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' The massive migration of the
Ross Volunteers to New Orleans
and the Mardi Gras will soon be
under way.
■' Beginning this weekeend 115
Ross Volunteers under the com
mand of Cadet Lt. Col. Glenn
Jones will head toward the Tex-
as-Louisiana border and deep in
to the Pelican State to again he
the official honor guard for “His
Majesty King Rex” at the Mardi
Gras Parade Tuesday morning.
This is the 11th year the A&M
Honor Guard has been invited to
participate in the annual event
marching in the huge procession
which is the highlight of over
20 parades held during Mardi
Gras.
The gigantic procession is ex
pected to last at least four hours,
with the Ross Volunteers being
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the first unit in the parade. Jones
said most of their movements
will be marching manuals, to
avoid holding up the entire pro
cession.
Tuesday night, all of the Ross
Volunteers will be guests at the
Rex Ball, which is the most fab
ulous of all the GO different Mar
di Gras balls, Jones added.
Camp LeRoy Johnson, an Army
post outside the Crescent City,
will be the quarters for the Ross
H
m
Volunteers during their stay in
New Orleans. The camp will
house the 20 seniors and 89 jun
iors until Wednesday, when most
of the honor guard members plan
to leave in time to be in class
Thursday morning.
The RV’s began practicing
with three drills during football
season, and started drill in ear
nest on the Tuesday after the
Thanksgiving holidays.
Practicing three days a week,
the Ross Volunteers drill from
5-6 p.m. and, according to Jones,
the drills have been long and
hard, the members of the unit
have continued to improve them
selves and the company as a
whole.
After returning from Mardi
Gras, the honor- guard members
will take a well-deserved two-
week rest before resuming prep
arations for the highlight of their
year, the performance on Moth
er’s Day.
This year, the Ross Volunteers
will institute a new event, a re
ception for the parents of mem
bers in the unit, to be held after
their demonstration on Mother’s
Day, said Jones.
Besides its being a tradition
for the Volunteers, to be the offi
cial escort of “King Rex” at
Mardi Gras, the unit is also the
traditional honor, guard for the
Governor of Texas at his inaug
uration.
This year, Gov. Price Daniel
did not have an official inaug
uration, but requested that 30
members of the unit be present
when he was reinstalled in office
on Jan. 17, to maintain this tra
dition, which has been upheld
for many years.
Other events during the spring
for the RV’s include a trip either
to Buccaneer Days in Corpus
Christ!, or the Holiday In Dixie
celebration in Shreveport, La.,
depending on other commit
ments and convenience of the
trip.
Since the organization was
founded in 1887, they are the
oldest student organization on
the campus which is still active,
and one of the oldest student or
ganizations in Texas.
Texas A&M’s Elite On Parade
. . the Ross Volunteers at 1960 Mardi Gras
World Wrap-Up
By The Associated Press
Cf
KJU Health Program Presented Congress
ggN WASHINGTON—President Kennedy today sent Con-
' DcS ress a controversial health insurance program of 14.2 mil-
Americans 65 or older. It would cost about $1.5 billion
1 ^/annually in increased Social Security taxes.
i Benefit outlays for the calendar year 1963, the first
(year of full operation, are estimated at about $1.1 billion but
solid spending figures do not go much further than that.
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Soviet Craft Interception Conferred
ALGIERS—A French spokesman confirmed Thursday
jnight that French air force jets intercepted a Soviet Ilyushin
18 and fired warning shots at it.
The spokesman said the planes fired only when the
|S 0z jSoviet aircraft failed to reply to radio calls for identification.
b | er ! He said the French had no advance notice of the flight.
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German-French Talks Begin
Eae " PARIS—Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and President
.Charles de Gaulle opened talks Thursday to improve German-
jFrench relations. The official atmosphere was chilly and
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Adenauer’s smile was wintry.
Assorted'1
When the West German leader arrived Thursday morn-
'ing, Premier Michel Debre was not at the airport to meet
Paiw wag eX p] a i nec | Debre had a prior appointment.
