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<3C«: ' hlch he isj Uc kets in | ich witj,' tit lead. ' or y was 2 ' 0u tstan4. in his f irs! , ^ked toj second din w all alon f record i,, victories« Texas A&M University Che Battalion Volume 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1964 Number 189 <enox, the, fexas Yeari 20 minul ■itclassed it edings as 67 points 84 victory 1 Gregory heir uppenj Aggie van determinti ount of sd their wn riumph. N t fe handed ii ck. Austin jr^ ?e display d for 43 pc ■cord of llj in 1958, Tb tits came fa ; other 15 at row line.t the second ii: e Fish diapi C. Smitkli 0 points end and Lara | ith 13 and LION ITS Panamanian Visitors Air Canal Zone Views More Money, Jobs, Slouch Gets Degree Cadet Slouch is going to get a Doctor’s Degree this week end. At least the man who regularly takes pen in hand and creates the Aggie favorite will have the degree bestowed upon him. Jim Earle, who started drawing the Slouch car toons as an undergraduate student—he’s of the Class of ’54—will receive the Doctor of Education degree. Earle is currently an assistant professor in the Depart ment of Engineering Graphics. Incidently, Earle will continue to draw Slouch. The members of The Battalion staff express their con gratulations to Jim. The Battalion is probably the only stu dent newspaper, if not the only newspaper, which has a car toonist with a Doctor’s Degree. Ahhh, Almost Out! J. L. Rodriquez doesn’t have a care in the final exams, world. He is one of the lucky graduating seniors who doesn’t have to worry about He gets his Chemical Engi neering degree Saturday. ‘YANKEE GO HOME’ Panama Officials Say No To Diplomatic Relations mrTSTTTTTTTr Cars Service reign Car: j TA 2451ij iMMMtam PANAMA (JP)—An authoritative official source said Wednesday night that Panama is going ahead with a complete rupture of diplo matic relations with the United States until America agrees to ne gotiate a new Panama Canal treaty. The sources said President Ro berto Chiari had asked the Costa Rican government to take over Panamanian affairs in Washing ton and that Costa Rica had agreed to do so. Panama has also asked the U.S. government to withdraw its di plomatic personnel from this tense capital, the sources said, adding that Panama is bringing home its envoys from Washington. Pana manian Ambassador August© Ar ango already has been returned here. The new turn in the U.S.-Pana ma crisis came as defiant univer sity students shouting, “Yankee, go home” received Chiari’s assur ances that he will not abandon Panama’s demands for a new trea ty to replace the 6-year-old pact which gives America control of the strategic waterway. Although the United States and Panama had agreed earlier Wed nesday to settle their differences, the new crisis developed over in terpretation of that agreement, which Panama views as a U.S. commitment to negotiate a new treaty. The United States said it agreed only to discuss—not negotiate— the issues between the two coun tries. Panama’s Foreign Minister Gali leo Solis issued a statement saying “Panama will not renew relations until the government of the United States gives assurances to Panama that negotiations will be started for a new treaty to replace exist ing agreements.” Nearly 1,000 students staged a bitter anti-United States rally at the University of Panama, then Wire Review 1 By The Associated Press WORLD NEWS PARIS — The 12-story steel and concrete skeleton of an a- partment house collapsed Wed nesday, killing at least 15 work men. Another 18 workmen were in jured, and rescuers dug fran tically toward the weak cries of men buried under the estimated 100,000 tons of debris... Two of the injured were freed with hacksaws and chisels. About 10 men still were missing. U. S. NEWS WASHINGTON — The first break in the John F. Kennedy White House team which President Johnson inherited came Wednes day with the resignation of spec ial counsel Theodore C. Sorenson. Sorensen, 35, will leave the White House staff at the end of February to write a personal ac count of his 11 years with the assassinated chief executive. The Nebraska lawyer told a news conference his book will be something of a substitute for one which he disclosed Kennedy had planned to write after leaving of fice. STATE NEWS AUSTIN — Texas draft boards have received notice to begin now to carry out President John- Outfit CO’s Have Room Assignments son’s wishes — classification of men immediately after they reg ister at age..