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Volume 60
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1963
Number 160
Red Blockade
Break-Through
Attempt Halted
BERLIN UP) — A U. S. Army
convoy tried to break through a
Soviet blockade on the highway
lifeline to West Berlin early Tues
day but was boxed in by at least
six Russian armored personnel
carriers.
The incident caused grave
concern in Washington as the
night wore on and the Soviets
continued to block passage to the
12-vehicle convoy at the Mrien-
born checkpoint on the western
end of the 110-mile autobahn link
ing Berlin to West Germany.
It appeared to have the mak
ings of a new serious Soviet-
American confrontation on the
Berlin issue.
THE 44-MAN CONVOY first
was stopped at Mrienborn at 8:01
a.m. Monday. The Soviet officer
in charge, a Lt. Col. Spiridinov,
demanded that 15 passengers in
three of the trucks dismount and
be counted.
The convoy commander, Lt.
John Lamb of North Augusta,
S. C., refused.
THE DAY PASSED without
change. Then, around midnight,
the convoy suddenly moved for
ward, driving ahead about a
quarter of a mile before the Rus
sians sent their blockading ve
hicles across the road.
A U. S. Army spokesman said
the blocking of the convoy was
a “flagrant violation of the West
ern Allies’ unrestricted right of
iccess to Berlin, for which actions
the Soviets must bear the full
responsibility for any conse
quences.”
The attempted breakthrough
was preceded by a series of dip
lomatic and military moves.
Opening Night For “The Constant Wife”
Five Aggie Players participate in a scene sentation of the season was held in Guion
from “The Constant Wife,” a comedy by Hall at 8 p. m. Monday. The production will
Somerset Maugham. The Players, first pre- continue this week. See review on page two.
Faculty Continues
Interfaith Meeting
“Immortality and the Hereaft
er” is the topic for the 7 a.m.
Wednesday meeting of the A&M
University Faculty Interfaith Fel
lowship.
Speaking Wednesday for five
minutes each will be the Rev.
Walter Allen, Disciples student
on campus; Dr. Melvin Eisner of
the Department of Physics, and
Dr. Mo. Zaki Sabban, Egyptian
health official, who is studying in
the Department of Chemistry.
Faculty and staff members are
invited to the Wednesday discus
sions which are followed by cof
fee and doughnuts in the YMCA
Building.
Silver Taps Observed
For Cadet Pat Crouch,
Air Force Sophomore
A Silver Taps Ceremony for
Patrick Leroy Crouch was held
Monday night in front of the
Academic Building. A 21-gun sa
lute was presented by members of
the Ross Volunteers and the play
ing of taps ended the ceremony.
The 19-year-old A&M Universi
ty student from Arlington was
killed in a two-car crash about
7 p.m. Sunday near Waco.
Crouch was a sophomore aero
space engineering major and a
passenger in a car in which two
other A&M students were injured.
They were William Dale Speckles,
19, of Irving, a freshman major
ing in areospace engineering, and
Stanley Piesieski, 19, of Philadel-
Today’s Thought
“Vice is a monster of so frightful
mien
As to be hated needs but to be
seen.
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her
face
We first endure, then pity then
embrace.”
Chemist Lectures Wednesday
About ‘Pure Gas Adsorption’
phia, Pa., majoring in industrial
education.
Crouch was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. James W. Crouch of Arling
ton.
The three students were taken
to Providence Hospital in Waco,
where Grouch was pronounced
dead from a broken neck. Hos
pital officials said Speckles and
Piesieski were in good condition.
Also injured was the driver of
the other car, Herman F. Patzke,
52, of Bellmead. He was reported
in fair condition at Providence
with face and hand injuries.
Highway Patrolman Henry
Kluck said Speckles was driving
when the crash occurred at the
intersection of the old and new
Marlin Highways one mile east
of the Waco city limits on State
Highway 6.
Kluck said the Aggie’s car was
traveling east toward Bryan on
the new highway and Patzke was
going toward Waco on the old
road. Impact points were the front
of the Patzke car and the side of
the Aggie car.
The Patrolman said Crouch was
sitting in the right front seat.
The car was equipped with safety
belts but Kluck said Speckles
stated that Crouch did not have
his belt fastened.
Crouch’s body was taken to Con-
nally Funeral Home in Waco and
later transferred to Robertson-
Mueller-Harper Funeral Home in
Fort Worth.
Funeral services for Crouch will
be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the
First Methodist Church at Arling
ton.
Dr. George D. Halsey, Jr., a dis
tinguished chemist and University
of Washington professor, will lec
ture at 2 p.m. Wednesday at A&M
University under the joint spon
sorship of the Graduate College
and the Robert A. Welch Founda
tion.
