Aggieland, Please
Lloyd G. Smithey, aero major from Rosenberg', picks up
his Aggieland from Mrs. C. L. Dyer, secretary in Office
I of the Student Publications. Students may now collect
yearbooks at the office. About 3,000 Aggielands have al-
[ready been distributed.
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Dawson Bending bin to establish a national
also ^peashore area on Padre Island was
■ from'bent to the White House Tuesday,
order u| The Senate completed congres-
;ixth-p'%i)na] action on the measure by
[ccepting House amendments cut
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enior Steak Fry
s Near Sell Out
Almost the entire allotment of
i50 tickets for Thursday night’s
nior class steak fry for the foot-
iall team has been sold, Class
IPresident Charles Blaschke report-
led late Tuesday.
I The steak fry is scheduled at
1:30 p.m. in Hensel Park, with
|J. Gordon Gay, coordinator of re-
■gious affairs, handling all de-
Jtails.
I After the meal, Coach Foldberg
Will speak briefly and the players
Sind seniors will have the oppor-
lunity to mingle and become ac
quainted. "
No tickets are needed for the
Wter-meal festivities, Blaschke re-
lorted.
mother Summer
Fatality Reported
Walter C. Sanders Jr., 19-year
(old member of the Class of ’64,
lied Aug. 13 in a Ft. Worth one-
(ar accident it was reported today.
Sanders suffered a broken neck.
A members of Co. G-l, he was an
rchitect major from Weatherford,
he accident occurred as Sanders
rove to work in his week-old
ports car.
ting the park from 88 to 81 miles.
President Kennedy, who urged
creation of the seashore area, is
expected to sign the measure soon.
THE NATIONAL Park Service
will build roads from the north
and south ends of the 117-mile-
long island and will service the
area. The narrow island clings to
the Gulf coast from Corpus Christ!
to Port Isabel, near Brownsville.
Three separate measures to es
tablish the park w^ere submitted
at this session of Congress, all
by Texans.
The Senate version, written by
Sen. Ralph Yarborough, D-Tex.,
would have allowed 88 miles of
the island for the federal pai'k.
Reps. John Young and Joe Kil
gore, in whose districts Padre Is
land lies, offered bills for a 65-
mile-long area.
THEY SAID many property
owners urged the shorter length
so more land 'would remain avail
able for private enterprises such
as motels and restaurants.
THE COST OF acquiring land
is estimated at between $4 and $5
million. Conrad Wirth, director of
the National Park Service, had
asked Congress’ fast action before
costs rose.
The House version of the bill
authorized $5 million to buy land.
The southernmost 12 miles of
the seashore area—between the
Port Mansfield cut and the Wil-
lacy-Cameron County line—will be
split to leave the Laguna side of
the island open to private develop
ment.
Land between the mean high
tide of the Gulf and a line 1,500
feet to th west will be included
in the seashore area.
ed Kennedy Picked
or Senate Race
BOSTON GP) — President Ken
edy’s kid brother, Edward M.
Ted) Kennedy, won the Massa-
husetts Democratic senatorial
mination Tuesday night over
dward J. McCormack Jr.
McCormack, nephew of House
Peaker John W. McCormack, con-
eded defeat by his 30-year-old op-
°nent. He pledged himself to
upport Kennedy and the Demo-
r atic ticket in the general elec-
ion.
Kennedy thus won, in his
lr st bid for elective office, the
‘irht to contest with a Republican
Pponent to serve out the two re-
aining years of the Senate term
resident Kennedy vacated in 1960.
At the point where McCormack
onceded, the count from 351 of
e state’s 1,988 precincts stood:
Kennedy 96,988; McCormack 51,-
638.
AFTER A CLOSE early battle
m which the lead was exchanged
several times, Rep. Laurence Cur
tis hacked out a small, but appar
ently growing lead over .George
Cabot Lodge for the Republican
nomination.
EDWARD M. KENNEDY
Cbe Battalion
Volume 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1962 Number 140
Anti-Polio Drive Cancelled
NEAR WAR SITE
Aggies Help To Build
College In North Africa
At Chott Maria near the Tunisi
an city of Sousse, Aggies are now
playing a vital role in the build
ing of a new agricultural college.
