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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1962
Number 109
ixes Kick
Fund
Drive
CIAI NOI
aising
By RONNIE FANN
Battalion News Editor
The Association of Former Stu-
ients ( held a breakfast at the Tri-
ngle Restaurant yesterday morn-
nK to kick off their annual fund
aising; drive.
Contributing 1 speakers wer'e
President Earl Rudder, who spoke
n “Importance of the Success of
he Bold New Program of the As-
ociation of Former Students,”
lick Hervey, executive secretary
f the former student's association,
who spoke on “The Association of
I Former Students and What We are
Trying to Do,” and Richard Weir-
I us, director of the development
I fund, who spoke on “Campaigns In
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By The Associated Press
WORLD NEWS
[HAVANA — Fidel Castro, in a
[slashing anti-U. S. attack, declar
ed Tuesday that Washington was
(trying to destroy the Cuban re
volution.
Addressing ^ mammoth May
Ray rally, Castro asserted that
establishment of what he called
a proletarian revolution 90 miles
from the United States constituted
one of “the most salient and glor
ious challenges in the world.”
A A A
LONDON—The Central Treaty
Ogranization CENTO has decid-
.ed to strengthen the economy of
three of its members, Turkey,
Iran, and Pakistan, to combat
Soviet penetration.
British Foreign Secretary Lord
Home announced the decision
Tuesday night after the close of
a two-day conference of the anti-
Communist alliance. Britain is a
partner in CENTO.with the three
nations. Secretary of State Dean
Rusk attended the conference as
an observer.
U. S. NEWS
WASHINGTON — Legislation
authorizing a $32-million, five-year
program of federal aid to educa
tional television became law Tues
day with President Kennedy’s
signature.
The federal funds are to be
matched by educational institu
tions and nonprofit groups and to
be used to provide more educa
tional TV stations.
★ ★ ★
WASHINGTON — Pierre Sal
inger, White House Press sec
retary, is leaving Saturday for a
four-or-five-day visit to Russia
to discuss information problems.
He will also stop in West Ger
many and the Netherlands.
Telling of his plans Tuesday,
Salinger stressed that he was no
diplomat and would stick to his
speciality, information. He said
he has had no indication that he
would see Soviet Premier Khru
shchev.
'jV
FT. POLK, La. — The Army’s
biggest training maneuvers in the
United States this year — Ex-
ervice Iron Dragoon — began
Tuesday.
Its key participants — Texas’
49th Armored Division — rumbled
into the piney woods surrounding
Ft. Polk to prepare for a 15-day
skirmish with aggressor forces.
TEXAS NEWS
LA MARQUE — An orphaned
10-yeard-old girl and a man who
watches searchers comb Galves
ton Bay for his son are the only
known survivors of a party of
eight who went fishing Sunday
morning.
The child is Margaret Elizabeth
Smith. When she got in the 14-foot
boat she had a mother, father,
two brothers and a sister.
Now boats and . planes are
searching the bay’s choppy water
in an effort to recover the bodies
of her parents.
Other Cities and Raised Horizons
for the Futui’e.”
Campaign chairman Reagan
Brown said that “In the next few
days,, former students and fri
ends of A&M will be asked to in
vest in a bold new plan develop
ed by the Association of Former
Students. This plan is based on a
continued program of academic ex
cellence and is designed to help
A&M College.”
The eventual goal of the Associ
ation of Former Students it to
provide the-college with $1 million
in an unrestricted fund to be used
as the college sees fit. This year’s
campaign is expected to yield
$286,500.00 in unrestricted funds.
The money from this state-wide
drive will be used in many ways.
The fund for academic excellence
which includes supplements to key
faculty and staff salaries, faculty
research projects, graduate fellow
ships, faculty staff and department
improvement, and funds for the
alumni convocation, will recieve
$146,000.
The Century Study will receive
$25,000 of this, the opportunity a-
ward scholarships will receive $10,-
000, the 1962 directory achieve
ment awards will get $10,000, eight
faculty achievement awards get
$1,000 each, the college president
and dean’s emergency fund receives
$4,500, and $65,000 will go to an
expanded association program.
The Bryan-College Station drive,
launched yesterday morning, is to
be completed Friday. Members of
the Association of Former Stu
dents will be calling on former stu
dents in the area all this week to
contribute.
