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Volume 69
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1960
Number 48
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Christmas Decorations
Ben Metulla from Sinton and Dal Herring pair, like many others, have devoted spare
from McCamey put finishing touches on time to constructing a Christmas atmos-
Christmas decorations in their room. The phere in their room.
World Wrap-Up
By The Associated Press
Medical Examiner Wants New Liquor Laws
SAN ANTONIO—The Bexar County medical examiner
said yesterday a four-year study has convinced him that Tex
as should end its ban on selling liquor by the drink.,
“If you have to buy your liquor by the bottle, you drink
by the bottle,” Dr. Robert Hausmann said. “And therefore
you get intoxicated much quicker.”
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January Draft Quota Given
AUSTIN—“Greetings” from Uncle Sam are in order for
292 Texas men in January, State Selective Service headquar
ters announced yesterday.
The state’s January draft quota will be filled with men
at least 22 as of Jan. 1. Volunteers ’and delinquents may be
younger.
“Winnie” Walks Again
LONDON—Sir Winston Churchill, 86, is walking again
after breaking a small bone in his back in a fall at his home
three weeks ago.
Bomb Threats Charged to Juveniles
SAN ANTONIO—Police said yesterday a pair of 12-year-
old boys confessed making bomb-threat calls to 25 San An-
■tonio schools. The boys implicated a third youth, officers
■said.
Juvenile officers said the boys reported they made the
calls “just for a prank.”
Waco Explosion Injures Six
WACO—A violent, unexplained explosion tore out the
side of a brick house in the suburban Lacey-Lakeview area
yesterday, injuring six occupants.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Crouch and their two young chil
dren were the most seriously injured. Two older Crouch
children also were hurt.
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Diary Foretells of Death
LOS ANGELES—“Today he threatened to kill me.”
So read a grimly prophetic two week-old entry in the
diary of Mrs. Arbezine Smith, 35, a kindergarten teacher.
Yesterday Mrs. Smith and her 14-year-old son were
dead—shot to death, police say, by her estranged husband,
who took his own life.
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Ice Plant Burns
WACO—The Southland Ice Co. burned Wednesday after
an unexplained explosion. Two employes barely escaped
when an ammonia line exploded.
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Ethiopia Shaken by Coup
CAIRO, Egypt—A bloodless palace guard coup-joined
by military forces and headed by the roly-poly eldest son of
Emperor Haile Selassie—clamped a new social reform govern
ment on Ethiopia yesterday. Iron military rule prevailed in
Addis Ababa, the capital.
Highway Construction Bids In
AUSTIN—The State Highway Department yesterday
tabulated $8,860,357 in low bids for highway construction pro
jects in Texas.*
Intercouncil
Group Names
New Officers
The Intercouncil Committee
named officers for the 1960-61
school year at an organizational
meeting yesterday afternoon.
The committee is composed of
representatives from the four
Schools of the College: Arts and
Sciences, Engineering, Agriculture
and Veterinary Medicine.
Marc Powe, newly chosen vice-
chairman of the group, said each
year one of the schools is more or
less in charge of the committee.
“This year the School of Arts
and Sciences is the supervising
body,” Powe said.
The purpose of the committee is
to conduct the annual “Career
Day” during which high school stu
dents from across the state visit
A&M.
New officers are Tony Giardina,
chairman; Powe, vice-chairman,
and Malcolm Hall, secretary.
$125 Submitted
By Six Outfits
Reports from Cadet Corps units and civilian dormitories
were laggine - late last nieht after the second last night of col
lecting for the annual Camnus Chest Drive.
Clavton LaGrone. chairman of the Student. Senate Stu
dent Welfare Committee, which is in charge of the drive, re
ported at 11 n. m. onlv six Corns outfits had reported—and
their incomplete reports showed only $125 in the Chest cof
fers.
LaGrone said at the time nro«oects looked a little bad
but nothin^ could really be determined before more reports
were submitted.
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were due to submit their re
ports to LaGrone last night.
Dav students will wait until
the end of the week to submit their
reports.
Workers toured the dormitories
of the Corps and civilians last night
and Tuesday night collecting funds
for the annual drive. There have
also been two receptacles in the
Memorial Student Center.
The Welfare Committee had set
a goal of $3,000 for the drive and
established a slogan of “A Dollar
for an Aggie, from an Aggie.”
Main Obiective
The main objective of the drive
is to provide money needed by stu
dents in case of illness and injury,
if they are in great need of finan
cial aid in their particular emer
gency.
The drive annually consolidates
all other collections and appeals
which at one time were made on
campus.
The student body receives 60 per
cent of the contributions for their
needs. The rest goes to the World
University Service, the College
Station Community Chest, the
Brazos County Tuberculosis Associ
ation and the March of Dimes.
