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Ho Comment’ Popular Answer In ROTC Poll
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By KENT JOHNSTON
Battalion Staff Writer
n informal cross-section of
3 the Chv]> arn P us opinion was taken yes-
games, ■ e d a y to see what Aggies
line of t ihought about the Defense De-
ip Satunit^dment’s proposed changes in
travel t( ’te- 1 school and college ROTC
PPointing programs.
, yhe proposed changes include
-~vhe elimination of high school
I ^ itOTC programs, non-compulsory
| itOTC in land-grant colleges and
he elimination of the first two
^ /ears of military cadet training.
g , wut “A&M is not materially
I #/)C'iffeeted by the proposal,” said
7 ^oAesident Earl Rudder, and for
his reason, many Aggies did not
ors in
■nt, how
t being tli
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eight, ak
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each.
have ready answers for questions
asked to learn their opinions.
Malcolm Rust, a junior aero
space engineer from Mobile, Ala.,
said, “There was mention of the
proposed changes among corps
members, but since there will
be no change here at A&M, there
was not much discussion about
it.”
When asked if the high school
ROTC program should be elim
inated, 70 per cent of students
asked said “yes.”
John Prickette, senior market
ing major from Waco, said, “Yes,
1 think the program should be
eliminated. I don’t think it ac
complishes very much since it
can’t offer commissions.”
Jimmie Coombes, senior Eng
lish major from Brownsville,
said, “I don’t feel that the pro
gram has any lasting benefits.
It is not universal enough to jus
tify its expense.”
Gil Smith, junior English ma
jor from San Antonio, said,
“They have a good time playing
soldier boy in high school the
same as we do here.”
Paul Page, junior industrial
technology major from El Paso,
said, “No I don’t think it should
be eliminated. It was very in
teresting-, and I felt that it did
me a lot of good, especially since
I plan to make the military my
career.”
W’ould A&M benefit in its con
tinued four-year program while
most other schools changed to
a two-year program ?
“Yes,” answered f!0 per cent
of the students asked. A&M
would benefit, some said,
through an increase in its pres
tige as a four-year military col
lege.
But those who supplied nega
tive answers were more elabor
ate.
Mike Dunn, senior history ma
jor from Chicago, said:
“No, I don’t think A&M would
benefit except through its pride
and traditions. I think a pro
gram similiar to the Navy
ROTC would make a better corps
at A&M.”
John Rawley, sophomore elec
trical engineer from Houston,
said:
“No, people would want the
two-year program. Why fight
it with four if you can get it
in two?”
Forty-five per cent favored a
two-year non-compulsory ROTC
program at A&M.
Dunn said, “There is a lot of
money wasted cfri freshmen and
sophomores in A&M’s four-year
program. There are a lot of
drop-outs.”
“If the corps is to survive in
a useful form, it may have to
change to a two-year program,
and I think the Corps should
survive,” Coombes said.
“No, A&M shouldn’t change
to a two-year program,” main
tained Prickette, “It would wreck
the Corps.”
When asked if enrollment at
A&M might increase if other
schools changed to a two-year
ROTC program, 40 per cent said
that there might be a slight rise.
Kenneth Laws, freshman busi
ness administration major from
Sherman, said that A&M’s en
rollment might decrease. “If
they could get the same thing
for two years, I don’t think they
would come here for four years.”
Eighty per cent of the Aggies
polled decided that if they were
a high school senior not neces
sarily planning to come to A&M,
they would prefer to take the
two-year ROTC program.
James Reynolds, freshman
pre-med student from Ft. Worth,
said, “I had rather go two years
in order to get a contract than
four, but maybe a four-year pro
gram would be better prepara
tion.”
“At another school, I would
prefer a two-year program,”
Rust said, “but here, I would
prefer the four-year program.”
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Volume 60
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1963
Number 53
DR. HENRY P. BEERS
. . . national archivist lectures
lecturer
Archives
Dr. Henry P. Beers, a represen-
itive from the National Archives
|ji| i pWashington, D.C., spoke Wed-
^ Way night on “The Origins of
le National Archives and Serv-
ionMan.l Beers is presently working on
le Texas archives in Austin, and
Jlecting documents from the
obfederacy for the National Ar
rives.
