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Volame 89
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1961
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JFK Concedes
oviets First
In Space Race
WASHINGTO^—PrefidenT'^Kennecfy said Wednesday
plans JAmericans must recognize that the Soviet Union is now first
il S e a!( in the race for space but he declared the United States aims
lobe first with achievements of greater benefit to mankind.
In probing the skies above, “it
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will m']] be some time before we catch
up,” Kennedy told his news con-
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I'nion beat the United States in
i e( l jiii i spectacular space feat.
But the fact is, Kennedy said—
and repeated it—that “we are be-
.irges iBind.”
rested i He sent congratulations to both
propii Soviet Premier Khrushchev and
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"the man who was involved,” the
Soviet' astronaut who Wednesday
safely completed man’s first round-
the-globe rocket flight in space.
‘Most Impressive’
"A most impressive scientific
achievement,” Kennedy called it,
and one which all humans may ad
mire.
But he added the Soviet Union
loncentrated on, developing mighty
iooster engines to hurl objects
aloft and thus scored with Sput
nik, the first earth satellite, and
now the first man in space.
"That advantage is going to be
with them for some time,” Ken
nedy said.
The United States, he affirmed,
ill intends to press its manned
flight project this year, “with due
regard to the problem of the life
of the men involved.”
“We are, I hope, going to go in
other areas where we can be first,”
Kennedy said, “and Which will
bring perhaps more long-range
benefits to mankind.”
The Soviet Union’s space victory
and the Cuban problem dominated
ihe President’s half-hour confer
ence. This was his ninth meeting
With newsmen, and it drew 429,
the largest turnout since Kennedy
took office.
Kennedy, wearing a dark suit
and slim, dark tie, spoke with quiet
gravity most of the time. He
fingered papers on the lectern as
Aggie Mother
Nominations 1
To Close Soon
Nominations for Aggie Mother
of the Year may be submitted un
til Tuesday, according to Bob Bow-
tr, chairman of the public relations
committee of the Student Senate.
Each year, the honor of being
selected “Aggie Mother of ■ the
Tear” is bestowed upon some de
serving mother of a student at
A&M, after being nominated by
her son or sons through the Stu-
fe]t Senate.
The only requirement for nomi-
Jation is that the mother be the
toother of an Aggie or Aggies
Presently enrolled in school and
toust be able to attend the Parent’s
hay ceremonies May 14.
Since first announcement that
Dominations were open, there have
been no letters submitted nomi-
Dating any Aggie mother for the
honored title; there are only five
feys left until nominations close.
All nominations should consist
°f letters from Aggies telling why
% think their mothers should
he honored as the Aggie Mother of
ihe Year and mailed to Bob Bower,
in care of W. D. Hardesty, Student
Activities, Memorial Student Cen
ter.
Following submitance of all ap
plications, the Student Senate will
confer on deciding which nomina
tion is most worthy of the title,
>nd an official announcement will
he made prior to the Parent’s Day
festivities May 14.
he answered questions in the State
Department’s theater-like auditor
ium.
The President said that under
no conditions would U. S. armed
forces intervene in Cuba. He again
denounced Cuban Prime Minister
Fidel Castro and stopped only a
hairline short of labeling Castro a
Communist.
Kennedy said Great Britain and
the United States hope to receive
an answer from the Soviet Union
on a cease-fire in Laos this week
—or at least “shortly.”
No U.N. Change
He also denied a report from
London which he said indicated
the United States was changing
its position on a United Nations
contest over admitting Red China.
Under present circumstances, he
said, this country continues to op
pose admission.
During the discussion of space
achievements, Kennedy said a sci
entific development enabling man
to convert salt water into fresh
water cheaply would dwarf other
accomplishments.
“I do not regard the first man
in space as a sign of the weakening
of the free world,” he said, “but
I do regard the total mobilization
of men and things for the service
of the Communist bloc over the
last years as a source of great
danger to us.”
Campus Chest
Begins Year’s
Second Drive
The year’s second Campus Chest
drive gets in full swing tonight
with solicitations in all campus
dormitories.
The two-day effert, which will
conclude tomorrow night, is being
conducted in an effort to hit the
$3,000 goal established for the fall
drive.
Only $293 was collected in the
initial drive, thereby necessitating
the second drive.
Funds are used to consolidate
all campus drives into one single
drive, provide money for feeding
Reveille, provide flowers for de
ceased Aggies and to help Aggie
families in need after tragedies.