Crash Victim
Released From
Bryan Hospital
Guy Keeling, senior business ad
ministration major from Palestine
who was injured Monday in the
crash of a Cessna 140 plane at
Easterwood Field, has been re
leased from St. Joseph’s Hospital
and has assumed his regular duties
as commander of Co. A of the 2nd
Brigade.
Keeling was injured late Monday
morning while practicing “touch
and go” landings as a member of
the Army Flight Training Pro
gram.
He was knocked unconscious
when his plane tumbled to the
ground and overturned. He re
gained consciousness as he was
being lifted into an ambulance but
immediately blacked out again.
At the time, his injuries were
not believed serious and X-rays
taken later proved this theory cor
rect.
Witnesses and the victim at
tributed engine failure as the cause
of the accident. Keeling said the
engine quit momentarily just as
he was coming down and he was
unable to get it started again.
Coach Jim Myers, Dr. J. H. Bass, Barlow Irving
. . . minor sports discussion
Council Presented
Sports Proposal
The A&M Athletic Council has officially begun the study
of placing seven sporting activities on the list of college-
sanctioned sports after hearing proposals from the Minor
Sports Committee at a revular council meeting yesterday.
The committee has been actively^
FOR CONVENIENCE, SAFETY
New Building Added To
Cottonseed Lab Facilities
A new building for solvent ex
traction of oilseeds and two storage
silos has been added to facilities
of the Cottonseed Products Re
search Laboratory for greater con
venience and safety in research
operations.
The new building is adjacent to
the old building which was con
structed in 1943 in cooperation
with the Cotton Research Commit
tee of Texas and outfitted by the
Texas Cottonseed Crushers’ Associ
ation.
The new structure contains three
separate areas isolated from each
other by fire walls. These are for
solvent extraction processing, safe
solvent storage and flat storage.
It is now possible with these new
facilities to extract oilseeds in a
safe manner using inflammable
solvents on a continuous basis at
the rate of 100 pounds per hour,
according to A. Cecil Wamble,
manager of the laboratory.
Room 22 x 23
The solvent processing room is
just slightly more than 22 x 23
feet in floor area and has 20 feet
of clearance between the floor and
the ceiling. The floor • is recessed
so heavy solvent vapors will not
flow out of the doorways. A vent
at the floor level and one at the
ceiling level continuously remove
both heavy and light solvent vapors
from the room. All electric wiring
is explosion proof. Each electric
outlet is controlled by a switch
outside of the solvent extraction
room. The roof and windows of
the building are designed to yield
befbre the walls do in case of an
explosion.
The solvent extractor is of the
inclined screw type. The inclined
screw is 9 inches in diameter and
20 feet long. The desolventizer
section is 10 inches in diameter
and 20 feet long. The agitator in
the desolventizer is a ribbon con
veyor ■ with back paddles. It was
machined to fit the desolventizer
tube.
Can Be Unplugged
Each piece of equipment in the
solvent extraction area is designed
so it can be unplugged from the
electrical system and quickly dis
connected from its other services so
it can be removed from the area
for servicing. A large door and a
bolted section in the fence just
opposite this door make it easy to
remove or replace large pieces of
equipment.
In addition to serving the re
search program on solvent extrac
tion this equipment is frequently
used to produce lots of 200 to 1,000
pounds of cottonseed products
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under exact specifications for feed
ing tests or other research en
deavors requiring them.
Laboratory personnel are just
finishing a job for a nutritionist
who wanted 600 pounds of cotton
seed meal and 600 pounds of soy
bean meal produced without the
use of any heat at all, Wamble
reports.
For 24-Hour Work
The equipment is designed for
24-hour around the clock operation
when necessary. This type of opera
tion is employed in producing suffi
cient quantities of a new product
for market survey studies. Addi
tional work along these lines is
scheduled for the near future.
In addition to usual use, extract
ing oil from oilseeds, the extraction
equipment has also been used for
other extraction jobs, such as the
extraction of carbohydrates from
extracted oilseeds. By extracting
carbohydrates such as raffinose
(which is not digestible by man
and most animals) the cottonseed
protein remaining is of improved
quality and of higher percentage.
The raffinose after being ex
tracted can be converted into
sugars which can be utilized as
food or feed for animals. Much
of the present work under way in
the laboratory deals with things of
this nature in comprehensive re
search to improve cottonseed and
other oilseed products for human
consumption.
campaigning since the start of the
school year to get fencing, gym
nastics, water polo, rifle, pistol,
wrestling and soccer placed on the
sanctioned list.
Committee chairman Mickey Mc
Donald presented nine arguments
to the committee for the inclusion
of the sports:
Arguments
They were: 1) present partici
pation in sanctioned sports is too
limited, 2) A&M is isolated from
the state’s larger cities and more
sanctioned sports would help the
normal student in his spare time,
3) recreation would be provided
for the school’s foreign students.
