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> ( The Battalion Volume 69 COLLEGE STATION. TEXAS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1960 Number 44 Sharp, Ahmed Keynote SCONA Sessions ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 848 FRESHMEN VOTE; NINE WIN POSITIONS OfficerCand ida tes Await Runoffs A total of 848 votes were cast yesterday as freshmen went to the polls to choose their class officers and their representatives to the Student Senate and the Election Com mission. Final selections for class offices will not be made until a runoff election is held Dec. 15. In the runoff race for president are Larry Burgoon and Frank R. Kiolbassa. Slated for runoff positions in the race for vice president are Mike C. Dodge and Vic Mitchell. In the race for secretary-treasurer are Sam W. Blisin- game, Macky L. Brittain and “Butch” H. Johnson. Gibler, Former Latin Counsul, To Speak Here A former United States Consul in Mexico, Fran Gibler, will speak tomorrow night to members of the A&M Pan American Club. His subject will be “Relations Between the Countries in the Americas.” The address will be gin at 8 p.m. in the Ballroom of the Memorial Student Center. There will be a reception after wards. Gibler was a staff writer for the Houston Chroncile while with the troops of Panche Villa and a writer of the famed Scripps-Ho- Ward papers. He has also been a member of the Mexican Commit- lee against Soviet expansion on the American Continent. In the runoffs for social secretary are “Mac” G. Cook and William C. Sturgeon. Elected to the Student Sen ate in yesterday’s polling were Warren M. Dillard, Michael E. Keeling, John H. Kirk and James W. Smith. Chosen as Election Commission representatives yesterday were Bill A. Matthews, Tommy Ransdell, Ricky Shaw, A. M. Williams and Warren R. Woods. Elected to the Student Welfare Committee was James C. LaGrone. LaGrone ran unopposed. A total of 83 persons ran for the 14 available positions. Returns Returns in the presidential race: Robert C. Balfour, 61; Larry Burgoon, 97; Gary L. Doerre, 50; Paul A. Dresser, 41; Gilbert Fore hand, 48; Howard M. Head, 84; H. Gary Jernigan, 28; Frank R. Kiol bassa, 85; Mike L. Lutich, 69; George L. McWilliams, 52; David L. Minaldi, 53; Bill K. Monier, 39; (See ELECTION on Page 4) Harlow Rawls, 30, and “Mouse” Steen, 33. Results in the race for vice pres ident: Ted Bernard, 48; Jim C. Carter, Sharp Arrives For SCONA VI Secretary of the Air Force Dudley Sharp lines formed by members of the Ross Volun- ascends the steps of the Memorial Student teers are Glenn Jones, RV commander; Center yesterday after arriving for SCONA Sharp, SCONA General Chairman Tom Reed VI. Sharp spoke last night at the confer- and President Earl Rudder, ence. Others pictured in the center of the ‘WILL AGGIES STAND FOR IT?’ Austin Paper Wonders About A&M Name-Change World Wrap-Up By The Associated Press Human Tissue Fired Into Orbit VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.—The Ai f Force, using a new “hot rod” booster, fired into polar orbit Wednesday a Discover satellite containing human tissue and spy gadgets. ★ ★ ★ Aftermath of Memorial Day WASHINGTON—Navy records show evidence that some victims of the Pearl Harbor attack died of suffocation after living for days trapped in the bomb-and torpedo-battered hulks on battleship row. ★ ★ ★ Oriental Province Under Martial Law LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo—The head of the Congo’s provisional government announced Wednesday night Presi dent Joseph Kasavubu has placed rebillious Oriental Province under martial law. Hammarskjold Warns of Withdrawal UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.—Secretary-General Dag Ham marskjold warned the U.N. Security Council Wednesday night that the Congo would be plunged into chaos and an archy if U.N. forces are withdrawn. Schoolteacher’s Body Found ROSWELL, N.M.