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Pamela Burke, Soph Sweetheart
Vivacious Pamela Burke, a short brunette, was named soph
omore sweetheart Saturday night at the annual Sophomore
Ball in Sbisa Hall. Mrs. Burke, who lives in College Station,
won the title over four other finalists.
JFK Creates
Committee
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON—President Kennedy Monday night cre
ated a 12-member committee to prevent any hiring-firing
discrimination in the government and in companies having
federal contracts.
Taking his first action in the +
civil rights field, Kennedy set up
the committee by executive order,
without resort to legislation.
The order provides stiff penal
ties for violations, including can
cellation of government contracts
under certain circumstances.
Kennedy consolidated two exist
ing government committees into a
tingle President’s Committee on
Equal Employment Opportunity.
He named Vice President Lyndon
B. Johnson as chairman and Sec
retary of Labor Arthur J. Gold
berg as vice chairman.
“Through this vastly strength
ened machinery,” Kennedy said in
a statement, “I intend to insure
that Americans of all colors and
beliefs will have equal access to
employment within the govern
ment, and with those who do busi
ness with the government.”
Kennedy also announced that he
has directed all federal agencies
“to take immediate action to
broaden government employment
opportunities for members of mi
nority groups.”
The President said he has “ded
icated my administration to the
cause of equal opportunity in em
ployment by the government or
its contractors.”
He added that Johnson, Gold
berg and the 10 other members of
the all-government committee
share this dedication.
“I have no doubt that the vigor
ous enforcement of this order will
mean the end of such discrimina
tion,” Kennedy said.
Administration officials said
they regard the Kennedy order as
considerably stronger than the one
under which former President
Dwight D. Eisenhower created
nondiscrimination committees in
these fields.
Johnson, who has been sharply
Two Films
To Be Shown
The Department of Modern
Danguages will show two films on
Germany tomorrow to the public
or anyone interested.
They will be shown in the Bio
logical Sciences Lecture Room at
4 and 7:30 p.m.
There will be no admission
charge.
criticized by some Southerners for
going along with Kennedy admin
istration civil rights policies, is
sued a statement saying he agreed
to serve on the committee because
he “believes deeply that in our
country all persons should stand
equally before the law and should
enjoy their full constitutional
rights regardless of race, creed,
color or sectioon of origin.”
The order calls for a thorough
study of government employment
practices. The President said he
wants an examination of the stat
us of members of minority groups
in every department, agency and
office of the federal government.
Kennedy’s executive order, which
is effective in 30 days, may be a
forerunner of administration ac
tion in other civil rights areas.
The President told his news con
ference last Wednesday that he
was deliberating whether to issue
an executive order which would
withold federal funds from schools
that discriminate against pupils on
the grounds of race, religion or
national origin.
The Battalion
Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1961
Number 78
Image’ Big Agricultural Aspect
Smith Addresses
Ag Convocation
By TOMMY HOLBEIN
“If we are ever to do a better job of gearing up for the
future and deciding on good policies for agriculture, we must
first decide on an image for the future,” said Dr. Mervin G.
Smith in addressing the annual Agriculture Convocation last
night.
The annual event was held in the Memorial Student Cen
ter Ballroom, with students and professors from all branches
of the School of Agriculture in attendance.
Dr. Smith, who is chairman of the Department of Agri
cultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Ohio State Univer-
sitv, continued his talk by presenting these points:
1. “Besides the imaffe. we*
need better appraisal of farm
policies in line with the lone
time ideal image for agricul
ture.
2. Most of the new administra
tion’s farm policies are short range
instead of long, and farmers tend
to expect more from the USD A
than is possible.
3. The most important and cru
cial problems in agriculture today
deal with the adjustments to rapid
changes in technology.
4. Over the next few decades,
the level of education of farmers
needs to be improved greatly, that
they might become masters of
their own destinies.
5. Farmer’s incomes can be im
proved and can even exceed non
farm incomes through technology
and management.
