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Volume 59 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1959 Number 11

Kyle Seating Sectorsi .

Same as Last Year

YMCA RemodelingRemodeling of the third floor of YMCA the building which will eventually house moved into initial stages yesterday with the placement office, the short course of- the removing of furniture. Air conditioning fice, the development fund office and the will also be installed on the third floor of college information office.

MS C Revisions Partially Account for Fee Increase

By JACK HARTSFIELD Battalion Staff Writer

(Editor’s Note: This is the final in a series of articles by the Bat­talion explaining what the $17.35 compulsory student services fee is being used for. Included in the fee were funds to the College Hos­pital, the Memorial Student Cen­ter and the Intramurals program.)

Consolidation of the former De­partment of Student Activities with the student program services in the Memorial Student Center and an important and vital MSC budget revisions brought on by policy changes in the Texas Leg­islature partially accounts for the three-way increase in student services to $17.35 this year.

Last year, the MSC received $2 per student from the Memorial Student Center fee paid, as estab­lished by vote of the A&M stu­dent body and the Texas Legis­lature four year ago. Due to the re­visions carried out this summer, registering students last month paid a $4 increase specifically des­ignated to the Center. This amount was included in the total student services fee.

The natural question for stu­dents who noticed the increase would be “Why was the increase necessary and what is it being used for?”

The MSC is divided into four correlated programs. These in­clude the MSC student programs, and other campus student activi­ties, the facilities department and the business department. Only the first three of these were effected by the budget revision.

Breaking down approximate amounts per student received by the Center show that the campus student activities and recreation groups received $2.75; the MSC student program received $2; and the facilities department received $1.25.

The Texas Legislature’s state appropriations previously paid for the support of student activities and recreation. However, this year the state appropriations for this purpose were revised. The rule now stands that the Legisla­ture will not support this program on the basis that it is not a re­sponsibility of the State to ap­propriate funds for “non-educa- tional” programs.

Since this one program requires funds totaling approximately $36,- 000 per year to continue active, ';he $2.75 out of the student serv­ices fee was set for the support if campus student activities and ecreation.The MSC student program also

depends on funds from the stu-

Choir, Band Opens Tiger Assemblies

By RUSSELL BROWN CHS Correspondent

The initial appearances of the 1959 A Capella choir and the A&M Consolidated Dance Band marked the opening of assemblies at Tiger- land Tuesday.

Under the direction of Frank Coulter and the announcing of President Mike Gay, the choir pre­sented three numbers to the entire high school student body. The 90- voice group sang Handel’s “Thanks Be to Thee.” “The Bells of St. Mary’s” and a Negro spiritual “Who’ll Be a Witness for My Lord?”

The Dance Band, under the guid­ance of Band Director Jim Atkins, followed with “Mrs. Pitlack’s Re­grets,” “Mountain Green” and “Blues Progress,” a number writ­ten and arranged by trumpet play­er Jay Pruitt.

Following the musical highlight, Mrs. Ermine Worrell, Mrs. A. R. Orr and principal E. P. Ozment presented awards for the Inter­scholastic League District and Re­

gional Literary events of last year.Track Coach Art Bright pre­

sented the awards for his track- sters in district, regional and state playoffs before Ozment did like­wise for tennis and golf winners.

The final item in the assembly was the presentation of the semi­finalists in the National Merit Award Scholarships from A&M Consolidated. John Calhoun, How­ard Mitchell and Bruce Thompson are among the top 10,000 students in the nation from 550,000 partici­pants and 14,500 schools. These three boys will take another exam Dec. 5 to determine the finalists.

Ozment went on to point out the fifteen freshman students of last year that are among the state’s top 9 per cent in scholastic av­erage as proven by tests taken last year. David Bailey, Lane Coulter, Carla Denison, Bob Guthrie, Fur­man Isbell, Shirley Lorenz, Lynn Roy La Motte, Linda McGuire, Ruth McNeil, Richard Rassmussen, Annette Robinson, Jody Rush, Sal- lie Shephard, Richard Storms and Russell Welch all received certifi­cates from Ozment in recognition.

dent seiwices fee. This program includes all student committees responsible to the MSC Council and Directorate. Funds from the increased fee will give $30,000 per year to maintain, support of this program.

