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PAGE 2 THE BATTALION Thursday, January 7, 1960 CADET SLOUCH Worth Mentioning By Johnny Johnson Texas A&M secured a place on the rolls of important events in the 1960’s—a decade predicted by many people to be one of the most dramatic in the history of man—with the opening of the Data Processing Center here this afternoon. The opening of the Nuclear Research Center expected early in 1961 will clinch Texas A&M’s place in educational history. These two centers will place Texas A&M at the front in Southwestern educational centers and will rank it along with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Michigan, California at Berkley and the University of California at Los Angles, the only other colleges having the —♦■giant IBM-704 computers on their campuses. GO TE S' Key Witness Tells of Death At Finch Trial LOS ANGELES GP>—The state’s key witness, a slim, 19-year-old Swedish housemaid, burst into tears on the witness stand after describing Barbara Finch’s violent last moments of life. As Marie Anne Lindholm testi fied softily in broken English, Dr. R. Bernard Finch leaned forward intently at the counsel table, straining to hear every word. Near the handsome surgeon, his onetime receptionist and mistress, Carole Tregoff, sat erect, her brown eyes flashing from witness to prosecutor and back. Finch, 41, and Miss Tregoff, 23, are charged with murdering his 36-year-old estranged wife so they could marry and retain commun- ty property valued by Mrs. Finch at $750,000. Miss Lindholm came to this country in September, 1958, to study English. A girl acquaintance found her a job with the Finches. She told a six-man, six-woman jury and a packed courtroom on direct examination Wednesday of the hectic night of July 18 at the Finches’ swank home in suburban West Covina. This was her testimony: She heard Mrs. Finch scream, ran to the garage of the $65,000 Finch home, and saw the pretty, tennis-loving socialite i unconscious on the garage floor. The Nuclear Science Cen ter will be as unique on col lege campuses as the Data Processing Center. Both of the centei-s, represent ing an investment by the A&M System of more than $6,000,000, will be available for use by both private industry and other col leges and universities in the Southwest. So, Texas A&M enters the new decade showing early that it is going to establish its claim as one of the nation’s leading educa tional institutions in both of the two relatively new but increas ingly important fields—electronic data processing and nuclear sci ence. ★ ★ ★ An A&M System staff mem ber, Mrs. Fay K. Stuart, clerk in the State Chemist’s office, copped $4,300 in The Houston Post’s Cash Words contest last week. ★ ★ ★ Curtis Williams of Wellborn has announced as a candidate for commissioner of Precinct 1 of Brazos County. He attended A&M Consolidated Schools. ★ ★ ★ Although from now until the spring semester begins is pretty dull as far as campus activities, the spring semester calendar is dotted with important activities for Aggies. Starting off the second semes ter will be the second annual A&M Fine Arts Festival. Dur ing the festival, sponsored by the Memorial Student Center Recital Series Committee, the Aggie Players, Town Hall, the hy J[r F " r X Texas Building Fund Grows rorn Confederate Pension AUSTIN UP>—Texans still are will be transferred from the fund who average about 90 years of age, being taxed to pay Confederate to the State Building Commission draw- $100 a month pensions and pensions but most of the money later this month, officials in the nine widows, living in the Con- is pouring into the state’s building state comptroller’s office said to- federate Women’s Home here, million dollars or so System Members Named As Judges “ Yes, I guess you could say I’ve become somewhat interested in basketball!” What’s Cooking The following clubs and organi zations will meet tonight: 5:20 Cooke County Hometown Club will meet in the Lobby of the MSC. Club pictures for the Aggie- land ’60 will be made. 7:30 Texarkana Hometown Club will meet in Room 228 of the Academic Bldg-. Meetings will continue to be held the