Volume 60
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1961
Number 38
Senate Votes
No’ To Council
Representative
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By ALAN PAYNE
Battalion News Editor
The Student Senate, after a 36-
jiinute dosed committee session,
voted last night not to send a
representative to the MSC Coun-
til.
A division-of-the-house vote de
feated the measure 12-11 at the
tonclusion of a two hour, 11 min-
ite session.
Senate President Malcolm Hall
turned the chair over to Vice Pres
ident Ed Sartain at the beginning
(f discussion on the representa
tion question and immediately
moved for the committee session.
After long discussion, the move
passed and for the first time in
ever a year, visitors wpre asked
(cleave as the senators went into
(ommittee.
The entire representation ques
tion arose at a Nov. 2 Senate
meeting when MSC Council Rep
resentative asked the group for
a representation to the MSC gov
erning body.
Ray explained lhat the Council
((institution called for the repre
sentative and the Senate had been
sending its vice president as a
ielegate for several years.
Wet Walking
To MSC Is
how In Past
If you are tired of walking
Ihrough puddles of water after a
rain to get to the Memorial Stu-
lent Center, take heart.
Those work crews in front of
Hie MSC have been raising the
level of the sidewalks to eliminate
those puddles, according to Stuart
F, Crawford, assistant manager
tf the Office of Physical Plant.
Crawford said a mixture of mud
and cement is pumped into the
pound below the sidewalks, al
lowed to settle, and then more
pumped in until the walks are
raised. The maximum that curbs
or sidewalks cun be raised by this
process is about six inches.
The crews have had to raise
the MSC sidewalks up to four
inches, and to various levels be
low that, in order to level the
talks,
Crawford said the work wbuld
probably be finished before the
Thanksgiving activities began,
hut if not, the crews would cease
their work and clean up Wednes-
iay evening to have the building
looking its best again for the
tisitors. ■
Senate President Hall replied
that the Senate constitution did
not call for the representative and
that past precedence must have
been in violation of the constitu
tion.
Questions were also raised con
cerning the relation between the
two bodies. Ray asserted that
they were equal members of the
Academic Council, while Hall said
the Senate was superior to the
Council.
At this Nov. 2 meeting a mo
tion was made to place the matter
on the agenda, but it was voted
down and then placed on the
docket for last night’s meeting.
Before the representation ques
tion Dean of Instruction Dr. Wil
liam Graff asked Senators to con
sider A&M’s possible approval of
the Educational Testing Service’s
Graduate Record Examination for
graduating seniors.
The examination, which is now
required for entrance to the A&M
Graduate School, includes three
different specific tests. These are
an Area Test, designed to assess
the broad outcomes of education
in liberal arts; Advanced Tests,
which yield measures for evaluat
ing mastery in selected fields of
study; and Aptitude Tests, which
test the student in his major field
of study.
Graff said the tests, if approved
for A&M undergraduate students,
will consist of the advanced and
aptiltide tests
He listed four distinct reasons
why he advocated approval of the
tests. These were:
1. The exams would aid the in
dividual student in planning a
graduate school career and are
required at many institutions.
2. They would assist employers
in evaluating prospective employ
ees.
3. They would assist A&M in
assuring that the college is grad
uating a “good product.”
4. The test results could be
placed on the student’s perma
nent academic record.
He explained that from the col
lege’s viewpoint the main advan
tage of the exams would be in
comparing results over a period
of years to determine if various
departments were either increas
ing or lowering their academic
standards.
His proposed “ideal” plan would
have all gTaduating seniors take
the examination every spring. If
this was done, he added, costs of
the exams could be reduced from
$12.50 to $4.50 per student, with
a possibility that the school might
(See SENATE on Page 3)
Rice Grid Clash,
Houston Parade
Set Tomorrow
. . . and next week steak!’
Tall Timber’ Waits Ag Axes;
Major Cutting Set Tomorrow
More than 600 “good-sized”
trees have been marked with white
paint for cutting on land owned
by Century Study Pirector R. L.
Hunt .Jr., to be used for Che 1961
bonfire.
Hunt said in the past each bon
fire has contained about 500 big
logs. He said he though moi - e
than enough logs have been
marked.