4) Enrollment in physical educa
tion classes shows a definite in
terest, 5) today’s individual sports
club members have shown a de
termination for the sanctioning,
6) more opportunities would be
afforded for participation in indi
vidual sports.
7) It would indirectly help the
showing of the United States in
future Olympic games, 8) it would
be a drawing card for new stu
dents, and 9) most of the sports
are winter activities and would
help fill the present void in winter
athletic activities.
Objectives
The committee listed as objec
tives the desire to represent A&M
as minor varsity teams and gain
eligibility for minor varsity letters,
getting excused absences from the
faculty while participating in the
sports and the holding of annual
banquets for the participants.
The committee is merely asking
for sanction from the college and
is not asking for financial aid, Mc
Donald emphasized.
The Exchange Store Fund pro
vides five of the seven clubs, plus
the volleyball, handball and weight
lifting clubs, with $1,500 annually.
The other two clubs, rifle and
pistol, divide $1,000 from the Ex
change Store Fund.
The committee wrapped up its
presentation to the council by de
claring thev felt A&M could not
have a really well-rounded athletic
program with as few sports as are
now sanctioned.
A decision is anticipated from
the Athletic Council around the
end of January, committee mem
bers said. If the proposal should
pass the council, it will go to Presi
dent Earl Rudder and then to the
A&M System Board of Directors
for final approval.
Committee members other than
McDonald are Butch Alcorn, Johnny
Herrin and Andy Short. The Ath
letic Council is made up of Head
Coach Jim Myers, Dr. C. H. Grone-
man, Dean C. H. Ransdell, P. B.
Goode, Br. D. M. Bass and Barlow
Irvin.
Frosh Officers
Chosen Today
After Runoff
Four freshmen were elected to
class officer posts today in a run
off of the first General Election
of the year, held Dec. 7.
Frosh were chosen today for the
offices of president, vice president,
secretary-treasurer and social sec
retary after two finalists had been
determined in the initial voting.
Finalists today were: president,
Larry Burgoon and Frank R. Kiol-
bassa; vice president, Mike C.
Dodge and Vic Mitchell; secretary-
treasurer, Sam W. Brittain and
Butch Johnson, and social secre-
tatry, Mac Cook and William C.
Sturgeon.
In t 1 -' initial voting nine addi
tional freshmen were elected to
positions on the Student Senate
and the Election Commission.
In addition, Clavton LaGrone
was elected to the Student Senatf
Welfare Committee.
The frosh elected to the Senate
posts were Warren M. Dillard,
Michael E. Keeling. John H. Kirk,
and James W. Smith.
Named to positions on the Elec
tion Commission were Bill A,
Mathews, Tommy Ransdell, Ricky
Shaw, A. M. Williams and Warren
R. Woods.
In today’s voting, which began
at 8 a.m. and will continue until
5:30, the voting machines were
located in the corridor in the
Memorial Student Center between
the Fountain Room and the Bowl
ing Alley.
The results will most likely b«
released around 8 p.m. tonight
after the official counting and re
check by members of the Election
Commission that conducted voting
procedure all day.
City Council
Plans Open
House Friday
An open house will be held to
morrow afternoon from 2-5 in the
College Station City Hall, City
Manager Ran Boswell has an
nounced. The open house is being
held to give the public a chance
to become better acquainted with
the City Council members and their
wives.
Elements Halt
Nativity Play
The annual Nativity Scene, which was held both Monday
and Tuesday nights, was called off last night in. the face of
wet weather.
The Scene is always a great hit with everyone, and this
year’s performance was no excep-*
tion as many students, faculty and
people from Bryan and College
Station found out Monday and
Tuesday nights.
The Scene was complete with
the Baby, manger, shepards and
angels plus the Singing Cadets to
add to the overall effect.
Some of the numbers sung by
the Cadets Monday and Tuesday
were: “Silent Night,” “The First
Noel,” “Angels We Have Heard on
High,” “Away in a Manger,” “It
Came Upon a Midnight Clear,” “O
Little Town of Bethlehem” and “O
Come All Ye Faithful.”
The Scene was sponsored by: the
Saddle and Sirloin Club, the Aggie
Players, the Singing Cadets, the
Industrial Education Club, The
Battalion, the Aggie Wives Coun
cil, the students and student wives
who had an acting part in the
presentation, the Building and
Utilities Department, the College
Grounds Maintenance Department
and the local clergy.
The play was constructed around
the Biblical readings of a narrator
as he read the story of the birth
of Christ. The singing Cadets ac
companied the actions of the people
on the stage with the Christmas
Carols listed.
The lighting effects used in the
scene drew great praise from view
ers. The scene begins with only
the light from a single star,
changes to stable light, then one
light is turned off, a ground light
turned on and finally a tree light
is turned on to complete the effect.
The majority of the cast is m>ii
up of Aggie Players but a complete
list of the cast was not announced.