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4 i- Battalion Volume 59 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1960 Number 74 i'*A Private Sources System Board Accepts Funds Special to The Battalion EULESS, Tex.—Funds form private sources totaling |$275,875.84 to support scholarships, fellowships, grant-in-aid for scientific research and for special gifts and awards were (accepted today by the A&M College System Board of Direc- [tors, meeting here. The funds were accepted for six parts of the System. Development Named A $2,500,000 housing develop- Hment for married students at BA&M, nearing completion, was ||i named by the board for the late iff F. W. Hensel, long-time landscape * architect for A&M and a member K of the college’s staff for 86 years. The directors approved “Hensel ft. Apartments” as the official name ® of the 252-apartment development || located near the present College |P View apartments. Lion’s Share Of the $275,875.84 accepted by Rtthe board, A&M received the lion’s ■ share, grabbing $215,180 of which ■ $83,725 was earmarked for grants- ■ in-aid for research. The college ■ also received $25,985 in scholar- ■ ship funds and the remainder went ■ to special gifts and for special H equipment. The Texas Agricultural Experi- B ment Station received $52,265.84 « of which $41,336.56 was in support ft of 23 research studies. The re- | mainder was in gifts or loans of I livestock, feed, seed and special II equipment. The Texas Transportation Insti- K lute received $1,475 in support of ' the Thomas H. MacDonald Chair ■ of. Transportation, bringing the B total received in support of the ■ chair to $103,669.47. ^ Continuous Faculty Member Hensel, for whom the apart- ■ ments were named, served contin- B uously as a member of the A&M B faculty from 1913 until his death Bin 1949. The park adjoining the R new apartments was named Hensel 1 Park shortly after his death. j, Joining the college as an in- 1? structor in the Department of R Horticulture in 1913, Hensel was R made head of the newly formed * Department of Landscape Art in Army Successfully Fires ‘Pershing’ By The Associated Press America’s newest ballistic mis sile, the Army’s “shoot and scoot” Pershing, performed perfectly on its first test flight Thursday. Trailing smoke from its solid fuel engine, the 32-foot rocket rose quickly ‘from its launcher and darted into the sky. The smoke plume ended abruptly after 40 seconds as the first stage burned out. A dummy second stage hurtled about 35 miles into the Atlantic. 1925. As head of the Department of Care and Maintenance and Grounds and as College Landscape Architect, he was largely respons ible for the design of early land scape development of the A&M campus as well as Arlington, Tarleton and Prairie View A&M. Designed Hospital Grounds He also designed and developed plans for grounds of the Veterans Administration Hospital at Temple. Hensel is survived by his widow, Mrs. F. W. Hensel Sr. of 103 Lee St. in College Station and a son, F. W. Hensel, assistant director of the Placement Office. High School Career Day Set March 5 High School Career Day will be held on the campus Saturday, March 5, for high school male seniors from all over, the state, Dean of Students James P. Han- nigan announced this .morning. The high school seniors will see a review by the Corps of Cadets, hear talks by President Earl Rudder, Dean of Agriculture G. M. Watkins, Dean or Arts and Sciences Frank Hubert, Dean of Engineering Fred Benson and Dean of Veterinary Medicine A. A. Price; eat in the college din ing halls; and attend open house in the four teaching schools of the college. Hannigan said the program is being held through the coopera tion of campus hometown clubs, exes clubs, the College Inter- Council and Campus Visitors committees, the Department of College Information and Publica tions and the Association of Foi’- mer Students. “At present only 200 names have been turned in, but we know that there are several hun dred more high school seniors who will be attending. If all presidents of hometown clubs and others who know of groups coming to the campus next Sat urday would turn in a list of names to my office, it would help us in making plans for the visi tors,” Hannigan said. Brooks Hays . . . Great Issues speaker Brooks Hays To Speak Here Sunday at 3 Brooks Hays — statesman, churchman, lawyer, author—will speak at Guion Hall Sunday at 3 p.m. under auspices of the Great Issues Committee of the Memorial Student Center. Hays has announced as his topic, “Meditations of a Troubled Mod erate” from his well known book, “A Southern Moderate Speaks.” A veteran Congressman from Arkansas, with eight terms to his credit, Hays last year was appoint- ted to the Tennessee Valley Au thority’s board of directors, fol lowing nomination by President Eisenhower and unanimous con firmation by the Senate. In Congress, Hays has served on many committees, including bank ing and currency and foreign af fairs, and "in 1955 was named to the United States delegation to the United Nations. Two years ago he was appointed to the Select Committee on Space Exploration. Although he has become a na tionally known personality through these and other political activities, Hays is equally well known as a churchman. He served two years as president of the Southern Bap tist Convention—a post held by few laymen—and in 1959 was des ignated Lay Churchman of the Year by the Religious Heritage Foundation. A graduate of George Washing ton University Law School, in Washington, Hays practiced law, served as assistant district for Ar kansas and held several legal posts with the Farm Security Adminis tration, Department of Agricul ture. He relinquished these posts in 1942 to run successfully for Congress. The public is invited to