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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1964
Number 2
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Ole Army Wins Again
Five members of the Maroon Band wildcat night. Although 450 Aggies showed up for
as the fightin’ Texas Aggie Basketball team the game in Waco, most students were left
score another basket enroute to a 77-71 on campus to boost the team on the radio,
victory over the Baylor Bears Tuesday
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LT. GOV. SMITH SPEAKS
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»ORIE!
Redistricting, Education
Ready For So Ions Action
5 DUTY
EIVED.
IMG’S.
Lt. Gov. Preston Smith said here
hiesday that two major issues up
or action in the next Texas legis-
ative session are congressional
edistricting and the education
ADUATIOWget.
Speaking at A&M University’s
.nnual County Judges and Com-
nissioners’ Conference, he said the
edistricting efforts will be the
esult of the U. S. Supreme
’ourt’s recent decision in Georgia.
The high court is expected to
phold a Houston federal district
ourt ruling that current appor-
ionment of Texas’ congressional
iistricts is unconstitutional.
Smith told the 300 conference
lembers that “we may someday
ee a $1 billion annual education
l||||||i udget in Texas.”
Getting down to the county level,
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ntative
Smith said many people have been
inclined to “overlook the fact that
the very foundation of sound gov
ernment is the courthouses of our
254 counties and not in the halls
of Congress along the Potomac
River.”
HE POINTED OUT that county
government is being criticized as
outmoded and should even be elimi
nated.
It is true, he said, that a few
counties have filled up with cities,
creating conflict and duplication
between county and municipal gov
ernments.
“But if the critics will look at
the map a little closer, they will
note the vast majority of Texas’
254 counties are not dominated by
cities,” Smith explained. “There
are 29 counties in the so-called
Peace Corps’ Plan
Offered Students
Aggies and other colleges stu-
ents from the Southwest can
pend their summer vacations
verseas with little or no individual
xpense.
The plan was outlined here Tues-
ay by a field representative of an
rganization called “Experiment in
nternational Living,” which is la-
eled a non-profit, private group
iterested in the exchange of youth
rom about 40 countries.
Bill Maclay, the Experiment’s
outhwest and Midwest representa-
ve, interviewed prospective world
•avelers and outlined the project’s
bjectives.
Approximately 2,000 students,
icluding two Aggies visited coun-
•ies in Africa, Asia, Latin Ameri-
i, Middle East, Western and
astern Europe in 1963. The Ag-
ies included Lee Walker and Wal-
ice A. Dean, both currently en-
)lled.
“MOST STUDENTS are un
ware of the opportunity,” Maclay
nvolving
creative
itriguing
3 advan-
jetor,
e will b e
listrator-
t Worth,
MID
Navy Flyers
living Tests
A team from the U.S. Naval
ir Station in Dallas is on cam-
us presenting information about
viation Reserve Officer Candi-
ate, the Navy’s newest program.
Actual qualifying flight apti-
ide test are being given to in
vested students daily from 8
.m. to 7 p.m. Men wearing glass-
3 can qualify for flight officer,
jeeiving wings and filght pay
n an equal level with pilots.
Eight weeks pre-flight train-
ig in the summer of 1964 and
ight weeks advanced pre-flight in
le summer of 1965 in Pensacola,
lorida are included in the pro
ram. Week-end or weekly re-
erve meetings are optional.
The team will be in the lobby
f the Memorial Student Center
rom 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Fri-
ay-
said, “or else visiting a country
in Asia is an unheard of thing.”
People from the Southwest, Ma
clay commented, are needed to give
those living in foreign countries
a better sample of what Ameri
cans are like.
For the most part, Maclay wants
students with foreign languages
abilities, under 30 years and at
least 19, leadership qualities and
good academic standing.
The Experiment is one of several
Peace Corps-type groups that
sponsor trips aboard by students.
UNLIKE SOME, however, the
Experiment requires that students
live with families overseas. Its
philosophy is that “advances to
ward world peace can be made at
the individual level, by introducing
people of one country to another
through the family social struct
ure.”
At the same time, Maclay point
ed out that families in the United
States also host foreign students
during the 2%-month period. He
also is interested in family appli
cations for these visiting youths.
Arrangements for the trip aboard
are being handled by the Travel
Committee of the Memorial Stu
dent Center.
metropolitan area. For the rest,
county government is still the
number 1 authority and the level
of government closest to home.”
