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LXBRARr FE 12 COPIES ON Volume 59 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1959 Number 40 •' Divers in Action Two divers £o through drills in the SCUBA night. The course will again be offered in Diving Course which held its final class last the spring. On TCU Campus Twenty Ags Attending College Union Meeting Twenty students will represent A&M and the Memorial Student Center Region IX Assn, of College Unions Conference today through Saturday on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. “Emphasize the Indians, Evalu ate the Chiefs” is the theme for the three-day conference. Purpose of the meeting is to find aids in conducting student union pro grams. Registration will be held to night at 7 followed by a social hour. Friday’s activities will in clude a steering committee meet ing at 8 a.m., a business session at 9, the keynote address at 9:30, a coffee break at 10, an orienta tion for role play leaders at 10:30, lunch at noon, role playing at 1:30 p.m., a coffee break at 3, group discussions at 3:30 a,nd dinner and a social activity .at G.:3Q.. . . Saturday’s events will be head lined by a steering committee breakfast and regional co-ordi- nators meeting at 7:30 a.m., role playing at 9, coffee break at 10:30, an ideas session for com mittee members at 11 and lunch and speech at 12:30 p.m. The final business discussion session and election of officers will be held Saturday at 2:30 p.m. Delegates from A&M and the MSC Committees they will repre sent ai’e Dennis M. Ryan, Coun cil; Don E. Zirkle, Browsing Li- brary;Ronald E. Buford, Council- Directorate president; Charles D. Marshall, directorate assistant; Robert Nichols, Great Issues; Clyde Whitwell, Council; Stinnan R. Mc- Ginty, Council-Directorate vice president; Wiley R. Bunton, Bridge; Luther H. Soules, SCO- NA; Jerry D. Cook, Film Society; Weldon A. Lee, Council; John J. Pocina, Bowling; William F. Phil lips, Town Hall; Hiram T. French, Region IX vice president; Richard M. Spengler, Regional Coordinat or; Ronny J. Hampton, (Council; Mark J. Dierlam, Evaluation; Ed ward C. Lux, Personnel; Kenneth F. Keller, SCONA; and Rudy C. Schubert, Intercollegiate Talent Show. Also attending the conference are four members of the MSC Dr. George Potter Honored Recently 1 Dr. George E. Potter, professor in the Department of Biology was honored at a recent appreciation dinner in the Memorial Student Center for his long service to science and medicine. Dr. Potter has been with the college for 20 years. Colleagues and former students from throughout Texas were on hand for the appreciation dinner. Highlights of the evening in cluded a “This is Your Life” pro gram illustrated by slides and nar rated by Dr. C. C. Doak, head of the department, Dr. S. O. Brown and Dr. A. B. Medlen. Dr. Potter’s life was recounted from his boyhood days in Kansas through his teaching careers at the State University of Iowa and Baylor University. A 1927 news paper clipping was shown in which he was called “that new evolution ary professor at Baylor Universi ty.” His career was then traced through his 20 years at A&M where about 500 physicians and dentists received their pre-profes sional training under his direction. A book containing letters of appreciation from his former stu dents was presented to Dr. Potter. Among the former students sending letters were Col. John Paul Stapp, director of space medicine research for the Air Force, who has been called “the fastest man on earth” for his work on rocket sleds; Dr. Bentley Glass, professor at Johns Hopkins University, former president of the American Institute of Biological Sciences and now a member of the National Science Foundation Advisory Board. Dr. Titus Evans, a leading radiobiologist and editor of Radi ation Research; Dr. Teague Self, former head of the Zoology De partment, Oklahoma State Univer sity and Dr. Albert Winchester, head of the Biology Department at Stetson University, Deland, Fla., and author of several textbooks in the field of biology. staff. They are J. Wayne Stark, director; Charles Cosper, assistant director and business manager; W. D. (Pete) Hardesty, student or ganizations adviser; and Mrs. John H. Johnson Jr., student program adviser of the MSC. Mattress Covers Available Mattress covers are now avail able to all civilian students, Ben nie A. Zinn, director of the De partment of Student Affairs, an nounced yesterday. Every civilian dormitory student is directed to report to the new B.&C.U. warehouse (opposite the College Station State Bank) and draw one mattress cover, Zinn said. The covers should be picked up from Dec. 7-11. To obtain a cover the student must produce his identification card and sign a receipt for the cover. After a student gets a mattress cover, should he leave the College by resignation, graduation, or when he leaves at the end of the semester, he is to return the cover to the warehouse and receive a receipt for it. Should a student fail to return the mattress cover, he will be charged $4 for a replacement. The student will be assessed a charge to pay for repairs if his cover is damaged. Busy Month Delays Twelfth Man Bowl The Twelfth Man Bowl has been temporarily postponed for the fall semester according to an announce ment from Ben Cook, chairman of the Student Senate Issues Com mittee. Cook explained