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The Battalion Volume 59 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1960 Number 39 A&M Studying Name-Change Desireabiiity No Official Steps Have Been Taken FROM CIVILIANS Ruling Brings Mixed Feelings Mixed reactions were recorded among civilian students late yesterday with the revealing of the faculty approval of the new dress proposals drawn up by the Student Senate. The majority of these reactions appeared to favor the opinion that ‘college men should be * mature enough to decide for them selves what they should wear” or “men of college age will not go along with a rule that tells them what they can and can not wear when they wish.” It did seem to be generally agreed that the dress of civilians as a whole is not poor enough to warrant such a proposal. From Senate The proposal rose from the tables of the Student Senate to the College Executive Committee in the form of five istrict propos als. These proposals were as follows: No “T” shirts, including practice jersies, will be worn on the campus by a student unless he is partici pating in an athletic activity. Shower shoes will not be worn outside the dormitory. Tattered trousers will not be worn on campus. Socks will be worn with shoes of all kinds at all times. Students will be required to have a neat appearance on the campus at all times. Of the five proposals, it has been difficult to determine just which one or ones is the most popular or unpopular,, with arguments pre sented for and against each one. Want “T” Shirts Most of the opinion tended to oppose the rule on “T” shirts and practice jersies. Many students said they saw nothing wrong with wearing clean “T” shirts during the warm months. There were practically no ob jections voiced to the rule about shower shoes, with jokes and main topics resulting from these discus sions. Many students also voiced doubts about the method proposed enforce ment of the new ruling. They seemed to feel professors would be hesitant to ask a student to leave class because of his dress. One suggested he might not want to leave class for that reason even if told to do so. World Wrap-Up By The Associated Press Mothers Continue Fighting Integration NEW ORLEANS—Fighting-mad white mothers—vow ing a boycott blockade of integrated schools to the finish- jousted with New Orleans police Tuesday. The mothers lost. Reluctantly, amid yells and screams, the mothers broke their mass picket line under pressure from shoving police. A young white Protestant minister escorted his 5-year-old daughter into William Frantz School. ★ ★ ★ Rockefeller To Seek Re-election ALBANY, N. Y.—Nelson A. Rockefeller announced to day he would seek re-election as governor of New York in 1962. He declined to say whether he would bid for the Re publican nomination for president in 1964. Rockefeller refused to say whether he thought the Re publicans should nominate Vice President Richard M. Nixon again in 1964. The governor said he considered discussions of the next presidential election premature. ★ ★ ★ OOP’S Demand Guarding Of Votes AUSTIN—Texas Republicans Tuesday demanded that all Nov. 8 ballots be placed under guard until their protests against vote counting have been settled. State GOP officials also handed Secretary of State Zol- lie Steakley a petition asking a full dress hearing on the election contest for Dec. 5 ,at 9 a. m. Austin atty. Hardy Hollers requested permission to ap pear before the three-man state board of canvassers Wednes day morning to give detailed arguments for immediate im poundment of the ballots and the ‘Dec. 5 hearing. ★ ★ ★ Churchill Goes Over Greetings LONDON—Sir Winston Churchill, recovering from a back injury, skimmed over thousands of greetings for his 86th birthday on Wednesday. Word leaking out of his London home in Hyde Park Gate Tuesday was that Sir Winston has been deeply moved by the many expressions of good will coming in from every where. ★ ★ ★ UN Company Repulses Attack ELISABETHVILLE, The Congo—A U.N. company of 100 Nigerian soldiers, just three days in Katanga Province, opened up with deadly Sten guns when tribesmen tried to ambush them Monday. A Katanga government spokesman said 30 tribesmen were killed. ★ ★ ★ Assailant Fights To End HUNTSVILLE—Sammy Holmes, 22, Austin Negro, bit terly assailed the courts Tuesday for dooming him to the electric chair at midnight for raping a white grandmother nearly two years ago. “There is nothing I can do about this death sentence and I am ready to die,” he said with a strained smile. “I am not afraid. It takes more than this to scare me.” Freshman Wins State Farm Bureau Contest A freshman agriculture student, Orlan Lester Ihms of Georgetown, has been named state winner of the Texas Farm Bureau speaking contest. Ihms, a poultry