Volume 59
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The Battalion
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1960
Number 59
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Hoping to Pass Quizzes?
James C. Spence, ’60, senior education major from Gorman,
was caught cramming for the coming final exams about
2 a. m. this morning by Battalion Staff Photographer Joe
Jackson. Spence was not alone in his study vigil as stu
dents all across the campus are trying to consume what
they were exposed to in their classes during this semester
in order to be able to feed it back to their profs in finals
next week.
Mrs. Robert V. Spears
Graduation Set for 325
In Coliseum Saturday A.M.
Cadets To Get
Etiquette Book
By KEN COPPAGE
Battalion Staff Writer
A Corps etiguette booklet has gone to press this week
and will be released to all members of the Corps of Cadets
at the first of next semester.
This booklet was written by a group of cadets, represent
ing all classes, for the Corps of Cadets of A&M. It contains
a brief coverage of the more common social customs and
courtesies in use today.
Care was taken by the cadets compiling the material for
the book to insure every item included in up-to-date. All
material was checked with the most recent etiquette books
available.
For “Leaders”
This booklet was written because Aggies are the products
of a distinctive training pro-"*
Her Husband Alive,
She Says Nothing
DALLAS (A 3 )—“I don’t have any
thing to say. I do not feel anything.
I do not know anything.” The
speakei’ was Mrs. Frances Spears,
36, who Wednesday learned her
husband who she thought died in
an airplane crash two months ago
was alive and in custody of police
in Phoenix, Ariz.
The news that Dr. Robert V.
Spears, 65, is alive “completely
threw her,” said Eddie Barker,
news director for station KRLD
and KRLD-TV, Dallas. He was
the only reporter allowed inside
the Spears’ home.
Barker went to the home to bor-
Vow a photograph of Spears and
William Allen Taylor, a former
prison crony of Spears. While he
was there Barker’s office tele
phoned word that FBI agents had
found Spears.
“I turned from the phone and
told her that her husband was
alive,” Barker related. “She was
sitting down with her two-month-
old daughter, who is sick.
“She appeared shocked. She got
up, walked around and muttered,
‘What can I say?’
“About 10 minutes later she
seemed to break down. She cried.”
. Spears, a Dallas naturopath, was
believed to have died in a Nov. 16
crash in the Gulf of Mexico. FBI
agents arrested him at the Bali Hi
Motel under one of his many
aliases—George Rhodes. More than
two dozen newspaper, radio and
television reporters gathered at the
Spears doorsteps in East Dallas.
Mrs. Spears agreed to step outside
her home long enough for photog
raphers to take pictures. A battery
of lights greeted her at the door
way.
“Are you happy that your hus
band is still alive?” asked a re
reporter.
“I have no comment,” Mrs.
Spears replied.
To another question, she said:
“I don’t know anything. I can’t
talk.”
She kept her eyes turned down
ward during most of the brief ap
pearance, agitatedly twisting one
hand in the other.
“I have nothing to say. I do not
know what to say,” Mrs. Spears
kept repeating. “I’ve been trying
to get in touch with my lawyer,
Charlie Tessmer.
“I don’t have anything to say.
I do not feel anything-. I do not
know anything.”
gram and are looked upon for
leadership in their communi
ties. To be able to assume this
responsibility he must de-'
velop social poise and confidence
Also it is the duty of every Aggie
to strive for the standards of
“Soldier, Statesman, and Knightly
Gentleman.”
The booklet contains sections on
the following:
® Conduct of a gentleman—The
mark of a gentleman is reflected
in the way he conducts himself
around ladies.
• Hints on Good Grooming—
A man is judged by his appearance
at all times.
• Conversation—It is hot neces
sary to have fixed ideas on every
thing. The experienced conversa
tionalist listens to the ideas of
others in order to expand his own.
• Introductions — A gentleman
who knows how to introduce people
sets himself apart from others.
• Table Manners—This section
will clarify many questions asked
by Aggies.
• Restaurants— Answers ques
tions about procedure in restau
rants and in the mess halls.
• Receiving Lines and Recep
tions—'The mastery of this section
will prove very profitable in social
life.
• Aggie Customs—This part of
the booklet will clarify many ques
tions concerning visiting, Corps
Trips, hitchhiking, etc.
• Military Customs—This will
be very profitable in associations
with military officers on campus
and on bases where Ag-gies will be
stationed after entering the ser
vice.
9 Co-ed Do’s and Don’ts—This
section was prepared by several
co-eds from the University of Tex
as and Southern Methodist Univer
sity. These girls have visited A&M
on week ends and offer valuable
tips on dates, arrangements and
conduct.
Schools Checked
Before this booklet was written
letters were sent to the sergeant
majors of U. S. Military Academy,
Virginia Military Institute and The
Citadel requesting them to send
any information they had concern
ing etiquette books at their
schools. The Citadel replied and
sent a book which is in use at that
school. This book was read care
fully by the cadets compiling the
booklet and several points were
taken from it.
After the booklet was completed
a manuscript was presented to Col-
Joe E. Davis, Commandant, and
his staff and to Dean of Students
James P. Hannigan and his wife.
