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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1962 Number 88
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SWCSA Strangled
Senate Gets Word On
Graduate Record Test
Explanations concerning A&M’s
procedure for administering Grad
uate Record Examinations to grad
uating seniors were aired Thurs
day night before a regular meet
ing of the Student Senate in the
Memorial Student Center.
Senior Class President John
Waddell explained that proposals
made by the Senate in a prior
meeting were not necessarily con
crete, but subject to change by the
college executive committee.
The committee made one basic
change—all seniors will take both
advanced and aptitude tests. The
Senate had requested that ad
vanced tests be given only in those
fields covered by the exams.
Areas not covered, the Senate
asked, should be tested only at
the discretion of the individual
department heads.
Dean of Instruction Dr. William
Graff has announced that the ex
ams will be administered Satur
day, Mar. 24. They will begin
fit 8 a.m. and continue to 5 p.m.
Waddell also cleared up a sec
ond question in his report to the
Senate. He said that only May
graduates will take the Mar. 24
exams, but additional exams will
be given at a later date for sum-
12th Man Bowl
Date Disclosed
For Early May
A tentative date of May 11 has
been set for this year’s 12th Man
Bowl, Bill Snead, chairman of the
Student Senate issues committee,
reported Thursday night.
Snead reported that Athletic Di
rector Hank Foldberg has agreed
to help coordinate the project,
Which this year will pit corps
members against civilian students.
“Anyone who has not practiced
with the varsity or played in a
freshman game at any college,
university or junior college is eli
gible to play,” Snead said.
mer and January, 19G.3, graduates.
In other action Thursday night
MSC Council Representative James
Ray reported that the Memorial
Student Center is “undergoing
growing pains” in its adult educa
tion program of meetings and
short courses.
Answering complaints that stu
dents are being crowded out of the
MSC by ..conference ..and ..short
course delegates, Ray reported
that far-distant plans are being
made to expand the center’s facil
ities to handle the crowds.
The two most prominent plans,
he said, are extensions of the pres
ent west wing in either westerly or
southerly directions.
Ray also reported that the
steering committee for next fall’s
annual A&M Leadership Confer
ence will meet next week to begin
planning next fall’s meeting. The
conference will be held Sept. 14-16.
In other business the Senate
public relations committee was as
signed a study of organizing home
town club presidents for student
recruiting, and a complaint was
heard from a group of Baptist
students of a “toga parly” this
past weekend at a local motel.
The Senate was asked to recom
mend that all motels make a study
of the matter.
Tech Vote
A&M, Rice, Tech
Give Disapproval
The infant Southwest Conference Student Association
went out of existence Tuesday as Texas Tech became the
third conference member school to fail to ratify the associa
tion’s proposed constitution.
Only five SWC schools ratified the constitution drawn
up at a. meeting of various student leaders in Fort Worth
durintr February.
The constitution called for ratification from six schools
before the organization could become a reality.
A&M’s Student Senate was the first organization to re-
iecf the constitution. Rice followed suit late last week, while
SMU, TCU, Arkansas, Baylor and Texas University gave the
con«itution affirmative nods.
Architect Speaks
On Cultural Needs
Cities of the 20th century must
develop cultural focal points with
in metropolitan areas to counter
the current trend of sprawling
suburban developments, and archi
tectural philosopher speaking here
declared Thursday.
Dr. Albert Bush-Brown of Cam
bridge, Mass., said he sees the
need for a central symbol in the
20th century city development and
that should be an institution that
can become the focus of cultural
sustenance—the university.
Bush-Brown, who discussed
“Philosophy for Architectural De
sign” at the A&M Division of Ar
chitecture, is co-author with John
E. Burchard of “The Architecture
for America: A Social Interpi’eta-
tion,” a book that has just been
nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
“What does the city want to be
come?” he asked. “It seems to
be heading to a place where people
meet from widely dispersed com
munities.
