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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 19, 1961)
M in the Hall g 0 t ss in the ut across 'urth and 'iav gave ainst two onference tson play, is a two- Christian he Frogs hat A&M The first- i of rain, The Battalion Volume 59 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1961 Number 99 ll in ampus Chest Stays Short Total collections for Campus Chest still stand at $324, ng short of the desired $3,000 goal, according to Clayton LaGrone, chairman of the drive and member of the Student 'elfare Committee of the Student Senate. Left to be tabulated are collec-"* inns conducted in the old area, lorras 14-17, day student funds aid the receptacles around cam- ms still must be included, said La Grone. The chairman also said it was tslikely that more than $500 will i? collected in all out of the oriff- nalgoal of $3,000; last year, the lest collected a total of only $293 it of a similar goal. This two-day spring drive was liginally intended to put the Impus Chest back on its feet (cause of lack of donations in the 'ill; however, this second endeavor «ill apparently fail to a large de- pee in its purpose. Squadron 11 still leads in con- hlutions, contributing more than ay other unit or organization with i total of $49.42; on the other Md, another unit on campus con tributed only $6.16 to the Campus Chest case. Lee Griggs was in charge of ci vilian student collections, Ben Johnson was in chrge of day stu dent collections and Roger Ratliff handled collections in the old area. The collections were handled through cadet unit commanders, civilian dormitory presidents and the recptacles in the Memorial Student Center. La Grone said the majority of funds which have been contributed thus far have come from the civil ian dormitories. “They have borne their share of the load, and I don’t expect much more contributions from the civil ian dormitories; what is left will come from the old area, day stu dents and the receptacles in the MSC,” said La Grone. iTSP.M. TOMORROW General Election Filing To Close Tomorrow marks the last day that student hopefuls may I for the 1961-62 Student Senate officer’s positions and a ian Yell Leader post. Officers to be chosen in the election, set Apr. 27, are a Rate president, vice president,^ Hording secretary and parlia- "intarian. Other open positions' 5 chairmen for senate commit- sson Student Life, Student Wel- sre, Public Relations and Issues Swell as the Civilian Yell Lead- t spot. The qualifications for the vari- t;jobs are as follows: President—must be classified as ifuiior (senior next year) and a 1.5 grade point ratio or liter, Tice president—must be classi- y as a sophomore (junior next ffl) with at least a 1.5 g.p.r. Recording secretary—must be Ossified as a freshman (sopho- ire next year) and have a 1.5 it or better. Parliamentarian—must be clas- fol as a junior (senior next with at least a 1.5 g.p.r. Senate committee chairmen— tstbe classified as a junior (sen- # next year) with at least a 1.25 ir. Civilian Yell Leader—must be taified as either a junior or fcmore (senior or junior next ^f) and have a 1.25 g.p.r. or for. Students may file in the lower ! el of the Memorial Student Gen ii Today’s Batt Seem Small? Well, It Is Notice something different about today’s Battalion? If it seems smaller, easier to hold, easier to turn the pages, it’s because we’ve cut two inches off the edge. The Battalion, after printing eight columns on each page for more than a year, has returned to its earlier seven-column size. The reduction in the number of columns on a page will mean more'six- and eight-page papers in the future. And the new size will be considerably easier to handle. The Battalion was originally a two-column, 36-page weekly bul letin. During its history, the paper has changed the size and the number of columns on its pages several times. The last change was in February of 1960 when The Battalion changed from seven to eight columns. uban Revolution ndorsed By JFK By The Associated Press WASHINGTON—President Kennedy Tuesday night en- Tsed the.effort to overthrow Cuban Prime Minister Fidel ^tro and told Soviet Premier Khrushchev this country will Je action if the Russians interfere militarily in Cuba. h the event of any military any Mention by outside force, we ; immediately honor our obli- ®°ns under the inter-American to protect this hemisphere to'st external aggression,” Ken- v told Khrushchev. Kennedy pledged anew that the "kd States will not intervene ^ force in the battle between foo’s forces and those seeking overthrow him, but he said ^ricans do not conceal their Oration for those who wish to democracy re-established. The United States government ^ take no action to stifle the of liberty,” he said. Kennedy, replying to a note ^ the Soviet premier, at the fro time appealed to Khrush- *v not to use the situation in Cuba as a pretext “to inflame other areas of the world.” “What your government believes is its own business,” the President said. “What it does in the world is the world’s business. The great revolution in the history of man, past, present and future, is the revolution of those determined to be free.” The President called in Khrush chev to match words with action in the Soviet leader’s statement that steps should be taken to im prove the international atmos phere. There are opportunities to do so at once, he said. “A prompt cease-fire and peace ful settlement of the dangerous situation in Laos, cooperation with (See PRESIDENT on Page 3). Dr. L. H. Hope . . . joins college staff Baylor Dean, Dr. L. H. Hope, Accepts Post Dr. Lannes H. Hope, Assistant Dean of Men at Baylor University, will join the A&M Counseling and Testing Center staff this summer. S. A. Keiley, director