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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS Thursday, September 13, 1962
Number 137
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Arrangements are continuing for
[:lfleet of busses to transport stu
dents to Gainesville, Fla., Oct. 13
■r the Aggie-University of Flor-
i|. grid clash.
■The group of busses will leave
■ouston the morning of Oct. 12
for the 2,000-mile trip, according
to Head Yell Leader Bill Brash-
-Fri.-Sitl
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A
«rs. They are due to arrive
FI rida the following morning.
[According to Brashears, who has
Ibordinated the trip with a Hous-
|n firm, costs per person will be
ELIO, plus individual expenses,
■rrangements are also being made
lo accommodate dates, wives or
■her guests at the same per-
■rson rate.
■The busses will leave Gainesville
■turday night following the game,
arid should arrive back in Houston
Sunday afternoon.
■Persons wishing to make the
flip may pay their $31.10 between
■\v and Oct. 2, the official dead-
irit?. Brashears is now collecting
the money, but hopes to have an
■count in the Memorial Student
Center opened by next week. No
■ecks will be accepted.
■The college executive committee
■s made three provisions for stu
pids making the trip. Their ab-
H puce will not be a college-excused
spence, no students may attend if
■ley are on academic or conduct
pr bation and no freshmen will be
gcused to attend.
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>1,000 Cash
■One thousand dollars in cash
111 be given to 11 lucky freshmen
riday night by North Gate Mer-
[lants at the Circle Drive-In The-
after the reception at the
femorial Student Center.
jThere will be one prize of $500
Id ten prizes of $50 each. To be
■gible for the prizes a freshman
■s only to obtain an entry blank
flpom a North Gate merchant and
/pve the blank stamped by the 31
Berchants who are sponsoring the
pve-away. After the entry blank
ps been validated it can be given
any of the participating mer-
ants or returned at the party.
[Charles Mauldin, ’63, journalism
dent and announcer for radio
tion KORA, will be master of
Premonies for the event. He said
at the affair is scheduled to be
lli at 10 p.m. and that there will
free refreshments and enter-
inment.
[Freshmen are not the only ones
o will be given cash prizes. The
onmanding officer and the first
rgeant of the outfit of which the
rst prize winner is a member will
ch receive $50.
Freshmen are not expected to
a ke a purchase at any of the
°res they will have to visit to
their entry blanks validated,
auldin said. “This is simply the
archants’ way of prompting the
■'* men on campus to make them-
‘h’es familiar with North Gate,”
added.
lousing Office
»ants Addresses
Housing Office officials have
&ed that students who do not
ne local mailing addresses when
>ey register to come to the office
next Friday to put their ad-
re sses on file.
Students whose addresses are
>t on file will have to come to
ia Housing Office to receive im-
roperly addressed mail, will find
16 addresses omitted in the stu-
2nt directory and, if seniors, will
k receive copies of “The Texas
ggie.”
7,500 May
Enroll Here
This Semester
Enrollment trends during the summer indicate A&M
can expect well over 7,500 students to pass through registra
tion lines in Sbisa Dining Hall Thursday afternoon and all
day Friday and Saturday.
Increases in enrollment were recorded during both ses
sions of summer school. Totals for the first semester showed
2,722 students, while 2,451 attended classes during the second
semester.
These figures are an increase of 228 and 204, respec
tively, over similar figures for the summer of 1961.
Continued increases would boost this fall’s enrollment
to the highest point since World War II veterans returned
in 1946 and 1947 ★ ★ ★
Enrollment
Scorecard
The new student’s college life begins.
A&M UNIVERSITY FA VOREM
Council Asks Name-Change
A college name-change to in
corporate the word “university”
was recommended Wednesday when
the A&M Century Council sub
mitted its official report to the
Board of Directors.
The group strongly favored the
name “Texas A&M University”
in a 74-page report that also
touched on the status of coeds and
the Corps of Cadets.
A&M’s present military training,
including the corps, was endorsed
by the council, with emphasis
placed on upgrading of various
undergraduate and graduate cur
ricula.
Regarding the admission of wo
men, the council reported divided
opinion among its members and
did not reach a decision. It was
agreed, however, that the state le
gislature and directors should
handle the question “in the best
interest of the college and citizens
of Texas.”
Calls For Excellence
The report generally called for
a university of excellence with em
phasis at both the graduate and
undergraduate levels in science, en
gineering, agriculture, veterinary
medicine and subjects in the arts
dealing with economic and sociolo
gical problems.