“The trouble with this is that,
from a cultural point of view,
there is no community-directed
Wire Wrap-Up
By The Associated Press
World News
AGRA, India—The Taj Mahal’s marble beauty and the
story of the emperor’s love that it commemorates entranced
Jacqueline Kennedy. She saw the memorial first under the
afternoon sun, then by moonlight, Thursday.
“I am overwhelmed by a sense of awe,” America’s First
Lady said.
This majestic and delicately wrought symbol of a 17th
century romance has stirred sjmilar emotions in thousands,
for it is India’s top tourist attraction.
It was a day of sight-seeing for the First Lady among
the glories of ancient India, a day with 95-degree tempera
ture.
tAt 'tAt
MANILA, Philippines—The U. S. Air Force reported
Friday that a charter airliner with 107 persons aboard is
missing and assumed to be down in the Pacific.
The four-engine plane, on charter from Flying Tiger
Airlines, was en route from Guam to Clark Air Force Base
in the Philippines with 96 troops and 11 civilian crewmen.
It was last heard from at 9:16 a. m. Thursday when it
was about 270 miles west of Guam, the Air Force said.
U. S. News
WASHINGTON — Heart trouble has forced astronaut
Donald K. Slayton out of his assignment for the next orbital
space flight and the job will go to M. Scott Carpenter, the
civilian space agency announced Thursday night.
Walter M. Schirra will be Carpenter’s backup pilot on
the flight now tentatively set for late April or early May.
Carpenter was backup pilot for John H. Glenn Jr., when
Glenn made this nation’s first orbital flight last month.
Texas News
HOUSTON—A homeowner who resides near the Hous
ton airport has asked the City Council to buy his property.
J. L. McFadden, an oil pipeline contractor, said jet planes
prevent him from sleeping.
McFadden’s petition was the first here since the Supreme
Court ruled last week airports are responsible for aircraft
nuisance noise.
force—all of the population have
separate interests.”
He reviewed the development of
communities from the fortress
city idea to the Medieval church-
market-school development, and
the 19th century industrial centers.
These were times when each cen
ter demanded total interest and
allegiance.
“Today in our .pluralistic society,
the population has many allegi
ances,” he noted, “and with this
periphral spread of suburban de
velopment, a new focal point is
needed.”
The university, as it has devel
oped into a center of science, engi
neering, business, law and re
search, is this cultural focal point,
he said.
Dr. Bush-Brown, who teaches
architecture at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, holds
three degrees from Princeton Uni
versity. He has authored four
books and numerous articles for
professional journals and popular
magazines.
Discusses Design
Dr. Albert Bush-Brown (left) discusses design with Frank
Whitson, assistant professor in the Division of Architec
ture. Bush-Brown spoke on campus yesterday. (Photo by
Dick Tatum)
Easter Seal Committee Heads’
Names Announced By Chairman
Volunteer committee leaders for
various phases of the 1962 Easter
Seal Campaign were announced
Tuesday by Mrs. Charles Richard
son, chairman of the appeal in
Brazos County.
The drive to raise funds for
crippled children is being con
ducted by the newly formed com
mittee which is sponsored by the
Brazos County Society for Crip
pled Children.
The campaign was launched yes
terday and will continue through
Easter Sunday, Apr. 22.
Mrs. Clai’ence Jones is the com
mittee treasurer and Dr. Howard
Gravett is handling publicity and
the school appeal.
Dr. Maurice Futrell, president
of the Brazos society, is the ad
visor and Dr. Luther Jones, a mem
ber of the board of the state so
ciety, is in charge of distributing
coin containers.
U. Of Texas Prof To Speak
At Second Marriage Forum
“Making Marriage Meaningful” cuss include, What are the signifi-
is the topic for the second weekly
marriage forum set Monday night
at 7:30 in the YMCA Building.
The night’s chairman will be Dr.
