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T den ain ™ y°u to bfL -teased for,: W Personal' NTIME, I s president of refrain f rt ' statements' test time, b r to 1)6 Press- and coniplij Beat The Hell Outa TU On TV Texas A&M University €bt Battalion League said lent on Pinij,, °t received pe. Volume 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS ERIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1964 Number 187 1 club owners t is e of the.(i to Louisrl >RT0N’$ HOUSE test pancakes, teaks, shrimp, ds. tnts lunch ). m. >UB- PON C Fall Final Exam Schedule The following- final exam schedule is being re-run in The Battalion to enable students to make plans concerning their individual schedules. 20-25. Finals will be held the week of Jan. Date Hours Class Monday 8-11 a.m. MWF8 1-4 p.m. TThSFl Tuesday 8-11 a.m. MWF9 1-4 p.m. MWThl Wednesday 8-11 a.m. MWF10 1-4 p.m. TF1 Thursday 8-11 a.m. M3TThlO 1-4 p.m. MWTh2 Friday 8-11 a.m. MWF11 1-4 p.m. M4TThll Saturday 8-11 a.m. TTh9F2 1-4 p.m. TF2, TWF3, or TThF3 CSC Discusses W eekend Plans BY JOHN WRIGHT Asst. News Editor Discussion concerning the ar rangements of the Civilian Week end dominated Thursday night’s meeting of the Civilian Student Countit in the Memorial Student Center. After much opinion was ex pressed over the selection of a band, and whether or not to hold the dance off campus, a decision was made to appoint both the Ex ecutive Committee and a commit tee of four, under the chairman ship of Gandmer Parker, to final ize details of the dance. ALTHOUGH NO FORMAL de cision was made, a show of hands indicated that the majority of council members favored an off- campus dance with a band that would play a variety of dance music. Parker’s committee of four will be comprised of Ken Scott, Travis Voelkel, Jim Benson and John Fer guson. The committee will report on its selection of band and dance location, at the next scheduled meeting of the council. Earlier in the meeting Charles Shook presented the treasurer’s report and announced that the Council had $1245 in the bank. Shook emphasized that this amount did not include the allotted $600 from the Exchange Store profits, which will be forthcoming. Wire Review By The Associated Press WORLD NEWS PANAMA — Thousands o f Panamanian students stormed the U.S.-controlled Canal Zone Thursday night on a flag-carry ing raid and were repulsed by gunfire. Two students were reported killed and 26 or more persons injured in the bloodshed stem ming from rival attempts to fly the U.S. and Panamanian flags. The zone is Panamanian terri tory but under unending lease to the United States. Panama quickly recalled its ambassador, Augusto Arango, from Washington. U.S. NEWS MOSCOW—Moscow Radio on Thursday night welcomed Presi dent Johnson’s proposal for a cut back in American military spend ing. But it said: “One cannot assert that this is the beginning of the end of the arms drive. It is more a freezing of it.” The commentary, broadcast on the radio’s home service, was the first official public reaction in the Soviet Union to the President’s State of the Union message. NEW YORK — Richard M. Nixon says that as soon as he decides who the Republicans’ strongest presidential candidate is, he personally “will make any sacrifice” to see that that man is nominated. The former vice president would not say outright that this could mean he would accept the nomination, but it was his clear est indication to date that his repeated stand that he is not a candidate might be subject to change. Other old business discussed at the meeting included the results of the Needy Family project. Paul Oliver, chairman of the Needy Family Committee, announced that a total of $50.55 was spent on the selected family, mostly on clothes for the seven children. NEW BUSINESS TOPICS raised at the meeting revolved around the subjects of an auto safety-belt campaign and the Council banquet. Richard Moore, president of the Civilian Student Council, named a committee to be formed under the chairmanship of Allan Lee, to ex amine the feasibility of offering for quick sale to the student body, at no profit to the council, top quality safety-belts. Moore ex pressed the opinion that perhaps such a campaign could help allevi ate the high number of Aggie lives lost in traffic accidents. The Civilian Student Council Banquet, which has been sched uled for the early part of May, will honor deserving civilians in connection with campus activities. MOORE APPOINTED a com mittee under the joint chairman ship of Don Bell and Jeff Harp to nominate outstanding civilians. Dean Hannigan dropped by and asked the council to pass on to the civilian students the necessity of avoiding any provoking activity at the University of Texas basketball game. A&M, UT Student Leaders Hope For Peaceful Contest Regional TV Game Set For Saturday Squadron 1 Sports New Uniform Hood Something new may be added to the Class “B” winter uniform of the Cadet Corps. The addi tion that is being considered is a hood that will be worn over the field jackets to protect the head and ears from the weather. Pat Nance, member of the Corps uniform committee, said that 74 hoods were purchased in Houston from an army surplus store for 75 cents. He stated that at present only Squadron 1 has the hoods as they will first be used on a trial basis. A report will be made to the uniform com mittee and, if approved, hoods will become a part of the uni form. Lt. Col. Roger