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r 12 COPIES ans fits Pi i over* mualll ■ne TM „ , r hite (P Volume 61 be Battalion Texas A&M University COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1964 Number 29 ! Civil; halfi d. At oxley 11-7 v mcketi and! put I d. ;o pal] jump i efore; :he Cot 5-21, r bnj| :he Cw ■cond k the m art brot: mbined : to sb; with th e Corp;, e Cafc ars cot Raymo: lob Sit a hit fi ide thre s with ;e Moo: t Ghon '[) Aggies Begin Signing For Blood Donations Silver Taps Solemnized For Beard Death Vehicle Norman W. Beard Jr.’s 1964 Corvette is shown after collision. I g I Silver Taps was sounded Monday night for Norman W. Beard Jr., thus ending hopes for a deathless ’64 on the high ways for A&M students. Beard, a senior on Third Brigade Staff, was killed about 5:30 p. m. Saturday when his 1964 Corvette was struck by a 1955 Oldsmobile near Montgomeryf- on State Highway 105. 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The following dormitories will be occupied by civilian students: Hart Hall, Puryear Hall, Walton Hall, Leggett Hall, Law Hall, (Ramps 1-7), Dorm 13, Dorm 19, Dorm 20, Dorm 21 and Dorm 22. Prefer ence will be given in Dorm 22 to graduate, foreign and pre-veteri- nary medicine students. Prefer ence in ramps E and F of Walton Hall will be given to foreign and pre-vet students, while graduate students who apply for ramps C and D of Hart Hall will be given first choice. RENT WILL BE $20 a month in all dorms except dorms 14-22. These dorms will be air-condition ed and the rent will be $30 per month. Students who are now in school Wire Review By The Associated Press WORLD NEWS BELGRADE, Yugoslavia — An earthquake rolled across northern Yugoslavia and southern Hungary on Monday, shook the capitals of both nations, damaged dozens of towns and villages and sent. thou sands fleeing in panic. At least two persons were killed in Yugoslavia and incomplete re ports reaching Belgrade told of more than 100 injured, some seri ously. ★ ★ ★ MOSCOW — A Soviet press official denounced as “rubbish” Tuesday a report circulated around the world that Premier Khrushchev had died. The vague report originated with a German press agency which later asked editors to with hold it. U. S. NEWS CLEVELAND—United Freedom Movement leaders called Monday for a “buyers’ strike” against the Cleveland Press and two large de partment stores and for a school boycott next Monday. The crowd of about 500 gathered at a rally in the mall beside the Board of Education office down town to protest the board’s decision to proceed with construction of three new schools in the East Side Glenville area. STATE NEWS HOUSTON — A veteran space traveler and a rookie astronaut were picked Monday to close the gap in the United States’ race to the moon. Air Force Maj. Virgil I. Grissom, 38, the second American in space, and Lt. Cmdr. John W. Young, 33, Navy test pilot, got the nod as the first crew to fly a Gemini space craft into orbit later this year. and wish to live in civilian dormi tories next fall must send in room reservation cards by July 31. Those wishing to reserve their present rooms must report to the housing office by Friday to sign up. Students who will be classified as graduates, seniors, or 5th or 6th year undergraduates must re port to sign for their rooms April 20-24, as well as those being shown preference in Dorm 22, Walton and Hart Halls. All other students will register for rooms on a first come first serve basis April 27-May 8. STUDENTS who plan to attend summer school must follow the same procedure, the memo said. Students who do not report to the housing office before May 8 must send in their room reservation cards during the summer. They may re- -quest a specific dorm on their cards at that time. Because advance room reserva tions for summer school begins on May 11 for the first summer ses sion, the cut-off date for signing up for Fall Civilian Dorms will he May 8 and no further names will be added until after July 31. ALL STUDENTS who reserve rooms are reminded that unless their reservations are cancelled by August 15, their $20 deposit will be forfeited. Undergraduate students are re quired to live on campus unless they live with immediate relatives. Exceptions will not be made unless the conditions are very unusual. Students with such requests must report on the student affairs of fice and apply for a day student permit. A memorandum outlining the fall reservations in the cadet dormi tories will be published at a later date. Company 1-3 was reactivated for the ceremony and stood as Beard’s outfit. He was the former com manding officer of the disbanded company. His mother and father have re quested that anyone wishing to send contributions for flowers should contribute the money in stead to a fund to he created for a scholarship. Texas Highway Patrolman L. R. Williams of Conroe was the first, officers to arrive on the scene and he stated that the driver of the Oldsmobile, James