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The Battalion
Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIllAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1961
Number 73
Cadets Host Arch-Rival Steers In Coliseum
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By JOE CALLICOATTE
Texas University’s basket-
ill game moves into College
ation, hoping to thin the
trowd that has accumulated
in the Conference’s second
tlace position.
A&M will have the same thing
in mind for the Longhorns, but the
iggies will also be trying to
avenge a five-point loss to the
Longhorns in Austin during Janu
ary.
The other team that is sharing
in second place is Arkansas who
d up even Wednesday night
after defeating Texas Christian’s
Horned Toads.
While talking in terms of sec-
tnd place, Texas Tech certainly
an’t be left out of anything, since
Hey are a full two games in front
)i every one. The Red Raiders’
latest victory came Tuesday night
is they dropped one-time winner
aylor, 98-81.
All Tech has to do for a cinch
tie is to beat TCU. To have a clear
to the Southwest Conference
ttampionship, the Raiders only
lave to win one of their last two
pmes with Rice and Texas.
Carroll Broussard continues to
see the Cadets in almost every
atagory. After falling into a
slight slum for three games,
Broussard scored 26 points against
SHU. His average now stands at
le over 23 points* for confer-
tace play.
Big Lewis Qualls is the latest
nan to “come around” for A&M
as he hit 16 points against SMU
and collected eight rebounds. How-
tver, Qualls will have his hands
HI of tall men tonight as Texas
Irings in Wayne Clark, Jimmy
Irown and A1 Almanaz.
In the SMU game the Aggies
louldn’t get their shooting eyes
going and it broke their backs. The
!3 out of 75 shots A&M made
gave them a little over 30 per
tent in the SMU game, which was
more than ten points below the
season average.
Monday night will mark the
tnd of the home season for A&M
as they meet the Baylor Bears.
All that will remain will be the
long trip to the Arkansas hills.
Minister Talks To Squadron 11 and 12
. . . G. H. Stephenson from Lubbock
RE WEEK CONCLUDING
‘What About Tomorrow?’
Ends Dr. Foote’s Talks
By TOMMY HOLBEIN
“What About Tomorrow 7 ” was
the topic of the concluding talk
delivered by Dr. Gaston Foote, Re
ligious Emphasis Week Convoca
tion speaker, in Guion Hall at 9
a.m.
The text for the speech came
from Second Corinthians 4:18,
“The things which are seen are
temporary but the things which
are unseen are eternal.” From
this verse, the minister drew his
message concerning eternal values.
A first point presented by Dr.
Foote was that he who is master
of the art of living lives in three
tenses; the past, in terms of ap
preciation, the present in terms
World Wrap-Up
By The Associated Press
Dirksen Proposes Civil Rights Bill
WASHINGTON—Noting that President Kennedy has
n’t asked for one. Senate Republican Leader Everett M. Dirk-
*n of Illinois said Thursday he would “unfurl a civil rights
’ in a couple of weeks.
Dirksen, after a conference of Senate and House GOP
ers, said he would introduce his bill.
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U. S. Suffers Laos Setbacks
WASHINGTON — The United States has suffered a
table setback in efforts to gain international support for
nil, S.-backed plan to establish a neutral status for Laos.
Western diplomats placed this interpretation Thursday
011 the reported refusal of Cambodia’s Prince Norodom Siha
nouk to serve as chairmen of a three-nation neutral nations
commission in the troubled Southeast Asian kingdom.
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Towers Cites Race Philosophy
BEAUMONT—U. S. Senate candidate John Tower said
Thursday the race is developing into an all-out contest be
tween the liberal and the conservative philosophies of gov
ernment.
“It is a battle of more government as advocated by
Maury Maverick and the New Frontier crowd in Washington
as opposed to a return to self-government and the restora
tion of individual rights and freedoms as advocated by John
Tower and more than a million other Texans who voted that
way in the election last November,” he said in Beaumont.
of advantage and the future in
terms of aspiration.
Continuing, he said, “Time does
not simply pass, for it is part of
eternity, and each day puts in or
takes out something of eternal
worth. If life is eternal, we now
live eternally.”
The speaker quoted Studdert
Kennedy as saying there would
be only one question asked in fi
nal judgment: “What did you
do with your life?”
Three Mottos
“We observe three mottos writ
ten over the doors of the Cathedral
in Milan, and these may clarify
our thinking concerning eternal
values,” said Dr. Foote.
“Over one door is this motto:
‘all that pleases is but for the
moment.’ We spend so much time
and energy dealing with things
which are at best only temporary.
For example, wealth; Jesus never
denounced it, but he said we must
lay up treasures in heaven.
“Above another door is written,
‘all that troubles is for the mo
ment.’ Trouble is real, and it
can destroy us. But it can also
be the means for our growth, it
just depends on how you take it.
All trouble ultimately passes—.
