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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1961
Number 3
4 p 000 ci c k Tf. o 1110
All-College Night
Nominations Pour In
ntury Study Director Robert L. Hunt, Jr., seated, and
\ NVayne C. Hall dean of graduate studies, review part
the 1,200 letters of nomination for positions on the Col-
fe Century Council. One hundred men have been named
the group, which plans an extensive study of the college
d its programs. (College Information Photo)
P DUE FOR MEET
jCentury Council
Study To Begin
National Aeronautical and Space
Administration program director
from Washington, D.C.; and Dr.
Richard Johnson, head of the De
partment of Economics at South
ern Methodist University.
During the meeting, members
of the council will be organized
into groups which will study
A«S’M and submit their report
later in the year.
Assisting the council in its re
port will be several faculty-staff
committees. R. L. Hunt is di
rector of the Century Study.
i group of 100 outstanding
|an< will gather here Thurs-
mto begin a study to determine
at direction A&M will move in
piext 15 years.
IBe group, known as the Cen-
y Council, was appointed Aug.
to|study- and recommend ifi a !
Itton report the path the col-
« should take in the years
Md.
fhi study, known as the Cen-
*y Study, is aimed at the Texas
of 107(>—centennial of the
llcut. The 100-man council
la faculty-staff study com-
See on aspirations will en-
Bor to answer four questions:
■ What kind of citizen shall
■ College aspire to graduate
ring the next 15 years?
• What shall be the mission
the College and its components
tomorrow’s world?
• To what levels of academic
Blence, scholarship and pro-
isional preparation shall the
mlty and staff aspire while
laying out programs of instruc-
■n, research and extension?
• What shall be scope and size
the College by its 100th anni-
fsary, 1076?
Thursday and Friday the coun-
Iwill meet together for the
•st time in a Forecast Confer
ee. Three speakers will out-
ie the problems to be faced by
hools in 1976.
SChey are Jenkin Lloyd Jones,
itor of the Tulsa (Okla.) Tri-
ilie, who will keynote the con-
lence at a banquet Thursday
K7:30 p.m. in the Memorial
■dent Center; Abraham Hyatt,
Famous ‘Fish’
Haircut Goes
Out-Of-Style
lane Carries
tammarskjold
0 Fiery Death
NDOLA, Northern Rhodesja,
ifri- A plane carrying U.N. Sec-
iry-General Dag Hammarskjold
a Congo peace mission crashed
1 the red dust of central Africa
|day, killing him and 12 other
taons.
lie lone survivor, a U.N. se-
Ity guard, reported a series of
ilosions had preceded the crash,
■said the plane had turned
|y from a landing at Ndola’s
(ern airport, apparently on
Simarskjold’s orders, after be-
|in radio contact with the air
I tower just after midnight,
fhe wreckage was found more
in 12 hours after that in a for-
preserve eight miles north of
'Ola.
ammarskjold was flying to
s border copper-belt town for
ks with President M o i 3 e
hombe of Katanga Province.
A&M’s traditional “fish” hair
cut is no more!
In a memorandum issued by
the office of Commandant Col.
Joe E. Davis, freshmen have
been instructed to wear short,
military-style flat-tops.
The memorandum reminded
all commanding officers of the
new ruling and also of the state
law forbidding harboring in
rooms used, as sleeping apart
ments.
Yell Practice
Tops Activities
Celebrating the annual All-College Night, marking the
first yell practice of the year, approximately 4,000 cadets
and civilians packed G. Rollie White Coliseum to participate
in a colorful and impressive ceremony last night.
Cadet Col. of the Corps Bill Cardwell opened the cere
mony by pinning the Cadet Corps brass on a member of the
new Freshmen Class of '65.
Explaining its meaning, Cardwell said, “There is the
sword symbolizing the great military school that A&M is,
crossed with the fasces which stands for statemanship and
honor.
“In the middle or intersection of these two symbols is
■*the knight's head, illustrat
ing ‘knightly gentlemen’ to
remind all Aggies that they
are in the public eye when
ever wearing the brass. The
inscription which in English reads,
‘Through Unity, Strength* flies
above these three symbols,*’ he
added.
