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Che Battalion Cagers Ready For Opener.. See Page 4 Number 39 Volume 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1962 Cage Season Brings Rules Explanation Rules designating basketball fame seating and coliseum en trances were clarified Thursday by the Department of Athletics’ busi ness manager Pat G. Dial as the Aggie 1962-63 basketball season is ushered in with the Centen ary game Saturday at 8 p.m. in (J. Rollie White Coliseum. Coliseum doors will open for all single games at 7 p.m. and for all double-headers at 5:45 p.m. A&M ^students will be admitted to basketball games by present ing identification cards and cur rent student activity cards. Stu dent entrance is the door in the northeast corner of the coliseum, said Dial. The faculty season book holder’s section is located in the west bleachers, extending from the north end of the coliseum to mid court. Entrance to this area should be made through the north west floor ramp. However, faculty member’s gold 1962 season-ticket book cover is good for admission to any area other than the reserved-seat sec tion. Faculty entrance is through the coliseum main door. Reserve-seat ticket holders should enter through the main en trance. General admission tickets may be purchased at the main entrance ticket booth. Holders of these tic kets may sit in any section other than the faculty season book hold er’s section or the reserved-seat section. Wire Review By The Associated Press WORLD NEWS ALGIERS — The Algerian re public recharted its course in world affairs Thursday by outlaw ing the Communist party. The decision, disclosed by the information minister, Mohamed Hadj Hamou, at a news confer ence, appeared to mean a veering tway from a pho-Eastern position to a more truly neutral policy, if not a somewhat pro-Western atti tude. It seemed to reflect realization within the leadership of the young republic that Algeria cannot count on the Eastern bloc for direly needed economic aid, but must father look to the West, and above all to France, for help. ★ ★ ★ VATICAN CITY — Ailing Pope John XXIII was reported feeling much better Thursday night in his bout with anemia and even got out of bed for a few hours and walked about his a- partment in the apostolic palace, high Vatican sources reported. The Vatican had appealed to Roman Catholics around the world to pray for the 81-year- old pontiff, who was proving a restless patient for his doctors. The encouraging report that Pope John was able to get up and had no fever came after a communique disclosed officially for the first time that he had been stricken with intense ane mia provoked by long-standing stomach trouble. U. S. NEWS WASHINGTON — An aroused United States mustered about 340,- WX) fighting men, thousands of w ar planes and hundreds of Navy ships to deal with the Communist threat in Cuba, it was disclosed Thursday. Five Army paratroop, infantry a nd tank divisions and parts of two Marine divisions were ticket ed to invade Cuba of a decision had been made to go that far. The Defense Department re leased a roundup of Cuban crisis actions which gave a picture of the scope of military preparations. Some important details were kept secret. North Gate PO Dedication Set Here Saturday Dedication of the new College Station post office, built at a cost of $272,000, is scheduled Saturday at 2:30 p. m., according to Postmaster Ernest Gregg. Among the speakers expected at the dedication ceremo nies is U. S. Senator Ralph Yar-y ' ‘A&M Review’ Editorship To Be Filled NEW POST OFFICE GLOWS AT NIGHT . $272,000 building to be dedicated Saturday IF WORLD ONL Y KNEW Writer ‘Fascinated’ By A&M By DAN LOUIS Jr. Battalion News Editor “It’s a shame that the nation doesn’t know that Texas A&M College is doing so much in so many fields,” stated G. K. Hoden- field, Associated Press education writer, here Thursday. Hodenfield is on campus to have a “look see” at the Corps of Ca dets and “especially” the college’s research facilities. “I have been wanting to visit A&M for a num ber of years,” the veteran news man said. “While A&M is generally recog nized for its excellent work in ag ricultural research,” Hodenfield said, “I have been fascinated by other areas.” He expressed par ticular interest in the work being done by the Department of Ocean ography, the Nuclear Reactor teams and those working in con- juction with the National Aero nautics and Space Administration. “I’ve been told that the Exten sion Service has expanded it pro gram to include urban areas,” the writer stated, sitting on the edge ‘Hod’Says ‘Time’s Story No Surprise Veteran newsman G. K. (Hod) Hodenfield said Thursday morn ing he wasn’t too sui’prised by Time Magazine’s Sept. 28 article on A&M. Speaking to a group of student and professional journalists in the Department of Journalism, Hoden field said, ‘If you’re not an Ivy League or private school, you can rest assured Time will find fault.” HODENFIELD, education