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Volume 61 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1964 Number 33
Stand On Political Clubs
Reaffirmed By Council
Army Hour Premiere
Cadet Colonel of the Corps Paul Dresser Jr. talks with
Army radio correspondent, Sgt. Maj. Donald Cosgrove, for
a program on ROTC to be aired by 1,225 stations in May.
The “Army Hour” feature on A&M will be premiered on
station KORA in Bryan tonight at 7 p. m.
Aggie Muster
Slated Today
Aggies living in the Bryan-College Station area will join
with others around the world in the tradition of the Aggie
Muster Tuesday.
The muster is scheduled for 5:30 p. m. in front of the
Systems Administration Building. The main speaker for the
traditional observance will be Dr.-f
King Gill, A&M’s first “Twelfth
Man.”
THE MUSTER dates back to
1903, when the 300-member Corps
gathered to pay homage to the
gallant Texans who had defeated
the Mexican Army at San Jacinto
in 1836.
Since that first muster, the tradi
tion has been held every year in
every part of the world. In World
War II, Aggies mustered on Cor-
regidor, shortly before the fall of
that island.
A&M President Earl Rudder will
introduce Gill, who will deliver the
main address. Other speakers will
be John H. Lindsay, Former Stu
dent Association president; Harlan
E. Roberts, Student Body Presi-
dent; and Paul A. Dresser Jr.,
Cadet Colonel of the Corps. Michael
M. Marlow, head yell leader, will
call the roll of the absent. The
Ross Volunteers will fire a 21-gun
salute.
Seven of the eleven Aggies who
have been killed in the past year
have lost their lives in traffic acci
dents. The latest name added was
that of Cleaves, who died Friday.
Former Aggies
Schedule Feed
For Seniors
The Former Student Association
will give a complimentary banquet
for seniors May 4 at 6:30 p.m. in
Sbisa Hall.
David Anderson, Senior class
president, is mailing letters to all
May, August and January gradu
ates encouraging them to complete
and return the class program cards
THE SINGING CADETS and
the Texas Aggie Band will present
special music. The numbers in
clude “Texas Our Texas,” “The
Twelfth Man” and “The Spirit of
Aggieland.” Members of the Aggie
Band will play Silver Taps.
and magnetic tape questionnaires
that the Association of Former
Students Office has sent out.
Included in the letter is an invi
tation for seniors to pick up
Former Student decals and a free
Chain Letters
Are Opposed
By Postal Law
Postmaster Ernest Gregg said
Monday that officials of the Post
Office and Treasury Departments
have noted an upsurge in chain
letter schemes in recent months.
These schemes include the use of
U. S. Savings Bonds, Postal Money
Orders and other items of value.
Chain letters have been ruled
violations of both postal lottery
and fraud laws, and are punish
able by fine and/or imprisonment.
Any material pertaining to these
letters is considered non-mailable.
Even though these letters are often
marked “do not mail,” the postal
laws have been violated if the
bonds are mailed.
It has been rumored that some
of these letters bear an alleged en
dorsement by the U. S. Post Office
Department; this is completely
false, Gregg said.
The typical letter provides for
the monetary item to be sent to
the name on the top of a list.
That name is removed and the
new participant’s name is added
to the bottom. He then sends
copies to two more people. Each
new player tries to sell his letters
to recover his investment.
The Treasury Department has
expressed its disapproval of the
use of Savings Bonds in these
schemes and has asked their State
Directors not to sell bonds to
known or suspected chain letter
operators.
Institute Nurses
The absent list for the 1964
muster includes William G. Lucey,
Richard P. Jeffrey, Patrick L.
Crouch, Robert C. Woody, James
P. Jenrett, Edward L. Lewis,
Rodolfo A. Aragon, Donald R.
Carpenter, Joe F. Becera, Norman
W. Beard Jr. and John L. Cleaves.
Wire
Review
By The Associated Press
WORLD NEWS
SEOUL, Korea — Defying a
strict new ban on demonstrations,
500 Korean students in Seoul
clashed with riot police Monday
in a melee of flying rocks and
tear gas grenades. It was the
fourth straight day of demonstra
tions. The students demand an
end to the talk jn Tokyo on nor
malizing Japanese-Korean rela
tions.
U S NEWS
WASHINGTON — The United
States has conducted more exten
sive underground nuclear tests
since the limited test-ban treaty
became effective last Oct. 10 than
have been announced, and has ob
tained important information on
new weapons designs and weapons
effects, the White House disclosed
Monday.
★ ★ ★
NEW YORK — All major as
pirants for the Republican presi
dential nomination soon will be
offered unprecendented intelligence
briefings to background their pub
lic discussion of foreign policy is
sues.