Receiving the remaining $1.25 of the student services fee is the physical facilities department. This money will be used for day- to-day operating expenses of the Center and to replenish existing physical facilities of the MSC, the Music Hall and Guion Hall.

Looking at the overall picture, the MSC calls for approximately $122,000 for maintaining physical facilities. Of this amount, the state dmectly appropriates $41,000 to the Center; $10,000 each year comes in from MSC rental charges of rooms, banquets and other sim­ilar activities; plus the $20,000 from the student services fee.

This leaves an amount of $51,- 000 which must be transfered from businesses of the Center.

The 1959-60 fiscal year calls for an estimated $55,000 cleared by the business operations to meet the $122,000 amount needed, leav­ing a cushion of only $4,000.

The two-million dollar Memorial Student Center, acclaimed one of the most beautiful Student Unions of the 200 such organizations in the world, is a BIG BUSINESS!

Mrs. Terry Takes Absence Of MSC Post

Mrs. Emalita Newton Terry, Art advisor and instructor of the Memorial Student Center, is tak­ing a year’s leave of absence, ac­cording to Wayne Stark, MSC Di­rectorate.

Mrs. Terry came to A&M in 1948 when her husband, Ralph Ter­ry, a World War II veteran, de­cided to return to school for a master’s degree in Rural Sociology.

One of the outstanding artists in the South, Mrs. Terry began the Creative Arts Committee in October, 1949. Three college stu­dents asked her to give sketching instructions. Cooler weather came along and the group was allowed the use of a vacant room on the fourth floor of Bizzell Hall, now used as a dormitory. Furnishings in the Bizzell studio were stools and boards placed across Coke cases for tables. Out of this hum­ble beginning grew the present group of artists, sculptors and craftsmen producing award win­ning works of art, and one of the most active painting groups in the state.

This year Mrs. Terry won the top award for her water soluble painting that she entered in the National Assn, of Women Artists, Inc., in New York. The painting won highest honors out of 300 painting that wei-e selected to be put on exhibition. The National Assn, of Women Artists, Inc., has a membership of approximately 1,000 (membership is by juried in­vitation). Only about eight Tex­ans have been invited as members.

Mrs. Terry was born in San An­gelo, Tex., and received her Art Degree from Howai’d Payne Col­lege in Brownwood. She had pri­vate art study with Will Stevens of New Orleans, La.; Adele Brunet, New York City and Dallas, Tex.; Anthony DeYotmg, San Antonio, Tex; Jose Arpa, San Antonio, Se­ville, Spain; and Xavier Gonzalez of New York City.

She has exhibited in the National Academy Gallery, New York City, with the Grumbacher Watercolor Technique Show on tour, as well as with Houston Art League, Tex­as Fine Arts Assn, of Austin, Riv­er Art Show of San Antonio, Tex­as Water Color Society of San Antonio and the Texas General of San Angelo.

Mr. and Mrs. Terry make their home at 401 Day St. in Bryan. Mr. Terry owns and operates the Ter­ry’s Art Shop, Texas Ave. in Bryan

Corps Staff Takes: Enforcement Task

The seating plan in effect at Kyle Field will be basically the same as the plan used last year, Larry White, chairman of the Student Senate Life Committee, said yesterday.

One major change will be in effect. Corps Staff will have charge of enforcement of the Corps section of the seats and the Civilian Student Council will be responsible for seat­ing Civilians. Both Corps Staff and the CSC will work with the senate, said White.

Various cadet guard details will act as the representa­tive of Corps Staff in enforcing Corps seating, said White.

A total of 8,282 seats will be available for students and their dates, said White. The seats will stretch from the 50-

•fyard line in the east standsCivilian Group Meets Tonight

A report from the Aggie Sweet­heart Selection Committee will headline the discussion at the Ci­vilian Student Council meeting to­night at 7:15 in the Senate Cham­ber of the Memorial Student Cen­ter.

