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ies men. boaiJ anted. M ! (1 indepen- iS the mas. !e -year cot and took it The Battalion Volume 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1962 Number 80 ervance ivill ob- ten for y n ation w 'r'" mmmaifiim v^w v -' a w ::■>>a*/ / ^ Greco and Lola De Ronda Jose Greco and his Spanish Ballet troupe will be presented Monday night in G. Rollie White Coliseum as part of the Town Hall series. Lola De Ronda is shown here with Greco as a part of the program which will be seen. Tickets will be available at the door at $3 for reserve seats and $2.50 general admission. English Visitor To Lecture In Chapel A widely known theologian and philosopher, Dr. John S. Whale of London, England, will lecture Mar. 1 in the All Faiths Chapel. His talk, “The Political Predica ment of Our Time,” wall be heard at 7:30 p.m. The public is invited. The speaker was born in 1896 in Cornwall, England, and was grad uated with honors from Oxford A&M Day Students Elect SHSC Girl 1962 Sweetheart The Day Student Council in a meeting yesterday elected 19-year- old Linda Wunsche, a sophomore at Sam Houston State College, their sweetheart for 1962. Miss Wunsche, who is from Spring, was selected by the coun cil from several entries. President Bo Hughes was not present at the voting, and without knowing it, the rest of the council picked his girl as their .sweetheart. Hughes told The Battalion last night that he wanted to emphasize to the day students that the coun cil was designed to be their repre sentative in the affairs of student government. He asked the coop eration of the day students in mak ing their council a success. Hughes also expressed the thanks of the council to Stuard F. Crawford and the Office of Phys ical Plants for putting up the bul letin board in the Day Student Parking Lot for the convenience of the students. Linda Wunsche .. Day Student sweetheart University in 1922. He studied theology at Mansfield College and was ordained at Bowdon Downs Congregational Church, Manches ter, where he ministered until 1929. Appointment to the Mackennal Chair of ecclesiastical history came in 1929 at Mansfield College and to the presidency of Cheshunt College, Cambridge, in 1933. He taught historical theology for .11 years and became widely known through his public lectures and radio broadcasts. In 1928, the theologian received an honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Glasgow University and be came Moderator of the Free Church Federal Council of Eng land and Wales in 1941. He was appointed Warrack Lecturer in the Universities of Aberdeen and Glas gow in 1944. He headed Mill Hill School in London during World War II and remained in the field of education until 1951. Dr. Whale has made several vis its to the United States and Can ada and is now a visiting profes sor of religion at Rice University for the current semester. Dr. Whale’s lecture is sponsored by the A&M YMCA, The Chapel Committee, Rabbi Henry A. Cohen Award, Interfaith Council, Gamma Delta, The Newman Club, B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation and the Student Christian Federation. AOA Flick Tonight F eatures Astronaut In ‘Friendship 7 The American Ordnance Associa tion will show a film on “Free dom 7,” the story of Cmdr. Allen B. Sheppard’s sub-orbital flight and the events leading up to it, tonight at 7:30 p.m., in the Base ment Lecture Room of the new Physics Addition. The film will start with the first conception of Project Mer cury. its aims and goals, and the building and testing of the vehi cle and spacecraft. Included in the film are views of the practice runs made by the astronauts in both the cetrifuge and 3-D trainer. Climaxing the film will be views taken of Shepard and the capsule from firing to landing and the subsequent recovery of the astro naut from the water. SWC Student Association Rejected In Student Senate PROGRAM PLANNED High School Career Day To See Over 1,500 At A&M A&M’s annual High School Ca reer Day for young men thinking of attending college will be held Mar. 17 on campus. Senior, junior and sophomore boys now in high school are in vited to participate in the day long program designed to inform them about courses of study and facilities offered here. Sponsoring the program is the Inter-Council, which consists of student representatives from each of the academic schools. Between 1,500 and 2,000 high school boys are expected for the career day program which will be gin registration at 8 a.m., Satur day, Mar. 17. Early ai'rivals on campus will be able to register from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday in the Memorial Student Center. The students will be addressed by President Earl Rudder at a 10 a.m. general executive committee. After lunch in one of the dining