The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, May 18, 1960, Image 1

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, May 18, 1960, Image 1

Newspaper Page TextSUMMIT FLOP Students Comment On Spy Incident By TOMMY HOLBEIN Battalion Feature Editor With the international alert caused by the unsuccessful Summit Conference, there is much talk of international re lations and their significance, particularly concerning the capturing of the U. S. U-2 by the Russians, as well as the possibility of war with Russia. The Battalion . Volume 59 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1960 Number 116 Four students expressed opinions on the Powers episode and its sig nificance in an interview yester day. Tucker Sutherland, senior Eng lish major from Mathis, said, “I feel Russia is justified in being angry with the United States con cerning the Powers issue, because we would do the same thing if they flew over the U. S. Why should CS’s Annual Clean-up Move In Full Swing College Station’s annual clean-up campaign began this morning in the southern sections of the city as city trucks began touring the streets in search of rubbish piled on the curbs. The campaign will continue through Saturday and all citizens are urged to have all they wish to dispose of on the street curbs to facilitate the clean-up process, ac cording to Ran Boswell, College Station city rpanager. The trucks will also return later to pick up anything they have missed in case such an omission is reported. College Hills will be toured to morrow and the northern sections of the city will be toured Friday. Saturday the College Station Negro Chamber of Commerce will sponsor the clean-up in that section of the city. Trucks will be spon sored by the College Station Cham ber while the Negro Chamber will furnish the labor. Payform Signing Now Open Students who are attending school under the Korean GI Bill jnd plan to graduate, are urged !o sign their payform for the month of May before departure. Payforms may be signed at the Veterans Advisor Office from May 23-June 4. The checks will be delivered at the usual time, June 20, therefore a new address should be designated on the form. Students who plan to attend summer school under the GI Bill should make a new enrollment at the.office of Bennie Zinn, Vet erans Advisor, at once. Russia trust us any more than we trust her?” “However, I believe Russia knew these planes were flying over, and I feel their purpose in capturing our U-2 plane was to use the inci dent to break up the Summit Con ference.” Jim Smith, junior economics ma jor from New York, N. Y., said, “In the first place it was unfor tunate that the incident occurred when it did, and I believe its hap pening just before the Summit Conference was pure coincidence. “I believe the United States was justified in making these flights, because Russia will not permit the locating of their military bases, and it is the only way \ve have of gathering intelligence data. “Khrushchev intended to use the incident to the best of his ad vantage to break up the Summit Conference and if he does carry through his threat to cut off all access to Berlin, I don’t think the United States is about to let the peaceful people of West Germany down,” added Smith. Gary Terzian, sophomore civil engineering major from San Sal vador, El Salvador, expressed a different view concerning the “spy- plane” incident. “I feel we didwyrong in crossing the Russian zone, but I also think it is childish the way the leading men of both governments have been carrying on at the Summit Conference, especially Nikita Khrushchev,” said Terzian. “If the governments of our mod ern world could attain a position of peaceful co-existence for the furthering of science, which is a pseudo-condition right now, though it has been called genuine, I be lieve the threat of war on any large scale could be eliminated. James Carter, freshman archi tecture major from Ft. Worth, also felt the incident was coinci dental, and that the pilot definitely was not a collaborator. “I don’t agree with the way the entire Summit Conference has been handled, although the men in volved have had to cope with nu merous stalemates, such as the Berlin situation, the question of “free skies” and the sincerity of Mr. Khrushchev, which at this time seems very doubtful,” said Carter. Commenting on the possibilities of war, Carter said, “Germany might well be the starting place for all-out war; I place little faith in the term “limited war” because such a conflict can only be a fuse for something much larger.” Twent} Seven Named Undisputed Winners One More Runoff , :.