6. The land grant colleges and
agriculture leaders have a most
significant role to play in the in
ternational development of natural
and human resources—perhaps so
significant that it can change the
course of world events.
7. There is need for great work
to be done in all fields of agri
culture in the future.
8. There is a great task and
future for young people to take
leadership in developing the field
of agriculture in the United States
and world.
Could Be Pioneers
“On my last point, I believe
that students of agriculture right
now could be pioneers through ed
ucation and research in develop
ing human and natural resources
in the lesser developed lands of
the world.
“This may be more important
than anything else in determining
whether or not we have peace in
the world, win the cold war, pre
serve our free, unregimented sys
tem, and keep our moral values,”
concluded Dr. Smith.
The Agricujjtural Convocation is
an annual meeting sponsored by
(See AG CONVOCATION, Page 3)
U. S. Ships
Allerted For
Congo Action
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON—Four U. S.
Navy ships have been diverted
from a goodwill tour to stand by
in case United Nations forces need
help in the Congo.
The State Department Monday
said the task force was turned
back from a voyage to Cape Town,
South Africa, and was heading for
Congolese waters. It is due there
Friday.
The Navy said 500 Marines are
aboard in addition to the ships’
regular complement of about 750.
The vessels are the destroyer
Gearing, the dock landing ship
Hermitage, the tank landing 'ship
Graham County, and the Navy
tanker Nespelen.
The destroyer Vogelgesang,
which completes the five-vessel
goodwill task force, is continuing
on to Cape Town. It is scheduled
to rejoin the task force after pick
ing up mail, fuel and supplies.
The Vogelgesang carries a crew
of 274.
The five ships, which have been
making calls at West African
ports, have been used previously
to support U. N. operations in the
Congo.
Lincoln White, State Depart
ment press officer, recalled they
were used to evacuate 738 Guin
ean soldiers last month when
President Sekou Toure ordered
them home.
They also have unloaded food
and other supplies for the U. N.
forces at the Congo supply port
of Matadi. Congolese soldiers took
control of Matadi this last week
end after bitter fighting.
FOR 1962-63 SCHOOL YEAR
Applications Now Available
For Fullbright Grants
Applications for Fullbright
Grants are now available, accord
ing to Dr. J. M. Nance, Head of
the. Department of History and
Government. . .
The awards will he made for
lecturing and research in Australia,
New Zealand, South and Southeast
Asia and the other American re
publics.
The dates for the open compe
tition for the 1962-63 Awards un
der the Fullbright Act have been
moved up and applications will be
accepted between Mar. 15 and May
7, by the Committee on Interna
tional Exchange of Persons, 2101
Constitution Ave., NW, Washing
ton, 25, D. C.
The awards offered in Australia
and New Zealand are generally
very specific in nature, with heavy
concentration in the natural and
applied sciences. Most often the
host institutions want visits of
senior research scholars in the re
quested fields and ax-e prepared to
make special arrangements for
their reception to insure that mu
tually rewarding objectives will be
achieved.
Competition for grants in these
countries is usually keen, partly
because of the kind of opportuni
ties offered, and partly because
grantees face no language pi’ob-
lem.
In a number of counti’ies of
South and Southeast Asia and in
the other American nations, the
need is for able classroom teachers
rather than research specialists, al
though the openings in this field
are increasing slowly. The visiting
professor who goes prepared to
lecture in his subject and also to
engage in research involving his
students is particularly encour
aged to apply.
Lecturers in the South American
lands usually need to speak fluent
Spanish, or have sufficient back
ground in the language to be able
to pick it up quickly. They should
be able to master the tongue well
enough in a short time to teach
using it.
Visiting lecturers in South and
Southeast Asia are not required to
know the language of the host
country; however, they must have
the patience to make themselves
understood to students who have
had little or no experience in hear
ing English spoken.
Application blanks and more in
formation may be obtained from
Nance, Campus Fullbright Advisor
and Head of the Department of
History and Government, in Room
203, Nagle Hall.
