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Volume 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1962 Number 6
FACILITIES MAY BE READY BY SEPTEMBER, 1964 INSIDE THE NEW DORMS-—SKETCH SHOWS DETAILS
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■We’ll Have New Dorms In 2 Years!
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Time’s Story
Disappointed
Most Students
By DAN LOUIS JR.
Battalion News Editor
Aggies are saying “Howdy” again.
For the past couple of days the traditional greeting has
)een rivaled by such phrases as “Have you read that article?”
and “Did you see that Time story?”
[ President Earl Rudder knows his Aggies, or so it would
ippear from the statement he made concerning the Time
Magazine story on A&M- “I am disappointed, as I know every
Aggie is . . . ” Rudder said. He was right, Aggies are dis
appointed and even a little angry in some cases.
The Battalion wanted a first-hand idea of student re
action to the story in the Sept. 28 issue of Time. This reporter
spent the past two days eavesdropping on Aggie conversa-
stions, as well as asking direct questions.
[ Only a few expressed anger rather than extreme irrita
tion. Overall, most Aggies expressed an idea similar to that
of Robert Parr, junior from Robstown. He said:
“I think a lot of what was in the story is true. The thing
[ don’t like is that there is so much about A&M he didn’t say.
The story overlooked the important things.”
Wot A True Picture 9
Freshman Paul Lowe of San Antonio called the article
. a very one-sided story. Not a true picture at all. If I
had read that before I came up here, Ii might have looked
for another school for my education.”
When asked if he could tell a better story of A&M, Lowe
said, “I know I can.”
Joe Walden, a civilian freshman who lists Turkey as his
liome address, questioned, “How could a person write an
article like that after being associated with the school for a
year.
“He couldn’t believe A&M is that bad. I think it’s a great
place.”
While listening to Ags talk one upperclassmen said,
‘We teach those fish that Aggies don’t lie, cheat or steal in
the same breath we tell them to get their hair cut. The author
didn’t seem to care about that.”
More than a few times was heard “sour grapes,” “definite
dig,” and “not all the story.” As the “onion packers” talked
one became aware of the reason for so few angry remarks.
Aggies are not raging because they are disappointed. They
are let down because this story failed to project the A&M
they all know.
Story Couldn’t Dent The Good
The general feeling was shown by remarks from Mickey
Durbin, sophomore from Dallas. He said:
“There are some bad things about A&M, but they were
not covered in that article and they don’t dent the good that
can be said for this place.”
“I’m surprised that Time ran such a story- A good check
by someone of some responsibility in their organization would
have presented a better picture,” Durbin added.
David Franklin, Squadron 2 sophomore from Houston,
said:
“Parts of it are true. But, I just can’t stand something
like this. It has done A&M a great injustice.
“It’s a distorted picture of A&M.”
A student from New York City, Ted Jablonski, said:
\ “I’m from the North and the people up there don’t know
a frust be a farce.”
‘ .. Like / Told My Wife’
“Like I told my wife,” said graduate Student Edgar Hock
from Mirando City, “it’s what we call good-bull on the cam
pus. The only thing wrong is that this guy made it appear
as a way of life. Why, he wasn’t talking about just A&M;
these things occur on every campus.”
“I don’t believe it’s all so serious. I feel like this should
encourage A&M to attempt to obtain more positive publicity.
“I feel like A&M is above such small incidents. We’ve
got to ignore the small things and work for the big goals.”
Possibly more in recent days than any other time the
blessing of belonging has been counted on the A&M campus.
Aggies say. “It’s nice to know who your roommate is and
where he’s from.”
A Party Houston Won’t Forget — See Page 4f
Fish Drill Team To Begin
Selecting Members Monday
The Freshman Drill Team will
begin tryouts for interested fresh
men according to Bill Schmid,
junior advisor.
The tryouts will be conducted be
hind Duncan Dining Hall, begin
ning at 5 p.m. Fish should be on
time and in the uniform of the day,
Schmid said.
Tryouts will consist of drill with
out arms, conducted on a squad
level. Drill experience prior to en
rollment in the Cadet Corps is help
ful, but not a prerequisite, accord
ing to Schmid.
“WE WILL be looking for those
with drill experience, but we real
ize that many who try out don’t
have this experience. Therefore,
will also try to spot aptitude and
potential,” he said.
The Freshman Drill Team was
By the Associated Press
WORLD NEWS
BARCELONA, Spain CP)—Capt.
Gen. Augustin Munoz-Grandes,
vice president in the Franco gov
ernment, told newsmen Thursday
after a tour of the triangular flood
area north of Barcelona he expects
the final death toll to reach 600.
As he spoke, the latest official
casualty list showed 368 dead, 445
missing, and 200 hospitalized with
injuries.
U. S. NEWS
WASHINGTON CP) — Gen. Ly
man L. Lemnitzer, in his fare
well speech as chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Thurs
day night a single, over-all mili-
originally formed in 1947. Its com
mander, first sergeant and guidon
bearer are elected by the members
of the team from their own ranks.
Its guidon is redesigned each year,
by selection of designs submitted
by team members.
Each year, the team travels to
various cities in the area to com
pete in drill meets and parades.
The team has taken top honors in
meets at Laredo, San Antonio, Gal
veston and Baton Rouge, among
others.
LAST YEAR, the team swept all
three first place honors at the
Southwestern Invitational Drill
Meet at Baton Rouge, sponsored
by the LSU Military Science De
partment.
