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hoo tes and had is d games, officials id replies {» S they we S ce of theil Che Battalion Salt Water Pilot Plant. See Page 3 Volume 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1963 Number 118 1 id Fit ■>t put with! d Jim Lancai 'ssed the in £ man froii J second in tie ion qual • the 440-j'jd ime. iso held sod finances as li McLatchie th or the bests exas this ytat. dder and te .irned in a a nds flat in lb nd Janice Eb neyder set ia 00-yard dad 4-H Roundup! Honors Top | Texas Teams | Top Texas 4-H Club teams were honored Wednesday night at a banquet in Duncan Hall, as winners in Texas 4-H Roundup contests and demonstrations were announced. More than 2,000 people attended the dinner. Many of the state winners in* the 28 subject matter contests will (jll. t Picks Officers For 1963-64 More Than 3,000 Enroll it To Lii % I represent Texas in the national finals later this year. Some earned trips to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago, others re ceived scholarships, medals or watches. Director John E. Hutchison of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service told the outstanding 4-H members that “education is a life time process.” He pointed out that their achievements as state winners are rungs in their ladders of per sonal development. WINNING TEAMS represented the “cream of the crop” of Texas 1-H Club members, since all con testants first won top awards in their respective counties or dis tricts prior to coming to the state finals at A&M. Roundup theme this year was “4-H: Young Citi zens in Action.” The young people represented all portions of the state. Among counties having the gratest number of first, second and third place awards were Comanche, Hidalgo, Coleman, Ellis, Lubbock, Taylor, Wheeler, Anderson and Panola. Brazos County 4-H members topped a second and two third place awards. Karen Kindt of Route 2, Bryan, placed second in the foods and nutrition educational activity. Her coach was Miss Emily Ritter, county home demon stration agent. The Brazos County dairy judging team finished third. Members *ere David Harvell, Joey Skri- ■anek, Sammy Novosad and Dicky Batten, all of Bryan. The team scored 1,412 points. County Agri cultural Agent Tom Sistrunk was toach. THIRD PLACE honors also went to the Brazos County poultry judg- 'ti£ team, composed of Mike Warns, who was high point indi- Hdual; and Gary Vance, Jack fisher and Sammy Catalina, all of Bryan. County Agent Sistrunk *as coach for the team which scored 1,891 out of a possible 2,100 Points. The A&M Chapter of the Ameri can Association of University Pro fessors (AAUP) announced the election of three new officers for 1963-64 late last week. Dr. Edwin B. Doran Jr., associate professor of geography was named president. Dr. William J. Clark, assistant professor of biology was elected vice-president. The new secretary- treasurer is Dr. Sewell H. Hop kins, professor of biology. The AAUP is the only organi zation that represents all Ameri can college teachers and research ers, Hopkins pointed out. With a membership of more than 50,000, the Association is devoted to rais ing the professional standards and economic status of faculty mem bers. Hopkins said the A&M Chapter has 100 members. Doran came to A&M in 1960. He completed undergraduate work and received a Masters degree at LSU. He received his Ph.D at the Uni versity of California in 1953. Clark joined the A&M faculty in 1957. Hopkins first came here in 1935. Top Schoolmen Three presidents of state associations are schools; J. W. Patterson, superintendent of among the 500 Texas schoolmen expected Johnson County schools; and B. I. Boyett of to attend the 1963 conferences here Monday Freeport, president of the Texas Association through Wednesday. They are, left to right, of Instructional Supervisors. James Martin, superintendent of Arlington Wednesday Count Hits Record High By late Wednesday almost 3,100 students had registered for the first A&M summer session. Registrar H. L. Heaton said that his latest counts showed the largest summer school enrollment since 1949, during the late stages of the post-war college boom. Registration was to have continued up until 5 p. m. Thursday. Last summer, 2,739 students, including 203 coeds, en rolled for the first term. Heaton said that a separate count of female students will not be made until Friday. He estimated that about the same number as last year had applied for admission to the summer school and added IN MEMORIAL STUDENT CENTER Four Begin Groups Of Schoolmen Conferences Monday More than 500 Texas schoolmen will be on campus Monday through Wednesday for the 1963 conference of four state educators’ associa tions. Meeting during the three-day Memorial Student Center affair will be the Texas Association of County Superintendents, the Texas School Administrators Association, the Texas Association of Instruct ional Supervisors, and the newly formed Texas Association of Public School Adult Educators. Maritime Students Sail For Europe ii 12-0*4’ pkg- 9 1 Training Given To ominican-Bound Team Of Ag Aides The three-member A&M team to ^rve at a new agricultural school ® the Dominican Republic began ! six-week orientation program on "■e A&M campus this week. The trio is expected to go to the "Sst Indies late in July. Mem- ^rs of their families will ac- ^pany them for the two-year ' er ^ice tour. Chief, of the