All fund candidates are screened
by the Student Senate before the
money is alloted. In the past funds
have been used to pay hospital
bills, defray hospital expenses and
as cash gifts to families of needy
students.
Ben Johnston is in charge of col
lection tubs in the Memorial Stu
dent Center and day student do
nations, Lee Grigg& is handling
civilian donations, Roger Ratcliff
is in charge of collections in the
west Cadet area and Clayton La-
Grone is handling donation in the
east Cadet area.
Commanders and dormitory
presidents are handling the col
lections in their respective housing
units.
Plans have also been completed
for the annual college blood drive,
scheduled Thursday, Apr. 27, in G.
Rollie White Coliseum.
Students interested in donating
blood may sign up at a booth in
the MSC post office Apr. 25-26.
Donated blood goes to the J. K.
and Silsie L. Wadley Research In
stitute and Blood Bank of Dallas.
This institute specializes in leu
kemia, hemophilia and ' various
anemias, with all blood donated by
Aggies used for research purposes.
World Wrap-Up
By The Associated Press
West German Chancellor To Visit State
AUSTIN—Week-end plans for the Texas visit of Dr.
Konrad Adenauer, West German chancellor, include an ad
dress to the State Legislature Monday and a public reception
at Fredericksburg.
The German Federal Republic chancellor and his party
will be week-end guests of Vice President and Mrs. Lyndon
B. Johnson at the LBJ ranch 65 miles west of here.
★ ★ ★
Spaceman Flight Confirmed By Soviets
MOSCOW—A Soviet astronaut’s orbit around the earth
at five miles a second sent humanity across the frontier of
space Wednesday and left the Soviet Union challenging the
West to try to catch up.
The pioneer astronaut, Maj. Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin,
27, plumbed the casmos for an hour and a half, sending back
messages of reassurance as he passed into the realm of
weightlessness.
★ ★ ★
Kennedy Offers Election Help To Blakley
WASHINGTON—President Kennedy said today he will
be glad to give some help to Democratic Sen. William A. Blak
ley in a Texas senatorial election if he is asked to do so.
Blakley was described by a reporter at Kennedy’s news
conference as a senator who is opposed to quite a bit of the
administration’s program and who also opposed some of the
President’s nominees.
★ ★ ★
General Motors Indicted As Monopoly
NEW YORK—A federal grand jury Wednesday indicted
General Motors Corp., the world’s largest single industrial
enterprise, on a charge of criminally monopolizing production
and sale of locomotives.
. The corporation denied misusing its economic power to
monopolize production and sale of diesel locomotives. It
claimed instead that its dominant position was “inevitable”
and the result of research and development.
★ ★ ★
South Koreans Battle Communist Gunboats
SEOUL, South Korea—A destroyer-escort attacked and
chased six small Communist navy torpedo boats from South
Korean waters Wednesday, a navy spokesman announced.
★ ★ ★
National Civil War Observance Ends
CHARLESTON, S. C.—The national Civil War observ
ance, dampened by rain and racial differences, ended Wednes
day, but Southern delegates went ahead with the re-enact
ment of the firing on Ft. Sumter.
Muster Schedule Disclosed
AT SATURDA Y BANQUET
Dr. Waiter Kerr
To Speak To RV’s
By GERRY BROWN
Final arrangements have been made for the annual Ross
Volunteer Ball and Banquet to be held Saturday night.
The Banquet will be held in the Dining Room of the
Triangle Restaurant and is scheduled to begin at 6 p. m.
About 250 persons are expected to>
attend the Banquet and will hear
Dr. Walter K. Kerr, who will serve
as honor g’uest and after dinner
speaker for the event.
Kerr was born in Texas and
graduated from both Hardin-Sim-
mons University and the Univer
sity of Texas Graduate School and
Law School. He became a minis-
Senate Posts,
Yell Leader
Filing Begins
Hopefuls for 1961-62 Student
Senate officer’s posts and a Civil
ian Yell Leader’s spot may begin
filing tomorrow morning at 8 a.m.
in the Student Program Office,
lower level of the MSC.
A senate president, vice presi
dent, recording secretary and par
liamentarian, as well as chairman
for senate committees on Student
Life, Student Welfare, Public Re
lations, and Issues will be chosen
in an election to be held Apr. 27.
A CjVilian Yell Leader will also be
elected at that time.
