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Worth Mentioning
By Johnny Johnson
For a college that takes great pride in the beauty of its
grounds, Texas A&M owns a piece of property that is a dis
grace not only because of its run-down physical condition but
also because it’s the Texas A&M Cemetery and certainly
does not present a proper appearance for a cemetery.
The cemetery is located approximately 1.3 miles from
the West Gate Memorial. To reach the cemetery a person
must turn South on Old Highway 6 and follow it for about
a mile from the West Gate entrance of the college until
reaching the old U. S. Army Reserve Center on the west
side of the road. By taking a right turn there and crossing
two sets of railroad tracks, a person reaches the vicinity of
the Texas A&M Cemetery.
After crossing the second
set of railroad tracks, if a
person looks closely on the
right hand side of the road,
he will be able to distinguish
several headstones amid the trees,
brush and tall grass. But he will
have to look for there is no sign
or other identification.
As astounding as it might seem,
one of the former presidents of
Texas A&M — L. L. Foster — is
buried in this cemetery. Foster
was president of the college from
July 1, 1898, until Dec. 2, 1901,
the day of his death.
This cemetery was not the first
resting place for Foster and the
nine other persons buried there.
Originally, Texas A&M estab
lished a college cemetery on what
is now the southwest corner of
the drill field behind Duncan
Dining Hall.
When work was begun in the
early 1940’s on the 12 new dormi
tories in what is now called the
New Dorm Area, the cemetery
was moved to its present loca
tion and the remains of the 10
persons were moved.
This was done because at the
Senior Pics
Deadline Set
For April 25
Seniors were reminded today
that Vanity Fair and Senior Fa
vorites deadlines are Monday'
April 25th according to Sam C.
Barranco, assistant editor of The
Aggieland ’00.
The deadlines were changed to
allow seniors to obtain pictures
during Easter vacation, Barranco
said.
Seniors who wish to submit
pictures to the Vanity Fair Selec
tion Committee should obtain one
large portrait and a full-length
snapshot. There is no entry fee,
but girls entered must be able to
attend the Student Publications
Awards Banquet, May 13, ^which
is Friday before the Senior Ring
Dance. Also, the six winners and
six runners-up must have pic
tures made at the Aggieland Stu
dio for publication in The Aggie
land ’60.
Pictures of Senior Favorites
must be small portraits or clear
snapshots and the fee is $2 per
shot, said Barranco.
All pictures should be turned in
at the Office of Student Publica
tions in the YMCA basement.
Every picture left at the office
will be returned undamaged upon
request, following publication,
Barranco said.
•f-
time College Station did not have
a cemetery.
The tragic thing about the
matter is that the cemetery is
nothing more than a burial
ground. Something needs to be
done—either move the remains of
the 10 persons to a proper ceme
tery or the college should do some
landscaping on the present site
and make it a decent burial place,
not for any more burials but just
to take care of the present graves
and make it a proper final resting
place for the 10 people—all who
were connected with Texas A&M
in some way.
As the picture on Page 1 illus
trates, something has to be done
before the cemetery becomes a.
wilderness.
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A call Wednesday from one of
the officials of the Hillel Founda
tion asked us to pass on some
information to the unknown van
dals who painted swastikas on
the Hillel Foundation sometime
Saturday night.
The Hillel Foundation official
asked the persons who committed
the vandalism to realize the seri
ousness of their actions. Painting
swastikas on a house of worship
is not just common vandalism,
it’s adding fuel to the fires of
propaganda of the Communists
and other enemies of the United
States, pointed out the Hillel
official.
We heartily agree with what
she said and would like to add
something on our own—any kind
of vandalism is bad but vandalism
that includes unfounded attacks
.on a. particular segment of our
' population,is not just bad, it’s
about the lowest thing a person
can do!
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The Ross Volunteer Permanent
Firing Squad for the remainder
of the year has been announced
by Ross Volunteer Commander
Wade Dover.
The permanent firing squad is
composed of the 21 outstanding
juniors in the Ross Volunteers,
according to Dover.
.This group will perform their
duties at Aggie Muster and at
any Silver Taps held during the
remainder of the year.
Executive Officer Hubert Ox
ford is in command of the firing
squad.
Members of the squad are
Sydney N. Heaton, John V.
Kitowski, Walter R. Frazier,
Scott S. McKay, Daniel F. Bauer,
Fred B. Hudspeth and David L.
Voelter, all of the 1st Platoon;
Shelton J. Champagne, John A.
Winship,' Glenn A. Jones, Richard
M. Powell, Charles H. Rollins,
Guy W. Keeling and George R.
Meadows, all of the 2nd Platoon;
and Donald F. Boren, Ogden T.
