The Battalion
Volume 60
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1962
Number 5^
“Another Dime: It Helps!”
Miss Linda Riat, left, and Miss Judy Mills, right, receive
a contribution from Mrs. Homer Adams and son, Jack, of
College Station. They were among hundreds of contribu
tors to the Teens Against Polio drive conducted Saturday
throughout Bryan and College Station. The above scene
occured at the North Gate toll road conducted by College
Station TAP members.
Teens Against Polio
Drive Begun Here
Despite a chilly breeze and low
er than usual temperatui’es, the
Bryan-College Station Teens A-
gainst Polio conducted joint out
door fund-raising campaigns Sat
urday, starting a month of various
planned drives.
Throughout the day, shifts of
girls from the College Station TAP
organization worked a toll road
operation soliciting contributions
from passing motorists at the main
intersection of North Gate between
Ellisons’ and the Post Office.
Miss Judy Mills, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. W. Mills of College
Station, and Miss Pam Adams,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Homer
Adams, also of College Station,
were in charge of the toll road
operation. Miss Mills is chairman
Jan. Graduates
Favorite Pics Due
Seniors graduating in Janu
ary may bring their Senior
Favorite pictures to the Stu
dent Publications Office begin
ning today. Fee for submit
ting the picture is $2.00.
The Student Publications of
fice also announced that mail
ing fees should be paid if the
seniors desired their 1962 Ag-
gieland.
of the College Station TAP, and
Miss Adams was chairman of the
toll road activity.
After a full day of collections,
the TAP’s sum total was $310.62,
over twice as much as was collect
ed last year in a similar effort,
said Miss Mills.
Shifts of girls changed every
few hours, and a majority of driv
ers asked to contribute complied
with the request, according to Miss
Linda Riat, one of the collec-
tioneers working Saturday after
noon.
At the Townshire Shopping Cen
ter, a group of Bryan TAP mem
bers set up a collection booth
which was also in operation all day
Saturday. Miss Mary Amis,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Amis of Bryan has been designated
as chairman of the Bryan sec
tion of the area TAP organization.
The next program for raising
funds will be a peanut sale to be
conducted this Saturday in local
gi’ocery stores, at the Townshire
Shopping Center, and in other
downtown areas, according to Miss
Amis.
January’s activities will be cli
maxed by an all-day radio pro
gram and drive to be held at the
Townshire Shopping Center Jan.
27, and broadcast over WTAW
radio.
Century Study Task Group
Ends Tact-Finding’ Meet
MAJ. GEN. RALPH OSBORNE
Deputy Fourth Army Chief
To Speak at Commissioning
Maj. Gen. Ralph Morris Osborne,
deputy commander of the 4th U. S.
Army, will address A&M’s Corps
of Cadets seniors during commis
sioning ceremonies Jan. 20.
The cei’emonies are set for 1:30
p.m. in Guion Hall. The com
mander also will make a liaison
visit to A&M on Jan. 19
Aggie Trying
For Place On
NCAA Team
Aggie Joe Pompa, ‘64 education
major from Corpus Christi, has
advanced to within one step of
representing the United States in
the international ice-skating cham
pionships this July in Prague,
Czechoslovakia.
Pompa placed 10th in the recent
national NCAA warm-ups, there
by qualifying for the final eli
minations sometime this summer
in Colorado Springs, Colo. The top
finishers in his category, speed
skating, will become eligible for
the foreign trip and competition.
Teamed with Houston high
schooler Linda Combest, Pompa
placed second in “pairs” competi
tion. A place in the top ten in the
national finals will make the team
eligible for the Prague meet.
Pompa, who started skating seri
ously after becoming attached to
the sport at Lake Placid, N.Y.,
has now competed in around 10
meets. This is the first time he
has placed as high as 10th.
In addition to his regular com
petition, Pompa skates approxi
mately three days per week at a
Houston rink, for as much as four
to five hours per day.
Should Pompa gain a berth on
the U. S. team, he will be the
first Aggie to represent the U. S.
in international competition since
Harrow Hooper and Walter (Bud
dy) Davis were members of the
U.S. 1952 Olympic delegation to
Helsinki, Finland.
COL. HOTCHKISS HERE NOW
1959 Viet Nam Advisor Says
U. S. Troops Saw No Combat
By TOMMY HOLBEIN
Battalion Managing Editor
(Editor’s Note: Sunday’s Hous
ton Post carried a story from the
Associated Press stating that the
United States is now unofficially
involved in a shooting war in
South Viet Nam. The following is
an expression of views on the
South Viet Nam situation from
a former advisor to the Viet Nam
Army, who is presently stationed
at A&M College.)
