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Volume 60
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, JANUARY 4. 1963
N umber 50
Minister To Make
Grad ua tionSpeech
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Dallas’ pastor of the First
ethodist Church, Dr. Robert E.
[Goodrich Jr., will be commence-
iment speaker during January 19
graduation exercises.
1 Born in Cleburne in 1909, the
[minister has been with the Dallas
thurch since 1940. He is the son
pf the widely known Methodist
minister, Dr. Robert E. Goodrich
Sr., who was pastor of such church-
!es as First Methodist in Houston;
Birmington, Ala.; Shreveport, La.;
and of Saint Luke’s Church in
Oklahoma City.
Goodrich was graduated from
Centenary Academy and attended
Centenary College, and Birming
ham-Southern at Birmingham,
Ala., where he received a BA de
gree. He holds a master’s degree
from the Southern Methodist Uni
versity Perkins School of Theo
logy and an honorary doctor of
Divinity Degree from Centenary
College.
HIS PASTORATES include the
Wesley Methodist Church at Port
Arthur from 1935 to 1937; Galena
Park Methodist Church, 1937-1939;
Riverside Methodist Church, Hous
ton, 1939-1944; and the Trinity
Methodist Church at El Paso from
1944 to 1946.
Goodrich is preacher for many
missions and revivals each year
across the country, and is speak-
ir for religious emphasis weeks on
lollege and university campuses.
The speaker has delivered five
series of sermons on the Metho
dist Series of the Protestant Hour.
He was a Wilson Lecturer at Cen
tenary College in 1960 and Finch
Lecturer at Thomasville, N. C., in
1959.
The minister was once program
director for Radio Station KTBS
in Shreveport. He inaugurated the
first professional Methodist radio
program broadcast over a Texas
network.
GOODRICH IS currently broad
casting his sermons each Sunday
in Dallas. He is preacher for the
Methodist Series of Protestant
Hour carried by 408 stations in
North America and by the Armed
forces Overseas Network.
In 1950, the minister entered the
field of television, creating the
Weekly dramatic show, “The Pas
tor Calls,” which ran for nine
years on KRLD-TV in Dallas. At
present, every fourth Sunday’s
services are televised by WFAA-
Godrich is chairman of the Juris
dictional Council of the South Cen
tral Jurisdiction of the Methodist
Church, the Conference Council of
the North Texas Conference of
the Methodist Church, the North
Texas Conference Board of Chris
tian Social Concern, and the Juris
dictional Television, Radio and Film
Commission of the Methodist
Church.
DR. R. E. GOODRICH JR.
AUTO FLIPS
Campus Patrolman
Injured In Chase
No Aggies were killed in holi
day traffic during the Christmas
recess, but an A&M Campus Se
curity patrolman is in St. Joseph
Hospital in Bryan following a
high-speed chase early Wednes
day morning in which his patrol
car flipped over.
Hospitalized with brokert ribs
and other minor injuries is Patrol
man W. L. Rice. Driving the
1962 Plymouth at the time of the
accident was officer Morris Mad
dox. He was not hurt in the epi
sode that took place shortly before
1 a.m.. Wednesday.
Maddox said he and Rice gave
chase to a 1960 Chevrolet after
it had gone down Lamar Street,
in front of the Memorial Student
Center, the wrong way several
times. Maddox said the car had
been spotted in a dormitory area
earlier.
Maddox said that at one time
his speedometer showed 105 miles
per hour. Just past Wellborn,
about seven miles from the cam
pus, the chase turned onto a gravel
road, where the mishap occurred.
MADDOX SAID the left front
tire rolled off the rim as the
vehicle went into a slight curve.
A College Station police car,
Local Methodists
Plan Mission Study
“Responsible Adults for To
morrow’s World” has been set as
the theme for the school of mis
sions to be held at the A&M
Methodist Church during the
month of January.
Beginning this Sunday night,
the meetings will be held each
Sunday evening through Jan. 27.
Dr. Alice Stubbs, chairman of the
Commission on Missions at the
church, announced.
The Rev. Arden Fowler of the
A&M Presbyterian Church will
speak on the topic of “Church and
[ Family” at Sunday’s service.
Also included on the program
is the church’s Methodist Youth
Fellowship intermediate group un
der the direction of Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Bryant. A choir from the
MYF group under John Haislett
will render special music for the
meeting.
Sunday’s session will be devoted
to personal dedication and family
prayer, Stubbs said.
On Jan. 13 the Rev. David Wil
liamson, Texas Conference Di
rector of Youth Work, will aim
at “Church and the Youth.”
The senior MYF organization
will supply ushers and the choir
for that service, and Don Dun
can is scheduled to read the scrip
ture.
The Jan. 20 meeting will be a
panel discussion on “The Church
and the Community” to be moder
ated by Dr. Earl Knebel. J. W.
Amyx and Ernest Harvell will serve
as panelists. The panel session
will be closed by a friendship cir
cle with the audience participating.
The final session on Jan. 27
will feature the film “Measure of
Success,” which portrays mission
work. To summarize the month’s
study, discussion groups will re
view the film.
