N EXCLUSIVE BATTALION INTERVIEW
Haines Says Board May Ask Name Change
By ALAN PAYNE
Battalion Editor
Rep. David Haines of Bryan
told The Battalion Thursday
nibht “there is a yood possi
bility that the A&M System
Board of Directors will ask us
to seek a college name-change
to Texas A&M University.”
Bin a telephone interview from
his Austin apartment, Haines
Mid he believed the directors
would favor such a change. In
19B1 the board did ask for the
Ijihange but legislation sponsored
by Sen. W. T. (Bill) Moore, also
of Bryan, failed to clear the
legislature.
In ’61 the directors suggested
that ‘A&M’ be used as a name
in itself, and not as an abbrevia
tion for ‘Agricultural and Mech
anical.’ Haines believes this
would probably be specified again
this year if the directors ask
for a change.
Moore, a veteran senator who
has long been an advocate of a
name-change, told The Batta
lion he had not heard anything
from the Board of Directors and
has no present plans to ask for
a change. He added that he is
due to meet with the directors
Monday, principally to meet the
three new board members.
“To my knowledge, there has
been no talk whatsoever about a
change among Senate members,”
Moore noted.
Haines, however, said he had
discussed a possible name-change
with all 11 former A&M stu
dents in the House. Most of
them would back a name-change
if it was sought by the directors
and favored by the college ad
ministration, the I’epresentative
said.
“All of us don’t particularly
like to see the change,” he said,
“but we feel we are almost forc
ed into the situation. Competi
tion from such schools as the
University of Houston, Sam Hous
ton State and Arlington State is
so heavy that A&M simply must
make changes to move ahead.”
The representative added that
if the directors seek a change, he
will personally introduce such a
bill in the House. “But Sen.
Moore will have the real say-so
as to whether the bill will pass,”
.he declared.
“Personally I feel pretty sure
the new directors will agree with
the old ones and favor a name-
change,” Haines said. He added
that it would probably take at
least a month to get any name-
change legislation onto the floor
of either the House or the
Senate.
The freshman representative
called Wednesday’s “joke” ef
fort to change the name of the
college “simply an attempt to
needle me. I think they (Reps,
James Gotten of Weatherford
and David Crews of Conroe) had
the entire thing planned.”
Gotten jokingly asked for a
name-change during debate on
a bill to change the name of
West Texas State College to
West Texas State University.
Crews backed him with a state
ment that A&M was more en
titled to be called a university
than West Texas State. The a-
mendment was tabled on call of
a point of order.
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Volume 60
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1963
Number 66 ^
eligiousW eek
ime To Make
ew Friends
iL I An opportunity for Aggies and citizens of College Station
BbeCome acquainted will be offered by Religious Emphasis
^MVeek next week. Ten denominations or faiths will participate
•H^Bpresenting six programs each evening with a general theme
of “Faith in the Twentieth Cen-+ —
I
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tury.”
1 The entire series of services will
B concluded Thursday evening
|dth a panel discussion at the
MM Methodist Church by repi’e-
jiitatives of the Christian, Episco
pal, Lutheran, Methodist, Presby-
■ ||han and Roman Catholic
'churches and the Hillel Founda
tion.
I ALL SERVICES are scheduled
K begin at 7:10 p.m. Monday
through Thursday and call to
quarters for military cadets has
been rescheduled for 8:30 p.m. for
those nights.
i[Baptist students can hear Robert
Andrew Hingson, M.D., professor
f of anesthesia at Western Reserve
University School of Medicine,
Cleveland, and an active layman.
He will speak Sunday through
Wednesday nights. The scientist
and physician was leader of an
interdenominational, interracial
medical mission survey team, spon
sored by the Baptist World
Alliance.
THE CATHOLIC program for
the week begins Sunday night as
the Rev. Dr. Donald McLeaish of
His tin speaks on “Observations on
) , ij the Ecumenical Council.” He has
* or |ust returned from Vatican City
.where he was the teologian to the
|J Bishop of Austin. The Rev. Donald
Each w jjStarkey of Orange will speak
Monday and Tuesday nights, and
on Wednesday night there will be
9
a special Mass offered with the
altar facing the audience.
