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I nent, he is while ponsible nlimited to make icre are lined or ness. MIES Reaction To Tobacco Text Varies By MIKE BECK Special Writer Reaction on the A&M Uni versity campus after Saturday’s governmental report calling cig arette smoking a grave menace to life and health is practical, but should give the slightly shaken tobacco industry mom entary relief. Students, faculty and employ ees who offered their opinions on the report and smoking were of the general consensus that smoking is detrimental to health and that there will be some de cline in smoking. It will soon recover and surpass the previ ous amount of usage of tobacco, the opinions indicated. IN THE REPORT the 10-man group held heavy cigarette smoking is the principal cause of lung cancer and a signifi cant cause of larynx cancer. It found some association between smoking and heart and blood vessel diseases and many other ailments but did not claim any causal relationship. Those who expressed opinions in the sample poll taken late Monday afternoon for the most part held two general views on the subject. One, the report was valid and forceful but no more than cry- stalized beliefs that the public has held for years. And two, smoking is a personal thing and bad for on’s health, but the re port will not have noticable in fluence on the present smokers. ROBERT W. BARZAK, Assist ant Dean of Graduate Students and associate professor of Eng lish, partially held both of these beliefs in his opinion. Barzak said, “The report shows about what everyone expected it to show. Smoking is something people have been fighting a long time before the report and it helps to open their eyes just a little more.” As for his plans after read ing about the report he feels, “It might help me slow down. Certainly I am going to give more thought about reaching for a cigarette. I’ve been trying to wean myself off cigarettes on to a pipe for some time now any way.” DON A BEARDEN, a sopho more aerospace engineering maj or, held a more definite opinion on what the national reaction would be. He said, “I don’t feel it (the report) will have any ef fect on people’s decision. I mean if someone came up and said you had a 50-50 chance of dying in a car wreck you wouldn’t quit driving a car, would you?” Not everyone was quite so positive. Jim Houston, a sopho more marketing major, commit ted himself to certain actions in light of the report. Houston said, “I’m definitely going to quit. Although this is something everyone has known for years, the scientific and medical backing of this report made the realization finally hit you.” AFTER LIGHTING UP a cig arette, he concluded, “This is my next to last cigarette right here. I’ll finish this pack and then give it up.” Houston wasn’t alone in his intentions. According to one married student, his wife is going to cut him down to one pack a week — that is, three a day —which he feels will be just as bad as being stopped. Many students felt that possi bly the greatest benefit from the report will come to those that don’t smoke and are thinking of starting. JOHN B. HOPKINS, a sopho more accounting major, fell into this category. Hopkins com mented, “If those statistics will keep people from starting, it will be worth it even if they don’t get people to quit.” Mrs. Gene Westmoreland, a salesgirl in the gift shop of the Memorial Student Center, is a non-smoker but held an opin ion on the subject. She said, “I think the report is right. If people want to smoke it’s their own business, but I feel they should stop because of the great danger involved.” No noticeable effect on the sale of cigarettes and tobacco and cigars had been noticed in the MSC gift shop as of Mon day morning. According to an other salesgirl, the cold weather and short time since the release of the report hadn’t given the report a fair chance to cause a reaction. Texas A&M University Cbe Battalion Volume 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1964 Number 188 Aggie Players Present Subtle, ‘Timeless’ Play Production Views Life’s Real Beauty BY BOB SCHULZ Battalion Staff Writer A subtle satire on the realities of life was conducted Monday night by the Aggie Players as they presented their second perform ance of the year in its opening show. The play, “Six Characters in Search of an Author,” was written in the early Twenties by Luigi Pirandello. The play is timeless in that it presents an idea that itself is ageless. This idea con tends that real beauty is to be found in the imagination, that nothing in life can be so good as it is in our imagination. THE SITUATION deals with a company of players who are in the process of a rehearsal when they are interrupted by a group who say they are characters in search of an author. They live in a situa tion created for them and contend that they can express it in the form of a play. They represent a family torn by every imaginable form of hate and tragedy. When they present this situation the ex tent of this imagination is so pow erful that the manager of the com pany decides to produce it. He, however, tries to take the identity away from the players and fit the parts of the characters to his own players, to make the situation more “true to life.” He cannot succeed in this, for his own players lack imagination. The real- (See Aggie players, Page 2) Wire Review WORLD NEWS DAR ES SALAAM, Tanganyika WP)—The African nationalist re gime of Zanzibar sealed off the island nation Monday as support ers of the ousted Arab government were reported still putting up a fight. 