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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.