Che Battalion
Volume 60
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1963
Number 163
‘Pork Barrel’ Politics Foe
To Speak At SCONA IX
National CofC
Proxy Plans Talk
Grid Game, Dances
Highlight Weekend
Sully Gets Wash Job
Freshmen from Company 1-3 give Sully his home football
game wash job, in preparation with the Aggie’s tilt with
Southern Methodist University at 2 p. m. Saturday on Kyle
Field. “New Army” cleaning methods include wire brushes,
not mud.
State Voters Get
Ax For Poll Tax
College Station voters will have,
an opportunity Saturday to vote
for or against four state constitu
tional amendments; one concerning
the abolishment of the poll tax.
With the presentation of their
poll tax receipt, citizens may vote
at A&M Consolidated High School
in precinct 3 or at the Culpepper
Building in College Heights in pre
cinct 16, said A. B. Syptak, county
clerk.
The proposal to ban the poll tax
as a voting requirement is going
before Texans a second time. It
was defeated 172,284 to 133,550 in
1949.
However, this is the first time
that Texans will be able to con
sider an alternative voting plan at
MSC Art Exhibits
Featuring Works
About Dutch Hohn
Three art exhibits are presently
booked in at the Memorial Student
Center including the illustrations
from “Dutch” Hohn’s new book,
"Dutchman on the Brazos,” an
nounced Wallace Johnson, creative
arts advisor.
The illustrations were done by
Buck Scheiwetz, prominent artist
in the state, who is famous for his
Texas local color pictures of water
colors, pencil and pen and ink.
The Whitte Museum of San An
tonio is displaying a collection of
expressionistic oils and pastels
along with some very fine por
traits.
I. B. M.’s exhibit, “20 Small
Portraits,” along with the other
two exhibits will show for the rest
of the month.
Extension Service
Sets Pampa School
A 15-hour training course for
supervisory personnel will be con
ducted by A&M University’s Engi
neering Extension Service Nov.
11-16 in Pampa, L. E. Jenkins,
instructor, announced.
Jenkins, a member of the ex
tension service’s supervisory de
velopment program, said classes
will be held from 6:30 to 9:30
p.m. Nov. 11-14 and 9 to noon Nov.
16.
“Objectives of the course,” Jenk
ins said, “are to explain factors
that motivate employees to work
productively and to develop su
pervisory skills needed to effec
tively work with people.”
The course is open to supervi
sory personnel at all levels, Jenk
ins added.
4 Profs Attending
Historical Meeting
Four professors are attending
the twenty-ninth annual meeting
of the Southern Historial Associ
ation in Asheville, N. C., Nov. 9-
11 from the Department of His
tory and Government.
They are Associate Professor
Claude H. Hall, Assistant Profes
sors Haskell M. Monroe and Gar
land E. Bayliss and Professor J. M.
Nance, who heads the department.
Monroe will present a paper on
"The Personnel of the Confederate
Provisional Government: A Con
sideration of the Motives and Fac
tors Governing Their Selection.”
He is working on a detailed study
of the Confederate Government
in Montgomery, Alg,
the same time they decide on poll
tax repeal.
The 58th Legislature approved
a 25 cent voter registration plan
that will become effective Nov.
26 if the poll tax voting require
ment is voided. Those who already
have poll tax receipts or exemp
tion certificates could use them
throughout 1964.
Number 2 amendment proposi
tion would authorize selling $150
million in bonds to extend the vet
erans land program by which
World War II and Korean War
veterans may buy land from the
state.
Number 3 would raise from $54.5
to $60 million the total state con
tribution to public welfare pay
ments.
Number 4 amendment would
permit political subdivisions of
Jefferson County to provide ap
pointive officers and employees
with retirement, disability and
death benefits.
By JOHN WRIGHT
Asst. News Editor
In addition to the glue plant
to be set on Kyle Field at 2 p.m.
Saturday, there will host of earth
shaking events taking place on
the A&M campus over the coming
weekend.
To help soften the blow of mid
semester grades the weekend will
be kicked off with a midnight
yell practice at Kyle Field Fri
day. With the able assistance of
the Ross Volunteers, who will
regulate student flow into Kyle
Field, the band hopes to have
a few instruments left with which
to help the Spirit reign supreme
Saturday.
PRIOR TO THE GAME, the
Corps of Cadets will have an in-
the-ranks inspection by the mili
tary advisors between 8 and 8:50
a.m. in the dormitory area.
