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UwB! SZStr*!* mwis^mssam m 5 and w ited Joli Students Vote 6 Yes’ To Name Change, oeds; Favor Non-Compulsory Corps wis teas 'oe event) mil Keii (Jeffe. soph effersoijj es matdi. m willle Ji SOphfr one Ti The Battalion COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1962 Number 114 _\£gie Mother: Mrs. Lottie Neumann MRS. DOTTIE NEUMANN ... Aggie Mother of the Year Wire Review By The Associated Press Estes Case Set In College Station WASHINGTON — William P. Mattox, vice chairman of the Reeves County Agriculture Stabili zation and Conservation Service ASC Committee, has been sus pended as an outgrowth of the Billie Sol Estes case, authorities announced Wednesday. Mattox, a Pecos farmer, said lie understood his suspension was ordered by Washington Agricul ture Department officials. Mattox figured in the Estes case because of testimony that Estes once asked that Mattox be appointed to the state ASC Com mittee. Mattox said he was turned down by the office of Vice President Lyndon Johnson for geographical reasons. He said he did not ask Estes to recommend him. W. Lewis David, state execu tive director of ASC, and his as sistant, Jack Bradshaw, stressed that the suspension was not an ouster and was pending a hearing on the ease. They said the state committee ordered the suspension and informed Washington authori ties of its action. David read a formal statement from the ASC Committee saying the suspension came after pub lished reports that Mattox accept ed an airplane trip and hotel ac commodations in Washington from Estes last January. Mattox’ committee approved transfers of cotton allotments to Estes’ land from acreage put out of farming by new lakes and the like. Mattox said the approval was given according to ASC rules in such cases. Mattox said the state ASC Com mittee will hear 'the case May 22 in College Station. The suits against Superior Man ufacturing in Amarillo were brought by Walter E. Heller and Co. of Chicago and Pacific Fi nance Co., Los Angeles. Heller, a lending company, filed 32 suits asking more than $3.5 million, and Pacific Finance filed 19 asking nearly $2 million. CIT Corp., New York, another lending firm, asked $137,610 for default in payments on equipment against Gerron S. Wheeler of Hereford. Testimony has shown that Estes and Superior persuaded farmers to sign mortgages for fertilizer tanks and agreed to lease the tanks from the persons signing the mortgages. The FBI claims the tanks do not exist. The mort gages were sold to numerous fi nance companies. Sacrificing Mother Will Be Honored This Weekend Each May the mother of an Aggie is selected to represent and honor the mothers of all Aggies everywhere and to serve as a symbol to the sacrifices which mothers down through the years have made for their sons. This annual commemoration has a special significance for Donald B. Neumann. ’63, because this year his mother, Mrs. Lottie Neumann, was chosen to be the Aggies Mother of the Year. The selection came as a result of a letter in which Neu mann began by saying, “I feel that my mother is qualified for the position as the Aggie Mother of the Year because of her enduring unselfishness in rearing myself and my three ★ ★ ★ A&M Mothers Clubs To Hold Annual Meeting Presidents of local clubs over the state will meet with the Exec utive Board of the Federation of A&M Mothers Clubs Friday at 2 p.m. in the Birch Room of the MSG. Elected delegates frdm the local clubs are also expected at the an nual meeting of the federation Saturday at 9:30 a.m. in the MSC Ballroom. Coffee will be served before the meeting to all delegates and visiting mothers by the Bia- zog County Mothers Club, begin ning at 8:40 in Room 2-A. Highlight of the program for the meeting will be special music by the Singing Cadets. Frank W. R. Hubert, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, will be the guest speaker. The 1962-63 officers of the fed eration will be elected and in stalled. The meeting will conclude 33 years of service to A&M students and to the college by the federa tion. brothers. And even though we often gave her cause to worry she never failed in her under standing and devotion to her family.” Mrs. Neumann, who attended Sam Houston State Teachers Col lege and taught school for eight years before marrying B. A. Neu mann, is now a housewife on a farm near Chilton, Tex. In addi tion to her dedication to her fam ily, she has been prominent in the activities of the community in which they were brought up. “Mother has taught Sunday school for over 20 years and has been very active as an adult 4-H Club leader. At one time she was elected Falls County 4-H Club adult leader. Last year she was named Area VIII Soil Conserva tion Homemaker of the Year.” Of her three sons, two of them are Aggies. They include Thomas W. Neumann, ’59, who is an Army 1st Lieutenant presently stationed at Fort Hood, and Donald B. Neu mann, ’63, who is now majoring in education and psychology. Her oldest son, Bernhard Neumann Jr., studied at Tarleton State College for two years and is presently en gaged in