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Fish Fall To Baylor.,. See Page 6 Volume 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1962 Number 18 tame, Dances Highlight Weekend ssesti itagi is in! fives Ins m comjK 161, isivt s -attli i: Red tost seas: iveraf ‘gw lards I n S Asks Profs (I ,V : To Recognize 1)S Privileges Deans of all schools on campus will be asked to encourage their faculties to recognize the privileges of distinguished students to be absent from lecture classes. This action was aken in the Thursday night meeting of the senate. ♦ An informal poll by the issues committee revealed that few stu dents attempt to exercise this privilege, according to Doug Hotch kiss, committee chairman. It was suggested in discussion that fol lowed the committee report that students might ignore the privi lege because of the readiness of professors to exercise their privi lege to deny the distinguished stu dent the excused absence. Hotchkiss proposed that James P. Hannigan, dean of students, be asked to assist the senate in the effort. Hotchkiss said that stu dents should be reminded that the privilege regards lectures only, not labs. Hannigan reported that the ex ecutive committee has considered the Student Senate proposal for exemption from final examinations for students with a 95 or above average in a course. The commit tee agreed to take the question to the faculty for discussion, after which a decision will be made. Cushing Library will be open from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturdays “for a while” on trial basis, ac cording to Gregg Laughlin, senate vice president. The trial is being made to see is enough students will use the library on Saturday after noon to justify extending the hours even more. He pointed out that the new hours will not be in effect on week-ends of home football games or Corps trips. Metropolitan Votes Figure Big This Fall I AUSTIN CP) _ Top Republican land Democratic leaders are talk- I vo ig' — and worrying — about the date’s big population centers’ lotes in the Nov. 6 general elec- ion. The big-vote areas of Texas, nore and more important in itatewide elections in the past two lecades, can swing the election of virtually any statewide candidate. When acting State Republican chairman Tad Smith met with jlkustin newsmen this week, he jlalked about the state’s 35 largest populated counties. I Republican Jack Cox will be Needed governor by carrying at |east25 of these 35 counties, Smith redicted. Des Barry, GOP candi- ate for congressman-at-large, will i m'o into office on the same vote, | a Kmith said. » I A FEW DAYS earlier, Chairman fEugene Locke of the State Demo- eratic Executive Committee met with the same capital newsmen and talked about the same big vote areas. Locke predicted Democratic wins in the large El Paso and Bexar County votes and said the growing South Plains area would produce a close vote between Cox and Democratic gubernatorial nominee John Connally. However, he declined to predict Connally wins in the state’s two largest populated counties, Harris and Dallas. Smith predicted a Cox win in Harris County by “a big margin” and in Dallas by a “sizeable margin.” He differed with his counterpart on the outcome of the Bexar Coun ty vote and predicted a GOP vic tory there by “an edge.” J Activities Begin With Town Hall This week’s home-game weekend will feature an event- packed schedule which may hold something for all. Friday evening’s events will begin with this year’s first Town Hall presentation of the Smothers Brothers, described as having a “Brash, irreverent approach to folk music with a genuine comic flair,” and Leon Bibb, a concert and night club performer. Curtain time for the performance is 8 p. m. After the performance at Town Hall the Memorial Stu dent Center Dance Committee is sponsoring Cafe Rue Pinalle in the lower level of the MSC. Admission will be $1 per couple at the door. Entertain ment will be furnished by the"* * A Familiar Scene When the Aggies gig the visiting Frogs be repeated. As the Toad fan says to his this weekend an all too familiar scene will buddy: “These guys are too darn friendly.” Blaschke Gets Nomination For Rhodes Scholarship President Earl Rudder today an nounced his approval of the recom mendation of Charles L. Blaschke, senior from Skidmore, as the col lege’s nominee for a Rhodes Scholarship. Dr. Richard H. Bal linger, as the campus representa tive for Rhodes Scholarship mat ters, had recommended the desig nation of Blaschke. Little Boy, Short Drive — But What A Crazy Trip SHAMOKIN, Pa. (A 5 )—Timmy Dindbrf took his parents’ car for a short and unexpected drive Thursday with this re sult: