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TA 2- 12tfn irvlce. q. a BOtfj week, day o( 602 Boyett 120tf» 3TICES trougbt. mailed e In the Office Ground Floor -12, 1-5, dally > or before the day proceeding Indent PubUoa- luncheon for March 26 will of the Memor- ning Monday lay March 14. 7St5 ICE pre-veterinary t to qualify as ito the School September 1960, 5 in the Regis* han April 1. ig applications of Veterinary he information nissions 77t30 IE PIT A i Gate perated it ’59 HiFi air & TV Highland ichanan r an, Texas !-4988 81 ie, Inc — Toys ige CUES HINTS lOTOSTATF •TRIES v Road The Battalion Volume 59 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1960 Number 80 Blood Drive Registration Slated Tomorrow in MSC 400 Pints Set As Year’s Goal Sr ' , ■swr Last Year’s Blood Drive This is a scene from the Blood Drive held here last year by the Student Senate and the College Station Lions Club. This picture was taken at the refreshment table where Ags went after giving their pint of Jblood. Regis- Registration for the 1960 Blood Drive under the auspices of the Student Senate is docketed to open tomorrow in the Memorial Student Center from 8 a. m. until 5 p. m. The regis tration booth will be located next to the Fountain Room. The Senate has set a goal of 400 pints this year, com pared with the 396 collected last year. Marvin Schneider, chairman of the drive, said close to 600 Aggies are needed to register if the goal is to be attained, since many will be turned down due to colds, blood pressure and numerous other causes. March 17 Donation Actual donation is scheduled March 17 in G. Rollie White Coliseum. _ Schppider said postcards'* 7 would he sent to students registering to inform them of the time thev are to donate blood. F^h recistrapt will he asked to fill out a card, denoting the free hours blood can be taken. m tration will be held between the Fountain Room and the Gift Shop in the Memorial Student Center Thursday for this year’s Blood Drive. A&M Sends Two Cadets To USAFA Assembly Special to The Battalion U. S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo.—Two A&M students arrived here shortly before noon today to participate along with approxi mately 80 other delegates from 34 universities and colleges in 19 states in the second Air Force Academy Assembly which opens today and closes Saturday. Luther H. Soules of Dallas and Charles Oualliene of Aransas Pass, both junior mechanical engineering majors, are attending the confer ence as official delegates of A&M. The assembly, with the subject “The Representation of the United States Abroad,” is the second in a series of student meetings de voted to vital issues affecting this nation and the world. The confer ence is co-sponsored by the Ameri can Assembly of Columbia Uni versity and the Air Force Academy. In addition to round-table dis cussion of the issues involved in the assembly subject, delegates to the three-day conclave will hear several outstanding authorities on America’s representation aboard. Gen. Lauris Norstad, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander, will be the keynote speaker for the first plenary session tonight. Thursday night a panel discus sion will be the second plenary session of the assembly. Members of the panel will be Dr. Robert Blum, president of the Asia Foun dation; Dr. Harold Hoskins, direc tor of the Foreign Service Insti tute; Col. George A. Lincoln, pro fessor and head of the Department of Social Sciences at the USAFA; and Abe Mellinkoff, city editor of The San Francisco Chronicle. Harlan Cleveland, dean of the Aggieland Needs Club Information Jack Russell, assistant editor of The Aggieland ’60 professional clubs section, said today that all club presidents should turn in the following information to the Office of Student Publications by Tuesday. A list of club officers, a para graph describing the club’s pur pose and activities and a picture of the club sweetheart must be turned in. Maxwell Graduate School of Citi zenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University, will present the banquet address at the third plenary session Friday night. The fourth session, a final re port of the assembly, is scheduled Saturday morning. The assembly subject is closely allied with the “People to People” program- initiated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953. The round-table , sessions will deal with the various aspects of the overall subject, including eco nomic issues; information, cultural and military representation abroad; representation to international or ganizations; and the problems of coordination among agencies over seas. A&M and the University of Texas are the only two Texas schools represented at the assem bly. Soules and Oualliene are attend ing the assembly as official repre sentatives of A&M and also to pick up any ideas that might he used in next December’s Student Con ference on National Affairs. Both Soules and Oualliene were active on SCONA V. Donations will be scheduled as early in the off hour as possible, Schneider said, to allow students ample time to attend classes and other activities. Children’s Research This year the blood will go to the Wadley