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Volume 69
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1960
Number 1
More Men Need
More Training
Says McQuillen
“It is good that we emphasize the performance of the
upper one or two per cent of a high school graduating class,
but T think we err greatly bv not eouallv encouraging those
in thp unner 50 ner c.pn+.” E. E. McQuillen, director of the
A&M Development Fund, told the - *
Federation of Texas A&M Moth
ers’ Club Saturday.
“Exceptional talent is needed
and should be encouraged,” Mc
Quillen said, “because these top
students are the ones who may
mastermind great technological ad
vances.
“However,” he said, “we must
have large numbers of highly cap-
,‘Winterset’
Play Casting
Begins Tonight
Casting for “Winterset” will be
planned when the Aggie Players
meet in the Music Hall at 7:30
p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, according
to C. K. Esten, director.
Esten said plans for the year’s
work will be discussed, with the
schedule calling for two plays dur
ing the fall semester. “Winterset”
ivill open in Guion Hall on Nov.
15, and “The Fourposters” will
«)pen Dec. 7 in the round, in the
lower level of the Memorial Stu
dent Center.
“Casting for this first play will
start immediately, and anyone in
the community interested in any
phase of theater work is invited to
attend the meeting,” said Esten.
Other plans in the incubation
stage will be discussed, Esten add
ed.
able young men to effect these ad
vances. Thus this group is just as
important as the exceptionally tal
ented.”
400 Awards
In outlining the scholarship pro
grams at A&M the director told
the Mothers that when the final
count is made this semester ap
proximately 400 young men will
be attending the college on Op-
portunifcv Awards.
McQuillen told the mothers that
the Scholarships Committee con
sidered five points before award
ing a scholarship. These are
character, ability, achievement,
need, and accomplishments.
In other talks, the mothers heard
J. Gordon Gay, coordinator of re
ligious activities on the campus,
tell of programs being initiated
to stimulate the spiritual growth
of Aggies, and J. Wayne Stark,
director of the Memorial Student
Center, who discussed the role of
the MSG and its part in broaden
ing students’ social experiences
and esthetic appreciation.
First Meeting
The Federation meeting was the
first of the school year under the
direction of its new officers of
whom Mrs. Fred Cole of Corpus
Christi is president.
The group considered projects to
be underwritten for the current
year. The next regular meeting
will be held in February on the
campus.
Nikita Wants Talks
On Disarmament
By The Associated Press
NEW YORK—Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev has
Indicated he wants to talk about disarmament with President
Eisenhower at the United Nations and thus, in effect, turn
the coming U.N. General Assembly session into a world sum
mit meeting.
The Soviet Premier and his Red
bloc retinue arrived Monday, to a
soggy and coldly hostile New York
welcome. Khrushchev at once sug
gested President Eisenhower should
attend the Assembly session for
“serious negotiations” on disarma
ment.
Khrushchev, beginning his sec
ond stay in the United States with
a lecture to President Eisenhower,
urged the President to take “real
ly constructive” part in the As
sembly session and avoid making
just a “fancy speech.”
Attacks Herter
The boos and catcalls marking
Khrushchev’s arrival at a decrepit
East River pier had hardly died
away before the Soviet leader
launched ah attack on Secretary of
State Christian A. Herter. He said
he found “very strange” Herter’s
recent statement that Khrushchev’s
mission in the United States would
be one of making propaganda.
There was no other American
comment on Khrushchev’s arrival
remarks except that the spokes
man noted there was nothing un
expected or new in the Soviet lead
er’s talk. He said President Eisen
hower would make the U.S. posi
tion perfectly clear in his Thursday
address to the Assembly.
Khrushchev and his advisers hud
dled at Soviet U.N. delegation
headquarters on Park Avenue on
their strategy for the history-mak
ing session.
Clash in Asia
The arrival of Khrushchev and
his Communist bloc leaders coin
cided with a clash in the 82-nation
Assembly between the Soviet Un
ion and members of the Asian-
African bloc — nations the Soviets
seem most anxious to impress —
on the issue of Africa’s turbulent
Congo.
