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Volume 69
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8,1961
Number 79
Name-Change Bill Introduced In Senate
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Special To The Battalion
Washington—Sixty-eight Ameri
can colleges and universities are
preparing to celebrate a centennial
-the establishment of the land-
grant system of higher education.
The actual anniversary is July
2,1962, but a steering committee
of educators already has scheduled
a series of programs for 1961 and
1962.
At centennial headquarters in
Washington, D. C., arrangements
have been made for nationwide
conferences, seminars and exhibits
to spotlight the institutions’ ori
gin and their contributions to the
economic, cultural and scientific
growth of the United States.
Born In Civil War
The land-grant system was born
as a spark of hope for the future
thjinthe dark days of the Civil War,
recalls the National Geographic
fl Society. It was based on the novel
fii concept that learning should be
practical as well as academic, and
that it should be open, not just to
l privileged few, but to all who
could use it.
Congressional legislation to that
end was fathered by Representa
tive Justin Smith Morrill of Ver
mont. In final form it provided
for a federal grant of land to each
With money from sale of the
land, each state was to establish
and endow “at least one college
where the leading object shall be,
without excluding other scientific
and classical studies, and including
military tactics, to teach such
branches of learning as are related
to agriculture and the mechanic
arts.”
Forward-looking men supported
the Morrill bill in the belief that
widespread knowledge and train
ing were essential to the nation’s
agricultural and industrial prog
ress. Opposition was heavy, how
ever. Though passed by a small
majority in 1859, the measure was
vetoed by President Buchanan on
grounds of expense, potential land
speculation, competition with exist
ing universities and infringement
on states’ rights.
A similar bill was passed and
signed into law by President Lin
coln July 2, 1862. Its support owed
much to provisions for military
training, a lack painfully apparent
in the north’s losses earlier in 1862.
Contributions To America
Today, land-grant institutions
flourish in all 50 states and Puer
to Rico. They enroll 20 percent of
all United States college students.
The schools confer all doctorate
state, apportioned at the rate of degrees in agriculture, about half
30,000 acres for every senator and those in sciences, engineering and
representative. health professions, and a quarter
World Wrap-Up
By The Associated Press
New Speed Record Set By X-15
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.—The X-15 be
gan its long-planned assault on the near reaches of space
Tuesday by streaking faster than 2,650 miles an hour, a
record for manned flight.
Officials said instrument checks may revise the figure
Upward to 2,800 m.p.h.
★ ★ ★
U. S. Ambassador Flys To Siberia
MOSCOW—U. S. Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson flew
to Siberia today at Premier Khrushchev’s invitation to de
liver a personal message from President Kennedy urging
better understanding between their two countries.
Thompson’s summons for an out-of-town meeting with
the premier is unprecedented here.
★ ★ ★
Unemployment Hits 20 Year Peak
WASHINGTON—The government announced yesterday
that unemployment jumped 320,000 in February to a total
of 5.7 million, the highest in 20 years.
Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg announced the
new figures and said they underscored a need for urgent ac
tion by Congress on President Kennedy’s plans for emer
gency aid to the unemployed and for long-term shoring up
of the economy.
★ ★ ★
U. N. Garrison In Congo Reinforced
LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo—The United Nations re
inforced its Leopoldville garrison Tuesday, underlining its
naming that U. N. troops will fight the Congolese army if
necessary to retake the vital port of Matadi.
Moroccan soldiers from the U. N. detachment in Ka
tanga Province were airlifted into Leopoldville and emer
gency arrangements were made to airlift 600 soldiers from
Tunisia. The first of 3,000 troops India is sending to the
Congo probably will arrive in a week.
★ ★ ★
Attorney General Enters Paris Hospital
PARIS, Tex.—Atty. Gen. Will Wilson, stricken with a
severe case of virus while campaigning for the U. S. Senate,
entered a Paris Hospital yesterday evening.
An aide said Wilson had cancelled his campaign tour
through Northeast Texas tomorrow but was expected to be
"'ell enough to resume his tour Thursday.
★ ★ ★
Maverick Endorses Public Works Projects
AUSTIN—A Democratic candidate for the U. S. Senate
said Tuesday it is all right with him if the public works pro
jects used in the 1930s are revived in 1961.
Maury Maverick Jr., former state representative from
San Antonio, gave his views in a radio interview at Galves
ton.
