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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1963
Number 91
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OMMITTEE DECIDES THIS WEEK
The fate of the proposal to use
;o dorms at the college’s Re
arch and Development annex for
rilian housing - will be determined
iprtly when a committee com-
ised of administrative officials
lets to consider the suggestion.
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By The Associated Press
WORLD NEWS
1ENTIANE, Laos — Foreign
feter Quinim Pholsena was as-
issinated Monday night, official
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Civilian Sweetheart
Miss Sandra Hulsey, right, shows surprise after being
named this year’s Civilian Sweetheart at the dance climax
ing the civilian weekend in Sbisa Hall Saturday night. Miss
Dolores Mullenix, left, looks on.
Annex Housing To Meet Test
questionnaire sent out last week
by Director of Student Affairs
Bennie A. Zinn, 140 students have
expressed a desire to move to the
deactivated Air Force base. The
dorms could hold a total of 284
students.
THE COMMITTEE, COMPOSED
Wire Review
leliout Retires
liter Serving
or 24 Years
One of A&M’s best known edu-
itors has retired from teaching.
He is Harley Bebout, an asso-
ste professor and a member of
^ Department of Agricultural
wnomics and Sociology- since
the professor’s 24 years at A&M,
(( ept for a few periods on leave
•absence, have been spent mostly
'teaching and researching mar-
and finance. His many for-
^ students- especially remember
lectures on the intricacies of
and hedging in the. futures
r %t.
“Harley Bebout is a recognized
Verity on agricultural market-
$ and finance, particularly in
futures trading field,” Dr. T.
‘•Timm, head of the Department
^Agricultural Economics and Ru-
said. “We are going to miss
^ teaching.”
Timm said Bebout has always
’teked closely with his students
^ He was sponsor of the Agri-
'foiral Economics Club for a num-
* of years.
Hebout was born in Iowa and
^teteed his BS degree in 1925
Jthe University of Missouri. His
^ degree came in 1939 at A&M.
^fore coming here he taught
Iteeral science and business train-
for 11 years in Beaumont pub-
schools. He spent 1942 with
^Farm Credit Administration in
^ston and three years in ser-
^ during World War II.
Hebout says he is retiring from
'•tehing but not from work. He
Hi! still be in the department for
tefiile working on various pro
mts and will continue living in
^ Bryan home.
government sources said Tuesday.
The sources said the left-leaning
Quinim was shot down by un
known assassins while entering his
home in downtown Vientiane at
9:15 p.m.
The sources said QuininTs wife,
who was at his side, was wounded
in both legs by the assassins’ bul
lets.
★★★
ROME — A Moscow dispatch
to an Italian Communist news
paper aroused lively speculation
Monday that Premier Khrush
chev and the Soviet leadership
are involved in serious internal
troubles.
The dispatch from Moscow to
the newspaper L’Unita, said the
Soviet capital is “living in a
delicate political moment.” The
Communist newspaper did not
mention Khrushchev by name,
but spoke of grave problems and
economic failures.
U.S. NEWS
MIAMI — Backing up IT. S.
opposition- to sneak attacks on
Cuba, a British warship moved in
on a small Bahamian island Sun
day night and captured a group of
anti-Castro raiders.
The colonial secretary’s office
announced in Nassau that 17 Cas
tro fighters had been taken into
custody on a small key in the Ex-
uma Island chain, 350 miles from
Miami and about 200 miles north
of the Cuban coast.
TEXAS NEWS
WACO — The editor of Baylor
University’s Ex-Student Associa
tion magazine resigned Monday
over events growing out of the
closing of Eugene O’Neill’s play,
“Long Days Journey Into Night.”
Mrs. Frances Provence, editor of
the Baylor Line, in submitting her
resignation charged the ex-stu
dents association with “censorship
in its crudest form.”
She said she had been told to
omit accounts in the next issue of
the bi-monthly magazine concern
ing the resignations of members
of the university’s drama depart
ment who protested the closing of
the play in the middle of a campus
of Dean of Students James P. Han-
nigan, the Director of Business
Affairs, Tom D. Cherry and Zinn
will meet later this week. If they
decide the college should use the
dorms, furniture must be bought
before next fall.