Sfie has worked with archives
nee finishing graduate school,
nd has been with the National
rchives since 1950.
BEERS’ SPEECH dealt with the
istory of the National Archives
min 1789. He commented that
le United States was the last of
———"lie major world powers to estab-
j sh a national archives depart-
|ient, and consequently, much his-
(meal material has been lost,
i j The first major collection of doc-
n, merits bought by the goveniment
■ save for posterity were the
I'ljtings of such men as Washing-
pn, Jefferson, Madison and Hamil-
piejag pn. They were purchased for
Aqeq M|5,000 in the early 1800’s.
I Beers gave a very detailed his-
„.J 0l p T °f the Archives, telling of the
jjpjde methods of storage of docu-
asis of
ess(up
warded
its and
awards
month
if April
rerican
:pt ern
es and
will be
ations.
4ggie Named
lew Bank VP
eued
t-The First State Bank & Trust
jlt(}£ j 'ofnpany of Bryan has promoted
3H1 ^ ‘ n to vice president and
iajned two others from the college
■newly created advisory director-
-hjps.
i-|im Holloway, ’00, is the new
gae president. He has served as
fei icuiturist for the bank since
Iceiving his degree in animal hus-
fapdry. He was a member of the
■st collegiate livestock judging
jpams to sweep three top contests
iti Fort Worth, Kansas City ahd
■icago shows in one year.
■The advisory directors are Rob-
irt L. Smith Jr., head of the Data
■ocessing Center, and Jim Lind-
iek', director of college information
Id publications.
■Smith was named ohe of five
■tstanding young Texans in 1961.
’jiunM ■ 20-year Texas newspaper execu-
/ life, Lindsey resigned as managing
jitor of the Midland Repoi-ter-
legram last August to join, the
|llege staff. He also left the
xas Tech Board of Directors aft-
^ six years’ service at his alma
JF lter -
Explains
Service
ments by each department of the
government before the creation of
the Archives Department in 1985.
For example, he said, the Ma
rines stored their documents in an
old barracks in Virginia. Some
documents were stored in old cel
lars, attics and even boiler rooms.
When the National Archives De-
uartment moved into its new build
ing in 1934, it had to fumigate ma
terials before they could be stored.
IN MARCH of 1913 a bill was
introduced into Congress to set
hp the department, but World War
I stopped any further work on the
project, Beers said. It was not
until the Roosevelt administration
that the department was officially
entrasted with the historical docu
ment of the United States.
The Archives now contain over
914,000 cubic feet of historical
documents. This would fill 1,500,-
000 regular filing cabinets, and
does not include millions of feet
of motion picture and micro-film.
Paintings Worth $2,000
Sought After MSC Theft
‘Space Fiesta ’ Will Feature
Speeches, Tech n ica lExh ibi t&
A fantastic “Space Fiesta,” fea
turing speeches from leaders in
the space fields and exhibits de
picting major milestones and
achievements in space, will be held
in the Memorial Student Center
Feb. 4-23.
The high points of the event will
come Feb. 6-8 when addresses
from these prominent men will be
heard in the MSC Ballroom:
1. DR. HERBERT Trotter, chair
man of the board of General Tele
phone and Electronics Laborator
ies, Inc., Feb. 6.
2. Gifford Johnson, president of
Ling-Temco-Vaught, Feb. 7.
3. Robert Gilruth, director of the
Manned Spacecraft Center of the
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, Feb: 8.
Also during this period movies
by Lt. Col. Paul Maret of the Air
Force Systems Command at An
drews Air Force Base at Wash
ington, D.C., will picture various
space shots—both successful and
failure.
MSC director J. Wayne Stark
said the 50-minute programs by
Maret will be held several times
on each of the three days.
THROUGHOUT the fiesta the
MSC will be crammed with exhib-
Wire Review
By The Associated Press
WORLD NEWS
NEW DELHI, India—India has
rejected a Red Chinese proposal
that Indian forces stay out of Him
alayan areas evacuated by Com
munist troops after the Nov. 22
cease-fire in the India-China bor
der conflict, the Foreign Ministry
reported Wednesday.
The Red Chinese proposal was
made in a letter from Premier
Chou En-lai to Prime Minister
Nehru on Dec. 20. The proposal
and Nehru’s reply dated Jan. 1
were made public by the Foreign
Ministry.
