Volume 59 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1960 Number 81
Begins Friday
Student Meet
Expects 100
Approximately 75-100 people are expected for the eighth
annual Ecumenical Student Christian Conference beginning
Friday and lasting through Sunday, according to Mike Carlo,
chairman of the conference.
Carlo said the officers of the-f —
conference sent out notices to 75
schools and to five denominations:
Methodist, Lutheran, Episcopal,
Christian, and Presbyterian. The
united effort of these five chur
ches, with the assistance of the
YMCA, makes this conference pos
sible, said Carlo. He said the
theme of .the conference will be,
“Ecumenicity and Student Life on
a College Campus.”
The Rev. Dr. Gray Rlandy, Dean
of the Episcopal Theological Sem
inary of the Southwest in Austin,
will be the platform speaker for
the Conference. The Rev. Blandy
is a native of Newton, Mass., and
a graduate of Boston University
and the Virginia Theological Sem
inary, where he received a B.D. in
1937. He was awarded a D.D. by
that seminary in 1954.
The Rev. Dr. Blandy came to
Texas in 1944, and was priest-in
charge of Holy Cross Church,
Houston, until 1940. In 1947 he
moved to Austin and directed the
Episcopal College Work at the
University of Texas. He was nam
ed dean of the Seminary of the
Southwest in 1951, where he has
remained.
The Rev. Mr. Roger Cilley, rec
tor of the Holy Comforter Epis
copal Church in Angleton, Tex.,
will be the Bible lecturer for the
Conference. The Rev. Mr. Cilley
was born in Corning, N. Y., in
1918. He served in the Army from
1941 to 194G, in the Signal Corps,
entering as a private and being-
discharged as a captain.
The Rev. Mr. Cilley received a
B.S. from New York Univeristy
in 1947, and an M.A. degree from
the same university in 1949. He
received his B.D. from the Epis
copal Theological Seminary of the
Southwest in 1956. He taught at
the University of Texas and New
York University before entering
the ministry.
Here Two Years
After graduating from the sem
inary, The Rev. Mr. Cilley spent
hvo years as Chaplain to Episco
pal students at A&M, from 1956
to 1958. He was also director of
their Canterbury and occupied the
Canterbury Bible Chair.
As well as being rector of the
Holy Comforter Church at Angle-
ton, The Rev. Mr. Cilley is dean
of the Southwest Convocation, a
member of the Board of Examin
ing Chaplains and commissioner
of the First Capitol District of the
Boy Scouts of America.
The program outline calls for
programs to begin Friday at 7:30
pan. with an opening worship at
the Wesley Foundation and will
continue through Sunday noon.
Saturday morning, an early
breakfast will be served at the
Wesley Foundation, followed by
morning worship, with The Rev.
Mr. Cilley speaking to the group.
At 9:30, discussion groups will be
organized, and these will discuss
the topic of the conference until
1 pan., when lunch will be served.
Saturday afternoon, The Rev.
Dr. Blandy will speak and at 2:15
p.m. the discussion groups will
once again form and meet until
4:15 p.m. when the students will
have free time until supper at 6
p.m.
At 7:15 p.m., worship will be
held, and at 7:30 p.m. the confer
ence group will be guests at a
dance in St. Thomas’ Recreation
Hall. Fellowship will continue at
0:00 p.m.
Sunday morning coffee and do
nuts will be served in the Wesley
Foundation, and at 8:30, The Rev.
Mr. Cilley will talk, followed by
The Rev. Mr. Blandy at 9:00 a.m.
From 9:30 until 11 a.m. questions
from the floor will be answered,
and at 11 a. m., The Rev. Mr.
Blandy will speak until 12 noon,
when the Conference will be dis
missed.
Combat Ball
Slated Friday
In Sbisa Hail
Featuring a “South Seas”
theme, the Combat Ball will be
held from 9-12 p.m. Friday night
in Sbisa Dining Hall, with Leo
Baxter’s Band. Highlight of the
dance will be the naming of Com
bat Ciitie to be chosen from five
finalists by a committee of spe
cial guests.