This is the meaning of a state
ment Monday by President John
son that he has instructed the
Central Intelligence Agency, the
Pentagon and the State Depart
ment “ to be ready to provide
major candidates for the office of
President with all possible infor
mation helpful to their discussion
of American policy.”
Former Student Directory at the
Association’s office in the Memo
rial Student Center.
Anderson said that the Class of
’64 has set a goal of 84% partici
pation in donations to the Develop
ment Fund. Contributions to the
fund were initiated by the Class of
’62 who gave or pledged more than
$2500 to the fund. The Class of
’63 had 40% participation.
Anderson commented that appar
ently some of the letters had been
sent to juniors by mistake. The
letters are only intended for the
Class of ’64.
“I sincerely hope that we will
take advantage of the wonderful
Association of Former Students
program in the years to come to
maintain the friendships made dur
ing our past years on campus,”
Anderson said.
There may be a $300 scholar
ship available to an Aggie who
wants to participate in the Oper
ations Crossroads Program. For
further information and applica
tions, see Frank Ray, Student Pro
grams Office, or J. Wayne Stark
in the Memorial Student Center.
The MSC Travel Committee also
has announced that applications
are now being taken for summer
employment in Europe.
The requirements for interested
students are that the student be
a junior at the close of the present
semester, have a minimum overall
grade point ratio of 1.25 and a 1.25
the last semester, be studying en
gineering, speak fluently the lang
uage of the country in which he
desires to work and be able to
work for at least two months if
accepted.
A selection committee will in
terview all applicants and the se
lection will be made on the basis
of qualifications and personality.
Interviews will be held April 30
To Take Blood
Pretty nurses from the Wadley
Research Institute will begin
taking blood in the annual Aggie
Blood Drive Wednesday morn
ing in the Memorial Student
Center.
Donations will be taken from
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. both Wednesday
and Thursday.
758 Aggies have signed up to
give a pint of blood, according
to Alan Peterson, Chairman of
the Student Welfare Committee.
The goal for the drive is 1,000
pints of blood, an increase of
395 pints over the amount do
nated last year. Those who have
not registered are urged to
donate during the two-day opera
tion.
and May 1. The interviews must
be scheduled in the Student Pro
rams Office of the MSC before
April 29. More information see
Frank Ray.
Tessies Continue
Manners Program
The second all-female panel on
the YMCA-sponsored “Man Your
Manners” series will be presented
Tuesday night at 7:30 on the sec
ond floor of the YMCA.
The panel will be composed of
Carol Nevils, Elaine Meeks, Jane
Sullins, Aggie Sweetheart Nanette
Gabriel and Gertrude Gibson, mod
erator, all of Texas Woman’s Uni
versity in Denton.
Topics for discussion at the meet
ing will be dating etiquette, table
manners, formal dinners, cocktail
parties, receptions, driving eti
quette and answers to questions
from the audience.
This is the second year for the
YMCA sponsored program.
Travel Committee
Announces Stipend
I A I
1 For John Cleaves |
Group Suggests
Party Affiliation
A&M University political clubs will remain off campus.
An October 28, 1963 ruling that political clubs could not
meet on the A&M campus was reaffirmed Monday by the
University’s Executive Committee. A statement issued by
the committee said, “At this date no additional information
has been received by the Executive Committee from the
Young Republicans Club or the Young Democrats Club seek
ing to be recognized as official clubs on the Texas A&M
Campus.
“Sec. 2, Article V, H.B. 86 of the 58th Legislature states,
‘None of the moneys appropriated by Articles I, II, III, and
IV of this Act, regardless of their sources or characters,
shall be used for influencing - *-
the outcome of any election,
or the passage or defeat of
any legislative measure.’
“Administrative Order No.
3, Section 11, of the Rules and
Regulations of the Texas A&M
University System states, ‘No
property under the control of the
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical
University System will be used for
political campaign meetings or
speeches or in the furtherance of
any political campaign nor used
in any way for any political office.’
“IT IS the interpretation of the
Executive Committee that the
action taken by the Executive
Committee on October 28, 1963 is
still appropriate and we herewith
restate it: ‘The request of the
Texas A&M Young Democrats and
the Young Republicans Clubs for
recognition as campus clubs was
presented by Dean Hannigan.
After due deliberation, the com
mittee came to the conclusion that
it would be inadvisable to recog
nize either of these as campus ac
tivities. The Committee was in
agreement that it did not wish to
discourage students from express
ing their political views or study
ing our political parties. It was
suggested that the officers of these
proposed clubs made contacts with
the Republican and Democrat
Headquarters of this county and
become a part of those organiza
tions in whatever ways seems most
appropriate’.”
