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Ilf' y % ■ :;{■ Che Battalion Volume 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1963 Number 105 Houston Ex To Continue His Fight Against Co-eds A AGGIE JUMPER “UNPACKING” ... Ags host weekend meet at plantation arachuteClub ill Host Meet his Weekend he A&M Parachute Club will an Invitational Meet Sat- ay and Sunday at the A&M itation, west of the Brazos er. Sifrns will indicate the way he landing area. Velve parachute club from a- ss Texas have been invited to ticipate in the meet. Over 50 ipers are expected to compete, club president Bob Richardson, riefing and final preparations beheld 7:00 a.m. on each morn- HERE WILL be five events: ovice spot jump from 2800 feet hstatic cord; an advanced spot ipwith a ten second delay from 9 feet; an intermediate style | maninulation of the bodv in? a 20 second free fall; an ad- 'style with manipulation in? a 30 second free fall that lies back loops and figure its; and a team jump with three ii who will exit the aircraft at same time with a ten second (fall for accuracy, the chief judge for the events 1 be Bob Shollv, veteran jumper 1 member of the A&M club, be meet is being sponsored ough the local Jaycees with proceeds going to charity. 8ryan and College Station mer- uits are putting un 21 trophies 'the winners of the events. WHOLLY SAID that at least two tbe jumpers will be girls from lias with possibly two more ® Houston. Three aircraft from College ition, Dallas and Killeen, will provided for the jumpers. Tickets will be available from Jaycees, the Memorial Stu nt Center and at the jump area te. Individuals will be charged 25 'ts, couples 35 cents. Tbe A&M Parachute Club has been organized since September 1961. During this time members have made over 1200 jumps with only two minor injuries. THE CLUB was granted school recognition as a student organiza tion in 1962 and is the only col lege club in the Southewestern United States. It is affiliated with the Texas Parachute Council and the Para chute Club of America. A&M Team To Compete In ‘G* E. College Bowl 9 A four-member A&M team will | Additional details on the selec- compete November 10 on the CBS tion process will be announced. television networK's “G. E. Col lege Bowl,” Dean Frank W. R. Hubert announced Thursday. The Sunday afternoon show fea tures competition between two teams from different colleges and universities. The students answer questions on varied subjects with the weekly winner meeting a new challenger the next Sunday. A&M’s OPPONENT is .not yet known, Dean Hub'ert said. The dean of the School of Arts and Sci ences stressed that students in all schools of the college will be con sidered for the team. “We will invite moninations by all department heads and urge any interested student to come by this office — Room 208 Nagle Hall — before the end of the semester,” the dean said. Industrial Fair To Feature Crafts Approximately 1,200 high school students and faculty members are expected for the annual Texas In dustrial Arts Fair, scheduled here Saturday and Sunday in the Mem orial Student Center. Last year more than one thou sand persons from 69 schools at tended, entering projects in 19 dif ferent areas of competition. Outstanding students from all over the state will show projects in such fields as ceramics, elec tronics, machine shop, mechanical drawing and woodcraft. More than 70 schools will com pete for 400 trophies, plaques, rib bons and certificates. A SPECIAL trophy will be pre sented to the school winning ^he largest number of awards. For the past three years Snyder High School has dominated the fair. Students will begin arriving on campus Friday afternoon and will have until 9 a.m. Saturday to sub mit their projects. Judging will take place from 8:30 —12 a.m. in DeWare Field House, while the students are attending a talent show in Guion Hall spon sored by the MSC Talent Com mittee. The talent show will also be open to the public. Saturday afternoon the projects will be displayed for the public in DeWare Field House from 1-4 p.m., J. L. Boone, fair director, said. ANOTHER FEATURE of the fair will be on-campus student participation contests. This pro gram will include contests to deter mine technical knowledge in such subjects as woodworking, metal working, crafts, electronics, draft ing and technical speaking. Also included will be the annual state convention of the Texas In dustrial Arts Student Association. State officers and a sweetheart will be elected at the Friday afte- noon meeting. An awards banquet in the Ball room of the MSC will conclude the festivities. Winners will be presented a- wards and student officers and the state sweetheart for the coming year will be presented. : : V . ‘.TV . - f -, v<- : $$*3$ m. - ■ ^. ■Mmm : East Gate Of The Future? •:* F. Smyth (left), William R. Doreen, and architect tofessor Samuel T. Lanford examine a third year class 'ode! of proposed