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A night clerk at the Memorial Student Center remains in .Joseph Hospital Wednesday as area law enforcement of- ersseek the man who severly beat him while he was in the SC lobby early Tuesday. + The clerk, Frank McGee, 50, was attacked by a lone assailant as he sat in the MSC Iqunge, fac ing’ the main desk, about 3 a.m. MSC Director J. Wayne Stark said a check of the cash register, gun collection now on exhibit, showed nothing missing. Stark said apparently McGee was beat mercilessly about the head with some kind of blunt in strument. He said officers search ed the building for a weapon, but none was found. “We have been afraid for a long time that something like this was going to happen.†Stark said. He said that McGee, in his dazed condition, told officers that his attacker was someone young, poss ibly wearing a white shirt. Sheriff J. W. Hamilton said that the assailant fled when McGee struggled and called for help. Stark said there was no indica tion that the person sought for the attack was a student. McGee lives at 1518 Boone St. in Bryan. He works from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. in the MSC. Campus Security officers and College Station police are also in vestigating the beating. ir George Thomas, 1937 Nobel ireate in physics, will serve as visiting lecturer here May 13- Dr. J. G. Potter, head of the partment of Physics, has an- jnced. fhe physicist will he here under auspices of the American As- liation of Physics Teachers and ! American Institute of Physics part of a national, program to mulate interest in physics. The expensive mtj ram of visiting scientistR in ysics is being conducted with support of the National Sci- infte Foundation. ng with THOMSON WAS president of OU wish to iri r P us Christi College at Cam iiige from 1952 until 19G2 and s resides in the Oxford area. > < -1 • V > m fSfe m I Potter said Thomson will give graduate lecture and also will ak to Physics Glab members and ier science students. Hie British scientist was edu- ted at Perse School, Cambridge, J Trinity College, Cambridge liversity. Thomson's professional career eludes many appointments rough the years: Fellow and hirer in mathematics at Corpus iristi College, Cambridge; re archer on positive rays at Caven- sli Laboratory; professor of na tal philosophy at Aberdeen Uni- rsity; Baker Lecturer at Cor- 1 University and professor of lysics at Imperial College, Uni- tsity of London. RE SERVED as scientific ad- sor to the British Delegation to e U. N. Atomic Energy Com- ission during most of 194G and % He has served as consult- tatthe Harwell Atomic Energy ithbrity. His honors are many: Fellow the Royal Society, recipient of c Royal Medal, Hughes Medal 4 Potts Medal of the Franklin -Kitute, recipient of honorary de- from major universities, Fel- * of the American Academy of rts and Sciences and a foreign tmber of the Academies of Lis- ■fi and Vienna. Thomson is the author of a ®nber of books including: Applied wodynamics and Wave Mech- lics of the Free Electron, The tom. The Foreseeable Future and ■« Inspiration of Science. He ped J. J. Thomson with the third Si tion of Conduction of Electricity ' ! ough Gases and wrote Electron ^fraction with W. Cochrane. He American Association of '’?sics Teachers is one of the member societies of the Amer- Institute of Physics. ;he im! len. N. C. wm ^omen Find Cadet to Ladies 9 Lounge Female guests at the Hillel oundation Ball Saturday night 4d quite a surprise upon visit- the ladies’ lounge. Eren Col. Joe E. Davis, com mandant of the Corp of Cadets, *as speechless when he saw a Partly dressed cadet comfort- % seated on a certain piece ^ porcelain furniture in the %8’ lounge. Fortunately for all concerned, cadet turned out to be a man- Hquin jokingly placed in the Wge earlier by two Hillel ^ondation members. ' ** \ t: J| *. IlllifcilililPii* I ■ROSS VOLUNTEER COMPANY . will honor permanent firing squad Saturday f/i A liiiiMMMl ■HI i iiiii! mi Ross Ball V olunteer Scheduled Banquet, Saturday The annual Ross Volunteer Ban quet and Ball will be held Satur day night, with Doyle R. Avant Jr., of San Antonio as the principal speaker. Also featured will be the pre sentation of the 1962-63 permanent firing squad, an honorary group of 21 company members. THE BANQUET will begin at 6 p.m. in the banquet room of the Triangle Restaurant. The ball, with music by the