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fen er; for si second ilso rtment, fds. The Battalion 2.5 Volume 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1961 Number .26^ Town Hall Spotlights Ray Anthony WREE WITH RUSK Bhould Stop Far - Gromyko ► MOSCOW UP> — Andrei A. Gro- |yko, Soviet foreign minister, Sjiid yesterday he and Secretary ll State Dean Rusk agreed at their recent talks in New York and Washington that the two big countries should find a way to make war impossible. Gromyko, speaking to the Soviet Communist party congress, of fered a new olive branch to the Vest by saying that his country wuld seek to take into considera tion the Western point of view at the negotiating table if the West really seeks understanding. In a speech that in tone and place appeared to be a major pol icy statement, Gromyko declared that President Kennedy and Pre mier Khrushchev “must be presi- lents in a period in which war be comes impossible.” It was GroVnyko’s first official leclaration on the discussions in New York and Washington and the 6,000 delegates in the new Kremlin congress hall applauded him repeatedly. ; Gromyko declared, “The world Soil Judgers 1st In Region To Go National Top honors in the Region IV toils judging contest recently went 10 the A&M Soils Judging team (or the second year in a row. In tinning this, the Aggies earned Ihe right to go to the national con- lest to be held in May, probably in Missouri. The Region IV event ►as held at Panhandle A&M Col lege, Guymon, Okla. Team members are: Charles Batte of Italy, George Alston of Temple, Dave Lovelace of Ireland, Leo Buckmaster of Brownwood and alternate Charles Schwertner of Wall. Team coack is J. F. Mills, assistant professor of Agronomy. Batte took the second high indi vidual scoring with 650 out of ar possible 960 points. Alston was fourth and Lovelace tied for fifth. At the meeting, Wallace Menn of Franklin was elected treasurer of the regional soils committee. He 11 an active participant in the A&M Agronomy Society a n d works with the soils team. situation still remains tense and unstable.” And he issued a warn ing to “West German revenge- seekers.” If they try to threaten the So viet Union and its friends, he said, West Germany would be turned into a cemetery where “one would probably not find even gravedig gers to remove the debris of their war machinery and to bury the ashes of those who put this ma chine into operation.” There was no indication that negotiations, at which Gromyko seemed to hint, might be started soon. U. S. Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson was back at his desk in the U. S. Embassy after con sultations in Washington, but told reporters he was awaiting instruc tions. It had been expected that after his trip home he would be able to begin sounding out the Russians again On a basis of ne gotiations. Gromyko called the Vienna meeting last May between Khrush chev and President Kennedy one of the “most outstanding events of our time.” If the “good traditions” of the late President Franklin D. Roose velt were revived in the White House for development of Soviet- American relations, he added, all people would be pleased. The Soviet Union, he said, wants friendly relations with Brit ain and France and attaches spe cial importance to the relations between “the two giants — the U.S.S.R. and the U.S.A.” B. A. Head Named C. P.A. Director Thomas W. Leland, head of the Division of Business Administra tion, was elected director of the Association of Certified Public Ac countant Examiners at the organi zation’s annual meeting held re cently in Chicago. Leland was secretary of the As sociation during the past year. He has served as a member of the Commission on Standards of Edu cation and Experience for CPAs. The Association of CPA Exam iners includes members and past members of state boards of ac countancy, which licenses CPAs to practice. ia§r-fc< Anthony And Accessories Ray Anthony and his lovely “Bookends’ Annita Ray and Diane Hall, will perform tomorrow night at Town Hall. The top billed net has been acclaimed in leading night clubs across the country for its re markable blend of musical talent an,d comic artistry. Anthony is known as one of the most versitile performers in the world of show business. Industrial Here For Industrial chemists from throughout the United States and Canada were here recently to plan projects for the Chemical Thermo dynamic Properties Center head quartered on the A&M campus. The industrial research chemists are members of the committee of the Manufacturing Chemists’ Assn, that advises on research projects of the Center. Chief purpose of the committee, meeting for the first time here since moving research headquar ters from Carnegie Tech, is to evaluate and co-ordinate funda mental calculations and data im portant to universities and indus trial companies doing basic re search in chemistry. Dr. Bruno J. Zwolinski of A&M, director of the center, said the committee offers guidance and rec ommendations about the needs of science