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ay, April 3, is Che Battalion Motel Sleepers Undisturbed... See Page 4 Volume 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1963 Number 93 H!House Group Snags Name-Change nrrrrn tittm PEN ? At lPRIU i ■ i mint 5INS IS OVAS OVA ise amends r $295. itudent Senate o Hear Talk On Blood Bank |y GLENN DROMGOOLE Battalion Staff Writer A representative from the I'adfev Research Institute nd Blood Bank will speak to te Student Senate Thursday 17:30 p. m. in Room 3-D of te Memorial Student Center. Ken Stanton, chairman of te student welfare commit- :e.will introduce the speaker. Sheldon Best. Student Body resident, said the Wad ley ipresentative would discuss coming blood drive by |M students. LAST YEAR A&M gave more «od to the Wadley bank than all le other Southwest Conference tools together, Rest said. Jerry Vion, chairman of student fe committee, will report on the reposed naming of presently un- amed dormitories. After investi- ating the supposed unnamed orms, the committee discovered lit all the dorms do have names. 'TON’S REPORT will include a roposal to place name plaques on 11 dorms not now labeled Best said. The Senate will discuss the sug- eated name change from The Agri- altural and Mechanical College of exas to Texas A&M University, asing their discussion on last idit’s activities of the Texas ouse of Representative’s state af- tirs committee concerning the sug- fsted change. THE ELECTION Commission Hi report on its changing the ate of student government elec- »ns from April 4 to April 24. The Senate will also consider re gions of the election code for stu- iint elections. Best stated that sreral clarifications must be made ithe present rules because of the qualifications of some students past elections. !HES OLD BICE fC Orders New Telephone Rates Washington up) — The Fed- »l Communications Commission is ordered reduced station-to-sta- telephone rates and higher erson-to-person rates to go into fleet Thursday. The commission announced the ites Jan. 29. They include a $1 ,; aximum in a three-minute sta- : ®-to-station call nearly every- here in the United States be- ’’eeh 9 p.m. and 4:30 a.m. Extra minutes will be 25 cents Piece, under the same propor- i°nate formula now in effect. Probe By Subcommittee Ahead By ALAN PAYNE Battalion Editor AUSTIN—A&M’s name change bill was referred Wednes day night to a five-man House subcommittee for further discussion after a public hearing by the House State Affairs committee. The bill, HB 755, would change the school’s name to Texas A&M University. Author of the legislation is Rep. David Haines of College Station. Named to the subcommittee were Buddy Adams of Lubbock as chairman, Sam Collins of Newton, John Traeger of Austin Ben Jarvis of Tyler, and James Klager of Corpus Christi. Five witnesses spoke for Haines at the hearing—Chancellor M. T. Harrington, Pres ident Earl Rudder, L. F. Peterson, R. L. Hunt Jr. and Joe Easley. Peterson is president of the Association of Former Students and also a member of the A&M haines BRAYING OF A JACKASS .< if", * mm »V ' ? BOOK SHAKEDOWN . . . John Garner checks Glenn Beall Cushing Checkers Begin, Response Heartens Director By JOHN WRIGHT Battalion Staff Writer Robert A. Houze, director of Cushing Memorial Library, said Wednesday he was heartened by the response of students to the placing of book checkers at the exit of the main library. The use of checkers is part of a plan to curb the disappearance of books and periodicals from the library system. ALTHOUGH THE plan was scheduled to begun two weeks ago, it took considerable time to find checkers, Houze said. Student labor will be utilized for the job whenever possible. However, Houze emphasized that because the library facilities are open 99 hours per week, it may become necessary to employ full time help to supplement student labor. At present only Cushing library has checkers placed at the door, but as soon as additional people are Wire Review By The Associated Press WORLD NEWS NEW DELHI, India — Yugo- 3T iahas agreed to sell rifles, ma- r 'i n e guns and mountain artillery India, a Yugoslav Embassy desman said Wednesday, fodia is bolstering its defences ^>nst the Red Chinese along the Wed border in the Himalayas. U. S. NEWS WASHINGTON — The nation ^ a grim warning Wednesday ' r °nt retired labor union leader L. Lewis, 83, that unless are forthcoming for the na- lo n's unemployed they will rise f eventually in a violent ex- itasion. Uwis, speaking at a luncheon ^*n by leading industrialists in ^ honor, noted that Britain, Nch has a less-severe idleness Nilem, already has experi- “'ed protest marches on Par- ^foent. In a voice strong and clear ^Pite his years, Lewis said, : am astonished at the pa- ^nee” of this country’s five Hion idle workers. He added ^at the longer jobs are denied them “the more violent will be their explosion when they reach the limit of their endurance.” ★ ★★ WASHINGTON — President Kertnedy imported Wednesday an other 1,000 or so Soviet troops have left Cuba and expressed hope that the remaining 12,000 to 13,000 will be withdrawn, too. At the same time, he defended U.S. government moves to curb hit-and-run refugee attacks on Cuba as a proper restraint on “in effective forays which he said could drag the United States into an unwanted war. ★★★ GREENWOOD, Miss. — Nine teen Negroes marching to register to vote stood their ground Wed nesday after police