Army Inspection
Federal Team
Arrives Today
Inspection officers for the annual Federal Inspection of
the A&M Department of Military Science and Tactics tomor
row are scheduled to arrive this afternoon, Capt. John W.
Simmons, public information officer, said.
A busy itinerary is faced by the^
inspecting officers tomorrow, start
ing with briefings by Cadet Colonel
of the Corps William Heye and
Col. Frank Elder, professor of mili
tary science and tactics, and con
ferences with P t resident Earl
Rudder, Dean of Students James
P. Hannigan and Col. Joe E. Davis,
commandant.
Visit, Luncheon
The inspectors will visit military
science classrooms throughout the
day Thursday.
Also scheduled for the officers
Pan American
Week Slated
For Late April
Pan American Week, an annual
event designed to promote good
neighbor relations and understand
ing between Texans and citizens
of Latin American countries, will
be observed on the campus April
24-30.
The program will be held in con
junction with Pan American Week
in Texas and will feature a soccer
tournament, a panel discussion,
talks and films on Latin American
countries, arts and crafts exhibits,
serving of Latin American foods
and a dance.
.Soccer Meet
A soccer tournament, with A&M,
the University of Houston, Baylor
University and Lamar Tech par
ticipating, will begin the week’s
activities April 24. A panel dis-
tussion featuring five Latin Amer
ican students will be conducted in
the Assembly Room of the Memo
rial Student Center the following
day.
“The Magnificent Matador,” a
movie presented by the MSC Film
Society, will be shown at 7:30 p.m.
in the Ballroom of the MSC Tues
day, April 26.
Program Entertainment
Programs for Wednesday and
Thursday will feature the showing
of travel films and the presenta
tion of Latin American entertain
ment in the-Lobby of the MSC.
A buffet dinner featuring Latin
American foods will be held Fri
day, to be followed by a speech by
the executive director of the Good
Neighbor Commission of Texas in
the Assembly Room. A reception
sponsored by the Pan American
Round Table will follow the talk.
Tropical Flavor
A Latin American Dance in a
tropical flavor will wind up the
week’s activities at 8 p.m. April
30 in the Ballroom of the MSC.
Music will be provided by Bo Lee
and his band.
Latin American art and folklore
exhibits wall be on display in the
MSC throughout the week.
is a luncheon with President
Rudder at noon.
All Army cadets will have an
inspection in ranks Thursday
afternoon from 5:30-6:30 in dormi
tory areas. During the inspection,
cadets will be asked questions con
cerning the operation of the M-l
rifle, government and military offi
cials and related subjects, Capt.
Simmons said.
Pass-by Follows
Immediately following the in
spection in ranks, the entire Corps
of Cadets will participate in a
pass-by.
To conclude the inspection Fri
day morning the inspectors will
confer on their findings, which
will be followed by a critique for
officers of the A&M instructor-
unit.
After the critique, the team chief
and Col. Elder will confer with
President Rudder qn the findings
of the inspection.
Inspection Personnel
This year’s inspection team will
be headed by Col. Douglas Sevens,
Artillery, Fort Bliss. Other mem
bers of the team include: Lt. Col.
Roger R. Kemm, general staff,
Infantry, reserve section; Lt. Col.
Marlon L. Ellison, general staff,
Artillery, G-3 section.
Lt. Col. Jerry M. Smith, general
staff, Infantry, G-l section; Lt.
Col. Clark Webber, general staff,
Armor, G-3 section; Lt. Col. John
H. Campbell, general staff, In
fantry, reserve forces section; Lt.
Col. Robert M. Milam, general
staff, Artillefy, reserve forces sec
tion; Maj. Emmet M. Atteberry,
general staff, Infantry, G-2 sec
tion; and Maj. Walter S. Olson,
general staff, Infantry, G-2 section.
The Battalion
Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1960
Number 92
154 Approved As Candidates
In Spring Elections Tomorrow
District 1 FFAj^
Holds Banquet
Compress Company
Announces Gift
Of Ag Scholarship
A $3,000, four-year agronomy
scholarship will be made available
to a student entering A&M next
September, R. G. Perryman, sec
retary of the Faculty Scholarships
Committee, has announced.
The scholarship is provided by
the Western Compress and Stor
age Company, with main offices
at Abilene and compresses and cot
ton warehouses at Abilene, Ham
lin, Rule and Sweetwater.
