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The Battalion
Volume 69
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1961
Number 72
MIGHT ON TOUR
U.S. Senate Hopeful
Makes Bryan Stop
Special To The Battalion
Congressman Jim Wright, one of the 36 hopefuls for the
senate seat vacated by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson
will be in Bryan tomorrow.
Wright will arrive by helicopter about 5 p. m. The stop
isonein his 1,700 mile, 48 county* -
swing.
In Lufkin yesterday Wright said
lie would place his record of ex
perience against that of any of his
major opponents. “I’m sure they
ill must be fine men, he said. “But
I seriously question their qualifi-
rations for this particular tough
md demanding job.’’
Wright carried his campaign
yesterday to Marshall, Carthage,
Center, San Augustine, Lufkin,
Jasper, Silsbee, Orange and Beau
mont.
Wright will be accompanied on
sis tour by Dr. Paul Willis, former
professor of political science at
Indiana University, and by pilot
Jim Carmichael.
The congressman is scheduled to
romplete his week-long tour Satur-
Jay.
Two candidates drummed for
votes in the state capital Wednes-
at a campaign kick off rally Satur
day in Marshall.
Maury Maverick, Jr., sought
votes in Houston and state Sen.
Henry Gonzalez was in Tyler on
his campaign trek.
Maverick at Houston said he
favors President Kennedy’s school
program which in 1962 would mean
“in excess of $40 million for school
Construction and teachers’ salaries
in Texas, plus 1,268 scholarships
of $700 each.”
Tower announced he would ac
cept a recent challenge to debate
Wright as soon as Wright has met
Gonzalez, Maverick, Wilson and
Blakley in television debates. He
said then he would “immediately
cancel any conflicting engagements
I may have then and meet him
whenever and wherever he
chooses.”
Dr. Foole. Cites ^Religious Lies
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God’s Will Tops
Various Aspects
By TOMMY HOLBEIN
“More lies, unintentionally, are told about the will ■
God than any other aspect of religion,” said Dr. Gaston Foote,
convocation speaker for Religious Emphasis Week in his
fourth talk this morning in Guion Hall.
In his message, entitled “What About God’s Will”, Dr.
Foote used various examples to portray his point of discus
sion.
“To illustrate the confusion that arises from these un
truths told about the will of God, take the example of the
missionary whose baby died of cholera. The father said ‘We
bowed to the will of God.’ ”
Continuing, the speaker said, “Another example would
be that of the doctor’s wife - *
who passed away. Said the
Jay.
They were Atty. Gen. Will Wil-
son, who held a late afternoon
toffee party and news conference,
and the "GOP candidate, John G.
lower, who also held a public
toffee break reception.
Hugh Wilson of Port Arthur is-
ned a statement in which he said
There is no natural cause for
lepressions except the natural
imitation in human intelligence.”
“If the voters instruct and au
thorize Congress to improve our
(tonomic 'system, I am confident
(hat in time we can prevent de :
pressions,” Wilson said. “I disagree
strongly with candidate Bill Blak-
ley’s statement that no govern
ment can guarantee prosperity.”
The self-proclaimed “second rich
est man in the race,” J. G. Barker
of Marshall, said he would “give
away 25,000 lucky pennies, and will
dearly define the issues of the
U. S. Senate race.” He said he
would make his first major speech
Congolese
Premier Joins
UN Dejection
By The Associated Press
LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo—
Congolese Premier Joseph Ileo
lined up with Katanga President
Moise Tshombe Wednesday in re
jecting the U.N. Security Council’s
new Congo plan. He called one
phase “a declaration of war.”
“The Congolese people are ready
to die to defend our sovereignty,”
Ileo told a news conference. “We
are ready to defend ourselves with
all means at our disposal. If the
U.N. uses force, we will reply with
forde.”
The Katanga government’s bitter
reaction, however, appeared some
what eased. Tshombe, who Triad
(See Congo on Page 3)
World Wrap-Up
By The Associated Press
Refinery Explosion Kills Nine
BORGER, Tex—An explosion and fire killed nine men
and injured another yesterday at the vast Phillips Petroleum
Co. refinery just outside this Texas Panhandle city.
The disaster almost wiped out a construction crew work
ing on a new unit of the plant. Only three escaped, one of
them the injured man.
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Workers Escape Cave-In
HONOLULU—Six construction workers were rescued
Wednesday less than an hour after they were trapped in a
mass of fresh concrete.
The men were working inside a 250,000-gallon reservoir.
Abeam snapped and dropped them 17 feet of the floor.
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Lump-Sum College Appropriations Asked
AUSTIN—The Higher Education Commission wants the
legislature to continue giving colleges lump sum appropria
tions, rather than detailed item-by-item money grants.
Rex G. Baker of Houston, commission member, told a
House appropriations subcommittee yesterday that itemized
appropriations would put higher education recruiters “in a
strait jacket.”