“The third motto states. ‘That
only is important which is eter
nal.’ Character is eternal, and
time’s passing does not change it;
character alone endures,” con
cluded Dr. Foote.
Ended Series
The talk concluded a series of
five messages delivered each
morning in Guion Hall by Dr.
Foote, serving as convocation
speaker for a very active and suc
cessful Religious Emphasis Week.
Opening the group of five talks
Monday, Dr. Foote began with a
message entitled “What About
God,” in which he discussed the
basic differences in religion in
the world today, centered on God.
This w 7 as followed by a second
message, “What About Man.”
In this second talk, Dr. Foote
presented the thought that our
greatest danger is to forget man’s
true greatness, and presented sev
eral concepts of man, ending with
the Christian’s.
Wednesday’s message was en
titled “What About Truth,” in
which the speaker presented vari
ous concepts of truth prevalent in
the world, with the basic thought
that “man is a truth seeker.”
“What About God’s Will” was
the topic of Dr. Foote’s talk yes
terday, which presented fresh ideas
on a well-tried subject, that of
whether or not it is God’s will
and doing when disaster strikes.
A major point in this talk was
the fact that God must be con
ceived of as good, although many
people are always making God a
devil.
“We can best consider God’s will
by this dimension, the three wills
of God; the intentional, circum
stantial and ultimate will of the
Almighty. Evil may win the first
day, and the second, but not the
third. God is ultimately victori
ous. It is God’s kind of a world,”
said Dr. Foote in concluding yes
terday’s talk.
‘SOUND OFF’, CORPS
Problems Aired
At Special Meet
The Battalion’s “Sound Off” column and reports of al
leged misconduct in the Corps of Cadets were discussed at a
meeting called by Dean of Students James P. Hannigan Feb.
21.
Present at the meeting were"*
Hannigan, Commandant of the Col
lege Col. Joe E. Davis, Corps Com
mander Cadet Col. Syd Heaton and
Deputy Corps Commander Cadet
Col. Brantley Laycock. Also
present were Cadet Cols. Richard
Meadows, Harvey Barber, Ken
Demel and Bobby McDaniel.
Concerning “Sound Off,” a Bat
talion column devoted to letters
from readers, the group was in
agreement that “some letters which
have appeared recently . . . reflect
ed only the ignorance of the au
thors and a complete disregard for
the facts involved.”
The group said that the letters
printed should carry a commentary
by the editor pointing out any part
of the letter that is contrary to
the facts. It was agreed there
should be “no effort to muzzle the
‘Sound Off’ column,” hut a brief
summary of the facts should be
published along with letters that
are critical of individuals, depart
ments or activities of the college.
To accomplish this end, it was
suggested that individuals or or
ganizations criticized in letters
should be given an opportunity to
examine the letter and submit in
formation supporting their side.
Both letter and explanation would
be published in the same issue of
The Battalion.
Questions asked an Air Science
student by Air Force instructors
concerning the students views to
ward the showing of the contro
versial film, “Operation Abolition,”
were also discussed by the group.
The student, Don Cook, was
questioned by Air Science instruc
tors after he reportedly criticized
the film. In a letter to The Bat
talion Jan. 20, Cook explained the
meeting with the Air Force offi
cers, and upheld their right to
question “cadet loyalty in any
school.”
Since that time, several letters
have been written to The Battalion
both in favor and against the right
of the Department of Air Science
to question its cadets.
The meeting took a position
that “the Air Force officers, in ad
dition to instructing, have the re
sponsibility for selecting those ca
dets who are to receive commis
sions . . . and in this latter capaci
ty questions which any potential
employer can be expected to ask
were . . . appropriate.”
The fact that writers of some
recent letters to The Battalion in
dicated they could not get the ad
ministration to listen to them, and
if they did, their views would get
them in trouble, was discredited by
Hannigan.
There is a steady stream of stu
dents visiting the administration
offices with problems, complaints
and requests, he said. These stu
dents are never turned away, and
are given the maximum amount
of assistance.
Placing Corps activities above
the time required for study by
freshmen and sophomores was al
so discussed.
There were reports of “under
classmen being required to stand
24-hour inspection, to report to the
rooms of other individuals, and to
put in excessive time studying for
quizzes on campusology.” Such re
ports were admittedly rare, how
ever.
The group agreed that “these
activities must be eliminated for
the good of . . . all classes” wher
ever they were happening and
wherever “moderation was not the
rule in enforcing customs.”
Navy Puts
New Polaris
Through Tests
By The Associated Press
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The Na
vy Thursday rammed the new Po
laris submarine Theodore Roose
velt through an “evasive-action”
test dive that took the undersea
monster well below 400 feet.
How far below can not be dis
closed.
The 25 newsmen aboard had
watched the depth gauge level off
at 300 feet and started to relax.