Brown stressed that every A&M
man is asked to make an annual
gift, of whatever amount he wish
es and feels able to give. Every
donor will receive the Texas Aggie,
the association’s newspaper, and
will have his name on the annual
honor roll, which is a list of every
contributor.
The Development Fund Drive
will be carried on in 400 cities
throughout the country. The goal
set is for at least three out of
every four men giving to the fund.
“Our aim is to provide for the
difference between what the state
can give and what is needed for a
first class institution,” Hervey
said. “This is the twentieth year of
the development fund, and we have
just scratched the surface.
The association has received re
sults from Abilene and Austin,
where the drive has already been
completed.
1,200 FFA Boys
Compete Here
Twelve hundred high school Fu
ture Farmers of America members
from 300 chapters will test their
skills in the anuual FFA State
Judging Contest here Saturday.
John Holcomb, contest chairman
and an associate professor in the
Department of Agricultural Edu
cation, said the FFA teams are
the best from the 10 FFA areas in
Texas. They were chosen in re
cent area contests.
Judging starts at 7:30 a.m. and
awards will be made at 3 p.m. in
Guion Hall. First place teams will
then compete in the National FFA
Judging Contest in October at
Kansas City, Mo., and Waterloo,
Iowa.
Holcomb said the contest at
A&M has five divisions — live
stock, dairy cattle, poultry, dairy
products and meats judging.
About 200 School of Agricul
ture students and many staff mem
bers will assist in the events. Su
pervisory staff members are Doug
Wythe, livestock; Dr. Murray
Brown, dairy cattle; Dr. Cecil Ry
an, poultry; Dr. A. V. Moore, dairy
products; and Dr. Gene King,
meats.
Requests For
MSC Rooms
Needed Soon
Requests for Memorial Student
Center guest room reservations
for football weekends and major
events weekends for next year
will be accepted all this month
according to Mrs. Mozelle Hol
land, guest room manager of
the MSC.
Only one room per family may
be reserved for each weekend.
Following the May 31st deadline,
a drawing will be held to deter
mine who will receive accomoda
tions. Notices will be mailed to
each person submitting requests
for room reservations indicating
whether or not their names were
drawn.
Requests not drawn will be
placed on a waiting list and per
sons making requests will be not
ified at least two weeks before
the event if a room becomes a-
vailable.
TMA Advisors
Established
By Directors
Establishment of a 15-member
Board of Visitors for the Texas
Maritime Academy, to be operated
by A&M, was announced here to
day.
The board will serve in an ad
visory capacity to President Earl
Rudder on matters relative to the
academy at Galveston.
Dr. W. J. Graff, dean of in
struction; Capt. John T. Everett
(USMS), designated by the US.
Maritime Administrator; and Capt.
Thurman M. Gupton (USNR), des
ignated by the Commandant,
Eight Naval District, are ex-offi
cio members.
Other members of the board, ap
pointed by the board of directors
of the A&M System, include: Capt.
Neal S. Storter, Brownsville, con
sultant to the Lykes Bros. Steam
ship Company, representing the
shipping industry; Emmett O.
Kirkham, personnel director, Todd
Shipyards Coi'p., Galveston, repre
senting the shipbuilding industry;
Russell Brierly, marine survey
or, Houston; Rear Adm. S. B. Wet-
more, USNR (Retired), Galveston;
Capt. Charles H. Glenwright, man
ager, marine department of Gulf
Oil Corp., Port Arthur; Capt. Rob
ert L. Jones, president, Masters,
Mates & Pilots Union, Galveston;
Judge Peter J. LaValle, Galves
ton County Judge; Sam D. W. Low,
US Collector of Customs, Houston
and Galveston; John A. Parker,
manager, Employee Casualty Com
pany, Galveston; J. C. Rudd, ma
rine sales engineer, Mobil Oil Com
pany, Oi’ange; Dallas Gordon
Rupe, president, Dallas Rupe &
Son, Inc., Dallas; and Capt. Wes
ley A. Walls, marine surveyor,
Corpus Christi.
A&M Band Will
Lead Buccaneer
Days Celebration
The A&M Band leaves Friday
afternoon for Corpus Christi and
an important role in the Buccaneer
Days Celebration an annual event
attended by thousands of South
Texans. This is the Band’s major
off-campus appearance of the Sp
ring Semester.
