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The Battalion Volume 59 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1960 Number 2 . I§jP» till mm mmm MS£, § : m mm lit! A&M To Welcome Tech To Southwest Conference ’ . \ .. I Game Only Part Of Big Weekend Defense A&M’s Ronnie Ledbetter (29) is stopped by a mass of Louisiana State defenders in the season opener last Saturday. Ledbetter was halted after a short jaunt to the Cadet 35 It Was in a play typical of the defensive action featured by both teams in the 9-0 LSU vic tory. It was late in the third quarter before the Tigers scored. Student Wins Pan Am Award For 1960-61 School Year Special to The Battalion Houston—A&M College has an nounced the appointment of Gerry Allen Graham of Casey, 111., as the Pan American Petroleum Foundation fellow in petroleum tngineering for the 1960-61 aca- iemic year. Graham, who will study for the MS degree in petroleum engineer ing here, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Graham of Casey, and a graduate of Casey High School. One of 16 Graham’s fellowship at A&M is one of 16 offered at 15 U. S. col leges and universities for the 1960- 61 academic year by Pan Ameri can Petroleum Foundation, Inc. The foundation was created and is supported by Pan American Petroleum Corp. Each Pan American Petroleum Foundation fellowship carries a stipend of $1,500 for the academic year and covers costs of tuition and fees. Fellows are selected by the institutions where the fellow ships are offered. Free to Pursue All Pan American fellowships are without restrictions, leaving the fellow free to pursue any type of research he and his faculty ad visors select within the defined field of study. The fellow is not obligated to the foundation or its founder in any way, either during his tenure as the fellow or at any time after ward. Graham, who holds a BS degree in mining engineering with a pe troleum option from the Univer sity of Illinois, received a scholar ship there on the basis of a com- RV Applications Being Accepted Applications from juniors for membership in the nation- ally-known Ross Volunteers Company will be accepted until noon Friday. John Kutowski, the company’s executive officer, said last night 75 second-classmen will be> accepted into the company for the packed year’s activities. He related applications could be secured from brigade and wing- supply sergeants and could be sub mitted to Guy Keeling in the west area and Kutowski or Glen Jones, the company commander, in the east area. Company Officers Company officers besides Jones and Kutowski are Keeling, Brant ley Laycock and Malcolm Bolton, platoon leaders; Larry Haygood, first sergeant; and Ronnie Frazier, administrative officer. The only requriements for a position in the company is an over all grade point ratio of at least 1.50. After applications have been submitted for consideration and try-outs have been held, Kutowski said, the company’s active and in active seniors will select the new members. 25 Active Seniors The executive officer added there are 25 active seniors in the com pany and even more inactive first- classmen. Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant of the Corps of Cadets, will re view the seniors’ decision and make the final decision. Kutowski said the list of new members will probably be released late next week, around Friday. He added the list had to be Completed by Oct. 12. In a meeting of the company seniors Monday afternoon dues were collected for the new year and plans discussed. The dues will be used, Kutowski said, to finance numerous company banquets, balls and the annual trip to New Orleans and the'Mardi Gras. Kutowski concluded by saying company sponsors have not been chosen for the year but will be in by next week. Capt. J. W. Sim mons, Capt. J. P. Weise and Lt. C. F. Hornstein were the sponsors for the company last year. petitive examination. He is a studqnt member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers of the Amer-' ican Institute of Mining, Metal lurgical and Petroleum Engineers. In his graduate work at Texas A&M, Graham’s research will be under the director of Prof. Robert L. Whiting. The field of his re search has not yet been selected. Graham plans a career as a prac ticing petroleum engineer, after completion of his studies. In the 24th year of its program in aid to education, Pan American Petroleum Foundation offers fel lowships in five graduate fields of study, including chemistry, geology, geophysics, mechanical engineering and petroleum engi neering. A&M Review Staff to Meet; Positions Open A meeting for all interested in working on the staff of the Texas A and M Review will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the office of the Re view in the basement of the Y.M.C.A. tomorrow. Special attention will be directed toward those interested in express ing talents in photography, writ ing, drawing or illustrating, and advertising and layout. Those in attendance will be given top consideration for the ’60-’61 Review Staff positions that have not been definitely decided pre viously, and there are several avail able. World Wrap-Up By The Associated Press New York Police File Complaint New York Police Commissioner Stephen P. Kennedy filed a for mal complaint with the U. S. State Department Tuesday, accusing Russian Gen. Nicolai Zaharov of “outrageous conduct” during an in cident at the Harlem hotel headquarters of Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro. Kennedy told State Department officials the incident involved a police captain under his command and Zaharov, who is the chief of a special Russian mission sent to New York to check on security