—The dismembered body of an Artesia, N. M., school teacher and choir master was found in a corn field in Southeastern New Mexico and authorities said it was the work of a “sadistic killer.” JFK To Back NATO Armory LONDON—Informal word reaching Britain Wednesday night indicates President-elect John F. Kennedy intends to back current U. S. plans to give NATO its own nuclear armory. (Editor’s note: The following article appeared in the Austin American, Dec. 3, under the by line of Marj Wightman.) Will tomorrow’s Aggies be known as the Staters, the UTCS’, the South Texans or . . . just about anything but the shiny booted, die- to-the-12th-maH laddie from Col lege Station? They may. The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas may die, only to be replaced by a type setter’s reincarnation as: Texas State University? South Texas University? The University of Texas at College Station? A&M University of Texas? The Big “Why” The idea, as you may have guessed, is to get the word “uni versity” into the name of the school. Don’t the Aggies like being Aggies any more? Of course, they do. As any alum will tell you at the drop of a senior boot, they’d rather be Aggies than angels. But, in this world of sudden dollar-shuffling around the Ivory Tower you aren’t anything unless you are a university. That is, you don’t get the research grants that go with university rank. Committee at Work So right now President Earl Rudder, cognizant as all college prexies must be of the value of research grants, has a committee working to study the name change. Should it be? And, if so, to what? Once the college executive com mittee has the answer due in a few months, it will report to the board of directors through Chancellor M. T. Harrington of the Texas A&M System. Then a new name for the pride of College Station will be proposed to the Legislature. "Our Town’ Stand Begins Tonight By RUSSELL BROWN Tonight’s the night to see it Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” will make a two-night stand in the A&M Consolidated High School Auditorium beginning at 8 p. m., sponsored and presented by the 1961 senior class of A&M Consolidated High School. Produced and directed by Mrs. Ermine Worrell, the unique bare- staged portrayal of small town life in Grover’s Corners, N. H., will unfold, letting the audience decide for itself the actions and plot of the characters. Bob Adams will play the part of the Stage Manager, visible to the audience to set the mood of the play and to express Wilder’s thoughts on Life and Death in the New Hampshire town. Jim Riggs is Doc Gibbs, the always-smiling town doctor and Mblly Martin is his wife, a typical worrying mother to George, her 16-year-old son as played by Bob White, and Rebecca, the dominat ing younger sister, as acted by Donna Dale. Across the back walk live the Webbs. Mr. Webb puts out the Grover’s Corners Sentinel twice a week and is played by Russell Brown. His emotional wife, who is played by Kathleen Heaton, always keeps a watchful eye on her 16-year-old daughter Emily, portrayed by Blair Perryman and Angela Wallace, and Emily’s younger brother Wally, played by Bob Laurenson. Hear the latest gossip dbout the drunk choir director (Tom Let- better as Simon Stimson) from the town busy-body (Wallace Ann Chamblee as Mrs. Soames), or from Howie Newsome, the friendly milkman (Larry Maddox), or from Mr. Warren, the aging town con stable (Dave Garrison). - r SCONA Activities Progress “If You Want to Lobby . . .” If you want to lobby one way or the other, the committee members are Price Hobgood of the School of Agriculture, A. F. Isbell of the School of Arts and Sciences, E. L. Harrington of the School of Engi neering, John Milliff of the School of Veterinary Medicine, Lee Due- wall, representing the College-at- Large, Cadet Colonel of the Corps Syd Heaton, Student Senate Presi dent Roland Dommert and Civilian Student Council President Mike Carlo. Their problem is one that has been solved before. Oklahoma A&M is now Oklahoma State University, Iowa State College is now Iowa State University, ditto Michigan, Pennsylvania, etc. There is precedent and there is money to be made. But, all over Texas there’s still a question. Will Old Aggies stand for it? Xmas Seal Campaign Gets Boost The 1960 Christmas Seal cam paign sponsored by the Brazos County TB Association, are being given a boost by the high school choirs of Bryan and College Sta tion as they present a series of programs featuring Christmas music on Station KBTX-TV. The programs are being given on Town Talk, beginning this morning and continuing through Dec. 16. A group from the Bryan Choir, directed by James Austin, opened the series this morning at 11:30. Kemp High School singers under direction of Mrs. J. L. Wyatt will appear Tuesday. Lincoln Choir, directed by Mrs. Lillian Epson is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 15, and the programs will be closed on Friday, Dec. 16, by the Stephen F. Austin High School Choir. Mrs. Charles Smith, Christmas Seal Campaign Chairman, said she was delighted to have the choirs sing as a reminder to those who had not as yet sent in a contribu tion for their seals to do so. “Christmas Carols, like Christmas Seals, bring happiness to many people,” Mrs. Smith said. SCONA SCHEDULE THURSDAY, DEC. 8 6:30-7:30 p.m. Texas-style bar becue in DeWare Field House. 