The Battalion Volume 59 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1961 Number 75 MOD Passes 8,000 Goal The quarterly meeting of the Brazos County Chapter jf the National Foundation last night heard a report from Dr. Paul Hensarling, 1961 New March of Dimes chairman, on funds raised this year in the county. ' Hensarling reported to the chap- + ter that $8,064.16 was raised dur- iif the campaign pushing the tel slightly over the goal of 1,(100. The goal was reached this week dien Berry Risinger, manager of tie Triangle Bowl, reported that (135 was raised for the drive dur- if a head-pin tournament held llroiighout the month of February. Of the total, the contributions lere received through the follow- iif divisions: special gifts $87, sihools and colleges $576.26, Moth- (ts 1 March $3,639.12, coin collec tors $171.43, mailers $1,523.55, special events $231.30 and teenage ictivities $1,835. 50. An additional $91.43 contributed liter the 1960 drive was conclud ed will also be reported to the tkapter, bringing the grand total to $8,155.59, less campaign sup plies and expenses of $265.77. Hensarling said today that any- «who still wishes to contribute to the New March of Dimes may lose. The money will be funneled into the chapter treasury and re ported in the 1962 drive. The chairman also expressed his Hanks to everyone who gave so perously of their time and mon- fy to make the campaign success- il. “As you know,†he said, “The Erazos County Chapter of the Na tional Foundation and the New llarch of Dimes have no paid em ployees; therefore, local funds are used exclusively for patient care.†The chapter meeting was held it 7:30 p. m. in the Bryan City Ball building. SCONA VII Ipplications low Open Applications for the Seventh Student Conference On National iffairs opened today in the Direc- 'orate’s Office, Memorial Student (enter, and will last through next Honday. All persons interested in becom- h? members of SCONA VII may lifn up at this office any time iering the day until Mar. 6, ac ting to Reid Armstrong, chair man of SCONA VII. The Student Conference On Na tional Affairs is an annual event %h provides opportunity for outstanding students from the inited Staes, Canada and Mexico to meet in discussion and hear fminent speakers holding promi- •tnt positions in international re gions and diplomacy. Armstrong and Tom C. Reid, fast chairman of SCONA VI, tfoke to the Beaumont Ex-Associ- ation last night, telling those at tending the meeting of the Con- ’enence, its nature, and its aims and goals. liwanis Club Presents Pins The College Station Kiwanis -mb yesterday honored Joe Sor- of College Station by award- him a pin for 16 years’ perfect attendance. Sorrels is a charter ttember of the College Statiort Ki- * a nis and is a past Lt. Governor °t Division IX of the Texas-Okla- District of Kiwanis. “Mr. Kiwanis,†as he is known t 11 this area, is a professor and re search engineer at A&M. Roy Wingren and Walter Man- % also have outstanding attend ance records in the Kiwanis. Win- fren was recognized for 15 years and Manning for 12 years of per fect attendance at the luncheon. Plans Complete For Soph Ball Saturday Night The annual Sophomore Ball will be held in Sbisa Hall Saturday night from 9 to 12, with music pro vided by the Ed Sullivan Orches tra, an 11-piece group from Hous ton. Tickets to the occasion are now on sale at the cashier’s window in the Memorial Student Center, ac cording to Tommy Thomas, pres ident of the Class of ’63. In the reception line at the dance will be the following class offi cers and their dates: Thomas, president; Ed Sartain, social sec retary; Scott Brown, vice presi dent, and John Burton, secretary- treasurer. The interior of Sbisa Hall will be converted into an elaborate spring- garden scene for the ball, with Scott Brown and Don Brister head ing the decorations committee. Other committees include the sweetheart committee, comprised of Ed Sartain and Bill Brashears; invitations committee, comprised of Tommy Thomas and Roger John, and tickets committee, John Bur ton and Shelby Tramlor. Five finalists have be^n named in the sweetheart contest for the Sophomore Ball; they include Miss Pamela Burke of College Station, submitted by John Burke; Miss Patsy Patterson of Texas Christ ian University, submitted by Ron ald Hunter, and Miss Sharon Moore of San Antonio, submitted by Bill Brashears. Other finalists include Miss Jes sica Ann Ledbetter of Texas Tech, submitted by John H. Meyer, Jr., and Miss Sandra Rein of Austin, Texas, submitted by Tom Kennerly. Midway through the dance, the five finalists will appear on stage, and this year’s Class of ’63 sweet heart will be selected at that time. With the music of Ed Sullivan’s orchestra, the