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The Battalion
Volume 60
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1961
Number 9
Room Shortage Problem
Unsolved In Dorms
L'i
lior
Check Presented For Records
lass President John Waddell ,left, and Corps Chap-
I Gary Lively presents a $100 check to J. Gordon Gay,
:oordinator of religious life and general secretary of the
f.AltCA. The check will be used for purchasing records for
he AH Faiths Chapel. (Photo by Alan Payne)
Corps Totals
Not Determined
By TOMMY HOLBEIN
Battalion Managing Editor
With a boom of over 400 students more than last year’s
fall term enrollment, many students on the campus have
found themselves living three to a room for the past two
weeks.
According to Bennie A. Zinn, director of student affairs,
126 civilian dormitory rooms still remain with three oc
cupants. An official report on Corps dorms will not be
available until the end of this week, he said.
“We’ve whittled down civilian students living three to
a room from 300 to 126 in the past week or so, but there are
still some rather unhappy students, “Zinn said.
Cause of the room-stacking this term was a combination
♦'of more students than antici-
~|enior Class Presents
Jj-OO For Chapel Music
To accommodate a ne\vly-ac-
«! record player in the Agisie
awl, officers of the senior class
Tuesday *to provide a $100
Ito buy records for use there.
B|P',president John Waddell
■he records would probably be
sical and contemporary na-
ith some hymn albums, to |
be played in the Chapel from 5-6
p.m. daily.
J. Gordon Gay, coordinator of
religious life and director of the
YMCA, in cooperation with stu
dent chaplains, will order the rec
ords soon. He was presented the
check for $100 yesterday after
noon.
dustrial Meeting
|egins Here Today
|e eleventh annual Texas In
rial Development Conference
hnderway this morning in the
>rial Student Center with a
ming address by President
Rudder. Talks by Joe J. Sy-
Southwestern Regional Pub-
Relations Manager, General
ric Company, Dallas, and
s W. McGrew, Research Di-
r, Texas Research League,
in, highlighted this morning’s
on.
e afternoon session featured
inel discussion titled “Indus-
Development Next Door.”
kers from Dallas, Rome, Ga.,
Shreveport, La., discussed in-
ial programs of Arkansas,
siana, Oklahoma and New
ICO.
[nar used as his topic “What
Jstry Needs—To G r o w and
fide Jobs. He emphasized the
rtance of good business cli-
as an attraction to industry.
lie definition of business cli-
Etc in the General Electric con-
according to Synar, is “the
et [result of all outside conditions
social, economics and political)
which enable a business to oper
ate in the balanced best interests
of customers, share owners, em
ployees, suppliers and community
neighbors—in other words, in the
interest of all the people in a
community, area or state.”
The GE executive accented his
remarks by saying “all other
things being equal, we are only
interested in communities and
states that either have a good
business climate or in communi
ties that are doing something
about improving or maintaining
good business climate.” He con
cluded by listing four steps to put
a business climate program into
operation.
Research Director McGrew ana
lyzed the question of “Texas Tax
es—An Industrial Plus or Minus.”
William P. Sayles, Area Devel
opment Department, West Texas
Utilities Company, Abilene, was
chairman and panel moderator for
the afternoon session.
Panel members were Harry
Clark, director of industrial de-
(See DEVELOPMENT on Page 3)
“This is the first of many proj
ects for the Class of ’62 during
the year,” Waddell said. He re
ported a profit of over $300 for
the class from the Boot Dance last
May.
Oct. 4 is the date for the first
special program in the Chapel,
“Moral Contradictions in the 20th
Century.”
Singing Ladets
Auditions Set
For 20 Places
Auditions for the Singing Ca
dets will continue through this
week in a search for 20 new mem
bers, Director Robert Boone said
yesterday.
The usual membership of 60 has
dwindled through graduation and
loss of grade standards. The or
ganization requires members to
maintain a one - point overall
grade-point-ratio.
The Singing Cadets, according
to Boone, is basically an organi
zation of boys who sing for the
joy of singing. Their program for
this year will include concerts here
and extensive tours of the state.
“The Singing Cadets,” Boone add
ed, “are a kind of public relations
agency for A&M.”
The group is going through a
process of reorganization this
yeai\ blew staging ideas and radio
and television techniques will be
used in presenting popular and
semi-popular music. A good ex
ample of the ability of the group,
Boone said, is their long-playing
record, “Singing Cadets in Con
cert.”
pated, jmd failure by most to
send in their pre-registration
room cards and fees, Zinn
said.
“It’s the same thing every year;
we get a very low pex-centage of
return on these cards by students
above freshman classification, just
like we did this year.
“Most members of the Corps
of Cadets don’t worry about it
because they know they’ll have
a place to live, with their unit.
The Commandant’s Office makes
a Corps roster, and the comman
ders and first sergeants fill out
their unit rosters and block in
people.
“This year, we found 50 extra
beds left over in the Corps dorms,
but a sizable number of people
living three to a room. Cadets
are reluctant to live away from
their unit, although Commandant
Colonel Joe E. Davis has said they
could be attached to their outfit
living in another dormitory,” said
Zinn.
An official report on Cox-ps
dormitory situations will not be
available until the end of the week,
when first .sergeants have com
pleted their rosters and living
quarters become permanent.
All civilian dormitories were
filled two to a room through pre
registration cards by Sept. 1, and
shortly thereafter, a third party
was being assigned to many of the
rooms.
“We first tried assigning a
third man to the larger rooms in
Milner, Leggett, and Mitchell
Halls. We had told the occupants
of these rooms last spring that
we might have to do this, so most
were ready for it.