ROBERT E. Eubanks, president
of the Young Republicans, said
Monday night that he had three
basic points to contend the latest
decision of the Executive Commit
tee: “First the wording of the Com
mittee statement gives the impres
sion that the Young Republicans
and the Young Democrats had not
sought to contact the Committee
prior to April 20, which is incor
rect since their case was vigorously
presented to the Committee a
month and a half ago, and the clubs
had been given the impression that
they would be asked to appeal
further if the Committee thought
necessary; this was not the case
since neither club heard from the
Committee since the appeal and
prior to the decision Monday;
Secondly, why does the University
of Texas allow a Young Republi
can group to be an official campus
club, and in fact have an office on
campus; and third, it is entirely
unpractical for an off-campus club
to solicit membership from the
A&M student body because of the
expense of printing up cards which
would cost $280.
“As to the remark about the
clubs making contact with county
party headquarters, the Young Re
publicans have done considerable
precinct work for the Brazos Coun
ty Republicans for the past two
years.”
Use Of Computers
May Change Field
The field of auditing may change
because of the use of electronic
computers, a speaker told the sev
enteenth annual Accounting Con
ference at A&M University Mon
day.
Harold Weiss of the American
Institute of Technology in Phoe
nix, Ariz., spoke on “Manage
ment’s Viewpoint in Auditing
Electric Data Processing Data.”
The Monday-Tuesday conference
attracted more than 75 accountants.
Watrous Irons, president of the
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas,
was among other speakers.
Weiss warned that “technologi
cal developments combined with
competitive pressures is such that
revolutionary rather than evolu
tionary forces may come into
play.”
Auditors and the data proces
sing programmers were urged by
Weiss to learn more of each oth
er’s needs.
Dr. John E. Pearson, head of
the A&M’s School of Business Ad
ministration, welcomed delegates
to the annual conference.
Former Iranian Aggie Holds
His Excellency 9 Title Now
For the second Monday night
in a row, the Aggies have observed
Silver Taps. At 10:30 p.m. Mon
day night Silver Taps were sound
ed for John Lincoln Cleaves, 19,
of Houston.
Cleaves died Friday night in a
two car accident on U. S. 80, five
miles west of Shreveport. Also
killed in the same mishap was Mrs.
Anne Hills Harrison from Bryan.
Cleaves was a freshman prelaw
major in Squadron 16. A 1963 grad
uate of Houston’s Milby High
School, he was a member of the
freshman swimming team and
was going to try out for the U. S.
Olympics team.
Mrs. Harrison, wife of Dr. Rich
ard H. Harrison III of Bryan, was
well known around campus. She
was very active in summer stock
sponsored by the Memorial Stu
dent Center Summer Music Pro
gram and she was a former Hous
ton TV performer.
She was enroute to Shreveport
to join her husband who was en
tered in a doctor’s golf tourna
ment there. She had contacted
the boys riding with her, offering
them a ride to help her with the
driving.
Injured in the collision were
two other Aggies, Robert W. Bar
nett, 19, of Houston and Henry
Pan Am Activities
End With Dance,
Soccer Tourney
The Southwest Intercollegiate
Soccer Tournament and a dance
ended this year’s presentation of
the annual Pan American Week
activities at A&M.
The week began April 12. Chair
man for the Pan American Week
Committee was Alvaro Restrepo
of Columbia.
Students were treated to a paint
ing exposition in the Memorial
Student Center, “Contemporary
Art of Mexico,” Last Wednesday
three movies on Mexican industry
were presented to the public.
Thursday featured an informal din
ner and speaker Thomas A. Pastor-
iza, a former SCONA delegate.
Pastoriza spoke on “The Agrarian
Problems in Latin America.”
A film-lecture on Central Amer
ica was presented Friday night by
photographer Dwight Nichols.
A&M’s soccer team hosted the
meet Saturday, and the dance was
held Saturday night.’
Pastoriza, a textile manufactur
ing executive, said Thursday night
that the major obstacle to the soc
ial and economic development of
Latin American countries is the
“large land holdings controlled
by Washingtons of various coun
tries and by politicians who want
to be re-elected.”
He said that most of the prob
lems are centered around human
relations, but he added that “peo
ple are our greatest resource.”
“We must find new techniques
to replace the antiquated methods
of education,” Pastoriza said. “We
must make our good teachers go
a long, long way.”
Ticket Sales Close
For Board Banquet
Tickets to the annual dinner for
the Texas A&M University Board
of Directors, faculty and staff
members will remain on sale
through Wednesday noon.
The steak dinner will be served
in Sbisa Dining Hall at 7:30 p.m.
