Speeches, Films
Highlight Fiesta
Che Battalion
Here is your program to the big Space Fiesta, now under
ay in the Memorial Student Center, under the auspices of
le MSC’s Great Issues Committee:
Tuesday
Two films, “Catch a Falling Star” and “New Line of
ft%ht,” will be shown this afternoon in the Dining Room and
‘ : - ountain Room of the MSC at 2:20 p. m. and 3:20 p. m.
Volume 60
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1963
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Wednesday
IH Film-talk, “The Air Force In the Aerospace Program,”
$f"«Ur Force Lt. Col. Paul L. Maret in the MSC Ballroom at
:1.0 a. m., 10:10 a. m. and 3:10 p. m.
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■ Speech by Dr. Herbert Trotter, chairman of the board of
eoeral Telephone and Fllectronics Laboratories Inc., at 8
m. in the MSC Ballroom. He will speak on “Communica-
In the Space Age.”
Thursday
I Film-talk, “The Air Force In The Aerospace Program,”
y Maret in the MSC Ballroom at 8:10 a. m., 10:10 a. m. and
:10 p. m.
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R Speech by Gifford K. Johnson, president of Ling-Temco-
'ought Inc., at 8 p. m. in the MSC Ballroom. Johnson will
[leak on “Space: Greatest Adventure—Severest Challenge.”
Friday
p Film-talk, “The Air Force In the Aerospace Program,”
y Maret in the MSC Ballroom at 8:10 a. m., 10:10 a. m. and
:10 p. m.
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I Speech, “Progress Report on Our Manned Spacecraft
enter,” by Dr. Robert Gilruth, director of the National Aero-
autics and Space Administration’s Manned Spacecraft Cen-
jr in Houston, at 8 p. m. in the MSC Ballroom.
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k. Throughout the Space Fiesta many varied and interest-
ig displays may be seen in the MSC: All exhibits will be
town until Feb. 22 except the NASA Manned Spacecraft
enter’s, which end Saturday and Texas Instruments,’ which
ill be on campus Wednesday through Friday.
Space Fiesta Underway
Dignitaries Begin Talks
Wire Review
By The Associated Press
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WORLD NEWS
Sl e 11 OTTAWA — Canada’s angry
■ Ihuclear weapons dispute with the
United States split the Cabinet
QUANT^ on< ^ ay ‘ Defense Minister Doug-
I!IGif as Hardness quit and told a
PEgjjjjyPapked Parliament this nation
should have obtained U.S. nuclear
Warheads long ago.
pHis letter of resignation de
clared his views on obtaining U.S.
Warheads had created an irrecon-
ciliable breach with Prime Minis-
wV.vivter John Diefenbaker.
kyjI Already facing a no-confidence
,'v motion on the issue, Diefenbaker
May dissolve Parliament shortly.
|;|This would force new elections in
|||)ril or May and give Diefen-
" ftker a chance to capitalize on
Ksentment against Washington to
Bn a majority he now lacks in
Parliament.
U. S. NEWS
| WASHINGTON — Secretary
Of Defense Robert S. McNamara
pays five kinds of missiles “un
doubtedly are stocked in Cuba,”
-.pjo although none imperils the Unit-
^ J ed States.
[ But McNamara also said that
eCtfiS i wou ](j ra ther not comment”
n the continued presence of
oviet troops in Cuba, officially
eported to number up to 17,000
or on reported military construc
tion activity there.
The secretai - y’s remarks were
not in reply to statements over
the weekend by members of Con
gress about the Soviet military
strength on Fidel Castro’s Com
munist island. He spoke in an
exclusive interview given The
Associated Press last week but
granted security clearance only
Monday.
★★★
WASHINGTON—President Ken
nedy’s sweeping aid-to-education
bill was launched Monday on a
stormy congressional voyage. Some
Democrats saw little chance the
entire measure will pass while a
Republican protested that an om
nibus approach could kill the whole
thing.
But Secretary of Welfare An
thony J. Celebrezze insisted the
program should be viewed as a
whole.
