The Battalion
Volume 60
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1961
Number 36
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New Handball Courts
Planned For DeWare
DANCE SET DEC. 2
Thanksgiving Deadline
Nears For Mrs. A&M
This map, drawn by Cartoonist Jim Earle
to help Slouch and Squirt find the new bon
fire cutting area may help you too. Head
Yell Leader Jim Davis said the best way to
reach the new area is follow the road be
hind the stacking area (drill field behind
Duncan Dining Hall) to the flashing yellow
light at the intersection of the road with
Highway 6. Turn right on the highway for
New Cutting Area
about three miles or until you see the Sin
clair filling station on the left. Turn left at
the station and go down that road for one
mile. The entrance to the cutting area will
be marked, Davis said. Juniors and seniors
are urged to be in the cutting area as much
as possible this week to start cutting wood,
the yell leader said.
Travel Group Approved;
Seeks Active 9 Leaders
Entries in the Mrs. Texas A&M
Contest should be in by Thanks
giving, according to Mrs. Jean
Vaught, president of the Aggie
Wives Council.
The selection of Mrs. Texas
A&M will be at the annual dance
sponsored by the council. Set for
Dec. 2 in the Memorial Student
Center Ballroom, the dance will
feature the music of the George
Vincent Sextet from Sam Hous
ton State College.
Mrs. Vaught said any wife of
a currently enrolled A&M student
is eligible to compete in the con
test. Any campus club or organ
ization is allowed to sponsor a
contestant. She added that hus
bands would be able to sponsor
their wives, also.
The entry fee is $2.
The winner of the contest wil’
receive a cup and a bouquet. The
Bryan-College Station Chamber of
Commerce is donating the cup and
the Aggieland Flower Shop is giv
ing the bouquet.
The first runner-up will receive
a $15 permanent from Lady Fair
and the second runnei'-up will re-
The recently approved “Aggie
Travel Club” is hunting for lead-
irs,'
The Memorial Student Center
Council okayed the organization
Honday night with a basic pur-
lose to broaden the education of
14M students by making avail-
ible information as to summer em-
jloyment with opportunities of
travel, organized tours to Mexico,
Canada, points inside the United
States, and trips abroad.
“We’ve got the approval, now
we need some good, strong lead
ers," said Mike Schneider, council
president. “We would prefer to
kave juniors and sophomores in
order to keep some continuity in
activities next year.”
Appointments for interviews
can be made through the Student
Program Office of the MSC, said
Schneider. Appointments should
be made before the weekend.
“There is already a great deal
of interest in this sort of an ac
tivity, so we should be in good
shape once w r e get about eight or
nine sharp men to pilot opera
tions,” he continued.
Schneider said the name “Aggie
Travel Club” is not official yet,
but was pulled out of the air at
a council meeting.
To operate as a part of the MSC
Dii’ectorate, the “Aggie Travel
Club” would be on equal footing
with the MSC’s Radio Committee,
Camera Committee, Bowling Com
mittee, etc.
Monday night the council with
held appropriating $200 to kick
off the club’s initial expenses of
Economist Says Collegians
Should Be Paid By Schools
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A
University of Chicago economist
suggested yesterday that students
should be paid to go to college.
Professor H. W. Schultz said that
such a practice would be one way
of ending the waste of students’
lime and bringing about basic re
forms in higher education.
Schultz told the American Asso-
oiation of Land Grant Colleges and
State Universities seriously under
estimate the value of the time stu-
ients spend at college.
"How else,” he asked, “can one
explain the wastage of the time of
the students?”
In 1956, Schultz said, the total
school cost of higher education in
the United States was $3.5 billion.
The total earnings foregone by
college and university students
that year were $5.8 billion.
“But colleges go merrily on,” he
said, “treating the time of stu
dents as if they were a free re
source. What is the remedy?”
“Instead of rationing admissions
and not economizing on the time
of students, one way would be to
fecruit and pay each student the
earnings he will forego while at
tending college.
“I venture such a procedure,
impractical as it may appear,
would bring about basic reforms
in the use of school facilities—
libraries, laboratories and class
rooms—in the use of faculty time,
and above all a reform in curri
cula.” Lawrence D. Haskew, vice
chancellor of the University of
Texas asked the association for
“just 10 institutions in this coun-
try which will invest in the search
for better education one-half the
money and energy they invest in
the search for better pigs and
cows.”
Haskew said, “One of the things
America needs most is a demon
stration of what would happen if
one public university of high cali
ber really committed itself to
teacher education for one decade.”
organization, but indicated that
needed funds would be given as
the leaders were selected and the
organization went into operation.
Schneider said that the goals
for this year would be the gather
ing and releasing of information
on summer jobs where the stu
dents would also benefit from as
sociating w r ith different people
and traveling to new and different
places.
Schneider pointed out that many
resort areas hire college students
during the summers.
Another aim of the club will be
the organization of guided tours
both in the United States and in
foreign, countries.
