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COLLEGE STATION. TEXAS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1963
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| The director of the Arab In-
ormation Center in Dallas said
HS. newspapers had failed in
Iheir duties to report facts to the
#jeolle.
| Sami Hadawi, speaking 1 to jour-
»'alfBm students heie yesterday,
aid American reporters try to do
helthinking for the people instead
||f just reporting the facts.
II! He gave the University of Miss-
Issippi desegregation riots as an
xample of this.
“I DON’T THINK the segrega-
ion problem in the United States
|||s as serious as it is magnified to
he outside world,” he said.
Hadawi said the Mississippi in-
■ident was used by Communists to
Wire
Review
I By The Associated Press
WORLD NEWS
■ANTO DOMINGO, Dominican
Republic — Juan Bosch took of
fice Wednesday as the Dominicans’
first constitutionally elected presi
dent since 1924. He pledged re
forms to give the people “a place
UOMPANT l n | ttle sun among advanced na-
ions of the Americas.”
iThe first target of land reform,
Bfcch said, will be plantations al-
Hdy seized from the estate of
Gen. Rafael L. Trujillo, the dicta
tor who ruled this island nation
for 31 years before his assassina-
gjtion May 30, 1961.
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fe jy PARTS — The United States
opened a sales pitch to its North
P Atlantic Allies Wednesday on the
idea of a fleet armed with nuclear
weapons. The fleet would he op-
> QuestionM erate( | a SDec ; a i group set up
under the Atlantic Alliance.
| The idea may be difficult to
sell, chiefly because the United
States insists on controlling the
firing button.
I U. S. Ambassadors Livingston
T. Merchant and Thomas K.
Finletter went before a secret
session of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization Permanent
I Council to present American
I thinking on the issue.
1
U. S. NEWS
I WASHINGTON — The State
Department announced Wednesday
the United States and the Soviet
Union will soon resume their leng-
j thy and so far unsuccessful talks
j aiming for a Berlin settlement.
■* Press officer Lincoln White said
>l$uqof Snofl | the U. S. ambassador to Moscow,
)-) S3dlJ)S„ lff oy P)- Kohler brought a Soviet
S3flf) 3H1 lfP V0 P° sa l to revive the discussions
— Jtyith him when he returned to
j Washington at the end of January,
fohler delivered the U. S. accept
ance in Moscow last Monday.
TEXAS NEWS
Ilf I AUSTIN — The State Health
f I ■ Department reported Wednesday
Ban outbreak of influenza-like ill
ness in at least 5 Texas counties.
pupiO m || None of the cases was the so-
hlj/flieeje I Billed Asian Flu.
5305 3Hi 11 Only three counties — Jackson,
»JI Fort Bend and Hardeman—“will
■ show an excessive number of
p cases of epidemic strength,” a
I department spokesman said. He
K added that most reports indicate
K the outbreak is ‘mild in charac-
| ter” with few complications.
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I AUSTIN — Flouse members
| m ■l )assed on t° tbe Senate Wednes-
ir’l /] Blythe question of requiring gov-
>*• / il yernmental boards and agencies to
ml m Bhold meetings open to the public.
On voice vote, representatives
finally approved a bill by Rep.
HChet Brooks, Houston, that says
■ "governing” bodies of state and
■ local agencies must hold open
■ meetings.
I The amendment restricting the
Bhill’s effect to “governing” bodies
was attached by Rep. Donald.
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embarrass the U. S. delegation in
the United Nations.
“The press was not kind to the
American people in the way the in
cident was reported,” he said.
Hadawi, a keen observer of the
American, British and Arab press,
listed the essentials of reporting
as honesty and integrity.
HE SAID THAT coverag’e of
world news was inadequate in this
country because correspondents re-
norted only the facts they wanted
to report, and in editing process the
writer’s story was changed to suit
the paner’s point of view.
English newspapers, he said, re
ported the facts as they are re
ceived.
Fie said opinion should be re
served for the editorial page and
not mixed with news stories.
“In the New York Times I find
more expression of opinion in the
news items than on the editorial
nage,” he said.
