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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1962
Number
BEGINNING SECOND STACK
. . . log rises above base tier
GOING UP
. . . crane hoists Ag to top of stack
BONFIRE COFFEE POT
. . . helps guards keep watch
tack Burns Tonight—Weather Or Not
2 IN CONVOCATION SPEECH
Webb Credits U. S. Colleges
As Space Effort Backbone
Space expert James E. Webb
called A&M and other U. S. uni
versities the backbone of U. S.
success and leadership in space
Friday at the college’s first con
vocation.
Speaking to a large gathering in
G. Rollie White Coliseum at the
conclusion of a whirl-wind day of
activities, Webb said:
“If we are to achieve pre-emin
ence in space, and that is our na
tional goal, our universities and
colleges must produce an increas
ing supply of scientists and engi
neers with capacity for leadership
in this field.
“Some graduates will be needed
in government service with NASA
or other agencies participating in
I the space program. Some will go to
| the private research organizations
an d industrial corporations upon
' v hich the nation depends for pro
duction of space-age hardware.
“But some of the best must re
main in the university communi
ty where they will continue to
advance knowledge and produce
new talent.”
“But some of the best must re
main in the university community
where they will continue to ad
vance knowledge and produce new
talent.”
WEBB, ADMINISTRATOR of
the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, praised A&M’s
outlook for its coming centennial
by noting:
“Because of this timely study
by the Century Council of A&M’s
future programs, I am sure the
centennial celebration will be a
much prouder one, and that the
needs of state and nation will be
better served over the years a-
head to the same high degree.”
Webb’s keynote address follow
ed the formal presentation of the
“Blueprint for Progress,” an out
line by the A&M System Board of
JAMES E. WEBB
f .. “colleges are backbone”
mBSBUm
STERLING C. EVANS
. . “improve the present”
Directors for college programs be
tween now and the school’s cen
tennial in 1976.
Delivered by Director Sterling
C. Evans, the blueprint stressed
improvement of existing programs
and not mass expansion into other
fields.
EVANS AND THE directors
stressed development of instruc
tional programs, particularly at
the graduate level, in the agricul
tural and engineering sciences,
veterinary medicine, the physical
and natural sciences and those sub
jects dealing in economics and so
ciological problems.
Evans also called a good teach
ing and administrative staff essent
ial for effectiveness, and advocated
attracting-, developing and retain
ing an outstanding faculty.
Other events during the main
convocation session Friday after
noon were highlighted by the pre
sentation of A&M’s first distin
guished alumni awards.
Winners were Dr. Edward F.
Knipling, ’30, a reseai-ch scientist
with the U. S. Department of Agri
cultural Entomology Research Di
vision; Gen. Bernard A. Schriever,
’31, commander of the U. S. Air
Force Systems Command; John W.
Newton, T2, former director and
general manager of the refining di
vision of Magnolia Petroleum Co.;
and W. W. Lynch, ’22, president
and chairman of Texas Power and
Light Co.
AMONG OTHER guests present
was Texas’ governor-elect John
Connally, who told a noon luncheon
that the greatest contributions of
a university are not to the present,
but to students of the future.
Connally also called the present
period one of “intellectual and tech
nological revoluation” and pledged
himself to support educational ef
forts “now and always.”
Earlier in the day, Dr. John Pier
ce of Bell Telephone Laboratoi'ies,
one of four speakers at academic
schools’ open houses, predicted that
the world will eventually have
satellite communication.
Pierce said British commonweal
th members and common market
countries are already “seriously
considering establishing satellite
system*.”
Wet Cadets Hurry
For 7:30 Flames
Despite the usual wet abuse from the weatherman, bon
fire workers hurried through final preparations Tuesday-
morning for the annual Thanksgiving bonfire—scheduled
tonight at 7:30 on the drill field behind Duncan Dining Hall.
Workers haven’t stopped since last Saturday morning in
a hurried rush to get the stack of logs ready for tonight’s
lighting. A steady rain started falling late Sunday and con
tinued until after dark Monday. Forecasts were for more
of the same through Tuesday.