In prospect after the formal
opening of the 15th General as
sembly session Tuesday afternoon
was a Soviet defeat in the voting
for the Assembly presidency. Her
ter arrived Monday afternoon to
represent the United States.
Castro Gripes
Of High Rent,
Confinement
By The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Cuban Premier
Fidel Castro stalked angrily out of
his New York hotel Monday night,
complaining of the prices and his
tight security guard.
After a conference with Secre
tary General Dag Hammarskjold
of the United Stations, Castro an
nounced that his party \yas moving
to a hotel in the heart of Harlem,
New York’s Negro district.
Amid reports of growing discon
tent in Havana, Castro’s brother
Raul hastily scheduled a protest
speech there. Radio stations broad
cast appeals from Cuban labor
leaders to a rally at the presiden
tial palace later Monday night.
‘Propaganda Move’
Edward Spatz, owner of the Ho
tel Shelburne, where Castro had
stayed for 24 hours, charged in
a news conference that the depar
ture was “a prearranged propa
ganda move” designed to embar
rass the United States on the eve
of the U.N. General Assembly
meeting starting Tuesday.
As Castro left, he threatened to
import tents from Cuba and live
in Central Park or on the United
Nations grounds.
Impressive College Night
Launches School Year
Soviets Plan
Steps Ahead
In Space Race
By The Associated Press
NORTH STAR LAKE, Minn.—
Be prepared for new Soviet space
spectaculars from now through
Octiber, advises the head of the
U. S. space program.
Putting a man into orbit, or
shooting for Mars are possibili
ties, said Dr. T. Keith. Glennan,
director of the National Aeronau
tics and Space Administration.
Premier Khrushchev’s visit, the
Oct. 4th anniversary of the first
Sputnik in 1957, and Mars’ favor
able position in October offer
chances.
Echo is Success
The Echo satellite “really coun
tered much of the propaganda” the
Soviet Union reaps from space
shots, Dr. Glennan said. So, he
added, did U. S. success in being
first to recover a capsule froip
space.
Dr. Glennan spoke at a week
end seminar on science and the
news attended by some 30 promi
nent scientists and editors.
Scientists reported the progress
of research in fields from stars to
virus diseases and atoms, from the
oceans to biological clocks that
measure time in living things.
Fallout, Feed
Possible Effects
To Be Shown
“Radioactivity Fallout and the
Feed Industry” will be one of the
top talks made here at the annual
Texas Nutrition Conference Oct.
5-7.
Discussing the controversial sub
ject the first day will be Dr. George
Davis, research professor of nutri
tion at the University of Florida
and a nationally known authority
on trace minerals.
The speaker will emphasize
strontium-90 in relation to milk,
meat and eggs, which are three
foods he believes are effective
“buffers” against human ingestion
of harmful amounts of the radio
active fallout substance.
Dr. Davis also will discuss “Fac
tors Influencing Mineral Element
Availability.”
Up-Dates Information
The conference is held each year
to keep agricultural scientists, live-
stockmen and feed and drug manu
facturers abreast of the complex
and ever-changing field of animal
nutrition.
Sponsors are A&M’s School of
Agriculture, Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station, Texas Agri
cultural Extension Service and the
Texas Feed Control Service in co
operation with the Texas Feed
Manufacturers’ Association of Fort
W’orth.
Starts Oct. 5
Activities get underway on Oct.
5 with registration from 8 to 9
a.m. in the college’s Memorial Stu
dent Center, where all sessions will
be held. President Earl Rudder
will open the talks with an address
of welcome.
Other featured speakers and
their topics at the conference are
Dr. R. H. Grummer, professor and
chairman of the University of Wis
consin Animal Husbandry Depart
ment, “Feeding for Greater Repro
duction” and “Feeding for Carcass
Improvement;” Dr. Brady Anthony,
Auburn University Animal Hus
bandry Department, “Systems To
Minimize Roughage Utilization In
Rations for Growing and Fattening
Cattle” and “Nutritional Evalua
tion of Forage Crops for Live
stock;” Dr. Elton Johnson, head of
the University of Minnesota Poul
try Husbandry Department, “Feed
ing Programs for Turkeys” and
“Protein and Amino Acid Require
ments of Young Turkeys.”
