Cadets To Get New Uniform, Jacket mmg/ggj NEXT YEAR S UNIFORMS Don Hagle and Lindon Stewart model the proposed uni forms for next year. Rules Revision Needed Step In ‘New Look’ EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the fourth part in a series of four articles concerning the A&M Corps, its organization, problems, administration and its future. By RAY HARRIS Battalion Staff Writer Revision of “The Articles of the Cadet Corps” and possibly other publications regulating activities of the Corps was initiated Wednesday. A committee representative of classes and units within the Corps met to discuss preliminary plans for revising the “Articles.” This time the Corps will be writing the “Articles”, Corps Operations Sergeant and chairman of the committee, Neal L. Keltner, said. “I don’t intend to run the committee,” said Col. Denzil L. Baker, Commandant of the Corps of Cadets. Col. Baker pointed out that revisions of Corps regula tions would be made by cadets and that members of the Commandant’s Office would serve in an advisory capacity only. All revisions must be approved by both the adminis tration and the Commandant’s Office, he said. The “Articles” are supported by the Cadet Code of Conduct and the Cadance, Col. Baker said. Many students and administrators believe that revisions of the “Articles” has come to mean a collective revision of published Corps regulations. Student leaders and administrators also agree that these publications as they now exist are sometimes con fusing and contradictory. Col. Baker also said that it is often difficult for unit commanders to “run” their outfits under the “Articles” as they now stand. Generally, Col. Baker said. Corps regulations need to be more specific. A “basic law,” Col. Baker said, is that you cannot do certain things. He explained that revisions must be in accord with state laws and University regulations. We must be in a position to explain to parents who complain about mistreatment of their sons that fresh- wen are treated according to regulations set down by Corps Policies and that all “fish” are treated in a like manner. Now, said Col. Baker, we cannot do this — the situation is just the opposite and we have to be apologetic. A freshman must know that he is a freshman every minute of his life in the Cadet Corps, said Col. Baker. There are, he said, enough provisions now in writing to uo this even though they are in need of revision. An important guideline is that everything done in the badet Corps should keep in mind the University objective °f academic excellence. This is especially important, Col. Baker believes, be cause the student body today is quite different from the student who went to college 10 years ago. Today’s student is more serious about his education I s more elightened, and through changes of the “times 18 more independent — in his thinking and actions, many administrators said with academics “tougher” than ever before, they feel students are less apt to tolerate situations or conditions which constantly keep them from their studies. The committee to revise the “Articles of the Cadet Corps’’ will be composed of 19 voting members and four Se mors who are non-voting, advisory members,. Keltner said - Eight “staff” juniors, five unit juniors and six sopho mores will compose the voting membership of the group. . ] l members, said Keltner, are elected representatives from ln en B> Cambodia — Cam- ° la charged South Vietnamese l a rces attacked Cambodian vil- ges Thursday, thus dumping a lssue into the laps of a newly ived peace mission from South le t Nam. U. S. NEWS Labor Department official said Thursday the nation faces the “terrifying” prospect that two million workers a year will be displaced by machines in this decade. Referring to government esti mates that U. S. industry will have an annual three per cent productivity increase through the 1960s, Undersecretary of La- i ir Hemline said: By GLENN DROMGOOLE About $70,000 will be spent by A&M University in an effort to “dress up” its Corps of Cadets. After much consideration, a committee appointed to design a change in cadet uniforms reached its decision. Their recommended uniform was modeled by two ca dets in Duncan Mess Hall recent ly. The group proposed a new sum mer uniform and an entirely new jacket for cadet wear. Plans have been made to have the Dac ron-Viscose uniform and the jack et ready to be issued at the begin ning of the Fall semester. “The purpose of the new uni form is to provide the Cadet Corps with a nice looking sum mer uniform that wouldn’t be too hot,” Lt. Col. Roger W. Garri son, head of the joint cadet-mili tary officer committee, stated. Pat Nance, cadet member of the group, said the new jacket will be introduced “to provide the Corps with a lightweight jacket that is neater and less bulky in appearance than the old field jacket.” The new uniform, which is 55 per cent dacron and 45 per cent viscose, will be worn by all class es at the option of the cadet for normal duty wear and will occas ionally be prescribed for special Corps performances such as Corps reviews and Corps trips. Khaki