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Graduation, Final Review Ends Year
The Battalion
Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1961
Number 119
Peace Corps Topic
Discussed At A&M
Graduation Problem
. .. ‘late to class’ on the big’ day
Diplomas, Bars
Awarded Saturday
Over 900 graduates will be
awarded diplomas and gold bars as
they attend the commencement and
commissioning exercises to be held
Saturday in G. Rollie White Coli
seum.
The graduates will be given their
sheepskins at 9 a.m. and will re
ceive their commissions as Army
or Air Force 2nd lieutenants at
3:15 p.m.
Dr. Andrew D. Holt
Dr. Andrew D. Holt, president
of the University of Tennessee and
international educator, will be com
mencement speaker.
Holt was born in the west Ten
nessee town of Milan on Dec. 4,
1904. He earned his bachelor’s de
gree at Emory University in
Atlanta and went on to receive
both his Master’s and Doctor’s de
grees from Columbia University in
New York.
After serving as an elementary
teacher, high school teacher, dem
onstration school principal, college
professor and high school super
visor for west Tennessee, Holt was
elected president of the National
Education Association. This is con
sidered by many to be the highest
honor America’s million teachers
can award upon a member of their
profession.
In 1950, Holt joined the faculty
of the University of Tennessee
where his contribution to the de
velopment of the university ad
vanced him to vice president and
then president of the university.
Holt has received many inter
national, national and regional
honors in past years. He was chair
man of the U. S. Delegation to
the World Organization of the
teaching profession at Berne,
Switzerland, in 1949, and also at
tended that organization’s meeting
in Ottawa, Canada, in 1950. Holt
served as a delegate to the White
House Conference on Children and
Youth in 1960 and as a member of
the Council of Advisors of the
U. S. Commission of Education.
Gen. Frederic H. Smith
Gen. Frederic H. Smith, Jr., com-
mandei’-in-chief, United States Air
Forces in Euimpe, will deliver the
commissioning address and present
commissions.
Smith was horn at Fort Monroe,
Va., June 30, 1908. He attended
the United States Military Acad
emy at West Point and graduated
as a second lieutenant of Field Ar
tillery, June 13, 1929.
His first assignment was that of
student officer at the Air Corps
pi-imary and advanced flying
schools at Bi’ooke and Kelly Fields,
located near San Antonio. After
receiving his wings he was trans
ferred to the Army Air Corps in
1930.
Smith sei’ved as both a flying
instructor at Kelly Field and senior
aei’onautical inspector for the
Panama Canal, Canal Zone, befoi’e
being appointed as operations offi
cer of the 36th Pursuit Squadron
The schedules for the Com
mencement and Commission
ing exercises may be found
on Page 6.
in late 1939. In less than two years
from this time he became com
manding officer of the Eighth Pur
suit Group and by the end of the
war he was commander of the Fifth
Fighter Group.
He has sei’ved in pi’actically
every theater of operations during
his career and in 1959 he was
named to his present post.
.Some of Smith’s decorations in
clude the Legion of Merit, Distin
guished Service Medal, Oak Leaf
Cluster, Air Medal, Army Com
mendation Ribbon, Asiatic Pacific
Campaign Medal, National Defense
Service Medal and the American
Campaign Medal.
“It is essential that interest be
generated |n the Peace Corps on
the nation’s college and university
cAmpuses in a much greater ca
pacity than has thus far been
shown,” a representative of the
State Department said Fidday in
a meeting of various faculty and
administration x’epresentatives.
Herbert Hoffman, representative
of National Peace Corps Head
quarters, arrived on the A&M Cam
pus at noon Friday, the first stop
in an intensive investigatory tour
of Southwestern colleges to ob
tain suggestions for generating
interest in the organization, on
the local and national level.
Of prime basis for discussion
during the meeting was a poll
taken by The Battalion in April
for the New 7 York Herald Tri
bune, in which 22 students leaders
and scholars were interviewed.