Foundation in support of the Texas Children’s Research Foundation. Donated blood will be used in research against leukemia and hemophilia. Dr. David R. Fitch, professor in the Division of Business Adminis tration, is the College Station Lions’ Club coordinator. Last year the Lions’ sponsored the Bloodmobile’s trip from Dallas to A&M. Lives Saved . . . Over the past years several lives have been saved with blood do nated by Aggies, according to Sch neider. In 1958, 14 lives were saved. However, in 1959 most of the persons benefiting from blood given by Aggies had hemophilia. The 400 pints are valued from $10,000 to $12,000 said Schneider. Registration will be conducted by members of the Student Sen ate. Kennedy Takes Record Vote In Primary MANCHESTER, N. H. UP>_ Sen John F. Kennedy packed new power into his drive for the Demo cratic presidential nomination to day with a record-smashing vote in the New Hampshire primary; He battered down the Republi cans’ traditional 2-1 margin of su periority in the state—and even received several hundred write-in votes on the GOP ballot. It appeared the Republican vote would top the Democratic tally by no better than 5-4. Vice President Richard M. Nix on, running unopposed, also gave his admirers cause for high ex citement. His vote in the presi dential preference poll was roll ing close to the 56,464 tally racked up by President Eisenhower in the 1956 primary. With 251 precincts of 300 unof ficially tabulated, the vote for Kennedy was 38,012. The vote for Nixon from 257 precincts was 52,045. The dimensions of Kennedy’s victory emerged by comparison to the last two New Hampshire pri maries. UT Vice President To Address Faculty Dr. Harry H. Ransom, vice president and provost of the University of Texas, will deliver an address at A&M March 16 at 8 p. m. in the Ballroom of the Memorial Student Center. He will speak at the spring meeting of the School of Arts and Sciences faculty. Members of *— ■— — the staff and friends are urged to attend, Dr. Frank W. R. Hubert, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, announced today. Texans Need More Interest Says Rodder Special to The Battalion WACO — A&M President Earl Rudder warned Texans to take a greater interest in higher educa tion or be ready to face the conse quences of becoming a secondary nation in a speech to the Waco Rotary Club here Monday. , Where are the teachers coming from for an expected school enroll ment double today’s? Where will industry get qualified personnel? And where will the nation get qualified representatives to send abroad? President Rudder asked. ‘Cost More Money’ “They will have to come from institutiohs of higher education and it is going to cost more money,” he said. The problem facing all schools of higher learning is the poor rate of pay, said President Rudder. Fie isn’t asking for more money for the teachers, he said, although much more is needed. ‘People Aren’t Aroused’ “We haven’t aroused the people to face the problems of higher education,” said President Rudder in explaining one big problem. In outlining the part A&M plays in the state’s higher education system, he said the school has four primary phases of instruction: agriculture, engineering, veteri nary medicine and art§ and sciences. A&M’s Role A&M is given the missions of leadership with the University of Texas in research and engineering and to take the leadership in agri culture. In order to emphasize the importance of research,' President Rudder credited agricultural re search with the percentage of the present farming population which has dropped from about 80 per cent to approximately 12 per cent. Next Wednesday Deadline Set for Editor Filings Wednesday, March 15, at 5 p.m. is the deadline set for fil ing for editorships for the 1960- 61 school year for the six publi cations of the Department of Student Publications. Applications for the editor ships for next year of The Bat talion, The Aggieland, The Texas A&M Review, The Engineer, The Agriculturist and The South western Vet may be turned in to A. Duewall, director of Student Publications. Nominations for the 1960-61 L. A. Duewall, director of Stu dents Publications Board at the April 5 meeting and the board’s recommendations will be for warded to the Deans of the four degreegranting schools and to President Earl Rudder for ap proval, according to Duewall. Minimum requirements for be ing named to an editorship in clude: • Junior or senior academic classification. • Freedom from academic and disciplinary probation. • Must have clearly demon strated above average achieve ment and ability. • A minimum of one year’s ex perience on the staff of any pub lication and proven ability to carry on the work of publication in a manner creditable by the Student Publications Board. Two of Ten Acts Twins, The Jokers Included on ITS By KEN COPPAGE Battalion Staff Writer The Charles Sisters, a duet from Southwestern Louisi ana Institute, and The Jokers, a jazz band from LSU, are two more of the acts that will be presented at the ninth an nual Intercollegiate Talent Show Friday night in G. Rollie White Coliseum at 7 p.m. Carolyn and Veronica Charles have been singing in various high school and