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SE Cbe Bsttdlion UT Singers Here Tonight See Page 3 Volume 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1962 Number 36 101 Directors Okay Room Rent Increase Auto Accidents Injure Three During Holiday Thanksgiving Corps Trip Parade Marred By Runaway Car By GERRY BROWN Battalion News Editor Three Aggies were injured last Thursday in a pair of automobile accidents which marred the holi day period. John Christian, ’64 electrical en gineering major from Austin, was severely injured in one mishap when struck down by a runaway car in downtown Austin and drag ged 80 feet. m The accident occured at about _j|!l:15 a.m. Thursday prior to the "■Corps Trip parade when the ac- Jwcelerator of an auto driven by a w lSparking attendant jammed, caus ing the car to go out of control. A witness of the accident, James K. Earle of Arlington, told The •Battalion: “I looked up and saw a Pontiac bupst through part of the crowd knocking down several people and hitting a parking- meter. “THE CAR then jumped off the curb and I could see that there |as a person or several people tnder it being- dragged along.” Chi-istian, a member of Com- |pany A-2, is still hospitalized in Austin. He is being- treated for lead injuries, lacerations and deep gashes on his legs. Injured in the second accident Thursday was Charles A. Panta- lion Jr., ’GG civil engineei-ing ma- l jor from Bryan, and Preston C. Borman, ’G6 business major from vUlake Jackson. The two were hospitalized at Giddings after the car in which .they were riding collided with an other auto about 4:25 p.m. ap proximately 12 miles from Gid dings on Highway 21. Both boys suffered facial cuts and bruises and Were released Friday morning. No one in the other vehicle was iurt. Bonfire Flames Reach For Sky Another bonfire became history last Tuesday nig-ht when time for the blaze and all arrangements proceeded smooth- this fall’s .stack was ignited on the drill field behind Dun- ly. Also only minor injuries were reported during pre can Dining Half. The weather cleared up. shortly before bonfire work. CONFERENCE RAPIDLY SHAPING UP Top Speakers Pace SCONA Headlined by an impressive slate of speakers including the vice president of the United States, the eighth annual Stu dent Conference On National Af- Wire Review By The Associated Press WORLD NEWS NEW DELHI, India — An In dian government spokesman reject ed Monday a key provision Red China had pinned to its cease-fire and offer of troop withdrawal. And two top Indian leaders hint ed the fighting lull on the Hima layan battlefield is only tempor ary. Signs of a stiffening Indian stand against Peking terms for a continued border truce came as American planes rushed more than 1,000 fresh Indian troops to Positions in the northeast. The head of the U. S. military mission to India returned from a trip to the northeast command area and Sported Indian troops in control and their morale good. The Indian spokeman said Prime Minister Nehru’s govern- 'nent is still considering the Red Chinese offer to withdraw from the present battle lines. But the spokesman rejected a Peking con dition that would, he said, leave the Chinese in control of 2,000 square miles of Indian territox-y b Ladakh that they did not hold before the recent heavy fighting began. ★ ★ ★ GENEVA — The Soviet Union offered Monday to halt all nu clear weapons tests by the end of the year, but rejected the inter national inspection arrangements demanded by the West. The typical East-West impasse developed at the resumption of the 17-nation disarmament con ference which heard a message from President Kennedy express ing hope that the new round of negotiations will end “the up ward spiral of weapons competi tion.” “It is clear that a renewed fairs is rapidly shaping up. Just last week chair-man Vic Donnell announced thx-ee speak ers, including Lyndon B. Johnson, ex-chief of staff of the Air Fox-ce Fredeidc H. Smith and Costa Ri can ambassador to the United States Gonzalo J. Facio. Other speakex-s ax-e Mason Will- rich of the U. S. Arms Contx-ol and Disarmament Agency; James J. Wadswoi-th, former ambassador to the United Nations; and Felix conference: “Sources of World Tension.” The assembly will run from Dec. 12-15 in the Memorial Stu dent Centex-. SCONA, as its name implies, makes no attempt to solve world problems, but rather to study the impact of wox-ld problems on the United States, said Donnell. Donnell explained that sessions put x*aw material before students, allowing each to make up