The insignia-pinning was fol-
White Uniform
Given Okay,
Not Yet Seen
A new white uniform for op
tional off duty wear by the Corps
of Cadets has been authorized by
the Commandant’s Office; how
ever, most Bryan and College
Station uniform merchants have
indicated they do not plan to sell
it. At least not right away.
Description of the much-dis
cussed, much-debated white dress
uniform appears in the 1961 Ar
ticles of the Cadet Corps. But
specific specifications as to cut
or type of material the uniform
will be made of were not included.
This lack of details, coupled
with the relative high cost (esti
mates run from $50 to $70) and
the fact that merchants knew
nothing of the uniform until in
formed of its adoption by The
Battalion, have caused most store
managers to say they will not
handle it unless the Corps shows
a demand for it.
However, one North Gate mer
chant said he definitely would
carry the uniform.
J. E. Loupot of Loupot’s Trad
ing Post said his store planned
to carry the uniform, indicating
it would be in College Station
and ready for sale in the next
few days. The uniform would
be cotton and sell for $39.95, less
hat, Loupot said.
The uniform will still have to
be approved by the commandant’s
(See UNIFORM On Page 2)
was
lowed by the opening yells of any
yell practice, “Gig Um,” “Aggies”
and “Farmers Fight.”
Five speakers highlighted the
evening, including Chancellor M.
T. Harrington, President Earl
Rudder, Dean of Students J. P.
Hannigan, P. L. (Pinky) Downs
and Head Coach Jim Myers.
In. President Rudder’s address
to the students, he said enroll
ment was up 528 over last year;
at this time in I960, registra
tion figures showed 7,200 en
rolled in school, setting this
year’s present total at 7,728.
Football Season Must Be Near
These enthusiastic faces and expressions in the spirit shown for this fall’s Aggies and
the Corps of Cadets plainly show football their chances in the Southwest Conference
season is not far away. This shot, made last title race. (Photo by Bennie Gillis)
night at All-College Night activities, shows
Coach Myers introduced his
coaching staff, including Elmer
Smith, Tom Ellis, Shorty Hughes,
Bobby Keith, Tom Chandler, Jack
Thomas and Ty Bain,
Also introduced were this year’s
football captains, Wayne Freiling
and Wayland Simmons, who called
off names of the entix*e football
squad as they entered the stage.
“We know all you men have
been behind us, and will continue
to be; we’re going to start play
ing come Saturday with the Uni
versity of Houston, and we’re not
stopping until we leave the Cotton
Bowl,” said Freiling.
Encouraging words were given
in conclusion by Myers, who said,
“Last year, we needed speed, ex
perience, leadership and better
passing. This year, all these areas
are greatly improved. It should
be a great season!”
Mayor Of College Station
Proclaims Constitution Week
Radioactive Research Facility
The new $46 000 gamma irradiation facility security setup has been established to pro-
t the a&M nuclear research center near tect all persons in the area from becoming
Fasterwood Field is scheduled to go into exposed to the material. The aluminum
within several weeks. Deadly building on the right houses a well con-
operation within several weeks. Deadly
radius
for the various experiments. A maximum
UVJ LHC illdl/CA A lie CllCtlll
building on the right houses a well con
taining the cobalt. (System Information
Photo)
Sunday marked the 174th anni
versary of the adoption of the
constitution of the United States.
A proclamation, signed by Mayor
Ernest Langford of College Sta
tion, sets aside the week of Sept.
17-23 as “Constitution Week” in
accordance with a national stat
ute.
Here is the proclamation:
Whereas, Sept. 17, 1961, is nota
ble as marking the one hundred
seventy-fourth anniversary of the
adoption of the Constitution of the
United States of America by the
Constitutional Convention; and
Whereas, to accord official rec
ognition to this memorable anni
versary, and to the patriotic exer
cise which will form a noteworthy
feature of the occasion, seems
fitting and proper; and
A&M ‘Gamma’
Center Opens
In Two Weeks
Radioactive material so power
ful it could kill a person after only
a 20 minute exposure is the heart
of the new A&M gamma irradia
tion facility scheduled to go into
operation within the next two
weeks.
