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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1962
Number 31
Beg
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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.