local talent shows for several years. Graduates of St. Dominican’s High School in Gret na, La., the twins are now enrolled at Southwestern Louisiana Insti tute where they are both majoring in biology. Along with their busy schedule of studies and singing the girls are also members of the National Honor Society and the Newman Club. The Jokers, a Dixieland jazz re peat from ITS ’59, is another of the acts for the ITS ’60. The combo, representing their school for the second year, is led by Francis Brewerton. Other members of the group are Patrick A. Doran, Glynn DeLatte, James LeBoeuf, Russell Whittington, Gildy Toural, John Boudreaux and Lester Hooper. All of’ the group claim Baton Rouge as their home town. Pat Tallman, disc jockey from KTSA radio station, and his side- kick, Bob Mersinger, will emcee the show. Other acts featured on Friday night’s show are the Suvans, a quartet from Texas Tech singing Kingston Trio fashion; Karol Coin, a torch singer from the University of Oklahoma; Lynne Bryant from the University of Texas, doing modern jazz dances; a marimba act from North Texas State College, performed by Linda Woods; a Bra- (See ITS ’60 on Page 3) Dr. Ransom will talk on “Pros- By Overwhelming Majority CofC Merger Plan Gets Nod Irf oj )t Lost II Results of the Bryan and Col lege Station Chambers of Com merce vote yesterday showed a high majority favoring the mer ger of the two - chambers. In official ballot counts, Bryan reported 400 ballots returned from 625 sent out. Of these, 392 were in favor of the merger, seven were against and one ballot was unmarked. The College Station chamber sent out 137 ballots of which 83 were returned. Only three of these were against the merger while 80 supported the move. In Effect April 1 The merger will become effec tive April 1, and the new organ ization will be named the Brazos County Chamber of Commerce. The group has set a proposed bud get of $44,719 for next year. A drive will begin later this month and will continue into April. Original Resolution The original resolution, which was released and discussed at a meeting last month, stated that the chambers beheved the Bryan and College Station community “is in fact one economic and cultural metropolitan area, whose progress is dependent on each community and the rural areas adjacent there to” and “it Is to the best interest of the two cities to encourage and foster the development of their mutual agricultural and industrial resources on a county-wide basis.” Oversized Board Jack G. Springer, Bryan Cham ber of Commerce manager said at the time of the proposition that the merged chambers would have an oversized board of directors for a time. Both the 24-member board from Bryan and the 14-man group from College Station serving in their offices. Over a period of three years, one-third of the board each year will retire. At the end of the time i a regularly installed board of 24 I officers will serve the new organ ization. Second Installment Due Thursday at 5 Second installment fees for the Spring Semester, $71.65, are now payable to the Fiscal De partment. Thursday is the last day for payment without penalty. A breakdown of the $71.65 fee Includes board, $51; room rent, $17; and laundry, $3.65. “Then the members will be elec ted by members of the chamber from Bryan, College Station, and Brazos County,” said Springer. “Object Is Development” He added that the object of the new organization is the develop ment of agriculture and industry j and to promote education and fur- ! ther any and all enterprises tend- i ing to the upbuilding of Brazos | County as a whole and the cities j of Bryan and College Station in j particular. Travis B. Bryan, president of ! the Bryan Chamber, said of the ! merger, “I think this is one of ] the most important and significant events to evolve from Chamber work in many years. It will bring : more prosperity and happiness to j our two communities and to the | cohamunity as a whole.” pects for the Arts and Sciences.” “As you know,” Dean Hubert points out, “Dr. Ransom is out standing in the field of education and we believe that many staff members on the campus will wel come an opportunity to hear him.” Before his appointment as vice- president and provost in 1957, Ransom had served as college of Arts and Sciences dean and Grad uate School associate dean. His teaching experience includes po sitions at North Dakota State Teachers College and Colorado State College. He served as di rector of research for the Inter national Copyright League in Lon don immediately after receiving the Ph.D. degree. During World War II he attainded the rank of major in the United States Air Force and received the Legion of Merit for his work in editorial in telligence. Ransom’s principal research is in the field of copyright law. He fathered the Texas Quarterly. In 1958 he was honored by his Alma Mater, the University of the South at Sewanee, Tenn., with .a Doctor of Letters degree and by Baylor University with the degree | of Doctor of Laws in the same year. He has a Master of Arts j and Doctor of Philosophy degrees I from Yale University. Twin Sisters Duet Number for ITS ’60 ... sisters from Southwestern Louisiana Institute