Military Weekend Highlights
The Reviewing Party
Ross Volunteers Inspected Lt. Gen. Thomas Harrold, commandant of the National War
Lt. Gen, Thomas Harrold, commandant of hind Lt. Gen. Harrold is Cadet Lt. Col. Wade College in Washington, D. C., converses with President Earl
the National War College in Washington, Dover, commander of the RVs and deputy Rudder and Chancellor M. T. Harrington at the reception Dignitaries review the Corps of Cadets in Harrold, commandant of the National War
D. C., inspects the Ross Volunteers during Corps commander. in the Memorial Student Center Saturday. The reception the review at the annual Spring Military College in Washington D. C., took the salute
Spring Military Day activities Saturday. Be- was held in Lt. Gen. Harrold’s honor. Day on campus Saturday. Lt. Gen. Thomas of the Corps in the afternoon review.
The Battalion
Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, MARCH 15,1960
Number 83
For President
MSC Council
Hits Vote Snag
By ROBBIE GODWIN
' Battalion News Editor
The Memorial Student Center Council last night elected
a vice president and eight committee chairmen, but dead
locked on the selection of president.
The president will be selected in a meeting later this
week. Rush MeGinty and Weldon-t
(Bo) Lee are candidates for the
office.
Schneider Vice President
Mike Schneider, sophomore sci
ence major from Dallas, was
elected vice president at the meet
ing.
Kenneth Fadal was elected to
head the Personnel Committee,
Lloyd Stafford was elected to suc
ceed Jack Hartsfield as Public Re
lations Committee chairman. He
will take office immediately.
Library, Bridge, Camera, Dance. . .
Pat Crouch was elected to head
the Browsing Library Committee,
John McMullen will head the
Bridge Committee, Bill Sprayber-
ry will chair the Camera Commit
tee and Gates Whiteley will chair
the MSC Dance Committee. Rod
ney Kelley was elected to head
the Music Committee.
In other action, the Chess Com
mittee was dissolved, as was the
Table Tennis Committee. Both
had reported inactivity in their
work.
Report Recommendation
The Council Executive Commit
tee included in its report a recom
mendation the Constitution and
By-Laws Committee prepare for
inclusion in the By-Laws a cri
teria to guide the officers of the
Directorate in planning the meet
ings of the Directorate. They
added in the recommendation that
only those items which. are com
mon to most of the Directorate
Committees should be allowed to
appear on the agenda.
Pan-Am Week Report
The Executive Committee report
also contained a recommendation
to accept the Pan American Week
Committees request for an addi
tional $100. They provided that
the funds should not be donated
by interested persons for the pur
pose of covering the expense of a
trophy and/or a lunch for visit
ing soccer teams. It was approved
with the stipulation that the funds
do not set a precedent for coming
years.
The Council and Directorate will
hold their annual banquet April
22, and plans are now under way
for the event.
Publications
Editor Filings
Close Today
Today at 5 p.m. is the deadline
set for filing for editorships for
the 1960-61 school year for the
six publications of the Depart
ment of Student Publications.
Applications for the editor
ships for next year of The Bat
talion, The Aggieland, The Texas
A&M Review, The Engineer, The
Agriculturist and The South
western Vet may be turned in to
A. Duewall, director of Student
Publications.
Nominations for the 1960-61
editors will be approved by the
Student Publications Board at the
April 5 meeting and the board’s
recommendations will be for
warded to the Deans of the four
degreegranting schools and to
President Earl Rudder for ap
proval, according to Duewall.
Minimum requirements for be
ing named to an editorship in
clude:
• Junior or senior academic
classification.
• Freedom from academic and
disciplinary probation.
• Must have clearly demon
strated above average achieve
ment and ability.
• A minimum of one year’s ex
perience on the staff of any pub
lication and proven ability to
carry on the work of publication
in a manner creditable by the
Student Publications Board.