ar rangements for Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Kennedy’s report of the affair, an American spokesman said, ac cused Zaharov of “pushing people around” prior to the surprise visit of Khrushchev. ★ ★ ★ ★ Russian Trvinc: for High Jumn Record MOSCOW—Tass, the Soviet news agency, said Tuesday a 19-year- old Russian probably will beat John Thomas’s world high jump record before the end of the year. “Valery Brumel has all the markings of the world’s best high- jumper,” the agency added. Brumel finished second behind a Russian teammate, Robert Shav- lakadze, in the Olympics at Rome when both cleared 7 feet, 1 inch to upset Thomas, America’s world record holder. Thomas was third. Tass said Brumel cleared 7 feet, 2!4 inches last Saturday in a meet and barely missed when the bar was raised to 7 feet, 3% inches, Thomas’ record height. Aggie Date Ducats Now Available At Reduced Price A&M students have the oppor tunity of purchasing date tickets at a reduced rate if they do so before Friday, Barlow (Bones) Irvin, assistant athletic director, said Wednesday. According to Irvin, students who purchase date tickets prior to 5:00 p.m. Sept. 23 may obtain the tick ets for $3.00 each. After Friday, date tickets will cost $4.00. With the exception of the Texas University game, date and student tickets for games away from home will be sold for a period of one week ending at 5 p.m. on the Wednesday preceding the game, he said. Irvin reminded students that athletic activity cards and student identification must be shown be fore purchasing tickets. An announcement will be made at a later date giving the time of the sale of student and date tickets for the TU game, he said. Limited Tuition Scholarships To Be Available A limited number of tuition scholarships' will be available this fall according to an announcement by the Faculty Scholarships Com mittee. These scholarships take the form of refunds for the additional $25 which was added to the matricula tion fee under terms of a bill which was passed by the Texas Legisla ture in 1957. * To qualify for the refunds stu dents must show that the added tuition created a serious financial hardship for them. Other require ments are: (1) applicants must have completed at least one semes ter of work at A&M with an over all grade point average of 1.00 on work taken at this college, (2) ap plicants must be legal residents of Texas, and (3) applications must be filed with the Secretary, Facul ty Scholarships Committee, Office of the Registrar, on or before Oc tober 15. Application forms are now avail able in the Registrar’s Office. Consolidated Adds Seven Instructors Seven new teachers have been approved by the A&M Consolidated School Board for high school instruction, accord ing to W. T. Riedel, school superintendent. Mrs. Tommie Sue Churchill has been approved to teach health and physical education for+~ the system. She is 24, graduated from Georgetown High and South- western University. Her major was physical education and her minor was history. She is the wife of as sistant football coach and head basketball coach Jack Churchill. Nine Months Experience Mrs. Churchill has had nine months of teaching experience at L. A. Scott Junior High in McKin ney. Mrs. Margaret Lee Kemp has been approved for the position of English teacher for the high school. She is 23, and has attended Plano High and East Texas State. She is a graduate of Texas Christian. Mrs. Kemp majored in education with minors in art and English. She taught previously at J. I. Car ter Junior High in Arlington. The new high school mathe matics-science teacher is E. R. Guthrie, a 1951 graduate of A&M Consolidated and a former A&M student. He received his BS in math from Sam Houston. Mrs. V. O. Hensley, with a BA in education from Louisiana State Normal and ten years experience, will teach freshman and senior English. Miss Mary Leland is scheduled to teach mathematics in high school. She holds bachelor and master of science degrees, addi tional math courses at both Allen Academy and Texas A&M, and one year’s experience teaching in Waco. She is a 1944 graduate of A&M Consolidated. Mrs. Juanita Edwards has been approved to teach chemistry and biology, coming from Houston. She attended the University of Houston graduating with a BS in biology. She graduated from Snook High, has worked at Baylor Hos pital and St. Joseph’s Hospital as a medical lab technician, and has spent nine years with the VA Hos pital in Houston. A&M students will welcome Texas Tech into the South, west Conference football championship race Saturday with the first big - weekend of the school year. In addition to the 7:30 clash in Kyle Field, a Class of ’35 Silver Anniversary Reunion, the first regular presentation of Cafe Rue Pinalle, a junior reception by the jazz group, and, of coyrse, Midnight Yell Practice is on the jammed-pack activity slate. Approximately 150 members of the Class, of ’35 are ex pected for their two-day reunion celebration. Registration Friday afternoon the Former Students will register on the second floor of the Me-"* morial Student Center, to be followed by a Cocktail Party at 7 at the Tringle Banquet Room. The reunion dinner is set at 8 Friday night in the Tri angle Dining Room. Registration will also be con ducted all day Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Also Saturday a class luncheon will be held at 11:45 a.m. in the Assembly Room on the second floor of the MSG, class pic tures will be made on the front steps of the MSG at 1:30 p.m. and a class buffet dinner is set in the MSG Assembly Room at 5:30. The group will attend the Aggie- Tech football game in a group at 7:30. Rooms Available