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Battalion COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1962 Number 113 :v \:/ - Ill ■ Slll|#lli> ubbed ti in pri»i Hundreii id in col an Anw bes le Porto- ficans i» i himself charges, UYI5 iSUE KM SALE liiiiiiiii AGGIE RIDER JERRY MOORE ... to represent A&M in rodeo 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.