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Volume 60
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1963
Number 97
Action On Name-Change
May Come Next Monday
A&M’s name-change bill might be brought out of
subcommittee next Monday, J. Collier (Buddy) Adams
of Lubbock told The Battalion early Thursday morning.
Adams is chairman of the five-man House State
Affairs Committee subcommittee now studying the bill.
The measure, authored by Rep. David Haines of College
Station, calls for a college name-change to Texas A&M
University.
The subcommittee will return the bill to the State
Affairs Committee, Adams said. The State Affairs
Committee’s next scheduled meeting is next Monday
night.
Rumors were circulating around campus Wednes
day night that the bill had already come out of the
subcommittee, but Adams said nothing materialized on
the bill during a long, five-hour session of the commit
tee Wednesday.
The Lubbock representative couldn’t say for sure
if the measure will be brought up next Monday.
“I just don’t really know,” he related. “The com
mittee is not on a flat schedule and the proposal could
come up at any time.”
The State Affairs Committee has already held a
public bearing on the bill, after which the measure was
referred to Adams’ subcommittee.
At this public hearing, Chancellor M. T. Harrington,
President Earl Rudder, Century Study Director R. L.
Hunt Jr., former student L. F. Petersen and student
Joe Easley spoke for Rep. Haines’ proposal
The A&M System Board of Directors originally
asked for the name-change legislation in late January.
ALL-DA Y SESSION
Graduate Test
Slated Friday
‘Mother Of Year 9
Competition Opens
Nominations will he accepted
through April 30 for this year’s
Aggie Mother of the Year, Frank
J. Kiolbassa, a member of the
student life committee of the Stu
dent Senate, announced Wednes
day.
Students nominating their
mothers or some other woman
can submit letters to the com
mittee explaining the reasons for
their nominations.
Letters may be turned in to
the Student Program Office in
the MSC.
ish ^ LATtN RELATIONS
Pan Am Speaker Optimistic
ING CO.
An optimistic picture was
ainted Wednesday night by
Imbassador deLesseps S., Morri-
»», U. S. representative on the
Council of the Organization of
Imerican States, as he described
changing face of Latin
iiterica to a crowd attending the
tat event of the scheduled ac-
ivities of Pan American Week.
b opening his speech the
otmer mayor of New Orleans
»inted out that what is pres-
ntly happening in Latin Amer-
|is far older than either com-
Miiism or democracy—it is the
Bture of man to seek a better
ife for himself and his children.
Ambassador Morrison de
scribed the Alliance for Progress
as a blueprint for collective
action and emphasized “self help
and social reform” as two of the
principal elements of the Alli
ance.
“A gigantic program such as
the alliance is not going to pro
duce dramatic results overnight,”
Morrison said in defending the
alliance against recent criticism.
It is now beginning to swing into
action however, he remarked, and
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WORLD NEWS
CAIRO — Waving three-star
Sfs of the new United Arab Re-
Mic, jubilant crowds of Arabs
^rmed into the streets of Egypt,
Friaand Iraq on Wednesday cele-
aating the decision to merge their
ir ee nations and 38 million peo-
ennder one government.
Papers in the three states
slashed news of the communique
hold headlines. National radios
rf re filled with patriotic songs
^ the unity theme.
Although enthusiasm is bursting
'st all over, the new state will
*a long time coming.
U. S. NEWS
Washington — Secretary
Defense Robert S. McNa-
*ara authorized the military
^rrices Wednesday to cut to a
tor the overseas tours of men
*holeave their families at home.
Coder current rules, men may
sent overseas without their
lilies for as long as two years.
At the same time, McNamara
Wd the services they can extend
koto three to four years the over-
duty tours of military men
‘ho take their families with
* 'tc 'fr "fa
WASHINGTON — The United
extended recognition Wed-
% to Guatemala’s new mili-
T government, which seized pow-
1 three weeks ago with a pledge
^pe out communism in the
^tral American republic.
Jke State Department announc-
^ the action was taken after
citation with other Western
^■sphere governments.
