The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, February 02, 1961, Image 1

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, February 02, 1961, Image 1

Newspaper Page Textfl • \[ ' •! | ? ' *. i. f ' ' j Cadets Swamp Pacific; Meeti SMU Here Saturday r Ha Volume 59 COLLEGE STATION. TEXAS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2.1961 NumN-r 61 World Wrap By The Associated Press , i,, , ! JL ■ i 1 Registra tion Opens Friday In Sbisa Brazil's Financial Situation Poor BRASILIA, Brazil—Brazil’s news president. Janio Oi'ad- The new student program at A&M jfcJt under way with ros, says his nation is in a “terrible financial situation" but housinx Isaixnment and payment of fees. The prdgrajm com- that he will x«in fiscal stability by fixhtinx “curruption, menced ft 8 a.m. Dr. F. C. Bolton ... dies at axe 77 Services Held For ‘Grand Old Man Of A&M’ bureaucracy and official scandals O'tad ros said in his inauxural address Tuesday nixht that Brazilians will have to make ’’sacrifices with every penny” to pay off the nation’s debts* Brazil’s foreixn debt alone amounts to &L8 billion, he said. * * 'a. 'll Odessa Editor Due Ubel Term AUSTIN-The editor of an Odessa newsletter today ap- Bioloxicll,Sciences Lecture Room. parently lost ms final chance to esfape a nine-month jail hp j n chanre. Civilian students wi The general assembly at which Dr. C. H. Ramalelj, chair man of the New Student Committee, yave the welcome ad dress, w»s held at 1 p.m. in the Lecture Room of the Bioloy- ical Sciepjces Buildinx. Testing, in c-harye of S. A. Kerley, di rector of,the Counseling and Testing Center^ followed at 1:15- 5:45 p.ni Totforrow at 8 a.m., ROTC students will report to the Col. Frank Yaden will will meet at 8 a.m. in the YMCA with Bennie Zinn in* - i lanlit for 24 hour* before being picked up by a helicopter. Then he spent the night aboard a Navy Funeral services were held yesterday for Dr. Frank ‘*u«. brown eye« but uttering not Cleveland Bolton. 77, at the A&M PresbyteriarfChurch. a |i0Und '*» h ** scuttled about in “The Grand Old Man of A&M" died Tuesday in a Hous- an aluminum cage, Ham arrived ton hospital after an illness of several months. V at l; D P- m - KST •* * s«ntle touch- A native of Miaamippi. Dr * • down of a C-131 Air Force plane Bolton came to Texas A&M in 1909 rarw>r jn the o{ on * “Un-bathed airatrip. to hea.l the Department of Elec- jntdmiion f r om Miasiaaippij A bit more than 25 hours earlier tncal Engineering. He retire*! College in 1905 he accepted ha kaii loomed up from Cape Cana- Auruat 31, 1956, after aerving aa a poaition on the ataiff of that cot- veral In a Redatone rocket and head of the Department of Flee- | ejte #1| a teacher of electrical engi-1 bobbed around in the South At- trical Engineering, deai\ of engi- H e held that poat until peering, dean of the College. came to AAM executive vice.prea.dent and preai- ( Continuing hia academic train- dem of Jhe ( ollege. in|r at i ntena i s between aasaiona ship, rode a helicopter to Grand “Dean Bolton, as he is more teaching, Dr. Bolton did gradu- Bahama (aland for more medical familiarly Jtnowm, apent hia entire at e work at Cornell University, the cherkupa, and took an hour’s University of Chicago and Ohio flight home State University. j An electrical engineer of note, he was active in various engineer ing societies and served as a con sultant and director of various state programs for the application j of electrical engineering to the needs of agriculture. During World War I Dr. Bolton was director of military education AUSTIN — Gen. ..Isaac “Ike” at the College and in World War Ashburn. 71, former head of the II was acting head and leader of Texas Good Roads Assn, apd dep- j the vast programs of war training uty commandgr of the Texas Na-1 at the College in which several tipnal Guard, died Wednesday in thousand young men were trained a Temple hospital, v in courses vital to the prosecutioa Hospitalised almost three year# of the war. ago with a heart condition, Gen. “No man contributed morei w Ashburn had had several strokes, the war effort during World War A native of Farmersville in Col- i II at any college than did Dead lin County, Ashburn grew up near Bolton at A&M." Gib Gilchrist, Greenville. He attended old I’oly-j chancellor emeritus of th# A&M technic College at Ft. Worth. College System, said today. Funeral services will be at i! A quiet, kindly gentleman. Df. p.m. Friday in Weod-Corley Fu- Bolton was retiring by nature, but neral Home, Austin. The Rev. underneath there was a strength Marvin Vance, pastor of the First and bulldog determination which Methodist Church, will officiate, carried him through any situation. He had never been known to hav* been unkind or officious in his dealings with sti^dent* or staff members, yet he maintained a strict discipline based on ciose ob servance of the rules of the in stitution. , Dr. Bolton was ,a charter mens- AGAIN PUSHING LEVERS Ham Looks Happy, Healthy At Home CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla.