The Battalion
Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1960
Number 79
1,000 Students Attend
High School Career Day
The Suvans from Texas Tech
. . . quartet singing folksongs
Intercollegiate Show
Ready for Performance
By AL VELA
Battalion Staff Writer
A torch song number, performed
by Karol Ann Goin from Oklahoma
v State University, and the Suvans,
a quartet composed of David Pool,
Sidney Joe Simmons, Bob Fielden
jnd Mike Armstrong, singing folk
songs Kingston Trio style, will be
two more big headliners at the
Intercollegiate Talent Show in G.
Rollie White Coliseum March 11,
at 7 p.m.
New Replacement
Lynne Bryant, a modern jazz
dancer from the University of Tex-
| as, will replace Charlotte Coleman,
the ballet dancer from Baylor as
Miss Coleman injured her foot and
was forced to cancel her perform
ance.
General admission tickets for
the show may be purchased from
staff and unit commanders at 75
cents each. General admission
at the door will be $1 and reserved
seats may be purchased for $1.25
each. Children’s tickets are 75
cents each.
Cadets who plan to go the Com
bat Ball may attend the talent
show in fatigues and Air Force
seniors may wear flight suits.
Torch Singer Scheduled
“I Enjoy Being a Girl,” “St.
Louis Blues” and “Embraceable
You” are the songs Miss Goin will
sitig fa her act. Miss Goin has won
second place in the Freshman Tal
ent Show which was held at OSU
istb
Karol Ann Goin
. . torch song number
Dr. Jarrell Gray
Addresses Lions
At Smithville Meet
Dr. Jarrell D. Gray, associate
professor in the Department of
Agricultural Education addressed
vocational agriculture classes and
the Lions’ Club at Smithville to
day.
Gray discussed “The Future of
Agriculture,” a field he says em
ploys approximately 40 per cent
of the nation’s working population
and offers many opportunities for
young persons.
Although the percentage of per
sons engaged in farming and
ranching has declined from 35 per
cent in the 1920’s to a current 10
per cent, there is still a need for
a larger total percentage of work
ers in agriculture, Gray says.
This is because of increased pop
ulation and a higher number of
persons required to process and
distribute farm commodities, he
said.
this year and has made many radio
and television appearances. A
freshman majoring in music, the
Oklahoma lass also performed for
the Governors, Senators and Rep
resentatives Convention in Tulsa.
Quartet From Texas Tech
The Suvans, the folksinging
quartet from Texas Tech, boast a
third place* showing in the Tech
Union Talent Show and are a pop
ular singing group around the
Tech campus. The quartet, fra
ternity brothers in Phi Gamma
Delta, is made up of Armstrong, a
sophomore Pre-Med major from
Plainview, Fielden, a sophomore
architect major from Canyon, Sim
mons, a sophomore finance major
from Ft. Worth, and Pool, a soph
omore agricultural economics ma
jor from Dumas.
The purpose of the ITS, which
is a variety show, is to bring to
gether in one package the best col
lege and university talent in the
area, while promoting good rela
tions among these schools. The
production also presents an oppor
tunity for experience to students
interested in becoming profession
al entertainers.
The show will feature 10 acts
selected from more than 150 acts
auditioned at 18 colleges and uni
versities in Texas, Oklahoma, Ar
kansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Pat Tallman, disc jockey from
KTSA radio station in San An
tonio and his sidekick Bob Mer-
singer, will emcee the show. They
have worked over 400 dates in the
state, ranging from record hops
to graduation exercises.
The show will start at 7 p.m.,
and all cadets with dates to the
Combat Ball will have time to at
tend both events.
President Rudder
Welcomes Guests
More than 1,000 high school students from throughout
Texas were on the campus of A&M Saturday for the annual
High School Career Day and were welcomed to the College
by President Earl Rudder.
Open house of the facilities of the college was held
throughout the day, opening with a review of the Corps of
Cadets.
An insight into higher education in general was given
the students at an orientation meeting Saturday morning
held in Guion Hall. The deans of the school of veterinary
medicine, agriculture, engineering and arts and sciences
were sneakers at the meeting.
Welcoming Address *
“Your attendance on this
occasion,” President Rudder
told the students in his wel
coming address, “shows that
vou are interested in and recognize
the value of a college education.
Your very being here, speaks well
for you and your school. This, as
you know, is your school; it is a
state institution and the oldest
state supported institution of high
er education in Texas.”
Guided tours of the campus and
the schools in gener’al, were held
throughout the afternoon. Stu
dents from the hometowns of the
visiting students, escorted them
over the campus.
Stayed in Dorms
They slept in the dormitories
and had their meals in the mess
halls in the campus. , Transporta
tion in many instances, was furn
ished by hometown clubs of t|ie
schools represented and by Aggies
in general.
“The School of Arts and Sci
ences,” the dean, Dr. Frank W. R.
