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Volume 60
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1963
Number 111
Fulsa Editor
Will
Grad
Speak At
Exercise
Jenkin Lloyd Jones, editor of
41 lie Tulsa, Okla., Tribune, has been
jjj tamed to give the spring com-
nencement address May 25 in G.
Tomorrow Is
deadline For
11 Play Senate Filing
irday
The filing deadline for pro
spective Student Senate repre
sentatives and election commis
sion representatives for the 1963-
M school year is 5 p.m. Wed-
ained the (test nesday, according to A1 Wheeler,
he 12-2Texatu election commission chairman.
One class member from each of
the four schools at A&M will be
elected to Senate posts and five
members of each class are to
he chosen for the election com
mission. Wheeler said that only
1# had filed for all positions by
Monday afternoon.
" Soil Judging Team
ins First Place
t National Meet
The A&M Soil Judging Team
'on first place over the University
Minnesota Saturday in the
jational Intercollegiate Soil Judg-
Contest at Texas Tech in Lub-
ock,
The judging team is composed
If Jimmy Aiston, Bobby Heine,
lines Bartek, Doug Deshotels and
Iternate, Leo Newland. J. T.
tills, assistant professor of agro-
hy, is the team coach.
Bartek was the high scoring in-
ividual in the contest.
■ The Texas Tech Agronomy Club
|pas host for the contest held at
pst, 45 miles southwest of Lub-
hck.
Ten colleges' and universities
ire represented at the annual
West.
Wire
Review
By The Associated Press
U. S. NEWS
cape Canaveral, Fla. —
scheduled 22-orbit space
feht of astronaut L. Gordon
f°Per Jr. was postponed today
touse of trouble with a track-
? radar at Bermuda.
There was no indication when
Punching would be resched-
H;
★ ★ ★
WASHINGTON — The United
Wes called off Monday night a
^ of three small detonations
billed for the Atomic Energy
Mission’s Nevada test site this
Wth.
be AEG announced cancella-
0,1 °f the tests without explana-
on.
TEXAS NEWS
DALLAS — Three members of
6 Republican convention site
lection committee toured Dallas
Nay and studied it as a pos-
p place for the 1964 meeting,
local GOP leaders were not
hopeful of bringing the ses-
here.
[lean Tool, Colorado state chair-
pn and vice chairman of the
l site selection committee, said
was too early to say who
pt get next year’s convention.
Rollie White Coliseum.
He is a past president of the
American Society of Newspaper
Editors, and recipient of the Wil
liam Allen White award for journa
listic achievement given by Sigma
Delta Chi, national professional
journalistic society.
A LIEUTENANT commander in
the U. S. Naval Reserve Forces,
he served as a communications of
ficer during World War II and
took part in the Iwo Jima and
Okinawa campaigns in the Pacific.
Nine hundred undergraduate and
130 graduate degi’ees will be con
ferred with the ceremonies begin-
ing at 9 a.m.
Conferring degrees will be Dean
Wayne C. Hall, all graduate de
grees; Dean A. A. Price, veterinary
medicine degrees; Dr. G. M. Wat
kins, bachelor of science degrees
in agriculture; Dean Frank W. R.
Hubert, bachelor degrees in busi
ness, social sciences and education;
and Dean Fred J. Benson, bachelor
degrees in engineering and archi
tecture.
Following graduation exercises,
Final Review will be held for all
members of the Corps of Cadets
on the Main Drill Field begining at
1:15 p.m. Commissioning exercises
will be held at 3:30 in the coliseum.
THE CEREMONIES will begin
with procession music by Mrs. A.
B. Medlen followed by the invoca
tion by Donald Neuman, civilian
chaplain; presentation of develop
ment fund gift by L. F. Peterson,
president of the Association of
Former Students; greetings from
the Board of Directors by board
president Sterling C. Evans; and
greetings from Chancellor M. T.
Harrington.
President Earl Rudder will in
troduce the commencement speaker.
Following the address, Rudder will
officiate in the conferring" of de
grees. After the degrees are con
ferred, Robert L. Boone will lead
the graduates and audience in sing
ing “The Spirit of Aggieland.” The
benediction will be given by Kirk
Blackard, corps chaplain.
