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Ihomii it lubert Robot ■> Clf" The Battalion eria; 7 OlUme 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1962 Number 12l^ Review Ba; Ready Friday ie Ci i)hn ( i, Ba; Iowa •; 111: I CUStOI Chat be spring issue of the Texas ;jn; J M IReview will be available to readers beginning Friday. This (e, although spring has just led into summer, seems worth ting for. he' Review will be on sale at gift shop in the Memorial dent Center, The Exchange re,land the Office of Student lications. Item by item the st -issue appears as follows: lenderson Shuffler, in his fea- ; article “Ramsey Yelvington: Appreciation” provides the i-spot of the Review with his dderation of Texas’ best known ruatist. Shuffler seems to settle ; question for even non-Texans >ther Texas has contributed a t-rate dramatist to literature, i the travel section, Bryan ph’s “By the Commodore of t Name” presents an enlight- ig view and recounts some in sting history of Decatur, Tex- In “The Angel Flight to ■bhing Square” also in the r el section, Dean Hord recalls avid style his visit to one of Angeles frequently visited city ks. ovelist Marshall Terry in his cle “Why I Write” offers in utive detail, reasons for and ^ilnmer Camp / * . r -or Aggies “Tarts June 23 ■.rmy Reserve Officers Training IH'ps summer camp training for ^roximately 220 advanced or se- Hled cadets of A&M is scheduled ^Jbegin Saturday, June 23. They approximately 1,300 other ad- ced ROTC cadets from through- Texas and four other states train at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, number of the regular Army onnel assigned to the Military nee program at A&M will be on r at the summer camp, helrigorous training program, lar to that given to Army re ts, is a vital part of the advanc- itOTC program which leads to ipjmissions as a second lieutenant ■ The Army or Army Reserve. II training normally is taken by \jMdet after he has completed his g lor year of college studies. Hlort Sill is located at Lawton, ^pihoma, which is about 350 miles h of College Station, idets from A&M traditionally ^ Jeve enviable records at \ l| camp. demands upon a writer in modern America. Judged by the careful writing in the article, we might infer that Terry’s novel “Old Liberty” is a good one. The Supplement Section for the Review includes the winning con tributions to the writing contest sponsored earlier in the year by the magazine. Chris Duhe’s one- act play, “The Divine Nero,” is a delightfully humorous take-off on murderous plots in the Caesar family. As might be expected (even by non-history majors) the play’s setting is Rome. Winning poets of the contest are Jan Guy and William Pettit. Miss Guy’s poem “Sojourn in Sligo” in dicates that the poet has an un usual perception about man and time. Pettit’s poem shared with Miss Guy’s poem the prize for the best poetry in the contest; his poem is an imaginative condensa tion of the relationship of the past and present. Don Wilson’s short story “Pay day Proposition” comes on as a powerful rendition of one of man’s, and woman’s most perplexing problems—money. “The Man With Twenty Fingers: Part II” is a continuation from the winter issue of Allen Schra der’s profile of Peck Kelley. Schrader’s profile is informative both about Houston’s legendary pianist and about music in general and jazz in particular’. Artist-in-residence Joseph Don aldson, whose drawings have fre quented the pages of the magazine throughout the past two years, provides Review readers with sev eral remarkable sketches- of Peck Kelley. Senator Hubert Humphrey ex plains, as the title of his article indicates, “Why College Students Should Be Liberals.” Senator Roman Hruska presented the con servative viewpoint in the winter issue. For those who have read (and perhaps not quite understood the controversy underlying) Heni’y Miller’s novel “Tropic of Cancer” Brandoch Lovely’s “The Artist As a Moral Man” gives a theological insight into the creative artist’s search for truth. Lovely is a Unitarian minister in Austin. In her review of recent J. D. Salinger critics, which appears in the book section, Kate James re veals her careful understanding of analytical and analogical criticism. In this case our attentions are focused upon criticism of Salin ger’s newest novel, “Franny and Zooey.” Centennial Kick - Off Set For This Saturday Night 124 Students From 33 Nations Enrolled Here A total of 124 students from 33 nations around the world are en rolled for A&M courses during the first term of the summer ses sion. / The report issued by Robert L. Melcher, foreign student advisor, showed there are 73 graduate stu dents, 40 undergraduates and 11 special students. By way of com parison, there were 88 graduate students registered for the Fall Term of 1961, 142 undergraduates, and 22 special students for a total of 252 students from 41 nations. Pakistan currently is represent ed by 44 students and Mexico by 12 students. Eight other countries are represented