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Volume 60
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1963
Number 101
Roberts Elected President
Of 1963-64 Student Body
Docile Donor
lenior David Balky waits quitely as nurse Sue Chawner
withdraws a pint of his blood for the Wadley Research
nstitute,
Annual Aggie
Hood Drive
ets Record
The annual Aggie Blood Drive
is continued Thursday because of
ident response to Wednesday’s
ssion.
Ken Stanton, chairman of the
ident welfare committee, said an
rplane flew to Dallas Wednesday
fht to acquire additional sup-
k
He said about 50 persons had to
turned away from the donation
if Wednesday, after 409 students
A given blood.
predicting the drive will
are over 500 pints of blood,
hnton remarked, “After we had
er 400 students today (Wednes-
I don’t see any reason why
can’t have another 100 to-
irrpw.”
THE DRIVE was to continue
nirsday as long as needed,
ianton added.
Stanton paid special mention to
c freshman and sophomore stu-
[britton Asks
Acuity, Staff
r Support
The president of the Bryan-Col-
Station Chamber of Corn-
tree appealed Thursday for col-
fe personnel to invest immediate-
in the future of A&M and the
fin communities.
“Your Chamber of Commerce
assistance to Texas A&M as
major role in its revitalized
■pam,” Ford D. Albritton Jr.,
'it “We need your support by
iiday, the deadline for raising
POO, a record chamber invest-
Wit.”
faculty and staff members re-
Fed membership cards in the
â– til this week.
|We urge you to fill out the
•’ds, enclose your check and send
to us at once,” Albritton
''d' "Many of you already have
ponded and your chamber of-
toals are most grateful.”
! ! ish Drill Team
Srt For SA Meet
_ The Freshman Drill Team faces
R Inst competition of the year
_ a y when the cadets travel to
S'Antonio for the Battle of The
^ni's parade and Fiesta Flam-
fcii.
friday afternoon the Fish will
in a three-mile parade, and
| Nurday they will compete in the
parade for the best drilled
* n the Saturday parade each
, * ni "''ill executive a two-minute
j^Mient in front of the review-
i stand. The Sam Houston
last year’s champions, will
P> berrying for the top honors,
^year’s Fish placed second.
W May 13 the drill team will
^form for Mother’s Day activi-
and on May 18 it will march
* San Antonio’s Memorial Day
feide.
dents who assisted his committee
and Alpha Phi Omega in receiv
ing the blood.
Because of the Aggie drive, the
Wadley Research Institute of
Dallas may not visit the other
Southwest Conference schools,
Stanton noted. He said the group
would visit Southern Methodist
University, despite the success at
A&M.
As the second day of the drive
began, the possibilities were good
that the A&M drive would double
last year’s 212 pints donated by
Aggies. According to Stanton,
A&M gave more blood last year
than all the other Southwest Con
ference schools put together.
WADLEY OFFICIALS said
Wednesday’s intake was the most
blood the institute has ever col
lected in one day.
Donators will be eligible to draw
blood from the bank for themselves
or thier immediate families in any
quantity needed, without charge.
The blood will be stored in
Dallas by the Wadley Institute and
will be available for use for one
year.
After the one-year period, the
remaining blood will be used in
the study of blood diseases.
Annex Dormitories
Attract Students
By GLENN DROMGOOLE
Battalion Staff Writer
Approximately 300 civilian stu
dents have shown an interest in
living at the old Bryan Air Force
Base next year.
Two dormitories are located on
the base, which is 14 miles from
the campus. The dorms are three-
story, red brick buildings. The base
annex will be available to 288 stu
dents next fall.
All civilian students may begin
reserving rooms Thursday, Harry
L. Boyer, Housing Manager, said
Wednesday.
Students who wish to reserve
their present rooms, and students
who wish to reserve rooms other
than their own, have until May 2
to register.
AFTER THAT DATE rooms will
be assigned on a “first come, first
served” basis.
Corps students who will be
civilian students in the fall, may
also begin signing for reserved
rooms Thursday, Boyer pointed
out.
In addition to making these
reservations, students must send in
room reservation cards by July 31
to assure their assignment.
Besides the annex dorms, civilian
students will be housed in Hart
Hall (Ramps A-E), Law (Ramps
1-6), Puryear, Mitchell, Lfegett,
Milner, Walton, Dorm 13, Dorm 16,
and part of Dorm 15.
THE PRACTICE, begun this
semester, of housing corps and
civilian students under one roof
will be continued in Dorm 15.
Members of the Cadet Corps will
live on the first floor of the ’’inte
grated” dorm, with civilians occu
pying the remaining sections.
Students who sign by May 15
and who send in their room reser
vation cards by the deadline will
have priority over students occupy
ing the dorms during the summer.
Students planning to attend sum
mer school must follow the same
procedure as students not attend
ing the summer sessions to insure
their rooms for the fall session.