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Five Accused Of Spying
( I.' LONDON—A British expert declared Thursday five
i persons accused of spying for the Soviet Union stole details
1 of the Royal Navy’s nuclear submarine Dreadnought, based
k on designs supplied by the United States in 1959.
rC . The details were not specified but described by the wit-
ess, Navy Capt. George Symonds, as “of undoubted value
to an enemy.”
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Unemployment Mounts In Cities
WASHINGTON—Fresh reports of mounting unemploy
ment in big cities Thursday prompted President Kennedy
;o order a series of on-the-spot inspections of conditions in
the hard-hit areas.
The jobless picture was described as worse than it has
4|been in almost 20 years.
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k. $| Congo Givenn Back To Politicians
|||k LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo—The Congo’s government
Ifvas handed back to the politicians Thursday in a move to
J|h |;|iead off American overtures for a new deal with Patrice
If iDumumba.
President Joseph Kasavubu formally dismantled the
ollege of Commissioners—the group of university graduates
^Installed by Gen. Joseph Mobutu to run the country last
eptember—and proclaimed a provisional government of
arliamentarians. It will serve until Parliament can be
summoned, but this may not'be for some time.
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Marilyn Monroe Hospitalized
—" NEW YORK—Movie star Marilyn Monroe’s psychiatric
p-rAVC sreatment Thursday created a flurry of conflicting reports
[ lUi'J jbout her condition. One had it that she was merely resting,
Pownto^vhile another described her as “highly disturbed.”
Engineering
Scholarship
Announced
A $600 scholarship will be
awarded this spring to a sopho
more student in mechanical, elec
trical or industrial engineering, by
the Square-D Manufacturing Co.
Applications may be obtained
from the Registrar’s Office and
must be filed in that office by
Feb. 22.
Selection of the winner will be
based upon scholastic performance
and other factors, according to
R. G. Perryman, Associate Regis
trar, and Secretary of the Faculty
Scholarship Committee.
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Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1961
Number 65
2nd Place Ags Meet Toads
Improving TCI
Gaining Respect
By JOE CALLICOATTE
Holding a second place spot that is about as stable as a
spider web, the Texas Aggie cagers journey to Fort Worth
tomorrow night for a fracus with the up-and-coming Texas
Christian Horned Frogs.
From TCU’s performance against Baylor in Waco last
Tuesday night, they appear to be getting tougher with age.
The game was described as the Frogs’ best effort all season
by their coach, Buster Brannon. The Froggies winning com
bination resulted mostly from a torrid 64 per cent from the
floor while four men hit in the double figures to help compile
the 85-77 win.
TCU’s future seemed a bit uncertain a few weeks ago
when their top hand, Jerry*
Cobb, was dropped from the
squad. However, the Frogs
didn’t show any manpower
shortage Tuesday night with
Alton Adams, 6-9 soph, carrying
the brunt of an offensive attack
that netted him 18 points.
Due to the versatility that the
Cadets have shown in the past
two games, Coach Bob Rogers
could have something new in the
air for his Charges.
In Tuesday’s outing A&M used
eight men successfully to defeat
Rice.
These eight men were used in
three combinations, all of which
worked equally well. Besides the
two Stanley’s and Carroll Brous
sard, Rogers started regular
Wayne Annett and Lee Walker.
Charlie Minor substituted for An
nett and Lewis Qualls and Jerry
Windham filled in for Walker.
With these combinations, four men
scored in the double figures, while
against Southern Methodist five
hit over ten points.
Next Tuesday night, the Cadets
return to G. Rollie White to take
on the league-leading Texas Tech
Red Raiders.
Girls Scouts’
‘Thinking Day’
Being Planned
Feb. 22 will be obserwed by local
Girl Scouts as “Thinking Day.”
This particular day has been set
aside for remembering and study
ing the customs of the Girl Scouts
and Girl Guides in other countries.
An appeal is being made for
natives of other countries or
Americans who have lived abroad,
to visit the troops and tell of the
customs of their countries. The
girls are especially interested in
seeing native articles, colored
slides and costumes.
