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^ph-to-te, len. Hat.' 10 car. the same the plajj ckson at Jim Phn. The Battalion Volume W COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1961 Number 87 if! I 'I i •l li nscf Leaders Name-Change Action Hits Delay Speak Tonight On Revolutions Roclolfe Juarez, vice-president of the Student Christian Movement in Cuba, and James Monsonis, president and trav eling associate of the National Student Christian Federation (rill speak at the YMCA tonight at 7:30 p.m. The public is cordially invited. They are traveling under the auspices of the National Student Christian Federation to discuss Christian responsibility in the midst of social and political revo lution. Juarez was involved in the revo lution before its success in taking control of the government, and is now a law student at the Univer sity of Havana. Monsonis has been the NSCF representative to the Student Non violent Coordinating Committee, and in this capacity has been close ly involved with the sit-in move ment. A graduate of Yale Univer sity, he is currently a student at the Yale Divinity School on leave of absence. Monsonis and Juarez will also he present at the faculty study Croup which meets each Thursday toon at the Lutheran Student Cen- ler. They will interpret the work of the Student Christian Move ment, including, the NSCF and the World’s Student Christian Federa tion, 'Also on their itinerary at A&M are meetings with the councils of the student Christian movements affiliated with the A&M Student Christian Federation, with wor ship groups at the student centers, and with individual students who wish to speak with them. The visit of Juarez to the Unit ed States^ is the result of conver sation which took place at the World Teaching Conference of the World Student Christian Federa tion, held at Strasbourg, France, in July of 1960. At that time delegates from Cuba and the United States, in cluding Juarez and Monsonis, ex plored the possibilities of reconcili ation among the Christian com munities in the two countries de spite the difficult political situa tion. The visit is intended to look at the situation that currently exists, not only from a political viewpoint but from a Christian one, and hopes to use these two revolutions —Cuban and American—to explore the meaning of Christian obedience in the midst of political and so cial tension. Best Of Year’ Said Of ‘Review’ By TOM NICKELL The spring issue of the “Texas A&M Review’” will be available to its readers beginning Friday. Even in compari son with the two creditable issues preceding it, the spring issue appears to be the best of this year’s Reviews. Item by item, the latest issue appears as follows: In “Sunbound, Snowbound,” Jan Jones recalls, with refreshing humor, the Norway he knew in 1955. Norwegian girls, sports, habits, and arts are all part of his observations which as a whole constitute a delightful deviation from the usual run of travelogues. “Complete With Five Fire Trucks” is the title for John Murchison’s analysis of his home town, Crockett, Texas. In it, he uses a photograph of a church to point up unique and commonplace characteristics of the town. Gordon Reynolds presents a fic tional account of evolution in his short story, “Breakthrough.” Reynolds, whose stories often fre quent the pages of the Review, appears to have outdone the sci entists in that his story gives the evolution theory a dramatic unity easily understandable to the reader. Karl Elmquist asks the ques- Two Carnegie Institute Profs lo Move To A&M Camp us hr, Bruno J. Zwolinski and Dr. Alfred Danti, both of the Depart ment of Chemistry at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Penn- Jylvania, will join the Department Chemistry April 1. Zwolinski and Danti are director nnd assistant director, respective ly! of the American Petroleum In- st ‘t u te and the Manufacturing Chemists Association, Inc. The API and MCA are moving iheir research projects from Car- negie Institute to A&M. The proj- Mts concern physical and thermo- ynamic properties of hydrocar- ons an d other chemical com pounds. A portion of A&M’s Chemistry Budding is being remodeled to re- Ceive JJ 18 API and MCA research Projects. Zwolinski will be a professor of c emistry and Danti an associate Pro essor. Both men will teach in a >hon to their duties as direc ts of the API and MCA projects, wolinski was graduated with a bachelor of science degree (chem istry, Summa cum Laude) in 1941 from Canisius College at Buffalo, N.Y. He received his MS degree in 1943 in chemistry at Purdue Univesity, and his MA and PhD degrees in 1944 and 1947 at Prince ton University. The scientist is the recipient of many fellowships and lectureships and is the author of a large num ber of scientific articles. