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Volume 60
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1963
Number 64
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Governor’s Bill
ogs At End
f Honeymoon
AUSTIN (/P)—Gov. John Connally’s plans to study
’i - - higher education yot into trouble in the Texas House Tues-
A’ ,} a y as members of a subcommittee argued over who should
.ii«n e the members to the proposed 25-man committee.
Several members of the House State Affairs committee
& 0MI
ani other House members, who asked not to be quoted by
said “the honeymoon is over
“The governor doesn’t know it but he has hit the first
,y', A'jBky road of his administration.” said one member.
I SENATE ACTION on its version of the bill to let Con-
'f-M Upfly name a 25-man committee to study higher education
could come this week.
^4. Gov. Preston Smith said 4 "
ie is ready to let Sen. Walter
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Richter, Gonzales, ask for a
suspension of the rules to
|)riny up the proposal, but the
■troversial measure which pro-
/ides for the turaing over of Padre
i|ad seashore areas to the Fed-
■ral government has the first
:hatice at Senate debate when it
l»in goes into session.
House members said that a sub-
'opimittee studying the measure
Wits to amend the bill to let
stomally name five members, the
iouse speaker five members and
■ lieutenant governor five mem-
. Ms. The original bill called for
^officerctwfnnally to name all 25 members,
rnia, will bringM KTHE GOVERNOR won’t give
inch,”'said a House member,
knnounc.mfninc.3!* : 'He wants whole hog or none.”
Rep. David Crews, Conroe, and
tep. Gene Fondren, Taylor, said
hope to work out the differ-
- mces and win committee support
iext week.
wThe latest word today is that
lie governor is trying to get the
lerate to pass the bill the way
ie wants it and then hold that
>ver the heads of the House,” a
limber said. “That’s not going
» do him any good. We’re just
Whard-headed as he is.”
iSmith recessed the Senate until
10:30 a.m. Wednesday after a
$0ruin of 21 failed to appear.
Inter-Council
Group Plans
For Visitors
The Inter-Council committee held
its organizational meeting Tuesday
and named David Coleman of Ver
non as chairman.
Coleman, with the assistance of
S. A. Kerley, Director of the Coun
seling and Testing Center, assigned
responsibilities for administering
All-College Day and High School
Career Day at the meeting.
Committee members given jobs
were Jack Myer, who will direct
registration; Bob Carter, xvho will
handle publicity; and Hugh Magers
and George McWilliams, who wall
be in charge of housing and feeding
of the weekend guests.
All-College Day is scheduled
March 15 with High School Career
Day set for March 16.
Kerley is coordinating this effort
through the Counseling and Testing
Center and the Inter-Council com
mittee.
Several members of the college
faculty and staff are advising stu
dents of the committee.
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Be My Valentine
Sarah Carter, Memorial Student Center em- Greeting - card counters in the College Sta-
ploye, assists Richard Watson, Squadron 5 tion area have been crowded by Aggies set
freshman from Yuma, Arizona, in selecting on observing the traditional Valentine’s
a valentine card for a special someone. Day.
TICKETS ON SALE
Freshman Ball Promises
Weekend Of Dates, Dance
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Wire
Review
By The Associated Press
WORLD NEWS
LONDON — Prime Minister
gold Macmillan’s government
ned back an opposition assault
esday night and won parlia-
ntary approval of the emergen-:
economic program he drew up
Beause France blocked Britain’s
■try into the European Common
mrket.
■At the end of a two-day debate
the House of Commons, Mac-
■Uan’s Conservatives defeated a
Bborite motion of no confidence,
■3-227, and went on to win sup-
■it of his program, 330-227.
A A A
ROME — The United States
*as reported Tuesday night en-
untering political problems in
tiding a Polaris submarine base
Spain or Italy.
But an American source said
Washington is going ahead with
jilans to station three Polaris
*ubs in the Mediterranean start-
ng April 1.
