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tis Senators Receive Petition Opposing Name-Change Id !xt day, Houston e Owlets loved ap ice vaca. will play the Fish against i Richard mound, More name-change activity stirred yesterday when two A&M students presented a state senator a two-pound volume of signatres of A&M students who don”t want the name of the school changed to Texas State University and Agricul tural and Mechanical College. ”44, the only one of five Aggie former students in the Sen ate who did not sign the bill. The bill is the controversial “S. B. 302” now on the sen ate floor under the sponsorship of Sen. W. T. (Bill) Moore of Bryan, also a former A&M student. Juniors Joe Easley of Eagle Pass and Jeff Wentworth I According to Wentworth and Easley the list contained of San Antonio presented the petition to Sen. Bob Baker, I the names of 1,488 students, all wanting the name changed to Texas A&M University. There were 141 signatures of students who favored Moore’s proposal and “a few” who didn’t want the name changed at all. Easley said “most of the students realize the word uni- j versity should go into the title.” He reportedly added that ; grants are assigned by foundations only to universities and changing the name to a university will make it easier to at tract better professors. “There will be an amendment to Sen. Moore’s bill on the floor to change the wording to Texas A&M University,” Baker promised. Both the A&M College System Board of Directors and the college Academic Council have proposed the name Texas A&M University. The Battalion Volume 69 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1961 Number 86 itrated .ess to t, and echan- jineer- 2NT W : :* II s ONE OF 40 A&M Is Among America’s Best Military Schools By BOB SLOAN What is A&M’s position as a “Military” school? “Good,” according to A&M President Earl Rudder. How ever, Rudder stressed that, although A&M is one of 40 ac credited “military schools” in the United States, its primary function is that of a major in- -♦ stitution of learning—not limited to just military students. Half of the student body is civ ilian, Rudder said, and there are a number of members of the Corps of Cadets who are not taking mili tary science courses. But still the fact remains that A&M is a recognized military school—one of 40 such schools in the country. To qualify as a “military school,” Rudder said the college had to meet certain standards, among them: • Require military training for all qualified undergraduate stu dents. This simply means compul sory Basic ROTC programs the first two years of college. • Organize military students in to a corps of cadets under con stantly maintained military dis cipline. • Require all members of the corps to be habitually in uniform when on campus. • In general, meet military standards similar to those main tained at the Service academies. • Rudder said the administration of the college had the preogative (o exempt certain students from Reket Sale Stalls Junior Banquet The sale of tickets for the an nual Junior Banquet Saturday night has stalled considerably with only one day remaining for the purchase of ducats, W. D. Hardes ty, director of student affairs, an nounced yesterday. The tickets for the banquet are available at $1.50 per plate at the Cashier’s Window in the Memorial Student Center. They will not be sold at the door. subscribing to the standards of the Cadet Corps and still be en rolled in the ROTC program. These students include athletes and some other special students, he said. Rudder said the A&M Board of Directors, at their February meet ing, voted to continue compulsory military training at the school. “The matter of compulsory ver sus elective military training is under constant study,”’ Rudder said. “We do not believe discon tinuance of compulsory ROTC at this time would be in the best in terest of the nation, state or col lege.” At present there are 31 schools in the Fourth Army area that of fer advanced ROTC training. A&M led all of these schools in the num ber of new Army advanced con tracts offered last fall, Rudder said. A&M’s 327 new Army contracts compared with Oklahoma State University”s 140, the University of Oklahoma’s 125, Louisiana State University’s 110 and the Univer sity of Arkansas’ 102. All other schools in the Fourth Army area offered less than 100 advanced contracts last fall. There were no comparable fig ures for the Air Force, Rudder said, however, of • 3500 advanced Air Force contracts offered throughout the United States last fall, 164 came to A&M. Besides Army and Air Force contracts, other services, including the Navy and Marine Corps, offer officer training through A&M. Students enrolled in other serv ice officer candidate courses do not take advanced ROTC training, but attend the summer camp of their service and adhere to other requirements set by the program. Career Day Comes Early , . . class of ’81? Career Day Finds 1,200 On Campns More than 1,200 junior and senior high school students from throughout Texas were on campus Saturday for the 13th annual High School Career Day at A&M. What the visiting students saw and what they heard, Dr. Frank W. R. Hubert, dean of 4— the School of Arts and Sciences, said today, “will stand them in good stead when they enter col lege.’” Hubert welcomed the stu dents at a general assembly in Guion Hall. The students did this: They vis ited the four schools of instruc tion—'Veterinary Medicine, Agri culture, Engineering and Arts and Sciences. A&M student, faculty and staff members were on hand to answer questions and show them around; they dined in the college dining halls, visited with students from their home towns More Interservice Feuds Feared With Space Issues By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Congress learned Monday that a Pentagon