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Volume 60
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1962
Number 41
OAS’s New Chief IP ^
Slates Address
H
i To SCONA VIII
Gonzalo J. Facio, newly elect-
« president of the Council of the
Irganization of American States,
ill speak at A&M’s eighth an-
f®Bual Student Conference On Na
tal lional Affairs Dec. 13, according
ftu Vic Donnell, chairman.
I “We are lucky to have this man
Jofnins to SCONA,” Donnell said.
_ IWith the eyes of the world focus-
lid on Cuba and Latin America, we
Lions Open
Yule Tree Lot
At East Gate
The College Station Lions Club
las Christmas trees on sale at
Hast Gate on Highway 6 for its
mnual Christmas tree sale to sup-
)ort club projects for the com-
ng year, according to Lacy Mc-
iall, chairman of the drive.
All profits from the sale will
?o to sponsor projects designed to
nake the community a better place
in which to live, McCall said.
The lot, located just north of
tfeCall’s Humble Service Station,
lad been prepared by groups of
lions who met on Saturday after-
100ns to clear the ground. Publi-
lity chairman Ernest Gregg said
the sale is set up in a more con-
renient manner for the customer
than in the past. He added the
juality of the pine and fir trees is
as good or better than last year.
Prices will range from $1.50 to
S4.50 per tree.
Lions Club members will work
n two-hour shifts from 8 a.m.-
8 p.m. daily until all the trees
are sold.
couldn’t have gotten a speaker to
provide a clearer view of what is
going on in Latin America.”
Facio, 44, is one of Central A-
merica’s • most respected states
men. His speech at 8 p.m. follows
that of Vice President Lyndon B.
Johnson at 1:30 p.m.
Speaking on “Tensions In Latin
America,” Facio also holds the
position of Costa Rican ambassa
dor to the United States.
He is a leading figure in Costa
Rica’s National Liberation Party,
which he founded, and has been
mentioned as a candidate for the
presidency of Costa Rica.
IN JUNE of this year he was
given the post of representative to
the OAS and just last month was
elected president of the OAS coun
cil.
He has edited several news
papers and magazines and holds
various academic degrees. From
1948 until 1952 he headed the
Costa Rican delegation to the
United Nations and he has had
many other diplomatic duties.
Other speakers at the four-day
conference to be held on campus
Dec. 12-15 are James J. Wads
worth, former ambassador to the
United Nations; Felix McKnight,
executive editor of the Dallas
Times-Herald; Gen. Frederic H.
Smith, retired vice chief of staff
of the Air Force; and Mason Will-
rich, Arms Control and Disarma
ment Agency counsel and delegate
to the disarmament talks in Gene
va from the U. S.
Donnell said approximately 175
delepates from schools in the U.S.,
Mexico and Canada are planning
to attend.
Wire
Review
By The Associated Press
WORLD NEWS
GENEVA — The Soviet Union
killed all Western hopes Tuesday
that an emergency nuclear test
ban agreement could be rushed into
operation by the end of the year.
Soviet Delegate Semyon K.
Tsarapkin told a subcommittee of
the 17-nation disarmament confer
ence there will never be any agree
ment so long as the West insists
on inspection of suspicious under
ground disturbances.
★ ★ ★
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. —
France lined up Tuesday with
the Soviet Union in rejecting a
World Court opinion that all
U.N. members should pay for
Peace-keeping operations threat
ening the organization with
bankruptcy.
U. S. NEWS
KEY WEST, Fla. — Thirteen
khaki-clad men were arrested
Tuesday on a tiny island in the
Florida Keys and accused of pre
paring an armed expedition against
Cuba.
Wearing Marine battle fatigues,
they were picked up as they
boarded an arms-laden boat at
Marathon Key, about 40 miles
Northeast of here. All but three
are Americans.
★ ★ ★
WASHINGTON — The Internal
Revenue Service took some of
the steam out of angry business
men Tuesday by announcing an
easing of proposed regulations
designed to curb expense account
abuses.