They studied the material and of
fered suggestions on changes that
should be made.
More than 6,000 copies are being
printed at the A&M Press and will
be distributed as soon as the Corps
is settled next semester.
Veterans’ January
PayformsA vailable
Students attending school un
der the G. I. Bill may sign for
January pay at the Veteran’s
Advisors Office from Jan. 20-
Feb. 4 for their January Pay-
Many Groups to Take Part
Arts Festival Set in February
By BOB SLOAN
Assistant News Editor
Nine events are scheduled for
the second annual A&M Fine Arts
Festival to be held here Feb. 8-20.
The MSC Creative Arts Commit-
tea, the MSC Recital Series Com
mittee, the MSC Film Society, the
Singing Cadets, the Aggie Players,
Town Hall and the Design Student
Society of the Division of Archi-
tecture will all take an active part
in the two-week festival.
Thursday, Feb. 11, Town Hall
will present “Vienna on Parade.”
The show, now touring the U. S.
for the second time, comes direct
from ^ Austria and features the
famous Deutschmeister Band un
der the direction of Capt. Julius
Herrmann.
The show also features soloists
Exam Schedule
Date
Hour
Jan.
23.
Saturday
1-4
p. m.
Jan.
25.
Monday
8-11
a. ni.
Jan.
25.
Monday
1-4
p. m.
Jan.
26.
Tuesday
8-11
a. m.
Jan.
26.
Tuesday
1-4
p. m.
Jan.
27.
Wednesday 8-11
a. m.
Jan.
27.
Wednesday 1-4
p. m.
Jan.
28.
Thursday
8-11
a. m.
Jan.
28.
Thursday
1-4
p. m.
Jan.
29.
Friday
8-11
a. m.
Jan.
29.
Friday
1-4
p. m.
Jan.
30.
Saturday
8-11
a. m.
Jan.
30.
Saturday
1-4
p. m.
Series
Classes meeting TWF3 or
TThF3 or TF3
Classes meeting MWF8
Classes meeting TThSFl
Classes meeting MWF9
Classes meeting MWThl
Classes meeting MWF10
Classes meeting TF1 or
TF1-2:15
Classes meeting MSTThlO
Classes meeting MWTH2
Classes meeting MWF11
Classes meeting M4TThll
Classes meeting TTh9F2
Classes meeting TF2 or
TF2-3:15
Christine von Widmann and Erwin
von Gross. Leading dancers of
the Vienna State Opera Ballet
complete the company of 60 per
formers.
Grishman-Ryce Duo
The MSC Recital Series Commit
tee will present the Grishman-Ryce
Duo, a violin and piano pair, at
8:00 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9 in the
MSC Ballroom. David Bar-Illan,
pianist, is scheduled to perform in
the MSC Ballroom at 8:00 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 12.
Two films, “The Eddie Duchin
Story” and “Pablo Casals,” pre
senting an extremely popular pian
ist and. the greatest cellist of our
time, will be shown by the MSC
Film Society Thursday, Feb. 11 in
the MSC Ballroom, beginning at
7:30 p.m. “The Silver Chalice,”
a story of the struggle to obtain
the cup from which Christ drank
at the Last Supper, will be pre
sented by the Society Friday, Feb.
19.
“Twelfth Night”
The Aggie Players, under the
direction of C. K. Esten, professor
in the Department of English, will
present “Twelfth Night” Monday,
Feb. 15 through Saturday, Feb.
20. The popular Shakespearean
comedy will be presented each
night at 8:00 p.m. in the Lower
Level of the MSC.
The Singing Cadets will give a
concert Wednesday, Feb. 10. The
singing group, directed by Dr. Bill
Turner, will perform at 8:00 p.m.
in the MSC Ballroom.
Art Historian
Dr. Peter Guenther, art historian
from St. Mary’s University in San
Antonio will speak on the D. D.
Feldman Collection of Contempor
ary’Art, to be exhibited in the
Promenade of the Memorial Stu
dent Center during the entire two
weeks of AMFAF, at 8:00 p.m. in
the MSC Assembly Room. Both
Guenther and the Feldman Collec
tion are being brought to A&M by
the MSC Creative Arts Committee.
The Design Student Society of
the Division of Architecture will
exhibit examples of arts and arch
itecture in the Serpentine Lounge
of the MSC Monday, Feb. 8
through Saturday, Feb. 20.
Students Slate
Dimes March
Program Here
A special radiothon Saturday by
Bryan and College Station teen
agers will seek to raise money for
the New March of Dimes campaign
now in progress.
The radiothon will be broadcast
remote from Hotard’s Cafeteria
over station WTAW. Sponsored
by Townshire merchants, the five-
hour broadcast will be from 9 to
11 a.m. and from 2 to 5 p.m.
Under the direction of Miss Ann
Rudder, county teenage chairman,
and Sally Lehr of Bryan and Judy
Rasmussen of College Station, the
teenagers will promote the sale
of a special Kingston Trio record.
The records will sell at 75 cents
each with all the proceeds going
to the New March of Dimes.