repeatedly or dered them to break up the mass march. Police grabbed them one by one, pushed them into a bus, and jailed them. The Negroes had walked two-by- two from their registration cam paign headquarters. Police met them and barred their way after 11 blocks. employed, the engineering library will be checked too. Persons who have received per mission to check out normally re stricted books and periodicals, in the future will be provided with slips to show the checker at the door. HOUZE ADDED that in spite of the publicity given the plan, a num ber of students have failed to check out books properly before attempt ing to leave. One of the checkers, Edward Mason, was asked how persons had reacted to the checks. He said that he had encountered no diffi culty, and all persons seemed to realize the importance of the in spection. Asked whether faculty as well as visitors and students are to be checked, Houze replied that every one was being checked, even him self. Haines’ TMA Excuses Invalid Says Schwartz By DAN LOUIS JR. Battalion News Editor AUSTIN — Senator A. R. Sch wartz of Galveston said Wednes day that Rep. David Haines of College Station was making ex cuses for his inadequacies when he stated that the Maritime Aca demy was cut out of the House’s appi-opriation bill because of dis agreement between Schwartz and some fellow senators. Schwartz said that Haines’ ex cuses would be proved invalid when the Senate approves a bill granting funds for the Academy. “Haines was talking about a legislative body he knows noth ing about,” Schwartz told The Battalion. “I want Rep. Haines to know that the Senate is not the type of legislative body that does business on petty prejudices. “Also, I am confident that the Senate bill will provide for the State’s needs in an intelligent manner and that it will include funds for the Academy. This in fact will disprove Rep. Haines’ excuse.” Schwartz stated that Haines . had speculated on the results of a bill in the Senate on “petty prejudices” and in so doing “has questioned the integrity of the entire Senate.” The Galveston senator point ed out that there are four foi’m- er A&M students in the Senate and that one of them, George Moffett of Chillicothe, is chair man of the Senate Finance Sub Committee. “I feel that Senator Moffett is an honorable gentleman as well as a fine former student. “I want it understood that my complaints do not lie with the House or the House Appropria tion Committee, but only with Rep. Haines for the statement he made,” Schwartz said. ‘T criticize him because 1 thing he deserves criticism,” the senator added, “Rep. Haines should learn that if he can’t hold up his end in the House, that’s his problem, and it is not wise Civilian Students Take Both Sides Of Din ingQuestion By DAVID MORGAN Battalion Staff Writer Although the current family-type serving in Sbisa Dining Hall seems acceptable, many civilian students favor a cafeteria-style operation — mostly for the same reason. They feel they can save money buying meals on an individual basis. David Sandefer, senior animal science major, said he did not buy a meal card because he did not want to pay for meals he was missing. ALSO TO CHECK TRICON PROCEDURES Army Units To Be Inspected By Ft. Sam Group Saturday Army Units of the Corps of Cadets will undergo their annual federal inspection Saturday. A team of inspectors from Four th Army Headquartei’s, Ft. Sam Houston, will conduct the rigorous ordeal. Friday morning a preliminary team, composed of Col. L. T. Ayres, chief of the inspection team, and two accompanying officers will in spect records, procedures and class room instruction in the Military Science Building. That afternoon, they will be briefed on Corps of Cadets or ganization by Bill Nix, corps com mander; John Meyer, third bri gade commander; and James John son, Co. D-2 commander. Nix will discuss the basic organi zation of the Corps. Meyer will present the organization at brigade level and Johnson will speak on or ganization at the company level. Following this, ten additional officers will arrive from San An tonio to complete the inspection. On Saturday morning at 7:45 there will be a preliminary inspec tion in the dormitory areas. Companies will form with pla toons in line, and open ranks for inspection by the company com manders. Uniform for the inspection will be Class B with short sleeve shirts and combat boots. The thirteen officers will con duct an inspection in ranks on the main drill field at 9:15. The A&M Army ROTC program received a “highly satisfactory” rating last year. Salesmen At Your Door May Be Bogus Magazine Peddlers Students have been warned in a letter to President Earl Rudder to be alert for a two bogus maga zine salesmen soliciting subscrip tions at many Southern colleges and univei-sities. Charles Reinhardt, general man ager of the Union Circulation Com pany . of Atlanta, Ga., said the couple claim affiliation with his firm. “They are not authorized as representatives of this company,” Reinhardt said in his letter. “The subscription orders they are obtaining are for sizeable a- mounts and they are specializing in calling on fraternity secretaries and treasurers for permission to solicit fraternity members and others through general campus soli citations,” Reinhardt added. He said the pair, Miss Thelma Gill and B. J. Reynolds, are re portedly driving a red and white 1962 Oldsmobile Starfire coupe with Texas license PM 2549. System Board of Directors, but he told the committee he was appearing merely as a former student. Hunt was chairman of the just-completed Century Study, and Easley is a fifth-year student. Main‘concern of the committee members appeared to be A&M’s motives for desiring the change. Harrington, Rud der and Hunt listed these three reasons for wanting the change. 