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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1963
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Number 60
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Deliver First
Fiesta Speech
Space Talks
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WORLD NEWS
OTTAWA — Prime Minister
ohn Diefenbaker’s Conservative
government toppled Tuesday night
onj a vote of no-confidence assail
ing his indecision over accepting
U.S. nuclear warheads.
New elections for Parliament
must be held within 60 days
throughout Canada.
■ The vote was 142 to 111.
A last-minute attack by Diefen-
baker on so-called U. S. intrusions
in tCanadian affairs failed to save
his minority government. The op
position Liberal, Social Credit and
New Democratic parties combined
forces in the House of Commons
and voted the government down.
★★★
■ NAM CAN, Viet Nam—Gov
ernment forces estimated Tues
day they have boxed 10,000
Communist supporters into a
vast mangrove swamp at the
southern tip of Viet Nam. The
troops hope to starve them into
cooperation within two months.
U. S. NEWS
RvASHINGTON — Calls for an
investigation of just how much
this country knows about what is
going on in Cuba arose in both
houses of Congress Tuesday.
B&lembers grew increasingly edgy
over charges that the Soviet mili
tary threat in the island is more
dangerous than the Kennedy ad
ministration admits.
TEXAS NEWS
■ GALVESTON, Tex. — The
world’s first atomic service sta
tion for merchant ships received
its first caller Tuesday.
■ The NS Savannah eased into
the docks of Todd Shipyards on
Pelican Island, location of the
I-first commercial facility for re
fueling, maintenance and servic
ing atomic-powered surface ves
sels.
1 The 83,250,000 nuclear facility
Was dedicated soon after the ar
rival of the Savannah.
Ifirazos Librarians
Ijo Host Visitors
■ The Brazos Valley Association
will host delegates to the Special
Librarians of Texas meeting here
Saturday.
b An open house is scheduled
Saturday from 8-9:SO a.m. in the
Veterinary Medical Library. The
|association meeting of the special
librarians will be held in the Memo
rial Student Center, beginning
; after the open house.
Kennedy Eggs Lea thernecks,
Salinger To Fitness Test
WASHINGTON <A>)_A heated,
even sweaty, rivalry threatened
Tuesday to erupt between presi
dential press secretary Pierre
Salinger and the Marine Corps-over
who can walk farthest and fastest.
Fantastic as it may seem, this
interesting possibility arose after
President Kennedy suggested that
Marine officers of 1963 be tested
to see if they can meet the rigor
ous fitness standards prescribed
for Leathernecks in 1908 by Presi
dent Theodore Roosevelt.
T. R., the Roughrider, decreed
in a long-forgotten executive order
that every Marine captain and
lieutenant should be able to hike
50 miles in 20 hours-with softies
permitted to stretch the ordeal
over a three-day period. In addi
tion, T. R. ordered that officers
do the last half-mile at a double
time pace, and the last 200 yards
at a dead run.
When the Marine commandant,
Gen. David L. Shoup, was shown
a copy of this recently uncovered
document, he promptly forwarded
it to Kennedy as an historic curi
osity.
The President, a fitness advo
cate, decided it was more than an
academic matter. As commander
in chief, he suggested Shoup find
out “how well our present-day
officers perform the test speci
fied.”
As a result, 20 Marine officers
will take the T. R. test at Camp
Lejeune, N. C., next week.
But Kennedy didn’t leave it at
that. He told Shoup that, if the
Leathernecks were equal to the
task, he would have his nimble
footed press aid, Salinger, “look
into the matter personally and give
me a report on the fitness of the
White House staff.”
Salinger, who says he can fairly
be described as portly, if not fat,
was at least partly equal to the
challenge-hut he did leave him
self an escape hatch.
If the Marines meet the test,
he declared, “either I or some
other fitting individual from the
White House staff will see what
we can do.”
Asked if he meant to say “some
other fit individual,” Salinger said
his original statement did not need
correction.