Yell leaders have told cutting
crews that only the trees marked
should be cut. They said that
stacking plans for the bonfire
dictated that no excessively big
ti’ees be used in the base of the
stack.
The 110-foot center pole was
scheduled to go up today.
Ventures into the woods began
earlier this week in preparation
for the big blaze at 8 p.m. Wed
nesday. When the Corps of Ca
dets goes to Houston tomorrow
for the Rice University Corps trip,
Civilian students will continue the
timbering operations.
The cadets will be back on the
scene Sunday morning however,
and continue moving the logs,
with classes dismissed Monday.
Workers will keep on the job
between classes Tuesday and Wed
nesday until the stack is completed
and fueled.
Two large mercury lamps are
being installed in the stacking
area south of Duncan Dining Hall
for 24-hour-a-day labor on the
bonfire.
Sunday and Monday Corps units
will eill breakfast at 5:30 a.m.
and move into the cutting areas
by 6 a.m. Chapel services will be
held in the mess halls Sunday
morning. All noon meals will be
served in the field and sapper will
be at 6 p.m. in the dining halls.
Civilian students will also guard
the center pole and logs while the
Corps is in Houston.
The bonfire will be guarded to
night from 6-8 p.m. by married
students of Hensel, College View
and any others desiring to partici
pate.
From 8 p.m.-ll p.m., students
from Puryear Hall will guard, fol
lowed by Law Hall residents from
11 p.m.-2 a.m. Hart Hall will
guard from 2 a.m.-5 a.m., to be
relieved by students from Mitchell
Hall, who will guard from 5 a.m.-
8 a.m. Saturday.
Guarding will begin again at
6 p.m. Saturday with married stu
dents guarding through 8 p.m.;
from 8-11 p.m., Walton Hall will
guard, followed by Legett Hall
from 11 p.m.-2 a.m. Milner Hall
will guard from 2-5 a.m., when
members of the Corps of Cadets
will begin operations in the cut
ting and stacking areas.
The United States "Stops in Sorrow’
At The Death Of "Mr. Sam’ Rayburn
WASHINGTON — 6P> — From
Americans in all walks of life
there came an outpouring of eulo
gies Thursday for Speaker of the
House Sam Rayburn of Texas.
The expression of grief and
tribute spread across the nation
%n the newjS of Rayburn's death
tame, washing away all political
feerences for the time being in
> common loss.
The country stops in sorrow,”
"as the way Rep. John W. Mc-
formack, I)., Mass., phrased it.
President Kennedy said Ray-
turn, who died in Bonham, Tex.,
Thursday morning, “was a loyal
counselor and friend of presidents
of both parties on the great mat
ters which affected our national
interest and security.”
“This country has lost a devoted
servant and the citizens of this
country an unflinching friend,” the
President said.
Rayburn said as he left Wash
ington for the last time in late
' SAM RAYBURN
August, “I want to die with my
boots on and with my gavel in
my hand.” He expressed confi
dence he would return to Wash
ington next January, saying his
ailment was lumbago.
But as the illness wasted him,
associates quoted him as saying he
wanted to return to Bonham from
Dallas’ Baylor Hospitatl to end
his days among “those friends and
neighbors who for so long have
given me a love and loyalty un
surpassed in any annals.”
He entered Baylor Oct. 2 on the
advice of Dr. Risser after his back
pains failed to respond to treat
ment.
On Oct. 5, doctors diagnosed his
ailment as cancer of the lymph
system, which generally parallels
the bloodstream. Cancer already
was widespread.
He was brought to Risser Hos-
pittal here Oct. 31. He told a rela
tive at that time, “This is the
damndest thing that ever got hold
of me.”
He served in the house more
than 48 consecutive years and was
speaker more than twice as long
as the previous record-holder,
Henry Clay.
He was elected speaker Sept.
.16, 1940 after the death of Speaker
William B. Bankhead. He had
served as speaker since except for
two two-year periods when Re
publicans controlled the House.
He was born Jan. 6, 1882, in
Roane County, Tenn., and came
to the Bonham area with his fam
ily in a wagon when he was 5
years old.
The funeral services will be held
in the First Baptist church here
because it has the only large audi
torium in the town. It is an impos
ing structure of yellow brick with
a massive, sweeping roof and
modern lines.
