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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1962
Number 87
(-Education
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c of some discussion at a poli-
1 rally Tuesday ni^ht in Well-
javid G. Haines, candidate for
jte Representative from Bryan,
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pis opened to women on a resi-
pt day school basis. This would
» Aggie wives and other young
nen living in this area a chance
ttend a college at home and
have to commute to and frbm
Houston State Teachers Col-
Sam Houston State, 54 miles
y in Huntsville, is now the
st co-educational college.
Ige James said that “it is strange”
ses, can* teachers from Sam Houston
dons«'-T" to come to Bryan and College
■ion to offer classes for college
VC w f ,en there is a college lo-
' ^ *<1 here.
j don’t think the addition of a
women students would r-uin
institution (A&M),” he said,
oted, however, that he thinks
decision should be made by
&M Board of Directors,
ly father attended A&M, I
ded A&M, and I want my
urhters to go to A&M,” Haines
i
laines, a former radio man now
| a Bryan advertising firm, is
Ising incumbent B. H. Dewey
Bor the Texas house seat from
area. Dewey also spoke at
well-attended political rally,
ate Sen. W. T. (Bill) Moore
College Station lumberman
on Pugh, candidates for the
itc senate from this area, also
lie at the rally.
raduate Exam
nswers Due
or Senators
Kplanations Thursday night
Did clear up confusion concern-
Graduate Record Examina-
, the official agenda for a
lar meeting of the Student
tte revealed Wednesday,
nators will meet at 7:30 in
m 3-D of the Memorial Stu-
Center.
lestions about the examination
bam have arisen since an of-
1 announcement setting March
is the testing date,
presentatives of the Senate,
ian Student Council and sen-
jclass have been studying the
since complaints arose from
respective groups,
so on the agenda for Thurs-
|s session are discussions on
t education and student re
ting plus the assigning of Sen-
s to tasks for the annual Sen-
Banquet later in the spring.
New Post Office Boxes
William W. Mason of Liberty and Randy Morton from
Houston, both freshmen, try the combinations to their
new post office boxes in the MSC. All boxes will be replaced
and only a few of the numbers will be changed, according
to office personnel. But the combinations were giving the
holders of the new boxes trouble. (Photo by Robbie God
win)
Pre-Med-Pre-Dent Society
Schedules Banquet Saturday
The Pre-Med—Pre-Dent Society
will hold its annual banquet at
7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Triangle
Restaurant, according to Dr. A. B.
Medlen, faculty advisor.
Dr. William J. McGanity, head
of the Department of Obstetrics
and Gynecology at the University
of Texas Medical School, Galves
ton, will be the guest speaker.
McGanity’s speech will be on “Food
for Health.”
Representatives of other medical
and dental schools throughout the
Southwest will also be present.
Medlen also announced that a
medal will be presented to the out-
PurdueAgriculture
Educator To Speak
Here March 26
“Selling Yourself on Agricul
ture” will be the topic of a talk
by Dean Vern C. Freeman of Pur
due University, here March 26.
Freeman, associate dean of the
Purdue School of Agriculture, will
speak at the annual convocation
for agriculture students at 7:30
p.m. in the -Memorial Student
Center Ballroom.
Teaching and research facilities
will be observed by Freeman dur
ing his visit to the campus.
standing student in both the Pre-
Medical and Pre-Dental depart
ments. The winners will be an
nounced at the banquet.
Tickets are $2.75 and may be
purchased from any club officer or
advisor.
Famed Architect
To Speak Here
Thursday Night
A lecture on “Philosophy for
Architectural Design” will be given
Thursday by Albert Bush-Brown,
author and architectural historian
from Cambridge, Mass.
Bush-Brown, an associate pro
fessor of architecture at the Mass
achusetts Institute of Technology,
will lecture at 8 p.m. in the Memo
rial Student Center’s Assembly
Room. His lecture is sponsored by
the Division of Architecture’s
program of current issues in de
sign.
A prolific writer, Bush-Brown is
author of four books and some 30
articles for professional and popu
lar journals and magazines. He
holds three degrees from Princeton
University, an A.B. in philosophy,
a M.F.A. in art and archaeology,
and a Ph.D. which he received in
1946.
