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1 volume 60 Che Battalion New Degree Okayed... See Page 3 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1963 Number 58 ongressmen To Visit Space Fiesta Brass Word Budgets «*»**»¥ ' <• m/nfK y College and A&M System offi- ials were awaiting: further de- elopments Thursday in the long- rodedure of obtaining funds from lelstate. Next expected development is the mwuncement of Gov. John Con- ally’s budget estimates in the ext few weeks. Already Chan- ?lloi- M. T. Harrington, President lari Rudder and other officials Urflve appeared before the Senate PliiiMnce Committee and the House ,ijlpft’opriations Committee. Km A ml two budgets have been re leased calling for A&M to receive ^ ;ayer $8 million for the fiscal year 150 Mothers I Harch Tonight n Dimes Drive A corps of 450 women will be nocking on every door in Bryan nd College Station Thursday night 5 part of the 25th anniversary of le March of Dimes. The Mothers’ March will begin Dout 5:30 p.m. and continue un- 1 7 p.m., according to Mrs. L. L. tuart of 702 Broadmoor and Mrs. A. On* of 500 Dexter, general lairmen. ALL OF THE volunteers in the larch of Dimes Mothers’ March now how important the job is, p^en though it will take only about hour,” C. E. Sandstedt, Brazos unty March of Dimes chairman, lid. “Just about every person in ryan-College Station area will be isited by a neighbor Thursday gening,” he added. Sandstedt also praised teenagers .-/ho have contributed “greatly to 'He campaign during January.” heir most recent effort—a bread tie—netted the MOD drive $275. THE MOD CHAIRMAN pointed at that contributions made by ryan-College Station residents ill benefit Texans. Last year, B cents of every dollar contribut- J went to Texas medical centers )r treatment and research ex- enses. beginning Sept. 1. The Legislature Budget Board and former governor Price Daniel ’■'oth recommended the $8 million figures, which are only slightly more than the $8,109,596 the col lege is now spending. BOTH FIGURES are far short of the amount asked by the A&M Svstem’s Board of Directors. The directors requested well over $10 million for each of the next two years. Hearings before the Senate and House finance committees were concluded early this week, with Chancellor Harrington calling the sessions, “pleasing and the earli est hearings on A&M annronria- tions reouests have been heard in any legislatuive session.” PRIMARY AREAS of increased costs, as outlined by President Rud der in one of the Austin sessions, are: 1. An increase in administrative salaries of 11 per cent in 1964 and five per cent more in 1965. 2. A similar increase in faculty salaries, bringing the average first year salary to $8,196 and the aver age second year salary to $8,562. 3. An increase in the library bud get to $106,295 during each of the next two years. 4. A sizable increase for grad uate fellowships. RECOMMENDATIONS submit ted by the Board of Directors in cluded sizeable salary increases for the chancellor and presidents of schools in the A&M System. The directors recommended a $30,000 chancellor’s salary, $25,000 for President Rudder, $20,000 for the president of Arlington State College and $18,000 for the presi dent of Tarleton State and Prairie View A&M. Speech Slated As Part of Tour A congressional subcommittee will make a brief stop on campus next week to visit the giant Space Fiesta scheduled next Wednesday through Friday. The announcement came from Representative Olin E. Teague of College Station, who will accompany the group. The main purpose of the trip is to take a look-see at the Manned Spacecraft Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in Houston concerning the spending of federal funds. Members of the group to make the visit here have not been announced yet, according to J. Wayne Stark, director of the Memorial Student Center and one of the ram-rods behind the Space Fiesta. 4 ’ ipl mI FIREMEN FIGHT RUDDER HOUSE FIRE flames ravished 70-year old presidential residence TO REPLACE CHARRED MANSION Board To Study New House For Rudder At Next Meeting New quarters for President Earl Rudder will definitely be taken up at the next meeting of A&M’s Board of Directors. Eugene B. Darby of Pharr, chair man of the board, said Wednes day that “action will be taken on new quarters for the president at our next regularly scheduled meet ing Feb. 23.” The two-story, five-bedroom co lonial house on campus, formerly occupied by Rudder and his family, was razed by fire Saturday. The 70-year-old dwelling was first oc cupied by Lawrence Sullivan Ross, and has been home to 14 of the college presidents. The Rudders have moved into the board of directors’ guest house temporarily. Much of the Rudders’ personal belongings were destroyed in the blaze that burned for four hours before being brought under con trol. The Rudders and more than ato Tint Sciences luilding Opens The $2.3 million Plant Sciences uilding was opened Monday. The rar-story structure will house the epartments of Plant Sciences, ange and Forestry, Floriculture, torticulture and parts of Genetics nd Biology. The four upper floors in the adding consist of offices, class- QlIAMoms and laboratories. In the jUGHasement are laboratories and con- RESE^folled-environment