of the Counseling and Testing Center, said Hope will come to the depart ment with the rank of assistant professor of psychology. “We are very fortunate to get a man with the training and back ground of Hope.” “He brings to us excellent training in counseling and research and a varied exper ience in many phases of teaching and student services,” Kerley said. He said Hope’s addition is part of a program of expansion of per sonnel in the Counseling and Testing Center. Hope is a graduate of the Coun seling Training Program at the University of Texas and holds a PhD degree in this area. In addition to service as a clin ical psychologist, he will also par ticipate in research and teaching. His services are available to the entire college and he also will Work in conjunction with Dr. C. R. Lyons, Director of Student Health Services. Hope has been a member of the staff of the Dean of Men and of the psychology faculty at Baylor for the past nine years. He has been Assistant Dean of Men for the past five years. He is a native Texan and holds BS and ME degrees from Texas Technological College. He receiv ed his doctorate in educational psychology in 1960 at the Univer sity of Texas. The psychologist served with the United States 3 Army from 1940 to 1946, two of those years as an of ficer with the 1st Infantry Divis ion in the European Theatre. At present, he is a major in the U.S. Army Reserve. Hope is a member of Phi Delta Kappa, a national honorary edu cation fraternity; the American Personnel and Guidance Associa tion; the Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators, and the Texas Personnel and Guid ance Association. Dr. and Mrs. Hope are the par- etns of a son, Brain, 13, and two daughters, Kerry, 10, and Kris, 8. Kennedy Asks For Urban Committee By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Kennedy formally asked Congress Tuesday to create a Cabinet-rank Department of Urban Affairs and Housing to help cities deal with their growing problems. The new department would sim ply take over the functions now assigned to the federal Housing and Home Finance Agency and its satellite offices. Sen. Joseph S. Clark, D-Pa., who introduced Kennedy’s legislation in the Senate, said it would add no new programs or operations to the housing agency’s present role. He added that others may be tack ed on in the future by legislation or reorganization plans. 58th Annual Muster To Be Held Friday Aston To Speak At Campus Muster World Wrap-Up The Associated Press Strike In Panhandle To End DUMAS. Tex—Officials of Phillips Chemical Co. and the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union said today that their negotiators have agreed to end the 103-day strike at the Cactus plant at midnight Wednesday. The agreement will be submitted to union members for ratification at a meeting tonight. Terms were not disclosed pending action by the union members. ★ ★ ★ Laotian Peace Hopes Fade VIENTIANE, Laos—The Laotian government reported large movements by enemy soldiers on the northern and cen tral fronts today as hopes for a quick cease-fire faded. A government statement said pro-communist Pathet Lao rebel units “openly directed by foreigners” were on the move north of the royal capital of Luang Prabang. It gave no further details. ★ ★ ★ Navy Air Transport Crashes In Nevada FALLON, Nev.—A Navy DCS plane with 19 persons aboard crashed yesterday at Fallon Naval Air Auxiliary Sta tion. At least seven men were killed. A Navy spokesman said the plane, after taking off on a return flight to Alameda Naval Air Station in California with four crewmen and 15 passengers, climbed only 60 feet before nosing down and bursting into flames. ★ ★ ★ House Extends Mexican Labor Act WASHINGTON—The House Agriculture Committee Tuesday approved a bill which would extend the Mexican Labor Act until Dec. 31, 1963. The act empowers the United States to enter into an agreement with Mexico each year for importation of Mexican farm laborers. ★ ★ ★ Baylor Chancellor, President Named DALLAS—The Baylor University board yesterday pro moted Dr. W. R. White to chancellor and named Abner V. McCall as president. White was president and McCall executive vice president before Tuesday’s action in Dallas. The main university is in Waco. ★ ★ ★ U. S. Embassy In Moscow Stoned MOSCOW—Thousands of demonstrators hurling stones to a chorus of “Hands off Cuba!” smashed U. S. Embassy windows Tuesday. Some of the crowd then battled Soviet soldiers and police men guarding the building. The demonstration was similar to others at times of international crisis in the past, but this one got somewhat out of hand. ★ ★ ★ Former Texas Mayor Appointed Ambassador WASHINGTON—Raymond Telles, former mayor of El Paso, Tex., was sworn in yesterday as ambassador to Costa Rica. Friends, state department officials and other dignitaries assembled in the department’s new reception room to witness the ceremony. Young, Ihms Win Agriculture Honors Two much-sought honors have been won by students in the Department of Agriculture, it was announced today. The students are Melvin C. Young, a junior from Lock hart majoring in agricultural education, and Orlan Ihms, a freshman from Georgetown ma-"^ joring in poultry science. Young is the recipient of a 1961 Pfizer 4-H Scholarship Award for $250. The award was made offi cial at the annual National Exten sion Training Conference at Pur due University. Young has been active in 4-H Club work for 11 years and re ceived the State 4-H Achievement Award in 1960. Active in campus organizations, Young is a member of the Col legiate 4-H Club, Collegiate FFA Chapter, Student Chamber of Commerce, Alpha Zeta Honorary Fraternity, The Quartermaster As sociation and the Cen-Tex Home town Club. Through his FFA