Byron Blaschke, Combat Cutie
Committee co-chairman, pointed
out girls wearing fatigues or
flight suits would not be ad
mitted to the dance.
Combat boots will be optional
for cadets to wear with their
fatigues, but those not wearing
fatigues must wear military
shoes and socks. Sophomores,
juniors and seniors will wear
rank on their collars and Air
Force seniors may wear flight
suits. Seniors who have received
their branch assignment can wear
branch brass.
Clifford Franklin and Buck
Buchanan are co-chairmen for
the Combat Ball; Jim Barlow is
Decorations Committee chairman;
Larry Guseman is Program Com
mittee chairman; Blaschke and
Hill Ransom are Combat Cutie
Committee co-chairmen; Bill
Beaver is Dance Committee
chairman; Jim Roberts is Fi
nance Committee chairman;
Wayne Schneider is Special
Guests Committee chairman; and
George Ohlendorf is Clean-up
Committee chairman.
Air Force seniors may pur
chase their tickets for the event
at the Cashier’s Office in the
Memorial Student Center for $1
per couple.
Average Student
Grades Tabulated
By BOB SLOAN
Assistant News Editor
How did the average member of
the Corps of Cadets stack up schol
astically last semester?
A study of the unit scholastic
reports for the 1959-60 Fall Se
mester released Tuesday revealed:
If he were a freshman he took
16.59 hours last semester. He
passed 14.4 of them and earned
21.16 grade points to give him an
average grade point ratio of
1.276.
One out of every 2.3 freshmen
failed one or more course and one
out of every 2.67 posted under a
1.0.
If he were a sophomore he took
a load of 16.77 hours, passing 14.92
of them. He received 23.07 grade
points and had a grade point ratio
of 1.376.
One out of every 2.83 sopho
mores failed one or more courses
but for every 3.76 sophomores only
one posted under a 1.0.
If he were a junior he took 17.29
hours and passed 16.17 of them.
He earned 24.81 grade points and
had an average GPR of 1.436. -
One out of every 3.58 juniors
failed at least one course and one
out of every 4.56 posted below a
1.0.
If he were a senior he took 17.46
hours last semester, passing 16.89
of them with 28.49 grade points.
His average GPR was 1.632, the
highest in the four classes.
Only one out of every 77 seniors
failed one or more courses and
only one out of every 12 posted
below the 1:0 mark.
If it were possible to choose an
average cadet to represent the en
tire Corps scholastically, he would
have registered for 16.89 hours
last semester’. He would have
passed 15.23 of them with 23.44
grade points. His grade point
ratio would have been a 1.39.
One out of every 2.95 of these
average cadets failed at least one
course and one out of every 3.64
posted below a 1.0.
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Building Nears Completion
The new Petroleum Engineering Building, new structure is being built solely for use
located on the northwest corner of Spence by the Department of Petroleum Engineer-
and Jones Streets, nears completion. The ing and its students.
5,000 Visitors Expected
For Spring Military Day
Dinner Tickets
On Sale Now
Tickets will remain on sale until 5 p. m. Monday for next
Saturday’s Presidential Inaugural Luncheon at 12:30 p. m. in
Sbisa Dining Hall.
These tickets are currently on sale at the cashier’s cage
in the Memorial Student Center-f >
and at the Bryan Chamber of Com
merce for $2.25 per person.
Luncheon Big Item
President Earl Rudder’s inaug
ural ceremony will begin at 10:30
Saturday morning, with the lunch
eon being probably the biggest
one item on the agenda.
H. B. Zachry, President of the
A&M College System Board of
Directors, will preside over the
meeting.
Following the invocation by
James O. Manley, civilian chaplain,
and the meal itself, the Singing
Cadets will be featured for one
number, to be followed by the
welcoming address by Zachry. The
appearance of the Singing Cadets
will be their first public appear
ance in their new uniforms.
