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Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1961
Number 116
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Campus USA
... TV visits the Ring Dance
‘Campus USA’ Crew
Continues Filming
The pilot film for a new tele
vision series tentatively scheduled
for next fall is now in its second
day of filming here. The technical
crew for “Campus USA” began
shooting yesterday and is to finish
late tomorrow.
On tap for tonight is a yell
practice by the Corps of Cadets
and a demonstration by A&M
fencers and gymnasts. The yell
practice is set for 7:10 p.m. in G.
Sollie White Coliseum.
Tomorrow the show’s cameras
frill take in an Aggie rodeo, stu
dent talent acta, the Singing
Cadets, the Freshman Drill Team
and a Corps pass-by.
Students are invited to observe
the actual filming of sequences
and participate in group and audi
ence scenes. Various pieces of
sound and photography equipment
vill be available for inspection by
students when filming is not in
progress.
Peter Palmer (L’ll Abner from
the Broadway stage show) is the
narrator for the show. Alan Neu
man is producer for the series.
Last night filming began with
Charles Marshall, winner of this
year’s Intercollegiate Talent Show,
and the Aggieland Orchestra in
front of the cameras.
Also shot last night were scenes
from the “Senior Ring Dance,”
with couples who will actually at
tend the real dance Saturday night.
The mock dance was complete with
giant ring. Glenda Fagan was fea
tured as vocalist at the filming.
This morning shooting started
with the Six Peppers, a Latin
American combo, in the patio area
of the Memorial Student Center.
Dave Woodard, magician-comedian,
performed in the main lounge of
the MSC. An audience was re
cruited from persons in the MSC
at the time.
Early this afternoon a “married
student’s picnic” was held in the
grove of trees across from White
Coliseum.
Shots of the Data Processing-
Center, the Nuclear Reactor Center
and agricultural equipment will be
taken for use in the film also.
Neuman visited the campus
earlier this month to determine
the possibilities of using A&M as
the subject for the first, or pilot,
film. In his preview of the school
he observed a pass-by and heard
the Singing Cadets.
The pilot film will be used to
show to prospective sponsors and
will be the first program in the
series.
A&M was the only school in the
southwest to be considered for the
program.
Campus USA
camera comes to A&M
Poker Case
Jury Hung,
Lawyer Jailed
BEEVILLE, Tex. (AP)—A dead
locked jury was discharged Tues
day in a South Texas poker game
robbery case. The defense lawyer
was jailed for contempt of court.
The jurors reported they stood
10-2 for freeing Carroll Strickland
on charges of shooting tear gas
into the den of the Peewee Sug-
arek ranch home March 2 and tak
ing between $26,00 and $60,000 at
gunpoint.
Defense Attorney Neal Dancer
piled up a total of $925 in fines
and 27 days in jail for contempt
of court during the trial. Dist.
Judge John H. Miller sent him to
jail after discharging the jury.
The judge ordered a mistrial and
transferred the case to George-
i town.
Dancer immediately appealed the
i judge’s ruling to the State Court
of Criminal Appeals through the
Austin law firm of Coffey and
Riddle.
Strickland testified he sat in on
the game, lost $100 and was en
route home with a woman com
panion at the time of the robbery.
He was arrested next day at his
home in Mesquite, Tex.
During the trial none of the vic
tims was able to identify Strick
land as one of the three men who
staged the robbery.
Chief Of Naval
Operations
To Be Named
'WASHINGTON <A>) — Navy
speculation about who will be tap
ped as the new chief of naval op
erations focused today on Vice
Adm. George W. Anderson Jr., dy
namic commander of the 6th Fleet
in the Mediterranean.
The White House is expected to
act soon to nominate a replace
ment for Adm. Arleigh A. Burke,
whose third two-year term as CNO
expires Aug. 1.
Speculation also centered on
Adm. James S. Russell, Burke’s
second in command, and Vice Adm.
John T. Hayward, the Navy de
velopment chief.
Another possibility is Adm. Har
ry D. Felt, peppery commander of
the 7th Fleet and chief of all U.S.
military and naval operations in
the pacific. But with Southeast
Asia, and now Korea, in crisis, it
was thought Felt would be left
where he is.
Some Navy sources said the
“smart money” was on Anderson,
54, a tall handsome aviator who,
since the fall of 1959, has direc
ted the powerful fleet units pa
trolling waters near the volatile
Middle East.
Brooklyn-born Anderson has
been a career officer for nearly
34 years. An Annapolis product,
he is described as an athletic type,
about 6 feet 2 with piercing blue
eyes and iron-gray hair.
