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Thousands Expected
At A&M Convocation
MAYORS GREET CONVOCATION VISITORS
. . Ernest Langford, CS, left; John Naylor, Bryan
By GERRY BROWN
Battalion News Editor
A&M is poised for the big
gest open house in the institu
tion’s history Friday—the
Century Study Convocation.
Thousands of persons are
scheduled to visit the campus to
see progress which has been made
in recent years and hear plans for
the college’s future.
President Earl Rudder and Dean
of Engineering- Fred Benson, con
vocation chairman, are inviting all
citizens to attend the event.
A major purpose of the con
vocation is to honor the 100
Texans who make up the Century
Council.
THE CENTURY STUDY has
been submitted to the Board of
Directors, which will use the sur
vey as a guide in formally present
ing its “Blueprint for Progress” at
the convocation main session. The
blueprint will also be based on an
internal “aspirations study” con
ducted by A&M’s faculty, staff and
students.
College officials have arranged
for five speakers to be heard at
the convocation.
Principal speaker will be James
E. Webb, administrator of the
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration. Webb, who was
appointed NASA administrator in
February, 1961, by President
Kennedy, is a former Director of
the Bureau of the Budget and
Undersecretary of State.
He was president and trustee of
Educational Services, Inc., of the
Massachusetts Institute of Tech-
Cbe Battalion
Volume 60
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1962
Number 33
BP Student Wives
Contestants Now
?or Mrs. A&M
Twelve student wives have al
ready filed as entrants in the
Bee. 8 Mrs. Texas A&M Contest,
■Mrs. Nat Alvis, president of the
Jfcgie Wives Council, announced
|Wednesday.
The wife of any student cur-
[rer.tly enrolled in the college
Bay apply as a contestant. Dead-
lline for applications is Dec. 1.
I Application forms may be se-
Rfured from Mrs. Alvis, and a
iform is printed on page 3 of this
tissue of The Battalion.
I The winner will be announced
lat a dance Dec. 8 in the Ball-
Jroom of the Memorial Student
Center.
Contest judges and prizes will
be announced at a later date.
Third Installment
Fees Now Payable
Third installment fees are pay
able now in the Fiscal office.
Deadline for payment without
penalty is Nov. 20. The fee is
$56.85.
Wire Review
By The Associated Press
WORLD NEWS
NEW DELHI, India — Prime
Minister Nehru got a dynamic new-
defense minister and 148 pounds
of gold for the Himalayan war
effort on his 73rd birthday Wed
nesday.
The new defense minister is Y.
B. Chavan, 48, who has a record
as an able and imaginative admin
istrator as chief minister of Maha
rashtra State of which Bombay is
the capital.
★ ★ ★
MOSCOW—The idea of an non-
agression pact betw-een the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization and
the Warsaw Pact nations was re
vived Wednesday night by the gov
ernment newspaper Izvestia.
It printed a political commen
tary which said: “A pact of non
aggression would not break the
existing correlation of forces be
tween the blocs. It would remain
the same.”
U.S. NEWS
WASHINGTON—The United
States warned the Soviet Union
on Wednesday not to build a naval
base in Cuba.
State Department spokesman
Lincoln White said that if it did,
“I w r ould assume appropriate meas
ures w-ould be taken.”
★ ★ ★
C H I C A G O—Vice President
Lyndon B. Johnson said Wed
nesday the United States “has
not—and we will never—enter
any commitment by which Com
munist imperialism shall be fort
ified against the united action
of free men in this hemisphere
or any other.”
With elements still unsettled
in the Cuban situation, he as
serted: “In the future, as in the
past, we must he, and we shall
be, ready to meet force with
force and to seek honorable
peace with all others who seek
honorable peace also.”
★ ★ ★
WASHINGTON—President Ken
nedy and Chancellor Konrad Ade
nauer of West Germany w-ere re
ported Wednesday night in agree
ment that the Cuban issue must
be resolved before any new West
ern initiative for settling other
cold war disputes—including Ber
lin.
Chapel Service Set
For Thanksgiving
A special Thanksgiving service
is scheduled in the All-Faiths
Chapel next Monday night.
The service, at 8 p.m. following
the Thanksgiving meal in college
dining halls, is sponsored by stu
dent chaplains and the YMCA.
The program, with the Rev.
Norman Anderson of the A&M
Presbyterian Church as speaker,
is designed for students and fac
ulty-staff members.
A&M’s Singing Cadets will also
participate.
JAMES E. WEBB
... to present keynote address
nology at the time of his latest
appointment.
WEBB WILL speak at the main
convocation session at 2 p.m. in
G. Rollie White Coliseum.
An added event of the 2 p.m.
meeting will be the presentation
of A&M’s first Distinguished
Alumni Awards. Receiving awards
will be:
Gen. Bernard A. Schriever, Class
of 1931, commander of the U. S.
Air Force Systems Command.
John W. Newton of Beaumont,
Class of 1912, former director and
general manager of the Refining
Division of Magnolia Petroleum
Co.
W. W. LYNCH of Dallas, Class
of 1922, president of Edison Elec
tric Institute and president and
chairman of Texas Power and
Light Co. Board.
Dr. Edward F. Knipling of
Beltsville, Md., Class of 1930, a
research scientist with the U. S.
Department of Agriculture Ento
mology Research Division.
The four were chosen from
nominations submitted by citizens
of the state. Final selection was
made by a nine-member committee
comprised of former students and
staff members.
CONVOCATION ACTIVITIES
Friday will begin with registration
and informal receptions in the
various academic departments at
8 a.m.
