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ALER'S
CandidatesT eii
Small Crowd
Of Platforms
By DAVID MORGAN
Battalion Staff Writer
Thirteen candidates for stu-
government positions snoke Mon
day night to a small but atten
tive audience in the Chemistry
Lecture Room, announcing their
Qualifications and platforms to
he iudcred in the general election
to be held in the Memorial Stu
dent Tenter Wednesday.
Sheldon Best, student hodv
president, exuressed concern at
the meeting that there were only
about 50 students present to hear
the speeches, but said the no-
portunitv for candidates to give
their election speeches was a
great sten forward in making
Students more aware of political
doWft on the campus.
This is in line with the recent
aunoimmecent made by the Stu
dent Senate expressing a desire
for more colorful oamoaimns.
s Jeff Harp, candidate for stu
dent body president, said the
position should have but one
concern in executing the duties
of his office — a concern for the
welfare of the entire student
body
“The most pressing problem
and I feel the most important
problem facing the student body
president here at Texas A&M is
the nurturing of a student body-
wide interest in our student
government program,” he said.
TRovn pvnlm'ncd he tb<"ino'h+ he
“inherent ‘dead’ atmosphere” on
the campus should be aroused
through the voice and actions of
the Student Senate, which he
hones to lead in the 19f)3-fi4
school year.
Harlan Roberts, also a candi
date for student hodv president,
promised to “work hard” on the
“mess hall problem,” which he
said was somewhat worse this
year ip the ouah'fv of food serv
ed. He also said action would
he taken against the Cammis
Security Office if he is elected,
because of “people paving tickets
on small things and people car
rying nick-up loads off from
dorms.”
Roberts added that “bad pub
licity from Dallas papers, Hous
ton paners and others” could be
corrected bv student senate ac
tion in “nutting forth outstand
ing achievements of students and
profs.”
Better Corps-Civilian Relations Ashed
Senate vice presidential candi
date .Tav -Tavnes promised to at-
temnt to better corps-civilian re
lationships if he is elected. He
urowl ah students to “get out
and vote” in the elections.
Keening abreast of student
hodv feelings was important to
Thomas McConnell, candidate for
viee president.
Dilworth Thompson, candidate
for recording secretary of the
Student Senate, announced, “I
Want to serve you.” and that his
platform was based solely on
his desire to express the wishes
of the student body.
Freshman Bennie Smith, candi-
datefor recording secretary, said
he was “willing to work” to ex
ecute his office, if elected.
Smith explained he wanted the
job in order to become more ac-
ouainted with student govern
mental positions, because he
wants to “get to the top,” and
the position of recording secre
tary is a “good place to start.”
The sole sneaker for the chair
manship of the student welfare
fommittee, Allan Peterson, ex-
thined three duties ef the com
mittee. selling student insurance,
mmotint? the Campus Chest
hrive and supporting the Aggie
Blood Fund. He said he was
interested in trying to “create
a better interest in student activi
ties.”
Peterson pointed out the small
number of students in the audi
ence and said interest in stu
dent activities is most important
in his campaign. He also urged
all students to cast their votes
Wednesday, saying, “This elec
tion concerns you. It involves
you.”
Pat Greene, candidate for chair
man of the student life commit
tee, said he is neither a corps
nor a civilian student, rather he
is a married student living in
college apartments. He said he
was not running* as either, ra
ther as a “student at A&M.”
Greene urged students to vote
for their choice of candidates,
whether or not it is he.
Pat Nance said he “knows
what it takes” to be chairman of
the student life committee, be
cause he has been working with
and watching Jerry Vion, who
holds the position at present.
He promised to “bring forth
improvements in Muster, Sweet
heart selection and Aggie Mother
of the Year” coordinations.
Nance reminded the audience
he was first to sign up as a cand
idate for the position.
Hopeful Wants Smoother Career Day
Candidate for chairmanship of
the public relations committee,
Bob Miller, said high school
career day should be run more
effeciently to allow the prospec
tive Aggies to observe more ac
curately the way Aggies live.
Miller said if he were elected
he would introduce changes in
the program to allow the boys
to visit the campus during the
Week, rather than on the week
end, as more camnus activities
take place then and many stu
dents leave on the weekends.
He said this past year the
career day program was not
handled by the public relations
committee.
Two candidates for civilian
yell leader spoke to the audi
ence.