uniforms will, at least for the present time, continue to be issued, but in smaller numbers. Lt. Col. Garrison said the reduc tion in khakis issued will prob ably be by about two long sleeve shirts. No reduction is planned for the short sleeve khakis or trousers, Garrison said. Two sets of the new uniforms will be given cadets to replace the khakis, Garrison noted. The dacron wear will be about the same color as the serge pre sently worn by junior and senior cadets. However, it will be much lighter and not as dressy as the serge, according to Bill Setchell, who headed the cadet section of the committee. Only long sleeve dacrons will be issued next year, with the possi ble addition of short sleeves in future years. The new shirts may also be worn with pink trousers during the winter season if the cadet desires. Shoulder rank only will be per mitted to be worn on the dacron uniform and the new jacket. Patches will be worn just as they have been in past years. Serge uniforms will continue to be authorized for junior and sen ior cadets at their option. Caps of the serge type will be made available for wear with both the serge and dacron garb. Setchell pointed out that A&M has no intention whatsoever of changing the cadet uniform to Air Force blue and Army green. Rumors have been out that the change would be made, Stechell said, but they are unfounded. Che Battalion Volume 61 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1964 Number 20 Cox, Tisdale, Dockery Pace Class Elections GAYLA SCHWARTING VICKY DILL Student Senate Squelches Poll On Coed Rings A motion by Jeff Harp presi dent of the Civilian Student Coun cil to present the issue of coed rings and silver taps in a student opinion poll was defeated by the Student Senate in their meeting Wednesday night, climaxing two weeks of work on the problem. Harp had brought the issue to meeting last week but the motion was postponed because it could not be discussed since it was not on the agenda. Harp said that the senate’s de decision of Feb. 21 to recommend that a different ring for coeds be created and that Silver Taps be held for male students only was contrary to the wishes of the majority of the student body. Michael Weir, vice-president of the Memorial Student Center Coun cil, stated that if the senate, which is elected by the student body, cannot and does not represent the wishes of the student body, “we might as well go study and forget it all.” Bob Miller, chairman of Senate relations committee, expressed the opinion that it is the senate’s duty to vote for what is best for the student body and not just what the majority of the students want. The unanimous approval of the senate was given to the Champ Project to buy a new car for bas ketball coach Shelby Metcalf. The senate voted to give no sup port to a request by a national committee to solicit donations for the Kennedy Memorial Library in Boston. Crichton To Speak To Republican Club Jack Crichton, former president of the Association of A&M For mer Students and Republican gu bernatorial candidate, will be guest speaker of the A&M Young Republicans at 8 p.m., Monday, at the Triangle Restaurant. Crichton, Class of ’37, is an in dependent oil operator, engineer and petroleum consultant. He is a member of several groups connect ed with the University. The candi date is currently a colonel in the Army reserve and is a veteran of World War II. CAROL VAN KEUREN .. . ;;r . By LARRY R. JERDEN Battalion Staff Writer Three offices out of the 20 on the ballot were decided at Thursday’s class elections. Frank W. Cox, Gary Tisdale and Ronald L. Dockery all received majority votes for their offices. Cox will be the head yell leader for the 1964-65 school year. Tisdale will serve as the Social Secretary for the Class of ’65, while Dockery will be one of next year’s junior yell leaders. Cox, a member of First Wing- Staff, is an accounting major from New Boston. He won his majority by 46 votes, out of the 595 votes cast for the offices of the class of ’65. Tisdale, a pre-law major from Tyler, received over 320 votes to take social-secretary. Dockery, an accounting major from Kirbyville, polled 365 JUDY L. ANDERSON MAUREEN NANKIVELL ‘Gay Parse ? Set For Junior Ball “Gay Paree” will be the theme of the annual Junior Ball to be held in Sbisa Dining Hall at 8:30 Saturday night. The Ball will be preceded by a banquet for juniors and their dates at 6:30 in Sbisa. Tickets for the banquet are no longer on sale. Playing for the ball will be the “Nightcaps” of “Wine, Wine Wine, from Dallas. Dress will be semiformal. Tickets are $3 per couple. Highlighting the evening will be the selection of the Junior Sweet heart. Contestants for the honor are: Miss Judy Anderson, escorted by Jerry Crider; Miss Maureen Nan- kivell, escorted by William E. Tay lor; Miss Carol Van Keuren, es corted by Pat Gibson; Miss Vicky Dill, escorted by Tommy Liles; Miss Gayla Lor raine, escorted by Leonard R. Bar ker. The prospective sweethearts’ pictures are shown above. The contestants will be judged by the Junior Class officers and Aggie Sweetheart Nanette Ga briel. The