first and third Thurs days of each month. Waco Hometown Club will meet in the Reading Room of the YMCA to discuss plans for a party to be held between semesters. Baytown Hometown Club meets in Room 228 of the Academic Bldg. Range & Forestry Wives Club Will meet at the home of Mrs. Carol Phillips at 702-B Cross St. South Louisiana Hometown Club meet in Room 318 of the Academic Bldg, for the election of officers. Bell County Hometown Club will meet in Room. 207 of the Academic MSG is land ’60 will be made. Pasadena Hometown Club will meet in Room 203 of the Aademic Bldg. Arttarillo Hometown Club will meet in Room 225 of the Academic Bldg. Fayette-Colorado Hometown Club will meet in Room 2A of the MSC. Austin Hometown Club will 8:00 meet at the Memorial Student Cen ter in Class “A” uniform for a club picture. San Marcos, Austin Audition Trips Set by Music Group Members of the Memorial Stu dent Center Music Committee will make a trip to San Marcos and Austin Thursday to audition talent for the 1960 Intercollegiate Talent Show at Southwest Texas State College and the University of Tex as. Rudy Schubert, 1960 ITS Chair man, Mike Bozardt and Jimmy Roberts will view talent at South west Texas State before driving to Austin, where Joe Jackson, Tommy Lancaster, David Hughes and Bill McClain will join the audition team. To select acts for the 12-act show, scheduled this year for March 11 in G. Rollie White Colis eum, members of the Music Com mittee will visit approximately 20 colleges in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas before the end of February. An audition trip was made to Sam Houston State College in early De cember. Film Society and other campus organizations, many events will be presented for the benefit of A&M students and citizens of Bryan and College Station. Following AMFAF in Febru ary will be Religious Emphasis Week and the Sophomore Ball. March will unveil the Inter collegiate Talent Show, a Town Hall presentation, the Junior Prom and Ball, the Combat and Military Balls and several other events. Other special events fill the calendar for April and May. So the Men of Aggieland will have a wide variety of entertainment awaiting them this spring. ★ ★ ★ The Battalion would like to take this opportunity to express our appreciation to the Men of Aggieland for their fine display of holiday driving which brought them safely back to the campus after the Christmas vacation pe riod. Although Silver Taps is an im pressive ceremony at Texas A&M, The Battalion feels sure everyone would feel the 1959-60 school year is more perfect if no Silyer Taps is held. Deep East Texas Hometown Club will meet in the MSC Base ment. Club picture for the Aggie- Wee Aggies We Aggies like to read about Wee Ag gies. When a wee one arrives, call VI 6-4910 and ask for the Wee Aggie Edi tor. . ; . . ' A future Aggie Sweetheart, Linda Diana, Lay, was born Dec. 22 t 12$09 a. m. in Bryan Hospital. She weighed 8 lb., 3 oz. The proud parents are Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lay. ’61 of A-2-Y, College View. UN Cliib to Meet In YMCA Friday The United Nation’s Club will hold their monthly meeting Fri day evening at 7:30 in the YMCA. Mrs. C. C. Doak will deliver the New Year message, followed by a song trio of Dixie Cowart, Pat Hinton and Anne Lantz. * “Joropo Vehezolano’ 1 ’, a Vene-’ zuelan dance number, will be per formed by Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Estrada. Then at 8 the club will elect a new vice president. Three more numbers will be sung: a Bengali solo by M. A. Quddus, a Siboney duet by Pepe Maher and G. Barrelier and an Indian tune by Mrs. K. Narayan. A social hour will follow the. program, chairmaned by Mrs.. Carlotta Feltz. Sheatfish are the largest fresh water fish in the rivers of Europe. It is practically the same as cat fish caught in American streams. A&M MENS SHOP 1 03 MAIN —- NORTH GATE AGGIE OWNED THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the stu dent writers only. The Battalion is a non-tax-supported, non profit, self-supporting educational enterprise edited and op erated by students as a community neivspaper and is under the supervision of the director of Student Publications at Texas A&M College. Members of the Student Publicati Student Puolications, chairman ; Dr. A. i.. uennett. School ot Arts and Sciences : K. J. Koenig, School of Engineering; Otto R. Kunze, School of Agriculture; and Dr. i Beard are L. A. Duewall, «... Bennett, School of Arts and Sciences director of Dr. nool E. D. McMurry, School of Veterinary Medicine. 