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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Thursday, March 31, 1960
CADET SLOUCH
Worth Mentioning
By Johnny Johnson
A man who gave an Aggie a ride Sunday, March 20,
needs help from the Aggie who rode with him from Dallas to
College Station.
The man picked the Aggie up on the circle in Dallas (the
Loop 12 circle where Loop 12 and the Denton Highway come
into the north side of Dallas) and let the Aggie drive the car
to the Texas A&M campus.
The Aggie was picked up on the circle about 5 p. m. Sun
day, March 20, by the man who was driving a 1955 blue and
ivory Oldsmobile.
The man remembers that the Aggie lived on the second
floor of a dormitory and was in the Corps. He doesn’t remem
ber the Aggie’s name or his+
classification.
They arrived at the Ag
gie’s dormitory between 8
and 9 that night.
The Aggie who caught the ride
can do the man a great service
by identifying himself.
If the Aggie involved will call
The Battalion Office at VI 6-
6618 or VI 6-4910 as soon as pos
sible and ask to speak to Johnny
Johnson, I will in turn tell the
Aggie how to get in touch with
the man who gave him the ride.
The man has an urgent need to
talk with the Aggie and the
sooner he can talk with the Ag
gie the better it will be.
This is a chance for some un
known Aggie to repay a man for
giving him a ride by helping this
man greatly. Whover you are,
Aggie, this man really needs yopr
help.
Give me a call!
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’Students in all college dormi
tories will receive individual cen
sus forms for the 1960 Census
early next week from tactical
officers and dormitory counsel
lors.
In this census college students
will not be^counted at their home
addresses but will be counted
only at their colleges, according
to Mrs. Melvin Eisner, census
enumerator for this area.
Mrs. Eisner urges all students
to fill out their forms completeJy
and return them to their tactical
officers and dorm counsellors as
soon after receiving them as pos
sible.
The census enumerator empha
sized that the forms filled out
by the students will be their only
record for counting in the 1960
census.
Both foreign- nationals and
American citizens will be counted
on the census, said Mrs. Eisner.
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Elsewhere on this page today
is the first of six strips'of a new
cartoon, “B. C. Goes to College!”
“B. C.” gives vital first-hand
information on the eolithic begin
nings of civilization, culture and
other facts, heretofore unknown
in history.
“B, C.” is the creation of John
ny Hart who never went to col
lege and because of this consid
ers himself an expert on college.
Pugh To Attend
Meet in Austin
Marion C. Pugh, College Sta
tion lumberman, will act as ser
geant at arms at the 74th annual
Convention and Exposition of the
Texas Lumberman’s Assn., to be
held in Austin April 10-12.
The meeting is expected to be
the largest convention and trade
show ever held in the Capital City,
with more than 5,000 lumbermen
and their wives expected to attend.
The comic strip, now two years
old, is featured in over 100 news
papers.
The “B. C. Goes to College!”
strip is an experiment and if it
proves popular, could well be
come a syndicated strip like the
“B. C” which appears in daily
newspapers.
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Vern Sanford of the Texas
Press Assn, in Austin sent this
bit of information to The Bat
talion:
The next Legislature will pi’ob-
ably be asked to appropriate
about 23 per cent mcjre for sup
port of Texas’ state college and
universities.
Ralph Green, director of the
Commission on Higher Educa
tion, said an estimated $31,400,-
000 more than the present alloca
tions would be needed for the
1961-63 biennium.
This is some $15,000,000 a year
more than the $65,000,000 being
spent this year. Green told a
Legislative Economy Committee
the extra funds would be needed
to meet increased enrollments
and improve faculty salaries.
Green reminded the lawmakers -
that part of increased cost re
sults from the Legislature’s hav
ing made a junior college into a
senior college (Tarleton State
College)—against the Commis
sion’s recommendation.
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From the attendance at the
home Aggie varsity and fresh
man baseball games., a person
might think the Men of Aggie-
land had to pay a fantastic price
to get- in.