Friday. Board members will form
a receiving line at 6:45 p.m. to
greet faculty and staff members.
The event will be dutch-treat,
with women members of the staff
invited on the same basis as men.
Tickets may be purchased from de
partment heads.
C. Miller Jr., 18, of Shreveport,
all in the Harrison car.
Louisiana State Police have
charged Miller, driver of the Har
rison car, with careless and reck
less driving. Officers said the
Harrison car skidded broadside in
to the oncoming car after crossing
a yellow center line.
Funeral services for Mrs. Har
rison were held at 2 p.m. Sunday
in the chapel of the Hillier Funeral
home.
Services for John Lincoln Cleaves
were at 2 p.m. Monday at Park
Place Methodist Church in Hous
ton. Burial was in Forrest Park
Cemetery.
Ex AP Chief
Tells Students
Value Of Truth
Frank Starzel told those present
at the Department of Journalism
Awards Banquet Saturday night
that the journalist’s primai-y func
tion today is “one of leadership
through dispassionate exposition of
basic truth.”
He said that harnessing the
atom’s power for peaceful use is
relatively simple “compared with
the awesome problem of achieving
an intellectual understanding of
what we face.”
Starzel retired as general man
aged of the Associated Press last
year after 34 years of service. He
is now a visiting professor of
journalism at the University of
Texas.
He told the young journalists
that they can expect no immedi
ate praise while exposing skeletons
in private, public and political
closets. “The sleeper who is awak
ened in the midst of a pleasant
dream to face realities is scarcely
a pleasant fellow.”
Starzel outlined three personal
characteristics which every ambi
tious journalism student should
have. First is a strong conviction
distinguishing between right and
wrong and a driving desire to be
right and to do right. Second is an
insatiable curiosity about people
and their environment, and third, a
constant dissatisfaction by the re
porter with his own accomplish
ments and those of his fellows,
with his profession’s prrogress and
with the world in general.
By TOM HARGROVE
Special Writer
Muster Day is a time of much
reminiscing for Texas Aggies.
Every April 21 many stories are
told pertaining to Aggie buddies
of days gone by who have now
reached high positions in the
world.
One of the most interesting to
crop up recently concerns A&M’s
All-American Jarrin’ John Kim
brough and “His Excellency Mehdi
Sheybani, Deputy Prime Minister
of Iran.”
What conection is there be
tween the A&M all-time gridiron
great and the Number Two man
in Iran, second only to the Shah ?
Well, both are Aggies.
The story, carried in George
Quermann’s column in the Hous
ton Post, goes something like
this:
Edwin Rice Brown of Harvey
Travel Bureau flew from Munich
to Tehran, Iran. When he arriv
ed, he paid a courtesy call on
the head of the Iranian Tourist
Bureau. During the conversa
tion he was surprised to learn
that ‘His Excellency Mehdi Shey
bani, Deputy Prime Minister of
Iran” had “granted an audience”
to Brown.
Naturally, Brown was a bit
surprised since he didn’t even
realize that such an official exist
ed, much less hope to meet him
personally. However, one look
at the expressions of awe on the
faces of the native Iranians indi
cated to him that to be granted
an appointment with this man
was quite an honor.
Upon arrival he was ushered
through long corridors and three
fancy, highly ornamented ante
rooms to a huge office where a
highly refined appearing gentle
man sat behind a large desk.
Following a formal introduc
tion His Excellency broke into
a big, friendly grin and thrust
out a hand. “I’m a Texas Aggie,”
he told Brown. They talked and
Mehdi said he wanted to know
“about the team this year” and
inquired about his old pals, John
and the late Jack Kimbrough.
During the conversation, His
Excellency told Brown he “used
to go to Houston to see a girl
every week he could get away.”
Who the girl was, Brown never
learned. He said he didn’t be
lieve it would be tactful to ask
Iran’s Number Two man for an
old girl’s name.
What was Brown’s appraisal
of the Deputy Prime Minister of
Iran ? “He was easily the most
impressive Aggie I ever met —
Number Two in Iran after the
Shah,” said Brown.
John Kimbrough, himself, now
a businessman-rancher at Haskell,
Texas, was pretty impressed
when he read this report in a
newspaper. He remembered
Sheybani from back in the “Old
Days” of 1939-40, but was sur
prised to find that his old class
mate, whom the A&M alumni
roster lists with an “Address Un
known,” is now “His Excellency.”
Wonder what His Excellency
is doing today on the 61st annual
Aggie Muster? Well, “once an
Aggie, always an Aggie,” as the
saying goes, so chances are his
thoughts probably wander thou
sands of miles back here to the
College Station he left over 20
years ago.