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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1061
Number 28
Attorney Urges Repeal Of Sales Tax
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UNITED CHEST DRIVE OPENS TODAY
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First Certificate Presented
Commandant Col. Joe E. Davis presents Dock Burke, com
mander of Company D-l, the first certificate from the
Student Senate for 100 per cent unit participation in this
year’s Campus Chest drive. Burke’s unit submitted $98
to the drive Monday night. (Photo by Johnny Herrin)
Chest Contributions
Raise High Hopes
Bulletin: It was announced this
morning that Squadron 6, com
manded by Jim Hill, has also
reached the 100 per cent mark.
As more Campus Chest contri-
htions began to come in from
student units and dorms yesterday,
drive officials were optimistic in
teaching the $7,000 goal by the
Friday deadline.
Johnny Anthis, chairman of the
drive and head of the student wel
fare committee of the Student
Senate, said exact totals of the
funds collected so far were not yet
available.
Anthis said the only 100 per
cent unit, Company D-l, command
ed by Dock Burke, and the 100
per cent staffs, the 1st Battle
Marcus Gives
2nd Architect
Address Here
Stanley Marcus, president of
N'eiman-Marcus, Dallas, will be
the second speaker in the Division
of Architecture’s guest lecture
series tomorrow.
He will discuss “Making Taste’’
before architecture and design stu
dents in the Biological Science
Lecture Room at 8 p.m. The public
is invited to attend.
Earlier in the day, Marcus will
visit college architecture labs and
view the third-year students’ ex
hibitions.
A 1925 graduate of Harvard
University, he attended Harvard
Business School in 192G before be
coming secretary-treasurer of Nei-
man-Marcus. In 1928 he was
named a director of the organiza
tion.
He is a director and member of
numerous civic and business or
ganizations in Dallas. His national
affiliations include Board of Direc
tors, New York World’s Fair, 1964-
65; member, Harvard University
Board of Overseers; trustee, Amer
ican Federation of Arts; executive
committee, American Retail Fed
eration, and many others.
Marcus has received many other
honors from European govern
ments.
Group, 4th Battle Group and Corps
Staffs, all had received certificates
for their contributions.
The Battalion last night became
the first 100 per cent campus
organization.
Monday’s total, still the only
figure available now, stood at $286.
Anthis emphasized that this was
not an up-to-date accounting, and
a drastic change was expected as
more 100 per cent units, staffs and
civilian housing groups were an
nounced.
The slogan for the drive this
year is “A dollar from an Aggie,
for an Aggie.” The Campus Chest
campaign was begun in 1952.
A large thermometer has been
placed in the Memorial Student
Center showing each Corps organ
ization as well as Civilian dormi
tory units and each’s progress to
ward the 100 per cent mark.
Anthis said 60 per cent of Chest
funds collected will be for student
use. He said 10 per cent will go
to the Brazos County Tuberculosis
Association, a second 10 per cent
to the College Station Community
Chest, the third 10 per cent to the
March of Dimes and a fourth 10
per cent to the World University
Service.
$16,000
Goal Set
In County
The annual Colleg-e Station
United Chest Drive began to
day. A goal of $16,000 for
support of 15 agencies was
adopted by the College Station
United Chest Board of Directors, i?
This is an increase of $1,050 j
over last year’s campaign goal,!
Dr. John C. Calhoun, general j
chairman, announced. The rise [
reflects the increase in community '
services brought about by the
growth in population, Calhoun
noted.
The budget, when secured, will
be allocated in four general areas:
youth, $6,400; recreation, $2,000;
welfare, $4,800; and medical,
$2,700. An allocation of $800 has
been made for campaign expendi
tures.
Agencies which will participate
in the fund, and the amounts rec
ommended for each by the Budget
and Admissions Committee, are:
American Red Cross, $2,000;
Bryan Boys’ Club of America,
$500; Boy Scouts, $2,000; Brazos
Committee on Alcoholism, $300;
Brazos Valley Crippled Children’s
Therapy Center, $1,800.
Brazos County Hospital Fund,
$300; Brazos County Youth Coun
seling Service, $1,400; Bryan-Col-
lege Station Girl Scouts Area
Council, $2,500; College Station
Community House, Inc., $350;
College Station Recreational Coun
cil, $1,700; Salvation Army, $750.
Texas Rehabilitation Center,
$300; Texas United Fund, $750;
College Station YMCA, $300; and
College Station Local Chest Char
ity Fund, $950.