IRS Commissioner Mortimer M.
Caplin drew applause from a
critical audience when he dis-
dosed the liberalization at the
start of two days of public hear
ings on the suggested rules.
xemptions Vetoed
Mrs. Texas A&M
Entrants Pictured
Pictures of Hi of the Mrs.
A&M contestants are featured
on page four of today’s Batta
lion. There are 32 Aggie Wives
enter in the contest. The other
contestants will he pictured in
the Thursday addition of The
Battalion.
Mrs. A&M will be selected
from the field of 32 at a dance
Saturday night which will be
sponsored by the Aggie Wives
Council. The Council also spon
sors the contest.
Planning Nears
Completion For
Air Force Ball
Final coordination of plans is
presently underway for the an-
ual Air Force Ball, scheduled Fri
day night in Sbisa Dining Hall.
The ball will be staged from
8-12 p.m. with the John Sullivan
Orchestra and the Leo Baxter
Band providing continuous music.
Tickets are on sale at the Cash
ier’s Window in the Memorial Stu
dent Center for $2. All Air Force
cadets and Army cadet seniors will
be able to attend.
A World War II theme has
been planned for dance decorations,
featuring a false ceiling of para
chutes and murals depicting World
War Il-style aricraft.
Highlight of the night will be
the presentation of the Air Force
sweetheart, scheduled at 10:30 p.m.
The sweetheart will be named from
one of the following five finalists:
Suzanne Harper of San Antonio,
Jinger Lewis of Edcouch, Tex.,
Lynn Addison of New Boston, Tex.,
Carolyn Fish of Nederland and
Jan Sharp of Sinton.
A nine-man committee of Air
Force and Army cadets has co
ordinated plans for the dance.
Chaired by Reggie Richardson, the
committee also included Randy
Jones, George Wiederaenders, Ro
bert Thornton, Frank Townsend,
Carl Vanderheider, A1 Simmons,
Jimmy Johnson and Tim Jaeckle.
Senate To Hear
Reason Thursday
Thumbs-down action by the Executive Committee has
killed a Student Senate proposal for a final exam exemption
for students with a 92-or-better average, at the discreation
of the professor teaching the course. The committee’s de
cision was released Tuesday night by Shelton Best, student
body president. :
A complete report explaining the reason for the nega
tive action will be presented at the Senate’s regular meeting
Thursday night, Best said. However, he did reveal that the
main objection voiced by the committee was concerned with
the “at the discretion of the professor” phrase.
The Senate voted to seeik approval of the proposal on
Oct. 4, and asked James P.* 1
Hannigan, dean of students,
In Mid-Season Form
Coach Bob Rogers shouts commands to his five cagers on
the court during last Saturday’s Centenary game with a
skill that would suggest that he has had much pre-season
training.
Safety Week Features
Traffic Safety Films
Next week will be observed as Safety Week, according
to Henry Lyles, A&M business administration instructor.
The Insurance Society and The Battalion will co-sponsor
the week’s events, which will be aimed at preventing acci
dents over the Christmas holidays.
Monday at 7:30 p. m. a program encouraging safety will
be presented in Guion Hall.
A film, “Code 30,” will be shown after Floyd Tippit,
safety officer for this area of the Department of Public
Safety, speaks on a related field.
“Code 30” is similar to last year’s safety film “Death on
the Highways”.
17 Texas Towns
Lose Army Units
GONZALO J. FACIO
Today's Thought
Behold, I have set before you
an open door, which no one is
able to shut. —Revelation 3:8.
IAS Group Hears
‘Centaur’ Lecture
“Development of the Centaur
Vehicle” was the topic of a lec
ture given Tuesday night by Harry
Whitmore, a General Dynamics
Astronautics engineer, before an
open meeting of the Institute of
Aerospace Sciences student chap
ter.
Whitmore, manager and co-ordi-
nator of the Centaur.space vehicle
system, related the history of the
system’s development and the prob
lems which were encountered. Work
on the system began in 1956 to fill
a need for a high energy second
stage to place on top of the Atlas
missile, he explained.
