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Model UN Delegates
Representating- A&M University at the Lamb, Forrest Mims and Dr. Michael J.
Model United Nations meeting in Austin Francis, Instructor of history and govern-
Thursday through the weekend are (left to ment.
right); Lani Presswood, Dan Davis, Ed
Students Selected
To Attend Confab
Henry H. Norman of San An
tonio and John D. Gay of Houston
have been selected A&M Universi
ty student representatives to the
U. S. Naval Academy Foreign Af
fairs Conference, April 22-2'5.
They will be among 160 student
leaders from 75 colleges and uni
versities throughout the United
States at the conference. A&M
was invited to send delegates, and
a student-faculty committee selec
ted Norman and Gay.
Theme of this year’s meeting is
"Problems of U. S. Foreign Policy
in the European Community.”
"The conference is designed to
afford an exchange of ideas among
contemporaries at the college lev
el," Rear Adm. C. S. Minter, Jr.,
Naval Academy superintendent,
said.
Norman, whose parents are Col.
and Mrs. K. O. Dessert of Ran
dolph AFB, is a junior agricultu
ral engineering major. A sergeant
in the Corps of Cadets, he finished
high school in Wiesbaden, Ger
many.
Gay is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Laurence H. Gay of Spring Branch.
A sophomore finance major, he
has been named a distinguished
student.
Wire
Review
By The Associated Press
WORLD NEWS
RIO DE JANEIRO—Documents
seized in a roundup of Communists
link Red China and Cuba to a
campaign of assassination and
revolution planned for Brazil this
spring, military sources said
Tuesday.
In the inland capital of Brasilia,
deputy Euripides, Cardoso, a con
servative, said he would propose
in Congress an immediate diplo
matic break with Fidel Castro’s
Cuba.
U. S. NEWS
NEW YORK — Secretary of
State Dean Rusk said Tuesday
night the Soviets have many
more missiles aimed at Western
Europe than at the United
States. He put the total zeroed
in on Allied countries in Europe
at several hundred.
★★★
HOLLYWOOD — Peter Sellers,
Britain’s brilliant comedy star, lay
near death Tuesday of a severe
heart attack.
At one point, Cedars of Leba
non Hospital termed the 38-year-
old actor’s condition very critical
and said he was sinking, but a
noon bulletin said he had rallied
encouragingly.
★★★
WASHINGTON — President
Johnson signed Tuesday legisla
tion making $50 million avail
able for earthquake disaster re
lief in Alaska.
The bill was passed Monday
By the House and Senate.
Both Norman and Gay have
worked with the A&M Student
Conference National Affairs, which
is similar to the Naval Academy
meeting.
Civilian Student
Filing Underway
For Council Seats
Filing- for positions on the Ci
vilian Student Council began to
day. Those wishing to file should
do so through their respective
counselors.
Representatives to be elected
April 20 are: one student from
the sophomore class, one from the
junior class, one from the senior
class and either a fifth or sixth
year undergraduate or a graduate
student.
The apartment council will elect
a representative from each of its
areas, and the day students and
dormitories will elect their coun
cils. Filing for these offices is
being handled by the respective
counselors.
Rules require that a student
have at least a 1.25 grade point
ratio and be free from all proba
tions.
Day students will vote in the
day student parking lot. Ballots
will be passed out in the dormi
tories for those residing there.
The new members will attend
the April 23 session of the Civi
lian Student Council as guests and
will be seated as members at the
May 14 meeting. The council
meets in room 3D of the Memorial
Student Center.
Campus Circle K
Sponsors Member
F or Regional Office
The A&M Circle K Club, a ser
vice branch of Kiwanis Interna
tional, sent four members to the
Texas-Oklahoma District Conven
tion in Beaumont last weekend and
successfully sponsored a candidate
for the position of Lt. Governor of
the district.
Elected to the office was Donald
Mills, Jr., a junior majoring in
Industrial Engineering.
Mills is a transfer student from
Montgomery Junior College Tako-
ma Park, Md. He was active in
Circle K work on both club and
district levels in Maryland and was
instrumental in organizing the
A&M branch.
Other members attending the
convention were Jim Scott, Richard
Sloan and Donald Van Dolin.
The club, organized only last
October, presently has 26 members.
It is to receive its official charter
from Kiwanis International next
Tuesday at the regular monthly
meeting of the Bryan-College
Station Kiwanis Club.
President of the A&M Circle K
is John Gabbert, commanding of
ficer of Company G-3.
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[ After Break |
“The German or three-day mea
sles outbreak is definitely on the
downgrade,” said Dr. Charles R.
Lyons, director of Texas A&M’s
student health services, Tuesday.
Only 87 cases have been reported
since the Easter holidays and only
10 measles patients are presently
in the hospital, he said.
There was not an epidemic on
campus, he stated, because there
should be at least 10 percent of
the group with the disease before
it can be called an epidemic. In
A&M’s case it was less than 5 per
cent. The hospital never had more
than 30 measles patients at one
time,, he added.