The press secretary was a less-
than-distinguished track man in
college. However, reliable sources
report that Salinger recently has
been doing push-ups on a regular
schedule in the privacy of his
home.
Astronaut’s Suit
A space suit, of the type worn by Project Mercury astro
nauts is one of the many features of the Space Fiesta being
held in the Memorial Student Center. The space suit is part
of a display presented by the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
INew Program Now Offered
For School Administrators
Wimbish To Head
Leadership Meet
Robert W. (Bob) Wimbish, jun
ior from Milford, has been elected
chairman of the 11th annual A&M
Student Leadership Conference to
be held this September. The meet
ing is held annually during the
second weekend of September at
Lakeview Methodist Assembly in
Palestine and kicks-off student ac
tivities for the school year.
Sponsored by the Memorial Stu
dent Center Council and Director
ate, it brings together student
leaders from all areas of A&M
campus life. Student delegates
from other member colleges of the
five state Region IX College Un
ions are also invited to participate.
The Leadership Conference has
three main objectives:
To develop an understanding of
the concepts of student leadership
and the use of leadership tech
niques.
To develop the leadership quali
ties in the students who have al
ready displayed traits of leader
ship.
To learn to apply these leader
ship fundamentals to any leader
ship situation whether it be school,
community, nation, or world wide.
Wimbish is active in committee
and organizational work. He is
chairman of the MSC’s Great Is
sues Committee this year.
The MSC Council, composed of
eight students and seven faculty
members, selected Wimbish as an
outstanding example of student in
terest in student affairs, according
to council president James Ray.
ROBERT W. WIMBISH
A program for school business
administrators leading to a Mas
ter of Education degree has been
started by the Depai-tment of Edu
cation and Psychology.
Dr. Paul Hensarling, head of the
department, said the program is
unique in Texas.
HE SAID ABOUT a third of the
program is in general public school
administration and supervision.
Another third applies to school
business management, and one-
third is outside the field of pro
fessional education, such as busi
ness administration and economics.
“Two special features are the
interdisciplinary approach and the
internship,” Hensarling said. “Lib
eral use is made of specialists and
technicians in various study fields.
The internship gives a prospective
business manager on-the-job ex
perience in a selected school sys
tem.”
He said several groups of peo
ple are “naturals” for the profes
sional program for the school
business administrator. These in
clude a graduate with a bacca
laureate degree in business admin
istration, a graduate with'business
experience, the superintendent of
a small school or a county superin
tendent who wishes to specialize
and change to this area.
RECENT RESEARCH, Hensar
ling said, shows that the number
of school business manager posi
tions is increasing, and there is no
source of supply of personnel spe
cifically prepared for the jobs.
Faculty-Staff Slate Year’s Third Event
The third event this school year corations will be in keeping with
of the College Faculty-Staff Din
ner Club will take place in the
Memorial Student Center Assem
bly Room at 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
announces Will Worley, committee
chairman.
Music will be furnished by Dick
Baldauf’s Aggieland Combo. De-
A&M’s Space Fiesta scheduled this
week.
Individual tickets may be pur
chased at the MSC desk or from
Dr. Russell J. Kohel, Department
of Soil and Crop Sciences up to 2
p.m. Wednesday.
He cited the main reasons for
the increasing demand: Consoli
dation of smaller schools into larg
er districts, the increasing number
of business matters required in
school management and the im
provement in school administra
tion.
Most of the new program here
will be offered as evening courses
and in the summer in three-week
sessions.
A Presidential Thank-You
Mrs. Rudder, our children, and I would like to thank all
of you who have been so helpful, kind and understanding
during and after the fire which destroyed our campus home.
Our sincere gratitude goes out to the members of the Fire
Department, college faculty and staff, students, former stu
dents and many others of our community. We want all of
you to know that your kindness is appreciated more than
you know. Our thank you is more sincere than words can
ever tell.