Some of Anderson’s former as
sociates said he long has been
marked for big things—they note
he became a vice admiral at 50,
one of the youngest men to reach
three-star Navy rank.
An officer of another service
who worked under Anderson when
the admiral was a top man on the
joint staff in the Pacific some
years ago called Anderson “ter
rifically knowledgeable” and a
fine leader.
“Even though we may have dis
agreed with him,” this officer
said, ‘we couldn’t help but admire
the way he made his decisions.”
Although Russell and Hayward
hold top posts at Navy headquar
ters here, this would not neces
sarily give them any advantage
over Anderson.
In fact, the postwar record in
dicates otherwise. Every chief of
naval operations since World War
II has been chosen from a fleet or
foi'eign ommand.
Burke was destroyer command
er of the Atlantic Fleet when he
was elevated to chief of naval op
erations in 1955.
The top possibilities are in the
same age bracket. Anderson is 54,
Hayward 52, Russell 58, and Felt
nearing 59.
Sr. Ring Dance
Plans Disclosed
Annual Dance
Slated Saturday
With an outstanding banquet speaker and versatile dance
band, the annual Senior Ring Dance and Banquet will be held
this Saturday evening in Duncan and Sbisa Dining Halls
starting at 6 p. m.
First on the agenda is the banquet in Duncan Hall, which
will feature Col. Henry Dittman, United States Air Force, as
guest speaker. Col. Dittman is presently stationed in Paris,
France.
The dance, slated for 8 p. m., will feature Buddy Morrow
and his “Night Train” orchestra which has become popular
over the past ten years for such songs as “Mint Julep” and
other popular numbers.
Noted as one of the inost' f_
versatile bands in the coun
try, the Morrow group is
famous for wide audience ap
peal. This includes college
proms, country clubs, elegant ho
tel engag-ements and two-hour jazz
concerts for non-dancing audiences.
Beginning at 8:30 p.m., sen-
iors’ pictures will be taken in two
giant replicas of the Senior Ring,
and because of time limitations,
these pictures will be unposed, ac
cording to Bobby Burnside, chair
man of the Ring Ceremonies Com
mittee.
Burnside said the senior being
photographed should have his date
take his ring off well before en
tering the ring. As they step
into the ring, the girl should put
Banquet tickets will go off
sale Thursday at 5 p. m., and
none will be sold after this time,
according to W. D. Hardesty,
Director of Student Affairs. Un
til that time, they will be avail
able at the Cashier’s Window in
the Memorial Student Center.
the ring on his hand with the ’61
away from the wrist. The photog
raphers will take an unposed shot
as the girl puts the ring on her
date’s finger.
The number and color of the
ticket will determine the time and
place the picture will be taken.
Those with the green tickets will
go to Ring A and those with white
tickets to Ring B. Ring A starts
at number 1 and goes through 500,
and Ring B starts with 501. Two
juniors will be on hand to answer
any last minute questions.
Pictures may be picked up in
the Cashier’s Cage, Memorial Stu
dent Center, before May 27.
According to Tom Reid, treas
urer of the Class of ’61, both pic
ture and dance tickets can be
bought at the door.
Tanzer To Work
On NSF Project
Three students, one of them
from A&M, have been selected to
participate in an undergraduate re
search program in anatomy on a
grant from the National Science
Foundation.
The students are Ernest Tanzer,
senior science major from College
Station; George Pessoney of Sam
Houston State College at Hunts
ville, and Jimmy Darnell of La
mar State College in Beaumont.
Their research will be under the
direction of Dr. Richard J. Bald-
auf, associate professor in the
A&M Department of Wildlife Man
agement.
The Foundation approved the re
search for the summers of 1961
and 1962, during which time the
students will study the cranial
anatomy of several selected frogs
of the family Leptodactylidae, in
cluding some forms from Aus-
ti-alia.
During the summer of 1960,
Baldauf initiated an undergrad
uate research participation pro
gram at A&M with a grant from
the NSF. During that period,
three A&M undergraduates studied
the cranial morphology of the
tropical frog Engystomops postu-
losus. A manuscript of the re
search findings is being prepared
for publication.
Tanzer, who also was included
in the 1960 program, will begin
graduate studies at A&M this fall.
His research will be under the di
rection of Baldauf and is conceit
ed with the ci’anial anatomy of
leptodactylid frogs.
Baldauf said students chosen for
the research program will be re
quired to prepare serial sections
of tissues and to present an illus
trated description of the cranial
anatomy of the species studied.
The work, a continuation of re
searches carried on by Dr. Baldauf
for the past 10 years, is the only
research in this field throughout
the nation.