Greelings from Faculty
Following Zachry’s welcoming
address, greetings to the president
will be offered from the faculty,
student body and Association of
Former Students.
Dr. Tyrus R. Timm, Head of
the Department of Rural Econom-
A&M-Baylor
ACS Section
To Hear Fuchs
Dr. Richard Fuchs, assistant to
the chairman of the Department of
Chemistry at the University of
Texas( will speak to the A&M-
Baylor Section of the American
Chemical Society at 7:45 p.m.,
Friday, March 11, in Room 231 of
the Chemistry Building.
Announcement of the address
was made by John B. Beckham,
associate professor in the Depart
ment of Chemistry and secretary
of the local ACS section.
Fuchs will address the group on
the topic, “Ring Opening Reactions
of the Epioxides.”
“In his talk, Fuchs will note that
the ring opening reactions of 1,2-
epioxides have become increasingly
important in recent years, both in
synthesis and mechanistic studies.
The highly strained three-mem-
bered rings are attacked by nucleo
philic, electrophilic and radical
reagents,” Backham explained.
Research articles have been con
tributed by Fuchs in the fields of
organometallic chemistry, epoxide
ring opening and kinetics of dis
placement reactions.
Fuchs is a member of the Ameri
can Chemical Society, Sigma Xi,
Phi Lambda Upsilon and Alpha
Chi Sigma. In 1958-59 he was
secretary of the Central Texas
ACS Section.
There will also be an informal
dinner for the speaker with mem
bers of the section at 6:15 p.m. in
the Dining Room of the Memorial
Student Center.
Health Director’s
1 Parent Dies in Ohio
Dr. C. R. Lyons, director of
Student Health Services, received
word Wednesday morning of the
death of his mother, Mrs. Virginia
Lawrence in Ansonia, Ohio.
Funeral services will be held at
Ansonia Saturday morning.
Dr. Lyons left for Ansonia
Wednesday to attend the funeral
services.
ics and Sociology, will speak on
the behalf of the faculty, Joseph
J. Sekerka, President of the Stu
dent Senate, on behalf of the stu
dent body and Tom A. Murrah,
President of the Association of
Former Students, on behalf of the
Association.
Shivers, Milton
Following these greeting mes
sages, short talks will be made by
Allan Shivers, former governor of
Texas, and the Hon. Hugh H. Mil-
ton II, undersecretary of the
Army.
These messages will be followed
by Rudder’s response, which will
conclude the luncheon program.
Following the luncheon a re
ception will be held in the Birch-
room of the MSC in honor 1 of Rud
der and the honor guests. This
should get underway at approxi
mately 2:30 p.m.
Blood Drive
Closes at 5
Today in MSC
Registration for the I960 Blood
Drive on the campus is currently
underway in the Memorial Stu
dent Center. The drive is con
ducted by the Student Senate.
Requests have been made for
600 registrants to meet the goal
of 400 pints this year. Some of
the students will have to be turn
ed away at the March 17 dona
tion in G. Rollie White Coliseum
due to minor ills and other
causes.
Last year 396 pints were col
lected for research in leukemia
and hemophilia. In 1958 blood
donated by A&M students saved
14 lives.
Registration will continue un
til 5 p. m. in a booth near the
Coffee Shop in the MSC.
Marvin Schneider, chairman of
the drive, said Senate members
would endeavor to schedule do
nations for the students at the
most convenient time during
their off hours. Those register
ing will receive post cards telling
when they are scheduled to give
blood.
Teague Ys. Moore
Battle Takes Form
By The Associated Press
Two candidates for a congressional seat slugged it out
at long distance Wednesday night and the ado made the race
for the Sixth Congressional District the hottest political fight
in Texas.
The contest is between Rep. Oliri*
E. Teague of College Station and
State Sen. William T. (Bill) Moore
of Bryan for, the seat Teague has
held since 1947.