Perryman said candidates must
live in a 10-county area compos
ed of Taylor, Nolan, Mitchell, Run
nels, Callahan, Scurry, Fisher,
Jones, Haskell and Knox Coun
ties.
He said applications can be ob
tained from high school principals,
county agricultural agents, voca
tional agriculture teachers or
Perryman. The applications must
be filed not later than April 15.
The District 1 Future Farmers
of America Sweetheart banquet
and Entertainment Contest were
held in the ballroom of the Memo
rial Student Center last night, be
ginning at 7:30 p.m., with repre
sentatives of the 21 high schools
in the district present for the
event.
The opening ceremony was con
ducted by the district officers, with
Hollas Hoffman from Rockdale
presiding. Following the reports
from each officer, the invocation
was given, and dinner was served.
Dinner music on the piano was
furnished by Anita Mowery, senior
from Consolidated High School.
Following the dinner, introduc
tions of special guests were made
by the chapter delegates from each
school, and the guests included
many of the sweetheart contest
ants, their parents, superintendents
from the represented schools, and
advisors of the respective chapters.
Schools represented included
A&M Consolidated, Anderson,
Bremond, Bryan, Buckholts, Cald
well, Calvert, Franklin, Giddings,
Hearne, lola, Lexington, Milano,
Navasota, Richards, Rockdale,
Sharp, Snook, Somerville, Thorn-
dale, and Cameron.
Entertainment Contest
The entertainment contest, em
ceed by Byron Bostick, Chairman
of the District Recreation Commit
tee, began at 9 p.m., featuring
four acts from the FFA chapters
of Milano, Snook, Bryan and
Somerville. First place in the con
test went to the group from
Somerville, featuring two electric
guitars and drums. The group per
formed two numbers, “Lonely
Blueboy” and “Kansas City.” Sec
ond place was won by performers
from Milano Chapter, who pre
sented their renditions of “Tom
Dooley” and “Heartbreak Hotel.”
Third place in the contest was won
by an electric guitar and vocalist
team from the Bryan chapter, who
performed the two numbers, “You’ll
Have to Go” and “I Love You
Because.”
Sweetheart Contest
Following the Entertainment
Contest was the selection of the
District Sweetheart from among
20 contestants who formed on the
stage dressed in formals. In the
final of three runoffs were Linda
Ward, senior from Cameron, who
was elected sweetheart of the dis
trict, Judy Rhoton, senior from
Navasota, who placed second in
the contest, and Melva Jo Cox,
senior from Bryan, who was
awarded third place in the con
test. The three girls returned to
the stage and Hoffman, president
of the district, gave Miss Ward
a bouquet of roses. The other two
girls were given FFA pennants
with the number of their place in
the contest on them.
Following the Sweetheart Con
test, the winning musicians from
Somerville were asked to perform
for the audience once more. The
group gave their arrangements of
“Ramrod,” “BABy, Baby,” “I For
got to Remember to Forget,” and
“Guitar Boogie Shuffle.” The per
formers from Bryan followed with
a Western vocal, “Carribean.”
Cong. Teague
To Crown
King Cotton
Cong. Olin Teague of Bryan will
crown King Cotton, Harold Henk
of Seguin, during coronation cere
monies at the annual Cotton Pag
eant and Ball April 8.
Master of ceremonies will be
Johnny Watkins, farm director for
nine years of KWTX-TV in Waco
and KBTX-TV in Bryan.
Watkins graduated from A&M
in the Class of ’48 with a bachelor
of science degree in agronomy and
he participated in the 1947 Cotton
Pageant.
Henk is a senior agronomy ma
jor and past president of the A&M
Agronomy Society.
Queen Cotton and eight mem
bers of her court will be selected
from more than 150 young ladies
representing colleges, universities,
clubs and other organizations.
Freshman Counselling
Program May Bring Change
By JOHNNY JOHNSON
Battalion Editor
The success of a new program
in operation this year in the School
of Agriculture in regard to the
handling of freshmen may bring
changes in the college.
Results of the program in the
School of Agriculture are being
linked with a study being con
ducted by the Academic Council
and the Executive Committe of
the College to consider the possi
bility of all four degree-granting
schools taking charge of their
freshmen when they enroll.
