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Weather TodayCloudy this afternoon with scattered showers. Turning cooler tonight. Partly cloudy Saturday.
THE BATTALION 5 Days Until Holidays
Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus
Number 91: Volume 58 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1959 Price Five Cents
Quartermaster fr Retains Care * Of 111 Reveille
By FRED MEURER Battalion Managing Editor
Custody of Reveille II, A&M’s mascot since 1951 who is reported in ill health, should remain in the hands of the Quartermaster Corps until the dog’s death, the Student Senate recommended last night.
The 9-year-old mascot is afflicted with kidney trouble and her life is feared to be in danger. Bill Myers, chairman of the Issues Committee, said “Rev” might live for “two weeks or three years” depending on her response to medical treatment.
Myers suggested that Reveille stay with the Quartermasters because of “tradition and their love for the dog,” with the understanding that the veterinary company have priority on housing Reveille II after the present mascot dies.
Reveille II has been in and out of the news all year, first for her
36 Seniors Put On Revised AF DMS Roster
An order issued by the Department of Air Science yesterday retained 36 of the original 50 senior Distinguished AFROTC Cadets recognized last Oct. 15.
Cadets on the roster were screened by the Distinguished AFROTC Board and were placed on the new list with the approval of Col. Charles E. Gregory, Professor of Air Science, and the appropriate deans.
Named were David L. Atteberry, David H. Beck, Arthur L. Cameron Jr., Calvin D. Campbell, Donald R. Cloud, Milton L. Contella, William W. Culberth, Raymond L. Darrow, Delmar A. Deterling, Tracy K. Dorsett and Donnie R. Duplissey.
Larry G. Garrison, Melbern G. Glasscock, Jerry D. Gleason, Harvey J. Haas, James A. Hataway, Glen D. Hitchcock, Marcus R. Hudgins, John R. Johnson, Elmer E. Kunkle, Robert T. G. Lassiter and Edward F. Lednicky.
Frederick A. Meurer, Monroe D. Mitchella, Lado Muhlstein Jr., John H. Pai'tridge Jr., Dwane G. Pepper, Robert T. Pfeuffer, Bobby W. Phillips, Hoy A. Richards, Charles H. Robison, Jay R. Roland, Wayne O. Smith Jr., James D. Terry, Floyd S. Thompson and Hubert C. Vykukal.
Qualifications for the honor call for the student to be in the top 25 per cent of his class or in the top 10 per cent of his Air Science class, and he must have posted an outstanding record at summer camp.
Kiwanians to Give Supper Saturday
More than 2000 people are expected to attend the annual Bryan- College Station Kiwanis Clubs’ pancake supper to be held at the Army Reserve Center tomorrow, according to Dr. James F. Cooper, chairman of the College Station Kiwanis Club.
The supper will be held at 511 Carson St., Bryan, from 4-9 p.m. Tickets can still be purchased from any Kiwanis Club member for 50<f each.
Cooper said the proceeds of this supper will be used to support such Kiwanis Club activities as civic improvements and the annual crippled children’s clinic.
Bacon, milk and coffee will be served with the pancakes and additional servings of pancakes will also be available. A nursery will be available for those with small children.
Cooper said he is working very closely with James Berry, chairman of the Bryan Kiwanis Club, in hoping to make this year’s supper the most successful ever held.
discriminate antics on the foot- hall gridiron and later for biting a Texas Christian University coach during halftime. Her actions were then blamed on “anxiety due to her old age,” and she was muzzled for some of the following games,
Memorial ScholarshipSenate discussion arose around
an A&M Memorial Scholarship Fund which has been on the Senate agenda for some time. Myers’ committee has drawn up a 5-point plan for the $1,000 grant which would “honor the memory of departed relatives and friends with living memorials in lieu of flowers.”
The scholarship will be administered) by the Former Students Assn., with the Senate to handle the publicity end of the matter. Necessary administrative details will be worked out by a Senate committee in conjunction with the F.S.A.
Low Bowl Game ProfitMyers expressed displeasure
with the rough profit of about $156 realized from the 12th Man Bowl game played two weeks ago. Of the $455.80 income, he said about $290 had been paid for expenses.
The Issues chairman said his committee was open for suggestions so that future contests pitting the Army and Air Force ROTC stars could earn profits on a par with 12th Man Bowl clashes of the past.
Muster, Parents’ DayRonny Stallings, chairman of the
Public Relations Committee, said the Aggie Muster this April 21 would be held on the Memorial Student Center lawn at 5 p. m.
Main speaker at the San Jacinto Day ceremony which honors deceased Aggies will be Congressman Olin E. Teague, who will be introduced by A&M President M. T. Harrington.
Parents’ Day will be held at 11 a. m. on Sunday, May 10, in Guion Hall, Pat Mauritz, chairman of the Student Life Committee, reported. Further plans are being worked out by the group.
Don Rummell, chairman of the Student Welfare Committee, told the Senate the “Aggie Mother of the Year” would be chosen sometime after Easter. He said a list of requirements would be worked out in the meantime.
