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he ® en tin Jr’s ! e J ii ictone By RONNIE BOOKMAN A review will be held tomorrow 7 ’ternoon in observance of the an- ual Spring Military Day, with 000 expected for the event. The less parade will be held on the ain drill field at 1:30 p.m. the oseki Hi?l an “Osd Pari s tean camj - nose! At the ceremony the A&M band 1 provide the martial music for kich it is famous. The entire weekend is filled with ices; a review, a talent show ■ry Di 3-14 lashid cause dy,! ihot a held In 5,000 Expected On Campus For Annual Military Weekend and an open house by the Corps of Cadets. Things started rolling at 4:30 p.m. today when Gen. Clyde D. Eddleman, vice chief of staff of the Department of the Army ar rived on campus. He was met by the Ross Volun teer honor guard. Accompanying Eddleman is Congressman Olin Teague. It is expected that more than 5,000 persons will attend the week end’s events. Tonight the Inter collegiate Talent Show 7 , the Com bat Ball and Cafe Rue Pinalle claim the spotlight. Tomorrow the review, open house by Corps dorms and the Military Ball will attract the attention. Eddleman will receive the salute at the review. Many other guests will also be on the reviewing stand. They include: Congressman and Mrs. Teague; Mrs. Eddleman; Maj. Gen. and Mrs. R. A. Palladino, military ex ecutive of the Reserve Forces Po lice Board; Maj. Gen. and Mrs. L. S. Griffing, 4th Army deputy commanding general, and Maj. Gen. and Mrs. K. L. Berry, adjut ant general of the State of Texas; Also on the list are Maj. and Mrs. J. L. Thompson, Jr., com manding general of the 49th Ar mored Division; Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Norman Callish, commander of Mather AFB in Sacramento; Brig. Gen. and Mrs. J. W. Sutton, assistant division commander, 90th Infantry Division, and Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Graber Kidwell, division artillery commander, 90th Infantry Division; Col. and Mrs. John A. Way, chief of staff national headquar ters, Civil Air Patrol; Col. and Mrs. Delbert L. Bjork, senior ad visor 90th Infantry Division; Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Young, sponsor of the Ross Volunteers at the New Orleans Rex parade, and Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Heaton, parents of the Cadet Corps Commander. Eddleman is a graduate of the United States Military Academy. His assignments include: chief, Training Div., G-3, Third Army Hq.; assistant chief of staff, G-3, Hq. Third Army; assistant chief of staff, G-3, Hq. Sixth Army; joint operations review board; dep uty commandant, Armed Forces Staff College; deputy commander, U.S. forces, Trieste and director general, civil affairs, Allied Mili tary Government; chief of Plans Div., G-3, Department of the Ar my; deputy G-3, Department of the Army; assistant chief of staff, G-3, Department of the Army; commanding general, 4th Inf. Div., U.S. Army, Europe; commandant, Army War College; deputy chief of staff for plans, Department of the Army; deputy chief of staff for military operations, Depart ment of the Army; commanding general, 7th U.S. Army in Ger many; commander-in-chief, U.S. Army, Europe; vice chief of staff, U.S. Army. His list of citations and decora tions include the Distinguished) Service Medal, Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal and Philippine Distinguished Service Star. UCTURE OF CONTRASTS Combat, Military Highlight Social Balls Activities Two events highlighting the ac- (l, jity-filled Spring Military Week- are the Combat Ball, starting might immediately following the tacollegiate Talent Show 7 , and fe Military Ball tomorrow night. Both dances wall be held in Sbisa lining Hall, wdth abrupt changes i decorations taking place fol ding the Combat Ball tonight. The Combat Ball, annual dunce all cadets in Army ROTC units jdstaffs, features decorations of pine war materials including Bchine guns, mortars, nets and indbags for chairs. Theme for lisyear is “Warfare in the Near ast" and cadets’ dates will w r ear dimes in accord with this kerne; all cadets will attend the knee in fatigues. Special attraction for the Com- it Ball will be “Cookie and the jpeakes,” a rock-n-roll group nITSC, WTSC Inter Ranks 'or New Name Everybody wants in the act. Besides Sen. W. T. (Bill) (lore’s bill (SB 302) to change hame of A&M to Texas State fiversity and Agricultural and Mianieal College, introduced st Monday, two other “nume- tage” bills have been submitted the Legislature. Reps, Joe Ratcliff, Alonzo Jami- ®and H. G. Wells introduced a I Mar. 2,to change the name of fth Texas State College at Den- ® to the University of North ms. Sen, Grady Hazelwood of Am- also introduced a bill to huge the name of West Texas Me College at Canyon, making a university. Last year, what was then Rice Ititute made the change to “uni- ftity” status. And in the last ssion of the Legislature, Texas 0( Me College for Women became vHxas Woman’s University. 