Mother Launches Big Day
As did 40 others Sunday morning, this com- pinning ceremony in front of the outfit’s
manding officer’s Mother initiated the an- dormitory,
nual Parents’ Day with a company flower-
WILL REPRESENT REGION
SHSTC, Pan
14th Annual
Am Sweep
Aggie Rodeo
Sam Houston State Teachers
College and Pan American College
will represent the southern region
of the National Intercollegiate
Rodeo Association after winning
the NIRA Aggie Rodeo last week
end.
The Sam Houston team and Pan
American will compete in the Na
tional finals in Denver, Colo, dur
ing the summer. Both teams went
into the Aggie Rodeo leading the
southern region.
Sam Houston, which won first
place team honors, came up with
both the all-round cowboy and cow
girl.
LEO ANDERSON took the all
round cowboy title and AifeM’s
Bobby Robinson was the runner-up.
Jean Joiner won the all-round cow
girl honors.
John Maxwell of East Texas
State College won the bareback
riding with Raymond Hulin of
Lamar Tech placing second. Leo
Anderson of Sam Houston won
thh-d and Phil Vassar of McNeese
won the fourth place honors.
IN MONO A Y CEREMONY
Baldauf Is Named
Top Ag Professor
Dr. Richard J. Baldauf, associate
professor of wildlife management,
has been named “Outstanding Pro
fessor in the School of Agricul
ture.”
The honor was announced Mon
day night by the Student Agricul
tural Council, which makes the
selection annually. The decision is
based on the nominee’s knowledge
of his subject, ability to present
the subject and help extended to
his students.
BALDAL T F IS known on the
campus and in the field of bio
logical sciences for his research
and teaching in ichthyology and
herpetology. Ichthyology is the
study of fishes and herpetology
is the field which deals with am
phibians and reptiles.
In the Department of Wildlife
Management, Baldauf teaches sur
vey courses on both fresh-water
and marine fishes. He teaches a
junior course in herpetology and
senior courses on the biology of
fishes and the conservation and
management of fishes.
His other duties include service
on many graduate committees.
Baldauf is the current president
of the A&M Chapter of The So
ciety of the Sigma Xi, a national
honor society of researchers.
HE IS ALSO a member of the
American Society of Ichthyologists
and Herpetologists, Society of Sys
tematic Zoology, Texas Herpetolo-
gical Society, a fellow of the Texas
Academy of Sciences, National Geo
graphic Society, American Society
of Zoologists, and is a fellow of the
Academy of Science.
The scientist received his BS
degree at Albright College in Penn
sylvania, and his MS and Ph de-
DR. RICHARD J. BALDAUFgrees at A&M.
Anderson won the saddle bronc Dianne Lloyd of Kilgore with Lois
riding event with Spann Green
wood of McNeese placing second.
Bobby Blackird of Sam Houston
placed third.
...ROYCE ROGERS, the three
time winner of all-x - ound cowboy
honors, won the bull riding event
for Pan American. Nelson Spotts
of McNeese took second and Jim
Boudreau also of McNeese, placed
third.
The steer dogging honors went
to Lynn Turner of A&M. John
Baker and Jack Taylor of A&M
won second and third place, res
pectively. Leo Anderson placed
fourth.
In the tie-down calf roping,
Richard Walker of Southwest Tex
as State College won first with
Bobby Robinson of A&M taking
second. Hardy Tadlock of Sam
Houston won third with Lynn
Turner of A&M and Jim Prather
of North Texas State University
taking fourth and fifth.
ROBINSON of A&M won the
ribbon roping with Martin Riffino
of Sam Houston taking second.
Rogers of Pan American and Joe
Neff of A&M took third and fourth
places.
The girls goat tying title went
to Ann Dorman of Sam Houston.
Sam Houston took all four of the
winning places in the goat tying
event. Miss Joiner won second,
Nita Cornelius placed third and
Linda Reitz took fourth place.
The barrel race was won by
Daniels of Pan American in second.
Sandy Williams of Texas A&I took
third place honors with Linda
Reitz of Sam Houston winning
fourth.
