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Goals
Given Senate
By Hannigan
By ALAN PAYNE
Battalion News Editor
An impressive list of goals for the 1960-61 school year
was presented members of the Student Senate last night by
James P. Hannigan,'dean of students.
Hannigan, speaking at the first meeting of the organi
zation this year, listed ten campus’^
organizations he felt the Senate
would do well to form a closer
relationship with.
These organizations included
the Intercouncil Committee, Cam
pus Visitors’ Committee, Inter
faith Council, Council of Presi
dents of Hometown Clubs, Student
Chamber of Commerce, Minor
Sports Club, Yell Leaders and Bon-
Pire Committee, Intramural Man
agers Committee, various schools’
honor societies, foreign students
and several others.
The dean also told the near 100
per cent representation present he
would like to see more election
campaigning and bigger turn-outs
in campus elections.
Honor Code Advocated
Hannigan also urged the group
to back the formation of a student
honor code, now being considered
by various student groups. The
dean said he felt honor on the
campus of A&M is “very fine
compared to other schools, but we
still could use a clear-cut, accept
able, easily enforced honor code.”
The dean also brought up the
possibilities of establishing a code
of dress on campus. He empha
sized, however, only a few students
seriously violate accepted modes
of dress.
“But there is a point at which
I think you will agree a reasonable
request will be acceptable,” Han
nigan added.
Committees Cited
Hannigan cited the Senate’s
four committees as the best groups
to bring together the organization
and the various campus groups he
listed as not being closely enough
associated with the Senate.
He called the Senate a very im
portant coordinating agency to
bring thees groups together in a
liaison.
The Senate’s four committees
and their respective chairmen are
the Issues Committee, Roger Rat
liff; Student Life Committee, Billy
Bob Hutson; Student Welfare
Committee, Richard Vander Stu-
cken, and Public Relations Com
mittee, Bob Bower.
In other Senate business enacted
before Hannigan’s address, sen
ators were elected to the posts of
Senate chaplain and Senate cor
responding secretary.
Brantley Laycock was elected
chaplain over Jimmy Johnson,
while Tim Pixley was elected cor
responding secretary by acclama
tion.
Respective Duties
Laycock’s duties will consist of
giving invocations at Senate meet
ings and various student gather
ings, while Pixley will be respons
ible for handlinng Senate corre
spondence from other schools.
Thf meeting began with commit
tee reports from three of the Sen
ate’s four committees. Vander
Stucken and Bower gave reports
for their committees, while Senate
President Roland Dommert gave a
report for the Student Life Com
mittee in the absence of Chairman
Hutson, who has the flu.
Ag Rodeo Riders
Hindered By Rain
Mud and rain were the order of
the day for the opening night of
the All-Aggie Rodeo. But in spite
of the inclement conditions the lo
cal cowboys and cowgirls put on
an outstanding exhibition.
Only one contestant qualified in
bareback bronc riding, the first
event. Philip Cox, riding a horse
called Elvis Presley received 155
points for his efforts.
The calf ropers fared somewhat
better. Three entrants, Jay Tripp,
Dick Withers, and Brazos Varsico
qualified with respective times of
14.2, 14.8, and 15.2 seconds.
Six of the girls entered in the
barrel race were able to qualify.
The quagmire conditions of the
arena made the quick turning dan
gerous, and all the girls were im
peded by sliding in their turns.
The times for the race were: Jo
Walling 19.2, Betty Holiday 19.8,
Dawn Tripp 20.0, Ann Holiday
20.0, Georgia Cobb 20.8, and Gloria
Rice 21.9.
In the ribbon roping, contestants
were required to rope a calf and
return to the starting gate with
the ribbon which was attached to
the calf’s tail. Five entrants were
able to make qualifying times, Jay
Tripp with 13.7 seconds, followed
by Fred Smith, 18.5; Sam German,
20.4; Brazos Varisco, 29.5; and Jer
ry Andis, 30.7.
Winning the steer wrestling was
Rodney Butler with a time of 9.5
seconds. Behind Butler were four
cowboys, John Beall, 17.o; Don
Workman, 19.2; Kenneth Beasley,
27.8; and Jimmy Theek, 1:01.0.
No riders in the bull riding event
were able to qualify.