Students Confer with Smith, Dr. R. C. Potts
. . . following Ag Convocation address.
Baseballers Play Rice Today
I World Wrap-Up
By The Associated Press
Rusk Says US-Red China Relations Possible
LONDON—Dean Rusk, the new U. S. secretary of state,
declared Monday night there seems slight chance that rela
tions between Washington and the Red Chinese capital of
Peiping will improve in the near future.
In a recorded television interview with the British
Broadcasting Corp., Rusk said: “We have seen no indica
tion of any fresh thinking on their side that has any bear
ing upon anything like normal relations. They have con
tinued a most vituperative campaign against the United
States and against America.”
'At tAt
JFK Asks Money To Fight Crime
WASHINGTON — President Kennedy asked Congress
Monday for additional $1,158,000 to battle two phases of
crime—organized syndicates of hoodlums and juvenile de
linquency.
The money would go to the Justice Department. Of the
total $540,000 would be used to hire attorneys to fight the
crime syndicates. The other $618,000 would pay for a pro
gram aimed at wiping out juvenile deliquency.
★ Ar ★
Senate Candidates Square-Off
AUSTIN—Campaigning in the big, free-for-all special
U. S. Senate race warmned up Monday as candidates spar
red with each other throughout the state.
The field, which multiplied rabbit-like as the Saturday
filing deadline approached last week, solidified at 71 can
didates.
Secretary of State Frank Lake’s office hustled to get'
the certified roll call of would-be senators completed and
mailed to county election officials. Lake said the list would
be in the mail either late Monday or early Tuesday.
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Board Member Blasts Texas Education
AUSTIN—A Harris County member of the State Board
of Education said Monday large counties are paying more
than their share of Texes’ education program.
The board set up a special committee to re-evaluate the
percentages of payments by counties to the minimum foun
dation school program after Jack Binion, Houston, pointed
out that 30 per cent was being paid by Harris, Dallas and
Tarrant counties.
★ Ar ★
Committee Approves Improvement Bill
WASHINGTON—The Senate Banking Committee Mon
day approved a $394-million depressed areas bill designed to
create new jobs in communities long hit by heavy unem
ployment.
■ The measure, sent to the Senate floor by voice vote,
largely followed the recommendations of President Kennedy.
The committee adopted 8-7 an amendment which Sen.
Paul H. Douglas, D-Ill., called a compromise of differing
views as to how the program should be administered.
★ ★ ★
Tornadoes Slash Midwest
Tornadoes—grim harbingers of spring—slashed through
parts of the Midwest Monday killing at least four persons,
injuring more than a dozen others and causing heavy prop
erty damage.
Heavy snow plastered wide-spread areas north of the
storm belt, closing scores of schools and tieing traffic in
knots.
Freezing rain slicked highways in central and western
Lower Michigan, making driving treacherous.
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Supreme Court Refuses Sit-In Hearing
WASHINGTON—In its first action on a Southern lunch
counter sit-in-case, the Supreme Court Monday refused a
hearing to eight Negroes and four whites convicted in a
Florida lunchroom demonstration.
They were convicted in Municipal Court in Tallahassee
in connection with a sit-in demonstrations at a Woolworth
store Feb. 20 and March 12 last year. Each received a sent
ence of 60 days in jail or a $300 fine.
A&M Board
Gives Nod
To Underpass
A&M’s Boai’d of Directors Satur
day unanimously adopted a mo
tion to accept the Texas Highway
Department’s provisions for the
construction of a three-quarters of
a million dollar railroad underpass
in College Station.
The Board motion, made by Eu
gene B. Darby of Phai’r and sec
onded by L. H. Ridout, Jr. of Dal
las, provides that A&M would fur
nish all rights of way needed for
the construction of the underpass.
The college will also make all nec
essary utility adjustments.
In a letter addressed to A&M
System Chancellor M. T. Harring
ton, Physical Plant Manager T. R.