The car ran into the yard of a neighbor, knocked down a pole from a porch, damaged several steps, bowled over a fence, hurdled a hedge, struck a telephone pole and finally came to rest at—as the local police called it—a sturdy fence. Timmy is only 4 years old. He escaped without a scratch, police said. His mother said the boy entered the car to retrieve a toy from the front seat and apparently released the brake. The car was parked on a slight hill. Wire Review The scholarships, which provide for two years of study at Oxford University, are awarded after com petition at the state and district level. Colleges and universities of the state select nominees from whom the district committee mem bers make their choice. A total of 32 men will be chosen as Rhodes Scholars to enter Oxford in Octo ber of 1963. “Mr. Blaschke has an excellent record both in academic and extra curricular activities,” Rudder said. Majoring in economics, he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond G. Blaschke. He has achieved a nearly By The Associated Press WORLD NEWS PARIS — President Charles de Gaulle spelled it out plain and clear Thursday: Unless he gets what he wants in the Oct. 28 ref erendum on the presidency — and by a big vote — he will resign and never return to French political life. He could lose. The referendum is to decide Whether to elect future French presidents by popular vote, can celing the present system of elec tions by a sort of electoral col lege of 80,000 persons. De Gualle, stern and lofty as always, told a nationwide televi sion and radio audience: “If your response it ‘no’ or even if the majority of ‘yes’ votes is weak, mediocre, doubtful, it is clearly evident that my task will be end ed at once and without return, because what could I do after ward without the warm confidence °f the nation ?” U. S. NEWS PASADENA, Calif. — U. S. Space Agency officials said Thursday night that the Ranger 5 moon rocket launched earlier Thursday is expected to miss the moon by approximately 300 Gromyko Reports ‘Useful’ Berlin Talk With Kennedy WASHINGTON OP) — Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A. Grom yko said Thursday night he had a “useful” talk with President Kennedy about the Berlin issue, but he declined to say whether Premier Khrushchev will come to the United States. Gromyko gave this word to news men after a 214-hour meeting with Kennedy at the White House start ing in late afternoon. There was no immediate com ment from the White House or the State Department on the out come of the talks. The White House press secre- . „ , tary, Pierre Salinger, sought in dition in a Bethlehem Pa., hos- advance of the conference to play pital after a flight of 75 miles miles. Officials said this means that Ranger 5 will not be able to ac complish any of its missions. It was designed to take television pictures of the moon and land an instrumented capsule containing a quake measurement device. ★ ★ ★ NEW YORK — A husky Czecho slovak diplomat killed his wife with a single bullet in the head Thursday at the Czech United Na tions mission on Madison Avenue, then took off on a panicky, cross country flight. It ended in a ditch in Pennsylvania, where the hus band shot himself as police closed in on the wreckage of his black Cadillac. The diplomat, Karel Zizka, a- bout 40, an attache of the Czebh U. N. mission, was in critical con- from New York at speeds up to 110 m.p.h. TEXAS NEWS TYLER — Miss Harriet Sue Caldwell was crowned queen of the 25th annual Texas Rose Fes- tivel Thursday night. The corona tion ceremony, held in the munic- : coming to the United States. He ipal auditorium, will be repeated j and Kennedy last met at Vienna Friday night. j in June 1961. down the possibility of a Kennedy- Khruschchev meeting on the Ber lin crisis. And a dispatch from Moscow quoted diplomatic sources as say ing the Soviet premier actual ly has not made up his mind about Former Ags Plan Meeting This Weekend All members of the Association Council and the Executive Board of the Association of Former Stu dents are scheduled to meet here Friday r through Sunday, J. B. (Dick) Hervey, executive secretary of the Association, said Thursday. * 1 * * * The Executive Boa^d began the ! weekend with a meeting Friday morning in the Memorial Student Center. • Registration opened at 8 a.m. in the Serpentine Lounge on the sec ond floor of the MSC. At 9 a.m. coffee was served to the members than at 10 a.m. the first meeting of the council was held in the MSC Assembly Room. Beginning at 11:30 a.m. Saturday a buffet luncheon will be served in the Ball Room. Following the luncheon members will attend the A&M-TCU football game here on Kyle