'kirk CAIRO UP)—Arab Kings, pres idents, sheiks and strong men met at a summit meeting in Cairo Monday night in an un usual display of pan-Arab unity and quickly went into secret ses sion to plan action against Is rael. kkk NICOSIA, Cyprus (Ah _ British troops were ordered Monday to use every possible means to prevent further violence between Greek and Turkish Cypriots on this trou bled Mediterranean island. Previ ous orders were to shoot only in self defense. kkk RUSSIANS IN CUBA: A spokesman for Sen. Thomas J. Dodd, D-Conn., said Monday that Dodd has received reports indi cating a considerable new Soviet military buildup in Cuba. The spokesman said the reports have come to Dodd, a member of the Senate internal security subcom mittee, from many refugees, un derground and other sources. Wray Breaks Arm During Workout William D. Wray, a fifth year architectural student from Hous ton, suffered a broken left fore arm Monday in G. Rollie White Coliseum. According to James P. Juve nal, senior physical education student, Wray obtained his in jury when he fell from a side horse during a workout in the coliseum. He was taken by ambulance to the College Hospital where he was treated and released. Wray resides during the school term at 307 Foch St. in Bryan. Aggie Exes Set Annual Confab For Next Week Approximately 150 Aggie Exes throughout Texas will be on cam pus Jan. 24-26 for the annual As sociation of Former Students’ meeting, J. B. Hervey, executive secretary, announced. Various groups of the associa tion will meet at the same time, Hervey added, including the class agents, club officers,, executive board and council. An executive board meeting at 8 p.m. Jan. 24 will begin the week end activities. Association presi dent L. F. Peterson of Fort Worth, who is also a member of the A&M Board of Directors, will preside. The 13th annual Class Agents’ Conference will be held from 9:30 a.m. to noon Saturday. The a- genda includes reports on class re unions, development fund and oth er programs. Asa Hunt of Dallas will chair the class agents’ ses sion. The 18th meeting of A&M Club Officers will begin at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, with Guy King Jr., of Waco presiding. The talks in clude plans for 1964 association programs, to be presented by Jack Crichton of Dallas. Other speakers at the club of ficers’ meeting include E. L. (Pete) Wehner, Houston; Dorsey Mc- Crory,, A&M Development Fund Director; Jim Lindsey, informa tion director at A&M; H. B. Mc- Elroy, Houston, and Dr. William Graff, Dean of Instruction. The General Electric Co.’s Space-A-Tarium will be one of numerous scientific and space exploration exhibits to be sponsored by major industries throughout the U. S. for the Memorial Student Center’s Space Fiesta, Space Fiesta Exhibit Feb. 3-14. The exhibit will feature an au dience controlled flight to the moon, an orbit around the moon, the firing of a mis sile and the firing of an anti-missile mis sile. Johnson Security Strongly Stresses Of Panama Canal WASHINGTON LP) — President Johnson conferred Monday night with key officials he sent to Pana ma and the White House said aft erward that “the United States cannot allow the security of the Panama Canal to be imperiled.” The statement said that the President “continues to believe that the first essential is mainte nance of peace.” CorpsRoom Change Rules 9 DeadlinesSet Students who will live in Corps dormitories next semester are asked to check by the Hous ing Office for room assignments. No Corps student will register for a room before class regis tration. Also, Corps students who plan to live in civilian dorms must register for their new rooms by 5 p.m. Wednesday. Room change slips must be signed by the unit commander and the civilian counselor. They must also turn in a “Clearance for Dropping ROTC” form to the Housing Of fice by registration. Mattress covers should be turned in with uniforms. Students should check bulletin boards for more infor mation. Kansans Recall Odd Law WICHITA, Kan. UP>—While the nation ponders what to do about cigarettes, old-timers recall that Kansas once tried to put a stop to smoking. It tried for 18 years. The Legislature passed a law on March 2, 1909, prohibiting the sale of cigarettes in the state. The law also prohibited persons under 21 years of age from smoking in public. There was a penalty of $25 to $100 for each offense. The law met mixed reactions— and had mixed effects on Kansans. The same mail which delivered crinolines to rural and small town ladies began bringing cigarettes to their husbands and boy friends from neighboring Missouri and Colorado. Smoking was an expensive habit then. Cigarettes which sold for 11 to 15 cents per pack in Missouri sold for 20 cents a pack in Wichita and 25 cents in some smaller towns. BUT IT ALSO SAID that: “We have a recognized obligation to operate the canal efficiently and securely and we intend to honor that obligation in the interest of all who depend upon it.” The crisis burst out in Panama last Thursday and the next day Johnson dispatched a task force to Panama to try to promote peace and turn rioting and shooting into order. THE GROUP HURRIED to the White House on its return to the capital Monday night. The Presi- Junior Hi Student Dies Mysteriously Ott Charles Reeves, 13, a stu dent at Anson Jones Junior High School, died at 1 p.m. Monday after collapsing following noon recess. Young Reeves was the son of Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Reeves, 3100 W. Highway 21. Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Tuesday in Hillier Funeral Home chapel. Ramsey Rites, Set Garland A. Ramsey, 64, foreman at the A&M University Poultry Farm, died at 6 a.m. Friday in a Marlin hospital. Ramsey had been employed by A&M for 18 years. Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Helen Ramsey, and a daugh ter, Mrs. Larry Olson of Seguin. Funeral arrangements were con ducted by Hillier Funeral Home of Bryan. Burial services were held Sunday at Bryan City Cemetery. Today 9 s Thought This is a great country, but you can’t live in it for nothing. —Will Rogers dent met with members of the task force for 2 hours and 20 minutes. Those conferring with the Presi dent included the new assistant secretary of state for inter-Ameri can affairs, Thomas C. Mann, who led the task force for peace to Panama and the Canal Zone in the midst of rioting that claimed a score of lives. Only 3 More Batts Until Spring Term Only three more editions of The Battalion will be printed be fore the beginning of the Spring semester. The next Batt will come off the press Thursday, as the staff starts cramming for final exams. During final week the only edition will come out on Thurs day, while the Batt staff tries to round up enough grade points to return next semester. Be tween semesters The Battalion’s schedule calls once again for a Thursday paper only. The big question is who will stay behind to put it out. Degrees Due For Students On Saturday Hannigan Proud Of Aggie Conduct Dean of Students James P. Hannigan Monday praised stu dents for their “splendid con duct in Austin Saturday at the Texas University-Texas A&M basketball games.” “I’d like especially to compli ment the Student Senate and the Civilian Student Council and staff of The Battalion for their fine suggestions concerning con duct while away at athletic con tests,” the dean said. Great Issues To Present Russian Filin “Russia and Its People,” a non political view of the people behind the Iron Curtain, will be the third presentation of the Great Issues Committee World Around Us ser ies Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Student Center Ball- The feature of the program will be a color film narrated by Ra- pheal Green, a New England edu cator. Green has taught on the high- school and college level and work ed for the U. S. State Department. The film will show many cul tural scenes in Russian cathedrals, museums and symphony halls. It will view many of the Russian works of fine art as well as many small enterprises and businesses. The film will run one hour and 15 minutes. Student Activities Cards and Great Issues season tickets will be honored. Tickets will be available at the door or they may be bought in advance from the Student Pro grams Office in the basement of the Memorial Student Center. “The response to these programs has succeeded all of our desires and I believe it is because these are not propaganda but a candid view of the peoples of the world,” said Hal Brown, chairman of tne Great Issues Committee. Fall Final Exam Schedule The following final exam schedule is being re-run again in The Battalion to enable students to make plans concerning their individual schedules. Finals will be held next week. Date Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Hours Class 8-11 a.m. MWF8 1-4 p.m. TThSFl 8-11 a.m. MWF9 1-4 p.m. MWThl 8-11 a.m. MWF10 1-4 p.m. TF1 8-11 a.m. MSTThlO 1-4 p.m. MWTh2 8-11 a.m. MWF11 1-4 p.m. M4TThll 8-11 a.m. TTh9F2 1-4 p.m. TF2, TWF3, or TThF3 504 To Receive A&M Sheepskins Approximately 500 senior and graduate students will receive de grees at A&M University com mencement ceremonies Saturday. C. E. Tishler, Convocations Com mittee chairman, said activities will begin at 10 a.m. in G. Rollie White Coliseum. Commencement speaker will be President John A. Hunter of Loui siana State University, A&M Pres ident Earl Rudder has announced. H. L. Heaton, registrar, said the degree listing shows 30 candidates for doctorates, 72 for the master’s, one applicant for the Professional Degree, 55 for Doctor of Veteri nary Medicine degrees, and 346 for bachelor degrees, totaling 504 stu dents. Eighty members of the Reserve Officer Training Corps program are scheduled to receive reserve or regular commissions in the Army or Air Force. Exercises be gin at 1:30 p.m. in G. Rollie White Coliseum. Col. Denzil L. Baker, professor of military science and command ant of the Corps of Cadets, said the commissioning speaker will be Brig. Gen. William C. Lindley, commandant of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps. Col. Baker said 58 of the 80 cadets have applied for commis sions in the Army Reserve. Col. James F. Starkey, head of the Air Science Department, said the bal ance of the cadet seniors are candi dates for Air Force commissions. Hunter, a Louisiana native, is widely known in educational cir cles and is president of the South ern Association of College and Schools. Poll Tax Deadline In Brazos County Slated For Jan. 31 “Pay your poll tax early and avoid the rush,” Chief Deputy Tax Assessor-Collector Joe Wheat said Monday evening. People can pay the poll tax fee of $1.75 from now through Jan. 31 at the tax assessor-collector’s office in the Brazos County Court House from 8-12 and 1-5 daily and from 8-12 on Saturdays, or by mail. Wheat noted. Stations will be erected in the Memorial Student Center from Jan. 20 through Jan 31, while Jaycee stations will be set up in the lobby of each Bryan-College Station bank the last week of this month. The tax office will be open during the noon hour the last week, he added. People who have moved to Brazos County to become Texas residents for the first time may vote without paying, provided they have lived in Texas for one year prior to elections and in this coun ty for six months prior to elec tions, and if they acquire an ex emption, said Wheat. Those who are 21 or will be be fore elections and people who were 61 by Jan. 1 are exempted, but must pick up their exemptions be fore Jan. 31 to vote. Wheat added.