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Battalion
Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1959
Number 30
United Chest
Drive Clears
Over $9,000
The College Station United
Chest attained almost 75 per cent
of its $13,150 goal yesterday, as
J. B. (Dick) Hervey, chairman of
the drive, reported the contribu
tions had reached $9,545.
Five days remain in the drive
and Hei-vey showed confidence in
reaching the mark. “I believe we’re
going to make it,” he stated, “if
all people who have not contribu
ted make their gifts in the next
day or two.”
Hervey also said that the re
turns did not include donations
from the College Station mer
chants and employes. He said he
expects a detailed report from
H. E. Burgess, head of the College
Station city drive, sometime to
day.
The drive chairman also said
the contributions from Bryan
Difference Asked
Between Excused.
Official Absences
A bulletin issued recently from
the Office of the Dean of Students
requested that a distinction be
made between an excused absence
and an official absence.
According to the Dean of Stu-
flents James P. Hannigan an of
ficial absence is given only in the
cases of absences while on school
business, sickness in the college
hospital or at home certified by
a physician.
For anything else an excused
absence by. individual faculty
members can be given, but will
not be put on the Official Absence
List, said Hannigan. This applies
to all students of the college, he
said.
Groneman Book
In Second Edition
Chris H. Groneman’s second
idition of “General Woodworking”
is now off the press and in circu
lation.
Groneman is the head of the
Department of Industrial Educa
tion.
This “how-to-do-it” book is de
signed to teach the use of basic
hand tools, machine tools and por
table electric power tools, in ad
dition to finishing techniques and
materials, upholstering and fur
niture design.
It is supplemented by numerous
line drawings, photographs and
step-by-step procedures.
merchants have not been tabulated
and that they have “given $500,
I know.”
“However, we still need another
2,500 gifts,” he emphasized.
The annual drive opened last
Monday and will continue through
this coming Sunday. The chest
combines 14 worthy agencies into
one with funds being allotted to
charity, medical, youth and com
munity work.
Chest committee members, many
of which are college employes,
has given full consideration to the
14 participating agencies and rec
ommends the budget. A solicita
tion is being made on the campus
soon on a departmental basis.
A&M System Drive chairman
is E. L. Angell. His captains are
David Fitch, R. L. Hunt, Dale F.
Leipper, John S. Dennison and R.
H. Davis.
The College Station city drive
is headed by Bui’gess with a gen
eral committee consisting of Don
Dale, Gibb Gilchrist, Mrs. John
Q. Hays, Mrs. Raymond Hite, K.
A. Manning, Mrs. R. E. Patterson,
Taylor Riedel, the Rev. James
Argue and John Pruitt.
The federal agencies drive, head
ed by Irvin Lloyd, has a commit
tee composed of Jack Bradshaw,
N. L. McCollough, O. B. Briggs
and Leonard Watson. I
A&M has been an important cog
in this drive and Rudder urged
each College employee to not only
“endorse the United Chest pro
gram, but that each of you will
wholeheartedly support it with
your gift.”
In kicking off the' drive', Hervey
urged College Station citizens to
give their full support to this cor
related effort. Speaking before
the College Station Kiwanis Club
in a pre-drive appearance, Hervey
asked all persons to take this year’s
motto of the drive seriously and
back the slogan of “One Day’s
Pay . . . The United Way.”
Each of the four categorical
set-ups — medical, charity, youth
and community aid — will receive
a pre-determined amount of the
budget to be used as prescribed
in agency reports to the budget
committee for the drive.
Agencies who will receive portions
of the budget are the College Sta
tion Local Chest Charity Fund,
College Station Community House,
College Station Youth Facilities
Committee, College Station YMCA,
College Station Recreation Coun
cil, Crippled Children’s Therapy
Fund, Brazos County Youth Coun
seling Service, Salvation Army,
Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Gonzales
Warm Springs, American Red
Cross and the Texas United Fund.
Drive Gau^e
. . . almost $10,000
Free Message
Service Slated
By Committee
Free message service is now
being offered by the Memorial
Student Center Radio Committee
for anyone who needs tb send a
message.
An operator is on duty in the
radio shack above the MSC Bowl
ing Alley according to the follow
ing schedule: Monday and Friday,
2 p.m., Thursday, 9 a.m. and Wed
nesday, 5:30-6:00 p.m.
Anyone needing to send a mes
sage should come by the radio
shack during the times listed, or,
if no one is there, a message can
be slipped under the door. In case
of emergency contact Dick Mc-
Gaughy, Dorm 14-226; Joe Bind
ley, Dorm 16-113; or Bill Kuyken
dall, Project House at VI 6-7685.