★ ★ ★
Peace Corps Denounced
WASHINGTON—Rep. Frances Bolton, R-Ohio, describ
ed the Kennedy administration’s new Peace Corps today as
"a terrifying thing.”
Her comment, made at the ninth annual Republican Wo
men’s Conference, drew a burst of applause.
in arts, languages, business and
education. To them goes much of
the credit foy extending the teach
ing of the ljumanities throughout
the United Estates.
The colleges and universities that
grew out of the Morrill legislation
now play a vital role in programs
providing American technical aid
abroad. Through the Reserve Offi
cers Training Corps, they prepare
nearly half the civilian-trained
regular and reserve officers of the
Armed Forces. R.O.T.C., said the
late Gen. George C. Marshall, who
was a life trustee of National Geo
graphic, speeded World War II mo
bilization by at least six months.
Contributions made by land-
grant institutions to America and
the world include advances in
farming methods, new" drugs to
treat disease and basic studies of
raw materials used in industry.
Their pioneering research in atom
ic-age sciences produced the first
cyclotron.
Leaders of the Land-Grant Cen
tennial plan to open wide discus
sions expected to have far-reaching-
effects on the Nation's academic
and practical future.
Four Brazos
Youths Win
Show Calves
Four Bryan youths entered the
calf scramble in the Houston Stock
Show and were among the winners
in the event.
Bill Humphries, Dicky Batton,
Ruble Smith and Kenneth Powers,
all of the Brazos County 4-H Club,
were nimble-footed enough in the
contest to capture a calf for them
selves. Humphries, Batton and
Smith each caught dairy heifers in
the scramble, and Powers was able
to snare a beef heifer for himself.
Each of the boys who captured
dairy animals will receive $200 for
the purchase of this class animal,
and the boy catching the beef ani
mal will receive $150.
Sponsor Named
For each entrant who wins in
the contest a sponsor is named,
and the boys will raise their ani
mals for the show next year.
During the year between the
two shows, each youth will have to
feed and care for the calf, and
make a monthly report to the
sponsor and the Stock Show Com
mission. In the show at the end
of the year all the calves won in
the scramble are shown and then
sold.
Improvement Grant
Awarded College
An educational grant of $1,000 has been made by the
Atlantic Refining Company to the College’s fund for the im
provement of teaching.
Announcement of the grant was made by Edgar Kraus,
chairman of the the Atlantic Re--+
fining Co.’s sopthwest aid to edu- study, in meeting supplemental
cation committee in a letter to
Dr. John C. Calhoun, Jr., vice
chancellor for development at
A&M.
The grant’s use in the fund for
the improvement of teaching will
accommodate faculty needs not
covered by the college’s regular
appropriation. Needs it can fi
nance are those of faculty develop
ment and teaching methods.
These include aid to faculty
members in summer graduate
travel expenses for trips to im
portant conferences, in paying
costs of development of educa
tional materials and new courses,
in financing fundamental research
studies and in meeting other costs
of educational improvement.
The fund to which the grant
has been made is administered by
the A&M Board of Directors and
its disbursement is under the di
rection of Fred J. Benson, Dean
of the School of Engineering.
Sandra Chuddy, Miss New Jersey
... a feature ITS performer
ITS Will Feature
Top College Talent
The cream of college talent from Texas, Oklahoma, Lou
isiana, and Arkansas will be featured in 10 acts on the an
nual Intercollegiate Talent Show Friday night at 7 p. m. in
G. Rollie White Coliseum.
One ef the show’s special call-'t -
ing cards will be Miss Sandra
Chuddy, junior at Louisiana State
University, who is a vocal soloist.
Miss Chuddy holds the present
title of “Miss New Jersey,” “Miss
Centennial—LSU,” Homecoming
Queen of LSU for 1960, Miss Sum
merset County, N. J., 1959, Gumbo
Beauty at LSU for three years,
and Miss Wildwood Beach, N. J.,
in 1957.
Another special attraction of
this year’s ITS will be the Kilgore
Rangerettes, famous half-time
performers for the Cotton Bowl
and many other special bowl
games, who will open and close
the show with specialty acts.
From the University of Arkan
sas comes Miss Dorothy Nelson,
popular singer who holds the title
of “Miss Little Rock of I960.”