Hubert, told the students, “offers
a full range of studies in the hu
manities, the natural sciences and
the social sciences. The path to
ward a professional career in the
School of Arts and Sciences is
open to students interested in the
important scientific fields such as
chemistry, physics, mathematics,
biology and oceanography and me
teorology.
‘opportunies for. . .’
“Arts and Sciences offers oppor
tunities for preparation in the spe
cialized areas of business admin
istration, as ,well as in languages,
literature, history, government
and teacher education, including
physical education.”
Fred Benson, dean of the School
of Engineering, told the students,
that “the opportunies for engi
neering graduates were never
brighter and while the demand is
steadily increasing, the overall en
rollment in engineering through
out the United States is dropping.
“Engineering is becoming more
scientific and technical,” Benson
said, “and for the man who has
(See CAREER DAY on Page 3)
Water Assn.
Officers Named
At Banquet
Heni’y J. Harvill, manager of
utilities at San Benito, was named
president; and Claud K. Robinson,
superintendent of water and sew
age treatment at Vernon, was
named president-elect of the Tex
as Water and Sewage Works Assn,
at the association's annual ban
quet Wednesday evening at A&M.
Association vice presidents
named for the year include Cleo
C. Whitlock, Abilene; Leon R. Hol-
bert, Wylie; Underwood Hill,
Beaumont; and Mansel W. Smith,
Austin.
Honorary life memberships in
the association were awarded to
A. C. Bryan and I. N. Ronhovde
in recognition of long and dis
tinguished service to the water and
sewage works profession. Bryan
is superintendent of sewage treat
ment plants in Houston and Ron
hovde is chief instructor of the
Water and Sewage Training De- |
partment of the Engineering Ex
tension Service at A&M.
Principal speaker for the ban
quet was Chester H. Lauck, exec
utive assistant, Continental Oil
Co., Houston, who for 25 years
was Lum of the popular radio
comedy team of Lum and Abner.
Champ Sold
Bobby Rush, 13-year-old Lubbock County 4-H boy, holds
his “Sir John” Grand Champion Steer of the 28th annual
Houston Fat Stock Show just prior to turning him over to
his new owner, August Bush III, center. The 820-pound
Hereford was auctioned off for $11,050 and the purchase
was made in behealf of Anheuser-Busch Inc. At left is Tom
my Ryan, who accompanied Bush. (AP Wirephoto)
25-1 Record
Cincinnati Reigns
In Final Cage Poll
By The Associated Press
Cincinnati’s Bearcats, who took the lead in the first
weekly balloting last December and held it all the way, today
were named No. 1 in The Associated Press’ final college
basketball pool of the 1959-60 season.
The Bearcats, chosen the na-+ "
Announcements
Deadline Set
The deadline for graduating
seniors to order their graduation
announcements has been set at
5:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 9,
according to Mrs. Wynelle Davis
of the Memorial Student Center
Cashier’s Office.
Orders must be placed at the
Cashier’s Window in the MSC
before Wednesday to be ready
before graduation, she said.
tion's top team for the first time
since the AP poll began in 1949,
rode All-America Oscar Robert
son’s brilliant play to a 25-1 reg
ular season record, including Mon
day night’s 86-68 victory over Xav
ier of Ohio.
Cincinnati’s only loss was by a
point, 91-90, at Bradley Jan. 16.
Robertson and Co. wound up reg
ular season play with 12 straight
victories as they went to a third
straight Missouri Valley Confer
ence championship and another
hearth in the NCAA tournament.
Cincinnati collected 92 first-
place votes from the 194 sports-
writers and sportscasters partici
pating in the final poll. In points,
figured on 10 for first, 9 for sec
ond, 8 for third, etc. basis, it was
1,832 for Cincinnati to 1,716 for
defending NCAA champion Cali
fornia.
Voting was based on games
through Saturday, March 6. Cali
fornia, with a 24-1 record and a
15-game winning streak since its
only loss, 65-57 to Southern Cali
fornia on Jan. 2, had 46 first-place
votes.
The first 10 teams with first-
place votes in parentheses:
1. Cincinnati (02) 1,832
2. California (46) ;...1,716
3. Ohio State (14) 1,492
4. Ilradley (14) I...'. 1,396
5. West Virginia (10) 1,001
6. Utah (2) ,:.....,..l.T. 606
7. Indiana 460
8. Utah State 382
9. St. Bonaventure (6) 318
10. Miami, Fla. (7) 312
Second 10
11. Auburn (7) ..: 300
12. New York U 284
13. Georgia Tech (1) 274
14. Providence (1) 170
15. St. Louis 124
16. Holy Cross .....<.. 88
17. Villanova ?2
18. Duke : 79
19. Wake Forest 66
20. St. John’s NY 52
Transportation
Six Experts
To Address
Conference
Six of the nation’s top trans
portation experts will deliver ad
dresses at College Station March
31 before delegates to the second
Conference on Transportation,
sponsored by the Texas Trans
portation Institute and the Insti
tute’s Citizens Advisory Commit
tee.