It almost guaranteed a standing
room only crowd Saturday night
for an old-time political rally at
Cleburne’s National Guard Armory
Former State Rep. Jack Cox of
Breckenridge, running for the Dem
ocratic nomination for governor in
the May 7 primary against Gov.
Price Daniel, also will be there.
Moore, a Texas Senate veteran,
opened the fireworks Tuesday night
in Corsicana. He told a gathering
of supporters that Teague was
using tax gathered federal office
funds to finance the campaign
against Moore.
“He’s putting every county offi
cial that will take his country’s
money on the payroll so that they
will electioneer for him,” Moore
said. He showed clippings of a
news story from Washington in
which a Sam Hardy was listed on
Teague’s office staff at a salary
of $531 per month.
Moore said Hardy was assistant
superintendent of Robertson Coun
ty Schools. “Besides making more
than $4,000 yearly of the state’s
school money, he’s taking more
than $6,360 yearly from Teague’s
tax-raised office expense account,”
Moore said.
Teague, reached in Washington
for a statement, fired back:
“He (Moore) has been in the
state legislature about the same
length of time I’ve been in con
gress, and I’m running on my
record and I’m up here working
and representing my district. I
hope he’ll run on his record—he’s
still a member of the state legis
lature and he’s spending 100 per
cent of his time campaigning
against me for Congress.
“He’s a professional and his
campaign is being run by question
able labor leaders and Pm sure
there’s every charge on earth made
before the campaign is over. I am
sure that if the people of my dis
trict know the truth about his
record in Austin and my record in
Washington that there’s no ques
tion about the outcome of the
race.”
In other political developments:
Dist. Judge W. T. McDonald of
Bryan campaigning for election to
the Court of Criminal Appeals
criticized super - technical legal
opinions. He opposes Judge Lloyd
W. Davidson, candidate for re-
election.
Four Generals
To Review Corps
The Corps of Cadets will pass in review before high-rank
ing officers at the annual Spring Military Day to be held at
1:30 p. m. Saturday.
The honor military guest reviewing the cadets, as they
march in time to A&M’s 245-member band, will be Lt. Gen.
Thomas L. Harrold, commandant of the National War Col
lege at Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D. C.
An estimated 5,000 visitors are expected to attend the
event, which is a regular spring activity of the college.
Immediately ' afterwards, precision marching will be
demonstrated by the Freshman Drill Team.
Following the drill field activity, President Earl Rudder
and Mrs. Rudder will honor'* -
guests with a reception in the
Memorial Student Center Ball
Room.
Friday, President and Mrs.
Rudder will hold a dinner for Lt.
Gen. Harrold and Cong. Olin E.
Teague of Bryan preceding the an
nual Combat Ball.
Col.. Joe E. Davis, commandant,
said Gen. Harrold will tour the
campus Saturday morning. At
noon, Cadet Col. of the Corps Wil
liam B. Heye and his staff will
give a luncheon in the Memorial
Student Center for the visiting
general.
Next on the schedule is an open
house from 5 to 6 p.m. in the home
of Col. and Mrs. Frank Elder. Col.
Elder is a professor of military
science and tactics.
Col. and Mrs. Davis will then
honor all guests at 6 p.m. with a
buffet supper in the Memorial
Student Center. Afterwai’d, the
guests will be escorted to the Mili
tary Ball at 9 p.m. in Sbisa Hall.
Distinguished guests, in addition
to Gen. Harrold and Congressman
Teague, include Lt. Gen. and Mrs.
Edward T. Williams, commanding
general, Fourth U. S. Army, Fort
Sam Houston; Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
L. S. Griffing, deputy Commanding
general, Fort Sam Houston; Maj.
Gen. and Mrs. C. Stanton Babcock,
commanding general, headquar
ters, 8th U. S. Army Corps (re
serve), Austin; Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. W. J. Sutton, assistant divi
sion commander, 90th Infantry Di
vision, USAR, San Antonio and
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Graber Kid-
(See REVIEW on Page 3)
Co-Op School
Set Next Week
For Managers
The annual Agricultural Co-
Operative Managers School is set
for March 14-17.