halls they will meet with guides from the academic schools in which they are interested and be con ducted on a tour of facilities used 2nd Installment Fees Now Payable Second installment fees are now payable in the Fiscal Of fice in the Richard Coke Build ing, that office has announced. The total fee is $67.93, which includes board, $47.43; Room, $15.50 and laundry, $5.00. in various courses of study. Later, they will meet witlUfaculty mem bers of the various • schools for informal discussions. High school students needing transportation are being helped by A&M Clubs and A&M Mothers Clubs. Parents are invited to attend the career day activity and visit with faculty members while tour ing the campus to learn more about educational opportunities at the college, said Robert Garrett, Jr., president of Inter-Council at A&M. History’s Worst Air Disaster, Others Happen In New York NEW YORK (A 1 ) _ History’s worst air disaster and many less er ones have occurred in New York City, whose airports are among the busiest in the world. There were 265,281 flights last year in and out of Idlewild Air port, from which an American Airlines jet on takeoff crashed yesterday with a loss of all 95 aboard. The flights carried 1,147,- 056 incoming and outgoing pass engers. The worst crash of. all occured Dec. 16, 1960, when a United Air Lines DCS jet and Trans World Super Constellation collided. The death toll of 134 included six killed in a Brooklyn street. Previously, the heaviest toll in a civilian air crash occurred June 3, 1956, when TWA and United Air Lines planes collided over the Grand Canyon, killing 128. Another of New York’s worst Wire Wrap-Up By The Associated Press World News TOKYO—Chief Cabinet Secretary Masayoshi Ohira said Friday the United States has been in contact with Japan regarding the question of resuming nuclear atmospheric tests in the Pacific. Ohira declined to say, however, whether Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda had received notification from President Ken nedy of a decision to actually resume tests. U. S. News WASHINGTON—President Kennedy will speak to the nation by radio and television tonight, presumably to signal U. S. resumption of nuclear weapons tests in the atmosphere. Word from informed sources was that Kennedy will re port that he has decided to order a new series of atmospheric tests starting sometime in April. The White House announced only that Kennedy will speak to the nation at 7 p. m. Eastern Standard Time Friday “on the subject of nuclear testing and disarmament.” The announcement said all the major networks will carry his speech, to be made from his office. "A - ’A' 'At NEW YORK — John H. Glenn Jr. rode in triumph through Manhattan Thursday, signalling thumbs up to the tumult of millions of New Yorkers cheering his triumphant ride around the world through space. The grinning, freckled Marine Lieutenant colonel sat atop the back seat of an open convertible as the crowd literally and figuratively tried to clasp America’s hero to its chest. Spectators repeatedly broke through police lines to try to reach Glenn. 'At 'A' tAt WASHINGTON—A British nuclear device was tested underground Thursday at the U. S. testing site in Nevada. An atomic Energy Commission announcement described the test as conducted jointly by the United States and the United Kingdom. He said the device was of low yield, meaning one with an explosive power of less than 20,000 tons of TNT. 'At 'At 'At WASHINGTON—Secretary of State Dean Rusk voiced hope Thursday that the Soviet Union will come to Geneva to make disarmament progress, not propaganda. Rusk, at a news conference added warily that he would not guarantee this would be the Reds’ attitude at the 18- nation disarmament parley opening March 14. Bue he did predict that all nations invited will show up— even though Soviet Primier Khrushchev, rebuffed by the West in his bid to start the sessions at the summit level, has not indicated who will represent the Soviet Union. crashes was Feb. 3, 1959. Sixty- five were killed when an Ameri can Airlines Lockheed Electra turbojet plunged into the East River while approaching a land ing at LaGuardia Airport. The highest loss of life in a single plane occurred when a U. S. Air Force C124 ci-ashed near Tokyo on June 18, 1853, killing 129 servicemen. The worst toll in the crash of a single military plane in this country was that of a C124 at Larson Air Force Base, Wash., on Dec. 20, 1952—87 lives were lost. The worst previous disaster for a single commercial plane in the United States was last Sept. 1, when all 78 aboard a four-engine TWA Constellation died when it hit in a cornfield 10 miles west of Chicago’s Midway Airport after taking off for Los Angles. Other major air disasters in eluded: Nov. 8, 1961- 77 of 79 persons died