party is Lester Bu- who recently served as Area || JR supervisor of vocational agri- ^Iture programs of the Texas ^cation Agency. He earlier ^ed in Paraguay. , Completing the A&M team are * hllace Hawkins, vocational agri- j*Rure teacher at Tyler, and Clif- ' 4l ' Laywell, animal husbandry in- ^hietor at A&M. The A&M party will assist in ^Wishing the Institute Superior ? Affricultura near Santiago, an 5! snd city. Word said the new school will ^Py a 700-acre site and in time 'jh have 240 dormitory students. J : (thty students are expected when ^ school opens later this year. Agricultural technicians trained * the school will go into rural “fcs to assist the people. A&M already has groups assist- at educational institutions in ^ Pakistan and Tunisia. The orientation program here is hen by faculty members with Tthand knowledge of and service. overseas Twenty Texas Maritime Acade my cadets made history Monday as they boarded the ship Empire State IV in New York City. The students form the first class of the Academy, an integral part of A&M, and were boarding the ship for their summer cruise. Be fore returning Aug. 24, they will have visited major European ports. The 20 young men are guests a- board the New York Maritime Academy’s ship. About 540 cadets pf the New York school make up the remainder of the crew. THE TEXAS delegation includ ing Capt. Bennett M. Dodson, TMA superintendent, flew by jet Monday Theme For 1963 SCONA Will Be Views Of Taxpayer The taxpayer’s view of govern ment spending will be the theme of the ninth annual Student Con ference on National Affairs at A&M next fall. The topic was chosen by a com mittee of faculty and students, Russell Huddleston of San An tonio, chairman of SCONA IX, an nounced. Attending the A&M meeting will be students from universities and colleges throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. Subtopics include the effects of government spending on the na tion, international aspects of spend ing and an overall appraisal of past and future expenditures. Huddleston said A&M students ai'e contacting private firms and individuals throughout Texas and Mexico this summer in an effort to raise the $18,000 budget for the three-day conference. Speakers during the eight pre vious conferences have included such men as Vice President Lyndon Johnson, ambassadors, military and government officials. morning- from Houston’s Interna tional Airport. “The three summer cruises of 12 weeks each are an integral part of the curriculum and are made for the purpose of allowing cadets to study port facilities and foi’eign commerce ,as well as to gain prac tical experience in ship opera tions,” Dodson said. Next year the TMA cadets will make a cruise to a different part of the world. Ports of call for the 1963 cruise include Dublin, Hamburg, Antwerp, Naples and Palma in the Balearic Islands of the Mediterranean Sea. THE EMPIRE State IV will be shin tested and sailed up the Hudson to Albany before the At lantic crossing. The maritime cadets will stand watch and meet other responsibili ties during the cruise. The TMA cadets began classes on the A&M campus last' Septem ber. In a few months, the second class will report to begin the four- year program of study and cruises which leads to a Bachelor of Sci ence degree, a U. S. Naval Reserve commission and opportunities in the world of the sea and shore- based facilities. STUDENTS MAKING the cruise this summer will resume studies in September. They will use newly- i-enovated facilities in a building at old Fort Crockett in Galveston. According to Dr. Paul R. Hen- sarling, head of the Department of Education and Psychology, four- principal speakers will be heard during the meeting: Texas Attorney General Wag goner Carr, who will speak on “The Role of the Public Schools in Teaching Americanism” at the final general assembly; NATT B. BURBANK, president of the American Association of School Administrators and superin tendent of the Boulder Valley Schools, Boulder, Colo, who will speak on “The School Administra tor — Yesterday, Today, and To morrow” at the Tuesday general session; Paul V. Petty, chairman of the Department of Educational and Administrative Services, College of Education, University of New Mexico, who will discuss “Obsta cles to Curriculum Improvement” at the opening session Monday morning; The Rev. A. T. Dyal, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Bay City, who will give the de- votionals at all general assemblies. HENSARLING said the theme of the’ meeting is “Strengthening Education Through Leadership.” The program will consist of three main phases: 1. The general assemblies which are designed to give inspiration. 2. Group discussions to be held after general assemblies and as sociation meetings on Monday and Tuesday. 