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The Battalion Volume 69 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1961 Number 85 High School Career Day Starts Saturday Morning Hundreds of Texas high school students will begin arriving on campus today for the annual High School Career Day program be ginning tomorrow at 8 a.m. The program will open with reg istration in the Memorial Student Center from 8 to 10 a.m., with a Space Pace Due Step-Up By The Associated Press GREENBELT, Md.—The new- head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Thursday the pace of the nation’s space program will be stepped up. James E. Webb made the state ment but did not elaborate as he helped dedicate a new $27 million center for space flight research and development. The center- is named in honor of an American rocket pioneer, the late Dr. Rob ert H. Goddard. The agency describes Goddard as the man “who first demon strated the practicability of space flight.” The dedication took place on the 35th anniversary of the w-orld’s first flight of a liquid-propelled engine conceived by Goddard of Worcester, Mass. Goddard often was ridiculed for dreaming of possibilities of rocket flight be yond the earth’s atmosphere. Mrs. Esther Goddard, widow of the rocket pioneer, played a prom inent part in the dedication cere monies—receiving a gold medal especially authorized by Congress to honor the early rocketeer. She also helped unveil a bronze bust of her husband. It will be placed in the center’s administration building. Rep, Overton Brooks, D-La., chairman of the House Space Com mittee, presented the medal. He told Mrs. Goddard it was “in rec ognition of the pioneering efforts and the outstanding genius of her late husband—in recognition of the unswerving devotion and true loyalty he show-ed as he moved towards solving the laws that bar yrogress toward the stars.” Faculty Plans Dinner Dance The College Faculty-Staff Din ner Club will have its third dinner dance of this school year Thurs day, Mar. 23. According to Bennie A, Zinn, Director of Student Af fairs and Chairman of the Club, the dance will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Assembly Room of the Memorial Student Center. Music is to be furnished by the Aggieland Combo. Dress for the dance is either formal or informal. Admission will be by season tickets. Individual tickets can be purchased until 2 p.m. Wednesday, at the main desk of the M.S.C. All members of the A&M faculty and staff are urged to attend. review by the Corps of Cadets scheduled from 9 to 9:45 a.m. At 10 a.m., a general assembly w-ill be held in Guion Hall, with the invocation being given by Rob ert Laird, Corps Chaplain, follow ed by a welcome fi-om Dean Frank Hubert of the School of Arts and Sciences. Following introduction of mem bers of the executive committee of the college,'a “Howdy!” will be given by Roland Dommert, presi dent of the Student Senate; this will be followed by introduction of the student leaders of the college. A film, “We Are The Aggies,” will be shown, after which Brant ley Laycock, Deputy Corps Com mander, will deliver remarks. Lunch for the high school stu dents will be served in the college dining halls, and from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m., tours of college facilities will be conducted by groups ar ranged accoi'ding to fields of in terest. All students interested in agri culture will meet in the Animal Industries lecture room, and those interested in the Arts and Sciences will meet in the Chemistry Lecture Room. Students interested in Engineer ing will meet in G. Rollie White Coliseum, and those interested in Veterinary Medicine will meet in the Veterinary Medicine Lecture Room; those undecided should meet in the Biology Lecture Room. Following the orientation tours, the students will have opportunity to attend an inter-squad football game and track meet between Rice, Louisiana State University, and Texas A&M. The Inter-Council Committee is in charge of the Career Day Pro gram, headed by Tony Giardina as chairman, with Marc Powe as vice chairman and reporter, and Mal colm Hall as secretary-treasurer. Sub-committee Chairmen in clude Charles Munnerlyn, housing and registration; James F. Tucker, Engineering, on invitations; Ver non Yanta, Agriculture, on pro gram, Charles Graham and Joe Smith, Veterinary Medicine on tours, and Clifford Jackson presi dent, student chamber of com merce. The purpose of High School Ca reer Day is to provide high school students an opportunity to visit a college campus, eat in a college dining hall, sleep in a dormitory and discuss college life with reg ular students. Many different organizations on the campus and off have contribu ted effort to make this year’s Ca reer Day as successful as those in the past. | World Wrap-Up By The Associated Press Workmen Buried In Collapsed Building CHICAGO—Spurred on by cries of “hurry up” firemen dug info the rubble of a - collapsed building Thursday night in an effort to rescue three entombed men. Fourteen other men were injured when two walls of the four-story structure caved in on workmen who were tear ing it down. ★ ★ ★ Saudi Arabia Demands U. S. Vacate Base WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia has told the United States to get out of the strategically located air base at Dhahran, the State Department reported yesterday. Dhahran, located on the Persian Gulf, is one of the few bases in the Arab world used by the U. S. Air Force. Another is Wheelus AFB in Libya, North Africa. ★ ★ ★ National Guard Plane Crash Probed HOUSTON — Investigators said Thursday an Air Na tional Guard pilot may have chosen death so as to prevent his plane from crashing into a residential