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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1962
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Incoming Freshmen To Visit
A&M During Summer Term
Young men from across the
Lone Star State will make two-
iay visits to our campus during
;he summer with the aim of get-
ng off to a better start as col-
fege freshmen.
Several services to help the in-
bming freshmen to bridge that
crucial gap between high school
nnd college are being offered by
the college. The intensive summer
program which includes virtually
everything except registration is
more ambitious than anything
A&M has yet tried in helping a
young man to prepare for college.
Counseling and Testing Center
Director S. Auston Kerley said the
program will provide important
benefits to the young man as he
prepares to begin "one of the
most important and crucial years
of his college career.”
The summer program is design
ed to fit the needs of students, and
they may visit the campus during
any of 17 two-day periods. The
student selects the period most
convenient for him, with the period
immediately before college being
reserved for out-of-state and hard
ship cases.
Wire
Review
By The Associated Press
WORLD NEWS
LONDON — Bi’itain sided with
President Kennedy today in a dis
agreement developing- between the
United States and West Germany
on the Berlin question.
IT. S. Ambassador David Bruce
called at the Foreign Office at his
own request and conferred for half
an hour with Foreign Secretary
Lord Home.
★ ★ ★
ALGIERS — Death struck at
quarter-hour intervals among Mos
lems of Algiers for a while Tues
day in the European Secret Army
Organization’s methodical cam
paign of terrorism.
...Secret Army gunmen staged
multiple attacks in the heart of
the capital, doing most of the
shooting at point-blank range.
U. S. NEWS
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. —
The maiden flight of the long-
suffering Centaur space rocket
ended abruptly Tuesday in a shat
tering explosion nearly 30,000 feet
above the Atlantic Ocean.
The blazing blowup of the $9
million vehicle 55 seconds after it
Was launched was a severe set
back to the nation’s plan of de
veloping Centaur as a workhorse
booster to triple present U. S.
space payload capability.
Freshmen accepted for admission
to A&M are being notified by the
college of the exact dates and addi
tional details. The program will
be the same for all of the Monday
and Tuesday or Thursday and Fri
day periods, and not more than
100 students are being accepted for
any two-day period.
Much of the first day will be
devoted to testing. All entering-
students except for transfer stu
dents with 30 semester hours of
credit are required to take a bat
tery of aptitude and achievement
tests.
Many of the students likely will
gain the first objective evalua
tion of true occupational interests,
as the results of taking an interest
inventory. These and all other test
ing program results will be made
available to the young man with
suitable explanation and counsel
ing.
The interpretation of tests will
be explained to the group during
the evening of the first day, and
the next morning the young men
will meet individually with aca
demic advisors to consider personal
matters. The advisor and the young-
man, using in part the test results,
can map out an effective program
of study for the first semester of
college.
Campus life will be the subject
of- the final conference period.
This conference will include an ori
entation program on life in the
Corps of Cadets and a discussion
of the ROTC program. At this
meeting also, each freshman will
have an opportunity to determine
his ROTC service — Army or Air
Force — and then will be assigned
to a cadet unit. This conference is
scheduled to end at 3 p.m. on the
second day.
Speaker Forecasts
NASA Space Lab
Will Benefit Area
Marvin J. Hurley, of the Hous
ton Chamber of Commerce, painted
a bright picture of the economic,
cultural and educational benefits
to the entire Southwest that will
be brought by the space facility
being located in Houston.
In a speech to the 15th Annual
Accounting Conference, Hurley
told the more than 100 persons
that the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration’s space lab
will bring these benefits to the
entire Southwest:
It will make the area a leading
scientific and technological center
of the world.
Bring a concentration of scien
tific brains which will open the
way to further industrial develop
ment.
Immediately bring larger pay
rolls and an investment of millions
of dollars.
Stimulate area universities and
medicgl schools to bring about im
portant advances and growth.
Hurley said that the space effort
during the next decade should off
set to some degree the effects of
automation.
Will Coeds Help?
Arguments
For Coeds
Following are arguments pre
sented by' students, faculty and
staff members for the admission
of coeds to A&M:
• The admission of qualified
women students, both graduates
and undergraduates, would greatly
improve the academic standing of
the college.
This would especially be true in
the School of Arts and Sciences,
which only in recent years has
really begun to grow. These are
the particular fields in which wo
men would excel and make a far-
superior academic institution out
of A&M.
• Women in classrooms would
be a beneficial challenge to male
students and give them much more
(See PRO COEDS On Page 3)
Arguments
\ s. Coeds
Following are arguments pre
sented by students, faculty and
staff members against the admis
sion of coeds to A&M:
• There are no present facilities
on campus to adequately accommo
date the influx of women that
would follow a policy decision to
admit female students.
