Explorers Scout See Hospital
Don Houston, senior Veterinary Medicine student, explains
large animal operations at the Veteranary Hospital, to a
i ! group of Explorer Scouts from Fort Worth who visited
A&M during the weekend. The scouts visited the Data
Processing Center, Nuclear Reactor, Wind Tunnel,^different
phases of the Department of Agriculture, Department of
.Oceanography and Meteorology and the Veterinary Hospi
tal. They stayed in Dorm 6 during their visit.
After Loss to Texas
Ag Cagers Drop
To 18 in Al» Poll
By. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A&M’s basketball squad dropped
r V to 18th in the weekly Associated
HPress basketball poll last week
• following a loss to Texas and the
victory over Arkansas,
i The Ags were 11th in last
^'week’s poll.
Cincinnati still leads the college
basketball parade with the end in
Msight but it has a new challenger
T : ' in Ohio' State which has moved
llinto second place in the weekly
|§ Associated Press poll of sports
■writers and sportscasters.
Although Oscar Robertson was
.A-held to 14 points Saturday, Cin-
■cinnati beat Houston 57-47 to
boost its record to 20-1. There is
^|a comfortable 203-point gap be-
1 Tween Cincinnati and 1’unner-up
|§ Ohio State.
Ohio State’s victories over Tlli-
nois and Michigan State earned
III enough support to give the Buck-
» . eyes the No. 2 spot in a scramble
! with Bradley and California.
St. Bonaventure advanced into
jb the top 10 for the first time by
| knocking off Villanova and Mar-
C quette.
New faces in the second 10 were
;• New York University, No. 14, St.
: Xiouis, No. Ifi, and Indiana, No. 20,
K> while Ohio University, North Car-
I olina and Illinois dropped out.
Engineering
Job Prospects
Still Bright
The employment prospects for
engineering graduates are bright,
C. W. Crawford, associate dean of
engineering, said today. There
are several current and pertinent
points in engineering, at this mo
ment, that should be of interest to
all engineering or prospective en
gineering students, the associate
dean said.
“Engineers are already in strong
demand and will be in even strong
er demand by the time our present
smaller sophomore and freshman
classes reach graduation,” Craw
ford declared.
“Enrollment in accredited engi
neering colleges is down, 4 per cent
from 1958 and fi.9 per cent in 1957
This comes at a time when tota 1
college enrollments have increased
by 10.9 per cent in the two year
period.
Nearly all of the drop has been
in the freshman classes of 1958
and 1959.
“Substantial increases have oc
curred in the number of graduate
students enrolled for master’s and
doctor’s degree work. This indi
cates that the field of engineering
is becoming much more technical
and scientific.
“For those students who have
a real interest in engineering and
a high degree of competence h
mathematics and the physical sci
ences, the employment prospect!
are bright.”
The first 10 teams with points
on a 10-9-8 etc. basis; first place
votes in parentheses:
Cincinnati fiR
Ohio State 49
1.
2.
3. Bradley 23
4. California, 19
5. Utah 1
Georgia Tech 2
West Virginia,3
Utah State
f,.
7.
8.
9. Miami
10. St., Bonaventure 2
Second ten
11. St. John’s NY
12. Villanova ,
13. Auburn f>
14. New York University
15. Providence
1G. St. Louis ,
17. Holy Cross
18. Texas A&M
19. Toledo,
20. Indiana
1,500
1,357
1,324
1,283
032
559
443
350
317
238
191
100
159
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118
.’01
100
, 97
85
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Ag FFA Chapter
Sponsors Display
The A&M Collegiate FFA Chap
ter, in connection with National
FFA Week, is sponsoring a dis
play in t^e Memorial Student
Center. |
The purpose of the display is to
acquaint the public with the
organizational set up of the FFA,
its creed and its purposes.
Herbert Schumann, chairman of
the committee in charge of the
display, said that the A&M FFA
Chapter is one of many FFA chap
ters oyer the country gelebrating
National FFA Week. In Texas
alone there are some 900 active
FFA chapters with over 30,000
active members and more than a
quarter of a million former mem
bers.