Aggieland Orchestra, Four Flying Kadets WiU Fly To Meet By JOHN WRIGHT Battalion Staff Writer Four members of the Flying Kadets will take off Thursday from Easterwood Field and fly to Car- bondale, 111., to represent A&M at the annual National Intercollegiate Flying Association’s air meet and conference at Southern Illinois Uni versity Thursday-Saturday. The meet will be the 15th in the series. The SIU chapter of the NIFA, which is sponsoring the event, said word has been received from more than 30 chapters that plan to send flying delegates to Nils Ekfelt Wins National Merit Award Nils Ekfelt of A&M Consolidated High School has been named win ner of a National Merit Scholar ship. Son of Dr. and Mrs. Fred E. Ek felt of 306 Francis Drive in Col lege Station, he will receive a scholarship ranging in value be tween $400 and $6,000, as he enters Harvard University after gradu ation. A senior at A&M Consolidated, young Ekfelt has participated in the Interscholastic League Science contest, the student council and the National Honor Society. He was manager of the high school basketball team this year. His hobbies are juggling, tennis and bicycling. The sponsor of the scholarship is the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. All Merit Scholars are selected in an annual academic competition conducted in cooperation with sec ondary schools. Stipends of the four-year award are based on need and may be adjusted if the stu dent’s need changes. Over 1,400 Merit scholars were named from some 11,000 semi finalists. About 875 of the stu dents received the four-year scho larships. Since the program was begun eight years ago, more than 7,000 Merit scholarships have been awarded, a value of over $34 mil lion. the conference. Flying competi tion, to be held at the Southern Illinois University Airport, is con fined to members of NIFA clubs. The four A&M entrants, are Ronnie Miller, Ray Jones, Dennis Bently and Mick Dumm. THE MEMBERS will leave at noon in a Cessna 182. Jack Threadgill, president of the A&M chapter, said that the Ka dets plan to arrive in ample time to attend a safety lecture that will be given that evening to familiar ize all entrants with local flying conditions. While in Carbondale the Kadets will stay at the Plaza Hotel. Competitive flying will begin Friday and will include four events: a 180-degree power-on spot landing, a 180-degree power-off side ap proach spot landing, bomb drop ping and a fourth event chosen each year by the host school. Skill, safety and sport are the NIFA’s chief objectives. Members range from commercial pilots to those who are just learning to fly. OFFICIALS FROM the Federal Aviation Agency and NIFA offi cials will judge these events. Trophies are pi’esented to the five top teams, and individual, permanent and rotating trophies are awarded to the five top pilots of the five top events. Maj. Walter Daniel, 37-year-old Air Force test pilot who recently set four new time-to-climb re cords in a T-38 jet trainer, will speak at the awards banquet Sat urday night. The Master of Cere monies at the Banquet will be Ray O. Mertes, director of school and college service of United Airlines. Awards will go to the out standing man and woman pilot and to the club flying the great est number of passenger-air-miles enroute to the meet. A SAFETY AWARD will be given to the team showing the greatest amount of care in hand ling its aircraft. Between events the Kadets will at the is scheduled for 9 p.m. Memorial Student Center. Among the special guests at the dinner and ball will be A&M offi cials. Roger M. John of Bellaire, the RV commander, will serve as master of ceremonies at the ban quet. Avant, ’50 served as a cadet colonel while a petroleum engi- Class Election Filing To Begin On Thursday Filing for class elections will be gin Thursday, election commis sion advisor Wayne Smith said Tuesday. Positions open will be officers for the classes of ’64, ’65 and ’66 he said. Officers to be chosen are president, vice president, secre tary-treasurer and social secretary. An historian will be elected by the junior class. FILING WILL close May 1, Smith said, and the election will be held May 8. Elections for all classes will be held on that day. According to the college regula tions, class officers must be aca demically classified with their classes at election time and at the beginning of the year for which they are elected. Class officers