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The Battalion
Volume 60
Bryan School
Pr e se nte d With
Photo Of Ross
The new Sul Ross elementary
school in Bryan was presented a
portrait of Lawrence Sullivan
Ross yesterday by President Earl
Rudder. Accepting for the school
was A. E. Bowen, supintcndent
of the Bryan School System.
The portrait of Ross, for whom
Belgian Consul
Heels Here U itli
UN Club Members
General Consul of Belgium,
Frans J. Herpin, will meet with
members of the A&M United Na
tions Club tomorrow to help the
dub prepare for its part in the
model UN session at the Univer
sity of Texas Apr. 12-14.
Herpin, who is stationed in
Houston, will meet with the club
i for dinner at the Memorial Stu-
ient Center at 6 p.m. tomorrow,
then go with them to the home
of Dr. Martin Kyer, instructor in
the Department of History and
| Government and the club’s spon
sor, for informal discussion con-
teming Belgian problems in the
world today. (The A&M delega
tion will take the role of Belgium
at the model session at UT.)
hggie Win
Austin Party
A&M may have lost the bas
ketball game with the Univer
sity of Texas in Austin Monday,
hut in the old tradition they
'Von the party.”
After the game many of the
Aggies ventured into Schultz’s
Garden, of the the enemy’s
favorite eating and drinking
establishments, to have a few
rounds and discuss the game
and itnpending graduation of
many Aggie seniors.
According to first hand ac
counts it wasn’t long before
the Aggies had full control of
the Teasip hangout. Celebrating
graduating seniors were joined
hy other students in telling
jokes, toasting toasts and sing
ing songs.
University students left when
closing time came, but the Agg
ies stayed on. Finally, as the
lights were being turned out and
chairs being stacked, the Aggies
were herded toward the door.
Last sound heard as they moved
down the street: “Hark the hap
py Aggies shout, only four more
days . . . .”
the school is named, was pre
sented at a meeting of the Sul
Ross PTA in the school cafe-
torium. Members of the A&M
Ross Volunteers participated in
the ceremonies.
Tillmon J. Reeves, ‘G2 from
Dallas'and commanding officer
of the Ross Volunteers, gave a
history of the Ross Volunteer
Company, named for Lawrence
Sullivan Ross.
Rudder, introduced by Dr. W.
J. Graff, dean of instruction,
point out the significant achieve
ment in the life of Sul Ross.
Ross, early in life, distinguish
ed himself as an Indian fighter
against the Comanches. In 1860
he assisted in the rescue of Cyn
thia Ann Parker, who had been
taken captive in 1836 following
a massacre of her people near
Mexia.
Later Ross served as a general
in the Confederate Army. Follow
ing the war he was elected sher
iff of McLennan County and sub
sequently elected governor of
Texas.
During his term as governor,
Ross had noticed the indications
that A&M’s young efforts were
not good enough. It was sliding
slowly toward extinction. He de
cided that he would take the
presidency of the school after
his administration ended.
In 1891 Ross became president
of A&M and served until his
death in 1898. When his adminL
stration began, he limited the
number of students to what the
school facilities could handle. Al
so during his administration at
A&M the number of students rose
steadily.
The first Battalion was print
ed in 1893, and the Salutatory
included this paragraph:
“Boys, this paper is yours.
Make it something. Lend all your
assistance possible.”
Activities of the time were
written as: “The R. V.’s are drill
ing again. A&M has not had un
questionably good baseball team
for two years. We have some
good talent among us and with
practice may develop some stars.”
There was also a campaign on
at the time for a school orches
tra. The editor said this was as
much a part of the school as
anything else.
Ross has been called “soldier,
statesman, and knightly gentle
man — a man whom all Aggies
could well emulate.
The Ross Volunteer Company,
the oldest student organization
in Texas, was founded in 1887
for the purpose of banding to
gether outstanding military men
at. the college.
Girls Invade Library Privacy
Remember high school finals ? These two diligent studiers
can easily refresh you as they study in the Cushing Me
morial Library for final examinations at A&M Consolidated
High School. Shown are, left to right, Betty Franklin and
Carolyn Brazzel, both seniors. (Photo by Ben Wolfe)
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1962
Number 60
Senior Officers Present
Record Exam Proposals
‘Cramming , Begins
With finals fast approaching, students are
making maximum use of Cushing Memorial
Library in preparation for next week’s
battery of quizzes." Library hours have been
extended to midnight every night this week
In Cushing Library
and final week for the benefit of students
studying. Hitting the books here are, left to
right, Frank Stark, ’64; Rufus Lyne, ’64;
Arthur Uresti, ’64; Mike Bacon, ’63; and
Bill Hancock, ’64. (Photo by Ben Wolfe)
Final Exam
Jan. 20, Saturday
Jan. 22, Monday
Jan. 22, Monday
Jan. 23, Tuesday
Jan. 23, Tuesday
Jan. 24, Wednesday
Jan. 24, Wednesday
•Jan. 25, Thursday
Jan. 25, Thursday
Jan. 26, Friday
Jan. 26, Friday
Jan. 27, Saturday
Jan. 27, Saturday
1-4
p.m.