3. The organization meetings at which the business of the i-espective associations will be carried out. The group discussions, according to Hensarling, will be the most important part of the meeting. He explained that these will give op portunity for recognized authori ties in the field of education to ex change information and advice on specific problems. ALSO LISTED by Hensarling as special features of the program are: A golf tournament to be held Sunday on the A&M course; a smorgasbord dinner Monday at 5:30 p.m. in the MSC at which Ninth Annual Youth Rodeo To Continue Thru Saturday The 9th annual youth rodeo, sponsored by the Bryan Saddle Club, began Wednesday night and will continue with nightly performances through Saturday. The rodeo is being held at the club grounds four miles north of Bryan on Tabor Road. Competitors in the rodeo range from junior high through high school age youngsters. The program was launched with a downtown parade Wednesday in Bryan. Brazos County Judge W. C. Davis will speak on “The Legal Back drop of Integration in Public Edu cation;” a space science lecture and demonstration by the National Aei-onautics and Space Administra tion in the ballroom of the MSC Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. that he saw no reason why this year’s count of coeds would not be approximately the same as last year. Women have attended A&M in the summer for many years. Under a recent ruling by the Board of Directors, a limited number may enroll in long terms. The graduate school and the School of Veterinary Medicine have been opened to any qualified women applicants. The wives of students and the wives and daugh ters of faculty and staff members will be admitted to undergraduate school under the new ruling. Heaton said that at this time last year 2,478 students had en rolled for the first summer term. The Wednesday count was 3,071. In 1949 A&M had 3,089 students attending the first summer sesion. A final, official count of enrol- lees for this term cannot be made until registration is completed Thui-sday, Heaton stressed. He ad ded that cards for the students will have to be coded and fed through machines early Friday. NSF To Sponsor Special Programs About 300 high school and col lege students and teachers from 33 states, Panama and Canada will be on the A&M campus this sum mer for special programs sponsored by the National Science Founda tion. Most of the programs in the sciences, engineering and mathema tics will begin Monday. They ex tend over varying periods of time from a month to the entire sum mer. “Basic aims of the program are to stimulate interest and enrich science backgrounds,” said Coleman Loyd, A&M coordinator of National Science Foundation programs. All of the programs will be con ducted here except for the Sum mer Institute in Oceanography and Meteorology scheduled June 3-28. This group of 30 persons will use Galveston facilities of A&M’s De partment of Oceanography and Meteorology. A total of 124 high school stu dents will participate in programs in physics, mathematics, biology or geology. One-hundred-twenty junior and senior high school teachers will be studying to add to their knowledge of science, thus improving their teaching, he said. The summer institutes for college teachers will be in engineering mechanics, physics, computer pro gramming and radioisotope tech nology. Three Negroes Enroll Quietly For 1st Term A&M took its first i-acial inte gration step peacefully Monday as three Negro men were quietly reg istered for the first session of sum mer school. The move, which was in keeping with a Board of Directors policy established last year to “admit qualified students regardless of race.” Negroes were admitted to the A&M System at Arlington State College last fall under the same ruling. The three men who enrolled here Monday were the first Negroes to apply for admittance to A&M since the Board decision. Two of the men hold Masters degrees from Prairie View A&M and are here for the National Sci ence Foundation Institute in Earth Sciences. They will study under the Department of Geology and Geophysics. George Douglas Sutton is a sci ence teacher at I. M. Terrell High School, Fort Worth, and Vernell Jackson teaches science at Neal Jr. High in Bryan. Although the NSF Institute will be in progress through both summer terms, the two men say they will study here only during the first session. The third man, LeRoy Stei’ling, is an undergraduate. He is a resi dent of Bryan and plans at present to attend only during the first summer term. Sterling has attend ed Texas Southern University at Houston. The three were admitted as spec ial students and enrolled in the of fice of A&M Registrar H. L. Heaton, where College Information Officials said a small group of people was present. Antique Auto Fans Open 3-Day Meet Today In Bryan Antique auto buffs from three states are holding a three-day ral ly here beginning Thursday as part of the Texas tour of the Antique Automobile Club of America. The meet was expected to draw autos and owners from Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. The Gulf Coast Region of the old car owners has cooperated with the Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce in sponsoring the conference. Friday, the autos will be judged for prizes in 22 classes in the park ing lot of Townshire Shopping Center. At 10 a.m. the group will leave for Brenham for a parade and lunch. They will return to Bryan via Independence. That evening the car fans will have a banquet in Sbisa Dining Hall which will be followed by a fashion show of authentic period costumes. Saturday morning at 10 the cars will parade from Townshire to downtown Bryan. At 2 p.m. driv ers will compete in contest of skill including blindfold driving, crank ing and obstacle racing. An award banquet will be held Saturday night in the Memorial Student Center. Remember When? Barney Calvert of Pasadena and his wife, Louise, wave from their 1911 Ford. They arrived here Wednesday for the Antique Auto Meet to be held today through Saturday.