—Ham’n home, he looks healthy and happy, and la right back at work doing hia bit to further man’a dream of voyaging in space. But the 37-pound chimpanzee faces nothing *o spectacu lar ami giddying as his 19-minute > - — roller coaster ride into space Tues- for lhe n „ t two daya> „ ^i, as detailed physical checks, the vet- Insteadtj he’s again pushing lev ^rinurian sdid. ers to see if he’s still as skilled Mosely disclosed Ham had been a# before and to cheek his mental objected t* a force of l« times sentence for criminal libel. reaction with his performance on gravity—not 12 as first indimted The Court cf Criminal Appeals upheld the conviction —; his ride. by radioed data—a very heavy of John Aldriilge Dec. 27 and toda\j refufH a motion for a ^ H That job was reported apparent- rehearing without writing art opinion. State’s attorney At 1 p.m. tomorrow, the Leon Douglas faid this is the final step. new students will report ac- * * * 'j cording to course of study as Princess Margaret (iocs To Hubby’s Office follows: » LONDON—Princess Margaret went down today to see All agricultural majors report what her husband does at the office. * tp Dr. |. C. Potts. Room 2!fi. | J .Her'husband. Antony Armstrong-Jones. went to work j nairy-Bii-hepiistry Building: all nine days ago as an unpaid adviser to the government-sinm-; ..rchitecti-e major# report to T. R. sored British Design Center. He showed her around and then Holh-manj, Room 412» Academic they went to lunch. • Building;! all Arts and Sciences ★ ★ ★ Angus Judged Champion FORT WORTH—An Angus owned by Kenneth Eitel. -- Green Castle, Mo., today was judged champion steer of the I report tfljjPan C. hove. Room 210. Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show. - Husims* 1 Administration Building; The reserve grand champion was a Hereford shown by M Engi|eering major* report to Lile Lewter, 16, Lubbock; , Dr C. H The champion and reserve champion will get top billing gii eerin at the auction Friday. nahy M The grand champion of the I960 show brought $6,100. Dr. E. ★ ★ W i .fVeterina ly quite well done, despite crush ing forces of increased gravity be fore and after more than six min ute* of freedom from gravity pull, when Ham felt he had no weight at all. One concern has been whether j men can think and react normally under such stresses. Peering about with lively, curi- It came about because of a slight error in the rate of fuel consumption in the rocket, which touched off reactions carrying the rocket at « spe-d of 800 miles an hour faster than intended, and hurling Haim 1*>5 miles high and 420 miles down range. This meant 40 miles greater height a(td 130 miles more distance than planned. - NSF Grants To A&M Total $1534# ■ ■ Grant* totaling $15,340 from the National Science Foundation have been received by AIM. Pres ident F.arl Rudder announced yes terday. Building; majors rwxirt to DrJG. W. Sohles- selman, loom 208, Tugle Hall; all Business! Administration majors Ling-Temco Claims 20 Per Cent DALLAS—Ling-Temco Electronics, Inc., Dallas aero- Uansdell, Room 114, En Building; all Pr«s-Veteri- tcine majors report to McMurry, Room 119, Medicine Building. A general assembly w-ill be held ★ ★ ★ Former A&M Commandant Dies In Temple By The Associated Press Burial will be in Austin Memorial Park. Survivors include his widow: a son, Ike Ashburn Jr., three broth er*. Haygood Ashburn and John M. Ashburn of Houston and Jim Ashburn of Austin; three sisters. Mrs. J. M. Spurlock of Greenville. Ham biased the way for a hu man astronaut to attempt the same type of trip, perhaps this spring. Later would come rides in more powerful rockets to send a chimp and then a man into orbits around ths globe. But- this was Ham’s day, and the word was “all’s well" from highly pleased Maj. Dan Mosely, heading the madical team which trained and cares for him. A couple of physical checkups and even X-rays disclosed “nothing to indicate any abnormality,' Monely