THF BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Thursday^ May 25, 1961
A Job Well Done
The men of the Class of 1961 will graduate Saturday—•
leaving behind a record of accomplishments parallel to those
of any other class in A&M’s history.
The Class of’61 has been a novel class since it first regis
tered for college courses at A&M in September of 1957.
The registration total marked the class from the be
ginning as one of the smallest classes in recent years at A&M.
These men were also the last class of entering freshmen
during the year of a non-compulsary Corps of Cadets.
Of the registering group, 282 men resigned from the
Corps during this first year.
Since then, however, registrations have decreased an
nually—a definite credit to this class.
The Corps resignation figures in the three years since
then have been 213, 154 and this year, only 117.
Civilian registrations during this period have followed
a similar trend. One hundred six Class of ’61 civilian fresh
men resigned from school, while only 91 resigned in 1958,
68 last year and only 66 this year.
Corps-Civilian relations during this four-year period
have also showed a marked improvement. The election of a
civilian, Roland Dommert, as this year’s Student Senate
president saw this improvement in relations reach its pinacle.
The Class of ’61 has seen and prominently influenced
the rise of scholastic achievement in both the Corps of Cadets
and civilian life. Academic marks this year reached an all-
time high in the Corps and were even higher among civilians.
In addition to the improvement in registration figures,
the Class of ’61 has also instigated a marked improvement
in the percentage figures of freshmen returning for their
sophomore years.
Figures in this catagory have risen from 48 per cent in
1958, an all-time A&M low, to this year’s 60 per cent.
The Class of ’61 graduates will leave behind three
classes when they receive degrees Saturday. Without a doubt
members of all three of these classes will remember for many
years the assistance and encouragement they received from
these men.
These men will have every right in the world to leave
with their heads high—there’s has been a job well done.
Pressmen, Police
Hinder '“Riders ?
(Editor’s Note: Here is an
eye witness account of the “free
dom riders” bus trip from Mont
gomery, Ala., to Jackson, Miss.,
as told by an Associated Press
reporter who bought his ticket
and made the 253-mile trip.)
JACKSON, Miss.—No matter
what else befalls them, the 12
“Freedom Riders” who went by
bus Wednesday from Montgom
ery, Ala., to Jackson, Miss., must
rank among the most heavily
protected and most extensively
interviewed passengers in the
history of interstate commerce.
The bubble-domed Trailways
bus that transported the nine Ne
gro men, two Negro women and
one white man on the 253-mile
trip was escorted to the Missis
sippi line by a convoy of 42 cars
bearing National Guardsmen in
battle dress, uniformed state
troopers and assorted reporters,
photographers, radio announcers
and television camera men.
When the bus crossed the state
line at Scratch Hill, Ala., a simi
lar and even more impressive
array of Mississippi Guardsmen
and state troopers took over the
detail of protecting the bus and
its passengers.
National Guard reconnaissance
planes and helicopters hovered
overhead throughout the entire
trip.
Until their eventual arrest' in
the Jackson bus station, the seg
regation-defying riders expressed
some - resentment against the
enormity of the police and mili
tary preparations and the exten
siveness of the press coverage.
The 16 reporters and camera
men on board the bus for the
entire trip actually outnumbered
the “freedom riders.”
“This is not a normal situa
tion,” protested the Rev. James
Lawson of Nashville, Tenn., who
headed the group. “It does not
carry out the purposes of our
project. We are not Uaveling as
private citizens but as protectees
of a government. We are not
seeking violence.”
HOLIDAY
Tuesday, May 30, 1961, being a Holiday, in observance
of Memorial Day, the undersigned will observe that date
as a Holiday and not be open for business.
First National Bank
City National Bank
First State Bank & Trust Company
College Station State Bank
Bryan Building & Loan Association
Community Savings & Loan Association
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CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Kennedy Urges Public
To Help Buy Tractors
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“ . . . and then at Final Review I take off these pants and—
BANG—I’ve got my boots and boot pants on!”
Bulletin Board
The El Paso Hometown Club
Avill meet tonight at 7:30 p.m.
in Room 3-C of the Memorial
Student Center.
The Matagorda County Home
town Club will meet at 7:30 p.m.
tonight in the lobby of the
YMCA Building.
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The Tyler-Smith County Home
town Club will meet at 7:30 p.m.
tonight in the Cashion Room of
the YMCA.
The San Patricio County Home
town Club will mpet in the Aca
demic Building tonight at 7:30
p.m.
The Laredo Hometown Club
will meet in Room 2-D of the
MSC tonight at 7:15 p.m. Money
for the banquet must be paid by
this week.
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON —Declaring a
government hands-off policy,
President Kennedy Wednesday
urged Americans to contribute
to the $15-million fund to buy
tractors Fidel Castro has de
manded for release of Cuban in
vasion prisoners.
At the same time, the White
House revealed that Kennedy had
helped organize the citizens
group that is spearheading the
fund drive.
The President’s statement
made it clear he considers there
are no legal blocks to the deal,
as some members of Congress
have argued. But he emphasized :
“The United States govern
ment has not and canfcot be a
party to these negotiations.”
Kennedy added that while the
government is “putting forward
neither obstacles nor assistance
to this wholly private effort, I
hope that all citizens will con
tribute what they can.”
Sen. J. William Fulbright, D-
Ark., chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee who
has opposed any government
sanction of the deal, told repoi’t-
ers:
“I didn’t realize the President
had taken such a personal inter
est in this project.”
Sen. Homer E. Capehart, R-
Ind., said: “Pm 100 per cent
opposed to it. I think the Presi
dent is wrong. W|e are setting
a precedent for every big and
little dictator around the world
to blackmail us whenever he feels
like it.”
White House aides said Ken
nedy’s main concern in helping
organize the drive was to make
sure that a single group super
vised the effort.
It is headed by Mrs. Franklin
D. Roosevelt, Walter Reuther,
president of the United Auto
Workers, and Dr. Milton S. Ei
senhower, president of Johns
Hopkins University and brother
of former President Dwight D.
Eisenhower.
Andrew T. Hatcher, assistant
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After Castro publicly offered
to exchange the 1,200 prisoners
for 500 tractors there were sev
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