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Volume 60
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1963
Number 146
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FLYERS RECEIVE HALF WINGS
Major Gordon conduc ts pinning ceremonies.
26 SENIORS ENROLLED
Half Wings’ Awarded
To Army Flight Cadets
Twenty-six seniors were enrolled
in the Army ROTC Flight Train
ing Program and received the
“half” silver wing of the pilot
trainee, Wednesday afternoon in
the Military Science Building. Af
ter the trainees complete 35 hours
of ground school and 36% hours
of flight instruction, the students
will qualify for pilot’s wings and
a civilian FAA pilot’s license.
THOSE NAMED to the training
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T. W. Leland
Services Set
For Saturday
Funeral services will be held at
10 a.m. Saturday for A&M Univer
sity Professor Emeritus T. W. Le
land, 68, who had a national re
putation in business administra
tion education. He died Monday
after a heart attack while in Min
neapolis for a professional meet
ing.
Professor Leland retired in. 1961
as professor of business adminis
tration and head of the Division
of Business Administration. He
had joined the faculty in 1922.
Funeral services will be held at
the A&M Presbyterian Church with
the Rev. H. Bruce Fisher, pastor,
officiating. Burial will be in the
College Station Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth,
who was with him in Minneapolis;
a daughter, Mrs. Mary Leland of
College Station, a son T. W. Le
land Jr., of Houston, and several
grandchildren.
Leland, a native of Wisconsin,
received the B.A. and M.A. degrees
from the University of Wiscon
sin before joining the A&M faculty.
HIS HONORS included serving
as president of the American Ac
counting Association and two terms
as president of the Texas Society
of Certified Public Accountants.
Leland also served several terms
as a member of the National Board
of Examiners of the American
Institute of Certified Public Ac
countants.
He was educational director of
the American Institute in 1944-5
while on leave from A&M. Leland
also was a member of several pro
fessional organizations.
THE PROFESSOR played a key
role in organizing 1 the annual Ac
counting Conference held here since
World War II. The 1962 confer
ence program was dedicated to
him.
Leland was a director of the
Community Savings and Loan As
sociation and the College Station
State Bank. He was a ruling
elder in the A&M Presbyterian
Church.
Funeral arrangements are under
the direction of Hillier Funeral
Home.
program were: C. M. Hart, C. C.
Schaefer, B. E. McCulloch, N. J.
Atkins, B. J. Woolley, M. M. Mar
low, R. A. Lewis, R. P. Moon, T.
M. Hartley, T. A. McAdams, F. D.
Summers, J. V. Chapman, M. D.
Everett, S. N. Mosty, and H. O.
Persyn.
Other listed for the program
were: C. H. Schaezler, F. G. Col-
lard III, G. R. Beds, R. R. Lyne,
R. W. Weiderhold, H. A. Niehaus,
D. P. Payne, E. E. Lathan, L. L.
Crutsinger, J. Mayfield and J. O.
Leach. D. J. Flaherty and D. W.
Doty have been named as alter
nates.
The flight program will be con
ducted at A&M’s Easterwood Air
port under the supervision of Texas
Airmotive Inc. and will include, in
addition to flying, instruction in
air communications, navigation,
aircraft inspection and meteorolo
gy. All training, text books, com
puters, and flying equipment is
furnished without cost to the
trainee.
BEFORE the students were ac
cepted for training, they were
screened by college and ROTC
officials. They also had to pass
a rigorous battery of tests.
A&M is one of 57 institutions of
higher learning where the flight
training program is being offered.
Inaugerated in 1956, the program
is designed to provide the Army
with a source of higher qualified
aviation trainees.
From 1956 to the end of school
year 1961-62, 2,880 cadets have
enrolled in the program, and 2,243
have successfully completed the
courses of instruction.
United Chest
Drive Nears
Midway Point
The College Station United Chest
campaign had achieved 36.6 per
cent of its $18,000 goal by Wednes
day night.
Dr. Chris. H. Groneman, drive
director, reported receipts of
$6,593.73 at the end of four days’
work by volunteer workers. The
10-day push will end Oct. 17.
Partial reports from 48 of 88
departments and agencies on the
campus have been received, said
Groneman. He thanked the work
ers for progress in the campaign,
urging them to complete the drive
for “One day’s pay the United
Way” as quickly as possible.