When the Aggie Fish hosted
Rice’s freshman squad here Tues
day -afternoon, approximately 25
Aggies were watching the con
test,
Granted a lot of students have
labs in the afternoons and that
baseball doesn’t hold the attrac
tion to most people that football
or baskeball do, but it does seem
that more students could make
an honest effort to come to the
home baseball games.
Another argument, and a log
ical one, by some students might
be that they’re afraid to go to a
baseball game in the Kyle Field
baseball diamond for fear the
stadium might fall down-under
too much of a load.
But about the only way Texas
A&M is going to get a new base-
bal stadium is to have enough
attendance to merit such a build
ing project.
Regardless of what the condi
tions of the stands are, more of
the Men of Aggieland should at
tend the baseball games. Nothing
helps a team win more than
knowing the student body is
backing it.
How about showing up Friday
afternoon when the Aggie var
sity hosts Texas here? You
might find it enjoyable. . .
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Intercollegiate Press Roundup
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JOHNNY JOHNSON EDITOR
Bill Hicklin - Managing Editor
Joe Callicoatte - Sports Editor
Robbie Godwin News Editor
Ben Trail, Bob Sloan, Alan Payne Assistant News Editors
Nelson Antosh, Ken Coppage, Tommy Holbein, Bob
•Saile and A1 Vela Staff Writers
Joe Jackson - Photographer
Russell Brown CHS Correspondent
“Chemistry X”, a new kind of
course without grades or exami
nations, where students think
creatively about chemistry by en
gaging in moderated discussions,
has made its appearance for the
first time at Stevens Institute of
Technology during the current
spring semester.
According to Dr. Luigi Z. Pol-
lara, head of Department of
Chemistry-Chemical Engineering,
“This is one course where right
answers are relatively unimport
ant. We want students to probe
chemistry with the same inten
sity and depth as they do poli
tics, religion and ethics. We hope
to stimulate their imagination by
exposing topics usually not cov
ered in formal courses.”
Chemistry X instructors will
vary from meeting to meeting
and will be drawn from different
Stevens departments. Discus
sions will include any topic in
chemistry directly related to the
students’ lives.
The course meets once a week
on Wednesday afternoon when
Stevens undergraduates have no'”
classes. Since the subject matter
will continually change and will
cover a wide range of topics, stu
dents can take the course for
their four years here.
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The self-directed classroom is
an example of a method of edu
cation which will create individu
ality, according to Dr. Charles
Raebeck, assistant professor of
education at Wittenberg Univer
sity. Self direction does not
mean that.the professors ignore
their students, Raebeck contin
ued.
However, the original author
ity of instructors will no longer
exist as such, but will be inherent
in group processes, Raebeck said.
The group process is the emerg
ence of individual purpose and
direction through group purpose
and direction. A program such
as this carries with it its own
authority, he said.
A new school, which will em
phasize the self-directed class
room completely, is being planned
in Michigan and will be support
ed by three state universities,
Raebeck revealed. This approach
has been exercised at Oxford Un
iversity for over 300 years.
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The University of Wisconsin
regents voted recently to suspend
compulsory ROTC for freshmen
and’ sophomores for a two-year
trial period while ROTC courses
are improved with members of
the University’s own faculty tak
ing over some of the teaching.
The regents approved an ear
lier faculty recommendation for
ending compulsory training and
improving the curriculum, but
limited the approval for the two-
year trial period on this proviso:
“It is understood that the Uni
versity will revert automatically
to compulsory basic ROTC if the
number of students entering the
third year Army ROTC pro
grams in Madison and Milwaukee
in the fall of 1961 or in the fall
of 1962 falls below 75 per cent of
the numbers entering these pro
grams in the fall of 1959.”
The regent resolution said “We
strongly believe that the Univer
sity of Wisconsin must continue
to make its traditional contribu
tion to the armed services and
to the national defense.”
Job Calls
The following companies will
conduct interviews with seniors
Thursday in the Placement Of
fice on the third floor of the
YMCA:
Monroe Calculating Machine
Company, Inc. will interview all
accounting and business admin
istration majors.
