The Battalion
Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1961
Number 51
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i One of the nation’s foremost religious educators has
accepted an invitation to deliver the commencement address
at the mid-term graduation Jan. 21.
Dr. John P. Newport of the Southwestern Baptist The-
Dlogical Seminary in Fort Worth 4-
.vill speak at the ceremonies in
3. fRollie White Coliseum.
■he 44-year-old Newport ob
tained his first degree in his home
state of Missouri at William
Jewell College. He received his
Master of Theology and Doctor of
Theology degrees from the South-
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t'llat [Louisville, Ky. He also has the
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He has also studied at the* Uni
/ersity of Basel, Switzerland; the
Jniversity of Zurich, Switzerland;
’ulane University; Union Theo
logical Seminary, New York City;
pohimhia University; and the Uni
versity of Tulsa.
Visiting Scholar
■luring the school year 1958-59
he was a Post-Doctoial Visiting
Scholar at Harvard University
tinder a grant from the Rockefeller
Foundation.
Newport holds membership in
many national organizations. The
(Vnierican Association of Uni
versity Professors, National Asso
ciation of Biblical Instructors,
National Society for Reformation
Research, American Society of
Ivurch History and Southwestern
"Philosophical Association are only
a few.
In his college days Newport was
a member of basketball, football
and debate teams. Some other of
his activities as a student included
the editorship of his college annual
and membership in many honorary,
professional and social fraternities
and other organizations.
Newport was also listed in Who’s
Who Among American College
Students.
Study Trip
During the summer of 1955
Newport conducted a group .on a
study trip to Egypt, Lebanon,
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Syria, Jordan, Israel, Greece and
Western Europe.
He has also worked as a Field
Work Director for a six-state area
in New England for the Boston
University School of Theology.
Newporth as spoken to youth
and college groups in most of the
Southern and Southwestern states
and in many New England states.
He has participated in Religious
Emphasis Weeks in colleges and
universities in Oklahoma, Arkan
sas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mis
souri, Texas and New Mexico.
Lectureships include a lecture
series at the University of Houston
and one at Baylor University.
At present Newport is Professor
of Philosophy of Religion at the
Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary at Fort Worth.
Cadets Battle Baylor
In Waco Tomorrow
Ags Seek Second
Conference Win
The Aggie Gagers journey to Waco tomorrow night for
their second Southwest Conference bout with the Baylor
Bears.
Tuesday night the Cadets put on a defensive exhibtion
in the Second Half against Texas Christian to walk away
with an 82-69 win while the Bruins weren’t quite so fortun
ate as they fell to Rice’s Owls in Houston, 70-59.
The biggest Bear to watch is Richard Tinsley, who toss
ed in 21 points against the Owls to become the high point
man of the game.
The Rice-Baylor tilt was much like A&M’s game with
TCU in College Station. In the first half not more than five
points separated the two>
teams, but as A&M did, Rice
pulled away in
half.
the second
Dr. John P. Newport
Named Commencement speaker
Committee To Resume
Name-Change, Studying
The College Name-Change Com
mittee will resume studying the
possibilities of changing the name
of A&M tonight in a meeting at 7
in the YMCA Building, Student
Senate President Roland Dommert
said last night after a Senate meet
ing in the Memorial Student Cen
ter.
Dommert said he didn’t know
the exact agenda for the meeting
but surmissed the group will con
tinue discussing the matter and
considering opinions that have
been voiced by both students and
faculty members.
At the regular Senate meeting
a minority report, written after a
vote showing the Senate opposed
to any change by a count of 12-8
with two absentitions, was read.
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World Wrap-Up
By The Associated Press
French Ordered From Nigeria
LAGOS, Nigeria — Protesting France’s recent third a-
tomic blast in the Sahara, Nigeria Thursday night ordered
the French ambassador and his staff to leave within two
days. It also barred French ships and planes.
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Senators Exress Bill Confidence
WASHINGTON—Senators pressing for a change in Sen
ate rules to make it easier to shut off filibusters maintained
Thursday there was no danger the issue itself would set off
a filibuster.
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Water Tax Study Asked
AUSTIN — Gov. Price Daniel’s Statewide Water Com
mittee asked Thursday that the 57th Legislature study the
feasibility of a water use tax.
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Stock Market Rally Continues
NEW YORK—The stock market carried its 1961 rally
(into the second straight session Thursday but ran into in
creasingly heavy profit taking. Trading was active.