8-11
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1-4
p.m.
8-11
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1-4
p.m.
8-11
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p.m.
8-11
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p.m.
8-11
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p.m.
8-11
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p.m.
Schedule
Classes meeting TWF3
or TThF3 or TF3
Classes meeting MWF8
Classes meeting TThSFl
Classes meeting MWF9
Classes meeting MWThl
Classes meeting MWF10
Classes meeting TFl
Classes meeting MSTThlO
Classes meeting MWTh2
Classes meeting MWF11
Classes meeting M4TThll
Classes meeting TTh9F2
Classes meeting TF2
SOVIETS SURPRISED
U. S., Britain Want
To End Test Talks
GENEVA <A>) —- In an abrupt
move that seemed to catch the
Soviet delegate by surprise, the
United States and Britain an
nounced yesterday they are ready
to break off three-power nuclear
test ban talks.
They said that in line with So
viet demands, the test ban issue
should be referred to the general
disarmament negotiations due to
open in Geneva in March.
As the nuclear talks reopened
after a year-end recess, the Soviet
delegate, Semyon K. Tsarapkin,
apparently had expected some pro
tracted negotiations.
Conference sources said Tsarap
kin told the U.S. delegate, Charles
C. Stelle, and Britain’s Sir Mi
chael Wright that he would sub
mit their proposal to Moscow.
Tsarapkin later told newsmen
he was “not pleased but puzzled”
with the Western move. He did
not elaborate.
Western diplomats expected the
Soviet Union to agree that the test
ban issue be negotiated within the
wider issue of disarmament.
“After all it is their own pro
posal,” one diplomatic source
added.
The Soviet government proposed
merger of the test ban and dis
armament issues last summer af
ter the two Western powers sub
mitted a complete draft of a test
ban treaty. This draft included
far-reaching Western concessions
on the international control ma
chinery the West feels is neces
sary to ensure observance of an
agreement to ban nuclear wea
pons tests.
The Soviet government then
withdrew all previous agreements
worked out in more than two
years of negotiations in Geneva.
It said in view of the worsening
political situation, any type of in
ternational controls would be tan
tamount to Western espionage on
Soviet soil.
At the outset of the resumed
negotiations, the United States
and Britain formally rejected the
Soviet demand for an uncontrolled
moratorium on nuclear weapons
tests, proposed two months ago.
Since the Soviets advanced the
idea after breaking a previous
voluntary moratorium with a se
ries of spectacular nuclear tests
last fall, the Western delegates
said their governments could not
accept another moratorium.
Then Stelle and Wright told
Tsarapkin that in view of the im
passe, the only alternative was to
break off the talks and refer the
question to the 18-nation disarm
ament conference.
The next meeting of the three
powers then was set for Friday in
the expectation Moscow would be
ready to reply by then, but Tsar
apkin cautioned it might take
longer, informants said.
Arts, Sciences
Brochure Now
Off The Press
“Studies in the School of Arts
and Sciences,” a brochure describ
ing the studies of the sciences, the
social sciences and the humani
ties at A&M, was completed last
week by the A&M Press.
Pi’ofusely illustrated, the bro
chure covers the activities of the
department of Oceanography and
Meteorology, Biology, Chemistry,
Mathematics and Physics in the
sciences.
In the social sciences the bro
chure covers the departments of
Economics, History and Govern
ment, Health and Physical Edu
cation, Education and Psychology,
Journalism and Geography.
The brpehure describes the de
partments of English and Modern
Languages in the humanities and
other liberal arts courses offered
as electives.
Copies will be distributed to
Texas high schools so students
will be able to see what A&M
offers in arts and sciences, ac
cording to Dr. Frank W. R. Hu
bert, dean of the school of Arts
and Sciences.
Nuclear Engineers
Schedule 2 Films
With Talk Friday
Two films illustrating specializ
ed fields of nuclear science will be
shown Friday at 4 p.m. in Room
211 of the W. T. Doherty Petrol
eum Engineering Building, accord
ing to Dr. Robert G. Cochran, head
of the Department of Nuclear
Engineering.
They are entitled “Industrial Ap
plications of Radioisotopes” and
“Research in Controlled Fusion,”
both one-hour films and interest
ed students and faculty members
are invited, Cochran indicated.
Engineering students are espec
ially encouraged to see the films
since they will be facing similar
situations in industry upon gradua
tion, Cochran added.