This service is being offered to
the public as a public service and
is open to everyone, according to
Charles Curry, committee mem
ber.
Curry said that any mobile com
munication equipment which can
be used in connection with the bon
fire will be greatly appreciated by
the committee. Anyone wishing to
donate such equipment should con
tact Dick McGaughy or Joe Leeper,
head yell leader.
Bonfire Committee Meeting
. . . discuss progress toward 1959 spectacle
Bond Issue Discussed
At Auditorium Meet
Proposal Outlined
For Tuesday Vote
By ROBBIE GODWIN
Battalion News Editor
Citizens of the A&M Consolidated School District had
their questions answered last night concerning the $350,000
bond issue which is scheduled for a vote Tuesday.
In a public meeting in the Consolidated Auditorium last
night, the board members, chairmaned by J. R. Jackson, out
lined the board’s study of the needs and proposed expendi
tures of the school district in the past, present and future.
W. T. Riedel, Superintendent of schools, outlined the at
tendance and present facilities of the two schools, in the
district and compared them with past and future needs.
John Rogers, a board member, reported for the commit
tee on the history of the school district building programs
and bond issues.
Robert M. Holcomb report
ed for the committee to study
curriculum, equipment and
building needs.
G. B. Hensarling gave a detail
ed account of the repairs needed,
and a proposed schedule for car
rying out these repairs.
J. B. Hervey outlined specifical
ly what the bond issue provides
for in the way of new facilities.
He said the plan calls for 10
new classrooms and a cafeteria in
the elementary school; four class
rooms and two homemaking units
in the high school, plus other need
ed additions.
Questions Answered
The board submitted some anti
cipated questions of the people
present concerning various aspects
of the bond.
Frosh Filing
For Election
Now Underway
Freshmen began filing for po
sitions on the Student Senate and
election commission and for class
officer positions this morning at
the cashier’s cage in the Memoi-ial
Student Center.
Filing is set for 8 a.m.—5 p.m.
on week days through 5 p.m. Wed
nesday, Nov. 18.
The primary election will be held
Thursday, Dec. 3, to be followed
by the run-off on Tuesday, Dec.
The first was where the ele
mentary school would be located
and why.
Jackson said it was the desire
of the boai’d to locate the school
east of Highway 6, although an
exact location had not yet been
set up.
One of the main reasons for
this was that approximately 40
per cent of the students live east
of Highway 6.
Another question was “What are
the plans for additional school
plant needs, such as physical edu
cation, cafeteria, administrative,
etc?”
15.
Four freshmen positions are
available on the Student Senate
and five onthe election commission.
Class officer posts include presi
dent, vice-president, secretary-
treasurer and social secretary.
The entire student body will
vote on the Student Senate and
election commission applicants,
whereas only the freshmen class
will vote in the class officer elec
tion.
Rules governing election and
campaigning procedures may be
found in the College Regulations
Book.
Jackson stated that an addition
al study was considered necessary,
and that a separate bond election
should be called on the matter in
about two years.
“What are the plans for Lincoln
Schools ?”
All applicants for Student Sen
ate posts are required to have a
mid-semester grade point ratio of
at least 1.5. while officer and elec
tion commission candidates are re
quired, to have grade point ratios
of at least 1.0.
Jackson said the board intends
to operate a 12-grade school, and
after conferring with parents and
patrons in Lincoln schools, had
decided that this is the best course
of action.
“What is the expected cost per
square foot?”
Plans for the new building in
clude about 26,300 square feet,
(See Bond Issue Page 3)
There is no maximum limit to
the number of students who may
file applications.
Those in doubt concerning their
grade point ratios should inquire
at the registrar’s office before fil
ing applications.
The 13 freshmen elected to the
positions will assume their re
sponsibilities immediately follow
ing the Dec. 15 run-off.
Faculty Coffee
Buck Buchanan, commander of the 2nd Brigade, discusses
the scholastic situation with professors at a coffee last
night in the Memorial Student Center. The session was
held with professors in the various departments who are
scholastic adviser for students in the Corps of Cadets.
Ceremonies Set
For Veteran’s Day
By The Associated Press
A general places a wreath on
the Tomb of the Unknowns, par-
aders march through the streets,
speakers talk of glory and death,
and some Americans take a holi
day today as the nation celebrates
Veterans Day 1959.
These ceremonies pay tribute to
the American men and women
who have fought in the wars of the
United States.