Two intramural events, a calf
scramble and a wild cow saddling,
were held during the rodeo. Both
turned into a mud bath for the
boys entered.
In the freshman events Simpton
of C-l won the calf scramble with
a time of 1 minute and 8 seconds.
The cow saddling team from
Squadron 12 won that event in 1
minute and 18 seconds. Following
Squadron 12 in the cow saddling
were Maroon Band, 1:56.2; Squad
ron 4, 2:04.2; F-2, 2:50; and D-l,
2:56.
Second place in the calf scram
ble went to Adkins of Squadron 8
with a time of 1 minute and 37
seconds, followed by Powers of
K-2, 1:51; Britten of G-3, 1:59;
and Chambless of D-l, 2:45.
Company H-l won the upper
classmen’s cow saddling with a
time of 1 minute and 31 seconds,
followed by Squadron 2, 1:42; G'-3,
1:45.6; Squadron 10, 2:03.5; and
D-2, 2:50.
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A&M Again
Given Military
College Rating
A&M was inspected Oct. 3-4
by a joint Air Force-Army in
spection team and was found
qualified to receive again thq
Class MC (military college) rates
of commutation only for those
formally enrolled cadets who are
housed in military dormitories
on the campus.
These rates are double the ci
vilian college rates.
All other formally enrolled ca
dets, those who live off the cam
pus and in dormitories with non
members of the Corps, are en
titled to the Class CC (civilian
college) rates.
Col. Joe Davis, Commandant
of the College, expressed appre
ciation to cadet commanders for
the manner in which they have
accepted responsibility and to all
members of the Corps of Cadets
for their successful efforts in
maintaining the military college
classification.
Dean of Students James P.
Hannigan expressed his apprecia
tion to the Military and Air Sci
ence staffs, the Commandant of
the College and the Tactical Of
ficers and especially the members
of the Corps of Cadets who have
so promptly taken up the reins
of the cadets who have graduated
and whose leadership ability and
initiative have made Corps such
a fine organization so soon after
- the opening of school.
CSC Filings Open
For Civilian Posts
Filings for day student repre
sentative to the Civilian Student
Council are open until 5 p.m. today
and day students can file at either
W. G. Breazeale’s office in Pur-
year Hall or the office of R. O.
Murray, Jr. in the Basic Division
Building.
The election will be held tomor
row from 8 p.m.-6 p.m. in the
Housing Office, and winners will
be notified by Thursday morning.
Fergason Speaks
To Vet Society
Dr. James L. Fergason, of Win-
rock Farms, Morrilton, Ark., will
be guest speaker at a Student
Chapter meeting of the American
Veterinary Medical Assn, to be
held today in the Veterinary Hos
pital Amphitheater.
Dr. Fergason’s topic will be
“Artificial Insemination and the
Transfer of Live Ova.” He has
just returned from Europe where
he has made a study of the sub
ject.
Ags Enthusiastic In Drills;
Underdogs Against UofH
Pet. E. Meet
To Emphasize
Evauation
Registrants at the third Ad
vanced Petroleum Reservoir Engi
neering Course to be held here
Oct. 31-Nov. 11 will learn the
latest methods of evaluating per
formance of petroleum reservoirs.
This information may be used
as a basis of selecting field oper
ating procedures to achieve opti
mum recovery.
D. M. Bass Jr., A&M petroleum
engineering professor and one of
the course instructors, said the
two-week-long session includes 17
hours of lecture on rock properties,
fluid properties and basic reser
voir mechanics.
Sixteen hours of lecture and
computations will cover well per
formance and 50 hours of lecture
and computation will be devoted
to reservoir performance.
He said the current offering is
an outgrowth of summer courses
offered in 1956 and 1957. It was
first offered in the present form
in the fall of 1959.
The course starts at 8 a.m.
the first day in the Industry
Course room of the recently com
pleted W. T. Doherty Petroleum
Engineering Building, Professor
Bass said.
The instructor said students in
attendance will include represen
tatives of 15 major and indepen
dent oil companies.
One of the registrants is from
India, three from Venezuela, two
from California, one from Louisi
ana, two from Oklahoma, one from
Mississippi and eight from Texas.