growth cham- ers. m ul g, Harvey Urges Americans, t ‘Dare To Be Uncommon’ With a hearty “Good evening Americans,” News Analyst Paul Harvey embarked upon a 60 min ute speech Monday night in which he urged Americans to dare to be uncommon and to become con cerned about those things which are important. Harvey was speaking to ap proximately 1,200 persons attend ing the Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce banquet in Sbisa Hall. He told the group, “We worry about the wrong things.” Of Russia he asked, “Is the Red Bear house broken?” He went on to say that the Red Bear is not house broken. He based his claim on his belief that Khrushchev needs trouble. He said, IONS g Texas [gecrest Here’s Spring Semester Registration Schedule Cards for spring semester registration will be issued tv o returning students at the News Stand in front of Sbisa & lining Hall according to the following schedule: M Friday, Feb. 1 otf 1-3 p. m.—All whose surnames begin with P, Q, R and S. I 3-4:30 p. m.—All whose surnames begin with C, D, E < n( * F. 7Mr Saturday, Feb. 2 I 8-10 a. m.—AH whose surnames begin with G, H, I, J nd K. t 10-11:30 a. m.—All whose surnames begin with A and B. s 1-3 p. m.—All whose surnames begin with T, U, Y, W, I Y and Z. 3-4 p. m.—All whose surnames begin with L, M, N and O. “Fear is the stickem that keeps dictatorships together.” “FEAR IS the whip of a dicta torship,” Harvey continued. “Pro mises are the carrot which leads the people.” The veteran newsman then said, “The dictatorship in Washington is mushrooming. Are we not too being lured into the totalitarian.” “I think Uncle Sam is a lousy businessman,” Harvey said. He went on to describe Uncle Sam as “lazy, incompetent and chicken.” Harvey statbd, “Government is a good servant, but it’s a bad master and a treacherous god.” THE CONDITION of the United States was compared to the second stage of marriage in which Har vey said there is a period of un rest in which the parties often want to “jump the fence” in search for something better. The same thing is happening in the U. S., according to Harvey. We are creating a government which will make everyone equal, while in reality, Harvey says, everyone is not equal. “Some are built for leadership and some are not and we had bet ter start encouraging those who are,” Harvey said. “We should never weaken the strong by dis criminating against excellence.” THE SPEAKER said that there is no super-race, hut there are superior individuals. “If Uncle Sam ever does get licked it won’t be by Russia,” Hatwey said, “but by a hussy named something-for- nothing.” “Government should never be first aid, but a last resort,” Har vey said. “A man must have a reason to live and a reason to die.” “Let’s stop blaming the commun ists for what is our fault,” he urged. A challenge was presented for Americans to stop worrying about getting something for noth ing, but to concern themselves with being productive. “I refuse to believe that my country is ready for the glue fac tory,” Harvey concluded, “but, the republic born in Philadelphia will have to be born again.” ★ ★ ★ Chamber Manager ■ Named At Banquet L. H. (Hill) Westmoreland, a partner in Channel Services, Inc., an industrial service firm in Bay- town, has been named manager of the Bi-yan-College Station Cham ber of Commerce. Announcement of his- appoint ment was made at a headliner membership banquet here Monday night featuring radio news ana lyst Paul Harvey as speaker. Westmoreland, a 46-year-old graduate of Tulsa University, is former plant manager of Texas Butadiene and Chemical Corp. of Houston. He has been a member of both the Houston and the Bay- town Chamber of Commerce. Westmoreland succeeds Jimmy Dillon who resigned Jan. 1. He will assume the new duties March 1. 100 volunteers salvaged a great deal of furniture and household goods from the first floor. President and Mrs. Rudder ex pressed “sincere gratitude to the students, neighbors and firemen who braved the fire and smoke to save our belongings.” “If it had not been for the kind help of so many persons, we would have lost everything,” Rudder said. Mrs. Rudder and their three daughters were inside the house when the fire was spotted on the roof by their son walking home for lunch. The president was in his office two blocks away when the blaze was reported. Firemen from the College and Bryan were joined by students still on campus, in quelling the blaze. College fire chief Gilbert Eimann said the fire apparently started around a chimney of a double fire place between two sitting rooms. Eimann estimated total fire loss at $75,000. THE VISITING congress men will arrive here from Washington next Friday and will hear an address that right by Dr. Robert R. Gilruth, director of NASA’s Manned Space craft Center. Other speakers at the Space Fi esta will be Dr. Herbert Trotter, chairman of General Telephone and E'ectronics Laboratories Inc. next Wednesdav. and Gifford K. John son, president of Ling-Temco- Vought Inc. next Thursday. The soeeriies are set for 8 p. m. in the MSC Ballroom. Bob Wimbish, chairman of the MSC’s Great Issues Committee, one of the sponsoring groups, said the main purpose of the Snace Fiesta was to show the public the im portance of space explorations. IN