. U. S. NEWS
IMIAMI, Fla.—A Miami to Chi-,
ko jet airliner carrying 43 per-
tns crashed and burned Tuesday
In south Florida’s Everglades wil-
Bmess shortly after takeoff in
B vicious squall.
■ The Coast Guard reported all
[poard apparently were killed.
■ “The fuselage is busted up,”
fcid Lt. Cmdi\ James Dillon, one
pf two helicopter pilots who found
Pd explored the wreck. “It’s been
Imsumed by fire. Badly burned—
pitted.’’
TEXAS NEWS
HOUSTON — The orbital flight
astronaut LeRoy Gordon Coop-
|r Jr. has been rescheduled for
nid-May, the Manned Spacecraft
tenter announced Tuesday.
The new target date was set
liter a decision was made to re
tire the flight control system of
iooper’s MA-9 booster rocket, a
pace center spokesman said.
Five Beauties
To Be Selected
Band Finalists
Five finalists for Band Sweet
heart will be selected this week
from 25 nominations. One of the
five finalists will be selected Sweet
heart at the annual Band Dance,
Saturday, Feb. 23.
The Aggieland Combo will fur
nish music for the 9 p.m. ball in
Sbisa Dining Hall.
Committee chairman for the
dance will be Don Willis, decor*a-
tions; Ronnie Moon, sweetheart;
David Karrer, finance; Henry Pot
ter, program and invitations; and
Bill Barnhart, coordination.
Honored guests will be deans,
military officers, the chancellor,
president and commandant and
several faculty members.
County Residents
Donate $7,600
To MOD Drive
Brazos County residents chipped
in $7,600 during the 1963 March
of Dimes campaign, C. E. Sand-
stedt, county MOD chairman, re
ported Tuesday.
The figure is virtually the same
as last year, Sandstedt said.
“Actually our current collection is
less than $100 of the total collected
in 1962, and some donations are
still being received.
The retired A&M professor said
he was “extremely pleased” with
the 1963 drive.
Of the total collected, 25 per
cent will go directly to research,
37.5 per cent will be sent to the
national foundation and 37.5 per
cent will be retained with the local
MOD chapter.
Some of the collection sent the
national foundation, Sandstedt ad
ded, will be returned to Texas for
research and treatment.
Finalists have been selected for
Freshman Sweetheart and will be
presented at the Freshman Ball
Saturday night in Sbisa Hall.
The four girls vying for the
honor are Ginger Lewis of Kings
ville, Peggy Griffith of Cleburne,
Joyce Ann Haley of Beaumont and
Betty Greene of Deming, N. M.
According to Bill Hite, assistant
student programs’ dh-ector, the
sweetheart will he presented at
about 9:45 p.m. during the ball.
WELL OVER 100 tickets had
been sold to the event by Tuesday
afternoon, and Freshman Class
President Bill Millikin predicted a
large tumout for Saturday’s af
fair.
Millikin also said that several
prominent guests will be present,
including Lynn Parks, reigning
Aggie Sweetheart. She will be es
corted by Kirby Warren of Fort
Worth, an A-3 freshman.
Prominent college figures who
will be present are President and
Mrs. Earl Rudder, Dean and Mrs.
J. P. Hannigan, Chancellor and
Mrs. M. T. Harrington, Mr. and
Mrs. Benny Zinn, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Gordon Gay and Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Hite.
Col. and Mrs. Joe E. Davis, Col.
and Mrs. James F. Starkey, Col.
Three Biology
Profs To Write
Lab Manuel
Three members of the Depart
ment of Biology have signed a
contract with Macmillan Company
to write a laboratory manual in
general biology.
They are Dr. L. S. Dillon, pro
fessor, and Walter V. Robertson
and John L. Mural, instructors.
The proposed text will empha
size experimental procedures relat
ed to modern biological concepts.