Heading the new Guatemalan re-
is former Defense Minister
Peralta, who deposed Pres
et Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes in
Woodless coup the night of March
Hikers To Make
50-Mile Trek
This Saturday
A challenge has been issued
to all Aggies to participate in
a 50-mile hike to Huntsville
Saturday morning.
Bob Hood, leader of the Ken
nedy inspired physical fitness
venture, said the group will be
gin the trek at 4 a.m. at the
intersection of Highways 6 and
30 and proceed ..eastward until
reaching Sadler’s drug store in
Huntsville.
Hood said that 15 men had
signed up for the walk at a
meeting held last Tuesday night.
Accompanying the hikers will
be two cars carrying first-aid
equipment, hut the walkers will
have to carry food, water and
extra socks themselves.
J. E. Loupot has offered an
engraved plaque to the Aggie
first reaching the 50-mile desti
nation.
All those interested in taking
the hike may contact Hood in
D-3 Walton.
Swimming Pool
Will Be Opened
This Saturday
The Wofford Cain Olympic Pool,
A&M’s outdoor swimming pool,
will be opened Saturday.
The pool schedule through June
1 will be 2-5:30 p.m. weekdays;
10-12 noon and 1:30-7 p.m. Satur
days; and 1:30-5 p.m. Sundays.
The pool will be opened for more
hours each week from June 3-Aug.
23 and then will be back on the
above schedule from Sept. 11-Oct.
19.
Students wall be admitted free
upon presentation of their fee slip
and identification card. All other
students will be charged 25 cents.
Adults must pay 50 cents.
Faculty and staff members may
purchase for $10 a family ticket
for the April 20-July 14 period or
a similar ticket for the July 15-
Oct. 19 period.
is moving off the drawing boards
and into ideality.
The withdrawal of offensive
weapons from Cuba by the Soviet
Union was partly a result of the
unanimous and united stand
made by all 20 nations of this
hemisphere, the ambassador
stated.
The most important impres
sion gained from his three recent
tours of Latin America, Morid-
son said, “was that Castro’s
image in Latin America has
taken a real nose-dive since last
October.”
“As long as sizable numbers
of people in Latin America per
sist in viewing Castro as some
sort of bearded Robin Hood,
effective counteraction against
communism will be hampei’ed,”
he added.
Communism is not a static, but
an active menace, the ambassa
dor related. He pointed out,
however, that in the field of
political action, the Communists
have recently suffered setbacks.
The elections in Uruguay and
Chile were held up as examples
of this trend.
Seniors, Grads
Will Take GRE
Seniors and graduate students who have registered for
the Graduate Record Examination will begin taking the
tests at 8 a. m. Friday.
Engineering and architectural students will report to
the Biological Science Lecture Room, agricultural and vet
erinary medicine students will go to the Animal Industries
Lecture Room and business administration students will re
port to the Francis Hall Lecture Room. Arts and Sciences
students will report to Room 231 of the Chemistry Building.
Testing will begin at 8 a. m. and continue until 5 p. m.
under the direction of the Counseling and Testing Center
with assistance from selected faculty members from various
"'f departments.
THIS YEAR the battery of
tests are non-compulsory but
the Academic Council estab
lished the requirement, effec
tive in 1964, that graduating sen
iors must participate in the GRE
program as part of qualifying for
graduation.
Morrison concluded by ex
pressing the hope that the U. S.
can achieve, not the power to
dominate anyone, but “the power
by our deeds to bring everlasting
peace to this troubled world.”
Pan American Week activities
will continue Thursday night
when Val T. Billups will present
a pictoral review, using color
slides, of his travels in Latin
America. The program will be-
^in at 8 p.m. in the Assembly
Room of the Memorial Student
Center.
’13 To Become
50-Year Class
Here May 2-4
The Class of 1913 will celebrate
its golden anniversary reunion at
the Memorial Student Center May
2-4, at the same time the Sul Ross
group meets for its annual reunion.
