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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1963
Number 93
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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.
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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
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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.