The Battalion
Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1960
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Founder and Students
J. D. Sartwelle Jr. of Houston, left, and Bob
by Quisenberry of Quanah, right, both
freshmen students in agricultural economics
at A&M, listen to tales of the school’s past
from E. J. Kyle, the man who founded the
agricultural economics and rural sociology
department in 1919. Forty-one years have
passed since this relatively new phase of
agricultural training was added at the col
lege, making A&M a pioneer in this field
with the fourth largest department in the
nation. Kyle established the department to
meet the growing importance of the busi
ness side of farming and ranching. The
veteran educatior, now nearing 84, served as
A&M dean of agriculture from 1911 to 1944.
Sartwell’s father is president of Port City
Stockyards in Houston. Bobby is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Quisenberry of Quanah
and is winner of an Anderson Clayton Co.
four-year scholarship.
George Washington Day
Aggie Fish Drill Team Takes
Third at Laredo Annual Meet
The A&M “Fish” Drill Team re
turned to the v campus Sunday night
from "Laredo after capturing third
place in the annual George Wash
ington Birthday Celebration.
The team left Friday afternoon
for the 300-mile trip to the South
Texas town. While in Laredo, they
stayed at Laredo Air Force Base,
according to Capt. G. S. Coffin,
assistant professor in the Depart
ment of Air Science and the
group’s sponsor.
Saturday morning the Freshmen
marched with other drill teams and
bands from all over Texas and
Mexico in a street parade which
wound through Laredo, ending at
the International Bridge. At the
bridge, honor guards from both
the U.S. and Mexico met in an
exchange of international friend
ship.
After a barbeque dinner at Mar
tin High School Saturday after
noon, the “Fish” competed . with
other teams in the drill team com
petition. The A&M team came in
third in the college division. The
team from Arlington State Col
lege won first place’and St. Mai-y’s
University, San Antonio, came in
second/
This year’s Freshman Drill
Team' commander is Royce M.
John, freshman from Houston.
The Frist Sergeant is D. W. Rhea,
freshman fi-om Dallas.
Instructors in the Department
of Air Science who accompanied
the team £q B Laredo werd Capt.
Coffin, Capt. D. fe. Allen, T.Sgt.
0. E. Millican, S.Sgt. E. R. Ruther
ford, S.Sgt. M. K. Wilson and
S.Sgt. David R. Bradley.
Accompanying the “Fish” as ad
visors were Pat Standi, sophomore
from Shreveport, La., Reed Arm
strong, sophomore from Shreve
port and Glen Jones, junior from
Dallas.
Intercollegiate Bridge Meet
To Be Held in MSC Friday
The 19G0 Intercollegiate Bridge
Tournament will be held Friday at
7:15 p.m. in the Memorial Student
Center and students from more
than 125 American and Canadian
colleges and universities will be
competing for top scores.
All competitors will play the
same hands, arranged by author
and contract bridge authority
Geoffrey Mott-Smith, who will also
score the tournament results to
determine campus, natibhal and
regional winners.
Prizes will include trophy cups
for the colleges winning' the na
tional titles, one cup for the college
whose players score highest on
East-West hands and one cup for
the college of the North-South hand
winners, according to Wiley Bun-
ton, chairman of the MSC bridge
committee.
Last year 2038 students repre
senting 118 colleges in 37 states
and Canada participated in the
tournament. Teams representing
Columbia University and Princeton
Univex-sity won the national cham
pionship titles and trophy cups.
More than a hundred other stu
dents won regional and campus
honors.
The National Intercollegiate
Bridge Tournament committee, a
part of the Games Committee,
Association of College Unions, is
interested in developing contract
bridge as a supplement to the col
legiate social program.
Miss Gladys Black, of the MSC
food department, is sponsor to the
bridge committee and will direct
the tournament.
Two Poles Of Faith’ Is
Of Howard’s Talk
From 18 Colleges
Talent Scouts Pick
Ten ITS Finalists
An audition team composed of
eight students and two advisors
picked the ten top acts from over
150 acts they saw from 18 colleges
in five states for the Intercollegi
ate Talent Show to be held March
11, at 7 p.m. in G. Rollie White
Coliseum.
The ten acts picked were: The
Jokers, a jazz combo from LSU;
James Blakey, a fiddler from Sam
Houstop State College; Linda
Woods from North Texas State
playing a marimba; Tappy and
Hamp Dickens, a brother and sis
ter tap dance act from the Univer
sity of Arkansas and Southern
State; the Suvans, a quartet from
Texas Tech; Suzanne van de Putte,
Scientist To Speak
At Nuclear Meets
The Department of Nuclear En
gineering has announced a sched
ule of seminars for the months of
February and March. The semi
nars will be held at 4 p.m. in the
Mechanical Engineering Shops,
John D. Randall, assistant profes
sor in the Department of Mechan
ical Engineering, announces.
V. S. Bishop, health physicist
for the A&M System, will be the
speaker at the Feb. 26 and March
4, seminars. His topic will be
“Survey of Health Physicists
Principles.”