Jim Benson said he wanted to
have the position in order to
help the Aggie team “beat the
hell out of T.U.”
Benson said he played football
at A&M for two years, and being
yell leader was second best to
being a football player.
O’Rell McDaniel said he want
ed the position because he, too,
was anxious to help the team
“beat the hell out of T.U., and
that he had the “loudest voice on
campus.”
In concluding the rally, Best,
urged all students to vote for the
candidates of their choice and
added, “Student government on
the campus can be just what you
make it. Let’s make it good.”
Election commission advisor
.Wayne Smith said civilians and
corps students would vote separ
ately in the elections, as civilians
only vote for civilian yell leader.
Smith said the polls will be
open from 8 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday.
All students will be checked
against a record of registration
from the registrar’s office to
eliminate anyone from voting
more than once, Smith explained.
He estimated the number vot
ing in the elections will be “may
be a couple thousand, maybe
more. You just never know.”
Roberts, Harp To Vie For Top Post
These positions and candidates
have been filed for:
President of the student body:
Harlan E. Roberts and Jeffery
Claude Harp.
Vice president of the student
body: Thomas T. McConnell,
James E. Bourgeois, Robert
“Butch” Palm and Jay Jaynes.
Parlimentarian: “Greg” (Gre
gory H.) Laughlin, “Porky”
(Daniel L.) Galvin and Byron T.
Wehner.
Recording serr^^; Bill
Camp, Benny R/g^ith, “Mike”
(Michael L.) Ra , 0 ume, David
R. Warringtr * ^\wort\ P.
Thompson an(f >n ’ ^ (Wiliam
S. ) Moore. ^
Chairman, senate issues com
mittee: “Larry” (Lawrence N.)
Garrett.
Chairman, public relations com
mittee: Gary A. Volz. “Bob”
(Robert A.) Miller and “Jim”
(James E.) Schnabel.
Chairman, student life com
mittee: Patrick R. Greene, James
P. Nance and John B. Price.
Chairman, student welfare com
mittee: Allan C. Peterson and
“Larry” (Lawrence) Franklin.
Civilian yell leader: O’Rell
McDaniel, Jim Benson, “Jim”
(James) Goldsmith, “Pat”, (Pat
rick K.) Couch, Byrom T. Weh
ner, Royce M. Knox, “Bob” (Ro
bert A.) Hood.
Che Battalion
Volume 60
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, APRIL, 23, 1963
Number 99
Ex Fights Coed Threat
Aggie Blood Drive
Ends Wednesday;
300 Due To Give
The annual Aggie Blood Drive
ends Wednesday in the lower level
of the Memorial Student Center
when over three hundred Aggies
each give a pint of blood.
Ken Stanton, chairman of the
student welfare committee, said
the volunteers who plan to donate
their blood, will be eligible to
draw blood from the bank for
themselves or their immediate
families in any quantity needed
without charge.
SERVICE FRATERNITY Alpha
Phi Omega will assist the com
mittee and the nurses in receiving
the blood. Students who have re
gistered may donate their blood
between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
Donors will be given cards des
cribing their blood types and fac
tors for reference.
The blood will be stored in Dal
las by the Wadley Research Insti
tute and will be available for use
for one year.
AFTER THAT DATE, the blood
will be used in the study of blood
diseases.
Nurses will administer the do
nations, and tests will be given
all donors before blood is accept
ed. Cookies, orange juice and cof
fee will also be served.
Council Tables
Town Hall Fee
The Memorial Student Center
Council last night tabled a pro
posal to take the Town Hall fee
from the non-compulsory Student
Activities fee and make it a com
pulsory fee to be paid by all stu
dents.
The plan called for the present
$3 fee to be changed to either a
$1.50 or a $1.25 fee for each
semester.
Council President James Ray
pointed out that the present bud
get of about $18,000 per year for
Town Hall was never concrete
until well into the school year, and
that bookings usually had to be
made in the summer to insui'e good
acts.
Stanton noted that A&M gave
more blood last year than all the
other Southwest Conference schools
put together.
Evaluation
Group Here
An evaluation committee of the
Southern Association of Colleges
and Schools completes its three-
day visit to A&M Wednesday.
The committee headed by Dean
M. C. Huntley of Auburn Universi
ty is here at the invitation of A&M
to evaluate the entire college pro
gram. The periodic visit comes
after a long period of self-study.