The 228-piece honor band under
the direction of Lt. Col. Edward
V. Adams will play a short pro
gram of marches and then lead the
illuminated night parade on Sat
urday night. There will be 75 other
college and high school bands in
the parade, Col. Adams said.
The program of marches will be
played in Buccaneer Stadium while
the other bands and the floats are
being assembled for the night pa
rade. The A&M Band will do a
portion of their football season
manuevers. The Band also has been
invited by the Buccaneer Commis
sion to be their guests at all events.
The Corpus Christi A&M Club is
serving as host and providing
transportation for the instruments,
Col. Adams said.
Administration Asks
Opinion Poll
ABOUT 200 TO ATTEND
Accountants Meet
For Conference
Accountants from several major
Texas cities as well as Washington
and the New York area have
roles on the program of the 15th
annual Accounting Conference
scheduled Monday and Tuesday.
Between 150 and 200 accountants
from all sections of the state are
expected to attend the conference,
which is dedicated to Thomas W.
Leland, who recently retired as
head of the Division of Business
Administration.
The major objective of the two-
day conference is to raise even
higher the standards of perform
ance and development of an even
finer degree of professional com
petence.
Speakers during the morning-
session on May 7 will include Dr.
Frank W. R. Hubert, Dean of the
School of Ai’ts and Sciences, who
will give the address on welcome
on behalf of the College, and Earle
Martin of Webb & Knapp, Inc.,
New York City.
J. Gordon Peterson, director of
personnel at Texas Aluminum
Company, Rockwall, will give the
invocation. Mi’. Peterson also will
be the speaker at the final ses
sion, the luncheon on Tuesday.
R. E. McHam of the Texas Steel
Co., Fort Worth, is the honorary
conference chairman and will pre
side as the conference opens.
“Accounting in the Year 2001”
is the topic of W. J. Hollenkamp,
who will speak during a general
session Monday afternoon. He
serves as manager of market
planning, Data Systems Divisiop,
International Business Machines,
White Plains, N. Y.
Commencement
Regalia Set
Graduation regalia for degree
candidates in the May commence
ment exercises has been announc
ed by C. E. Tishler, chairman of
the Convocations Committee.
All students who are candidates
for the degree of Doctor of Philo
sophy are required to order hoods
as well as the doctor’s cap and
gown. The hoods are to be left at
the registrar’s office no later than
1:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 22.
This is to be done by a repre
sentative of the Exchange Store
according to Tishler. The Ph.D.
hoods will not be worn in the pro
cession, since all candidates for
them will be hooded on stage as a
part of the ceremonies.
Candidates for the degree of
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine will
wear the doctor’s cap, gown, and
hood appropriate to their degree,
said Tishler.
Candidates for the master’s de
gree will wear the master’s cap and
gown.
All civilian students who are
candidates for the bachelor’s de
gree will wear the bachelor’s cap
and gown. ROTC students who are
candidates for the bachelor’s de
gree will wear the Class “A” uni
form in lieu of academic regalia,
he said. Senior boots are optional.
Tishler said that rental of caps
and gowns may be arranged with
the Exchange Store. Orders may
be placed from now until 12:00
noon Saturday, May 19. The rent
al, according to Tishler is as fol
lows:
Doctor’s cap and gown, $5.25;
Master’s cap and gown, $4.75;
Bachelor’s cap and gown, $4.25.
Hood rental is the same as that for
cap and gown. The 2% Texas
state sales tax is applicable to
these rentals, added Tishler.
Dr. Fred Horn of Arthur Young
& Co., New York City, will speak
on the subject, “How Shall We
Encourage Top Students to Become
Accouting Majors.”
Col. Marvin J. Hurley, execu
tive vice president of the Hous
ton Chamber of Commerce, will be
the principal speaker at the ban
quet Monday evening. His an
nounced topic is “Reaching for the
Moon.”
Col. Hurley will be introduced
by George Lafferty of Cheatham,
Brady, Lafferty & Co. of Hous
ton. He is the first vice chairman
for the conference.
C. W. Adams of Lake Charles,
conference chairman, will preside
at the banquet, and entertain
ment will be provided by the fam
ed Singing Cadets
Robert W. Carson
To Lecture Here
Robert W. Carson, senior editor
of the Product Engineer, McGraw-
Hill Book Co., will be the speaker
here Thursday night for another
in the Graduate Lecture Series.