In answer to critics’ charge that
county government lacks uniform
ity, the lieutenant governor said
the basic structure is the same
throughout the state because it is
set up that way by the constitution.
Smith said some counties in the
heavily populated areas sometimes
function somewhat like municipali
ties.
“Criticism comes from the fact
that the constitution and the
statutes still continue the myth
that all counties are convenient
geographical areas for carrying
out state functions,” he empha
sized.
THE SPEAKER SAID as things
stand now, local governments re
quire too much supervision by the
Legislature, which should devote
more time to state and general
problems. The supervision of
county governments is not a legis
lative function.
“Not only does such action tend
to detract from efficiency of the
Legislature on the state-wide level,
but it also tends to show distrust
in county government and doesn’t
strengthen the will of the people
to govern themselves efficiently on
the local level,” Smith said.
Other areas of criticism he
pointed out were lack of a merit
system in county government, low
salaries, and inadequacy of pur
chasing, auditing, budgeting, filing,
recording and property control
systems.
The conference began Monday.
Sponsors were the Agricultural
Extension Service and the County
Judges and Commissioners’ Associ
ation of Texas.
Exh ibitionPlann ed
By Chess Master
International Chess Master
George Koltanowski will present
a simultaneous chess display in
the Memorial Student Center
ballroom at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Joe Watson, chairman of the
sponsoring MSC Chess Com
mittee, has invited the public to
attend this program in which
Koltanowski will play thirty
local players at the same time.
In such an exhibition the
master walks from board to
board making his move in each
game in succession. As a result
he has to walk several miles in
some lengthy exhibitions.
Computer System
To Get Trial Run
By RAY HARRIS
Battalion Staff Writer
Registration by computer may be near for A&M stu
dents. Currently under way is an automatic scheduling
program in which computers will generate programs for
students, teachers and facilities.
Ultimately, a student will be able to describe to his
departmental head what courses he will want to take the
next semester and when he returns for classes, his regis
tration will have been completed—automatically.
Electrical engineering will be the first department to
use automatic scheduling. The School of Business Adminis
tration will also participate in the “phasing in” of computer
scheduling.
Edmund N. Roots Jr., assistant professor of electrical
engineering and chief investigator of the research program
on the new scheduling system, feels that by September the
phasing in process can be initiated.
Problems Numerous
Several problem areas drew attention to the need for
a more efficient scheduling system for students, teachers
and facilities. Always there is the problem of giving the
students courses they need to take and offering these courses
so that class schedules are non-conflicting. There is also
a great need to reduce the clerical burden of those people
with class scheduling responsibilities so that they may do
their job more effectively. Another goal of the new system
will be to achieve efficient utilization of space and facilities.
“I have successfully matched by computer, class sched
ules for teachers in the Department of Electrical Engi
neering that were done by hand for this fall. This demon
strates that it can be done,” says Roots.
A major problem inherent to computer scheduling, says
Roots, is to effectively gather the data required so that
there is a minimum burden on department heads and people
who will be translating this data into computer form. Special
data forms are being designed to accomplish this end.
Methods of gathering information must minimize human
error, points out Roots, and procedures for error detection
and correction must be dependable and simple to execute.
Methods To Be Compared
Roots expressed confidence that these problems will be
surmounted. He explained that a schedule for next fall will
be generated for a major portion of the university classes.
This will be used for comparison purposes with the one done
by hand. In the spring, Roots hopes that experimentation
in the complete scheduling system including teachers, facili
ties and student programs can begin. A limited number of
students will register automatically.
“The system must be well controlled and flexible in order
to correct flaws and accommodate changes in policy and the
scheduling system with the least confusion and difficulty,”
Roots said.
The professor believes that the new scheduling system
will give the administration a “sharp tool” which will enable
them not only to generate better schedules, but to experi
ment with the scheduling processes. This will ultimately,
Roots says, produce better schedules for students, because
considerations such as time off, lunch periods, and a well
balanced schedule will be taken into account. Also there
will be more efficient utilization of teachers and facilities.
Coeds Don’t Rate
Ring Says Letter
By GLENN DROMGOOLE
Battalion News Editor
Contrary to information con
tained in two letters being cir
culated on the A&M University
campus, the Student Senate will
not vote on the issues of Senior
Rings and Silver Taps for female
students at their meeting Thurs
day.