Deadline for filing is Apr. 20.
Here are the qualifications for
the various jobs:
President—classified as a sen
ior next year (junior this year)
with at least a 1.5 grade point ra
tio.
Vice president—classified as a
junior next year (sophomore this
year) with at least a 1.5 grade
point ratio.
Recording secretary — classified
as a sophomore next year (fresh
man this year) with at least a 1.5
grade point ratio.
Parliamentarian—classified as a
senior next year (junior this year)
with at least a 1.5 grade point ra
tio.
Senate committee chairmanships
—must be classified as senior next
year (juniors this year) with at
least 1.25 grade point ratios.
Civilian Yell Leader—must be
classified as either junior or sen
ior next year (sophomore or jun
ior this year) and at least a 1.25
grade point ratio.
At the election Apr. 27 there
will be four voting machines for
Corps use and two for Civilian stu
dents. The machines will have the
same ballots except for Civilian
Yell Leader not shown on Corps
machines. There will be no run
off for any of the positions after
the election.
LaMotte Views
School System
Dr. Charles LaMotte, a profes
sor in the Department of Biology,
will be in Brazosport Sunday
through Tuesday 6n an evaluation
study concerning science curricula
in the Independent School District
there.
Dr. C. W. Landiss, a professor
in the Department of Health and
Physical Education, returned yes
terday from a similar trip to Bra
zosport where he evaluated the
school’s programs in health and
physical education, and in health
services.
Periodic evaluations of public
school curricula are necessary to
sustain full accrediation for school
districts.
Photo Salon Begins Sunday
ter of the Methodist Church after
receiving his Doctor of Divinity
Degree from McMurray College.
Kerr is author of the book
“Child by Child We Build a Na
tion,” which presented the plan for
the State Youth Development
Council enacted by the Texas Leg
islature. He served as chairman of
the council for six years and now
serves as a member. He is also
vice-chairman of the National Ad
visory Committee for Mid-Century
White House Conference on Chil
dren and Youth.
In 1959 Kerr was a delegate to
the International Youth Confer
ence held in Stuttgart, Germany.
After the conference concluded, he
began a tour of cities throughout
northern Europe. He spoke for
large youth rallies in such cities
as London, Stockholm, Oslo, Cop
enhagen, Helsinki and Moscow. He
climaxed a week’s stay behind the
iron curtain with a meeting with
Premier Khrushchev in the Krem
lin.
The National Council of Church
es selected Kerr to appear on the
CBS Television program “Look Up
and Live.” Kerr also represented
the Methodist Church on the world
wide radio series “The Protestant
Hour,” and served as technical as
sistant for the motion picture
“Day of Triumph.”
The Ross Volunteer Ball is
scheduled to be held in the Me
morial Student Center Ballroom
and will begin at 9 p.m. The music
for the Ball will be furnished by
the Aggieland Combo and the
MSC patio will be open for danc
ing. Glenn Jones, Ross Volunteer
Commander, will head the recep
tion line.
Honor guests invited to both
the Ball and the Banquet are Chan
cellor and Mrs. M. T. Harrington,
President and Mrs. Earl Rudder,
Dean and Mrs. J. P. Hannigan,
Col. and Mrs. J. E. Davis, Col. and
Mrs. F. L. Elder and Col. and Mrs.
C. E. Gregory.
Monday morning the Ross Vol
unteers, under the command of
Jones, will journey to Austin to
march in a parade honoring Vice
President Lyndon Johnson
Dr. Walter K. Kerr
. guest speaker for RV Ball
Consolidated
FFA Rodeo
Sets Opening
The Fourth Annual A&M Con
solidated FFA “Huge Rodeo” will
be held this Friday and Saturday,
nights in the Bryan Saddle Club
Arena on Tabor Road.
The rodeo, larger this year than
ever before, will include five main
events: bare-back bronc riding,
junior breakaway, bull riding, girls
barrel race and calf roping.
All but the calf roping are open
only to those 21 or younger, and
the calf roping is open to anyone
who can handle a horse and a
rope. The first event will start
at 8 p.m.
Advance sale tickets are ,now
available from the A&M Consoli
dated High School or any FFA
member. Prices are 35 cents for
students through high school, and
75 cents for adults. If bought at
the gate, they are $ .50 and $ .90.
5,000 Expected
For Observance
Current A&M students and former students throughout
the world will lay aside their duties for the independence of
Texas and to honor all Aggies who have passed away.
