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The Battalion Volume 59 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, MARCH 24,1960 Number 89 170 Applications Received For Spring Election Posts Pakistani Conference Chancellor M. T. Harrington and K. Rah- stanin Student Conference. The meeting man, president of Pakistan student organi- was conducted last night in the Memorial zation, listen to Dr. J. C. Calhoun, vice chan- Student Center, cellor for engineering, address the Paki- Ag Economics and Rural Sociology Spring Roundup, Awards Set Tonight In MSC The Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology will present its annual “Spring Roundup and Awards Night,” this Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Me morial Student Center Ballroom,, announced Bob Cherry, extension economist in the department and general chairman for the “Round up.” “The ‘Roundup’ is the depart ment’s annual occasion for pre senting departmental awards, fun and frivolity,” said Cherry. Program skits include such items as professors doing the can can, personal portraits of the pro fessors as seen by students, stu dents who turn out to be beatniks, student wives who make excellent models and others, explained Cherry. This will be the third “Round up” the department has presented, Cherry said. “I beljeve we can even top last year’s performance,” he said. Dr. Tyrus R. Timm, head of the Department of Agricultural Eco nomics and Rural Sociology, will present the awards, according to Dr. Bardin Nelson, professor of Rural Sociology and chairman of the Student Awards Committee. Awards to be presented are J. Wheeler Barger Award, Bankers’ School Award, Wall Street Journal Award, two Rural Sociology A- wards, Department Head’s Award and Highest Profit in Futures Trading Award, Dr. Nelson stated. All awards will be presented to juniors or seniors in agricultural economics, or sociology, according to Dr. Nelson. Babcock Essay Contest Closes April 15; $250 For First Place $250 is waiting for the verbally prolific Aggie who can describe in not less than 250 nor more than 1,000 words, “The Advantages I Find at Texas A&M College.” This is the second year the essay contest will be held and it is being sponsored by C. L."t Babcock, ’20, a Beaumont insur ance man. April 15 is the deadline for the essays which Babcock believes should be able to answer the ques tions: “Is it the truth?”, “Is it fair?”, ‘Will it build good will?” and “Will it be beneficial?” The entries should be prepared in regular manuscript form, double spaced with an original and two carbon copies. Entries can be turned in to The Battalion Of fice on the ground floor of the YMCA. Initial judging of the essays will be done by members of The Bat talion staff, but final judging will be left to a special committee to be selected by President Earl Rudder. In addition to the $250 first prize, 10 runners-up will be pre sented with certificates. Both the award of $250 and the certificates will be presented at the annual Student Publications Awards Ban quet, May 13. Tommy Keith, ’59, won last year’s C. L. Babcock Essay Contest when the topic was “Texas A&M —What It Means to Me.” Keith’s essay was reprinted in several Texas newspapers and also ap peared in the Congressional Rec ord and was distributed by the Association of Former Students. The essay contest is open to any full time student currently en rolled at A&M, with the exception of The Battalion staff. Final Total Less ThanPreviousHigh By ALAN PAYNE Assistant News Editor A total of 170 students have filed for positions on the ballot in the spring election, slated for Thursday, March 31. This total is not a new record high but is one of the larger totals compiled during recent years, according to Floyd Kaase, chairman of the Election Commission. The names of the candidates are presently in the Regis trar’s Office awaiting official approval before they can be published. Runoffs following next Thursday’s initial voting will be held Wednesday, April 6. Offices To Be Filled The Class of ’61 will elect a president, vice president, secretary, social secretary, historian, student entertainment Kiwanis Club To Sponsor Pancake Sale The Bryan-College Station Ki wanis Clubs will jointly sponsor the sixth annual Pancake Sup per Saturday, April 2 at the Na tional Guard Armory at E. 25th and Burleson in Bryan. The general co-chairmen of the event are Dr. J. F. Cooper for the College Club and Daniel Boone representing the Bryan Club. The following co-chairmen for the various committees were an nounced recently by the two clubs: Ticket committee—J. G McGuire and A1 Schiller; Pro cufement committee—H. E. Bur gess and Bruce Morehead Equipment and Utensils—W. T Riedel and J. J. Pridgeon; Seat ing—H. O. Kunkel and Bob To land; and Chef committee—Tony Sorenson and J. C. Watson. Other committee co-chairmen are: Reception—M. C. Futrell and J. W. Monk; Waiters and Bus Boys—Harrison Hierth and A. B. Halyard; Pots and Pans— B. D. Franklin; and Publicity— J. B. Hervey and George Webb. Tickets are 50 cents and pray be purchased from any Kiwanis Club member. Great Issues Presentation NASA To Speak Here April 5 Dr. T. Keith Glennan, admin istrator of the National Aeronaut ics and Space Administration, will be speaker for Great Issues, talk ing on “The Problems of the Space Age” Tuesday, April 5 at 8 p.m. Glennan is the first administrat or of the NASA, established Octo ber 1, 1958, to accept the responsi bility of catching up and passing the Soviets in the race for space. He heads a staff of scientists, en