Prof. S. 0. Brown, professor in
the Department of Biology, will be
the speaker at the March 11 semi
nar, discussing “The Effect of
Low-Dose Chronic Gamma Irradi
ation on the Laboratory Animal.”
Dr. R. G. Bader, associate pro
fessor in the Department of Ocean
ography and Meteorology, will be
the speaker at the March 18 pro
gram. He will talk on “The Use
of Isotopes in Determining Ab
sorption Isotherms.”
“Techniques of High-Level Gam
ma Dosimetry,” will be discussed
by George M. Krise, associate pro
fessor in the Department of Biol
ogy, at the March 25 seminar.
a Brazilian singer and dancer
from SMU;
Karol Coin, a torch singer from
OSU; C&V Charles, a duet from
SLI; Charlotte Coleman, a ballet
dancer from Baylor; the Apache
Belles from Tyler Jr. College; and
Jose Maher, the flamenco guitar
artist from A&M.
Tickets will go on sale Thursday
and may be bought from unit and
staff C.O.’s. General admission
tickets may be purchased for 75
cents before the show and one dol
lar at the door. Reserved seat
tickets will cost $1.50 and chil
dren’s tickets may be purchased
for 50 cents.
The audition team was composed
of Pete Hardesty and Rosalie
Johnson as advisers, and Tommy
Lancaster, Bill McClain, Rudy
Schubert, Jimmy Roberts, Richard
Nagy, Rodney Kelly, Mike Bozardt
and David Hughes as student
members.
Aviation Meeting
Being Held in MSC
A wide variety of equipment, in
addition to outstanding speakers,
is among the attractions at the
ninth annual Texas Agricultural
Aviation Conference and Pest Con
trol Short Course now underway
at A&M.
The equipment, located on the
second floor of the MSC, includes
airplane accessories, electronic de
vices, pilot safety paraphernalia,
plane parts, engines, literature on
new type agricultural aircraft and
chemical application machinery.
One booth has information on
insurance covering aerial applicat
or pilots and their planes.
The session will continue
through Feb. 23, with a field dem
onstration of equipment at Easter-
wood Airport.
Dr. Wayne G. McCully, associate
professor in the Department of
Range and Forestry, and confer
ence chaii’man, said the meeting is
sponsored by the A&M College
System,»Texas Aeronautics Com
mission, Texas Flying Farmers
and Ranchers Assn, and the Texas
Aerial Applicators Assn.
College Station Council
Passes Three Proposals
Carolyn Bedford
. Fish Ball Sweetheart
meeting held last night, according
to Ran Boswell, College Station
The date was set for the election
of city officials, a boai'd of equali
zation was named and new tele
phone rates were adopted.
A mayor and three councilmen,
one from each ward, are to be
elected at a general municipal
election to be called April 5. Voters
will go to three polling places in
the city to elect the officials.
Voters in Ward 1 will go to the
Consolidated High School music
room to cast their votes, Ward 2
will vote in the office of Culpepper
Manning, College Hills, and Ward
3 will cast votes in the City Hall,
Boswell said.
Persons wishing to file for the
office of mayor or councilman
must file in the City Hall before
March 5, Boswell added. There is
no charge for filing.
The present mayor of College
Station, who is elected at large, is
W. Landiss, Ward 1; J. H. Sorrels,
Ward 2, and A. P. Boyett, Ward 3.
their terms without any monetary
compensation, Boswell said.
The Council named a three-man
board of tax equalization. Named
to serve on the board were Dr.
H. E. Hampton, Ed Kidd and B. J.
Flucker.
EditorofAggielan d
Asks Information
western States Telephone Company
rates. Officials of the telephone
the rates is past due and that it
is essential if telephone service
here is to continue to expand.
The proposed monthly rate struc
ture with present prices in paren
thesis follows:
One-party business telephone,
$12 ($9); two-party business tele
phone, $10 ($6.75); business exten
sion, $2 ($1.50); one-party resi
dence telephone, $6 ($5); two-
party residence telephone, $5 ($4);
four-party residence telephone $4
changes become policy.
Rue Pinalle
Slates 3 Acts
Bill Nayratil’s band from
Brenham, singer Connie Ander
son, and Diane Kunz, dancer
from Sam Honston State Teach
er’s College will provide the en
tertainment at Friday’s, Feb.
26, Cafe Rue Pinalle, accord
ing to Jimmy Fadal, member of
the MSC Dance Committee.
As a prelude to the Sopho
more Ball to be held the follow
ing night. Cafe Rue Pinalle will
be held from 8 until 12 p.m. in
the lower level of the MSC.-
Tickets are $1.25 per couple and
are now on sale at the entrance
to the lower level.
The lower level will be dec
orated with a New Orleans
theme relating to an “Aggie
version” of French nite life.