events have been planned by the Junior Ball Committee. Members of this committee are Frank Muller, class president; Gary Tisdale, social secretary; Charlie Wallace, finance and guests; Butch Triesch, decorations. Special guests will include Pres ident and Mrs. Earl Rudder and the junior Air and Military Science instructors and their wives. Class President Muller said last night that the Ball is expected to be very attractive because of the decorations and the well-known combo. He added that door prizes will be given during the events. votes out of 553 cast for the junior offices. THE BALLOTING, according to Shelby Veselka, the chairman of the election commission, was “ . . . better than usual . . . but about half of what it should be.” He said there were 1556 votes cast in the election. Run-off elections for the remain ing positions will be held the first Thursday after Easter. The polls will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Memorial Student Cen ter. The names appearing on the run off ballot for senior president will be Paul R. Oliver and H. Hale Burr. The senior vice-president contest will be between J. Don Vicki and Mario A. Macaluso. The candidates for secretary-treasurer are Ronald W. Furber and William Charles Bender; for historian are Joel E. Miller and Edward L. Gainer. The finalists for the MSC Council are Albert W. Clay and David More- man; for student entertainment are C. D. Lindsay and Donald T. Mar- burger. IN THE RUN-OFFS for pres ident of the class of ’66 will be Richard M. Dooley and Julian S. Smith. The vice-president slot will be contested by Ronald W. Fletcher and Narc'iso O. Cano. The candi dates for secretary-treasurer are Simeon T. Lake and Ronald D. Smith; for social secretary are Harris S. Pappas and Travis R. Williams; for the MSC Council are Ellis C. Gill and Donald E. Allen. The two candidates for the second (See Elections, Page 3) Early Break Only Rumor “Classes will continue through March 25 as planned,” said Dean of Students James P. Hannigan Wednesday afternoon. Hannigan’s remark was spurred by a rumor that because of an above average number of measles cases which have b^en reported students would be allowed to leave school on Friday for their Easter vacation. Thirty-five students and one nurse were listed by the campus hospital with the three day mea sles. Dr. Charles R. Lyons, director of the Student Health Service, said the outbreak was nothing to wor ry about and the situation would return to normal as soon as the weather permitted students to leave their windows open at night. Hannigan added, in reference to Easter vacation, “Also no pro vision has or will ever be made to permit students living a great distance from the campus to leave for home early.” The dean could offer no grounds for the extended-vacation rumor that starts annually before the Christmas and Easter recesses. Today’s Thought The hope of advance lies in those who are intelligent enough to be aware of their ignorance. Former Students Contribute $97,887 To ‘Excellence’ A&M University’s Association of Former Students has contribut ed $97,887 in unrestricted funds to the university’s program of excellence. President Earl Rudder, in an nouncing the gift Friday, said “these dollars and the attitude of the former students who gave them will be a big boost to our program in the pursuit of excell ence.” John H. Lindsey of Houston, association president, said these funds are “tangible evidence of the support and interest of former students in Texas A&M.” The exes in 1963 contributed a total of $316,954, an increase of $23,478 over the 1962 figure. The gifts came from 14,744 former students, which represents about 42 per cent of the association’s membership, J. B. Hervey, execu tive secretary, reported. From the $316,954 donated, $40,000 will be used to supple ment faculty salaries, another $20,000 to faculty research pro jects and $8,407 for distinguished faculty achievement awards. Approximately $86,000 has been contributed for scholarships and other aids to students, plus an other $15,000 for graduate fellow ships. An additional $30,000 will be used by departments, school and colleges of the university for improvement. In addition, $70,000 will pay for publication and distributoin of the Texas Aggie, former student newspaper, Hervey reported. An other $20,000 has been allocated for former student office opera tion, including directory and tape conversion expenditures. The remainder of the $316,954 goes for operating expenses of the Association of Former Stu dents and other purposes design ated by the association. Hervey reported that the assoc iation had already committed $243,000 to the university for 1964. A statewide fund-raising campaign will begin in April. Sports Car Group Hosts Obstacle Run The Chaparrel Sports Car Club will sponsor an gymakhana in Townshire Shopping Center Sun day afternoon. All entrants must register by 2 p.m. Cars will be divided into classes above and below 1200cc. There will be eevnts for compacts and economy sedans. Trophies will be awarded to an over-all winner and winners in each class.