rills general tat €hc Battalion Porter ‘Wants’ Cage Post... See Page 7 ason as a hall. s fulllacl; and Mike Pit. completed tl ( was cited fai enter slot aai (1 was a stanj. Volume 60 COLLEGE STATION. TEXAS THURSDAY. MARCH 21, 1963 Number 85 Graduate School Would Gel Girls First, Reports Say Board Denies Coeducation Vote Due t most of 1* ack slot. Jftf ming full! i and Toi® ■ halves. Iso praised fai punting. VT 2-1352 U I ROWN (Fac.) ;?99 627 245 1354 '516 9585 3027 5344 6043 1599 ) Pierce Receives Burns In Chemistry Experiment A pathologist in the School of Veterinary Medicine was iverely burned Wednesday afternoon in a chemistry experi- (., He is Dr. Kenneth R. Pierce, assistant professor of pa- lolosiy, whose laboratory is located in the Veterinary Med- ine building. Pierce was working on an ether experiment when the iplosion occurred, sending flames scorching his hands caus- ?second-degree burns. Pushed to St. Joseph Hospital, Pierce remains in fair ition. His attending physician says he cannot tell yet b Pierce will he released. THEY DON’T KNOW US’ Senate Probes Old Skeletons By DAN LOUIS Battalion News Editor Thursday night’s Student Senate meeting will he a session of at tempting to resurrect the dead, namely the Texas Maritime Aca demy and the collage’s museum. The agenda for the regular ses sion at 7:30 p.m. in Room 3-D of the Memorial Student Center calls Architects Old Beer, Seek To Remove Sandals Image By KENT JOHNSTON Battalion Staff Writer Head of the Division of Archi- tture T, R. Holleman feels that Jlefe is the best place to eli- inate the “beer and sandals im- [e”which is associated with archi- 'ture students. He said: “It’s an image that the average fps has of the architecture stu- We think that the best time Jbeil the image is right here [college. This thing is acre old. It’s a aeof people thinking of an archi- as being a pretty picture tawer.” UNOY MOORE, fifth-vear stu nt from Dallas, said: “They see at parties dressed as beatniks, it if they want to believe we’re ally like that, it’s childish.” Charles Hearn, Bay City fifth- car architect, said: "Don’t get us wrong. We don’t lay around up here on the fourth Mr. We work hard and then we lav hai'd. 'We haven’t been realistically htified. Other students don’t now what we are. If they want Anew, let them come up here and •Higate for themselves.” olleman explained that he and staff are in the talking stage treating methods to “let others see what our students have to go through and the work they are capable of doing.” RICHARD MOORE, junior from Sam Antonio, said: “Due to the environment and the lack of culture here at A&M, most students associate us with ab stract ideas, wild clothes and far out, meaningless art when they really don’t understand the mean ing behind those works of art.” Hearn said: “We aren’t that far out. Sure, we have to be different. We have to identify ourselves with society while we’re tied down to a techni cal school. “Here at A&M, the courses of study are greatly technical. We can’t get any of the related arts which act as stimulants for de sign, things that give us a frame of reference to design a form. At any other school, we wouldn’t be such a bastard child. “I REALLY" DON’T care what they think, but when they want something done, look who they come to for poster designs, publica tions art work, setting up dances. Town Hall and the Aggie Players. These are things that are unknown but have to be done.” Vanoy Moore added: “When people aren’t cultured, Wire Review By The Associated Press U. S. NEWS WASHINGTON — Vice Presi- :t! >t Lyndon B. Johnson, calling 1 'Aa “a showcase of failure,” said Tuesday it is costing Russia $1 million a day to prop up ^ Cuban economy. “Even this support has been un- ^ to arrest the deterioration and *Hine of the Cuban economy,” 'Wn said. Die vice president spoke at the 'Wst Inter-American Defense Col- is an advanced studies insti- for senior officers of member of the Organization of ^erican States. He estimated it already has Russia more than !j>l billion 'Hp Cuba. "At this moment, the most ur- ™problem in our hemisphere is existence of communism in V’ Johnson said. ★ ★ ★ Washington —The Senate ^estimations subcommittee is Siting the relations of Under- ’‘rttary of Defense Roswell L. 'Upatric’s former law firm with General Dynamics Corp., which ’*5 awarded the controversial ^5! warplane contract. Sen. Karl Mundt, R-S.D., dis cing a check is under way of k't business and professional ‘■'filiations of everyone who nar rated in the contract award, Wednesday both Gilpatric ‘^Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth will be summoned for ques tioning. But he told reporters that Gil- patric, who will appear Thursday, will not be questioned on “this possible conflict of interest,” but on an anonymous Pentagon state ment released over the week end criticizing the committee. No date has been announced for Korth’s appearance, but Mundt told reporters: “I didn’t know when we started this investiga tion, that he was so highly in fluential a citizen of Fort Worth, Tex.,” the city where General Dynamics would work on the TFX contract. TEXAS NEWS AUSTIN — The House bogged down for the third straight day Wednesday on the touchy question of limiting city annexation powers. The bill, originally by Rep. Hen ry Grover of Houston, was amend ed 13 times before a committee substitute for the original measure was given a 111-31 vote of ap proval. ★ ★ ★ AUSTIN — Texas