decision designed to settle the Military space issue may carry the spark for another round of inter service feuding. The first open warning came from the Army before the House Science and Astronautics Commit tee which is studying the Defense Department directive giving the Air Force near-exclusive rights to central military space develop ment. The Navy will be heard next. Secretary of the Army Elvis J. Stahr, Jr., coupled an assurance of support for the controversial order with a pledge to voice a “loud and clear” protest should he feel the Army’s space interests are being slighted. Stahr approved the effort by Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara to get “a little order out of a little chaos” but cast doubts on the finality of the de cision. He expressed belief a more nearly perfect solution for American activity in space “will evolve sometime in the future.” Assistant Secretary Richard Morse got to the nub of the Army’s unhappiness when he sug gested that Monday’s directive as signing research authority and money would become tomorrow’s decision to give the Air Force operational responsibility for what is developed. He saw McNamara's directive as a “management tool that really tends to control roles and mis sions” of the armed services. Lt. Gen. Arthur Trudeau, Army chief of research, spelled out the Army’s space roles and missions, beyond the advent communications satellite that was under way be fore the directive. Flanked by his civilian super iors, the veteran soldier claimed for the Army the continuing mis sion of defense from the ground by transforming the Nike-Zeus antimissile missile into an anti satellite weapon. Backing Stahr’s view that space is inseparable from the earth and air, Trudeau said that the Army “should be able to expect” assur ance that it can push into space its traditional role as map makers. Beyond mapping—and the Army is already mapping the moon— Trudeau advanced the cause of the Army Engineers, Transportation Corps and Quartermasters with all their research on what it will take to move, and feed man “on the lunar surfaces.” Still unheard publicly and as yet unscheduled to appear at the inquiry is the ranking military ad viser to the administration, Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer. The chair man of the Joint Chiefs is known to have entered a written protest against the way the space direc tive was adopted. and witnessed an intra-squad foot ball game in the afternoon. Provide Insight On the program to provide the visiting students with an insight into college facilities and college life in general, were Cadet Corps Commander Syd Heaton of Tyler; Roland Dommert of Crowley, La., president of the Student Senate, and Robert Laird of Dayton, corps chaplain. The Career Day, which is open to all Texas high school junior and senior students, was sponsored by the Inter-Council Student Commit tee of which Anthony Giardina of Beaumont is chairman, Marc Powe of Wichita Falls is vice chairman and the secretary-treasurer is Malcolm Hall of Ballinger. ‘King Cotton’ Picked; Cotton Ball April 7 Over 100 Girls To Vie For Queen John D. O’Connor of Petty, a 21-year-old agronomy ma jor, has been named King Cotton for the 27th annual Cot ton Pageant and Ball to be held Apr. 7. The Pageant and Ball, one of the social highlights of the school year, is sponsored by the student Agronomy So ciety in honor of King Cotton. The event also recognizes cotton as the main cash crop grown in Texas. King Cotton is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Maness O’Con nor of Petty. He was chosen for the honor by the member ship of the Agronomy Society in recognition of his outstand ing student activity record. O’Connor is president and past treasurer of the society and a member of Alpha Zeta. He is past vice-president of Region IV of the American Societv of Agronomy which covers Texas, Arkansas, Okla homa, Louisiana and Mississippi. He was a member of the 1960-61 Region IV champion soils-judging team. He attended Honey Grove High School and was graduated in 1957. He was captain of the baseball and football teams, president of the junior class and president of the Honey Grove Future Farmers of America chapter. Members of the King’s Court are Vernon Yanta, Runge; Allen Swo- boda, Victoria; George Alston, Temple; Anton Coy, Weslaco; Wil liam Stuhernberg, Palacios; James Hill, Tulia; Zane Richburg, Ros- coe, and Wesley Robinson, Clyde. According to Walter Willms, Agronomy Society social secretary, more than 100 young ladies rep resenting Texas colleges and uni versities; A&M mother’s, student wives; hometown, ex-student and campus clubs; TWU campus clubs and other organizations will com pete for the title of Queen Cotton. The Pageant will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Guion Hall. The Ball will be held in Sbisa Hall following the crowning of Queen Cotton. Dorothy Sinz, a Mrs. America contest judge, and Mr. and Mrs. George Dawson, fashion and art authorities of Dallas will select (See COTTON on Page 3) Blaze Claims Life Of Ag Missionary An Aggie who had been serving as missionary in Alaska since 1959, Rev. Curtis D. Edwards, perished with his three children Friday when fire swept their home in the Indian village of Tanana, Alaska. The Episcopal minister was the"* first Cadet Corps Chaplain at Tex as A&M in 1950-51, while receiv ing a degree in forestry from the college. Mr. Edwards was a 1947 graduate of San Jacinto High School in Houston, and his love for the outdoors brought him to A&M pursuing further studies in forestry. Edwards, besides being Corps Chaplain, was a member of the Student Senate. Interfaith Coun cil, and the A&M Press Club. His wife is the sister of Clark Monroe, Baseballers Face Busy Week—Page 4 who was co-editor of The Battal ion in 1951. His outstanding record while