CHS Club Sets
Annual Supper
For March 3
The Mothers’ and Dads’ Club of
A&M Consolidated School has
scheduled its annual Community
Supper for March 3 in conjunction
with Texas Public School Week,
Feb..29-March 4. The event will
be held again in the school gym
nasium in College Station.
Last year around 1,200 people
were served and an even bigger
crowd is forecast this year, accord
ing to Mrs. Vergil Clark, chairman
of the supper.
Serving of the fried chicken
menu will begin at 5:30 p.m. Open
house and demonstration classes
will follow at 7:30 p.m. for grades
6-12. No formal program has
been planned for the elementary
grades, but parents are invited to
attend classes during the week in
all the junior and senior high
grades. Elementary school visita
tion plans are as yet indefinite.
Mrs. Clark is being assisted this
year by Mrs. W. A. Mixon, Mrs.
A. F. Isbell, Mrs. T. E. McAfee,
Mrs. R. J. Baldauf, Mrs. Marion
Pugh, Mrs. A. M. Sorenson, and
Mrs. H. G. Thompson with tickets
being handled by Mrs. Ellis Smith
and publicity by Mrs. S. E. Brown,
Barbara Beasley, and Russell
Brown.
Tickets for the supper will be
sold by Consolidated students with
prizes donated by merchants to be
awarded for the most sales.
Nelson Replaced
By Dallas Pastor .
By TOMMY HOLBEIN
Battalion Staff Writer
“The Christian Faith like our planet, has two poles:
between them lies our freedom of soul,” said Dr. Herbert R.
Howard, convocation speakers for Religious Emphasis Week,
in Guion Hall at 10:00 a. m. today.
Dr. Howard is replacing Dr. D. M. Nelson, pastor of the
First Baptist Church of Greenville, S. C., who was unable
to come to A&M this week due to illness.
Continuing his speech, Dr. Howard said, “One pole is
the image of God in human personality, suggesting God’s
dignity and worth, his capacity for spiritual understanding.
The other is the faithfulness of the written word.”
“We confront then”, the speaker said, “the questions
and issues of our times with"*
courage. God has revealed
Himself perfectly in Christ.
Hence, human personality has
great potential. Our salvation
is a fact, not a possibility.’
Concluding his talk, Dr. Howard
said, “We confront our world with
wisdom and restraint, for the law
of God calls for meekness and
discipline under the will of God.
The Bible is not out of date, it
contains a lamp for our feet. Let
us come to terms with it and find
our way in it. We do so as we
read it intelligently, inquiringly,
and reverently.”
Dr. Howard was born and raised
in Troy, Alabama, and he studied
two years at Troy State College,
then graduated with an AB degree
from Howard College in Birming
ham, Alabama, in 1938.
After graduating from Howard
College, Dr. Howard attended
Southern Seminary in Louisville,
Kentucky, where he graduated
with a Th.M. degree in 1941. He
went into the Seminary Graduate
School, majoring in Christian
Ethics and Social Philosophy,
from which he obtained his Th.D.
degree in 1944.
Dr. Howard held a pastorage at
the Immanuel Baptist Church in
Tulsa, Oklahoma, from 1944 until
1948, when he moved to Park City
Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas,
where he has remained. A mem
ber of the Kiwanis Club, Dr.
Howard is a past president of the
North Dallas Park City Chapter,
and is a 32nd degree Mason.
“Faith of Our Fathers” was Dr.
Howard’s topic for his talk given
yesterday in Guion Hall at 11:00
a.m. He said, “The faith of our
fathers is the belief that God is,
that God has made Himself known,
and that how we relate ourselves
to God’s revelations of Himself
determines our destiny.”
“It is significant to note that
the doctrine of Islam in Nigeria
has come into direct contact with
four basic truths of the Christian
religion: that Christ was the Son
of God, that He was crucified upon
a^ cross, was raised from the dead, ij
and that He will return again,’’J
said Howard.
He continued by showing how
each of these four truths were
related to the “faith of our
fathers,” and ending his talk, he
said, “That He shall return—it has
a beginning and an end, and I
don’t know when it will be, but
when it comes, it will be the occa
sion of the complete victory of the
will of God and the perfect estab
lishment of His kingdom.”
Aggie Players Start
Rehearsals? orPlay
Rehearsals began last night for
the Aggie Player’s production of
“The Tender Trap,” according to
C. K. Esten, producer for the
group. .
The three act Broadway comedy
will be staged in the Lower Level
of the Memorial Student Center
April 4.' Harry Gooding will di-
dect the play, Esten said.
The cast, as announced Monday,
include Travis Madole as Charlie
Reader, Ray Simmons as Joe,
Perry Popa as Earl Linquest,
Richard Riser as Sol, Betty Bar
bee as Poppy, Libby Alexander as
Sylvia, Ramona Yauger as Jessica
and Marlene Rushing at Julie.
Stage crews will be anounced
later, said Esten.
The cast for “An Evening With
George Bernard Shaw,” to be pre
sented April 20, will be announced
at a later date also.