1,0 4) from Lake Charles, La. The combo recently recorded “Matildc, which sold over 1 million copies, aria have recorded several other records in the past few months. Combat Cutie finalists for the Ball include Misses Sandra Mason, Joan Banic, Sandra Dietz, Mari anne Ruffin and Barbara Horn. During the course of the dance, the five w 7 ill be called on stage and the Combat Cutie of 1961 will be selected by judges from the re spective two brigades. The Combat Ball will get under- wayway tonight immediately fol lowing ITS. The Military Ball will also be held in Sbisa Dining Hall, tomor row night starting at 8 p.m. This is the annual formal military so cial event of the year, with lavish formals, striking uniforms and ex travagant decorations sparkling the event. Orchestra for the Military Ball is Buddy Brock, who has playedf for several dances on the A&M campus in past years. The orches tra comes from Houston, where it is decidedly one of the best in the area. 'A' iP ,/ t ■' - /•& ' llllllllil V . JIN ■ . ? l!i 'v K, * ’. - 1 BARBARA HORN . . . 2nd Brigade SANDRA MASON . . . 2nd Brigade JOAN BANIC , . . 2nd Brigade SANDRA DIETZ ... 1st Brigade MARIANNE RUFFIN ... 1st Brigade The Battalion Volume 59 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1961 Number 81 Kicks-Off Weekend Rue Pinalle Follows Tonight By TOMMY HOLBEIN The Kilgore Rangerettes’ grand entree in G. Rollie White Coliseum tonight starting the Intercollegiate Talent Show at 7 p.m. will kick off the most activity-filled weekend of the year. Boasting the ultimate in collegiate talent from five states, ITS will feature selections made by the Talent Com mittee of the Memorial Student Center after auditioning at 20 colleges and universities throughout the South. Accompanying the Kilgore Rangerettes, famous half time performers for the Cotton Bowl and other games, will be the Aggieland Orchestra under the direction of Bob Boone, introducing their new sound in stero. Rangerettes Open, Close ITS (from left) Ramona Kirkpatrick, Jane Murphy, Pat Surrell, Jan Seibert, Linda Browder leligious Issue Emerges n Aid-To-Schools Bill By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Rep. Adam byton Powell, D-N.Y., long as- (kted with racial fights over tool bills, emerged Thursday in e thick of the religious fight ; er federal aid to education. He id he may back federal loans, parochial schools. President Kennedy has said he, gards such loans as unconstitu- )nal. Powell, chairman of the rase Labor and Education Com- ittee, disagreed. Despite their disagreement, Powell’s plans in the long run, could help the administration bill, which would provide $3.2 billion of grants only to public elemen tary and secondary schools. Pow T ell said he plans to deal with parochial schools in an am endment to another bill. This would remove the controversy from the President’s bill. Kennedy, in his news conference Wednesday, made a plea that ad vocates of loans to parochial schools not kill the w 7 hole federal aid-to-education program. ngineering Grant {^warded College A $2,500 fellowship to promote graduate research in the dmology of asphalt application, has been received by the ege. It is good for one year and will become effective some- ie this summer, Ered Benson, (S ito* 1 Sn of the School of Engineering, id today. PLe fellowship is to be known as Western Petroleum Refiners ssociation Fellowship. The re- Pient will be chosen by the School 1 Engineering. Tliis program,” Benson said, e ci$ i;i o supports our already exist- ^ i program in research in as phaltic materials and asphaltic concrete pavements conducted by the Texas Transportation Insti tute. “Dr. R. N. Traxler, research