Hoffman was interested in see
ing how the Peace Corps copcept
was being accepted at A&M, and
the results of this poll showed 18
of the 22 as having had good gen-
ei^al knowledge, four had done in
tensive x'esearch on the subject,
and one of these had applied for
enlistment in the Corps.
Basic policies against the Peace
Corps were discussed, including
the enlistee’s having no pay ex
cept for bare necessities, where
college graduates in the United
States will be generally offered
in excess of $400 a month as sal
ary upon graduation.
“We are looking Tor people with
a basic skill, who are able and en
thusiastically willing to go into
these underdeveloped countries and
not only demonstrate this basic
skill, but work at it for two years,
living under exactly the same con
ditions as their native counter
parts,” said Hoffman.
From this staetment, it was de
ducted that an appeal to the Peace
Corps must be aimed at lessex 7 -
classified students than gradua
ting seniors. 1
“The Peace Corps is basically
a nuts and bolts policy working
at the grass roots level; where the
United States has been making- a
major mistake is in diplomatic re
lations only with the highest eche
lon of governmental officials.
Peace Cor-ps workers are to live,
eat, and work with the people of
the country where they are sent,”
said Hoffman.
“The advantages of joining such
a program are i-eally much gx-eater
than they seem at first glance;
people in the Peace Corps can re
ceive an invaluable education work
ing with lesser developed countries
in this manner, and whep finished,
will have a much fuller understand
ing of the ‘pulse of the people’
there,” he added.
R-58 Flight
To Mark Solo
Of Lindburg
WASHINGTON <&) — An Air
Force plane will fly to France
Friday at twice the speed of sound
to commemorate the 34th anniver
sary of Charles Lindbergh’s sole
flight to Paris.
Lindbergh flew from New York
to Paris in 33% hours on May 21,
1927.
A B-58 bomber will fly nonstop
from Carswell Air Fox-ce Base,
Tex., and x-each Paris in an esti
mated five hours and 55 minutes.
A group of aviation enthusiasts
had hoped Lindberg would make
the anniversary flight with the
Air Fox-ce. But friends of Lind
berg said he was unwilling to
come out of i-etix-ement for the
commemoration.
Exam Schedule
May 29-June 3, 1961
Date
Hours
May 29, Monday
8-11
a.m.
May 29, Monday
1- 4
p.m.
May 30, Tuesday
May 30, Tuesday
8-11
a.m.
1- 4
p.m.
May 31, Wednesday
8-11
a.m.
May 31, Wednesday
1- 4
p.m.
June 1, Thursday
8-11
a.m.
June 1, Thursday
1- 4
p.m.
June 2, Friday
8-11
a.m.
June 2, Friday
1- 4
p.m.
June 3, Saturday
8-11
a.m.
June 3, Saturday
1- 4
p.m.
Classes
Classes
Classes
Classes
Classes
Classes
Classes
Classes
Classes
Classes
Classes
Classes
meeting
meeting-
meeting
meeting
meeting
meeting
meeting-
meeting
meeting
meeting
meeting
meeting
Series
MWF8
TThSFl
MWF9
MWThl
MWF10
TF1 or TF1-2:15
M3TThlO
MWTh2
MWF11
M4TThll
TTh9F2
TF2 or TF2-3:15
Final Review Saturday
To End Corps Year
The final Corps of Cadets re
view of the year is on tap Satux-day
afternoon with the annual Final
Review on the main drill field in
front of the Memox-ial Student
Center.
Over 50 cadets will assume com
mand positions in the annual last-
of-the-year shift that places
juniors in the tentative positions
they will hold next year.
In addition the promotion order
released Tuesday by the Depart
ment of Militax-y Science and Tac
tics included for the first times
the names of tentative sergeant
majors for corps, wing and brigade
staffs.
The new cadet officei-s will take
command after an initial x-eview
that will serve as the official fai-e-
well for gi-aduating seniors.
Then the Corps of Cadets will
re-form for a second review, with
the new officers in command. Also
all freshmen, sophomores and
junioi-s will automatically assume
the class privileges they will hold
next year.