Bonny Heggen . . Walton East
Jo Ann Pitzer . . . Apartment Council
Carolyn Wight . . . Bizzell
Annell Freeman . . . Milner
Mary Jo Saunders . . . Law
Civilians to Kick-Off 4WeekencT SaturdayMeeting Tonight
Study Underway Of Consolidated
A citizens advisory committee will meet tonight at A&M Consolidated to discuss a factual report prepared by principals and the superintendent concerning expected growth of the schools.
The principals and Superintendent W. T. (Taylor) Riedel will be on hand at the meeting tonight to answer any questions concerning the report.
An enrollment prediction based on the number of students now in school in the various grades, the birth rate in the area during recent years and extensions of the trend
Deadline Today For Fee Payment
Deadline for payment of the March installment fee without penalty ^is 5 p.m. today.
The $61.40 fee, which covers room, laundry and board, may be paid at the Fiscal Office in the Richard Coke Building.
Only one more payment—$74.75 —must be paid this semester after the March installment.
News of the WorldBy The Associated Press
Committee Approves Bookkeeping ChangeAUSTIN—Gov. Price Daniel’s proposal to change the
state’s bookkeeping system to help retire the general fund deficit was recommended for passage Thursday by thesHouse Revenue and Taxation Committee.
Gov. Daniel originally figured the plan would make about 18 million dollars available to apply to the current 65 million dollar deficit.
★ ★ ★Soviets Okay Ministers Meet May 11
MOSCOW—Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev said Thursday he is willing to open a foreign ministers conference on Germany May 11 but insisted only a summit meeting can brush away the threatening clouds of war.
“I am convinced there will be meeting of both the foreign ministers and heads of states,” he told a news conference. He said he is waiting for the West to make concrete proposals.
★ ★ ★Macmillan Says Russians Do Not Want War
WASHINGTON—Britain’s Prime Minister Harold Macmillan expressed confidence Thursday that the Soviet leaders want to negotiate rather than go to war over Berlin.
Arriving here for talks with President Eisenhower, he called on the Western Allies to develop “the right mixture” of firmness and reasonableness to guide them in foreign ministers and summit conferences with the U.S.S.R.’s leaders.
★ ★ ★Kidnapper Caught; Mother, Children Safe
LOGAN, W. Va.—The ex-convict who kidnaped a South Charleston mother and her three young children was in police custody here Thursday.
Officers said none of the five persons was hurt.FBI agents and state police were returning Richard A.
Payne, 23, and the four persons he held captive since about 7:30 p. m. Wednesday to South Charleston, nerve center of a huge manhunt since the abduction.
of these rates are the main items in the report.
A plan of action for the committee will also be formulated.
A total enrollment of 1,680 is predicted for the 1968-69 school year as compar’ed to the present 1,225.
Also in the report are charts showing room use for the school System. The charts show that every room is in or almost in full use. No room will be available, according to the report, for the increase in enrollment beyond the 1959-60 school year.
In addition to new classrooms other facilities that need improvement are included in the report. Cafeteria and physical education facilities are already inadequate. Also needed are extensive drainage and other grounds improvements. Several buses need replacement and office space is lacking.
Present indebtedness amounts to $564,000, according to a resume of the financial status of the school contained in the report. The indebtedness is based on an assessed valuation of approximately $10,250,000. The present tax rate is $1.40 per hundred dollars evaluation and the maximum permissible rate is $1.50. Operation and maintenance now take 88 cents of the tax money and 42 cents goes to debt service.
Charles LaMotte was elected by committee members as chairman. Dr. James Cooper is vice-chairman and Robert Holcomb is secretary.
Other members are D. A. Anderson, M. L. Cashion, James Freeman, Ed Garner, C. B. Godbey, Charles Haas, O. M. Holt, Luther Jones, Lucian Morgan, Arthur Olden, Tommy Preston, John K. Riggs, Vic Schember, Robert Skrabanek, Henry Wiliams, Mrs. Howard Mitchell, Mrs. Marion Pugh and Mrs. Earl Rudder.
Accountants To Hear IBM Housing Reps
Representatives from the Houston branch of the IBM Corporation, Tom McGaha and W. R. Fag- ley, will be guest speakers at a meeting of the Accounting Society Monday at 7:30 p.m. in Room 2C and 2D of the Memorial Student Center.
McGaha, assistant Houston branch manager of IBM, and Fag- ley, salesman, will speak on “Career Oportunities in Data Processing.” They will also show a film called “The Information Machine,” which won prizes at the Brussels World Fair last year.
Sweetheart Choice Highlight Events
By DAVE STOKER Battalion News Editor
Civilians and their dates will kick-off a full weekend of entertaining activities tomorrow when the sixth annual Civilian Weekend leaps into full swing with a barbecue in The Grove at 4 p.m.
Following the barbecue will be the annual semi-formal Civilian Ball scheduled for The Grove from 9-12 p.m. “Civiliari Ball Sweetheart” will be chosen during intermission at the ball with 14 finalists vieing for the title. This will highlight the “weekend” activities.
