Best Elected Student Body President
The Battalion
Volume 60
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1962
Number 111
Aggie Wives
Aid Charity
Four Aggie wives will raise
funds to help the United Cerebral
Palsy Association. Chairman of
the group is Mrs. Nikki Badger.
Other volunteers are Mrs. Sherry
Adams, Mrs. Norie Bowman and
Mrs. Pat Patterson.
The Aggie Wives Association is
sponsoring a “Mother’s Day Talk
ing Card” which is a 33% speed
phonograph record with a mailing
envelope, on which Jane Pickens
narrates a story' titled “What
Mother Is.”
Volunteers will mail the card for
arrival the day before Mother’s
Day.
Donations go to support the
Cerebral Palsy Research Program
as well as to aid victims of the
disease.
Annual Blood Drive
To Start Tuesday
Wire
Review
By The Associated Press
WORLD NEWS
ATHENS, Greece — Leaders of
the North Atlantic Treaty Organ
ization launched a cold war strat
egy review Thursday with opti
mistic talk on the Berlin question
and businesslike consideration of
arms problems.
U.S. Secretary of State Dean
Rusk and West German Foreign
Minister Gerhard Schroeder suc
cessfully threshed out their views
on Berlin at a 2%-hour luncheon.
★ ★ ★
TOKYO — Two crowded com
muter trains and a freight piled
up in a grinding double wreck
Thursday, turning the end of a
mild spring holiday into a night
marish bedlam of blood, screams
and tangled wreckage.
Police said Friday 146 persons
were dead and 106 injured in
Japan’s second worst train trag
edy since World War II.
No Americans or Westerners .
were reported among the dead.
U.S. NEWS
WASHINGTON — A 65-year-old
Texas woman charged Thursday
she was cashiered out of the Peace
Corps for refusing to run a mile
before breakfast, do push-ups, and
learn to swim with her feet tied
together.
Peace Corps officials said they
were positive that Mrs. Janie
Fletcher was not asked to per
form these feats, but they were
checking to find out just what did
happen at the field training cen
ter in Puerto Rico.
Wins New Orleans Trip
Rufus Lyne, right, sophomore business administration
major from George West, is congratulated by Harrel Sallis,
manager of the Varsity Shop, on winning the trip to New
Orleans which the shop was sponsoring. They will fly in
the Cessna pictured behind them on Saturday and will re
turn Sunday.
FOLLOWS COMMISSION RULING
Senate Approves
Campaign Curbs
Members of the Student Senate
Thursday night approved unani
mously an election commission pro
posal that campaign activities be
forbidden in the Memorial Student
Center and on the MSC grounds
during the day of a campus elec
tion.
The approval came on the heels
of three election commission rul
ings adopted at a meeting May 1.
The ruling concerning MSC cam
paigning procedures was the only
one that required Senate approval.
Other rulings stated .that no
campaign posters can be posted in
classrooms or the Academic Build
ing and that names of candidates
will not be revealed before ap
proval comes from the Registrar’s
Office.
Senators were also told Thurs
day that a plan to form an associ
ation of hometown club presidents
has failed. According to public
relations committee chairman Jim
my Carter, no responses were re
ceived to preliminary plans to form
the group. Hometown recruiting
of top high school students was
the proposed plan of the organiza
tion.
Carter also announced that his
committee has submitted its recom
mendation for the annual Senate
faculty-achievement award. The
11 BEAUTIES NAMED
’62 Vanity Fair
Finalists Selected
The announcement of finalists
in the selection of Vanity Fair has
been made by the staff of the
Aggieland.
They are: Miss Judy Smith of
Fort Worth, nominated by Thad
Crooks; Miss Sandra Powell of
Huntsville, nominated by Lloyd M.
Stafford; Mrs. Carolyn Stephen
son of Lubbock, nominated by Sid
F. Stephenson; Miss Sharon Silk
of Dallas, nominated by Kent G.
Fish Drill Team
Awarded 2nd Place
The Freshman Drill Team, com
manded by Jack Schmid, ’65, re
turned from the San Antonio
Fiesta Flambeau Parade with the
second place “Silver Award” for
precision marching units.
Edging the Fish out of first
place and the “Gold Award” by
one-half point were “Sam Houston
Rifles” of Arlington State College.
Ellis; Miss Anita Jean Franklin of
Denton, nominated by Malcolm
Hall; Miss Patsy Lawson of La
redo, nominated by Johnny Mar
tinez.