Head Of Record Company
Speaks At BSU Banquet
Jarrell McCracken, founder and
president of Word Records, Inc.,
will be the principal speaker for
the annual Baptist Student Union
Banquet, Saturday, Mar. 18, at
6:30 p.m. in the Memorial Student
Center Ballroom.
The 33 - year - old McCracken
heads the Waco firm which is now
considered the world’s largest pro-
Jarrel McCracken
.. . speaker for BSU Banquet
ducer of sacred records. From a
very obscure beginning, he has put
into operation a success pattern
which has resulted in national lead
ership in the sacred record field.
While studying for the ministry
at Baylor University, and announc
ing sports events on radio in his
spare time, McCracken was invited
to speak at a mid-week church
program, and there he performed
a sportscast which he likened to a
play-by-play football game between
the forces of good and evil.
The presentation was an immedi
ate hit, and in response to requests
from scores of church people the
broadcast was recorded, with sound
effects, under the title, “The Game
of Life.”
Almost before he realized what
was happening, McCracken was in
the recording business. From the
one-room operation of ten years
ago to an elaborate new plant dedi
cated just a few months ago, the
growth of Word Records has been
fantastic.
“McCracken’s talk at the ban
quet will climax an evening of en
tertainment provided by Baptist
students,” says George C. Dunn,
general chairman of this annual
event. “Both local residents as well
as students are invited to attend
this semi-formal banquet,” contin
ued Dunn. “Tickets may be ob
tained from BSU members in each
dormitory.”
She was also “Miss City Beautiful
Princess” of 1959. and has ap
peared in the “Springtime Follies”
held at Arkansas State Teacher’s
College.
“The Trio Columbia,” known asi
“the most versatile group north
of the Rio Grande,” hails from
the University of Texas where
they have established an enviable
reputation in the past eight
months.
From LSU are The Jokers, a
group which has appeared several
times before on the ITS.
Miss Lolly Kremer, vocalist
from North Texas State College,
will perform in her typical sultry
jazz style Friday night along with
the other tops in entertainment.
Miss Kremer last sang hei’e on
Feb. . 16 with the North Texas
State Lab Band, after being first
place winner in the NTSC fresh
man talent show. She is a fresh
man majoring in advertising art,
from Wichita Falls, Tex.
From SMU comes a dance trio
recently appearing in the SMU
Fine Arts Festival, comprised of
Betty Rae Withers of Beaumont,
and Judy Hole and Bob Crest of
Dallas. They have appeared in
the “Pigskin Review” and “Cen
turies Ahead Talent Show” at
SMU.
Clyde Bateman from Texas Tech
is a vocal soloist, in “Bobby Darin”
style. A 1960 graduate of Paris
High School, Bateman is a fresh
man architecture major this year,
and is a member of the Arts and
Entertainment Committee, Texas
Tech Student Union, and a vocal
ist with the college stage band.
The Calvert Quartet from Lou
isiana State University are a folk
song group and members include
Larry Heaton, who was first place
winner in the LSU Songfest of
1960, Barney Dean McDade, Ear
nest Lynn Singleton, and Clifford
L. Forrester.
Johnny Knowles, guitarist from
Texas Christian University, will
also be featured, along with the
comedy team of Schwartz and
Bledsoe from the University of
Oklahoma, who will be emcees for
the show.
Other entertainment will in
clude the Aggieland Orchestra in
stereo, which will open and close
the show with their “new sound.”
Immediately following ITS, Cafe
Rue Pinalle will begin in the Me
morial Student Center, with three
acts being featured and breakfast
at 1:30 a.m.
Admission is $2 per couple.
By BOB SLOAN
A bill changing the name of A&M to Texas State Uni
versity and the Agricultural and Mechanical College was in
troduced to the Texas Legislature Monday by Bryan Sen.
William T. Moore, Ml.
Moore said the hill (SB302) left committee status Mon
day and is now on the Senate calendar. It will probably go
before the Senate for a vote sometime next week.
If the bill is passed by the Senate it would then go to
the House of Representatives for a vote. If passed in the
House, it would go to Governor Price Daniel to be signed
into law.
In a motion Monday, Moore asked the Senate to pass
on his bill without going+~
through the usual procedure
of having the hill first print
ed. Several senators opposed
the motion, usually granted
routinely for local, uncontested
bills, and Moore made no effort
to demand a roll call on his mo
tion.