design for the East Gate shopping area. Architects Design Future East Gate Shopping Center A design proposal for the future development of the East Gate shop ping area will be made in the Council Room of the College Sta tion City Hall at 8 p.m. Thurs day. The proposed design is the re sult of a third year design prob lem of the A&M Department of Architecture. The design takes into account future needs of the area, including traffic flow. The area involved is that in cluding Coach Norton’s Pan Cake House, Pruitts Beautv Salon. .......Werner’s Insurance Building and Wilson’s Plumbing Center. The area will extend to Foster Street, the first paved street behind the buildings. Samuel T.,Lanford, assistant pro fessor of architecture, said that the design will be presented to the property owners concerned, but that the public is welcome to the meeting. Lanford said that if the design is favorably received, the East Gate merchants may form a co operative or similar type of or ganization to govern future de velopment of the area. The four students and their coach will travel to New York City by jet airliner, stay at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel and otherwise be guests of the show. SUBJECTS covered by questions on the General Electric-sponsored “bowl” include ancient and modern European history. American, Eng lish and European literature, philo sophy, science, mathematics, eco nomics, current events, classical and popular music, art, mythology and the Bible. The college or university repre sented by the winning team on the weekly program receives a $1,500 scholarship grant. The losers get a $500 scholarship grant for their school. BASKETBALL THIS YEAR Practice Underway For 12th Man Bowl By DAVID MORGAN Battalion Staff Writer Practice began Wednesday for the Twelfth Man Bowl basketball game to be held Saturday morning, May 11 in DeWare Field House, an nounced Doug Hotchkiss, chairnian of the Student Senate issues com mittee. Hotchkiss said the game will match corps and civilian students. All those intevested in playing may report to DeWare at 5 p.m. Thurs day is the last day of practice before the teams are selected, Hotchkiss added. Col. Joe E. Davis has yielded commandant’s drill time for the game, and all members of the Corps will be allowed to attend the CSC Decries T Shirts, Shower Shoes The Civilian Student Council is sponsoring a campaign to erase the “T-shirt and shower shoes” image of some civilian students In a letter to President Rudder, council president Jeff Harp report ed the CSC has voted unanimously in favor of stronger enforcement of the clothing regulations, and asked Rudder’s help in the matter. HARP REFERRED to the sec tion of the college regulations which states no T-shirts will be worn on camnus unless the stu dent is participating in an ath letic event, and no shower shoes will be worn outside dormitories at any time. Regulations also state that a student is required to have a neat appearance on the campus at all times, will be clean shaven with proper hair cut and without a beai’d. “The council would appreciate any action which you could initi ate toward achieving such an en forcement program,” Harp wrote. Dean James P. Hannigan said the Executive Committee approved the request and will ask the faculty and counselors and dining hall supervisors to familiarize them selves with the regulations and to assist the CSC in the matter. ANOTHER violation of the clothing rules discussed was the wearing of clothing which dis plays athletic or similar emblems awarded by schools other than A&M, including other colleges and high schools. Hannigan reported the matter was discussed informally with members of the Board of Directors at their last meeting. The di rectors expressed admiration for the Civilian Student Council’s ac tion in seeking stricter enforce ment, he said. game. Normally scheduled drill will follow. GAME TIME is 7 a.m. Admis sion will be 50 cents. Head coach for the Corps is Bil ly Atkinson, assisted by Dickie Stringfellow. The civilians are coached by John Reynolds, assisted by Lynn Merritt and Lee Walker. Coach Shelby Metcalf is giving as sistance. The annual bowl games are sponsored by the Student Senate supporting the 12th Man Fund Scholarships. Hotchkiss said thus far 11 Aggies are on the scholar ships, one of whom will be gradu ated in May. The basketball game is held this year in lieu of the annual football game because the issues committee had “run into difficulties with the athletic department,” according to Hotchkiss. HOTCHKISS told the committee April 18 that he had been trying to talk to Coach Hank Foldberg about the matter since the first part of March, but was unable to see Him. He said he then talked to Barlow (Bones) Irvin, assistant athletic director, and S. M. Meeks, equip ment manager, but they told him it would be impossible to have the bowl game because equipment had been cleaned and stored or