The Southern Association is the
regional accrediting agency and
includes A&M and other schools
in 14 states as members.
Merchants,
State Senator
Called Selfish
By RONNIE BOOKMAN
Battalion Managing Editor
A Houston man who was
graduated
years ago
“The committee report will be in
the nature of suggestions rather
than requirements,” William J.
Graff, Dean of Instruction, said.
Muster Services
Reveillie and her escort stand at attention while the band
plays the “Spirit” at Muster ceremonies held in front of the
Memorial Student Center Sunday afternoon. About 10,000
students, former students and guests attended the an
nual event. Former Students Association President L. F.
Peterson made the major address.
CAMPUS OBSERVANCE
Displays, Open House Held
For National Library Week
Displays and an open house will
be the features at the various lib
raries on the campus this week
in celebrating National Library
Week.
Librarian Robert A. Houze and
his staff in Cushing Memorial
Library have prepared a special
display of “Notable Books of 1962”
from the listing issued by the
American Library Association as
part of its National Library Week
program. The books are displayed
at the main counter in the Cush
ing Library.
ANOTHER DISPLAY honors
Robert Frost and William Faulk-
Three Aggies Chosen To Get
National Defense Fellowships
Five men including three Ag
gies have been awarded National
Defense Education Act fellowships
in plant sciences at A&M, Gradu
ate Dean Wayne C. Hall announced
Friday.
The fellowships are on a con
tinuing basis for the three years
of study necessary for a student
with a bachelor’s degree to com
plete a doctoral program.
Aim of the national program is
to help meet the critical need for
additional college teachers.
Six Tired Students
Complete 50-Mile
Hike T o Huntsville
Six very weary A&M students
plodded into Huntsville last Sat
urday afternoon at the end of a
grueling 50-mile hike from Col
lege Station.
Of the 17 starters the six who
finished were:
Bill Turney freshman, Co. H-3,
time 10 hours; John Duran, so
phomore, Sqd 16, 11 hours; Otto
Wilke, senior Co. F-l, 12% hours;
David Herring, junior civilian, 12%
hours; “Mac” McDowell, junior
civilian, 13 hours; Ernest Krue
ger, freshman, Co. F-l, 14 hours.
Local students and graduates re
ceiving fellowships to continue
their studies at A&M are Glenn
Byrlin Rydl, W. Wayne Allen and
Charles E. Simpson.
Other students winning awards
were Harry Bertil Lagestadt and
Wilbur C. Anderson Jr., both from
Oregon State University.
On campus for a special visit
will be Director of Libraries T. N.
McMullan of Louisiana State Uni
versity. McMullan is a member
of the visitation team named by
the Southern Association of Col
leges and Schools, and his visit
here during the week is strictly a
coincidence, Houze said.
A&M was recently honored by
membership in the Association of
Research Libraries. A limited num
ber of outstanding libraries are
represented in the membership.
A&M is one of two educational in
stitutions in Texas listed as mem
bers.
Houze said Cushing Library will
have a weeklong open house.
PLANS ARE NEAR completion
for expansion of Cushing Library
facilities. Space will be doubled
for the growing collection and in
crease of patrons.
President Earl Rudder announc
ed the $1,500,000 expansion pro
gram with completion in 1965 as
the goal.
The Veterinary Medicine Library
has mailed invitations with gen
eral information to the Vet Staff,
and has invited everyone to attend
the annual open house in the Vet
erinary Library from 4 to 6 p.m.
Wednesday, according to Mrs. Nan
Police Ask Rudder’s Help
In Preparing For Aggies
The Galveston Police Department has asked President
Earl Rudder to let them know how many Aggies were going
to the Isle city during “Splash Month.”
Galveston Chief of Police William J. Burns said the in
formation was needed so plans for the “proper policing of any
unexpected crowds of students” might be made by his de
partment.
Burns said his department is trying “to avert a situation
like we had in Galveston on a Splash Day weekend two years
ago.”
“We have received information that there is a plan
afoot for a crowd of college students to converge on Galveston
on April 27-28 and May 3-4,” Burns said.
Burns’ excitement was set off by a letter which has
been circulated among some college students in Texas en
couraging them to gather at Galveston May 3-5.
Dean of Students James P. Hannigan commented that
“In view of the Galveston riots on Splash Day two years ago,
we are not encouraging students to dash off to Galveston
during this period.”
