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The Battalion
Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1961
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Number >63
Foote Questions Man’s Destiny
Official Congratulations
White Band Commander Aubrey C. Elkins gives the new
ly-named band sweetheart, Loretta Young of Mansfield,
La., her crowning kiss after she was named sweetheart at
Saturday night’s Band Ball. Miss Young won the title over
four other finalists.
fOR JOHNSON’S POST
Senate Candidates
Vie In Earnest
By The Associated Press
Sen. William Blakley, serving under appointment from
Gov. Price Daniel, and 35 other aspirants to the U. S. Senate
seat vacated by Vice President Lyndon Johnson, squared off
in earnest Monday.
One new candidate entered the 4
race to make a total of 36 run
ning for the seat. He was Thomas
E. Barton, Sherman teacher, who
(ailed himpelf a “Southern Con-
Krvatjve Democrat.”
The 43-year-old Barton said he
vas a native of the Lake Texoma
area.
Former State Rep. Maury Mav-
triek said in San Antonio he fa
te President Kennedy’s plan to
provide medical care for the aged
tlrough the Social Security pro-
jram.
Maverick, who has drawn the
Biehunko, ’56,
Dies In Crash
Air Force First Lt. Ernest F.
Kehunko, Class of ’56, and an
i%r graduate, was killed last
*eek in the crash of his F-106
Mta Dart Jet plane in California.
Biehunko, known as “Buddy” on
®ieA&M campus, was a Cadet Lt.
■el., holding the position of Corps
derations Officer, he was also
% commander of the Ross Vol-
•nteers and a member of SAME.
Biehunko was a native of Moul-
K Tex., where he was an honor
fraduate of the Moulton High
fehool. He was the son of Mr. and
«rs. Frank Biehunko.
He was assigned to the 329th
Hghter-Interceptor Squadron at
George Air Force Base near Vic-
toville, Calif. He had been in the
■Mr Force more than two years,
hit was only recently assigned to
^ F-106 squadron.
Before that he flew F-86 Sabre-
Ms and F-102 Delta Daggers.
Survivors other than his parents
his wife, Dorothy; a one-year-
old daughter, Becky and a brother,
Maj. L. T. Biehunko of Columbus
Air Force Base, Miss.
Funeral arrangements in Moul
ton are pending the arrival of the
!>ody from California.
endorsement of a large segment
of organized labor in Texas in the
campaign, received another en
dorsement today. It came from
Mrs. R. D. (Frankie) Randolph
of Houston, former Democratic
National Committeewoman from
Texas.
Mrs. Randolph said only two
candidates running for the old
Johnson post have “past records
that are consistent with any dedi
cation to the rights of man.”
“It isn’t that Henry Gonzalez
possesses these qualities less,”
Mrs. Randolph said, “but that
Maury Maverick possesses them
more,” Maverick and State Sen
ator Gonzalez both are from San
Antonio. Gonzalez in previous
campaigns has been supported by
both labor and Mrs. Randolph.
Blakley, speaking over a 26-
station television network from
Dallas, came out strongly against
federal aid to education, the wel
fare state, and world government.
Speaker Discusses
i What About Man ’
By TOMMY HOLBEIN
“What About Man” was the topic discussed by Dr.
Gaston Foote in his second address as Religious Emphasis
Week Convocation Speaker in Guion Hall this morning from
10 to 11.
In his talk, Dr. Foote said Man may perish because he
has lost the vision of his own greatness and has become an
animal of self-destruction.
“There are various basic concents of Man, such as the
behaviorests idea that all actions of Man are results of glan-
dier reactions, and he is a psychological Frankenstein. Bio
chemists say Man is a chemical compound, and biologists
might assume that man is only an educated animal, kin to all
other animals,” said Dr.+
Foote.
“But the most miraculous
of all things is man. himself.
Man’s body is so wonderful
that he, himself cannot begin to
understand manv of its abilities.
For example, Man invented the
telephone, yet within his own ear,
there is a far more efficient tele
phone system.
“Man’s heart is another struc
ture far more powerful in rela
tion to the hydraulic pumps he has
developed. His heart pumps over
280,000 tons of blood a year, yet is
so small it must be located with a
stethescope,” said Dr. Foote.
The minister continued by ex-
nlaining the Christian Vft!lceJ3±.. of
Man, that he is God’s thought in
action; an expression of the Mind
of the Universe.
“Man is the only animal who can
say “I Am”, for the plants in the
universe cannot say it; he can say
“I Believe” and his efforts are in
accord with his beliefs. He is also
the only animal who can say “I
Ought”, and has a moral con
science. The tapestry of God’s de
sign has been woven into his spirit.
There are four levels of exist
ence, the inaniment, animate, hu
man, and devine; Man is suspend
ed between the human and devine,
and can say, “I Will.”
“Within limitations, man is the
master of his fate,” concluded Dr.
Foote.
Yesterday’s opening talk by the
convocation speaker concerned the
three elements of Man, mind, body
and soul.