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\Rudder Introduces
\New Corps Insign ia
It was a colorful and impressive first night Yell Practice
when the entire A&M student bodv gathered last night at G.
Rollie White Coliseum for “All College Night.”
The traditional Yell Practice at A&M was held in
the Coliseum this year for the first time. Highlighting the
program was the presentation of the new Corps brass to Corps
by President'Earl Rudder.
President Rudder introduced the new A&M collar
insignia, explaining the symbolism that went with it.
“On it there is a sword, representing the great military
tradition that A&M has been famous for for many years,
and there is a fasces, standing for statesmanship, fair play
and courage. "♦ '
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Student Senate
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Insurance Plan
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Syd Heaton, President Rudder
... new Corps insignia introduced
Corps Policy May
Have National Effect
Corps juniors and sophomores were told the new corps
policies may have a nation-wide effect in a meeting in Guion
Hall yesterday afternoon.
The importance of A&M’s setting the example for the
entire country this year was em-4
phasized during the meeting.
“With the numerous articles
printed in leading national maga
zines promoting the abolishment of
the college ROTC programs, we
must all work together to prove
the worthiness of them,” said Syd
Heaton, Corps commander.
“None of us ever like to think
of A&M as having just a normal
ROTC program; we have a lot
more here, and we’re going as fast
as any other college, if the pro
grams are done away with. With
this in mind, several changes in
Corps policies have been made,”
Heaton added.
Various Changes—
One of the changes is in the
dining hall, where seniors and
freshmen sit together, and juniors
CADET OFFICERS COMMISSIONED
Corps Positions Now Official
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Special ceremonies last week
commissioned cadet officers for the
1960-61 Corps of Cadets. The cere
monies, held in the Memorial Stu
dent Center, made official most of
the tentative appointments made
by the Department of Military
Science last spring.
Sydney N. Heaton, senior mathe
matics major from Tyler, was
named Colonel of the Corps at the
ceremony.
Guyron B. Laycock, a senior
liberal arts major from White
Deer, was appointed deputy corps
commander and given the rank of
Colonel.
Other Colonels
Four other senior cadets, Richard
Meadows, from Houston majoring
in business administration; Harvey
Barber, a science major from Al
vin; Kenneth Demel, from Need-
ville majoring in science, and
Bobby McDaniel, a mechanical en
gineering major from Gainesville,
were also appointed Colonels.
Meadows was given command of
the 1st Brigade, Barber the 2nd
Brigade, Demel the 1st Wing and
McDaniel the 2nd Wing.
Company commanders, executive
officers, 1st sergeants and staff
personnel are listed below:
Corps Staff
Corps Commander, Sydney N.
Heaton, Col. of the Corps; Deputy
Corps Commander, Guyron B. Lay-
cock, Col.; J-l, Adjutant, John V.
KitoWski, Lt. Col.; J-2, Intelligence,
John N. Harrington, Lt. Col.; J-3
Operations, Paul J. Phillips, Lt.
Col.; J-4, Supply, Walter R.
Frazier, Lt. Col.; Scholastic Offi
cer, James C. Lagrone, Lt. Col.;
Corps Liaison Officer, Edward A.
Todd, Lt. Col.; Public Information
Officer, William L. Hicklin, Lt.
Col.; Day Student Liaison Officer,
Glenn A. Jones, Lt. Col.; Athletic
Officer, Harvey B. Cash, Lt. Col.;
Commander, Consolidated Band,
Walter R. Willms, Lt. Col.; Head
Drum Major, David Lee Voelter,
Maj.; Scholastic Sergeant, Malcolm
W. Hall, M. Sgt.; Operations Ser
geant, Gary R. Anderson, M. Sgt.;
Intelligence Sergeant, Gary C.
Lively, M. Sgt.; Supply Sergeant,
James W. Cardwell, M. Sgt.; Com
munications Sergeant, Terrence D.