Groneman noted that the 1963
campaign is a “shade ahead” of
last year’s at the same time.
“I am confident College Station
residents will raise the $18,000
needed by the worthwhile agencies
and aid them in performing their
great services in the community,”
concluded Groneman.
Of the campus organizations and
offices, the Dean of Students
Office and the University Person
nel Office are eligible for the Gold
Star Certificates. These certifi
cates are in recognition of each
employee in these offices having
contributed one day’s pay. Grone
man urged that the academic de
partments join the distinguished
classification by giving the United
Way.
Travel Committee
Reviews Slogans
At First Meeting
New promotional ideas and slo
gans were the topic of discussion
at the first meeting of the Mem
orial Student Center Travel Com
mittee Wednesday night.
Such slogans as “See Texas,
See the USA, See the World,”
“Have Determination, Will Tra
vel,” and “Leave and Learn” have
been designed to encourage Aggies
to travel and/or work in other
parts of the United States and the
world, said James Ray, commit
tee chairman.
Programs in the following
months will cover such areas as
“European Travel Opportunities,”
Oct. 31; Nov. 14, ‘Operation Cross
roads, Africa”; and Dec. 3, “Tra
vel and Job Opportunities in the
U.S.”
These travel committee pro
grams displays of last year’s pro
jects, and a collection of job and
travel opportunities to be avail
able in the Browsing Library will
provide the stimulation and in
formation necessary, Ray stated.
“We are determined to en
courage more Aggies to represent
A&M and the great Southwest in
highly educational travel projects,
a number of adventurous and
for we know from experience the
definite value of such travel,” con
cluded Ray.
Air Crash Kills
Huntsville Man
HUNTSVILLE UP) An employee
of the Texas Department of Cor
rections died Thursday when his
single-engine plane plunged to
the ground and burned north of
here.
Killed was James Potts, 22, of
Huntsville, a former resident of
Eden in West Texas.
Officers said Potts had just tak
en off from the Ellis Unit of the
Texas prison system 10 miles
north of here when the crash
occurred about 6:30 p.m. The
crash scene was about five miles
from the farm.
Home Football Game
Brings Full Weekend
Aggie Sweetheart
Election Methods
Reviewed By CSC
The method of electing the presi
dent of the Civilian Student Council
became a prime topic of the second
session of the Civilian Student
Council Thursday night at the
Memorial Student Center.
The subject was raised by Jeff
Harp, vice president, while report
ing on new business.
Harp said that last year’s council
had recommended that the suceed-
ing council should examine the
feasibility of electing the presi
dent by popular vote of the whole
civilian student body, rather than
by just the council members.
The floor was then opened to
discussion.
FRANCIS PARKER, day student
representative, said that he did not
think that the civilian student body
had shown enough interest in the
last elections to warrent such a
vote.
Juan Dominquez, representative
from Puryear Hall, said that al
though the turnout for an all civil
ian vote might at first be small,
be thought that in the long run
the civilian student body would
benefit from the elections as soon
as they realized that they had
the responsibility of electing the
president of the council.
Robert O. Murray Jr., counselor
from the Department of Student
Affairs said that the only way
the election commission would ac
cept such an election was if the
civilian students could get to the
central polling stations in the MSC.
SEVERAL REPRESENTA
TIVES voiced the opinion that a
president elected at large would
not be of sufficient caliber to hold
the job.
Jerry Bell, recording secretary,
said that he thought the matter
should be brought up for further
discussion at a later date, rather
than voting on such a motion at the
time.
CS Kiwanis Plan
Box Lunch Sale
The College Station Kiwanis
Club is sponsoring a box lunch
sale at the home football game
with the University of Houston
Saturday, said Dr. Isaac Peters,
president.
The box lunches will consist of
fried chicken and various trim
mings and will cost $1 each.
The sale will begin at approxi
mately 3 p.m. and last until 7
p.m.
Depending on the number of
members available, the sale will
be held at the following loca
tions: Highway 6-Jersey Street
intersection; opposite the A&M
Consolidated School; Farm Road
60, west of the railway crossing;
the railway depot; the circle on
the north side of the campus, and
the Sulphur Sphings-Highway 6
intersection.
