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m 12 ii a 43.p Che Battalion Riflemen Lose First See Page 4 lfh ^ : Volume 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1962 Number 31 Beg ms Volunteer Work In Bonfire Cutting Area Volunteer juniors and seniors took to the field for the first day Tuesday to cut wood for this year’s annual bonfire. The volunteers, who are cutting initial wood and clearing the cut ting area of underbrush, will con tinue work during off-hours until Friday, when the entire student body will attend convocation activi ties. A safety meeting Tuesday night will kick-off work in the cutting area. All juniors will be required to attend in Guion Hall at 7:30 p.m. for safety films and instruc- Wire Review By The Associated Press WORLD NEWS BONN, Germany—West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer said Monday the West should not ne gotiate with the Soviet Union un til Premier Khrushchev shows more evidence of an earnest desire to'settle East-West tensions. I In this connection, Adenauer, on ■ the eve of his flight to the United ■ States for talks with President i| K e n n e d y, cautioned Americans tion. Only juniors and seniors are be ing allowed to work this week in the cutting area, located approxi mately five miles west of campus off Highway 6. Full-scale student work won’t begin until Sunday, but many stu dents will begin Saturday. Only those not attending the Aggie-Rice game in Houston will work Satur day. The center pole, in sections of 75 and 30 feet, is due to arrive Wednesday and should be in place by nightfall Thursday. Bonfire coordinators hope to get a big head start in wood cutting during this week, since fully-mobil ized crews will have only two days in the cutting area — Sunday and Monday. Head Yell Leader Bill Brashears, the chief coordinator, Rice, JJT Ticket Sale Deadlines Set [against optimism about Cuban de- [velopments. • 'k ~k HONOLULU—Guam struggled Monday to shovel out from the blitz of a monster typhoon that left many of the 70,000 islanders homeless, one dead, hundreds in jured, and destruction described as unbelievable. Typhoon Karen, unleashing winds of up to 172 miles an hour, tore through the tiny is land Sunday night and Monday morning, Guam time, and left at least $100 million in damage. U.S. NEWS WASHINGTON—The United States was reported standing firm °n its insistence that Soviet bomb- I *rs, as well as missiles, be removed from Cuba. This word came from the White Mouse after a strategy session lasting nearly two hours between President Kennedy and his top ad visers in the Cuban crisis. TEXAS NEWS EL PASO—Billie Sol Estes, V’hose wealth was once estimated $22 million, filed an affidavit Mi U.S. District Court Monday ^earing that he is now a pauper. The affidavit was received to other with Estes’ petition asking | Permission to appeal the federal tourt order declaring him bank- vupt without having to pay costs the appeal. Student and date tickets for Saturday’s football game with the Rice Owls will go off sale Wednesday at 5 p.m. Deadline for purchasing tickets for the A&M-University of Texas game is Friday at 5 p.m. Students must have activity books to purchase tickets. No tickets for students or dates will be sold in Houston or Austin. has expressed hope that enough wood will be cut by Saturday to begin limited stacking, with full- scale stacking to foljow Sunday. The bonfire will burn next Tues day night, one day earlier than last year. The lost work day dur ing convocation has further hind ered operations. Directors Announce 6 Progress Blueprint’ Report Concludes 19 - Month Study After 19 months of internal and external study, the A&M Board of Directors has issued a “Blueprint For Progress” to guide development of the college until its 100th anniversary in 1976. 13 Freshmen Offices Open For Election Thirteen offices in the Class of ’GO will be opened to filing by candidates Wednesday, according to A1 Wheeler, chairman of the election commission. Any student who is currently classified as a freshman and who posted a 1.0 or better grade point ratio at mid-semester is eligible to file for any one of the offices. Wheeler said freshmen may file by filling out a brief form at the student program office in the Me morial Student Center. The last date for filing will be Nov. 20. Date for the election is Dec. 5 and any necessary 1'un-offs will be held Dec. 14. Those offices for which fresh man may file are president, vice- president, secretary, social seci’e- tary, one of four Student Senate positions and one of five spots on the election commission. Campus IN earing Donations $2,000 More than $1,900 has been do nated to this year’s Campus Chest drive as donations are still being made, according to Ken Stanton, chairman of the student welfare committee of the Student Senate. The original deadline for con tributions was set for Friday, Nov. 2, but due to last minute dona tions the drive