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Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1960
Number 86
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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,