gineers, technicians and other em ployees engaged in research and development of aeronautics and space matters. In this position, Glennan is a member of the Presi dent’s National Aeronautics and Space Council. Born in Enderlin, North Dakota, in 1905, Glennan earned a degree in electrical engineering from the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University in 1927. Following graduation, he became associated with the newly developed sound motion picture industry, and later became assistant general service superintendent for Electrical Re search Products Company, a sub sidiary of Western Electric Com pany. Career Positions During his career, Glennan was studio manager of Paramount Pic tures, Inc. and of Samuel Goldvvyn Studios, and was briefly on the staff of Vega Airplane Corpora tion. Glennan joined the Columbia University Division of War Re search in 1942, serving throughout the war, first as Administrator and then as director of the U. S. Navy’s Underwater Sound Laboratories at New London, Conn. He was awarded the Medal of Merit, the highest civilian award, for his work at New London. At the end of World War II, Glennan became an executive of Ansco, Binghamton, New York. From this position he was called to serve as president of the Case Institute of Technology, Cleve land, Ohio, in 1947. During his 11-year administra tion, the Institute rose from a pri marily local institution to rank with the top engineering schools in the nation. From October, 1950, to November, 1952, concun-ent with his presidency of Case Institute of Technology, he served as a mem ber of the Atomic Energy Com mission. Glennan has been very active in national and civic affairs, serv ing as chairman of the board of the Institute for Defense Analysis, on the board of the National Sci ence Foundation and the Council on Financial Aid to Education. In Cleveland he took an important Cafe Rue Pinalle Set Friday Night in MSC Paula Craig, University of Texas senior, will provide en tertainment at the Cafe Rue Pin alle Friday night in the Memor ial Student Center Lower Level. The dance will be held from 8:30 until midnight with the Bo Lee Combo providing music. Tickets for the event are now on sale at the Cashier’s Window on the Ground Level of the MSC at $1.25 per couple and will also be on sale at the dance. The dance will have French decorations to fit the theme of Cafe Rue Pinalle—“The Aggie Version of French Night Life”— according to Gates Whiteley, chairman of the event which is sponsored by the MSC Dance Committee. part in many civic activities. He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Phi, and Chi Phi. He has been awarded several honorary Doctor of Science degrees. Sei’ving as president-on-leave of Case Institute of Technology, Glennan was responsible for the recent launching of Explorer V, aimed toward the sun and is in charge of Project Mercury, in tended to put a man into space. Controversy Over Terms In his article “Our Plans for Outer Space,” Glennan says, “There is some controversy today about the stereotyped terms “space” and “outer space” and neither the scientists or the law yers have been able to agree on a definition which satisfies every one.” “The purpose of these deep space probes is not simply to es tablish new distance records in multi-million mile units. We call this effort Project Mercury and the objective is to send a man into orbit around the earth and return him safely. Once we have suc ceeded with Project Mercury and repeated manned orbital flights enough times. . .there will be time to work about journeys to the moon and to planets in our solar system.” manager, MSC Council dele gate and two yell leaders. The Class of ’62 will elect a president, vice president, secretary - treasurer, MSC Council delegate and two yell leaders. The Class of ’63 will elect a president, vice president, secretary- treasurer, MSC Council delegate and social secretary. The elected officers will take office next fall at the beginning of the 1960-61 school session. High Interest Kaase also said interest was par ticularly high in the president and yell leader races in the respective classes. The voting machines that will be set up in the Memorial Student Center for the actual voting will be stretched from the Bowling Al ley to the Gift Shop, instead of from the Bowling Alley to the Fountain Room, as is usually done. Kaase explained this is being planned to facilitate quicker vot ing and to avoid standing in line for an unreasonable amount of time. Survey Reveals . According to Kaase, a survey conducted in the past has revealed more votes are cast when the ma chines are all located in the MSC than when they are separated and located in both dormitory areas. Kaase also revealed three ma chines will be alloted to the fresh men, two to the sophomores and two to the junior voters. Each voter will be required to fill out a 3 by 5 index card and present it to the election commission member in charge of his machine before voting. No other requirements will be made before a student will be able to vote. Names of the students who have filed for office will be run in next Wednesday’s edition of The Bat talion after they are returned from the Registrar’s Office. A&M Prof Makes Cincinnati Report To Present Papers CINCINNATI (A>l_A research scientists from A&M says the 15th known vitamin may be a new sub stance he found in by-products of liquor distillings. Dr. J. B. Couch said the sub stance was a growth factor simi lar to the “B” vitamins. It is solu ble in water and works through concentrations in