The Rev. M. C. Deason, officialis
for the Diocese of Austin, will
speak for Catholics at a panel
discussion Thursday. There will
also be Mass for students at 6:30
a.m. and 5:20 p.m. each clay.
Joint services are planned by
the Christian, Episcopal, Meth
odist and Presbyterian students
with Dr. Das Kelley Barnett, vicar
of St. John’s Episcopal Church,
Palacios, and Christ Church, Mata
gorda, as the speaker Monday
through Wednesday nights.
THE CHURCH of Christ will
bring- McCurin Harwell, pastor of
the Central congregation in
Temple, to the college community.
Sessions will be held each evening
Monday through Thursday, with
discussion periods to follow the
lessons. The minister began
preaching while in high school, and
in 1952 began doing full-time
work.
The two Lutheran congregations
are cooperating in bringing Dr.
Samuel I. Goltermann, president
of Concordia Junior College, Aus
tin, to the campus to speak Tues
day and Wednesday nights and to
pai’ticipate in the panel discussion
Thursday.
Rabbi Louis Firestein will speak
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings
and participate in the panel dis
cussion Thursday night.
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Former Prof Asks
For Reasons, Rights
AUSTIN CP) — A former pro
fessor told a legislature commit
tee Thursday night he does not
know why he was fired at Sam
Houston State College.
Dr. R. C. Koeninger, former
sociology professor there, testifi
ed for a proposal by Rep. Bob
Eckhardt of Houston, which
would take boards of regents and
school boards out of the busi
ness of hiring and firing.
All Is ‘A-O.K.
For Fish Ball,
Dates Arriving
GINGER LEWIS
Civilians Plan
Barbecue, Dance
Plans for the March 29-31 Civil
ian Student Weekend are almost
finalized, according to committee
reports submitted in Thursday’s
Civilian Student Council meeting.
The council approved a motion to
select the Southwest Texas College
State Band of San Marcos to pro
vide music for the dance for
for March 30 as the weekend’s
main attraction. The band, made
up of 16 pieces and a vocalist, will
feature a style patterned after Les
Elgart and Ted Heath.
The dance, which will have a
San Francisco theme, will be high
lighted by the selection of a civil
ian sweetheart and two runnei'-ups.
Finalists for the beauty crown will
come from civilian housing units
submitting a nominee before March
4.
SWEETHEART finalists will be
presented at a barbeque preceding
the dance and will make appear
ances on local radio and television.
Units who wish to nominate a
sweetheart should submit a large
g-lossy print to Civilian Student
Counselor Robert O. Murray in
Room 203 of the Counseling and
civilian sweetheart chairman, in
E-9, Walton Hall.
Pictures, which will be return
ed, should have written on the
back the name of the sponsor, the
contestant’s name and address, her
activities and achievements, her
vital statistics and her escoi’t’s
name and address.
In other action by the council,
a committee was appointed to study
and make recommendations on the
pros and cons of integrating corps
and civilian intramural activities.
The committee will also seek a
more convenient scheduling of in
tramural events for the participat
ing units.
INTRAMURALS NOW are oper
ated under two separate leagues-
civilian and corps. In an integrat
ed program, one campus-wide
champion in each sport would be
established, rather than two
champions as in the two-league
program.
A second committee was appoint
ed to promote candidate partici
pation in civilian elections. Pur
pose of the committee will be to
encourage more students to run for
Four To Compete
For Sweetheart
Advance ticket sales to the annual Freshman Ball had
passed the 300 mark Thursday afternoon. Tickets will re
main on sale through Saturday at the cashier’s window in the
lower level of the MSC and can be purchased at the door Sat
urday night. The ducats are selling for $3 per couple.
A featured attraction at the bah, which is scheduled
for 9 p. m., will be the presentation of this year’s Freshman
Sweetheart. Bill Hite, student programs’ director, said the
crowning will come at 9:45.