Senate To Hear
Plan Tomorrow'
Officers of the senior class have adopted four recommen
dations to present to the Student Senate tomorrow night
concerning A&M’s participation in the Graduate Record
Examination Program, Class President John Waddell said
today.
The recommendations follow a meeting with Dean of
Instruction Dr. William Graff held by the officers before
the Christmas holidays. The Dean had discussed the exam
program with the Senate in a meeting Nov. 16.
According to Waddell, the class officers have drawn up
the following proposals:
1. Aptitude tests, and not necessarily advanced tests,
^should be given to the entire
rj'li senior class, if the exams are
1 hree Lampus
Church Youth
Groups Unite
The Presbyterian Student As
sociation, Wesley Foundation and
the Disciples Student Fellowship
plan to merge their programs
into one' student fellowship, John
R. Combs, methodist chaplain, said
yesterday.
The three Christian groups have
been planning the merger for
approximately a year and held
their first meeting last night at
7:45 in the Wesley Foundation,
Combs said.
The Rev. Richard Dulin, campus
minister for the A&M Christian
Church, said, “The reason for the
merger of the three campus re
ligious groups is that we are living
in a day when churches are seek
ing unity wherever unity is possi
ble.
“These three church groups are
well suited to merge because there
is no sacramental barrier. The
three churches also recognize each
other’s ordination and share com
mon theological beliefs,” Dulin
said.
“To my knowledge this is the
first time that campus Christian
groups strong enough to be inde
pendent of each other have united
in a common venture of this na
ture west of the Mississippi,” said
the Rev. Jack Parse, minister for
the PSA.
approved.
2. Exam results should not
be placed on the student’s per
manent academic record.
3. The tests should be given all
seniors free of charge.
4. Test participation should not
be a requirement for graduation.
The examination, which is now
required for entrance to the A&M
Graduate School, includes three
tests. These are ai-ea tests, de
signed to measure the breadth of
knowledge and understanding in
broad areas of the liberal arts;
aptitude tests, which yield meas
ures of overall scholastic ability
(See OFFICERS on Page 4)
Mothers Visit
Apartments
College Station mothers visited
College View, Hensel and Project
House apartments last night as
part of this year’s Mothers’ March
on Polio campaign, Mrs. Robert
M. Stevenson, director of the Col
lege Station Mothers’ March, said
today.
The regular Mothers’ March is
scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 30,
Mrs. Stevenson said. On that date
all other homes in the Bryan-Col-
lege Station area will be con
tacted. The apartments drive was
held a week early because of the
A&M semester exam schedule.
Money collected in the drive
is used by the March of Dimes
Association in research to com
bat arthritus, birth defects and
other crippling diseases.
Kennedy Proposes
Military Shake-Up
WASHINGTON (A 1 ) _ President
Kennedy sent Congress a six-point
plan yesterday for drastic stream
lining of the Army’s high com
mand.
“The primary purpose of this
reorganization is to develop an
Army with the best possible com
mand structure, management,
training, doctrine, weapons, equip
ment and morale,” Secretary of
the Army Elvis J. Stahr Jr. said.
This first major Army reorgan
ization in nine years affects the
top headquarters level but leaves
undisturbed the Army’s combat
structure and the headquarters of
its field commands.
It involves creation of two new
top-level commands under which
will be concentrated research, de
velopment, procurement and other
functions now performed by such
individual technical services as
the ordnance, quartermaster and
Signal Corps.
The services will continue to
exist, but the posts of chief of
ordnance, chief chemical officer
and quartermaster general will be
abolished. Some other technical
service chiefs will be downgraded.
At present, the chief chemical
officer is Maj. Gen. Marshall
Stubbs, the chief of ordnance is
Lt. Gen. John A. Hinrichs, and
the quartermaster general is Maj.
Gen. Webster Anderson.
The general staff will be re
lieved of many command-like and
detailed operating chores “to per
mit greater emphasis on planning,
programming, policy making and
general supervision” of the Ar
my’s over-all effort.
The Continental Army Com
mand, headquartered at Ft. Mon
roe, Va., will take over from the
technical services the job of train
ing their personnel. CONARC al
ready is responsible for training
combat troops.
“I anticipate that approximately
18 months will be required to car
ry out the reorganization,” Stahr
said in a statement.
The reorganization will become
effective within 30 days if neither
the House nor Senate Armed Serv
ices committees vetoes it. Should
either committee x-eject the plan,
it would then go to the full Con
gress which would have 40 days
in which to act.
The plan would take effect au
tomatically if Congress does not
x-eject it.
Preparation of the reorganiza
tion plan was ordered last Feb
ruary, just after the Kennedy ad-
ministi’ation took office.
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