Several of the rooms are already
scheduled for repairs and refur
nishing, Hannigan said, because
they will be used for several of the
short courses to be held at the an
nex.
According to Zinn, if the present
enrollment trend continues, many
students will have to live three to
a room next fall if they live in a
campus dorm. A list will be sent
out in May by the housing office
signifying which rooms will be
used for three students.
ZINN EXPLAINED THAT any
civilian student who did not send
in a questionnaire reply, but who
would want to live at the annex
next fall should come by his office
in the basement of the YMCA.
Since the annex dorms are lo
cated about 14 miles from the
Rudder Named
To Research
Agency Board
President Earl Rudder was
named Tuesday to the Board of
Trustees of the Research Analy
sis Corporation of Bethesda, Md.
The corporation, a non-profit re
search organization, works to
strengthen the national posture by
applying advanced scientific think
ing to military and governmental
problems.
The company employs 450 re
searchers and operates field offices
in Europe and Southeast Asia.
Mission of these offices is analy
tical studies that provide scienti
fic basis for decisions affecting
military operations of the Army
and the Depax-tment of Defense.
Rudder replaces a tnxstee who
has retired, according to Fi - ank A.
Parker, president of RAC, who an
nounced the appointment. The six-
man boax-d is composed of distin
guished leaders in military and
business.
Ruddex - , a much-decorated veter
an of World War II, commands
“Texas’ Own” 90th Infantry Divi
sion (Reseiwe) and holds the x - ank
of major genei-al.
A 1932 graduate of A&M, he
became vice president of the col
lege in 1958 and was nanxed presi
dent in 1959. Befox - e coming to
A&M, he served as Comissioner of
the Genei’al Land Office of Texas.
campus, rent on the rooms will be
$12 per xnonth instead of $20 for
a campus room. All of this will
depend, he said, on whether the
committee approves the pi'oposal
to use the dorms.
Originally it was thought three
might be able to live in one room
at the annex dorms, but closer in
spection discovered it would be in
convenient. Althoxxgh the A i r
Force slept thx - ee to a room there,
they didn’t need desks and exces
sive storage space.
The cost of x - eopening the dorms
and the dining hall at the old air
base will pi’obably run into the
thousands of dollars Zinn said.
Students To Attend
Public Affairs Meet
Three students will be delegates
to the 25th annual Pxlncipia, Il
linois Public Affaix’S Conference
Apx-il 3-5.
They ax - e Michael Don McGown,
a Dallas junior; Gax - ry L. Tisdale,
a Tyler sophomore, and H. Jerome
Rektorik, a Corpus Christ! sopho
more.
The Pxdncipia College confei’ence
the oldest meeting of its kind in
the nation, will feature a thexxie
entitled, “European Common Mar
ket: A Challenge to U.S. Policy.”
“These students will repx - esent
A&M as official delegates,” J.
Wayne Stark, Memorial Student
Center director, said in making
the announcement.
Election Reset
For April 24th
By Commission
Group Voids
All Previous
Registrations
Membei’s of the Student Elec
tion Commission voted Satux - day
morning to postpone the genex’al
student election from its April 4
date and reset the date for April
24.
The commission nullified all pre
vious registration of candidates
and declared that a new registi'a-
tion would be held fx - om April
8-19. This ruling inquires that
students who had filed earlier for
the election must register again
to appear on the ballot.
“IN THE INTERESTS of having
a better election we are postpon
ing the date,” A1 Wheeler, chair
man of the Student Election Coxxi-
mission, told The Battalion Monday
night.
Wheeler revealed that the pri-
inary reason for the postponement
was the fact that several of the
candidates lost their eligibility due
to scholastic reasons. This left
some positions with no one run
ning for them, he said.
“This is the lightest turnoxxt that
we have had in three years,” Wheel
er pointed out. A total of 28 stu
dents had filed for the nine stu
dent government positions before
the disqualifications were xnade.