Persons who are willing to
further World Friendship and
Understanding are urged by Mrs.
Dale Leiper, program chairman, to
call the Girl Scout Office at
TA 3-2163 as soon as possible so
arrangements can be made for
visits to the various troops, at
their regular meetings being held
during the week of Feb. 22.
VIGOROUS PROTEST FROM REDS
French Fire Warning Shots
On USSR Prexy’s Plane
By The Associated Press
ALGIERS, Algeria — French jet
fighters fired warming shots Thurs
day around a four-engine Soviet
plane carrying Soviet President
Leonid Brezhnev and other high
officials on a goodwill visit to West
Africa.
The Soviet government in Mos
cow made a vigorous protest,
charging the attack took place 80
miles out over the Mediterranean
and was a case of “international
banditism.”
The French said the big turbo
prop airliner, pride of the Soviet
civilian air fleet, failed to respond
to radio challenges and was inter
cepted off Algeria by three Vau-
tour fighters in the “zone of
French responsibility.”
Brezhnev, 54, was not harmed
although he may have had a few
exciting minutes.
His plane, apparently unscathed,
arrived on schedule at Rabat, capi
tal of Morocco, and Brezhnev was
welcomed by King Mohammed V
and thousands of robed men and
veiled women.
A spokesman with his party at
first reported an unruffled flight.
But later, after Moscow radio had
announced the protest, the spokes
man said the Ilyushin had been
“buzzed and attacked.” Brezhnev
made no comment.
For months the French have
maintained a tight air and sea
blockade in the Mediterranean to
prevent shipments of arms and mu
nitions to the Algerian Rebels. The
stopping and seizure of freighters
allegedly carrying arms has
brought irate protests from Ger
man, Yugoslav and other shipping
interests.
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei
Gromyko, in a vigorous statement
and protest handed to French
Charge d’Affaires Jean de la
Grandville in Moscow, charged the
“blatantly provocative nature” of
the incident was all the more ob
vious because the Soviet plane es
tablished radio contact with Algiers
airport shortly before.
French authorities previously
had been informed of the flight,
he contended, and the plane was
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flying at about 27,000 feet in mid
afternoon when it suddenly was at
tacked.
He said a twin-engine jet fighter
swooshed “dangerously close”
three times, cut across the path
of the big airliner and fired on it
on two of its three passes.
Gromyko demanded the punish
ment of those responsible.
It was hours before French au
thorities confirmed there had been
such an incident.
Then Coup de Frejac, director
of information for the French ad
ministration in Algeria, issued a
statement saying the Ilyushin-18
was picked up on the Algiers radar
screen “irt the zone of French re
sponsibility which extends up to
the 38th degree of latitude.”
“This plane did not possess any
international flight plan,” he said.
“It was coming from the east and
seemed to be heading toward Mo
rocco. It was intercepted by three
Vautour fighter planes which fired
warning shots.”
The Ilyushin then veered north,
he said.
The spokesman said the Soviet
plane did not reply to fighter sig
nals on the “international wave
length which should be utilized.”
UN Club Hears
Holy Land,
Europe Review
A panorama of Europe and
the Holy Land will be given at the
meeting of the United Nations
Club tonight. The meeting will be
in the YMCA, commencing at 7:30
p.m., to which the public is invited.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Gordon Gay,
who will give the panorama, will
accompany it with a talk and
slides. Gay is coordinator of re
ligious life and general secretary
of the YMCA, at the College.
A social hour will follow the
program, C. K. Parekh, president
of the United Nations Club, said
today.
Mrs. Rudder Hosts
Wednesday Coffee
For ‘Newcomers’
Mrs. Earl Rudder will be hostess
to the Newcomers’ Club at a coffee
to be held at her home next
Wednesday from 9:30-11 a.m.
The coffee is an annual affair
for members of the club and special
invitations have been extended to
all wives of new faculty and staff
members.
