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The Battalion
Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1960
Number 75
A ppointment April 15
Editor Filings
Open Today
Filings opened today for editorships for the 1960-61
school year for the six publications of the Department of
Student Publications.
Director of Student Publications L. A. Duewall an
nounced today he will accept ap-
plications for the editorships for
next year of The Battalion, The
Aggieland, The Texas A&M Re
view, The Engineer, The Agricul
turist and The Southw-estern Vet
erinarian through 5 p.m. Tuesday,
March 15.
Nominations for 19(10-61 editors
will he made to the Students Pub
lications Board at the April 5
meeting and the board’s recom
mendations will be forwarded to
the Deans of the four degree
granting schools and to President
Bowden Slated
For Address
At Convocation
Ray B. Bowden of Fort Worth,
former newspaperman ahd now
secretary of the Texas Grain and
Feed Assn., will address the an
nual A&M Agricultural Convoca
tion to be held at 7:30 p.m., March
15, in the Memorial Student
Center.
Joe Joyce of San Marcos, senior
inimal husbandry student and con
vocation chairman, said the session
is sponsored by the A&M Student
Agriculture Council. Agriculture
students, professors asd members
of the Texas Agricultural Exten
sion Service and Texas Agricul
tural Experiment Station attend
the meeting each year to hear out
standing speakers in the field of
agriculture.
Bowden, a native of Kansas,
was reporter, copy editor and city
editor from 1915-18 at the Topeka
Daily Capital, Kansas City Times,
Kansas City Journal, Pocatello
(Idaho) Daily Chronicle, Boise
(Idaho) Daily Statesman and Butte
(Montana) Daily Post. He was
sollege editor at Montana State
College from 1918-30.
Later, the speaker became vice-
president of the Grain and Feed
Dealers National Assn, and vice-
chairman of the National Grain
Trade Council in Washington,
D. C., and remained in those posi
tions until retired in 1958.
He is a Mason, a member of the
Presbyterian Church and belongs
to Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Delta
Chi, Kappa Kappa Psi and Epsilon
Sigma Ftp fraternities.
RV's Lead Rex Parade;
Climax Trip at Ball Tonight
Earl Rudder for "approval, Duewall
said.
Appointment of editors for 1960-
61 will be made April 15 and new
editors will assume their duties
May 1, said Duewall.
Requirements
Minimum requirements for be
ing named to an editorship include:
6 Junior or senior academic
classification.
9 Freedom from academic and
disciplinary pi’obation.
• Must have clearly demon
strated above average achieve
ment and ability.
• A minimum of one year’s ex
perience on the staff of any publi
cation and proven ability to carry
oh the work of publication in a
manner deemed creditable by the
Student Publications Board.
Selection Procedure
Procedure for selection of the
six publications editors is as fol
lows:
Nominations for editor of edit
ors of The Aggieland and The Bat
talion will be made to the Student
Publications Board by the Director
of Student Publications. After
approval by the board, final ap
pointment will be made by Presi
dent Rudder.
Nominations for editor of The
Agriculturist, The Texas A&M Re
view, The Engineer and The South
western Veterinarian will be made
to the Student . Publications Board
by the board member from the
school represented by the maga
zine. The SPB, upon approval,
will submit the nominations to the
deans of the schools concerned.
Applications Available
Applications for the editorship
of The Agriculturist may be ob
tained in the office of O. R. Kunze
in the Department of Agricultural
Engineering.
Students wishing to file for ed
itor of The Texas A&M Review
should see A. L. Bennett in the De
partment of English.
Applications blanks for editor
ship of The Engineer are available
in the office of K. J. Koenig in the
Department of Petroleum Engi
neering.
Dr. E. D. McMurry of the School
of Veterinary Medicine has appli
cation blanks for editor-ship of The
Southwestern Veterinarian.
Students desiring to file for ed
itorship of The Battalion and The
Aggieland should pick up their
blanks from Duewall in the Office
of Student Publications.
Special to The Battalion
NEW ORLEANS—The Ross
Volunteers, A&M’s Honor Guard,
led the King Rex Parade today
in downtown New Orleans and
will attend the Rex Ball tonight
in City Plall, climaxing four days
of activity at the Mardi Gpas.
This year marks the ninth the
RV’s have been called upon as
Honor Guards for King Rex in
the parade. Beginning at 9:30
a.m. today, the RV’s led a five
hour parade through the streets.
