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Battalion
Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1960
Number 65
‘Vienna On Parade’
Slated for 8 Tonight
Ag Wins $500 Scholarship
Edwin H. Moerbe Jr. of Bishop, right, a student in behalf of the Cooper-Bessemer
junior chemical engineering student at firm is Fred Benson, dean of the A&M
A&M, is the receipient of the newly estab- School of Engineering. Students at four
lished Cooper-Bessemer Corp. $500 Scholar- other colleges also were among the appli-
ship. Handing the scholarship check to the cants.
Bryan, College Station Study Proposals
Telephone Company Asks
For Increase in Local Rates
City officials of Bryan and Col
lege Station are presently study
ing a recent application by the
Southwestern States Telephone Co.
for a rate adjustment for services
rendered through its Bryan and
College Station exchanges.
# City Manager Ran Boswell said
Wednesday that the College Sta-
ion City Council has not yet made
jt decision on the application, but
will do so in a meeting to be held
in the near futui'e.
Letters Sent
G. M. Brennan, division mana
ger for the company in Bryan,
asked in letters to Bryan Mayor
O. B. Donaho and College Station
Mayor Ernest Langford that the
telephone company be granted an
adjustment in rates. Brennan stat
ed that the company is “vitally in
terested in the growth and pro
gress” that has been made in this
area and “is proud to have had a
part in its development.”
“As evidence that we do have a
part in this progressive . develop
ment program, we have continued
to invest our resources in the fu
ture of the two cities,” said Bren
nan.
Rates Based on ’55
Brennan pointed out that the
present telephone rates are based
on the company’s 1955 operating
results. Total telephone plant in
vestment in Bi - yan and College
Station on Dec. 31, 1955 was $2,-
385,335.82. Three years later, total
plant investment was figured at
$4,007,349.23, an increase of 68 per
cent.
The company’s construction pro
gram during the past year includ
ed expenditures of approximately
$168,000 in the Bi-yan-College Sta
tion area for improving cable facil
ities and suburban development.
Since the drafting of the com
pany’s 1960 construction program,
plans have been made for further
development in this area. Bren
nan said extensive improvements
will be made in telephone ^facili
ties in the Edge and Kurten areas,
strengthening the telephone net
work throughout Brazos Co. These
expenditures have been estimated
at $47,000.
The company’s construction pro
gram for 1960, announced recent
ly, included some $68,640 for proj
ects in Bryan, including a re-ar
rangement of power at the central
office, installation of one informa
tion switchboard and a- tape an
nouncing system, addition of 400
terminals of central office equip
ment, a program of cable exten
sion and relief and additional
trunk cii’cuits to Steele Store. Ap
proximately $56,240 is to be ex
pended for a large program of
cable extension and relief at Col
lege Station.
New Expansion
In addition to these specific
projects, an estimated $220,000 has
been provided for use in the Bryan-
College Station area in 1960 for
extensions for new business, rou
tine replacements, public improve-
(See RATES on Page 6)
College Gets
$5,000 in Gifts
From Donors
A&M has r’eceived two restrict
ed gifts totaling $5,000, President
Earl Rudder announced today.
Both gifts were earmarked for use
in the College’s information pro
gram under the direction, of the
College Information Committee.
One gift of $3,000, was made by
the Bryan Chamber of Commerce
upon recommendation of its A&M
Development Committee. The oth
er gift of $2,000 was presented
through the Association of Former
Students by various A&M Clubs
and individuals who recently met
on the campus.
Rudder explained that these two
gifts will be used in the College
Information program where state
funds are prohibited, but where
use of funds from other sources
is permissible. He illustrated by
saying that state funds cannot he
used to reimburse travel expenses
for college faculty and staff mem
bers who attend High School Ca
reer Day Conferences in Texas.
“On behalf of the College,” Rud
der stated in making the announce
ment, “I want to thank both the
Bryan Chamber of Commerce and
the Association of Former Stu
dents for this assistance and coop
eration.
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Magazine
Features
A&M Profs
The April issue of Farmer-
Stockman magazine will feature
articles by two doctors of veter
inary medicine and a color cover
photograph of a scene at the
school’s veterinary hospital.
The writers are Dr. Alvin A.
Price, dean of the school of vet-
grinary medicine, and Dr. R. D.
Turk, head of the veterinary
parasitology department.
Price will discuss how the
A&M School of Veterinary Med
icine serves the Texas Livestock
Industry, and Turk will describe
internal parasites of livestock.
The cover photo will show Dr.