He said of the administration’s
24-part bill, “Each part depends
upon the others. They’re all im
portant and you can’t segment it.
We’ve been delaying for 15 years
and it’s critical.”
Looming ahead are the same
shoals on which the aid program
foundered last year — controversy
over aid to private schools and the
shape of assistance programs for
higher education.
Many Exhibits
Hold Interest
Of Students
By KENT JOHNSTON
Battalion Staff Writer
Top men in the U. S. space
program and outstanding ex
hibits of space technology are
featured in A&M’s Space Fies
ta, a Great Issues program
which gained national atten
tion even before it began Mon-
dav.
The two-and-a-half-week long
event, to be visited by a congres
sional subcommittee, got underway
with ten of eleven scheduled ex
hibits and will be in full-swing
Wednesday when the first of four
prominent speakers will be pre
sented.
The speakers are: Dr. Robert
Gilruth, head of the National Aero
nautics and Space Administra
tion’s Manned Spacecraft Center;
Dr. Herbert Trotter, chairman of
the board of General Telephone
and Electronics Laboratories; Gif
ford G. Johnson, president of Ling-
Temco-Vought, Inc.; and Lt. Col.
Paul Maret of the Air Force’s Sys
tems Command.
EXTENSIVE displays are being
exhibited at various locations in
the Memorial Student Center. The
displays include an Ag-ena “A”
launch vehicle and a Mercury sqace
capsule mockup.
Other exhibits will be satellites,
space suits and ground support
equipment.
The Space Fiesta is sponsored
by the Great Issues Committee in
cooperation with A&M’s Air
Science, Aerospace Engineering
and Electrical Engineering depart
ments. The main purpose of the
fiesta is to present a review of
America’s space achievements and
future projects. Both military and
civilian aerospace programs will
be presented.
COLLINS RADIO is exhibiting
a communications and data sys
tem for future Apollo spacecrhft.
The system will store information
on the spacecraft and send other
data, including television pictures,
directly to earth.
General Telephone and Elec
tronics Corporation’s display de
picts a proposed high-altitude,
three-satellite world communica
tions system.
International Business Machines’
exhibit is being shipped to A&M
from the Hayden Planetarium of
New York City. The exhibit shows
earth-moon spaceflight trajectories
and electronic spacecraft gear for
Project Apollo.
LING-TEMCO-VOUGHT, Inc.
has sent several exhibition panels
showing its participation in Proj
ect Mercury tracking operations,
Dyna-Soar spacecraft development,
and 22 other aerospace projects.
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
is displaying a full-scale Telstar
model and a proposed satellite
communications system.
The U. S. Air Force is sponsor
ing the Agena “A” launch vehicle
display and several films of aero
space equipment.
Mercury Capsule On Display As Part Of Fiesta
Registration Reports Promise
Large Spring Enrollment
With two days of class in the
new semester completed, the shat
tered nerves, smashed toes and
disappointments that go with hear
ing, “sorry that section has been
closed” should be almost over.
However, in the midst of the
agony that accompanies registra
tion, the Department of Meteorolo
gy saw fit to import a bit of sun
shine to give some warmth to the
entire affair.
Tabulations are not complete
and students have until Saturday
to register, but all indications show
that the enrollment for the spring
semester will probably be close to
the 8,100 plus of the fall semester.
James P. Hannigan, dean of stu
dents, said that the drop-out total
Students Assist
Mothers’ MOD
A check for $195 was presented
Monday to Mrs. J. A. Orr, chair
man of the Mothers’ March of
Dimes in College Station, by Ken
Stanton, chairman of the Student
Senate student welfare committee.
“I think this is a wonderful
thing for you boys to do,” Mrs.
Orr said. She said the sum would
be added to the $1,012 collected
during the Mothers’ March last
week.
Solons Study Plan To Up
Retired Teachers’ Checks
AUSTIN (HP)—A House committee studied Monday a bill
which would mean bigger pay-checks to 2,000 retired teachers
and better retirement benefits for 170,000 retiring teachers.
