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The Battalion
Volume 60
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1961
Number ^25^
Gen. Short!; Lists 4 Cold War Fronts
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FALL MEETING
Journalism Council
Meets Saturday
Thirteen members of the A&M
Journalism Advisory Council will
ither on the campus at 10:.'10
un. Saturday for its annual fall
fteting.
With all major news media rep-
nsented, the council will discuss
pgrams of the Department of
limalism and assist in securing
ipeakers on professional topics.
The jp-oup has planned a noon
hucheon after the business meet-
iig, and will attend the A&M-
Saylor football game that after
noon.
Wives of most of the members
rill visit the campus at the same
Lehmann Wins
ird Honors In
Tractor Event
Charles William Lehmann, ’fi5,
ifricultural education major from
la Grange, took third-place hon
ors in the Central and Western
C, S. 4-H Tractor Operations Con
test at the Texas State Fair in
Dallas this year.
Lehmann’s competition came
Dogi 22 other states in the West
ltd Central U. S.
"During the entire contest on
tractor operations," Lehmann said,
've were also being judged on
afety and in the final tabulation
lithe score, this caused some of
is to be graded down."
In qualifying for this contest
Ithmann won 4-H contests in his
ntyy district and state and had
kjtim practicing three weeks in
livance on a tractor belonging to
le agricultural engineering de
partment.
Trophies for the winners of the
Srst four places and certificates
if participation for all contestants
*ere presented by H. E. Potter,
Dallas area manager for the Hum-
le Oil and Refining Company,
rtich sponsored the program in
tens.
The winner of the contest was
tarroll Crider, 20, of Kentucky
tliile second place went to Dale
lihnson, 15, New Mexico’s entry.
Members of the council include
Arthur Angrist of Dearborn,
Mich., director of employee pub
lications of Ford Motor Co.; James
A. Knight Jr., of Point Comfort,
director of public relations for
Texas, Aluminum Company of
America; Bill Barnard of Dallas,
Associated Press bureau chief; J.
Harve Washington of Houston,
director of employee communica
tions for Continental Oil Co.;
Frank Fields of Houston, director
of employee education program of
Humble Oil Co.
Also, William Berger of Hondo,
newspaper publisher; John H.
Murphy, executive director of
Texas Daily Newspaper Associa
tion; Calvin Pigg, radio-television
farm editor for WBAP-TV, AM,
FM, Fort Worth; L. O. Tiedt, farm
reporter for KTRH, Houston;
Glen E. Wilber of Houston, ad
vertising executive of Erwin Wa-
sey, Ruthrauff & Ryan; Bert
Brandt of Houston, commercial
photographer; and L. B. Smith of
Brady, newspaper publisher and
chairman of the Texas Press As
sociation Board of Directors.
The fall session is one of two
meetings scheduled in the 1961-G2
school year. The next will be in
the spring.
Halftime Ceremonies
Miss Ann Edwards, 1961-62 Ag-gie Sweet- last Saturday. With Miss Edwards are, left
heart, poses with A&M Student Body lead- to right, Student Senate President Malcolm
ers after being presented to 43,000 specta- Hall, Cadet Corps Commander Bill Cardwell
tors during half-time cerempnies at the and Civilian Student Council President
A&M-TCU football game in Fort Worth Doug Schwenk.
British
Speaks
Consul
In MSC
By TOMMY HOLBEIN
Battalion Managing Editor
“There are four prominent fronts on which we must
fight the Cold War,” said Maj. Gen. Arthur C. Shortt, one of
the West’s outstanding military leaders, in an address in
the Memorial Student Center Ballroom last night.
Under the auspices of the Departmentt of History and
Government, ttie present British Consul-General in Houston
spokes to an audience, numbering well over 100 on the topic,
“The Nature of the Cold War.”
“The fronts we face are military, political, economic and
ideological. Concerning the military aspect, Communist Rus
sia imposed their form of government by force on several
countries after World War II.
“We were able to control -4
the government of other
countries, but Communism
did become quite powerful,
Today, Russia has over two
and one-half million soldiers, and
Red China has equally the same
amount,” said Shortt.
The general continued by ex
plaining Mao Tse Tung’s military
philosophy: infiltration into a
country and conquest by guerilla
fighters.
“Concerning the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization, the recrea
tion of the NATO army drew a
line which neutralized expansion
of Russian aggression in Europe,”
said Shortt.
The former director of British
Intelligence said three causes of
the economic threat were domi
nant, including decentralization of
empires of Britain, France and
(See GENERAL on Page 3)
Lindsay
Service
Cited For
To AICE
Dr. J. D. Lindsay, head of the
Department of Chemical Engineer
ing, has been cited by South Tex
as Section of the American Insti
tute of Chemical Engineers.