From 8:50 to 10 a.m. the cadets
will standby for room inspection.
Uniform will be class A winter.
First call to form ranks for
the march-in to Kyle will be at
I a.m.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF IN
TERESTED persons, Dutch Hohn,
author of “Dutchman on the Braz
os,” will be honored with a coffee
and autograph party from 9 to
II a.m. Saturday in rooms 2 A
and 2B of the Memorial Student
Center.
Hohn will be futher honored by
half time ceremonies duirng the
SMU game.
ON SATURDAY EVENING
there will be an All-University
dance in the Ballroom of the MSC,
featuring Con Phearson and the
Echoes. Tickets may be purchased
at the door; dress will be casual.
The same evening there will be
a Tomp Boom dance sponsored
by the Architects at 9 p.m. in
the Bryan Saddle Club on Tabor
Road. Costumes, or T-shirts and
blue jeans will be in order. Tickets
may be purchased from Archi
tect majors.
SCONA Delegate
Openings Unfilled
Juniors and seniors interest
ed in being delegates to SCONA
IX may register in the direc
tor’s office, in the lower level
of the Memorial Student Center.
Students interested will be in
terview by a committee that will
determine whether or not they
are qualified to become a dele
gate. Applicants are required
to have a 1.5 overall GPR, have
a major in any field, and have
strong interests in national af
fairs. The latter being the maj
or qualification.
Wayne Stark, advisor to SCO
NA, said that interviews would
begin on Friday.
Graduate Faculty Colloquia
Feature Research Reports
Research reports by A&M Uni
versity specialists in a variety of
subjects will be given as the Grad
uate Faculty Colloquia for 1963-
64 continues, Graduate Dean
Wayne C. Hall announced. The
first colloquim was held Oct. 31.
The first program, presented by
the Department of Animal Hus
bandry, was a summary of re
search in six major areas of study.
The next colloquium is scheduled
Nov. 21 on the topic “Gulf Coast
Weather from 700 Kilometers A-
bove.” The use of weather sate-
lites and the A&M study of photos
from statellies will be discussed.
The Department of Oceanography
New Seating Arrangement
Scheduled For SMU Game
BY GLENN DROMGOOLE
Battalion News Editor
At the A&M University Student
Senate meeting Thursday night,
Pat Nance, chairman of the Sen
ate’s student life committee, an
nounced a new seating arrange
ment for Saturday’s football game
with Southern Methodist Univer
sity.
According to the revised chart,
seniors and graduate students will
occupy seats in sections 130-132
and one half of section 129 which
are located from the 15-50 yard
lines.
JUNIORS will fill sections 127,
128 and the other half of 129, lo
cated from the goal posts to the 15
yard line. Sophomores have been
designated sections 125 and 126 on
the horseshoe, while freshmen
have been assigned sections 124
and 125, Nance said.
Nance stressed the new arrange
ment for students’ to enter Kyle
Field. Seniors will enter the sta
dium through Ramps O and P, jun
iors through Ramp N and sopho
mores and freshmen through Ramp
M.
Other issues discussed at the
meeting included rings and Silver
Taps for co-ed students.
FRANK MULLER, Junior Class
president, was appointed to discuss
the ring situation with the Ring
Committee and the concerned fe
males. Ideas presented by Sena
tors included miniature rings or
graduation pins for women stu
dents.
Dean of Students James P. Han-
nigan suggested that the co-eds be
Engineers’ HS Career Day
Preparations Now Underway
The coordinating committee for
the High School Career Day of the
College of Engineering has gotten
under way, reports Wallace L.
Johnston, Student Engineers coun
cil president.
Johnston said that the arrange
ment of engineering displays and
tours during High School Career
Day is the main objective of the
council each year.
The council was started by the
dean of the College of Engineering
so the dean could have a repre
sentative group of students of the
departments and organizations of
that college. Since that time the
council has been given the arrange
ments of displays and tours of the
college, has helped the Freshman
Engineering Society, and has voted
on a professor to be awarded the
title of Outstanding Professor in
the College of Engineering.
Today’s Thought
“The secret of happiness is not
to do what you like to do, but to
learn to like what you have to do.”
—King George V
“Thinking is like loving or dy
ing. Each of us must do it for
himself.” —Voltaire
Members of the council include
representatives of organizations
within the college.
contacted before a decision is
made. “They may prefer to have
their diploma etched in lace,” Han-
nigan lightly noted.