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Kennedy Studying Business Slump
NEW YORK—President-elect John F. Kennedy Thurs
day night received study committee recommendations for
swift emergency measures to combat the business slump.
The group also urged temporary tax cuts if the situation
turns a great deal worse in the spring.
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Fourteen Die Following Treatment
TRENTON, N. J.—Fourteen patients of an Erlton psy-
(chiatrist died of an acute liver disease after getting injec
tions from him, the State Health Department said Thursday.
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Goldwater Regains Senate Post
WASHINGTON—Sen. Barry Goldwater—Arizona’s out
spoken conservative—was reappointed chairman of the Re
publican Senate Campaign Committee Thursday with a solid
vote.of confidence.
The vote was taken in a meeting
Dec. 15 and it was decided to have
both majority and minority reports
written for Dommert’s use as a
member of the Name - Change
Committee.
The majority report was not
available at the meeting last night.
It will be available by tonight, how
ever.
The minority report listed four
arguments for changing the name
of the school. They were 1) A&M
is actually a university, 2) the
school is- presently being over
looked for grants and good profes
sors, 3) students are being de
prived of a good education be
cause of a lack of good professors
and 4) the name “university”
would give the school more pres
tige.
The report summed up its con
tents by reading: “Any temporary
loss of identity for the school
would be regained after a short
time and then increased further.”
Sportsmanship Report
In other Senate business, Dom
mert reported on the Southwest
Conference Sportsmanship Com
mitted meeting in Dallas during
Cotton Bowl festivities and said
“some very good points were
brought out.”
He said the main complaint
voiced against A&M was the lack
of cooperation offered regarding
getting cheerleader equipment and
other necessities into Kyle Field.
Dommert added the group de
cided that before play begins each
school should write a list of all
that will be taken to road games
and submit a copy to all other con
ference schools.
Seating complaints concerning
basketball seating in G. Rollie
White Coliseum were also dis
cussed.
It was determined the best thing
for students with either wives or
dates would be for tickets other
than student tickets to be pur
chased at the main floor. Then
both could enter the side door
where all students are required to
enter.
The athletic department has al
so voiced a complaint about smok
ing in the coliseum. '
Tinsley’s 21 counters against
Rice also helped him to rank an
eighth place in SWC scoring as he
boasts a 15 point average.
But the Aggies’ ace Carroll
Broussard far outshines any man
on the Baylor lineup as he has
tossed in ITS points for the season
for a 19.8 average. Broussard is
in third place behind Steve Strange
of Southern Methodist and Del Ray
Mounts of Texas Tech.
Although Baylor is not rated as
a conference title contiender, they
do have -quite a bit of height on
their squad.
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Biggest man on the squad is Tom
Garrison who is a junior college
transfer and stands a lofty 6-9.
The other tall man is John West
who is 6-7 and has earned one
varsity letter. However, neither
of these men has been outstanding
so far in the season as West is
averaging a little over seven points
per game and Garrison is hitting
a five point average.
Preceding the varsity clash to
morrow night, the A&M Fish, who
are undefeated in two starts, will
take on the Baylor Cubs. <\
State-Wide TV Debate
Pits Ags Against Lamar Tech
The A&M Debate Teams have been invited to appear
on state-wide television Jan. 22 in a debate with Lamar
Technological College. The debate is part of a tournament
which will decide the championship of Texas.
Thirteen other colleges and uni-+
versities will participate in the
meet over a. period of 13 weeks.
The show, entitled “Young Ameri
ca Speaks,” will be the first inter
collegiate debate tournament ever
televised, and will originate in the
new 3.5 million dollar studios of
WFAA-TV in Dallas.
Scholarships
Sinclair Re f i n i n g Company,
which has substantial facilities in
Texas, will contribute $1,000 to the
scholarship fund of each week’s
winning school and $500 to the
fund of the losing college. The
winning 'school of each week will
go on to the next week until all
the contestants but one have been
eliminated.
Members of the Debate Teams
going to Dallas are Don William
son, Dennis Shepps, Dick Stengel
and Robert Denney. The teams will
be accompanied by their faculty
sponsor Dr. Harrison Hierth.