This action came after the As
sistant Secretary of Defense for
Manpower, Personnel and Re
serve, Charles G. Finucane, noti
fied the University “that a mili
tary requirement does not exist
for a compulsory basic ROTC
program and that the Depart
ment of Defense has no basis for
favoring such a program. Com
pulsory basic ROTC is not need
ed to meet quality standards nor
is it needed to produce the num
ber of officers required.”
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A resolution proposing the
grading system at Iowa State
University be changed to one
more decimal accuracy has been
passed by the Cardinal Guild
Senate. The Senate Education
Affairs Committee did research
on the project during the fall
quarter. They interviewed
twenty instructors; seventeen
were in favor of the new sys
tem, three were not.
The resolution will go to the
Office of Student Affairs, to of
ficials in the University, admin
istration and eventually to the
faculty for debate.
The present grading system
recognizes five levels of scholas
tic achievement. In a course
where there is little information
regarding the student’s perform
ance, this grading system is sat
isfactory. However, in many
courses at Iowa State Univer
sity, more information is avail
able and more degrees could and
By JAMES MARLOW
Associated Press News Anaylst
WASHINGTON UP)—At least
a couple of things seemed set 1 led
—but not quite—in this other
wise rather quiet political week.
On Monday Vice President
Richard M. Nixon told a Nebras
ka audience he would not run for
the presidency on the record of the
Eisenhower administration alone
but would have an expanded pro
gram of his own.
And Wednesday President Ei
senhower told a news conference
Nixon would be “absolutely stu
pid” to try to run on his admin
istration’s record alone. But what
remains unsettled is this:
1. Just how far can Nixon de
part from Eisenhower’s view of
things—since too much differ
ence might look like criticism—
and still expect vigorous support
from the President in the cam
paign ?
2. Just what kind of program
of his own is Nixon going to
think up ? He is trying' to get
a farm program different from
the' administration’s, or so it
seems. And he has listed some
points he says will be issues in
the campaign.
But there is still a haze—al
though it’s too early to expect
him to get specific yet, with the
campaign still months away—
over how he is going to make his
thinking new or different from
Eisenhower’s.
Nixon himself said last Jan
uary at a Chicago dinner that,
“great as are our domestic prob
lems,” national security and for
eign policy transcend them all.
Then he proceeded to defend the
Eisenhower performance in both
fields.
Since the Democrats have been
continually critical of Eisenhow
er’s vision in national defense,
Nixon should be in a bit of a
dilemma saying much that is dif-
What’s Cooking
The following clubs and organ
izations will meet tonight:
7:30
Eastland County Hometown
Club will meet in Room 2-D in
the Memorial Student Center.
Waco Hometown Club will
meet in front of the MSC and
have their picture taken.
Fayette and Colorado Counties
Hometown Club will meet in
Room 105 of the Academic Build
ing.
Abilene Hometown Club will
meet on the second floor of the
Academic Building.
Marshall Hometown Club will
meet in the lobby of the YMCA.
Guadalupe Valley Hometown
Club will meet in Room 305 of
the Academic Building.
Austin Hometown Club will
meet in Room 125 of the Aca
demic Building.
Galveston Hometown Club will
meet in the YMCA Brooks Room.
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Red River Valley Hometown
Club will meet in the Serpentine
Lounge of the MSC.
Tokyo has 11 major museums
and art galleries — one museum
devoted entirely to the develop
ment of transportation in Japan
since 1872.
It takes two to fill the bill
TWO BY TWO CLASS
For
Aggies and Aggie Wives
First Baptist Church
College Station
MILTON L. FORD
Candidate for A&M Consoli
dated School Board requests
your vote on April 2nd.
(Pd. j)ol. adv.)
‘B. C. GOES TO COLLEGE!”
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ferent from the President in this
field.
He can’t join the Democrat in
their criticism and he can’t veiy
well propose what the Democrats
suggest without appearing to
agree with them.