After the departmental open
houses, four different speakers
will address the degree-granting
schools of the college.
Dr. G. M. Watkins, director of
agricultural instruction, will speak
at the School of Agriculture pro
gram. The topic of his talk, to be
given at 8:40 a.m. in the Memorial
Student Center Ballroom, is
“Progress in Agriculture.”
Dr. F. Champion Ward, official
of the Ford Foundation, will be
the speaker for the School of Arts
and Sciences program. “New
Frontiers for Americans” will be
the topic of his talk at 10:30 a.m.
in DeWare Field House.
Dr. John R. Pierce, Bell Tele
phone Laboratory scientist, will
speak at the School of Engineering
program. Piei’ce will speak on
“Satellite Communication” at 11
a.m. in Guion Hall.
Dr. M. R. Clarkson, associate
administrator of the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture’s Agricultural
Research Service, will speak at the
School of Veterinary Medicine
program. The topic of Clarkson’s
talk will be .“Veterinary Medicine—
Our Responsibility to the Future. ,r
Clarkson will speak at 11 a.m. in
the Veterinary Medicine Hospital.
AT 12:15 a luncheon honoring'
the 100 members of the Century
Council will be served in Sbisa
Dining Hall. Also to be honored
at the luncheon are faculty mem
bers, staff and students who par
ticipated in the aspirations study.
All persons attending the con
vocation have been invited to the
luncheon. Tickets are $2.50 per
person.
Bryan and College Station
Mayors John Naylor and Ernest
Lang-ford have officially pro
claimed Friday as “A&M College
Convocation Day” in the two
cities.
DR. JOHN R. PIERCE
DR. M. R. CLARKSON
DR. G. M. WATKINS
DR. F. CHAMPION WARD
GUIDES FOR FUTURE
Hungarian Courts
BUDAPEST, Hungary <•£’> —
Hungarian Communist officials
are considering establishing so-
called social courts to handle mi- ■
nor cases, such as disciplinary of- j Convocation ceremonies Friday
fenses and petty theft. This nation ; will be highlighted by the formal
of 10 million had a million liti- announcement of the “Blueprint
gants and 210,000 trials in 1961. | For Progress,” to be presented to
‘Blueprint’ Tops Convocation
ALUMNI AWARD WINNERS
(clockwise) Lynch, Newton, Knipling, Schriever
Convocation Events
8-10:30 a. m.—Registration and informal receptions in
academic departments
8:40 a. m.—School of Agriculture program, Dr. G. M.
Watkins speaking, MSC Ballroom
10:30 a. m.—-School of Arts and Sciences program. Dr.
F. Champion Ward speaking, G. Rollie White Coliseum
11 a. m.—School of Engineering program. Dr. John R.
Pierce speaking, Guion Hall
11 a. m.—School of Veterinary Medicine program. Dr.
M. R. Clarkson speaking, veterinary medicine hospital
12:15 p. m.—Century Council luncheon, Sbisa Hall
2 p. m.—Convocation, presentation of “Blueprint for
Progress” by Eugene B. Darby, G. Rollie White Coliseum
2 p. m.—Presentation of distinguished alumni awards
to Gen. Bernard A. Schriever, John W. Newton, W. W. Lynch
and Edward F. Knipling, G. Rollie White Coliseum
2 p. m.—Keynote address, James E. Webb, G. Rollie
White Coliseum
4 p. m.—Corps of Cadets review, main drill field
the student body, faculty, former
students and guests in G. Rollie
White Coliseum at 2 p.m.
This blueprint is the result of
a 19-month internal and external
study which will guide develop
ment of the school until its 100th
anniversary in 1976. It will be
presented by Eugene B. Darby,
president of the Board of Direc
tors.
The blueprint is based on data
j contained in two board-directed
j reports: an internal “Aspirations
| Study” conducted by faculty, staff
I and students; and an external
| “Search of the Century” by 100
citizens appointed to the Century
Council.
Darby called the work of these
study groups “invaluable contribu
tions to the development of A&M.”
Mapping out long-ranged pro
grams of excellence to be achieved
in the next 14 years, the blueprint
“will direct A&M toward achieve
ment of prominence among insti
tutions of higher education,” the ] • Close relationships between
board president said. j researcher and extension educator
The blueprint calls for the fol- ; to better disseminate laboratory
lowing programs to be instituted | discoveries to the fields and fac-
or strengthened: j tories where it can be applied.
• Programs to secure the high- I • Find new financial resources
est caliber of faculty members with | to support heavy expenses required
provisions to reward individual 1 in college development and appor-
achievement. i tion available money in light of
® Selective development of I goals and aspirations of the school,
strong programs of instruction in ! • Inform the people of Texas
engineering, natural and applied of the services as well as the needs
science, agriculture, veterinary i of the institution,
medicine and liberal arts with I • Insistence upon excellence as
stress on space-related fields of | the watchword of every aspect of
study. J college activity.
• Attraction of students char- j
acterized by outstanding intellec
tual capacity, maximum integrity
and dedicated to the pursuit of
knowledge.
Today’s Thought
For man is by nature afraid
. of death and of the dissolution
Additions and improvements | of the t^y. but there is this
to physical facilities, particularly
those used in the sciences and tech
nologies of the Space Age.
• Strengthened research efforts
both as an instructional technique
most startling fact, that he who
has put on the faith of the Cross
despises even what is naturally
fearful, and for Christ’s sake U
not afraid of death.—St. Athan-
as well as a service to the state. 1 asius