Henry Bowman of the University
of Texas. Questions he will dis-
All-Faiths Chapel
Sunday Services
Plan Announced
Dorm 1 students will present the
first in a series of weekly student
chapel servies Sunday morning at
8:30 in the All-Faiths chapel, ac
cording to First Brigade Chaplain
James D. Carnes.
Lannie Jackson, a sophomore
from Farmersville, will be the
speaker for the service.
Carnes proposed the weekly
services to the Student Senate Feb.
15. He said the civilian and corps
dormitories will alternate in pre
senting the progi-ams, with unit
commanders and civilian dormitory
presidents in charge.
The senate approved Carnes’
pi-oposal and appointed Senate
Chaplain Joe W. Lindley, a senior
from Plainview, to assist in ar
ranging the plans.
Others helping set up the pro
gram are Jason M. Edgington,
Malcolm Hickman and Don, Hen
derson.
Services will not interfere with
local church schedules, Carnes
said, so students will be able to at
tend other services.
cant emotional problems which de
velop during the earlier period of
marriage ? What are the more
common conflicts ?, How do couples
make adjustments and handle ten
sions? Will budgets work? How
is immaturity the killer of ro
mance ? What holds marriages to
gether? Why the boom in high
school marriages? And what are
the implications of putting “hub
by” through college ?
Bowman is a recognized author
ity on marriage and family life,
and is a professor of sociology at
the University of Texas. He has
been at the University since 1955.
In 1958-59, Bowman served as
president of the National Council
on Family Relations, an organiza
tion of 2,000 members including
teachers, physicians, clergymen,
attorneys, social workers, psy
chologists and others concerned
with marriage and the family.
His popular book, “Marriage for
Moderns,” has had several edi
tions in this country and has been
translated into foreign languages.
Films have been produced in cor
relation with the book, and a tele
vision course has also been devel
oped.
Bowman’s articles have ap
peared in scholarly journals, pro
fessional and popular magazines,
and collections of readings on
marriage and the family. He is
listed in Who’s Who in America,
Who’s Who in American Educa
tion, Who’s Who in the South and
Southwest and in American Men
of Science.
Mrs. Richard Curtis was given
the job of conducting the mail
campaign.
Aggie Players
Set Program
The Aggie Players will present
“Theater Of Man,” a program of
speech, movement and sound, Sun
day afteimoon at 2:30 in the Ball
room of the Memorial Student
Center.
It will be the March “Sunday
Celebrity Series” program for the
MSC, and will feature a cast of
33 people, presenting poetry,
dancing and drums. Portions of
the program will feature 15 chil
dren dancers under the direction
of Carita Lyles, choreographer.
Through the selective use of
poetry and dancing, the program
will tell the history of man in five
stages, from primitive times into
the conflict of the 20th century,
according to Vic Wiening, director
for the production.
pen«on for T*»ch’« refusal to
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Kct^fl in a. letler to Manriee
Olian within the next week. Olian,
the president, of the Texas Stu
dents’ Association, was temporary
chairman of the organization.
. Tech defeated the ratification
motion unanimously.
Rice listed as its motive for not
ratifying the consitution a desire
to become a member of the Na
tional Students’ Association, a
group of college representatives
from throughout the United States.
NSA’s purpose is much the same
as that of the proposed SWC gi’oup
—to promote better relations and
communications between schools.
When A&M’s Student Senate re
jected the constitution, three rea
sons were listed by Student Body
President Malcolm Hall and Head
Yell-Leader Jim Davis. These
were:
1. Athletics is the only thing all
SWC schools have in common, and
the Southwest Conference Athletic
Association adequately handles re
lations concerning athletics.
2. Past experience has shown
that similar organizations have
failed to benefit A&M.
3. The Association is “stacked for
one person’s benefit - ”
Initial moves to form the asso
ciation began during Cotton Bowl
Week festivities in Dallas before
the Texas-Mississippi grid clash.
The first action of the group was
a petition calling for integration of
Southwest Conference athletics.
The petition was signed by each
signee as an individual, and not as
a representative of his school. *
Between Jan. 1 and February,
the constitution was drawn up for
presentation at the Fort Worth
meeting. Then came the voting - .