W. M. Romane, assistant profes
sor of veterinary medicine and
surgery, and Lee Speck of Me
nard, a senior veterinary stu
dent.
New Program Set
For Return Show
The new edition of “Vienna on Parade’ , , which in 1958
scored an overwhelming - .success in a coast-to-coast tour of
nearly 100 sold-out engagements, will be presented tonight
at 8 in G. Rollie White Coliseum by Town Hall in correlation
with The A&M Fine Arts Festival now being held.
Topping the roster for the return engagement is one
of the world’s most famous bands, the 200-year-old Deutsch-
meister, which will again be conducted by Capt. Julius Herr
mann, known in Germany as “the Furtwaengler of the brass,”
and eslewhere in Europe as “the Maurice Chevalier of the
| baton.” Also returning for|the second American tour is the
leading man: tenor Erwin von Gross, famous throughout
Gearmany, Austria and Swit- - ^
Christine von Widmann
. . . Town Hall soprano
Battalion Faculty, Student Interviews
Opinions Vary on Coed Ruling
By TOMMY HOLBEIN
Battalion Staff Writer
Do you think co-education is on
the way for A&M ? How do you
think it would affect the school?
These were some of the questions
asked professors and students in
accordance with the rise of the is
sue recently.
James E. Hibdon, associate pro
fessor in the Department of Eco
nomics, said he felt A&M would
go co-educational in time, but not
soon. He said it was doubtful, if
co-education were permitted, many
co-eds would come because many
other schools are well-established
already as co-educational institu
tions.
Alvin L. Bennett, associate pro
fessor in the Department of Eng
lish, said the issue of co-education
was an involved question and the
effects of it would depend on what
type of school A&M was to be. He
said, up until now, A&M has been
conceived as a military school and
co-education has not been wanted.
Bennett said if A&M w r o u 1 d
want to become an educational in
stitution, where academics were
important, then co-education might
be considered, and this would be
with no emphasis on the military.
Jimmy T. Goodard, senior mar
keting major from Houston, said
since A&M has been traditionally
an all-male school, co-education
would be disastrous.
“I feel girls would lower educa
tional standards. Sure it would be
nice to have them up here, but
many complications would arise.
There has been some mention that
if girls w r ent to school here, the
men would dress more proper.”
“This is true to a certain extent,
for if the boys had something to
look forward to, like girls in class,
they would emphasize this more.
But I feel neatness should be a
personal ability and it shouldn’t
take girls to make men dress ap
propriately here at A&M,” said
Goodard.
Fred R. Mauck, freshman pre
boys come to A&M seeking a
strong academic background with
military training in the Corps and
the “Spirit of Aggieland” would
Grass Fire Destroys
Three-Acre Tract
A grass fire destroyed about
three acres of grass land about
two miles south of College Station
on Old State Highway 6 last night
before the College Station Volun
teer Fire Company extinguished
the blaze.
The fire was reported about
11:25 p.m. last night by William
Lusk, a patrolman with the Col
lege Station Police Dept. The fire
was whipped by a brisk wind and
would possibly have done greater
damage had it not been stopped
by a dirt road.
Thirteen members of 4 the College
Station Volunteer Fire Company
law major from Chicago, 111., said I answered the alarm and had the
if women were to enter A&M, the fire under control in less than ten
school would be ruined. He said 1 minutes.
be ruined by having women enter
the school.
“A&M is not known for its dis
like of women, but the Aggies
should resent the entrance of wom
en into the all-male school — one
of the few schools teaching a man
to stand up for what he wants
and believes in,” said Mauck.
Billy Wood, junior Agricultural
Economics major from Montgom
ery, said if the Corps is going to
change to ROTC, such as found at
other school with half-day military
men for the good and expansion
of the school both economically
and academically, co - education
would be good for A&M.
“If the military department con
tinues to de-emphasize itself, co
education would help A&M very
much, but as A&M is now, there
would be too many conflicts with
co-education. Personally, I would
like to see more pride put into the
school — men proud to wear the
Aggie uniform; thus, if this were
returned, I would be against co
education.”
Registration Opens
For Intercollegiate
BridgeTournament
All Aggies interested in the In
tercollegiate Bridge Tournament
Feb. 26 should contact Miss Gladys
Black at the Memorial Student
Center as soon as possible, accord
ing to Wiley Bunton, phairman of
the MSC Bridge Committee which
is sponsoring the tournament.
This is a national play-off to
determine the .top collegiate
bridge players in the United
States, Bunton said. Although
each competing school will hold
its own tournament on its own
campus, all scores will be sent to
Geoffrey Mott-Smith for grading.