Veterans of the North African
campaign remember the Sousse
area as the location of Gen. Eisen
hower’s headquarters. Not far to
the north, at Enfidaville, the last
of Nazi Germany’s “Afrika Korps”
panzer divisions surrendered.
This summer Henry Ross, A&M
professor of agricultural educa
tion, made his third visit to help
the Tunisian government plan an
American-type agricultural college.
A three-man team, composed of
Ross; W. R. (Dede) Matthews, a
Bryan architect; and Dr. Jack
Grey, coordinator of foreign pro
grams for the A&M System, visit
ed Tunisia last spring. A&M Chan
cellor M. T. Harrington visited
Tunisia in late August.
A permanent five-man team is
expected to follow this fall. Five
others will be added to the group
next year. By the fall of 1964, a
15-man A&M team is expected to
be working in construction and or
ganization of the new college.
Tunisia’s new agricultural col
lege is to be based on the Ameri
can land-grant concept of “liberal,
scientific and practical Higher ed
ucation.”
Ross made his first visit to
Tunisia in May 1961, following a
Tunisian government request to the
U. S. State Department for aid in
building an American-style college
of agriculture.
The Tunisian government seeks
to relate more closely agricultural
education, extension and research
to current problems of Tunisian
farmers — much the same as Am
ericans have done since President
Abraham Lincoln signed the Land-
Grant Act of 100 years ago.
While Tunisia has existing agri
cultural schools, none presently is
patterned on the land-grant idea.
The Chott Maria Agricultural
School will be Tunisia’s experiment
in agricultural education the Am
erican way.
Consolidated
By Next Fall
A&M Consolidated Independent
School District has been ordered
to desegregate its classes by Sep
tember of next year.
Superintendent of Schools W. T.
Riedel said that he did not believe
that the school district would ap
peal the ruling by Federal Dis
trict Judge Joe Ingraham of Hous
ton.
Judge Ingraham railed Monday
that desegrating is to start in the
first grade next year and advance
one grade each year thereafter
through 1974. All grades must be
desegregated by 1975.
Riedel expressed the hope that
a local election would not have to
be called in the issue to keep from
losing state support. It is a state
law that a local election must be
held to acquire public approval for
integration or state support will
be withdrawn.
As we see it, the results of such
an election would be of no value
in the face of federal requirements,
he said.
It has been ruled by the attor
ney general in cases where deseg
regation was voted down, that the
school districts had done their part
in complying with state laws and
that state aid would be continued
despite the action taken by the
federal government.
Riedel said the ruling came as
no surprise to him. A ruling had
been anticipated toward the end
of September or early in October.
Initial plans call for opening
the school at 7th grade through
college freshman level. Later the
first three grades will be dropped
and three new grades, 14, 15, and
16, added to give the seven-year
school senior college status.
Staff members going to Tunisia
from A&M will be given two
months of intensive orientation
here, including language study
(French) and instruction in cul-
Labor-Demo
Friction Heats
Convention
EL PASO </P)—An eight-word
plank in the party platform—“Re
tention of our Texas right to work
law”—sparked all the explosive
action at the state Democratic
Convention Monday.
Gubernatorial nominee John
Connally rammed through his
platform without change of a com
ma or period despite bitter oppo
sition by organized labor to the
right to work provision.
TEXAS AFL-CIO President
Hank Brown immediately an
nounced that labor would recon
sider its July 19 endorsement of
the Democratic nominee. He called
another meeting of the Committee
on Political Education in Austin
on Oct. 13 to give a second look
at its earlier endorsement.
Brown called the so-called right
to work plank “totally unaccept
able to us.”
THE PLATFORM committee re
sisted all efforts to make any
changes in the 12-page long, 71-
plank document. C o m m i 11 e e
Chairman Frank Erwin Jr. of
Austin called it “the most .exhaus
tive and specific platform you
have ever seen no matter how
many conventions you’ve at
tended.”
Included in the rejected changes
were nine resolutions passed by
the conservative Harris County
delegation, an attempt to include
13 demands made by Brown be
fore the committee and a list of
planks on voter registration, elec
tion law changes and state con
stitutional revision submitted by
the League of Women Voters.
National Science Foundation co
ordinator Coleman Loyd has an
nounced availability of fellowships
for the academic year, 1963-64.