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, American Physi cal Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of Univer sity Professors, Federation of American Scientists, Phi Lamba Upsilon, Sigma Xi, Sigma Pi Sig ma, Princeton Graduate Alumni Association and the New York Academy of Sciences. Danti graduated Summa cum Laude in chemistry from The Colo rado College, Coloradq Springs, Colo., in 1954. That same year he entered the graduate school of the Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology as a National Science Foun dation Fellow in the Department of Physical Chemistry. He received his doctorate there in 1958. His thesis title was “Studies in Far Infrared Spectroscopy.” Later, Danti served as a post doctoral research associate and guest worker on a project of the Commission on Molecular Spectro scopy of the International Union of Pure and Applied' Chemistry, dealing with standards of wave length for the infrared regions. In 1959, he joined the staff of the Chemical and Petroleum Re search Laboratory of the Depart ment of Chemistry at the Carne gie Institute of Technology. Danti is a member of the Ameri can Chemical Society, Optical So ciety of America, American As sociation for the Advancement of Science, Color ado-Wyoming Acad emy of Sciences, Spectroscopic Committee of the ASTM, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi and the New York Academy of Sciences. tion, “How Do You Spell Schenec tady?” The question goes un answered, but his article gives Review readers a formula by which accurate spelling of all words—including “Schenectady”— can become a pleasant reality. Taking a look at the literature of the “beat generation,” Tom Nickell, in his “Not A Modest Howl,” deals with the works of four “beat” writers. Through a study of those writers, Nickell tries to determine what spiritual motivation drives “beat” writers to organize a literary revolt. “Houston?” is the title for Dave Woodard’s architectual criticism of his hometown. Illustrating his own poem-article, Woodard once again provides a high-spot of the Review with his detailed, delicate draw ings. For those interested in poetry, Ben Trail’s “Genesis” offers an imaginative condensation of the Bible’s version of creation Don Wilson’s short story, “New Fuji and Down the Street” comes on as a powerful rendition of man ? s question, “Why live?” Marc Edwards (who also does the “Albums on Review” column) reveals, in “From Two Places,” why poor reproduction is prac tically unavoidable with low-priced hi-fi and stereophonic sets. Edwards’ “Albums on Review” column for the spring issue sug gests records upon which the reader can spend the third portion of his one-hundred dollars. Ed wards, as always, reveals a star tling knowledge of music, present ing for consideration the recorded woi’ks of Copland, Schubert, Strauss, Dvorak and Grieg. Satirist-poet John Baldwin has a perceptive eye on local happen ings as evidenced in his poem, “A Parrot Squawks.” “A Luminous Stain of Sense” is the title of Hugh J. Luke’s article on William Carlos Williams’ poetry. Luke goes deeply into the significance of such modern sub stance as radium in the poetry of today. Trip To Austin Still Undecided No new word has been received concerning the trip to Austin planned last week by the Student Senate Executive Committee, Cadet Col. of the Corps Syd Heaton and Civilian Student Council President Mike Carlo. Heaton said last night he still wasn’t sure when the group would trek to the state capital. Both Roland Dom- mert, president of the Student Senate, and Carlo were un available for comment. It was decided last Thursday night at a regular meeting of the Student Senate the group should go to Austin early this week to confer with state officials concerning the pro posed name-change of the college. . The group has planned to+* go directly to Sen. W. T. Editor Jim Gibson, Dave Woodard . . . preview next issue of A&M Review { Two New Chemistry Professors (from left) Dr. Alfred Danti, Dr. Bruno J. Zwolinski I World Wrap-Up By The Associated Press U. S. Britain Reopen Test Ban Talks GENEVA—Reopening talks looking toward the banning of all nuclear tests, the United States and Britain offered Tuesday a series of concessions to the Soviet Union. The Soviet delegate warned that the chances of produc ing a treaty are in danger if France undertakes any further tests. France is not represented in the conference here. ★ ★ ★ Kennedy Employs Team of Helpers WASHINGTON — President Kennedy Tuesday put a team of top business executives and labor union leaders to work to help him fight inflation and solve a wide array of pressing national problems. Kennedy told the opening meeting of his 21-man Ad visory Committee on Labor-Management Policy its purpose is to “give direction to the general movement of wages and prices so the general welfare of this country can be served.” ★ ★ ★ Rocket Attached To Bomber Successful CALIFORNIA—A B52 bomber made its first landing today with a fully fueled X15 rocket plane attached to its wing—an operation dubbed potentially hazardous. The occasion today was a scheduled try at setting a new altitude mark of about 150,000 feet. But shortly after the B52 took off. with the X15 tucked under its wing, the rocket ship had an electrical failure. ★ ★ ★ 2nd U. S. Russian Plane Incident Reported WASHINGTON—The State Department Tuesday dis closed an exchange between Russia and the United States over a second RB47 aircraft incident, which allegedly occur red 10 days after President Kennedy took office. The United States informed Russia after an investiga tion that it did not believe a violation of Soviet air space had occurred, the department said. ★ ★ ★ Way Opened To Aid Depressed Areas WASHINGTON—Committee approval opened the way Tuesday for an early House vote on a $400-million program designed to aid chronically depressed areas. The House appeared likely to consider it next week. The Senate already has passed a similar bill. Both Houses also have passed, in somewhat different form, emergency unemployment legislation high on President Kennedy’s pri ority list. A compromise on the differences was agreed on Tuesday. ★ ★ ★ House Passes Emergency Feed Bill WASHINGTON—A compromise emergency feed grain bill backed by the Kennedy administration was passed today by the House and sent to the Senate. The roll-call vote was 231-185, with most of the opposi tion coming from Republicans. ★ ★ ★ Builder Says Military Housing Disrupted WASHINGTON—Hal B. Hayes, who calls himself the biggest builder in the world, protested Tuesday that govern ment pressure and fussy officers’ wives forced him to stop work on $55-million worth of military housing last year. Hayes insisted his array of corporations had not aban doned their contracts. He told inquiring senators they are set to finish every project, a task that now has been undertaken by the De fense Department. Moore of Bryan in onposition to his “S. B. - 302,” which would change the name of A&M to Texas State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College. The Student Senate, at the Thursday meeting, approved a letter to be sent to Moore, Cover-, nor Price Daniel and the co authors of the bill, Senators Andy Rogers, Ray Roberts, A. R. Schwartz and George Moffett. The letter took opposition to Moore’s action and bill and spe cifically complained that he had overlooked investigation under way on campus concerning the name- change. The College System Board of Directors and the College Aca demic Council have been advocated the name Texas A&M University, which the Student Senate also voted to back with its support. Monday further action was taken in Austin when juniors Joe Easley of Eagle Pass and Jeff Wentworth of San Antonio presented Sen. Bob Baker a two-pound petition pro testing Moore’s action. The petition, in the form of a telegram, was signed by 1,488 stu dents favoring Texas A&M Uni versity, 144 favoring “S.B. 302” and “a few” who didn’t want the name change at all. The petition brought to light the fact that most students realize a change in the name to include the word “university” will be advan tageous to the school. Baker, Class of ’44 and the only former student in the Texas Senate who was not a co-author of “S.B. 302,” promised Easley and Wentworth he would make an amendment , to Moore’s bill to change the name to Texas A&M University. > Ag Engineers Plan To Tour Lower Valley Eleven A&M Agricultural Engi neering students will tour engi neering and agricultural facilities March 27-29 in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Accompanying the students will be Dr. Ernest T. Smerdon, associ ate professor of agricultural engi neering. Smerdon said the tour has been arranged by W. R. Cowley super intendent of the Texas Agricul tural Experiment Station at Wes laco. • Students on the trip will be Rog er S. Terry of Mercedes, Robert J. Rektorik, Robstown; Giles L. Dod son, Corpus Christi; Roy V. Baker, Jr., Pecos; Rene Otero-Davila, Puerto Rico; Paul D. Rushing, Bryan; Donald F. Wan jura, Wei mar; Buddy W. Teague, Hico; John L. Cagaman, Granger; Jon D. Bothager, Bremond, and Alan D. Brashears of Graham. The group will see soil and water management projects at the experiment station; the fruit, veg etable, soil and water research laboratory operated by the Agri cultural Research Service at Wes laco; facilities and construction of Hidalgo and Cameron County Wa ter District 9, managed by W. D. Parrish; the La Casita Farms, and the Sun-Tex Farms and Dairy at Rio Grande City. Also to be seen on the tour are the Falcon Reservoir, the Rio Farms to study irrigation and drainage installations and concrete pipe manufacturing plants at Har lingen. LISTS FfVF RULES Pastor Discusses Human Relations “How To Get Along*'with Other People” was the sub ject of a talk delivered at the weekly College Station Kiwanis Club luncheon yesterday. The Rev. Charles Allen of the First Methodist Church in Houston spoke at the meeting held in the Assembly Room of the ^ ;— * Memorial Student Center. Allen listed five rules for keep ing on the good side of people. Get interested in other people. That was the first rule he gave. As an example he told about his beginning days as a preacher in a small Southern town. “I tried to learn everyone’s name—even the kids’ names. Something else. I learned all the dogs’ names, too. People really feel you are inter ested in them when you even know their dogs by name,” he related. The second rule was: don’t criti- Applications For Contracts Students wishing to make appli cations for advanced Army ROTC contracts for the fall semester, 1961, must report to make out their applications by Mar. 31, it was announced yesterday. The applications may be ob tained at Room 304 of the Military Sciences Building. cize other people. “Nobody likes criticism; not even constructive criticism,” Allen explained. Don’t brag. Forget about get ting credit for everything you do. If your work merits recognition, you will get it. Allen’s fourth rule for getting along with other people is to meet criticism with a smile and good will. “You can profit from most criticism,” he said. The last rule is not to carry a grudge. “No one ever got. ahead by carrying grudges,’ Allen said. Ticket sales for the Pancake Din ner to be held Apr. 1 at the Na tional Guard Armory in Bryan were also discussed at the meeting. The annual dinner is scheduled to last from 5-9 p.m. The motto “all the pancakes, syrup and bacon you can eat” has been adopted foi the affair. The club’s budget for 1961 was also released at the meeting. A total of $1,720 has been divided between ten committees and one special fund.