STUDENT BODY POSITIONS
which will be decided in the elec
tion are that of student body pres
ident, vice president, parlimentax - -
ian and recording secretary.
Candidates for the student body
positions are required to have a
1.5 over-all grade point ratio. Stu
dents who will be seniors in the fall
ax - e eligible for president and parli-
amentaxnan, while next year’s jun
iors may file for the vice president
post. Fall sophomores ai - e eligi
ble to seek the recording secre
tary position.
Four student Senate chairman
ships are open in the election. In
cluded are the chairmanships of
the Student Welfare Committee,
Student Life Committee, Public Re
lations Committee and the Issues
Committee.
Also open for election is the posi
tion of Civilian Yell Leader.
Retiring Col. Byrns Lauded
For Service With Local ROTC
Lt. Col. Robert E. Byx - ns of the
Department of Military Science has
x - eceived the Anny Commendation
Medal for “meritorious sexwice”
hex - e.
Byras who retired from the Ax*-
my Monday, will continue graduate
studies in history here in prepar
ing fora teaching cax-eer. H e
hopes to i - eceive a mastex-’s degree
this year.
The medal was px-esented by Col.
Paul. L. Elder - , professor of mili
tary science and tactics at a prac
tice x - eview by the Coxrps of Cadets.
Byrns came here in 1958 after
seiwing with the U. S. Ax-my Ad
visory Group to the Danish Anny.
He has been sending as officer in
charge of the advanced section.
The colonel began his military
cax - eer in 1929 with the Colorado
National Guard and later w r as com
missioned a second lieutenant. In
1947 he received a Regular Ax - my
commission.
He has sex-ved as an instx-uctor
at the Armor School, chief of an
Arctic test group and as general
staff officer of the Continental
Ax - my Command. During World
War II he commanded the 540th
Amphibian Tractor Battalion.
Byrns graduated from Colorado
State College of Education in 1933
with a bachelor degree in English
literatux-e and a minor in history.
He said, “I’ll probably teach in
some junior college.”
A vetex-an of 33 years of mili-
taxy seiwice, Byrns has served 25
yeax*s on active duty.
He married Miss Lily M. Fred-
ex-ikson in 1937, and the couple has
two sons, Bobby, 10, and Steve, 8.
In his military career, Byrns
has been based in Copenhagen,
Denmax-k; Alaska; FoxT Knox, Ky.
and Fort Monx - oe, Va.
Thieves Take Law
For $275 In Loot
Thieves entered two rooms of
Law Hall Saturday night and stole
an estinxated $275 in property.
This was the seventh time theives
have entered Law Hall and Puryear
Hall this semester.
Van Calcott and Robert Shivers,
of 9-J Law, reported someone had
entered their third-floor room and
had taken a portable typewriter,
slide rule, jewelry box and an
electric x'azor. The value of the
articles was $125.
TIM MARCUM and Lewis Ellis,
in 9-F Law, said that someone
had entered their room the same
night and had taken a stereo phono
graph, an electric razor and a slide
rule. Marcum said the value of
the goods was about $150.
It is believed that both the
rooms were entered by using a coat
hanger to open the doors.
The first of the robbex-ies was
Ford, Wiening
Given Honors
By A&S Council
Peter A. Ford, an instructor in
the Depax-tment of History and
Government, and Victor Wiening,
an assistant professor in the De-
pax-tment of English, were elected
outstanding professors in the
School of Arts and Sciences Mon
day night by the student Arts and
Sciences Council.
The council annually chooses one
or two professors to receive awax-ds
at faculty recognition programs in
May. Fox - d and Wiening wex - e
choosen from a list of 10 nomina
tions.
WIENING, WHO HAS been with
the Department of English for 11
years, wox-ks with the Aggie Play
ers and is a former debate coach.
His theatre experience includes
stints with the Milwaukee Civic
Light Opera, Valparaiso Univer
sity Players, Wesleyan (Conn.)
