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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1959)
The Battalion COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, f)59 Number 39 Freshman Class Elections Be Held Thursday 1959-60 A&M Directories Arrive George Ohlendorf. senior rural sociology major from Lock hart, purchases his 1959-60 copy of the Texas A&M Col lege Directory from Mrs. Hazel Patranella, employe in the Department of Student Publications. The directories are on sale in the office of the Department of Student Publications on the ground floor of the YMCA and through representatives in the varous dorms. Cost of the director ies is $1 per copy. Corps To Host Chief Chaplain Chaplain (Maj. Gen.) Terence P. Finnegan, chief of chaplains, United States Air Force, will be a guest of the Corps of Cadets Sat urday. The corps will pass in re view at 8:15 a.m., and immediately following the review the chaplain will address the corps in the G. Eollie White Coliseum, to which the public is invited. Sunday Chaplain Finnegan will be a guest of the A&M Newman Club. Saturday from 7:30-9:00 p.m., Chaplain Finnegan^ will be guest of honor at a reception in , St. Mary’s Student Center, given by Father Charles Elmer of the Cen ter. A native of Norwich, Conn., Chaplain Finnegan is a graduate of St. Thomas Seminary and Col lege, Hartford, Conn,, class of 1924, with a E.A. degree. In 1930 he received his M.A. and Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree from St. Mary’s Seminary and Univer sity, Baltimore, Md. Chaplain Finnegan was ordained as a priest of the Roman Catholic Church May 30, 1930 at St. Jos- Injuries Slight In Collision A motorcycle driven by David Pate and a 1950 sedan driven by Jack Boyett collided at the corner of Nagle Drive and the farm-to- market 60 at 4:45 p.m. yesterday. Pate, 15-year-old son of Sam B. Pate of Highway 21, Bryan, was taken to Bryan Hospital for ex amination. His injuries were slight and he was kept in the hospital overnight. Boyett was not injured, and there was very little damage to either vehicle. Jury Selection In Addison Trial Slowed Yesterday SAN ANTONIO OP)—Jury selec tion for the trial of uranium pro moter John Milton Addison hit a snag Tuesday when attorneys ran out of prospective jurors. An additional 32-man special panel was called for today, the end of two days of questioning attorneys had agreed on eight jur ors, three of whom were picked Monday. Only one is a woman. Addison, a 31-year-old former boxer, is being tried on charges of stealing $1,250 from Dr. Cliff Oschsenbein, an Austin, Tex., den tist; selling .a security without a license, and conspiring to sell un registered securities. He could be sentenced to 17 years in jail if convicted on all counts. The number of Addison backers wearing “I am a lender to John Milton Addison” buttons Tuesday was smaller than on Monday. eph’s Cathedral, Hartford, and served for six years as a priest in the Diocese of Hartford. On April 12, 1956, His Holiness Pope Pius XII appointed Chaplain Finnegan a Domestic Prelate with the title of The lit. Rev. Mon signor. The appointment was made in recognition of his fine contributions to the spiritual wel fare of personnel of the armed foi’ces whom he had served for nearly 20 years. Appointed chaplain (1st Lt.) in the U. S. Army reserve on Jan. 4, 1937, he entered military service the following April. His first as signment was district chaplain of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) unit at Silver City, N. M. Assignments followed in Texas, South Carolina and Illinois. He was appointed first lieutenant in the regular army in August of 1940. Two days after Pearl Harbor Day, Dec. 7, 1941, he was named division chaplain of the 25th In fantry Division.' Chaplain Finnegan received the Bronze Star for meritorious serv ice against the Japanese forces at Guadalcanal during the period of Dec. 17, 1942-Feb. 9, 1943. He was transferred to the Air Force July 1, 1949. Chaplain Finnegan was promoted to the grade of major general on July 1, 1958, and took over his du ties as chief of chaplains, USAF, Aug. 15, 1958. His superior officers say of him: “A gentleman of excellent char acter and habits; has most sincere spiritual attributes and strong de votion to duty; unlimited capacity for inspiring and maintaining friendship; knows no class distinc tion; understands the point of view of persons with whom he comes in contact and has their confidence.” 