8:00-10:00 p.m. Plenary Ses sion—Third Keynote Address. Horace H. Smith, State De partment Adviser to the War College of the Air University, will speak at Guion Hall on “United States Foreign Policy in the Changing World.” A reception for all partici pants will follow the address in the- MSC Assembly Room and Birch Room. FRIDAY, DEC. 9 7:30-8:30 a.m. Coffee and in formal discussion among speakers, delegates, and chairmen in the Serpentine Lounge, second floor of the MSC. 8:30-11:45 a.m. Fourth Round- Table Meetings. 12:15-1:15 p.m. Lunch at Dun can Dining Hall. 1:30-5:00 p.m. Fifth Round- Table Meetings. 6:00-7:30 p.m. Buffet Supper in the MSC Ballroom. 8:00-10:00 p.m. Plenary Ses sion — Fourth Keynote Ad dress. Thomas C. Mann, Assistant Secretary of State for Inter- American Affairs, will speak in the MSC Ballroom on “The Americas.” A reception for all partici pants will follow the address in the MSC Assembly Room and Birch Room. Second Session Sch edu led Today “World Disarmament” and “Under-Developed Nations” were the topics of the first two keynote addresses delivered to SCONA VI delegates during the first day of the Conference Wednesday. Secretary of the Air Force Dudley C. Sharp opened the SCONA plenary sessions at 1:30 p. m. Wednesday with an address on “World Disarmament: Ideals and Realities.” Sharp said the chief goal of those working for world disarmament was “a secure and free, peaceful world in which there shall be general disarmament under effective interna tional control ...” Armament Control Sharp suggested that the* term “disarmament” might be ■ dropped and “armament con trol” used to present a more realistic goal for the present. “Then, at some future time when Veterans Cheeks For December Now Available Students attending school under the GI Bill may sign for their December checks before Dec. 12 in the Veterans Advisors Office, Bennie A. Zinn, Veterans Adviser, announced yesterday. the world has begun to benefit clearly from this step forward, we might again examine the inten tions of nations, and again ap proach another step toward total disarmament,” he said. So far we have made progress in only one area of disarmament, Sharp said, that being the cessa tion of nuclear weapons tests. Balance of Power We have been able to prevent armed aggression against the Free World through the balance of power—the fear that a retaliatory force might destroy the source of an initial attack, he said. In conclusion, Sharp said that even though there are many forces working against disarma ment in the world, there are also positive forces at work; one of these is the combined efforts of the people of the world who are working to promote world peace in any way possible. “If the problems are attacked with rationalism as well as ideal iesm, the desired goal of disarma ment will someday be achieved,” he said. Second Keynoter The second keynote address of the Conference was delivered at the second plenary session Wed nesday at 8 p.m. by Aziz Ahmed, Ambassador fro Pakistan to the United States. Ahmed spoke on “Economic De- (See SCONA on Page 5) Former SWC Star Speaks Here Tonight Guest speaker at the Baptist Student Union-Wesley Foundation Sports Banquet tonight will be James Jeffrey, former All-South west Conference halfback. A three-year letterman in col lege football, Jeffrey was' a lead ing ground gainer in 1949 and 1950 at Baylor University, and in 1950, he established a new rushing record for the school. As a member of the Carswell Air Force Bombers, the 1951 Na tional Service Football Champions, he was selected on the All-Ameri can team. Jeffrey has been very successful also in the business world. Now connected with Fidelity Union Life Insurance Company, Jeffrey is a member of the “Million Dollat Club,” and has been a member of “Leaders Round Table of Texas” each year he has been in the busi ness. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Fellow ship of Christian Athletes, Inc. The banquet will honor all Baptist and Methodist athletes of A&M. Laymen from the churches in Bryan and College Station will sponsor the individual athletes as their guests. The banquet will be gin at 6:30 p.m. in the banquet room of the College Station Pres byterian Church. ■ illl Ik ■ :'. - iiiasi I 111 i ■ II Si Ambassador Address SCONA Ahmed Discusses U under-Developed Nations