Spence said, “This is a most de
sirable project from the standpoint
of the college, and the necessary
rights of way can be furnished
without serious effect on college
operations.”
Board Secretary E. L. Angell
said the college would begin work
on its part of the preliminary con
struction as soon as the other agen
cies involved adopted the highway
department’s provisions and a con-
stimction date had been set.
The other agencies, the City of
College Station, Brazos County and
the Texas and New Orleans and
Missouri Pacific Railroads, have
unofficially indicated their approv
al of the project.
‘Man In Revolt’
To Be Given
Tomorrow
“Man in Revolt,” the second of
a series of talks by outstanding
speakers, will be pi’esented in the
All Faiths Chapel here tomorrow
night.
The speaker will he the Rev.
Edward V. Long, pastor of the St.
Martin’s Evangelical Lutheran
Church in Austin.
Rev., Long received his BA and
BD degrees from Capital Univer
sity. He has seiwed pastorates in
Ohio, Galveston and has been at
St. Martin’s since 1952. His church
has honored him with a number of
outstanding assignments.
He was one of the Religious Em
phasis Week Leaders on the cam
pus in 1957 and the pi’esentation
is sponsox-ed by the YMCA, the
Newman club, the Chapel commit
tee, the Interfaith Council, B’nai
B’l'ith Hillel Foundation and the
Student Christian Fedei’ation.
Visitors Tour
Ag Facilities
Appi'oximately 115 junior col
lege students visited the A&M
School of Agriculture here yester
day.
The purpose of the visit was to
inspect agidcultural facilities. The
students will soon be transferring
to senior colleges.
Schools repi-esented were Taide-
ton State College, Kilgoi'e Junior
College, Ranger Junior College,
Navarro Junior College and Tyler
Junior College. 4
Dr. R. C. Potts, assistant direc
tor of agricultural instruction, said
the group toured 15 departments in
the School of Agriculture.
The students met for discussion
periods with representatives of
each department.
Hours Changed
At Library
Operating hours for the Texas
Engineers Library have been ex
tended to 8 a.m.-9 p.m. on week
days, according to an announce
ment fi’om Michael V. Krenitsky,
assistant librarian.
Krenitsky said the change re
sulted from the increasing demand
for materials and services of the
library.
The Saturday hours of 8 a.m.-12
noon will remain unchanged.
Graduate Course
Offered Teachers
The graduate extension course being taught by the Ag
ricultural Education Dperatment is benefiting public schools
throughout Texas. The department is nationally known for
work in the field of guidance and counseling. It is given
credit for the nationwide trend to-
ward including guidance and coun
selling in the vocational agricul
tural programs.
According to W. F. Herndon, su
perintendent of schools’ at Lamar
Industrial Consolidated Schools at
Rosenberg, more than 40 teachers
and administrators are em-olled in
a graduate guidance and counsel
ing course. It is taught by E. V.
Walton, head of the Agricultural
Eduaction Department and Dr. J.
R. Jackson, associate professor.
Dr. Earl Knebel, superintendent
of schools at Cameron, reports 35
teachers from Cameron and sur
rounding schools are enrolled in
graduate work taught by Walton.
Knebel said the leadership in guid
ance and counseling by the Agri-
cultui’al Education Department
comes at a critical time since Tex
as public schools must meet ac
creditation standards in guidance
and counseling next year.
C. D. Holmes, superintendent of
schools at Industrial Consolidated
Schools at Vandetbilt, said the
program in guidance and counsel
ing developed there in graduate
workshops taught by Walton has
been so successful that the pro
gram is being used as a model by
the Texas Education Agency for
other public schools.
The program was originally de
veloped for teachers of vocational
agriculture, but other school pei’-
sonnel began to enroll and develop
guidance and counseling programs
along the lines suggested for teach
ers of vocational agriculture, Wal
ton says.
Workshops are also being con
ducted at Bryson, Woodson and
Columbus. The supei’intendent at
Columbus, Marley Giddens, says
the program has been effective in
guiding youngstei’s into suitable
vocations.