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a Convocation Week Away 'f-the-te / “laybes > Makei ’ill tabs 1 o ’ON’S )USE lies 'rida; 0 and Oik fay 8 Si Preparations for the exten sive first A&M Convocation, now only a week away, have stepped up to a fever pace as the Century Study headquarters' staff works overtime to coordi nate speakers, open houses, re ports, a luncheon and other celebration events. The convocation, the first in A&M’s 86-year history, will br ing thousands of visitors to the campus. More than 35,000 in vitations to former students a- lone have been mailed out. Friday, a holiday from class es, will open the event with 8 a.m. registration of students, exes, faculty and guests at each of the academic departments. After the departmental open houses, top flight speakers will address the degree granting- schools of the college. The speakers are: Dr. G. M. Watkins — School AUSTIN <A>) — Gov.-elect John ilonnally said Thursday the prin cipal aim of his administration (rill be to stimulate industral ex- lansion and economic growth in Texas. Connally sketched his plans for he next two years in his first lews conference since defeating Jepublican Jack Cox in Tuesday’s lalloting. Connally will be inaug- irated Jan. 15. Connally told news reporters hat attraction of out-of-state in- lustry might even become a part REI it- ZES :E- :0 ”7 gRVtf / of Agriculture — Memorial Stu dent Center Ballroom at 9 a.m. Dr. P. Champion Ward — School of Arts and Sciences — G. Rollie White Coliseum at 10:30 a.m. Dr. John Pierce — School of Engineering — Guion Hall at 11 a.m. Dr. M. R. Clarkson — School of Veterinary Medicine — Vet erinary Medicine Building, Room 201 at 11 a.m. At 12; 15 a luncheon honoring the 100 members of the Cen tury Council will be served in Sbisa Dining Hall. Also to be honored at the lunch are the faculty members, staff and stu dents who participated in the Aspirations Study. Following the banquet will come perhaps the most note- worthy session of the entire event. The Board of Directors will announce goals and ob jectives to guide future develop ment of the school in a 2 p.m. assembly of the entire convoca tion in G. Rollie White Coli seum. Four former students will be presented the newly created Dis tinguished Alumni awards at the assembly. The four, all re cognized as leaders in their various fields are: Gen. Bernard A. Schriever, Class of ’31, chief or the United States Air Force Air Research and Development Command. John W. Newton, Class of ’12, former director and general manager of the refining division of the Magnolia Petroleum Co. W. W. Lynch, Class of ’22, is president of the Edison Electric Institute. Dr. Edward F. Knipling, Class of ’30, is a research scientist with Entomology Research Divi sion of the Department of Agri culture. And as a climax for the ses sion, James E. Webb, admini strator for the National Aero nautics and Space Administra tion, will address the student body, faculty and staff and guests. At 4 p.m. the Corps of Cadets will bring the convocation to a close with a review on the main drill field under the com mand of Cadet Col. of the Corps William D. Nix. All persons attending the con vocation have been invited to the luncheon. Tickets are $2.50 each and may be purchased by students at the Memorial Student Cen ter. Other locations for tickets are the Century Study office in the YMCA Building on campus, Conway & Company in Bryan, Jarrotts Pharmacy downtown and Townshire, and Aggieland Studios in College Station. In dividual departments of the col lege also have the ducats. Bryan-College Station Cham ber of Commerce head Gene Sutphen said his group was urg ing all businessmen to attend and support the convocation. He said the body’s A&M De velopment Committee, under Chairman Claude Edge, was making announcements to civic clubs and other' organizations. Information packets of the convocation have been sent to chamber of commerce offices in towns surrounding Brazos Coun ty. According to Bob Hunt Jr., director of the Century Study Dean of Engineering Fred Ben son has sent letters of invita tion to students and admini strators of schools within a 100-mile radius of A&M. Che Battalion Volume 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1962 Convocation Mail Mrs. Dorothy Boyce, left, secretary in the Century Council office, and Miss Brenda Butler, College Information typist, try to decide where to put some of the hundreds of letters received in the Century Council office requesting reserva- Number 30 4, tions for the A&M College Century Study Convocation. SKETCHES PLANS Connally Stresses Economic Growth Wire Review By The Associated Press WORLD NEWS NEW DELHI, India — The Red Chinese broke a lull on the Hima layan battle line Thursday with fresh probing attacks. Indians said the action appeared to be a prelude to a resumption of the the Communist offensive. Prime Minister Nehru rallied his people for a war to drive what he called the expansionist, imperialist-minded invaders from “the sacred soil of India.” Long an apostle of passive neu tralism, the Indian leader de clared the nation’s freedom is at stake and warned Parliament to brace for a struggle that might go on for a number of years. ★ ★ ★ UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. — Brazil’s plan to turn Latin America into nuclear-free zone gained Western support here Thursday as delegates, continual ly citing the Cuban crisis, ap pealed for U. N. efforts to speed disarmament talks. U. S. NEWS UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. — The United States and the S6- v 