“When a person leaves out one
of these basic ingredients^ he is
not a whole man,” said Dr. Foote.
“Many people in the 20th Cen
tury have left out the spiritual
part of self, and no life is complete
without the spirit. But there was a
time when scientist were noted for
their agnostic or aethistic beliefs.
This is no longer true, and major
leading scientists today are ex
pressing their faith in a “mind be
hind the universe.”
Babcock Essay
Contest Offers
$250 Prize
It’s that time of year again.
Yes, the title for the Babcock Es
say Contest has now been announ
ced and the $250 prize is waiting
for some Aggie to carry it off.
The contest is sponsored by a
Beaumont insurance man C. L.
Babcock, Class of ’20, to find an
outstanding composition on some
facet of life at Aggieland.
The subject for this year is
“Educational Assets I Find Here
at Texas A&M.”
The essays will first be screen
ed by the staff of The Battalion
and the best ones will be sent on
to a judging committee selected
by President Rudder.
In addition to the first prize of
$250, ten Honor' Certificates will
be given to, the runner-ups. Prev
ious winners of the contest have
had their essays printed in pub
lications throughout the state and
in the Congressional Record of the
State of Texas.* The winners and
runners-up will he announced at
the annual Student Publications
Banquet May 4.
To enter the contest, one must
follow these rules: manuscripts
must be turned in by Apr. 14, and
should be typed in regular form
with double spacing. One should
make two carbon copies of the
manuscript and turn them in to
The Battalion Office on the ground
floor of the YMCA Building. Man
uscripts can be no shorter than
250 words and no more than 1,000
words in length.
The essays will be judged on
the basis of the four principles of
good journalism: “Is It the
Truth?,” “Is It Fair?,” “Will It
Build Good Will?” and “Will It Be
Beneficial?”.
Weekend Accidents Leave
Aggie Injured, Ex Dead
Traffic accidents claimed the
life of an Aggie-ex /and injured
five in the Bryan area over the
weekend.
Accident investigators blamed
the weather in at least two of the
accidents.
Victor Livingston, a freshman
pre-veterinary medicine major
from Cleburne, was injured Fri
day night when he was struck by
a car.
Livingston had both his legs
broken in the accident. It occur-
ed Friday night on Texas Ave.
at Twin Blvd.
Livingston and Kenneth Burk-
halter, another Aggie Fish, were
trying to catch a ride into town
when he was hit.
Burkhalter was not hurt.
The car was driven by Martha
Grace Ball of 308 Elm in Bryan.
Livingston is in satisfactory
condition at St. Joseph’s hospital
in Bryan now.
He is a member of Company
G-3.
Arthur Courtade, a 47 year old
agriculture instructor at TCU died
of injuries sustained in a collision
outside of Calvert Friday after
noon.
Courtade, who graduated from
A&M in 1938, was returning from
a field trip, when an oncoming
car skidded out of control on the
rain slicked highway.
The students with Courtade were
Izadore Gonzales, 21, of Miami,
Fla.; Patricia Ann Hurley, 20,
of Gainesville, and James Rob
bins, 18, of Breckenridge.
They were taken to a Hearne
hospital.
The occupants of the other car
were not injured seriously.
A third traffic mishap broke
both legs of the driver, Ray Arm
strong of Bryan.
Armstrong was alone when he
lost control of the vehicle.
Rain Slows Ag Footballers — Page 4
: : ;
Dr. Gaston Foote, convocation speaker
. . . kicks off RE Week activities
World Wrap-Up
By The Associated Press
Nationalist Plane Shot Down
TOKYO—Peiping radio reported Tuesday that pro-Com-
munist forces in Laos shot down a Chinese Nationalist plane
over Laos Sunday morning. It said all six aboard were killed.
The broadcast, quoting the clandestine Pathet Lao radio,
said “a U. S.-made military plane of the Chiang Kai-shek
clique” was shot down at Ban Ou, northeast of Tha Bonn.
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Supercarrier Readied For Sea Trials
CAMDEN, N. J.—Workmen swarmed over the decks
and through the holds of the super-carrier Kitty Hawk yes
terday preparing for her first sea trial.
The 60,000-ton aircraft carrier is to leave its berth at
the New York Shipbuilding Corp. yards Tuesday for a 59-
mile trip down the Delaware River to start a four-day build
ers’ test of her engines and operating equipment.
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Baudouin Dissolves Belgian Parliament
BRUSSELS, Belgium—King Baudouin dissolved Parlia
ment Monday because of a widening rift between Premier
Gaston Eyskens’ Social-Christians and their coalition part
ners, the Liberals.
The king decreed March 26 as the date for a general
election, which may prove one of the hottest ever fought in
this country and could open the door for Paul Henri Spaak
to return to the helm with his Socialist party.
★ ★ ★
Scotland Based Missile Subs Protested
GLASGOW, Scotland—Two Scotsmen lay down in the
hall of the U. S. consulate here yesterday and wouldn’t budgie.