spring garden set ting for the interior of Sbisa Hall, the flowing formals and class A formal uniforms, Saturday night is scheduled as a gala time for the Class of ’63. Stanley Sinks Lay-up Don Stanley (44) follows up a rebound netted over 20 points for the second with a lay-up in Monday’s Aggie victory straight game, over the Baylor Bears. The big forward UNEMPLOYMENT, MINIMUM WAGE Two JFK Anti - Recession Proposals Pass Committees By The Associated Press WASHINGTON— Two priority proposals by President Kennedy to combat the recession—longer un employment pay to the jobless and a higher minimum wage for the employed — got go-aheads from House committees Tuesday. The House Rules Committee cleared for House consideration Wednesday, with amendments barred, a bill that would tempo rarily provide up to another 13 weeks of benefits to unemployed workers who have used up their rights since last June 30. A House Labor subcommittee approved Kennedy’s proposal for boosting the minimum wage from $1 an hour to $1.25, but came out with a speeded-up version. In stead of three steps as Kennedy proposed—$1.15 this year, $1.20 next year and $1.25 in 1963—the subcommittee cut it to two steps, $1.15 this year and $1.25 next year, that at least 500,000 out-of-work Meanwhile, a Senate Labor sub committee held hearings on Ken nedy’s proposed $1.25 minimum. And Senate and House Banking subcommittees contained hearings on another hurry-up Kennedy an tirecession proposal—a $389.5-mil- lion plan to help depressed areas. The tlouse Rules Committee vote to send the unemployed pay bill to the floor for action was unanimous. With amendments barred, the House will have the choice of taking the measure as it came from the Ways and Means Committee or rejecting it com pletely. Speaker Sam Rayburn, D-Tex., said a final House vote probably will come Wednesday. The Kennedy administration’s objective is to start .the addition al unemployment pay by April 1. The administration has estimated persons already have reached the limit of their benefits under regu lar unemployment compensation programs, and that another 2.4 million will do so in the future. The estimated $990 million cost of the extended unemployment pay-to be advanced out of the fed eral treasury — would be repaid during the next year and the year after by a temporary boost of four- tenths of one per cent in the pay roll tax. The House Labor subcommittee, in approving a boost in the mini mum wage to $1.25 in two steps, also made changes in the pro posed new coverage. Chairman James Roosevelt, D-Calif., estimat ed that about four million workers would he brought in, most of them in the retail and service trades. Kennedy had recommended exten sion to 4.3 million. Plans Released For Career Day College Welcomes Students March 18 Plans for the annual High School Career Day program have been announced by Lee Duewall, director of College Information and Publications. Mar. 18 has 1 been selected for the annual college-wide open house to high school students. The program for prospective Aggies includes compre hensive views of elaborate equipment and facilities available at A&M. It also gives them a chance to discuss the require ments of the various courses with faculty and staff members. Living Taste Students attending the program will be given a chance to spend one or two nights in the dorms, eat in the dining halls and discuss college life with* DOUBLE IN TWO TEN YEARS Aircraft Coverage Expanding Annually The number of acres treated yearly from aircraft stands a good chance of doubling within the next 10 years. That is the opinion of Fred E. Weick of Piper Aircraft Corpor ation of Vero Beach, Fla. Weick, one of the main speak ers at the 10th annual Texas Ag ricultural Aviation Conference which ended yesterday, said that in this country, there is every reason to expect a more gradual growth with the yearly fluctua tions which occur in almost all economic and agricultural prog ress. “We are all aware of two fac tors: the growth of the population and the trend toward mechaniza tion on the farms,†he said. “If the progress since 1952 is projec ted forward, it appears likely that within the next 10 years or so, the number of acres treated an nually fropi aircraft will be about double what it is now.