his own McKnight, executive editor of the mind and reach his own con clusions. DONNELL PREDICTED that SCONA VIII may be especially schools and uni- P roductive in light of the Cuban Dallas Times-Hex*ald. The conference will be attend ed by student delegates froixx ap- proximately 65 versities throughout the U. S., I crisis and the qualifications of the Mexico and Canada. i fakers on such affairs. The conference, which eight years ago had a budget of $9,000, now must foot an $18,000 bill. The Costs May Hit $20 Per Month A recommendation to increase dormitory rent from $15 per month to $20 per month was approved by the Board of Directors of the A&M System meeting in Austin Wednes day. The recommendation for the rent increase, to become effective June 1, 1963, was submitted to the board by Pres ident Earl Rudder. Rudder also sent a statement of profit and loss of combined operations of all student dormitories for the last four fiscal years ending Aug. 31. It was pointed out by Rudder that expenses of the resi dence halls have exceeded revenues in three of the last four years. His report indicated that the losses were $57,000 in 1959; $27,000 in 1960; and IN ADDITION to hearixig the major addx-esses, delegates will sp lit into x-ound-table discussions based on the major theme of the! ^ unds ’ w ^ cdl ale °^ ta ' ned stu " terson will assume the additional tion. Harriott O. Kunkel, professor I dent workers from interested busx PO Dedication Set; Senator To Speak The new College Station Post Office will be dedicated Satux-day at 2:30 p.nx. accox-ding to Post master Ex-nest Gregg. The new facility, located at 100 Houston St., cost $272,000. It is a part of the Post Office Depax-t- ment’s remodeling and moderniz ing plan. Gregg pointed out among the speakers expected at the dedica tion is U. S. Senator Ralph Y’ar- borough. nessmen, go for the transportation, x-ooms and meals of delegates in addition to speakers’ fees. John Kx-ebbs, in charge of raising the necessary capital, repox-ted all ★ ★ ★ Aggies wishing to be delegates to SCONA representing A&M and immediate effort must be made to halt the constantly in creasing tempo of the arms race if there is to be assurance of a lessening of the danger of w ar,” said the Kennedy statement, read by U. S. Ambassador Arthur H. Dean. U. S. NEWS HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A Ne- gro coed seeking a career in per sonnel management confirmed Monday that she has applied fox- admission to the all-white Univer sity of Alabama. The coed, Vivian Malone, 20, of Mobile, apparently is one of thx-ee negx-oes seeking to begin classes .at the University in Tuscaloosa when the next semester begins in Febx-uary. The Univex-sity, which an nounced receipt of an application fx-om a Negro sevex-al weeks ago, said Monday it has received en try forms from two other Negroes. TEXAS NEWS DALLAS, Tex. — The charge is political intex-ference in the ad ministration of the University of Mississippi. But it is not the politicians alone who ax-e on tx-ial this week before the Southern As sociation of Colleges and Schools. “We are deeply concexmed with the eux-x-ent attitudes and actions of the univex-sity students, as well as the state officials,” one dele gate said in an interview Monday. “Our primary concern is the ^ 'phg long-awaited identification cards are now being dis- over-all stability of the institutions tributed in the Exchange Store. The credit-card type plastic ! of higher learning in Mississippi.” , credentials bear only fee slip numbers, the student’s name The association’s Commission and his picture, on Colleges began a closed-door i No provision is made for date of birth or address, hearing Monday on the Ole Miss j The cards are white with maroon lettering. A small case. The verdict will be handed signature tape to be signed by the owner is on the front of down Wednesday when each of the each card. associations’s 388 member institu- i The raised lettering is supposed to enable the new cards tions casts its vote on the commis- i to be used to speed up such things as registration by use. of sion’s recommendations. j imprinting machines. $7,000 in 1962. In 1961 rev enue exceeded expenses by $26,000. “At the present rental rate of $15 a month per student, it is not possible for us to do some of the. x-equired maintenance and make desirable improvements,” Rudder said. SOME OF THE immediate needs listed in the recommendation as items which made the incx-ease necessaxy ax-e: Improve lightning in the eox-x-i- dors. Replace x-oofs on 