“I think a paper ought to be
objective. It owes it to the peo
ple,” he said.
HADAWI LISTED the Christian
Science Monitor as the most objec
tive of American newspapers, and
The Dallas Morning News as the
South’s most objective paper.
Fie lamented that American peo-
p)e are more interested in crime
news than in international affairs,
but placed much of the blame on
the newpapers.
He said that two weeks before j
President Kennedy imposed the
blockade on Cuba because of the
Russian missile threat, the United
States had installed offensive
missiles in Israel for use against
Arabs.
Hadawi said the American press f
failed to carry any news about
these missiles, even though the
Arabs felt the same way the U.S.
felt when the missiles in Cuba
were publicized.
Graduation Orders
Can Still Re Placed
Seniors, have you forgotten
something 1 --like ordering your
graduation invitations? Don’t wor
ry. The cashier’s office of the
Memorial Student Center has ex
tended its order deadline to Fri
day, March 8.
Today was the final day for
ordering- the invitations, but the
deadline was extended eight days
because orders have been coming
in too slowly.
MRS. FAYE YEATES, MSC
cashier, said only 420 orders had
been placed by noon yesterday.
There are usually 600 orders made
each year, she said.
Sweetheart
Nominations
Due Monday
A deadline of next Monday was
established Wednesday for sub
mitting sweetheart candidate nomi
nations in the civilian sweetheart
contest.
The deadline, disclosed in a meet
ing of the Apartment Council, of
fers a two-day extension from the
original March 2 deadline.
Apartment residents may submit
candidates to their student manag
er or row representative. Dormi
tory civilians are submitting candi
dates to their dormitory presidents.
The winner will be named during
civilian weekend activities March
30.
The Council, in Wednesday’s call
ed meeting, also formed an election
committee to probe election proce
dures in apartment areas. Named
chairman of the new committee was
Ronald Kleibrink, ’63, from College
Station.
Earlier this month, Council Presi
dent Don Bell named three stu
dents to make a study of apartment
elections. The new committee was
formed as a z’esult of this study.
“Many students are waiting to
the last minute to order their in
vitations. The invitations have
been on sale for almost a month
and less than two-thirds of the
approximately 700 spring hopefuls
have ordered them,” Mrs. Yeates
explained.
“Since we have taken less than
500 orders we feel that we should
extend the date to give those stu
dents who have not had the op
portunity to order ample time to
do so. This will not be done each
year,” she added.
THE CASHIER’S OFFICE will
remain open during the noon hour
tomorrow to accomodate students
who have classes all day or who
work during the day. Regular-
hours are from 9 to 12 in the
morning and 1 to 4 in the after
noon.
Wayne Stark, MSC director, said
the reason for the early deadline
is because of a contract with the
engraving company.
“The orders must be in by March
8 to have the invitations back to
us by the last of April,” he said.
Friday Proclaimed
As ‘Day Of Prayer’
Mayor Ernest Langford, in
cooperation with the United
Council of Church Women, has
proclaimed Friday as World Day
of Prayer in College Station.
The World Day of Prayer is
an international, interdenomina
tional, interracial observance
with the purpose of joining the
people of the world with the
doctrine “the Lord is the Keep
er.”
Langford’s prof lam ation urges '
the residents of College Station
to attend special World Day of
Prayer assemblies in their |
churches or to pause in their
work at 10 a.m. Friday for one j
minute of prayer.
Rodeo Arena
Pounding away with hammers during re
building work on the rodeo arena are two
members of the Rodeo Club and Saddle &
Sirloin Club, Britt Jarvis (right) and Bobby
Undergoes Repairs
Robinson. Workers cook their food at the
work site and eat in shifts to allow for con
tinuous work on weekends.
BY TWO STUDENT GROUPS
Rodeo Arena Rebuilding
To Be Completed April 1
Members of the A&M Rodeo
Club and the Saddle and Sirloin
Club are spending their nights and
weekends renovating the A&M
Rodeo Arena.