They were there, they said ,to protest the basing of Polaris
armed submarines in the River Clyde.
Consul General Maxwell McCullough told them protests
should be addressed to British authorities but the men would
n’t get up so the cops were called and hauled them away.
★ ★ ★
Venezuelan Revolt Squelched
CARACAS, Venezuela—A disgruntled guard colonel and
a few henchmen revolted against the government Monday
and were squeched without bloodshed, a communique an
nounced. The colonel was arrested.
For a nation by rioting, insurrections and assassination
attempts since moderate President Romulo Betancourt took
office two years ago, the early morning uprising was a tame
affair.
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Flood Smashes Peruvian Village
LIMA, Peru—Dispatches from Madre de Dios in south
east Peru yesterday said a flood caused by an overflow of
the Chinchanaco River caused 17 deaths and injuries to about
100 persons.
The reports said heavy rains not only raised the river
but loosed logs and rocks which smashed into huts near the
village of Pilcopata, where most of the deaths and injuries
occurred.
The Battalion
Wins National
Safety Contest
The Battalion has been named
national winner of the annual
Lumberman l ’s Mutual Casualty
Co. safety edition contest.
The contest is conducted every
December for safety editions of
college newspapers throughout
the nation. The Battalion has
previously been named first in
1953 and 1956 and has placed for
10 of the past 12 years.
A $500 cash prize will be
awarded the staff at a meeting
in Chicago in the near future.
The contest also embraces five
individual divisions, with the re
sults of judging in these not yet
announced.
Second place went to the Uni
versity of Texas. The Daily Tro
jan of Southern California won
first place last year.
Death Claims
Dr. Walton.
Ex-President
Funeral services were con
ducted Sunday for Dr. Thom
as Otto Walton, 77, a former
A&M president who died Sat
urday morning in Bryan’s St.
Joseph Hospital.
Walton served A&M as the pres
ident who has held the longest
reign—17 years. He was one of
the best-known figures in the his
tory of A&M and an internation
ally known agricultural leader.
Walton was born an East Texas
farm boy in Gary, Mar. 8, 1,884.
He worked his way up from coun
try school teacher to county agri
cultural agent to head of the Tex
as Agricultural Extension Service
to president of A&M.
A graduate of Carthage, Tex.,
high school, he attended State
Teachers College (now North Tex
as State College) in 1899. He was
awarded the honorary LLP degree
by Baylor University in 1925 and
studied in the Scandanavian coun
tries in 1937.
Progress Noted
During Walton’s 17 .years as
A&M president, enrollment grew
from' 2,084 to 6,500 and the value
of the college fiscal plant rose
from $4,750,000 to $15,000,000.
Upon retirement from the col
lege in 1943, Walton served a year
as vice chairman of the War Labor
Board, then became postmaster of
College Station. He held the lat
ter position until retirement in,
1953. Since retirement he has de
voted his time to ranching inter
ests and his hobbies of hunting and
fishing.
Survivors are his wife, Ethel
Turner Walton, 104 Lee St., Col
lege Station; two sons, Dr. T. T.
Walton of Bryan and Dr. T. O.
Walton, Jr,, of College Station;
two daughters, Mrs. Herschel Bur
gess of College Station and Mrs.
Frank Bortle of Ames, Iowa.
There Yre eight grandchildren
and six great grandchildren.
Also surviving are a sister, Mrs.
Clyde Thomas of Snyder and a
brother J. H. Walton of Beau
mont..
The services were held Sunday
at the Hillier Chapel.
FLYING KADETS HOST
NIFA Air Meet
To Be Held Here
The National Intercollegiate Flying Association will hold
its thirteenth annual air meet on compus April 27-29, it has
been announced.
The Keynote speaker at the event will be Lt. Gen.
Benard A. Schriever, commanding4 ■
general of the USAF Air Research
and Development Command.
Special attraction of the meet
will be an exhibition of precision
flying by the Air Force Thunder-
birds, world-famous for their acro
batics in Super Sabres.
Hosting the event is the A&M
Flying Kadets, a 75-member group
of students of the college who are
interested in flying.
Composed of 94 member colleges
and universities in the United
States, the NIFA air meet is held
annually to promote skill, safety
and sport for its members who
range from commercial pilots to
those who are just learning to fly.
The A&M meet will mark the
third time the event has been held
in Texas. Texas Christian Uni
versity in Fort Worth hosted the
group in 1949 and 1955.
Charles Murphy of Abilene, a
senior aeronautical engineering
student and president of the NIFA
and the Flying Kadets, said that
more than 300 participants are ex
pected to compete in the meet.
Basically, competition will be in
three categories including power-
on and powei’-off spot landings,
flour bomb dropping and filing and
flying a cross-country course.
Climaxing the conclave April 29
will be an awards banquet at which
time more than 20 trophies and
awards will be presented to top
pilots and teams.
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