Birth defects are the only com
plication of measles. This affects
women within the first three
months of pregnancy only, said Dr.
Lyons.
For the sake of student wives,
he added, “Should one who is
within the first three months of
pregnancy think she may have con
tacted the measles, I advise her to
see her doctor immediately.”
There is no immunization for the
measles, Lyons said.
Civilian Students Set
For Packed Weekend
Skydiving Events
To Start Festivities
Israeli Professor
To Present Talks
Dr. Yaacov K. Bentor, a univer
sity professor and director of Is
rael’s Geological Survey Institute,
will present six lectures at A&M
University April 13-17 through an
American Geological Institute pro
gram.
Included is a talk entitled “Is
rael Before the Bible,” which will
be presented at 8 p.m. Thursday.
The session is open to the public.
Throughout the week, Bentor
will address students and faculty
from A&M and other Southwest
schools including Baylor and the
University of Texas on a variety
of technical subjects, ranging from
“Salt Deposits in the Dead Sea
Area” to the “African Rift Valley
System.”
His public address will involve
geological connotations of Biblifcal
references to earthquakes, vol
canoes and the like.
In 1938 Bentor enrolled at a uni
versity in France to continue doc
toral degree studies, but his work
was interrupted by World War II.
On his return to Palestine in 1940,
he was appointed to the Hebrew
University teaching staff.
He obtained his Ph.D. degree in
1945 from Hebrew University.
With the estab
lishment of the
State of Israel
in 1948, Bentor
spent the next
four years in
the Negev des
ert, mapping and
prospecting for
mineral resourc
es. His discover
ies included phos-
BENTOR phate and copper
deposits.
In 1955 Bentor became head of
the newly established Geological
Survey of Israel, in addition to
his teaching duties.
His scientific work has dealt
mainly with petrology, sedimenta
tion and geochemistry of the Dead
Sea salt deposits and clay min
eralogy.
His lecture schedule:
Monday—10 a.m. “Stages in the
Formation of Dolomite,” Room
101, Geology Building.
Tuesday—10 a.m. “High Tem
perature Minerals in Unmetamo-
phosed Sediments,” Room 101,
Geology Building.
Wednesday—11 a.m.' “African
Rift Valley System,” Room 101,
Geology Building.
Thursday—9 a.m. “Salt Depos
its in Dead Sea Area,” Room 101,
Geology Building; 9 p.m. “Israel
Before the Bible,” Biological Sci
ences Building Lecture Room.
Friday —11 a.m. “Geological
Travels in Ethiopia,” Room 101,
Geology Building.
Aggie Graduate
Returns To Join
BA School Staff
Dr. George H. Rice, Jr., will
join A&M University’s School of
Business Administration faculty in
September, Dr. John E. Pearson,
head of the school, has announced.
Rice served on the faculty of
California State College this year
while completing the doctoral
studies at Stanford.
A 1950 electrical engineering
graduate at A&M, he received a
Master of Business Administration
degree in 1958 from the Univer
sity of Denver. Rice was an Al
fred Sloan Fellow at Stanford
University.
“We are fortunate to have a
person with such rich industrial
experience and academic training
to join our management faculty,”
Pearson said.
Rice was a sales engineer with
Westinghouse Electric Corp. for
nine years and served as a senior
engineer with The Martin Co. At
Stanford Research Institute he
served as an industrial economist.
The professor is co-author of
several management publications
including “The Evaluation of Staff
Functions,” published at Stanford,
and technical reports for the Of
fice of Naval Research.
Mrs. Rice is the former Gloria
Wilson of College Station. The
couple has one child.
Bryan Boy 9 s Electromagnet
Could Detect Lost Treasure
Lost any gold lately ?
If so, a magnet constructed by
Don Hackney of Bryan, a Lamar
Junior High student, might dis
cover the lost treasure.
Hackney explained the develop
ment of his electromagnet to stu
dents at the Institute of Electronic
Science at A&M University Thurs
day.
Unlike a conventional magnet
that attracts only iron, young
Hackney’s discovery will pick up
copper, aluminum and gold objects;
even the new Kennedy half dollar.
He said the device would also
pick up $20 gold pieces if anyone
in the class had one to loan. He
got no takers.
The youth developed the special
magnet after reading a technical
article explaining how the object
could be made.
The magnet was donated to the
electronic school for laboratory
Reserve Officers
To Meet In Austin
Several A&M University faculty
and staff members will attend the
annual convention of the Texas
Reserve Officers Association April
17-18 in Austin.
One of them, Maj. Gen. Earl
Rudder, president of A&M, will
make the keynote address at 4 p.m.
the first day. His topic is “A Citi
zen Soldier.”
DON HACKNEY AND HIS ELECTROMAGNET
The magnet picks up gold, copper and aluminum, as well as
iron and steel.
The A&M University Parachute Club will kick off the
annual Civilian Student Weekend with a three man, 30 second
delay jump, with smoke, and will attempt to pass the baton
on the way down to the Civil Engineering Field at 4:30 p. m.
