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L 4 Suspended In Shooting Of Ag Senior Four students involved in the “sniper” shooting of Jerry Gilliland, senior from Liberty, have been suspended from school, authorities said yesterday. College officials did not release names of those sus pended. + Gilliland was shot in the hand ^ Monday evening, Oct. 17, while returning from Sbisa Dining Hall to Dorm 17. The incident set off an investigation which terminated late last weekend, according to B. A. Zinn, director of student activi ties. Centered on Walton The investigation was centered on Walton Hall, civilian dormi tory where the shot was said to have come from, resulting in the suspension of the four civilian stu dents living there. “We are fully convinced there was no truly malicious intention toward Gilliland in the incident on the part of these students,” said Zinn. “The persons involved said they originally had intended to shoot one of the men working on the contract job across the quadrangle, and it was by pure chance that Freshman Injured In Intramural Football Contest Chris Sowell, freshman in Squad ron 3, was injured Tuesday during tn intramural football game. He Suffered a severe blow on the head. Sowell, 18, was visited in his dorm later in the evening by Dr W. D. Willis, a college physician, and Dr. C. R. Lyons, director,of stu dent health services. Sowell was taken to the College Hospital after the examination. Gilliland was the person hit,” he added. No Indication Zinn said there was no indica tion of personal bad feelings from the students concerning the per sons they attempted to shoot from the dorm. The weapon used was a pellet gun, of the variety using a cart ridge instead of air pressure. Ap parently the cartridge hitting Gil liland was an old one, because if it had been new, it would have been considerably more injurious, said Zinn. “We had many misconceptions of a pellet gun shown by numer ous persons investigated. Some had heard of such a weapon, but had never seen one. Concepts of the pellet gun ranged from an air rifle to some gun more power ful than a .22 Caliber. Some thought Gilliland had been shot with a .22 rifle, when in reality it was a highly powerful pellet ri fle,” said Zinn. Struck in Hand The bullet struck Gilliland in the hand as he stood in front of the flag pole in the quadrangle next to Walton Hall. It entered and left a deep hole, but appar ently struck a bone and bounced back out onto the ground, accord ing to hospital authorities who examined the patient after the in cident. Had the rifle been aimed slight ly higher, there was a possibility of Gilliland being killed, said in vestigating officers. All four stu dents suspended for the deed had left the campus by Tuesday morn ing, said Zinn. f) V The Battalion Volume 59 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1960 Number 23 Enrollment Up Over Last Year SMU Ducats On Sale Now Soph Reception Offers 4 Rare’ View Parents and friends of the Class of ’63 will get a chance to view “the side of A&M life visitors rarely see” at a re ception in the Memorial Student Center Ballroom Saturday from 2-4:30 p. m. ' Class of ’63 President Tony* Thomas said the sophomore class reception would emphasize the dig nity, quiet and reserve that marks the more formal occasions at A&M. e . . .renew old’ “It will be a good opportunity for parents and students to meet each other and, in some instances, to renew old friendships,” he said. “And for those who have trav eled a long way, the reception will offer a chance to rest a little be fore the game.” Thomas said all sophomores would be welcome at the recep tion, particularly those with dates or parents on the campus. dance music will be played all aft ernoon. Reception Line In the reception line to greet the students and their guests will be two officers of the class and their dates and W. D. (Pete) Har desty, student organizations ad visor. Thomas said the dress for the reception would be Class ‘A’ sum mer uniform for cadets, “and something dressy for parents and dates.” Class of ’63 officers working on the reception are Thomas, Scotty Brown, vice president; Ed Sar- tain, social secretary, and Johnny Refreshments will be served and I Burton, secretary-treasurer. Student and date tickets for the A&M-SMU football game in Dallas Nov. 5 went on sale Thursday morning and will re main on sale through 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2. Student tickets for the Corps Trip game are $3 and date tick ets are $4 each. The game will begin