SUE MET WITH MIXED EMOTIONS
)pinions Vary With Students
)n Horse Betting, Open Bars
By RONNIE FANN
and KENT JOHNSON
Battalion Staff Writers
A move by both major political
ties in Texas to include a
aw vote” on the sale of liquor
sr the bar,” and parimutuel
ing on horse races in their
1 5 primaries has been met
ii mixed emotions on the A&M
ipus.
A majority of students seem to
or both issues, citing that the
ed revenue brought on taxes,
the appeal to the tourist trade
ated by horse racing might
P abolish the unpopular sales
ames Echterhoff, a sophomore
trical engineering major from
fv Orleans, La. claims that bet-
|6 on horse racing and selling
or “over the bar” is not a
die sin, and is an accepted in-
ution in Louisiana.
Just because they sell liquor
5 way, and we enjoy the thrill
gambling on the horses, I can
not see anything morally wrong
in this. Neither do I believe that
all Louisianans are alcholics be
cause of the methods we use to sell
our liquor.”
Echterhoff also noted that one
of the biggest tourist attractions
in New Orleans is the horse rac
ing tracks. Most of the people who
bet are tourists, and the money
they spend helps the economy of
the state.
Dr. R. J. Baldauf, associate pro
fessor of wildlife management,
commented that, “I think there is
something morally wrong in gamb
ling and the sale of liquor over
the bar, but at the same time I
think it’s better to legalize them
than to have everybody doing them
behind someone’s back.”
Royce Hickman, a sophomore
from Las Vegas, says that “I
am for horse racing all the way.
I think it‘s a great sport, and
if people want to bet on the
horses, let them pay my taxes
for me. I would be in favor of
mixed drinks at restaurants, but
at a bar, I’m against it because it
breeds alcholism.”
A freshman from G-2, Roland
Davis, says that, “I’m not for eith
er of the issues, but I think that
if people want to drink or bet on
horses, it is their business, and
the state shouldn’t have laws a-
gainst it.”
Harry Pendery, a sophomore
from Fort Worth, commented “It
will relieve the burden on the tax
payers, because those who enjoy
betting won’t mind paying taxes.
I’m opposed to selling mixed drinks
though, because I believe that it
promotes alcholism. In states
where drinks are sold, people be
gan to go out to get a drink,
just as we go out to get coffee.”
“I’m not against mixed drinks
because it couldn’t be much worse
than selling beer,” says Jerry
Vick from G-2. “People can drink
in moderation in a bar instead of
getting drunk on a bottle in a
parked car.”
Around 2,000 High School
Youths Due For Career Day
Registration
Opens Friday
HOOD’S BRIGADE PROJECT
Area Centennial Week
Set For June 23-30
Plans are underway for a sum
med centennial celebration for the
Bryan-College Station area for
June 23-30.
Planning for the centennial re
ferred to as the Hood’s Brigade
Project, is under the supervision
of the Hood’s Brigade Bryan-Col-
lege Station Centennial Company
of Bryan and College Station Inc.
The project will be constructed
around the valor of Hood’s Brig
ade, of whom Gen. Robert E. Lee
said, “No brigade has done nobler
service.”
Under Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood
the brigade broke the Union
Army’s lines at Gaines Mill in
Virginia and later suffered 80 per
cent casualties at Antietam.
Only 600 men of approximately
5,000 were left in the brigade at
the end of the war. These survivors
held their last 15 reunions at the
Carnegie Library in Bryan.
The non-profit corporation in
charge of the centennial has as its
president Dr. R. H. Bendow. Ralph
Rice Becomes Second School
To Reject SWC Association
Rice University’s Student Senate
has joined A&M in failing to rati
fy the proposed constitution of
the Southwest Conference StudeAt
Association, it was leaimed here
early this week.
According to The Daily Texan,
University of Texas student news
paper, Rice’s student governing
body rejected the constitution by a
vote of 12-2.
With four conference member-
schools yet to vote, only one more
descending vote will kill the infant
organization before it gets off
the ground.