“The effects of this bill actually will touch 500,000 Tex
ans, including teachers and employes and their dependents,”
said L. P. Sturgeon, public relations director for the Texas
State Teachers Association.
The bill, by Rep. George Hinson of Mineola, would improve the
teachers retirement program. Under the program, teachers give 6
per cent of their salaries to the retirement system. The state matches
each contribution.
Hinson’s bill will permit retiring programs members to select
the average of their best 10 years’ salary as a base to calculate bene
fits.
has not come close to the high
numbers that had been rumored in
some quarters and will probably
be only average. He said* that a
final count might show a below
average drop-out.
Students will have until Satur
day to add courses and until Feb.
13 to drop .courses.
Housing of students met with
only minor problems this semester,
according to Harry L. Boyer, hous
ing manager. There are no rooms
with three occupants except in
cases where the students request
ed such arrangements, Boyer said.
Two new efforts to make the
registration process more efficient
met with apparent success. The
first of the two with which stu
dents came in contact was the use
of stamping machines with the
new identification cards to place
the student’s number and name on
fee slips.
The cashier’s desk was also the
site of the second change in pro
cedure. That was the paying for
parking pex - mits at the same time
all other fees were paid. In the
past the parking permits have
been paid at a special desk main
tained by the Campus Security
Office.
College Station Boy
Okay After Crash
Minor injuries were suffered by
Dale Pruitt, 12, of 1200 Orr St.,
Monday afternoon when the motor
scooter he was driving 1 collided
with an auto in front of the South-
side Shopping- Center.
Pruitt was released following
treatment. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Cled F. Pruitt.
Brubeck Says Dictatorship
Could Kill Modern Jazz
By GLENN DROMGOOLE I
Battalion Staff Writer
According to jazz artist Dave
Brubeck, jazz cannot live under a
dictatorial government because
the government will not allow an
individualistic influence on art in
its nation.
“Any dictatorship is always bad
on jazz,” Brubeck said, “because
jazz is a musical protest to the
dictatorship.”
Brubeck made his statement im
mediately preceding his perform
ance at G. Rollie White Coliseum
Monday night.
He also stated, “The reason the
Negro will eventually win com
plete freedom is because of jazz.”
Brubeck went on to say that al
though the Negro should be given
complete freedom naturally, the
final acceptance of the Negro will
be due to his outstanding show
manship.
A 35-year jazz veteran, Brubeck
began his career at the age of
eight when he would play the piano
in dance bands for $5 a night. By
the age of 13, he was playing reg
ularly in dance bands around San
Francisco, and he continued his
studies in music through college.
Following a stint in the Army dur
ing World War II, Brubeck organ
ized his first jazz ensemble, “The
8.”
•Since 1953 the Brubeck Quartet
has acquired international fame, as
the group has made five trips to
Europe.
In previous years the foursome
has appeared in over 200 concerts
annually, but Brubeck has em
barked on a new routine beginning
this year. Instead of the 90 day
tours of the past, the Brubeck
group will be away from home
only three days at a time and will
perform only 100 times per year.
His main reason for the change
was to enable him to spend more
time with his wife and six chil
dren, who often accompany him on
short trips.
Presently the quartet is on what
is scheduled to be the longest tour
of the year. The 19 day stretch
will carry the group frorfi North
Carolina to Houston, to Kalama
zoo, Mich.
When asked if his job kept him
away from his family too much,
Brubeck replied, “No, it doesn’t. I
am with them a full 265 days out
of the year. How many other men
can say that?”
National Science Foundation Grants
Totaling $44,350 Marked For Labs
A&M will receive National
Science Foundation grants total
ing $44,350 for the purchase of
additional undei'graduate labora
tories equipment.
The college will match the fed
eral grants in purchasing equip
ment for the Department of Phys
ics and the Department of Soil
and Crop Sciences Laboratories.
Confirmation of the grants
clears the way for college officials
to begin the process of securing
equipment.
Grants of the NSF are part of
its undergraduate instructional
scientific equipment program.
The Department of Physics
grant totals $23,120, and the De
partment of Soil and Crop Sciences
will receive $21,230.