This past autumn, many students
were living three-to-a-room in
dormitories all over campus. What
provisions would be made to house
women students ?
Also classroom buildings are
moi-e than adequately filled, with
many sections closed at the begin
ning of each semester because they
are too full. What would the sit
uation become if women students
(See ANTI COEDS On Page 3)
Annual Aggie Rodeo
Opens Thursday At 8
ANNOUNCED AT BANQUET
Seniors To Give
$2,422 To Fund
Some 75 per cent of the 1962
senior class pledged to give approx
imately $2,422 to the A&M De
velopment Fund at the annual Sen
ior Class Banquet, sponsored by
the Association of Former Stu
dents, at Sbisa Annex Tuesday
night.
John S. Waddell Jr., class presi
dent, presented a certificate to
President Earl Rudder on behalf
of the senior class. The certificate
read in part:
“This certificate is presented to
you, President Rudder, as evidence
of the loyality and interest our
class holds for the college, and in
appreciation for what it has done
for us.”
“In behalf of all my classmates,
I am pleased to present this certi
ficate to you.” (Signed) John S.
Waddell Jr., President, Class of
1962, Texas A&M.
Banquet speaker was John A.
(Jack) Crichton, ’37, president of
Oil and Gas Property Management,
Inc., Dallas. Crichton was present
ed an Association of Former Stu
dents “Maroon Citation” by Rud
der for 20 years of consecutive
giving to the Development Fund.
Crichton urged the graduating
seniors to “be • tops in whatever
field you select.”
“Mediocrity is not tolerated in
today’s highly competitive business
world; the mediocx-e will fall by
the wayside,” he said.
He also urged the graduates to
(See BANQUET on Page 3)
JOHN IMLE
. Engineer editor
LARRY SMITH
summer ‘Batt’ editor
Smith To Edit Summer Batt,
Imle Will Be Engineer Editor
Larry B. Smith, ’62 journalism
major from Brady, and John Imle,
’62 engineering major, have been
appointed as editors of the sum
mer Battalion and next year’s
“Engineer” respectively. The ap
pointments were confirmed by the
Student Publications Board last
week.
Century Council
To Hold Fourth
Work Session
The Century Council of A&M
will meet for the fourth time
Thursday and Friday for another
work session on the future of the
college.
Registration will begin at 10
a.m. Thursday, followed by the
general session at 1:30 p.m. in the
Memorial Student Center.
Later Thursday, the council will
meet in smaller work groups to
examine the first draft of their
year-long study of projected needs
of the college during the next 15
years.
Presentation of amendments and
revisions to the report will be
presented in general assembly Fri
day" morning. The group will ad
journ following approval of the
revised report.
After the meeting, a revised copy
of the recommendations will be
prepared and distributed for final
approval by council members be
fore being given to the board.
A response will be made by the
board at a special convocation of
former students and guests of the
college in November. Another part
of the overall Century Study re
port given to the board is the Fa
culty - Staff - Student Aspirations
Study, which was completed earlier.
Smith, 21, served The Battalion
as sports editor during* this year
and assistant sports editor last
year.
He is scheduled to graduate at
the end of the summer tei’m.
Imle, 21, is now the commander
of Company G-l, and a distinguish
ed military student. He is a mem
ber of the Ross Volunteer Company
and a participant of the Army
flight training program.
From San Antonio, Imle has
named Gary BaLser, David An
derson and Buddy Luther to his
staff. He is the president of the
petroleum engineering club for next
year and a member of the student
engineer’s council.
106 Competing
From 15 Schools
The 13th annual NIRA Aggie Rodeo "will be the largest
intercollegiate show in the southern region this season. The
show will get underway at 8 p. m. Thursday with the first
of three performances to be held in the Aggie Rodeo Arena.
The Aggie Rodeo Team and the McNeese State team
will go into the rodeo competing for the right to go to the
National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association finals in Denver,
Colo, this summer. The two top teams from this region will
travel to Denver, and Sam Houston State of Huntsville has
virtually clinched one of the berths.
One hundred six contestants from 15 Southwest colleges
and universities will compete for both team and individual
f awards totaling more than
Cushing Open
Until Midnight
During Finals
Cushing Memorial Library will
remain open until midnight dur
ing dead and final weeks to pro
vide air-conditioned student study
facilities, according to Robert A.
Houze, library director.
This service first began during
the fall semester as an experi
ment which proved successful de
spite cold January weather.
The second floor main loan desk,
the reserve and required reading
room and the periodical desk will
be manned by skeleton staffs each
night. Although the reference and
documents rooms will remain open,
reference service will cease at 10
p.m.