In addition, the council pointed
that such areas as space techno
logy and nuclear science need im
mediate expansion.
The council charged the directors
to continue efforts to tell Texans
about needs for a strong graduate*
program, an eminent faculty and
“excellence” in various programs
of the college.
Recommendations
Briefly, the report recommended:
1. Better salaries to attract a
faculty of the “highest personal
and professional caliber.”
2. Additional emphasis on vari
ous existing programs of the four
degree-granting schools, in addi
tion to the space-age activities.
3. Machinery be set up by the di
rectors for developing continued
sources of financial support for the
college.
4. Construction of facilities suit
able for an academic program of
excellence.
Century Council Chairman J. H.
Dunn’s presentation of the re
port to Eugene B. Darby, presi
dent of the Board of Directors, is
as follows:
It is my privilege to repre
sent the 100 outstanding citizens
of the state of Texas, who, a little
over a year ago, accepted appoint
Behind Page One
Registration schedule Section 1, Page 3
First convocation planned Section 1. Page 4
Maritime Academy opens Section 1, Page 5
Development Fund nears end Section 1, Page 5
New student insurance policy Section 1, Page 6
Post Office reopens Section 1, Page 6
North Gate remodeling underway Section 1, Page 7
, More dorms being planned Section 1, Page 8
New football era begins Section 2, Page 1
Hopkins on All-SWC squad Section 2, Page 6
Two Aggies may be astronauts Section 3, Page 1
New name for aero engineering Section 3, Page 1
Plant Sciences Building opens soon Section 3, Page 2
Swimming pool named Section 3, Page 2
Trimester plan set for vets Section 3, Page 3
New oceanography ship named Section 3, Page 3
New administrative personnel Section 3, Pages 6-7
Bryan’s Main Street repaved Section 3, Page 8
ID cards to be changed Section 4, Page 1
Ramada Inn to open in March Section 4, Page 1
Coed question pops up again Section 4, Page 1
Arlington admits Negroes Section 4, Page 1
MSC boosts room rates Section 4, Page 2
System seeks budget increase Section 4, Page 2
Unique aircraft being developed Section 4, Page 3
Ambassador to speak at SCONA Section 4, Page 4
ment by the Board of Directors
of the college as members of the
Century Council, being selected
from over 1,200 nominations made
by interested parties throughout
the state.
Great Inspiration
The greatest inspiration of my
life has come with the opportunity
to serve as chairman of this de
dicated group of hard-working,
capable and forward thinking citi
zens of Texas. A great part of our
inspiration has come also from the
opportunity given us as members
of the council to work with individ
ual dedicated officials and staff
members of the college, who have
untiringly and unselfishly given
their time and efforts in furnish
ing the great mass of data and
information so necessary to the ob
jective study of the council. Every
request for information was ans
wered fully, promptly and sin
cerely.
Taken together it would have
been difficult to find a greater cu
mulative talent to work on the
problems presented in the charge
of the Board of Directors to under
take to help it in its total respon
sibility to determine the guide
lines best suited for a program of
excellence for the future at A&M.
Before handing you this report
of the Century Council, Mr. Presi
dent, I wish to express my appreci
ation to the individual members of
the council for the many hours
taken from their own busy sche -
dules for serious and careful study
of the various phases of this im
Aggie Dead, 1 Hurt
In Arkansas Crash
The first Aggie to die this sum
mer was killed Sunday, just one
week before he was due to register
for the fall semester, when his car
went out of control and overturn
ed 21 miles south of Marshall, Ark.
Dead is Wesley Paul Hudson, 20,
son of Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Hudson,
709 Gale St, in Houston. Hudson
was scheduled to return this fall
as a junior in Squadron 1. He was
a mechanical engineering major.
His passenger, Charles J. (Dan
ny) Smith, ’62 of 817 Graceland in
Houston, was hospitalized.
Hudson and Smith were en route
to Gassville, Ark., where an uncle
of Hudson has a fishing camp.
portant work. I wish also on behalf
of the council to thank the college
officials and staff members for
their valuable assistance and
prompt response to our many re
quests.
As is usual on occasions such as
this, we have imposed on some
more than others and there are
many who reserve our special
thanks as well as individual mem
bers of the council, college staff,
staff of the Association of Form
er Students and others but be
cause there are so many who have
done so much, I will not at this
time attempt to give them individ
ually their just dues, except to
say that we could riot have done
our job without them.
While our report has been com
pleted, we realize that the job of
improvement is never done and
that the governing body as now
constituted can only adopt goals
which will develop programs mov
(See REPORT on Page 8)
Last fall’s total of 7,694 was
the highest since the after
war years.