H. Boney of Local Library Sets Washington Exhibit By CLOVIS McCALLISTER Battalion Staff Writer A Shakespearean exhibit from Folgers Shakespearean Library in Washington, D. C. and a speech delivered by Mrs. Weldon Lynch, immediate past president of the American Library Trustee Association, will be the highlights of Na tional Library Week at A&.M University, which continues through Saturday. Other features of the week include displays, mobiles, posters, exhibits, open house and a challenge issued by Bryan and Brazos County to 17 Texas cities to a reading contest. The contest will put the Texas cities against each other to see whose public library has the greatest per capita book circulation during library week. Mrs. Gail Fitch, senior reference assistant and architec ture libarian, said that Cushing Memorial Library is to re ceive the Shapespearean exhibit which will be displayed on the main floor of Cushing. She said that the exhibit was supposed to be here but it had not arrived by Monday even ing. The exhibit will contain reprints, playbills and pho tographs of engravings of the Shapespearean period. Mrs. Lynch will be guest speaker during the Brazos Valley Library Association and Friends of Library dinner which will be held at Clayton’s restaurant at 6:30 p. m. Fri day. Mrs. Nan Cardwell, veterinary librarian, said, “Mrs. Lynch is the greatest speaker who has ever been in this area.” Mrs. Lynch is known for her book reviews in colleges and universities all over the United States, Mrs. Cardwell stated. Mrs. Lynch has a professional book review on tele vision known as “Book Theater.” Mrs. Cardwell said tickets for the event are priced at $2.50 and can be purchased at either the veterinary library or Carnegie library. Cushing Memorial Library has a book exhibit of notable books of 1963. Mrs. Fitch said the books will be available for students to check out after library week. She added that the books jackets of the notable books are also on display on the main floor of Cushing. Mrs. Fitch said a list of 1963 notable books may be ob tained at the circulation or reference desk at Cushing or the branch libraries. Book marks are also available. The faculty wives of the College of Veterinary Medicine will hold their annual open house in the Veterinary Medical Library Tuesday from 4 to 6 p. m. Mrs. Margaret Wilson, assistant librarian at the veterinary library, said that every one is invited to attend the open house. She added that they will give pamplets based on the motto of “Reading is the Key,” theme for the week. Of the 17 cities issued the challenge to the reading con test, several have notified Dr. Paul B. Crawford of their intent to give the Brazos Bottoms a read for their money. R. W. Pettway, president of the Friends of the Austin Public Library, and head of their National Library Week activities, said, “Austin, the Capitol of Texas, accepts your callenge. Anytime the cultural center doesn’t outread the Brazos Bottom, it’s a reflection on our intelligence. We love the title of No. 1 of the Nation and expect to maintain it during the reading derby.” Crawford, chairman of the Brazos County library week, wrote W. R. Overton, the Dallas chairman, “The reputation of Dallas as a cultural and financial center is widely known, but we have entered this reading contest to win.” Also in observance of National Library Week, Mrs. John T. Duncan A&M Consolidated High School librarian, a new library Poitier, Neal Take Top Oscar Honors; Tom Jones’ Wins HOLLYWOOD UP) — Sidney Poitier, the hymn-singing Baptist who helped nuns build a Catholic church in “Lillies of the Field,” won a best actor Oscar Monday night to become the first Negro to recieve a top Academy Award. Patricia Neal, the ranch house keeper of “Hud,” was named best actress of the year at the 36th annual awards ceremonies in Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. “Tom Jones,” rollicking repro duction of Henry Fielding’s 18th century novel, scored as best pic ture and for best direction by Tony Richardson and for best adapted screen play by John Osborne. Melvyn Douglas, the patriarchal Texas rancher of “Hud,” was a surprise winner for best support ing actor. Margaret Rutherford, the dowdy dowager of “The V.I.P.’s,” was selected best supporting actress. The auditorium erupted in cheers at the announcement of Poitier’s victory. Wearing a broad grin, he I annuoced that A&M Consolidated will have trotted up to the stage to accept when school opens in September. The new home for books his award from last year’s winner, J will be large enough for an entire class and, as in the past, Anne Bancroft. stacks will be open, Mrs. Duncan said. Conroe, was attempting to keep from hitting a slow moving car in front of him and skidded into the side of Beard’s oncoming car. The Olds hit the Corvette almost broadside and tore it in half. The two pieces of the fiberglass body car were thrown approximately 66 feet apart. Boney, 21, and his sister, Mrs. R. P. Polasek, 