Suddenly, the deck beneath their
feet seemed to give way. Seconds
later the* 380-foot-long nuclear-
powered submarine leveled off
again — this time at a depth they
were pledged not to disclose. All
they could say was that the figure
was “in excess of” 400 feet.
Flight Engineers
Paralyzing Strike
Return;
Ends
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON—Prodded on all
sides, flight engineers of six air
lines decided yesterday to return
to work at once, ending the nation’s
most paralyzing airlines strike.
The announcement of the walk
out’s end was made personally by
President Kennedy. Secretary of
Labor Arthur J. Goldberg, who
played a key role, stood at his
side in the White House.
Kennedy’s statement, however,
did not signal full peace on the
airlines’ labor front. Western Air
Lines was not covered.
Goldberg said Western’s flight
engineers still would stay out be
cause the company had refused to
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join the other airlines in pledging
no reprisals against the strikers.
But the Flight Engineers Inter
national Assn, agreed to end its
strike of Pan American, American,
Trans World, Eastern, National
and Flying Tiger airlines.
By doing so, the engineers heed
ed Kennedy’s appeal of Tuesday
to return to work while a presi
dential peace-seeking commission
studied the dispute.
Pressure was applied to the en
gineers when George Meany, pres
ident of the AFL-CIO, seconded
the President’s appeal. And the
airlines added more pressure when
they handed the engineers an ulti
matum Wednesday.
The airlines said they would
withdraw their pledge of no re
prisals unless the flight engineers
returned to work by noon yester
day. The pledge had been made
when Kennedy set up his commis
sion.
Goldberg persuaded the airlines
to extend their deadline for two
hours, and a settlement was
reached in the afternoon.
Unlike most strikes, this one did
not hinge on wages. It arose from
a ruling of the Federal Mediation
Board covering union jurisdiction.
The board ruled that the flight
engineers ®f United Air Lines
must join the same union as the
pilots. The flight engineers fear a
single union because the pilots |
easily would outnumber them.
Although Goldberg maintained
consistently that the board’s rul
ing applied to United Air Lines
alone, the flight engineers of the
other major airlines walked off
their jobs.
Elizabeth Cabaniss
. . . Fort Worth
Kay Runnels
. . . Orange
V \
Priscilla Taylor
... El Dorado, Ark.
Carolyn Sue Fish
. . . Nederland
Mary Slocomb
. . . Galena Park
Sbisa Dance
To Begin
At 9p. m.
By ROBERT DENNEY
Plans for the Fish Ball, to
be held tomorrow night in
Sbisa Hall, are now being
completed.
The Sweetheart Finalists
have been chosen by the Selection
Committee composed of Frank
Kiolbassa, president; Mike C.
Dodge, vice president; Sam Blasin-
game, secretary - treasurer, and
“Mac” G. Cook, social secretary.
The finalists are: Kay Runnels
from Orange, Mary Slocomb from
Galena Park, Elizibeth Cabaniss
from Ft. Worth, Carolyn Sue Fish
from Nederland and Priscilla Tay
lor from El Dorado, Ark.
This year marks the first time
that all classes will use the same
decorations for their respective
dances. In this way, better decora
tions were available to all the
classes at lower cost. The overxi
all theme will be a “Garden Scene®
arrangement.
High Point
High point of the evening will
he the crowning of the Fish Sweet
heart by Cook, the class social
secretary. The crowning is tenta
tively scheduled for the second in
termission.
The Aggieland Orchestra, led by
Robert L. Boone, will provide en
tertainment for the evening. The
music will be of the “Ray Conniff
type” with the orchestra playing
faster music when everyone wantj
to move around the floor a little
faster. The group will be set up
in the main wing next to the north
wall, and will play from 9 p.m. un
til midnight.
Tickets are on sale until 5 p.m.
today at the Cashier’s Window in
the Memorial Student Center for
$3, stag or drag. Tickets will also
be on sale at the door; however,
students are asked to get their
tickets before the last minute to
avoid the rush.
The Ball is formal and cadets
will wear white shirts and bow
ties with their uniforms. Girls will
also wear formal. attire.
“This year we’ve been a little
pressed for time because of the
University of Texas basketball
game Friday night,” Kiolbassa
said, “but everything is going
along smoothly so far, and I’m
sure it will be one of the best Balls
ever thrown.”
Decoration Costs
The total cost of the decorations
will run about $350, according to
Blasingame, the class treasurer.
Helping with the decorating Satur
day morning will be volunteers
from Cos. C-2, D-2 and G-3.
Those who entered pictures in
the Fish Sweetheart Contest (with
the exception of the finalists) can
pick them up at the Cashier’s
Window in the Memorial Student
Center, and are urged to do so as
soon as possible.
More than 125 invitations have
been delivered to Company and
Squadron Commanders, Tactical
Officers, Cadet Staff Members and
Faculty Sponsors; in addition,
special invitations have been de
livered personally by the class
officers to the gueste of honor.