was being repaired. Attorneys Study Legal Loopholes By GERRY BROWN Battalion Associate Editor Houston radio announcer Robert W. Roland, ’57, told the Battalion Wednesday night that he is' continuing his fight against co-education at A&M with the aid of attorneys who are already working on legal steps to reverse the decision made by the Board of Directors last Saturday. “The decision is being briefed and a lot of .things are being studied. All I can say now, is that there are ways to overthrow this thing,” he stated. Rowland pointed out that the worst thing that could happen now is for the former students, the Corps of Cadets and friends of the school to feel that nothing can be done. “The fight has just begun and will be won eventually by the people of Texas whrrt feel the need for at least one all-male institution,” he re marked. Continuing, he said “I do not feel that any woman who respects A&M’s past would want any part in destroying its future.” THERE ARE petitions circulat ing among Houston high school students in opposition to co-educa tion at A&M, Rowland reported. He indicated that he had also re ceived numerous letters support ing’ his position from high school boys in Houston. In response to a question con cerning his previous statement that he would give up his Aggie ring because it stood for “the A&M that is no more,” Rowland replied, “I’m holding on to my ring until I can see how this turns out.” The former student said that the fight against co-education may last through September. “The Board of Directors will have a long summer, I hope that they don’t have too many plans,” he added. ROWLAND was graduated from A&M in 1957 with a degree in personnel administration. A mem ber of “D” Field Artillery while at A&M, he served six months ac tive duty with the army at Fort Sill, Okla. The issue of co-education will come under further discussion Thursday night when Sterling C. Evans, president of the A&M Board of Directors, meets with Corps and civilian student leaders in the Chemistry Lecture Room. Also attending the closed ses sion will be L. F. Peterson, presi dent of the Association of Former Students, who expressed an inter est in joining the discussion. Corps To Offer New Award For Scholastic Achievement Corps Commander Bill Nix an nounced Wednesday that the Corps will offer a scholastic award for which all outfits are eligible. The presentation will made along with others at the annual Mother’s Day ceremonies May 12. Nix said that in the past a flag has been presented each year by the A&M Mothei-s’ Club of Hous ton to the company-sized dormitory unit with the highest scholastic standing. The new award is being offered so that outfits not housed in dorm itories will also have an opportun ity to be honored for scholastic prowess. The winning outfit will receive a plaque and its members will be given individual ribbons to wear on their uniforms the following year, said Nix. Fourth Fee Due May 10 The Housing Office issued a reminder Wednesday that fourth installment fees are due by May 10. Students will not be given credit for course work they are now taking if payments are not in. TU Drops Presidency AUSTIN — UP) — W. W. Heath, chairman of the University of Tex as Board of Regents, announced that the position of president of the main university is being dis continued. Heath said he was announcing the decision after polling other members of the board. Dr. Joseph R. Smiley, presi dent of the university, resigned Saturday to take over the pres idency of the University of Col orado effective July 1. Heath’s statement said: “THE BOARD of regents has decided to consolidate the pres ent administrations of the sys tem and the main university ef fective July 1, 1963. ‘‘Under this consolidation, the presidency of * the main univer sity will be discontinued and the administration of the University of Texas unified under the office of the chancellor, the position held by Dr. Harry Ransom. “IN ACCORDANCE with the usual procedure of the board of regents and the central admin istration, the chancellor will con sult appropriate faculty commit tees concerning the implications of this administrative consolida tion and will report to the board’s May 24 meeting at which time the regents will consider the details incident to such consolida tion.” FFA Banquet Set For Saturday The A&M Collegiate Chapter of Future Farmers of America will hold its annual Student-Prof Ban- i quet at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at ! Clayton’s Restaurant. Layton Black, chapter president, said awards will be presented to j outstanding junior and senior agri- ! culture education majors, leader- I ship winners and a junior scholar ship winner. The guest speaker will be Jerry Clark, president of the Texas As sociation of Future Farmers of America. Architects Like Them Mike Greer of Fort Worth poses with the fourth year architects’ sign hung from an Academic Building window.