Benefits from the sale will go
to underprivileged children.
Scouting, school projects, senior
citizen projects, and other worth
while projects, said Peters.
Former Students
Honor McQuillen
About 20 past presidents of the
Association of Former Students
and other friends of E. EL Mc
Quillen will attend a private
luncheon Saturday honoring the
retired executive director of the
Development Fund. He retired
Aug. 31 after 39 years of service
to A&M.
“His contributions have been
great,” A&M President Earl Rud
der said.
The luncheon honoring “Mr.
Mac,” as he is known to countless
Aggies, will be held at the Briar-
crest Country Club.
He served 22 years as secretary
Insurance Society
Discusses Policy
The A&M Insurance Society,
in conjunction with the Cen
tral Texas Life Underwriters
Association, will conduct a panel
discussion Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
concerning the Texas 65 Plan,
a health insurance plan for peo
ple 65 years of age or over.
Henry F. Lyles, C. L. U., spon
sor of the Insurance Society,
stressed the importance of the
plan.
“Previously, the availability
of health insurance to those in
this age group has been very
limited. It is important that
anyone interested attend the
panel discussion this Tuesday
night. It is especially import
ant because this plan is being
offered only this month of Octo
ber,” said Lyles.
Lyles said the medical plan
is underwritten by a group of
insurance companies.
The panel discussion, to be held
at the Division of Business Ad
ministration Building, will be
led by Hugo J. Endler, president
of the life underwriters associ
ation. The panel will be com
posed of local life underwriters.
of the former students. Then, in
1947, he began devoting full time
to the Development Fund. He also
served as secretary-treasurer of
the A&M Development Foundation.
GIFTS AND BEQUESTS total
ing more than $14,500,000 were
received through 1962.
McQuillen first came to A&M in
1916. He was a freshman and a
recent graduate of the Cleburne
High School.
Honors as a student and an
athlete came his way before he
received the Bachelor of Science
degree in animal husbandry in
1920.
He captained the Southwest Con
ference championship basketball
team of 1920, won all-conference
honors, served as a cadet lieuten
ant colonel, class president, and
was valedictorian of his class.
He taught here for a year after
receiving a master’s degree from
the University of Wisconsin and
then entered business in Dallas.
“MR. MAC” returned to the
A&M campus in January, 1925, as
assistant secretary of the Associa
tion of Former Students. Two
years later he succeeded Col. Ike
Ashburn as executive secretary.
“I pledge myself to do my best
at any and all times for the work
that we have set out to do,” Mc
Quillen wrote in “The Texas Ag
gie” upon becoming executive
secretary.
“That pledge he kept,” an associ
ation representative writes in the
latest issue of “The Texas Aggie.”
Helping young men through
A&M’s Opportunity Award Schol
arships initiated by McQuillen, and
the Memorial Student Center
represent some of his efforts.
“Mr. Mac” also has received pro
fessional honors. In 1955 he
assumed the international presi
dency of the American Alumni
Council after serving as a director.
Last summer District IV of the
council presented a special plaque
to him as a token of esteem.
Will Be Selected
By RONNIE FANN
Battalion Managing Editor
Selection of the Aggie Sweetheart, Town Hall, dances, a
midnight yell practice and several sporting events will be
featured Friday and Saturday, as the campus prepares for
the first home football tilt of the season.
Beginning the weekend's activities will be a four-way
cross-country meet between the Aggies, The University
of Houston, Baylor and Howard Payne University in Kyle
Field at 3 p. m. Friday. Coach Charlie Thomas will put his
speedsters against a highly rated Courgar team.
THE BROTHERS FOUR will entertain at 8 p. m. Friday
in G. Rollie White Coliseum, to kick off this semester's first
Town Hall presentation. The Memorial Student Center Town
Hall Committee has announc- 4
ed a reduced price of $1 for
date tickets.
Prices for those without
student activity cards are
$2.50 for general admission and
$3 for reserved seats.
Completing Friday’s activities
will be a midnight yell practice,
led by the band in Kyle Field.
Students have been warned to stay
behind the band as it files through
the campus, to prevent a reoccur
rence of the mishaps at last year’s
first midnight yell practice.
SATURDAY’S EVENTS will be
gin with a cricket match between
A&M and the University of Hous
ton, at 2:30 p.m. on the civil engi
neering survey field across from
East Gate.