activities, Young received the Outstanding Chapter Member Award and the State Farmer and American Farm er Degrees. He plans to enter the extension field after graduation. Ihms was given the highest hon or a 4-H Club member can receive, when he was named one of the four Texas delegates to the National 4-H Club Convention to be held in Washington, D.C., Saturday and Sunday. - He has completed 6 years of outstanding 4-H work in poultry, beef cattle, lambs and swine. He has won statewide recognition as a junior leader, public speaker and demonstration team member. He was a member of the state cham pionship poultry demonstration team in 1958, and in 1959 was awarded a ti’ip to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago and a $350 college scholarship. Ihms was a member of church, school and community organiza tions in his hometown. He was a member of the Georgetown High School Band, the Spanish Club and the Hungry Five German Band. He was a member of the National Honor Society and the Luther League and presently is a member of the Aggie Maroon Band. The 58th annual observance of Aggie Muster will be celebrated Friday all over the nation and the world, with the biggest ceremony on campus on the front lawn of the Me morial Student Center. James W. Aston, the president of the Association of Former Students, will be the guest speaker for campus cere monies. 'Aston, Class of ’32, is president of the Dallas Republic National Bank. The topic of his address has not been an nounced. ■' The Muster tradition originated on campus in 1903 when the Corps of Cadets gathered together in observance of the Independence of Texas and"* the sacrifices made by those feons at Goliad, the Alamo and San Jacinto. It was agreed then to make Muster an annual tradition. The schedule of events for the campus ceremony Friday is as follows: Star Spangled Banner—Aggie Band Introductory remarks—Roland Dommert, President, Student Senate Invocation—Brantley Laycock, Student Senate Chaplain The Muster tradition and re marks — Syd Heaton, Cadet Colonel of the Corps Introduction of Frank B. Harvey, Vice-President, Former Students Association, by Dom mert Remai'ks by Harvey The Twelfth Man—A&M Sing ing Cadets Introduction of President Earl Rudder—Dommert Rudder introduces Aston Principal address—Aston The Spirit of Aggieland—Band and audience Roll Call for the Absent—Ed ward A. Todd, Head Yell Leader Silver Taps—Band Members R. V. Volley Auld Lang Syne — Singing Cadets Closing Ceremony—Dommert Bill Harrison Elected State BSU Prexy For the first time since 1940, an Aggie has been elected state president of the Baptist Student Union. Saturday, over 850 Baptist stu dents from 55 Texas colleges and universities voted unamiously to accept William H. “Bill” Harrison as their president. The occasion was the 1961 Spring Planning Conference at Latham Springs Baptist Encampment north of Waco. Harrison took office Sun day morning from the out-going president, Dick Hester of Baylor. Harrison is a junior from Co lumbus, majoring in agricultural economics. He has held the corps position of operations sergeant on the Third Battle Group Staff this past year. He also has served this past year on the state Summer Missions Committee which selected the members of Project Understand ing, the Baptist Student Choir, which will tour the Orient this summer. In the local Baptist Stu dent Union Harrison is Vespers Chairman. Famed Astronomer Schedules Lecture Dr. Hugh M. Johnson, an astronmer with the National Astronomical Observatory, University of Arizona, will dis cuss “Astronomy in the Southern Hemisphere” Tomorrow night at 8 p. m. in Room 113, Biological Sciences Building. 4 Arriving tonight, the young as tronomer will be available for con ferences with students interested in astronomy, space travel, astro physics and related topics. All intei-ested students should arrange appointments with John son at the Placement Office. Other lectures to be delivered by Johnson include “Interstellar Mat ter” at 10 a.m. tomorrow in Room 320 of the Physics Building; “The Star Cluster in the Orion Nebula” at 4 p.m. tomorrow, same location, and “The Magellanic Clouds,” 11 a.m. Friday, same location. Johnson received his AB degree in 1948, a BS degree in 1949 and his PhD degree in 1953, all from the University of Chicago. He was a research assistant at the Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Wise., from 1950-53. Since that time, he has been a research associate with the Yerkes Observatory, Department of As tronomy, University of Chicago. He was Assistant Professor, State University of Iowa from 1954-59. Johnson was a Visiting Fellow with the Australian National Uni versity and the Mount Stromlo Observatory from 1958-59. He became Associate Professor and Associate Astronomer with the University of Arizona in 1960. Architecture Lecture Set Tomorrow Nile Gene R. Summers, a Chicago architecture, will be the sixth speaker in the series of guest lec tures sponsored by the Division of Architecture? Summers will speak in the Geology Building lecture room tomorrow at 8 p.m. A graduate of A&M, Class of ’49, Summers is an associate of the famed architect Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe. He will show slides of Van Der Rohe’s work in the United States, South American and Germany. Summers is the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Summers of Bryan. His wife is the former Ann O’Bannon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. S. O’Bannon of A&M. Summers’ work with Van Der Rohe has included being in charge of the Seagrams building, new York; the Bacardin buildings in Cuba and Mexico; the U. S. con sulate in Sao Paulo, Brazil; the U. S. Federal Center in Chicago and the Krupp office building in Germany.