by four to ten students. These countries are Ar gentina, the Republic of China, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Korea, Peru, and the United Arab Re public. Countries represented by one to four students include Afghanistan, Bolivia, Canada, Ceylon, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, the Netherlands, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Thailand, the United Kingdom and Venezuela. ‘Battle, f Pageant Held In Kyle Field The activities of the Hood’s Brigade-Bryan Centennial Celebration next week will center around the A&M campus. This Saturday evening at 8, the Coronation Ball in honor of the Centennial Queen and her court will he held in the Grove. The ball is scheduled to last ’til midnight, said Mrs. Sam Curl, who is chairman for the event. Announcement of the identity of the Queen will be made at 9 o’clock during the ball. The Queen and her six Maids of Honor will be selected from approximately 30 contestants, said Mrs. Curl. yililtff ; ilH igi. jljllillf MISS MARY SALYAGGIO .... vies for queen Maritime Academy Receives Vessel A training ship capable of cruis es throughout, the Western Hemi sphere has been delivered to the Texas Maritime Academy, newest school within A&M. Officers and midshipmen of the Maine Maritime Academy formal ly gave custody of the 7,000-ton former World War II hospital ship at Beaumont to Capt. Bennett Dodson, superintendent of the Texas academy. It will be put in a stand-by de activated status and moored at Beaumont until the Texas Mari time Academy is ready to use it for training cruises in several years. First class of the Texas Mari time Academy will be formed at A&M in September. Enrollment is Texas Maritime Academy Cadets ur Texas Maritime Academy Cadets, ton vessel, that was delivered by the Maine eft to Right) Frankie Lawless, Marlin; Maritime Academy to Beaumont this week, rl Haglind, Galveston; Paul Hermann, The ship will be stored there until the TMA Jveston; and Don Bilancich, Kemah; look is ready to take it on a cruise. acr er the TMA’s new training ship, a 7,000- still open to young men between 17 aitd 22 years old who are inter ested in a maritime career as a marine transportation or marine engineering officer. The ship, currently called “State of Maine,” will be renamed when it is put to use by the Texas Mari time Academy for a training- cruise to Europe. During World War II, it saw active duty as the U.S.S. Comfort in the Pacific theater of opera tions. It was hit off Okinawa in 1944 by a Kamikaze plane at which time 60 nurses and patients were killed. Capt. Dodson describes the ves sel as being in “excellent condi tion.” Measuring 416-feet long, its beam is about 50-feet and her steam turbine engines can drive her at a 15-knot cruising speed. The ship will accommodate 12 officers and 250 midshipmen as crew. Efforts to get a TMA training ship began in February after the A&M System board of directors established the academy as direct ed by the state legislature. After Gov. Price Daniel signed an agree ment with the U.S. Maritime Com mission, the school was offered the State of Maine training ship. The Texas Maritime Academy, the only maritime school in the South, is currently recruiting 50 men for the first class. After com pleting their freshman year at A&M, the midshipmen will con tinue their training at TMA head quarters at Galveston. Dodson said the major purpose of the academy is to prepare deck and engineering officers for ocean going vessels in the nation’s mer chant fleet. “The academy offers an oppor tunity for high school graduates to qualify as a U.S. Merchant Ma rine officer, to become an ensign in the U.S. Naval. Reserve (inac tive) if physically qualified, and to earn a bachelor of science de gree in marine engineering or ma rine transportation,” Dodson said. The veteran sea captain said the complete course of study includes three summer training cruises to Europe, the Caribbean area and to South America. The first TMA training cruises will be with the New York maritime academy. The Queen will be crowned by U. S. Senator Ralph Yarborough, it || was announced. The Queen and her court will be transported to the Grove by the Houston Horseless Carriage Club, a group interested in the restora tion and preservation of classic automobiles. Music will be provided by an eighteen-piece band under the di rection of Jack Briggs, Stephen F. Austin High School band director. ^ v" v The music will be in the Glenn .. Miller-Tommy Dorsey style, accord- 1 ing to Briggs. Tickets for the Ball may be purchased at Centennial Headquar ters or at the gate for $1.50, said Mrs. Curl. Beginning at 9:30, the same eve ning, a no-admission square dance will be held in the MSC Ballroom. Music will be provided by a west ern band, according to Briggs. Re freshment will be available at a nominal charge, he said. ' Each night, Monday through Fri day, beginning at 7:45, the “Gal lant Men of Texas” Spectacular will be held in Kyle Field. With