The finalists include sweethearts from each civilian dormi- tor, four from the various apartment areas and one representing
70 Students File For Class Offices
Seventy students had filed for positions as officers in their respective classes for the 1959-60 school year yesterday afternoon, Thursday, according to Pete Hardesty, students organizations advisor.
Hardesty said the junior class seems to be showing the most interest in entering the coming elections, to be held April 8 and 15. The junior class had 35 students filing for positions, half of the total number of students who had applied.
In the sophomoi'e class, 27 students had submitted their names as candidates for junior class offices next year, whereas only 6 freshmen had filed for future sophomore positions.
All students filing for positions as class officers or positions on the Memorial Student Center Council must have at least a 1.00 grade point ratio. Those filing for student entertainment manager or yell leader must have a grade point ratio of 1.25. All candidates must be academically classified with the class for which they are filing.
* The deadline for filing is 5 p.m. Monday.
Electric School Opens Monday
The fourth annual Municipal Electric Short School will be held in the Memorial Student Center Monday and Tuesday.
The school, sponsored by the Department of Electrical Engineering, is planned for management personnel of the municipal electric system.
Registration for the school will begin at 8 p. m. Monday in the MSC. Some 40 people are scheduled to attend.
the day students. They will be introduced tomorrow as part of the barbecue festivities.
Hamburger FriesActivities will actually begin to
day with dormitory hamburger fries and other dormitory functions. Cafe Rue Pinalle will be held tonight in the Memorial Student Center.
Entertainment at the barbecue will be provided by band members of “The Collegians”, a 20-piece band from Prairie View A&M, plus an all male quartet from Prairie View, “The Dreamers”. “The Sil- vertones”, an all Aggie trio, will also entertain. Ben Havard, Walton Hall’s representative to the Civilian Student Council, will act as master of ceremonies.
Under the light of the moon from 9-12 in The Grove, Civilians and their lovely ladies will dance to the music of “The Collegians”. Miss Millie Rowland, 1959 Aggie sweetheart will be on hand to crown the “Civilian Ball Sweetheart” during intermission at the dance. Miss Rowland will be escorted by Civilian Student Councilman Roland Dommert.
In case of bad weather the ball will be held in Sbisa Hall.
Special GuestsSpecial guests will include Pres
ident and Mrs. M. T. Harrington, Vice President and Mrs. Earl Rudder, the Executive Committee of the college, unit faculty advisors and other college officials.
The Civilian Student Council has also extended invitations to the Corps of Cadets and all faculty members. “The Civilian Student Council is sponsoring the weekend primarily to provide spring activities for the Civilian student body, but the Council also wishes to cordially invite the Corps bf Cadets and faculty members to the activities,” Roland Dommert, Civilian Weekend publicity chairman, said.
FinalistsSweetheart finalists and escorts
are Dorothy Carr, Mitchell Hall, escorted by Howard Andrews; Jo Anna Carlo, Legett Hall, escorted by Fred Cole; Bonny Heggen, Walton East, escorted by Joe Winston; Mary Jo Sanders, Law Hall, escorted by Ralph Bullard; Bette Azadian, Pm^year Hall, escorted by Jimmy Tucker; Carolyn Wight, Bizzell Hall, escorted by Davis Wight; Joyce Poston, Hart Hall, escorted by Joe Yanta; Annell Freeman, Milner Hall, escorted by Jim Langston; Ann McEachern, Walton West, escorted by William E. Maxwell; Ann Cobb, Apartment Council, escorted by Richard W. Cobb; Tina Bratton, Apartment Council, escorted by Bill Bratton; Jo Ann Pitzer, Apartment Council, escorted by Carroll D. Pitzer; Ann Garrett, Apartment Council, escorted by Charles H. Garrett; and Barbara Wolfle, Day Student area, escorted by Tom Wolfle.
Barbara Wolfle . . Day Student Area
Bette Azadian . . . Puryear
Students, Faculty Plan Annual Trip On Reptile Study
Twelve students and faculty members from A&M are expected to attend the annual field trip of the Texas Herpetological Society, a group of amateurs and professional interested in the study of reptiles and amphibians, the weekend of March 28-29.
Site of the meet will be the 65,000-acre area of Devils River, located 70 miles northwest of Del Rio. Headquarters will be located on the Fawcett family ranch whei’e the group will live in tents.
Saturday at 5 p. m. the society will have its annual dinner and business meeting, after which they will hunt specimens. The following morning there will be an exhibit and awards will be given to the top two collectors.
Richard Bauldouf, assistant professor in the Department of Wildlife Management, is president of the society which is composed of 90 members.
Entomology Meet Planned Monday
N. M. Randolph, associate professor of entomology will speak on “Bio-assay of Insecticide Residues by the Photomigration Method” at the entomology seminar to be held Monday from 1-2 p. m. in Room 105 of the Biological Sciences Building.
His speech will discuss the effect of toxic insecticides on plants and its distribution in the soil through the use of mosquito larvae.
The seminar is one of those being held semi-weekly throughout this semester by members of the entomology faculty.