Baur, Malcolm F. Bolton, Walter
R. Willms, Edward A. Todd, Win-
burn N. Wynn and Kenneth J.
Demel, all of the 3rd Platoon.
Wisconsin Primary Fails
To Come Up With Answers
: . r f mrr-rrrrr—-—
. I’m not so sure that Fish Squirt is planning on going to engineering drawing today!”
What’s Cooking —
The following clubs and organ
izations will meet tonight:
7:30
Angelina County Hometown
Club will meet in the Memorial
Student Center Coffee Shop.
Plans for a party will be.discuss
ed.
Brush Country Hometown Club
meets in Room 3-C, MSC.
Sam Houston Hometown Club
meets in the YMCA Cabinet
Room.
Galveston County Hometown
Club meets in the YMCA Brooks
Room.
California Hometown Club will
meet in the MSC.
Amarillo Hometown Club will
meet in Room 3-B, MSC.
Eagle Pass Hometown Club
meets in Room 202, Academic
Building.
Waco Hometown Club will meet
in the YMCA.
Baytown Hometown Club will
meet in Room 228, Academic
Building.
South Louisiana Hometown
Club meets in Room 2-C, MSC.
Pasadena Hometown Club will
meet in Room 203, • Academic
Building.
Bell County Hometown Club
Ladies To Present
UN Club Program
‘‘The Changing Status of Wo
men in the World Today” will be
the topic of a program to be pre
sented by the United Nations
Club at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the
YMCA.
Eight ladies, representing dif
ferent regions of the world, will
present the program. They are
Mrs. F. E. Smith, United States;
Mrs. Z. J. Kapadia, India; Mrs.
B. Parker, Philippines; Mrs. R.
H. Estrada, Venezuela; Mrs. H.
H. Williamson, Yugoslavia; Mrs.
Carlos Feltz, Germany; and Mrs.
J. R. Dumbly, England. Mrs. E.
Wallace will be the' coordinator.
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JOHNNY JOHNSON EDITOR
Bill Hicklin Managing Editor
■Toe Callicoatte Sports Editor
Bobbie Godwin News Editor
Ben Trail, Bob Sloan, Alan Payne Assistant News Editors
Nelson Antosh, Ken Coppage, Tommy Holbein, Bob
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Joe Jackson Photographer
Russell Brown CHS Correspondent
Land constitutes slightly more
than 29 per cent of the total sur
face of the earth and. water com
poses the other 71 per cent, says
a Twentieth Century Fund report.
will see a football film in the
MSC Social Room.
Grayson County Hometown
Club will meet in the YMCA.
Odessa Hometown Club meets
in Room 207, Academic Building.
Tyler-Smith County Hometown
Club will meet in the MSC.
Lavaca County Hometown Club
will meet in Room 106, Acadamic
Building.
Rio Grande Valley Hometown
Club will meet in the Lounge of
Walton Hall.
8:00
Red River Valley Hometown
Club will meet in the MSC Ser
pentine Lounge. The picture for
the Aggieland will be made. Ca
dets wear class “A” summer uni
form and civilians wear coats and
ties.
By JAMES MARLOW
Associated Press News Analyst
WASHINGTON (A 5 )—The Wis
consin primary was a mish-mash.
It proved nothing. Yet all
three entries, no matter how they
finished, said they felt encour
aged. That ought to set some
kind of record for American pol
itics.
Take Sen. John F. Kennedy ID-
Mass.), who ran first in the
state’s Democratic presidential
primary with more than 478,000
votes. He was described as ela
ted although he had been favored
to win and could have done bet
ter.
Sen. Hubert H. Hum'phrey (D-
Minn.), his rival in the. Demo
cratic contest, got about 372,000
votes, or more than 106,000 less
than Kennedy.
But he was encouraged because
he hadn’t done worse. ,,
Vice President Richard M. Nix
on, unopposed in the Republican
presidential primary part of the
election, got only 341,000 votes.
Nixon interpreted his third-place
vote as “surprisingly! iarge.” He
went even further and .'told Re
publicans around the country to
look for a Republican victory in
the presidential' election in Wis
consin in November.
Then guess what Paul M. But
ler, chairman of the Democratic
National Committee said.
He said Wisconsin would go
Democratic in November.
And his opposite number, Sen.
Thurston B. Morton, chairman of
the GOP National Committee,
said the vote for Nixon was the
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IT’S A GREAT FEELING
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Adding a bit of dash to the campus
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enhanced with Arrow’s authentic
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MENS WEAR
SINCB 1933
BRYAN —TEXAS
‘B. C. GOES TO COLLEGE!”
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greatest vote ever given an un-
oposed candidate in the Wiscon
sin primary.
The White House said: “No
comment.”