The last time the arena was re
built was in 1956. John Baker,
president of the A&M Rodeo Club,
said, “The area is in bad need of
repair-—it's either tear it down and
quit having rodeos or get in and
rebuild it.”
Chess Committee Hosts
Match Against All Comers
The Memorial Student Center Chess Committee will hold
a “simultaneous chess display” this Sunday at 2 p. m. in the
Social Room of the MSC.
Local chess enthusiast Morris Steen will simultaneously
play everyone who shows up for the event. If the challenger
should win the game, he will receive a free United States
Chess Federation membership.
The special meeting of the chess committee is to publicize
the activities of the USFC. They have plans for a number of
tournaments this year which will be rated by the national
organization.
The committee hopes to have at least twenty challengers
for Steen. Everyone has been invited to attend and specta
tors are welcome.
Vice president of the Rodeo Club
Frank Grapitto said yesterday that
rebuilding should be finished by
April 1. Members of both clubs
began working on the project last
October using lumber bought from
East Texas saw mills with $2,000
from the Exchange Store fund.
So far, the north stands have
been completely rebuilt, and the
south stands are nearing com
pletion. Stock pens, chutes and
gates are yet to receive a general
overhaul.
The arena is expected to be
ready for the annual student rodeo
May 9-11, sponsored by the Nation
al Intercollegiate Rodeo Associa
tion, and the class A horse show on
April 6, recognized by the Ameri
can Quarter Horse Association.
Math instructor George Fridel
is advisor to the Rodeo Club, which
claims about 60 members. An
activity of the club is the sponsor
ship of a rodeo team which repre
sents A&M at seven or eight rodeos
on the college circuit each year.
Ex-Students
Given Bill
By Officials
By RONNIE BOOKMAN
Battalion Managing Editor
Top A&M officials formally
presented a proposal last
night in Austin to change
A&M’s name to Texas A&M
University to members of the
legislature who are former stu
dents.
Chancellor M. T. Harrington,
President Earl Rudder and the
three new members of the Board
of Directors met for about an
hour with eight representatives
and three senators at a dinner in
the Driscoll Hotel.
Rep. David G. Haines, ’51, from
College Station, told the Battalion
that there was little discussion
and no opposition to the new name
or the bill among the legislators.
He said:
“THERE WAS some talk about
the name Texas State University,
but everyone agreed on Texas A&M
University.”
Haines said the Aggie members
of the House would probably study
the recommendation and make
technical changes in the proposal,
which was presented in bill form,
before actually introducing it. He
said:
“What we (the House members)
will probably do is co-sponsor the ■
bill. But, I’m pretty sure that it
will be my job to introduce it and
carry it in the House.”
Tlaines said that the general at
titude among the members of the
House is that “if this name change
is what the school and the board of
directors want, then it’s okay with
them.”
HAINES SAID the name-change
bill would probably be introduced
Monday or Tuesday.
Other House members attending
the meeting were:
Will L. Smith,. ’39, of Beaumont;
W. T. (Bill) Dungan, ’30, of Mc
Kinney; Richard G. Slack, ’38, of
Pecos; Malcolm McGregor Jr., ’50,
of El Paso; Donald M. Brown, ’52,
of Hitchcock; Glenn H. Kothmann,
’50, of San Antonio; and George
H. Richards, ’35, of Huntsville.
Senators present were:
W. T. (Bill) Moore, ’40, of
Bryan; A. R. Schwartz, ’47, of Gal
veston; and Andrew J. Rogers,
’46, of Childress.
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Student Election
On Name Postponed
Students may have to wait to
voice their opinion on a name-
change, according to Dean of Stu
dents James P. Hannigan, Student
Senate advisor.
A student vote proposed by the
Senate last Thursday would allow
students to vote on a name-change
and to select the name they would
prefer if the school’s name is
changed.
Hannigan said Wednesday after
noon that the vote has been post
poned in view of the action taken
by members of the Board of Direc
tors Saturday when they voted to
ask State Legislature to change
the school’s name to Texas A&M
University.