Still alive to receive the tributes
are one Confederate veteran of the
Civil War, 60 veterans of the In
dian Wars, 42,000 Spanish-Ameri-
can War veterans, 2,750,000 veter
ans of World War I, 15,230,000
veterans of World War II, and
5,456,000 Korean War veterans.
Honored as well are the millions
who fought for their nation and
died.
The nation’s capital sets the tone
as Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer, Ai’my
chief of staff, lays President Eisen
hower’s wreath on the Tomb of the
Unknowns in Arlington National
Cemetery. Retired Gen. Alfred
Wedemeyer delivers the main ad
dress at services in the Arlington
Amphitheater.
Cities all over the nation and
military posts all over the world
have similar ceremonies.
Under a rotation system, this
year’s Washington ceremonies are
in charge of the American Legion.
Other veterans’ groups have
picked these other cities as sites
for their main services: The Am-
vets at Chicago, the Army Navy
Legion at Philadelphia, the Dis
abled Veterans at Dodge City,
Kan., the Marine Corps League at
Harrisburg, Pa., and the ^Veterans
of Foreign Wars at Birmingham,
Ala.
In New York two parades were
scheduled. Veterans organizations
march down Fifth Avenue to the
Eternal Light at Madison Avenue
and to the Veterans Monument in
Union Square. Brooklyn’s Ameri
can Legion parades in that bor
ough.
Federal workers were given the
day off. So were many school
children.
‘Got to Have Them", Says Leeper
Bonfire Needs More Tracks
“We need trucks of all kinds
and sizes,” Head Yell Leader Joe
Leeper said last night following
the second meeting of the Bonfire
Committee.
“Everything else is going along
on schedule, but we’ve got to have
more trucks if we hope to get the
bonfire up on time,” Leeper, gen
eral chairman of the Bonfire Com
mittee, said in summing up work
of the committee to date.
A highlight of the meeting was
a presentation by two representa
tives of the Student Safety Soci
ety, Bill Blackwell and Clifford
Lane, of slides and motion pictures
of work done on past Bonfires il
lustrating unsafe practices.
The slides and films will be
shown to all Corps freshmen and
sophomores next week in the dorm
itory lounges.
Lane and Blackwell also told
the Bonfire Committee their Stu
dent Safety Society plans to do
all it can to emphasize the need
for safety while working on the
bonfire.
Leeper announced each outfit
would have a senior whose only
duty would be to watch for unsafe
practices while working on the
Bonfire.
He also told the committee the
College Accident Prevention Com
mittee had said earlier yesterday
they would do all they could to
help with accident prevention
while working on the Bonfire.
A new and safer method will be
used in soaking the Bonfire this
year, Leeper told the group. A
perforated pipe will be placed
along the center post when it is
erected and after the Bonfire is
finished, inflammable liquid will
be pumped up the pipe.
A member of the Department of
Petroleum Engineering is working
with Leeper on this project.
Leeper also announced no guards
will be placed on the statue on
Lawrence Sullivan Ross or at
Kyle Field as in the past years.
Eighteen guard fires will be on
the drill field, he said, to guard
the Bonfire.
This year’s center post will be
110 feet high. Last year’s was
87-feet high, Leeper said.
All undergraduate classes will
be dismissed Monday, Nov. 23, in
order to allow students to have
Saturday, Nov. 21; Sunday, Nov.
22; and Monday, Nov. 23, to de
vote to the Bonfire, Leeper an
nounced. Juniors and seniors will
begin cutting on Thursday and
Friday before the work begins by
all classes, he said.
Cutting will be done again this
year on land owned by Tommy
Arhopulos.
To date four trucks, a mobile
crane and eight power saws have
been donated for use, Leeper said.
Leeper heads the Bonfire Com
mittee under the supervision of
Col. Frank Vaden, assistant com
mandant. Ken Cox, Richard Bi-
ondi, Ken Moore and Sonny Todd
comprise the General Operations
Committee.
Sonny Guynes heads the Safety
Committee for the Corps and Lar
ry Clark’ is in charge of the ci
vilian pai’t of the Safety Commit
tee.
Other Committees and their
chairmen are:
Transportation, Bob Compton;
Food, Don Draper, Purchase and
Finance, Bill Whitney and Jarrell
Gibbs; Acquisition, A1 Zambrano;
Survey, Tom Bredlow; Communi
cations, Robert Edmons; and
Stacking, Tom Hamilton.
The Bonfire Committee will hold
another meeting Thursday night
at 8 in the Corps Conference Room
in Dorm 2.