Wednesday Eisenhower oppos
ed any compulsory insurance sys
tem to provide medical care for
the aged. In this field Nixon may
break away from Eisenhower’s
thinking. But that’s for the fu
ture to show.
Social Whirl
Monday
Sophomore Veterinary Wives
Club will hold their monthly
meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Vet
erinary Hospital. Hostesses for
the meeting are Mrs. Barry Phil
lips, Mrs. Robert Leonpacher and
Mrs. C. E. Richardson.
Agricultural Education Wives
Club will hold a meeting at 7:15
p.m. in the Agricultural Engi
neering Building.
Industrial Engineering Wives
Club will meet Monday at 7:30
p.m. in the YMCA and plans will
be discussed for the spring din
ner-dance.
Aero Wives Club will meet in
the Cabinet Room of the YMCA
at 7:45 Monday night.
Industrial Education Wives
Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Mon
day at the home of Maxine Grif
fith, 4402 College Main.
Tuesday
Handicraft and Rug- Qroup of
the A&M Social Club will meet
at 9:30 a.m. at the home of Mrs.
Chester O’Donnell, 315 Lee St.
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only person dealing" directly witl
Congress on appropriations. The
Joint Chiefs would be divorced
completely from their respective
services, making them “more free
to serve as detached, reasonably
! disinterested advisers to the new
Chief of Staff, the Secretary of
Defense and the President.”
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LIFE brags on itself in this is
sue in an unusual pictorial essay
that shows the progress of the
magazine from one building to the
other, and finally to the Time &
Life Building, its new home in
Rockefeller Center.
This is backed by the first pic-
story in the last tm ' eS ° f Prince Andrew > the new '
IL week’s LIFE that ® St . addltlon to th e household of
must have been set there only be- Bntam,s The baby’s
cause of the space required to air name ’ announced soon after the
such an issue. The question is P' c ^ ures h ad h® 611 shot) is Andrew
There is h
pages of this
an
one of national significance, and
one which has plagued the prog
ress of the American missile pro
gram since its beginning.
Albert Christian Edward.
Marlon Brando
Brando the actor, Brando the
producer, and finally Brando the
It deals with thfe interservice d i rec tor of his own movie in which
rivalry in the Pentagon. LIFE he also st ars is covered in LIFE
staff writer John Osborne points ^is week. He shows the actors
out the causes for the dispute. He how to go through their paces,
says each of the Joint Chiefs of wa t c hes as his seconds go through
Staff feels an allegiance to their r °l e s and thoroughly coaches
branch that hinders their unbiased a cas ^ both fresh young actors
planning of research into the prob- and experienced ones alike into
lems confronting the military and the P ic Wre “One Eyed Jacks,” to
civilian defense leaders today. be released later this year.
LIFE points out that the con
sequence is that “the military men
most interested in preserving the
status quo are committing a kind
of institutional suicide. By de
faulting in their responsibility to
Way to Liberty and Order
Colombia is the rising nation
portrayed in this week’s addition
to the series on democratic devel
opment in the world. A rising
middle class and plans ■'for expand-
provide valid and usable military ing education and commerce help
guidance to civilian makers of pol- the country which long ago fought
icy they are forcing the President for its liberty to achieve this goal,
and Secretary of Defense to look
more and more to nonmilitary of
ficials and advisory bodies for the
solutions of military problems.”
Since the Hoover administration
many top military experts have
tried their hand at controlling the
situation, but so far none have
succeeded. And the author does
not feel the answer lies in a com
bining of all the armed forces
under one chief and one organiza
tional policy. He believes the rival
functions would still exist.
Instead LIFE offers a new or
ganizational plan for the top mili
tary men, which would put the
President in the top position, ad
vised by the Secretary of Defense
Under him would be a Military
Chief of Staff, who would deal
with the Army, Navy and Air
Force undersecretaries. The Sec-
And for the ones of you who
follow the Geneva Conference,
don’t fail to read the LIFE edi
torial. Whether you agree or not,
it is surely food for thought.
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