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T v 'Ca I k ! Volume 59 The Battalion COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1959 Number .34 Kennedy Here for Guion Appearance Cancer Research Dr. F. IT. Kasten, chairman of the County with these cells and live only about three Cancer Society, is head of a research project weeks. Over 450 mice have died in this pro- on ascites—a type cancer that forms no ject in the past 2Vz years, keeping this tumor. The mice above have been injected disease alive for research. Taken Annually by 1,000 Math Competition Exams Set Saturday in Academic The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition Exams will be held Saturday in Room 227 of the Academic Building from 9-12 a.m. and from 2-5 p.m. The exam, sponsored by the Mathematical Assn, of America, is taken annually by approximately 3,000 students from the United States and Canada. The participants, all undergrad uates but not necessarily math ma jors, compete in both teams and individual competition. Each school enters a team of three men to com pete in the team competition and as individuals. There is no limit to the number of students who may center the individual competition. Representing A&M Saturday will be Gene Wylie Adams, Efraim Pacillas Armendariz, Roy Edwin Boswell and Frederick Hart Cleve land. Others are Albert George Cox, Lawrence Frank Guseman, Jr., Henry Edward Heatherly, James Kenneth Hughes, David Chris Lar son, Travis Elton Madole. James Mac Parks, Thomas Nel son Payne, David Lee Petty, Thom as Edward ‘Riedel, Robert Bonner Somoano and Anthony Jerry Wink ler. The team to represent A&M, which is to be made up of three of these men, has not been announced. The individual winners of the first five places in the competition all receive scholarships. The first place winner receives a full four- year scholarship to Harvard while the others receive smaller but quite lucrative scholarships. Besides the scholarships, the five highest candidates also receive $75 cash prizes. The next five highest finishers receive $35 prizes. All winners receive medals. Team prizes range from $500 for first place, $400 for second place, $300 for third place, $200 for fourth place to $100 for fifth place. The winning schools usually use this money to buy books either for their departmental or school lib raries. Individual members of the five highest teams receive $50, $40, $30, $20 and $10 cash prizes respective ly. Freshmen Working on Bonfire May See Films on Safety Now The Student Safety Society has scheduled to show safety slides and films for freshmen during work on the bohfire. Tonight a film is scheduled to be shown in the Lounge of Dorm 6. Freshmen in Dorm 4 are urged to see the film at 7; Dorm 8 fresh men at 7:30; and Dorm 6 fresh men at 8. Tomorrow’s film will be shown in Dorm 10. Dorm 11 freshmen may see the film at 7; Dorm 12 freshmen at 7:30; and Dorm 10 freshmen at 8. Friday’s safety film will be shown in Dorm 15. Freshmen in Dorm 14 can see the film at 7; Dorm 17 freshmen at 7:30; Dorm 10 at 8; and Dorm 15 freshmen at 8:30. All freshmen are urged to view these films in order to better pre pare themselves for bonfire work. Safety is one of the most impor tant phases to consider while work ing on the traditional bonfire. Unofficial Tabulations Bond Favor Displayed A&M Consolidated School Dis trict voters today voted for the $350,000 bond for construction and improvements of buildings in the district. At the close of the polls at 8 p.m. last night, E. R. Alexander, presiding judge, reported the fol lowing results: For Against Proposition 1 .... 331 271 Proposition 2 .... 341 261 Proposition 3 .... 350 241 This vote is unofficial until the Consolidated 'board meets Monday night to review it and make it of ficial. Alexander said the voting was slow during the day and the crowd began to get heavy by 5 p.m. Proposition 1 stated on the bal lot for or against a “Maintenance Tax.” In a public meeting of the school district voters, J. K. Jack- son, school board president, told the people this was a vote for Sen ate Bill 116. The bill provides a minimum tax of $1.50 may be assessed by the school board if the bonded indebtedness of the district is no more than seven per cent of the tax valuation. A&M Consolidated voters voted in the second part of the bill, au thorizing their boai’d to levy a tax of $1.40, since the bonded indebt edness of this district is no more than eight per cent of its valua tion. The boai'd is currently asking for $1.35 of this amount. Proposition 2 provided for or against “The issuance of bonds and levying of the tax in payment thereof.” This was the vote for the bond itself, although a nega tive vote for either of the first two propositions would have nullified the bond issue. Proposition 3 stated for or against “The assumption of indebt edness and the levying of a tax in payment thei’eof.” Ttois was de signed to spread the indebtedness of the district to all the people in it. It became necessary with the addition of 12 more people to the Consolidated district last year. The bond money will go to build a new elementary school east of Highway 6; four classrooms and two homemaking units at the high school; two new classrooms; two sets of restrooms and one all-pur pose room at Lincoln School; a new bus shed and warehouse for Con solidated’s equipment; and archi tect’s fees, bond fees and contin gency fees. The proposed new elementary school will have 10 classrooms, a cafeteria and administrative of fices. The estimated size of the building was 16,000 square feet. The estimated cost of the building is $145,000. The Lincoln addition was esti mated at $60,000, the. high school rooms at $67,000, the bus shed and warehouse at $10,000, the archi tect’s fees at $14,000, and the bond fees and contingency fund at $3,000 and $11,000 respectively. Labor Expert Set For Speech at 8 Robert F. Kennedy, chief counsel for the Senate Com mittee on Improper Labor or Management Field Activities last year, arrived