said. Ham is eating normally with a good appetite, keeping a partiality for apple* and banana*, and “while I won't 'say he’s happy, he looks happy.” Mosely added, explaining he can't lead Ham's thought*. Trundled off in a white station wagon to his old quarters. Ham was to do a half-hour workout slapping lever* at precise timings to avoid* getting alight electric ■IHflgl. He'll get more such workouts „ .. ""“f Friday dt 10 a.m. in Rriom 107 «f space firm, today said it owns in excess of 20 per cent of the h c 1 ^ d T *wing Cen- outstanding shares .of Chance Voufht Carpi of Dallas and i ^ l-ffcw wm be in ch lt rg«- confirmed that it intends to begin a proxy solicitation to ob- idenlifi( .L in p hl ,t„gra P hs win be tain control of \ OUghC • | . , • taken alii a.m. in Sbisa Hall and . w " . ! registration will get under way at At Least 7 Die In Fire i’ iodIi all believed ! The grants will be used to sup port 15 undergraduate students as vi’* e'TTTV'SVr/'kv- ,, , .....rch p.rliripanl. 4.H* ,k, . W i«H!MJTO.S-At MVM. peiVOIM. tk— *to o* elderly patients, died today m a fire in a nursing home. 1 The seven bodies were recovered from the fourth floor Feb. «. one in the Department of Biology ? f a br ’ ck man«ion-style building housing the nursing home ClaVM& begin at 8 alm», Monday, and the other in the Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, which supports six students. Two of the grants will he used by the Deportment of Chemistry in a program under the direction of Dr. A. F. Isbell; three grants in northwest Washington. ★ ★ ★ Movie-Star Governor Candidate? SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Republican State Chairman John Krehbiel of Pasadena savs movie actor Ronald Reagan is a possible GOP candidate for California governor in 1962. At a news conference Tuesday he listed other possibili ties including former Gov. Goodwin Knight and Mayor A&M Mothers Clubs Meet Here Saturday . Th** Mid-Reason Executive Board Meeting of the Federation of A&M Mothers Hubs will bo held in the Birch Room of the Memorial Stu dent Center, Saturday, Feb. 4, at 10 a m. At this meetihg the thirteen officer* of the Federation, who comprise the Executive Board, jWrill transact much of the planning nnd the business of the Federation that is made up of more than fifty clubs and over two thousand member* in all area^ of the State. Mrs. Fred Cole of Corpus Christ, president of the Federation, "ill -.preside. Since its beginning 32 y*ar* ago, the Federation has had as its pur pose “to contribute in every way to the comfort and welfare of the boys and to cooperat^ with (he faculty of the college in maintain ing a high standard of moral r«.n- (See A&M MOTHERS on Pagr 4)‘ WT—Tk by the Department of Wildlife George Christopher of San Francisco. Management, to be directed by Dr. R. J. Baldauf; four ifi veteri nary microbiology, under the di rection of Dr. A. I. Flowers. Six grants go to the Depart ment of Oceanography and Me teorology and are expected to at- 1 tract participants from* wide section of the country. R. M. Adams will direct the program. “These programs are designed to give undergraduate students experience in research in the vari- ★ ★ ★ Former Patient Admits Crimes FORT WORTH—An 18-year-old former mental patient, recently declared sane, admitted today that he had molested seven young girls since his release from the Rusk State. Hospital. John Carlton Ray. Fort W’orth, was arrested in Sherman Tuesday night, soon after he was charged in Peace Justice Whit Boyd’s court in abducting and fondling a 5-year-old girl, ★ ★ ★ 4 Senators Introduce Bill’ AUSTIN-4-Four senators today introduced a bill calling mm fields for which th* griut* for creation of an econmoy commission in state government »rc ricHiKmted " Coleman M. to fide herd on all state bureaus and departments. ’..... A 12-member commission, composed to two senators, coordinator . * K>n*i two re p rewnta ^ ves an( j e jght private citizens, would be ap- Scicncr Foundation grants pro. 31 Execs Attend Course On Campus Thirty-one executives representing a diversity of the nation^ business and industrial organisations regist»-re<l here last Sunday (Jan. 29) for three weeks of training at the Ninth Annual Executive Development Course. DuriiAf the course the executive# will stijpy such problems as man- ugemenft administration, account ing andj finance, business measure ments jjmd personnel administra tion. gram at A&M. said today. pointed to & commission of the executive