CO-OPERATION with the Great Issues Committee are the Departments of Aerospace Engi neering and Air Science. In addition to the major speeches, the Space Fiesta will feature space-oriented exhibits, representa tives from the various firms send ing displays and movies to be shown twice daily depicting Air Force missile launching-, both suc cessful and other-wise. Lt. Col. Paul Maret of Andrews Air Force Base, Md., will present the films at several different times each day. DISPLAYS INCLUDE those from American Airlines, Collins Radio, General Telephone and Elec tronics Corp., International Busi ness Machines, Ling-Temco-Vought Inc., NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center—Houston, NASA—Wash ington, Southwestern Bell Tele phone, Texas Instruments and the U. S. Air Force. The exhibits include a replica of the Mercury capsule, a space suit, various rockets and technical dis plays. One exhibit will be a full scale model of the Telstar satellite. Some of the representatives of the firms to attend the Space Fi esta are recent A&M graduates. Students May Now Pay Rent On P. 0. Boxes By Semesters An experiment by the Post Of fice Department will now allow College Station box patrons to pay rent by the semester instead of the quarter, Postmaster Ernest Gregg said Wednesday. College Station is the only area in the country with the semester payment plan, Gregg said. “If it works here, the Post Of fice Department is going-to put it into effect in all college towns,” he said. Here is the way the new system will work: 1. Students just starting here will be able to rent a box for $2.55 for the spring semester. 2. Students who already have their post office boxes are paid through March and will be able to pay a fee of 85 cents for rent until the end of the semester. 3. Summer school students may rent boxes for 85 cents for each six-week term. 4. When school starts next fall box rent of $2.55 will be collected for the entire semester. Then an other charge of $2.25 will be re quired for the spring semester. Gregg said the new set-up would affect regular patrons as well as students. Students would save about 57 cents under this system, he said, since they will not have to pay for time that they were not in school. Brubeck’s Quartet Here Mon day Nigh t Dave Brubeck and his famous jazz quartet will star in a two- hour program Monday night in G. Rollie White Coliseum. The show, which begins at 8, is spon sored by the Town Hall Com mittee of the Memorial Student Center. Students with activity cards will be admitted to the program L. F. Peterson To Head Exes For Next Year L. F. Peterson of Fort Worth has been elected president of the 40,000-member Association of Former Students. The election of officers for 1963 highlighted the annual conference of association members here last Saturday and Sunday. More than 175 former students attended the meetings. PETERSON, a 1936 graduate of A&M, is a partner with Keller- Peterson Oil firm. A member of numerous committees of the as sociation and the college, Peter son served as vice president of the former student group in 1962. The new vice president is Jack A. Crichton of Dallas, a 1937 grad uate and president of Oil and Gas Property Management, Inc.' Crich ton, president of the Dallas A&M Club, has been active in the associ ation, serving- on numerous com mittees. Three additional members were added to the executive board. They are Guy King Jr., Waco; John M. Younger; and Jake T. Long, Gil mer. OTHER OFFICERS elected in clude 11 district vice presidents and representatives to major commit tees of the association. District officers for 1963 are Oscar L. Crain, Lubbock, District 1; Ed Durrett, Odessa, District II; Frank Pool, San Angelo, District III; E. D. Sheridan, Dallas, Dis trict IV; Royce Wisenbaker, Tyler, District V; Bill Chamlee, Temple, District VI; W. Jeff Montgomery, Houston, District VII; Will Ed Jauer, San Antonio, District VIII; W. C. Lonquist, Corpus Christi, District IX; Fred Clarke, Lafay ette, La., Louisiana District; and Henry Eddins, Tulsa, Okla, At- Large District. Bryan-C. S. Jaycees Pick Wainerdi As Area’s ‘Outstanding Young Man’ Dr. Richard E. Wainerdi, associ ate dean of engineering, has been named this area’s “Outstanding Young Man” by the Bryan-College Station Junior Chamber of Com merce. The 31-year-old scientist, pro fessor of engineering science and head of the college’s Activation Analysis Laboratory received the honor during the annual Bryan- Colloge Station Jaycee distinguish ed service awards banquet. “Dr. Wainerdi has brought more international distinction to the col lege and to this area than perhaps anyone in recent years,” Don F. Morrison, assistant to the A&M vice chancellor for development, said. Morrison, who nominated the young scientist for the award, said Wainerdi ‘has been a catalyst to the entire faculty.” Wainerdi was chosen from a- mong five candidates for the a- ward. The New Yorker’s climb to pro minence is closely associated with the Activation Analysis Laboi-a- tory, which has brought wide re cognition to A&M. He pioneered development of computer-coupled automatic activation analysis. Morrison said these facilities are probably the first in the world to be devoted solely to activation analysis.