CHARTER TO BE PRESENTED
Exchange Banquet
Scheduled Tonight
The Charter Banquet of the Bryan-College Station Ex
change Club will be held tonight at 7:30 p. m. in the Briar
crest Country Club.
The charter will be presented to Gborge Shelton, presi
dent of the newly formed group, ♦
by Dr. Porter L. Fortune, Jr., of
Hattiesburg, Miss.
Fortune, a member of the Na
tional Board of Control of the
National Exchange Club, will also
be the featured speaker of the
evening. He was born in Old Fort,
North Carolina, July 2, 1920.
He received his BA degree from
the University of North Carolina
with highest honors in 1941, his
MA degree from Emory Univer
sity in 1946 and his PhD degree
from the University of North Car
olina in 1949 with a major in
American History and a minor in
political sciences.
During World War II he served
in the Navy four years with three
of these on Pacific duty. For hero
ism in action, Fortune received the
Bronze Star in 1943. He is pres
ently serving as a member of the
Advisory Council on Naval Af
fairs of the Sixth’ Naval District.
His teaching career has included
teaching assignments at Emory
^University and at the University
A&M’s Own 6 Abe’
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Texas A&M’s Abe Lincoln
A few false whiskers and a bit of makeup are all that is
needed for one of A&M’s faculty members to bear a strong
resemblance to Abraham Lincoln. He is Dan R. Davis, a
native of Mount Pleasant and an associate professor in the
Department of Agricultural'Economics and Sociology. The
picture was modeled after a studio photograph taken just
four days before Lincoln’s assassination in 1865. "Facial
makeup is by Mrs. Joanne Smerdon of College Station, and
photography is by Howard Berry, manager of the Photo
and Visual Aids Laboratory at A&M. Davis says he is no
kin to Jefferson Davis, last president of the Confederacy.
of North Carolina. In 1948, he
went to Mississippi Southern Col
lege as assistant professor of his
tory. He was appointed associate
professor in 1949, Assistant D#an
of the College in 1951, Dean of
the Basic College in 1953 and Dean
of the College and Graduate School
in 1957. Mississippi Southern Col
lege has an enrollment of over
4,300 students.
He is the author of numerous
publications both in his field and
in various areas of college admin
istration. He is one of the most
sought-after speakers in the south.
Don Abel of Austin, district
governor of Texas District No. 4
of the National Exchange Club,
will present National Service
Awards for sponsorship of the new
club. They will go to the Ex
change Club of Houston and'J. J.
Bissell and W. M. Fink, who were
sponsoring committeemen.
Other local officers and mem
bers of the Board of Control ai’e
Gus A. Ellis, vice-president; Dor
sey E. McCrory, secretary; Robert
P. Wood, treasurer; E. L. Angell,
H. D. Butler, Dr. B. M. Cooley,
Travis B. Bryan Jr., Phillip B.
Goode and W. R. Matthews.
Special Coat,
Weekend Aired
At CSC Meet
By RONNIE BOOKMAN
Plans for the upcoming Civilian
Student Weekend and the discus
sion of a standard sport coat for
all A&M students kept the Civilian
Student Council busy last night.
The Civilian Student Ball and
bai’becue will be held April 22.
The dance is slated for Sbisa Din
ing Hall and the barbecue is to
be held*in the Grove.
The Council is to spent most of
its efforts in preparation for the
weekend.
Council President Mike Carlo
then asked the group for com
ments on a maroon ivy league
blazer with the A&M seal on the
pocket. It has been proposed thqt
the coat be adopted by both Corps
and Civilian Students for wear on
Corps trips and at football games.
“Since' we can’t wear the regular
uniform, I think that we ought to
have some item of clothing that is
the same as the Corps,” one repre
sentative said.
The price of the coats would run
from $25 to $35.
The price, and the fact that not
very many coats are worn in this
part of the country were argu
ments against the Council going
on record as for the sportcoat.
The main feeling of the Council
however was that the coat would
fill a great need in that it would
let people know that A&M has
some civilian students.