SURVEY SHOWS SURPRISES
Coeds Like Manners, Morals
Robert Rhodes Files For Councilman
In Ward Two To Replace Anderson •
Robert R. Rhodes, associate pro
fessor of range and forestry, has
filed for councilman of Ward Two,
a position now held by D. A. Ander
son, City Manager Ran Boswell
announced.
Anderson told The Battalion last
night he does not plan to seek re-
election to the post, but will give
his support to Rhodes.
A candidate seeking the position
of city councilman must be a qual
ified voter, a resident of College
Station for at least two years and
must not be in debt to the city.
There is no filing fee.
Both J. A. Orr, councilman for
Ward One, and A. L. Rosprim,
councilman for Ward Three, plan
to seek re-election.
Ward Two includes all territory
east of Highway Six and south of
Lincoln Avenue.
(Editor’s Note: The follow
ing article was adapted from a
psychology term paper. Ques
tionnaires to obtain the results
were completed by 47 A&M
sophomores, 39 sophomore girls
at North Texas State Univer
sity, 22 sophomores at Texas
Woman’s University, 38 senior
girls at Breckenridge, Tex. High
and 38 senior boys at Brecken
ridge High School.)
By ED HARVILL
and TONY EARNST
Aggies who want dates should
maintain a good moral charac
ter, show good manners and
strive to be understanding, com
patible and intelligent. In a re
cent survey high school and col
lege girls listed these five traits
as the ones they looked for most
in a date.
Ninety-seven per cent of the
girls questioned selected good
moral character as one of the
five most important date traits.
Well-mannered received the vote
of 88 per cent of the same group.
The third most frequent selec
tion of college sophomore girls
—(coeds at Texas Woman’s Uni
versity and North Texas State
University) — was intelligent,
with compatible and understand
ing- as fourth and fifth choices.
For the Aggie interested in
dating high school girls, the im
portance of date traits differs
slightly. A strong third choice
of the seniors of Breckenridge,
Tex. High School was under
standing. Two other traits,
faithful and good sport, were
considered important by this
group. Intelligent, selected by
67 per cent of the college girls,
was rated by only 42 per cent
of the high school femmes.
Three traits often mistakenly
thought to be musts for any man
to fare well with the opposite
sex, are: good looks, poularity
and being a good dancer. But
this is not necessarily so.
Fewer than 20 per cent of the
females questioned selected
these traits (good dancer — 18
per cent; good looks — 14 per
cent; popular — 8 per cent).
This was true of high school
and college girls alike.
This same group of females
looks for almost the same traits
in a husband, with a slight
change in emphasis. More girls
looked for understanding (93
per cent) than any other qual
ity; but a close second choice
was faithful (91 per cent).
Good moral character was se
lected by 87 per cent of the
girls, and 82 per cent looked for
a compatible mate. As in their
date selection, the college group
stressed intelligent as a strong
mate trait; but the high school
coeds were more interested in
a well-mannered mate.
The remaining traits listed on
the questionnaire were even less
popular as mate traits. They
were good sport (18 per cent),
good dancer (2 per cent), good
looks (2 per cent), and popular
1 per cent).
An interesting situation was
revealed by this survey. While
almost all the girls listed good
moral character as a necessary
date trait, they were more prac
tical in their mate selections.
Apparently they were willing to
settle for less in a husband.
Girls who are interested in
dating high school senior boys
and A&M sophomores must have
a wide variety of traits. The
Aggie sophs, 83 per cent of them
at least, selected beauty as the
most important trait for their
dates. Well-mannered was the
choice of 77 per cent while com
patible (62 per cent), intelligent
(60 per cent), and good sport
(53 per cent) rounded out the
top five selections.
Many of the Ags considered
the remaining traits desirable in
a date. These traits and their
percentage of votes were under
standing (49 per cent), good
moral character (38 per cent),
g-ood dancer (32 per cent), pop
ular (28 per cent) and faithful
(19 per cent). The sophomores
polled are practical, also.
They apparently realize that
they cannot expect a girl to be
faithful when they cannot be
with them every day.
Senior male students from
Breckenridge High School did
(See DATING On Page 3)