Companies represented are the
Burmah Oil Co., Assam, India;
Califarnia Co., New Orleans, La.;
California Research Corp., La
Habra, Calif.; Delhi-Taylor Oil
Corp., H. J. Gruy and Associates,
Inc., Lone Star Producing Co., all
of Dallas; Kewanee Oil Co., Sin
clair Research Laboratory, Tulsa,
Okla.; Lion Oil Co., Texas Gas
Transmission Co., Houston; Rich
mond Exploration Co., Maracaibo;
Venezuelan Sun Oil Co., Caracas
and Wireline Engineers, S. A.,
Zulia, all of Venezuela; Tennessee
Gas and Oil, Shreveport, La.; Tide
water Oil Co., Ventura, Calif.
Instructors in addition to Bass
are Robert L. Whiting, head of
the Department of Petroleum En
gineering and Prof. James W.
Amyx of the Department.
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Lineup Changes
In 1st, 2nd Units
By JOE CALLICOATTE
Battalion Sport's Editor
Coach Jim Myers was quite happy yesterday afternoon
after his Aggie footballers were literally filled with “get up
ig and go” as they went through a relatively short workout,
\A preparing for Saturday’s game with the University of Hous
ton Cougars.
The practice session was one of the most spirited in a
long time said Myers after he had been disappointed in the
Cadet progress earlier in the week.
The first and second team worked for about an hour
; yesterday, with the third and fourth team sticking it out
I about twenty minutes longer. In evidence of this week’s
' spirit, the practice field was filled with enthusiastic chatter.
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A&M—University of Houston Clash
... Ags get second win of year?
World Wrap-Up
By The Associated Press
Spokesman Warns Against Intervention
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.—A spokesman for the former French
Congo warned Thursday against foreign intervention in Africa as well
as too fast a spread of Pan-Africanism.
Foreign Minister Stephane Tchicelle was the first to speak for
any of 16 new African nations in U.N. General Assembly debate.
Much of his statement was an attack on Portuguese rule over An
gola and Mozambique, vast areas that are among the few foreign-held
parts of sub-Saharan Africa. The Portuguese said they would reply in
detail Friday.
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Red China Issue In U.N.
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.—The U.N. General Assembly plunged
Thursday night into a wrangle over the Red China membership issue.
The United States, aware it had aroused resentment in the powerful
Asian-African bloc, still was confident of barring action.
The Soviet bloc opened the debate with a new attack on the United
States keyed to the theme of discrimination against Negroes in the
United States, already raised in the assembly by Soviet Premier
Khrushchev Saturday.
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Six Texas Cities Ask Better Air Service
DALLAS—Half a dozen Texas cities plus Shreveport, La., asked
a Civil Aeronautics Board examiner Thursday for better airline service,
or at least facilities as good as at present.
The board is trying to determine routes and local carriers that can
best serve 60 cities in Texas and states that surround it. Witnesses
appeared from San Angelo, Temple, Texarkana, Sherman, Waco, Pecos
and Shreveport.
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V store for the Aggies first and
second units this week as Rus-
v 1 sel Hill regained his starting
'' position at right end ahead of
Bob Phillips. This will be Hill’s
> first appearance as a starter this
. T . fall after he won the honor in
•<; spring training.
Joe Eilers and Wayne Freiling
“swapped” positions again this
week at the right tackle slot after
^.Fi'eiling started last week against
Trinity. Both men have been see
sawing at the first team tackle
spot all season.
The Aggies were fortunate not
to receive any injuries against
Trinity last week.
Randy Sims and Lee Roy Caf-
fey, who were out last week, also
will return to action this week
along with Jim Murphy, Babe
Craig and George Hogan, who had
light cases of the flu earlier in
the week.
Although the Aggie pass protec
tion was described by Myers as
sloppy in Wednesday’s practice,
the offensive passing game looked
improved. Myers said Ronnie
Brice has looked real good throw
ing the ball all week.
Although the Cougars brought
back a host of injured players aft
er their game with Oregon State
last week in Portland they are
still picked to win over the Ag
gies.
Practice sessions started late for
Houston this week as they were
a day late coming back from Ore
gon and rain slackened another
practice.
The Aggies left for Houston to
day about 3:15 and, on arrival, the
40-man squad will hold a short
workout at Rice Stadium.