Development of the Centaur
provided important information on
the use of liquid hydrogen as a
rocket fuel, according to Whit
more. The Centaur is the first
missile to use the combination of
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Office. Payment without penalty
may be made until Dec. 19.
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liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen
together.
The engine when tested had
more specific thrust than any en
gine of its size thus developed,
Whitmore said.
MANY STRUCTURAL problems
resulted due to the use of the
liquid hydrogen, he added. Be
cause of the size of the hydrogen
molecules, the problem of leaks
became severe, he stated.
One of the possible uses of the
Centaur system is to place a pay-
load on the moon. One Centaur
vehicle has been fired but flew
for only 51 seconds before failure
occurred. The second Centaur is
scheduled to be fired after the
first of the year.
Whitmore supported his lecture
with a film entitled “History of
Project Centaur,” in addition to
numerous slides. #
A 1942 graduate of A&M, Whit
more later earned a master’s degree
in mechanical engineering at Pur
due.
During an Army career he was
chief of the Wliite Sands Proving
grounds systems test division and
later deputy director of the Ballis
tics Research Laboratories at Aber
deen Proving Grounds.
AUSTIN UP> — Texas reserve
and National Guard officials sized
up Tuesday military reorganiza
tion as little affecting Texas units.
The major brunt of the reorgan
ization plan announced by U. S.
Defense Secretary Robert Mc
Namara will be borne by 17 Texas
fities where units will be vacated.
These are all VIII Army Corps
reserve units.
The cities are* Beeville, Dainger-
field, Jasper, Hebbronvilie, Junc
tion, Sonora, Cleveland, Burnet,' food.
to present the proposal to the
Executive Committee.
THE COMMITTEE said
time would be needed so that the
proposal could be discussed prop
erly and presented to the faculty.
The committee’s decision came
after more than six weeks of study.
The purpose of the proposal, as
presented originally by the Senate
issues committee, was to lend sup
port to the goal of “academic ex
cellence.”
Best said that students are wel
come to attend the Senate meet
ing to hear the committee report.
He said that students would prob
ably be interested in also hearing
John G. Peniston, head of the
dining hall service, discuss the
policies of his staff.
The talk by Peniston was
brought on by a report given by
Doug Hotchkiss at a Nov. 15 meet
ing of the Senate. At that time
he told the group that there had
been many complaints about the
quantity and quality ef food being
served in Duncan Dining Hall.
Hotchkiss said people at the tables
near the rear of the hall are not
getting enough to eat and that
the food that gets thebe is not hot.
TOMMY ARNOLD, Senate re
cording secretary who also works
as a waiter, was called on by Best
to gdve the waiters’ point of view
on dining hall policies. He told
the Senate that the current pro
gram has been employed to cut
down on the • waste that has been
prevalent during the' last few
years.
He went on to say that one pos
sible reason for people at the back
tables not getting enough to eat
is that those at the front tables
often send their waiters back fov
seconds and thirds before the
; people in the back have gotten any
Deadline Set
On Day Student
Spring Permits
Day students not living in their
family home must file a letter of
application not later than Dec.
15 if they wish to reside off cam
pus during the spring semester,
according to Bennie A. Zinn, Di
rector of the Department of Stu
dent Affairs.
“The Department of Student Af
fairs will accept these letters
through Dec. 15 and before the
| end of the fall semester will notify
| each student of action taken on
| the application,” Zinn said.
The Dec. 15 deadline is necessary
j to allow time for processing the
| applications during the holiday
I period, Zinn explained.
Students may call at the Stu-
! dent Affairs office the last week
| of the fall semester to learn ac-
j tion on applications.
The college policy requiring all
I students to live on campus will be
strictly enforced, Zinn added. Stu
dents are advised to plan on
j dormitory assignments unless they
have approved day student permits,
Zinn said.
; Caldwell, Georgetown, Sherman, ]
I Cleburne, Hamilton, Taylor, Tern- ;
I pie, Killeen and Uvalde.
