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Volume B9 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1961 Number 74 TOTAL $120,105 System, School ‘S f Accept Grants A total of $120,105.12 from private sources, supporting work in the statewide A&M College System, was accepted by. nal tourtal Directors of the System, meeting here Saturday. The funds came to support scholarships, fellowships and research,' as aids to special pro- - ^ ; er, Fantel 2—Burst; ve, Jan* frownski Hon; regia me, Woods 'ght lean • with eigl lost of tli to be he! ■i Shermai in Marcii jects and purchase of equipment for various parts of the System. The Texas Agricultural Experi- ment Station received a total of (53,345.46, of which $44,320 was for support of grant-in-aid for re search. Two fellowships were es- shed With $3,000 given the Mon, and remaining funds came in gifts or loans of livestock and quipment. A&M College was the recipient of (26,046.33 in funds for scholar ships and fellowships, $2,588.33 innew capital funds, $1,750 in re search grants-in-aid and $30,240 in [special gifts. Tarleton State College received a collection of paleontological slides and an addition of a num- ter of. books to its library. Prairie View A&M College re reived a total of $115 in gifts; the Texas Transportation Institute re- reived $25 in gifts. Arlington State College receiv ed gifts amounting to $6,025. ★ ★ ★ A gift of $30,000 in reseai’ch quipment for use in underwater studies and appropriation of $20,- 10 for development of a complex leutron diffractometer were also approved by the directors. Directors accepted the gift of a (30,000 LaCosta and Rombert underwater gravity meter and con trol box which is to be, used by MM’s Department of Oceano graphy apd Geophysics in basic re search relating to studies of the earth’s surface. pr. Hugh McLellan of the De partment of Oceanography and leteorology says the device will he used on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico in conjunction with sur face gravity meters on the re search ship “Hidalgo” to measure acceleration of gravity on the ocean’s floor. Information will be used in studies to determine the most accurate possible picture of the true shape of the earth’s sur face, he added. Directors also approved approp riation of $20,490 for construction of a neutron diffractometer in the Department of Physics, to be installed in the Nuclear Science Center and to be operated in con junction with the large nuclear re actor now being constructed at College Station. The appropria tion was made with the under standing that any matching funds received from outside sponsors would be applied to costs of con struction. Contest Prizes Ned H. Sandlin Senior aeronautical engineering students Ned* H. Sandlin, Fort Worth, and Daniel E. Milton, Houston, have been announced as the winners of the student paper contest of the A&M branch of the Institute of Aerospace Sciences. These winning papers will be entered in the ninth annual South western Student Paper Competi tion of the Institute of Aerospace Sciences at Fort Worth, Apr. 27- 29 ; where they will compete against students from twenty-four other universities for prizes total ing $1,200. Honorable mention was award ed to Capt. David K. Keeler, a January graduate, who is now sta tioned at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla.; C. R. Wimberly, Dallas, and Clyde H. Young, Jr., Eastland, both senior Aeronautical Engineer ing students. Twenty-four papers were enter ed by students of the Department of Aeronautical Engineering in the competition here with a wide range of subject matter. ‘Art Of Living’ Talk Closes RE Week The Religious Emphasis Week at A&M ended Friday. Dr. Gaston Foote, the convocation speaker, delivered the last of the series of Sermons in Guion Hall at 9 a. m. Said Dr. Foote, pastor, First Methodist Church, Ft. He who is master of the - * W orth: art of living lives in three tenses— the past in terms of appreciation —the present in terms of advant age—-and the future in terms of aspiration. ' v - “Time does not simply pass,” Dr. Foote said. “It is part of eternity. Each day puts in or takes out something of eternal worth. If life is eternal we now live eter nally. “Studdert-Kennedy said there would be only one question asked in final judgement—‘what did you do with your life?’ “We observe three mottoes writ- Frosh Sweetheart * ,v’ i Freshman Sweetheart A blonde, Kay Runnels of Orange, reigned Saturday night as sweetheart of the annual Freshman Ball in Sbisa Hall. Miss Runnels won the honor over four other finalists and a host of initial entries. ten over the doors of the Cathe dral of Milan. This may clarify our thinking concerning eternal values. Over one door is this mot to: ‘All that pleases is but for the moment.’ We spend so much ener gy dealing with things which are at best only temporary. Wealth—• Jesus never denounced it. He did says we must lay up treasures in Heaven. Give money eternal values. “Over another door: ‘All that troubles is but for the moment.’ Trouble is real—it can destroy us but it can be the means of our growth. It depends on how you take it. All trouble ultimately passes. “That only is important which is eternal. Character is enternal. Time’s passing does not change it. It alone endures.” Cadets Rumble Past Bears Broussard Tops Scoring Record The Texas Aggie Cagers ended their home season in G. Rollie White last night as they handed the Baylor Bears a 90-69 defeat. Carroll Broussard paced the Cadet win with his 27 points and copped his eleventh A&M scoring record. He now has 564 points in 13 games, which broke the old record of 540 set by Neil Swisher in 1959. Don Stanley was second high for the Aggies with his 22 points followed by brother Pat with 16. Baylor led in the opening minutes of play as they scored the first' foal, but Pat Stanley quickly put A&M out front with a jump shot and a free throw. From there the Aggie Ballet Group To Perform In Town Hall Town Hall will present the famed American Ballet Theater Thursday. As a national company of international prestige the Amer ican Ballet Theater will be coming to A&M for the second time. The company recently returned from a six-week tour of Russia during which it gave 35 perform ances before an estimated 118,000 Russians. This total excluded tele vision audiences. The Russian tour was the fourth tour that the American Ballet Company has made under the aus pices of the U.S. State Depart ment. In these four tours the com pany has given 412 performances in 37 countries before over a mil lion persons. In their 1961 repertory the American Ballet Company is offer ing 18 classical and contemporary ballets. These will include one world premiere and three new bal lets. Being presented in its world premiere in this year’s tour is the jazz ballet entitled “Points on Jazz”. The music for this Ballet was written by Dave Brubeck and is the realization of a 20-year-old ambition. The three ballets which the com pany is presenting for the first time on tour are the “Lady From the Sea,” “Miss Julie” and “Glazu nov Variation,” a pas de dix. Conducting the American Ballet Theatre will be Kenneth De Witt Schermerhorn. lead soared and at times it could hardly have been called a contest. During the first 10 minutes of play, it was mostly Stan leys vs. Baylor as the twins from Buna dropped in 15 points between them. But, what happened in G. Rollie White couldn’t hold a candle to the outcome in Houston as Rice upset league-leading Texas Tech, 95-91, in an overtime. If Tech had won this one, they could have started having their name engraved on the Southwest Conference basketball trophy. Probably the decisive factor in the Tech-Rice clash was Tech’s loss of Del Ray Mounts with five minutes left in the first half. Mounts injured his head in a col lision with Rice’s Roger McQueary. Several stitches had to be taken before Mounts returned to the game six minutes deep in the sec ond half, and he only managed 13 points for the night. However, Rice went into the game injury-riddled as Buster Sul livan had a broken nose and Steve Smith was playing with a broken finger. In the other two conference games played last night, Arkansas defeated Southern Methodist, 88- 82 in an overtime and Texas edged Texas Christian, 79-77. Now the outcome of the SWC won’t be known until Friday night. Still in contention is A&M, Tech and Arkansas. Texas will play Tech in Lubbock and Arkansas hosts A&M in the hills. If Texas beats Tech and A&M beats Arkansas, the confer ence will end up in a tie between the Aggies and Tech. Record-Breaker Hits Another agile Carroll Broussard connects with jump shot Degree Filing Deadline Set Tomorrow Tomorrow is the deadline for any .student completing require ments for a degree at the end of this semester to make application for the degree. This includes both graduate and undergraduate de grees. Applications should be made in the Registrar’s Office. H. L. Heaton, registrar and di rector of admissions, emphasized in a letter to department heads that all students are required to make application for degrees. He said that this was in addition to any procedure that may be ex pected of them by the Graduate Dean’s Office. Heaton said that in the past, graduate students have not under stood that they too are required to make application for degrees. EIGHT DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES ITS Performers Announced By ALAN PAYNE A list of ten acts from eight different universities has been an nounced for the Mar. 10 Intercol legiate Talent Show in G. Rollie White Coliseum. The Kilgore Rangerettes have already been chosen as the open ing and closing performers for the tenth annual performance, with the remaining ten acts being cho sen after extensive tours of a five- state area by the ITS Talent Com mittee. The acts contracted for the per formance are: The Calvert Quartet from LSU, a group of four men from the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity; Sandra Chuddy, also of LSU, a vocalist and multi-winner in beau ty contests; The Jokers of LSU, a variety music group that will be appear ing for the third consecutive year; Johnny Knowles, a guitarist from TCU; Clyde Bateman, a vocalist from Texas Tech; The Trio Columbia of Texas Uni versity, a vocal group specializing in Latin numbers; Dorothy Nelson of Arkansas, a blues singer; Lollie Kremier, a vocalist from the North Texas Lab Band; Charlie Marshall of A&M, a comedian who won first place in this fall’s Aggie Talent Show, and The Dance Trio of SMU, two girls and a boy who perform pop ular dancing routines. For the first time in the ten- year history of the show, there will be a non-professional emcee— the comedy team of Schwartz and Bledsoe of Oklahoma State. The team will perform