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r.F.r. Che Battalion NSF Grants Go To Nine., See Page 3 Volume 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1963 Number 86 {OTC Change Being Delayed l ]y Services i ib 59< ib 45 , 55 (By Collegiote Press Service) WASHINGTON—An intra-service debate is currently laying Congressional action on a drastic revision of ROTC ; pgrams in U. S. colleges and universities. Pentagon officials hope to have the revised ROTC pam on its way to Capitol4 ! 1 within two. weeks for hearings the House Armed Services Com- Itee. But a debate between Ar- Navy and Air Force officials have to be ironed out first. ESSENTIALLY, the revised ITC legislation will end com- sory ROTC at land-grant uni- sities, where male students are i'normally required to take one two years of military training, e new program would be selec- e and voluntary, with outstand- participants becoming eligible governement scholarships rang- from $1,000 to $2,000. Che new proposal grew out of narriage of Air Force and Navy g on the efficacy and effi- ncy of the compulsory ROTC Ifram. All three services, how- ir, are not yet agreed on certain portant aspects, such as the onnt of scholarships, the length training in college and the de ft of selectively of the program. DEFENSE Secretary Robert S. faiara and the Bureau of the dget have approved the new igram in principle but are % the services to thrash out ir finer points of difference be- i the final proposal goes to tigress. I'the reserve representatives of three branches of the armed ’ites reach a stalemate in the Bunchcfi- 10 LbJt cs c qua>ti tT RIGHT'S RESEB' SD Wire Review By The Associated Press WORLD NEWS JAKARTA, Indonesia — The sption of sacred Agung Volcano Bali has killed at least 400 per is and driven 250,000 from their »es, Indonesian civil defense of- ials reported Thursday. Great clouds of ashes hung over * island and fanned out far Uss neighboring Java and north ed over the Bali Sea toward ttes Island, 320 miles northeast the volcano. Ash clouds from the 10,308-foot fano are so dense that the air ^ has been unable to make an flat survey of the crater since * devastating eruption Sunday, ipokesman said. ★★★ WASHINGTON — President WUedy said Thursday an esti- Wed 3,000 Soviet troops have withdrawn from Cuba in h* last few weeks. Kennedy told his news confer ee, “We are waiting to see 'aether more will be withdrawn ^ind we hope they will be.” He ^ed, “The month of March is ® over yet.” U. S. NEWS Washington — The u. s. hiaber of Commerce has de- ™ed the Alliance for Progress “tin America as close to dis- th and urged a new approach breign aid in general. Assistance to other countries place heavier emphasis on ^ate enterprise and on foreign h objectives, the chamber said May. Prober directors issued a ^went saying the Alliance for "gross “must be devitalized.” Tar Kennedy’s foreign aid pi’o- as a whole, they said there "operative need for improve- TEXAS NEWS AUSTIN — Gov. John Connally ^Thursday night he “very def- W' will push his recommen- A"® that the Legislature ex- *1 present taxes for an addi- ^1 $35 million in 1964-65. wnally’s tax plans are in a N subcommittee where they ** been for some time. negotiations on the ROTC question, it will be up to Navy Capt. W. S. Brad way Jr. to smooth over the debated points. Bradway is the Pentagon officer assigned to the development of the new program by the Defense Department. He described the current negotiation between the service branches as “crucial” to the success of the proposal. THE NAVY pioneered the new plan when it introduced the so- called “Holloway Plan” offering scholarships to outstanding stu dents who would plan on a Navy career. The NROTC “regular” program provides books, fees, tui tion and a living allowance for students on the program. Air Force officials soon bor rowed the Navy ideas: after in stituting a few changes of its own, the Air Force came up with es sentially the program currently being debated. As envisioned, the new program would enroll only juniors and seniors. Freshmen would be interviewed each year, and those selected would enter training during the summer pre ceding their junior year. Formal military training would begin after completion of the sum mer camp, and would continue through the senior year, with a second summer training period af ter graduation. ALSO BEING debated: when the student would be commissioned. One fraction says after graduation, another says after the summer camp. The section of the new proposal expected to come under the closest Congressional scrutiny is the size of the scholarships the services hope to be able to offer. The Pen tagon, however, isn’t too worried about passage of the measure. The new program would