at 2 p.m. in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. Lame Away With Spirit Of Campus’ I (Editor’s Note: The following letter has been received from Dr. L. M. Cochran, manager of the J Temple Veterans Administration Center, expressing his thanks and appreciation for the treatment giv en a group of the Center’s patients when they were special guests of the school at the Aggie-TCU game two weeks ago.) “My staff informs me that our group of hospitalized veterans who attended the game at College Sta tion, Oct. 15, had a wonderful time and a thrilling experience when the Aggies tied TCU by a score of 14-14. “The volunteer trip supervisor, Mrs. Margaret Wade, as well as all of our veterans, came away with the spirit of the campus. P. L. Downs, Jr, is a favorite of our group and I understand he played the role of host in his usual man ner that will not be forgotten by those who were treated so royally. “I am very grateful to the offi cials of your fine school for invit ing our veterans and sincerely ap preciate the thoughtful attention given these men by L. B. Moon, L. D. Trevino and 0. C. Plantt at Duncan Hall. “It is a nice feeling we have here at the Temple Veterans Adminis tration Center for Texas • A&M. You have made this great school a reality to many of these veterans who have been confined for years. “May I again thank you for your thoughtfulness and sincerity.” Letters were sent to Downs, President Earl Rudder and repre sentatives of the System’s Infor mation and the Department of Student Publications, College In formation Office, the Department of Athletics, the Department of English and Duncan Dining Hall. NffU mm f. — # : ’Y® , a® ; L ' f NOV. 4 APPLICATION DEADLINE Science Aids Available Three National Science Fellow ships were announced by Dr. Wayne C. Hall, dean of the Grad uate School, yesterday. The Fellowships include Coop erative Graduate Fellowships, Summer Fellowships for Graduate Teaching Assistants and Regular Graduate Fellowships. Cooperative Graduate Fellow ships for the 1961-62 school year are available to all graduate stu dents and graduating seniors ad mitted to the Graduate School prior to the beginning of the 1961- 62 school year. Candidates must show demonstrated ability and special qualifications for advanced training in the sciences to be eli gible. Applications must be received ir the Graduate School by Nov. 4. The annual stipend for this fel lowship is $2,000. Tuition and fees will be paid by the participating institution. The awards are made on a com petitive basis by March 15, 1961 Preliminary evaluation of applica tions and recommendations arc made at A&M and further evaula tion and screening is done by i panel of scientists at Washington, D. C. Up to 21 candidates for the Cooperative Graduate Fellow ships can be recommended. Applications for Summer Fel lowships for Graduate Teaching Assistants for the summer of 1961 must be received by the Dean of Graduate Studies by Dec. 9, 1960, Hall said. Applicants must have had at least one academic year of experi ence as graduate teaching assist ants prior to summer school, 1961. Stipends are not less than $50 per week and not more than $75 per week up to 12 weeks. Tuition and fees will be paid for the student by the institution. Ten candi dates can be recommended for this fellowship. Students, who are citizens or nationals as of Mar. 1, 1961, study- ng for the master’s or doctoral legrees in the physical, biological, mathematical, special social sci- mces, and engineering sciences are eligible to apply for Regular Graduate Fellowships. College seniors who expect to receive a baccalaureate degree during the 1960-61 academic year are also eligible. Three categories of fellowships exist. First year fellowhips, stu dents who have completed less than one normal year of graduate study, will receive an annual stip end of $1,800. Intermediate Fel lows, students who completed at least one normal year of graduate study but who require more than one additional year to complete the Ph.D., will receive an annual stipend of $2,000. For Terminal Year Fellows, students who expect to complete the requirements for a doctoral degree within one year after receiving the fellowship, the annual stipend will be $2,200. Applications must be received by the Fellowship office by Jan. 6, 1961. Married students are eligible to receive a dependency allowance of $500 for each dependent. Tuition and fees are paid by NSF National Science Fellowships. Special equipment and materials or un usual research expenses are per