University Leaders
Attend Ceremonies
Gov. John Connally signed the long awaited an dmuch
discussed name-change into reality this morning at nine as
he affixed his signature on the bill entitled ‘‘An Act changing
the name of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
to Texas A&M University.”
Attending the brief ceremony in the Governor’s office
of the state capitol were President Earl Rudder, Chancellor
M. T. Harrington, Sen. W. A. (Bill) Moore, Bryan, Rep. David
Haines of College Station and several other former students
who as representatives in the House helped to co-sponsor
the bill.
As Governor Connally took pen in hand to sign the
bill, he reminded t h o s e - *
present, ‘‘This just changes
the name, and has nothing to
do with co-eds.”
As the bill became law and
the new name became history, jt
marked the culmination of more
than two years activity.
It was on March 6, 1961 that a
controversial bill requesting a
name change to Texas State Uni
versity and Agricultural and
Mechanical College was introduced
into the Texas Senate. Sponsors of
The bill were Sens. W. T. (Bill)
Moore of Bryan, Andy Rogers of
Childress, George Moffitt of Chil-
licothe and A. R. Schwartz of Gal
veston.
Caught in the busy Senate calen
dar, the bill introduced by Moore
died when it never came to a vote.
IN MAY of last year A&M stu
dents voted in an informal student
opinion poll on a name change for
A&M which would eliminate “col
lege” and add “university.” Results
of the poll showed that 1,943 stu
dents were in favor of a name
change while 1,395 students op
posed it.
Early this spring on February
23, the Board of Directors made
the decision to ask members of the
House and Senate for a name
change.
Sterling C. Evans, president of
the A&M Board of Directors told
The Battalion at that time:
“This request from the board to
the legislature to change the name
to Texas A&M University will be
in keeping with the findings of the
Century Council.”
TWO WEEKS later the proposed
legislation in the form of a bill
was introduced in the House by
Haines.
Although the name was termed
“a mistake” by Moore,” he chose
to go along with the name selected
by the Board rather than oppose
the bill. As a result of the united
stand taken by legislators, the bill
ran into little trouble in either
house and was sent to the governor
as the final step.
8th Army General
Will Inspect Here
The new VIII tl. S. Army Corps I spection of Army Reserve facilities
commander will visit the A&M in this area.
campus Wednesday on his first in- J Brig _ Gen _ Wiuiam R Calhoun,
„ ..■ ■■_■ * who assumed the Corps command
H| last month, will be the luncheon
guest of President Earl Rudder.
Rudder commands the 90th Infan
try Division, Texas’ own reserve
component, with the rank of major
general. Both Corps and Division
headquarters are in Austin.
As Corps commander, General
Calhoun is responsible for the ad
ministration, training and supply
of all Army Reserve units in the
two-state Corps area of Texas and
New Mexico. He came to VIII
Corps from an assignment as di-
dector of the Joint War Games
Control Group, Joint Chiefs of
Staff, Washington, D. C.
General Calhoun graduated from
the United States Military Acad
emy at West Point in 1933. He
served in five major campaigns in
GEN. W. R. CALHOUN World War II.
Co-ed Paper
Is Referred To
Subcommittee
AUSTIN WP> — “We’ll establish
a dangerous precedent if we step
in and tell the Texas A&M Board
of Directors what to do,” Rep.
David Haines of Bryan told a
House committee Monday night.
Speaking against a resolution
asking- the college to reconsider
its decision to admit coeds, Haines
said,
“They ought to be commended
rather than condemned for their
courageous decision ... I think
A&M does face a crisis, but it will
be alleviated in part by loosening
restrictions.”
More than 300 uniformed cadets
showed up for the hearing before
the State Affairs Committee, but
they had to wait three hours to
be heard when the house adjourn
ed at 10:30 p.m. after a draggy
night session.
The measure, sponsored by Rep.
Will Smith of Beaumont, went to
a subcommittee with instructions
to report back Wednesday.
“I feel this major policy de
cision to admit girls should be
made by the state and not by an
appointed board of directors,”
Smith said.
He noted that Texas Woman’s
University in Denton is all-female
by law, and said the legislature
should have the same authority to
pressure A&M for men only.