Discussion leaders will include
Richard Weirus, Dr. Benton Stor
ey, Bob Bryant, Mrs. Don Young,
Mrs. Ruth Mogford, Duane Krae-
mer and Charles A. Rodenberger.
A special study for children will
he held during the mission study
periods, and a nursery for children
under four years of age will be in
operation.
notified of the pursuit by radio,
was close behind and arrived at
the scene shortly after the acci
dent.
Maddox said he was probably
running 45 to 50 miles an hour
when the car flipped.
Student Senate Backs
Election Commission
Baylor University
Named SWC First
In Sportsmanship
Baylor University walked off
with the annual sportsmanship
trophy presented Tuesday at
halftime ceremonies at the Cot
ton Bowl game in Dallas.
Baylor was chosen for the a-
ward by the 40-man Southwest
Conference Sportsmanship Com
mittee, composed of five students
from each Southwest Conference
school.
Making the presentation at
the Cotton Bowl were Mark
Murdock of Baylor, executive
secretary of the committee, and
the 1963 Maid of Cotton Miss
Shelby Smith. Accepting the
three-foot trophy was Judd Holt,
president of the Baylor studeiR
body.
Names Pappas
To Fish Office
Freshman class officer positions were finally completed
Thursday night by action of the Student Senate. The senate
accepted a recemmendation by the election commission.
The recommendation came about after a protest by
Harris Pappas charged his opponent, Miro Pavelka, of illegal
campaign practices during the freshman run-off vote Dec.
14. The two received an identical number of votes for the
secretary-treasurer post.
The commission had recommended that Pavelka be dis
qualified and that Pappas be named to the position.
Pavelka was found guilty of violating regulations which
forbid campaigning in the Memorial Student Center. He
admitted handing out cards'* 1 —
and soliciting votes in the
MSC during the voting but
said that he was unaware of
the fact that he was violating
a regulation. He pointed out that
this regulation is not included in
the official College Regulations.
AL WHEELER, election com-
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mission chairman, told the Senate,
“I’m pretty sure that this point
was covered in a meeting I had
with all 85 freshman candidates
before campaigning started.
Wheeler said that he was aware
of the absence of the regulation
in any written form, but told the
Senate that the commission had
voted last spring to include the
rule in the College Regulations.
The other officers of the fresh
man class were introduced to the
Senate. They are Charles W. Mili-
kin, president; Michael E. Denney,
vice president; and Early B. Deni
son, social secretary.
IN OTHER action the Senate
heard a report by Shelly Veselka
on the first meeting with John G.
®.| Peniston, dining hall food man
ager, arid nis staff, 'the joint
meeting came about after Peniston
invited the Senate to send a repre
sentative to take part in the menu
planning session each Thursday.
Veselka said that recommenda
tions made to the staff which have
been put into action include the
serving of more butter and a
greater variety of bread.
James Carter, Senate parliamen
tarian, briefly reviewed Roberts’
Rules of Order for the Senate and
outlined Senate procedures for the
conducting of its business.
Sheldon Best, student body pres
ident, gave a report on the fall
meeting of the Southwest Confer
ence Sportsmanship Committee in
Dallas during the New Year’s ac
tivities.
Pinky Opens New Season
College Greeter P. L. (Pinky) Downs gives The Aggies responded with a convincing
Aggie ties to the yell leaders before the triumph over the Baylor Bears. See,details
opening of the conference basketball season on Page 4.
Thursday night in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
December Visitors
Total 5,240
Campus visitors during Decem
ber totaled 5,240, according to an
announcement by P. L. Downs,
college greeter. The number
brought a total of 25,586 visitors
for the last seven months of 1962.
WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE HOLIDAYS
NASA Awards New Graduate Grants
Grants supporting graduate
study and research for 10 pre-
doctoral students in space-re
lated science and engineering
here have been awarded by the
National Aeronautics & Space
Administration.
Olin Teague of College Sta
tion announced awarding of the
NASA grants that involve more
than $100,000 over a three-year
period. Predoctoral students
selected for the grants will be
gin the program in September,
1963.
A&M currently has 10 predoc
toral students under NASA
grants awarded earlier this
year.
The NASA traineeships pro
vide for $2,400 annually for
three years plus $1,000 for de
pendents or other expenses.
A&M also has other NASA re
lated projects aimed at contri
buting to the nation’s space-
effort.
Robert L. Smith Jr., head of
the Data Processing Center, has
just completed the fh’st of a
series of lectures for the Mer
cury astronauts and Manned
Spacecraft Crewman at NASA’s
Manned Spacecraft Center in
Houston.
A prototype of a miniaturized
instrument to analyze the moon’s
surface is being developed at
the Activation Analysis Re
search Laboratories directed by
Dr. Richard Wainerdi.
The Texas Engineering Ex
periment Station is administer
ing a $100,000 grant from NASA
to encourage space-related re
search in six different areas.
LaMotte Named
Piper Professor
Dr. Charles LaMotte ha§ been
designated by the Minnie Stevens
Piper Foundation as a Piper
Professor of 1962 — one of 10
college educators in Texas chos
en for the honor. Each profess
or receives a certificate_ anti -a.