Dillon is a recognized authority
on systematic zoology and evolu
tion. In 1961 he published a 896-
page book, “A Manual of Common
Beetles of Eastern North Ameri
ca,” which is now considered a
classic in this field.
The scientist is currently pre
paring manuscripts for two general
biology books to be published in
the spring by the Macmillan Com
pany.
Robertson specializes in verte
brate zoology and Murad in para
sitology.
and Mrs. Frank Elder, Col. and
Mrs. Frank Vaden Jr. and Lt. Col.
and Mrs. Edward V. Adams.
IN ADDITION to this group
the deans of the various schools
will be honored guests.
The Aggieland Orchestra will
present music for the evening’s
entertainrpent which begins at 9
p.m.
A professional photographer will
be on hand to take pictures of the
first-year Aggies and their dates.
The 8x10 enlargements will sell
for one dollar each. No advance
picture sale has been planned.
Early B. Denison, freshman so
cial secretary, said that tickets
would remain on sale through Sat
urday and can be purchased at the
door Saturday night. Advance
sales began Monday. Tickets are
being sold for $3 per couple and
can be purchased at the cashier’s
window in the lower level of the
MSC.
CORSAGES WILL be sold dur
ing the week by the dorm repre
sentatives of the Student Floral
Concessions.
Dress to the annual event is
formal. Freshman President Mil
likin said girls can wear either
long or short formals, while the
Aggies will wear white shirts with
black bow ties. Corps students
will be dressed in Class A winter
uniform with white shirts and
black bow ties.
ITS Auditions
To Test Acts
This Weekend
Six members of the Intercollegiate Talent Show’s audi
tion committee will make a second flying tour of southern
universities this weekend in search of top talent for the
show.
Wayne Stark, Memorial Student Center director, said
Tuesday that the group will audition talent at Baton Rouge,
La., (Louisiana. State College). New Orleans, La., (Tulane and
Loyola), Fayetteville, Ark., (University of Arkansas) and
Weatherford, Okla., (Southwestern State College.)
Last week the committee auditioned talent at Fort
Worth (TCU) and Oklahoma City (Oklahoma State Univer
sity). While at Fort Worth, the group watched several acts
from Texas Tech.
SO FAR, THEY have
watched approximately 30
qcts from Baylor University,
Texas University and South
western University of George
town, including those seen during
last week’s tour.
Before auditioning is over, the
"ommittep will have seen more
than 100 acts. From these the
group will choose 10 or 11 of the
best acts for the talent show,
which will be held March 8.
Members of the audition com
mittee making this weekend’s tour
will be Bob Boone, advisor; Eddie
Duncan, committee chairman;
Mike Use, John Brainerd and two
other students.
LAST WEEK’S tour was made
by Duncan, Use, Brainerd and Bill
Hite, committee advisor.
The 12th Annual Intercollegiate
Talent Show will be held in G.
Rollie White Coliseum. It will
present 10 or 11 acts from 18 col
leges from four states and is the
largest intercollegiate talent show
in the United States, according to
Stark.
Following the talent show there
will be a dance in the MSC ball
room, featuring thi’ee or four of
the acts.
Razorbacks Badger Aggies
Some loyal Arkansas fan just could not resist the
temptation.
Recently the 1962 Directory of Former Students was
sent out all over the world. The directories were mailed
and published in Camden, Ark., 190 air miles from Fayette
ville.
Located on many packages on a postage-meter sticker
was a running hog with the slogan “Go Hogs, Go”.
The “error” was first spotted by Lewis E. Bracy Jr.,
’45, of the Capital National Bank in Austin.
Bracy, in a letter to J. B. (Dick) Hervey, executive
secretary of the Association of Former Students, said he
was having enough trouble fighting’ the battle for A&M
in the Capital City without adding more worries.
Not all copies had the “pig” stamped on the package,
but somehow the bulk of the ones that were stamped were
sent to Austin.