“A man from Dallas will hold
back a $1 million grant if the
board doesn’t reverse its action,
and a Houston man says he will
do the same about a $1 donation
to build onto the union building,”
Roland said.
By a 120-15 vote, the House
Monday allowed Rep. E. M. Ed
wards to introduce a “compromise”
bill seeking to prevent co-eds
from attending A&M on the under
graduate level during the fall and
spring terms.
Sqd. 8 Tops Cadet Corps
Squardon 8 was named winner
of the Gen. George F. Moore
award at the annual Parents’
Day Review Sunday .
The Gen. Moore award is pi’e-
sented annually to the Cadet
Corps unit with the highest
overall militax-y rating. Cadet
Capt. Robei’t H. Hackett is com
manding officer of Squadron 8.
The Combined Band command
ed by Cadet Lt. Col. W. T. Barn
hart Jr., was announced as the
best drilled unit, with Company
1-3, Squadi’on 11 and Company
D-2 following as other honored
units.
Company C-3, commanded by
Cadet Capt. William K. Rundell,
received the George P. F. Jouine
Scholarship Award for being the
company - size dormitory unit
with the highest scholastic rat
ing.
Also honoi'ed for scholastic
achievement was Company E-3,
commanded by Cadet Capt. S. D.
Rosenthal, which won the Corps
of Cadets Academic Achievement
Award.
The Fifth Battle Group of the
Third Bx-igade won the Presi
dent’s Awax'd for the highest
battle group or group scholasti
cally. Cadet Lt. Col. William
R. Andrews Jr. is commander of
the honored battle group.
Third Brigade color bearex’s
and color guards won the R. D.
Hinton Award, while Squadx-on
8 was selected to receive the Gen.
Spencer J. Buchanan Award for
the best company-size unit of
engineei'ing students. Squadron
8 also received the Woolridge
Award for the outstanding Air
Force unit.
The 36th Infantry Division
Award was presented to Com
pany G-l, commanded by Cadet
Capt. Edwax'd Luke Medley, as
the company showing the high
est militai’y proficiency in the
First Brigade.
Senior cadets receiving Corps
wide awards were William D.
Nix, Coi’ps Commander; Geox-ge
A. Wiederaenders, comander of
First Wing; Robex-t B. Carter,
Sixth Battle Gx-oup commander;
Sheldon J. Best, Squadron 1 com
manding officer; James C. Hil
ton, Company C-2; Charles L.
Blashke, Cadet Lt. Col. James
E. Nelson, Company F-2; John
P. Krebs, Cadet Lt. Col.
Also, Arthur R. Richax'dson,
Deputy Corps Commander;
..Claude R. Jones, Second Wing
commander; Ernest Levi Ener
Jr., commander of Squadron 16;
Frank M. Townsend Jr., First
Wing staff, and James H. Elder,
Sixth Battle Gx-oup staff.
Honored junior cadets were
Paul A. Dresser Jr., Corps staff;
Richard L. Railston, Squadron
14; Ronald W. Vaughan, Second
Brigade staff; Jerry H. Jessup,
Squadron 1; Lawx-ence N. Gai"-
rett, Corps staff; Gerald Wayne
Siegelin, Second Wmg staff;
Manning Smith, Fourth Group
staff; Russell L. Keeling, First
Gi’oup staff; Gary L. Byrd,
Company D-2; Ci’aig Abbott,
Company E - 2; Garry L. Tis
dale, Company C-2; Marion C.
Pugh Jx\; Larry A. Maddox,
Squadron 15, and Robert N. Nal-
ley, Company D-2.
Freshman medal winners in
cluded Robert Charles Knip-
stein, Company C-3; Keith E.
Cudgel, Company A-3, and James
A. Sullivan, Company A-3.
Others awards were given to
all unit and staff commanders,
outstanding best drilled sopho
more and freshman in each unit,
members of the Freshman Drill
Team, outstanding junioi's in
each battle group, group, bri
gade wing, band and corps staff,
members of the drum and bugle
corps, and outstanding non-com
missioned officers in each bri
gade and wing.
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