†The conference is held each year to keep aerial applicators abreast of the latest pi-ogress and prob lems in their expanding industry, according to L. H. Wilkes, confer- enche chairman and a member of the Department of Agricultural Engineering. Sponsors of the event are the A&M College System, Texas Aero nautics Commission, Texas Flying Farmers and Ranchers Association and the Texas Aerial Applicators Association. Weick, formerly with the A&M Aircraft Research Center, gave the following opinions on future trends: Aircraft will soon be covering well over 100 acres per hour. Ground equipment for loading planes will be improved. Helicop ters will remain confined to spec ialty work. Dispersing equipment will continue to show improve ment. Aerial applicators will be see ing more competition from im proved ground equipment. As la bor saving devices spread through out the w.orld, aerial application of materials also will expand. Weick said new airplanes, de signed specifically for spraying and dusting, now make up about one-tenth of this country’s entire fleet. One of the main attractions of the conference was a field demon stration of the special-design ag ricultural planes. Chemicals in agriculture are here to stay, even though there is a wide misconception that all chemicals are harmful, according to Dr. H. L. Haller of the Agri cultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Wash ington, D. C. “No other country in the world has the comprehensive laws and enforcement procedures that we do, to asure the safe use of chem icals for food production and dis tribution,†the speaker said. A goal to shoot for, Haller said, is more efficiency in use of pesti cides, and to develop pesticides which have a wide margin of safety. Emphasis needs to be plac ed on the use of chemicals in the weakest link of the life cycle of insects. “’f’he label is still the best avail able source of information on how to use a pest control product on a food crop,†the USDA offi cial said. “The Food and Drug Administration has frequently sta ted that it has never had to make a seizure of a food, where it could be established that the pesticide Baseball Season Opens Friday—Page 4 was used in accordance with di- reptions.†Haller said. American foods are safer and more wholesome than ever before, and chemicals used on farms help make them so. The most important points in analyzing agricultural aviation op erations are width, rate of appli cation, and speed, both in swath and in the ferry, Dr. Kenneth Razak, Dean of the School of En gineering, University of Wichita, told the group. “The consequence of increasing these factors, or rather the neces sary method of increasing the fac tors, is that the ejection rate must be increased. Unless this is ac complished, the production cannot be increased,†he said. “This is a design problem and requires either a major modification of an existing airplane or the design of a completely new one.†Other members of the confer ence program committee, in addi tion to Wilkes, were Dr. Richard Baldauf, Department of Wildlife Management; J. C. Brusse, De partment of Aeronautical Engi neering; Dr. A. G. Caldwell, De partment of Agronomy; Dr. W. G. McCully, Department of Range and Forestry; Dr. C. S. Miller, Depart ment of Plant Phyysiology and Pathology, and N. M. Randolph, Department of Entomology. students. Dorm space is available to students for the nights of Friday, Mar. 17 and Sat. March 18 at no cost to the stu dents. Meals will require only nominal expenditures by the visitors. This is the 13th year that Ag gies have invited high school stu dents to share their college life for a weekend. Program Beginning The actual program starts at 8 a.pjp Mar. 18 with registration in the Memorial Student Center. A general assembly at 10 a.m. in Guion Hall will feature talks by Robert Laird, Corps Chaplain; President Earl Rudder; Roland Dommert, president of the Stu dent Senate, and Syd Heaton, Corps Commander. A film, “We Are the Aggies,†will also be shown. At noon the student guests will eat in the dining halls. From 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. there will be con ducted tours of college facilities by groups arranged according to fields of interest. Fields to be covered include agriculture, arts and sciences, engineering, veter inary medicjne and general inter est. At 4 p.m. there will be an intar- squal football game that the stu dents may attend. Lease Granted FnrMSC Post Office Improvements to the U. S. Post Office substation in the Memorial Student Center will result from a ten-year lease that has been grant ed for the substation by action of the Board of Directors of the A&M College System. The Board approved authority for Chancellor M. T. Harrington 'to enter into a lease contract with federal authorities whereby the college will lease facilities in the Memorial Student Center for ten year£, with an option to renew for two additional five year pe riods. Lions Club Begins Door-to-Door Bulb Sale On Mar. 7 The College Station Lions Club will have their annual light bulb sale Mar. 7-9. Members of the Lions Club will become door to door salesmen on those days, start ing at 5 p.m. The