writer for the Associated Press, said he read almost all education sections in U. S. news magazines and has noticed a definite trend in Time to oppose public school systems of any kind. The journalist cited another ex ample of what he called Time’s theory “of writing what they want to.” He related: “Once in Europe, I was substitut ing for a Time correspondent in Vienna when the Time office call ed and wanted details on a routine political kidnapping in a Vienna restaurant. I sent them a rather ordinary story on what had taken place and was then asked by the Time office to forward a detailed then wired Time that is was an or dinary working man’s cafe, on a side street, with red table cloths — just a place where a laborer could buy goulash and a bottle of beer for around 30 cents. “Time, in its final story, trans formed the restaurant into a real sinister hideout, complete with dark-colored drapes, where Vien na’s most notorious cloak-and-dag ger boys hung out. “I’ve found it a little hard to be lieve their articles since that oc- currance,” Hodenfield added. of his chair. “If they do as well there as they have in rural areas, the result will be wonderful,” THE ONE-TIME war correspon dent said his tentative conclusion would be that A&M has a good education system. “You know, this is not a college at all, it’s a university,” Hodenfield observed. When comparing the average American student to the average European, he said, “From my knowledge, I would say the Eu ropean student, especially in Eng land, has more education than the N American student.” He went on to say, “The 15-year- old of England is as well educated as our high school graduate.” The American student is just as capable as his European counter part, Hodenfield said. He ob served that “Every time a school comes up with a program to let students move forward, it has a tremendous success.” Public realization of what the schools can do with the proper program was given as the solu tion for raising the standards of all schools. “MONEY, WHILE important, is just not the only answer,” Hoden field said. The student who is capable should be allowed to move forward and those who are not capable should not be advanced for the sake of social promotion, he argued. A student is not educated simply because he has been promoted, he’s only filling a seat for the sake of numb erg, he said. He pointed out that he is “dead set against courses in our high schools such as driver’s education. These things do not raise any standards,” he said. “The day and age of Suzie and Johnny needing to be off three months of every year so they can go home and help on the farm is old fashion,” he said. “They simply don’t do it.” He admitted that some students do work during their vacation, but said that today should be the day of the 12-month education. The quality of teachers is a point of consideration, Hodenfield said. “And while many teachers are devoted to their work, there are just too many who are teach ing simply because they can’t do anything else,” he said. “All these problems will be solved only after the public has been awmkened,” Hodenfield summed up. borough. THE NEW facility, located at 100 Houston St., is part of the Post Office Department’s remodel ing and modernization plan. “Mail business in this area has gone up,” Gregg stated. “For ex ample, 25 years ago revenue was $47,333 as compared with $233,- 999 today.” Gregg became the 11th postmas ter of the local post office in 1961. The office was first established in 1887. It presently employees 33 persons, operates five vehicles as compared with none ten years ago and serves five postal routes. “THE FACT that College Sta tion has been chosen for a new post office,” Gregg said, reflects credit on our growing contribu tion to the economy and life of the nation.” “Our patrons will derive more enjoyment from doing business here, their mail will be handled more efficiently and this build ing and its up-to-date equipment will enable our postal employees to work under the best of condi tions,” Gregg added. “The new facility will be a link with a post al system that today has over 45,000 postal installations.” “National population inci’eases will add nearly three million peo ple to the population in the next 12 months, with about one and a half million marriages and the establishment of 663,000 new house holds, including many in this com munity,” said Gregg. ‘This will be reflected in increasing demands for more postal service here,” he explained. A new editor for the Texas A&M Review is due to be announced next week, Delbert McGuire, a mem ber of the student publications board, told The Battalion Thursday night. The action follows the resigna tion Monday of Daniel D. Mast, ’64 English major from Poplar Bluff, Mo. Mast was named to the editor’s position last spring. McGuire, who represents the School of Arts and Sciences oi\ the five-member board, said Jack K. Graeme, ’63 journalism major from