The meeting will be held at 7:15 instead of the usual 7:30 due to the freshman football game to­night. Council members who are interested in the game will, there­fore, have the opportunity to at­tend.

Other old business will consist of a report on the Student Senate meeting, a Registration Committee report and report from the Park­ing Committee.

New business on tonight’s agen­da consists of a discussion of the use of the All-Faith Chapel, Civil­ian Yell Leader, a review of reg­ulation for dormitory social events and party suggestions for-civilian dormitories.

Davis Finishes Mammal Script

Dr. W. B. Davis, head of the Department of Wildlife Manage­ment here has completed a man­uscript on the Mammals of Texas which wil be published in book form soon by the Texas Game and Fish Commission. The book will contain accounts of 138 native and introduced mammals and will in­clude distributional maps, photo­graphs, and information on home life, feeding habits, breeding hab­its and economic values.

Davis is one of the leading con­temporary mammalogists of North America. In addition to the Mam­mals of Texas.

inand extend to the halfway mark on the north end zone seats as in years past.

No one will be admitted in the student seating section unless they have a student activity card or student date ticket, said White.

All students are also urged to have their dates meet them in the proper section of the stands to avoid confusion, said White.

Students and their dates will be expected to sit only in the seating section reserved for the student’s class.

Civilians will be admitted to their respective sections by show­ing the Kyle Field Seating Cards issued them when they paid their student activities fees during regis­tration.

Ropes separating the sections will be taken down after the kick­off as in the past, said White.

Seniors will have 3,000 seats stretching from the 50-yard line to the 15-yard line. These seats include section 132, 131, 130 and one-third of 129. Civilians and graduate students will have seats in this area from Row 22 to the top of the stands. The band will also be seated in this area.

Juniors will have seats from the 15-yard line to the goal line. The 1,500 seats allotted to the Class of ’61 includes two-thirds of sec­tion 129 and section 128. Civilian juniors will sit from Row 22 up in the junior section.

A total of 3,782 seats have been allotted to the freshmen and sopho­more in section 123-127. Civilian freshmen and sophomores will sit in seats in the section from Row 32 up. z

Seniors will enter through Ramps Q and P. Juniors will use Ramp O and sophomores will enter through Ramp N. Ramp M will be used by freshmen.

The civilian cards are pink for seniors and graduate students, white for juniors and blue for freshmen and sophomores.

Yell Practice Fables, Jokes Eliminated

The Class of ’60 held a meeting yesterday at 5 in the Chemistry Lecture Room and voted to elimi­nate all fables and jokes of any kind from midnight yell practice.

Head yell leader Joe Leeper, along with the Yell Leader Com­mittee and senior class officers, had decided previous to the meet­ing that the “spicy” form of fables told in the past by the yell leaders should be discontinued. They felt the fables were not in good taste and did not contribute to the true purpose of yell practice.

A 20-minute discussion was held previous to the vote in which the merits of having “toned-down” versions of fables were discussed. A vote was then taken and it was decided that fables would be elim­inated from midnight yell practice entirely.

Class President Allen Burns said that almost 90 per cent of those attending the meeting voted in fa­vor of eliminating all forms of fables.

“We felt that the pm-pose of yell practice is to build and learn true Aggie Spirit, not to tell jokes,” Bums said.

“A few years ago fables were not told by the yell leaders at any yell practice. The “tradition” was introduced at yell practice within the last 5 or 6 years and we felt it should be discontinued,” he added.

Leeper announced at the meet­ing' that he would like to meet Monday with anyone interested in helping direct this year’s bonfire for the purpose of planning early operations.

Garner To Address Chemical Society

Dr. Clifford S. Gamer, professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of California, will address the local section of the American Chemical Society Oct. 16 in the Chemistry Building.

The subject of his talk, to be given at 7:45 p.m. in Room 231, will be “Isotopic Tracers in Chem­ical Research.” In his address, Garner will discuss chemical re­search problems involving radio­active and enriched stable-isotope tracers.

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New Kyle Field Se ating Arrangement . . effective Saturday at Un iversity of Houston contest