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Combat Cutie
The Battalion
Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1961
Number 82
Aston Named
Muster Speaker
Combat Cutie, 1961
Miss Sandra Mason of Houston receives con- Cutie at the annual Cadet Ball last Friday
gratulations from her escort, Sandy McTav- in Sbisa Hall. For a recap of the past week-
ish, shortly after being crowned Combat end, see Page 3.
SCHNEIDER NEW PREXY
Council Names Officers,
Debates Consolidations
The Memorial Student Center
Council kept itself busy last night
nning new officers and debating
e question of consolidating some
f the Council’s various commit-
;ees,
Michael M. Schneider was
elected president of the MSC
Council and Directorate. Schneider
is a junior from Dallas.
Vice president of the group will
k choseft at a meeting next month.
Other new officers are Tommy
Goodrich: chairman of the per
sonnel committee; John W. John
son, chairman of the bridge com
mittee and Ronny Hampton, hon
orary vice president of the MSC
Council and Directorate.
Mark Dierlam, chairman of the
Council’s Evaluation Board, sub
mitted a report on the feasibility
of combining the Town Hall, Music
and Talent Committees into one
group. The proposed group would
Class Officer Filing
Opens Tomorrow
Candidates for the Apr. 6 class elections may begin fil
ing for positions in the Memorial Student Center tomorrow
morning at 8. .
All candidates may file at the Student Programs Office
in the lower level of the MSC. The"*
(leadline is 5 p.m. Mar. 22.
Bob Bower, president of the elec
tion commission, said yesterday the
date for the election has been
moved from Apr. 13 to Apr. G and
the run-offs will be held Apr. 13.
Positions open are as follows:
Class of ’61: class agent.
Class of ’62: president, vice
president, secretary-treasurer, so
cial secretary, historian, student
entertainment manager, one MSC
Council member and two yell lead
ers.
Class of ’63: president, vice
president, secretary-treasurer, so
cial secretary, one MSC Council
member and two yell leaders.
Class of ’64: president, vice
president, secretary-treasurer, so
cial secretary and one MSC Coun
cil member.
Requirements
Requirements for the class offi
ces (president, vice president, sec-
retary-treasurer, social secretary
and historian), are academic qual
ification in their respective classes
and over-all grade point ratios at
the beginning of this year and at
the time of filing pf 1.
For the MSC Council positions,
juniors must have competed at
least four semesters, sophomores
Uo more than four semesters and
freshmen no more than two se
mesters at the time of filing.
In addition an over-all grade
point ratio of 1. is required.
The yell leader candidates must
have over-all grade point ratios of
1.25 and academic classification in
their respective classes.
There are no requirements for
the senior position of class agent.
be called the Entertainment Com
mittee.
Elimination of duplication of
effort was given as the board’s
primary reason for such a move.
After lengthy discussion the mat
ter was tabled to be brought up
at the first meeting of the council
next year.
The plan calls for one chairman
to be over three vice chairmen.
One for Town Hall, one for Talent
and the other for a “Sunday
Celebrity Series.”
The proposed “Sunday Celebrity
Series”! would present at least one
afternoon- or evening of entertain
ment each month of the school
year utilizing local talent as well
as booked groups or individuals.
Included in the plan is the
recommendation that the Aggie
Talent Show be discontinued.
Dierlam said that general apathy
toward the event indicated that it
could be removed without any stu
dent body disapproval.
Dierlam said the chairman of the
Entertainment Committee could
schedule events so that no period
would have either a concentration
or lack of shows.
High School
Career Day
Set Saturday
The 13th Annual High School
Career Day will be held on campus
March 18. The event enables high
school juniors and seniors who
plan to attend college the oppor
tunity to get a preview of campus
life.
The all-day program features
inspection of the A&M facilities,
personal career counseling with
faculty, and the degree programs
offered at A&M.
After morning registration in
the Memorial Student Center, stu
dents participating will attend an
orientation assembly at 10 a.m. in
Guion Hall. Dr. Frank H. Hubert,
Dean of the School of Arts and
Sciences, will extend the official
welcome on behalf of the college.
Also on the program are: Student
Senate President Roland Dommert
of Crowley, La.; Cadet Col. of the
Corps Syd Heaton of Tyler and
Corps Chaplain Robert Laird of
Dayton.
Following lunch in the dining
halls at noon, tours of facilities
by groups arranged according to
field of interest will be conducted
between 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Groups will be divided according
to A&M’s four schools of instruc
tion, . . . engineering, arts and
sciences, 1 agriculture, and veteri
nary medicine. During the tours
high school students will have op
portunity to discuss their indi
vidual careers with faculty and
staff.
The day’s activities will be
climaxed at 4 p.m, when all par
ticipants will witness an inter
squad football game by the Texas
Aggies on Kyle Field.
The Career Day is open to all
Texas high school juniors and
seniors. For those who attend from
a great distance, housing is avail
able in the dormitories. A&M
Former Student Clubs will assist
in providing transportation to and
from College Station, if needed.