An estimated 1,000,000 watched
the parade.
The Company was the guest of
the New Orleans Hometown Club
yesterday for dinner at Arnauds’
Restaurant. They were wel
comed to the city by Councilman
Fred Castlebury. He presented
Wade Dover, RV commander, the
Key to the City and an honorary
citizenship certificate to New Or
leans.
The Company began arriving
at Camp Leroy Johnson, on the
banks of Lake Pontchartrain,
Saturday and were billeted im
mediately in the barracks. Sev
eral other schools are staying at
the camp, including a girls’ drill
team from Texas Christian Uni
versity.
The opening days were warm
and comfortable, but Sunday the
weather turned cold. Cold and
muggy was the forecast for
Mardi Gras Day.
All the Company has been ac
counted for.
Cadets Fall Out
Of National Poll
By The Associated Press
The Texas Aggies dropped out of the top 20 in the week
ly Associated Press basketball pool, following a disasterous
three-game losing streak in the stretch of the Southwest
Conference flag chase.
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University of Texas—who annexed
their first outright conference
championship in 13 years last
night—Southern Methodist and
Texas Tech. Last night, the Ca
dets stopped Texas Chi'istian, 64-
56, with a last half rally that
erased a 15-point lead by the
Toads.
Cincinnati Tops
Over the poll, the top ten college
basketball teams in the country,
with Oscar Robertson’s Cincinnati
Bearcats the No. 1 attraction, all
appear on the road to either the
NCAA or NIT post-season glamor
events.
Overwhelmingly chosen as the
nation’s top-ranked club in the As
sociated Press Poll, the Bearcats
went out Monday night and
clinched at least a tie for the Mis
souri Valley Conference champion
ship with the record-breaking Big
O scoring 43 points in a 110-64
thumping of Tulsa.
System Honors
Lubbock Man
For Service
Donald W. Jones, superintendent
of the Lubbock substation of the
Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station for 32 years, was honored
by directors of the A&M College
System with the title of Agrono
mist Emeritus.
Jones, who retired from the
Agricultural Experiment Station’s
staff Jan. 1, serwed with that
organization for approximately 42
years, of which slightly more than
32 years were spent as head of sub
station No. 8 at Lubbock.
Directors conferred the honorary
title on Jones in recognition of his
marked contributions to High
Plains agriculture, which included
pioneering wor-k in selection and
development of storm-proof varie
ties of cotton, defoliation and me
chanical harvesting. He was also
recognized for his widely known
work in selection and introduction
of trees and shrubs for Northwest
Texas, and for the introduction of
new crops to the area.
He is now chairman of the re
search committee of Plains Cotton
Growers, Inc., an organization he
helped establish; a member of the
American Society of Agronomy;
past president of the Texas Agri
cultural Worker’s Assn.; and for
mer honoree as “Man of the Year”
in agriculture by Progressive
Farmer magazine.
Thp Bearcats, who drew 70 first-
place votes and 1,506 points in the
weekly balloting of sports writers
and casters, automatically qualify
for the NCAA tournament if they
retain the top spot in the tough
league.
State Tops Big Ten
Ohio State, No. 2, nailed an
NCAA berth by copping the Big
Ten championship while defending
titlist California, third-ranked in
the latest accounting, Monday was
selected for an at-large berth.
The Buckeyes collected 26 first-
place votes and 1,356 points ,,to
edge the Bears, who polled £o
first-placers, by 94 points for the
runner-up spot.
Bradley’s Braves, running be
hind Cincinnati in the Missouri
Valley race and fourth-ranked na
tionally, will likely go to the NIT
in New York’s Madison Square
Garden if they fail to overtake
the Bearcats.
Fifth-ranked West Virginia and
All-America Jerry West captured
a place in the NCAA classic with
a weekend triump in the South
ern Conference’s championship
playoffs.
The first 10 teams with points
on a 10-9-8 etc. basis and first-
place votes in parentheses:
1. Cincinnati (70) 1,506
2. Ohio State (26) 1,356
3. California (20) 1,262
4. Bradley (12) 1,034
5. West Virginia (S) 734
6. Utah 728
7. Georgia Tech (2) 334
8. Miami (Fla.) (7) 318
9. St. Bonaventure (4) 274
10. Utah State 260
Second 10
11. Auburn (6) 204
12. Indiana 178
13. St. Louis (1) 166
14. New York U 148
15. Providence 140
16. North Carolina 86
17. Villanova 74
18. Wake Forest (1) 66
19. St. John’s (NY) 64
20. Holy Cross 52
Memphis State had one first-place vote.
