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The Battalion Volume 59 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1960 Number 53 Battalion Has Staff Changes Several changes on the editorial staff of The Battalion were an nounced today by Battalion Editor Johnny Johnson. Sports Editor Bob Weekley has resigned effective the end of this semester to take' a job on the sports staff of The Pm-t Arthur News. Assistant Sports Editor Joe Callicoatte, junior journalism major from Atlanta, has been ten tatively named to replace Weekley. Bill Hicklin, junior journalism major from Corpus Christi, has been named managing editor. Ben Trail, sophomore journalism major from Omaha, Neb., and Bob Sloan, sophomore journalism ma jor from Dallas, have been pro moted to assistant news editors. The pair, former staff writers, will assist News Editor Robbie Godwin, junior journalism major from Robert Lee. A1 Vela, sophomore journalism major from Houston, will assist Callicoatte in handling sports in addition to working with the news staff. Remaining members of The Battalion staff are Ken Coppage, sophomore business administration major from Oklahoma City; Tom my Holbein, sophomore journalism major , from Hebbronville; Jack Hartsfjeld, senior journalism ma jor from Waco; Bob Saile, senior journalism major from Houston; and Alan Payne, freshman journal ism major from Sulphur Springs, who are all staff writers. Joe Jackson, senior civil engi neering major from Wichita Falls, is photographer. Bob Weekley . . . Sports Editor Resigns Activity Rebate Applications Set at Housing Graduating seniors who paid the Student Activity Fee and will not be in school the Spring Semester may obtain the refund on the Spring portion of that fee by mak ing application at the Housing Of fice. Students must present their Town Hall, Great Issues, and Ath letic tickets in order to be eligible for refund. Dormitory students must turn in tbeir mattress covers before claiming any refund. Graduating seniors who live in dormitories may obtain a refund of the last week of dormitory fees by reporting to the Fiscal Office during the week of Jan. 18-23. Students other than graduating seniors, who will not be in school during the Spring Semester, may make arrangements for their stu dent Activity Fee refunds when they turn in their clearances prior to leaving the campus. Ninety-Four Thousand Smiths The Department of Public Safety in Austin is being swamped by requests for copies of drivers accident records. Here pretty Mrs. Barbara Jones looks for the record of a driver named Smith. She is surrounded by files containing the records of 94,000 Smiths among Texas’ 4,357,000 li censed drivers. Since the Texas Safe Driving Plan went into effect, requests for such record checks have soared from 4,000 a month to that many in a-single day. Any one can obtain a copy of his record by writing the depart ment, a fee of fifty cents is charged. (AP Wirephoto) Rudder Urges Cooperation President Earl Rudder spoke to the Student Administiators Ad visory Conference last Thursday and told them college and public school administrators should vroi’k together more for the benefit of college-bound Texas youngsters. The conference, sponsored by the Texas Education Agency, closed Friday and followed a series of group discussions. The meetings were planned to bring school offi cials up to date on educational developments and regulations and for evaluation of cm’rent educa tional programs. “We can’t have the college pro fessors in a huddle on one side and the public school teachers off to themselves on the other side,” Rudder told delegates. Pie said, “We hear a lot of criti cism from college teachers on the poor preparation given their stu dents back heme in high school.” “And at the same time, we hear high school teachers, complaining that college professors may be specialists in their field but they don’t really know r how to teach.” “Perhaps there are valid points to be made on both sides,” he said. “But, until we try to solve them together, the situation never will improve.” Gov. Price Daniel and Mrs. Mary Alexander of Palestine, president of the Texas State Teachei’s Assn., also addressed Thursday’s general session. Mrs. Alexander told the confer ence Daniel must call a special ses sion of the Legislature soon if any progress is to be made on the Hale- Aikin proposals for school im provement. She said “children will pay the penalty” if elected officials “fail to take the initiative in providing an improved foundation program, which would include better salaries for teachers.” Waiting until the regular legis lative session in 19fil will be a mis take, Mrs. Alexander said, because under the constitution, “no new appropriations will be considered until all other financial problems of the state have been solved.” Welch Funds To Aid Chemistry Research Profs Receive Grants To Study Funds amounting to $142,000, supporting seven major research studies in chemistry, within the A&M College System, have been received from the Robert A. Welch Foun dation of Houston. Six of the grants were made to support work based at College Station, and one grant was made for work now under way at Prairie View A&M. Grants, amounts, receipients and nature of the projects are as follow: A grant of $10,000 to Dr. Russel Couch, professor of biochemistry and nutrition and poultry science, A&M, for studies on the biochemistry of trace elements; A grant of $15,000 to Dr.