—..the State Se lective Service director said Wednesday. Whereas previously most men have been classified initially be tween the ages of IS'/z and 20, the President requested Jan. 5 that this policy be changed. marched five miles to the presi dential palace to make their de mands known to Chiari. Health Stipend Physicists’ Available A $2500 fellowship is available but there were no takers at A&M as of Tuesday—and deadline for applications is Feb. 1. These fellowships are available in the health physics field. A&M is one of 10 universities at which the program will be offered. HEALTH PHYSICS is primari ly concerned with the study, eval uation and control of radiation hazards and the development of procedures to protect workers in nuclear plants. Mrs. Jenrette To Receive Deceased Husband’s PhD Mrs. Jacquelyn Jenrette is ex pected to walk across the stage Saturday to receive from A&M University the Doctor of Philoso phy degree conferred upon her late husband, Air Force Capt. James P. Jenrette. He had completed all course work for the degree in meteoro logy with his dissertation in the final stage when he was involv ed in an auto accident Dec. 15. He died three days later. “We did get word to Jim that his dissertation had been accepted and his wife told me that although he could not talk he indicated he understood,” Dr. Kenneth C. Brun- didge said. He is chairman of the faculty committee which supervis ed Jenrette’s doctoral studies. This will not be the first grad uate degree posthumously confer red by A&M, although it is rarely done. “Mrs. Jenrette will occupy Jim’s seat in the ceremony, and when the Ph.D. candidates go forward, she will accept his degree,” Dr. Brun- didge said. Cotton Duchesses Get Entry Blanks Any club interested in entering a girl as a duchess for the Cotton Pageant and Ball to be held in early April should contact Kindred P. Caskey, secretary of the 30th Annual pageant. He may be con tacted at the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences. Letters and forms have been mailed to the various clubs and civic groups in the College Station area. Battalion. Midnights Out For Uniformity Says Dresser “For the sake of uniformity of the Corps, cadets wili not wear the ‘Midnight’ uniform in its pres ent form next year,” Paul A. Dres ser Jr., Cadet Colonel of the Corps, announced Wednesday. “The decision was made by the Commandant, Col. Denzil L. Bak er,” said Maj. John Vilas, assistant commandant. “It was based on a thorough study by the Cadet Uni form Committee, with the concur rence of the Corps of Cadets. Dresser said, “starting next year, the wearing of the green wool trousers and green wool shirt will be discontinued.” In stead, it will be a junior-senior privilege to wear the ‘Midnight’ shirt in combination with ‘pink’ trousers. I booth will not be open Jan. 25, a In this way all cadets will wear' Saturday, or Jan. 31, the last day pink trousers to achieve uniformi- | to pay the tax. ty in the Corps when in winter) Head also mentioned that the uniform, Dresser commented. j MSC booth will not be authorized “Many out-of-town people fail | to issue exemptions. He issued a appeal to eligible A&M gie uniform,” said Dresser. Election Year Tax Available At MSC A&M University students and Brazos County residents may pay their 1964 election year poll tax in the Memorial Student Center beginning Jan. 20. A special booth will be set up in the post office area for the convenience of those seeking vot ing rights, announced Howard Head, student president of the MSC Council. Hours of operation will be 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1 to 4 p.m, Jan 20-24 and Jan. 27-30. The His 134-page dissertation entitl ed “A Laboratory Investigation of Forcer Vortex Motion” was in final rough draft at the time of his death. The cost of preparing the final copies for filing, plus other fees totaled $137. “All of Jim’s fellow officers, other graduate students and facul ty and staff throughout the de partment contributed toward the necessary expenses,” Dr. Brun- didge said. Research Chemist To Lecture Society On Campus Friday The American Chemical Society will meet at 7:45 p.m. Friday in Room 231 of the Chemistry Build ing. The guest speaker for the even ing will be Dr. Max Blumer, an organic chemist with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Mas- sechusetts. The subject of his lecture will be “Hydrocarbon Cy cles in Nature.” Preceeding the meeting, all are invited to join the speaker for dinner at the dining room of the Memorial Student Center, said J. B. Beckham, secretary of the socie ty. The dinner will be served cafeteria style. Blumer attended the University of Basel receiving his Ph.D. in Chemistry summa cum laude in 1949. He has done research at the University of Minnesota con cerning polarography. Before coming to Woods Hole, Blumer was a rare metals re searcher for CIBA of Basel, Swit zerland as well as spending some time as a research chemist for the Shell Development Company of Houston. Blumer also worked in Europe with B.P.M. Shell at Amsterdam, Holland. Cadets should contact their or ganization commander to find out what their room assignment for Spring will be rather than check ing by the Housing Office as in dicated in Tuesday’s story in The I to recognize ‘Midnights’ as an Ag- I special students to become voters. Sophomore Class Changes Ball Date The Sophomore Ball, original ly scheduled for Feb. 29, has been rescheduled for April 25, Sophomore Class President Ric hard Dooley announced Wednes day. “The date was changed due to the fact that the Combat and Military Balls are the weekend following the original date,” Dooley said. To qualify for a grant a student must be a U. S. citizen and hold a bachelor of science degree in physical sciences or in some field of engineering. THE GRANTS are available through the Atomic