and technology regarding selected values of physical, ther modynamic and spectral proper ties of various inorganic and or ganic compounds. Research conducted at the Chem ical Thermodynamic Properties Center by graduate students and post-doctoral fellows in the chem istry department, and the data produced here are published and distributed by the Manufacturing Chemists Planning Chemists’ Assn., Inc., headquarters in Washington, D. C. In the past six months, approxi mately 6,000 sets of data—num bering about 600,000 pages—were distributed free to colleges, uni versities, government laboratories and non-profit research institutes throughout the United States and some 25 foreign nations in the free world. Advisory committee members meeting at Texas A. and M. Col lege include: Dr. I. B. Johns, Monsanto Chem- (See CHEMISTS On Page 3) Ag Riflemen’s Record Spoiled By Alaskans The A&M Rifle Team has been defeated for the first time in two years. The Aggies fell in a postal match with the University of Alas ka, 1,944 points to 1,910 out of a possible 2,000. High scorer for the Aggies was J. M. Wilkerson of DeLeon, with 387 points. FOR GRADUATE STUDENT Tropical Region Is Project An A&M graduate student has perhaps one of the most unique research projects in the history of the graduate school. Douglas Kobinson has as a project a strangely isolated biological region in lower Mexico, near the Yucatan Peninsula. Known as Los Tuxtlas, the region is in the southern part of the Mexican State of Veracruz. The 25-year-old Robinson, from Waterbury, Conn., has pent sev eral summers in the tropic wilder ness doing research. Robinson is a tall, rapid-talking Wan who seems completely cap tivated by his reptile and am phibian studies (herpetology). He says the Tuxtlas vicinity is of intense biological interest because it appears to have traveled its own private evolutionary route. This area is made up mountains, marshes, forests and streams, and it hosts a wide variety of plants and animals. There is even a slumbering vocano which woke up briefly in 1793 and blew its top. Ages ago in its geological past, the mountains were cut off from the mainland by floodings from Gulf of Mexico waters. As such, the area became a refuge for species which have changed con siderably in other places through interaction and competition with invading species. The waters have receded, but the almost impassable marshes remain, still separating the region and its mountains from interior Mexico. It is a little world of its own in which life has gone on through the dim mists of time, un influenced by neighboring species. Robinson describes the Tuxtlas as a distinct faunal region. And he says this is the result of its isolation and muggy climate. An nual rainfall of up to 16 feet has been recorded. It’s hot the year around. Many kinds of plants and things that run, fly, crawl and slither are found here. The young herpe tologist said he has found 119 species of reptiles and amphibians to date, including the boa con strictor and the shy but deadly fer-de-lance snake. Of the mammals, there are about 100 species. Some of these are many kinds of bats (including vampires'), ant eaters, five kinds of cats and two kinds of monkeys. Robinson knows of 134 species of birds. One of these is an ivory billed woodpecker of a group now believed to be extinct in the United States. Interested in bugs? Los Tuxtlas has them. Among the more im pressing are scorpions, centipedes, army ants and parasol ants. Orchids grow wild. There are tree ferns, tree mosses, oaks, legumes, palms, cactus and Tarzan- type vines known as lianas. While Robinson was poking around Tuxtlas’ flora and fauna, he came up with two important finds. One is a completely new species of frog. It is an arboreal, or tree dweller type. Its closest relative is Hyla Immensa, found 750 miles to the south in Costa Rica. His other prize is Anolis Barker!, an aquatic lizard. Previously, this species was known only from one specimen collected in 1936 and now pickled in The British Museum. The Los Tuxtlas area has be come a scientific counterpart of the art colony. Biologists who go there are on their own. They work strictly in the interest of science and increasing man’s knowledge of his environment. Activity here has attracted 51 investigators during the past two summers. In addition to the United States, they came from Mexico, Australia, Bermuda, Canada and Rhodesia. Robinson said he heard of the place from another biologist who had been working there. The stu dent first visited the region in 1959 and has spent three summers looking for and recording Tuxtlas’ herpetological offerings. In the beginning, he lived with a Mexican family. Later, he and three of his (See PROJECT On Page 3) Six ‘Hot Peppers’ Kick-off MSC’s Celebrity Series The six “Hot Peppers” will be gin the Memorial Student Center’s Sunday Celebrity Series with a program of Latin American music at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Ball room of the MSC. The six musicians are: Jose Maher, Juan