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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1962
Number 36
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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.
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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
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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
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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