1G doi-mitories. Interior renovations of Doi-m 13, formerly used exclusively for Din ing Hall employees. Students wei-e assigned to the top thx-ee floors of this dox-mitory this fall. Renovate and replace furniture. REVENUE OF the 12 new and the old dormitories and of the new dining hall, the recommendation fui’ther pointed out, is pledg-ed to service the bonds issued for con struction on the 12 dormitoi’ies and Duncan Dining Hall. These bonds ax-e dated Nov. 1, 1938, and a total of $680,000 of the original $2,000,000 issue x-e- mains outstanding-. The last ma turity is Nov. 1, 1968. The annual debt requirement is approximately $95,000. The x-ecommendation as sent to the board also included the x-esults of a survey made by the Life In surance Management Association of charges for room rent and board for the 1962-63 long session. The sux-vey showed that A&M was the ★ ★ ★ Board Approves Adjunct Facilities The A&M System Board of Di- i*ectox-s approved last Wednesday an appx-opriation of $74,000 for the construction of additional class room and housing facilities at the Junction Adjunct. The Adjunct, which opened in the summer of 1951 at Junction in Kimble County, has been term ed successful over the years in giving students a preview of col lege study; remedying weaknesses in academic preparation, and help ing students determine their suit ability for advanced education and training. The following additions ax-e plan ned: an additional classroom building- at $37,944; an $11,200 faculty dox-mitory; a bathi-oom and sitting i-oom for Cook’s cabin, $4,- 500; installation of evaporative coolers and other facilities in the | px-esent classroom building, $10,- 400, and $10,000 for architectux-al fees and contingencies. To pay for these facilities, the boaxd proposed that an additional x-oom and hoax’d charge of $52 per student be levied. grades and leadership will be considered. Application blanks are avail able at his office. Stark said. Sixteen of the delegates will be U. S. nationals, he said, with the other eight from A&M’s body of foreign students. , Individual interviews will be scheduled with the applicants. Stark said. The interviewing board will consist of three facul- least expensive of 20 major col- ty members and one student. ! leges and universities in Texas. Rites Held Sunday For Retired Prof Funeral services were held Sun day for B. A. Hardaway, x-etired associate px-ofessor of engineering gi-aphies. He died last Friday at his home at 605 Highland. He was 65. Hardaway retired this year fx-om active teaching. He had been at A&M since 1946. He was a native of Leesburg. Dean Patterson To Assume Ag Experiment Station Duties Dean of Agriculture R. E. Pat- j the Agricultural Experiment Sta- position of Texas Agi’icultural Ex- j in the Departments of Animal Hus- periment Station director Dec. 1, I bandry and Biochemistx-y and Nu- according to an announcement by trition, was selected for the new- President Eail Rudder. ; ly created post. r Patterson will succeed R- D -! PATTERSON BECAME dean of money in by Sept. 26, the earliest Lewis, who is lething. Lewis as agxiculture in July, 1960. He had mark in recent SCONA history. | been station director since Septem- served as viee chancellor for agri- ber, 1946. culture of the A&M System since Rudder’s announcement followed July, 1958. „ _ approval of the dual duties for The new director of the Agri . have until Thursday to apply for Patterson by the Board of Direc- ^ cu i tural Experiment Station rose the 24 posts available. tors meeting in Austin. through the ranks of teaching and Memorial Student Center Di- j Boax-d action also created the research after joining the A&M rector J. \\a>ne Stark said there position of associate director of j staff in 1934. are no fixed requirements for prospective delegates. He said |||j|f a general interest in national and international affairs was the IIIL most important factor, although As a i-esearch worker in gene tics, Patterson made significant contx-ibutions to the development of better Texas wool through the impxovement of bx-eed of sheep. He was an early contributor to research wTiich developed the pex-- formance and px-ogeny testing px-o- gx-ams which have x-evolutionized the Texas cattle industry in recent yeax-s. Kunkel has held a joint research teaching assignment at A&M since 1951. He is the author or co author of 34 scientific papers in biochemistry, animal nutrition and animal physiology. Exchange Store Issuing Long - Awaited ID Cards R. E. PATTERSON R. D. LE#IS H. O. KUNKEL