Filings For Class Officers
Next Year Open Tomorrow
Goal of 400 Pints
Blood Donations
Slated Thursday
Donation of blood by students will be conducted Thurs
day in G. Rollie White Coliseum under the auspices of the
Student Senate and in coordination with the College Station
Lion’s Club.
Requested 600
Requests were made for 600 reg
istrants to meet the goal of 400
pints this year, and an estimated
500 students have already regis-
A&S Cancels
Faculty Meet
The spring meeting of the
faculty of the School of Arts
and Sciences scheduled for Wed
nesday night in the Memorial
Student Center Ballroom has
been postponed due to the ill
ness of the speaker, Dr. Harry
Ransom, vice president of the
University of Texas.
The meeting will be resched
uled at a later date.
Moore Explains Street Plans
By BOB SAILE
Battalion Staff Writer
William (Mike) Moore, instruc
tor in the Department of Civil
Engineering, explained the pro
gram now in operation for im
provement of College Station
streets to members of the College
Station Lions’ Club at their meet
ing Monday.
Moore was the main speaker at
the luncheon meeting held at noon
in Rooms 2-C and 2-D of the Me
morial Student Center.
Two Types of Streets
Early in his talk, Moore ex
plained that there are two types
of possible streets which will be
constructed, according to the de
sires of the property owners along
the streets. The two types of
streets will be constructed by or
der of petition submitted by the
property owners to the City Coun
cil, said Moore.
“The first type,” he said, “is
what is called a curb and gutter
section, which will cost the prop
erty owner $3 per linear foot.
This is a 27-foot wide street,
‘ditch and pavement. . .’
“The other type is a ditch and
-'avement section, which will not
be graded,” said Moore. “This
type will cost the property owner
75 cents or more per linear foot.”
Moore said the city would pay
lie remaining costs. He explained,
however, any costs of tearing up
driveways further than five feet
back from the curb will have to be
paid by the property owner.
The speaker then outlined the
legal procedures which were fol
lowed in order to pave Walton and
Kyle streets, and which will be
followed in future paving of
streets. The procedure, said
Moore, involves the following:
A petition is submitted to the
city manager, who gives the peti
tion to the city council. The city
council then declares an ordinance
to pave that section. The plans
prepared by the engineer for that
section are then submitted to the
council, which approves the plan
and subsequently takes a poll of
property owners in regard to pay
ment per linear foot.
Before advertising for bids can
begin, Moore explained, 70 per
cent of the money from property
owners must be in. A public hear
ing' is then held and the contractor
is notified. A contract is awarded,
a work order is issued and work
is then begun, Moore said.
‘other delays. . .’
“The weather has hurt the
Kyle and Walton Street projects
badly,” he said, “as well as other
delays such as the public hearing.”
Prior to Moore’s talk, Dave
Fitch announced 500 blood donors
have signed up to donate blood
Thursday. Fitch, in behalf of the
College Station Lions’ Club, con
gratulated Aggies for their fine
participation in the blood drive.
tered to donate blood, according to
Marvin Schneider, chairman of the
drive. Some of the students will
have to be turned away at the
Thursday donation due to minor
ills and other causes.
Schneider said postcards would
be sent to students registering to
inform them of the time they are
to donate blood. Each registrant
was asked to fill out a card, denot
ing the free hours blood can be
taken. Donations will be scheduled
as early in the off-periods as pos
sible, said Schneider, to allow stu
dents ample time to attend classes
and other activities.
To Wadley Foundation
This year the blood will go to
the Wadley Foundation in support
of the Texas Children’s Research
Foundation. Donated blood will be
used in research against leukemia
and hemophilia.
Over the past years numerous
lives have been saved with blood
donated by Aggies, according to
Schneider. In 1958, 14 lives were
saved and last year 396 pints of
blood were collected for research
in leukemia and hemophilia. The
400 pints set as a goal this year are
valued from $10,000 to $12,000,
said Schneider.
Fitch Coordinator
Dr. David R. Fitch, professor in
the Division of Business Adminis
tration, is the College Station
Lion’s Club coordinator. Last year
the Lions sponsored the Blood-
mobile’s trip Horn Dallas to A&M.