must have a mini mum grade point ratio of 1.00 at the time of the spring election (through the preceding semester). All students may vote for their respective class officers. A run off will be held May 14. Students desiring to run for class positions may file in the Student Programs Office in the lower level of the Memorial Student Center. neering student at A&M. He was a member of the Ross Volunteers. Now associated with L. A. Nor- dan, a San Antonio independent oil operator, Avant worked for Sun Oil Company from 1953 until 1957. He served as an army officer fol lowing his graduation in January, 1951. THESE 21 MEMBERS were chosen by the platoon leaders for permanent firing squad honors: David C. Anderson, Thomas M. Ashy, Jimmie P. Burney, Billy G. Clawson, John R. Dickson, John H. Gabbert, Lawrence N. Garrett, Joe E. Glover, Charles H. Gregory, Gregory G. Holfochwost, George L. Hubler. Kent Hudson, Ben E. McSulloch, William K. Monier, Larry G. Port er, Richard C. Railston, Charles H. Reese, James E. Schnabel, James F. Setchell, Albert N. Simmons, and Edward J. Zatopek. U nderclassmen Oppose Change In Aggie Ring Organized opposition to a ring committee decision to change the Aggie ring in case of a college name-change was voiced Tuesday by both the freshman and sophomore classes. The sophomore class called a class meeting for 7:30 Thursday in Cuion HalL’f" p.m. while one freshman presented President Rudder a petition oppos ing the move. The ring committee has voted that all rings ordered after Sept. 1, 1963, will bear the new name. Rings ordered after that same date by members of the Class of ’64 or prior classes could bear either the old or new name. The same police would be in effect for class favors. The lenghty freshman petition contained the signatures of 551 students. Four hundred fifty six said they would prefer “A&M Col lege of Texas†on their rings, while 95 voiced preference for the proposed new name, “Texas A&M University.†Peter B. Belinsky of Warwick, R. I., presented the petition to Rudder. The president told Bel insky he would show the document to the Board of Directors this weekend “if that’s what you want.†Belinsky favored the idea. The board would not have to take action on the issue, but could send the question right back to college officials. If the college name-change is passed by this session of the state legislature, reconsideration by the ring committee is doubtful. Com mittee Chairman J. B. (Dick) Her- vey told The Battalion Tuesday: “I see no reason why we should have to meet again if the name- change is approved in this session.†Final House approval of the change is expected at any time, after which the bill would go to the Senate. Lower Voting Age Rejected By House AUSTIN (A 5 ) — House members turned thumbs down Tuesday on a plan to bolster the Texas Dem ocratic Party by lowering the voting age. “The young folks are mostly Democratic,†argued Rep. V. L. “Red†Berry, San Antonio legis lator. “We need all the Democrat ic votes we can get. We’ve got to do something to head off the Republicians.†The House voted 91-49 for Ber ry’s proposal dropping the mini mum voting age from 21 to 19. A proposed constitutional amend ment must get 100 votes or two- ALL STUDENTS who file must thirds majority in the House be fore it can be passed to the Sen ate. Unless Berry can scrape up enough votes to make 100 and get another vote on his measure, it is dead for the session. be cleared through the registrar’s office before their names may ap pear on the ballot. Filing for Student Senate and school representatives to the Sen ate will begin May 9. The elec tions will be held May 21. Should any election result in a tie vote, the winner will be select ed by a run-off election. BERRY FIRST proposed drop ping the age limit to 18 but ac cepted the 19-year-old minimum which Rep. David Crews, Conroe, claimed would put the voting priv- Name-Change Bug Hits Tech As Students Ask For ‘Status’ The name-change fever has again reached Texas Tech, where for years college factions and the stu dent body have on occasions sought a name-change so that Tech might become a university. With A&M’s name-change bill almost out of the house and a simi- , . lar bill already passed for West have the opportunity to swim and Texas State( Tech>s student camp out. The expenses of the trip will be partly defrayed by Memorial Student Center funds. The host school provides gas