The Senators decided at their
last meeting to hold an open dis
cussion on the two matters, mak
ing it quite clear that no vote
would be taken.
However, two letters entitled
“Silver Taps?” and “The Worth
of a Ring” stated that the Senate
would take a vote. One of the
letters said, “This week our Stu
dent Senate votes on the issue con
cerning a ‘Ring’ for women.”
All A&M students — civilian,
Corps and coeds — have been in
vited to attend Thursday’s discus
sion and express their views on the
subjects, but no vote or specifica
tion will be taken by the Senate.
The mimeographed letters’ au
thor has not been revealed.
One of the letters urged students
to “stop this outrage before an-
Rice Attorneys
Finish Case
HOUSTON CP) — Attorneys for
Rice University trustees, seek
court authority to admit Negro
students and to charge tuition,
rested their case Tuesday.
Dist. Judge William M. Hol
land allowed the attorney for two
former Rice students who oppose
the trustees’ plea until 8:45 a.m.
Wednesday to file a motion for
an instructed jury verdict against
the Rice board.
If the motion is overruled, testi
mony in behalf of John B. Coffee
and Val T. Phillips, the opposing
interveners, will begin Wednesday.
Earlier, Dr. Carey Croneis, chan
cellor of Rice, described the Hous
ton area as “an intellectual des
ert.”
The chancellor said Rice must
“pay a penalty of $1,000 or so for
each professor we try to attract
here” because the Houston area
lacks the intellectual climate of
Palo Alto, Calif., home of Stanford
University, or Cambridge, Mass.,
the home of Harvard University.
That much more financial out
lay is necessary to attract an edu
cator here, he said, because such
top educators cannot meet their
mental equals in the Houston area.
Troops To Leave
Viet Nam By 1965
WASHINGTON (A 5 ) — Secretary
of Defense Robert S. McNamara
says the war in South Viet Nam
“can only be won by the Vietnam
ese themselves” and the United
States will pull out most troops
by 1965 even if the anti-Commun-
ist drive falters there.
McNamara told Congress that
the Johnson administration has no
intention of seeing another Korea
— with hundreds of thousands of
U. S. troops pouring into Viet
Nam.
At the most, McNamara says he
foresees a small percentage of
Americans staying on as advisers
after the bulk of U. S. troops leave.
McNamara’s views were pre
sented two weeks ago in secret
testimony before the House Armed
Services Committee. A censored
transcript was released Tuesday.
IN LARGE PART, McNamara
was repeating a policy stated by
him and Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor,
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, last Oct. 2 after they toured
South Viet Nam.
At the committee session Rep.
Samuel S. Stratton, D-N. Y., ask
ed: “Isn’t this a little unrealistic 7
When you first made the an
nouncement things were going
quite a bit better; wouldn’t you
say that in the event that things
do not go as well as you hope
we can’t withdraw any more of
our forces?”
“No, sir, I would not,” Mc
Namara replied. “I don’t believe
that we as a nation should assume
the primary responsibility for the
war in South Viet Nam. It is a
counterguerrilla war, it is a war
that can only be won by the Viet
namese themselves.
Church Of Christ
Holds RE Service
The second devotional in the
Religious Emphasis Week meeting
sponsored by the A&M Church of
Christ was held in the All Faiths
Chapel Tuesday night.
Jon Jones, speaker for the series,
spoke on the subject of self-respect
as it applies to college students.
The group of 85 attending the
meeting heard Jones say that col
lege students should be especially
concerned about their self-respect
because they are forming habits
which will stay with them the rest
of their lives.
The service is conducted pri
marily by Aggies each night with
Dennis Barr leading the singing
and Phil Woodall in charge of
ushering and welcoming.
Jones will speak through Thurs
day and will be available for
counseling from 3-5 p.m. Wednes
day and Thursday in the YMCA
Building.
Soviets Reaffirm
No Disarmament
On Western Terms
GENEVA CP)—The Soviet Union
told the 17-nation disarmament
conference Tuesday that there is
no compromise of the Soviet stand
on world disarmament. It rejected
Western proposals for phased,
gradual disarmament, calling them
unrealistic.
In a speech described by Western
officials as his most uncompromis
ing since the talks resumed Jan.
21, the chief Soviet delegate, Sem
yon K. Tsarapkin, accused the West
of putting national interests before
disarmament, and holding out little
hope for progress at Geneva.