The constitution calls for six of
the eight conference schools to
ratify the contsitution before the
association become a reality.
In rejecting the new group, Rice
voted to become a member of the
National Student Association.
“We saw better present benefits
in NS A than in the newly-formed
association^” said Reed Martin,
president of the Rice student body.
Also last week, SMU and Arkan
sas ratified the constitution. SMU
Military Weekend
Officers Praise
Cadets, Civilians
Lt. Gen. Paul Freeman, deputy
commanding general of Continental
Army Command, guest of honor at
A&M’s Military Day last week
end, was loud in his praise of the
Cadet Corps and civilian students.
He said that what he saw at the
review and at cadet functions con
vinced him that A&M had the
finest Cadet Corps he had ever
seen. He also complimented the
entire student body for their neat
appearance on campus and friendly
greetings. He also commented that
his cadet hosts at luncheon dis
played “maturity', intelligence and
poise.”
Maj. Gen. T. R. Yancey, Com
mander of VIII Corps with Head
quarters at Austin, made similar
complimentary remarks.
Income Tax Office
Available To Help
College Students
The services of the Internal Re
venue office in Bryan are avail
able to all students who must file
an income tax return, according to
Clarence E. Carlson, administra
tive office of the IRS.
Students who earned $600 or
more during 1961 must file an
income tax return, even if the stu
dent is claimed as a dependent by
his parents.
Students with incomes of less
than $600 in ’61, and who have
had income tax withheld, should
file a return to get these taxes
refunded. “Usually, a Form 1040A
will do the trick,” Carlson said.
reported only one descending vote,
while Arkansas reported no opposi
tion to the proposal.
Reactions from the remaining
four conference schools — Baylor,
Texas Tech, TCU and the Univer
sity of Texas — are expected in
the next few days.
Consolidated Show
Slated By Belles,
Class In Speech
The speech class and Bengal Bel
les of A&M Consolidated High
School have combined efforts in
sponsoring a talent show to be
presented in the Consolidated High
School auditorium Friday at 8
p.m.
The show will be comprised of
about fifteen acts with prizes to be
awarded the winners. It will in
clude talent from the elementary,
junior high and senior high branch
es of the consolidated school sys
tem.
Proceeds from the show will be
used in supporting A&M Consolid
ated High School club activities.
Admission is fifty cents.
College Archives
Receive Edition
Of 1899 Battalion
The college was recently pre
sented with one of the oldest cop
ies of The Battalion known to exist.
Donated by Mrs. J. F. Rougagnac,
of Houston, the old “Batt” has
been handed down within her fami
ly until now. The old issue is dated
“September, October November,
1899.”
A check with Ernest Langford,
college archivist, showed that A&M
has copies of only seven earlier
editions. The oldest one is dated
April 1, 1894. It is the seventh edi
tion of The Battalion.
At this time the paper was a
monthly publication. It continued
as such until the fall of 1904,
when it became a weekly. It wasn’t
until 1947 that the “Batt” became
a daily.
“We greatly appreciate the do
nation of this priceless copy,”
Langford said.
He noted that there are undoubt
edly are copies of every edition
of the Battalion which has been
printed just lying unnoticed in
trunks and attics of alumni and
their heirs.
“Such things are priceless to
the college,” he said.
“Many people are unaware that
they have copies of A&M’s first
publications,” Langford said, ”we
sincerely wish that the sons and
daughters of deceased alumni
would help us by investigating
those forgotten trunks and attics
and donating their finds to the
college.”
McCormick is Centennial Commit
tee chairman, Thad Whiteley is
treasurer, Miss Lucy Harrison is
headquarters chairman and Jimmie
Dillion is secretary.
The operation will be financed
by the sale of shares of stock in
the corporation at $5 each and
any profit left following the cele
bration will be returned as divid
ends Participants will dress in
period costumes when festivities
begin about April 1.
Entertinment and recreation will
include promenades, picnics, danc
es and “bargain daj s” sponsored by
local merchants.
A gaint stage on Kyle Field will
be the scene of a panoramic histori
cal drama with a cast of 450 people
each night during centennial week.