He is scheduled to speak at 8
p.m. in Room 146, Physics Build
ing, on the topic of “Writing
for Technical Publications.” The
public is cordially invited to at
tend.
Carson is an engineering grad
uate of Purdue University and has
been associated with McGraw-Hill
Co. for most of his professional
career. He has written or edited
innumerable articles for McGraw-
Hill journals on technical discov
eries, advances and products.
He joined the publishing firm
after serving as an instrument de
signer in the Weston Electrical In
strument Co.
Although he has spent most of
his career in the field of techni-
cal writing, he has continued an
active role in invention, design
and manufacture of delicate in-
truments and is the holder of var
ious patents relating to electrical
micrometers.
Three
To Be
Questions
Answered
By GERRY BROWN
Battalion News Editor
The college administration requested Monday that the
student election commission conduct an informal student
opinion pool on three questions of campus interest, ace. >rd-
ing to Johnny Anthis, chairman of the election commission.
In response to this request, all A&M students will be
eligible to go to the polls Wednesday, May 9, to vote on the
following questions:
1. Would you favor coeducation at A&M?
2. Would you recommend a name change for Texas A&M
eliminating “college” and adding “university”. ?
3. Would you favor maintaining the present compulsory
two years of ROTC?
According to Malcolm Hall,
president of the A&M student
body, “The results of this
election may very well play a
significant part in influencing
the Board of Directors’ decisions
should they decide to make a
change.”
MSC Bridge
Committee Sets
Tourney Here
The MSC Bridge Committee has
announced plans for the second
annual A&M Bridge Tournament
to be held in the Memorial Stu
dent Center Saturday and Sunday.
Registration for the tournament
will be from 1-5 p.m. in the Ser
pentine Lounge.
The tournament will consist of
two sessions, one Saturday even
ing from 7:30 p.m. until about
10:30 p.m., and the other on Sun
day morning from 8 a.m. to noon,
in Rooms 2-A, B, C and D.
Saturday evening fractional
master points will be given, and
on Sunday morning full master
points and trophies will be award
ed.
Students interested in playing
in this tournament are requested
to sign up in pairs with Miss Black
in the food service department.
Registration fee is $1.50. All in
terested should sign up by Friday,
so an estimate may be taken of
the number of tables to set up.
In the A&M Tournament held
last Feb. 19, the East-West win
ners were C. P. Conner Jr., and
G. C Priddy. The North-South
winners were Gary R. Carey and
John W. Johnson.
1 Johnson and Carey were the
winning North-South team in the
Region IX Totirnament also.
A&M failed to place in the na
tional championship matches.
“Why should it not be signifi
cant?” Hall said, “I know perhaps
as well or better than anyone else
that the administration and the
Board of Directors do value stu
dent body opinion, which is indi
cated by their asking us for this
poll.”
“As far as the results are con
cerned, the outcome is anyone’s
guess,” Hall stated.
According to Anthis, the opinion
poll will be conducted through reg
ular voting procedures. Voting
machines will be placed on the
breezeway adjacent to the Bowl
ing area of the Memorial Student
Center barring inclement weather.
The student election commission
will announce the results of the
election to The Battalion, Anthis
went on to say. The results will
then be available to the students.
Students are reminded that col
lege identification cards will be
needed to vote.
Also discussed at yesterday’s
meeting of the student election
commission was a recommendation
to the Student Senate asking for
approval of a change in the pres
ent student election campaigning
regulations.
The proposed change would
eliminate all campaigning by can
didates in the MSC on the day of
the voting.
A&M Electrical Engineering Students Honored
This group of electrical engineering students
has been initiated into the Eta Kappa Nu
national honor society in recognition of their
high academic standing. Front row left to
right, Earl L. Hammerquist of Bryan; Paul
E. Gergstrom, Dallas; Larry E. Collier,
Corpus Christi; Jerry W. Mills, College Sta
tion. Middle row, left to right, Richard E.
May, Teague; J. A. Thomas, Texarkana;
Dewey R. Tipton, Jacksonville; Ernest L.
Ener, Jasper; Kenneth J. Kutac, Seguin.
Back row, left to right, Elmer E. Mooring,
Texarkana; William T. Barnhart, Temple;
John W. Hamm, Houston; Michael D.
Spense, Dallas; Salvador G. Santos, Eagle
pass. (A&M Photo)