Other Participants
Other schools which will partici
pate in the competition are Baylor
University, Rice University, South
ern Methodist University, Texas
Christian University, Texas Tech
nological College, Abilene Chris
tian College, The University of
Houston, North Texas State Col
lege, Hardin-Simmons University,
Lamar Technological College, Step
hen F. Austin College, Southwest
Texas State College and The Uni
versity of Texas.
The moderator for the series
will be the noted television pro
ducer, Jack Wyatt. Wyatt pro
duces the program “Controversy”
and is known for his many contri
butions to the radio and television
industry.
“Young America Speaks” will be
carried by KBTX - TV, Bryan;
KWTX - TV, Waco; KTRK - TV,
Houston; KTBC - TV, Austin;
KFDM-TV, Beaumont; KDUB-TV,
Lubbock; ' KP.AR - TV, Abilene;
KTRE-TV, Lufkin, and WFAA-
TV in Dallas.
The subject for the A&M-Lamar
Debate will be federal aid to edu
cation, with A&M taking the nega
tive side of this issue.
New Facilities
AtCHS
To Be Shown
Open house will be held in the
new facilities at A&M Consolidated
Schools Tuesday, at 7 p.m. The
open house is sponsored in connec
tion with the regular meeting of
the Mothers and Dads Club,
Charles Wooten, program chair
man, announced.
Every parent is invited to at
tend the meeting in the Assembly
Room of the new addition to the
High School. Following the bi’ief
business session, the parents will
have an opportunity to visit both
the new addition and the new sci
ence wing, Wooten stated.
The A&M Consolidated Mothers
and Dads Club membership num
bers approximately 500, according
to A. F. “Tex” Isbell, president.
New members can pay their $1
dues at the meeting, he added.
Following the meeting and the
open house, refreshments will be
served.
Teen Polio
Drive Begins
Tomorrow
January has been designated as
the month for the “Teens Against
Polio” Drive. Local teenagers will
participate in projects in this area
in order to raise money for the
polio fund.
The projects will begin tomorrow
and continue through Feb. 4.
The following projects have been
planned to raise the money in the
campaign: Saturday a toll road
whereby people passing will have
a chance to donate; Jan. 10, col
lections will be made at the A&M-
Arkansas basketball game; Jan. 13
there will be a Stephen F. Austin
and A&M Consolidated basketball
throw.
Jan. 14 and Jan. 21 teenagers
will sponsor a peanut sale. An
other Stephen F. Austin and A&M
Consolidated basketball throw is
slated Jan. 24. Jan. 28 there will
be a Radiothon held by the youths,
Jan. 30 they will have the “Teens
Against Polio” Talent Show, and
on Feb. 4 there will be a “Teens
Against Polio” Dance.
It is urged that all the people
in this area donate to the drive
since the money collected will be
used in research for better ways to
combat InfanWe Paralysis.
Also money given to the polio
fund is used to make available
more of the present cures and to
assist in the therapeutic treatments
which are now in use in hospitals
all over the sation.
Veterans Lagging
In Picking Up
December Checks
Veterans Advisor Bennie A.
Zinn said yesterday veterans have
been slow about picking up their
December checks. They are still
available and should be secured at
Zinn’s office, the advisor said.
DR. MILTON SPEAKS
Teaching Seminar
To Begin Tonight
Dr. Ohmer Milton, professor of psychology at the Uni
versity of Tennessee, will be the featured speaker in two
teaching seminars tonight and tomorrow.
The sessions are sponsored by the A&M Committee on
Seminars for the Improvement of"* ‘
Teaching in the School of Agri
culture. Committee chairman is
Dr. D. L. Huss, assistant professor
in the Department of Range and
Forestry.
Both seminars will be held in
the Ballroom of the Memorial Stu
dent Center.
Tonight’s meeting starts at 7:30
when Milton discusses “Research
in Student-Teacher Motivation.”
A panel discussion will then be
conducted by Dr. Richard J. Bal-
dauf, associate professor in the
Department of Wildlife Manage
ment; Dr. J. D. Gray, associate
profess«r, Department of Agricul
tural Education; and Dr. N. A.
McNiel, assistant professor, De
partment o£ Genetics.
Tomorrow, seminar activities be
gin at 9 a.m. with Milton discuss
ing “Parasites In The Ivy,” His
t»lk will be followed by a discus
sion panel of C. B. Ryan, assistant
professor in the Department of
Poultry Sciences; Dr. V. W. Ed
mondson, associate professor, De
partment of Agricultural Econom
ics and Sociology; and Dr. V. A.