Mrs. Sydney Gillis of College
Station, nominated by Thomas
Gillis; Miss Martha Eileen Martin
of Fort Worth, nominated by
Robert T. Sweatman; Miss Patty
Huston of Austin, nominated by
John W. Hamm; Mrs. Lonieta
Jerry C. Poradek; Miss Betty
Poradek of Bryan, nominated by
Burnett of Pasadena, nominated
by Dale Hatinger.
Pictures of candidates not chosen
as finalists may be picked up be
ginning Monday morning at the
Student Publications Office.
A meeting of all escorts of
finalists will be held next Thurs
day in the Aggieland office at
7:30 p.m.
Final selections for Vanity Fair
will be made at the Student Publi
cations Banquet to be held May 18.
winner will be announced in the
near future.
Members also heard results of
a year-long traffic study con
ducted by an especially-appointed
committee. Committee spokesman
L. Gabriel Navar said Thursday
that the group has recommended
the following proposals to the col
lege executive committee:
1. That students be given an
option of registering- autos for
either a full nine-month term or
one semester.
2. That parking lots be paved
east of G. Rollie White Coliseum,
near the east dormitory area and
that repairs be initiated in several
other lots.
Biomedical
Talk Scheduled
Dr. Don D. Flickinger, bio
medical consultant from Washing
ton, D. C., will discuss biomedical
research and orbital flight here
Monday.
He will lecture to faculty and
students on recent progress and
future problems in space bio
medicine at 8 p.m. in the Biological
Sciences lecture room. Earlier he
will meet with the aerospace engi
neering class in the School of
Engineering.
Since his retirement in August
1961 as commanding- general, Air
Force Systems Command for Bio
astronautics, Dr. Flickinger has
been an independent consultant in
biomedical research primarily ori
entated to problems of manned
space flight.
He is currently performing serv
ices in this capacity to government,
academic, and industrial research
groups.
‘Mother Of Year 9
Deadline Monday
Application for Aggie Mother
of the Year, to be announced
prior to Mother’s Day, are now
being accepted by the Student
Senate public relations com
mittee.
Requirements are that a stu
dent must be enrolled and that
his mother must be able to be
present Mother’s Day. The
mother must also have made a
sacrifice.
Applications may be mailed to
Box 5746 or submitted to Stu
dent Programs Advisor W. D.
Hardesty by Monday.
The annual Aggie Blood Drive
will begin with the registration of
donors Tuesday and Wednesday in
the booth next to the gift shop in
the Memorial Student Center, ac
cording to Johnny Anthis, chair
man of the Student Welfare Com
mittee.
Scientist Slates
Two Zoology
Lectures Here
Dr Alfred S. Romer of Harvard
College, internationaly known pa
leontologist and president of the
National Academy of Sciences, will
make two talks here next week.
His first address will be at the
Sigma Xi Chapter Banquet at 7
p.m Wednesday, in the Memorial
Student Center Ballroom. Sigma
Xi is an honorary research fra
ternity.
Dr. Richard Baldauf, president
of the A&M chapter and associate
president in the Department of
Wildlife Management, said Romer
will talk on “Early Evolution of
Land Vertebrates.” The meeting
is for Sigma Xi members only.
The scientist’s second talk will
be a graduate lecture at 8 p.m.
Thursday in the Biological Sciences
Building Lecture Room. The pub
lic is invited. He will discuss “The
Dual Nature of Vertebrates.”
Dr. Wayne C. Hall, dean of grad
uate studies here, said Romer is
an Alexander Agassiz Professor of
Zoology at Harvard College. The
paleontologist is currently collect
ing fossils in Texas, where he has
done outstanding work in the past.
Born at White Plains, New York,
Dr. Romer holds the A.B. degree
from Amherst College. He earned
his doctorate at Columbia Univer
sity, and was awarded an honor
ary degi-ee from Harvard Univer
sity in 1949.
He was an instructor of anat
omy, Bellevue Medical College
(New York University) 1921-23,
and a member of the Department
of Comparative Anatomy, Ameri
can Museum of Natural History;
associate professor of vertebrate
paleontology, University of Chi
cago, 1923-31, and professor of
vertebrate paleontology there from
1931-34; professor of zoology and
curater of vertebrate paleontology,
Harvard University, since 1934;
director of the Museum of Com
parative Zoology, 1946-60, and
Alexander Agassiz Professor of
Zoology since 1947.
Romer has received many honors
and awards, including the Mary
Clark Thompson Medal of the Na
tional Academy of Sciences for
1954.
