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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1963
Number 86
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(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
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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withdrawn from Cuba in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'aether more will be withdrawn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.