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Sophomore Sweetheart
Miss Marianne Hooke, from Weslaco, was chosen from a
group of five finalists as the Sophomore Sweetheart at
the annual Sophomore Ball in Sbisa Hall last Saturday
evening. She was escorted by Ben Andrews.
$8,500 in Funds
Radiological Safety
Program Approved
Directors of the A&M College System authorized an
$8,500 appropriation for the start of a System-wide radiologi
cal safety program.
More Use
More use of radioactive materials, in teaching and re
search within the System and the
anticipated further expansion of
uses for these materials, were cited
as reasons for the appropriation.
The $8,500 is to provide for the
first part of a safety program
through the end of the current fis
cal year.
Call for Annual Budget
It is estimated that full opera
tion of a radiological safety pro
gram will call for an annual budget
of approximately $17,500, and for
employment of a full-time staff
consisting of a safety officer,
health physicist, laboratory tech
nician and for secretarial assist
ance in the near future.
The System’s radiological safe
ty program at present is the re
sponsibility of the Radiological
Safety Committee and the Radio
logical Safety Officer.
Air Conditioning;
Building Okayed
Directors of the A&M College System awarded con
tracts of $1,982,014; confirmed a $54,757 contract award
and appropriated $2,201,851.40 for improvements within the
state-wide A&M College System at a meeting Saturday in
Euless, Tex.
Include din the moves were appropriations for air con
ditioning four buildings at A&M, $55,000 for plans for a
Plant Sciences Building and $4,000 for plans for street im
provements on campus.
The buildings to be air conditioned are the Academic
Building, the Dairy Sciences and Biochemistry Building, the
Highway Research Center and the Veterinary Science Build
ing. '
New Plant Sciences Building
In addition, the new Plant
Sciences Building, still in the
embryonic stage, will run an
estimated $2,125,000 and be a four-
story structure with 85,000 feet
of floor space. The building will
house the Departments of Horti
culture, Plant Physiology and
Pathology and Range and Forestry
and the Botany section of the De
partment of Biology.
Contracts Awarded
The Aircontrol Associates, Inc.
of Houston was awarded the $244,-
800 contract to air condition the
Academic Building—the largest of
the jobs. Also, the Atlas Air Con
ditioning Co. of Houston received
a $99,800 contract to air condi
tion the Dairy Sciences and Bio
chemistry Building; the Dolen-
Tanner Co. was gwarded a $21,861
contract for air conditioning the
Highway Research Center and also
received a $18,969 contract to air
condition parts of the Veterinary
Science Building.
Chemistry Building Relighting
Other appropriations for campus
improvements included an $11,528
contract to the Harris Electric Co.
of Bryan to relight a portion of the
Chemistry Building; a $24,497 con
tract was awarded to the B-W Con
struction Co. of Bryan to construct
two new wings on the Agronomy
Field Laboratory; and a contract
for $15,989 was received by L. V.
Haltom of Bryan for remodeling
the old Dairy Research Barn for
the School of Veterinary Medicine.
New Building at Prairie View
'Appropriations were also made
for other colleges in the vast sys
tem with the largest single con
tract going to Farnsworth and
Chambers of Houston for construc
tion of a new science building at
Prairie View A&M. The contract
called for $1,076,630. Arlington
State College was granted author
ity to select attornies for a $600,-
(See Funds, on Page 3)
Ag Students
From Mexico
VisitingCampus
Ten students and two professors,
all of Mexico’s National School of
Agriculture at Chapingo, are visit
ing the A&M campus as guests of
the Sears-Roebuck Foundation.
Cal Johnson, director of South
western Public Relations for the
Foundation, said the group will
tour A&M research and teaching
facilities through March 2.
At 6:30 p.m., March 2, the group
will .be honored, along with 11
A&M recipients of Sears Scholar
ship Awards, during a banquet at
the Briar Crest Country Club in
Bryan.
The visiting students are Alberto
Elias Barragan, Manuel de Los
Santos Valdez, Luis Martinez Villa-
cana, Oscar Luis Palacios Velez,
Alfonso Garcia Espinosa, Jose
Francisco Andrade Dominguez, Sal
vador Vasquez Reta, Jose Trinidad
Bautista Guerrero, Jose Luis Zara
goza Palencia and Alejandro Cas
tro Salinas.