$1,000 honorarium.
LaMotte joined the A&M
faculty in September, 1930, and
became a full professor of bio-
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logy in 1939.
The Piper Foundation of San
Antonio recognized the 10 Piper
Professors of 1962 as part of its
program of honoring college edu
cators from state and independ
ent colleges and universities
throughout Texas.
This program of awards for
professors was begun in 1958,
and in that year James W.
Amyx of the Department of Pe
troleum Engineering was one of
eight Piper Professors.
The selections for this year
were reported made from a nom
ination list of 150 college pro
fessors. The 10 men chosen re
present as many colleges and
universities across the state.
Christmas Aid
Given 35 Families
Aggies helped 35 less for
tunate families with gifts of
food, clothing and toys before
leaving for the Christmas holi
days.
The voluntary progi’am of
civilian student dormitory groups
and Corps of Cadet units aid
ing the needy is an annual part
of the Christmas season on cam
pus. Most groups choose a fam
ily from a list assembled by J.
Gordon Gay, coordinator of re
ligious life and secretary of the
YMCA.
The gifts were distributed to
the families during Christmas
parties held in dormitory loung
es shortly before the Aggies left
for the holidays.
Gay i*eported 29 families chos
en from the suggested list of
families received gifts from stu
dent groups. At least six other
families were assisted by in
dividual students.
Fire Department
Undergoes Change
The A&M Volunteer Fire De
partment has been reorganized
into engine companies with nine
line officers.
Gilbert B. Eimann continues
as department chief. The re
organization from one engine
company to two companies was
suggested by James A. Bland,
Jr., instructor, Firemen’s Train
ing School, Texas Engineering
Extension Service, Walter H.
Parsons Jr., superintendent of
Buildings and College Utilities,
said in announcing the plan.
The new table or organization
pattern also follows the plan
given in the “Auxiliary Firemen
Suggested Training Manual,” a
state publication.
The new organizational plan
created eight posts. John T.
Smith was named auxiliary fire
chief.
Serving in the new post of
auxiliary assistant chief, super
visor of Engine Company Num
ber 1, is John L. Bearrie. In
the same company are J. C. Red
man, captain, and Loss Warliek
and Garnet Eimann, lieutenants.
Engine Company Number Two
has F. L. German Jr., as the
auxiliary assistant chief and
supervisor, Glenn Eimann as
captain and A. W. Houston as
lieutenant.
Thugs Extend
Mexico Visit
For Students
It is an Aggie tradition to leave
early and arrive late from holi
days, but probably for the first
time in a long history of explan
ations and excuses, two Aggies
have come up with a good rea
son for retaining late — the gov
ernment won’t let them back in
the country.
The two foreign students, Au-
gusto Cruzalequi, a senior civil en
gineering major from Peru, and
Rodrigo Marciacq, a junior agro
nomy major from Panama, were
beaten and robbed while visiting
friends in Mexico during the holi
days.
The bandits took everything the
two had, including their identifi
cation and passports, without which
they could not get back into the
country.
Robert L. Melcher, foreign stu
dent advisor, was awakened late
last night by a telephone call from
the Panamanian embassy in Mex
ico City telling of their plight. He
has air mailed to them identifica
tion papers so that they may re
turn to this country.
Melcher said his telephone con
nection was poor, and that he was
able to learn little of the circum
stances surounding the robbery,
or the condition the two were in.
He sent the letter to the embassy,
and supposed they were staying
with friends, awaiting the arrival
of the letter so that they may re
turn.
If things go well, and they are
able to secure new passports, the
two should be back Monday from
their “extended” vacation.
Wire
Review
By The Associated Press
U. S. NEWS
WASHINGTON — State Depart
ment sources said Thursday a-
bout 250 American citizens may
be permitted soon to return from
Cuba to the United States.
The Red Cross sent a small plane
to Havana in what may be the
first step of this latest evacua
tion from Cuba.
Officials here said the Swiss
Embassy — which is handling U.S.
diplomatic relations with the gov
ernment of Fidel Castro—has ad
vised that about 250 persons with
claims to U. S. citizenship are in
volved in the pending move.
★ ★ ★
WASHINGTON — The Repub
lican party charged Thursday
that the Kennedy administration
is letting Russia forge ahead in
space by neglecting to have the
Air Force develop manned space
vehicles to cope with enemy at
tacks.
Speaking for the party on the
subject, Rep. Boh Wilson of Cali
fornia said civilian programs
such as the Mercury earth or
bits and the planned Apollo moon
shots “could no more be com-
verted to competitive military
space systems than could a li-
bertyship into an aircraft carrier
or a truck into a tank.”
TEXAS NEWS
HOUSTON — Striking Texas
longshoremen will present revis
ed contract proposals to shippers
at a Monday meeting in Galveston.
Ralph Massey, president of the
Gulf Coast and South Atlantic dis
trict of the International Long
shoremen’s Association, said Thurs
day union officials also will pre-
cent similar revisions to shippers
at New Orleans, Mobile, and
Miami.
He said the revions were agreed
upon Wednesday by union leaders
meeting in New Orleans.