has been extended until they are all received. “Some units and staffs said they would have to wait until contract checks come in before making their donations,” Stanton said. Squadron 1 was designated win ner of the Campus Chest bronze plaque since it was the first stu dent organization to make ,a 100 per cent contribution to the drive. Thirteen other campus groups have also made 100 per cent con tributions to this year’s drive, Stanton added. A certificate will be awarded to these organizations signifying 100 per cent donations. Stanton said he was told that this year’s drive amounted to twice as much as the 1960 drive. “Even though we fell short of our $8,000 goal, I am very happy as to the outcome of the drive,” he added. Seventy per cent of the funds collected will be given to Aggies who need monetary assistance. The remainder will be divided a- mong the Brazos County Tubercu losis Association, the March of Dimes and the College Station Community Chest. “We expect that by the time all donations have been received, we should go over the $2,000 mark,” Stanton concluded. The blueprint is based on data contained, in two board-dh’ected reports: an internal “Asnirations Study” conducted bv faculty, staff and students; and an external “Search of the Century” by 100 citizens appointed to the Century Council. Board President Eugene B. Dar by of Pharr called the work of these study groups “invaluable con tributions to the development of A&M.” Mapping out long-ranged pro grams of excellence to he achieved in the next 14 years, the blueprint “will direct A&M toward achieve ment of prominence among insti tutions of higher education,” the board president said. To be formally made public at Friday’s Convocation and Open House, the blueprint called for the following programs to be instituted or strengthened: • Programs to secure the high est caliber of faculty members with provisions to reward individual achievement. • Selective development of strong programs of instruction in engineering, natural and applied science, agriculture, veterinary medicine and liberal arts with stress on space-related fields of study. • Attraction of students char acterized by outstanding intellect ual capacity, maximum integrity and dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. • Additions and improvements to physical facilities, particularly those used in the sciences and tech nologies of the Space Age. ® Strengthened research ef forts both as an instructional technique as well as a service to the state. © Close relationships between researcher and extension educator to better disseminate laboratory discoveries to the fields and fac tories where it can he applied. • Find new financial resources to support heavy expenses required in college development and appor tion available money in light of goals and aspirations of the school. • Inform the people of Texas of the services as well as the needs of the institution. • Insistence upon excellence as the watchword of every aspect of college activity. GRANDFATHERS CAN’T DIE Friday Attendance A Must A great temptation will exist this weekend for many Aggies to have grandfathers die, James P. Han- nigan, dean of students, said Mon day. Hannigan was eyeing the marks on his calendar which indicate that students will be excused from classes on both Friday and Mon day. “However, I would like to remind everyone that these days are not holidays,” he said, “and! that classes have been excused so j that the students might participate in other activities related to his campus life.” Mayors Proclaim Convocation Day; Rudder Invites All Local Citizens Bryan and College Station Ma yors John Naylor and Ernest Lang ford have officially proclaimed Friday as “A&M College Convo cation Day” in the twin cities. The proclamation praises the col lege’s past 85 years of service to Brazos County, Texas, the United States and the world. Citizens in Brazos County and surrounding areas are being urg ed by the mayors to accept Presi dent Earl Rudder’s invitation to attend and participate in the larg est open house in the history of the college. In a letter of invitation to resi dents of Bryan, College Station and surrounding communities, Rud der emphasized the importance of A&M’s future development. “As friends and neighbors, we share a common interest,” he said. He pointed out that classes are not being held Friday so that students may participate and as sist in the A&M Convocation. Hannigan explained that the Con vocation was designed with the stu dents in mind. He pointed out that an extensive self-study report which was complied last spring through the efforts of faculty, staff and students has been one of the two documents being stud ied by the Board of Directors Horn which they have compilied their “Blueprint for Progress.” The other document is the report of much - talked - about Century Council. Numerous students representing all phases of campus life were