that an appro priate time could not be found during the exceptionally busy month of December therefore the postponement was inevitable. The Issues Committee is work ing now on the date for next se mester’s bowl. No definite date has been set as of the present time. Chest Drive Scheduled stem Begins 7,000 Goal Set For Annual Event By BOBSLOAN Battalion Staff Writer “A dollar for an Ag^ie, from an Aj?gie” is the theme for the 1959 A&M Campus Chest drive. If the goal were met— if every Aggie gave one dollar—the bank book would read almost $7,000. In 1957, the first year of the Campus Chest, about $2,000 was collected. Last year, 1958, donations amounted to only $1,822. Forty per cent of the Aggie Campus Chest funds go to such worthy organizations as the World University Service, the College Station Community Chest, the Brazos County Tuberculosis Association, and the March of Dimes. But the larger portion of the money goes directly back “Ho the A&M student body. In fact, having Available funds for sick or injured Aggies who are in dire need of financial aid is the primary objective of the Campus Chest, according to Marvin Schneider, Chairman of the Student Senate Welfare Committee and head of this year’s drive. Cheeks from the Aggie Chest have been sent to Aggies or their families several times in the past couple of years. In 1957 two cheeks for $250 each were sent to Don Connor, a fresh man that year from Hale Center, Tex. Connor was injured in an automobile accident near Ft. Worth on Jan. 27, 1957. Charles R. ITilland, Bellaire, re ceived a check for $200 from the Aggie Campus Chest to help pay doctor and medical expenses in curred difting a .seige of glandular fever. A $100 check was sent to the three-month-old son of Lt. Gerald Stull, ’54, who crashed his FI 02A jet into a lake near Madison, Wis. to avoid hitting a highly populated area. Lt. Stull ejected himself from the plane, but he was too low for his chute to open. The money was to help in the boy’s education. Last year $300 was given to Dor ian Lee (Chick) Anderson on the death of his wife, Alice Jane. Lack of funds in the Chest account was the only reason more wasn’t given. A special collection was taken in College View to help Anderson. Donations from the Corps will be taken Saturday morning during commander’s time. Each command ing officer will appoint a man to (See CAMPUS on Page 3) Parking Space Sy; January 1 A&M’s new reserved car parking space system will tentatively be come effective on Jan. 1, Dean of Students James P. ITannigan said. He said that each person who pays $7.50 will be given a number corresponding to a curb number dose to tbe building in which he works. Cars parked in the wrong spaces will be ticketed. Drivers will be issued windshield stickers designating their numbers. When these employes drive to other campus area on business, they are to use the parking spaces marked for visitors Dean Hanni- gan said. Another type parking system, effective the same date will cost the driver $1 and is for “fringe” parking on the outer areas of the campus. Hannigan said that student park ing, as in the past will be limited to the regular student lots. Travel to and from classes is not allowed. However, working student wives will he given special supplement ary windshield stickers for park ing near their place of employ ment. The parking regulations are the result of the Texas Legislature passing a new law at its last session. The law prohibits state appropriated funds to be used for maintaining or expanding parking facilities on any state-operated col lege or university property. BSU Sets Party For Foreign Ags The Aggie Baptist Student Uni on will feature a ping pong party for all international students to morrow night at 7 in the Baptist Student Union Building. The party will'follow a talk by Miss Eunice Parker of Austin who is serving as the Baptist Student director with the international stu dents at Texas University. Miss Parker is also a member of the Missions • Committee at the Uni versity Baptist Church in Austin. She has served as president of the BSU while a student at Texas Woman’s University and was also co-president of the Texas State BSU. Since her graduation from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary'in 1947, she has served as an associate in the State De partment of Student Work in Dal las, and many other student af fairs. Next week Arthur Smith of the Baptist Bible Chair of A&M will present a survey of the Old Testa ment. The Aggie BSU has set Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday of each week from 7 to 7:25 p.m. as their regular vesper services. Fish Elections Under Way Today in MSC Corridor The freshmen elections began this morning at 8 and will con tinue through 5 this afternoon at the voting machines in the corridor between the Fountain Room and the Bowling Alley in the MSC. One-hundred-one freshmen have have successfully filed for the four class officers, four Student Senate and 5 Election Commission positions. One-hundred-six origi nally filed for posts but five of the class officer candidates were unable to meet the grade require ments. In each instance, confu sion over the transferring of hours and grade points from Junction caused the mix-up. Other Student Senate positions being filled in the election are recording secretary and junior agriculture