Dr. Halsey’s lecture entitled
“Adsorption of Pure Gases” will
be presented in Room 228 of the
Chemistry Building.
THE WELCH FOUNDATION
which recently endowed the Ro
bert A. Welch Foundation Chair
of Chemistry at A&M has liberally
supported research in chemistry
here.
Dr. Halsey, born in Washington,
D. C., was graduated from the
University of South Carolina
magna cum laude. In 1948 he
received the Ph.D. from Princeton
University where he worked in the
field of visco-elasticity with Henry
Eyring and in the field of cataly
sis with Sir Hugh Taylor.
He took up residence at Har
vard University in 1947 as the Du
Pont Fellow, only to be elected
for the next three years to the
Society of Fellows.
In 1951 Dr. Halsey went to
the University of Washington and
in 1958 became professor of chem
istry there. He has held a Gug-
genheim Fellowship and a Sloan
Fellowship.
THE CHEMIST has contributed
about 60 research papers to jour
nals. He served on the editorial
boards of the “Journal of Chemi
cal Physics” and the “Journal of
Physical Chemistry.”
His research has been in the
fields of the viscoelastic behavior
of textile materials, catalysis, the
adsorption of gases on solids, sol
utions of the rare gases and
micelle formation.
16 Oil Engineer
Grants Available
Sixteen scholarships, valued
from $200 to $800, are available
to qualified A&M University pe
troleum engineering students, Rob
ert L. Whiting, head of the De
partment of Petroleum Engineer
ing, has announced.
Deadline for applications will be
noon Nov. 18, Whiting said. Thir
teen of the 1963-64 year grants
are open to freshmen, sophomores
and juniors.
Recipients will be announced
Nov. 26. Application forms are
available in Room 201, W. T. Do
herty Petroleum Engineering
Building.
Providing the scholarships are
Standard Oil Company of Texas,
Socony Mobil Oil, Sun Oil, Mission
Manufacturing Company, R. C.
Baker Foundation, Texaco and the
Department of Petroleum Engi
neering.
Civilian Student
Council Recognizes
Mrs. F. D. Vance
A silver serving tray was pre
sented Friday to Mrs. F. D. Vance
at her home at 1614 Ursuline in
Bryan by civilian student leaders
in recognition of her help to civi
lian students.
Mrs. Vance who retired Friday
from the Housing Office, was pre
sented the tray by George Cozby,
Jerry Vaughn, and John Jackson
who were appointed by Richard
Moore, Civilian Student Council
President.
“I regret very much leaving
all the students and wish each and
every one the greatest success in
the world,” said Mrs. Vance.
Mrs. Vance began her work with
the Housing Office in October,
1950, and resigned in order to be
with her husband and to spend a
greater amount of her time with
her grandchildren.
Among her joy at A&M she
lists “all the thousands and thou
sands of boys that I have seen
complete their education at A&M”
as well as “how wonderful each
and every one has been to me.”
She says she will “always treasure
the memories.
Russian Lecture
Highlights Dinner
By Knife, Forkers
The Bryan - College Station
Knife and Fork Club will present
John Crutcher Tuesday night at
7:30 p.m. Crutcher’s talk is
titled “What Makes Russia Tick.”
Crutcher will discuss what he
has learned of the Russian people
and citizens of the satellite coun
tries. He spent the summers of
1957 and 1958 in the Soviet Union
and Yugoslavia, and in 1960 and
1961 he visited other Red satel
lite countries. This summer he
returned to Russia.
Crutcher was successful in get
ting a three-hour interview with
Nitita Khrushchev in the Kremlin.
Crutcher is a man with a color
ful background. He is a veteran
of World War II and the Korean
War. He has been commander of
an American, Legion Post and
president of the Junior Chamber
of Commerce and has headed oth
er civic organizations. He is
presently engaged in investments
in the heart of the Kansas wheat
belt.
Crutcher will present his speech
in the Memorial Student Center
Ballroom.
Don ’/ Be Too Mad;
We 're Only Human
In Friday’s edition of The Bat
talion, two pictures were improp
erly identified. The picture la
beled John A. Schmidt should have
read Calvin C. Simper, while
Schmidt’s name should have been
under the photo called Simper.
We apologize for this error and
offer this correction as an apology
to the two parties imporperly
identified.
Doyle In Chicago
Prof. John P. Doyle of A&M
University’s Texas Transportation
Institute will participate in a pol
icy sub-committee meeting of the
United States Chamber of Com
merce in Chicago Nov. 4-9.