1. To increase the school’s prestige. 2. To aid in securing grants, 3. To help recruit top-flight educators. COMMITTEE MEMBERS also probed reports that Texas schools are losing “brain power’’ to schools in the Midwest and on the east and west coasts. Peterson was the first to be asked about this loss of brain power, and he agreed that such a situation does exist. Rud der, in delivering closing statements for the bill, told the com mittee members: We definitely are losing top students, especially on the graduate level in sciences. “FOR EXAMPLE, out of U880 National Science Foun dation grants announced last week. Texas residents re ceived 57 of the awards, but only 15 of the winners attend colleges or universities in this state. And of these 15, only eight have expressed a desire to further their education in Texas — four at the University of Texas and four at Rice University.” Rudder told the committee that money isn’t the only answer to Texas higher education problems, but added: “We cannot afford not to have the same kind of high-level work found in such states as New York, California, Massachusetts, Penn sylvania and Ohio.” THE PRESIDENT called status one of the most necessax-y factors for wanting a name change, and related incidents of educators turn ing down positions in Texas be cause “the climate didn’t suit them.” This situation has been improv ing, however, in the last two or three years, he added. Members of the committee had few questions concerning A&M’s qualifications as a university, and they seemed to agree that the school deserves university status. This thinking was boosted when Harrington told the group: “THE TEXAS Commission On Higher Education, in a report just announced, has listed five state in stitutions of university caliber. These are the University of Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, North Texas State University and the University of Houston.” Peterson and Easley told the committee that both former stu dents and present students seem to favor the change to Texas A&M University. Peterson did not x-efer to polls or opinion samples, but told of a stu dent poll conducted in the spring of 1961 in which a large majority of appi-oximately 1,600 student al legedly favored the change. HE ADDED THAT a majority of these same 1,600 students also favoi*ed the admission of coeds. Easley also referred to last May’s school-wide poll in which almost a half of the student body voted to change the name of the college, to admit coeds, and to abolish com pulsory military training. Hunt was asked about the pos sibility of admitting coeds, and he briefed the committee on Century Council reports which expressed either favoritism nor opposition to coeducation. to lay the blame on another body. “I don’t have any contact with Haines and I don’t intend to in the future,” Schwartz comment ed, “and for me, you can say anything bad about him you want to. I consider his state ment equivalent to the braying of a jackass to the wind.” Between expi’essing his “total disgust” with Haines, Schwartz did find time to tell The Bat talion that he feels sure that “in the final bill the Maritime Aca demy will get its funds.” “I WOULD CHOOSE cafeteria style because there is more of a vai’iety of food and I would save money when I missed meals,” he explained. David Hurley, senior business major from Austin, said he would not purchase a meal ticket,- be cause he goes home every weekend. “You might not get as much to eat and xxxay have to pay more for it,” he said, but added that he loses eight meals a week by going home and would rather pay for the meals on a pay-as-you-eat basis cafeteria-style. “Because I never eat breakfast, I hardly ever eat noon chow and I’m gone every weekend, a meal ticket would prove very uneco nomical’,’ added Bob Schulz, a junior advei'tising major from Dallas. Schulz does not eat in the dining hall now. However, some student are in favor of buying meal tickets and dining in the traditional manner. BILL LANG, senior marketing- major from Kansas City, Mo., said he would rather eat family-style because, “I’d get more to eat.” And Cliffoi-d Whitlock, Junction histox-y major, said, “I’d x-ather have the meal eax-d.” The x-eason? “Well, you wouldn’t have to wait around and you would get much as you want.” The controversy was brought on by the announcement made Tues day by business manager Tom D. Cherry saying there will be a proposal made at the next meeting of the Board of Directors to allow civilian students to eat cafeteria- style in the basement of Sbisa Din ing Hall. According to the proposal, those students who want to continue eat ing family-style will be allowed to buy meal tickets as they do now. Shutter Bugs To Host Annual Photo Salon The fifth annual Southwestern Intercollegiate Photo Salon will be held here Saturday. Sponsored by the MSC Camera Committee, competition will in clude entries from schools in Texas, Oklahoma, Ax-kansas, Mis sissippi and Louisiana. CONTESTS WILL be held in seven categories: still life, news, nature,. spox-ts, portraiture, pic torial and human interest.