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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1962)
--.v?3;,v , ■ • . ■ ■ . . . , « * . • • . . • . » • • * ... ;v,■ vf.^ ‘v ^" nd 1 to a ion for ?gies, Che Battalion A&M Exiiibit At Fair.«. See Page 3 Volume 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1962 Number 12 Grid Pilgrimage To Florida Dies From Lack Of Interest BAND ENTERING KYLE FIELD . . . after rough treatment pamage To Band Is Near $2,000 •iVY’ 1 William T. Barnhart, ’63 from Temple, commander of the Con solidated Band, announced today that approximately $2,000 damage was suffered by the band during I midnight yell practice Friday. “We do not hold the Corps re- [ sponsible for what had happened but we believe it could have been avoided,” Barnhart said. “With more cooperation from the Corps as a whole we could control fu ture midnight yell practices,” he added. ie c® Wire Review By the Associated Press WORLD NEWS LONDON — A coroner’s jury returned Tuesday a verdict of suicide in Robert A. Soblen’s death. It found the bail-jumping spy killed himself with an over dose of sleeping pills which he had hidden in a secret pocket of his trousers. The verdict, reached after 82 minutes of deliberation, left un solved the mystery of how and where Soblen, 61, got the pills with which he knocked himself into a fatal coma Sept. 6. . U. S. NEWS AKRON, Ohio — A minister’s daughter who thinks it’s morally wrong to show her bare knees has until this weekend to agree to wear shorts in gym classes at Springfield Township High School. If Judy Rae Bushong, 16, sticks to her decision not “to waver from what I believe in,” the sus pension school authorities handed her Sept. 24 will become a per manent expulsion. The school board decided Mon day night unanimously to expell the freshman unless she wears the traditional gym uniform of other girl students. Judy wants to wear pedal pushers, which would cover her knees. ★ ★ ★ CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A Polaris-packing nuclear submarine recently launched two missiles within minutes in a demonstration of the craft’s quick-strike ability, reliable sources reported Tuesday. The submarine was not on the Atlantic Missile Range when the firings were conducted, the sour ces said, but launched the rockets from a point in the ocean into an impact area on the range where the accuracy could be measured. “Not only were band instruments damaged but some students cut into the band from behind and knocked down four seniors and their dates,” Barnhart stated. “We know it was done unintentionally and hope that next time it will be eliminated,” he added. Cadet Col. of the Corps William D. Nix, ’63 from Canadian, said that from now on it will be a senior privilege to march immed iately behind the band. Barnhart said that most of the damage was suffered along - the route between the Exchange Store and Kyle Field. He also said that if the corps didn’t cooperate the band would not be able to partici pate in future midnight yell prac tices. William H. Brasbears, head yell leader, said the “Twelfth Man” played its part this weekend and he hopes they will make this ad justment at future midnight yell practices. 37 Minimum Never Reached The battle will go on, but the pilgrimage is off. The “Twelfth Man” will not follow the eleven to Florida this week end, at least not by bus, according to Head Yell Leader Bill Brasbears. The planned bus trip to the Aggie-University of Florida game has been called off because the minimum of 37 riders could not be mustered from the student body. Only two people had money refunded on the deadline date Tuesday, Brasbears said. Brasbears said that some Aggies had put money on the line for the trip, but for unknown reasons had backed out and asked for refunds. At no time during the ticket sale were there more than 10 or* 12 Aggies signed to make the trip, he said. Brasbears coordinated the 2,000-mile trip with a Houston firm before the opening of school Sept. 17 to accommodate students for $31.10 plus personal expenses. The fix - m had also agreed to carry dates, wives or other guests at the same rate. Tickets were placed on sale the first week of school, but as late as Sept. 27, no tickets had been sold. However, with a show of confidence in the “Twelfth Man,” Brasbears extended the deadline of - Oct. 1 to Oct. 9, because “sev eral students had purchased tickets for the trip after an unexpected slow start.” BRASHEARS EXPRESSED dis appointment when he announced the failure of the trip to material ize. The busses had been scheduled to leave Houston Friday morning, arrive in Gainesville, Fla., Satur day morning and start back for Texas after the afternoon game. The Aggie football team will leave from Easterwood Field some time Friday to make the 2,000- mile trip for the game. Today’s Thought No people can survive and no free nation can endure unless its roots are imbedded in moral principle. Our Christian faith is basic to the spirit which moti vates our society; It pointed the road to our way of life long be fore our forefathers gave it po litical meaning. — Walter B. Smith. 14 Chosen To Select Sweetheart Fourteen students have been se lected to form the Aggie Sweet heart selection committee this weekend, Student Body President Sheldon Best disclosed Tuesday. The 14 will spent the weekend in Denton and name this year’s sweet heart Sunday. Activities will be gin Saturday at 12:45 p.m. and continue through the naming of the sweetheart at 10 a.m. Sunday. Members of the committee, most of them provided by the college’s Magna Charta, are: Best, Cadet Col. of the Corps Bill Nix, Civilian Student Council Presi dent Jeff Harp, senior class Presi dent Charles Blaschke, senior class Vice President Chuck Nichols, De puty Corps Commander Reggie Richardson, 2nd Wing Commander Randy Jones, 3rd Brigade Com mander John Meyer, Law Hall President Frank Ve- cera, Dorm 13-representative Wal ly Echols, CSC senior representa tive Charles Cockrell, Mitchell Hall representative Bryan Ralph, Pur- year Hall representative Mike Va- leck and student life committee chairman Jerry Vion. In addition one change has been made in the sweetheart finalists, Best said. Junior nursing major Carolyn Franklin of Dallas has been added to the group. . Y' iV • - ,>x .. ijii m . . Nothing Serious, More than one student was stunned to find this wrecked auto in the sophomore parking lot behind Duncan Hall Monday morning. Campus Security officials told The Battalion the car’s ownej - , had not reported the acci- You Understand dent and was attending classes