senators brushed aside protests of state AFL-CTO officials Wednesday and confirmed the reappointment of J. Ed Lyles as labor’s represent ative on the Texas Employment Commission. Lyles will serve his first full term, ending in 19G8. He was ap pointed in 1960 to serve out the unexpired term of the late R. F. Newman. they can’t understand us. We’re here for a rounded education. That’s why we are found in so many dif ferent fields of activity. “We have to dabble in all the arts to do what we want to do. We’re concerned with total environment.” On the subiects of education and environment, Hearn said: “We’re not any different from anyone else. We’re goinig to school for the same thing that other stu dents are — to get an education. Blit ,to do it, we have to gain a type of attitude rather than a lot of specific knowledge. “WE DON’T DEAL with spec ific things like accounting or government.” Vanoy Moore added. “We deal with human environment. If an architect or city planner did n’t dream about where we are going, who would? Not engineers.” Hearn said, “Other than English, there’s little culture here. Archi tecture is one of the only brushes some students have with culture.” Vanoy Moore continued: “Others don’t understand people in the art fields. Practical people don’t un derstand philosophers. We have to be philosophers in that we have to question what has been done and what can be done. We have to be critical of ourselves and other peo ple to come up with an answer to what we want.” “WE ARE SOMETIMES com pared with a doctor in a specialist field,” said Hearn. “Where the doctor is concerned with health, the architect is concerned with environ ment.” Richard Moore summed up his ideas with a definition of what an architect represents: “Because of the drastic change from the old domestic style of architecture to the fresh, contem porary free-form style of today, people tend to think of the archi tect as a man out of touch with reality. “Actually, he is a man trained and educated in the profession, design and construction of all forms and types of structui’es.” for, among other things, a study of Texas Houston of Representatives’ ' " decision to cut out appropriations for the Galveston headquarters of the academy and the recent clos ing of the museum. THE CLOSING of the museum occurred when the Department of Range and Forestry moved into the new Plant Sciences Building. Until that time members of the department who had offices in the museum building had maintained the museum. Operation of the museum by the department was prompted in 1959 by a rider to an appropriations bill in Austin which stated that a museum such as the one on cam pus could not be maintained by state funds. However, Doug Hotchkiss, chair man of the student issues com mittee of the Senate, said Wed nesday that he feels the museum should be maintained as an educa tional aid. OTHER BUSINESS salted to be discussed at the meeting includes a full report to the Senators on the veto by the Exeuctive Commit tee of a proposal by the Senate that parking stickers he pro-rated so that student registrating cars late would not have to pay the full fee. Jerry Vion, chairman of the stu dent life committee, said Wednes day that some definite steps have been taken to place benches in the dormitory areas. He promised a complete report for the Thursday session. The agenda also calls for action on election commission rules change. Earlier in the year James Carter, parliamentarian, was made chairman of a committee to study commission rules and to include what was termed “rules of pre cedent” in the written rules. Mother Dies Mrs. Lottie Neumann, last year’s Aggie Mother of the Year, died Tuesday after a long illness in a Galveston hospital. She is the mother of Donald B. Neumann, sen ior education major from Chilton. Lee Walker To Head Opera Committee James E. Ray, president of the Memorial Student Center Council, has appointed Lee Walker as the chairman of a committee to make plans for a student trip to the Me tropolitan Opera to be held in Dal las in early May. Ray said the idea of the Cultural Leadership Committee is to sti mulate the interest of the students toward the cultural opportunities which are available. The committee has earlier re ceived special rates to the “Tam ing of The Shrew” in the Alley Theater in Houston. A student with an identification card could re ceive special rates. Ray said he appointed Walker as the head of the committee because “Walker is really interested in this type of thing and he is also inter ested in getting the students to show their interest.” EVANS JFK Calls Cuba Failure For Reds, Winds-Up Meeting SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Con flicting testimony as to the posi tion of the late Plenry Marshall on cotton allotment deals made by Billie Sol Estes was brought out Wednesday before a three-man farmer committee hearing evidence in the case. The government made an im portant point earlier as it sought to prove its contention that Estes’ allotment deals were illegal. J. Berry Ligon, Pecos County ASCS chairman here, and Mrs. Ruth Minear, his office manager, both testified concerning a Jan uary, 1961, meeting in Fort Stock- ton in which Mai’shall participat ed. Both quoted the former Agri culture Department program spe cialist as saying that Pecos Coun ty allotment transfers were in good order. But J. Taylor Allen of Provo, Utah, Southwest area director of the farm aid program under the