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The Battalion Volume 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1961 Number 37 Filing for Office James C. Love handed MSC Secretary Carolyn Gross his application for vice president of the Class of ’65 yesterday, and was among the first 13 filing for office. Wednesday was the first day of filing. Deadline for filing is Tuesday. The election will be held Nov. 30. National Magazine To Cover Bonfire AiM’s huge annual bonfire, fhich will be ignited next VVed- lesday night prior to the Thanks- pving University of Texas game, lill receive at least four pages of leverage in Life magazine- it was iarned here yesterday. Gene Wilburn, a member of The louston Press editorial staff, dis- iosed he will handle the article ISC Council Senate Dispute !o End Tonite A vote on Student Senate repre- lentation on the MSC Council will flight a regular bi-monthly «eeting of the Senate tonight at in Room 3-D of the Memorial Student Center. The issue was discussed at the last meeting after MSC Council lepresentative James Ray asked lie Senate for a representative to tie Council. A move to have the matter [laced on the last agenda was de feated, but the issue will be bought to a vote tonight. Other business on tap tonight iteludes the appointment of four Senators to the Traffic Committee ind three others to the Student Health Services Board. Dean of Instruction William Craff is also scheduled to speak to the group. Powder Puff Game Slated | Area football teams may, but [robably won’t, face two new ’rough” teams that have appeared lathe College Station area. They are the Congo Cuties, soph- oiore girls from A&M Consoli dated High School, and the Frosh Bruisers- freshman girls. Wearing regular football gear and uniforms, the girls will clash >na‘‘powder puff” game tomorrow at7:30 p,m. on Tiger Field, weath- fr permitting. They will be playing flag ball to I minimize the chance of injuries, Principal Elvis Ozment said yes terday. Friday morning the students will rote on a “homecoming queen” who will be, as befitting the occa sion, a boy. Cheerleaders will also le males, and both queen and theerleaders will be dressed as firls, with some additional embel lishments. Ozment said game proceeds will le divided 60-40 between the soph omore and freshman classes, re spectively, and will be used to as sist class projects in the future, including the junior-senior banquet. with a photographer from Okla homa City. The writer said the magazine had originally planned one and pne- half pages of coverage, but has since decided on “a minimum of four pages.” Wilburn said he would probably begin his article with accounts of Monday’s full work-day, including the 24-hour guarding of the stack by Corps units. He also plans accounts of Tues day night’s Thanksgiving dinner in the college dining halls, the actual igniting of the bonfire Wed nesday night, the Bonfire Dance after the blaze and Thursday’s actual proceedings in conjunction with the game. He will also include an account of the history of the bonfire, the story of Reveille II and a general history of the Corps of Cadets and miscellaneous college traditions. Sitting Service Offered Free At AWC Dance A special attraction of the dance sponsored by the Aggie Wives Council set for Dec. 2 will be a free baby sitting service, an nounced Council President Mrs. Jean Vaught today. She said that those wishing to take advantage of the service should register with Mrs. Mary Frances Heep at VI G-8358 by Nov. 25. The dance, featuring the music of the George Vincent Sextet from Sam Houston State College, will be from 8:30 p. m. until 11:30 in the Ballroom of the Memorial Stu dent Center. Tickets are $2 per couple and are available through any wives club or at the door. A highlight of the dance will be the selection of Mrs. Texas A&M. To be eligible to enter the contest, contestants must be the wife of any currently enrolled A&M stu dent. Mrs. Vaught said anyone inter ested in details of the contest could contact her at VI 6-6109. A tenta tive deadline for entries has been set for Thanksgiving. The winner of the contest will receive a cup and a bouquet. The Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce is donating the cup and the Aggieland Flower Shop is giv ing the bouquet. The first runner-up will receive a $15 permanent from Lady Fair and the second runner-up will re ceive a gift certificate from Bev erly Braley. Door prizes given during the dance will be given by Hanson’s Freezer-Food Service, Jarrott’s Pharmacy, and Kelley’s Toylane. Bonfire Work Underway; To Burn Wednesday Night OVER 100 EXPECTED Junior College Press Meet Registers Delegates Sunday Over 100 junior college journal ism delegates will arrive here over the weekend for the ninth annual Texas Junior College Press Associ ation conference in the Memorial Student Center. The three-day meeting will be gin with registration