Peace Corps Plans
Informal Session
The Peace Corps will be ex
plained to interested students
tomorrow at 4 p.m. at an in
formal “question-answer” ses
sion in Room 104 of the Agri
culture Building, according to
Daniel Russell, professor in the
Department of Agricultural Eco
nomics and Sociology and Peace
Corps liaison officer on campus.
Russell said ail students and
staff members were invited to
the meeting. Agriculture, engi
neering, veterinary medicine,
science and industrial arts
majors are especially needed by
the Corps, he said, but almost
any skill can be used.
Representative for the Peace
Corps in the Southwestern
states, Russell has been meet
ing with prospective Peace Corps
volunteers on campuses all
across Texas.
First Fish Pond
Plead Yell-Leader Jim Davis tests the waters
of the fish pond after Saturday’s 23-0 won
over Baylor. The triumph was the first for
the Aggies on Kyle Field since 1959 and
Dunk Of Year
freshmen wasted no time giving the yell-
leaders their customary dunking. (Photo by
Johnny Herrin)
WHITELYADDRESSES BANQUET
108 Formally Initiated
Into Ross Volunteers
Last night in the Main Ball
room of the Memorial Student
Center 108 juniors wei’e inducted
into the Ross Volunteers.
Eli L. Whitely, professor in the
Department of Agronomy and one
of A&M’s six Medal of Honor
winners, was the guest speaker for
the banquet. He spoke on the
qualities of leadership and defined
them as being faith, sincerity,
pride, enthusiasm, judgment and
maturity.
Initiated into the Ross Volun
teers were William R. Andrews,
Jr., Tommy A. Baucum, Edward J.
Bellow, Jr., Jackie L. Benson, Paul
E. Bergstrom.
Sheldon J. Best, Fred K. Black-
ard, Charles L. Blaschke, Jay D.
Blume, Jr., Thomas J. Boedecker,
Ben B. Boyd, William H. Bra-
shears, Jimmie L. Bratton.
Ronald G. Brice, James B.
Briggs, Robert E. Bryant, Robert
B. Carter, David N. Chapman,
Armand J. Chaput, James H.
Davis, Victor L. Donnell.
William D. Duncan, David T.
Edgar, Peter C. Forster, Jimmie
L. Garrett, Michael S. George,
Herbert C. Gersbach, Jr., Jack L.
Gibbs.
First Bonfire Log On Campus
These civilians in Hart Hall have brought the TCU Corps Trip weekend and was first
the first bonfire log to campus for the Nov. seen on campus yesterday. (Photo by John-
22 blaze before the Thanksgiving University, ny Herrin)
of Texas game. The log was felled during
Phillip M. Gebson, Jay F. God
frey, Frank W. Grimes, David G.
Groves, Robert H. Hackett, David
D. Hahn, Robert A. Hall, Earl H.
Henderson.
Johnnie L. Holley, Jr., Huley J.
Horn, Alfred W. Hughlett, Donald
T. Hunter, Roger M. John, James
E. Johnson, Claude R. Jones.
Ray A. Kappel, Joe L. Keeling,
James L. Keller, James P. King,
William E. King, Kenneth W.
Koegl, John P. Krebs, John B.
Landers, Rodney E. Langer.
Clayton B. Lyle III, Gaylon H.
McClinton, Dennis K. McIntosh,
William K. MacTavish, Ronald W.
Marshall, Charles H. Maurer, Ed
ward L. Medley.
Carlos V. Mejia, John H. Meyer
Jr., Eugene P. Miller, Charles A.
Mills, Jerry R. Mills, Gary G. Moss,
Thomas K. Nelson.
Charles L. Nichols, William D.
Nix Jr., James R. Norwood, Jack
Oliphant, John L. Penrod, John F.
Platt, Charles K. Powers.
Terry G. Pullin, James E. Ray,
Jackie D. Redding, Arthur R.
Richardson, David M. Richardson,
George D. Rook, Sidney D. Rosen
thal, William A. Royal.
William K. Rundell Jr., James
E. Sartain, Allan R. Sassin, James
B. Scott, Dale L. Sinor, Gary A.
Civilian Bonfire
Lists Must Be
Complete Friday
Any civilian students wishing to
work on the bonfire have until
Friday to contact their dorm presi
dents and sign up, according to
Gene Anderson, Civilian Yell Lead
er and coordinator to the bonfire
committee.
Civilians will elect crew leaders
from each dorm, so they will be
able to begin work Nov. 18 while
the Corps of Cadets is in Houston
for the Rice Corps trip.