farming near his parents farm. Mrs. Neumann’s youngest son was speaking on behalf of his brothers when he wrote, “The rea son I would, like for my mother to receive this honor is that I want in some way to repay her for her continuous love and sacrifice to we three sons.” Two Aggies Chosen For Undergraduate Research Study Russell J. Christie and Billy R. Irish have been selected to par ticipate in an undergraduate re search program supported by a National Science Foundation grant, according to Dr. Richard J. Bal- dauf. Baldauf, associate professor of the Department of Wildlife Man agement, will direct the research program to be held this summer. Irish is a senior wildlife manage ment student from Temple. Chris tie is a junior pre-veterinary med icine major from Tulsa, Okla. NSF approved the research on the basis of similar programs di rected by Baldauf in the summers of 1960 and 1961. Several manu scripts on the results of the pre vious programs are now being pub lished. The study will involve the prep aration of tissue serial sections and illustrated descriptions of the cranial anatomy of frogs belong ing to the family Leptodactylidae. This family includes forms from Africa, South America and Aus tralia. This summer’s project stems from work carried on for the past 10 years by Baldauf and currently supported by a $17,000 grant from NSF. Senate School Elections Get Many Filings Filing for Student Senate School Elections, to be held next Thurs day, will close Thursday, at 5 p.m., according to W. D. (Pete) Hardes ty, director of the Student Pro grams Committee. Representatives from the Class es of 1963, ’64 and ’65 and five election commission members from each class will be elected to the Student Senate. As of 5 p.m. Wednesday, 15 from the Class of ’65 had filed to represent their class on the elec tion commission. Eight had filed for Class of ’64 representatives on the commission. Three had filed for the position from the Class of ’63. Four persons had filed for Class of ’65 representative from the School of Arts and Sciences. Only one had filed to represent the school from the Class of ’64, and two had filed from the Class of ’64. The School of Engineering had four filings for Class of ’65 rep resentative, two from the Class of ’64 and two from the Class of ’63. The School of Agriculture had one filing for Class of ’65 repre sentative, and three for the Class of ’63 representative. One filing had been made from the School of Veterinary Medicine for Class of ’65 representative, and two from the Class of ’64. Four had filed from that school for Class of ’63 representative. 48.2 Per Cent Cast Poll Votes By RONNIE BOOKMAN Battalion Managing Editor In informal balloting yesterday Aggies narrowly voted to admit girls to A&M, change the school’s name to include the word “university” and to make membership in the Corps of Cadets noncompulsory. Election commission chairman John Anthis said 3,435 students voted in the special poll. With 6,925 students of ficially enrolled for the spring semester, this amounts to al most 48.2 per cent. Here is the breakdown on the individual questions: 1. Would you favor co-education at Texas A&M Yes— 1,748; No—1,599. 2. Would you recommend a name change for Texas A&M eliminating “college” and add-"* Wet Signbearer Charles D. “Spike” Freeman, ’63 from Seagoville, wipes some of the water from his face immediately after being “drowned out” by four Corps freshmen for urging students to vote in yesterday’s elections. The freshmen thoughtfully dropped the towel he was using. Freeman was standing in front of the Memorial Student Center when the sousing occurred. (Photo by Bob Mitchell) Army Plans ROTC Program Revisions The Army has submitted a plan to the Department of Defense which provides for significant changes in its ROTC college pro gram. Essentially military schools and colleges, such as A&M, will be exempt from the enrollment re striction, becaus of their partic ular status and requirements, it was annouqced, however. The new program calls for a two-year program, with a four- week basic training summer' camp session between the sophomore and junior years of college and eight-week advance training sum mer camp between the junior and senior years. The present senior division ROTC program requires a four- year stint made up of a two-year basic course, and an advanced course for the final two years of study, plus a six-week summer camp held between the junior and senior years. Adoption of a two-year ROTC program does not necessarily mean elimination of all four-year programs currently being followed, it was announced, and those insti tutions which desire to do so on a required or elective basis, may maintain their four-year course with authorization from the Army. Identical programs of instruc tion will be followed in both the two-year and four-year ROTC pro grams, but most subjects now cov ered in the first half of the four- year program will be taught in the Dean Aids Girl In Search For ‘Tink 9 Dean of Students James P. Hannigan has asked that a stu dent whose nickname is “Tink” come to his office and claim a letter for him written by a girl whom he probably met in Las Vegas, Nev., last summer. four-week basic training period in the summer preceding the junior year. The revision is necessary, an nounced the Army, due to a chang ing pattern for higher education and the anticipated increase in col lege enrollment. The Army has also announced that enrollment in the MS 1 fresh man ROTC program will be lim ited to 84,500 for the 1962-63 aca demic year. MS 1 enrollment for 196D62 was 98,869, and, the Army anticipates about 106,000 applica tions this fall. Accordingly, some restrictive measures will be taken to keep within the imposed limit. inj» “university”? Yes—1,943; No—1,395. 