ANOTHER unit at Portales, New !
Mexico will be vacated. The VIII ;
i Corps includes New Mexico.
Maj. Gen. Thomas Yancey, i
! commanding general of the corps, \
\ said the reorganization plan will j
have little effect on the actual ;
i strength of the reserve here.
Yancey said a n objective |
! strength of 1,480 for New Mexico j
and 14,656 for Texas “closely i
parallels what we have.”
State Adjutant General Thomas j
| S. Bishop said the shuffle will |
have little effect on National j
i Guard personnel and none on the '
state’s armory construction pro
gram. • ‘
YANCEY said that 73 Texas
i units will be affected by vacat
ing, relocation, activation and re
designation.
Reservists in cities where units
I are being vacated or otherwise I
j changed will have a chance to
join other area units, Yancey said.
Reservists with military obliga
tions automatically will be re- ;
j assigned.
Older reservists, Yancey said,
will be offered assignments even
though they are not under a mili-
: tary obligation.
Yancey said the Washington
action will make the reservists j>
“more responsive to military re- ;
quirements” by better organiza
tion.
Yancey said recruiting stand
ards will now’ be the same as
the active Army. He said 90 per
; cent of the reservists in each unit
will have to be proficient in their
I fields.
Other topics slated to come be
fore the Senate during the Thurs
day njght meeting include a report
on the freshman primary from the
election commission, a discussion
on ways to obtain favorable pub
licity for A&M and a report by the
Brazos County Tuberculosis Com
mittee.
Indians Get
Promise Red
MIGs Coming
NEW DELHI (A 3 ) _ A Soviet
promise that token MIG21 jet
fighters are on the way gave the
Indians a lift Tuesday — more
psychological than military — in
their fight against the Red Chi
nese.
Prime Minister Nehru told Par
liament a few of the MIGs will
come in December of this year,
a few in 1963 and a few in 1964-
scarcely enough or in time to play
an important military role.
Nehru’s announcement — com
ing 13 days after Peking’s unilat
eral cease-fire brought a suspen
sion of shooting on the Himalayan
front — ended weeks of speculation
whether Moscow would live up to
its long-standing bargain.
HIGH SOVIET sources in Mos
cow had said the deal was off
shortly after the Chinese launched
their drive across the border — but
the Kremlin attitude toward the
Chinese attack has changed.
The Soviet determination to go
through with its aid to India
seemed likely to sharpen the snip
ing between Moscow and Peking
which has been growing more hos
tile since the Russian backdown
in the Cuban crisis.
Indian leaders showed suspi
cions over Peking’s long-range in
tentions along the border despite
Chinese claims Oummunist forces
are withdrawing.
Indian troops have been cau
tious about probing to determine
the extend of the Communist pull
back promised on Dec. 1. Indian
forces appeared under orders to
avoid provoking the Reds to get
more time to build up their own
battered defenses.
Freshman English
Change Discussed
Possible changes in the fresh
man English course are being con
sidered by a faculty committee. Dr. I
John Q. Anderson, Department of
English head, has announced.
Serving as the committee chair
man is Dr. Lee J. Martin.
A basic thought of the commit- ;
Q. ANDERSON
tee, Martin said, is to develop
the two-semester course so that
it has a unity and classroom em
phasis upon written English.
“A command of English is es
sential to all educated persons and
freshman English cuts across the
lines between the students major
ing in different fields,” Martin
said. “This is another basic con
sideration in the committee’s plan
ning.”
Other committeemen include Dr.
H. E. Hierth, Hugh Luke, Joe
Mattern, Staley Cre swell, Curtis
Schatte and Sidney Cox.
The committee is investigating
the possibilities of laboratories for
students needing additional help to
make up deficiencies.
The use of overhead projectors,
so an instructor may lecture ef
fectively to as many as 100 stu
dents, is another possible develop-
memt.
Some changes may become ef
fective next September if the
committee’s hopes materialize.