Alternating on 30-minute shifts
as guest disc jockeys, the teen
agers will spin popular platters
and plug the New March of Dimes
campaign. Miss Rudder pointed
out that a special telephone num
ber may be called during the
broadcast to pledge a contribution.
“All that people will have to
do,” she explained, “is to call us
at Hotard’s, tell us how much they
want to give, and one of the teen
agers will go out and take the con
tribution.”
Miss Rudder added that she
hoped the special pick-up service
would encourage more people to
contribute to the New March of
Dimes.
In addition to the radiothon, a
series of road blocks will be
manned in downtown Bi’yan, Town
shire and at North Gate in College
Station.
Commissioning
Begins at 1:30
Final ceremonies for graduating seniors will be held
Saturday in G. Rollie White Coliseum, with commencement
exercises to get under way at 10 a. m. and commissioning
ceremonies at 1:30 p. m.
Two hundred and seventy-four candidates are in line
for baccalaureate degrees and 51 students are candidates for
advanced degrees.
Fifty-five army cadets are candidates for reserve com
missions as second lieutenants, with five of these men desig
nated to receive regular Army commissions at a later date.
Thirty-four Air Force cadets are in line for reserve commis
sions and one cadet is a candidate for a regular commission.
Student Senate
Schedules Meet
In MSC Tonight
The Student Senate will meet
tonight in the Senate Chamber
of the Memorial Student Center
with a rather light docket sched
uled.
The Reveille Fund and the al
location of Campus Chest Funds
will top the agenda with reports
from the standing committees
also slated.
Senate President Jake Sekerka
will preside at the meeting.
AEC Hears
Arguments on
Atomic Waste
GERMANTOWN, Md. (^—Ar
gument on a proposal to dump
atomic waste into the Gulf of
Mexico was heard Wednesday by
the Atomic Energy Commission.
Chairman John A. McCone of
the AEC said the commissioners
would take the case under study,
but he gave no indication when
a decision might be reached.
Lawyers for Industrial Waste
Disposal Corp., Houston, Tex.,
urged that the firm be granted
an AEC operating permit. But
opponents argued that not enough
knowledge yet has been acquired
to remove doubt that the plan
would be safe.
State and local officials from
Texas objected to the plan.
Robert Lowenstein, an AEC law
yer, told the commissioners a State
Department objection to the plan
revolved around Mexico’s possible
objection to it. He said he thought
the permit should not be issued
until the AEC consults with the
State Department.
Attorneys John S. Klibler Jr. of
LaPorte, Tex., and John Neibel of
Houston, acting for the disposal
firm, suggested two alternatives
if the AEC feels it shouldn’t ap
prove the applications as out
lined:
1. Select a new site farther off
shore which might eliminate Mex
ican objections, if any, and 2. Ap
prove the finding of the AEC ex
aminer but without issuance of a
license until the State Department
has persuaded the Mexicans th^t
there will be no harmful effects.
Slater to Speak
‘Commencement exercises
will begin at 10 a. m. with
the processional and the in
vocation, followed by Presi
dent Earl Rudder’s introduction of
Dr. Eugene Slater, who will give
the commencement address. The
Rev. Dr. Slater is minister of the
Polk Street Methodist Church in
Amarillo.
The Rev. Dr. Slater is present
chairman of the Texas Methodist
Commission on Christian Higher
Education. He is also chairman of
the Administration Council of
the Northwest Texas Conference
of the Methodist Church, having
taken that office in 1952.
He has served as dean of the
School of Missions in the Texas
Conference and was past president
of the Amarillo Ministerial Assti.
He was an accredited visitor to the
World Council of Chui’ches in Evan
ston, 111., in 1954.
Following The Ttev. Dr. Slater’s
Message, President Rudder will
confer the degrees.
Maj. Gen. Griffing
Maj. Gen. Lewis S. Griffing,
deputy commanding general for re
serve forces, Fourth Army, will
deliver the addi’ess at the com
missioning program, which begins
at 1:30 p, m.
Gen. Griffing is former chief of
staff, U. S. Eighth Army, Seoul,
Korea. He served as chief of the
Texas Military District of the
Fourth Army from Sept., 1955, un
til being assigned to Korea in
August, 1957.
Gen. Griffing served as assis
tant coordinator, Allied Planning
Gi’oup, at Heidelberg, Germany in
1952 and was later named division
artillery commander of the 4th In
fantry Division. He was promoted
to major genei*al in 1956.
Following Gen. Griffing’s address
will be the administi’ation of the
oath of office by Capt. John W.
Simmons. Gen. Griffing will then
present the commissions.
‘Vienna on
Erwin von Gross, tenor star of the
“Vienna on Parade” production, which will
be presented by Town Hall Thursday, Feb.
11. at G. Rollie White Coliseum relaxes with
members of the company (the Viennese
Parade’ Cast
gala Belles) w r ho will appear in over 60 Ameri
can cities during the second U. S. tour of
the group. The Town Hall will be one of the
presentations during the second annual
A&M Fine Arts Festival.