To be held in the Memorial Stu
dent Center, the meeting will em
phasize credit problems, member
ship and public relations, financial
statements and managements prob
lems and audits and inventory
control as they pertain to co-opera
tive operation.
Robert W. Cooper, extension
economist and farm organization
specialist, said a new feature of
the school this year is addition of
special classes and conferences for
directors of co-operatives.
Guest speakers will include
President Earl Rudder; Dr. Joseph
G. Knapp, administrator, Farmer
Co-Operative Service, U. S. De
partment of Agriculture; Dr. R. D.
Lewis, director of the Texas Agri
cultural Experiment Station; Dr.
John E. Hutchison, director of the
Texas Agricultural Extension Ser
vice; Agricultural Engineer W. S.
Allen, Economist A. B. Wooten
and Rural Sociologist Reagan
Brown, all of the extension service.
The program starts at 8 a.m.
March 14. Cooper said sponsors
are the Texas Agricultural Exten
sion Service, Houston Bank for
Co-Operatives and the Texas Fed
eration of Co-Operatives.
Engineering Course
Registration Scheduled
Registrants at the Advanced
Petroleum Reservoir Engineering
Course to be held March 21-April
1 at A&M will learn the latest
methods of evaluating performance
of petroleum reservoirs. This in
formation may be used as a basis
of selecting field operating pro
cedures to achieve optimum re
covery.
James W. Amyx, professor in
the Departmentof Petroleum En
gineering and one of the course
instructors, said the two-week-long
session includes 17 hours of lec
ture on rock properties, fluid
properties and basic reservoir
mechanics. Sixteen hours of lec
ture and computations will cover
well performance and 50 houi's of
lecture and computation will be
devoted to reservoir performance.
He said the cm-rent offering is
an outgrowth of summer courses
offered in 1956-57. It was first
offered in the present form in the
fall of 1959.
The course starts at 8:30 a.m.
the first day in the Memorial
Student Center, Amyx said. An
informal buffet is scheduled for 6
p.m. that evening.
The instructor said students in
attendance will include representa
tives of 14 major and independent
oil companies. Four of the regis
trants are from Canada, one from
Venezuela, two from Louisiana,
thrqe from Oklahoma and twelve
from Texas.
Companies represented are the
British American Oil Co. Ltd.,
Calgary, Alberta, Canada; The
California Co., New Orleans, La.;
Home Oil Co., Calgary, Alberta,
Canada; Honolulu Oil Corp., Mid
land; Kewanee Oil Co., Tulsa,
Okla.; Lion Oil Co., Ohio Oil Co.,
Standard Oil Co. of Texas and
Union Oil and Gas Corp. of Louisi
ana, all of Houston; Medallion
Petroleum Ltd., Calgary, Alberta,
Canada; Plymouth Oil Co., Sinton;
Richmond Exploration Co., Mara
caibo, Venezuela; Sun Oil Co.-Gulf
Coast Division, Beaumont, and the
Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Co.,
Tulsa, Okla.
Instructors in addition to Amyx
are Robei’t L. Whiting, head, and
Associate Professor Daniel M.
Bass of the Department of Pe
troleum Engineering.
Civilian Weekend Slates
Dance and Barbecue
The annual Civilian Weekend
program will be held March 19.
The selection of a sweetheart
is one of the highlights of the
program which includes a bar
becue at 5:30 p.m. at the Deware
Field House and a dance from
9 p.m.-midnight in Sbisa Hall.
Music for the dance will be fur
nished by Les Blume and his or
chestra. The sweetheart will be
chosen at the dance.
Tickets for the activities are
available through row represen
tatives, dorm presidents and any
member of the Civilian Student
Council and booths in the YMCA
and the Memorial Student Center.
Lee A. Griggs, an architecture
student from San Antonio, is
publicity chairman.