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LIBRARY 12 COPIES % Battalion Volume 59 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1960 Number 86 I960 Blood Drive , V' ;; • ’ -'/.X , . r ' §M wu m: % ■ , / 1 I" w: Dance, Barbecue To Highlight Activities For Civilian Weekend SweetheartContest Set Saturday Night By BOB SAILE Battalion Staff Writer Civilian students and their dates will kick off the annual Civilian Weekend with a barbecue dinner at 5:30 p. m. in De- Ware Field House. A dance scheduled for 9 p. m. in Sbisa Hall will highlight the weekend’s activities Saturday night. The dance features music by Les Blume and his orchestra from La Grange. Tickets will be on sale at Sbisa Saturday and the Corps of Cadets has been invited. Menu for the barbecue dinner consists of one half barbe cued chicken, potato salad, beans, pickles, onions and soft drinks. Finalists in the Civilian Sweetheart Contest will be H; ; m . gjll introduced at the dinner. Blood Pressure Before Donation . . . freshman Jack Spillman 'rv-V •.-s *:■ fly r 1118 Estimated 280 Students Donate Blood An estimated 280 students do nated blood for children’s research yesterday afternoon in G. Rollie White Coliseum to close out the annual Blood Drive sponsored by the Student Senate and the College Station Lion’s Club. Wayne Schneider of the Student Senate said numerous, students were turned away because of col(jk and other causes. He added the blood is sent to the Wadley Foun dation in Dallas in support of the Texas Children’s Research Foun dation. Dr. David R. Fitch, professor in the Division of Business Adminis tration, was the coordinator for the College Station Lion’s Club. The Drive was conducted from 8 a. m. - 5 p. m. during student off hours as scheduled by the Sen ate. An estimated 500 students regis tered for the donation. Last year 396 pints of plasma were collected. . Giving A Pint Of Plasma ... for children’s research ffi v A slip? k \JUifi •1'! il ■ 1 jm s ip fill 11 % % m Coffee, Cookies, Relaxation ... nothing to it Folklore Paper Offers Cash, Membership The Texas Folklore Society will award a prize of $25 and a year’s membership in the society to the college student who submits the best paper on Texas or South western folklore. All papers entered in the con test will be considered for publica tion by the society. If the paper is published, the writer will be given a copy of the society’s yearly volume. Deadline for entering papers will be June 1. The papers should be about 2,000 words in length, and all papers submitted should be typewritten and doublespaced. A cover sheet should be provided, on which should appear both the student’s school address and his permanent address. The two main topics can either be a collection of Texas or South western folklore or other tradi tional material, assembled by the writer of the paper from oral sources or his own observation. The second topic can be a study of a specific topic in Texas or Southwestern folklore. Studies of this sort would not be confined by the borders of Texas or the Southwest, but might properly range far beyond, especially if the comparative method is used. Papers should be submitted to Dr. M. C. Boatright, secretary, Texas Folklore Society, University of Texas, Austin 12. Sweetheart Selection The high point of the dance will be the selection of the Civilian Sweetheart. Fourteen girls, representative of the civilian dorms, day students and apai’tment areas, will be judged at 10 p.m. Judging of the finalists will be by popular vote of every one attending the dance. Finalists in the contest are Don na Brock, Hhrt Hall, escorted by Harvey Spross; Judy Carroll, Wal ton Hall West, escorted by Leslie Wilson; Mrs. Doris Evans, day stu dents, escorted by Phillip Evans; Mrs. Mary Jane Gray, escorted by Jimmie Gray and representing College View; Ethylene Henning, Bizzell Hall, escorted by Bob Her- ritngton; Mrs. Jo Ann Johnson, Cbllege View, escorted by A. C. Johnson; and Judith Jones, es corted by Walter Chapman and representing Law Hall. Finalists Also entered as finalists are Janice Key, Walton Hall East, es corted by Charles Jackson; Mrs. Dede Kirwan, Project House, es corted by Denny Kirwan; Mrs. Judy Kurc, escorted by Howard Kurc and representing College View; Betty Jo Murray, Milner Hall, escorted by Jack Luce; Joan Quasso, Leggett Hall, escorted by Champ Grona; Sandra Smith, Pur- year Hall, esclorted by Doug Smith; and Stasia Ann Tope, Mitchell Hall, escorted by Clark Straughan. This year wall be the first time judging of a sweetheart has been conducted by popular vote. In previous contests, judging was done by faculty and staff members attending the dance as guests. Voting Procedure Voting in the contest will be conducted in the following man ner: Everyone arriving at the dance (See Civilians on Page 3) Miss Janice Key .. . Walton Hall East Miss Betty Jo Murray . . . Milner Hall mm Miss Stasia Ann Tope ... Mitchell Hall W.J. Lawson Appointed To Directors Gov. Price Daniel announced Thursday William J. Lawson of Austin has been appointed to the A&M College System Board of Directors to fill the unexpired term of the late Herman F. Keep of Buda, Tex. Lawson is now the executive secretary and attorney of the Texas Butane Dealers’ Assn. He is a member of the Class of ’24 and was president bf the Associa tion of Former Students in 1942- 43. Keep, a 1920 agriculture grad uate of A&M, had served on the Board of Directors since January, 1957. He was president of the Keep Oil Co. in Austin and owner of the Keep Hereford Ranch at Buda. Navy Successful With Sub Missile CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla. (A 5 )— The Navy successfully fired a Polaris submarine missile early today from an underground ship’s motion simulator. Officials reported that the