science major, won the honor during the Farm Bureau’s annual convention in Dal las. He defeated two oth^r state finalists and was awarded a trophy and an expense-paid trip as Texas’ representative to the national con test at the American Farm Bureau Federation Convention in Decem ber at Denver, Colo. Ihms’ series of talks have been of an extemporaneous nature, one of the requirements of the contests. Also, he has had no training in public speaking, other than a few experiences in 4-H Club work. The 19-year old youth’s rise to the top began on the local level in Williamson county. When the coun ty Farm Bureau announced the speaking event, only one person volunteered to give it a try. Proved Mistake It takes two or more persons to make a contest, so the lone candi date urged Ihms to compete. This turned out to be a mistake by the volunteer because Ihms won. The next stop was the elimina tions event at the state Farm Bu reau convention, where the Aggie ended up as one of three finalists. Final victory came when he edged out his two rivals, one of them 24 years old and the other 28. In each contest, competitors drew speech subjects out of a hat. Then they had 30 minutes in which to prepare a five minute talk. First Talk Ihm’s first extemporaneous talk at the county level was on “Politics in Relation to Agriculture.” In the eliminations event, he discussed the “Importance of Imports and Ex ports In Relation ^o Agriculture.” His final subject was “Direct Sub sidies To Agriculture—Good or Bad? If so, Why?” The A&M student had already established an outstanding record in 4-H Club work. His activities began five years ago. He was reporter and President of his local club, chairman and co- chairman of the county council, co-chairman of the district council, state Civil Defense chairman, dele gate to the National 4-H Congress in 1959 and was Williamson Coun ty’s Gold Star Boy of 1958. Travis B. Bryan, Jr. Explains Chamber of Commerce Merger Bryan, College Station Chamber Merger Explained The president of the Bryan-Col- lege Station Chamber of Commerce addressed the A&M Student Cham ber of Commerce last night. Travis B. Bryan, Jr., met with the stu dent group at 7:30 in the Biologi cal Sciences Lecture Room. Bryan explained the reasons for the merger of the Bryan and Col lege Station chambers of com merce. He listed the primary rea son as duplication of effort. He gave as a secondary reason the necessity of a central agency for the conducting of interviews with industrial firms to attract new in dustries into the Brazos Valley area. Bryan also discussed the pro pose Navasota Dam project. He said the planned dike would form a large lake which would provide a recreation area and a suitable water supply for area industries. The student chamber also heard Bryan give his thoughts as to the functions of a chamber of co merce. He said better community relations, community education and community promotions are principal responsibilities of such a group. Another topic discussed was the present bus station facilities. Stu dent Chamber President Clifford Jackson reported on the group’s efforts for improvements. He read a letter from a Greyhound Bus Lines spokesman which said the company had sites under study for a possible new bus station and res taurant here. The plans for a full page in the Aggieland ’61 were also approved last night. Committee chairmen were ap pointed last night in final chamber action. Chairman of the Visitors Committee is to be Lowell R. Cono- lan, senior industrial education ma jor from Ft. Worth. The chair man of the Professor Relations Committee is Mike Carlo, senior chemistry and math major from Alamo. The Chairman of the Local Relations Committee is Randy An derson, a meteorology major from Campwood. Anderson’s duties include the at tendance of all Bryan-College Sta tion Chamber of Commerce meet ings to provide a general coordin ation of activities. The desirability of changing the name of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas to incorporate the word “University” is now under preliminary study by the College. The Battalion learned yesterday that the matter is simply under study and is being handled through proper channels. No official action has been taken whatsoever. At the request of the Academic Council and the College Executive Committee President Earl Rudder has appointed a committee composed of representatives of each of the schools on the campus, a college-at-large representatives, two advisors and three student leaders to study the adviseability of changing the name. This committee will recommend to the College Executive Committee sometime in the near future. This step, if it should ■suggest a name change, will be the first in a long line of steps to be taken before the namef can be officially be changed. The committee is composed of Price Hobgood of the School of Agriculture, A. F. Isbell of of the School of Arts and Sciences, E. L. Harrington of the School of Engineering, John Milliff of the School of Veterinary Medicine, Lee Duewall of . the College-at- Large, Cadet Col. of the Corps Syd Heaton, Student Senate Pres ident Roland Dommert and Civil ian Student Council ■ President Mike Carlo. Advisors to the com mittee are J. A. Amis, A&M Col lege System Attorney, and J. B. Hervey, executive secretary of the Association of Former Students. The questions to be studied by this committee are: “Should the name of the Colleige be changed?’ 