No predictions have been
made for this fall’s final total,
but an estimated number of 2,056
are expected in the Corps of
Cadets.
Also plans have been completed
to use the top three floors of Ho-
tard Hall for student housing. The
dorm, south of the post office, was
formerly exclusively used by work
ers in the college dining halls.
The addition of these rooms,
however, is still not expected to
cure all of last year’s three-to-a-
Enrollment Schedule on Page 3
room dilema. Dean of Students
James P. Hannigan has announced
that plans have again been made
to house many students three-to-
a-room.
The increase continues in spite
of recent toughening of admission
policies. Only those students who
are in the upper three-fourths of
their graduating class may be ad
mitted without entrance exams.
Those high school graduates who
are in the lowest quarter of their
class are admitted only upon de
monstration of their ability to do
college work by a battery of tests.
Korean Student
Injured In Wreck
Yong Jon Kim, an A&M stu
dent from Korea, was injured
Tuesday in a two-car collision at
East Gate in College Station. Kim
was taken to St. Joseph Hospital
where he was treated and re
leased. The driver of the other
car was uninjured.
Rudder’s Welcome
Welcome back, Aggies. We have missed you these past
three and a half months but hope you had an enjoyable
proftible summer.
As you begin a new academic year as A&M your college
pladges to provide you with the best faculty, the best educa
tional environment and the best facilities we have been able
to develop. Brain power and splendid educational facilities
are here primarily for your benefit. Use them wisely and
unstintingly.
We are vitally interested in you, first, as individual
young men and, secondly, as end products of our college. On
you rests the challenging responsibility as the near-future
leaders of our great country. Be prepared! Take the fullest
advantage of the invaluable opportunity that is yours. Pledge
yourself to the highest standard you can achieve during the
limited time remaining for formal education.
And, when you need help, there are many willing hands
anxious to be of assistance. Good luck and we wish for you
the best year you have had at A&M.
Earl Rudder,
President
Before You Write a Check at the MSC...
Better Read the New Cashing Rules!
The Memorial Student Center
has announced a new policy on
all checks cashed in the center,
effe?tive last Monday.
Changes were attributed to “the
ever-increasing number of checks
being handled by the MSC.”
The new regulations provide:
1. Checks for cash only will
be handled only at the main
desk.,
2. Checks will be cashed only
for a minimum of S10 and a
maximum of $20.
3. MSC departments other than
the main desk will accept checks
for the amount of purchase and
a maximum of $2 extra.
Here is how fall enrollment
has varied since the 1946-47
school year:
Year
1945- 46
1946- 47
1947- 48
1948- 49
1949- 50
1950- 51
1951- 52
1952- 53
1953- 54
1954- 55
1955- 56
1956- 57
1957- 58
1958- 59
1959- 60
1960- 61
1961- 62
Enrollment
2718
8651
8418
8536
7772
6675
6583
6277
6198
6257
6837
7200
7474
7077
7094
7221
7694
Students Due
Polio Vaccine
The College Hospital has joined
medical agencies throughout the
state in distributing free Sabin
oral polio Vaccine to students, col
lege personnel, their families and
other area residents.
Type I oral vaccine was given
during the summer, with types II
and III to be distributed during
the school year. Dates for the
distribution have not been an
nounced.
The college drive will be held
on the same dates that Bryan and
College Station distribute vaccine
for the other two strains of the
dread disease.
Dr. C. R. Lyons, director of stu
dent health services, said students
will not have to have permission
from their parents to take the vac
cine since some type of polio vac
cine will be required for all stu
dents in the coming school year.
Lyons said either the Salk or
Sabin vaccine would fill the re
quirement, but he pointed out that
to be safe, both should be taken.
A 25-cent contribution is asked,
but not required.
A&M Brass
Hear Kennedy
Chancellor M. T. Harrington and
President Earl Rudder were among
the distinguished persons who sat
on the speaker’s platform for Pres
ident Kennedy’s Wednesday morn
ing address in Rice Stadium. They
had been invited to the places of
honor by Rice University Presi
dent Dr. Kenneth S. Pitzer.
All other college officials, the
faculty and staff and students
were invited to President Ken
nedy’s appearance in Houston
Tuesday and Wednesday as the
chief executive viewed NASA fa
cilities in the Bayou City.
Local area Boy Scouts also par
ticipated in the event when they
were on hand to welcome Kennedy
when he arrived at Houston.