&w. Award Winners Six recipients of awards were presented at the annual Awards Assembly held at A&M Consolidated High School yesterday. On the first row, from left to right, are Molly Martin and Pamela Sperry. On the second row, from left to right, are Howard Mitchell, Bruce Thompson, Russell Brown and John Calhoun. The awards were given by the Kiwanis Club, Lions Club, the IBM Corp, and the School DESPITE BLOW-UP Exchange Docket To Be Extended Bv TTip Asicjociafprl Prpsis! WASHINGTON — The United States intends to press ahead with its people-torpeople exchange program with the Soviet Union despite the blow-up of the Summit Conference. The State Department will sus-'t pend the program, however, if American public opinion becomes hostile to the idea of welcoming Soviet visitors. Top officials, watching for re percussions to Nikita Khrushchev’s antf-American tirade, reported there was no sign yet that visits by Soviet delegations would be resented. The officials detected no sign at this time that Americans visiting the Soviet Union under the pro gram would meet with a less-than- friendly treatment. A delegation of American railroad experts is due to leave Thursday for a Soviet tour. ’ Visas for the group have not yet arrived but authorities said this need not be a reflections of cold war tensions. American delegations occasion ally have left for Moscow before visas were, provided by the Soviet Embassy. In such cases, visas were picked up en route, either at the Soviet Embassy in Paris or in Copenhagen or Helsinki. The only Soviet visitor now in the United States under the ex change program is Nina V. Pop ova. She is chairman of the Presidium of the Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cul tural Relations with Foreign Coun tries. The Soviet Embassy is giving a reception in her honor Thurs day evening. Numerous State De partment officials have been in vited. Department officers who keep in day-to-day contact with Soviet Embassy diplomats on the pro gram reported there was no sign of any lessening of enthusiasm; on the Soviet side. Talks have been friendly, with the Soviets indicating they intend to carry out the full two years of exchanges. Shirley Gift Fund Grows The Carole Jeanne Shirley fund continues to grow and final figures will be released by Cadet Col. of the Corps William Heye Friday. Heye said the money would be presented to Mrs. Shirley Friday or Saturday in the name' of the A&M student body. Miss Shirley was killed Friday night when the car in which she was riding went out of control and overturned 1.4 miles west of the Bryan city limits on Highway 21. - Heye spoke to the Corps of Ca dets Monday afternoon before lunch at Duncan Dining Hall. He asked the Cadets to contribute what they wanted to help the Shir ley family out financially. “We never expect the money to make up for that girl’s life,” Heye said, “but we want her fam ily to know that the A&M Corps of Cadets wants to help.” As a result, over $800 was col lected at the noon meal at Duncan Monday. Heye spoke again Monday night. This time to civilian and corps stu dents at the evening meal at Sbisa Dining Hall. Money was then col lected at Sbisa and another col lection was made at Duncan in order that students unable to con tribute at noon might have a chance to do so. Incoming Civilian Student Coun cil President Mike Carlo met with civilian , dorm presidents yesterday afternoon. It was decided that civilian contributions would be made through dorm presidents. Carlo said he would collect ci vilian contributions from the dorm presidents sometime Thursday night. The money will be turned over to Heye Thursday before he leaves for San Antonio on Friday. Mrs. Shirley came to Bryan Sat urday with some neighbors. She attended the funeral in Boonville, Mo. yesterday. Heye said the Corps had sent a spray of flowers to Missouri for the funeral. Miss Shirley’s father was unable to come to Bryan or attend the funeral Tuesday, Heye said. He suffered a stroke some time ago and has been bedridden ever since. Prior to the time he suffered the stroke, Shirley worked for the Red Cross. Miss Shirley worked for the United Service Automobile Assn, in San Antonio. Heye said he be lieved she was the only member of the family working at the time of the accident. Her father is confined to the 0 bed and her mother has been staying home caring for him. A&M Review Plans Pics, Meeting Staff pictures for the “Texas A&M Review” will be made at 7:30 in the Review office. A staff meeting for those in terested in working on the maga zine next year will be held im mediately following the picture taking session at 7:45. Jim Gibson, next year’s editor of the magazine, requests all those interested in working to be present at the staff meeting. In School Elections Twenty-seven students won positions in yesterday’s School Elections, the last elections slated for the year. Among these were fifteen Election Commission mem bers and twelve representatives from the four academic schools to the Student Senate. There was only one tie and, therefore, will be only one race in the runoff. Representatives from the School of Agriculture elected to Senate posts were Jerry L. Lackey, a junior agriculture major from Twitty; Arland D. Schneider, a sophomore from Weimar majoring in agricultural engineering, and James E, Johnson, a freshman geophysics major