Field. Closing the weekend, the Nomi nation Committee for the Associa tion Councilmen will meet in the the association office in the MSC. Executive Board members are John R. Hill Jr., '44, Dallas; Gra ham B. Purcell, ’41, Wichita Falls; W. E. Simpson Jr., ’58, San An tonio; A. W. Davis, ’45, Paducah; Dick Haas, ’45, Corpus Christi; and Melvin Maltz, ’47, from Houston. perfect record with a grade point ratio of 2.94. THE RHODES Scholarships pro gram has provided opportunities for young American men since 1904. Intellectual abilities, phys ical vigor and qualities of character are factors considered in selecting Rhodes Scholars. Two A&M graduates have been designated as Rhodes Scholars. They are Charles Wright Thomas, ’22, and Jack Edward Brooks, ’47. Blaschke has been designated as a distinguished student each se mester and also has been named a Distinguished Military Student. He served as president of Phi Eta Sigma, national freshmen honor society, and is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, a student honor organization similar to Phi Beta Kappa. Blaschke is corps adjutant with the rank of lieutenant colonel. As a junior, he served as corps ser geant-major. He is also a member of the Ross Volunteer Company, an honor unit. Bob Bryan Trio, composed of students at A&M. The dance will last until midnight yell practice. AT 11:30 p.m. the band will file out of Dorm 11 and strike up the War Hymn for the year’s second midnight yell practice. The 1962- 63 Aggie Sweetheart will be offic- .H ially presented at the yell prac- j tice in Kyle Field. Tours of the Nuclear Science Center will be staged for visiting parents and former students Sat urday morning. The tours, limited to groups of 25, will begin at 10 and 11, Floy Smith, reactor operations chief said. The science center is locat ed southeast of Easterwood Air port. THE AGGIES will meet Texas Christian University for the 58th meeting since the series began in 1897, at 2 p.m. in Kyle Field. A crowd of 25,000 is expected for the game. A dance sponsored by fourth year architecture majors called “Tomb Boom” will be held at the Bryan Country Club Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets will sell for $3 per couple in advance and $3.50 at the door. Joe Daniels’ band fi’om Bryan will furnish music. Proceeds will go for a class trip for the fourth-year students next year. The MSC Dance Committee is also sponsoring a dance Saturday night known as the All College Dance. It is scheduled from 8-12 p.m. in the Ballroom of the MSC. Silvester Munoz and his 6-piece band will furnish music, Admission will be $1.50 per person at the door, Dave Kabell, chairman of the MSC Dance Committee, said. Today’s Thought Ture bravery is shown by per forming without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the wmrld. —La Roche foucauld W.!!, Parmer Honored Here By Ministers Texas’ outstanding rural minist er of the year, the Rev. W. R. Par mer of San Gabriel, was honored here Thursday during the 17th annual Town and Country Church Conference. Parmer, along with the Rev. W. H. Wieting of Grapeland, runner-up in the recognition program, were presented plaques by Bud Fichte, assistant editor of Progressive Farmer magazine. Parmer is pastor of the San Gabriel Baptist Church. Reagan Brown, rural sociologist with the Agricultural Extension Service, said the minister was chosen on the basis of his community and agri cultural services. He was specifically cited for de veloping a local flood w r arning sys tem for area citizens and live stock owners along the San Gabriel See Related Pictures On Page 4 River; for organizing a Community Information Night Program which features speakers outside the San Gabriel area; for his interest in soil and water conservation; for his assistance in establishing and su pervising crop and fertilizer tests; his co-operation with the Milam County agricultural agent, exper iment station personnel and local farmers in promoting farm and home improvement programs; and for his outstanding church pro gram. Parmer is married and is the father of three children. Wieting, pastor of the Grapeland Methodist Church, was recognized for his activity in the Houston County Development Foundation, community improvement work and his soil and water conservation pi’omotion. Greeting Line At Reception Mr. and Mrs. J. Gordon Gay (far right) pass and Mrs. Tom Harrington. In the line, left through the reception line at Thursday to right, are Harrington, Mrs. Rudder, Rud- night’s president’s reception in the Memorial der and Dorsey McCrory, assistant to the Student Center. President and Mrs. Earl president. Rudder gave the reception for Chancellor