Doyle, A&M’s McDonald pro
fessor of transportation, wa:
named a member of the Chamber
earlier this year.
Sex Deviation
Charge Denied
By TWU Head
DENTON CP) — The presi
dent of Texas Woman’s Univer-
city Monday called allegations
that unnatural relationships are
sought by some stpdents at the
college “unsupported and mis
leading.”
Dr John A. Guinn made the
statement after published reports
that 10 students withdrew from
the all girl school last week be
cause of what one described as
sex deviates in dormitories.
“I AM DEEPLY disappointed to
learn that publicity should have
been given to unsupported and
misleading allegations made by a
student who dropped out of our in
stitution recently,” Guinn said.
“Her allegations—in my hum
ble judgement—are all false,” he
said.
Guinn read a statement from
Miss Elaine Meeks, president of
the campus Government Associa
tion, the leading student group.
The statement said:
“I regret that my school has
received so much damaging pub
licity before the news media made
an adequate investigation to ascer
tain facts. An investigation on
the campus would have shown the
lack of foundation of a charge
made by a former student.”
GUINN CONFIRMED that Miss
Murle Cushion, a 20-year-old art
major from Port Arthur, and nine
other girls met with him recently
because of what was described
as unnatural relationships by some
students at the college.
However, he said, all the girls
except Miss Cushion have since
refuted any such activities. All
but three of the girls no longer
attend the university, he said.
But he said he was not aware
that anyone had dropped out to
protest the situation.
MISS CUSHION SAID she quit
the university after waiting about
two weeks for the university to
act on her complaint.
Guinn said the allegations had
been investigated thoroughly by
a special group arranged from
the faculty. “They found the al
legations made” false, he said.
Sbisa Mess Hall
Employees Killed
By DAN LOUIS JR.
Battalion Editor
Four A&M University dining hall employees were killed
and one A&M student was injured in a two-car collision Mon
day night about one mile west of the campus on Farm Road
60. The crash occurred about 8:30 during a thunderstorm
which dumped heavy rains and hail on the area.
Dead on arrival at St. Joseph Hospital in Bryan were
Larry Gene Rathjen, 17, of Lyons; Charles James Fillip, 17,
of Caldwell; Bobby Lee Dlabay, 20, of College Station; and
Camella Castoria, 16, of Bryan.
Injured in the wreck was Travis H. Small Jr. of Ft.
Worth, a fourth year veterinary major. He was cut about
the face and head, but reported to be in good condition at St.
Joseph Hospital, where he+
was taken by Callaway-Jones
ambulance,
The four who were killed
were traveling east in a 1963
Falcon, thought to be driven by
Rathjen, said Highway Patrolman
William Swanzy. He said the car
driven by Small was moving west
ward.
Swanzy said the driver of the
Falcon apparently lost control of
the car and crossed over in front
of the other car. The Falcon was
struck in the right side by the
front of the car driven by Small.
Swanzy said the reason for the
apparent loss of control of the
Falcon had not been determined.
Debaters Compete
In TCU Contest
Six A&M University debaters
won eight out of 18 debates in
the mapor tournament at Texas
Christian University over the
weekend.
Three two-man teams represent
ed A&M in the meet involving
129 debate teams from 48 colleges
in 1:2 states.
The A&M senior division team
composed of Paul Humphries and
Robert Denney and the junior di
vision team composed of Sam
Henry and Stephen Lamkin each
won three out of six debates. A
senior division team composed of
Wayne Vaughan and Simeon Lake
captured two out of six.
John F, Carson, English instruc
tor, coaches the debaters. He is
advisor to the Aggie Discussion
and Debate Club.
Campus Chest
Goal Distant;
Deadline Near
“Our campaign is half over and
we have received only $250 dollars
toward our goal of $5,000,” said
Alan Peterson, chairman of the
student welfare committee and the
Campus Chest Drive.
“C.O.’s should turn in all money
as soon as possible to the Student
Finance Office on the lower level
of the Memorial Student Center so
that a day-to-day count can keep
us informed of how far we have
to go toward our goal,” continued
Peterson.
“Our dead-line is Nov. 11,” he
said.
“Students should remember that
this money will be used to help
keep needy students in school and
anyone could find themselves in
this position,” added Peterson.
“As of Monday night, Squadron
1, was still the only 100 per cent
outfit and C.O.’s are reminded
that it will only take one penny
over their total to award the pla
que to someone else,” said Peter
son.
The plaque will be awarded this
year to the outfit that gives the
largest total over and above 100
per cent.