University Theatre and the Birai-
ingham Southern College Theatre.
FORD. ONLY 28. HAS been pro
moted to associate professor ef
fective next September. He holds
an A.B. degx-ee from Pxwidence
College and M.A. and M.M.S. de
grees in history from Norte Dame
University. He also is working on
his Ph.D. at Notre Dame.
He recently has been awarded
a grant by the A&M Reseaivh
Foundation for a study on “Late
and Medieval Renaissaince Schol
ars in Parisian Colleges.”
In other council business Mon
day, Harlan E. Roberts, ’64 from
Dale, Tex., was named next year’s
president by acclamation.
Buffet, Dance Set
For Faculty-Staff
The fouxlh and last event this
year of the College Faculty-Staff
Dinner Club will be a “smoi - gas-
bord” buffet followed by dancing
to the music of Dick Baldauf’s Ag-
gieland Combo with a vocalist, an
nounces Will Wox-ley, conxmittee
chairman.
Individual tickets for the affaii',
which will take place in the Me
morial Student Center Ballroom
starting at 7:15 p.m. Thui - sday,
may be pm-chased at the MSC main
desk fx-om 8 a.m. Monday until 2
p.m. Wednesday.
repoi'ted by T. D. Windham and
Bill Sturgeon of 5-A Puryear the
weekend of Feb. 16. Robert Small
wood of 6-D Puryear reported a
theft on the same weekend.
ON FEB. 23, Phil Adams and
Doug Spellman of 4-A Puryear said
someone had entered their room.
Floyd Waller and Herbert Kothman
of 8-C Puryear also reported a
theft that weekend. Waller said
that the first-floor room was en
tered through a window.
The following Satui - day night,
Mai'ch 2, thieves entered the room
of Billy Vasser and Maynard Ro
gers at 8-C Law and took several
items.
SINCE THE BEGINNING of the
semester, four typewriters, five
radios, four electric razors, six
slide rules, seven textbooks and
two phonographs have been stolen
from the two dormitories. Other
ai’ticles, such as watches, clocks
and drawing kits, have also been
taken in the robberies. This bux - g-
lary biings to $1000 the valxxe of
items stolen from these two dormi
tories this year.
W. G. Breazeal, counselor for
the two dormitories, said the theiv
es evidently ax - e familiar with the
activities of the two donxxitories.
The eighth and ninth ramps of
Law are occupied by football play
ers, managers and ti - ainers who
were all attending the annual sp-
xnng football game Saturday night.
Breazeale said that college officials
are investigating.
Cohen To Aid
Honors Study
An honors program for college
and university students of supex-ior
abilities will be outlined when Dx\
Joseph W. Cohen visits the campus
Wednesday nig-ht and Thursday.
He comes here at the invitation of
a faculty committee studying the
feasibility of an honors progx - am
in the Schoq! of Arts and Sciences.
Cohen is director of the Intex - -
University Committee on the
Superior Student with headquar-
tei - s at the Univex - sity of Colorado.
As director he has been active in
coordinating the programs of the
more than 300 institutions higher
learning that comprise the com
mittee.
Cohen will lectui'e at 8 p.m.
Thursday on “The ImpoxRance of
an Honors Program to the Univex*-
sity.” The lectux - e will be in the
Physics Lecture Room, Di\ Law
rence S. Dillon, chairman of the
five-meixxber faculty committee, an
nounced.
Several conferences including a
meeting with the Arts and Sciences
Student Council are also on Cohen’s
schedule.
Arts and Sciences Dean Fx-ank
W. R. Hubert appointed the five-
member faculty committee to stu
dy the honors px - ogram system.
The committee should have its
report completed by the middle
of April, he said.
“The basic principle of an hon-
oi - s program,” Hubert said, “is to
stimulate students of unusual abili
ties by avoiding duplication of
high school materials and by mak
ing provision for him to travel
academically at his own xate of
speed.”
Cohen edits ’’The Superior Stu
dent,” monthly jouimal of the In
ter-University Committee on the
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