CANDIDATES FOR the honor and their escorts are:
Joyce Ann Haley of Beaumont, escorted by John Henry
Allen,
Peggy Griffith of Cleburne,
escorted by Albert Bodine,
Ginger Lewis of Kingsville,
escorted by Richard Bums,
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JOYCE ANN HALEY
Testing Center or Richard Moore, offices.
SPEAKERS READY
—
Three Priests, Rabbi To Talk
'V jj (Editor’s Note: This is the last
of a series of three articles de-
QUANTIl|kted to off-campus Religious Em-
RlGHTSHasis Week speakers.)
RESERVW Among the off-campus speakers
|>r this year’s Religious Emphasis
week will be three Catholic priests
and a Jewish rabbi.
I Speaking Monday through Thurs
day in St. Mary’s Chapel will be
k ev - Dr. Maurice C. McLeaish,
9 tvlvj the Rev. Donald Starkey and the
® K'.vl! Rev. M. C. Deason. Speaking in
the B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation
k [$:! f'N be Rabbi Louis Firestein.
1 p UN SUNDAY evening McLeaish
|I pj frill speak on “Observations
V
the Ecumenical Council.” McLea
ish has recently returned from the
Vatican City where he was theolo
gian to the bishop of Austin.
A graduate of Rice University,
he attended St. Mary’s Seminary in
Houston where he majored in phil-
isophy. He studied theology at
the Pontifical Gregorian University
in Rome where he received his li
centiate degree in sacred theology,
later attending the Catholic Uni
versity in Washington, D. C., where
he received his doctorate in canon
law. Last year McLeaiseh receiv
ed his degree in Texas law from
the University of Texas.
Reception For Speakers
A reception honoring Re
ligious Emphasis Week speakers
will be held by the religious
groups on campus at 4 p.m.
Tuesday at the Hillel Founda
tion. f
J. Gordon Gay, secretary of
the YMCA, has invited faculty,
students and staff to attend the
reception.
The speakers are Dr. Robert
A. Hingson, M.D., Cleveland,
Ohio; the Rev. Dr. M. C. Mc
Leaish, theologian to the Bishop
of Austin Vatican Council; the
Rev. Samuel I. Goltermann,
president of Concordia College,
Austin; Dr. Das Kelley Barnett,
vicar, Palacios; McCurrin Har
rell, minister, Temple; and
Rabbi Louis Firestein, Congre
gation Beth Israel, Austin.
On Monday and Tuesday nights
Starkey will speak on “Christian
ity, A Way of Life,” and “Kind
ness, What the World Needs Most.”
ALSO A RICE graduate, Star-
key spent several years in the
Navy then entered a seminary in
Houston and received his degree
in philosophy. Later he specializ
ed in dogmatic theology at the
Pontifical Greogorian University
in Rome.
At the present he is assistant
pastor of St. Mary’s Church in
Orange.
Deason will represent the Catho
lic faith at the Thursday night
program in union with the Luther
an, Methodist, Episcopal, Presby
terian, Christian and Jewish faiths.
After spending several years in
the Army, Deason left with the
rank of major and entered the
seminary in Houston.
A GRADUATE OF the Univer
sity of Texas, he received his li
centiate degree in sacred theology
from the Pontificial Gregorian Uni
versity in Rome. Besides being the
officialis for the Diocese of Austin,
Deaason is pastor of Sacred Heart
Church in Austin and is the editor
of the diocesan newspaper, “The
Lone Star Catholic.”
Speaking on Tuesday and Wed
nesday evenings and on a panel at
the joint meeting Thursday will be
Rabbi Firestein who comes from
Temple Beth Israel in Austin.
Firestein received his B. A. de
gree from Yeshiva University and
was ordained at Hebrew Union
College in New York City in 1953,
receiving his M. H. L. degree.
RABBI FIRESTEIN
Wire
Review
By The Associated Press
WORLD NEWS
SAN JUAN, P. R. — The U.S.