Robert Melcher, staff advisor
to foreign students on. campus,
told an informal organizational
meeting last week that there are
many foreign students that strike
out on their own during Christ
mas and mid-term holidays to see
the United States. He said that
a tour of our own country for
foreign students would be received
very well by visitors and new
comers to America.
Schneider said he felt the “Ag
gie Travel Club” was definitely
needed here, due to the large num
ber of students that are born in
Texas, reared in Texas, go to
school in Texas, live their lives in
Texas and die in Texas without
seeing much of America, much less
other countries.
In discussing the forming of
such an organization, Schneider
met with students and staff, as
well as travel agency representa
tives in sessions last week.
Appeals Court Orders Judge Briggs
To Stop Stickney’s Execution Stays
AUSTIN <A?)—The Texas Court
of Criminal Appeals issued a writ
of prohibition Tuesday ordering
Judge Cullen Briggs of Corpus
Christi not to issue any more
stays of execution for convicted
killer Howard B. Stickney.
Three members of t he court
signed the writ, requested by
Atty. Gen. Will Wilson, Harris
County Dist. Atty. Frank Briscoe
and Asst. Dist. Atty. Sam Robert
son.
The order asks Judge Briggs to
appear before the court Nov. 22
“to show cause” why the writ
should not be granted.
It orders Judge Briggs, who is
sued the last 10-day stay of execu
tion for Stickney and one before
that, to “cease and desist” from
taking any further action on Stick
ney and to refrain from any action
in reference to issuing writs of
habeas corpus (freedom on bond).
Stickney was scheduled to die
last Fiuday night in the May, 1958
slaying of Mrs. Shirley Barnes.
The writ also set aside the writ
of habeas corpus issued by Judge
Briggs minutes before Stickney
was to go to the electric chair.
Farm-City
Week Opens
Tomorrow
American agriculture will be in
the spotlight throughout the Lone
Star State this week as Texas
joins other states in observing Na
tional Farm-City Week.
Farm-City Week has officially
been set for Nov. 17-23, but ac
cording to Dolph Briscoe Jr. of
Uvalde, Texas Chairman of Farm-
City Week, many communities
have already begun activities de
signed to show the interdepen
dence between urban and rural
neighbors, and the contributions
of each to the strength of our na
tion.
I IT Mascot-Killers
Given Suspensions
AUSTIN, Tex. (AP)—The nine
University of Texas students who
took part in last Thursday night’s
kidnapping and killing of Baylor’s
mascot bear wei'e suspended Tues
day until Feb. 1, 1962.
The five-member faculty and
student disciplinary committee
also ruled that the students must
make complete financial restitu
tion to Baylor University.
The decision was reached at
closed session. The committee and
university officials refused again
to reveal the identity of the nine
confessed culprits.
Other restrictions put on the stu
dents include a provision that they
will be on disciplinary probation
for one semester if and when they
return to school after the begin
ning of the new semester next
February.
Dean of Student Life Arno No-
wotny said attorneys first capxe
to him last Friday with the fact
that the youths had killed the mas
cot. He said “I did not want to
give the information out then be
cause of the game coming up Sat
urday.” Texas defeated Baylor 33-
7.
Nowotny confirmed the mascot’s
death Monday.
The dean said none of the nine
students was a member of the
football squad or held any campus
office.
ceive a gift certificate from Bev
erly Braley.
Any Aggie wife wishing to enter
the contest should contact Mrs.
Millican Lake
Site Revealed
FORT WORTH (AP)_The U.S.
Corps of Engineers announced
Tuesday the selection of a site
near Navasota for a reservoir
with a total storage of 3,179,900
acre feet.
The reservoir, to be known
as Millican Reservoir, farthest
downstream of any of the pro
posed sites along the Navasota
River, would provide a conserva
tion pool of 2,359,800 acre feet
for water supply.
Some 770,000 acre feet would
be for flood control.
Cost of the dam is estimated
at $65,700,000, with local inter
ests paj’ing $41,325,000 of the
total cost for water conservation
storage.
Another site, Ferguson No. 3,
originally was approved. The
Millican Reservoir, however, will
meet the increased demand for
water in the area.
Expert Calls
‘Total Picture’
Necessary
Architects must learn to appre
ciate the total picture of urban
design or ultimately accept par
tial responsibility for continued
decline of beauty in our cities, an
authority on city planning de
clared here yesterday.
Norbert H. Gorwic of Wayne
State University told architecture
students the modern architect has
abdicated his. responsibilities in
building design by failing to real
ize that relationship among build
ings is as important as the build
ing itself.
Gorwic was speaking at the
third in a series of Architecture
Guest Lectures sponsored by the
Division of Architecture. An as
sociate professor of urban plan
ning at Wayne State University
in Detroit, Mich., Gorwic has spe
cialized in urban planning and re
development of business districts.
“The modern architect faces a
special challenge—he has to over
come both a habit of the mind and
natural human vanity,” Gorwic
said.
“He must stop looking at his
building as being the center of
the universe. He must be pre
pared that, for the good of the
townscape, his building will often
have to act as a background or
foil—not always as a star stealing
the show,” he added.
