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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.