W. Garrison, associate professor of air science, is chairman of the uniform com mittee. Midnight Oil Burns Brightly Students began the inevitable final exam for in these dorms for some time, as renova- studying Thursday night as evidenced by tion begins in early February. Construction this late night photograph of an old area material lays nearby to be used for the dorm. These are the last finals to be studied dorms under construction. FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS Group To Study Possibility Of University TV Station The feasibility of establishing | ucational Television in the United tnat will be Bob Fox, in-school co educational television in South- States.” I ordinator of Station KLRN-TV, Central Texas to serve educa- “Educational Television in Tex- Austin. tion and community groups will \ as” will be discussed by Robert F.\ CHAIRING THE DISCUSSION be discussed Jan. 17 on campus. School officials and civic lead ers from 16 counties have been in vited to join A&M administrators and faculty for the conference, Dean of Instruction W. J. Graff said. He is chairman for the con ference which is expected to at tract about 200 persons from ele mentary and secondary schools, the university and civic leaders. “An educational television fac ility on the A&M campus could serve a scholastic population of 36.000 elementary and secondary pupils, a general population of 168.000 persons and many col lege and university students with in a radius of 50 miles,” Graff said. The studies also could serve as a center for closed circuit tele vision on campus, the dean said. THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS will be delivered by Dr. Lee Dreyfus, general manager of Station WHAT-TV of the University of Wisconsin. He will speak on “Ed- Connally Makes Bid For New Tenure AUSTIN (A 1 ) — Gov. John Con nally announced for re-election Thursday and predicted Texas will be solidly Democratic in the No vember national election. “What’s wrong with right now?” the 46-year-old governor replied to a newsman’s question of when he would announce. His right arm still in a sling from a wound he received in Pres- i d e n t Kennedy’s assassination, Connally answered newsmen’s questions on political matters for the first time since before the Nov. 22 assassination. THE FORMER NAVY secretary and close friend of President John son said his bid for re-election has been his own concern in politics. He told questioners he has not talked with Johnson about a job in the new administration. “I’ve been there before,” Con nally said of Washington. In answer to other questions, Connally said: Texas will vote Democratic in national contests in November, probably by a 3-2 margin. Any peacemaking between Pres ident Johnson and U. S. Sen. Ralph Yarborough does not influence him. “How ever you interpret their actions, you shouldn’t include me. I’m not taking it upon myself to interfere in anybody else’s busi ness.” Schenkkan, director of radio and 1 0 f “Television in College and Uni television at the University of Texas. A demonstration of educational television in the classrooms also will be given by Schenkkan before the participants attend group meetings. Wesley K. Summers, director of instruction of the Bryan public schools, will chair a group discuss ing “Television in Elementary and Secondary Schools.” The consul- versities” will be Dr. Frank W. R. Hubert, dean of Arts and Sci ences. The consultant will be Sch enkkan. B. H. Dewey Jr., of Bryan, who is a ipember of the Southern Re gional Educational Board, will be chairman of the “Television as a Community Cultural Resource” group. The consultant will be Harvey Herbst, manager of Sta tion KLRN-TV. Radiological Men Install Equipment The installation of two major pieces of automated equipment for radiation detection and analysis was completed this week for the Radiological Safety Office, John E. Simek announced Thursday. The health physicist said the two systems, valued at $28,000, will increase services of the office and may be utilized in proposed research in the radiation field. One item is a Radiation Counter Laboratory Multichannel Analyzer for gamma ray analysis. The other is a Sharp Laboratory Low-Beta II System for the detection of low activity alpha or beta emitting radioisotopes. “TEXAS A&M is one of the few institutions which has been dele gated authority by the Atomic En ergy Commission and the Division of Occupational Health and Radia tion Control of the State of Texas to control, direct, and develop their radioisotope program,” Sim ek said. The program here is governed by the Radiological Safety Com mittee whose members are special ized and experienced in the radia tion field. THE RADIOLOGICAL SAFE TY OFFICE is responsible for the licensing of persons who wish to use byproduct material for re search or instructional purposes and for the safe use of these ha zardous materials while at A&M. The office is also responsible for maintaining the personnel radia tion exposure records of approxi mately 225 employes in 15 depart ments with radioactive material. By GLENN DROMGOOLE Members of the Student Senate discussed possible pre cautions that may be taken Saturday in an effort to prevent an incident similar to the one that occurred after last year’s A&M-University of Texas basketball game at Austin. The Senators expressed their desire to prevent such action in their regular meeting held in the Memorial