler, B. A. Rogers, W. D. Willis, R. N. Trax- ler, Peter Dehlinger, A. C. Magee, O. S. Cole, C. A. Nigh, Bill Young, O. A. Ashworth, Roland Dansby, and W. E. Heaton. Also Mesdames Fred Benson, C. B. Godbey, Neal Randolph, Fred Brison, Leslie Hawkins, Howard Gravett, E. S. Packenham, A. F. Buchanan, and W. C. Dahlkemper. The Girl Scouts will begin the work of stuffing the A&M College student letters on Tuesday and will continue through the week. United Chest Nears Midway in Two Days The College Station United . Chest was nearly 40 percent com plete at the end of two days, J. B. (Dick) Hervey, chairman an nounced. The exact figure collect ed was $4,915.63. Not all captains repoifed in and a number of committees did not make a report, Hervey stated. “We hope every citizen will have the opportunity to contribute before the drive is over on Nov. 15,” he said. The next drive repoi’t date is today with the final pickup sche duled for Fi'iday. “Some of the departments in the System have done an outstanding job in completing their drive, while others are still incomplete,” the chairman stated. The exact per centage of collections reported at the end of the first 48 hours of the drive was 37.4 percent. The drive, which seeks to raise $13,150, for 14 worthy agencies, will be concluded by Nov. 15. Hays, Ekfelt Plan Speeches Saturday At English Meet Dr. J. Q. Hays and Dr. Fred Ekfelt, professors in the Depart ment of English, will speak at the annual meeting of the Texas Joint Committee for English in School and College Saturday in the Evans Building at Sam Houston State College. Hays will deliver the keynote address on the new language arts program for Texas. Ekfelt will speak in a panel discussion on the role of the teachers of reading and literature in the language arts program. Approximately 500 instructors of all teaching levels are expected to attend the workshop conference of District I, sponsored by the Sam Houston Department of Eng lish. District I includes 34 countries in. the Gulf Coast area. The purpose of the meeting is to promote closer integration be tween the teaching of English in high school and college. Load Ten Planes Sunday Two Hundred Cadets Assist In Moving Foamite to Houston Two hundred members of the Corps of Cadets volunteered to aid in the moving of 90,000 pounds of foamite from A&M to Houston Sunday to extinguish the fire which broke out in the Houston Ship Channel shortly after mid night Sunday morning. The fire started on the SS Amo co Virginia, a ship carrying a full load of highly flamable material including three holds of aviation gasoline. A 500-man disaster force fought the fire all day Sunday and final ly smothered the fire at 6:45 a.m. It had been feared the gasoline might explode and set off chain blasts in 40 to 50 nearby fuel storage tanks. Had this happened, many of the 500 firemen, rescue workers, officers and medical people working around the Hess Terminal dock area would have been in danger . When the extent of the danger became known, the Civil Defense was alerted. The Civil Defense then contacted A&M and asked for the foamite that was stored here. The chemical had been stored in the old Poultry Building on the campus for use in emergency sit uations. Cadet Officers of the Day Mike Donovan and Joe Gaither were asked to i-equest volunteers from the Corps to assist in moving the foamite from the campus to Easterwood Airport, and in load ing the foamite on 10 Air Force C-119 airplanes. Two hundred cadets immediate ly volunteered for service. Tactical Officer Capt. William C. Swendle and seniors Weldon Lee, Harold Tuttle, Gaither and Donovan supervised the opera tions. The foamite was loaded on two college-owned flat-bed trucks and hauled to the airport. Then the cadets hastily transferred the foamite to the C-119’s. According to Donovan, five of Rice Ticket Sale Ends Wednesday Student and date tickets for the Rice-A&M game will go off sale Wednesday at 5 p.m. in the De partment of Athletics Business Of fice. The tickets are priced at $4 for date tickets and $1 for stu dent tickets. Date tickets for the Texas-A&M game will go on sale Monday at the Department of Athletics Busi ness Office and will go off sale Friday, Nov. 20. the planes were loaded within 45 minutes. The pilots of the C-119’s were amazed at the work of the cadets. They commended the cadets on their work and one of the pilots was overheard as saying he had never seen such wonderful organi zation in a group of men. Many of the cadets and spec tators became alarmed when two of the planes barely cleared the runway at Easterwood. The full load of fuel and foamite aboard the flying boxcars almost proved to be too heavy as they left the runway with few feet to spare. The SS Amoco Virginia was a tanker from New York and had been docked in the Houston Ship Channel for three days. Gasoline leakage into the channel was be lieved to be the cause of the eruption.