SUMMER STUDENTS may be
gin reserving rooms May 16.
A $20 deposit will be required
of all students before a reserva
tion can be assured. Students with
a deposit on file will not have to
pay any extra amount. In case a
student cancels his reservation
after August 15, the deposit will
be forfeited.
All undergraduate students are
required to live on campus unless
they live with near kin. Excep
tions will be made only for “very
unusual conditions,” the Housing
Office reported. These students
must report to the Student Affairs
Office and file requests for day
student permits.
‘MAN—YOUR MANNERS’
Tessies Will Give
Tips Monday Night
How would you write a letter'Texas Women’s University Co-eds
for a blind date, display affection
in public, or say good night to
a girl ?
Tips on this and other social
problems will be presented by four
Wire Review
By the Associated Press
U. S. NEWS
JACKSON, Miss. — Legisla
tive investigators charged Wed
nesday that federal marshals in
flicted deliberate and repeated
brutalities on students and citi
zens after quelling the University
of Mississippi desegregation riots
last fall.
The charges came in a report
and statement from Mississippi’s
General Legislative Investigating
Committee, which said it had re
ceived sworn testimony from more
than 90 witnesses since launch
ing its probe in the wake of the
rioting.
In Washington the Justice De
partment denounced the report as
“an untruthful document” and as
“a grievous slander against a
courageous group of deputy mar
shals, more than two - thirds of
whom are Southerners.”
★ ★ ★
WASHINGTON — Rep. Frank
J. Becker, R-N.Y., demanded
Pentagon action Wednesday
against any U. S. military men
who played parts in an Ice
landic movie said to give a
“drunken, girl-corrupting image”
of American servicemen.
Becker protested to Secretary
of Defense Robert S. McNamara
after the show business news
paper Variety published a review
of the movie, entitled “Gogo.”
The Variety article said two
high-ranking officers from the
U.'S. base at Keflavik, Iceland
played the roles of drunkards.
★ ★ ★
ATTALLA, Ala. — State and
county authorities launched a mas
sive search Wednesday for the
slayer of a white Baltimore mail
man who was making an inte
gration pilgrimage to Mississippi.
William- L. Moore, 35, was shot
to death at close range about 8
p.m. Tuesday as he w-alked near
this northeast Alabama town.
Moore was wearing pro-integra
tion signs.
“We have nothing concrete,”
said Chief Deputy Sheriff Tony
Reynolds. “Everything is on or
near the slaying scene. It’s a
process now of elimination-talk
ing to witnesses and running down
leads.”
Gov. George Wallace, a rigid
segregationist, called the slaying
a ^dastardly act and offered a
$1,000 reward for the arrest and
conviction of the killer.
Moore started this trek Monday
in Chattanooga, Tenn., after a bus
trip from Washington, D.C.
TEXAS NEWS
AUSTIN — Texas senators
approved a tourist attraction bill
Wednesday despite warnings that
it might help bring the state its
first Republican governor since
reconstruction days.
“This is just another part of
a plan or design to grant the
governor more power than ever
before in the history of Texas,”
said Sen. Andy Rogers, Childress,
who has filibustered several of
Gov. John Connally’s legislative
demands this session.
“This move toward concentrat
ing more and more power in the
governor’s hands will have a back
lash which could put a Republican
in the chief executive’s chair,”
Rogers warned.
during a panel discussion, “Man-
Your Manners,” 7:30 p.m., Mon
day, on the second floor of the
YMCA.
THE YMCA sponsored discus
sion is the result of requests by
A&M students following the recent
marriage forums.
The YMCA Council, impressed
with the response to the marriage
forums, asked TWU if they would
panel a discussion on letter writ
ing and common etiquette. The
girls agreed and A&M students
sent a list of topics to be dis
cussed.
The panel will consist of: Lynn
Parks, Aggie Sweetheart from St.
Joseph, La.; Jane Sullins from
Ci-osett, Ark.;Mary Johnson from
Richardson; and Edna Perry from
Camden, Ark. The group will be
accompanied by Gertrude Gibson, a
TWU staff member.
HARLAN ROBERTS
Eight Senate Posts,
Yell Leader Picked
By GERRY BROWN
Battalion Associate Editor
Harlan Roberts, junior accounting major from Dale,
became the new student body president for the 1963-64 school
year Wednesday.
A total of 1.804 students, 490 more than visited the polls
for last year’s election,' cast their votes for Student Senate
officers and a civilian yell leader, according- to A1 Wheeler,
chairman of the election commission. Robert was one of 30
students who competed for eig-ht Senate positions and the
civilian yell leader post.
Also elected to new offices were Thomas McConnell, vi.ee
president; Greg-ory H. Laugh 1 in. parlimentarian: Bill Camp,
recording secretary; Lawrence Garrett, student issues chair-
;% man; Allan C. Peterson, stu-'*"
dent welfare chairman.