“However, this didn’t solve our
problem at all. Before too long,
we were stacking them three to a
room in almost every other civil
ian dormitory on the campus,”
Zinn said.
An answer was to start issuing
permission to live off campus to
(See THREE IN ROOM on Page 3)
Fish Drill Team Tryouts In Progress
Around 540 freshmen began trying out Wednesday for
positions on the famed Freshman Drill Team. One hundred
will be assigned to the team next week to begin prepara
tions for competition that will carry the freshmen to var-
ous celebrations across the state. Their first appearance
most likely will be in the march-in before the SMU home
football game. Drills are being conducted by Pat Stancil,
’62, Roger John, ’63, and Harold W. Schmidt, ’64. (Photo
by Johnny Herrin)
Life With Two
If every fish on the campus thinks he has
problems, he should try living with not one,
but two “fish old ladies.” Here’s how it’s
done—desks for two and a mattress for the
EXPERIENCES NEVER END
‘Fish Old Ladies’
third. Chances are there’s quite a bit of
bargaining when it comes time to trade
places. (Photo by Johnny Herrin)
‘Three -In- Roomers 9
Always Find A Way
By RONNIE BOOKMAN
Battalion Nows Editor
“The hardest thing about living
three to a room is not having a
desk.”
Edwin Dulin, ’65 business ad
ministration major from Houston,
smiled as he looked up from the
top of the phonograph he was
studying on. For the past three
weeks he has used the record
player, or his bed, for doing his
homework.
A member of Company E-2,
Dulin was losing one of his two
roommates last night as more
dorm space was being made avail
able by drop-outs. The pair who
have been sharing two-man facili
ties with Dulin for the past three
weeks are Jasper Northcvitt, ’65
animal husbandry major from
Emory and William Lane, ’65 bio
logy major from Waco.
Northcutt was moved to another
room last night to at least'ease
part of the room shortage.
“It’s harder to get a room ready
for inspection with three living in
it,” he said.
“We keep stumbling over each
other,” Lane added. “Last year I
attended Bridgewater College in
Virginia where I roomed by my
self. It sure is hard for me to
study here with all of us getting
in each other's way all the time.”
“We didn’t have too big a prob
lem with only one dresser,” North
cutt said, “since I lived out of my
footlocker and suitcase instead of
drawers.”
“We got along okay, I guess,”
Dulin grinned, “but not having a
desk bothered me.”
Another batch of “three-to-a-
roomers” like living that way.
Their room in Mitchell Hall is one
of 126 civilian dormitory rooms
“stacked” with three beds and
three desks.
“I wish we could fit another
dresser in here; we’re kind of short
on drawer space,” said Jerry Stil-
well, ’65 business administration
major from Houston, “but we just
Student Insurance
Deadline Is Oct. 1
Deadline for purchasing the
Student Accident Insurance Plan
is Oct. 1, according to John R. An-
this, chairman of the Student Sen
ate Student Welfare Committee.
Anthis said 1,784 policies have
been sold so far. The policy, which
Pictures Available
Pictures that appeared in the
Aggieland ’61 may be picked up
by students who submitted them
to the yearbook for publication
last year.
The pictures, including vanity
fair, senior favorite, sweetheart
and other special pictures, are
available in the Office of Stu
dent Publications, Room 4, YM
CA Building, according to Ag
gieland ’62 Editor Raleigh Cop-
pedge.
sells for $4.75, is valid up to 12
months and covers all medical ex
penses resulting from accidental
injury.
Expenses include X-rays, labora
tory costs, hospital bills, nurses,
physicians’ and surgeons’ fees,
medicines, sui’gical appliances, and
in fact, practically any medical
costs up to $1,000. In case of ac
cidental death the student’s bene
ficiary receives $1,000.
These policies are handled
through the school with all claims
filed through the College hospital.
Anthis said that according to Dr.
C. L. Lyons, director of student
health services, approximately 58
claims were paid last year, two of
these amounting to $1,000 each.
The policy is available at the
Fiscal Office in the Richard Coke
Building.
can’t seem to find room for one.”
“There are a few inconveniences,
like being jammed up together,
but it’s not bad,” said William
Kessler, ’62 pre-veterinary medi
cine major from Garland.
“I like it,” added Mike Jones,
’65 animal husbandry major from
Houston, “there is an extra per
son to help me with my home
work.”
Jerry Simon
Awarded First
Mally Award
A Bexar County sophomore,
Jerry Simon of Converse, has
been named the first winner of
the recently established Mr. and
Mrs. Fred W. Mally Memorial
Scholarship.
The 18-year-old animal husband
ry major has been presented a
$300 check by Dr. R. E. Patter
son, dean of agriculture. Simon
will continue to receive about the
same amount each semester for
the remainder of his four-year-
college career.
Fred W. Mally, widely known
entomologist, was Bexar County’s
agricultural agent 1925-1938. He
died in 1939 in San Antonio at the
age of 70. He was assistant en
tomologist with the US Depart
ment of Agriculture 1890-1892;
A&M professor of entomology,
1899-03, and Webb County agri
cultural agent, 1915-25.
The scholarship is limited to
Bexar County boys with 4-H Club
or Future Farmer backgrounds.
Simon was selected for his out
standing 4-H activities and aca
demic standing both in high school
and college.
Simon participated in 4-H work
for seven years; was secretary-
treasurer, vice president and pres
ident of the county club; was vice
chairman of the County 4-H Coun
cil, and was a delegate to the dis
trict 4-H Club.