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Texas A&M University Cbe Battalion Volume 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1963 Number 154 EXERCISE BIG LIFT READY AND WAITING FOR “BIG LIFT ,, ARRIVALS U. S. Army vehicles wait for personnel scheduled to arrive in “Exercise Big Lift.” Bad Weather Worries Army As Fog Fouls U. S. Air Lift FRANKFURT, Germany 0T) — Fog raised problems Wednesday night in completing’ the vast move ment of 15,000 U. S. soldiers from Texas to Germany in Exercise Big Lift. The mist put a damper on earlier hopes of beating planned schedules. The $20-million venture is de signed to prove American ability to swing a military punch over seas anywhere in perilous time. The fog also had Germans questioning whether a similar weather would prevent rapid re inforcements of U. S. troops here in the event of an emergency. They raised this issue in the light of a persistent theory in Bonn that the big airborne maneuver may be a prelude to a cut in U. S. Army strength in Europe in favor of similar lifts to any future trouble spots. Seeking to quiet these fears, a high U. S. official said in Wash ington Tuesday night that Secre tary of State Dean Rusk will an nounce on a visit to West Germany this weekend that the United States expects to keep all of its 250,000 men in Europe. Forecasters said the Rhein-Main airbase near Frankfurt, destina tion of all the lift’s C135 jet trans.- ports, probably would be shut down for jets starting early Thurs day. Globemasters, propeller - driven planes which can get in under low er ceilings with less visibility, probably will not be able to land at Rhein-Main after 3 a.m., the Air Force said. There was no forecast on how long the shutdown might last. An Army spokesman said that so far there have been “no problems, in cidents or accidents” in the move ment of the U. S. 2nd Armored Division soldiers from their land ing fields to five depots south of Frankfurt. There they picked up tons of heavy equipment. By early evening, 70 planes had deposited 4,167 men and 248 tons of cargo. An Air Force officer reported to newsmen that the over-all air lift may be slightly behind sched ule. The schedule calls for landing the full division and supporting elements in Germany by late Fri day. Two other important bases used in the big lift, Ramstein and Sem- bach, have so far reported no weather difficulties. The airlifted troops are to be used in maneu vers, “fighting” the 3rd Armored Division from Oct. 30 to Nov. 6. During the 234 trans-Atlantic flights, more than 15,350 troops and more than 500 tons of equip ment was shifted from the United States to Germany, a distance of about 5,600 miles. The combat sol diers carried only a rifle, pack and A&M Boasts Campus U. N. As 48 Nations Represented On United Nations Day Thurs day it might be worth noting that A&M University almost has a U.N. of its own. Three hundred fifty-six foreign students, a record number, are en rolled this year, and they come from all over the world, said Rob ert Melcher, foreign student ad visor. Seventy-six of them are new students. Ninety per cent of the foreign students are majoring in agricul ture and engineering, Melcher an nounced. The 195 foreign graduate stu dents make up almost one-sixth of the total enrollment in the Grad uate College, said Dr. Wayne Hall, Graduate dean. Pakistan has the .largest student enrollment, with a total of 55 stu dents here, Melcher stated. Mexi co is second with 48 students and India, third, with 47 students. For ty-eight countries are represented. In this group there are 48 mar ried students whose wives are with them here. They have organized their own clubs and associations, such as Chinese Students Association, Pan American Club, Pakistani Students Association, Indian Students As sociation, Arab Students League and United Nations Club. Melcher, who has worked with the foreign student program six years, aids the students in their work here. Kiwanis Club Sets Second Lunch Sale The College Station Kiwanis Club will conduct its second box lunch sale of the football season prior to the home game with Bay lor Saturday. The fried chicken lunches will be on sale from 10:30 a.m. until game time, a club representative said. Sales locations will include High way 6; across from the A&M Con solidated ‘School; Farm Road 60 and the traffic circle. As before, the proceeds will be used to aid various projects and organizations in the College Sta tion area. personal belongings with them. In Germany they immediately began operating stockpiled tanks, artillery and other heavy equip ment. In a few days the 2nd Ar mored will be ready for a mock nuclear battle with the 3rd Ar mored division already in Ger many. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara called the airlift “the first exercise to link up a major U. S. based land force with combat materiel positioned overseas ready for pickup and use. This capability for rapid reinforcement projects a new magnitude of military respon siveness.” After about two weeks of ma neuvers the 2nd Armored will re turn to Fort Hood, 70 miles north of Austin, with most of them back by Thanksgiving. Plans call for the return trip to be spaced out over 10 days. Army officers and officials of Military Air Transport Service (MATS) said the airlift went even smoother than expected. “Planes are 100 per cent on time, there have been no unusual maintenance problems and every thing is just fine,” said Col. Rob ert Oliver, MATS mission com mander at Connally AFB. Policy Report Made Public By Senators Texas 4-H Club T oBe Recipient Of Youth Fund About 83,000 Texas 4-H Club boys and girls and their 20,000 volunteer adult and junior leaders will be beneficiaries of $42,000 raised by the newly created Texas 4-H Youth Development Founda tion based at A&M University, said R. L. (Bob) Hunt, secretary of the foundation. Funds raised are used to under write state-wide volunteer adult and junior leadership training, to finance the annual 4-H Round up at A&M, and for other 4-H activities. Hunt said the foundation traces its origin to the old Texas 4-H Recognition Committee initiated by H. E. Burgess of College Sta tion in 1953 as an informal group of business and professional ex ecutives seeking to solicit financial support for the 4-H Roundup. “The foundation seeks to win friends and funds for the 4-H movement and assist in extending club membership to an even great er number of Texas youth,” Hunt said. “Club members engage in one or more of 142 subject mat ter projects, from raising and ex hibiting a fat steer to money SCONA IX Plans Year’s First Meet The Ninth Annual Student Conference on National Affairs will hold its first general meet ing of the year Sunday for all SCONA members and freshmen who have indicated a desire to become members, at 3 p.m. in Rooms 3B-3C of the Memorial Student Center. Conference chairman Russell Huddleston said a selection of those freshmen present will be made for the various commit tees, and has urged all those who wish to work to attend. management, from dress-making to food preparation.” Each youngster selects a pro ject, invests capital, time, talent, keeps accurate records, and enters competition with other boys and girls for honors and awards. Hunt said hundreds of Texans, including county Extension Serv ice agents, business and profes sional leaders, contributed more than $7,000 to the foundation in a brief May and June state-wide fund effort. The Moody Founda tion of Galveston invested $25,000 in the program in July. The Sears-Roebuck Foundation of Dallas, a long-time supporter of Texas 4-H, made a $10,000 September contribution to the new program. Gifts for 1963 totaling $42,000 pushed the foundation’s budget over the top for the year. Vote Commission Heralds Officers For Coming Year Shelly Veselka, William Monier and Frank Muller, Jr., were elect ed officers of the 1963-64 Election Commission Tuesday in the Me morial Student Center. Veselka was elected chairman, Monier, vice chairman, and Muller, secretary. Also discussed in the 30-minute meeting were plans for filling the vacancy of Early B. Dennison as social secretary of the Sophomore Class. Dennison was elected last year in the Spring election but failed to return for the fall semes ter. The first election concerning the commission will be the Freshman elections on Dec. 11. Filing for an office will be held in the Student Affairs Office in the MSC Nov. 18-26. The preliminary elections will be held Dec. 4. Issues Committee Clarifies Purpose Editors Note: The following is a report that was sub mitted to the members of the Student Senate at thfe group’s meeting of Thursday, Oct. 17. The report was compiled by Lawrence N. Garrett Jr., chairman of the student issues committee of the Student Senate. The report is being printed in The Battalion with the consent of the Student Senate. We of The Battalion con sidered this report to be a document that should be of interest to all A&M University students and we are grateful to the Senate for permission to print it. “Within the past three weeks it has become obvious that a clairification of policy and purpose of the Student Senate needs to be made. It 4- Dorm Football Sign Contest Winner Winner in this week’s football sign contest is Squadron 17 commanded by Jim Schnable. The outfit, located in Dorm 14, is in its first year of operation and is composed primarily of freshmen. Money for the contest, spon sored by the Student Senate, was donated by Varsity Barber Shop. is in this interest that I make this report tonight on the position of student govern ment on campuses in general, not just A&M. “I had many sources of informa tion at this university in the form of students prominent in Student Senate during their college career. For information about other cam puses, I contacted many promi nent campus educators with