in the crash of an Imperial Airlines Constellation near Rich mond, Va. All but three were Army recruits. Sept. 12, 1961- 77 killed in crash of a twin-jet Air France Caravelle near Rabat, Morocco. Sept. 10, 1961- 83 perished when a chartered American plane plung ed into the Shannon, Ireland, es tuary. Aboard were Austrian and German farm families en route to the United States. Aug. 14, 1958- 99 lost when KLM Super Constellation fell into the Atlantic 130 miles off Ireland’s west coast . A&M Consolidated Sets Open House This Monday Night The A&M Consolidated Schools will hold open house Monday night, Mar. 5, in observance of Texas Public School Week. The schools will be open on the following schedule: A&M Consolidated Elementary and College Hills Elementary, from 6 to 7 p.m. Teachers will be in their classrooms to visit with parents and display examples of their pupils’ work. The junior high school will hold 15-minute versions of the first 3 class periods of the day, begin ning at 7 p.m. Parents will go through this class schedule with their boys and girls. The high school will begin their open house with a style show pi’e- sented by the 2nd and 3i'd year homemaking classes. The show will be under the direction of Mrs. Alice Riggs and will be held in the Auditorium beginning at 8 p.m. Following the style show, the teachers will be in their class rooms to visit with the parents and to discuss their part of the school program. Three Reasons Given For Move By ALAN PAYNE Battalion News Editor The Student Senate Thursday night voted not to ratify the proposed constitution of the newly-formed Southwest Conference Student Association. Thursday’s decision leaves the infant organization two votes short of extinction. Six Southwest Conference member schools must ratify the constitution before the association becomes a reality. •' Three reasons were listed by both Student Body Pres ident Malcolm Hall and Head Yell Leader Jim Davis for A&M’s decision not to ratify the constitution. These were: 1) The Southwest Conference Athletic Association does a sufficient job in coordinating Southwest Conference rela tions in the one field common' to all schools—athletics. 2) The association can not benefit A&M during the pres ent school year, so why “sad dle” next year’s Senate with mem bership in the association. 3) The association “is stacked for one person’s benefit.” Hall and Davis spoke to the sen ators after each attended organiza tional meetings of the new organ ization. Hall was present at a meeting in Dallas during Cotton Bowl Week when the association was first thought up. And Davis attended a recent meeting in Fort Worth where the proposed consti tution was adopted. Another argument prominent Thursday in the decision not to make A&M a member was that the school’s problems do not coin cide with those of other schools. This was listed as the main reason A&M is not a member of the Tex as Intercollegiate Student Associa tion. It was emphasized also that if the association is formed, A&M can still join at a later date. The only requirements for admittance are ratification of the constitution and payment of the entry fee. Student Body President Hall said a letter will be mailed early next week to all SWC schools ex plaining A&M’s de/cision not to ratify the constitution and thereby not join the association. In other business Thursday night the Senate approved for the fourth consecutive year donating (See SENATE on Page 3) Senate Okays Weekly Student Chapel Service Plans to hold weekly student chapel services in the All-Faiths Chapel were approved Thursday night by the Student Senate in a regular session in the Memorial Student Center. Senate Chaplain Joe W. Bind ley, ’61 from Plainview, was as signed as a Senate representative to the Inteffaith Council to assist in drawing up plans for the ser vices. James D. Carnes, ’62 from San Benito, presented the idea to the Senate in a Feb. 15 meeting. He said dormitories will alternate in presenting the weekly programs, with Corps unit commanders and civilian dormitory presidents in charge. No date has been set up for the beginning of the services. The Senate also Thursday ap proved a request from the Civil ian Student Council to make the 12th Man Bowl a Corps vs. Civil ian contest. CSC members had adopted the request at a called meeting earl ier this week. Also Thursday Issues Committee Chairman Bill Snead said plans were progressing for this spring’s (See CHAPEL on Page 3) Talent Show Feature This is an Apache Belle—just one of the 24 that will open and close the 1962 Intercollegiate Talent Show, next Friday at 6:30 p. m. Tickets are $1 each, and can be purchased from the Student Program Office in the MSC. ITS features 10 acts from Colleges and universities from Texas, Lotiisi- ana, Oklahoma and Arkansas.