ON THE ISSUE of Silver Taps
several opinions were expressed by
Senate members. Allan Peterson
said, “In my opinion Silver Taps
was set up for the students at
A&M. Since this was set up for
students, they (the co-eds) should
have Silver Taps.”
Richard Railston, Deputy Corps
Commander, added, “I personally
feel that Silver Taps for a female
student would be fine, but I don’t
think that a 21-gun salute would
be appropriate.”
TO THIS STATEMENT Peter
son said, “I think it should be all
or nothing. You couldn’t call it
Silver Taps if there isn’t a 21-gun
salute.”
Bob Miller, chairman of the pub
lic relations committee, comment
ed, “The origins of this are to do
honor to someone, whether they are
male or female, so I think this
overrules the objection of a 21-
gun salute.”
and Meteorology will present the
report.
Other topics and the dates as
announced by Dean Hall: Dec. 17,
“Molecules and Their Crystals,”
Department of Physics, and Jan.
15, “Computer Simulation of Ge
netic Populations,” genetics sec
tion of the Department of Plant
Sciences.
Also scheduled are Feb. 17, “Re
search in American History,” De
partment of History and Govern
ment; March 19, “Highway Engi
neering Research,” Department of
Civil Engineering; April 29, “De
sign of Experiments and Their
Analysis,” and May 13, “Research-
Graduate Center,” School of Arch
itecture.
Campus Chest Deadline
Extended For Two Weeks
The deadline for the Campus Chest has^ been extended
to Nov. 25, according 1 to Alan Peterson, chairman of the
Student Senate’s welfare committee.
“I just can’t take a chance that the company com
manders and dorm presidents will turn in all their money
the last day,” he said. “Most of the staffs have contributed,
but that is just a little part. I don’t see why every outfit
can’t give something; maybe not 100 per cent, but at least
something. People just don’t seem interested, but all we
can do is to work harder.”
Money may be turned in at the Student Finance Office
on the lower level of the Memorial Student Center.
Students are urged to remember that the idea of the
drive is “A dollar from an Aggie for an Aggie.” Sixty per
cent of the funds raised go to Aggies in need of financial
assistance; thirty per cent is divided among the College
Station Community Chest, the Brazos County Tuberculosis
Association, and the March of Dimes. The other 10 per cent
is given to worldly organizations.
“Many outfits have not even contributed to the cause,”
he said. “The company commanders and dorm presidents
of these outfits should help the committee by turning in
100 per cent before the deadline.”
Proficiency Exam
Planned For BA
The English Proficiency Exami
nation for students majoring in
Business Administration will be
given Tuesday at 4 p.m. in Room
202 of Francis Hall.
Students who take this exami
nation must register in the office
of the School of Business Admin
istration not later than 5 p.m.
Monday.
The president of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, Edwin
P. Neilan, who has recently bombarded the administration
with his outspoken views on government spending, will be
a second keynote speaker to address the ninth annual Student
Conference on National Affairs, to be held in the Memorial
Student Center, Dec. 11-14.
Neilan, who told the National Press Club in Washington
earlier this year that more congressmen “are turning into
bagmen for consituents—bringing home pork barrel pro
grams and federal handouts in return for votes,” took the
top chamber post last May.
HE WILL ADDRESS approximately 150 delegates to the
student conference from the
U. S., Mexico and Canada.
Theme of the affair will be
“U. S. Monetary and Fiscal
Policy: A Taxpayer’s View.”
In his speech to the press club,
Neilan called attention to what
he called, “scandals of enormous
proportion, involving public moral
ity through the nation.” Mounting
an attack on the spoils system of
the government, Neilan said, “. . . it
is today more sophisticated, more
sinister, more widespread than ever
before.”
“THERE ARE VOTERS, who
send their man to Washington, not
to promote good government, but
for the express purpose of getting
federal-tax or deficit-financed dol
lars for their own district, state,
or private company. If he fails tS
deliver, they kick him out and
elect someone who will.”
“The Chamber of Commerce of
the United States,” he said, “has
EDWIN P. NEILAN
recommended 117 specific areas in
which proposed federal spending
can and should be cut without im
pairing national security or essen
tial government services in the
slightest degree.”
A banker since 1928, Neilan is
a 57-year-old native of Michigan
but was educated mainly in Texas.