light bulbs will be packaged with four 60-watt and four 100- watt bulbs per package, or, four 75-watt and four 100-watt bulbs per package. The price is $2 per package. President of the College Station Lions Club is Don Hood of the De partment of Oceanography and Meteorology, and the chairman of the light bulb sale is Lt. Col. Ed Scott of the Department of Mili tary Sciences. Rifle Teams Win Prizes Around Nation A&M small bore rifle teams re cently won high honors in a series of national and regional rifle matches. As a winner in the 40th Annual William Randolph Hearst National ROTC Rifle Competition, A&M’s No. 1 small bore rifle team won first place among Senior Units in the U. S. Fourth Army area. Both Air Force and Army ROTC teams also placed “high in recent matches. The Air Force ROTC rifle team scored 1,S45 out of 1,500 to place second in shoulder-to- shoulder firing between teams from North Texas State and the Air Force Academy. At the Fourth U. S. Army ROTC championship match A&M’s Army ROTC small bore rifle team took second in a thirteen place field by making 3,800 out of a possible 4,000 points. Student Funds For Next Year Announced During the next 30 days, cash awards totaling $5,000 will be awarded by the Faculty Scholar ships Committee. The funds will be given to stu dents for use in the 1961-62 school year. Applications may be obtained either from the Registrar’s Office or from the Heads of Departments, and must be turned in before Mar. 15. The awards will be based on scholastic records, potential leader ship and need of financial assist ance and will range from $200 to $600. The awards will be made as fol lows: Four Bell and Howell Instru ment Co. Awards for sophomores or juniors of $250 each, two Black- Brollier Scholarships for sopho mores or juniors in civil engineer ing or architecture of $500 each; The Cabot Carbon Co. Scholar ship for a sophomore in civil op mechanical engineering of $400; The Ft. Worth Mothers Club Award for a sophomore, junior or senior from Tarrant County, two Mosher Steel Co. Scholarships for sophomores in civil engineering os architectural construction^ Additional awards will be as fol lows: The U.S. Daughters of 1812 Award for a sophomore ROTC stu dent in the School of Arts and Sciences; The Western Electric Co. Scholarship for a freshman, sopho more, junior or senior in electrical engineering, mechanical engineer ing, industrial engineering or phys ics; The J. E. Duff Scholarship o$ $250 for a senior who has earned all or a part of his college expen ses, and The Schulmberger Award of $500 for a junior or senior in electrical engineering, petroleum engineering, physics or geology. World Wrap-Up By The Associated Press Air Force Tanker Crash Kills Five MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich.—A giant Air Force tanker plane, loaded with jet fuel, crashed in a billow of flame and smoke near a busy highway intersection outside this south eastern Michigan city yesterday. Apparently none of five crewmen aboard survived, the Air Force said. The KC97 barely missed a tavern and a residential sub division and crashed in a fiery quartermile skid into a vacant house. One witness described the scene at “a horrible mess, with pieces of plane scattered all over the place.†★ ★ ★ Hoffa Wins Over Reform Group WASHINGTON—A struggle by court-appointed moni tors to unseat James B. Hoffa as president of the Teamsters Union came to a close Tuesday. After a three-year fight, Hoffa won. Hoffa’s victory was his most impressive in a long series of struggles with reform groups trying to topple him and alleged abuses in the 1.7 million-member union. ★ ★ ★ Congo Forces Join In Pact LEOPODLVILLE, the Conge—The Tshomhe and Kasa- vubu governments joined forces in a military pact yester day along with the splinter regime in southern Kasai Pro vince. The result, on paper at least, is a united anti-Communist force of about 13,000 soldiers in a position to take on the regime of Antoine Gizenga, recognized by the Soviet Union as the Congo’e central government. ★ ★ ★ Mob Burns Women In Algeria ORAN, Algeria—A rampaging mob, setting out as a mourning procession for King Mohammed V of Morocco, be came enraged Tuesday and burned two European women to death in their car. The outbreak of terror caused French authorities to clamp a rigid curfew on this city, second largest in Algeria. ★ ★ ★ Major Crime Rate Shows Rise For 1960 WASHINGTON—Major crime showed a major increase in the United States during 1960, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover said yesterday. It rose 12 per cent over the record total of 1959. Hoover based his figures on a preliminary survey of police departments in cities of more than 25,000 population.