Arrangements for the Day have
been made by the Inter-Council
Student Committee. Chairman is
Anthony Giardina of Beaumont;
vice chairman, Marc Powe, Wichita
Falls, and secretary-treasurer is
Malcolm Hall of Ballinger.
Dallas Banker
Has Brigh t Record
By ALAN PAYNE
James William Aston, the president of the Association
of Former Students, yesterday was named the speaker for
the annual Apr. 21 observance of Aggie Muster on the cam
pus.
Aston, a graduate of the Class of ’33, has served as pres
ident of the former student group since February. He lives
in Dallas where he is president of the Republic National
Bank.
During his career at A&M, Aston accumulated one of
the brightest records in the history of the school. During
the 1932-33 school year, he was both captain of the Aggie
football team and Cadet Col. of the Corps of Cadets.
James W. Aston
. . . 1961 Muster Speaker-
Reading Series
Registration
Remains Open
Over 200 students at A&M have
registered for the Great Adven
tures Reading and Discussion
Series and there is room for many
more.
The series is an experimental
project sponsored by the Arts and
Sciences Student Council. Its
main purpose is to instill in the
student a consciousness of the
main ideas, concepts and conflicts
in the world today.
It achieves its goals through the
reading of a good book by the
student and the student’s attend
ance at three monthly one hour
discussions.
Although the brochures which
were distributed in the dorms have
already been picked up, students
who are interested in registering
may do so by sending their name,
box number and dorrh and room
to the Arts and Science Office,
Box 4337.
C. L Babcock
Essay Contest
Continued
$250 is still waiting for some
Aggie to come and get it. The
lucky man could be anyone.
The $250 is first prize in the
annual Babcock essay contest, and
the best paper on “Educational
Assets I Find At Texas A&M,”
will take it away.
C. L. Babcock, ’20, Beaumont
insurance man, sponsors the an
nual contest to produce an out
standing composition on some
phase of life at Aggieland.
In addition to the first prize of
$250, then honor certificates will
also be awarded at the Student
Publications Banquet May 19.
Apr. 4 is the deadline for en
tries which must be typed in regu
lar manuscript form with two
carbon copies. The essays must be
between 250 and 1,000 words in
length, and should be turned in
to The Battalion office on the
ground floor of the YMCA on or
before the deadline.
The essays will first be screened
by members of The Battalion staff
and then sent on to a special judg
ing committee to be chosen later
by President Earl Rudder.
He was also president of
the “T” Club, president of
Senior Court, a member of
the YMCA Council and a
member of the Ross Volun
teers.
Enters Army
Following graduation he enter
ed the armed forces and was dis
charged with the rank of colonel.
During this tenure he was award
ed the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
Ribbon with two bronze stars, the
Legion of Merit and the Distin
guished Service Medal.
He has also served as chief of
staff of the Air Transport Com
mand.
In 1957 Aston was named to the
annual Sports Illustrated All-
Ameriha Silver Anniversary team.
This team of 25 men is chosen
each year from the rolls of grid
teams in the nation 25 years prev
iously. Aston was the only Texan
selected in 1957.
He has also held the positions
of city manager in both Dallas
and Bryan.
He has three brothers who all
also attended A&M and are grad
uates.
No More Details
Billy Bob Hutson, chairman of
the Student Senate Student Life
Committee, said in announcing
Aston as the speaker that further
details have not yet been worked
out for the actual Muster cere
monies.
These details are due to be dis
cussed and voted on Thursday at a
regular bi-monthly meeting of the
Student Senate.
Other candidates have not been
revealed.
FORMER COMMANDER’S BROTHER
Corps Supply Sergeant
Named Sergeant Major
Corps Sergeant Major Bill Cardwell
... receives desk plaque from Cadet Col. Syd Heaton
James William (Bill) Cardwell,
20, a junior economics major from
Luling, and the brother of a former
Cadet Colonel of the Corps, was
named Corps Sergeant Major
Saturday night by Cadet Col. of
the Corps Sydney N. Heaton.
The announcement, made at the
Military Ball, was the cumulation
of several weeks of interviews and
meetings with Corps, military and
administration leaders.
In making the announcement,
Heaton said, “In reality, being
chosen Sergeant Major means
being selected the outstanding
non-commissioned officer in the
Corps of Cadets.”
Cardwell, present Corps Supply
Sergeant, may be the next Cadet
Colonel of the Corps. While being
selected Sergeant Major does not
insure this top cadet job, past
precedent indicates this is the
case.
If selected for the job, the Ser
geant Major will not be the first
Cardwell so honored. His brother,
Walter W. Cardwell, Jr., was
Cadet Colonel of the Corps in
Aggies Stop Sam Houston — Page 4
1943. He is now a rancher in
Lockhart.
Cardwell’s father, Walter W.
Cardwell, graduated from A&M in
1913. He was manager of the
Luling Foundation Farm, an ex
perimental farm, until his death
in March of 1960.