The program offers a senior
postdoctoral with eligibility re
stricted to a doctoral degree and
five years or’ more experience.
In Thursday’s Balt:
SCONA’s Standing
In tomorrow's Battalion you
will read a complete and up-to-
date progress report on the
eighth annual Student Confer
ence on National Affairs, to be
held here starting Dec. 14.
SCONA VIII, with a budget ex
ceeding $15,000, has already
scheduled James J. Wadsworth,
former U. S. Ambassador to the
United Nations, as one of the
main speakers.
Freshmen and newcomers to
the A&M campus will want to
read about this gigantic educa
tional conference. So will upper
classmen and seasoned members
of the academic community. —
Thursday in The Battalion.
tural adjustment, economics of un
derdeveloped countries, and me
thods of technological change.
Selected Tunisians will be sent to
A&M to study in a long-time parti
cipant education program. Tuni
sians are expected to be selected
for both undergraduate and post
graduate studies leading to the
Bachelor of Science and Master of
Science degrees in agriculture and
the Doctor of Philosophy degree in
specialized fields of science and
agriculture.
The long-time participant pro
gram in Texas is expected to de
velop leaders to build agriculture
in Tunisia and to provide faculty
and staff members for the new
agricultural college.
Matthews made the trip to Tun
isia last spring as an A&M con
sultant, studying suitability of the
college location, materials avail
able, and methods of construction
most likely to be used. Later Mat
thews probably will design the
school and handle working draw
ings and supervision of construc
tion in collarboration with a Tun
isian architect.
What is the philosophy of the
A&M Tunisian team? Dr. Gray
sums it up: “It’s a real challenge
for all of us.”
State GOP Ends
Record Convention
FORT WORTH (A>) — Harmoni
ous Texas Republicans wound up
their largest convention in history
Tuesday, naming Peter O’Donnell
state chairman and sounding re
peated cries for return of two-
party rule to the state.
O’Donnell, a 38-year-old Dallas
investments broker, won unani
mous approval to the party’s top
administrative post by the more
than 3,000 enthusiastic delegates.
The new chairman, replaces Tad
Smith of El Paso who stepped
down from the post voluntarily.
However, under a rules commit
tee provision, Smith will remain
in power until after the Nov. 6
General Election.
Convention delegates went on
record supporting Sen. Barry
Goldwater (R-Ariz.) as the party’s
1964 candidate for the presidency.
A lengthy platform reaffirmed
support of the state’s so-called
“right to work” law.
A science faculty ‘fellowship re
quires three years of experience
teaching science, mathematics or
engineering at collegiate level as of
time of application. Salaries run
to a maximum of $15,000 per year.
Under the cooperative graduate
plan one must be admitted to
graduate status prior to begin
ning tenure. For 12 months the
pay is $2,400 with supplements up
to $1,000.
To qualify for a summer gradu
ate teaching assistant one acade
mic year as a graduate teaching
assistant at participating institu
tion is required with pay ranging
from $50 to $85 per week.
A doctoral degree is needed for
a postdoctoral with a compensa
tion of $5,000 for the first 12
months and $5,500 for the second
12.
Finally, the graduate fellowship
allows for admittance to graduate
status prior to beginning tenure.
The stipend would range from $1,-
800 to $2,000 plus dependency al
lowance.
Applications and further in
formation can be obtained by con
tacting Loyd in Room 2, Military
Science Building.
A&M To Offer
Engineers New
Ph. D. Program
The Texas Commission on High
er Education has recently approved
the offering of a Doctor of Philo
sophy Degree in engineering here.
The establishment of this gener
al graduate program will permit
the investigation of new concepts
in engineering which are either
identified with no existing branch
of engneering, or include several
existing branches to limited ex
tents, but with no one branch suffi
ciently emphasized for the concept
to be clearly within its sphere of
interest and competence.
In order to administer this new
program, Dean of Engineering Fred
J. Benson has appointed a com
mittee with the approval of the
dean of graduate studies, Wayne
C. Hall. It consists of Dr. Charles
H. Samson, Jr., professor of aero
space engineering and civil engi
neering; Dr. John C. Calhoun Jr.,
professor of petroleum engineering
and vice chancellor for develop
ment; and Dr. Richard E. Wainerdi,
professor of engineering science
and associate dean of engineering.