Their professors are Jose M. de
la Puente Espinosa, a forestor, and
Mariano Villegas Soto, an agrono
mist.
Dr. R. C. Potts, assistant dean
of the School of Agriculture and
chairman of the visitors’ program,
and Dr. G. M. Watkins, dean of
the School of Agriculture, said the
Latin American students were
selected for the trip on the basis
of their outstanding scholastic
record.
William B. Cook of Somerville,
A&M agricultural engineering stu
dent, will be in charge of the
visitors while they are on the
campus.
Concerned With Initial Funds
Meet Held For Aged Home Project
Ray B. Bowden
,.. to address Ag Convocation
Merger Ballots
Due by Friday
Members of the College Sta
tion Chamber of Commerce were
asked today by President Gene
Sutphen to return their ballots
on the proposed merger of the
Bryan and College Station Cham
bers of Commerce by Friday.
By TOMMY HOLBEIN
Battalion Staff Writer
The Geriatrics Center Project
Committee, concerned with raising
the initial funds to build a home
for the aged under the auspices of
the Methodist Church, Texas Con
ference, met last night in the
meeting room of the Bryan Cham
ber of Commerce.
This home is to be the initial
one for the Texas Conference of
the Methodist Church, an area
which comprises a triangle with
Texarkana, Galveston and Orange
as points. As yet, no Methodist
old-age homes exist in this area.
“Efforts of Entire Community”
The purpose of the committee
was defined by Chairman Henry
Clay, president of the First State
Bank and Trust Co., as being “to
earn the opportunity of building a
$1 million geriatrics center,
through the efforts of the entire
community.”
Time of the full drive to raise
$100,000, which is the goal set by
the committee, was scheduled for
May 9-23. '
The meeting of the committee
last night was initial and i%s main
purpose was to form a structural
organization and acquaint all mem
bers with it. Organization was pre
sented on a chart with the names
of all members on all sub-divisions
listed.
On the head committee, the
steering committee, are Clay, John
Naylor, Col. D. R. Alfonte, Lewis
Newman, Jack Springer, Rev. Karl
Bayer and Alice Brogdon.
Under the steering committee is
the publicity, headed by Joe E.
Vincent. 2 Madge Wallace is in
charge of letters and handling
news releases are Bob Stewart,
Troy Dunagon, David Haines, West
Ninemire and Lee Duewall.
Chairman of the speakers com
mittee is H. G. Kenagy; members
of the committee include Dr. R. L.
Skrabanek and Rev. Roy D. Holt;
and Mrs. Travis Bryan is in charge
of volunteer aid.
“Depend on Organization . . .”
“The success of this drive will
depend upon our organization,”
said Clay. “The committees are
going to need a lot of help.”
A headquarters for the commit
tee, which is to be called the Cam
paign Office, will be set up in the
vacant building located at 25th and
Washington Streets, loaned to the
committee by Henry Moehlman of
1416 Beck St.
Meetings Scheduled
During the meeting, a motion
was made and carried to establish
the official meeting date of the
committee as every other Thurs
day night with the next one sched
uled for March 10 in the Lone Star
Gas Co. Building, located at 201
East 27th Street.
A meeting of all committee
chairmen was decided upon and
scheduled for next Monday at noon
to be held in the Triangle Restau
rant.
People wishing information and
desiring to make contributions can
contact the campaign office or Dr.
Karl Bayer, district superintendent
of the Methodist Church, at
TA 2-1321.
Easter Seals Sound Plea
To Help Crippled Children
Residents of Brazos County
will receive a “Please Help Us!”
plea from crippled children when
they receive their Easter Seals
this month.
Mrs. Clarence Kemp, chairman
of the local appeal, announced
two colorful stylized designs ap
pear on the year’s Easter Seal
sheet, centered on a window
sticker saying “Please Help Us!”
Mrs. Kemp said contributors
to the Easter Seal campaign ai’e
urged to help promote the appeal
by using the 36 Seals on Easter
time mail and by displaying the
sticker on windows or doors
when contributors have been
made.
This year’s nationwide appeal,
scheduled March 17 through Eas
ter Sunday, marks 39 years of
service to the Society for Crip
pled Children.
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