The John Rogers Producting Co. of
Fostoria, Ohio, will handle pro
duction of the drama.
“Brothers of the Brush” and
“Centennial Belles” chapters will
be organized during the pre-cen
tennial activities to stimulate in
terest of local citizens. The groups
will sponsor trail rides, regulate
“kangai’oo kourts” and deal out
“frontier justice.”
Ten To Attend
YMCA Meeting
Ten representatives of A&M
will attend the YMCA Regional
Conference at Camp Carter, Fort
Worth, starting Friday.
The college will be represented
by Floyd Young, Jack Friedlander,
Jim Crouch, Ron Haley, Louis
Shone, Paul Smith, Don Willis,
Wally Echols, Butch Johnson and
J. Gordon Gay, coordinator of re
ligious life and general secretary
of the YMCA.
Atending the conference will also
be students representing YMCA
and YWCA organizations of col
leges in Arkansas, Oklahoma and
Texas.
Young men throughout
Texas — approximately 2,000
of them—are expected on
campus Saturday for the an
nual High School Career Day.
Reservation cards requesting
dormitary space for the weekend
are being received from senior,
junior and sophomore high school
boys wanting to participate in the
day-long program designed to in
form them about courses of study
and facilities at A&M.
Students arriving early will be
able to register from 2-10 p.m. Fri
day in the Memorial Student Cen
ter. Registration will continue
from 8-10 a.m. Saturday when the
program begins.
President Earl Rudder will ad
dress the students at a 10 a.m.
general assembly in Guion Hall
and introduce members of the col
lege executive committee.
After lunch in one of the college
dining halls, the high school stu
dents will meet with guided from
the academic schools and tour
facilities used in areas of study in
which they ajre interested.
Conducting the tours will be
members of the Inter-Council, stu
dent representatives from each of
the academic schools in the college.
Later, the students will meet
with faculty members of the vari
ous schools to discuss informally
different courses of study with
them.
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Following is the official sched
ule of activities for this week
end’s annual observance of High
School Career Day:
Friday
2-10 p.m.—Registration, Me
morial Student Center.
Saturday
8-10 a.m.—Registration, Me
morial Student Center.
8 a.m.—Review of Corps of
Cadets, Main Drill Field.
10 a.m.—General assembly,
Guion Hall, President Earl
Rudder speaking.
12 noon—Lunch, college din
ing halls.
Afternoon — Meetings with
academic advisors, tour of col
lege facilities.
| Wire Wrap-Up
By The Associated Press
World News
GENEVA—The United States said Wednesday it is
determined to maintain the nuclear striking force of the At
lantic Alliance as long as there are no effective international
diisarmament and peacekeeping agreements.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told acting U. N. Secre
tary-General U. Thant that the United States “opposes the
development of national nuclear weapons capability by any
additional nation.”
★ ★ ★
BERLIN—The Soviet command called off a scheduled
new harassment tactic Wednesday night in the sensitive air
corridors to isolated West Berlin.
In Washington, two hours later, President Kennedy
warned that continuing Soviet harassment in the Berlin air-
lanes can lead to counteractions that could only intensify
dangers.
U. S. News
WASHINGTON — Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. was
cursed and an attempt was made to slug him in an encounter
with rowdy teen-agers at the church he attends in Arlington,
Va., last Saturday night, police report.
Glenn easily restrained his assailant and was not in
jured.
The Washington Star, reporting the incident Wednesday,
says an investigation was demanded by county board mem
bers as soon as they heard of the affair, and police are busy
on it.
'A' tAt
WASHINGTON—Sen. Strom Thurmond, D-S. C., angrily
accused fellow senators Wednesday of trying to stifle his
efforts to prove that anti-Communist speeches by military
men have been muzzled and troop training has been ineffec
tive.
Saying he knew of a “lot of conversations” among the
five other members of the Senate Armed Services subcommit
tee conducting the inquiry, Thurmond shouted: “I known
of efforts that have been going on to stifle the work of this
committee.
“I don’t like a lot of things that have been going on here.”