Four other A&M-exes in the
Senate, Andy Rogers, ’46, of Chil
dress; A. R. Schwartz, ’47, of Gal
veston; George Moffett, ’16, of
Chillocothe, and Ray Roy Rob-
berts, ’41, of McKinney were list
ed as co-authors of the Bill.
The only other A&M-ex serving
as a Senator, Bob Baker, ’44, of
Houston, has not been associated
with the bill.
Misleading Name
Moore said A&M “hasn’t pro
gressed as much as it should be
cause the name is misleading to
students wanting to go there.”
He added another reason for the
proposed change is that “top flight
professors don’t want to teach in
a college because they feel it
woud lower their standards.”
Moore said the A&M Board of
Diretors requested the name be
changed to Texas Agricultural and
Mechanical University.”
Moore called the board’s sugges
tion “asanine.”
“Such a name defeats the pur
poses of putting university in the
name,” he said. “A university con
tains many schools, not just schools
of agriculture and engineering.”
He also added the A&M-exes in
the Senate did not like the pro
posed name, and one refused to
sign the bill unless the suggested
name was Texas State University.
‘A&M’ Is A Word
A spokesman for the Board of
Directors said the Board suggested
(See NAME-CHANGE on Page 3)
Consolidated
Community
Supper Set
The spotlight of Texas Public
School Week will focus on the
A&M Consolidated Gymnasium to
morrow night when the A&M
Mothers and Dads Club sponsor
the annual Community Supper.
Under the direction of Mrs. Ver
gil Clark, chairman of the supper,
the serving of the fried chicken
menu will begin at 5 p.m. in the
Gym. The food will be served
cafeteria style and plates will be
available “to go” for those who
wish to eat at home.
Following the supper, the entire
A&M Consolidated School System
will he open to the public for in
spection of the student’s work. The
elementary classrooms will be open
from 4:30-6:30; the fifth grade
from 6-7:30; the junior high frorf*
7-8, and the senior high and Lirv
coin school from 7-9.
Teachers will be in the rooms t«
talk with parents about their cui>
riculum of the school. Abbreviated
classes will be held in the junior
high section.
Tickets are available from any
of the school offices, or from any
elementary or junior high student.
Prizes will be awarded to the in
dividual selling the most tickets in
I each division and to the home room
that has the greatest sales. Prices
are $1.00 for adults and 60 cents
for high school students and under.
FOR JUNIOR FROSH
1961-62 Danforth
Grants Available
Two William H. Danforth Summer Fellowships, one for
a junior and one for a freshman agriculture major, will
again be available this year, according to V. A. Little, pro
fessor in the Department of Entomology and chairman of
the scholarship committee.
According to Little, the awards
were begun in 1929 by William
Danforth, founder of Ralston Pu
rina, and have been in force ever
since.
The first two weeks of the pro-
gmm for the junior will be spent
in St. Louis, where the student will
Professor To
Receive Award
R. N. Craig, associate professor
in the Departments of Agricultural
Education and Agricultural Engi
neering is to be given the Texas
State Safety Council Farm and
Ranch Award for his outstanding
efforts in teaching farm safety.
According to J. O. Musick, gen
eral manager of the Governor’s
Highway Safety Conference the
award will be presented at the
22nd Annual Safety Conference
Mar. 28. Craig is widely known
for his presentations on electrical
and farm shop safety.
see research in the Purina Labora
tories, tour the company’s research
farm at Gray Summit, Mo., discuss
problems of management at the
main plant and review personnel
problems with Purina directors at
St. Louis.
The following two weeks will be
devoted to leadership training at
Camp Miniwanca, a 350-acre camp
ing paradise on Lake Michigan.
The camp is built around a pro
gram of balanced physical, social
and religious development, Little
said.
The junior fellowship will be
from July 31 to Aug. 28, with
Purina paying for the two-week
stay at St. Louis, the Miniwanca
outing and a transportation allow
ance of $100.
The freshman scholarship is for
a two-week stay at Miniwanca,
with Purina paying the attendance
cost of the camp, but with trans
portation costs left up to the in
dividual.
Applications for the awards may
be picked up at the Little’s office
in the Biology building any time
before Tuesday, Mar. 14.