31, of El Campo, were taken to Brazos Valley Hos pital in Navasota. Beard was taken to Montgomery County Hospital in Conroe where he was pronounced dead on arrival. His body was taken to Metcalf Funeral Home in Conroe pending the arrival of his parents from their home in Fort Worth. The body was moved to Fort Worth and the funeral was held at 2 p.m. Tuesday. ♦ Registration for the Aggie Blood Bank began today at 8 p. m. in the Memorial Student Center. A&M students and faculty will be able to register for donations through 5 p. m. Thursday. The actual donations will take place April 22 and 23. The Aggie Blood Bank is set up as a service to A&M students and their families. A person who has donated blood to the program has access to an unlimited amount of blood in case the need arises within a year. PLANNING for the program is under the direction of the Student Welfare Committee of the Student Senate. Alan Peterson, head of the committee, urges all students, faculty members and campus organi-+- zations to back the program. “Everyone benefits from this drive,” he said. “It is a chance for students to help themselves, fellow students and blood research.” Handling the actual donations will be Wadley Research Institute and Blood Bank of Dallas, the Southwest’s largest blood bank. The Wadley Blood Bank processes more than 26,000 pints of blood a year. A spokesman for Wadley’s said that it has never failed to meet its pledge of “any quantity of blood, of any type, at any time.” WADLEY’S also combines re search, blood banking, teaching and patient care in the areas of blood, blood diseases, cancer and leukemia. Registration will be conducted at a table midway between the post office and the Coffee Shop in the Memorial Student Center. Assisting the Student Welfare Committee will be members of Alpha Phi Omega, a service fra ternity made up of former Boy Scouts. Civilian Sweetheart Miss Carol Lyn Voekel, representing Mitchell Hall, was selected the new Civil ian Sweetheart Saturday at the annual Civilian Ball in Sbisa Dining Hall. Her es cort was Gerald LaBlanc. Aggie Players Stage Opener By JIM HUNT Special Writer The Aggie Players, in conjunc tion with the Shakespeare com memoration, had the opening of “Dr. Faustus” by Christopher Mar lowe, a contemporary of Shake speare, Monday night in Guion Hall. The play concerns the story of Dr. John Faustus, who, according to legend, sold his soul to the Devil in return for knowledge. The story unfolds as Faustus, played by Bob Hipp, contemplates the re wards of his bargain with Lucifer and continues through his experi mentation with his new-found powers. Faustus refuses to repent and is carried to hell by Devils Carol Schultz and Doris White- lock, which really doesn’t seem to he such a terrible fate. THE SUPPORTING role of Mephistophiles was played by George Long, a freshman, who gives a surprisingly good perform ance in his first appearance on the stage. The Players rendered a creditable performance with more than half the cast appearing in their first play. MSC Council Selects Heads For Next Year Chairmen to head next year’s Memorial Student Center activity committees were selected Monday night at the council’s last regular meeting of the semester. Selected to head the Great Is sues Committee was James H. Gunter, a junior accounting major. Thomas M. Turzak, a senior chem ical engineering and industrial en gineering major, will lead the Chess Committee. ELECTED TO HEAD the Travel Committee was Frank Ray, a soph omore pre-med major. The new P&n American chairman will be Enrique Serna, a junior marketing major. Billiards committee chair men will be Leo Montalvo, a sopho more math major. Heading the Leadership Confer ence will be David Fox, a junior animal science major. Vice chair man of that committee will be Wesley Leftwich, a sophomore pre- vet major. THE COUNCIL also changed the name of the Browsing Library Committee to the Contemporary Arts Committee, and selected Joseph DePasqual, a junior English major, as its new chairman. Councilmen at large for the ’64- ’65 MSC Council will be Michael Wier, a junior electrical engineer ing major, and David E. Graham, a sophomore history and English major. Seat Belts Here The Civilian Student Council has announced that auto safety belts numbers J 600P and JCH 600 have arrived. Day students, faculty and staff may pick up their belts at the rear of the old fire station across from the Ex change store. Dorm students will have their belts delivered by their respective dorm presidents. Belts numbered J 800 will ar rive during the latter part of the week. Today’s Thought Silence is the most perfect expres sion of scorn. —George Bernard Shaw TWIT “Man Your Manners” Panel These three Tessies will help compose the ing behavior. Left to right are Johanna YMCA’s first “Man Your Manners,” panel Leister, Lynn Parks and Paula Rich. Not to be presented Tuesday at 7:30 p. m. in the pictured is Charlene Mabry. YMCA Building. The girls will discuss dat-