Speakers will be J. Robert Coop
er, chairman of the board and im
mediate past president of the
American Trucking Association,
Detroit, Michigan. He will discuss
“Truck Transportation in the Six
ties.” Gordon C. Locke, general
counsel and executive secretary
of the Committee on Oil Pipelines,
Washington, D. C., will discuss
pipeline and their role in trans
portation.
Daniel P. Loomis, president of
the Assn, of American Railroads,
Washington, D. C., will address
conferees on “Rail Transportation
in the Sixties.”
Everett Hutchinson, member of
the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion, Washington, D. C., will be
principal speaker at a luncheon
meeting' at the Memorial Student
Center and will discuss forms of
transportation and relations to in
terstate commerce matters.
Dewitt C. Greer, State Highway
Engineer for Texas, is scheduled
to present a paper titled “Texas
Highways in the Sixties.” Fred
J. Benson, director of the Texas
Transportation Institute, and dean
of the School of Engineering, Tex
as A. and M., will also appear on
the program.
General chairman for the meet
ing is Gibb Gilchrist, chancellor
emeritus of the College System
and head of the Texas Transpor
tation Institute’s Citizen’s Advis
ory Committee.
Prior to the March 31 confer
ence, there will be a pre-confer
ence social hour at the Memorial
Student Center, March 30, at 7
p.m., for delegates to the meeting,-
and on April, there will be com
mittee meetings for delegates.
Errors Revealed in Previous Tally
Cadet Grades Best in Three Years
By BOB SLOAN
Assistant News Editor
The Corps of Cadets can boast
the highest enrollment and the
highest overall grade point ratio
it has seen in three years, accord
ing to unit scholastic reports for
the 1959-60 Fall Semester.
The total number of cadets
completing the fall semester this
year was 3063 as compared with
2,872 in the fall semester of 1958-
59 and 2,850 the fall semester of
1957-58.
Overall Grade Point Ratio for
the Corps has increased from
Blackburn, Sutphen Elected
Officers in Rotary Club
Gene Sutphen of College Sta
tion was elected vice president of
the Bryan-College Station Rotary
Club in a meeting last week.
Bill Blackburn of Bryan was
elected president.
Members of the Board of Di
rectors from College Station
elected at the meeting were
Charles Crawford, associate dean
of the School of Engineering; Dr.
C. R; Lyons, director of Student
Health Services; Bob Houze, di
rector of the Cushing Memorial
Library; Peter Rae, director of
the Galveston Marine Lab, and
Sutphen.
1.282 in 1958 and 1.38 in 1959 to
1.39 the fall semester of this year.
The 1.38 GPR for the fall se
mester reported in last week’s
Battalion was based upon incom
plete figures. A tally of the fig
ures last night by members of
The Battalion Staff revealed the
increase in the Corps GPR from
the 1.38 to the 1.39. The 3,545
cadets reported last week as hav
ing completed the fall semester
was incorrect as it did not include
cadets who withdrew from school
before the completion of the se
mester.
An error discovered in the unit
scholastic reports revealed Co.
F-2, reported last week on the un
official ratings tied for 14th place
with a 1.43, should be ranked in
21st place with a 1.34. ■
644 Fail One Course
A total of 644 students failed
one course and 397 failed more
than one. There were 841 cadets
posting under a 1.0 GPR.
The 2nd Brigade led the Corps
with a 1.47 GPR. The Consoli
dated Band was second with a 1.36.
The 2nd Wing posted a 1.35, the
1st Brigade followed with a 1.34
and the 1st Wing was close be
hind with a 1.33.
High outfit in the Corps was
Co. H-2 with a 1.65. Low unit
was Squadron 6 which posted a
The gap between the high and
low units is not as great as it was
last year. A Medical Co. (now
Co. H-2) posted the high last year
of 1.71. The low of 1.09 was pos
ted by last year’s A Armor.
Day students and athletic out
fits were near the top of this year’s
grade standings. Co. K-2, a day
student outfit; Co. L-2, Hart Hall
athletes; Co. 1-2, day students and
Squadron 14, day students ranked
second through sixth, respectively,
with the exception of fifth place
1.14 GPR.
which was taken by
Co. F-l.
Class
Number
GPR
Failing One
Posting
Or More Courses
Under 1.0
Freshmen
1,280
1.276
557
482
Sophomores
793
1.376
281
211
Juniors
484
1.436
137
107
Seniors
506
1.632
66
41
3,063
1.39
1,041
841
RVs Lead King Rex Parade
The Ross Volunteers pass in front of the re- are the official honor guard for King Rex at
viewing stand at the annual Mardi Gras the gala event and lead the parade,
parade last week in New Orleans. The RVs