hear Hays’ address. Single admissions may be purchased at the hall by those who do not hold Great Issues season cards. Class of ’62 Makes Plans For Annual Ball Saturday Sweetheart Vote Highlights Dance By AL VELA Battalion Staff Writer The Class of ’62 will have their big event of the year Saturday night when the annual Sophomore Ball will be held in Sbisa Hail from 9 to 12. Highlight of the ball will be the selection of the Sopho- more Ball Sweetheart from a field of five lovelies picked from pictures submitted by members of the Class of ’62. Five Finalists The five finalists in the Sophomore Ball Sweetheart and their escorts are: • Marianne Hooke, from Weslaco, who will be escorted by Ben Andrews. • Nancy Ann Hug, from San Antonio, who will be es- ■*corted by Tommy Hohman. Tabler Slated For Address Monday at 4 William B. Tabler, international ly known architect, will deliver an address Monday at 4 p.m. in the Biological Sciences Lecture Room. He is being presented by the Division of Architecture in one of their series of guest lecturers this semester. He will talk on hotel architec ture in a lecture open to the pub lic. Taller is architect for the Stat- ler-Hilton hotels throughout the world and at present is working on a hundred-million dollar con struction program. A graduate of Harvard Univer sity, class of 1939, with a master’s degree, he was highest in his class. He is the holder of the American Institute of Architects medal. Tabler has been a registered architect since 1940 and is cun-ent- ly registered in the National Coun cil, California, Colorado, Connect icut, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsyvania, Texas, Wisconsin, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Following his graduation, he he was connected with Holabird and Root, architects and engineers, and worked on many commercial buildings including the Statler Hotel in Washington, D. C. He served in the Navy, 1943- 1946, as a lieutenant in the Civil Engineering Corps with the Sea- bees in the Pacific and made plans for the naval base on Saipan and other installations. • Peggy Hagood, from Bell- aire, who will be escorted by Gary G. Lively. • Dorothy Berry, from Col lege Station, who will be escorted by Bud Rudder, Jr. ® Barbara Byrd, who attends Texas Christian University, will be escorted by Bill Harrison. The five finalists will be intro duced to the Sophomore Class dur ing the first dance intermission and the new Sophomore Sweet- heart will be presented to the audience during the second inter mission. 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 hotels, private clubs, country clubs, conventions and special university and high school dances. Officers of the Sophomore Class are: Daniel Deupree, president; Roque Rodriguez, vice president; Charles Moore, secretary - treas urer; and Gary Lively, social secretary. Rodriguez is in charge of the committee for dance and decora tions and Moore heads the com mittee for ticket sales. 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. 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. Junior Play A&M Consolidated juniors rehearse a scene Wormeli, Ginger; Tom Ledbetter, Robert; from tonight’s production of “Antic Spring,” Condy Pugh, Sam; and Suzanne Sorenson, one of three one-act plays being presented Gwendolyn; rehearse a scene in the presen- as part of the “Theatre Trio.” Donna Dale, tation. See story on Page 3. Blossom; Bob Laurenson,’ Elbert; Susan Toward Boredom, Failure Aimlessness Warning Given By Howard in Guion A ‘id^sr^ By TOMMY HOLBEIN Battalion Staff Writer “Aimlessness is the sui-est way to boredom and failure in life, and to have a worthy goal or ambition contributes much more than we realize to our everyday happiness and ultimate satisfaction,” said Dr. Herbert R. Howard in his con vocation talk given this morning in Guion Hall at 9 a.m. “Thinking, then, in terms of what we are to become, it is well to consider some practical ways to evaluate what we are becom ing. One must answer for himself these four questions: ‘What do other people think of you?’; ‘What do you think of other people?’; ‘What do you think of yourself?’; •What think ye of Christ?’ ” Considering the first question, 34th Highway Course Set March 8-10 in MSC The 34th annual Highway Short- Course, which covers the latest developments and prob lems in highway engineering, will be held March 8-10 in the Memorial Student Center. Charles J. Keese, professor of highway and traffic engineering in the Department of Civil Engi neering and general chairman of the short course, said the meet ing will cover urban roadways, highway design and traffic con trol, management, pavements and construction operations, structures and hydraulics, rights- of-way and maintenance opera tions. Keese said that about 80 per sons will speak or otherwise par ticipate in the ,three day pro gram. Dr[ Howard said, “Reputation isn’t everything. Character is most important, but a man is foolish to disregard the esteem of his fel lows. We should be concerned to have a good name, and we do this by appreciating the accumulative consequence of the most semmingly trival and ordinary experiences of life. Honesty in little matters proves one to be honorable far more -than any honorable big thing we may decide to do, and so it is with every facet of life.” The second question Dr. Ho ward presented was, “What do you think of other people?” He gave as an old saying applicable to the question, “Make friends and your friend will make you.” “This is enlightened selfishness and should not be condemned in anyone. Those who want friends should first prove themselves to be one. Eventually, people learn what you think of them, and what you think of them will determine to a great degree what you are,” said Dr. Howard.