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France, Tunisia Confer On Algeria
PARIS—President Charles de Gaulle and Tunisian Presi
dent Habib Bourbuiba will meet Monday to explore the
chances of peace in Algeria, a communique said Wednesday
night.
The meeting at De Gualle’s countryside official resi
dence. the Chateau de Rambouillet, was arranged here by
bench officials and Bourguiba’s information minister, Mo
hammed Masmoudi. *’
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Ships Remain In
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Caribbean
NORFOLK, Va.—Five amphibious ships and a Marine
battalion will remain in the Caribbean after the exercises now
being held there, Vice Adm. John Taylor, commander,
Atlantic Fleet Amphibious Force, said Wednesday.
His announcement emphasized that the United States-
intends to keep a military force in the Caribbean, where ten
sion over relationships with Cuba has caused concern for
some time.
doctor, ‘We did all that human
knowledge and medical science
could do but it wasn’t enough
—God took her.’
“A widow lost her only son in
the war—‘If it wasn’t God’s will,
then why was he killed,’ she asked.
“We must start with this: God
is good, yet we seem to always
be making of God a devil. He
does not send catastrophies, fam
ines or wars.”
Three Considerations
Dr. Foote then gave three con
siderations for the understanding
of God’s will, the intentional, cir
cumstantial, and ultimate wills of
the Divine Being.
“God wishes all of us to live
long, useful lives, and Jesus was
sent into the world to be followed,
not deliberately crucified. Also,
God often gives us freedom which
we misuse. We have disease,
famine and war because, in some
instances, of the absence of God.
“The ultimate will of God is His
ultimate victory. Evil may win
the first day, and the second, but
not the third, for God is ultimately
victorious. It is God’s kind of a
world,” concluded Dr. Foote.
The convocation speaker opened
the week of religious emphasis by
speaking on “What About God,”
last Monday. In this talk, he dis
cussed the fact that the basic
differences in the world today are
in the area of belief in God.
Tuesday’s message was entitled
“What About Man,” in which Dr.
Foote said our greatest danger is
to forget man’s true greatness. He
continued by discussing the three
basic ingredients of man, the mind,
body and soul, and explaining how
each of these facets of man is
essential to be a whole man.
Yesterday’s talk was “What
About Truth,” with the basic point
being that man is a truth seeker,
and there are several concepts of
truth prevalent in the world today.
Consolidated
Junior Play
Opens Tonight
Mystery, tragedy, and comedy
headline the 1961 Junior play of
A&M Consolidated High School.
“Theatre Trio,” a series of three
one-act plays, will be presented
tonight in the A&M Consolidated
High School Auditorium beginning
at 8 p.m.
Top attraction will be a cutting
from Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer
Prize winning “The Skin of Our
Teeth.” Wilder takes an ordinary
family and places them in differ
ent eras of history, from the ice
age to the war age.
T^ihe Juniors have chosen the day
at Atlantic City when newly
elected I^jpsident Antrobus makes
his speech to the Ancient and
Honorable Order of Mammals:
Subdivision Humans. “This great
fraternal, militant and burial so
ciety is celebrating on the Board
walk its 600,000th ensuing term.”
An attempt to sever the 500-year
family tie is tried by Sabina, the
Atlantic City Beauty Queen, under
the constant prodding of the Gypsy
Fortune Teller.
“Minnie Field,” by A. A. Milne,
is the wait and lament before the
funeral of the ever-popular Minnie
Field by four neighbors and Tip
Field. Seated by the stove in the
early morning hours, the five ex
press their attitude toward the
departed Minnie, who died in child
birth.
A London setting is featured in
A. A. Milne’s “The Man in the
Bowler Hat.” A unsuspected Lon
don couple are involved in the
mystery of the Rajah’s Ruby as
the plot unfolds on a unique note.
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A&M Welcome To Dallas
One of the predominant features at the placards displayed by the student body.
A&M—Southern Methodist University bas- For more information, see “From The Side-
ketball game in Dallas Tuesday were these lines” on Page 6.
Saturday’s
Fish Ball
Plans Complete
The annual Fish Ball, social
highlight of the year for freshmen,
wiy be held in Sbisa Hall from
9 p.m. to 12 midnight Saturday.
High point of the evening will
be the announcement of the Fish
Sweetheart. Finalists have al
ready been chosen by the class of
ficers and they are: Kay Run
nels, a blonde from Orange; Mary
Slocomb, a brunette from Galena
Park; Elizabeth Cabaniss, a bru
nette from Ft. Worth; Carolyn
Sue Fish, a brunette from Neder
land, and Priscilla Taylor, a bru
nette from El Dorado, Ark.
The decoration of Sbisa Hall for
the formal affair will be done Sat
urday morning. The Ball is for
mal and all cadets will wear black
bow ties and white shirts. Girls
are also expected to wear formal
attire.
Ticket’s will be on sale right up
to the time of the Ball, but cadets
are urged to get their tickets as
early as possible in order to avoid
the “last minute rush.” They are
on sale at the cashier’s window in
the Memorial Student Center for
$3 stag or drag, according to
Frank Kiolbassa, President of the
Class.