area. Capt. Gary L. Herod of San Antonio was killed Wed nesday night when his T-33 jet trainer crashed in a small field in southwest Houston. ★ ★ ★ Planes Collide Over Florida Airport POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — A twin-engine turbojet carrying two executives of the Pillsbury Company crashed into a Piper Cub 75 feet over the Pompano Beach Airport yesterday. The pilot and copilot of the Cub were killed. ★ ★ ★ Senate Schedules Padre Hearing WASHINGTON—A Senate hearing on legislation to es tablish a national seashore recreational area on Padre Island off the Texas coast will be held April 11. ★ ★ ★ Japanese Miners Trapped By Fire CAHATA, Japan—Hope was abandoned yesterday for 26 men trapped in a coal mine after a fire 3,000 feet below ground. Twenty-four of the men had gone into the pit to rescue two trapped by the flames, and all are now presumed dead. Fish DriU Team The Fish Drill Team, 40-members strong, petition in Laredo in February will compete is practicing for the Southern Invitational against several Louisiana and southern Drill Meet at Baton Rouge, La., Saturday, states schools. Drill Team Commander is The team, which placed second in drill com- Harold Schmidt of San Antonio. Students To Go To Austin To Oppose Name-Change A&M University Title To Be Sought The National Symphony Orchestra . . . Concert at Town Hall PRESENTS FOUR NUMBERS Symphony Orchestra Plays At Town Hall Program The National Symphony Orches tra, under the direction of Howard Mitchell, presented a four-number concert in G. Rollie White Coli seum last night at Town Hall. Program for the evening of music included “Overture to Eg- mont” by Beethoven, “Appalachian Spring” by Copland, “Till Eulen- spigel’s Merry Pranks” by R. Strauss, and “Symphony No. 5 in B Flat Major” by Prokofieff. The opening number, “Overture to Egmont” was one of 10 pieces comprising the incidental music written by Beethoven for a special performance of Goethe’s play, “Egmont.” It has become a fa mous piece of the great master’s work, and part credit can be at tributed to Beethoven’s pleasure derived from writing the work. Second musical arrangement was “Appalachian Spring” by Aaron Copland, which was written for a ballet by Martha Graham, under commission from The Cool- edge Foundation. The ballet was performed in the Library of Con gress in honor of Elizabeth Cool- idge’s eightieth birthday. “Till Eulenspigel’s Merry Pranks” by Richard Strauss comes from a book written over four centuries ago, telling of the event ful life and tiresome behavior of one Till Eulenspigel, and the music reflects this mood very perfectly. According to the tradition of that time, Till was a thirteenth- century peasant of considerable rascality and with a disturbing Muster Schedule Set By Senate The annual Aggie Muster ceremonies will be held this year at 5:15 p.m., it was announced by the Student Senate last night. The Senate had been working for the past two weeks on a time for the ceremony, due to a pos sible conflict that might have arisen with the band. It had first been proposed that the Muster ceremony be held early in the morning so the band could attend special San Jacinto festivities in San Antonio. sense of humor, who never niissed an opportunity to display his tal ents at providing discomfort for others at his own amusement. Strauss depicted the character of his ebullient subject excellently in this composition, and the care ful listener could picture Till on the search for mischief, finding it making the most of the situation to someone else’s discomfort, and finally receiving reprisals for his actions. The story of Till continued to tell how he became quite flirta tious with the ladies, finally fall ing in love and being jilted by his dream girl. This rebuff enraged him, and he became quite aggre- vious, to a point that he was finally caught and hanged. The final number of the concert, “Symphony No. 5 in B Flat Major” by Serge Prokofieff was in four movements, each with a different theme, which is characteristic of the author’s works. Prokofieff began his composing career at the early age of five, and at the age of nine he had com posed the outline in score for a three-act opera. By 1918, when he left Russia, he had written his first three piano concertos, sym phony, and many other composi tions. New U S-African Policy Indicated By Administration By The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.—The United States has given two dra matic pieces of evidence in 24 hours that the Kennedy admin istration is embarking on a new African policy. If the signs are correct—and most U. N. diplomats think they are—the United States undoubted ly will win new friends. But it also may alienate some old ones. It is not yet clear just how far- reaching the changes are, but the new U. S. position indicates a break with the big Western allies on some colonial issues and a swing toward the views of the new Asian and African countries. The first major step in this di rection came Wednesday night in the U. N. Security Council when the chief U. S. delegate, Adlai E. Stevenson, lined up with the So viet Union and three Asian-Afri- can delegations on a resolution calling for reforms in Portuguese Angola. In the past, the United States had almost always voted with its North Atlantic Treaty Organiza tion allies on colonial issues. On this question, however, the United States not only split with Britain and France but it sharply chal lenged Portugal’s attitute of non cooperation with the United Na tions on its African territories. Thursday morning, the United States once more found itself at odds with Britain, France, Portu gal and Belgium on a resolution censuring the Union of