Fontana, Calif., had been tentatively confirmed for the posi tion. Absolute confirmation of Grae me’s appointment would take the form of a letter from Dr. Frank W. R. Hubert, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. McGuire said Hubert has orally accepted Graeme’s appointment and is plan ning to write the confirmation let ter next week. President Earl Rudder will also have to act on the confirmation. Other staff members for the magazine will be named by the new editor. The first edition of this year’s Review is expected to come out by Christmas. Players’ Fall Production Uses English Witch Hunt As Setting By GERRY BROWN Battalion News Editor The steady tolling of the town bell signifies that a witch hunt is in progress in the 15th cen tury English town. Thus the stage! 11, assisted in is set for “The Lady’s Not For j by Carita Lyles. tired population. One of the first productions of Fry, the play is written in verse and rich in meta phor. Vic Weining directs the cast of stage movement rant, studied it more closely and Burning,” the major fall produc- description of the restaurant where | tion of the Aggie Players which the kidnapping had occurred. opens Monday night at Guion Hall. “I W ENT back to the restau- Action begins as Thomas, who has just returned from fighting in the 100 years war, arrives at Fji • O - 1 - the mayor’s home claiming to have V OFClffn OtUUCntS murdered two men. Disillusioned ^ with the human race, he seeks to insure his own hanging. n Students Receive Invite To Holiday Party » * All of the approximately 300 j foreign students enrolled at A&M have been invited to a holiday party Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the YMCA Building, according to Mrs. Carol Litchfield, chairman of the international relations commit tee of the American Association of University Women. The AAUW and the Campus Study Club are sponsoring the party. Music, refreshments and of time in England which was entertainment have been scheduled characterized by extreme unrest for the event. l among the superstitious and war- THE CAST includes James Moore in the role of Thomas, Jo- ' anne Smerdon acting as Jennet, Jerry Fletcher as Richard, Sharon i Prisk playing Alizon, Ron Hallen- S burger in the role of Nicholas, ! Carita Lyles as Margaret, Richard Moore acting in the role of Hum phrey, Bill Thornton as Tapper- i com, George Lovett playing Tyson, COMPLICATIONS occur when Jennet, accused of acts of witch craft, seeks refuge from the stake in the safety of the mayor’s home. The unusual twist in her story is that she is charged with turning one of Thomas’s into a dog. Nick Lunday as the chaplain and Kipp Blair in the role of Skipps. Stage manager for the produc tion is Dan Malcolm, Sets for the play were done by David Woodcock and Charles Hearn. Lighting is murder victims j operated by Corky Couvillon, sound | by Marvin Bradshaw and costumes As the mayor hunts for evidence J by Molly Woodcock, to convict them both, strife and ! Representing a change of pace comedy battle to a romantic end- | from the Aggie Player’s first pro- ing. i duction of the year. “The Male Written by Christopher Fi*y, the 1 Animal,” the play is scheduled to three-act play represents a period begin at 8 p.m. for each of the six performances. Admission is 75 cents. Tickets will be sold at the door. India, Pakistan Agree To End Kashmir Feud NEW DELHI, India (A 5 ) — India and Pakistan agreed Friday to seek an end to their bitter quarrel over Kashmir, permitting Indian military forces to concentrate on the Himalayan border conflict with Red China. The Red Chinese accused India of armed provocation by sending troop reinforcements to the moun tain cease-fire line and indicated Communist guns were still at the ready despite a Peking promise to start pulling back Satui'day. India’s 15-year dispute with Pak istan had become troublesome for Indian ai’med forces in the unde clared border war with the Chi nese. India kept large numbers of troops on the Pakistani border against the possibility of a renew al of fighting over Kashmir. Players Rehearse Bill Thornton, playing in the role of Tappercom, and Nick Lundy, acting as the chaplain, go through a dress rehearsal for the Aggie Player’s scheduled production of “The Lady’s Not For Burning.” No Need To Hunt For Parking Space, Says Hickman Space is available for all stu dents' cars in the parking lots presently provided by the college, according to Campus Security Chief John F. Hickman. He added that no new parking lots are being planned for the near future because of the room a- vailable. Pointing out the recently ce mented parking areas around the Academic building and the dorms in the west area, Hickman noted that student and faculty parking violation receipts have been used to improve the appearance of the lots. Hickman said that some of the parking areas around east area dorms have not been paved because they are temporary lots which will be used for future building space.