What does it all add up to?
Nixon might have done much bet
ter if he had gone into Wiscon
sin to campaign for himself. But
he didn’t and it was the Demo
cratic contest which got the at
tention.
Under other conditions in the
same state—with just one Demo
cratic entry who, like Nixon,
didn’t campaign — Nixon might
. have done far better.
Yet, there’s a chance the big
Democratic vote and the low-
man-on-the-totem-pole spot Nix
on landed in may indicate broad
Wisconsin discontent with the Re
publicans and be the forerunner
of a nationwide discontent which
can’t be expressed till November.
On the other hand Kennedy, a
Roman Catholic, no doubt ownes
a big part of his vote to Cath
olics, both Democrats and Repub
licans/since Wisconsin is 30 per
cent Catholic.
But when he runs in West Vir
ginia May 10 against Humphrey,
in the presidential primary there,
there’ll be very little Catholic
vote to help him since the Cath
olics in West Virginia total about
only 5 per cent of the population.
Perhaps Kennedy would have
won the way he did in Wisconsin
even if he had been a Protestant
and maybe the anti-Catholic sen
timent that showed itself against
A1 Smith in 1928 has died out in
this country.
And a heavy vote against Ken
nedy in Protestant West Virginia
might not prove any anti-Cath
olic sentiment at all but some- :
thing unrelated.
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Any of you who heard Dr. T.
Keith Glennan’s address this week
have a nice surprise in store in
this week’s LIFE. The Tiros sat
ellite of which Dr. Glennan spoke,
the space photographer of weather
conditions around the world, is
shown both in form and in action.
If you remember the talk, the pur
pose of the satellite is to estab
lish a pattern for forecasting the
weather on a world-wide scale.
LIFE shows some of the first ac
tual photos relayed back to earth
by Tiros.
Sharpeville
LIEE’s writers travel to Africa
this week for a story on the
Sharpeville slaying and its after-
math. They also did a little dig
ging and come up with the history
of the white domination of the
country which has been prevalent
until the recent riots by native
people to gain their rights. The
story begins with the Dutch and
French Huguenot settlers moving
in 300 years ago, and runs through
the gradual building up of resent
ment until the present-day strife
torn country that is South Africa.
Project Mercury
Climbing out of the cockpits of
their trainer planes where they try
to make a golf ball float in mid
air, the Mercury Astronauts now
go into a whirling cylinder guar
anteed to make them very sick to
their stomachs unles they can ma
nipulate a couple of levers to stop
the end-over-end, round-and-round
and sideways spining. Just another
phase in the life of the first Amer
icans who will man outer space
rockets. (This, too, is Dr. Glen
nan’s NASA project.)
Folklore of America
In. another series, LIFE again
reaches into the past for their
Folklore of America stories, deal
ing this week with the legendary
feats of the pioneers. The paint
ings by James Lewicki display the
fantasy that surrounds the legends
in full color. The boyhood of Dan-
i iel Boone, The Mission of Johnny
J Appleseed, Lovers o f Dismal
Swamp and other favorites are
told in a style to recall stories you
might have read in your earlier
years.
Fashions for the women this
week pictures a drastic change in
the style of attire for sleep. The
article is entitled “Bikinis Move
to Bedrooms.” ’Nuff said. . . .
A Look at the World’s
shows a unique portrait of
shchev, taken as he listens
speech being translated for a
Marseilles crowd on his trip to
France. Other features in this
picture section—fire in a whisky
warehouse, flood in Wsconsin,
prayer in the South, and a car that
also is a boat.
Five beautiful actresses cul
their long tresses to becom-t
marked women for the latest Para
mount film, “Five Branded
Women.” It is the story of cour
ageous women accused of love-
making with enemy soldiers in
war-time Yugoslavia. The actresses
come from three countries—the
U. S., Italy and France. All but
one really cut their hair for the
filming of this picture.
Honeymooners and Engineers
Any of you young men who plan
a trip to Niagara Falls on youl
honeymoon, but can still remembet
your duty to engineering, take a
look at the man-made gorges which
will divert 38 per cent of the
Niagara River’s water to the new
hydroelectric plants being installed
below the dam. These are pictured
in LIFE.
If your fancies are still turned
lightly to romance, don’t worry
about the fog and the falls. Enough
water is still going over Interna
tional Falls to set the traditional
scene of the honeymooners getting
their faces wet in the little boats
under the falls.
The personal story of a profes
sional contraband flier in connec
tion with the Cuban situation will
thrill any adventure lover. And a
feature about a man who spent 50
years in prison becoming an au
thority on bird diseases and other
matters of interest to him is inter
esting both in setting and in the
persona] history of a man battling
his environment.
It’s all a part of LIFE.