Gossett, M. Sgt.; Athletic Sergeant,
Robert W. Timme, M. Sgt.; Band
Liaison Sergeant, John Alexander
Betts, M. Sgt.
Headquarters Consolidated Band
Commanding Officer, Walter Ray
Willms, Lt. Col.; Executive Officer,
Don Wilson Copley, Maj.; Head
Drum Major, David Lee Voelter,
Maj.; Drum Major, Maroon Band,
Fred Lee Buckner, Capt.;. Adjutant,
Anton Ernest Coy, Maj.; Intelli
gence Officer, Rodney W. Kelly,
Maj.; Operations Officer, David
Roy Blue, Maj.; Supply Officer,
Clarence R. Chandler, Maj.; Air
Operations, Thomas N. Tucker,
Maj.; Chaplain, Giles L. Dodson,
Maj.; Day Student Liaison, John C.
Blevins, Maj.; Sergeant Major,
Defense Shines In Slim Loss—Page 4
Jimmy Lee Coombs, M. Sgt.; Op
erations Sergeant, James Leonard
Willmann, M. Sgt.; Supply Ser
geant, Manley McGill, Jr., M. Sgt.;
Scholastic Sergeant, Wayne S.
Sellman, T. Sgt.; Drum & Bugle
Corps Sergeant, Robert P. Brooks,
T. Sgt.
White Band
Commanding Officer, Aubrey C.
Elkins, Capt.; Executive Officer,
Edward Howard Bell, 1st Lt.;
Scholastic Officer, Donald R. Burg,
1st Lt.; Platoon Leader, Alvin W.
Dunlap, 1st Lt.; Athletic Officer,
Harry H. Price, 1st Lt.; Supply
Officer, Merwyn L. Nutt, 1st Lt.;
Public Information Officer, Terry
Pat McDaniel, 1st Lt.; Platoon
Leader, Edward Vergne Adams, 1st
Lt.; Platoon Leader, John M.
Bozai'dt, 1st Lt.; Platoon Leader,
James W. Moore, Jr., 1st Lt.;
Platoon Leader, Maurice L. Banks,
1st Lt.; Platoon Leader, Edwin B.
Smith, Jr., 1st Lt.; First Sergeant,
Lawrence W. Christian, 1st Sgt.;
Scholastic Sergeant, Allan N.
Pritchard, T. Sgt.; Athletic Ser
geant, Sam Fay Rhodes, T. Sgt.;
Supply Sergeant, Dennis W.
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and sophomores sit at same tables,
said Heaton.
Heaton also emphasized the new
policy that it is no one’s privilege
to walk on the grass this year.
“This was requested by college
maintenance, which complained
that too many paths were being
beaten across lawns on the
campus,” said Heaton.
Another policy states that no
one will have the privilege of
“running around the campus” in a
partial uniform, such as an un
buttoned shirt, “hat on back of
head,” or hands in pockets.
“What we are striving for is
unity within the Corps, and we
feel these policies can accomplish
this to a great degree,” said
Heaton.
All sophomores will begin an
orientation program each Saturday
morning, the purpose of which is
to teach them leadership — the
ability to get someone to do some
thing for them without threatening
the persons involved, said Heaton.
In accordance with this program,
the sophomores will exercise
“hands-off” policy concerning the
freshmen until promotion orders
come out in November, he added.
Freshmen Shaping Up—
“Last week, the CO’s and first
sergeants had an all-day meeting
discussing these policies. The fol
lowing day, better than 2,000 fresh
men began pouring onto the
campus.
“By the end of the week, these
freshmen, fresh out of high school,
many of them never away from
home before, were beginning to
shape up.
“They were marching as well as
could be expected, and catching
on to many of the things expected
of them. Since there will be no
early-morning drill of units before
breakfast this year, they must
learn to march on the way to the
dining halls, and it is your respon
sibility to see that they learn it,”
said Heaton.
Heaton said there would be a
scheduled practice march-in Thurs
day afternoon in preparation for
the march-in at the A&M-Texas
Tech game Saturday.
Concluding, Heaton said, “All we
ask is that you men set the ex
ample.”
of the knightly gentlemen,
the symbol of A&M since old
Sully himself as president here.