100 Students Vie For 13 Offices By BOB SAJLE Battalion Staff Writer The general class election of freshman class officers, freshman Student Senators and freshman Election Commis sions members will be held Thursday in the Memorial Student Center, with approximately 100 freshmen candidates on the ballot. The voting machines for the election will be located in the corridor between the Fountain Room and the Bowling Alley of the MSC. The machines will be in operation from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. The number of freshmen who have filed for posts this semester is the largest in recent years, according to W. D. (Pete) Hardesty, student organizations advisor. A runoff election for class* officers will be held Dec. 15, Hardesty said. No runoff will be held for Student Senate and Election Commission. Four freshmen will be elected to the Student Senate and five fresh men wil be elected to the Election Commission. A grade point ratio of 1.00 is required for a student to hold a class office or an Election Com mission post. In order to hold a Student Senate post a student must have a G.P.R. of 1.5. Other Senate Posts Other Student Senate positions which will be filled in the election are recording secretary and junior agriculture representative to the Student Senate. Norris Ray Gilbreath and Eaid J. Wentworth, both sophomores, have filed for the recording sec retary position. All, classes will vote on this spot. William R. Millsaps and Leo C. Rigsby have filed for the position of junior School of Agriculture representative. Only classified juniors in the School of Agricul ture will be allowed to vote on this post. Freshmen who have filed for po sitions are: Presidential Race President: Jackie L. Benson, Fred K. Blackard, Ronald W. Book man, John F. Brarnero, Robert E. Bryant, John Burke, Victor “Vic” Donnell, James A. Dotson, Robert A. (Bob) Gay, Jack L. Gibbs, Har ry M. Jones, Kelly W. Morgan, Charles L. “Chuck” Nichols, David D. Kelly, William C. Kerley, James E. Ray, Allen R. Sassin, Dan M. Scarboi’ough, Word (Wordy) Sher rill, Dick Simpson, Joe E. Terral, Joel B. Terrill and Carlos Vela Jr. Veep Candidates Vice-president: Glynn D. Baker, Charles L. Blaschke, Earl E. Braun, Ronald E. Fix, Kenneth L. Ladd, James S. Lovick, Charles W. Kuykendall, Steven K. “Stevo” Moore, Nicholas M. Nahas, James R. Norwood, John J. “Jack” O’Con ner, Don N. Packer, John S.' (See FRESHMAN on Page 3) Selection Stall Picks SCONA Representative The selection committee of the Fifth Student Conference on Na tional Affairs has released the names of the A&M students who will represent the College at the meeting which starts here Dec. 9. The students are F. IT. Cleve land, W. B. Heye, W. A. Myers, Fred A. Pendleton, A. R. Dommert, John R. Lister, A. A. Dommert, Alvin P. Rainosek, W. P. Thomp son, Olegario Barrellier, Parviz 1 toushmand, K. Rahman, M. F. Blazek and Hugo Estrada. In addition the following stu dents were recommended as alter nates: John B. Brazzel and R. E. Petersen. The selection committee respon sible for these students being cho sen was composed of H. O. Kunkel, C. H. Hall and A. F. Chalk. Inter views were held Nov. 17, Nov. 18 and Nov. 23. Recorders for the confei’ence will be Robert Tinsley, Calvin Hines, A. George Pechacek, Richard S.cott, Russell Neisig, James Rhodes, Douglas Yaugei% Walter Willms, Laney McMath and J. C. Spurlock. Starting its fifth year, SCONA has grown from a representation of two delegates from each of 48 schools into an attendance of 176 students from 75 schools. Other delegates, selected as student lead ers on their own campuses by the presidents of thdr schools, come from all over the South, Southwest, Canada and Mexico. Most of the delegates’ expenses are paid by SCONA. Lawrence Tries Jump Shot Wayne (Tarzan) Lawrence scored 13 rebounder on the team. The Farmers won, against Centenary last night in White Coli- and set a new school scoring record, 95-38. seum. The Aggie senior was also the top (See story on Page 4.) For Another Three Years McElroy Declares Soviets Will Lead US in Missiles By JAMES MARLOW Associated Press News Analyst WASHINGTON, (AP) — As one of his last acts in office, Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElroy con ceded the Soviets will be ahead of this country in missiles for an other three years. Since the democrats have ham mered at the Eisenhower admini stration for months—complaining that it lacked a sense of urgency in meeting the Soviet missile chal lenge — next month’s opening of Congress should be a fiery one. McElroy made his statement Tuesday shortly before leaving of fice to go back into private busi ness and -just a few hours after Premier Nikita Khrushchev boasted in Hungary the USSR now has enough nuclear rockets to flatten all its foes. But McElroy made these two points: 1. As of today, he said, the Sovi et Union and the United States have about the same number of long-range missiles and the num ber is “quite small” on both sides. Last July he estimated the Sovi et Union had fewer than 10 inter continental ballistic missiles cap able of hitting the United States. He said then that over-all the United