All work efforts turned to the stacking area after the
conclusion of activity in the cutting area near midday Mon
day. Double stacking began late Monday afternoon and con-
tinued through the night.
Additional double stacking,
and possibly triple stacking,
was scheduled Tuesday as
other workers put the final
touches on the stack. Oiling is
scheduled between 5 and 5:30 this
afternoon, after which work will
be completed.
ACCORDING TO Head Yell
Leader Bill Brashears, who has
served as chief coordinator for the
bonfire, few injuries have been
reported and work has progressed
smoothly. Brashears said the only
injuries reported were several
smashed fingers, none of which
were serious.
There were the usual cases of
poison ivy, also.
The bonfire will begin a series
of activities leading up to the tra
ditional Thanksgiving Day game
with Texas University in Austin
Thursday at 2 p.m.
Bon Y Do It, 9 Ags,
’Sips Warned
Aggies and University of Tex
as students have been reminded
to abandon any pranks they may
have planned between now and
the Thanksgiving Day football
game.
President Earl Rudder and Un
iversity of Texas President J. R.
Smiley issued a joint statement
saying that campus depredations
will be countered with appropri
ate punishment.
The reminder covered the joint
policy adopted by the Board of
Directors of A&M and the Board
of Regents of the University in
which “they viewed with con
cern any visits by the students
of one school to the campus of
the other to paint or otherwise
deface statues, buildings or
other state property.”
LBJ To Speak
Here Dec. 13
At SCONA
Vice President Lyndon B. John
son will speak at the eighth an
nual Student Conference On Na
tional Affairs here Dec. 13.
Johnson will talk on “Sources
Of World Tension,” SCONA VIIFs
general topic.
Also confirmed as a speaker
was Gen. Frederic H. Smith, re
cently retired vice chief of staff
of the Air Force and commander
of the United States Air Forces in
Europe.
Approximately 175 student dele-
gaates from 75 schools and uni
versities from the United States,
Mexico and Cuba are to attend, ac
cording to chairman Victor Don
nell.
Other speakers on tap for SCO
NA VIII are James J. Wadsworth,
former ambassador to the United
Nations; Felix McKnight, execu
tive editor of the Dallas Times-
Herald and former president of
the American Society of Newspap
er Editors; and Mason Willrich,
member of the U. S. delegation to
the 18-nation disarmament talks
in Geneva and advisor to the U. S.
Arms Conrtol and Disarmament
Agency.
The director’s office of the Mem
orial Student Center has announc
ed that applications from A&M
students who wish to be official
delegates to SCONA will be taken
next week. Of the 24 Aggies to be
selected, 16 will be U. S. nationals
and 8 will be foreign students.
Applications will be taken from
Nov. 26-29.
“ . \ . We’re hoping that you fellas will cooperate so we
can keep our No. 4 national rating! Think of the asset it
would be to the conference!”
Thanksgiving Corps Trip
Parade Route Released
“Forward March” will be sounded at 9:45 a. m. Thursday
to move the Corps of Cadets out for the Turkey Day march
i through downtown Austin.
The route of march will be from the assembly area on
East 2nd St., from Congress five blocks east to Red River,
up Congress and around the east side of the capitol.
The reviewing stand for the graded parade will he
located at Congress and 7th Street in front of the Austin
Hotel.
The order of march will be Corps Staff, Band, 1st Wing,
2nd Wing, 3rd Brigade, 1st Brigade and 2nd Brigade.
Headquarters for the Austin Corps Trip will be set up in
^ the Austin Hotel.
Duty officers will be Lt. Col. Edward L. Scott and Capt.
Billy C. Presnal.
Holidays will officially begin with the close of classes
on Wednesday and continue until 8 a. m. Monday, according
to the office of James P. Hannigan, dean of students.
A dance has been planned Wednesday night prior to the
Thursday activities.
The Austin A&M Mothers’ Club will sponsor the dance
from 8:30-12:30 in the new Austin Municipal Auditorium.