a cast exceeding 400, the Spectacular will include a mock Civil War Battle, the presentation and crowning of the Centennial Queen and her court, and an ela borate historical pageant. Gene Montefiore, director of the spectacular, said that the scenes in the pageant will depict the area from the times of the Indians up to the present. Tickets to the spectacular may be purchased at Centennial Head quarters, at Kyle Field, or from one of the candidates for Centen nial Queen. Spectators will be seated in the west side of the field, under the press box, said Montefiore. The South Shall Rise Again Beauregrad Claghorn (David Gibson) displays the proper dress for all true Southerners during the Bryan-Hood’s Brigade Centennial. Gibson models a uniform which will be worn during the Spectacular on Kyle Field. (Photo by Ronnie Fann) Sanitarian Retires After 36 Years Rudders Attend Conference At Harvard A&M President Earl Rudder and Mrs. Rudder will attend, by invitation, The Presidents’ Insti tute scheduled June 19-27 on the campus of Harvard University un der sponsorship of The Institute for College and University Admin istrators. Topics for discussion by the pi-esidents are selected from areas pertinent to educational leader ship and include curriculum chang es, the role of the dean, student responsibility and academic advis ing, relationships with trustees, trends in changing educational or ganization, and problems in inter national education. The basic method of the Insti tute is the group discussion of ac tual cases from all types of col leges and universities throughout the nation. The Institute also schedules talks by several educa tional leaders. Case discussions of typical prob lems faced by the president’s wife will be the core of the program planned for the wives. Few of the thousands of stu dents who have attended A&M in the past 36 years ever heard of L. E. Winder, Sr. Yet, the quiet little man who is now retiring after serving on the college staff since 1926, played an important role in their lives. As College Sanitarian, L. E. Winder was the official guardian of students and staff against the dangers of communicable disease. The fact that he took his work seriously and carried it out with a dogged determination has made the college community one of the most healthful in the nation. In the 1930’s, College Station was plagued with malaria. A cam paign to eliminate this traditional hazard to health on the lower Brazos was begun in 1938. In the early stages of the campaign 17 lakes on college property were drained and a relentless war against the mosquito was begun. Winder, who headed the original drive, continued a one-man cru sade against the mosquito, long after others had dropped out of the fight. He persuaded property owners in a wide area around the college to drain their ponds and followed this up by oiling every stagnant pool of water in the area, year after year. There had been 1,281 cases of malaria reported in Brazos Coun ty in 1941. Four years later there were 25. By 1955 the number of cases in the county had dropped to-6, and since that year not a sin gle case of malaria has been re ported. Once the mosquitoes were under control. Inspector Winder began a relentless war on flies, rats and other carriers of disease. This coupled with his stern administra tion of the sanitary code in inspec tion of establishments serving food and drinks in the college area, produced equally spectacular i suits. The campus area was given the highest rating in the State in 1948, according to Alex C. Allen, president of the Texas Association of Sanitarians. College Station, including the campus, was the first Texas city to receive an Hon- Roll rating from the Public Health Service, with a grade of 90.6. A native of Nacogdoches Coun ty, Texas, Mr. Winder served as a Sanitary Inspector for the city of Nacogdoches for 11 years before joining the A&M staff. He was eligible for retirement two years ago, at the age of 65, but contin ued in service until recently. Keese Named TTI Executive Officer Appointment of Charles J. (Jack) Keese as executive officer of the Texas Transportation Insti tute has been announced by Fred J. Benson, Dean of Engineering at A&M. As executive director of the institute, Keese will be in charge of an organization devoted to re search in traffic engineering, transportation economics, highway design, soils and improved paving materials. Dean Benson, who has been T.T.I. executive officer since July 1955, said Keese will also continue his duties as professor of civil engineering. “We are looking forward to Mr. Keese continuing to make the same fine contributions that he has been making in his research program and teaching duties,” Benson said in announcing the appointment. A 1941 civil engineex-ing gradu ate of A&M, Keese served in Army intelligence and attained the rank of captain during World War II. After field engineer work with the Texas Highway Department he joined the A&M civil engineering faculty in 1948.