certainly be cheaper that the tremendous over head now required by mass com pulsory ROTC. THE FINANCIAL aspects of the new plan are also eliciting support of many college and uni versity officials, Pentagon propo nents assert. The smaller, selec tive ROTC program will be a boon to many schools with crowded physicial plants burdened by large ROTC units. And, P e n t i g o n officials are hopeful that all three services can be represented at many schools under the new plan. Pentagon officials also note that many universities have decided not to wait for Congressional action to unburden themselves of compulsory ROTC programs. Land grant col leges and universities are required by law only to maintain military training programs- -not mandatory ones, and a number of schools have switched to voluntary ROTC in the past few years, often after concerted student pressure had worked for some time to effect the change. Pentagon personnel report that over a dozen schools have already eliminated compulsory ROTC in anticipation of the new plan, and many are offering only an ad vanced two-year program. TMA Continues Doing Business, Senators Told Gaylords, Girls On Stage At 8 The Gaylords, stars of the Inter national Room at the Shamrock Hilton in Houston, and 25 girls who call themselves the Bluebon net Belles will be featured in a Memorial Student Center variety show at 8 p.m. Friday in G. Rollie White Coliseum. Tickets for the show are $1 and may be purchased at the M S C Student Program Office or at the dooi\ Rehearsals In Last Stages Members of the Aggie Players rehearse a scene from their next production, “The Imaginary Invalid,” which will open in Guion Hall Monday night. Shown are Jack Morris as Monsieur Bonnefoy, Bob Hipp as Monsieur Argan and Charlene Ragsdale as Beline. TO OPEN MONO A Y Players Present New Production The Aggie Players will present their first production of the spring semester, “The Imaginary Invalid,” beginning Monday at 8 pun. in Guion Hall. Set in 17th century Paris, the play satirizes the doctors and med ical theory of that period. The production revolves around a Mon sieur Argan, who “enjoys” his ill health, with the encouragement of his doctors who relish the high fees they can extort from him. Written by the French play wright Moliere, the play is directed by Vic Wiening. C. K. Esten, longtime director of the Aggie Players, is production chief of the comedy. MAKING UP THE 12-person are cast are Bob Hipp in the role of Argan, Sharon Prisk as the maid Toinette, Lynn Imle acting as An gelica, Charlene Ragsdale in the role of Argan’s wife, Jack Morris playing Monsieur Bonnefoy and James Moore and Cleante. Other members include Bill Thornton acting as Dr. Diaforus, Kipp Blait as the son of Dr. Dia forus, Andrienne Stout as Louise, Bob Stark as Monsieur Beralde, Ron Hunter playing the apothecary and Richard Metz as Dr. Purgon. Tickets for the production will be 75. cents. New Division Head Named In Architecture The appointment of Edward J. Romieniec as chairman of the Di vision of Architecture at Texas A. & M. College was announced today by Fred J. Benson, dean of Engineering. He will assume direction of teaching and research programs in architecture this summer. Professor Romieniec will re place T. R. Holleman who asked this month to return to full-time teaching- in the Division of Archi tecture after heading the division for five years. Dean Benson praised Professor Holleman for his “fine service” to Texas A&M College and “his good work” in leading the divi sion. Holleman has been associated with the division since 1946, ad vancing from instructor to profes sor in 1.957. “He has made valuable contri butions to our program in archi tecture,” Dean Benson pointed out. “T am sure he will continue these contributions as a teacher of architecture.” Romieniec taught architecture at Texas A&M from 1956 to 1960, and re turns from an architectural facul ty position at Columbia Univer sity. In earlier teaching- exper- (See NEW HEAD on Page 3) Non-Reg Walkers Ignored By Corps : Corps cadets have been chal lenged by two civilians to estab lish once and for all an official 50-mile hike record for A&M. By late Thursday night only five answers -to the challenge, which was published . in Thursday’s “Sound Off” column, had been re ceived by the two-man civilian team of Bob Hood and Bill Rodg ers. All answers to the challenge came from other civilians, said" Al len Dees, acting publicity agent for the team. Dees said that the hike has been postponed so that more answers to the challenge can be accepted. He said a new date for the hike is tentatively set for the weekend after Easter. Hood said at least two groups here claim a record, but neither hiked under the same conditions. He wants