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1958 Bonfire

Number $0: Volume 58

Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1958 Price Five Cents

Trees Fall as Bonfire Building StartsCenterpole Erect;Five Days to Work Begins Operation

A&M Wind Tunnel At College Airport

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By LEWIS REDDELLBattalion News Editor

Aggies began to make the long ride to wooded land south of the campus today as chopping crews began cutting the first timber for the 1958 Aggie Bonfire which will be burned Tuesday-night.

According to tradition, the bonfire, built each year prior to the A&M-University of Texas football game, symbolizes each Aggie’s love for his school and his burning desire to beat Texas in the Thanksgiving Day grid contest

An 86-foot center pole was erected Tuesday on the drill field behind Duncan Mess Hall in preparation for the task ahead.

Little progress is expected during the first two days of work, said R. D. (Smokey)Hyde, head yell leader, who is in charge of the bonfire.

Day-long work schedules are in order for Aggies Satur­day, Sunday and Monday, however. Crews will be in the woods working by 6:30 a. m. and will quit at dark, Hyde said. Work will continue until Tuesday afternoon at 3.

The Road to Thanksgiving Spirit

Military Manpower Reduction Started

WASHINGTON OP)—The mili­tary began shrinking its troop strength Wednesday.

The Army asked for 9,000 men For? the January draft—2,000 less than it has been calling up the last several months.

At the same time Secretary of Defense McElroy ordered all four services—the Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force—to begin now trimming their manpower to an over-all strength of 2,525,000 by June.30, the end of the fiscal year. Military manpower now is 2,596,- 282.

The Eisenhower administration’s decision to cut back the armed sex-vices’ manpower was made when the budget was prepared last win­ter, but this action was held up when the Middle East and the

BULLETINSerge Chermayeff, who was

to speak here tonight, was in­volved in an accident this morn­ing and will not be able to make the appearance.

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Famous Architect Talks Here Tonite

Serge Chermayeff, an interna­tionally known architect educa­tor will discuss “Mobility-Scale H and Architecture” in a lecture sponsored by the Division of Architecture tonight at 7:30 in the Memorial Student Center Assem­bly Room.

Box-n in Russia and educated in England, Chermayeff has lec­tured extensively in universities in the United States and Europe. 'He has written technical articles on construction housing, archi­tectural and art criticism, and has had numerous painting exhi­bitions in this country and abroad. He is px-esently professor architecturer, Graduate School of Design, at Harvax-d.

The visiting architect educator is a founder member of the Mod­ern Architectural Research Group in England and the American Society of Planners and Archi­tects.

Formosa crises came along.Until McElroy made public his

instructions to the services Wed- nesday, the assumption had been that only the Army and Marine Corps would be required to make further reductions.

The decision to go ahead with the original program for reducing manpower to 2,525,000 by June 30 posed the question of whether the administration may be considering still further trimming.

McElx-dy was asked that ques­tion at a news conference last week. His answer was noncdiii- mital. He said no level below that for the present year had been set, but added that one of the de­cisions that must be made in con­sideration of the fiscal 1960 bud­get “is the force level that will be x-equested.”

The Army will have to di-op about 31,000 men to reach its re­quired strength of 870,000. The Navy will need to let about 11,000 men go ^o x-each a 630,000 level. The Max-ine Coi'ps, which must drop to 175,000 will need to trim about 14,000 men. The Air Force will have to cut about 13,800 to reach a level of 850,000.

News of the WorldBy The Associated Press

Texas Juvenile Crime RisingAUSTIN—Juvenile crimes continue a major upswing in

Texas. It’s at an all-time high, Department of Public Safety Director Homer Garrison said Wednesday.

He blamed the upsurge in crime on parents for not knowing what their children are doing.

Records show a 16 per cent increase in arrests of juve­niles the first 10 months of this year over 1957, Garrison said. ■

“These records tell only a part of the story of juvenile crime because in many cases no arrest record is submitted,” he said.

★ ★ ★Ike Says Conservation Essential

HOUSTON—Federal and state officials Wednesday said conservation of water and reclamation of land are essential to national progress.

President Eisenhower sent a message to the 27th annual convention of the National Reclamation Assn., in which he said:

‘The expanding needs of our people—now over 175 mil­lion strong—emphasize the importance of conservation of water.

‘Americans must be alerted to the fact that their sup­ply of water is being seriously depleted.”

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Fraternity Accepts Rudder, Six Aggies

Vice President Earl Rudder was initiated as a honorary member in CHI Chapter of Iota Lamba Sigma fraternity Monday night in a banquet and initation cere­mony held in the Assembly Room of the Memorial Student Center.

A&M students also admitted at this time are Roy A. Bucing- ham, Franklin E. Cabron, Bennie R. Edmondson, Sam Estes, Wayne Musgrave and Billy P. Presswood.

A welcoming addi'ess to the new members was given by president Fred Moebles.

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Serge Chermayeff. architect speaks tonight

Trotter to Speak In Bren ham Tonite

Dr. Ide P. Trotter of the A&M Graduate School, will be main speaker at a dinner of the David Crockett District, Sam Houston Area, Boy Scouts of America, to­night in Brenbam.

“Would You Believe It?” wiU be the topic of Dr. Trotter’s speech.