Elder Pastor H. G. Ball of the
Primitive Baptist church at Tioga,
45 miles away, will officiate at
the funeral with the assistance of
the chaplain of the House, the Rev.
Bernard Braskamp.
‘Campus USA’
Has Problems;
Won’t Run
(Editor’s note: Last spring,
Alan Neuman, a television pro
ducer from New York City,
filmed the opening show for a
series, “Campus, U.S.A.,” on the
A&M campus.
The following story in an ex
planation of why the show never
materialized. Material used; in -
the article was taken from corres
pondence between Neuman and J.
Wayne Stark, Memorial Student
Center director.)
By TOMMY HOLBEIN
Battalion Managing Editor
Had it been produced and pre
sented to America, it would have
been the most expensive television
production in the history of all
shows, past, present and future.
Because of this fact, and the
story behind it, “Campus, U.S.A.,”
a program which was to be start
ed this fall with Texas A&M fea
tured as its “kick-off’ college, will
never enter the homes of the mil
lions for which it was planned,
according to J. Wayne Stark, Me
morial Student Center director,
who worked closely with the tele
vision crew when they were here.
Labor problems unforeseen dur
ing the filming of the show on
the A&M campus entered the pic
ture soon after the crew’s return
to New York City last spring.
The first problem was presented
by Actors’ Equity, the national
actors’ union. According to their
rules, any person saying over a
certain number of lines in a pro
duction is entitled to a minimum
(See CAMPUS on Page 3)
TU Date Tickets
Off Sale Tuesday
Student date tickets for the
A&M-TU game are now on sale,
and will go off sale at 5 p.m.
Tuesday, according to Pat Dial,
Athletic Office Business Man
ager.
Baylor Has Cubs;
UT Students Pay
WACO, Tex. (AP) — Baylor had
two new bear cub* Thursday and
the nine University of Texas stu
dents who kidnaped Ginger, the
Baylor mascot, and killed it are
paying the bill.
That was the punishment inflict
ed on the students for the prank
that led to their suspension from
the university.
Tom Gandy, head' of the Baylor
Chamber of Commerce Bear Com
mittee, ad Bear trainers Joe
Harris and Leon Fitts went to
Dallas today to pick up the two
black cubs.
The bears are male and female
and from the same iitter born in
captivity in Edmonton, Ontario,
Canada. They are quite tame, hav
ing been in a children’s zoo in
Canada before someone in Dallas
ordered them and then cancelled
the order.
Third Installment
Fees Now Payable
Third installment fees are pay
able in the Fiscal Office. Dead
line for the payment is Tuesday,
according to an announcement
from the Fiscal Office. The fee is
$52.50.
Bonfire
Shortens
Weekend
A parade through the
streets of Houston, the A&M
—Rice gridiron clash, innu
merable parties and the trip
back to College Station for at
least two days of bonfire work
spell a busy weekend to the Corps
of Cadets as they ready for tomor
row’s activities.
The parade moves out from as
sembly areas at 9:30 a. m., with
units beginning forming at 9 a.m.
Class “A” winter uniform will be
worn for the parade.
The football game will be at
2 p. m. in Rice Stadium.
Headquarters for the Corps trip
will be the Rice Hotel in downtown
Houston.
In an operations order from
Corps staff, the order of march
was listed as Corps Staff, Band,
First Brigade, Second Brigade,
Third Brigade, First Wing and
Second Wing.
The reviewing stand will be at
the cofner of Rusk and Main
Streets. Route of march will be
north on Main, east on Texas,
south on Fannin to Bell.
This weekend will be cut short
since cadets will be required to go
into the cutting and stacking areas
for bonfire work beginning Sun
day morning.
This will be the first Aggie
parade in Houston since 1957. The
last cox-ps trip to Houston, in 1959,
was minus a parade because of in
clement weathei’.
Allen N. Pritchard, ’63, a little man from
Brown wood, swings a big axe Thursday in
preparation for the 1961 bonfire. Pritchard
and a score of other juniors and seniors hit
Little Man With a Big Axe
the cutting area early to help blaze the way
for the rest of the student body who will
begin the hard job of building the big bon
fire Sunday morning at 6.