The Sul Ross group is comprised
of early A&M graduates who have
reached the 50th anniversai’y of
their graduation. Each year at
the traditional banquet the honor
class is introduced to old members.
At present the Sul Ross group
is made up of the classes of 1911
and 1912.
The reunion opens officially Fri
day, May 3, at 10 a.m. with a tour
of the campus. Following lunch
eon, class pictures will be taken
in front of the MSC.
That afternoon at 2:30, the men
will have a business meeting,
during which the Class of 1913 will
be initiated into the Sul Ross
group.
At 4:30 p.m. there will be a
memorial service at Easterwood
Field with the Ross Volunteers
serving as honor guard.
The traditional Sul Ross ban
quet will be held at 7:30 that
evening. The members of the
Class of 1913 and their wives will
be introduced to the banquet guests
and welcomed as members of the
Sul Ross group.
The group will adjourn Saturday
morning.
Ten Benches
To Be Erected
By May 11-12
Ten new outdoor benches will be
installed on campus before Moth
er’s Day, Jerry Vion, chairman of
the student life committee of the
Student Senate, said Wednesday.
The committee requested instal
lation of the indestructable benches
early in March. Vion said the idea
met with pessimism because of
frequent damage to outdoor seats
in the past. Many benches had
been damaged beyond repair and
others were carried away.
Vion pointed out that instal
lation of the benches will be on a
trial basis. The seats will be
checked during the summer for
mistreatment.
IF THE SEATS haven’t been
damaged, and they appear to he of
desirable quality, 30 more like
them will be installed.
Vion said the 10 “permanent”
seats were ordered by telephone
from Game-Time Inc., Litchfield,
Mich., in order to have them here
in time for the May 11-12 activ
ities.
The trial benches will be placed
in front of Dorms 2, 10, 5 and 6;
Hart Hall, Mitchell, Milner, Leg
gett, Walton and in the quadrangle
between Puryear and Law.
The construction of the seats
includes underground anchors of
cement at each end.
A CONTOURED piece of gal
vanized pipe is attached to the sup
port from each anchor, and two-
by-fours are bolted across the pipes
to form the back and seat of each
bench.
The benches are six feet long.
All the parts of each have been
welded into a single unit.
The pipes are painted alumnnum
and the lumber slates are sealed
and coated twice with weather
proof Graf-Tite green.
Each bench costs $34.
The benches are now’ being stored
in a quonset hut near Hensel
Apartments and will be installed
by the Office of Physical Plant.
The Academic Council urged all
tests this year as it will help them
if they plan to enter graduate
school and it will help the college
evaluate itself.
Absence from class will be au
thorized for seniors registered for
and taking the tests.
THE TESTS include materials
in general and specialized areas of
knowledge as well as measuring
general aptitude and advanced
achievement in selected fields. The
specialized areas of knowledge in
clude material from the many stu
dents’ chosen major field of in
terest.
Results of the testing program
will provide important benefits to
A&M as well as benefitting direct
ly all seniors who plan to enter
graduate school.
GRE IS ONE means of evaluat
ing A&M seniors and the college
program of instruction.
The students may ask the Edu
cational Testing Service to forward
a report to a selected graduate
school or prospective employer. The
student wnll receive a report of
his scores and an explanatory
booklet from the Educational Test-
in Service.
The tests are given without
charge to the students and save
a fee for many students who plan
graduate studies where the tests
are required for admission.
, Academy Inspectors
Capt. Bennett M. Dodson, superintendent of the Texas
Maritime Academy, greets three Coast Guard officers
who were on campus to inspect the new academy’s pro
grams and facilities. The visitors, left to right, are Capt.
B. D. Shoemaker, Capt. L. Parker and Adm. O. C. Rohnke,
chief of the office of Merchant Marine Safety.
Election Filing
To End Friday
Registration for the student
government election to he held
April 24 ends Friday, A1 Wheeler,
chairman of the Student Election
Commission, has announced.
The election, originally set for
April 4, was postponed “in the
interests of having a better elec
tion,” Wheeler said earlier.