* Raymond Reiser, professor of biochemistry, A&M for study of the chemical nature and behavior of lipides; A grant of $30,000 ($10,000 per year for two years) to Dr. C. T. Stubblefield, Prairie View, for mod ification of the microcalorimeter and a study of stabilization of the rare earths through complexing; A grant of $10,000 to Dr. Donald W. Hood, Department of Ocean ography atnd Matoorology, A&M, for studies of the chemistry of ectocrine compounds of sea wat«r; A grant of $37,000 to Dr. C. K. Hancock, Department of Chemistry, A&M, for the studies of the effect of structure on the reactivity and properties of organic compounds; A grant of $20,000 to Dr. Joe S. Ham, Department of Physics, A&M, for studies of properties of high polymers and their solution under pressure and a grant of $1.7,000 to Dr. A. W. Jache, Department of Chemistry, A&M, for studies in microwave spectroscopy. Bell Elected Vet President Dr. Brittian D. Bell of Hunts ville has been elected president of the Brazos Valley Veterinary Med ical Assn, for 1900. The Brazos veterinary group has one of the largest memberships in the state and meets the first Tues day evening of each odd-numbered month. Other officers named were Dr. Paul F. Junkerman of Bryan, vice president, and Dr. Melvin R. Calli- ham of College Station, secretary- treasurer. The new officers were elected during a recent meeting of the as sociation at A&M. Med tin Speaks To Lions The College Station Lions Club heard A. B. Medlin, an associate professor in the Department of Biology and a member of the club, explain the operation of Lions In ternational from both the local to the international level at the club’s regular Monday luncheon in the Memorial Student Center. In stressing the tremendous growth of Lions clubs throughout the world, Medlin said that repi’e- sentative organizations of Lions are now found in 103 countries. The local member • urged all Lions present to attend the com ing Lions Mid-Winter Conference to be held in the MSC Jan. 17. Ap proximately 300 Lions from clubs in this district are expected to at tend. Preceding the talk by Medlin, D. R. Fletcher revealed the pro gram under planning for the Mid- Winter Conference. Fletcher promised the club an excellent speaker and a smorgasbord for all Lions and their wives. The Sing ing Cadets will furnish entertain ment for the conference. Tentative plans for an Honor Council for the Lions-sponsored Boy Scout troop in College Station were discussed and planned for next Monday night. Freddie Wolters, Tailtwister in the club, presided in the absence of President A. L. Flowers, who w r as out of town. Held In Slaying Frank Robinson, right, retired butcher, is shown with San Antonio patrolman Kretzchmar who apprehended him after Robinson, who admitted to police, had beaten his three children to death with a claw hammer. Robinson told police he couldn’t explain beating three of the children. (AP Wirephoto) By Dean Hannigan MSC Council Votes Constitution Change By ROBBIE GODWIN Battalion News Editor The Memorial Student Center Council voted unanimously last night to accept Dean of Students James P. Hannigan’s proposed changes to the Centei’’s constitu tion. The first, concerning the director of the Center was changed from: “He shall be appointed by the President of the College, in rec ommendation of the Memorial Student Center Council, and shall be responsible to the President through the Director of Student Personnel Services,” To read: “He shall be appointed by the President of the College and shall be responsible to the President through the Dean of Students. The MSC Council shall be invited to express its opinion if a vacancy in Cat lets Break Top Ten—8 th in Poll From The Associated Press A&M cagers added more spice to their best season in 40 years as the Cadets crash- | ed the top ten of America’s elite round-bailers—t a k i n g the 8th post in the weekly Associ ated Press basketball poll. 3:>2 Votes Coach Bob Rogers' smooth out fit, carrying their unbeaten string through 10 games well into Jan uary, polled 352 votes from the na tion’s sports writers. Perennially powerful Utah had 412 votes for 7th place and Villanova, one of the remaining four unbeaten ma jor colleges in the land, had 263 votes for 9th place. Cincinnati Still 1st Cincinnati, with Oscar Robert- Guide Posts “We have got used to the idea of people living without conscious ly accepting Christ as their sav iour, so that our evangelism has tended to become an expression of our sense of duty as Christians rather than an expression of our concern that people must be evangelized.”