New tentative commandex-s re
vealed in Genei-al Order No. 11
are:
Corps Commander, James W.
Cardwell, Cadet Col. of the Corps;
Deputy Corps Commander, Gary R.
Anderson, Colonel.
Consolidated Band Commanding
Officer, Jimmie L. Coombes, Lt.
Col.; Maroon Band, Sidney F.
Stephenson, Capt.; White Band,
Lawrence W. Christian, Capt.
First Brigade, Charles L. Coch-
x-an, Col.; First Battle Group, Jan.
F. Ahax-t, Lt. Col.; Co. A-l, Marion
M. Walton, Capt.; Co. B-l, Juan
M. Martinez, Capt.; Co. C-l, Rich
ard C. McPherson, Capt.
Co. D-l, Dock D. Burke, Capt.;
Second Battle Group, John S. Wad
dell, Lt. Col.; Co. E-l, Richard B.
Wadswox-th, Capt.; Co. F-l, Charles
P. Garner, Capt.; Co. G-l, John F.
Imle, Capt.
Second Bx-igade, Ramsey K.
Registration Open
For Summer Cars
Students planning to attend
summer school sessions may begin
registering cars if they know their
summer camp addx-ess.
The $3 registration fee is good
for both of the sessions and is pay
able at the Campus Security Office.
Melugin, Col.; Third Battle Gx-oup,
Daniel W. Dupree, Lt. Col.; Co.
A-2, Charles W. McClain, Capt.;
Co. B-2, Michael M. Schneider,
Capt.
Co. C-2, Cecil D. Bailey, Capt.;
Co. D-2, Boyd R. Branch, Capt.;
Co. H-l, Dan R. Griffith, Capt.
Fourth Battle Group, John R.
Anthis, Lt. Col.; Co. E-2, Thomas
C. Paul, Capt.; Co. F-2, Thomas L.
Sims, Capt.; Co. G-2, William A.
Shaw, Capt.; Co. G-3, Jerry B.
Payne, Capt.
Fifth Battle Group, J. Steadman
Davis, Lt. Col.;, Co. H-2, Charles
Briseno, Capt.; Co. H-3, Joe B.
Harvey, Capt.; Co. 1-2, Joe B.
Sides, Capt.
Class Of ’62
Ready For
Boot Dance
The Class of ’62 will celebrate
their becoming seniors at the an
nual Boot Dance Saturday in Sbisa
Dining Hall from 9-12 p.m.
Cost of the dance will be $3 a
couple for members of the Class
of ’62; parents will he admitted
free, according to Class of ’62
Pi-esident John Waddell.
Tickets are now on sale at the
Cashier’s Window in the Memox-ial
Student Center, or they may be
purchased at the door.
Music for the event will be fur
nished by the Bennie Px-ause Or
chestra. Prause, from Cuero,
played here earlier this year for
the Civilian Dance during Civilian
Student Weekend.
Waddell said the dance will be
semi-formal; girls will wear short
formals or cocktail dresses and
members of the Class of ’62 will
wear Class ‘A’ summer with boots
if in the Corps, or suits and ties
if civilian.
“We want everyone to come, so
members of the class who don’t
have boots or who do not have
dates this weekend are also in
vited,” Waddell said.
The theme for the dance will be
“boots, boots, and more boots,”
according to Waddell.
Waddell said any junior and his
date who wishes to help decoi'ate
for the dance should come to Sbisa
Dining Hall Friday at 8 p.m.
Co. K-2, Arthur L. French, Capt.;
Co. L-2, Richard E. Halter, Capt.;
Co. M-2, Thomas D. Deeling, Capt.
First Wing, Homer L. Denning,
Col.; First Group, Charles M.
Cloud, Lt. Col.; Sq. 1,. William J.
Brewer, Capt.
Sq. 2, Donald R. Thompson,
Capt.; Sq. 3, Gardner D. Krumrey,
Capt.; Sq. 4, Elmer E. Goins, Capt.