Saturday.
As the highlight of the civilian year, celebrations will
commence with a barbecue in the Grove at 5:30 p. m. Satur
day, unless it rains in which case the feast will be held in De-
Ware Field House. As the climax of the weekend a Civilian
Student Ball will take place in the Ramada Inn from 9:30
p. m. to 1:00 a. m.
During the barbeque 13 girls, each nominated by a dorm
or housing unit, will be in- 1
troduced as finalists for the
Civilian Sweetheart, the fi
nalist will appear at the hall
that night and the winner will
be crowned at the peak of the
night’s activities .
Music for the dance will be
furnished by Jimmy Heap and the
Melody Masters. The theme of
the semi - formal dance will be
Casino - Gambling, Dancing and
Roulette.
The cost of the barbecue is $1.00
per person and the dance is $3.00
per couple. Students may secure
tickets through the offices of their
counselors who are as follows:
Robert O. Murray Jr, room 203,
Counseling and Testing Center;
William G. Breazeale, room 1-H,
Puryear Hall; and Robert Melcher,
28 Milner Hall. Tickets are
presently on sale until 5:00 p.m.
this afternoon.
If a student has a Spring Stu
dent Government Activity Card he
can exchange it for a free barbeque
ticket. A student who has a Fall
Student Government Activity Card
may exchange it for a free dance
ticket.
Various prizes and gift certi
ficates will be given away by
various local merchants. Students
must be present at the dance
to win. In addition students de
siring to enter for these prizes
must drop by the merchants to
register.
Aggie Exes
To Sponsor
Fund Drive
A&M University’s Association of
Former Students will conduct de
velopment fund campaigns in more
that 200 Texas and Louisiana cit
ies between April 15 and June 1.
John H. Lindsey of Houston,
president of the 40,000-member as
sociation, said the 1964 goal is
$500,000 for the university’s pro
grams of excellence.
Lindsey said the association
hopes to conclude its 1964 cam
paigns by June 1, although soli
citations for the fund will be con
tinued by mail and other means
through Dec. 30. ^
The exes in 1963 contributed
a total of $316,732, which was
used for scholarships, faculty re
search and salary increases and
other programs of the university
and the association.
Richard Weirus, director of the
association’s development fund,
said the 1963 contributions came
from 14,744 former students.
’64 Aggie Mother
Contest Now Open
Nominations are now being
accepted for the Aggie Mother
of the Year contest, Pat Nance,
student life committee chairman
of the Student Senate, said
Tuesday.
Students desiring to enter
their mother or another stu
dent’s mother in the contest
should write a letter stating why
she should be elected.
The letter may be mailed or
taken to the Student Programs
Office in the lower level of the
Memorial Student Center by
April 23.
All women entered must be
mothers of students presently
enrolled at A&M University.
Voting System
Will Undergo
Major Change
One major general election
change has been approved by the
election commission, announced
Wayne Smith, election commission
advisor.
Smith said that all students will
be able to vote, including graduat
ing seniors. In the past, only
enrolled students in the freshmen,
sophomore and junior classes were
eligible to vote.
Smith added that two other
changes in the handling of the
elections have been approved by
the election commission.
“Students will be allowed to cam
paign in the MSG except on the
day of the election. They can’t,
however, put up any posters or
plaques in the MSG, but they can
talk to their buddies,” Smith said.
Smith added that candidates will
be permitted to erect campaign
posters on the northeast corner
of the block upon which Guion Hall
is located.
Offices to be decided in the gen
eral election April 23 are Student
body president, vice president, rec
ording secretary and parlimentar-
ian. Student senate committee
chairmanship positions open for
filing are Issues, Public Relations,
Student Life and Student Welfare.
Filing for civilian yell leader and
class agent of the class of 1964
are also included.
State’s Action
On College Bill
Is Postponed
AUSTIN, Tex. GP) — Reorgani
zation of Texas’ system of public
higher education, with tight res
trictions on enrollment in senior
colleges and universities, was post
poned Tuesday to the Governor’s
Higher Education Study Commit
tee.
The proposal was one of sev
eral by a subcommittee headed
by Gifford Johnson, Dallas, pres
ident of Ling-Temco-Vought.
If the 25-member committee ac
cepts the proposal, it could be
come part of the body’s final re
port, due on Gov. John Connally’s
desk Sept. 1.
Johnson’s subcommittee also said
the state faces a severe shortage
of college-trained and skilled per
sons, particularly engineers, over
the next 10 years.
The Johnson group recommend
ed a state higher education system
comprising:
“1. A system of state univer
sities restricted in first year en
rollment to the upper 15 per cent
of the high school graduating class,
based on academic standards ....
“2. A system of senior - col
leges restricted in first year en
rollment to the upper 35 per cent
of the high school graduating class.
“3. A system of junior or com
munity colleges available to all
graduates of accredited high
schools who desire further educa
tion.”