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Rights of republication of all other ma in are also reserved. Mail subscriptions are $3.50 per semester, $6 per school year. $6.50 per full Advertising rate furnished on request. Add College Station, Texas. r school year, The Battalion ws of here- year. 4, YMCA, News contributions may be made by telephoning editorial office. Room 4. YMCA. For advertising or VI 6-6618 or delivery call VI 6-4910 or at VI 6-6415. JOHNNY JOHNSON EDITOR David Stoker Managing Editor ! Bob Week ley — Sports Editor Bill Hicklin, Robbie Godwin News Editors Joe Callicoatte Assistant Sports Editor | Jack Hartsfield, Ken Coppage, Tommy Holbein, Bob Sloan, Bob Saile, A1 Vela and Alan Payne Staff Writers i Russell Brown CHS Correspondent t 5th Yr. Architects Portrait Dates Set 5th year architects will have their portrait made for The Ag gieland ’60 at the Aggieland Studio between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. according to the following schedule. Coats and ties should be worn. (5th Year Architects) Jan. 6-7 A-D Jan. 11-12 E-K Jan. 13-14' L-R Jan. 18-19 S-Z MSC Film Society Presents fn THE BIG BROADWAY MUSICAL Ti COMES DANCING TO THE SCREEN! fiotf' GENE KELLY v* VANJOHNSONCYDCHARISSE Hi 1 ili 1 Hi Friday 7:30 MSC Ballroom Admission Only 25c day. draw $25 a month. The women A year ago $1,510,560 was tfans- were many years younger than ferred. their husbands when they married. During the last fiscal year end- The thinning of the ranks is re- ing Aug. 31, some $2,925 was paid fleeted in the diminishing outlay out of the funds for pensions to °f money by the fund, I or the retired Texas Rangers and $240,- previous fiscal year, the payments 019 went to those on the Confed- totaled $277,907. In fiscal 1957 it was $338,425; in 1956 it totaled Six members of the A&M Col lege System faculty and staff e ™ te P enslon rol ) S * $388,826 and in 1955, $462,095 was have been named as judges for pension of $80 a month to the various departments of the retired Texas Rangers and their 1960 Southwestern Livestock Ex position and Fat Stock Show to be held in Fort Worth Jan. 29 through Feb. 7. Open show dairy cattle and the junior dairy calf show will be un der the supervision of A. L. Dar nell, professor emeritus of Department of Dairy Science. paid. Besides monthly a pensions, the widows went into effect late in , , , , . the period. In the past month the cla ™. ^ , . . ,• • • p $200 to the undertaker or relatives Gontederate pension division ot ^ ^ the comptroller’s office paid out $80 to 86 persons on the roll, $6,880 in all. the deceased. The Confederate Men’s Home here is still operated by the state as a state hospital for senile pa- Confederate pensions totaled tients. Gov. Price Daniel vetoed the $17,725 during the past month. j as £ y ear an appropriation to build 7 he state has one more financial a ng-w Confederate home ^-hich O D Butler head of the De- obligation to the late Walter Wil- j iac j been authorized by the Legis- partment of Animal Husbandry, liams ’ last survivin & veteran i of lature. the Civil War. A mortuary claim of up to $200 will be sent out later this month in lieu of his $300 a month .jpension. . Ui Jr The ranks of the Confederate ' •STATE FARM veterans’ widows dwindles by the month. At present, 168 widows, will judge the Brahmans. Swine and the junior pig show will be supervised by F. I. Dahlberg, also from the Department of Animal Husbandry.. Lambs will be judged by Roy W. Snyder, livestock and meat specialist from the Agriculturist Extension Service. Open show barrows will be judged by T. D. Tandsley Jr. animal husbandryman with the Agricultural Extension Service. Turkeys will be judged by E. D. 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