Lt. Col. T. A. Hotchkiss, opera
tions officer, Department of Mili
tary Science and Tactics at A&M,
is one of the few men on the
campus who views current develop
ments in South Viet Nam with a
personal background of experience.
For 13 months, Hotchkiss was a
member of the Military Assistance
Advisory Group of the United
States, which was formed in 1954
following the Geneva agreements
Which established North and South
Viet Nam. The colonel arrived in
Saigon, MAAG headquarters, in
October of 1959.
His tour of duty was split
between headquarters in Saigon
and supervisory work at the only
training center for the Vietnamese
army located in the country. Hotch
kiss was advisor to the advanced
training section of the center.
“When I was in South Viet
Nam, any officer of United States
Armed Forces serving in an advis
ory capacity was not permitted
to participate in operations again
st communist forces;” said Hotch
kiss.
“There were special forces troops
brought in to instruct the Viet
namese, but they also served in
advisory capacities only. If these
forces have been actively partici
pating in combat with the Com
munists, it is something that no-
one has known about up until this
time, he added.
Hotchkiss said the situation
might be compared to Korea, in
that there is a North and South
Viet Nam divided by the 17 th
parallel line, and as Viet Cong
terrorist activities increase, peo
ple are inclined to expect a full
invasion from the Communists.
“Actually, guerilla activities are
the core of the communist effect
iveness; these are designed to pro
mote confusion, and if they con
tinue in their purpose as they ap
parently are going to do, and are
steadily as successful in their ef
forts, they will not launch such an
invasion,” said Hotchkiss.
“Of course, not all of the ter
rorist activity can be blamed on
the Viet Cong government. There
are certain dissident groups with
in South Viet Nam who are a-
gainst the present government and
particiularly the president, who
has surrounded himself with loyal
and trustworthy but incompetent
personnel.
“As the United States pours
more and more aid into South Viet
Nam, we feel that government
should make more reforms and
from all indications, it will,” he
added.
General Osborne last visited the
campus on Nov. 11, when he re
viewed the Corps of Cadets.
The officer has a long and dis
tinguished military cai'eer. In
Korea, he served as the army
member of the United Nation’s
armistice delegation. At the con
clusion of the armistice, he directed
Operation Big Switch, the prison
er of war exchange program.
His earlier tour of duty includes
service with the 11th Field Artil
lery Regiment in Hawaii, after
graduating from Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology and numer
ous army schools.
At the time of Pearl Harbor, he
was a military observer in Eng
land. In 1942, he was asigned to
Research and Development Divi
sion of Army Service in Washing
ton, D. C., and later became di
rector.
In January 1945, he was asign
ed to the European Theater of O-
perations for duty as assistant of
staff for personnel in the office
of the deputy theater commander.
In May 1945, he was assign
ed to the Intelligence Division of
the Supreme Headquarters Allied
Expeditionary Forces in Europe,
and in August 1945, Gen. Osborne
became chief of the U. S. element
of that agency under the office
of military government.
After graduation from National
War College in 1948, Gen. Osborne
was assigned as artillery com
mander of the 2nd Infantry Divi-,
sion at Fort Lewis, Washington.
He continued service with the
Division until July 1949, when he
was assigned to the G-4 Division
of the Army General Staff.
In July 1952, the general was
assigned to Korea as artillery com
mander of the 53rd Infantry Divi
sion where he served until be
coming artillery commander of the
11th Airborne Division, Fort
Campbell, Ky., in December 1953.
Other assignments include com
mander of XVII Airborne Corps
at Fort Bragg, North Carolina,
1955; asistant chief of staff for
material development at Fort Mon
roe, Va.; Chief of staff of G2 of
USAREUR in Germany; U. S.
commander in Berlin in December
1959.
He assumed duties as deputy
commander of the 4th U. S. Army
in June 1961.
Additional Math Requirements
Begun for Entering Engineers
More mathematics are scheduled
for students entering the School of
Engineering.
Dean Fred Benson, dean of en
gineering, said increasing demands
made upon today’s engineers have
caused engineering schools
throughout the nation to raise re
quirements in both mathematics
and science.
Beginning the fall semester of
1962, freshman students entering
the engineering curriculum will be
expected to begin their math
studies with a combined course
in analytical geometry and cal
culus.
This demands that students
must have a thorough working
knowledge of algebra and trigo
nometry before beginning the en
gineering program or be prepared
to spend time making up the pre
requisite courses, Benson an
nounced in a bulletin to Texas
high school superintendents, prin
cipals and counselors.
“Students who graduate from
high school without this thorough
grounding in math should attend
a six-weeks term of summer school
to take college algebra and trig
onometry,” he said.