Little, professor, Department of
Entomology.
Dr. R. C. Potts, assistant di
rector of agricultural instruction,
and Huss will preside at the semi
nars.
Milton is the author of several
publications on teaching. Two of
his more recent works are “Primi
tive Thinking and Reasoning
Among College Students” and
“Learning Without Class Instruc
tion.”
The educator received his AB
degree from Berea College in Ken
tucky in 1940, MA degree in 1941
from the University of Kentucky
and his doctorate in 1949 at the
University of Michigan. He was
appointed associate professor in
the Department of Psychology at
the University of Tennessee in
1949.
student and observer for the Aca
demic ^ Instructors Program at
Maxwell Air Force Base. He was
consultant in 1959 to the Southern-
Regional Work Conference on the
Improvement of College Teaching
in Agriculture.
Huss said the A&M School of
Agriculture has sent teaching
staff members for the past three
summers to' the Southern Regional
Conference on Improvement oi
College Teaching in Agriculture.
TAG Presents
Guion Program
Tomorrow
Members of the Headquarters,
Team from Langley Air Force
Tactical Air Command Briefing
Base, Va., will present a 50-minute
program tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. in
Guion Hall.
Maj. M. T. Dunn will head a
three-man team which' will present
a professional analysis of TAC’s
place in the defense of the United
Statons.
TAC’s mission is to provide
combat-ready tactical air - power
for use anywhere in the world.
Crews are trained and equipped to
leave on a moment’s notice and
“fly-away” kits, with spare parts
and equipment for 30 days opera
tions, are packed and ready to go.
Presenting the team will be Col.
Charles E. Gregory, Professor of
Air Science.
The briefing is open to the pub
lic, and area reservists of all
branches of the services are urged
to attend. Civilians are invited and
will also be interested to hear how
the tax dollar is being utilized by
the Air Force in the nation’s de-
In 1956, Milton served as guest | fense.
Security Council Rejects
Cuban Invasion Charge
By The Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.—The
U.N. Security Council in effect re
jected Thursday night Cuba’s
charge that she faced imminent
military invasion by the United
States.
The 11-nation council did so by
concluding a two-day debate with
out taking any formal action on a
Cuban complaint filed Saturday
saying such intervention was ex
pected in a matter of hours.
This amounted to another de
feat for the regime of Prime Min
ister Fidel Castro in its Soviet-
supported campaign to have the
United Nations denounce the Unit
ed States as an instigator of moves
to topple Castro from power by
military force.
Expression of Hope
Omar Loutfi of the United Arab
Republic, council president, ended
the meeting with a terse expression
of hope for reduction of tensions
between the United States and
Cuba.
He appealed to both countries to
do nothing to aggravate the situa
tion.
The council wound up its debate
at 7:30 p.m. in an atmosphere of
relative calm compared with out
bursts by pro-Castro and anti-
Castro demonstrators that disrupt
ed proceedings Wednesday.
But some fist-fights erupted in
the lobby of the General Assembly
late Thursday afternoon and again
outside U.N. headquarters. U.N.
guards ousted the participants
from the lobby and New York po
lice broke up the fighting outside
the building.
“In Danger”
In a final intervention Cuban
Foreign Minister Raul Roa per
sisted in charging that his coun
try was in danger of military ag
gression by what he called the re
actionary and imperialistic regime
of President Eisenhower.
“This threat still hangs over
Cuba despite the fact that the
United States may deny it,” he
declared. He said invaders “will
not meet a Cuba who is alone.
They will not meet another Guate
mala but they will really get their
come-uppance.”
Soviet Deputy Foreign minister
Valerian A. Zorin said the break
in diplomatic relations was proof
of a threat by the United States
against Cuba. He expressed hope
that the incoming Kennedy admin
istration would “take the course
of peaceful settlement of the con
flict which has been created.”
Chile and Ecuador decided not
to press to a vote their resolution
merely calling on the United States
and Cuba to resolve their differ
ences by peaceful means.
They took that course after the
United States and other Western
powers made clear that they op
posed any action in the council
that would give the slightest legal
recognition to the validity of the
Cuban complaint.
January Grad
Announcements
Available In MSC
All January graduates are urged
to pick up their graduation an
nouncements as soon as possible.
They are available in the Student
Senate Chamber of the Memorial
Student Center.