poultry feed. Couch, who told of his findings in an interview, Tuesday, Wednes day reported formally on his work. He is attending the 15th Distillers Feed Research Conference. Couch said work on the new fac tor was done with chickens and turkeys. The research goes back 10 years, but most progress has been made in the last three years. CHS Choir Program Set Tonight Patriotism and folk tunes will mix when the A&M Con solidated A Cappella Choir will present two outstanding examples o f American folk opera in the A&M Consolidated High School Auditorium, this Thursday and Friday. Kurt Weill’s “Down in the Valley” and “Ballad for Amer ica” are the parts of the pro duction entitled “Double Fea ture,” according to Frank Coul ter, director of the 90-voice chorus. Choral and solo speeches, choral parts, and special ef fects will be the background for “Ballad for America,” a sketch of the country from the Revolutionary War in 1776 to the Machine Age. Historical characters and quotations are interwoven into a modern con- tata. “Down in the Valley” in cludes many favorite folk songs such as “Sourwood Mountain,” “Down in the Valley,” “Hop Up, My Ladies,” “The Little Black Train” and “Lonesome Dove.” This feature is about a tragic love story that is set in the southern mountain area of the United States at the turn of the century. Tickets to “Double Feature” are available at Loupot’s, Pru itt’s Shop and Jones Pharmacy. Prizes to Soph, Junior Danforth Awards Open to Ag Majors Two William H. Danforth Summer Fellowships, one for a junior and one for a freshman agriculture major, will be available for this summer, according to Dr. T. E. McAfee, professor in the Department of Agronomy and chairman of the scholarship committee for the* School of Agriculture. According to McAfee, the award was begun in 1929 by William Danforth, founder of the Purina Co., and has been in force ever since. Trip to St. Louis The first two weeks of the pro gram will be spent in St. Louis, where the student will observe work in the Purina Research Lab- DPS Applications To Close April 1 Col. Homer Garrison Jr., director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, today reminded young Texans that April 1 is the dead line for applying for patrolman positions now open in the depart ment. Examinations will be given men between 21 and 35 years of age at locations throughout the state dur ing the month of April. To be eligible a person must have graduated from high school, be of of good moral character and in good health. More details may be obtained by writing to the Texas DPS, Box 4087, North Austin Station, Austin. Dixiecrat, GOP Coalition Nears Parting of Way WASHINGTON OP)_The coali tion of Republicans and Southern Democrats which long has ruled the roost in the House has reached a parting of the ways over civil rights legislation. Whether the estrangement will be smoothed over or there will be a complete divorce remains to be seen. After Wednesday’s key voting on a referee provision in the civil rights bill, some influential South erners were irate over the whole sale support given the provision by Republicans. Southern Democrats fought the proposal with everything they had. They had counted on substantial GOP support. The vote was 295- 124 in favor of the provision, the opposition coming from 100 South ern Democrats and 24 Republi cans. On the prevailing side were 172 Democrats and 123 Republi cans. Southerners who long have help ed the GOP minority upset the Northern Democrats — including votes to sustain numerous Eisen hower vetoes—were vocally bitter about the showing. They wouldn’t comment for attribution but they made no effort to conceal their feelings privately. oratories, tour the company’s ex tensive research farm at Gray Summit, Mo., look into problems of manufacturing at the main plant and review personnel prob lems with Purina’s chief director of personnel in St. Louis. Lake Michigan Camp The next two weeks the student will receive leadership training at Camp Miniwanca, a 350-acre camp ing paradise on Lake Michigan. Owned and operated by the Amer ican Youth Foundation, the camp is built around a program of bal anced physical, mental, social and religious development. Purina Sponsored The junior fellowship will be July 31-Aug. 28, with the Purina Co. covering the expense of the two-week stay at St. Louis, the Miniwanca outing and a transpor tation allowance of $100. The freshman fellowship is for a two-week stay at Miniwanca, with Purina paying the attendance cost of the camp, but with trans portation costs left up to the indi vidual. Apply to Dean Application for the awards may be made through the office of the Dean of the School of Agriculture, with the application blanks com pleted and returned by April 20, McAfee said. Both fellowships are awarded annually in 52 state universities, one Canadian university and the University of Puerto Rico, he added. Law Enforcement Program In Dallas Narcotics and burglary will be the subject for a program to be offered by the Southwest Law En forcement Institute in Dallas, April 6-8, according to Phillip B. Goode, College Station attorney. Goode, resident representative of the sponsoring Southwestern Legal Foundation, announced that the three-day program is of pri mary interest to law enforcement personnel. Indications of Spring Spring weather has made its mark on the campus. Here a group of tennis enthusiasts Brazos Valley area as evidenced by the take advantage of the warmer temperatures crowded outdoor tennis courts on the A&M to sharpen strokes for the coming season.