'et Union failed to reach agree ment Thursday night on removal Soviet jet bombers from Cuba. The deadlock on that issue and 0, i-site inspection persisted as in formed sources reported that the Soviet Union had .told the United Slates all Soviet missiles will be ® u t of Cuba by Monday and there ^ill be no need for U. S. naval ’ospection of outbound Soviet ships after that date. TEXAS NEWS DALLAS, Tex. —■ Controversial former Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker tiered Parkland hospital Thurs- for mental examinations or dered by a Mississippi federal court. "I feel fine and have always felt fine,” said Walker, accused by the federal government of re bellion, insurrection and seditious conspiracy in connection with in tegration riots at the University of Mississippi. SEA CHECKS PLANNED of his inauguration program. He noted that his platform calls for a bureau of commerce to handle at traction of both industry and tour ists. Connally said any proposal to increase tuition in state colleges should be studied “from the angle of whether a tuition increase would keep people from going to school. I don’t want a tuition raise to be an obstacle to education.” HE WAS ASKED about a possi ble Big Thicket State Park. “I don’t know the facts about a Big Thicket park but I would be reluctant to move to add anything to the present park system before the Texas Tech park study pro gram is completed,” he said. Earlier Thursday, outgoing Gov. Price Daniel named a 30-member committee of prominent Texans to consider creation of a Big Thicket State Park in Southeast Texas forest lands. In answering other questions, Connally said he will try to talk with most Democrat legislators and heads of state agencies and boards before he takes office. He said a temporary office is being set up in Austin and he would retain a small staff here until in auguration. HE SAID HE will not submit a detailed budget proposal to compete with the budget submitted to the 1963 legistlature by Daniel. Connally received congratula tions by telephone from Vice Presi dent Lyndon Johnson but not from President John Kennedy. T talk ed to the vice president about three minutes when he and a bunch of Texans in Washington called to wish me good luck,” he said. He expressed hope that Texas could get by the next two years 3W taxe mains to be seen ...” j , „ ,, _ „ _ Shortly before the Defense De- He said Dallas should get a! partment announcement, the State second congx-essman if the people Department had said the at-sea are due one on a population basis ; checking does not remove the “and not deny it to them just be- j need for on-site inspection in Cuba cause they voted against me and 1 to confirm that the nuclear threat sent six Republicans to the legis- ^ to U. S. security has, indeed, been lature.” | fully eliminated. Warm-Up For The Ride CivilianGroupOpposes Compulsory Meeting Council Approves Cushing Library- Hours Extended Cushing Memorial Library will extend its schedule of open houi's beginning Monday, Robert A. Houze, librai'y director, announced Thursday. Houze said the new hours are: weekends 8 a.m.-midnight; Satux*- days 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; and Sunday 2 p.m.-midnight. This schedule will be used on a tidal basis through the remainder of the fall semester. A re-evalua tion of this schedule will be xuade at the end of Januai'y to determine whether usage justifies these add ed hours, Houze added. Today’s Thought We are not onr own anymore than what we profes is our own. —Cardinal Mewman Defense Department Reports Soviet Rockets Sailing Home WASHINGTON <A>) — The De fense Department reported Thurs day night all Soviet missile bases in Cuba have been dismantled and their nuclear rockets put aboard ships. This report was based on aerial x’econnaissance and the department said further verification of Soviet withdrawal of offensive arms is expected within 24 hours by U. S. warships’ “close alongside obser vation” of the Soviet merchant- Junior, Senior Bonfire Workers Start Cutting Tuesday, Not Monday Junior and senior volunteer bonfire workers will be able to begin work next Tuesday, and not Monday, Head Yell Leader Bill Brashears disclosed Thursday. Original plans called for volunteer work beginning Mon day in the cutting area west of campus off Farm Road 60. Initial cutting of timber and clearing of undergrowth is planned during next week’s volunteer work. Freshmen and sophomores will not be permitted to work until full-scale toil begins next weekend. Brashears also said civilians will not be able to work next Friday during convocation, as was originally believed. Both civilians and corps students will have full schedules of convocation activities. THE DEFENSE Department gave first word of arrangements for at-sea examinations Wednesday but did not say how it would be done. Thursday’s announcement indicated it would be by visual inspection from alongside. It was added “it is undei’stood the So viet vessels will cooperate in this procedure.” Although the announcement spoke of along-side inspections, a Pentagon spokesman said the pos sibility of boarding the Soviet ves sels is not eliminated if that is deemed necessai'y. At the United Nations, informed soux-ces reported that the Soviet Union has told the United States that all missiles would be out of Cuba by Monday and there would be no need for inspection beyond that time. It was not clear wheth er this w r as merely informative or was intended by the Russians as a deadline at which they want inspections at sea to cease. THE PENTAGON reported that thx*ee