Second Group, Dean K. Pettit,
Lt. Col.; Sq. 5, Jimmy L. Cash,
Capt.; Sq. 6, James M. Hill, Capt.;
Sq. 7, Ronald V. Smith, Capt.; Sq.
8, L E. Berry, Capt.
Second Wing, Stuart B. Carpen
ter, Col.; Third Group, Thomas L.
Fields, Maj.; Sq. 9, Paul W. Hil-
burn, Capt.; Sq. 10, Donald Holmes,
Capt.; Sq. 11, Richard E. Withers,
Capt.; Sq. 12, Lloyd M. Staffox-d,
Capt.
Fourth Group, Thomas M. Mor
ris, Lt. Col.; Sq. 13, Don C. Ince,
Capt.; Sq. 14, Sam Piccolo, Capt.;
Sq. 16, Darral D. Dean, Capt; Sq.
17, John M. Beakley, "Capt.
Anti-Castro
Sabotage
To Resume
MIAMI, Fla. (A 5 )—Cuban under
ground leader Manuel Ray an
nounced, Wednesday that large-
scale sabotage will be resumed in
Cuba.
At the same time, persons close
to Ray reported that his ox-gan-
ization, the People’s Revolution
ary Movement, was withdrawing
from the revolutionary council that
spearheaded the unsuccessful Ax-p.
17 invasion.
The development came as 10
px-isoner emissaries of Fidel Castro
returned here from Washing-ton
expressing hope that some 1,200
invasion captives would be freed
in return for American tractors as
offered by the Cuban Px-ime Min-
istex-.
Ray, whose group x-ivals the
mox-e conservative Democratic Rev
olutionary Front, headed by An
tonio de Varona, said his organi
zation has x-e-established contact
with Unidad Revolutionai’ia, which
dix-ected extensive sabotage inside
Cuba before the invasion.
Faculty Members Cited For Distinguished Work
Seven A&M faculty members
were recognized with $1,000
awards for distingxxished achieve
ment Tuesday.
The av/ards, preseiited by James
,W. Aston, president of the Repub
lic National Bank of Dallas and
president of the Association of
Former Students, went to Dr. John
Q. Anderson, professor of English;
Dr. W. C. Banks, professor of vet
erinary radiology and supervisor
of the clinical diagnostic labora
tory; Edwin S. Holdredge, profes
sor of mechanical engineering; Dr.
John P. German, professor of elec
trical engineering, all for distin
guished achievement in teaching.
To J. W. Amyx, professor of
petx-oleum engineering, for distin
guished achievement in individual
stxident relationships; J. Roy
Quinby, superintendent of Sub
station No. 12 at Chillicothe of
the Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station, for distinguished achieve
ment in research, and to Jack H.
Lewis, county agent for Kaxifman
Coxmty of the Texas Agricultural
Extension Eervice, for distinguish
ed achievement in extension.
Nominations for the awards
were made by students and fac
ulty members and selections were
made by a faculty committee. The
award for distinguished achieve
ment in extension mai-ks the first
time an award of this type has
been given.
JOHN Q. ANDERSON
Anderson joined the Depai’tment
of English in 1953 as an instx-uctor.
Because of his superior ability, he
was promoted through ranks to
full professor in 1959. An au
thority on American literature, his
strong record of scholarship is
demonstrated by his numerous ar
ticles and three books.
A thoroughly dedicated teacher,
Anderson puts his all into his
teaching efforts in such a way that
students maneuver to get into his
classes. In addition to his x-egular
teaching load, he conducts a non
credit course in “Great Ideas.”
W r . C. BANKS
A graduate of A&M with a Doc
tor of Vetex-inary Medicine degree
in 1941 and a Master of Science
in veterinary pathology in 1952,
Dr. Banks is a recognized author-
(See FACULTY AWARDS Page 3)
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Jack H. Lewis
Dr. John P. German
J. Roy Quinby
J. W. Amyx
Edwin S. Holdredge
Dr. John Q. Anderson
Dr. W. C. Banks