At present all freshmen, except
those in the School of Agriculture,
are under the responsibility of the
Basic Division.
Counselling, Testing
If the new plan goes into effect,
the Basic Division will no longer
be responsible for all freshmen
but instead will be a counselling
and testing center.
The counselling and testing cen
ter, if approved, will be composed
df a small group of men whose
main duties will be to counsel and
test. They will counsel only stu
dents referred to them by faculty
members in the various schools.
Faculty members in each of the
schools will do the main volume
of counselling.
In regard to the new program
in the School of Agriculture, G.
M. Watkins, dean of the School of
Agriculture, said, “We are very
highly pleased with it. One of the
main advantages from our stand
point is that it gives us an extra
year to acquaint students with ag
riculture and the jobs and fields
of agriculture.”
‘Are Very Satisfied . .
The benefit to the students, as
Dean Watkins feels, is that “fresh
men students in agriculture are
very satisfied and they have had
a better opportunity to learn more
about the broad field of agricul
ture.”
Evidently, the students are more
satisfied as 195 freshmen enrolled
in the School of Agriculture in the
fall and approximately 155 re
turned. In addition, the School of
Agriculture gained enough fresh
men for the spring semester from
general curriculum and other ma
jors so now there are 190 fresh
men agriculture majors—only five
less than the number which en
rolled in the fall.
Several Volunteers
Under the program being used
by the School of Agriculture, sev
eral of the faculty members vol
unteered to serve as counsellors
and each of the volunteers has
seven to eight freshmen.
“This small number allows the
counsellor to become better ac
quainted with his group and al
lows the students to have a faculty
member who they can talk to on a
personal basis,” said Dean Wat
kins.
“Our program has three main
points—a thorough tour of the fa
cilities of the School of Agricul
ture during New Student Week,
the personal counselling by vol
unteer faculty members and the
Freshman Agriculture Club,” said
Dean Watkins.
The Freshman Agriculture Club
will have 13 programs by the con
clusion of this semester.
‘Been Successful . .
Dean Watkins said “This new
Freshman Agriculture School has
been very successful as it has been
a halfway social and halfway
technical club. We have presented
outstanding speakers in some field
of agriculture and have also had
social time to allow the students
to become better acquainted with
both their fellow students and
members of the faculty in the
School of Agriculture.”
“I feel that this new program
has given us the best relationship
that we have with our students in
the past 10 years,” Dean Watkins
said.
If the plan of having each school
take charge of its own freshmen
is approved, it would be the first
time in several years such a plan
would be in operation at A&M.
Following the post war period
when freshmen lived and went to
school at the old Bryan Air Force
Base, the Basic Division was es
tablished on the campus to take
charge of the freshmen.
Since that time, all counselling
and testing of incoming students
has been done by the Basic Divis
ion.
Voting To Run A It
Day Thursday
By ALAN PAYNE
Assistant News Editor
154 applications have been officially approved and will
be on the ballot for the spring election tomorrow to fill next
year’s class officer positjons.
Voting machines will be set up in the Memorial Student
Center from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. for the actual voting. They
will be stretched from the Bowling Alley to the Gift Shop
instead of from the Bowling Alley to the Fountain Room.
Index Cards
Floyd Kasae, chairman of the Election Commission,
stated three machines will be alloted to freshmen, two to
sophomores and two to juniors. Each voter will be required
to fill out a 3 by 5 index card and present it to the election
commission member in charge - * ~
FFA Sweetheart Crowned
Linda Ward of Cameron was elected Sweetheart from Dis
trict 1 of the Future Farmers of America last night at a
banquet in the MSC Ballroom. Hollas Hoffman, district
president, presented the queen with a bouquet of roses.
For Trustee Race
Kiwanis Schedules
Pre-Election Rally
By BOB SAILS
Battalion Staff Writer
The College Station Kiwanis Club will sponsor a com
munity rally for the A&M Consolidated School Trustee elec
tion Thursday at 8 p. m. in the school auditorium, R. A.
(Dick) Eads announced at the club’s meeting Tuesday.
The rally will be held for the* —
purpose of “getting out the vote”
for the trustee election scheduled
for Saturday from 8 a.m. to 7
p.m. in the A&M Consolidated
High School Music Room, Eads
explained. The program will be
moderated by Hershel Burgess of
Bryan.