mis sile achieved all its test objectives over a more than 900-mile course. Compressed air popped the Po laris out of its subterranean tube. The first stage ignited with a flash about 70 feet above ground. A minute later the second stage fired high in the sky and boosted a dummy warhead to the target. Elects Board New A&M CofC Begins Program By ROBBIE GODWIN Battalion News Editor Sixty students from various departments attended the first meeting of the Student Chamber of Commerce last night in the Lecture Room of the Biological Sciences Building. Clifford Lane, who has worked on the organization in the past, presided at the meeting > r and presented the purpose and idea of the organization. The con stitution states the purpose as be ing “for the purpose of advancing the interests of Texas A&M Col lege.” Board of Directors The group broke down into schools and divisions to elect mem bers of each to the Board of Di rectors. Bruce Ueckert, second year veterinary medicine major from Bellville, will represent the School of Veterinary Medicine. Howard Barton, range manage ment major from Comanche was elected by the School of Agricul ture. Eugene Stubbs, junior fi nance major from Wortham was elected to represent the Division of Business Administration. Rob bie Godwin, junior journalism ma jor from Robert Lee was voted representative from the School of Arts and Sciences. John H. Brown, Jr. senior architectural design major from Sherman was elected from the Division of Arch itecture. Marvin Schneider, sen ior mechanical engineering major from Weimar was elected by the School of Engineering. Executive Officers The group gathered again to elect an executive secretary and treasurer. They elected Bob Rob erts, junior journalism and sociol ogy majbr from Kerrville executive secretary and Philip Harrison, jun ior insurance major from Lufkin as executive treasurer. Lane said the organization has been in the planning stage for several years, but this was the first organizational move that had been made. Regular C of C Setup The group will have the regular Chamber of Commerce organiza tional setup with the board presi dent, the board of directors, ex ecutive secretary and treasurer, permanent committees, special projects committees and depart mental representatives. The permanent committees are Visitors Program and Information, Local Relations, Professor Rela tions and Membership and Funds. Special projects committees are (See A&M C of C on Page 3) Bowl Plans Enter Final Stages; Basketball Contest Probable The Issues Committee of the Student Senate was vested with the power to make arrangements for the Twelfth Man Bowl at a meeting of the Student Senate in the Senate Chamber of the Memo rial Student Center last night. Mickey Dungen of the Issues Committee said the Bowl this year would probably have to be a bas ketball contest since “all football equipment has been sent off.” April 9 Date Dungen also disclosed the School of Military Science will aid in ar ranging drill hours April 9—the proposed date of the cage clash. Drill will be conducted that day from 7-8:30 a.m. and students in the Corps of Cadets would be al lowed to attend the game from 8:30-10 a.m. A stand-by inspec tion for those not attending will be held at that time also. The Committee will also look into the possibility of having a grid contest for the Bowl, if uni forms can be obtained. Race Conference. . . In other Senate business, a dis cussion of probable financial aid to the Korean Aviation College which was destroyed in Typhoon Sarah and discussion of sending a representative to the Race Rela- Student Paper Finishes Third A biological research paper by Billy M. Tutor, senior wildlife management major from Temple, was recently selected by the Col legiate Division of the Texas Academy of Science as the third best biological paper presented be fore their 22nd annual convention in Austin. Tutor’s paper, “A Nesting Study of the Boat-Tailed Crackle,” was one of five presented before the December convention by wildilfe management seniors, according to Dr. Richard J. Baldauf, assistant professor in the Department of Wildlife Management. The other research papers, all to be published in some scientific journal, were written by Charles W. Ramsey, Jack C. Parker, Fred A. Murray and Charles D. Studzen- bakex - , all senior wildlife manage ment majors. The collegiate division conven tion, a part of the Texas Academy of Science, is held annually to give outstanding college students an op portunity to do research work and to present their findings to the group, said Baldauf. tion Conference at Southern Meth odist University next month was held. The Senate will look further into both issues before giving aid or sending representatives to the con ference. Dungen and Norris Gil breath have been appointed prob able representatives to the meet if the Senate sends delegates. Date Conflictions The Senate also declined to send delegates to the SMU United Na tions conference due to a conflic- tion with the Cotton Ball and Pageant which both fall on the same date. The conference simu lates a session of the UN General Assembly in which all delegates take part. Another confliction of dates caused the Senate to postpone its annuel banquet from May 5 to May 12 since that is the date of the Association of Former Stu dents barbecue. t,; -1 . - '>1 ‘ititifi iSi Miss Sandra Smith ... Puryear Hall ■<ar* V >■; I fflg , in Mrs. Dede Kirwan , . . Project House I Mrs. Judy Kruc .. . College View “ ■, 1 * A Miss Joan Quasso .. . Legett Hall u Profs Attend Meet Dr. L. C. Grumbles and Dr. C. F. Hall, head and associate professor, respectively, of the Department of Veterinary Microbiology, will par ticipate in two Washington, D.C. meetings called by the United States Department of Agriculture,