All those who entered pictures
in the Sweetheart Competition are
are asked to come by the Cashier’s
Window in the Memorial Student
Center as soon as possible and
pick them up.
DA TA PROCESSING ‘BEST IN NA TION
Analogue Computer Added To Center
Installation of an $250,000 ana
logue computer at the campus
Data Processing Center will make
the center the best in the south
west, and comparable to any in
the nation, according to Robert
Smith, center employee.
The new “brain,” to be installed
sometime in the early summer, was
manufactured by Computer Sys
tems, Inc., and will be obtained
on a five-year lease plan, after
which time it will be donated to
the college by the manufacturers.
Its basic use will be by the De
partment of Oceanography to fill
contracts with the United States
Army for the statistical comput
ing of meteorological data, accord
ing to Smith.
t Other Uses
Other uses will include simulat
ing of manufacturing processes by
statistical methods through con
tracts with several major oil com
panies.
“The analogue computer, gen
erally called the Dystac, can sim
ulate refining processes and situa
tions found when converting, for
example, crude oil into various
products,” said Smith.
“Without much difficulty, these
can be simulated and the compan-
Mysterious Object
Stirs Law Officials
“Object appeared to be about 200 feet off the ground.
Then moved in a westerly direction at a high rate of speed.”
That was part of an exchange between the Bryan Depart
ment of Public Safety radio dispatcher and various units from
here to Houston. The time was-* •
about 10 last night. The object
referred to was an elusive “Un
identified Flying Object.”
The first sighting was near Con
roe by a Highway Patrol unit. He
described the “thing” as a bright,
silent light.
Also Seen
Another Highway Patrol unit at
Hempstead also saw the object.
An Air Force spokesman at El
lington Field near Houston said
that there were no military air
craft in that area. He also said
that their radar would not pick up
objects as low as 200 feet.
Houston International Airport
also said that they knew nothing
of any air activity in the area.
The radar apparatus here was
not in operation at the time.
Knew Nothing
Dr. Dale F. Leipper, head of the
Department of Oceanography and
Meteorology, said that he knew of
nothing that could have caused
the bright light.
“Sometimes, though, just after
sunset the clouds reflect weird
lights,” he added.
Many sightings of the object
were reported to law enforcement
officers around Conroe.
Spring Sports Play Picks Up—Page 5
ies can get an approximation of
the results of their processes.
These results will be refined on
our digital computer, the 709,
which is an entirely different ma
chine, and the results of these
tests will prove valuable aids to
the companies with which we have
contracts,” he added.
The unit will occupy 600 square
feet of floor space and consists of
four consoles, two power supplies,
and an electrical components pan
el. Answers to problems fed into
the unit will be read from dials,
a siloscope, screens and printed
pages.
The four console units can be
used separately or in line, de
pending on the complexity of the
problems.
Smith said other center equip
ment will work complementary to
the new computer and a system is
being planned whereby the ana
logue machine and the 709 can be
“hooked.” With the addition of
the new computer, the center’s re
search services will be practically
unlimited, he said.
The facilities of the center will
be used extensively for teaching
research, as the highly-publicized
709 computer is now being em
ployed. The 709 at the center is
the .only such computer in Texas
at the present time.
In preparation for installation
of the Dystac, modifications of
air conditioning and power are in
the process of being made to ac
commodate the new computer,
said Smith.
Acquiring the new machine will
establish A&M as a center in the
southwest for data processing,
since the center presently houses
the most modern computing ma
chinery on any college campus in
the south.
Other equipment in the center
includes an IBM 650 highspeed
computer together with an IBM-
604 electronic computer and banks
of accessory equipment.
The center’s program includes
teaching facilities, research in
data processing, project support
and assistance to the college fiscal
department and registrar.
‘Adventure Series’
Plans Progressing
Sinclair Lewis’ “Elmer Gantry” has been announced as
the American novel to be reviewed later in the spring as a
project of the A&M “Great Adventure Series.”
Even though no specific date has been announced for
the project, students may register - * * :
R. L. Smith Explains Machine
.. computing specialist Dan Drew observes
on brochures that will be distrib
uted soon in all college dormitor
ies, according to Council President
Tony Giardina.
In Lounges
The sessions will held informally
in dormitory lounges.
Dr. Frank W. R. Hubert, Dean
of the School of Arts and Sciences,
has said the program is entirely
voluntary and is open to all stu
dents.
“When students sign up for the
series,” Hubert added, “they should
read the book and be prepared to
participate in the discussions.”
The Dean added is the program
is successful, it will be extended to
future semesters, with one book
being read and discussed per se
mester.
Cerf Comments
Giardina recently queried the na
tionally known publisher Bennett
Cerf, president of Random House,
Inc., in New York City.
Cerf declared, “Your series
strikes me as an important step
in the right direction. I hope you
will be so successful that it not
only will be continued indefinitely
at Texas A&M, but that it will be
copied by other universities all
over the country.”
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