CAPT. Calvin Reese, sponsor of
the team, has already received a
tary chief could lead to military
autocracy.
“I feel that the single chief of
staff concept is not compatible
with our traditional governmental
system,” Lemnitzer declared.
“There is no room in a demo
cratic form of government such
as ours for a military autocracy.”
★ ★ ★
MIAMI, Fla., CP) The Miami
News predicted Thursday that the
more than 1,100 Bay of Pigs in
vasion prisoners will be released
by Cuban Prime Minister Castro
within two weeks in exchange for
a multimillion-dollar package of
food and medicines.
formal invitation to the annual drill
meet sponsored by the University
of Arizona in Tucson, and chal
lenges from personnel at Purdue
University and Cincinnati Uni
versity.
Whether the team will partici
pate in any of these meets will
depend on the financial status and
available transportation, said Ree
se. The team is supported financi
ally by dues and by allotment from
the college-owned Exchange Store.
Spring Branch Ags
Sponsoring Dance
in Houston Tonight
A “Kick-Off Dance” is on tap in
Houston tonight for students at
tending the Aggie-University of
Houston football game Saturday
night.
The Spring Branch A&M Club
is sponsoring the dance from 8
p.m. to midnight in the Houston
Home Builders Association Hall at
Alabama and Kirby streets in
downtown Houston.
Admission will be $2.50 per
couple, with proceeds going to the
athletic fund. According to club
president Bob Lowry, a $1,000 goal
has been set for dance proceeds.
All proceeds will go to the fund,
with the club footing other bills,
Lowry added.
A midnight yell practice is
scheduled and the club hopes Coach
Hank Foldberg may be able to
drop in on the dance.
Wire Review
Older Structures
Due Renovation
A&M plans to build three dormitories and extensively
renovate four older dormitories. The air-conditioned facilities
will house slightly more than 2,000 students. Completion
date for the work has been estimated as early as September
1964.
Anticipated cost to be met by proceeds from the sale
of revenue bonds will be between $4.5 and $5 million. Stu
dents pay rental fees for all costs of living quarters, as state
funds are used exclusively for classrooms and laboratories.
On-campus residential facilities are presently filled to
capacity- The college has built married students apartments
in recent years but has erected no dormitories since early in
Morale Boost
Made Topic
Of CSC Plans
Members of the Civilian Student
Council met for the first time of
the ’62-63 school year Thursday
night in the Memorial Student
Center.
Jeff Harp, president of the coun
cil for this year, made opening
comments which began the meet
ing.
According to Harp, one of the
things which he will be trying to
encourage this year is “the build
ing up of a spirit and feeling of
morale among the civilian stu
dents.” Harp said, “A primary
problem in civilian student govern
ment is the need for better com
munication between civilian stu
dents and their leaders.”
The council began the evening’s
business by adding an amendment
to the CSC constitution. This a-
mendment, made an exception to
the constitution’s set limit of mem
bers on the council and allowed
fhe addition of a representative
from civilian Dorm 13 to the coun
cil.
Other business taken up at the
meeting included discussion on the
need for a campus car wash rack
or a car wash area, and the pass
ing of a motion to establish a
committee to look into the inade
quacy of campus parking facilities.
The committee, upon conclusion of
the study, would then send recom
mendations to the Student Senate.
Officers of this year’s council
are Jeff Harp, president; Richard
Moore, vice president; Bryan
Ralph, corresponding secretary;
David Johnson, recording secre
tary; Don Packer, treasurer; and
Don Bell, parliamentarian.
JEFF HARP
the 1940s. The college has an
enrollment of more than 8,100
ciFnrlPTi
“WE ARE hopeful that pro
viding these air-conditioned
living quarters also will attract
more summer session students,”
President Earl Rudder in announc
ing the project.
An important feature of the
new dormitories will be their flex
ibility to serve the needs of civil
ian, corps or military, and graduate
students. Other features will in
clude exterior hallways, lounges, a
bath between every two rooms, a-
coustical ceilings, rubber tile floors,.
and many built-in features. Two
students will be housed in a room.
“Every effort will be made to
assure the earliest possible start
of construction,” Rudder said.
The next step in bringing the
plans to fruition is working out
financial arrangement and selling
the revenue bonds.
The new dormitories will be lo
cated in the northwest area of the
main campus, near Dorm 14, 15,
16 and 17, which are to be reno
vated and air conditioned. The new
dormitories will be four stories in
height — the same as existing
dorms.
NEW CONSTRUCTION will be
of the same red brick as in the old
er dormitories.
Housing for approximately 1,-
000 students is provided in the four
dormitories to be renovated. The
new dormitories are planned to
house approximately 1,050 stu
dents.
College officials will meet with
representatives of the Federal
Housing and Home Loan Admini
stration to discuss necessary bonds
to be sold by A&M. If the bonds
are not bought by private investors
the federal agency will purchase
them.
Architect for the dormitory pro
gram is W. R. (Dede) Matthews
of Bryan.
Graduate School
Enrollment Rises
Graduate enrollment has shown a
marked increase this year, accord
ing to Dr. R. W. Barzak, assistant
to the dean of the Graduate School.
Enrollment has reached a total
of 970 as compared to 725 last
year, an increase of about 34 per
cent. Barzak said the increase is
probably larger than that of any
other school of the college.
In the 1961-62 school year, 219
students received masters degrees,
57 received doctorates, and 1233
received undergraduate degrees.