many years experience. Among them were Dean Hanniga?if Dean Graff, and Dean Schesselman. “All persons interviewed showed almost identical views toward stu dent government. All, for instance, agreed that although student gov ernment is usually provided for by the administration, it derives its ultimate authority from the stu dent body itself. Indeed, student government should be a reflection of the student body. “But we must guard against too much student government. Aca demics are still our main purpose. “Let me remark that here on this campus there is a unique situ ation. We have many organizations exercising jurisdiction over many separate areas, such as the MSC Council, YMCA Council, Civilian Student Council and Corps Staff. “In general and on our own cam pus, every person agreed in both cases that student government should be the oil to reduce friction between student groups. Over-all student government should be a forum for all segments of the cam pus. Indeed, the membership of our Student Senate vividly shows this function. “On this campus, some things need more attention from Student Senate. For instance, the apathy toward elections needs to be re moved. The only people who run for class-college senators, are, as one put it, the only ones with the “guts and the grades.” Certainly grades are very necessary and there is a certain amount of chal lenge requiring fortitude; but why should anyone with grades and ready to accept the challenge, have to be afraid of something else? That is campus unconcern. Stu dent Senate should contain the top personnel on the campus. More elected representatives should at tend meetings with greater regu larity and should be held respon- Aggie Mothers Will Plan Party Tonight The Brazos County A&M Moth ers Club will hold its first meeting Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Me morial Student Center. This will be a short business meeting followed by a reception honoring all freshmen mothers. Plans will be discussed for a game party at the A&M Presby terian Church fellowship hall at 2 p.m. Tuesday October 29. Dona tion tickets will be sold at one dol lar for the purpose of raising money for a scholarship fund for a deserving Brazos County Aggie. Those wishing to attend should contact Mrs. John Quisenberry at VI 6-4245. Mothers attending should bring their own table and cards for the purpose of playing bridge, canasta and 42, according to Mrs. Quisenberry. sible by his constituents. There are things that we intend to work on this year and we invit^ the wholehearted cooperation of the campus. “In our situation here we have many more students living on cam pus than most universities. So here we need a student govern ment that serves definite purposes. To Dean Hannigan these are: “1. Exercise the authority to be a public forum to investigate, in quire, and to recommend any ac tion to student groups it deems necessary to provide for smooth functioning between groups. “2. Provide government experi ence and training for students. “Dean Graff further clarified that if trouble develops between students and faculty, this then should be handled by the college councils such as the Arts and Sciences Council, Engineer Coun cil, etc. “The sentiment that Student Senate should and does have the responsibility to inquire into, in vestigate and recommend to any campus groups, measures it deems necessary to settle differences and ease friction between them, when it is brought to the attention of student Senate through proper channels. This sentiment was echoed by every person inter viewed. “This action will keep different sections of the campus from going at cross purposes, and it will pro vide for a more unified Student Body. It will help improve and up grade the campus as a whole.” Lawrence N. Garrett Jr. Chairman, Student Issues Committee, Student Senate Brazos County Campaign Head Nemed Here Mrs. A. V. Moore, 205 West Brookside Dr., Bryan, has been named chairman of the 1963 Christmas Seal Campaign, to be launched here Nov. 15 by the Bra zos County Tuberculosis Associa tion. The appointment was announced today by Mrs. H. H. Williamson, President of the TB Association. In a statement emphasizing the reasons for the choice, she said, “During the coming year, more than ever in the past, our counter attack against disease will focus not only on TB but on the entire spectrum of RD—respiratory dis eases, the disorders of breathing. When we realize that this group of ailments is the fourth largest kill er in the United States, it is ob vious that a tremendous job is waiting to be done in addition to our continuing campaign to wipe out TB. “To help us meet that challenge, the importance of this year’s Christmas Seal Campaign must be clearly emphasized to every mem ber of our community. We feel that Mrs. Moore is eminently qual ified to fulfill that task, and have complete confidence in a record outcome of the drive under her di rection.”