South Af rica for its attitude of the terri tory of Southwest Africa, a for mer League of Nations mandate. The United States voted for the proposal, while the four NATO countries—along with five other countries—abstained. This vote and the one on An gola are in sharp contrast with the U. S. vote last fall on a res olution calling for an end of colo nialism as soon as possible. On that occasion, much to the an noyance of Asian and African countries, the United States was one of nine abstainers. It has since been learned that ex-Presi- dent Dwight D. Eisenhower took the unpopular position after re ceiving a strong personal appeal from British Prime Minister Har old Macmillan. Stevenson indicated a possible change when he took over m Jan uary as spokesman for President Kennedy’s administration. He said the United States would not feel itself bound to support Belgium on all questions relating to the Congo just because Belgium is a member of NATO. The Student Senate executive committee, Cadet Col. of the Corps Syd Heaton and Civilian Student Council Presi dent Mike Carlo will be in Austin early next week to confer with Sen. W. T. Moore and other state officials concerning the proposed college name-change. Senate President Roland Dommert told the Senate last night the group would officially oppose Moore’s proposal to change the name to Texas State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College. The Senate voted unanimously to favor instead of Moore’s name the proposal of Texas A&M University. This proposal has been made by both the College Systems Board of Directors and the College"^ Academic Council. Dommert also read a letter which the Senate approved to send to Moore. It stated Moore had disregarded studies be ing made on the campus by Col lege Officials. Copies of the letter will bq sent to Moore, Governor Price Daniel and the co-authors of the name- change bill, Senators Andy Rog ers, Ray Roberts, A. R. Schwartz and George Moffett. It was not definitely decided which day the group will make the treak to the capital city. The bill is reportedly due to come be fore the Senate “early in the week.” Dates For Drives Student Welfare Committee Chairman Clayton LaGrone also announced to the Senate the dates for two campus benefit drives and a pre-drive benefit supper. He announced a second Campus Chest drive for Apr. 13-14 and Apr. 27 as the date for the annual Blood Drive. A supper of Corps Command ing Officers was announced for Apr. 11. LaGrone said this would be primarily to instill interest in the drives among the Corps of Ca dets. The Campus Chest drive is a follow-up to a shockingly poor col lection made during the first se mester. The Blood Drive is an annual campus occurance and will be handled as usual by the Wadley Blood Foundation of Dallas. 12th Man Bowl It was also announced to the Senate that a date for the annual 12th Man Bowl game should be determined by the first of next week. The game will also be a topic for discussion at the Com mander’s Luncheon. In other business it was defi nitely announced that Corps and civilian pictures will be segrega ted in The Aggieland, ’61. A plan is being worked out to alternate which group is pictured first in future years. Civilian Student Council Repre sentative Lee Griggs also present ed the Senate a letter the council has submitted to Dean of Students James P. Hannigan concerning the proposed student blazers. The let ter to Hannigan supported the blazers and received Senate en dorsement Dittman To Speak At Senior Banquet Col. Henry Dittman, former Pro fessor of Air Science here, yester day accepted an invitation to be the speaker at the senior banquet May 20. Dittman telegraphed his accept ance to Darryl Bush, social secre tary for the class of 1961. —t". New Journalism Head . . . Delbert McGuire Journalism Gets McGuire As New Head An associate professor of jour nalism at North Texas State Col lege has been named head of the Department of Journalism here. Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences Frank W. R. Hubert an nounced the appointment of Del bert McGuire to the post yester day. McGuire, who has been at North Texas for 11 years, will take over his duties on the A&M campus June 1. Professor Donald D. Burchard has been serving as act ing head of the department. A native of Altus, Okla., Mc Guire holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Uni versity of Texas. He also attended West Texas State College. McGuire has served as photog rapher, sports writer and state editor for the Austin American- Statesman. He has been associate editor of the Southern Florist and Nurseryman Magazine, editor of the Automatic World Magazine and editor of the Southern Florist. He has served as an advisor on the Southwest Electrical Magazine, regional correspondent for Bill board and Vend magazines and has been a regional writer for a trade syndicate. Military experience includes in- strucion duties at Amarillo Air Force Base and two years with the 498th Bomb squadron on Saipan. At North Texas, McGuire has conducted classes in 14 subjects as well as serving as advisor to the campus newspaper. He is the author of a textbook, “Technical and Industrial Jour nalism.” He is a member of Sigma Delta Chi, professional jornmalistic so ciety, and has served in numerous positions on local and state levels. He is currently vice-president in charge of undergraduate affairs. McGuire is a member of the Association for Education in Jour nalism, the Texas Association of Classroom Teachers and the South western Journalism Congress. During his sophomore year at West Texas State College he edited the campus newspaper and was elected to Who’s Who in American Universities and Colleges.