Marciaq, Santiago Tribaldos, Richard Novey, all of Panama; Augusto Cruzalegui of Lima, Peru; and Abraham Saloma- Orozco of Mexico City. The group features two guitars, a harmonica, a violin, maracas and bongos and their repertoire includes all types of Latin American music with sev eral popular American numbers done in Latin flavor. “We’re really looking forward to a great year,” said Hugh Mag- ers, chairman of the MSC Music Committee, which sponsors the Sunday Celebrity Series. With a program every month coveiing such fields as jazz, folk music, American popular, and concert music the Series will have at least one program of interest to every one. The programs are about IV2 hours in length with an hour of music followed by a period when refreshments will be served and the audience may direct questions to the musicians concerning their music. With ^Bookends' Tomorrow Night By TOMMY HOLBEIN Battalion Managing Editor Presenting one of the outstanding celebrities in the world of showmanship and music today, Town Hall features “Ray Anthony and his Bookends” tomorrow night in G. Rollie White Coliseum starting at 8 p. m. Anthony, known as the “young man with the horn,” is one of Capital Recording’s greatest stars, with four movies and numerous television appearances to his credit. In his latest act, including the two “bookends,” Diane Hall and Annita Ray, and a seven man instrumentation. The show consists of two 45-minute reviews with swinging music and snarking dialogue, blending comedy and artistry. The show had its premiere at the Cloister in Hollywood, on Jan. 20, 1960, and sincef that time it has become a big HP drawing card in the lounge 11.611111008 Ull 1 ftp This Weekend For ’26, ’41 Classes at the Sahara Hotel in Las i Vegas, and in other bookings. I Anthony has spent a fruitful j two decades building up a name for himself and his hand, and host ing two million-selling records to his credit, including “Dragnet” and “Peter Gunn.” Movies featuring his band were “Daddy Long Legs” with Fred Astah’e and Leslie Caron, and “The Girl Can’t Help It” with Jayne Mansfield. In 1956, the band leader starred on his own Ray Anthony Show for the full winter season on the ABC-TV network. Yet even with success in its high light, Anthony changed his tune in 1960, and started anew with his “Bookends” act. In an article from Gentleman Magazine, December, 1961, issue, Anthony explained the reason behind his decision: “As the band business got worse and worse, traveling expenses rose and there were few locations left for a band to sit down between one-nighters, I started to think about breaking up the band. “I remembered how Louis Arm strong and Louis Prima, two great trumpet players with tremendous personal charm, had hit with the small group idea after leading suc cessful big bands. “Once we decided on forming a small group, I agreed on the idea of having two girls singers to add distinction to the group,” said Anthony. The article explained that the title, “Bookends” came from An thony’s saying, “Look at the cuff links” when introducing the two girls during a nightclub engage ment. The idea of girl “cufflinks” or “bookends” appealed to An thony, and the title “Bookends” has been an invaluable publicity trademark. The Hollywood Reporter de scribed Anthony’s show as bas ically the performance of a whole- (See ANTHONY on Page 3) Members of the Classes of 1926 and 1941 will arrive at College Station for class reunions Friday afternoon between 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. according to J. B. Hervey, executive secretary of the A&M Former Students Association. Hervey said that the Class of ’26 would attend a dinner party at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Briarcrest Country Club here. They will have a class “brunch” 10:30 a.m. Sat urday at the Triangle Banquet Room. Class pictures will be made at 12:30 p.m. on the front steps of the Memorial Student Center. The Class of ’41, Hervey said, will have dinner in the Triangle Banquet Room Friday from 8- 11:30 p.m., including a program and dancing. They will attend a luncheon Saturday at 11 a.m. in the MSC Ballroom and will have class pictures made there at 12:15 p.m. Both classes are scheduled to at tend the A&M-Baylor football game in Kyle field at 2 p.m. Sat urday. History Confab Draws Ag Prof Dr. Herbert H. Lang, associate professor in the Department of History and Government, partici pated in a recent conference on history of western America in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The historian presented a paper in the area of his special field of research on the history of urani um mining in the United States. His paper was entitled “Uranium Mining and the AEG: The Birth Pangs of a New Industry.” Douglas Robinson, A&M graduate student, examines a tree-dwelling frog of a species he discovered in the Mexican tropics. The Los Tuxtlas region of Mexico is surving as New Frog Species Robinson’s long-term project. This region appears to have traveled its owne private evolutionary route.