He will also prepare all the hands
to be used in the tournaments.
Trophies and plaques will be
awarded to campus champions as
well as to national winners* Bun
ton added.
Miss Black, director of the MSC
Food Department,* is adviser to
the bridge group.
Bridge players may also regis
ter for the tourney in the MSC
directorate office, the chairman
said.
The tournament will be held in
Room 3-D of the Center beginning
at 7:30 p.m.
zerland as “Mr. Operett.
Viennese Diva
The other soloists—and the
program itself—is new. Lead-
j ing lady is the Viennese operetta
: diva, Christine von Widmann.
Also new to America are the
1 Viennese Belles, eight ladies whose
eye-catching costumes match their
vocal allure. Two of the young
ladies are soubrettes from Vienna’s
center for operetta, the famous
Raimund Theatre; another is the
leading soprano with the chamber
opera of the city which boasts a
dozen streets named for Beetho
ven, no less than five Mozart
cafes, a pastry shop known as
“Aida,” a coffee house called
“Parsifal,” and a nightclub called
‘Papageno.”
String Ensemble
Also new to America is a string
ensemble under the direction of
the composer, conducter and pian
ist Rudolf Bibl, who for may years
has directed operetta in Austria’s
leading theatres. The violinist in
the sti-ing ensemble is the concert
master of the Viennese radio or
chestra.
Completing the roster of new
attractions is a ballet duo whose
choreography has been devised by
Mme. Dia Luca, of the Vienna
Volksoper, sister company of the
far famed Vienna State Opera.
From the Volksoper, also, repre
sented is a distinguished director,
Di\ Marcel Prawy, whose produc
tions of three popular American
musical comedies—“Kiss Me,
Kate,” “Wonderful Town,” and
“Annie, Get Your Gun”—unex-
(See VIENNA on Page 6)
55 Elgin FFA Boys
Visit A&M Campus
Elgin High School Future Farm
ers of America were visitors to the
A&M Campus Wednesday.
The 55 Future Farmers were
special guests in the office of Pres
ident Earl Rudder who spoke to
them briefly. In leaving the Coke
Building they visited the Regis
trar’s Office and obtained litera
ture about the college.
The one-day visit was arranged
by James Z. Hattox, Elgin FFA
Advisor, who reported that the
students voted to visit A&M.
The group was directed on the
campus by the Official Greeter of
the College, P. L. (Pinky) Downs
Jr.
Ton igh t’s "Ditch in 5
Showing Postpon ed
The showing of “The Eddie
Duchin Story,” previously sched
uled by the Memorial Student
Center Film Society for Thur-
day night, will be presented
Friday night at 7:30.
The film, to be shown in
Rooms 2A-B-C-D, stars Tyrone
Power and Kim Novak and con
cerns the life of the great mod
ern musician.
The film will be shown in co
operation with the A&M Fine
Arts Festival.
Batt Officials
To A item! Meet
In New York
Johnny Johnson, editor of The
Battalion, and Bill Hicklin, manag
ing editor of The Battalion, will
leave Tuesday to attend a four-
day conference in New York City.
The pair will attend the second
annual Student Editor’s Confer
ence at the Ovei’seas Press Club,
Feb. 19-22.
Johnson was one of 120 student
editors in the nation receiving
scholarships to the conference
which is sponsored by the Over
seas Press Club and the U. S. Na
tional Student Assn.
Included on the program are
talks by Massachusetts Sen. John
F. Kennedy and Minnesota Sen.
Hubert Humphrey, both candidates
for the Democratic presidential
nomination.
Other participants on the pro
gram include several top newspa
permen, including Bob Considipe,
Hearst Headline Service columnist
and foreign correspondent; James
Wechler, editor of The New York
Post; Tom Whitney, Associated
Press foreign news analyst; John
Luther, Newsweek magazine press
editor.
Johnson and Hicklin will also
participate on the ABC television
network program, “College News
Conference,” Sunday afternoon,
Feb. 21.
Prepares for New York
Johnny Johnson, left, editor of The Battalion, and Bill
Hicklin, managing editor of The Battalion, look over a map
in ipreparation for their trip to attend the second annual
Student Editor’s Conference in New York City Feb. 19-22.
Johnson was awarded one of 120 scholarships given by the
Overseas Press Club and*the U. S. National Student Assn,
to United States college and university newspaper editors
to attend the meeting. Hicklin will attent the meeting as
a delegate^
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