He is currently president of the
National Academy of Sciences,
which is sponsoring the 16th Inter
national Congress of Zoology to be
held next year in Washington,
D.C.
Teachers Need
Local Housing
High school and college teachers
from throughout Texas and the
nation will be seeking summer
housing in the Bryan-College Sta
tion area when they attend special
science institutes here in June,
July and August.
Coleman Loyd, National Science
Foundation coordinator, said many
of the teachers will want to sub
lease or rent furnished houses or
large apartments for six, nine or
'.2 week periods during the sum
mer.
Pefsons interested in sub-leasing
or renting houses or apartments
to NSF summer institute partici
pants are asked to contact Loyd
by calling Victor 6-4488.
“This year for the first time we
are starting a blood bank among
the students that will allow them
to draw blood whenever and where-
ever needed,” he said. “Persons
who are donors will get a card
allowing them to draw out this
blood,” he added.
The blood bank will resemble an
ordinary bank, in that card hold
ers can get blood from it even
when they are out of the state.
The holder of the blood will be
the Wadley Research Center, which
will receive all unused blood at
the end of the year to be used for
leukemia research.
This- program will be conducted
on a year to year basis. Donors
and their immediate families will
have first choice on the blood, but
nondonors may receive it upon
approval of the Welfare Com
mittee.
All students are eligible for this
program, even graduating seniors.
The drive will be held in the Lower
Level of the MSC on May 10. Beds
from the college hospital will be
set up, and nurses from the Wad-
ley Center will conduct the drive.
Students are reminded that do
nating blood is completely painless
and that it only takes a few
minutes. When the donor gives his
blood, he will receive his card
which is good anywhere in the
United States for one year.
Wadley belongs to a national
blood association, which allows it
to draw blood from anywhere in
the country, and blood drawn from
another bank will be replaced by
Wadley.
“We urge all Aggies to take ad
vantage of the program,” com
mented Anthis. “Normally blood
costs $25 to $30 a pint, but by
using this plan, Aggies can get it
free.”
Final Installment
Deadline May 10
The last installment of the
spring semester is now payable
in the Fiscal Office, with the
deadline for payment next
Thursday. Amount of the pay
ment is $49.69.
Greene To Be
Vice .President
By DAN LOUIS JR.
Battalion News Editor
Sheldon J. Best was elected student body president for
the school year 1962-63. A total of 1,314 students came to the
polls to select officers of the Student Senate and a civilian yell
leader. There were 27 students filed for positions in the Stu
dent Senate’s eight offices, and one filed for civilian yell
leader.
The offices were filled with the selection of Patrick K.
Green, vice -president; James W. Carter, parliamentarian;
Thomas R. Arnold, recording secretary; Douglas G. Hotch
kiss, student issues chairman; Joel B. Terrill, public relations
chairman; Jerry E. Vion, student life chairman; and William.
K. Stanton, student welfare chairman. Robert E. Anderson
was unopposed in the polling
for civilian yell leader.
The vote totals for positions
were:
President: Sheldon Best,
535; Fred K. Blackard, 391; Wil
liam T. Barnhart, 264; James H.
Magers, 124. s ‘
Vice-president: Patrick R.
Greene, 350; Gregory H. Laughlin,
310; Louis W. Zaeske, 287; Shel
burne J. Veselka, 192; Byrom T.
Wehner, 93.
Recording secretary: Thomas R.
Arnold, 422; Donald R. Warren,
234; Terry Finkbiner, 213; Michael
L. Feighny, 171; Cecil M. Bourne,
85.
Student welfare committee chair
man: William K. Stanton, 506;
Gary L. Balser, 444; Robert M.
Denney, 313.
Parliamentarian: James W. Car
ter, 624; Jimmie L. Bratton, 517.
Student issues chairman: Doug
las G. Hotchkiss, 620; George J.
Stengel, 561.
Public relations chairman: Joel
B. Terrill, 556; Michael L. Lutich,
492; Thomas E. Land, 204.
Student life chairman: Jerry E.
Vion, 596; Raimundo Riojas, 344;
Minor Peeples III, 275.
The new student body president
is a Squadron I junior. Best is
a history major from Miami, Fla.
Best described future plans for
the Senate: “I’ll put it the same
way I did while I was campaign
ing. I want to represent the entire
student body, military and civilian
students alike. 1 am proud of the
opportunity to represent A&M and
the students of A&M.”