U.S. NEWS
WASHINGTON — The 88th
Congress opened for business
Wednesday and dealt sudden
death to conservative members’
hopes of recapturing control of
the key House Rules Comnrttee.
This victory for President
Kennedy had been expected, but
the size of his margin was a sur
prise. On the decisive vote in
the House, his supporters won
235-196.
The vote kept the size of the
Rules Committee at 15 members.
If Kennedy’s forces had failed,
it would have reverted to 12
members, leaving the committee
in the grip of a coalition of con
servative Republicans and
Southern Democrats opposed to
major elements of Kennedy’s
legislative program.
A ★ ★
WASHINGTON—President Ken
nedy and Soviet Deputy Foreign
Minister Vasily V. Kuznetsov met
for an hour Wednesday and
l skimmed over Berlin and other
problems that divide their two
countries.
It was the first high-level U.S.-
Soviet discussion since the formal
ending of the Cuban missile crisis.
TEXAS NEWS
A hard winter freeze, riding
swiftly on strong northerly
winds, headed toward Texas and
prompted the U.S. W’eather Bu
reau to sound cold wave warn
ings for wide sections of the
state.
Forecasters said the cold arc
tic air would strike the Texas
Panhandle by Thursday after
noon with its leading edge reach
ing the Texas coast by mid-day
Friday.
★ ★ ★
PECOS — A physician barred
from the only hospital in Pecos,
the home of West Texas promoter
Billie Sol Estes, goes into court
Thursday and some expect the
hearing to air fresh sensations.
Dr. John Dunn, 35, seeks an in
junction to void his dismissal from
the medical staff of the Reeves
County Memorial Hospital.
its concerning space and related
areas, including communications.
Stark said the displays would oc
cupy several thousand feet of floor
space easily.
The program is being sponsored
by the Great Issues Conjmittee of
the MSC along with various de
partments of the School of Engi
neering. Stark said Dean of En
gineering Fred J. Benson was in
strumental in obtaining speakers
and displays.
C O N FIRMED organizations
sending exhibits are:
American Airlines
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, Washington, D.C.
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, Manned Spacecraft
Center, Houston
Collins Radio, Dallas
General Telephone and Electron
ics, New York
Ling-Temco-Vaught, Dallas
Bell Telephone
Texas Instruments, Dallas
Varo, Dallas
International Business Machines,
New York.
STORM TO FOLLOW
Congress Quiet
For 4 Family Day
WASHINGTON (A>) — Congress
came back to work Wednesday
more .intent on grappling with each
other than grappling with the
world’s problems.
In the House, it was a quarrel
over the size of the Rules Com
mittee.
In the Senate, it was that same
old fuss over what to do, if any
thing, about filibusters, although
the formal arguing is to be de
layed until later.
YET, FOR all this intramural
bickering, this is the one day of
its life that Congress is different.
This is family day.
Mothers, fathers, wives and
children show up to watch the
U. S. Pacific
Chief Arrives
In Viet Nam
SAIGON, South Viet Nam (A 5 )—
Adm. Harry D. Felt, commander
of U.S. forces in the Pacific ar
rived Wednesday for talks aimed
at reassessing the course of the
war against Communist guerrillas.
U.S. and Vietnamese command
ers are concerned about the po
litical impact of recent Communist
victories.
FELT PROBABLY will consider,
too, criticisms by U.S. officers that
Vietnamese field leadership lacks
aggressiveness, coordination and
initiative.
The admiral will confer with
Gen. Paul D. Harkins, commander
of U.S. forces in South Viet Nam,
and with Nguyen Dinh Thuan,
Vietnamese defense minister,
among others.
swearing-in ceremonies.
And appropriately the Presi
dent’s mother, Mrs. Joseph P. Ken
nedy, was here for the big occasion.
MRS. KENNEDY saw her
youngest son, Edward, take the
senatorial oath.
Covering Congress on a day like
this is something like trying to
watch a two-ring circus—with the
rings a couple of blocks apart.
First a look at the Senate. It’s
11 a.m., a full hour before the
festivities. Nobody has turned on
the lights, and only 32 spectators
have arrived.