It is the annual Muster of A&M men throughout the
world and more than 5,000 are due to attend the ceremonies
of the parent Muster and the A&M campus. The first Muster
was held on the campus in 1903.
James W. Aston, a Dallas banker and civic leader, A&M
graduate and president of the Association of Former Stu
dents, will deliver the principal address. The ceremonies will
begin at 5:15 p. m. in front of the Memorial Student Center.
The program, in charge of the Student Senate, follows:
Star Spangled B a n n e r,*'
Texas Aggie band.
Introductory remarks, Ro
land Dommert of Crowley, La.,
president of the Student Sen
ate.
Invocation, Brantley Laycock of
Canyon, Student Senate chaplain.
The Muster tradition and re
marks, Syd Heaton of Tyler, corps
commander.
Talk, Frank B. Harvey, vice-
president of the Association of
Former Students, introduced by
Dommert.
The Twelfth Man, Singing Ca
dets.
Introduction of President Earl
Rudder by Dommert.
President Rudder will introduce
Aston, the principal speaker.
The Spirit of Aggieland, band
and audience.
Roll call for the absent, Edward
A. Todd of College Station, head
yell leader. When the roll is
called for those who died during
the past year, some living Aggie
will answer “here.”
Silver Taps, band members.
Ross Volunteers will then fWe
a volley.
Auld Lang Syne, Singing Cadets.
Otis Coffey
Wins Award
In Pakistan
Otis Coffey, A&M’s consultant
to the Government College of Com
merce, Chittagong, East Pakistan,
has received the highest Pakistan
government meritorious award
(Tamgha-I-Pakistan). He is the
second American to. receive the
award.
The award is for outstanding
service to the government and peo
ple of East Pakistan.
Coffey, a native of Rosenberg,
went to Pakistan in 1956 and is
now serving his third tour (two
year term).
The city of Chittagong, repre
sented by its citizens in every walk
of life, likes the Texan. They re
quested that he be left there for
another two year term, Jack D.
Gray, coordinator of foreign pro
grams at A&M, said today. He
(See COFFEY on Page 3)
Three-Act Play To Highlight
Pan American Week Tonight
“The Browns Go South of the
Border” is the title of a three-act
play to be put on by members of
the Pan American Club tonight in
the Memorial Student Center Bail-
room at 7:30 p.m.
Written and produced by stu
dents from the Latin American
countries, the play is based on the
actions and situations of a couple
vacationing in Mexico. The main
action is centered around their ex
periences in a cafe, the language
difficulty and the problem of the
prices given to tourists from the
United States.
The play, a “comedy of sorts,”
will star Johnny Penrod, sopho
more English major, as Mr. Brown,
and Kathy Blackburn, a student at
Stephen F. Austin High School, as
Mrs. Brown. The Pan American
Club called upon several girls from
the Bryan High School Spanish
class to help in the play.
Under the direction of Edwardo
Alvarez from Mexico and Juan
Terrassa from Puerto Rica, the
play will feature special music,
dancing and sounnd effects. Por
tions of the music for the produc
tion will be provided by a Latin
American combo.
The play is open to the public
and will be free.
Following the play will he a
session of musical entertainment
for the audience, featuring music
of the Latin American countries.
Last night the main event of the
day’s Pan American Week pro
gram was a presentation of docu
mentary films on several of the
countries of Latin America. The
movies, “Architecture of Mexico,”
“Lake Maracaibo,” “High Spots of
High Country” and “Colombia”
presented many facts and features
on some of the countries of Latin
America. They showed the archi
tecture, products and the way of
life in each of the respective areas
illustrated.
The panel discussion on Latin
American Problems presented in
the MSC Assembly Room Monday
night was presented yesterday in
a meeting of the Rotary Club. Af
ter the presentation the group was
invited to give their talks before
the Shriners Ladies Meeting April
27.
Restaurant Scene, With Music
from Pan-American play, “The Browns Go South of the Border”
Class Officers
Being Chosen
Election runoffs for class offi
cers are now in progress in the
Memorial Student Center, with 38
candidates’ names on the voting
machines from a 177-candidate pri
mary.
Last week’s elections showed a
lack of interest in the event of se
lecting next year’s class leaders,
with only 1,825 students taking
time out to cast their votes. Th«
booths will be open until 5:30 p.m.
today, enabling all who forget to
vote another chance after their
last afternoon class.