from Bellaire. School of Arts and Sciences Elected as representatives from the School of Arts and Sciences were John M. Ah-"* - bott, a junior from Robstown majoring in liberal arts; Johnny B. Fenley, a sopho more business administration major from Shamrock, and George A. Wiederanders, a freshman from Yernon majoring in business ad ministration. Senate representatives from the School of Engineering will be Er nest E. Figari, a junior chemical engineering major from Beaumont who was a write-in candidate; Timothy A. Pixley, a sophomore from Snyder majoring in engi neering, and Jimmy W. Carter, a freshman architecture major from statement to the College Station Two-Thirds In As Crestview Funds Mount More than $67,000 has been col lected toward the construction of “Chestview,” a home for senior citizens, according to the Rev. Mr. Roy Holt, pastor of the First Christian Church in Bryan. The Rev. Mr. Holt made the Ft. Worth. Veterinary Medicine Elected as representatives from the School of Veterinary Medicine were Warren Kent, a fifth year man from Fluker, La.; David W. Ellison and Thomas R. Sawyer, both seniors who are from Tyler and Houston, respectively, tied for the junior class representative and will be pitted against each other in the lone runoff, and Ben F. Johnston, a junior from Petrolia. Elected to the Election Com mission were the following juniors: Bob Bower, a chemical engineering major from Houston; Mike MuFv phy, a range management major from Dalhart; Van Vanderstuck- en, a liberal arts major from Orange, Randy Yeargan, a history (See RESULTS on page 3) Kiwanis Club at their meeting yes terday afternoon in the Memorial Student Center. “We are more than two-thirds of the way towards our goal of $100,000 for the home,” the Rev. Mr. Holt said. “Projected completion date of the drive is May 26,” he said, “but we have until December to present the money to the Methodist Church.” The Texas Conference of the Methodist Church is the group that will administer the home. They have agreed to construct a million dollar plant in the College Station- Bryan area if residents of this area show enough interest in the home to raise the initial $100,000. Chosen site for “Crestview” is the corner of 29th and Villa Maria Rd. in Bryan. C. L. BABCOCK AWARD OF $250 Battalion - Sponsored Essay Contest Winner Named (EDITOR’S NOTE: The win ner of the 2nd annual Battalion- sponsored essay contest was an nounced Friday evening at the annual Student Publications Banquet in the Memorial Stu dent Center Ballroom. The win ner of the contest was Harry Pendery, freshman pre-dent ma jor from Fort Worth. Pendery received a $250 cash award from C. L. Babcock, Beaumont insur- anceman and a former editor of The Battalion. Babcock pre sents the award annually to the outstanding essay. Below, the essay is republished.) By HARRY PENDERY “I believe the advantages of A&M lie in its ability to provide for the scholastic as well as social needs of its students. “Like many other recent grad uates from high school, I was faced with the immediate decision of choosing a college to continue my education. Another problem which caused me concern was that of choosing a major course of study. I avoided making these de cisions for fear of making the wrong one. “After consulting many college bulletins and talking with many people who were enrolled in dif ferent colleges, I began to take special notice of Texas A&M. The young men I talked to from A&M seemed to have something extra when they talked about the school. They seemed to take special pride in being called “Aggies,” and seemed to be more than anxious for me to choose A&M. “When seeking further informa tion, I found most people to have great respect for “Aggies” and for the school. This, in addition to that “something extra” found in A&M students, turned my at tention more than ever to A&M, and I felt that I should consider it seriously before I would be able to choose the right college. “Having reached a tentative de cision to attend A&M, I wrote the registrar for further information and for entry application blanks. I received a prompt reply in the form of a personal letter of en couragement, accompanied by other information about curricula and by application blanks. I was impressed by the different courses of study offered by the school. A part of the material sent to me told about the Basic Division at A&M. This was the answer to one of my problems—that of choosing a major course of study. “The Basic Division offered spe cial guidance and training by com petent instructors for the purpose of helping young men choose a vocation, based on their aptitudes. In addition, I found A&M to be rated very high scholastically. Combined, these reasons seemed to offer what I wanted to get out of college. “I found the answer to another pressing problem that most stu dents face, that of having enough money for a college education. A&M being a state supported school, I found the cost of tuition, as well as room and board, to