to set up a date for all hikers to participate on equal terms. He said: “As long as we can set up a mutual date, any arrangement will be okay by us. “Everybody who finishes is a winner. I say we can make it, and if anybody thinks they can make it and beat our time, let them try.” HARRY HULEN III Aggie Couple’s Infant Son Dies In Hensel Crib Harry Hulen III, five-month-old son of an Aggie senior and his wife, died Thursday after being- found face down on a pillow in his Hensel Apartment crib. The child had been sick, recently. The father, Harry Hulen, 20- year-old physics major from Pa lacios, said his wife had left the room .for a few minutes and when she returned she found the baby lying face down. He said she picked the baby up and yelled. Hulen said he was just returning from class and after finding out what was happening he called his neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Roy McDonald. McDonald, a 20 year-old agron omy major, said he gave the in fant mouth-to-mouth artificial res piration without any results, while his wife called an ambulance. Hulen said the doctors blamed the death on a chest infection that had flared up. Funeral services were held this afternoon under the direction of Callaway-Jones Funeral Home. GRE Registration Graduating seniors who would like to take Graduate Record Examinations have until 5 p.m. Monday to register in Room 204 of the Counseling and Testing Center. The battery of non-compulsory quizzes will be given all day Friday, April 19. The tests be come a requirement for gradu ation next year. Capt. Dodson Cites School’s Life Struggle By DAN LOUIS Battalion News Editor The Texas Maritime Acad emy is in business, Cant. Ben nett Dodson told the Student Senate Thursday night. Addressing the senate on the TMA situation, Dodson said: “I cannot believe we are going to be left in the cold. I just won’t believe it. We will have spent approximately 875.000 while the legislature is discussing our situation.” The veteran sailor said of the current situation: “We’re in a struggle for our life at the mom ent.” THE CHARTER of the Academy was referred by Dodson as “a splendid charter.” He told the group that the school could be of great service to the state of Texas. He pointed out that for each man aboard a ship it takes five on land to keep the vessel going. T-he TMA has been threatened by a complete elimination of its appropriation. Dodson said more than $200,000 in federal funds would be available to the academy if the state legislature would make funds available. THE TALK by Dodson as fol lowed by adoption by the senate of a resolution providing for the Senate to strive for maintaining TMA. In other action Thursday night the student government group adopted a resolution to seek, with the aid of the Executive Committee, the renovation of the college’s museum. DOUG HOTCHKISS, student is sues committee chairman, quoted Dr. W. B. Davis, head of the De partment of Wildlife Management, as saying that his department would be willing to take over the operation of the museum. Since a 1959 rider on an appro priation bill cut funds for the museum, the Department of Range and Forestry had maintained the museum until recently when they moved into a new building. Hotchkiss expressed the feeling that the suseum was an education al aid and should be maintained. GLENDA PRIMEAUX ... by T. J. Vicknair CHARLOTTE FORD . . by V. H. Thompson MARTHA KLEIN ... by L. J. Grant LINDA CONNELL . . by D. C. Anderson CAROLYN BIRK .. . by Martin Surber Girls In Spotlight For Junior Weekend Five finalists for Junior Sweet heart have been selected and will be presented at the Junior Ban quet and Ball Saturday night in Sbisa Hall. Included in Saturday’s activi ties for the thii’d-year men are the banquet at 6:30 p.m. and the ball at 8:30 p.m. Speaker for the banquet will be Dr. Jean Richardson, dean of Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, who will speak on “The Economic Significance of Wo men.” Sweetheart finalists ax-e: Glenda Primeaux of Pox-t Ax-- thur, escox-ted by Tommy J. Vicknair. Max-tha Klein, San Antonio, es corted by Lee J. Grant. Carolyn Birk, Garland, escoi't- ed by Martin Surber. Linda Connell, Corpus Christi, escorted by David C. Anderson. Charlotte Fox-d, Houston, es- coi'ted by Victor H. Thompson III. Music for the ball will be px-o- vided by Ray Fliegal and his or chestra. Tickets for the banquet are $1.50 per pei-son and may be purchased from any junior class officer. Officers of the Class of ’64 ax - e Paul Dresser, president; Jim Noake, vice-president; Winton Zimmerman, social secx-etax-y; and Gordon Davis, treasurer. Frank Summers is a junior yell leadei'. A1 Simmons and Fi-ank Kiol- bassa are in charge of decox-a- tions for the event.