As the deadline nears, reports
show that less than 20 students
have filed for the government slots,
Wayne Smith, election commission
advisor, said Wednesday.
THE ELECTION commission has
ruled that students who filed in
the previous registration must re
gister again to appear on the bal
lot.
Only 28 students had filed for the
nine student government positions
before disqualifications were made
by the commission. Several of the
candidates lost their eligibility due
to scholastic reasons, leaving some
positions with no names on the
ballot.
Four student body positions, four
Student Senate Committee chair
manships and the position of Civil
ian Yell Leader are open in the
election.
Student body positions which will
be decided in the election are that
of president, vice px’esident, parli
amentarian and recording secre
tary.
THE FOUR STUDENT Senate
chairmanships open in the election
are those of the Student Welfare
Committee, Student Life Com
mittee, Public Relations Committee
and the Issues Committee.
Juniors and seniors with a 1.5
over-all g-rade point ratio are eli
gible for the chairmanships. Stu
dents who will be seniors in the
fall are eligible for student body
president and parliamentarian,
while next year’s juniors may file
for the vice president post. Fall
sophomores are eligible for record
ing- secretary. All students seek
ing student body posts must have
a 1.5 over-all grade point ratio.
Juniors and seniors with a 1.25
grade point ratio are eligible for
Civilian Yell Leader.
Exes Plan Seniors’ Dinner
April 29; Speaker Named
The Association of Former Stu
dents will host all graduating
members of the Class of 1963 at a
banquet to be held April 29 in the
dining room annex of Sbisa Hall.
This will be the third year that
the Association of Former Students
has treated seniors to a free steak
dinner.
All members of the Class of ’63
who will graduate in May, August
or February have been invited to
attend, said J. B. Hervey, executive
director of the association.
L. F. PETERSON, Ft. Worth oil
man and president of the associa
tion, will be a speaker at the sup
per. Hervey said that names of
other speakers will be announced
later. Peterson is a member of
the Class of ’36.
According to the arrangements
committee for the banquet, compli
mentary tickets will be necessary
for admission to the affair.
The number of tickets is limited
to 1,200 because of dining hall
facilities. Each future graduate
has been requested to pick up
his ticket for the stag supper be
fore noon next Thursday.
PURPOSE OF the compliment
ary tickets is to provide dining hall
personnel with an estimate of the
number of persons who plan to
attend.
Graduating seniors have been
asked by the association to com
plete and leave with the association
office a form which will be used
to place each member in active
membership with the Association
of Former Students.
“It is hoped that each member
of the graduating class will attend
this special dinner to be given for
them in order that they can be
officially welcomed as members of,
and better informed about, our
association,” Hervey said.
Students Fret
•
As Splash Day
Made A Month
GALVESTON—Splash Day is no
more— or at least Galveston city
fathers and Chamber of Commerce
officials say too. In place of the
oft rowdy beach and beer celebra
tion, usually held each year'about
the first of May, the Isle City
is sponsoring what it is calling
“Splash Month.”
The move is an attempt to elimi
nate trouble such as the riots two
years ago, which sent more than
500 students to jail.
THE OFFICIAL kick-off for
“Splash Month” has been set for
next’ Wednesday, with more activ
ities spaced later in the week. Last
year an estimated 150,000 persons
jammed the island.
In protest to the move by Gal
veston officials, a letter signed by
Ronald C. Dunlap of the Southwest
Association of College Students
has been circulated among college
students in Texas. The organiza
tion, which lists its address only as
Houston, calls on all students to
gather in Galveston May 3-5.
Dunlap’s letter said:
“WE BELIEVE that there is a
lot to be learned by association
with our fellow students from the
many colleges and universities of
this part of the country. So this
year we have decided to organize
an association to coordinate stu
dent activities on the beaches of
Texas in view that the authorities
have decided to do away with such
a program.”
The letter outlines activities:
“The days’ activities will '-enter
around small groups on the beach,
singing and enjoying the company
of other students. As the day
grows old, lights began to fade,
then new life will start with the
oncoming night.”
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