Student Center Thursday night. STUDENT LEADERS from UT have likewise stated their intentions to avoid any extra-curricular activities after Saturday’s regionally televised cage game, A&M Student Senate President Harlan Roberts reported. At a recent meeting of the Southwest Conference Sports manship Committee, rep resentatives from the league’s eight schools also stated their desire for a peaceful contest between the two universities, Roberts said. THE INFAMOUS INCIDENT, which gained bad publicity for both A&M and UT last year, was the primary topic of discussion at the committee’s conference held in Dallas prior to the Cotton Bowl football game. Roberts noted that the group offered several solutions, none of which were acceptable to the two schools concerned. The student representatives suggested that A&M leave their yell leaders at home, but that met with the A&M veto. A&M LEADERS proposed that a special block section be reserved for the Aggies. Students attend ing the meeting from UT, however, claimed that such a section could not be reserved, so that idea fell by the wayside. The Longhorn supporters pres ent at the conference said if such action occurred after this year’s game as happened after last year’s, that next year’s Aggie- Longhorn clash in Austin would be viewed by only the respective basketball teams. A&M DEAN OF STUDENTS James P. Hannigan said Thursday in reference to the shouts of “Poor Aggies” that have fallen on A&M ears in the past, “This is going to happen from time to time and we’re going to have to act like grown-ups and ignore it.” The eyes of Texas will actually be on the A&M-UT game Satur day, as regional television brings the spirited contest into homes throughout the state. What From Hubby Asks Grad Wives This will be the topic of a panel discussion Tuesday during the regular meeting of the As sociation of Graduate Student Wives, at 8 p.m. on the second floor of the Richard Coke Build ing. The discussion will be mod erated by Dr. Christiansen, on Sabbatical leave from Brigham Young University. While at A&M he is associated with the Department of Agri cultural Economics ando Sociolo gy, and is doing educational re search. AVMA To Host Vice-President Of National Organization Here Mrs. Horace G. Balock, vice- president of the American Veter inary Medical Association will visit the student chapter on the A&M campus on Jan. 13-14. She will be a guest at the AVMA Awards Banquet Monday night at 6:30 in the Memorial Stu dent Center Ballroom, and will present the AVMA Auxiliary A- ward to the vet student who has done the most to promote veter inary medicine on the campus. On Tuesday, Mrs. Balock will be a guest at a Dutch Luncheon in the Ramada Inn at noon. All auxiliary members are invited. Reservations must be in by 5 p.m. Monday with Mrs. Marvin Sharp at VI 6-7320. On Tuesday night Mrs. Balock will speak at the AVMA meeting in the South Solarium of the YM CA at 8 o’clock. A light supper will proceed the meeting. Following the meeting, the freshman classes will honor the graduating senior class with a program. No Fights Please, Senators Urge An Open Letter To The Students of Texas A&M: A traditional sports event of long standing will take place in Austin this Saturday. Both schools are anticipating this event with keen athletic enthusiasm. The out come will have a marked effect on the Southwest Conference basket ball championship. In addition, this game will be regionally tele vised with millions of fellow Tex ans observing the actions of their two greatest state - supported schools. WE ALSO KNOW, however, that in the past events have often detracted from the true intentions of the A&M-UT basketball game. Last year’s after-game fight was the most recent in a long line of such undesirable occurrences in Austin. The whole Southwest Con ference is deeply concerned by this continued misuse of school loyalty, as witnessed by everyone’s concern expressed recently at the SWC Sportsmanship Meeting. It has been decided that if any such happenings as last year’s brawl repeats itself, the only peo ple allowed to see next year’s game will be the basketball teams themselves. WITH THE POSSIBLE elimina tion of all spectators at such an exciting and important athletic event as this game, we of the Stu dent Senate feel that this is too great a price to pay for the imma ture venting of emotion such a fight would characterize. Let us all this Saturday present a mature picture of A&M’s student body, not a picture of a student body that is easily badgered into belit tling squabbles. Let us both enjoy and control ourselves this Satur day in Austin. Larry Garrett Chairman, Issues Committee Student Senate Activity Fee Refund Set Graduating seniors who paid the student activity fee and will not be in school the spring se mester may obtain a refund on the spring portion by making application at the Housing Of fice. Students must present their student activity cards in order to be eligible for refund. Dormi tory refunds must turn in their mattress covers before claiming any refund. Graduating seniors who live in dormitories may obtain a refund of the last week of dormitory fees by reporting to the Fiscal Office beginning Tuesday. Students other than graduat ing seniors, who will not be in school during the spring semes ter, may make arrangements for their student activity fee refunds when they turn in their clear ances prior to leaving campus. -- — J.' *:•_