Gorwic pointed to the ageless
beauty of Piazza di San Marco in
Venice and the Champs Elysees
in Paris where the buildings are
not alike but have unity with eiach
other in proportion with the
streets and landscaping.
He is director of the “Detroit
Tomorrow” project and project di
rector of the University City Mas
ter Plan for Detroit.
The architect has had experi
ence in England in the field of
urban planning. He is co-author
of the “London Master Plan” and
was a technical officer for the
London county planning council
before going to Detroit as a city
planner.
Vaught at VI 6-6109 or 801 Fair-
view in College Station.
Mrs. Vaught said that contest
ants could wear either long or
short formals during the dance and
judging.
Tickets for the dance are $2
per couple. They are available
from any wives club member and
will be on sale at the door.
The affair will begin at 8:30
p.m. and end at 11:30 p.m.
Talent Show
Auditions Open
December 4
Time is approaching for the
annual campus-wide “talent pool”
to be converted into the Aggie
Talent Show Dec. 14 in Guion Hall,
according to Bob Stark, talent
committee vice chairman.
Talent of all kinds, including
singers, musicians, magicians,
comedians, jugglers, dramatists
and any other entertainment, is
needed for the show.
Auditions will be held in the
Music Hall Dec. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and
11 from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Stark said
Dec. 11 is the absolute deadline
for all auditions.
Any person interested in enter
ing the competition, which has as
a reward, $25 first prize, $15 sec
ond prize and $10 third prize,
should pick up forms at the Stu
dent Programs Office in the Me
morial Student Center. Forms
must be filled out before audi
tioning.
If any further information is
desired concerning the Aggie Tal
ent Show, Stark said he was avail
able to be contacted through the
Student Programs Office.
Bids Set
For 14
Courts
The recent razing of the old
Little Gym building does not
mean the end of handball
activity on the campus, How
ard Badgett, manager of the
Office of Physical Plant, has an
nounced.
The Little Gym, which housed
the college’s handball courts, was
torn down to make x'oom for the
new outdoor, Olympic-type swim
ming pool now under construction
just west of the P. L. Downs
Natatorium.
Badgett said an axea in DeWare
Field House has been set aside for
construction of 14 handball courts.
Construction bids will be opened
Nov. 17, and work is expected to
start shortly after Dec. 1.
Architect plans show the courts
to be built on a new “floor” in
DeWare, to be supported by a steel
See Related Picture on P. 3
framework 25 feet above the exist
ing basketball court. Four courts
will be situated on each side, over
the bleacher area. Six more will
occupy the area above the present
basketball court.
The courts ax-e to be official size
and mechanically air conditioned,
with ducts in the walls to allow
air ventilation.
The courts would serve the
physical education program, intra
murals and off-hour play, just as
the others did, according to Carl
E. Tishler, head of the Department
of Health and Physical Education.
Tishler added that the new
courts will enable the department
to increase the size of its classes
and get more students into the
handball course.
Many students used the old
coui-ts as a means of getting exer
cise later in the evenings and dur
ing- the day. The new courts will
mean that more students can take
advantage of the facilities.
AN EDITORIAL
False Rumors
Tuesday, several newspapers around the state reported
that the Texas A&M football squad and Coach Jim Myers
were at odds over Myers’ survival as head coach and athletic
director of the school.
There were several different reports in Texas daily
newspapers, including the Waco News-Tribune, Houston Post,
and the Dallas Times-Herald, that were released to the public
yesterday.
These ranged from stories of a player revolt in which
Aggie co-captains Wayne Freiling and Wayland Simmons had
quit the team to another story stating the assistant coaches
at A&M told the co-captains the team would not play for
Myers in the last two games against Rice and Texas.
All of these rumors proved to be untrue, although they
stirred up a lot of dust before being settled.
Another rumor was that several Agcrie exes had already
contacted Jim Owens, head coach of the University of Wash
ington, for the A&M mentor nost.
The Aggie squadmen, with Simmons as spokesman, said
they felt Mvers is a fine coach and gentleman. The rumors
were so ridiculous that Freiling didn't even know he had
“quit the squad” until he read the newspapers Tuesday.
Simmons said, “I hope the people who started those
rumors are in Houston this Saturday when we play Rice. We
(the squad) are going to show everybody what we think of
Coach Myers.” Of course. Simmons was on the spot when
he made this comment Sunday night, but what else could
he say?
Since this is the last year of the school’s contract with
Myers, The Battalion feels the stories were unjustified
rumors designed to put Myers on the snot before the meet
ing of the Board of Directors on Tuesday, Nov. 21.
We feel that Myers and the Aggie football squad should
be given every bit of a chance, as any human being deserves.
With only two games remaining on the schedule, A&M
can really be put on the map if they are victorious.
Let’s be behind the coaching staff and squad in these
games, and give them all the support that can possibly be
given. If you could take three plays during the games the
Aggies have been outscored in, they would be undefeated.
This year has been far from a failure, and things look
good for the future, so lets forget those rumors and help
concentrate on defeating the Rice Owls and Texas Longhorns
in Southwest Conference Championship team style.