1 ’ and if so, “What should it be?” This committee will report to the College Executive Committee. After this step, the College Exec utive Committee will report to the Board of Directors for the A&M College System through (See STUDY on Page 3) Army ROTC Pact Forms Now Available Qualified students that are in terested in applying for an Ad vanced Army ROTC contract in the spring semester may report to Basic Section, Room 304, Trigon Building and complete the neces sary forms before Dec. 9. General requirements are: Be a citizen of the U. S., must qualify for appointment as second lieuten ant prior to reaching 28 years of age, meet the medical standards prescribed in regulations for ap* pointment in the Army Reserve attain a minimum score of 115 oV, the ROTC Qualifying examination, have completed MS I and II or re ceived credit in lieu therefore and, have passed a minimum of 60 se mester hours and have an A&M GPR of 1 or better. INCLUDES BOWLES, HODGES Kennedy Drops Cabinet Hints Ttv The Asjsnrintpfl WASHINGTON—President-elect John F. Kennedy drop ped hints Tuesday that there may be openings in the new administration for Chester Bowles and Gov. Luther H. Hodges of North Carolina. ALREADY EFFECTIVE $9,000 In Grants Given Foundation Two grants, totaling $9,000, have been made to the A&M Research Foundation by the National Science Foundation. The grants became effective Nov. 10. Principal scientist in the research projects is Dr. Charles D. Holland, Department of Chemi-« cal Engineering. Under Holland’s supervision the work will be car ried on by two graduate students, W. J. Tomme of Little Rock, Ark. and J. A. McDonough of Cincinnati, Ohio, and others. The research projects include, “Development of Convergence Me thods for Distillation Systems,” $6,300, for one year. Tomme will work on this project. The other, for one year, for $2,700, is titled, “To Develop Math ematical Convergence Methods for Making Distillation Calculations for Systems at Minimum Reflux.” McDonough, the holder of a Na tional Science Fellowship, will work on this project. St. Nick Coming To College Station Santa Claus will arrive in Col lege Station at 3:30 p.m. Thurs day, Dec. 1 to visit for a half hour with the children of the city. The A&M Consolidated Band will be on hand at the College Sta tion Post Office when Santa ar rives. The appearance in College Sta tion is part of the activities sponsored by the Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce for the afternoon prior to the Santa parade at 6 p.m. in Bryan. Herb Shaffer is in charge of local arrangements. Coaches’ All ■ America — Page 4 Completed, But To No Avail Aggie end Franklin Fisher (89) dives to on the Texas 20, but Hie play was called make a spectacular grab of a Powell Berry back because of a penalty, killing another pass in the second half of the Texas-A&M prospective Aggie drive. Thanksgiving clash. Fisher comes to rest But Kennedy’s press secretary, Pierre Salinger, said: “The presi dent-elect has not talked to any person and asked him to be a member of his Cabinet.” Neverthless, Kennedy naturally has been searching for people to fill the key posts in the govern ment which assumes power Jan. 20. He expects to name a budget di rector shortly and one or two Cab inet members within the next few days. Bowles is a retiring member of Congress from Connecticut, Hod ges a retiring governor. Both are Democrats. Bowles has figured in specula tion for secretary of state; Hodges for secretary of commerce. Bowles was a breakfast guest at the Kennedy residence in Georgetown. Later, Kennedy talk ed about Hodges with Terry San ford, who is succeeding Hodges in North Carolina, and with State Democratic Chairman Bert Ben- net Jr. In the 65 minutes they were to gether, Kennedy said, they cov ered world conditions in general. Bowles, he said, brought him up to date on conversations with “a good many representatives of oth er' governments, both here and in New York.” As for Hodges, Sanford said: “I told the senator he would be a good man for any position any where in his administration—and he would. The senator listened very carefully.”