in the MSC Serpentine Lounge Sunday at 5 p.m. and end with a business ses sion at 10 a.m. Tuesday. The Journalettes, wives of jour nalism students and Sigma Delta Chi and Alpha Delta Sigma, pro fessional societies in the depart ment, will assist in registration and act as official hosts. Delegates present will represent the 17 member-colleges and at least two other junior colleges. These 17 member schools are: Alvin, Amarillo, Blinn, Cisco, Gainesville, Henderson County, Howard County, Kilgore, LeTour- neau Tech, Navarro, Odessa, Panola, Paris, San Angelo, San Antonio, South Plains and Whar ton County. South Texas Juniofr College and Victoria Junior College have indi cated they will be represented by visiting delegates. Key note speaker will be Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Kenneth Towrey, a reporter for the News papers, Inc. chain, which includes daily papers in Austin, Waco and Port Arthur. Towrey, who won a Pulitzer j at 7:30 p.m. Sunday with an “ice Prize for his work in exposing the | breaker” session for delegates in 1954 Texas land scandals, will speak at a 7 p.m. banquet Monday before the presentation of awards. The speaker, w ho attended A&M in 1949, is a capitol correspondent for the newspaper chain. He is expected to arrive here around 5 p.m. Monday. The meeting, hosted yearly by the A&M Department of Journal ism, will officially get under way Chapel Announces Holiday Services Annual Thanksgiving services will be held at the All Faiths Cha pel on Nov. 23. Services will begin at 8, 9, 10, an 11 a.m. Each ‘service will be distinct from the ones preceding it. Levi Gentry, minister of the A&M Church of Christ, will speak at 8 a.m. to be followed at 9 by Rev. Alfred Johnson, director of the Episcopal student work. Rev. Byron Lovelady, pastor of the A&M Methodist Church, will speak at 10 a. m. and Rev. George Nelson, associate director of the Baptist student work, at 11. A&M students will participate in all of the services. Four Day Student Council Posts Full Voting was light in yesterday’s Day Student Council election with five out of .the nine council posi tions still in contention. Elected as members of the newly organized Day Student Council were Charles Dyer ’63, Bob Hughes ’62, Ernest Svadlenak ’62, and Edward A. Todd ’62. Hughes and Todd will also serve as members of the Civilian Student Council representing the day student fac tion of the student body. The remaining five positions are due to be filled as judges finish counting the votes given to sixteen other candidates. Following the election the coun cil will meet to draw up a consti tution and the by-laws necessary for the operation of the new group. In addition the council will elect officers for the school year. - J/r. Sam * Dies Quietly In Bonham BONHAM, Tex. — House Speaker Sam Rayburn died in his Bonham hospital room early Thursday morning. Authorities here said the fu neral will be at 1:30 p.m. Sat urday at the First Baptist Church in Bonham. The body will lie in state from 9 a.m. Friday until 9 a.m. Saturday in the Sam Rayburn Memorial Library. Rayburn was elected speaker Sept. 16, 1940, and had served as speaker ever since except for the congressional sessions of 1947-48 and 1953-54, when the Republicans controlled the House. According to Doug Schwenk, president of the Civilian Student Council, the main aim of the Day Student Council will be to organize the day students into a working student group. Schwenk went on to say that the primary problem facing the recently organized coun cil is the fact that -the day students are spread from College View to Hearne. As an effort to solve the com munication problem among the widely spread day students, the council is in the process of erect ing a number of bulletin boards which will be used to post all news and information of interest to day students. The newly elected council has asked that all day students check these bulletin boards frequently and help in making this new effort of student government successful. United Chest Ends Short Of The Goal The College Station United Chest Drive officially closed yesterday $4,491 short of their $16,200 goal, according to K. A. Manning, cam paign chairman for the drive. As of last night, $11,708.98 had been collected for the 1961 drive. Manning said a major reason for the drive not reaching its goal was the pay days of some people, especially governmental employees. They were not paid during the duration of the campaign. “We have not been satisfied with the goal this year, and we won’t be until the goal is reached,” Manning said. Even with the extended deadline this year, it will take the concen trated effort of everyone to reach the goal, he added. The new goal date has been set for Nov. 22. the Assembly Room of the MSC. At this same time TJCPA and TIPA sponsors will be meeting in Room 2-D. Registration will .continue at 7:30 Monday morning before the initial session, a