3. Would you favor main- I taining the present compul- sory two years of ROTC? Yes— ' • 1,444; No—1,892. A more detailed analysis re- leased by President Earl Rudder showed that on the co-education question 699 corps students and 1,049 civilian students voted yes, while 1,290 corps students and 309 civilian students voted no. On the name change issue 925 corps students and 1,018 civilian students voted yes, with 1,062 corps and 333 civilian students voting- no. For retaining the compulsory two years of ROTC, 1,133 corps students and 311 civilian students voted yes and 861 corps students and 1,031 civilian students voted no. The c o 11 e g e administration called for the informal poll on the three questions May 2. Anthis said the questions were worded exactly as they had been received from college officials. Many students had voiced com plaints concerning the wording of the third question on compulsory ROTC. Tempers flared occasionally dur ing the day of voting-, especially between civilian students and members of the corps who seemed more-or-Iess aligned on different sides of the issues. Charles D. “Spike” Freeman, ’63 from Seagoville, a civilian physics-English major was an ac tive campaigner for civilian stu dents to get out and vote.. He was “drowned out” by four corps freshmen who threw two waste baskets of water on him. Dressed in a suit with tie, the drenched Freeman wore a sign saying “Vote Today, For or Against Questions, 1. Co-ed, 2. Name Change, 3. Non-compulsory corps.” Another incident was reported Deadline Friday In Photo Contest The deadline for The Texas •A&M Review annual photography contest is rapidly approaching, ac cording to Thomas Nickell, editor of the Review. Entries should be submitted before 5 p.m., Friday. A prize of $10 will be awarded to the winner of each category and winning photographs will be published in the summer issue of the Review. The categories of the contest are scenery, portraits, action, and human interest and design. The human interest and design cate gory will include picture stories and photographic effects. In addition to the four categori cal awards, a sweepstake award of $10 will be given the photographer wh'ose overall efforts indicate him to be versatile, imaginative and capable. Print size is limited to only 8 by lO inches. Entries should be submitted to the Office of Stu dent Publications in the basement of the YMCA Building, and any one who holds a current student identification card is eligible. (See VOTING On Page 4) Patrick Greene Is Disqualified By Commission Newly elected Student Senate vice president Patrick R. Greene was disqualified on one violation of election procedures in a called meeting of the election commis sion Wednesday night. The commission, after an hour’s deliberation, voted 12 to 11 to dis qualify Greene on a charge of put ting campaign posters in class room buildings. Action by the election commis sion is not final, and will have to be approved in a called meeting of the Student Senate. Election commission president Johnny An this said after the meeting that arrangements have not been made for the called Senate meeting. Senators ah-eady have planned their animal budget next Tuesday night, and will hold their last meeting of the school year May 24. At the last meeting, the offi cers elected in May 4’s general election will take office. Greene was cleared of a second violation charge in Wednesday’s meeting of the election commis sion. The group voted 18 to 5 not to disqualify him on a charge of leaving his campaign up for over one day after the election. According to Anthis, if the Stu dent Senate upholds the election commission disqualification, the second high man in the May 4 vot ing will automatically become the new Senate vice president. Finishing second to Greene in the general election was Gregory H. Laughlin, who received 310 votes to Greene’s 350. Others in the race were Louis W. Zaeske, Shelburne J. Veselka and Byrom T. Wehner. SSII Surprise Party Mrs. Earl Rudder beams as the college president cuts his birthday cake. Some 75 friends of President and Mrs. Rud der surprised them with a party Wednesday morning at the MSC. The occasion was the president’s 52nd birthday and the Rudders’ 25th wedding anniversary. They were presented with a set of Wedgewood dinner plates depicting campus buildings. P. L. (Pinkie) Downs Jr., ’06, college greeter, was master of ceremonies. (College Information Photo)