branch of govern ment to promote economy, efficiency and improved services. Mrs. Jerry Harwell of Ft Worth *** ot th * A&M Presbyterian and Mrs. Raymond Uberman „f Chureh ot Colletd SUtion and an Mancheoter. Tenn. “w* ite organization in 1921. Ashburn left school to work as A devout church worker he was a reporter on the Fort Worth •«*»*• «« *****" Record and became city editor. He had an abiding faith in the In 1913 he went to A&M as pub- young generation — holding that licity director and secretary of the | they were and are capable of um- board of directors. ing over the jobs which await - ^ Twice wounded and gassed in —and he was determined that thiy France during World War I. Aah- he better prepared educationally bum received the Distinguished than the generation* before thejn. Service Cross for gallantry ia ac- The title of “grand old man of tion and wa» made a lieutenant col- A&M" was not carelessly applied onel. The French Government to Dr. Bolton, awarded him the Croix de Guerre He ia survived by hia wife and and the Legion of Honor. In th* three children, Frank Bdlton of Army of Occupation. Aehburn was | New York, Preston Bolton of Hous- regimental executive officer. ton and Mrs. Elam E. ErkJes of (See FORMER COMMANDANT College Station and several graed- on Pago 4) children. m-A . v ' - UU.m Wool Judging Team Cops National Title A&M’s Junior Wool Judging Team edged out 10 other teams to win first place in the recent 1961 National Wool Judging Contest at Denver, Colo. The Aggies made up the first team from A&M to win this particular collegiate wool ♦ ■■■ 1 judging contest, according to j individual in th* overall contest. Charles F. Parker, instructor in the Department of Animal Husbandry and team coach. Members of the group ar« Pete Jameson of Ranger, Scotty Men- nos of Menard, Don Beenrinkle of Belton and Barrie Ward of Uano. Jameoon was the highest scoring with a tally of 533 points out of a possible 600. In the various clasaes, the Aggie team was first ia Columbia breed fleeces and first in grading and fleece evaluation. ★ ★ ★ Visitin«;Faoulty AtNinth Annual Exec Course Top national business ami indus trial leaders are visaing farelty for the Ninth Annual Executive Development Course now in poog- ress on campus. Named as visiting ftmlty Were: W. Oncken Jr., management do- velopment. Richanlsob. Bellows, Honry and Co.. Inc., Irving neither, assistant superintendent of opera tion* research division. Western Electric Co., both ,of New York; Theodore A. Smith, executive vice president. Radio Corn, of America, Camden. N. J.; E. C. Plowman, rice president, U. S. Steel Corp„ Ed ward G. preen, vice pre-ident, plan ning and marketing. We*tinghonse Air Brake Co., both of Pittsburgh. F. J. Agnirh, vice president add •C. J. Thomsen, vice president and controller. Texas Instrument! Iac» John V. James, controller. Dresser Industries Inc.. Watrous H. Irons, president. Federal Reserve Bank, J. H. Cowdrey, Merrill, Lynch, Mothers March On Disease — Page 5 Ward, Jameson, Parker, Menzies, Been*inkle ... national champions Aiv|iiting faculty , of 30 top busiue*! and industrial executive* «i!l rndduct th* training sessions, -(leaking on problems arjsing in the up^ration of organizations in today’ail charging economy. The group was welcomed Sun day by Earl Rudder, -president of the ('ojlege. y the group got down to During the course, the rd such men as T. A. xecutive vice president of G. Plowman, vice presi- U. S. Steel, F. J. Agnirh, nt of Texas Instru- atrous H. Irons, president of the Federal Reserve Rank of Dallas, F. G. Macarow, vie* presi dent of the Chesapeake and Poto mac Telephone Companies, and others. The Executive Development Course^ in its ninth year, was the outgrowth of requeat/from South- | western firms for a training course that would enable key men to le^ni. more of the problems which confront the modem busi ness world. I Executives who are attending the ' Pierre. Fenner and Smith Inc., all course were nominated by their j of Dallas. ‘ F. M. Austin, viri* president, Houston Lighting and Power Co., R. M. Chan, consultant, Transwett- em Pipeline Co., W. 0. Walter, vice president, Tennessee Gas (See MBITING FACULTY on Page S) companies on th* basis of out- standipg careers and readiness for additional responsibilities. The course is sponsored by th* i Division of Business Administra- | tion. W. E. Erkles, profes.-or in i the Division, b course director.

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