Wainerdi will serve as chairman
of this committee.
Students possessing a Master’s
degree, or its equivalent, who de
sire to be considered for the inter
disciplinary degree program in en
gineering should apply to Dean
Hall. Applications and supporting
material will be referred to-the In
terdisciplinary Program Admini
strative Committee for evaluation
and recommendations.
Silver Taps Honor
Wesley P. Hudson
The first Silver Taps cere
mony of the 1962-63 school year
was conducted Tuesday night in
memory of Wesley Paul Hudson,
’64 from Houston, who was kill
ed Sept. 9, when his car went
out of control and overturned 21
miles south of Marshall, Ark.
Hudson was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. P. C. Hudson, 709 Gale
St. in Houston. He was scheduled
to return this fall as a junior in
Squadron 1.
WORLD NEWS
MOSCOW — The Soviet govern
ment shifted its propaganda cam
paign on Berlin into high gear
Tuesday with a charge of mili
tary collusion between France and
West Germany “for revision of
the results of World War II.’
A 2,000-word statement issued
through the official news agency
Tass said results of the recent
visit of French President Charles
de Gaulle with West German
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
show an urgent need for “the con
clusion of a German peace treaty
and normalization on this basis
of the situation in West Berlin.”
No deadline was set.
★ ★ ★
BERLIN — Twenty-nine East
Germans reached freedom
through the longest tunnel ever
bored under the Berlin wall.
F uture
Action
Tabled
Sunday’s planned mass polio
innyculation with Type III
Sabin oral vaccine has been
definitely cancelled, Dr.
Charles R. Lyons, director of
the college hospital, reported late
Tuesday.
The action came after a meeting
of local physicians and civic club
leaders to decide the fate of the
anti-polio drive.
Definite action on the remainder
of the program was tabled until a
study could be made of decisions
made in Houston, Dr. Lyons said.
He added that a committee was
selected to eventually set a date
for giving Type II vaccine. No
new date is expected in the near
future.
The college hospital is coordinat
ing its anti-polio drive with Bryan-
College Station and gave Type I
vaccine during the summer. Lyons
pointed out that Type I and Salk
vaccine are still available at the
hospital.
INDECISION ON the use of
Type III resulted from an an
nouncement Saturday by the U. S.
Public Health Service that use of
the vaccine could possibly be
harmful to adults.
The decision, announced by Sur
geon General Luther Terry, fol
lowed a day-long meeting of a
committee of polio experts who
advise the Public Health Service
on polio vaccines.
The committee’s session had
been moved up from Sept. 27 after
Canadian authorities recommend
ed against further mass use of the
mouth-administered vaccine pend
ing further study of its effects.
THE CANADIAN Federal
Health Department acted after re
ceiving reports of four cases of
paralytic polio among four million
persons who had received the Sa
bin live-virus vaccine.
The advisory committee met for
nearly 10 hours before making its
recommendation. Before Dr. Ter
ry read the official recommenda
tion, Dr. Edward D. Shaw of the
University of California School of
Medicine, one of the experts, told
reporters what the panel had de
cided.
DR. SHAW said by adults, the
committee meant anyone past
school age.
Dr. Terry, in a news conference
following the meeting, said the
committee studied in detail 16
cases of polio that have occurred
in persons who received one of the
three types of Sabin oral polio
vaccine.
There were two cases in the
Type I group, one in Type II and
13 in Type III. All of those strick
en with Type III polio were adults.
The committee believes there is
sufficient evidence to indicate at
least some of these cases have
been caused by the vaccine,” Dr.
Terry said.
West Berlin authorities announc
ed Tuesday.
There was no indication the
Communists had uncovered the
underground escape route.
The group which escaped last
Friday night was the largest
mass flight through the wall
since it was built 13 months
ago. The previous high was the
escape of 28 through a tunnel
last January.
U. S. NEWS
WASHINGTON — The House
Appropriations Committee recom
mended Tuesday a cut of nearly
$1.4 billion in new funds for for
eign aid and labeled some admin
istration estimates of needs as
“pie-in-the-sky figures.”
There are strong indications
that the 19 per cent cut will be
sustained by the House when it
passes the money bill later this
week.
National Science Foundation
Announces New Fellowships
Wire Review
By the Associated Press