Jake Sekerka, president of Stu
dent Senate, emphasized all stu
dents interested in donating blood
may go to G. Rollie White Coli
seum and donate blood without reg
istering Thursday.
Harold Henk
. . . King Cotton
Henk Named
King Cotton
Harold Henk of Seguin, 22-year-
old senior agronomy major, has
been named King Cotton of the
26th annual Cotton Pageant and
Ball scheduled April 8.
The pageant and ball is spon
sored by the student Agronomy
Society in honor of King Cotton
and is one of the top annual events
of its kind in the nation.
King Cotton is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert P. Henk of Seguin
and was chosen for the honor by
the Agronomy Society in recog
nition of his outstanding student
activity record.
Henk is a distinguished mili
tary student, cadet captain, com
manding officer of Company E-2,
on the school’s Agriculture Coun
cil, past president of the Agron
omy Society and is a member of
the Newman Club and Centex
Hometown Club.
The student attended Seguin
high school and graduated in 1956.
He was on the student council and
received the DeKalb Award for
his activities in the Seguin Future
Farmers of America Chapter.
Charles Blue of Clifton, senior
agronomy major, Agronomy So
ciety president and general chair-
(See KING COTTON on Page 3)
Primary Election
Slated March 31
Filing for the spring elections will begin tomorrow in the
Office of Student Affairs and continue through 5 p. m.,
Wednesday, March 23 for all students interested' in filing
for class officer positions for the 1960-61 school year.
The primary election will be held Thursday, March 31,
with the run-off slated for the following Thursday, April 7.
As is customary, the voting machines will be located in the
Memorial Student Center between the Fountain Room and
the Bowling Alley.
Officers To Be Elected
The Class of 61 will elect a president, vice president,
secretary, social secretary," t “
historian, student entertain
ment manager and two yell
iGcidcrs
The Class of ’62 will elect
a president, vice president, secre
tary-treasurer, social secretary and
two yell leaders.
The Class of ’63 will elect a
president, vice president, secretary-
treasurer and social secretary.
A Civilian Yell Leader and dele
gates to fill several vacant posi
tions on the Student Senate and
Election Commission will be elected
in the General Election scheduled
(See ELECTIONS on Page 3)
Vanity Fair Pic
Deadline April 25
Seniors have until April 25 to
enter pictures for Vanity Fair
in The Aggieland ’60.
A 5x7 or larger picture must
be turned in to the Office of
Student Publications in the
YMCA Basement by that date,
according to Sam Barranco, Van
ity Fair editor.
Included with the picture must
be the name, age, weight, height,
color of eyes and hair and meas
urements of the Vanity Fair
entry.
The Vanity Fair entry must
also be able to attend the Stu
dent Publications Award Ban
quet Friday, May 13, the Senior
Ring Dance and have a picture
made at the Aggieland Studio,
Barranco said.
Inauguration
To Be Attended
By Dignitaries
Educational, business, military
and civic leaders throughout the
United States are due to attend
the inauguration luncheon for
President Earl Rudder, March 26
at 12:30 p.m., as the 14th presi
dent of A&M.
The luncheon will follow the in
augural ceremonies in G. Rollie
White Coliseum, commencing at
10:15 a.m., at which Dr. Troy Mid
dleton, president of Louisiana
State University, will deliver the
inaugural address.
At the inaugural luncheon talks
will be made by Hugh M. Milton
II, under secretary of the Army;
Allan Shivers, former governor;
Dr. Tyrus R. Timm, head of the
Department of Agricultural Eco
nomics and Rural Sociology, who
will extend greetings from the
faculty of the college; Tom A.
Murrah of San Antonio, president
of the Association of Former Stu
dents, who will extend greetings
from the Association; Joseph J.
Sekerka, student from Weimar and
president of the Student Senate,
will extend greetings from the stu
dent body.
James A. Manley, civilian stu
dent chaplain from Baytown, will
(See INAUGURATION on Page 3),