“I have two sisters,” Cardwell
said, “but they both are gradu
ates of the University of Texas.”
The sisters are Mrs. Ben E.
(Martha) Gillespie of Orange
and Mrs. David M. (Maryanne)
Cochran of Luling.
Cardwell came to A&M in Sep
tember of 1958. He was a Fish in
Squadron 2 and “scared to death.”
Cardwell is majoring in ed eco
nomics at A&M and plans to go
to law school—“either Harvard or
Texas” upon graduation.
“But that’s in the distant fu
ture,” he said.
American Citizens Accused Of Spying
By The Associated Press
LONDON—A jury of 12 men
was chosen Monday to hear the
case against three men and two
women—including a couple the
FBI says are Americans—accused
of ferreting out British naval
secrets for the Soviet Union—
including nuclear submarine de
signs furnished by the United
States.
Their trial opened Monday in
the Old Bailey courtroom where
atom spy Klaus Fuchs was con
victed a decade ago.' The latest
trial is expected to continue about
two weeks.
The defendants are Gordon A.
Lonsdale, 37, described by Brit
ish government counterespionage
agents as either a renegade Ca
nadian or a Russian, and three
alleged colleagues:
Harry F. Houghton, 55, and Miss
Ethel E. Gee, 46, both employees
of the royal navy research station
at Portland.
Peter J. Kroger, 50, a bookseller,
and his wife, Helen, 47, said by
British agents to have operated
a radio station at their cottage in
Ruislip which transmitted the
secrets to Moscow.
The Federal Bureau of Investi
gation in Washington has said
fingerprints of the Krogers prove
them to be American citizens.
I World Wrap-Up
By The Associated Press
Pilots To Make Mythical Space Voyage
SAN ANTONIO—Two Air Force jet pilots will embark
on a mythical 30-day voyage through space, the Air Force
announced Monday.
Capt. Roman A. Horinek of Atwood, Kan., and Lt. Eu
gene R. Carlson of Fargo, N.D., are to be sealed in a simu
lated space cabin at the School of Aviation Medicine at 8
a.m. Tuesday.
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Oil Workers Missing In Spanish Sahara
WASHINGTON — The State Department has received
a report that 12 oil workers, including four Americans, are
missing in the Spanish Sahara n£ar the Moroccan border,
in northwest Africa.
Two trucks belonging to the party, which was appar
ently engaged in oil prospecting, have been located by the
Spanish Air Force Wrecked and burned. Six other-trucks
are missing.
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Communist Rebels Advance In Laos
VIENTIANE, Laos—Pro-Communist rebel soldiers were
reported advancing toward the road junction of Vang Vieng
Monday as efforts intensified to bring their leaders into
peace talks. So far the rebels have shown no interest.
Although the military situation was obscure, the pro-
Western government’s front on the main road between Vi
entiane and the royal city of Luang Prabang was not hold
ing firm.
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Gold Reserves Show Increase
WASHINGTON—For the first time in many months,
two weeks have passed without any loss of American gold
to foreigners.
In fact, the latest Treasury report shows the U. S. gold
supply increased by $729,000 last Wednesday to $17,373,-
100,100. Other fluctuations the past two weeks have been
even smaller.
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Billion Dollar Defense Contract Awarded
WASHINGTON—The government, in a major move to
bolster the military’s ability to fly troops to faraway trouble
spots, awarded a $l-billion contract Monday.
The contract with Lockheed Aircraft Corp. calls for de
velopment and production of a fleet of more than 100 long-
range, high-speed jet cargo and troop transport planes.
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Oxford To Update Rules
OXFORD, England—Oxford University was urged yes
terday to get up to date and stop barring undergraduates
from driving, flying—even in a chariot—and going into shop
that sells tobacco.
All these practices are specifically forbidden in old uni
versity regulations which nobody has ever bothered to re
peal. Nobody bothers to obey them, either.
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Lockney Residents To Vote On Intergration
LOCKNEY, Tex.—Lockney residents vote April 1 on
whether to integrate their schools rather than pay an ad
ditional tax to send Negro students to school in another dis
trict.
The election stems from an announcement by the Floy-
dada Independent School District, where Negro students
from Lockney, Silverton and Petersburg have been attend
ing class, that it will charge an extra $25 per student next
fall.
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Peace Corps Consultant Named
WASHINGTON — President Kennedy Monday named
William D. Moyers, executive assistant to Vice President
Lyndon B. Johnson, to be special consultant to the new Peace
Corps.
Moyers, 26, is a former Marshall, Tex., newspaperman.
When the Peace Corps headquarters staff is fully organized,
he will be associate director of public affairs.
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Killer Receives Stay Of Execution
AUSTIN—Another stay of execution was granted yes
terday to a Houston Negro convicted of killing a 12-year-
old white boy.
Gov. Price Daniel, acting on the recommendation of the
state pardons, board, granted a one-month stay for Adrian
Johnson, 18, who was scheduled to die Tuesday for his part
in the death of William Bodenheimer III.