Two Vacancies
Two vacancies on the school
board will be filled Saturday. Ab
sentee voting closed Tuesday at
5 p.m.
Eads made the announcement at
the close of the club’s lunchean
meeting at noon in the Ballroom
of the Memorial Student Center.
Space Talk
Clifford Roberts, member of the
M.S.C. Great Issues Committee,
was a guest at the luncheon. A
speech on the U. S. space program
will be given April 5 in Guion
Hall by Dr. T. Keith Glennan,
Roberts told the club. Glennan is
head of the newly-formed National
Aeronautics and Space Administra
tion, Roberts explained.
Time of the talk will be 8 p.m.,
said Roberts, and tickets will be
$1.50 per person.
Final Plans
Committee chairmen and club
members made final plans at the
meeting for their sixth annual
Aunt Jemina Pancake Supper,
slated for 4 to 9 p.m. at the Na- j
tional Guard Armory in Bryan. !
Tickets for the supper are 50 !
cents per person and can be pur- i
chased from any Kiwanian.
Inter-Club Visit
Kiwanian Charles LaMotte an
nounced an inter-club visit will be
held at the club’s meeting next
Tuesday. He urged members and
visitors present to invite any
members from the other six clubs
in the area.
All committee members met
with their chairmen after the close
of the program.
of his machine before voting.
No other requirements will be
made before a student may
vote.
Juniors running for president of
the Class of ’61 are Luther H.
(Luke) Soules, Jack K. Russell,
Darrell G. Pansky, M. Paul Mar
tin, S. Rush McGinty, Frank P.
Hernandez, James L. Haygood,
Marvin J. Girouard, Kenneth J.
Demel and Malcolm Bolton.
Juniors in the voting for vice
president are Willis Ward, Mike
Ogg, Ronnie L. May, Guy W. Keel
ing, A. C. Hill, A. Wayne Dunlap,
Larry M. Dubuisson, Timothy M.
Cockburn and Charles A. Brown.
E. D. Rigsby, Tom Reid, Scott S.
McKay III, James C. LaGrone,
Nevel H. Ehrhardt, Robert Bower,
Jr. and John D. Bounds are run
ning for secretary-treasurer.
Class of ’61 social secretary can
didates are George W. Vogt, Char
lie Preston, George K. Montgom
ery, Joe H. Hegyesi, Edwin H.
Harris, Darryl G. Bush and Ray
mond G. Post.
Class Historian candidates are
Jaimes C. Smith, Randall L. Year-
gan, Keith Sterzing, Dan A. Grot-
ta, Giles L- Dodson, Robert F. Col
lins, Robert O. Burnside, Bill
Brown, Halley O. Bradford and
Bernard H. Berman.
Walter R. Frazier and Richard
M. (Joe) Powell are candidates for
student entertainment manager
while John Pocina, Robert J.
Laird, Ronny J. Hampton and Jay
Gardiner are candidates for the
Class of ’61 MSC Council positions.
Yell leader candidates are Eu-
(See CANDIDATES on Page 3)
Student C of C
Begins Work
The A&M Student Chamber of
Commerce Board of Directors be
gan planning activities of their
standing committees in a meeting
in the YMCA last night.
They instructed Clifford Lane,
Professor Relations Committea
chairman to begin immediately
taking any new professors on the
campus on a tour of student fa
cilities, including a meal in the
dining hall and a visit to the
dormitories during call to quar
ters. They will answer any ques
tions about student life that can
according to President Bruce
Veckert.
Wayne Collins’ Committee on
Local RelaiSons has been asked to
ofer the assistance f the student
chamber to the Bryan'and College
Station Chambers of Commerce on
their Crestview project.
The Visitors Program and In
formation Committee is consider
ing a number of projects, including
assisting departments in any way
possible with visiting groups.
The Finance Committee is be
ginning work toward getting out
dues letters to student members.
The dues will be $1 per semester
and will be used in correspondence
and financing the programs of the
chamber.
New Apparal for Singing Cadets
The Singing Cadets, under the direction of inaugural luncheon of President Earl Rud-
Dr. Bill Turner, appeared for the first time der. The uniforms were the gift of an an-
last Saturday in their new uniforms at the onymous donor.