Eisenhower administration, said he attended the meeting and that Marshall was not satisfied with the manner in which the deals were handled. Marshall was found dead in June, 1961, of five gunshot wounds. WINDING UP his three-day soli- dai’ity meeting with presidents of six Central American republics, Kennedy told students and towns people at the University of Costa Rica they share in the task of proving that men can protect free dom and conquer want and ig norance. Reviving a quotation by Frank lin D. Roosevelt, he said: “I can say here to you: This generation of Americans—your generation of Americans—has a rendezvous with destiny.” AN ESTIMATED 10,000 people, about half of them students, stood quietly as the President spoke. Near the end he was interrupted by cries of: “Viva Kennedy.” He stopped, smiled, looking a little embarrassed, then continued. At the end he said: “Viva Costa pica. Muchas gracias”—many thanks. In a late change Kennedy dropped f-om his prepared text at the university a declaration that the Soviet Union must get out of Cuba. He also omitted state ments that Cubans should share in the principles of freedom and economic growth on which he said the alliance is based. Correspondents who ti’avel with Kennedy noted that he frequently departs from his prepared texts. They saw no special significance in his omission of the section on Cuba. Issue Discussed Only Informally, Directors Claim By ALAN BAYNE Battalion Editor All nine members of the A&M Board of Directors have denied reports that a board vote on coeducation is planned i at an April 27 meeting of the directors. Polled by telephone this week, the directors said that the issue has been discussed informally, but a decision to take a vote has not been made. AGENDAS FOR THE APRIL 27 meeting have not been compiled and agenda requests from members of the system will be accepted until April 9. Talk of a coed vote by the directors reached cam'pus dur ing Spring Military Day weekend activities. One board mem ber reportedly discussed the issue with cadets eating in Dun can Hall. The gist of the reports is that coeds will be admitted into the graduate school in September, with the acceptance of day-student girls to follow soon afterward. The board has reportedly not discussed accommodations for coeds to live on campus. i AFTER THE APRIL MEETING, only one more board meeting (in July) will be held before the opening of the next fall semester. Main motive reported behind the board’s alleged move is a desire to let student wives to attend graduate courses. Board members have also been reported in favor of as little publicity as possible on the issue. As one report stated, “They want to make the change with as little fan-fare as possible.” Should the board vote for the admission of coeds, that decision would be final since no legislative approval is re quired. Even so, there has been talk on the issue in the legislature, local Rep. David Haines disclosed. YES, I HAVE heard talk,” Haines said, “but not from any official sources. Also no indication has been given as to how soon a possible move might be made.’’ Only one director, L. F. Peterson of Fort Worth, said a move might be made in the near future. “I don’t think it’s gotten that far,” Peterson said, “but it will probably be discussed before school is out this year.” He added that the question was not discussed at the board’s last meeting, held here in January. TWO OF THE DIRECTORS, however,, said the question was discussed at the January meeting. Clyde H. Wells of Granbury, who otherwise had no comment, said there was some informal discussion of the issue. Board vice president John W. Newton of Beaumont also said there had been discussion of the matter in January, but he did not specify whether the talk was “formal” or “informal.” Wells and Newton both added that the directors reached no con clusions during the January dis cussions. VETERAN DIRECTORS S. B. Whittenburg and Sterling C. Evans HELDENFELS NEWTON THOMPSON SYMONDS PETERSON beutel If WHITTENBURG WELLS the board’s president, both said the issue could come up at any time, but that they knew of no planned vote in April. “I wouldn’t be surprised if the issue had been talked about many times in the past—and even voted j Tj 4. ¥ 1 O * Jj on,” Whittenburg said. He added ¥ SLl lH GOdH HSlCl that the administration has not approached the board with a re quest on the matter. Naturally there is always in formal discussion among board members because this is a question with which we are concerned,” Evans related. “It might come up at any time, but has never been voted on since I’ve been on the board.” THREE BOARD MEMBERS, Clyde Thompson of Diboll, H. C. Heldenfels of Corpus Christi and Dr. A. P. Beutel of Lake Jackson, said the question was definitely not discussed at the meeting in Jan uary. All three also said they knew (See Coeds on Page 6) State Department Denies We Played WASHINGTON i —A State Department spokesman denied Wednesday Cuba’s accusation that the United States was responsible for the Sunday night raid on Cuba which damaged a Soviet freighter. Press officer Lincoln White is sued the denial by rereading to newsman Tuesday’s statement say ing the U. S. government is strongly opposed to such hit-and- run attacks. White said the U. S. investiga tion to determine whether the fo ray was staged from U. S. tenn- tory or violated any U. S. law still is under way. No protest has been received from the Soviet Union, he added.