Coast Guard said Thursday it had
intercepted a message from the
hijacked Venezuelan freighter An-
zoategui reporting 1 “all well” a-
board but the officers are under
ari’est.
A cryptic exchang-e was picked
up from the ship, hijacked by
Communists, apparently with a
radio operator in Venezuela.
The Venezuela broadcast asked
the runaway ship’s position and
got this reply:
“Cannot give position. Am being
threatened.”
U. S. NEWS
WASHINGTON — President
Kennedy urged Cougress on Thurs
day to extend a helping hand to
the young people of America. He
said they are caught in cross cur
rents “which hold great danger,
as well as great promise.”
The President told Congress that
“we cannot be complacent.” He
asked for a domestic Peace Corps,
a Youth Conservation Corps, a
Home Town Peace Corps, and ex
pansion of the present overseas
Peace Corps by nearly 50 per cent.
TEXAS NEWS
AUSTIN — Three Texas con
gressmen will lose their seats in
Congress if a bill by Rep. Bill
Walker of Cleveland becomes
law.
Harris would have three repre
sentatives under the bill and Dal
las two. Bexar and Tarrant Coun
ties would each have one congress
man, but each would be in districts
with surrounding counties.
And Betty Greene of Demig,
New Mexico, escorted by James
Arnold.
ANOTHER SWEETHEART will
be present at the freshman get-to
gether - - namely Lynn Parks, this
year’s Aggie Sweetheart. She will
be escorted by Kirby Warren, an
A-3 freshman from Fort Worth.
Also attending the affair will
be numerous college figures and
their wives. Included in the group
are President and Mrs. Earl Rud
der, Dean and Mrs. J. P. Hannigan,
Chancellor and Mrs. M. T. Harring
ton, 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.
and Mrs. Frank Elder - , Col. and
Mrs. Frank Vaden Jr. and Lt. Col.
and Mrs. Edward V. Adams.
ALSO THE DEANS of the var
ious schools have been invited as
special guests.
Bill Millikin, president of the
Class of ‘66 announced that a
professional photographer will be
on hand to take pictures, the 8 x 10
enlargements will sell for $1. There
will be no advance picture sale
prior to Saturday night.
Millikin said that girls will be
wearing both short and long for-
mals to the strictly formal event.
Civilians wear white shirts and
black bow ties, with cadets wear
ing their formal Class A winter
uniforms.
THE AGGIELAND Orchestra
will provide music for the ball.
Advance sale of corsages began
this week and is being conducted
by the dorm representatives of the
Student Floral Concessions.
Freshman class officers are Mil
likin, president; Richard Dooley,
vice-president; Harris Pappas,
secretary; and Earl B. Denison,
social secretary. Hite serves as
advisor.
PEGGY GRIFFITH
Tuition Hike
A ‘Must,’ Says
Legislator
AUSTIN UP) — A ranking
Senate Finance Committee mem
ber declared Thursday that the
legislature must pass a $31 mil
lion dollar tuition hike.
Sen. George Moffett of Chillo-
cothe, chairman of the finance
subcommittee reviewing agency
requests, told the Senate:
“We already know that we
won’t have enough money in sight
to meet even reasonable re
quests” of colleges and other
state agencies.
Moffett’s statement came dur
ing debate on changing a minor
county and district attorney sal
ary bill from the Finance to Juris
prudence Committee.
Sen. W. T. Moore of Bryan
asked the committee switch.
“If we open the door to a bunch
of bills like this,” Moffett said,
“it is going to mean a new tax
bill for Texas.”
“YOU’RE NOT trying to tell me
a little old bill like this will mean
another tax bill when we have all
the senior college bills in here,”
Moore said.
“Listen, we’re going to have to
pass a tuition bill to provide the
colleges with any money, any
way,” Moffett shot back.
The Commission on Higher
Education recommended doubling
tuition in state colleges to $100 a
semester and said it would bring
in $31 million in the next two
years.
Gov. John Connally, who goes
into the hospital Sunday for a
hernia operation, has never taken
a stand on the subject. His recom
mendations are scheduled to go
to the legislature in a few weeks.
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