The scientist said the work will
contribute to a better understand
ing of the evolution and relation
ship of these amphibians.
C. E. Awards
Presented
At Social
The J. T. L. McNew Student
Chapter of the American Society
of Civil Engineers held its annual
Spring Social and Awards Night
recently with over 115 persons at
tending.
Master of ceremonies for the
evening was Robert Olson. Plan
ning for the event was headed by
A. C. Johnson, senior civil engi
neering major from Silsbee, who
is chairman of the chapter’s social
committee.
Dominating the awards presen
tation was Carl F. Raba, Jr., sen
ior from San Antonio, who was
given the honor senior student
award for the year. This pre
sentation was made by Mr. Wayne
Dunlap, president of the Brazos
County branch of the ASCE.
Raba was also the first place
winner in the branch’s annual stu
dent paper contest. Second place
in the contest was taken by James
Cravens, senior from Paris, with
John Minor, senior from Corpus
Christi, receiving the third place
award.
Scholarships in civil engineer
ing for the 1961-62 academic year
were announced by Dr. S. R.
Wright, Head of the Civil Engi
neering Department. Ronald Tol-
son, senior from College Station,
was the recipient of an Asphalt
Institute Fellowship. Raba re
ceived a graduate teaching assist-
antship.
Wright said that additional an
nouncements would be made in the
future concerning other scholar
ships.
The awards program was con
cluded with the presentation of an
honorary membership awai’d to Dr.
Ed Harx-ington for his outstanding
service as a professor of civil
engineering, faculty member of
the student chapter and advisor
and fxiend to the students. Mak
ing the award was Raba, president
of the student chapter.
If Pep Pills
Backfire-
Tough Luck!
NASHVILLE, Tenn. LP>-_Van-
derbilt's students have . been
warned that if they take pills
to pep them up during examina
tions and the pills backfire, it’s
the student’s tough luck.
-John L. Bingham, assistant
dean of the College of Arts and
Sciences, said Wednesday any
student who disables himself
through the use of antisleep
pills shaU not be allowed to take
a make-up examination.
Bingham said he intended his
warning to be “a little humor
ous, but I wanted, too, to let
them know they can’t take ex
aminations lightly.” He said it
didn’t apply to many students.
Korean Junta
Forces Chang
To Resign
SEOUL, Korea <A > > — Premier
John M. Chang resigned Thursday
in favor of the military junta that
seized conti’ol of Seoul two days
ago. It was the second South Ko
rean government toppled by rev
olution in 13 months.
Chang emerged from hiding and
bow r ed to the military takeover
after heads of the South Korean
army, navy, air force and marines
thx'ew their support behind the
rebel group headed by Lt. Gen.
Chang - Do-young - , the aimy chief
of staff.
The juntas control was bolster
ed by a demonstration in Seoul by
1,000 military academy cadets in
which 20,000 or more civilians
joined.
Seo»I radio broadcast a tape-re
corded resignation statement in
Premier Chang’s own voice while
he and eight of the 15 members
of his cabinet were meeting in the
national capitol with the junta
leaders.
Chang, missing since the px - e-
dawn coup in Seoul Tuesday, was
driven to the national capitol with
an escort of soldiex - s after a meet
ing at the U. S. Embassy with
U. S. Charge d’Affaires Marshall
Green.
Green and Lt. Gen. Cax - ter B.
Magruder, the top U. S. military
commander in Korea, had pre
viously called on the coup lead
ers to retux-n control to Chang’s
elected parliamentai'y government.
But Washington did not back them
up, and presumably Green coun
seled Chang to bow to the inevi
table.
Support for the military junta
was mounting.
Soviets Claim
Three-Week
Champagne
GUERNEVILLE, Calif. <dP)_A
Soviet claim of producing bubbly
sparkling wine in three weeks
aroused strong doubt today in
Adolph Heck.
Adolf and his brothers, Paul
and Ben, are California winehxak-
ers who patiently and proudly take
seven years to produce traditional
champagne, aged first in white oak
casks and then feirnented in its
original bottle. .
“I believe the Russians must be
claiming discovexy of something
like the Charmat process, develop
ed by the French many, many
years ago for bulk production of
sparkling wines,” said Adolf.
Heck aaid the Chamat process
ferments the bubbly px-oduct in
huge steel vats with double steel
walls for pi - ecise temperature con
trol.
It had been used widely in this
country since prohibition repeal,
Adolf said.
Graduating G. Ls
Sign For Checks
Graduating seniors attending
A&M under the G.I. Bill should
report to the Veteran Advisor’s
Office before May 27 to sign for
the final pay check.