pro fessor in the Institute, will be re sponsible for the administration of the fellowship. Traxler is a widely known authority in the field of asphaltic materials.” The President, who earlier had labeled grants to parochial schools unconstitutional, said he also be lieved “across-the-board loans to all nonpublic schools . . . would be unconstitutional,” although he conceded “there’s obviously room for debate about loans.” Kennedy asked Congress, if it considers a loan program, not to link it with the administration bill. He feared the tie-up would defeat the bill, which is now being considered by a Senate education subcommittee. Soon ofter the news conference, an aide to Sen. Joseph S. Clark, D-Pa., a member of the subcom mittee, said Clark intended to of fer a parochial schools amendment to the administration bill. Clark, however, hesitated. He said he might bow to the wishes of Kennedy and consider other al ternatives of pushing his three- year program of $350 million in long-term, low-interest loans to private and church schools. He listed the other two methods of offering his program as: 1. Presenting it as a separate bill. 2. Attaching it to a higher edu cation bill which is part of Ken nedy’s program and will reach Congress later. Powell, if he offers the pro gram, said he would use the first alternative listed by Clark. The ITS stage will be ar ranged for all music from the 10 acts to be ampif led through a five-speaker stero system similar to that used by Ray Conniff in his “Concert in Stero” last November. For the first time, this year’s show will be emceed by the com edy team of Schwartz and Bledsoe from the University of Oklahoma, who appeared on the ITS in 1959. Ten acts for the show include “The Trio Columbia” from the University of Texas, vocal and in strumental Spanish group, which has become extremely popular in eight months of performing. Miss Dorothy Nelson, popular singer from the University ■ of Arkansas, holds the title of “Miss City Beautiful Princess” among many other honors won in high school and college. She is one of many outstanding college beauties featured on the annual talent show. Miss New Jersey Miss Sandra Chuddy, vocal soloist from Louisiana State University, holds the present title of “Miss New Jersey,” “Miss Centennial— LSU,” homecoming queen of LSU and various other titles; another beauty for the show. The Calvert quartet, also from Louisiana State University, fea tures Larry Heaton, who is first place winner in the 1960 LSU songfest, along with Barney Dean McDade, Lynn Singleton and Clif ford L. Forrester. Their main type of music is folk singing, and they have been a full-time calling card on the LSU campus. From Southern Methodist Uni versity hails a dance trio which recently performed in the SMU Fine Arts Festival, “Pigskin Re view” and “Centuries Ahead Tal ent Show.” Members include Betty Rae Withers from Beaumont and Judy Hole and Bob Crest of Dallas. Texas A&M’s own Charles Mar- (See ACTIVITIES On Page 3) UN Club Meet Tonight “An Evening South of the Bor der” will be presented by the Pan American club of the Stephen F. Austin High School of Bryan, at the meeting of the United Nations Club tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the YMCA Building. The program will consist of dances, poems, talks, a piano duet and a vocal solo. At the social hours typical Latin American re freshments will be served, Chandra Parekh, president of the UN club, has announced. TB Association Schedules Meet Monday The annual meeting 7 of the Brazos Coun ( ty Tuberculosis Asso ciation will be held Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the Lone Star Gas Building in Bryan, according to Dr. Raymond Reiser, president. The winners in the TB Associa tion’s speech contest recently con ducted in the four high schools of the community will present the program for the meeting. Mrs. R. E. Patterson, chairman of the public relations committee of the association, will he in charge of the program and will introduce the speakers. Some high-lights of the year’s work will be given in brief com mittee reports by the chairmen. Six new directors will be elected to membership on the board and five members will be up for re- election during the business session. A final report of the Christmas Seal Campaign will be given by the