The God You Know’ Presented
By Dr. Howard This Morning
Speaker Talks
Of God’s Powef
Officers Poll,
F inance Report
Conclude MOD
Dr. and Mrs. I. W. Rupel were
elected co-chairmen of next year’s
Brazos County March of Dimes
drive at a quarterly meeting of
the Brazos County National Foun
dation Monday night.
A financial report of this year’s
just completed drive by Mrs. Roy
Snyder, treasurer of the campaign,
revealed that a total of $8,054 was
raised in the drive.
Dr. Paul Hensarling, chairman
of the 1900 Dimes drive, began
the meeting by giving the board
a recap of the campaign activities
and expressed his appreciation to
the many workers and contribu
tors’\vho made the drive a success.
Mrs. Snyder’s report revealed
that $1,173.24 was collected from
mailers, $280.90 from coin collec
tors, $fp#.65 from special gifts,
$1,746.37 from teenage activities,
890.79 from special events and
$703.28 from schools and colleges.
Other amounts received were
fi’om the Mothers’ March held Jan.
28. In the College Station area
the amount was $1,312.33, $270.47
for the rm’al areas and $1,850.97
for Bryan including $369 from the
Negro division.
Mrs. Snyder also reported that
Veterans’ To Sign
For February Pay
Student attending school un
der the G. I. Bill may sign for
February pay at the Veterans
Advisors Office any time be
tween now and Friday, March 4.
$248.01 had been spent for cam
paign expenses, which means the
Dimes drive netted $7,805.99. She I
reported that after the net is split
in half the local chapter will add
$3,902.99 to its treasury, the re
mainder going to the National
Foundation for use in its fight
against crippling polio, birth de
fects and arthritis.
Mrs. Ann Keel, chapter treas
urer, also gave a financial report
covering activities for 1959. She
reported that $4,251.70 had been
spent on patient care for 12 Bra
zos County youths. An additional
$13.36 was for administrative ex- |
penses, most of which were post
age.
Mrs. Keel noted the chapter bal
ance as of Jan 1 was $97.24 and
that with the $03,902.99 from the
March of Dimes the total on hand
would be $4,000.23. However, she
poihted out that an estimated $900
in bills is outstanding, which would
when paid leave ‘ an actual work
ing balance of approximately $3,-
100 to finance chapter activities
throughout i960.
Other officers elected were Dr.
Paul Hensarling; Mrs. Florence
Hall, secretary; Mrs. Ann Keel,
treasurer; and A. B. Syptak, out
going chairman, and Mrs. Syptak,
as advisory member of the execu
tive board.
Charles Jones
wins one of 61 grants
Physics Prof Gets
Danforth Award
Charles Jones, an instructor in
the Department of Physics, has
been selected for a Danforth
Foundation teacher study grant
for 1960-61. He will do his work
here.
He was one of 61 to receive a
grant out of a total of 471 appli
cants throughout the United
Consolidated High Juniors
To Present ‘Theater Trio’
By RUSSELL BROWN
“Theater Trio,” the Junior plays
of A&M Consolidated High School
are beginning to take shape for
its production on Friday night ac
cording to directors Mrs. Ermine
Worrell, Mr. Jim Tom House, and
Mr. Frank Coulter.
Bryan, College Station
C of C’s Plan Merger
Both the Bryan and College Sta
tion Chambers of Commerce Board
of Directors met yesterday, and
both unanimously approved a reso
lution to combine the two Chambers
into one.
. Jack G. Springer, Bryan C. of C.
manager said the chambers would
now poll their members as the
next step toward the union. The
Bryan group is going to poll its
members by mail, while the College
Station chamber will holds a gen
eral meeting of its members, ac-
•ording to Springer. Both groups
hope to have the results by
March 4.
“Important Event”
Travis B. Bryan, president of
the Bryan chamber, said of the
merger, “I think this is one of the
nost important and significant I to the best interest of the two
;vents to evolve from chamber cities to encourage and foster the
and all enterprises tending to the
upbuilding of Brazos County as a
whole and the cities of Bryan and
College Station in particular.
“Unity Is Good”
“This will give the whole com
munity the opportunity to get to
gether and work on things that we
have been doing separately. The
unity will enable us to accomplish
a great deal more than working
separately,” said Gene Sutphen,
president of the College Station
Chamber.