Energy Com mission. Each offers a stipend and allowances. The basic stipend is $2500. An additional $500 is allowed for each dependent. It al so includes tuition, fees and al lowance for certain travel. Anyone interested in applying should contact Dr. Robert Coch ran, head of the Department of Nuclear Engineering, Room 301 of the Petroleum Engineering Build ing. Applications must reach the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies, Oak Ridge, Tenn. by Feb. 1. Television Confab Meets Here Friday About 200 people are expected to participate in an educational television feasibility conference on the A&M University campus Fri day, according to an announcement by Dr. W. J. Graff, Dean of In struction. The conference begins at 1:00 p.m. in the auditorium of the Vet erinary Medicine Building. A de monstration of instructional tele vision will follow discussions led by Lee Dreyfus of the University of Wisconsin and Robert F. Schenkkan of the University of Texas. The purpose of the conference is to discuss the role of educational television in school and communi ty, and to determine the extent of local interest in the medium. Respect, Asked By JOHN WRIGHT Battalion News Editor More participation in the running of the U. S. zone in cluding the Panama Canal itself, more job opportunities and better pay for Panamanian employees, more income from the earnings of the canal and, perhaps most important of all, more regard and respect for Panama and its citizens—all are the basic points which Panamanian students, presently enrolled at A&M, feel should be presented in any talks be tween the United States and Panama. Because of interest in the Panamanian opinion of the canal zone flareup, several Panamanian students were asked to express their views. CARLOS M. PALM said “the rioting started when Amer ican students raised the* American flag.’’ This was in direct defiance of regulations which stipulated that the Panamanian flag be displayed with the U. S. flag. Said Palm, “The Panamanian people want the American and Panamanian flags flying side by side in the canal zone.” “There are a number of Com munists in Panama, but I think they are not involved. The main reasons for the conflict are flying the flags and money policies over the canal,” said Palm. “THE UNITED STATES pays Panama $1.93 million a year rent on the canal and has an income between $64 to $68 million a year from shipments through the ca nal,” said Palm. “The people of Panama feel that the tax money from the income of the canal should be paid to Pana ma and not the United States. “The U. S. should provide or allow more jobs for Panamanians- better paying jobs too. “You see, the Panamanians don’t receive the minimum U. S. salary. They get something like 60 to 70tf an hour, and 90 per cent of the dirtiest jobs.” SAYS JORGE OBEDIENTE, “About one fifth of Panama’s na tional budget is its portion of the Canal revenue. If Panama’s share was raised to 50 per cent it would increase the per-capita income of Panama by about a fifth.” Rodrigo R. Marciacq, another student from Panama, said that there should be more of a cultural exchange between Panama and Americans living in the Canal Zone. “The Americans in the Canal-Zone tend to look upon and treat the Panamanians as if they were lower class. “It is important that Americans realize that it is a case of the American flag flying next to the Panamanian flag, not the Pana manian flag being priviliged to fly alongside the flag of the U. S.” said Rodrigo. Obediente also said that if the U.S. civilian Canal Zone traffic police were replaced with Panama nian civilian police then relations between the two nationalities would be improved. Said Obed iente, “At least I prefer to get a traffic ticket from a Panamanian policeman, than a U. S. police man.” Foreign Study Aid Applications Taken Aggies who graduate this year and are interested in foreign study may wish to consider the Rotary Foundation Fellowships, Graduate Dean Wayne C. Hall said Wednes day. He serves as the Rotary Fellow ship program representative for the Bryan-College Station Rotary Club. He also will assist the Beau mont Rotary Club in its search for prospective candidates. The Fellowships, tenable at uni versities throughout the free world, include a grant of approximately $2,500 for the year. The applicant may list at least five universities at which he would like to study. Not more than three may be in the same country and the applicant must have consider able knowledge of the language. Legal Holiday Set For Local Banks Monday will be a legal holi day in observance of Robert E. Lee’s birthday. The following businesses will be closed: City National Bank, First National Bank, Bank of Commerce, First Bank & Trust, University National Bank, Com munity Savings & Loan Associa tion and Bryan Building & Loan Association. i if in if mvi mil in ft iiiiii itai Posing in front of the Ridder, La., where they recently won a sky diving contest, are members of the A&M Parachute Team: front row, M. T. Works, A&M Parachute Team Wins Gooney Bird” in De- Bruce Head, Don Deveny and John Finks; back row, Mike Richardson, Bob Richard son and John Olden.