Scholarships
For Students
Total $10,000
More than $10,000 in scholarships
and tuition grants will be awarded
to students this spring by . the
Faculty Scholarships Committee,
according to Dean W. J. Graff,
committee chairman.
During the next 30 days cash
awards totaling $10,000 will be
awarded to qualified students for
use during the 1963-64 school year.
Qualified students have been en
couraged to apply for these awards
at an early date, Graff said.
Graff also announced the avail
ability of a limited number of
tuition scholarships in the form
of refunds for the additional $25
which was added to the matricula
tion fee under terms of a bill which
was passed by the Texas Legisla
ture in 1957.
To qualify for the refunds stu
dents must show that the added
tuition created a serious financial
hardship for them. Applicants
must have completed at least one
semester at A&M with an overall
grade point average of 1.00 and
must be legal residents of Texas.
Applications blanks for schol
arships and refunds are now avail
able in the Registrar’s Office and
must be completed on or before
March 15 with the secretary of the
Faculty Scholarships Committee,
Abilene High Choir
To Sing In Guion
The 60-voice Abilene High Scrool
choir will present a concert at
8 p.m. Friday in Guion Hall.
Carl Best, former choir director
at the First Baptist Crurch in
Bryan, has charge of the Abilene
group. A&M Consolidated students
are providing housing and meals
for the visitors.
The choir’s appearance in College
Station is part of an annual concert
tour. No admission will be charged.
UNDER NEW PROGRAM
Speakers Offer Varied Backgrounds
(Editor’s note: This is the first
of a series of three articles devot
ed to off-campus Religious Em
phasis Week speakers. The Batta
lion will present two of the six
guest speakers in each issue dur
ing the remainder of the week.)
Under a new system of present-
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MCMURRIN HARRELL
the Religious Emphasis program
this year, students and the public
will be invited to attend the serv-
ives of their choice.
Representing the Presbyterian,
Methodist, Episcopalian and Christ
ian Church groups will be Dr. Das
Kelly Barnett, Vicar of St. John’s
Episcopal Church, of Palacios, and
Christ Church, of Matagorda. The
joint meeting of the four denomina
tions will be held at the A&M
Methodist Church.
SPEAKER FOR the Church of
Christ meetings will be McCurrin
Harrell, minister of the Central
Church of Christ of Temple. The
meetings will be held in the Blue
bonnet Room of the Church of
Christ Bible Chair.
Barnett, before coming to his
pi-esent position, was professor of
Christian Social Ethics at the
Episcopal Theological Seminary of
the Southwest in Austin. During
his career he has also served as
an acting professor of religion,
professor of sociology, a newspaper
columnist, lecturer and writer.
A graduate of Hardin Simmons
University, Barnett received his
ThM in 1941 and in 1943 his ThD
from the Southern Baptist Theo
logical Seminary. He also holds a
MA degree from Yale University.
The churchman was one of the
speakers and participants in the
World Conference on Religion and
Freedom, held in Dallas in the
spring of 1959. He was also one
of “60 Most Outstanding Texans”
invited to the Uhiversity of Texas
—sponsored regional assembly of
the American Assembly.
SPEAKING ON the general
theme “Faith in the Twentieth
Century,” Barnett will talk Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday at
7:15 p.m. On Thursday night he
will participate as a member of a
special Religious Emphasis Week
panel.
Harwell, born in Ellis County on
Feb. 16, 1928, attended Navarro
Junior College and Abilene Christ
ian College. He began preaching
while in high school serving several
congregations including churches
in Dawson and Italy.
In the spring of 1952 he began
doing full time work and since that
time has served churches in Bur
net, Centerville and Rockdale. He
is the father of three daughters,
ages 8, 11 and 13, and is married
to the former Frances Crockett.
Harwell will speak each even
ing Monday thru Thursday at 7:10
p.m. Discussion periods will fol
low the talks.
DR. DAS KELLY BARNETT