Resolution
The resolution states that the
groups believed the Bryan-College
Station community “is in fact one
economic and cultural metropolitan
area, whose progress is dependent
on each community and the rural
areas adjacent thereto” and “it is
Springer.
By-Laws Drawn Up
If it is voted in by the members
of both chambers, the group will
operate under the by-laws which
have been drawn up beginning
April 1, said Springer.
President Earl Rudder, who has
vork in many years. It will bring j development of their mutual agri- I worked closely with the group as
Oversized Board
Springer said there would be a
period of time in which the merged
chambers would have an oversized
board of directors, both the Bryan
and College Station groups of 24
and 14, respectively, serving. Each
year for three years those directors
will retire at a rate of one-third
per year. At the end of the three
years the Brazos County Chamber
will operate on the prescribed size
of 24 elected members.
“Then the board will be elected
by members from Bryan, College
Station and Brazos County,” said | ^ ommie
“Theater Trio” is a triology of
one-act plays instead of the con
ventional three-act play and re
quires very little scenery and stage
setting.
“Antic Spring,” a humorous ad
venture of a group of young people
on a picnic in the fresh air of the
country, stars a carload of teen
age personalities.
Ginger, portrayed by Susan
Wormeli, is a very energetic 17.
She is rather pretty but has given
herself to seriousness and the
ideals of helpfulness, playing lit
tle attention to her looks or dress.
She manages things, mothers peo
ple, and insists that everything is
for the best.
Suzanne Sorneson is Gwendolyn,
who is sixteen and vacuous. She
is beautiful in a doll-like way,
moving in an empty-headed haze
except when trying to conquer
Sam.
Blossom, fourteen and idiotic, is
played by Donna Dale. Every
thing is wonderful for her, even
drenching rain. She is lovely but
wears little-girl overalls and rib
bons in her hair.
A seventeen year old stricken
with himself is Robert, played by
Letbetter. He speaks
States.
The announcement says, “The
Danforth Foundation is offering
this program because of its con
cern for the improvement of teach
ing in our American colleges and
the need for better trained teach
ers.”
The grant is effective June 1,
1960, and Jones will then com
mence work on his Ph.D. degree
in physics at A&M. .He will con
tinue this study until June A, 1961.
He will attend a Danforth Founda
tion Conference on Teaching Aug.
22-28, 1960, at Stony Lake, Mich.
Winners of the teacher study
grants are selected on the basis of
potential excellence as teachers,
outstanding academic ability, per
sonality congenial to the classroom
and integrity and character, in
cluding commitment and serious
inquire within the Christian tra
dition.
Jones is a native of Oklahoma
City and holds his.JIS and MS de
grees from the University of Ar
kansas. He joined the A&M Col
lege staff in 1957, coming here
from the Missouri School of Mines,
where he was an instructor in
physics.
1957
By TOMMY HOLBEIN
Battalion Staff Writer
“The God You Know” was the topic of Dr. Herbert R;
Howard’s talk delivered in Guion Hall this»fmorning.
The talk dealt mainly with the presence and power of
the Holy Spirit ingnan’s life today.
“Most of us would comply with the student, who, when
asked what God meant to him, said, God is an oblong blur.
Simply because our faith condemns the worship of images
and holds God to ben spirit, we are often at a loss to say who
God is, and articulate our concepts of deity,” said Dr. Howard.
The speaker continued by saying, “The revences in
which we approach God, and the terms we use to describe.,
him, such as omnipotence, glorious, (majestic—these terms
get rid of God althogether. *
In Scriptures
“In the i scriptures, we read
of a God who is near to those
who need him, love him, and
seek him. The intimate tenderness
of God a Christian knows in the
ministry of the Holy Spirdt.
“It is expedient for you that I
go away,’ said Christ. This means
Christian people today have avail
able special resources in the Holy
Spirit today, more powerful than
what the disciples had in the
physical presence of Jesus.
Prayer Is Practice
“Prayer is practicing the pres
ence of God as Brother Lawrence
tolls us he learned to do it—as
near to Him in the confusion of
the monastery kitchen where he
served his holy community as in
the holy place when he received
the sacrament.