HE HAS URGED voters to hold
their representatives in strict
accountability for government
spending and not let them “hide
it behind a label.”
A 1928 graduate of Rice Univer
sity, the Delaware banker attended
Houston’s South Texas School of
Law, the American Institute of
Banking and Rutgers University’s
Graduate School of Banking.
African Authorities
View Cattle Raising
Two African agricultural offi
cials will visit A&M University
facilities Nov. 12-19 to observe
livestock production methods.
They are J. K. Babiiha, minister
of Animal Industry Game and
Fisheries, and E. B. Galukande,
principal assistant secretary for
the ministry, both of Uganda.
The officials also will visit
Washington, D. C. and land-grant
colleges and universities in West
Virginia, Iowa, Nebraska, Colo
rado and New York.
Dr. Jack Gray, director of In
ternational Programs ,a.t A&M,
said their tour is sponsored by the
Agency for International Develop
ment in co-operation with the U.S.
Department of Agriculture and
land-grant schools.
At A&M, Babiiha and Galukan
de will inspect facilities and talk
fwith teacher-researchers in the
Department of Range and For
estry, College of Veterinary Medi
cine, Department of Entomology
and others.
They also plan to fly to the
King Ranch Nov. 13 to watch
Girl Scout Bazaar
Slated For Friday
A Girl Scout Bazaar will be
held at St. Thomas Parish Hall
this Friday between the hours of
noon and 8 p.m. Troops 2 and 26
will be in charge and the public is
invited to attend.
There will be a wide assortment
of gifts, baked goods, games, and
fun for all. Everyone is asked to
attend and do their Christmas
shopping with the Girl Scouts.
brush control work. On Nov. 18,
the officials will travel to Prairie
View A&M and confer with Dr.
G. L. Smith, dean of agriculture.
Babiiha and Galukande will be
accompanied by Dr. William R.
Strieber of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture and a 1946 graduate
of veterinary medicine at A&M.
Plant Symposium
Hosts Leinweber
Of Range, Forestry
Dr. Charles L. Leinweber, head
of the Department of Range and
Forestry, will participate in a
forage plant physiology sympos
ium Nov. 19 in Denver, Colo.
The meeting is attracting some
of the top scientists in the plant
physiology field, Leinweber said.
His paper is titled “Forage Plant
Physiology in the Improvement of
Rangelands.”
Leinweber’s talk, along with a
discussion on plant physiology in
pasture improvement by Dr. Dar-
ell E. McCloud of the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture, will be
an interpreation of six other pap
ers to be delivered at the meeting.
Subjects relating to forage plant
physiology will cover microclima
tology, freezing injury, high tem
perature, drouth resistance, mois
ture conditions and effect of her
bage removal.
Leinweber said the symposium
has been developed by the Ameri
can Society of Agronomy and the
American Society of Range Man
agement.
Tickets Available
For Asian Report
A&M students and Bryan-Col-
lege Station residents will have an
opportunity to get a first-hand re
port from one of the most contro
versial spots in the world—South
east Asia.
“China and In
dia and the Fu
ture of Asia” will
be discussed by
~^P. N. Menon, con
sul general of In
dia at San Fran
cisco at a noon
luncheon Tues
day. The lunch
eon, co-sponsored
by the Young
Democrats and the Young Republi
cans, will be held in the ballroom
of the Ramada Inn and is open to
the public.
TICKETS for the luncheon and
talk will be $1.50 and can be ob
tained from John Combs of the
Wesley Foundation, A&M Meth
odist Church, Frank White of the
Department of Chemical Engineer-
the
MENON
ing or Debabrata Ghosh of
Department of Plant Sciences.
Menon will be visiting the A&M
University campus Nov. 11-12 to
confer with students from his
country and tour the campus.
A PRIVATE reception honoring
the consul general is scheduled
Monday evening at the Memorial
Student Center.
Forty-seyen Indian citizens are
among foreign students enrolled
this semester at Texas A&M.
Menon holds a master’s degree
from Delhi University, Delhi,
served in the Indian Navy during
World War II and joined his
nation’s Foreign Service in March,
1947.
Before assuming his present
assignment at San Francisco, he
was the director of the external
publicity division in the Ministry
of External Affairs, New Delhi.
Menon, who is fluent with sev
eral Indian languages and French
has also participated in a number
of International Conferences.