chairman, Mrs. Charles Smith. Churches and other organiza tions are invited to send represen tatives to the meeting. SHOULD BE 1.2428 Battalion Mistake A In Grade Report The Corps of Cadets grades published in many editions of yesterday’s Battalion were in error concerning the over all grade point ratio posted by ROTC members. An error by staff members saw the figure 1.116 quoted as the overall g.p.r., instead of the + correct 1.2428 figure. The mistake was corrected in final editions before they went to press, but was released in many earlier editions. The 1.116 was the figure posted by the Corps at mid-semester last fall. Therefore a substantial rise was indicated in the overall mark. Also only one unit finished with an overall of less than 1.0, where as four outfits were below this mark at the mid-semester break. The figures indicated Co. 1-2 posted the highest mark, a 1.4272. They were followed in the top ten by Cos. H-2, B-2, L-2, D-2, K-2, C-2 and F-l and Sqds. 10 and 8. Co. C-2 led at the mid-semester break during November but slipped to eighth in the final semester list. Team Slates Demonstration The skilled team of weapons demonstrators from Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md., “The Home of Army Ordnance,” will be on campus Tuesday. The team is a part of the Army Ordnance Corps Exhibit Unit and will show off the Ar-my’s latest weapons to ROTC cadets, other students, faculty members and their friends. One of the interesting new weapons to be demonstrated is anti-tank weapon. I World Wrap-Up By The Associated Press JFK Proposes New Housing Bill WASHINGTON—President Kennedy Thursday propos ed a $3.25-billion offensive to revive the lagging housing in dustry, put better homes within the reach of millions, and help the nation’s cities root out decay. Underscoring the importance he attaches to these prob lems, Kennedy told Congress he wants the housing agency raised to Cabinet level. Houses Attempts Clearing Revenue Fund AUSTIN—The House massed Thursday behind a reso lution to try to clear up the General Revenue Fund deficit before going after broad, long-range taxes. Several members said, however, the solid front was only a false Armistice in the opposition that has flared against Gov. Price Daniel’s deficit-first proposed tax program. ★ ★ ★ Nikky Impresses U. S. Ambassador MOSCOW—U. S. Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson re turned optimistic Thursday from a four-hour talk with Pre mier Khrushchev in Siberia. Thompson told reporters he delivered a message from President Kennedy to Khrushchev at the Siberian city of Novosibirsk. The premier, now on a farm tour, had invited Thompson. Apparently he was eager to get the President’s message, for never before had Khrushchev permitted a dip lomat to make such a journey. ★ ★ ★ House Passes Feed Grain Bill WASHINGTON — The House passed President Ken nedy’s emergency feed grain bill Thursday after beating Republican efforts to kill a key provision. A 209-202 roll-call vote sent the measure to the Senate after three days of debate. Quick Senate action was sche duled to make the measude effective for the 1961 feed grain crop about to be planted. ★ ★ ★ Reuther Accused of “Beefing Up” Figures WASHINGTON—Sen. Carl T. Curtis, R-Neb. stirred up a lively row Thursday by asking if union leader Walter P. Reuther induced the auto industry to lay off workers last month to “beef up” the Labor Department’s un-employment figures. Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg, former special counsel to Reuther’s United Auto Workers Union heatedly called the suggestion “inconceivable.” ★ ★ ★ Presidential Preference Vote Studied AUSTIN—A move is on in the Texas Legislature to re quire a presidential preference vote which would be binding on national convention delegates for three roll call ballots. Sen. Martin Dies Jr. of Lufkin set out conditions for the presidential primary to give Texans a chance to vote on the leading candidates for the Democratic and Republican nom inations. Congo Air-Control Agreement Made LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo — Congolese sources re ported an agreement with U. N. authorities Thursday night on a form of joint control over U. N. air traffic in the Congo. U. N. officials declined immediate comment, and the Congolese gave no details.