be very reasonable and within the range of my finances. “My first dealings with the staff of A&M came during the late sum mer when I had to report to take a series of tests. I was greatly impressed with my first view of the beautiful, famous A&M cam pus; however, my best impression of A&M came from the friendly manner of the staff members who extended a helping hand to all the students taking the tests. Their warm attitude, combined with the friendliness of the stu dents, further revealed to me the qualities of “Aggieland.” “As the day of departure from home and old friends neared, I felt depressed, but confident I had chosen the right school. Upon arrival at “Aggieland” I immed iately became lost in the mass of strange people from different walks of life, further complicated by the upperclassmen, who in formed us of the traditions • of “Aggieland.” Through the process of “whipping out” (introducing oneself to strangers) these new faces became those of friends, and my shyness in meeting new people was soon a thing of the past. “Immediately I seemed to be lost in my studies, with no hope of ever getting out of the “failure” category. However, after special interviews with the helpful pro fessors and counselors of the Basic Division, I gradually learned what was expected of me. I found studying to be like a job, involving hard work and much effort on my part. “The Corps of Cadets I found at this point, played a very im portant role. In each “outfit” there is a scholastic officer who. has the special job of checking progress in grades. I found in the Corps attitudes favorable to study. Every evening there was a compulsory “call to quarters” where a period of three hours was reserved for study. “I found also that the upper classmen, who were so anxious to Consolidated Season Closes — Page 4 correct mistakes, were equally anxious to assist us with our stud ies. These men took special pride in being able to explain some por tion of a subject in which they specialized. They spent innumer able hours helping me understand the principles of mathematics and other subjects. “Everyone in the Corps showed concern with grades, which are one of the main indicators of suc cess in college. Play and enjoy ment come after study, but that most important task must be well done before play is allowed. “In the Coi’ps of Cadets, I found something else beside stud ies—the ideal of becoming an Ag gie. I quickly learned to take and obey orders to the best of my ability. At A&M we taught that Aggies do not lie, cheat, or steal. In the Corps a man is only as good as his word. In the Corps I learned traits of neatness because of the Army discipline. I learned to dress smartly, always keeping personal articles in an orderly manner. I learned the value of time—not to waste a minute—and quickly learned the necessity of being punctual. “However, any mention of the Corps would be incomplete with out speaking of friendships. A strong class companionship is maintained and a buddy system is practiced. People from all walks of life become close friends. All social classes are eliminated and a new “class” is formed, that of the “Aggie Fraternity,” known everywhere. “Although Texas A&M is com posed of only male students whose purpose is obtaining the best edu cation possible, there are offered, through various “outfit” parties and school-sponsored dances, so cial contact with members of the opposite sex. The main social ob jective of A&M is to teach men to respect the ideals of others and to get along in a harmonious man ner. “Aggieland, besides being cen trally located in the state, has many conveniences for the student. There is available for the student who is short of money a student loan fund, which is provided by Former Students, making it pos sible for many men to continue their education. Aggie Former Students also helped provide funds for the complete and modern ^ stu dent center with all the facilities needed for relaxation and various social activities. “I would be negligent not to mention a third phase of being an Aggie—being an Aggie graduate. Former Students possess a love of their school nowhere else equalled. The old saying, “Once an Aggie, always an Aggie” is indeed true. The school main tains contact with its graduates, and each year Aggies come to gether at the Aggie Musters to renew the bond that holds, them together. Needless to say, Aggies have no trouble finding employ ment. Employers know the value of the kind of education acquired at A&M and are quick to employ Aggies. “Indeed, it would be foolish to attempt to summarize all the ad vantages of Texas A&M, because each day something new is added. It is my sincere belief, as an Ag gie, in close contact with these advantages, that any man choosing A&M as his college has made the best decision of his entire life.” Pendery, Babcock ... winner accepts award

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, May 18, 1960, Image 1

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