mitted up to $250. Additional information and ap plication forms for all three fel lowships are available in the Grad uate School Office on the second flood of the Richard Coke Build ing. Getting the Information This is one of eight like groups that met in as Agricultural Extension Service employ- different buildings on the campus this week ees. The annual conference started Monday to discuss various topics of interest to Tex- and ends Thursday night. TAES CONFERENCE Michigan State Chancellor Emphasizes Public Info By MORRIS ASBILL Michigan State University Chan cellor D. B. (Woody) Varner spoke to the annual Texas Agricultural Extension Service conference group yesterday on “Public Rela tions and You.” His speech and the Epsilon Sig ma Phi dinner were the big items on the agenda of the TAES con ference crowd of 725. He discussed the importance of keeping the public informed of ag ricultural extension activities, with special emphasis on two of several defined publics. The two Varner emphasized are farm people, or producers, and elected officials, or appropriating bodies. He also included the mass media, agricultural businesses and the general public as people not to "be forgotten by extension in formation sources. V. G, Young, State Agricultural Agent, said the task Varner de scribed is the job of each individual in the Agricultural Extension Service. Epsilon Sigma Phi is a national honorary society of Agricultural Extension workers. A person must have served in extension work 10 or more years to be eligible for membership in the society. A plaque, given by the County Judges and Commissioners’ Asso ciation of Texas, was presented to nine retired members of the so ciety at the Epsilon Sigma Phi dinner in the Ballroom of the Me morial Student Center last night at 6:30. Recipients of the plaques were: World Wrap-Up By The Associated Press Half of Available Cotton Bowl Ducats Gone DALLAS—The first three days of the mail sale of Cotton Bowl tickets brought applications for half of the 25,000 available to the public, secretary Howard Grubbs said Wednesday. With seven days to go on the sale, all indications are that there will be a sell-out for the Jan. 2 game matching the Southwest Confer ence champion and an invited team. The Cotton Bowl seats 75,504 but only 25,000 tickets can be bought by the public. The remainder goes to the competing schools and bond holders of the Cotton Bowl. ★ ★ ★ German Army Moves Into France PARIS—German soldiers rolled into France again-not as foes this time but as allies who will train on French soil. Advance detachments of panzer and parachute troop battalions from the West German army Wednesday headed for French bases at the old battle grounds of Sissone and Mourmelon, flanking the cathe dral town of Reims. France agreed to allow West German soldiers to train here because the growing German army, a keystone of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is cramped on its home grounds. ★ ★ ★ Parking Meter Saves Life KENEDY, Tex—A parking meter in front of Waylon Houck’s jewelry store will have a warm spot in his heart from now on. It saved Houck’s life in Kenedy’s flash flood Tuesday night. The jewelry store owner tied a rope around himself and, with a companion holding one end, sought to enter his flooded store during the height of the flood. But as he inched toward the building the rope slipped from his body and the swirling waters carried him down Main Street. Fortunate ly, Houck managed to grab the parking meter and cling to it until rescued. Said Houck Wednesday: “Every time I pass that meter, I’m going to drop in a nickle.” Jean Steele, Hidalgo County; Frank Brunnemann, Cameron County; Pearla Coffman, Archer County; Ralph R. Thomas, Gray County; Charles H. Clark, Hill County; Willett S. Foster, El Paso County and Sadie Hatfield, How ard Broach and Nena Roberson of the A&M staff. Public Relations Reports Public Relations Reports were made‘this morning in the general session. Some of the subjects re ported on were: Within the Ex tension Organization Itself, The Parent Institution, Elected and Appointed Officials, Relationships with Organizations, Business, Re lationships with Mass Media Per sonnel, Governmental Agencies and Other Colleges and Universities in the State, and Individuals and Families. President Earl Rudder also ad dressed the morning group on “Your A&M College of Texas”. Tonight’s Program The big item for tonight is the Joint Agent’s Association Banquet to be held in the Sbisa Hall An nex. “The Challenge Ahead” will be described by P. V. Kepner, admin istrator of the Federal Extension Service in Washington. His will be the last major address of the conference. UN Club Plans Birthday Celebration The United Nations Club of A&M will hold a birthday celebra tion tomorrow at 7:30 p. m. in the YMCA Building Featured at the event will be a rock ’n roll combo and a short talk by Dr. J. M. Nance, head of the Department of History and Government at A&M. Dr, Nance will speak on “The Activities and Achievements of the United Uations Organization.’ Election of officers will also be held after the musical entertain ment, Dr. Nance’s talk, and a re freshment period. All persons interested in learn ing more about the vast and far- reaching United Nations Organiza tion are invited to join the club. Ag School Claims Highest Increase By ALAN PAYNE Final enrollment figures released yesterday show 7,221 students enrolled at A&M this semester, an increase of 137 from the first semester last year. The School of Engineering claims the largest percentage of students enrolled, with 2,974, or 41 per cent of the student body. The School or Arts and Sciences follows with 2,360, or 33 per cent of the enrollment. The School of Agriculture is thiird with 1,231 students, or 17 per cent. The School of Veterinary Medicine has 481 students for seven per cent of the enrollment, General curriculum claims 175 students and two per cent.*“ All of the percentages in- clud freshmen, sophomores, juniors, fifth year, sixth year, graduate and special students. Biggest Increase Compared with last year’s fig ures, the School of Agriculture shows the biggest percentage in crease of students, being up two per cent. The School of Veterinary Medicine is up one per cent, the School of . Arts and Sciences is up one per cent. The School of Engineering, how ever, is down four per cent. Gen eral curriculum students remain two per cent of the enrollment. Last fall’s final enrollment total was 7,094. Of the 7,221 currently enrolled, 764, or 9.3 per cent are graduate students. The School of Agricul ture boasts the largest total, 234. The School of Engineering follows with 218, the School of Arts and Sciences has 206 and the School of Veterinary Medicine has 16 grad uates. Freshman Class Largest The freshman class has the lar gest percentage of students—32.4 per cent, or 2,336. This division of freshmen is by academic classifica tion and includes not only freshmen who enrolled in September, but all students who do not have 30 hours and 30 grade points. Academic seniors compromise 20.8 per cent or 1,502 students for second honors, followed by aca demic juniors with 17.9 per cent or 1,292 students. Sophomores com promise 16.1 per cent of the stu dent body, or 1,160 students. There are 131 special students, 76 fifth year students and 50 sixth year students. All 50 sixth year students are in the School of Vet erinary Medicine. Punkin Crick Setting For CHS Show “Y’all come” will be the hill billy yodel when the Speech De partment of A&M Consolidated High School presents “Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick” Nov. 3 and 4 in the Consolidated School cafe teria. Everything is fine and spankin’ dandy on Mrs. Berry’s Oklyhomy farm until a sly speculator takes a suspicious interest in her old broken down farm. Aaron comes to her rescue just in time to find himself betwitched by the mys terious Lady in Red. Aaron Slick will be played by Ronald Lockley. Others in the cast are Mr. Wilbur Merridew, Bob Fitts; Clarence Green, Jody Rush; Little Sis Riggs, Judith McCorvey; Mrs. Berry, Shirley Rodgers, and the Lady in Red, Janet Darrow. There will be plenty of enter tainment in the “Red Eye Saloon” as the Saloonetts (Bengal Bells) will demonstrate a catchy can-can as one of the variety acts during intermission. A rink-a-tink piano player will add to the rip-roarin’ fun. The “Red Eye” hostesses will be Wallace Ann Chamblee and Mary Anne Franklin. They will sell real old-fashioned pie and pink lemonade. Byron Pruitt, the bar tender, will set up the drinks. Tickets are limited and will be sold in advance by calling VI 6- 5694. All tickets are 75 cents. u If HI llllill » v m mlm r* li It II it ill II ill HI mm mm ili! 1 1* ’Mu. The Lady In Red Janet Darrow, with the glass, is the mysterious “Lady in Red” in the Consolidated High School production of “Aaron Slick from 'Punkin Crick.” Applauding her toast in this scene taken at a rehearsal of the show Wednesday night are, (left to right), Marcy Goode, Jody Rush, Maiden Nichols, Molly Martin and Mary Ann Hollis.