as usual. His tactical officer said nothing had been reported and he knew of no injuries. Of ficers assumed the car Yad rolled over sev eral times at an apparent high speed. PIERRE SAYS: ‘MISUNDERSTANDING Jackie’s Guards Arrest Reporter, Photographer WASHINGTON (A>) _ Mrs. John F. Kennedy returned to Washing ton Tuesday under special precau tions to guard her privacy that brought the temporary detention and brief questioning of two news men who attempted to photo graph her. Photographer Roddey Mims and courier John Steinberger, both of United Press International, were taken into custody by National Airport police who told them they had entered a restricted area. Mims said he was told he was under arrest. HIS FILM was confiscated by a White House Secret Service agent. White House press secretary Pi erre Salinger said later that “it was a misunderstanding,” and the film was returned. The incident occurred as the First Lady was returning from a three-month vacation, most of it in Newport, R. I., accompanied by her two children, Caroline, almost 5, and John Jr., almost 2. Their military plane landed at the far south end of the airport, far from the passenger terminal and traffic areas. Gathright’s Grave — Link To ‘Old’ Army By RONNIE FANN Battalion News Editor “Thomas Gathright, born in Monroe County, Ga., Jan. 5, 1829 — Died May 24, 1880.” This is the inscription, cor roded by years of wind and wea ther, which is found on the cracked and chipped marble col umn that serves as the head stone for A&M’s first presi dent. Because of this man, and one other, Robert Teague Milner, also buried in this same ceme tery at Henderson, A&M is ut ilizing its landscape architec ture majors to improve the en trance area of the Henderson Cemetery and the grave area of both men. Robert White of the De partment of Landscape Archi tecture, accompanied by a team of students, Phillip Bryant, James Smith, Ross Calhoun and George Pickels, journied to Henderson last week for a pre liminary study of the cemetery and according to White “. . . to gain a first hand impression of the areas concerned.” THE STUDENTS studied the terrain of the cemetary en trance and also took pictures. The improvement of the en trance and the areas about the graves of the two men will be q, class project, consuming a period of six weeks, and the best plan as proposed by the stu dents will be used when the act ual work begins. “A civic charm and pride, both unique and pleasant, can be developed through the en hance ai’ea, “White said. No vehicular access to the old ce metery is considered, he noted, and added that each student is to be responsible for a solu tion to the problem, with the choice to be made from the as sorted sketches. Henderson i s considering plans for a memorial service to be held after completion of the improvements, and hopes to have president Earl Rudder at tend. Thomas S. Gathright took over the presidency of A&M in 1876, after Jefferson Davis de clined. Classes began under the new president on Oct. 4, 1876, with an enrollment of 40 stu dents. As for the actual campus in those early days, one professor said: “The campus was such a wild waste that it was not consid ered safe for children to be out at night. The howling of the wolves provided a nightly sera- nade. On one occasion, a wild animal wandered over the cam pus and threw the whole com munity into a frenzy of excite ment. An alarm was sounded and the whole battalion of students and some professors turned out to kill it, but in the high weeds of the campus it easily escaped.” Freshmen may be unhappy with accommodations now, but in the early days things were even more cramped. During the winter months, students kept their rooms warm with firewood cut from a common woodpile. Woodpiles were kept outside each room with the owner’s name above each, threatening THOMAS S. GATHRIGHT . . . first A&M president punishment if someone were to steal them. Even though uniforms were woorn that first year, discipline appeal’s to have been lax. Ex ercises were held San Jacinto day, but the corps broke ranks at the conclusion, ran furiously for the nearest woods, and found a swimming hole. The conduct of Hie professors also left room for improvement during this first year. Following- complaints from throughout the state, the Boaid of Directors fired the entire faculty. A mathematics professor showed his concern at being fired by going fishing. “I can’t be bothered,” he said. From its megar start under President Gathright and his 40 students, A&M has grown to an institution with an enrollment of over 8,100 students and more than 50 departments. The facilities at A&M today would surprise the student under President Gathright. To even list them would require many pages. For example, new build ings are going up at an amaz ing pace. A $2 million Plant Sci ences Building is nearing com pletion, a new addition to the Military Sciences Building was added last year and a $3 mil lion Nuclear Science Center was recently completed. SECRET Service agents had tak en special steps to prevent Mrs. Kennedy from being photographed or observed, although she was fre quently photographed during her Italian vacation in August. A wire fence ringed the area. There were periodic signs read ing, “Restricted Area, Keep Out.” The photographer and courier said they inadvertently had rid- en on Steihberger’s motorcycle in to the restricted area of the pub lic airport through an open gate and did not see the signs as they went to carry out their assign ment. A White House motorcade and Secret Service men were waiting near the fence for Mrs. Kennedy’s plane, but it taxied to a stop al most half a mile way. The mo torcade moved out to meet the plane, in a maneuver to prevent close obseivation. MIMS said he was taking pic tures with a long lens about 100 yards from the plane when he was told by Clint Hill, Mrs. Ken nedy’s personal Secret Service agent, that he was under arrest. Mims said both he and Stein berger were released after brief questioning. An Associated Press photog rapher took his pictures from out side the fence of the restricted area, a distance so far away that his photographs, taken with a worthy content. long lens, showed little news- Reporters at the fence could not identify anyone at that distance. SCONA Planning Meeting Sunday The first general committee meeting of SCONA VIII will he held Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in the Assembly Room of the Memo rial Student Center, according to Vic Donnell, chairman of SCONA MIL Members are reminded that this will be a compulsory meet ing.