and other necessary items. The Kadets will fly back to Col lege Station Sunday. news paper The Daily Toreador has call ed for action on a student poll taken last spring in which the stu dent body chose Texas State Uni versity as the best new name. The name most often pi'oposed for Tech is Texas University of Arts, Sciences and Technology. According to The Toreador, ru mors in Lubbock indicate that if Tech is to have a name-change in the next 10 years, it will have to come in this session of the legisla ture. No such legislation has yet been introduced . In a strong plea for university status, The Toreador said: “It’s a farce when Hardin-Sim- mons, Midwestern, North Texas and West Texas wear the tag ‘university’ while Tech is still dubbed with the ‘college’ moniker. If nothing else, we must truly be unique; we are of the few col leges — in name, anyway — left in the Lone Star state.†ilege out of the high school age bracket. Passed on voice vote to the House was a measure that Sen. W. T. Moore, Bryan, has argued would allow state aid to be used for the graduate school at the University of Houston. Moore said, in filibusters total ing almost four hours, that sup porters of the 1961 move to make the University of Houston state supported promised that no state money would be needed for gradu ate study. A similar House mea sure has been tentatively approved. THE OBJECT of Tuesday’s fili buster was a bill th: t would allow state game wardens to arrest per sons for trespassing on private property. Wardens now can make arrests only for violation of game and fish laws. ' ' - iiiii s . HARRY E. WHITMORE TEES Space Division Gets New Head Harry E. Whitmore, former General Dynamics Astronautics official in California, has been named head of the Texas Engi neering Experiment Station’s new ly organized Space Technology Di vision. Dean of Engineering Fred J. Benson said Whitmore will have responsibility in several areas, in cluding finding - and organizing re search talent in the several fields of engineering and science that relate to the space effort. Whitmore said the Space Tech nology Division has “tremendous potential for A&M and the entire State of Texas.†He has been in the guided missile field since 1946. Missile projects on which he has worked are the Corporal, Nike, Honest John, Dart, Hawk, Ser geant, Redstone, Atlas, Centaur and Agena. Before coming to A&M he was systems integration manager for General Dynamics Astronautics’ Centaur space craft program. Whitmore, a 1942 Texas A&M mechanical engineering graduate, is a retired colonel in the U. S. Army Ordinance Corps. He re ceived his MS degree in 1955 in mechanical engineering at Purdue University. Whitmore is married to the form er Martha Jane Nunn of Bryan, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Nunn of 1404 South College. The Whitmores have a daughter, Jeanne, 19, a student at Baylor University, and a son, Ross, 15. They live at 724 Mary Lake Drive and are members of the First Baptist Church. Wire Review By the Associated Press WORLD NEWS BONN, Germany — West Ger many’s strongest party overruled the objections of Chancellor Kon rad Adenauer Tuesday and nomi nated Ludwig Erhard, sometimes called “Mr. Economic Miracle,†to head the next government. It was a bitter blow for the chancellor, now 87, who is com mitted to retire from the No. 1 job this fall. He considers Erhard, 66, lacks political skills necessary to run the government. U. S. NEWS WASHINGTON — Four Cu bans left American jails and re turned to their Communist island Tuesday in an exchange of 21 Americans freed by Prime Mini ster Fidel Castro the day before. The Cubans were whisked out of Florida early Tuesday morning to fulfill the U.S. end of a bar gain with Castro. Ttr "jr WASHINGTON — A Pentagon communications official outlined Tuesday a plan to put five or more satellites into orbit with a single rocket to build a system that would flash messages to command posts around the world. TEXAS NEWS AUSTIN — Dist. Judge Jack Roberts dismissed Tuesday a suit aimed at blocking construction of a $65 million dam in Central Texas. Roberts threw out a suit by sev eral Brazos and Grimes County landowners against the Texas Water Commission, which found the proposed Millican Dam feasi ble Aug. 2 after hearing six days of testimony. The Navasota River Dam, if completed, will create the second largest lake completely within state boundaries.