As one of the founders of the
AICE’s South Texas Section, Dr.
Lindsay was presented a “Distin
guished Service Award” for “his
long and distinguished service to
the profession of chemical engi
neering” and to the regional group
of the AICE. He has held nu
merous offices in the organiza
tion, including the chairmanship.
He is cuiTently historian.
The award was presented at a
section meeting in Galveston held
last Friday.
A technical paper by an A&M
chemical engineering professor
and two graduate students was
presented during the meeting. En
titled “Determination of Minimum
Reflux and Treatment of Distilla
tion Systems,” the paper was co
authored by Dr. C. D. Holland,
J. A. McDonough, chemical engi
neering graduate student from
Cincinnati, Ohio, and W. J.
Tomme, graduate student in chem
ical engineering fi-om College Sta
tion.
Tomb Boom’ Blast Ready
Archidemic Tomb
Richard Blankman, senior architect design major from San
Antonio, peers from the inner sanctum of a casket built in
conjunction with the Fourth Year Design Majors’ annual
Halloween Party set Saturday night.
“Those architects always throw
the best parties!”
This axiom has been floating
about the campus for several
years, and next Saturday night
the Fourth Year Design Majors
are preparing to continue the tra
dition with their annual “Tomb
Boom” Halloween party.
Advertising the blast, a group
of architect majors carried one
of their colleagues from the Aca
demic Building to the Memorial
Student Center in a casket to sell
tickets on two different occasions
this week.
Peering from the top of the
“black box,” decked in a wig and
holding a real human skull, the
incognito design major sold du
cats to the fest for $3.
This price still stands, and tick
ets can be obtained from any sen
ior architect, Room 410, Academic
Building. The soiree wil be held
at the Fellowship Hall on Tabor
Road starting at 9:00 Saturday
night.
Special feature of the party be
sides the original decorations rep
resenting several weeks’ work by
design majors, will be the Joe
Daniels Combo, noted as one of
the outstanding groups in the
area.
Point of interest concerning
Daniels in conjunction with the
macabre theme is his profession
besides musician: during the day,
he is an undertaker.
Anger, Fear
Swell After
Soviet Bomb
LONDON (A*)—A ground swell
of anger and fear of radioactive
fallout surged around the North
ern Hemisphere and penetrated
to southern nations today in the
wake of the Soviet superbomb
blast.
The shock over the explosion,
generally estimated as having the
force of about 30 megatons, or
equal to about 30 million tons of
TNT, was heightened by fear of
an even bigger blast to come.
Premier Khrushchev has said the
Soviet Union will test a 50-mega
ton bomb Oct. 30 or 31.
From Norway’s North Cape to
the Italian Boot, the reaction in
Western Europe was the same:
“Crimes against humanity” and
“War in peacetime upon the in
fants of the world.”
Countries in Europe closest to
the blast at Novaya Semlya in the
arctic showed anxiety about the
dangers of contamination of in
fants’ milk.
In Japan, sometimes described
as the crossroads of radioactive
fallout currents, two major news
papers gave nearly two pages
each to editorial denunciation of
the nuclear detonation, furious
reader comments, and suggestions
on how to ward off the hazard.
KK Claims
Copped Car
An automobile owned by a cam
pus policeman was recently “bor
rowed” by an Aggie.
The officer said he just hap
pened to glance out the window
and saw his car being driven
away.
After a hot pursuit, the police
man questioned the student, who,
incidentally, seemed to be quite
puzzled over being stopped.
Philip Carpenter, after making
arrangements with a friend to
borrow his car, unintentionally
took the wrong automobile.
After Carpenter soothed the ir
ritated security officer by demon
strating that his friend’s car key
fit the “borrowed” car of the same
color, the whole incident became
a humorous thing.
4th Army Head
Here This Weekend
Lt. Gen. Donald Pi'entice Booth,
commanding general of the 4th
U.S. Army, will arrive here Sat
urday to attend the A&M-Baylor
grid battle as guest of President
Earl Rudder.
Booth will review the Corps of
Cadets as it marches into Kyle
Field prior to the game.
Born in Albany, N.Y., in 1902,
Booth was graduated from the
United States Military Academy
and was commissioned a second
lieutenant in the Corps of Engi
neers in 1926. A year later, he
began r career of professional
training that was to lead him to
the highest military councils of
the country as a planning expert.
Assigned to a year’s study at
Cornell University, he received a
degree in civil engineering in 1928.