The A&M 11 are confident of a
victory, coach and team captain
John Griffiths said. At their last
meeting, the Aggies defeated the
Cougars, 60-13.
The London-born climatologist
reported that the team is made up
of members from Britain or former
Commonwealth countries.
Kyle Field will be the scene
Saturday at 7:30 p.m. as Coach
Foldberg’s Cadets meet the Uni
versity of Houston Cougars in the
12th game between the two. A&M
has never lost to the U of H on
home ground, and the present
series stands 4-4-3.
Following the football game, the
MSC Dance Committee will hold an
All-College dance in the Ballroom
of the Memorial Student Center.
All students have been invited to
attend, and tickets will be $1.50
per couple, available at the door.
ALSO SLATED for the week
end activities will be the selection
of the Aggie Sweetheart from 12
finalists from Texas Woman’s Uni
versity.
The girls will arrive on campus
Friday, have dinner in Duncan
Hall, attend Town Hall, and par
ticipate in the midnight yell
practice.
They will be treated to a picnic
in Hensel Park and a formal dinner
preceding the football game Satur
day night. After the game they
will be honored at a formal dance.
SUNDAY MORNING the Aggie
Sweetheart will be selected by a
12-man committee, composed of the
Corps commander, the president of
the Civilian Student Council, the
president of the senior class, the
deputy Corps commander, the vice
president of the Civilian Student
Council, the chairman of the stu
dent life committee of the student
senate, one wing commander, one
brigade commander, and two
civilian dorm presidents.
NASA Engineer
To Speak Tuesday
On Flight To Mars
Aggies and all other interested
persons will have an opportunity
Tuesday night to hear an A&M
University graduate and advanced
projects engineer with the Nation
al Aeronautics and Space Admini
stration talk on “Man’s Flight to
Mars.”
Zack H. Byrns will speak at 7:30
p.m. in Room 231 Chemistry Build
ing at a meeting of the student
chapter of the American Institute
of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Byrns received his B.S. degree
in mechanical engineering in 1955.
He earned Distinguished Student
honors and was a representative
to the Civilian Student Council.
The engineer worked for Gen
eral Dynamics following his grad
uation, and has participated in
structural design analysis and
testing of three Air Force planes.
From 1959 to 1961 he acted as
senior structural engineer in
charge of research on the escape
capsule system for the B-58.
Byrns joined the NASA staff in
1962.
Wire Review
By The Associated Press
WORLD NEWS
BELLUNO, Italy — A Catas
trophic flood caused by a mam
moth mountain landslide into a
hydroelectric dam reservoir turn
ed this once beautiful Alpine area
into a vast mud-covered grave
Thursday.
Estimates of the casualty toll
ranged up to 3,000 dead.
American troops and airmen
joined 10,000 Italian soldiers, po
lice, firemen and Red Cross work
ers in the relief operations and a
move to avert a new calamity —
the helicopter transfer of isolat
ed villagers from the area of Mt.
Toe treatened by another avalan
che.
★ ★ ★
BERLIN — The Russians held
up two U. S. military convoys
for some 15 hours Thursday on
the highway connecting West
Berlin and West Germany, then
allowed them to move.
The incident was the most se
rious on the 110-mile life line
to Communist-surrounded West
Berlin since 1958.
U. S. Army officials in Berlin
said the trouble arose over a
“procedural question.”
U. S. NEWS
WASHINGTON — Speaking as
an expert on such matters, Presi
dent Kennedy thinks that Serv
Barry Goldwater can win the 1964
Republican presidential nomina
tion.
Whether the Arizonian does or
doesn’t, Kennedy told his news
conference Wednesday, “We are
going to have a hard, close fight
in 1964.” He added this had been
his impression for months.
★ ★ ★
WASHINGTON — The De
fense Department announced
Thursday night that Sgt. Jack
EL Dunlap, who killed himself
while under investigation, sold
U. S. secrets to Soviet agents
over a two-year period.
Asst. Secretary of Defense
Arthur Sylvester told a news
conference that the material did
not include U. S. codes and ci-
pers — the most sensitive items
handled by the super secret Na-
ational Security Agency where
the Army sergeant had been as
signed.