Greene, the new vice-president,
a sophomore, is a member of Com
pany A-l. Greene’s hometown is
Corpus Christi.
Malcolm Hall, outgoing presi
dent announced that the new offi
cers will take over their duties at
the last Student Senate meeting
of this year.
“I am very pleased with the re
sults of the election and I think
the students made their selections
wisely,” Hall said. “If the new
officers get the same cooperation
we got this year, I think they will
have a fine Senate. I believe Shel
don Best will make a very fine
Student Body president.”
SHELDON BEST
. to head student body
PATRICK GREENE
. . Senate vice president
Crippled Children’s
Clinic Plans Set
Final arrangements have been
completed for the eighteenth an
nual Crippled Childrens Clinic
sponsored by the Brazos County
Society for Crippled Children, the
College Station Kiwanis Club and
the Brazos Valley Shrine Club.
The Clinic will be held at the
A&M Presbyterian Church in Col
lege Station, Monday from 8 a.m.
to 12 noon. Minors should be ac
companied by parents or guardian.
There will be no charge for serv
ices.
Three physicians will be sent by
the Texas Department of Health.
They are: Dr. J. B. Lynch and
Dr. W. J. Jinkins, both from Gal-
Aggie Sky Divers
To Give Exhibition
The Texas Aggie Sky Divers
will give an exhibition jump at
the second annual Bryan Sports
Show Saturday and Sunday at 2
p.m. and 5 p.m. The show will be
held at the National Guard Ar
mory.
The Sky Divers' will jump from
12,500 feet with 60-second delays
according to Tom Carpenter, pres
ident of the group. There will be
two loads of three jumpers with
each jumper cai'rying a red smoke
bomb.
veston and Dr. R. K. Gassier,
Waco. Imogene Smith, state
health department nurse, will also
be present. She will be assisted
by the Brazos County Health Unit.
Local people serving are: How
ard L. Gravett, general chairman;
Maurice C. Futrell, assistant chair
man; Luther Jones and Jack Sloan,
equipment committee; Jack Sloan,
photographer and Charles F.
Richardson, transportation com
mittee.
The Women.’s Missionary Society
of the 1st Baptist Church of Col
lege Station and the Women’s
Missionary Society of the 1st
Baptist Church of Bryan will pro
vide lunch for clinical workers and
patients.
Members of the College Station
Kiwanis Club and the Brazos
Valley Shrine Club are handling
building preparations. George W.
Schlesselman is providing drinks.
Last year 172 cases appeared at
the clinic. Eighty-three of these
were from Brazos County, while
the remainder of the cases were
from 18 neighboring counties.
According to clinic officials, the
services are available to under
privileged deformed children, crip
pled by disease, buims or congeni
tal cause. The attending physi-
Mans will represent the fields of
orthopedic medicine and plastic
surgery.
Aggie Follies
Set One Week
Away In Guion
The annual “Aggie Follies,” fea
turing 11 special entertainment
acts and an original melodrama,
will be presented by the Aggie
Players next Friday and Saturday
nights in Guion Hall.
Booked under the title, “Twil-
lie’s Little Acre” or “Rock-A-Bye
Baby,” the dramatic production,
written by members of the Players,
will be a 30-minute, one-act play.
Cast of the melodrama will, con
sist of a hero, Twillie Tumbleweed,
who is a helper on a small farm;
a heroine, Fluffie Tmesome, the
daughter of Widow Ti-uesome who
owns - the farm; a villain called
Vilgard; his spouse, Flossie Fluss
and the landowner, Arch Home
stead, who owns the deed to the
farm.
The play will unfold in this man
ner: Fluffie Truesqme, young,
sweet, innocent, goes to the Big
City. There she meets Vilgard,
g'ood-looking, evil, who asks her
to marry him.
At first she consents, but then
refuses when she discovers that
he already has a wife. Running
home to mother, she is followed
by Vilgard, who in turn is followed
by Flossie, his “faithful” wife.
At the farm, Flossie conspires
with Fhiffie to acquire Vilgard for
herself and, of course, Arch Home
stead is closing- down the farm un
less Widow Truesome can pay the
mortgage. In all this confusion,
in steps Twillie.
Campus Security
Collects $44,000
Fred Hickman, chief of campus
security, announced that approxi
mately $44,000 was paid by Ag
gies and college employeesi for
parking permits and traffic viola
tions on the A&M campus since
Sept. 1, 1961.
Hickman said these funds are
used by the college for improve
ment and maintenance of parking
facilities.