OVER TO THE House. At least
the lights are on here, but for some
reason the relatives all wait until
the last moment to crowd the gal
leries to overflowing.
Down to hear Speaker John W.
McCormack’s informal news con
ference. McCormack didn’t want
to start any needless bickering and
his first remark pretty well
summed up the platitudes of the
day.
“I wish all of you a Happy New
Year,” he said.
Russ Potter
Tonight the MSC’s Great
Issues Committee will pre
sent Potter and his travel
film “New India” in the
MSC Ballroom at 8. Pot
ter has gained wide recogni
tion as a narrator. His
travel film career began in
1956 with “Inside Red Rus
sia.” '
Mice Professor
Speaks Tonight
In Chapel
Dr. Niels G. Nielsen Jr., of the
Department of Philosophy of Rice
University, will speak Thursday
night in the All Faiths Chapel.
The public has been invited to
the program at 7:30 p.m.
“Faith Is A Final Resort—
Wherein Lies Its Strength” is the
announced topic.
Nielsen wasi on the campus as
faculty forum leader for Religious
Emphasis Week in 1960. He com
pleted his undergraduate studies
at George Pepperdine College, then
attended Yale University and
earned the Bachelor of Divinity
and Doctor of Philosophy degrees.
While attending Yale, he was an
instructor in religion.
Nielsen joined the Rice Univer
sity faculty in 1951. He has trav
eled extensively in Europe, the
Middle East and India. He is pres
ident of the Southwestern Philo
sophical Society.
Ducats On Sale At MSC
For Paul Harvey Speech
Tickets for the annual membership banquet of the Bryan-
College Station Chamber of Commerce have been made avail
able at the Memorial Student Center, C. of C. President Gene
Sutphen announced Thursday.
Paul Harvey, noted radio newscaster and commentator,
will be the featured speaker at the banquet, scheduled for
7:30 p. m. Jan. 28 in Sbisa Hall.
Sutphen urged early purchase of tickets. Area chamber
members and others have been invited to hear Harvey.
Sutphen expects tickets to be “sold out” for the banquet.
The chamber leader urged ticket purchases by Jan. 20,
when final banquet arrangements must be made.
Pictures Said
Abandoned At
North Gate
Four paintings worth $2,000
are being hunted by Memorial
Student Center director J.
Wayne Stark and Campus
Security chief Fred Hickman.
The paintings, by the late
artist “Cowboy” Kelly, are
valued at $500 each. Two stu
dents have admitted taking
the landscapes from the sec
ond floor of the MSC in late
November to decorate their
dorm room, Stark said.
According to Stark, the students
said they dumped the paintings on
a North Gate sidewalk when they
found out how much the pictures
were worth.
NOW THE PAINTINGS cannot
be located.
Stark said the paintings were of
outdoor and pasture scenes and
were about 14 inches by 16 inches
in size. He said that “Cowboy”
Kelly, a “Grandma Moses” type
painter from West Texas, died sev
eral years ago. Kelly became
world famous for his minute,
exacting detail, Stark said.
The paintings were framed and
behind glass, the MSC director
said.
“The main thing- , we want now
are the pictures back,” Stark said.
“You can’t replace paintings like
those.”
THE STUDENTS admitting the
theft said they had no idea that
the works of art wei’e so valuable
when they took them.
Stark said the exact date of the
theft and the date the paintings
wei’e abandoned is not certain. He
explained that the pictures are
often loaned out to art shows, and
that no one noticed they were miss
ing until long after they were ta
ken. He said the boys responsible
claim they don’t remember when
they got rid of the pictures.
The Ford Motor Co. presented
the paintings to the MSC about
eight years ago, Stark said.
Mona Lisa Smiles
On Two Continents
NEW YORK GP> — Television
straddled the Atlantic via Amer
ica’s new space communications
station Wednesday, flashing Mona
Lisa’s smile on two continents
simultaneously.
A 10-minute program was trans
mitted through the originally ail
ing satellite, Relay, happily perked
up to a fine performance.
Reception on both continents
was reported excellent, for the
most part. U.S. officials were
elated.
Proficiency of the new televi
sion spacecraft, the second put on
duty, brought a prediction from
a British expert that international
television will girdle the entire
earth within four or five years.