States could more than match Soviet ICBM capabilities. But only recently Khmshchev said one Soviet plant was turning out 250 missiles a year, which would be a lot more than the 10 McElroy said the Soviet Union had. 2. McElroy said the administra tion will ask Congress for money so that bombers capable of sarry- ing nuclear weapons can be main tained on an airborne alert. The money Would go, he said, to buy additional engines for B-52 strategic bombers and to train Air Force crews so that some degree Aggie Campus Chest To Start Fund Drive Chaplain (Maj. Gen.) Finnegan ,.. guest of Corps of Cadets Saturday By BOB SLOAN Battalion Staff Writer The Aggie Campus Chest will begin its third annual drive for funds this weekend. The Campus Chest offers every Aggie a chance to make one donation which will be distributed among the various charitable organizations on the campus. This means that Aggies j will not be asked to contribute to something every time they turn around. Sixty per cent of the contribu tions to the Aggie Chest will go directly back to the A&M student body as the need arises, according to Marvin Schneider, chairman on the Student Senate Welfare Com mittee. The balance of the fund is divided among such worthy or ganizations as the World Universi ty Service, an organization de signed to provide lodging, health and educational facilities to stu dents in foreign colleges and uni versities; the Brazos County Tu berculosis Association, which sends Christmas Seals to Aggies every year; the College Station Com munity Chest, and the March of Dimes. A goal of “a dollar an Aggie” has been proposed by the Welfare Committee. Last year about $2000 was collected from the A&M stu dent body, but this was nearly $5000 short of the “dollar an Ag gie” goal. Next Saturday, Dec. 5, money for the drive will be collected in the Corps. Each military unit will decide how the money will be col lected, but it is suggested that the collection be made during com mander’s time from 7:30 to 7:50 Saturday morning, said Schneider. The money collected Saturday will be turned into Marvin Schnei der in the area of dorm’s 14-17, and to Wade Dover in the dorm 1-12 area. Money from civilian students Will be collected next Monday and Tuesday night. William H. Brown and Roland Dommert are in charge of the civilian collections. Boxes will also be set up in fhe MSC at the end of the coffee lines to enable day students to contri bute to this year’s drive. Collec tion in the Vet school will be con ducted by the president of each of the four classes, according to Schneider. The Welfare Committee of the Student Senate is th,e group behind the Aggie Campus Chest. Mem bers of the committee include: Marvin Schneider, Wade Dover, Bill Brown, Frank McFarland and Tim Pixley. Among the organizations that the Aggie Campus Chest contri butes funds to is the Brazos County Tuberculosis Association. The TB association has asked that Aggies use the Christmas seals that were sent to them last month. A lump sum contribution from the Campus Chest will be made to them. of ah'borne alert can be ordei’ed when the Joint Chiefs of Staff con clude the Soviet Union has a sub stantial ICBM lead. The B-52 is a jet bomber capa ble of making 650 miles an hour and with a range of over 6,000 miles without refueling. Soviet jet fighters which would try to inter cept the bombers can do up to 900 miles an hour. This country is going in for B-52 model jet bombers which can fire the Hound Dog missile. This weapon, carrying a nuclear war head, can be fired from the bomb er at a target 500 miles ahead. McElroy explained: If the Sovi ets build the number of ICBMS they are capable of building and if the United States builds the number it now intends to, the Soviets will have more missile capability over most of a three- year period. McElroy was defense seci'etary 26 months. Under his direction this country developed its first in tercontinental ballistic missile, the Atlas, and worked toward perfect-* ing more advanced weapons. But as time went on and the Soviets inflicted one embaimas- ment after another on this country in space development, plus their missile boasting, the Democi’ats protested the administration wasn’t doing enough to keep up or get ahead. Last winter McElroy finally said this country didn’t plan trying to match the Soviets missile for mis sile. Grad Student Gives Nuclear Talk Here John W. Sheldon, graduate stu dent in the Department of Nuclear Engineering, will give a lecture on “Nuclear Energy for Space Propul sion” Friday at 4 p.m. in Room 101 of the Mechanical Engineer ing Shops Building. Sheldon is now on leave from the National Astronautics and Space Administration. The lecture is open to all inter ested persons, according to Dr. Robert Cochran, head of the De partment of Nuclear Engineering.