Schedule for the two-week period
will be 8 a.m.-midnight May 21-
June 1 except the included Sunday
when the library will be open from
1 p.m. to midnight. On Saturday,
June 2, the last day of finals, the
library will be open from 8 a.m.
to noon.
“For all practical purposes, the
library will become a study hall
from 10 p.m. until midnight dur
ing the exam period.
“No reference or documents serv
ice will be given after the regular
closing time, but limited service
will be available at the circulation,
periodical and reserve desks,”
stated Houze.
MeetingOfElection
Commission Wed.
A meeting of the election com
mission will be held in Room 3-B
of the MSC at 7:30 p.m. Wednes
day, The special meeting was called
by John Anthis, ‘president of the
commission.
What’s
Arguments
For Change
In Name?
Arguments
Vs. Change
Following are arguments pre
sented by students, faculty and
staff members to change the name
of A&M to incorporate the word
“university:”
• Webster’s defines “university”
as an institution organized for
teaching and study in the higher
branches of learning, and empow
ered to confer degrees in special
departments.
A&M, with four degree-granting
schools, ranks as a university with
this definition. Also many of
A&M’s degrees, especially in agri
culture and veterinary medicine,
are truly special degrees. In ad
dition, many institutions that are
inferior or equal to A&M bear the
(See PRO CHANGE On Page 3)
Following are arguments by stu
dents, faculty and staff members
for retaining the word “college”
in A&M’s title:
• Costs of making the change
from college to university would
be astronomical and not worth
any benefits the school might re
ceive from the change.
All school signs, insignia and
markers would have to be changed,
in addition to monuments, official
papers, stationary and numerous
other items.
The cost of changing the word
ing on the large markers at the
east gate on Highway 6 alone
would most likely run into hun
dreds of dollars. The total cost
(See ANTI CHANGE On Page 3)
more
$700. Individual honors will
include saddles - for the all
round cowboy and all-around
cowgirl. Trophies will be
given to champion teams and belt
buckles to individual champions of
each event.
Among the more than 100 con
testants will be Royce Rogers and
Karen Bland, both of Sam Houston
State. Rogers is a two-time winner
of the all-round cowboy award and
Miss Bland is a two-time winner
of the all-round cowgirl honors.
Events to be featured will in
clude bareback bronc riding, sad
dle bronc riding, tie-down calf rop
ing, ribbon roping-, steer wrestling
and bull riding for men. Women
participants will compete in barrel
racing and a goat tie-down.
The Aggie team will be repre
sented this week by Keith Kidwell,
Brazos Varisco, Lynn Turner, Bub-
ha Wingate, Everett Farthing and
Bobby Rudasill. Jay Jones and Ed
die Farris will be the alternates for
the Aggie team. At least 30 other
Aggies are registered to compete
independently for individual honors.
Other schools'to be represented
in this year’s rodeo other than
A&M, Sam Houston (State and Mc
Neese State are East Texas State
College, Stephen F. Austin, Tarle-
ton State College, Arlington State
College, Southwest Texas Junior
College, Texas A&I, Wharton
Junior Colleg-e, Pan American Jun
ior College, Kilgore Junior College,
Texas University, Texas Christian
University and Southwest Texas
State College.
Aggie Follies
Scheduled For
This Weekend
“Bring your mother,” said Bill
Hite, master of ceremonies, “to the
1962 ‘Aggie Follies’ and enter
tain her with an earth-shaking
dramatic opus and other outstand
ing presentations.
Beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Guion
Hall Friday and Saturday, the
Follies will open with singers, ac
tors (in true Shakespearean style)
arid comedians and will be a fun-
filled evening for all who attend,
Hite said. Admission is 75 cents.
Featured acts will be singer Bet
ty Moore, Hugh Majors and his
Jug Blowers, picking and singing
in old-time Western style, the Way
farers (three lost Aggies) and a
demonstration of athletic prowess
on a trampolin.
Hite, portraying Col. Frickette,
a middle-aged, circus barking, lina-
ment-peddling colonel, will lead the
world premier of “Twillie’s Little
Acre,” or “Rock-A-Bye Baby,” an
original rpelodrama written especi
ally for the Guion Hall stage.
In the cast of the one-act play
will be Ruth Simmons, as Fluffie
Truemose; Brit Jones, Widow True-
some; Hite, Twillie Tumbleweed;
Jan Jones, Arch Homstead, a vill
ain; Ester Hord, Carrie Gussip;
Reggie Lundergon, Flossie Fluss
Vilgard; and Richard Metz as Dan
Vilgard, another villain.