—D. T. Niles son stilt running rampant on the hardwoods, continued to dominate the poll, tallying 147 first place votes from 174 sports writers and broadcasters. California, last year’s NCAA champs, followed the Bearcats with six first place votes and 1,455 total points, compared with Cincinnati’s 1,716 total. West Virginia Third West Virginia, runner-up to Cal ifornia for the NCAA title last year, h&ld the third spot, amass ing more first place votes than California—12—but falling behind in the total with 1,356 votes. A&M overcame Baylor and Tex as Christian last week to grab the eighth slot. The post was former ly held by Wake Forest. Other teams in the first ten in cluded Ohio State, the Big Ten leader,, Georgia Tech and South ern California, the only team to de feat California this year. Second Ten St. Louis, Utah State, Wake Forest, Illinois, Miami, Fla., North Carolina, Kentucky, Toledo, La- Graduation Program Set The program for the commence ment at A&M, Jan. 23 will be held in the G. Rollie White Coli seum. The program wil get un der way at 10 a.m. The program follows: Procession, “Triumphal March,” Grieg, Mrs. A. B. Medlen, organ ist. Invocation, Cadet Lt. Colonel Pttlip G. Robberson of San An tonio, corps chaplain. Announcements and introduc tion of speaker. President Earl Rudder. Commencement address, Dr. Eugele Slater, minister, Polk Street Methodist Church of Ama rillo. Conferring degrees. President Rudder. “The Spirit of Aggieland,” Dunn, graduates and audience led by Cadet Lt. Col. Joe M. Leeper of Dickinson. Benediction, James O. Manley of Baytown, civilian chaplain. Recession, “Festival Postlude,” Martin, Mrs. A. B. Medlen, or ganist. Salle and Detroit completed the second ten. The Aggies, currently locked for the Southwest Conference lead with Texas, who defeated Arkan sas last night, meet Southern Methodist tonight in G. Rollie White Coliseum and Texas, also hei'e Friday night. Villanova, who along with the Farmers ci-ashed the first ten for the first time in the season, carry unbeaten records into coming con ference play. Few Switches The switches of Illinois and Wake Forest from the first ten, with A&M and Villanova, and the changing of Ohio State with Utah, with the Buckeyes moving to fifth and the Utes dropping to seventh were the only differences in the poll. The top ten based on 10 points for first, 9 for second, etc., with first place votes in parentheses.: 1. Cincinnati (147) 2. California (G) 3. West Virginia (12) 4. Bradley 5. Ohio State G. Georsria Tech (2) 7. Utah 8. Texas A&M 9. Villanova 10. Southern California 11. St. Louis 12. Utah State Second Ten 1.71G 1.456 1.36G 1,036 8G4 688 412 352 2G3 23G 168 162 13. Wake Foraet 14. Illinois 15. Miama, Fla. (5) 16. North Carolina 17. Kentucky 18. Toledo 19. LaSalle 20. Detroit 144 124 113 86 83 67 51 37 Local Realtor Gets Honor Miss Velma Erisman Redmond of Bryan wa§ awarded the desig nation of Certified Master Broker in ceremonies Friday at the Real Estate Institute of the Texas Real Estate Assn. Jerome L. Howard, education committee chairman, presided at the awards luncheon and John E. Wolf, president, presented the cer tificates. The luncheon was a part of the three day program of the Texas Real Estate Association’s Mid- Winter meetings and installation. Designations were presented to 112 Texas realtors and their as sociates for having completed pre scribed courses and examinations at the TREA’s third Real Estate Institute which was held in Austin, Aug. 9-15. this position occurs.” Another change, concerning the council itself, read: “The Council shall be a standing committee of the Academic Coun cil for the purpose of forming the general policies and directing the organization and operation of the activities. . .in the Center. . .” It was changed to read: “The council shall be organized for the purpose of forming the general policies. . . “The Council will report its ac tivities to the President of the College through the Director of the MSC, and through the Dean of Students.” The third change involved the membership of the council. The members named were the faculty group and the student representa tives. Instead of the five faculty mem bers being appointed by the Pres ident of the College directly, they will now be appointed on recom mendation of the Dean of Stu dents. In other action, Clyde Whitwell reported on a committee to set up rules for the annual lost and found auction. The council adopted the rules, which included putting signs up on the clothes racks telling where the lost and found desk is located, where the money from the auction will go, and how long they will be held. The Council propo sition stated that every reasonable effort will be made to locate the owner of the merchandise. In another committee report, Great Issues reported clearing $327.75 on gate receipts for Rob ert Kennedy’s speech. The Brows ing Library reported receiving four newspapers, five 45 r.p.m. record player adapters, two Bibles and a book of poetry. Charles Yost reported for the Dance Committee, requesting a $300 loan of the Council to com bine with $200 revolving fund set up at the beginning of the semes ter to buy tables for use at Rue Pinalle and other dances sponsored by the committee. The council ap proved the loan.