“I cannot begin to emphasize
how much remains to be done and
how short ai time we have left
to do it in,” concluded Peterson.
Crippled Children Honored
At Local Lions Club Meet
The College Station Lions Club
was honored Monday at their reg
ular meeting in the Memorial Stu
dent Center with some young and
very special guests.
These guests were the crippled
children which the club sponsored
Dean Graff Plans
Studies In USSR
GRAFF
Dr. W. J. Graff, dean of instruc
tion at A&M University, and his
wife will be among the 92 Ameri
can educators and school board
members who leave New York City
Nov. 10 for a 21-day field study of
educational reform in Scandinavia
and the Soviet Union.
This will be one of the largest
education groups to visit the USSR
in recent years.
Making the
study will be 63
men and 29 wom
en, including 16
married couples.
Among the 92
persons ate sev
eral college pres
idents and pro
fessors of educa
tion, superintend
ents and school
trustees.
Sponsoring the trip are Phi Del
ta Kappa, the professional fra
ternity in education, the Compara
tive Education Society and the Na
tional School Boards Association.
“This field study is designed
specifically for school and univer
sity administrators and their lay
boards,” Dr. Graff said. “Semi
nars of this type in 1961 and 1962
were very successful. The two
previous seminars emphasized edu
cational practices and changes in
Western Europe.
“BECAUSE MANY CHANGES
are being introduced in Scandina
vian and Soviet education, it was
decided that the 1963 field study
should be concerned with educa
tional reforms and policy-making
in this part of Europe,” the A&M
dean said. He did not participate
in the earlier seminars.
The 1963 schedule set up in co
operation with education ministers
and other high officials in the five
countries to be visited includes
seminars, school visits and visits
in private homes.
Dr. Gerald Read of Kent State
University and one of this nation’s
leading comparative educators has
charge of the group.
“THE AIMS for this field study
are to develop a deeper insight in
to educational ways of thinking in
selected European countries, to
analyze how educators there oper
ate relative to ends and means in
education and to develop a better
awareness of our own ways of edu
cational thinking through this ex
perience,” Dr. Graff said.
Graff joined the A&M staff
Aug. 1, 1961. He holds the B.S.
and M.S. degrees in mechanical
engineering from A&M and the
Ph.D. degree from Purdue Univer
sity. In 1952-53 he attended the
Oak Ridge School of Reactor Tech
nology.
A native of Marshall, Graff
served as professor and chairman
of the Department of Mechanical
Engineering at Southern Method
ist University before assuming his
present post here.
THE AUTHOR of numerous
publications, he is a member of
several honorary and professional
organizations.
The Americans first will visit
Denmark, Norway and Sweden be
fore entering the Soviet Union.
They will visit principally the Mos
cow and Leningrad areas in Rus
sia and then go to Helsinki, Fin
land.
The party is scheduled to return
by air to New York City Dec. 1.
Dr. Read, tour director, is con
sidered an authority on Russian
education. He is the co-author of
“The Changing Soviet Schools.”
for a two week encampment at the
Lions Crippled Childrens Camp in
Kerrville, said George Draper,
program chairman. The College
Station Lions^ Club sponsored six
children this year.
THIS CAMP is for handicapped
children and members of the local
club furnished transportation to
and from the camp. There is no
expense to the camper since the
Lions furnish everything.
The Lions of Texas have set
aside November in honor of the
camp, which has allowed more
than 7,000 handicapped youngsters
to enpoy the thrill of camping life
since it was opened in 1953, said
Draper.
The camp is free to the blind,
mute, deaf and crippled children
of Texas from the age of seven
through 16. Growing steadily, the
camp now has 16 permanent build
ings perched on the brow of a hill
and is valued at more than $600,-
000.
AT THE TWO-WEEK camp
the youngsters learn to swim,
camp outdoors and develop new
skills by learning various handi
crafts.
Originally the camp was in use
only in the summer. Now it is
being used the year around. Dur
ing the other months, the camp
serves as a training center for
the adult blind.
Applications to the summer
camp are handled only through
local Lions Clubs.
‘Cover Him’ Shouts
Clerk, Thug Flees
FORT WORTH OP) _ A gro
cery clerk thwarted a thug today
by yelling the first thing that
came into her mind.
Mrs. Dorothy Kingry, a clerk
in Walkers Grocery Store, said
a young gunman came in and de
manded the money.
Mrs. Kingry said she shouted
at the top of her voice: “Turn
the machine gun on him, Mr.
Walker.”
The gunman fled without mon
ey.
“It was the only thing I could
think of,” Mrs. Kingry said.