Earl Rudder
President
Negroes Regie SWTSC Classes
Following IL S. Court Order
SAN MARCOS, Tex.hP)—Five
Negro students attended classes
at Southwest Texas State College
Tuesday, taking up their studies
just 18 hours after the school was
integrated on a U.S. district court
order.
The state-supported school is
the alma mater of Vice President
Lyndon Johnson.
The Negroes were welcomed by
the college president, Dr. J. G.
Flowers, who predicted the school
will become a model of peaceful
integration.
Immediately after an integra
tion order Monday from U.S. Dist.
Judge Ben Rice Jr., four Negi-o
students registered and paid their
tuition fees. A fifth appeared
Tuesday morning.
The new students include Dana
Jean Smith, Austin, who brought
the suit after she was refused
admission to Southwest Texas
State College last summer because
of her race.
The others are Mabeleen Wash
ington, Gloria Odoms, Helen Jack-
son and Georgia Faye Hoodte, all
of San Marcos.
Flowers promised the Negro
students will be accepted as would
any other academically qualified
students.
By DAN LOUIS JR.
Battalion News Editor
Dr. Herbert Trotter Jr., chair
man of the board of General Tele
phone and Electronics Corporation,
will discuss “Communications in
' the Space Age” at 8 p.m. Wednes
day in the Memorial Student Cen-
: ter Ballroom.
Trotter will be the first of four
speakers to review the United
States’ space achievements and fu
ture projects at the Space Fiesta.
He serves on policy and advisory
groups of the Defense Department
and other government organiza
tions. He also acts as the princi
pal point of contact between the
General Telephone and Electronics
System and engineering colleges
and universities, as well as pri
vate research and development
laboratories.
GIFFORD K. Johnson, president
of Ling-Temco-Vought, Inc., will
-speak Thursday evening on
“Space: Greatest Adventure — Se
verest Challenge.”
Dr. Robert R. Gilruth, head of
the National Aeronautics and
Space Administrations Manned
Spacecraft Center, will present
“Progress Report on Our Manned
Spacecraft Center” Friday eve
ning.
At 8:10 a.m., 10:10 a.m. and 3:10
p.m. Wednesday through Friday,
Lt. Col. Paul L. Maret of the Air
Force’s System Command will re
view “The Air Force in the Aero
space Program.”
THE THREE days of talks will
highlight the two-and-one-half
week Space Fiesta, which is spon
sored by the Great Issues Commit
tee in cooperation with the Depart
ments of Air Science, Aerospace
Engineering and Electrical Engi-
neering.
The event got underway Mon
day with ten of eleven scheduled
exhibits being displayed in the
MSC. Exhibits were completed
Tuesday with the positioning of
the Agena A, second stage vehicle
for the Discoverer Satellite.
A congressional subcommittee
will make a brief stop on campus
Friday to visit the Space Fiesta.
REPRESENTATIVE O 1 i n E.
Teague of College Station, who
will accompany thq group, said
the main purpose of the trip is to
take a look at the Manned Space
craft Center of the National Aero
nautics and Space Administration
in Houston.
The Space Fiesta, scheduled to
last through Feb. 22, is a recogni
tion of the importance of outer
space and the strides which have
been made toward the achieve
ment of sustained human life in
outer space.
Bob Wimbish, chairman of the
Great Issues Committee, said the
public as well as students have
been urged to take advantage of
the chance to be brought up to
date on the U.S. space program.
Appointments To Board Of Directors
May Be Made By Connally This Week
Three new appointments to the
A&M System Board of Directors
may be made this week by Gov.
John Connally as the terms of
three of the present members ex
pire.
At the end of their six-year
terms are Eugene B. Darby of
Pharr, L. H. Ridout Jr. of Dallas
and William J. Lawson of Austin.
The men are all eligible for reap
pointment.
The new directors appointed by
the governor must also be con
firmed by a majority vote of the
Texas Senate. Three director’s
terms expire every two years.