The cadets will journey back to
College Station in order to get to
work on the annual blaze by Nov.
19.
Anderson said that civilians were
also needed to guard the center
pole the nights of Nov. 17 and 18.
Slingar, John H. Smith.
Thomas M. Smith III, Roy L.
Stanley, Earl M. Stenger Jr.,
George B. Stokes, Michael R. Syp-
tak, Ralph W. Taylor, Joel B.
Terrill, William B. Terrill, Lonnie
D. Thomas.
Robert E. Thornton, John T.
Tibbels, Jack M. Threadgill, Carlos
Vela Jr., Paul M. Vilcoq, Delfino
E. Villarreal Jr., Lytle A. Weaver,
Windol C. Weaver, George A.
Wiederaenders, Jack G. Wilson and
Michael A. Young.
Change
Sought
By Xmas
Don Yarborough, Harris
County attorney who is con
sidered a likely candidate for
a top state office next year,
came out yesterday for repeal
of the sales tax “before Christ
mas.”
Addressing the Young Demo
crats Club of Brazos County, the
anti-sales tax campaigner chal
lenger Gov. Price Daniel to call
a special session of the Legisla
ture in November for that purpose.
“As scarce as dollars are before
Christma s,” said Yarborough,
“they could stand some stretch
ing!”
He said repeal of the tax would
“create a happier Christmas for
several million Texans and buoy
up the spirits of Texas business
men by giving a big boost to buy
ing power.”
Yarborough said Daniel “should
give the people proof of his sin
cerity in public utterances against
the tax.”
“If he does not seek repeal of
the tax soon,” Yarborough added,
“we can only conclude that those
utterances have been false—that
Daniel, all along, was a silent
partner in the company of the big
lobbyists who financed that tax
through the State Senate.”
Yarborough urged a repeal of
the present “mixed-up, confused,”
general sales tax and in its place,
a tax which is based on ability
to pay. He stated that with the
proper leadership, this could be
accomplished within ten days,
since the present tax was “rail
roaded” through in ten minutes
during the last sales tax special
session.
Democrat Yarborough, who ran
a strong second in the race for
lieutenant governor last election,
is rumored to be a possible candi
date for governor next year.
Of the several politicians rang
ing over the state for support
these days, Yarborough is the
first—and so far the only one—
who has called for outright repeal
of the sales tax.
Science Institute
Grant Received
A $189,600 grant has
awarded A&M by the National
Science Foundation to sponsor a
science institute for junior high
school teachers, President Earl
Rudder announced today.
Purpose of the nine month in
stitute, scheduled for the 1962-63
academic year, will be to provide
graduate study in general science
subjects for junior high teachers
in Texas and other states.
Goal of such NSF-backed insti
tutes is to upgrade and enrich
science education in the secondary
schools of the nation.
Dr. J. G. Potter, head of the De
partment of Physics and director
of the science institute, said 30
male science teachers will receive
appointments to the institute,
which will get under way Aug. 27,
1962.
They will receive a living stipend
of $3,000 for nine months, plus
allowances for dependents, travel,
tuition fees and books.
Applications are being* invited
from male teachers, under 40 years
of age, with four years of junior
high school teaching experience.
They must have a B average in
their undergraduate work and not
have completed work toward a
master’s degree. The application
deadline is mid-January.
Other pre-requisites are that
they have a year of college-level
chemistry, physics, and one semes
ter each of college algebra and
been trigonometry completed by Sep-
temper, 1962. They must obtain a
year’s leave of absence from their
respective school systems to attend
the institute.
Interested teachers should apply
to C. M. Loyd, National Science
Foundation Co-ordinator in College
Station. Loyd is assistant director
of the institute.
The first semester of study in
the institute will include courses
in analytical geometry and calcu
lus, biology, chemistry, physics,
oceanography and meteorology and
a seminar. The second semester
will include course work in calcu
lus, organic chemistry, physics,
geology and a seminar.
Most of the course work taken
by the participant will be appli
cable on a Master of Education,
science option degree.
Soil Judgers Win
Regional Contest
A&M’s Soil Judging Team cap
tured first place honors at the
recent Region 4 Soil Judging Con
test last week in Goodwell, Okla.
Team members are Charles
Batte of Corpus Christi, George
Alston of Temple, Dale Lovelace
of College Station, Leo Buck-
master of Bryan and Charles
Schwertner of San Angelo.