After another tour of duty with
troops, Booth entered the Engi
neer School at Fort Humphreys,
Va.
Practical experiences as chief
of the Engineering division of the
Rock Island Engineer District
were followed by a stint at the
Military Academy as a mathemat
ics instructor. A captain at the
time, he was selected to attend
the Command and General Staff
School at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.,
the Army’s “school for generals.”
Booth served during World War
II in the Persian Gulf Command.
Two years after his arrival there,
he was appointed theater comman
der at the age of 42, the youngest
theater commander of the war.
After the war, a series of posts
on the highest levels of the War
Department and with the ’’Joint
Chiefs of Staff and North Atlan
tic Treaty Organization planning
gro«ps laid the foundation for the
planning job that was to face
Booth a few years later.
Interspersed with the staff posi
tions was duty with troops in Ger
many, where he commanded the
9th Infantry Division.
One more tour in Washington
brought the general to the post
of Deputy Chief of Staff for Per
sonnel.
In 1958, the Secretary of De
fense, with the President’s approv
al named Booth high commissioner
of the Ryukyu Islands. He was
simultaneously appointed Com
manding General, USARYIS/IX
Corps and representative of the
Commander in Chief, Pacific, to
co-ordinate activities of the Army,
Navy, Air Force and Marines in
the Ryukyus.
He became the 4th Army’s com
manding general in May of this
year.
Booth’s list of citations and dec
orations includes the Distinguished
Service Medal, with Oak Leaf
Cluster; Imperial Iranian Oi'der
of Huraayon; Russian Order of
Kutezov; and Honorary Comman
der, Military Order of the British
Empire.
‘Tiger’ Teague
Says US
Will Orbit Man
Rep. Olin E. Teague said yes
terday the tentative date for the
United States to put a man in
orbit around the earth is Dec. 5.
Teague, who made the remark
in a speech at Stephen F. Austin
High School in Bryan, said the
date was just an estimate on when
the flight might take place.
Teague is a member of the con
gressional space committee.
He also said the present time
table calls for the United States
to send three men to the moon
in a capsule by 1969.
Teague said the Dec. 5 date was
announced in Washington about
two months ago.
Deadline Friday
For Degree
Applicants
Students planning to receive de
grees in January, 1962, must file
their applications for degrees be
fore Friday, according to H. L.
Heaton, director of admissions and
registrar.
Advanced degree candidates
must file applications with both
the Registrar’s and the Graduate
Dean’s offices by Friday.
United Chest Funds
Serve Brazos Area
Editor’s note: College Station’s
United Chest supports the work
of civic agencies each year for
Brazos County. This, the second
of a series, introduces three addi
tional agencies supported by the
Chest.
Persons in Brazos County who
need hospitalization but cannot af
ford it financially will have the
Brazos County Hospital Commit
tee working for them.
The committee is appointed by
the county judge and is respons
ible for assisting residents in this
county in obtaining hospitaliza
tion, according to Director Bennie
A. Zinn. Serving with Zinn are
Bill Elkins and Mrs. Charles
Myers.
With the doctor and the com
mittee working as a team, many
persons can be benefited by this
service. The doctor contributes
his services and the Brazos County
Hospital Committee will pay all
the bills for medicine and 75 per
cent of other bills with a maxi
mum of $125 par case.
The committee and the John
Sealy Hospital of Galveston have
an agreement that patients from
Brazos County who need special
treatment can receive it with the
local group paying $3 a day for
the hospitalization.
About 575 girls in the Bryan-
College Station area have been
touched by the Girl Scouts and
this fall the organization will add
another 100 new Scouts, according
to Mrs. Julia B. Hillman, executive
director.
One of the main areas stressed
by the Girl Scout program is com
munity service. The Scouts assist
in Tuberculosis Association and
Easter Seal drives, the Jaycee toy
drive, and many other special
events.
With the facilities provides by
the Council’s own 55-acre camp
site, the girls enjoy opportunities
for hiking, nature study, outdoor
cooking and especially camping.
The Bryan and College Station
United Chests are the main areas
of funds for financing the Girl
Scout program.
Almost a thousand boys partici
pated in the Boy Scouts of Amer
ica program in this area last year,
according to E. L. Harvell, district
executive.
The Boy Scout Troop serves
boys from 11 to 13 years in a pro
gram of outdoor activities—hik
ing, nature lore, conservation, wa
ter sports and camping.
There are nine Scout troops in
Bryan and five in College Station.
Approximately 110 adults work
with the boys in this program
with funds derived largely from
drives for community support in
the Bryan and College Station
United Chest Funds.