The new facility, described by
the men who will work with it as
“one of the most versatile nu
clear reseax*ch tools anywhere,” is
the only one of its type in the
United States.
The installation is housed in
the college nuclear science center
near Easterwood field.
Cx-itical testing has been under
way for some time and the sys
tem is ali’eady loaded with 1,250
curies of radioactive cobalt 60.
J. D. Randall, one of the nu
clear scientists working with the
material, said that a 20 minute
exposure at a distance of three
feet would be fatal to any human
That is why extreme precau
tions for safety have been de
signed into the entire operation.
When not in use, the “hot basket”
containing “pencils” of radioactive
Cobalt rests down in a well en
cased by five feet of solid con
crete which acts as a shield
W’hereas Public Law No. 915
guarantees the issuing of a proc
lamation by the President of the
United States of America desig
nating Sept. 17-23 of each year as
Constitution Week:
Now, therefore I, Ernest Lang
ford, by virtue of the authority
vested in me as Mayor of the City
of College Station, Texas, do here
by proclaim the week of Sept. 17-
23, 1961, as Constitution Week in
the city of College Station, and
urge all our citizens to pay spe
cial attention during that week to
our federal constitution and the
advantages of American citizen
ship.
In witness whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and caused the
seal of the city to be affixed at
College Station this 11th day of
September in the year of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred and
sixty-one, and the independence of
the United States of America, the
one hundred and eighty-fifth.
Ernest Langford, Mayor
Aggies Players’
Initial Meeting
Scheduled Tonight
The Aggie Players will hold
their first meeting of the year in
the Music Hall starting at 7:30
p.m. tonight; the Players will
start working on “Twelve Angry
Men” and “Candida” for the Fall
semester.
“Anyone in the Bryan-College
Station Ax-ea and A&M College in
terested in stage and drama is in
vited to the meeting,” said C. K.
Esten, producer of the group.
Registration Organization?
More Of A Brainwash To Ags
By TOMMY HOLBEIN
Battalion Managing Editor
“Room-mate, you’re starting
off early this year—been here
only three hours, and Uncle
Jimmy’s has already gotten
most of your money.”
“Don’t bug me, o.k.? I just
finished registering, so what do
you expect?”
Registration at Texas A&M has
been known to drive students to
drink, before. This quaint dia
logue, repeated often during the
past Thui'sday - Friday - Satui’day
“sign up for courses” sequence,
illustrates a normal relief fx-om
the perils of Pre-School Sbisa.
To many students, registration
is just a bad dream which really
doesn’t exist; it is merely from
one to four or five hours of “hui 1 -
ry up and wait”; get thei'e two
houi’s early, and you’ll get to be
in the first line of students cir
cling Sbisa.
Once inside Sbisa, the fun and
frolick began; lines and lines of
students clustered around desks
behind which bored professors
constantly chanted, “Sorry, that
section’s closed.” And for many
students, the open sections; con
flicted with other required cours
es.
After signing up for all desired,
and often undesired but essential
courses, students had to have
their slate of subjects approved by
the dean of their school. This
presented another delay in leav
ing the premises for othei's await
ing on Highway 6.
Once students progressed to the
second roortx, things moved pretty
rapidly; card checkers calculated
total fees, cashiers eagexdy took
students’ checks, card takers took
what cards students had left, and
eventually, the long path through
Sbisa Hall wound into the sun
light outside.
Actually, A&M has one of the
most organized X’egistrations of
any college in the Southwest, ac
cording to students who have
transferred. At Texas Tech, stu
dents x-egister by grade-point ra
tio ratings.
At any rate, registration comes
only once a semester, and as many
students exclaim, “Thank Good
ness there’s enough time in be
tween them to recuperate, and al
so— thanks to the Legislature,
beer isn’t taxable.”