In previous years, the analytical
geometry and calculus courses
Heroic Flight By
Pilot’s Daughter
Averts Air Crash
“The only time she was scared
was when she got down on the
ground and started talking to re
porters,” said Bryan Butler of his
13-year old daughter Donna’s
heroic flight of their crippled air
plane Saturday while he fought
desperately to repair a broken
landing gear.
“I am very proud of my little
girl, you know. She has never
flown a plane before in her life,”
he added.
The maroon and white Beech-
craft, owned by A&M, developed
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were not taken by engineering
students until their sophomore
year. More recently the courses
were included in the second se
mester of the engineering fresh
man’s studies.
Today the demands in both the
general and technical education
of a professional engineer requires
an earlier understanding of ad
vanced math courses.
Students who do not take the
prerequisite courses in high school
or summer school before their
freshman year may take the work
the first regular semester in the
engineering school but the extra
six hours extends the total credits
required to 148 credits for a bach
elor’s degree in engineering. ^
Queries
11 - Man
Highlight
Session
Students, faculty and staff members and former mem
bers of the A&M System Board of Directors appeared yester
day before the Century Study Task Force No. 1 in a meeting
here.
The group spent a “mostly fact-finding” session discus
sing the question “What kind of citizen should A&M aspire
to graduate in the next 15 years?”
According to Century Study Director R. L. Hunt Jr.,
the group queried over a dozen persons on student life at
A&M. These included President Earl Rudder, Commandant
Col. Joe E. Davis, Dean of Students James P. Hannigan,
Haskel Monroe, executive secretary to the resident instruc-
♦tion aspirations committee.
Student Senate President Mal
colm Hall, Cadet Col. of the
Corps Bill Cardwell, Senior
Class President John Waddell,
Civilian Student Council Presi
dent Doug Schwenk and others.
Also appearing before the 11-
man group were former members
of the Board of Directors J. Har
old Dunn, ‘25, from Amarillo; H.
B. Zachray, ’22, from San Antonio;
W. T. Doherty, ’22, from Houston;
and Rufus R. Peeples, ’28, from
Tehuacana.
Dunn is also president of the
Century Study.
Assistance was offered the task
force group by Wendell R. Hors
ley, director of the placement of
fice, who serves as staff liaison
for the group.
The group will -probably meet
once or twice more before submit
ting its final refcommendation.
Hunt said. Written recommenda
tions from the task force groups
will be integrated into the final
Century Study report to be pre
sented the Board of Directors
next September.
March 1 is the date for the next
meeting of the entire Century
Study, with most task force
groups to meet once or possibly
twice before then, Hunt said.
He added that the executive
committee will meet sometime in
early February, but no definite
date has been set.
Century Study work will con
tinue through the summer before
the drafting of the final report
for the Board of Directors.
Further questions to be studied
are:
1. What shall be the mission of
the college and its components in
tomorrow’s world?
2. To what levels of academic
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Design Critique
Now Underway
For Architects
Student architects are facing
professional tests in the Second
annual Winter Design Critique
currently underway in the Division
of Architecture.
Profesional architects from
Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Aus
tin and Harlingen are passing
judgment on special projects of
sophomore, junior, senior and fifth
year students.
Haywood Taylor of Houston and
Downing Thomas of Dallas are
the jury for the 23 sophomore
projects that involve design of a
residence for a family of five.
Critiquing the 43 junior pro
jects — a cooperative apartment
design — are Allison Perry of
San Antonio and Enslie Oglesby of
Dallas.
“A Civic Center for Bryan” is
the title of 13 senior design pro
jects being judged by Charles
Lawrence of Houston and Tom
Shefelman , *of Austin.
Twenty-one fifth-year students
are submitting designs of “A,
Facility for Learning” for criticism
by E. E. Beran of Dallas and Alan
Taniguchi of Harlingen.
Chief purposes of the Winter
Design Critique is to give a group
6f professional architects an idea
of what students are learning in
profesional schools today, and to
give architecture students a limit
ed glimpse of how practicing pro
professionals view their projects
and hear how they would approach
the design problem.
A “jury” of two practicing architects look
over the fourth year design project, “A Civic
Center for Bryan,” during the second annual
Winter Design Critique now in progress in
the Division of Architecture. Left to right
are Charles Lawrence, design with the firm
Architecture Critique
of Caudill, Rowlett and Scott, Houston, and
Tom Shefelman, a professional architect
and critic at the University of Texas School
of Architecture, the “jury” in the competi
tion ; and Bill Leftwich, and Louis Hampton,
both fourth year design students.