Band Members
Seek Sponsors
In Houston
Still plugging and hoping fof
the best, two band members aro
journeying to Houston this week
end seeking sponsors for their trip
to Washington and the president’s
inauguration Jan. 17-20.
Walter R. (Bubba) Willms, com
mander of the Consolidated Bands
and Charles Chandler, major on
the Consolidated Bands staff will
leave tomorrow morning, hoping to
talk to oil men and others in Hous
ton. They are seeking $3,000 to
defray some of the expenses of the
trip.
Texas’ Adjutant General K. L.
Berry has offered transportation
for the ROTC members of the
band.
Dean of Students James P. Han
nigan has already expressed a de
sire to see the group go, and has
given his approval to the Houston
trip.
Willms said the band was still
willing to take on the trip if the
difficulties could be worked out.
“We are still ready to go, and
if we are successful in Houston
tomorrow, we should have over
come one of the largest hurdles,”
he said.
CORRECTION
The Ross Volunteer initiation
banquet will be held Tuesday,
Oct. 11 instead of Wednesday,
Oct. 12 as announced in The Bat
talion Thursday.
Restrictions
On Dorm Area
Driving Issued
A memorandum outlining a new
policy for driving cars in the
dormitory areas was issued yes
terday by the Office of the Com
mandant.
The memorandum issued the fol
lowing instructions:
Any student who has reason to
drive into the dorm area must
first obtain written permission
from either his tactical officer,
the tactical O.D., the Comman
dant’s office or Campus Security.
Cadet commanders and other
cadets responsible for the enforce
ment of other published restric
tions, tactical officers and the
Cadet Guard are charged to appre
hend any unauthorized vehicle in
the dorm area.
The driver or owner of the un
authorized vehicle will be assessed
10 demerits. Civilian students will
be reported to their counselors.
The memorandum said the re-
structions would be relaxed to per
mit loading and unloading at the
end of each semester.
IT’S NOT ASIAN FLU THIS TIME
Flu Attack Subsiding
After 600 Cases Treated
Texas A&M’s flu attack is sub
siding. That was the word from
Dr. C. R. Lyons, director of stu
dent health services, Thursday
night.
“The number of students report
ing with upper respiratory ail
ments has definitely slowed down,”
Dr. Lyons said. “If there is any
break in the weather it should
clear up completely,” he said. “We
definitely have nothing to be
alarmed about,” he said.
Large Number of Colds.
Between 150 to 300 students had
been reporting to the hospital ev
ery day for flu and cold treatment.
The addition of a nurse to the
staff to treat only colds has great
ly speeded up treatments.
The type of flu that has hit the
A&M campus is of a virus type,
not the Asian variety of 1957. The
drenching received by students at
the A&M-Texas Tech game may
have been the cause of the on
slaught of ills. The attack of flu
has been called the worst ■ since
1957 when 2,000 students were af
flicted.
Over 600 Cases
Since Sept. 29 the hospital has
treated over 600 students for cold
and flu symptoms. About 20 stu
dents are now hospitalized with
the flu. The average stay for flu
victims is about two days.
Freshmen seem to be catching
the brunt of the virus. Lack of
sleep is one of the contributory
causes to the sickness.
Students Seek Treatment
Hospital spokesmen emphasize
that students seeking cold or flu
treatment should come to the hos
pital between the hours of 8 a.m.
and 5 p.m. Because of the over
load of cases only emergencies can
be taken care of after hours. Only
one nurse and an assistant nurse
are on night duty and they are
kept busy caring for bedridden
patients.
Dr. Lyons advised the best re
sistance builder is enough sleep,
and said this explains why the ma
jority of flu cases are freshmen.
Not yet being totally adjusted to
the active lives that they have
been leading the last several weeks
is a determining factor, he said.
“We have been able to handle
the students much better now that
we have opened our cold clinic.
We have hired another nurse, and
have been treating a larger num
ber of students as a result,” said
Dr. Lyons.
Other Ailments
Besides colds, flu, sore throats
and ear aches, the hospital has had
to treat a large number of blis
ters.
“This blister problem is to be
expected, with over 2,000 freshmen
breaking in their new military
shoes, but the problem should die
down eventually,” said Mrs. Hom
er Shultz, receptionist at the hos
pital.