welcome to A&M by Dr. William Graff, dean of in struction. TJCPA President John Gensberg of Odessa Junior College will respond. This welcoming session is scheduled at 8 a.m. At 8:30 a.m., two separate work shops will convene. Dr. Otha C. Spencer of East Texas State Col lege will discuss year-books, while Dr. Max Haddick of the University Interscholastic League will talk on newspapers. A coffee break will follow at 10 a.m., even though the yearbook session will last all day. Mrs. Mary Carey, a Houston photojournalist, will discuss fea ture stories at the following ses sion, on tap for 10:30 a.m. After lunch at 11:45, Richard Trout of R. G. LeTourneau, Inc., Longview, will conduct at 1:30 p.m. workshop on “The Facts of Life in Technical Publications.” Loyd Edmunds of the University of Texas will follow Trout at 2:30 with a session of advertising, fol lowed by a 3:30 coffee break. At 3:45 two sessions are sched uled. One is on sports by Guy Horton of the A&M College In formation Office, while the other, by Miss Mary Grace Wilhelm of the A&M Agricultural Information Office, will concern women’s news. These two sessions will complete Monday’s activities, except for Towery’s address and the presen tation of awards Monday night. Two sessions are on tap Tues day morning as the meeting draws to a close. A sponsors’ assembly is scheduled at 8:30, followed by the closing business session at 10 ‘Lost Day’ May Hamper Operation Work on the 1961 Aggie bon fire has begun, and, even with a day lost due to the Houston Corps Trip- Head Yell Leader Jim Davis said he felt “this one will be as large as any.” The lost day will come Saturday when the Corps of Cadets marches in a Corps Trip parade through downtovfn Houston prior to the ★ ★ ★ Civilians Begin Bonfire Work, Guarding Pole Bonfire guarding schedule for civilian students during the week end was announced yesterday by Gene Anderson, civilian yell lead er. The following schedule will be in effect: The bonfire will he guarded Fri day from 6-8 p. m. by married students of Hensel, College View and any others desiring to parti cipate. From 8 p.m.-11 a.m.< students of Puryear Hall will guard, fol lowed by Law Hall residents from 11 p.m.-2 a.m. Hart Hall will guard from 2 a.m.-5 a.m., to be relieved by students from Mitchell Hall, who will guard from 5 a.m.-8 a.m. Saturday. Guarding will begin again at 6 p.m. Saturday with married stu dents guarding through 8 p.m.; from 8-11 p.m., Walton Hall will guard, followed by Leggett Hall from 11 p.m.-2 a.m. Milner Hall will guard from 2-5 a.m., when members of the Corps of Cadets will begin operations in the cut ting and stacking areas. All civilians desiring to work on the bonfire should be in the stacking’ area at 7 p.m. Saturday morning; chain saws will be avail able for cutting- tomorrow, and some individual cutting has been going- on during the week, Ander son said. A&M-Rice University football clash there. For the past several years students have built the mam moth bonfire by working all day the Saturday, Sunday and Monday before the game with the Univer sity of Texas Longhorns on Thurs day. This year, however, only Sunday and Monday will be avail able for full scale operations. Most of the work done Saturday will be by civilian students not at tending the Houston game. They will cut and haul some logs to the stacking area behind Duncan Din ing Hall. Juniors and seniors moved into the new cutting area southeast of the campus Wednesday with saws and axes to begin clearing brush and cutting logs. They continued these preliminary operations today. Friday a civilian crew under the direction of Bryan McCool, ’62, and Leslie Crabb, ’62, will take chain saws into the cutting area and trim, top and cut more logs. The work will really begin in earnest Sunday, however, with Corps Units getting up for break fast at 5:30 a.m. Chapel services will be held in the dining halls prior to units moving into the cut ting and stacking areas at 6 a.m. Students will continue cutting, hauling and stacking logs Sunday and Monday. Noon meal both days will be served in the field. Supper both days will be at 6 p.m. in the dining halls. Visitors to the bonfire cutting area will first have to receive clearance from the head yell lead er or Safety Officer Steadman Da vis. This precaution is to insure the safety of everyone working on the bonfire. Stacking will be a 24-hour job from the time the center pole is put into place late Friday after noon until the last log is raised probably Wednesday. To facilitate the “round-the- clock” stacking this year, the col lege is installing two powerful mercury lamps in the stacking area for illumination. (See BONFIRE on Page 6) Just Part There are many Aggies going to the Rice game this weekend, as this picture of just part of one line would show. Wednesday the Line afternoon, both windows selling student tickets were jammed from early in the afternoon to closing.