between acts and also displace the usual professionals who ordinarily han dle the emcee chores. They per formed on the show in 1959. ITS Publicity Director John Betts cited Miss Chuddy from LSU as the performer with the most impressive background. She has been named Miss New Jersey, Miss Centennial of LSU, the LSU Homecoming queen, Miss Somerset County (N.J.), Miss Wildwood Beach (N.J.) and the LSU Gumbo Beauty for the past three years. The Aggieland Orchestra, under the direction of Robert L. Boone, will provide background music for the show. Boone has said the orchestra will be using a special sterio set-up similar to the one used here by the Ray Conniff or chestra. Freshman Edge Baylor Cubs Two of the show’s ten acts will i also related The Jokers will play appear on the Town Talk televi- in the Fountain Room of the Me- sion program in Bryan the morn- I morial Student Center that same ing of Mar 10, Betts said. He I (See ITS On Page 3) World Wrap-Up By The Associated Press School Bill Goes To Congress WASHINGTON—Legislation to carry out President Ken nedy’s $2.3-billion school aid program went to Congress Mon day as Senate leaders announced plans to open up the legisla tive throttle. “I believe that this legislation will lift our schools to a new level of excellence,” Kennedy said of his school aid bill, ★ ★ ★ Supreme Court Back Wire-Tapping WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Monday that wire-tanping evidence may be used in state court crimi nal trials. This type of evidence is barred in federal courts. In two other cases the high court rejected anew conten tions that the First Amendment of the Constitution shields witnesses from, having to answer questions of congressional Communist probers. ★ ★ ★ Freeman Cites Rural Unemployment WASHINGTON—The secretary of agriculture told Con gress Monday rural America has its full share of stubborn unemployment. Secretary Orville L. Freeman said he wants to encourage a variety of enterprises—from woodworking plants to game farms for city hunters—to create job opportunities. ★ ★ ★ Two Women Enter Senate Race AUSTIN—Within half an hour Monday two women en tered the Special U. S. Senate race, bringing the total of women candidates to three. City To Determine Underpass Costs By BOB SLOAN The certainty of a four-lane railroad underpass in Col lege Station advanced another step Monday night at a meet ing of the College Station City Council. At the meeting, attended by representatives of the Texas Highway Department and the Bry--t : : ~ — an-College Station Chamber of Coihmerce, the Council voted to “immediately” determine the cost to the city of furnishing the right of way for the project. In the motion, Councilman Bill Smith proposed the City hire a professional property appraiser to determine the value of the property the city would have to buy for the right of way. The city will also determine the cost of changes in any city-owned utilities. After the approximate price of the underpass to the city has been determined, the City Council will meet with the Brazos County Com missioner’s Court “in an attempt to arrive at proportionate costs of this right of way procurement.” The Council said the work of appraising the property and meet ing with the County Commission ers could be accomplished within the next two weeks. This would not seriously hamper efforts to begin construction of the under pass, they said. Mayor Pro-Tern Joe Orr remind ed the Council that the City had agreed to furnish the right of way for such a project to the High way Department in February of 1957. Joseph McLain, Senior Resident Engineer for the Highway Depart ment said a tentative outline had been presented to the Council in 1957, but no specific details had been presented. “We did not know exactly what would be needed in the way of (See UNDERPASS on Page 3) There were Miss Mary Hazel Houston of Bellevue, in Clay County, and Mrs. Jonnie Mae Eckman. 56, of Brenham. Mrs. Eckman said she is a preacher. Miss Houston, 66, said she is an unemployed stenographer: ★ ★ ★ Executive Slams Care-For-Aged Bill CHICAGO—An American Medical Association executive said Monday President Kennedy’s proposals for hospitaliza tion and nursing home care for the aged are “unrealistic, limited and coercive.’ Dr. F. J. L. Blasingame, executive vice president of the AMA, said the association, after careful study of Kennedy’s complete health care message, “finds much to applaud in the over-all program.” ★ ★ ★ Mundt Admits Questionable Quotes WASHINGTON—Sen. Karl E. Mundt, R-S.D.. said his controversial account of a visit with Dwight D. Eisenhower hadn’t used exact quotes. Instead, Mundt said, it recorded the former president’s attitudes “as I sensed them.” In a statement Sunday night, former President Eisen hower dis-avowed Mundt’s version of their talk. Mundt had described Eisenhower as critical of President Kennedy. ★ ★ ★ Algerian Rebellion Break Hoped PARIS—President Charles de Gaulle and President Ha bib Bourguiba of Tunisia declared themselves satisfied Mon day there is hope for a rapid settlement of the bloody Alger ian rebellion now dragging through its seventh year. After daylong talks alone in the secluded presidential chateau at Rambouillet, the two leaders issued a guarded communique saying they were agreed there is a possibility “from this moment for a rapid and positive” settlement of the Algerian war.