“We who missed the incarnation
by 2,000 years have, according to
Jesus, a relation with God through
the Holy Spirit more precious than
that of the disciples, for we know
the Living Christ and Iftie presence
of the Holy Spirit.
Reason and Conscience
“The Holy Spirit communicates
with 'us through reason and con
science, and through the written
word. We confront the Holy Spirit
every day, whether we realize it
or not, in moral and spiritual de
cisions.
“As we refuse to quench It and
leaxm to heed It, the spirit becomes
more evident, real and powerful.
“The primary work of the Holy
Spirit in the world is described by
our Lord as a force of conviction.
“In reason, the Holy Spirit is
sensed in man’s loneliness, in the
conscience through man’s hope for
deliverance, and in the written
word it is seen in man’s confi
dence, in his salvation. Our coming
to terms with Him is our only hope
of peace.”
Dr. Howard’s talk tomorrow is
“Good Shoes For a Long Journey,”
will deal with the two essential
requirements for a successful
mai’riage.
.a
Sophomores
Plan Dance
Saturday Night
’ Plans are being completed for
the annual Sophomore Ball, to be
held in Sbisa Dining Hall on
Saturday night, from 9 to 12.
Music will be furnished by the
Ed Sullivan Orchestra, one of the ,
most popular in the Southwest*
area, particularly in Houston,
where its lists of credits include
the hotels, private clubs, country
clubs, conventions and special uni; ^
versity aschoo 1 dances. f
A special event for the nig.
is the selection of the sophomore
sweetheart; five finalists have
been chosen, and the sweetheart
will be selected during the first
intermission of the dance.
Committees include dance and
decorations, headed by Roque Rod
riguez, vice-president of the sopho
more class, and ticket sales, headed
by Charles Moore, secretary-
treasurer.
All sophomores are encouraged
to buy their tickets as soon as
possible, to avoid confusion at the
door. The tickets are on sale at the
cashier’s window on the ground
level of the Memorial Student
Center.
Honored guests include Chan
cellor and Mrs. M. T. Harrington,
President and Mrs. Earl Rudder,
Dean and Mrs. A. A. Price, Dean
and Mrs. F. J. Benson, Dean and
Mrs. G. M. Watkins, Dean and Mrs.
F. R. Hubert, Dean and Mrs. J. P.
Hannigan, Col. and Mrs. Joe E.
Davis, Col. and Mrs. Frank L.
Elder, Col. and Mrs. Charles E.
Gregory and Col. and Mrs. Frank
S. Vaden, Jr.
c
1
nore prosperity and happiness to j cultural and industrial resources on
jur two communities and to the a county-wide basis.’
community as a whole.
Springer said the object of the
)i*ganization was the development
jf agriculture and industry and to
It also recommends “that the
two Chambers of Commerce be
merged into one unit . . . under the
name Brazos County Chamber of
promote education and further any I Commerce.”
a representative of A&M, said,
“This is the finest expression of
cooperation I have seen here or in
any city.”
He added further, “This is one
thing needed for growth of A&M
College.”
with correctness and distinctness,
being fascinated with his idea of
himself as sensitive above others
—a poet.
Sam, portrayed by Condy Pugh,
is 17 and a high school football
star. He is slow-thinking in a
single track mind. He moves, ex
cept when aroused with jealousy,
in a haze of love for Gwendolyn.
Elbert is a 14 year old, dissatis
fied with the picnic and especially
the company. He has long un
combed hair and his legs are
reaching well out of his trousers.
Farm Aviation Conference Leaders
These four men took leading- parts as chair
men and speakers at the ninth annual Texas
Agricultural Aviation Conference and Pest
Control Short Course Monday and, Tuesday.
Left to right are W. A. Lewis of Houston,
president of the Texas Aerial Applicators
Assn.; James T. Pyle, deputy administrator
of the Federal Aviation Agency in Wash
ington, D. C.; J. A. McCausland, FFA agri
cultural and industrial specialist; and Dr.
Wayne G. McCully, conference chairman and
associate professor in the Department of
Range and Forestry. Pyle and-McCausland
discussed proposed federal government reg
ulations in agricultural aviation. See storv
on Page 3. j