ROYCE M. KNOX, runmne
in the larp-est. race on the
OVket. was elected civilian veil
leader over six other candidates.
The vote totals for the nine posi
tions were:
President: Harlan Roberts, 1100,
Jeffery Harp, 647.
Vice-president: Thomas McCon
nell, 499; James Bourgeois, 326;
HI Robert Palm, 429; Jay Jaynes, 396.
11^ Parlimentarian: Gregory Laugh-
ji n , (jog. j) an i e i Galvin, 346; By-
THOMAS MCCONNELL rom Wehner, 330.
Membership Forms
For Great Issues
Available At MSC
Applications for membership in
the Great Issues Committee are
available in the Student Programs
Office of the Memorial Student
Center, 1963-64 chairman Harold
Brown, has announced.
“Students interested in world af
fairs and in bringing speakers of
distinction and significance to the
campus next year are urged to
apply,” said Brown. Applications
will be taken through May 3.
The committee plans an am
bitious program, including the con
tinuation of two types of programs
initiated this year, the Space Fiesta
and the International Adventure
Series of illustrated travel sect-
ures. Brown said.
Recording Secretary: Bill Camp,
495; Michael Raybourne, 243; Ben
nie Smith, 344; William Moore,
240; Dilworth Thompson, 137;
David Warrington, 79.
STUDENT ISSUES chairman:
Lawrence Garrett, 1383.
Public relations chairman: Gary
Volz, 371; Bob Miller, 1110.
Student life chairman: Pat
Green, 579; James Nance, 788;
John Price, 234.
Student welfare chairman: Allan
Peterson, 974; Larry Franklin, 561.
CIVILIAN YELLLEADER: Roy-
ce Knox, 184; Patrick Crouch, 170;
O’Rell McDaniel, 77; Robert Hood,
57; James Goldsmith, 34; Byrom
Wehner, 34; Alexis Ray, 31.
The new vice-president of the
student body is a sophomore who
calls Houston his home. McCon
nell is majoring in chemical engi
neering and is a member of Com
pany F-l. As a candidate McCon
nell stressed the need to keep
abreast of student body feelings.
New Prexy
For Students
States Plans
A&M Combat Hero
Invited To White
House Ceremonies
Dr. Eli L. Whiteley, one of
A&M’s Congressional Medal of
Honor winners, has been invited
by President and Mrs. John F.
Kennedy to attend a reception at
the White House next Thursday.
An associate professor in the
Department of Soil and Crop Sci
ences, Whiteley is one of some 300
living Medal of Honor winners in
the United States, and one of seven
in Texas.
Whiteley was honored while
serving in the European Theater
during World War II. He also
holds a Purple Heart with three
oak leaf clusters.
Whiteley is vice president and
director of the Medal of Honor
Society. He and Mrs. Whiteley
plan to leave from Randolph Field
in San Antonio Wednesday and
return from Washington Friday.
The Student Senate election had
just been concluded a few hours
Wednesday afternoon when Harlan
Roberts, the new president of the
student body, described to the Bat
talion his plans for following up
the promises which he had made
during his campaign.
Heading the list of the issues
which the new Student Senate
leader proposes to take up are
such ambitious items as giving
A&M a better public image in
state newspapers, instigating re
forms in the Campus Security Of
fice, and working on the “mess hall
problem.”
Roberts revealed plans to send
out reports of outstanding achieve
ments by students and profs to
widely read state newspapers and
correct “bad publicity” given A&M
in the past. “Maybe no one in
the studqnt information office is
taking the initiative to send out
good publicity on A&M,” he said.
“I think that we can change the
opinion of the people who aren’t
closely related to A&M and do not
have a true picture of our school,”
Roberts went on to say.
Another important objective
stressed by the newly elected stu
dent body president is to develop
among students a better under
standing of the traffic appeals
court. He expressed his opinion
that student interests should con
tinue to be represented on the
court.
Finally, Roberts described his
mess hall program. He stated a
wish for closer communication and
cooperation between students and
mess hall personnel. Ideas would
be submitted to the food director
on possible menu changes, he said.
Election Red Tape
Melvin C. Young- (seated), senior election commission
member, registers freshman Randolph C. Aldridge for
Wednesday’s voting.
Fixed Wing Test
Makeups Planned
Saturday Morning
Students who were un
able to take the Army
Fixed Wing Aptitude Tests
at an earlier time will have
another opportunity Satur
day. A make-up test ses
sion is scheduled at 8:30
a.m. Saturday in Room 201
of the Military Science
Building Annex.
More than 65 cadets are
reported to have expressed
an interest in the program
which trains Army ROTC
cadets to pilot aircraft. At
the completion of the
course, most students quali
fy for a civilian pilot’s li
cense and enter the Army
Flight Training Program
after they go on active
duty.
Information concerning
the program is available
from Lt. Col. Homer A.
Stuverud or Capt. John R.
Vilas.