Cardwell, librarian.
THE VETERINARY Library has
folders which have the National
Library Week slogan imprinted on
them. The slogan for the week is
“Read — the fifth freedom —
enjoy it.” The folders also have
calendars on them. Book marks
with the slogan also may be ob
tained at the Veterinary Libi'ary
while visiting the facilities.
In the Business Administration
Library, Mrs. Donna Stuart and
her staff have special displays
planned, and have invited students
and staff to the open house held in
the B. A. Library all week.
The Texas Engineering Library
also has displays, and students have
been invited to visit the library at
their convenience.
House To Put
Name-Change
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from A&M 65
is beefing up his
fight against coeducation with
a letter to former students
I charging that the admission
of women is a selfish move
by the citizens of Bryan and
Sen. W. T. (Bill) Moore.
T. L, Smith Jr., member of
the Class of ’98 and President
of the Sul Ross Gfoup, told
The Battalion he had 2,000 of
the letters printed which he
was distributing to exes.
Said Smith:
“This whole thing is a selfish
move on the part of the citizens
of Bryan and that dad-burned so-
and-so politician from up there.
Bill Moore is perpetuating himself
in office by promising to deliver
A&M to the Bryan people.”
SMITH, an independent oilman
who claims to be the number-two
man in the amount of donations
to the association of former stu
dents, said he conducted a poll at
the Houston A&M Club muster
Monday where an “almost unani
mous” vote in favor of retaining
the all-male status was registered.
Smith quoted association of
former students president and
board of directors member L. F.
Peterson as saying that he “ab-
hored the idea of coeducation” but
that there was so much pressure
from the Bryan area that he
(Peterson) didn’t know what to do.
“IT IS A FINE thing,” the 82-
year-old Aggie-ex said, “if our
board of directors is controlled by
a small faction.”
Smith said he was contacting, all
of the members of the board he
could prior to their meeting this
Saturday on campus.
In his letter to former students
Smith said:
“It is my understanding that
some are favoring the plan, argu
ing that A&M needs more students,
and if that is their real reason, and
a large number of girls do come,
then some $5 million to $20 million
will be required to duplicate facili
ties, depending upon how many
come.
“THE REAL REASON was
given in an editorial in the Bryan
Eagle several years ago in which
they admitted it was a purely
selfish move by the citizens of
Bryan, and it has been agitated
and kept alive largely by their
State Senator. Bryan merchants
apparently visualize large sums of
money will be spent by several
thousand girls in their stores, but
I visualize numerous panty raids
and other foolishness like that,
which frequently occurs at the
various colleges and universities
which are coed.”
To Final Vote
The House was expected to ap
prove A&M’s name-change bill dur
ing the day Tuesday and send the
legislation to the Senate.
The bill, HB 755, was tentative
ly approved by voice vote on the
second reading Monday afternoon
and the final vote was scheduled
Tuesday.
REP. DAVID HAINES of Col
lege Station said his bill received
“about one-third more yeas than
nays” in the voice vote.
According to Haines, the only
questions raised while the bill
was up for debate concerned the
constitionality of the measure.
Even though the name is listed
in the state constitution, the col
lege was officially named by sta
tute in 1871.
IN 1961, WHEN the last name-
change issue arose, then-Atty.
Gen. Will Wilson ruled that an
amendment to the constitution,
which would have to be approved
by the voters, was not necessary.
If the House parses the proposal,
the bill will then go to the Senate.
There it must be approved by a
committee before floor action is
possible.
Ducat Deadline Set
For ’63 Banquet
Noon Thursday is the deadline
for seniors to pick up compliment-
tary tickets to the Association of
Former Students Banquet.
The principal speaker for the
banquet will be W. C. McGee Jr.,
president of the Tennessee Gas
Pipeline Co.
The banquet will be held at 6:30
p.m., Monday in Sbisa Hall An
nex. It will honor the class of
1963.
Tickets are available at the As
sociation offices in the Memorial
Student Center.
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Wednesday Deadline
Wednesday afternoon is the
deadline for purchase of tickets
to the Board of Directors dinner
Friday night, A&M President Earl
Rudder reminded Tuesday.
Faculty and staff are cordially
invited to attend the event in Sbisa
Hall. Board members will form a
receiving line at 6:45 p.m. and
dinner will be served at 7:30 p.m.
Deans and department heads
, have received tickets for sale.