College officials have ■ made rooms available in the area for the visitors. A three-hour dance at Cafe Rue Pinalle will pi’ecede yell practice Friday at midnight. The Richard Smith Combo will play for the dance, set at 8:30-11:30. Refresh ments will be served, however there will be no floor show. Admission has .been set at $1 per couple, with no stags being admitted. Committee Heads Harold Taylor, a sophomore business administration major from Houston, is chairman of the Cafe Rue Pinalle committee, a sub-divi sion of the MSC Dance Committee. Gates Whiteley, a junior liberal arts major from Bryan, is chair man of the Dance Committee. The Dance Committee is also in charge of the year’s first all-col lege dance following the Tech clash, with the infamous Dukes of Dixie land to provide dance music. The jazz group will also present a concert Saturday afternoon in Guion Hall. The dance is slated in the MSC (See WEEKEND on Page 3) Grant Requests To Be Heard At CC Meeting Requests for grants from the College Station Community Chest will be presented at a public hear ing set Tuesday at 7:30 p.m., in the Cafeteria of the A&M Con solidated School. This announcement was made today by Dale F. Leipper, general chairman for the 1960 drive. Agencies receiving grants in pre vious years have been asked to submit written proposals by Sept. 24. Groups which have not re ceived such an invitation but which wish to be included may present their needs for consideration. New and continuing requests will all be judged on the basis of merit. After the hearings set for the 27th, the Community Chest budget committee will prepare an over all budget to serve as the basis for this year’s Chest campaign. It is expected that the drive for funds will be conducted in the first two weeks of November. The College Station Chest drive exceeded its goal in the 1959 drive under the chairmanship of J. B. (Dick) Hervey. More than 14 agencies participated in the bene fits from this program. The objective of the Community Chest Campaign is to provide a means whereby all community re quests for funds may be considered at one time by a representative group of citizens. Such considera tion should result in a fair pro portioning of funds according to need and to the value received by the community as a whole. DRAMATIC FORAY OF SIGNIFICANCE Nikita, Castro Meet in i : i iSfliil! inm . 11 I! an By The Associated Press NEW YORK —Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev made a dra matic foray into the heart of Harlem Tuesday, to pay his re spects to Cuba’s bearded Prime Minister Fidel Castro. It was the first known meeting between the two. It held a potential of high sig nificance, this conference between the leader of world communism and the revolutionary hero of Cuba, who is regarded as increasingly edging into Moscow’s sphere. Lasted 40 Minutes Khrushchev was said to have asked for the meeting. It lasted for 40 minutes at the Hotel The resa, where Castro moved Monday night after a public tantrum over midtown hotel accommodations. Interpreters worked back and forth between the stocky Russian and the muscular Cuban, who towered over his guest. The Soviet premier essayed a couple of non political quips that set Castro to laughing. An estimated 5,000 persons screamed and shouted approval as the pait emerged from the hotel onto the sidewalks of blocked-off Seventh Avenue. “I was very much pleased with the conversation I had with Dr. Castro,” Khrushchev said after his return to the Soviet’s United Na tions headquarters on Park Avenue. Drawn by Session Meanwhile, more foreign diplo mats and chiefs of state—Com munist and otherwise—poured into Manhattan, drawn here by a fate ful session of the United Nations, which got under way Tuesday afternoon. Late arrivals included President Tito of Yugoslavia. He smiled broadly and waved his hands to about 100 sympathizers as he dis embarked from the liner Queen Elizabeth. Longshoremen on the pier, however, booed him lustily. Also aboard the Queen Elizabeth was Gen. Mehet Shehu, premier of Albania and a bitter foe of Tito. Some 500 New York City police men guarded the pier for the ar- rviel of Tito and Shehu—a force second only to that monitoring Khrushchev’s arrival at an East .River pier aboard the Soviet liner Baltika Monday. Vexing Problem Security continued to be gravely vexing problem. Khrushchev told the State De partment he resented police han dling of his party in his Harlem visit to Castro. Police Inspector James J. Weldon said much of the confusion was caused by the sur prise nature of Khrushchev’s visit and added: “There was plenty of shoving. I don’t know of any specific incident. There was nothing willful.” Mayor Robert F. Wagner de fended his police force against Cadet Gridders in Full Armor Khrushchev’s complaints. He said the policemen were responding “to the emergency caused by the pres ence here of so many foreign officials who hav^ to be guarded because of the enemies they have made.” Insure Safety Some 8,000 New York police are deployed throughout Manhattan to insure the safety of the visitors, many of them bitterly hated by foreign-born segments of the city’s population. Near rioting broke out Monday night outside Khrushchev’s residence on Park Avenue at 68th Street and again Tuesday outside U.N. headquarters. Strict security was one of the complaints Castro carried to United Nations Secretary-Genei’al Dag Hammarksjold Monday night. Police went right ahead with their tight security precautions, however, setting up a five-block no man’s land in front of U.N. headquarters to keep demonstra tors away from the entrance. 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