In spite of the apparently hope
less deadlock-on general and com
plete disarmament, the two sides
still are negotiating side measures.
Out of such negotiations pre
viously came the nuclear test-ban
treaty and the Moscow-Washington
hot-line agreement.
But Tsarapkin’s speech appeared
to confirm State Department views
that the Soviets may be considering
a tougher, harder policy line.
U. Alexis Johnson, U. S. deputy
secretary of state for political
affairs, said at Hanover, Ind., Mon
day that the Soviet leaders may de
cide to revert to such a policy.
Despite the hard line taken Tues
day by the Soviets, Western
sources were of the opinion that
the disarmament policy was not
being unduly influenced by the de
fection of Yuri I. Nosenko, the
Soviet secret police officer.
Despite his tough stand, Tsar
apkin was in a relaxed, affable
mood. He chatted and joked with
Western correspondents for several
minutes after the session and went
to great pains to describe his
country’s position.
He claimed that the United
States will have more than 1,000
intercontinental rockets by mid-
1965. A 30 per cent reduction in
the first stage of disarmament, as
proposed by the West, still would
leave America with about 800
rockets, he said.
other of our traditions falls before
our administration’s policy of ex
cellence.’
“Has the Aggie Ring lost its
meaning lately?” the letter read.
“A threat that is sickening to even
mention if one has any pride in
manhood is the possibility that the
exact replica of the Texas Aggie
Senior Ring will be made avail
able for women.
“To the coed and the male trans
fer student, the Aggie Senior Ring
merely represents an insignificant
passing of 95 semester hours and
little more.
“Why should people of this cali
ber be allowed the wearing of the
Ring?” the letter questioned.
“These people should not be
privileged to wear an Aggie Ring,
for how could they have achieved
such an honor without living
amongst the Cadet Corps for a
period; and having chill bumps
run along their spine while sing
ing ‘The Spirit’; or enduring that
which sometimes uncalled for, but
nevertheless maturing and sober
ing speech called ‘hazing,; or shar
ing the feeling of class unity when
it is needed,” the writer of “The
Worth or a Ring” reasoned.
On the subject of Silver Taps
for women, the second letter said,
“The concept that Aggieland owes
to a ‘Maggie’ this most sacred of
traditions is completely absurd . . .
Why should a ‘Maggie,’ who has
sacrificed nothing, be honored with
this respected ritual?”
“It’s up to us, the Corps of Ca
dets, to maintain this vital part
of the Spirit of Aggieland,” the
letter concluded.
Cadet Colonel of the Corps Paul
Dresser noted that these letters
did not express the feelings of all
Corps students, only those of a
group “playing upon the senti
ments” of other Aggies.
Engineers Offer
$100 Scholarship
Tau eBta Pi Association, Texas
Delta, is now taking applications
for its annual $100 scholarship.
Any engineering student in at
least his second semester and not
expecting to graduate before Jan
uary, 1965, is eligible.
Applications are available in all
departmental offices and the Of
fice of the Dean of Engineering.
Deadline for submitting applica
tions is 5 p.m. March 27.
Wire
Review
By The Associated Press
U. S. NEWS
WASHINGTON — Half the 29
astronauts have completed general
training for Project Gemini, and
the first manned flight of the two-
man space craft will be made late
this year, the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration said to
day.
Dr. George E. Mueller, NASA
associate administrator for man
ned space flight, said detailed
planning for the first Gemini mis
sion — an unmanned flight sche
duled for early this spring — is
completed, and planning is well a-
long for flights No. 2 and No. 3.
STATE NEWS
AUSTIN — Spokesmen for
the State Democratic Executive
Committee said Tuesday they
will have to study Texas elec
tion laws to determine the out
come of a request for a refer
endum on sales of mixed drinks.
State Rep. Jake Johnson of
San Antonio sent letters to head
quarters of Democratic and Re
publican parties asking that the
question be submitted to voters
in the May 2 primary. Johnson
proposed that voters help legis
lators decide whether to change
Texas laws prohibiting sale of
liquor by the drink.
Democratic Party spokesmen
however, were not sure whether
they could put the issue on the
ballot without a petition.
Juniors Plan Meet
There will e a brief, important
meeting of the Junior Class at
5 p.m. Thursday in Guion Hall.
This meeting is for both civilian
and Corps students to discuss
plans for the Junior Ball.