Soviet ships — presumably caxrying nuclear rockets — have been sighted outbound from Cuba and they probably will be the first ones contacted by the U. S. warships. The Defense Depart ment said the first contact may come about daylight Friday. The Department announcement said that in addition to the me- range rockets that have been spot ted in aerial pictures, missile transporters and other vital rock etry equipment has been seen loaded aboard Soviet ships, includ ing some now at sea. In an impromptu news confer ence, Soviet Premier Khrushchev said the missiles “probably are on their way” back to the Soviet Union and mentioned a figure of 40. A U. S. Defense Depai'tment spokesman said Thursday “We’ll certainly be looking for a mini mum of 40 missiles” when the warships rendezvous with the So- ivet merchantmen. Poisonous Liquid Reported Stolen From Laboratory Department of Chemistry in- stx-uctors are hunting for a five- pound blob of mercury stolen yes terday from the Chemistry Build ing. The bright metal was taken fi'om a freshman lab between the hours of 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., said department spokesman W. W. Spurlock. He said the mercury would just about fill a coke bottle. Spurlock said the stolen chemi cal could possibly result in some one’s death. He said most persons can handle mercury with immunity, but a few are highly susceptible to min ute quantities of the element, especially when it enters the blood stream. He said it is also poisonous to inhale. INo Bonfire Work Conflicts between bonfire activities and convocation at tendance prompted the Civilian Student Council to make a stand last night condemning any lumbering which was to have been underway next Friday. At the same time, however, council members voiced opposition to compulsory student attendance at the convo cation. The council has never considered any schedule calling for bonfire work during convocation day. “That we cannot do,” said Robert O. Murray, civilian student counselor. “We are hoping that we will have a large portion of the civilian student population present at the Students Make Dallas Exodus For Corps Trip The A&M campus will appear deserted this weekend as the Ag gies exodus to the' Foi't Woi’th- Dallas area max’ks the year’s first Cox-ps Trip. Highlighted by the Aggie-SMU game, the weekend’s activities will beg-in with a reception and dance Friday night at. Texas Woman’s University in Denton. Satui-day morning at 8:30 the entire Corps of Cadets, lead by the Texas Aggie Band, will parade in downtown Dallas. They will march east on Main St. from Mar ket St. to Pearl St. The review ing stand will be located in front of City Hall at the intersection of Main and Harwood Streets. convocation. “After all, it will be the first such event to be held in the 86-year history of A&M. I don’t want everyone to think that civilians will be work ing on the bonfire at that time.” MURRAY, ANSWERING the questions of council membei’s, also said that some departments of instruction may take roll calls next Friday, thereby making attendance at the convocation compulsory. The counselor declined to specu late what penalities would be as sessed students not present, but said that both roll calls and action against absentees would px-obably be handled at the descretion of each department. The council opposed compulsory attendance on the grounds that it would be inappropriate, would accomplish nothing and would an tagonize students who could simply wait until after at an at tendance check were made before leaving the campus. - MOVING THE discussion to con- From 11 a.m. until gametime the vocation day planning, Jeff Harp, | Dallas A&M Club will sponsor a president of the council, set up schedules for volunteers who will man one of five information cen ters to be located at each of the main entrances to the campus. Radio communications will be maintained between the convoca tion day committee and the cen ters which will be housed in tents. “Work orders have been issued free barbecue for A&M students and theii- dates or wives in the Women’s Building on the Texas State Fair grounds at the w r est end of the Cotton Bowi. FORMER STUDENTS and other guests of students who wish to attend the bai'becue may do so with the payment of a 75-cent charge. Students not in uniform by the Building and Utilities De- wiI1 have to Present their student partment for three sections of the identification card for admittance, campus to be equipped and desig- i The Aggies will meet the SMU nated as student car wash areas,” | Mustangs for their 45th grid bat- Harp said j ^ P-m. in the Cotton Bowi. ! The Aggies have won 21, lost 17 He gave the three locations as , and tied 6 g arnes . being in the vicinity of the Law j climaxing the w eekend’s activi- Hall parking lot, behind the old ties Saturday night, the Dallas fire station and behind G. Rollie Hometown Club will sponsor a White Coliseum. | dance in the Dallas Memorial Au- i ditorium from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Tickets fof the dance are $6 per couple and may be purchased at the door. Headquarters for the Corps Trip will be at the Southland Hotel. Patriotic Red Toys BERLIN GPi — East German I youngsters have been assured by | Communist authorities that there will be plenty of “patriotic toys” Capt. Charles F. Hornstein Jr. and on sale this Christmas. They in- Capt. Calvin Reese, representing elude model soldiers and weapons j the commandant’s office, will be in Soviet and East German uni- : located at the hotel for students forms and colors. j needing assistance.