in the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M won him the honor of being elec ted to Who’s Who in Colleges and Universities. Following graduation from col lege, the cadet entered the Air Force where he was a pilot for two years. After service, he was discharged in 1953 and entered the building contracting business with his father, D. C. Edwards of 1 Griar Hollow Lane, Houston. Soon after becoming discharged, however, Edwards entered the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Class Election Deadline To Be Tomorrow The filing deadline is tomorrow afternoon at 5 for positions on the ballot in the Apr. 6 college class elections. No figures have been released on current applications submitted but all indications are for a lively election. The list of candidates will be released after being ap proved by their respective deans. Candidates who still wish to file may do so up until 5 at the Stu dent Programs Office in the lowel level of the Memorial Student Center. 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 (See ELECTION on Page 3) | World Wrap-Up By The Associated Press Public Service Bill To Hit $2.5 Billion AUSTIN—A Senate finance group figured Monday it will take about $2.5 billion to pay for state public services ^the next two years. Recommendations of the sub-committee were expected to be approved this morning by the full Senate Finance Com mittee and debated on the floor either Wednesday or Thurs day. ★ ★ ★ Officers Blamed For Texas Tower Disaster WASHINGTON — The Air Force Monday announced three officers have been charged with dereliction of duty in the collapse of a Texas Tower radar island off the New Jer sey coast two months ago. Twenty-tight persons aboard were lost. A Pentagon statement said the charges were filed aftef an initial investigation by the Air Defense Command with hearquarters at Colorado Springs, Colo. ★ ★ ★ Mrs. Clark Gable Delivers Son HOLLYWOOD—The first-born son the late Clark Gable wanted so much was born Monday, an 8-pound carbon copy —except for the ears—of his handsome dad. “What a handsome boy,” was Kay Gable’s first com ment. The infant was Gable’s only offspring in five marri ages. * * * Officers Kill Farm Hand SLATON, Tex.—A farm hand died in a hail of bullets from about 20 officers Monday night after be critically wounded a farmer for whom he worked almost 40 years. Slaton Police Chief Eugene Martin suffered powder burns on the face when Chester Tatum, about 55, fired his pistol at the officer as Martin attempted to hurl a tear gas bomb into the building in which Tatum was hiding. ★ ★ ★ Two Youths Rescued From Crevasse JUNEAU, Alaska — Two bruised, battered, shivering 19-year-olds were hauled Monday from the bottom of a 50- foot-deep crevasse where they spent the night huddled to gether. The rescue was staged in a driving rainstorm that sent mud and stones pouring into the crevasse on nearby Men denhall Glacier and hampered the search for them. LONE REPUBLICAN. Democratic Opposition Mounts Against Tower By The Associated Press Democratic wheelhorses running in the special U. S. Senate cam paign Monday threw new punches at the lone Republican candidate as the man they want the most to beat. Rep. Jim Wright, D.-Tex., and Atty. Gen. Will Wilson told audi ences in South and West Texas that John G. Tower, the GOP’s officially-endorsed candidate, is not the man to succeed Lyndon B. Johnson as senator from Texas. Candidate Maury Maverick, Jr., Sen. William A. Blakley and State Sen. Henry B. Gonzalez also car ried their vote appeals over a wide area of Texas in their bid for re- election in the April 4 balloting. Tower was warmly praised by another national Republican figure at a Fort Worth luncheon while his Democratic opponents sniped at this tactic in his campaign. Sen. Hugh Scott, R.-Pa., was the Fort Worth speaker. Last week, Sen. Barry Goldwater, R.-Ariz., urged Texans to elect Tower. Wright, in a news conference at Corpus Christi Monday, said Goldwater was making a “deliber ate attempt” to embarrass John son in some of his Texas speeches for the Republican candidate. In other appearances Monday at Goliad, Beeville, Aransas Pass and Port Lavaca, Wright said his six years experience as a member of Congress from Texas qualify him for the Senate post. One of the reasons Lyndon Johnson was an effective senator was that he had served with dis tinction in the U. S. House, had fully mastered the national legis lative processes and had developed a group working relationship with the congressional leadership and the Texas delegation,” Wright said. Wilson called the appearance of non-Texan Republicans to work for Tower in Texas is a “means of subsidizing the candidacy of Tower with out-of-state money and out-of-state speakers.” “Texas does not need any for eign aid, particularly Republican- sponsored foreign aid,” Wilson said at Big Spring. Tuesday members of the Wichita Falls “Womanpower for John Tower” organization join the GOP candidate and his family on a bus-borne barnstorming tour. It will carry women workers from his home town, Tower’s wife and three daughters—all in red, white and blue “Tower for Senator Uni forms.” The Tower tour starts in Dallas, Tuesday night moves to San An tonio and ends in Houston Wednes day night. Maverick campaigned in the Lower Rio Grande Valley Monday, calling for state and federal legis lation to “improve the lot of a hundred thousand Texas migrant farm workers.” “The American of Mexican de scent who works as a migrant farm hand has fewer rights than the bracero Mexican citizen worker from south of the Rio Grande,” Maverick said. Tuesday he goes to San Antonio for day appearances, then to Odessa at night for a fund-raising dinnei*. Gonzalez told a rally at Port Lavaca Monday night that he would not be a rubberstamp for the Kennedy-Johnson administra tion.