Brazos County
Collision Kills
Student’s Wife
The wife of Walter S. Lang Jr.,
graduate education student and
math instructor, was killed Wed
nesday evening in a two-car col
lision seven miles north of Nava-
sota.
The woman, Helen Lang, 23,
was pronounced dead on arrival
at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Bryan.
According to Wynn Williams,
investigating highway patrolman,
Lang and his wife, of 325 Blue-
grass in Bryan, were driving south
on Highway 6 about 6:20 p.m.
when their car collided with a ve
hicle driven by Miss Mary Bush
Neely.
Williams said that Miss Neely
was attempting to make U-turn
in a no-passing zone when the col
lision occurred.
Lang was treated for lacerations
and released at St. Joseph’s Hos
pital. ,Mrs. Lang worked on cam
pus at the Network Calculator
Lab.
Miss Neely and her passenger,
Mrs. Willy Harris Altmar, were
taken by Callaway-Jones ambu
lance to Brazos Valley Hospital
in Navasota.
Miss Neely, who lives at 310 Mc-
Alpine in Navasota, was admitted
for treatment and released. Mrs.
Altmar, of the same address, was
hospitalized for observation.
Williams said no charges had
been filed at this time.
ANOTHER MADE $5,000 BET
Politician Says Referee
Took $2,500 For ‘Fix’
DALLAS —State Represen
tative Tom James said Thursday
that he had information that one
referee received a payoff of $2,500
from a gambler for his part in
“fixing” the score of a Southwest
Conference basketball game.
James, a candidate for Texas
attorney general in the coming
Democratic primary election, was
also quoted by the Dallas Morning
News from a taped-interview with
WFAA-TV, that another referee
had made a bet of $5,000 on a
game in which he officiated.
Southwest Conference basket
ball has been under investigation
for several weeks following a re
port from Ne^y York that there
had been allegations of “fixes.”
David Witts, Dallas attorney
and chief counsel for the Texas
Housd of Representatives investi
gating committee, told the News
he had no idea where James had
gotten his information.
Witts did say that the House
committee was investigating the
matter and that it had made prog
ress in recent days.
He declined to say if the com
mittee had insufficient informa
tion to call a hearing similar to
those held in “probes of vice in Jef
ferson County and Amarillo, when
he worked closely with James, who
was then vice-chairmaan of the
House investigating committee.
“A hearing can be called only
by the committee chairman,” Witts
said.
James told WFAA-TV that a
small number of officials, two or
Two Top American
Communist Caught
In Manhattan Area
NEW YORK 6T) — Two top-
ranking American Reds, Gus Hall
and Benjamin J. Davis, have
been arrested in the first crack
down on Communist party offi
cials who refuse to register the
party with the goveimment under
the Subversive Activities Control
Act.
They were allowed to go free
overnight, but were ordered to
post bail of $5,000 each today.
Hall, 51, and Davis, 58, were
arrested by U. S. marshals late
Thursday at the American Com
munist party headquarters in the
Chelsea section of Manhattan.
three, were involved in the “fix”
investigations. Asked to describe
the method in which the “fixes”
took place, James answered •
“The bookmakers approached
the referees to control the spread
of points, and in some cases the
games. The referees in turn would
receive a fee, in one instance
$2,500. In another instance a ref
eree went outside the game and
made a bet in the direction he
was going to control the game.”
James was quoted by the News
as saying his information came
“from authorities and people close
to the investigation.” He added,
“My information comes from vary
ing sources just as information
came while I was a member of the
committee ”
“I have not discussed the inves
tigation with James since he is
not now a member of this com
mittee,” Witts said. “I have no
idea where he got his information
but it didn’t come from me.”
Howard Grubbs, secretary of the
Southwest Conference, said he had
no comment on James’ statement.
“All information we have in this
matter has been turned over to
state and federal authorities,”
Grubbs said.