Over all this is the Latin inscrip
tion which in English reads
‘Through Unity—Strength.’
Rudder pinned the first All-
Corps brass on Cadet Col. of the
Corps Syd Heaton’s collar, making
its adoption official.
The Corps began wearing the
new brass this morning.
Head Yell Leader Sonny Todd
introduced Official Greeter Pinky
Downs, now in his 58th year at
A&M and Coach Jim Myers.
Team, Staff Introduced
Myers, in turn, introduced his_
1960 coaching staff — Willie Zapa-
lac, defensive coach; Elmer Smith,
offensive line coach; Matt Lair, de
fensive line and tackle coach; Tom
Ellis, offensive back coach, and
Bobby Drake Kieth, defensive end
coach.
He also introduced ‘B’ Team
Coach Tom Chandler and Fresh
man Coach Shorty Hughes.
“The boys show lots of spirit,
and I can guarantee you they will
be fighting 60 minutes every
game,” Myers said of his team.
Team Captain Roy Northrup and
Alternate Team Captain Powell
Berry introduced the 1960 Aggie
football team to the student body.
“ . . . Column with the ‘W’ ”
Northrup told the students he
would “kinda’ like to get in that
column with the ‘W’ above it .. .
and Texas Tech looks like as good
a place as any to start.”
A Midnight Yell Practice has
been scheduled for Friday night
just prior to the Tech game Satur
day.
The Student Senate, with the
cooperation of the Administration,
is again making possible the Stu
dent Accident Insurance Plan, ac
cording to Richard W. Vander-
Stucken, chairman of the Student
Welfare Committee.
VanderStucken said the plan
will be available through Monday,
Oct. 3 and will cover the insured
student from date of receipt until
Sept. 1, 1961.
According to VanderStucken,
the plan involves the following
facts:
1. A maximum $1,000 coverage
for accidents and accidental
deaths.
2. A premium of $4.75 for the
period beginning Sept. 1, 1960,
paid by the student.
3. Coverage wherever the stu
dent may be while enrolled in
A&M and between semesters.
4. The policy will pay regardless
of whether the student holds an
other policy.
5. Students injured here on the
campus will be first treated at
the college hospital and then taken
to another hospital if further
needed.
The policy can be taken out at
the Fiscal Office, located in the
Richard Coke Building, said Van
derStucken.
World Wrap-Up
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Colleges To Take Hard Look
DALLAS—The president of the Southern Association of Colleges
and Secondary Schools said here Monday Southern colleges 'and uni
versities are planning to take a hard look at themselves to see how
they can improve their facilities.
Dr. H. E. Jenkins, president of Tyler Junior College, outlined to
some 50 college officials a long-term plan of self study and evaluation
which will bring about improvements in college courses, faculty, phys
ical facilities and many other areas.
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House Suspends Investigation
WASHINGTON—A House subcommittee Monday suspended its
investigation of the defection to the Soviet Union of two U. S. code
specialists. The subcommittee criticized hiring of the men and said
the National Security Agency’s security procedures need study.
Rep. Paul J. Kilday, D-Tex., said it is his view NSA should not
have hired Bernon F. Mitchell and William H. Martin. He said in
formation the agency had at the 'time “showed them to be unstable,
even though specific acts of culpability were lacking.”
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Atlas Streaks 9,000 Miles
CAPE CANAVERAL—A powerful Atlas missile streaked 9,000
miles past the tip of South Africa into the Indian Ocean Monday— ■
and an official reported it was capable of traveling at least 3,000
miles farther.
The missile reportedly hit within two miles of its intended target,
matching the Atlas accuracy record over its normal operational range
of 6,325 miles.
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180,000 Voters in Hawaii
HONOLULU—A record 180,000 voters are expected to go to ,
island polls Nov. 8 as Hawaii for the first time helps elect a U.^^
president.
Nixon, the Republican presidential nominee, became the fh
in history to ask for Hawaiian votes for president.
Democratic nominee Sen. John F. Kennedy planned
poned, his campaign trip here. At this time there is jr
on his appearance.