con sulted by the more than 35 com mittees which worked to make the Aspirations Study possible, Hanni gan said, “WE ARE NOT asking stu dents to attend the convocation simply for the sake of having a warm body in each seat,” Hannigan explained. He said that with the more than 35,000 invitations sent to former students alone, there is little doubt that there will be an ample number of persons present to make the convocation a success. Students who attend the convo cation will hear plans discussed for the future of A&M. They will be told why these plans have been formulated. Those in attendance will also learn first hand of those things which will not be done. Hannigan said it is hoped by those who have had a part in the , designing of the convocation that ' each student will be present at 8 i p.m. Friday to register with his j department and meet the visitors to that department. “We have tried to invite speak ers to the various departments who will capture the interest of the students,” Hannigan stated, “so that they will want to attend the meetings.” A Sweetheart Is Crowned Cadet Col. of the Corps Bill Nix officially “crowns” ‘62-63 Aggie Sweetheart Lynn Parks during halftime activities at the SMU grid clash in Dallas Saturday. Head Drum Major Ronnie Moon looks on. The new sweetheart, a TWU sophomore, will now represent A&M at all social functions for the next year. The year’s first Corps Trip was also highlighted by the first A&M victory on a Corps Trip since 1957. That year the Aggies defeated TCU in Forth Worth, 7-0. MSC Council Votes Against Senate Delegate The Memorial Student Center Council last night cooled a hot potato among the campus’ stu dent government groups. In two votes that first refused and then approved a constitutional change, the Council decided not to require a representative from the Student Senate. The MSC governing body’s con stitution had previously called for a student representative from the Senate. The Council now sends a delegate to the Senate. Council President James Ray summed up the situation to his organization, composed of students, faculty and former students: “Evidently they feel that to send a representative of any other cam pus body would lower their pres tige.” According to Ray the two groups had always exchanged represent atives until three years ago. He said the right continued until last year when the question was forc ed to a vote on the floor of the Senate. Ray said: “Most of the senators didn’t even knew anything about it. And when it was brought up the presi dent called a closed session and made all the ex-officio members, including a Battalion reporter, leave. Then he relinquished the chair to his vice president so he could debate against sending a re presentative to our council.” LAST YEAR’S vote ended 12-11, in favor of not sending an envoy to the MSC group. Ray said Sheldon Best, this year’s president of the Student Senate and an MSC Councilman last year, had also declined to send a delegate. He said the matter has not been refered to the Senate proper, only to it’s executive com mittee where the proposition was pigeonholed. Paul Dresser, a member of the senate present at the session in an unofficial capacity, comment ed: “I think the Senate should be asked again to send a represent ative. If they don’t respond then cut them out of the picture. Most of the people on the Senate don’t even know about this. A 7-3 vote then denied the mo tion to remove the constitutional provision for Senate representa tion. More agrument and a general rehashing prompted Ray to call for another vote which showed a complete about-face. The motion to seek a student member from an other organization, such as the Civilian Student Council, was pass ed 8-2. Ray explained that the import ance of not just leaving the post unfilled rested in the 8 to 7 maj ority students are supposed to have on the council over faculty and former student members. United Chest Totals Reach 75 Per Cent The College Station United Chest drive, ending Thursday had collect ed almost three-fourths of its $17,- 000 goal by 5 p.m. Monday. Saturday and Sunday the cam paign did not function, but had accounted for $12,229.41 or 71.93 per cent of its quota by Monday, according to Pieter Groot, cam paign treasurer. He said: “We are quite optimistic, I think. There are still several groups who have not reported yet.” Groot, an instructor in the De partment of Oceanography and Meteoi’ology, said that, because it is difficult to compile a list of all groups and agencies in College Sta tion, many will not be contacted. “These groups should not wait for someone to contact them. They should go ahead and send in their contributions. “As everyone knows, the United Chest is a worthy organization serving many needs in our com munity,” he added. The United Chest fund serves 17 separate charities and organi zations. So far, 11 groups have made 100 per cent donations to the fund.