Study Finds Noise Hinders Education

Matthew A. Nowak has found in architectural research at the Texas Engineering Experiment Station that greater use of acous­tical materials and more privacy for classroom areas are necessary for the best intei'est of education­al programs.

Thirty-four of the Texas teach­ers interviewed claimed that noise from adjoining classrooms was disturbing. Twenty-three per cent complained of coxridor noise and 16 per cent complained of noise from highway tx-affic, airexaft, playground activities, sidewalk traffic, pencil -sharpeners and squeaky doors.

Results of the survey indicate that excess sound problems do exist in schools and in some cases are so disturbing that teachers are unable to perform their duties satisfactorily.

The research findings are avail­able to the public as Research No. 64, “A Sound Survey of the School Plant,” of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station.

Monday Declared HolidayFor the first time on record,

Monday was declared a holiday by the Executive Committee of the Academic Council. In the past, work has been • started a week prior to the bonfire.

Heavy hauling equipment will be moved into the cutting area Saturday morning to transport the timber to the bonfire site. Several pieces of equipment have been loaned for use in the bon­fire, including six flatbed trucks, two 1 M> ton and three 2,A ton trucks; an “A” frame; a bull­dozer; 'seven power saws and 20 axes. Hyde is still looking for a crane to use in stacking the tim­ber.

An estimated 40 crews will be­gin carrying logs and loading them starting Saturday.

Noon meals will be served in the cutting area, with each man receiving two sandwiches and a cup of coffee. College professors have been asked to take care of serving the chow to the workers in the area, Hyde said. -

Civilian Units OrganizeCivilian units are expected to

be organized to work on the proj­ect this year, Hyde said. Civilian Yell Leader John Wooten is in charge of that phase.

A unit of foreign students has been organized to work in the cut­ting area Monday.

“We are doing this to show that we have the Aggie spirit,” Benito Pargtay Tea, ’59, electrical en­gineering major from Tampico, Mexico, said.

72//i Man to Spell ‘Shoes’ in Austin

Corps leaders met yesterday with representatives from the Austin Statesman and the Salvation Army to set up plans for a yell by the 12th Man for shoeless children during the Thanksgiving Day football tilt between A&M and UT.

Head Yell Leader R. D. (Smokey) Hyde said the 12th Man would spell it out for SHOES immediately be­fore the end of the first half to avoid station breaks for commercials. The yell will be carried over nation-wide radio and television, kicking off a statewide drive to collect money to buy underprivileged children new shoes for Christ-

The huge wind tunnel at Eas- terwood Airport was put into operation today, according to Fred C. Hall, wind tunnel mana­ger.

The tunnel will be the only college-owned aircraft test facil­ity of its size and application in the Southwest. It will be a test­ing organization to work in co­operation with industry. It is hoped that the tunnel will also draw government contracts as well as private research from the aircraft industries in and around the Dallas and Fort Worth area.

The original location for the project was established in 1941 and construction begun in 1945. However, due to diminishing funds, work soon bogged down. Recent donations of $180,000 from Temco Aircraft Corp., and an ap­propriation by the College Board of Director's of $260,000 have pro­vided enough funds for completion.

Shortly after completion, the Board of Directors will be shown through the facilities and an open house is slated for the latter part of November or' the first of Dec­ember.

After-Blaze Dance Planned for Aggies

The Memorial Student Center' Dance Committee has planned an After-Bonfire Dance for' Tuesday night in the MSC Ballroom.

The dance will last until mid­night. Admission is 50 cents per couple.

‘Vets’ May Begin Signing Pay Forms

Students attending A&M un­der the Korean G. I. Bill may start signing pay forms for • their November checks next Monday.

These forms must be completed by noon, Dec. 4, in order for them to be delivered on Dec. 20.

There are still a large number of men who have not signed pay- forms for October. These checks are due Nov. 20, and will not be delivered until a payform is submitted, said Robert O. Murray Jr., veterans adviser.

CS Civic Group Is Now ‘Chamber’

A majority vote changed the name of the College Station Civic Assn., to the College Station Chamber of Commerce at the group’s annual general meeting Tuesday in the auditorium of A&M Consolidated High School.

Don Dale presided over the meeting which had members of the Board of Directors and ap­proximately 35 citizens attending.

Dale reviewed the activities of the association which included sponsorship of a Clean-Up Drive, participation in the CAA anni­versary program at Easterwood Airport, printing and distribut­ing brochures of the community of College Station, plans for a city sign on Highway 6, coopera­tion with community organiza­tions in regard to school im­provements aiVl taking respon­sibility for the Community Chest Drive.

A majority vote changed the name of the association to the College Station Chamber of Commerce. The function of the organization will be essentially the same, since the civic associa­tion handled inquiries directed to an ordinary Chamber of Com­merce.

The Board of Directors urged all citizens to join the Chamber, and stressed particularly a great­ly expanded businessmen’s mem­bership.

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hSaturday Game Attraction

This smiling group of Wharton County Jun- Field Saturday afternoon. The game is a ior College Storiettes will perform halftime Shrine benefit game for underprivileged drills during the A&M Fish-University of and crippled children.Texas Shorthorn football game in Kyle