representative. Norris Ray Gilbreath and Earl J. Wentworth, both sophomores, have filed for the recording sec retary position. All classes are voting on this spot. William R. Millsaps and Leo C. Rigsby have filed for the po sition of junior School of Agri culture representative. Only classified juniors in the School of Agriculture are being allowed to vote on this post. The run-off in the freshmen class officer election will be held Dec. 15. There will he no other run-offs. At Chicago Show Meats Team Is Second in Nation A&M’s Department of Animal Husbandry produced the nation’s Number 2 intercollegiate meats judging team Dec. 1 during the Internationl Livestock Exposition at Chicago. The team’s high ranking was earned in competition bristling with top talent from 24 other ma jor agricultural schools in the United States. Last year, A&M’s group was first in the contest. Winning the event this year was a team from Oklahoma State Uni versity. In taking second place, the A&M students scored 2,591 points out of a possible .3,000. Team members were Henry Fitzhugh of San Antonio; Don Osbourn, Valley Spring; Leroy Keese, Bandera, and Joe Joyce of San Marcos. Frank Orts, instruc tor in animal husbandry, was team coach. Fitzhugh was high point indi vidual in the overall contest, piling up 884 points out of a possible After Speech to Nation Ike To Leave On Tour Tonight By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi dent Eisenhower takes off for Rome tonight on the first leg of a jet-propelled goodwill tour of 11 nations. His departure, immediately aft er a radio-television speecTt to the nation, will follow a full day’s work schedule. It includes a series of conferences and the second meeting this week of the National Security Council, with which Ei senhower has been discussing budgetary and other matters. The 15-minute broadcast, start ing at 7:15 p.m. EST was expected to include both a new plea for settlement of the steel dispute, and an explanation of Eisenhow er’s purposes in making his ex traordinary journey. Eisenhower told his news con ference Wednesday he wants to prove to the people of the world that the United States is a “good partner” with other nations in the quest for a just peace. His travels have one other \na- jor objective, apart froni the indi vidual problems he will discuss with such leaders as India’s Prime Minister Nehru. That is to lay the basis for future summit ne gotiations with Soviet Premier Ni kita Khrushchev. To that end he will meet in Paris Dec. 19-21 with French President Charles de Gaulle, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and German Chancellor Koni-ad Adenauer. The presidential party of 21 per sons, traveling by Military Air Transport jet liner, will take off Horn Andrews Air Force Base, Md., about 8 p.m. tonight. It is due in Rome at noon, Italian time, Friday afternoon after a refueling stop at Goose Bay, Labrador. In the group will be tbe Presi dent’s son and bis wife, Maj. and Mrs. John Eisenhower; the Presi dent’s personal physician, Maj. Cen. Howard M. Snyder; two speech writers, Malcolm Moos and Kevin McCann; and Robert D. Murphy, Eisenhower’s chief diplo matic adviser for the tour. Secretary of State Christian A. Herter is staying behind in Wash ington to make detailed policy preparations for the Paris meet ing. He will be on hand in Paris when the President arrives there late on Dec. 18.' In addition to Italy, he is to visit Turkey, Pakistan, Afghani stan, India, Iran, Greece, Tunisia, France, Spain and Morocco. He is due home Dec. 22. 1,000. Joyce merited seventh place with 871 points. A&M was first in beef grading and Osbourn was high point indi vidual. The team was second in lamb grading, with Joyce getting high point honors. Other placings for the team were seventh place in pork judging and eighth in beef judging. In addition to the Chicago con test the Aggies were number 2 at the American Royal Livestock Show at Kansas City in October, and number 2 at the Southwest Exposition and Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth last January. Five A&M Profs To Attend Meet Five professors from A&M’s de partment of health and physical education will attend the annual meeting of the Texas Association of Health and Physical Education today through Saturday at the Windsor Hotel in Abilene. Attending the convention will be Carl Landiss, Herman B. Segrest, Emil Mamaliga, Russ Wieder and W. M. Dowell. Segrest is vice president of the state organization. Landiss is chairman of the research division and will preside over meetings of the group. Mamaliga will present a paper entitled “The Place.of a Weight Program in The High School and Athletic Programs.” Russ Wieder will see panel serv ice in a discussion of administer ing a high school wrestling pro gram. The group expects to return to College Station Saturday night. Veterans May Now Sign for Paychecks All veterans attending school under the G. I. Bill should sign for November pay prior to Saturday noon, according to Bennie A. Zinn, director of the Department of Stu dent Affairs. Zinn urges veterans to sign be fore this deadline in order that they may receive their cheeks before Christmas. The Veterans Admini stration is attempting to deliver the checks Dec. 18, he explained. Those students who do not sign by Saturday will not receive their checks until after Christmas.