on the campus at 10 a. m. today. lie is to speak at 8 p. m. in Guion Hall. Kennedy appeared on KBTX-TV this morning at 11, and ate in Duncan Dining Hall at noon with the Corps in the new area. At 1 p. m. he held a conference with the professors in the Department of Economics, and at 3 he had a press con ference. The younger brother of U. S. Senator John F. Kennedy, (D-Mass.), one of the leading contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1960, Kennedy will speak on labor : ^"racketeering, a field of study a Ol .in which he has gained a na- Art Show Scheduled For MSC The art of encaustic painting will be demonstrated by Mis. Shirley St. John at 7:30 p.m. next Tues day in Room 3-D of the Memorial Student Center. Encaustic painting was first used by painters of Ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt and is now being revived by contemporary artists. Mrs. St. John will be presented as guest artist by the Creative Arts Committee of the MSC in the first fine arts program of the year. All interested persons are invited to attend, Nick Settanni, student chairman, and Wallace Di’eyer, art director, said yesterday. “In encausic work, oil paints are mixed with wax which is fused to the canvas by heat when the de sign is completed,” Mrs. St. John explained. “Although similar to oil painting in appearance, the col ors in encaustic paintings have an unmistakable luster.” Mrs. St. John, whose husband is on the Division of Ai’chitecture faculty, has been following the arts all her life. After graduation from the Principia College, she studied three years at the Chicago Art In stitute, then secured a master of fine arts degree from Cranbrook Academy of Arts, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Her paintings have been exhibit ed in several states across the country. tional reputation. He is con sidered one of the top U. S. experts on exposing labor- management corruption, particular ly on shady operations within the Teamsters’ Union. lie was recently instrumental in the exposure of Dave Beck of the Teamsters’ Union. Some 15 or 16 officials who have appeared be fore Kennedy and the Senate Com mittee have been convicted and sentenced. In 1954, Kennedy was named “One of the Ten Outstanding Young Men in the United States” by the U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce. • By radio and television appear ances, Kennedy has roused the public to demand action on labor- management corruption. He has uncovered many cases of corrup tion, mishandling of money, and mistreatment of members by labor unions. He has also condemned unscrupulous labor unions for mis use of power over union workers and abuse of the welfare of the entire nation. In addition to his speech at Guion Hall, Kennedy is scheduled to speak at the University of Texas and Southern Methodist University. His speech here is to be one of the top. attractions offered this year by the Great Issues Committee, Reed Armstrong, Great Issues publicity chairman, said today. Admission tickets are $1.50 each and Great Issues and Recital Series season tickets will be honored. Robert F. Kennedy speaks in Guion Hall tonight Good-Will Barrier Ike Is Considering Truman for Trip AUGUSTA, Ga. ^—President Eisenhower is mulling over a pro posal that he ask Harry S. Truman to go along on next month’s good will visit to three continents, a White House spokesman says. Wayne Hawks, acting White House press secretary, told a news conference questioner Tuesday: “He has it under consideration, yes.” But one obvious obstacle in the way of turning the President and former President into traveling companions is that for seven yeai-s there hasn’t been much good-will between them. And a spokesman for Truman Signs of Winter Winter has become apparent with Aggies buying such necessary items as “long Johns.” They have become very scarce, however, as one of the few available are shown to Bill Stevens, senior education major from Winnsboro. Most merchants in the area have been forced to make hurried orders for more. said in Kansas City that Truman knew nothing of the idea. It was Sen, Thomas J. Dodd (D-Conn.) who suggested that Ei senhower make his 20,000-mile tour of 11 nations a bi-partisan affair. He wrote a letter to the chief executive Friday proposing that Eisenhower invite one or more Democrats experienced in interna tional affairs. In addition to Truman, the sen ator mentioned Dean Acheson, who was Truman’s secretary of state; Adlai E. Stevenson, the loser to Eisenhower in the 1952 and 1956 presidential campaigns; and Rep. Chester Bowles (D-Conn.), a for mer ambassador in India. India, with Red China glowering aci'oss her northern border, is a high priority point on the tour. Eisenhower will spend more time there than in any other country. It is in preparation for the trip that the President is vacationing here at Augusta National Golf Club and storing up as much rest and relaxation as he can. Con ferences with Washington officials still take some of his time. For a session today, he called in the five members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for what Hawks said is one of their periodic meet ings with the commander-in-chief. “They will discuss military, plans and program,” Hawks said. That was to be the only informa tion forthcoming on the meeting, Hawks said. The joint chiefs planned to fly back to Washington without seeing newsmen. Hawks said there was no indi cation that the conference was re lated to Eisenhower’s travels to Europe, Asia and Africa or a West- ei'n summit conference starting Dec. 18 in Paris. Hawks said he thinks an answer to Dodd’s letter will be coming up very shortly. Military Science Graduates Urged To See Miller Now Students who have completed their military science and who expect to receive an army com mission upon graduation are re quested to report to M/Sgt. Ad rian E. Miller, sergeant major of the Department of Military Science. Miller is requesting that those such students report to him not later than today.