The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, May 28, 1964, Image 1

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, May 28, 1964, Image 1

Newspaper Page TextNapij « oft, gnen 'A e Katsi in! Lite ean lite t RSE jf Famous Humorist To Speak To Yets Shop Rudder To Revisit Normandy Beach A&M President Earl Rudder will leave Tuesday for a return trip to France, where 20 years ago he led a Ranger Battalion onto Normandy Beach and earned recognition in history books. The university president was named by President John son among 22 Americans to participate in ceremonies mark ing the 20th anniversity of the World War II invasion. Included in the group are military leaders, government officials, two Congressional Medal of Honor winners and others who participated in the return of Allied troops to Europe. Wives including Mrs. Rudder, will accompany the Pres idential party. General of the Army Omar N. Bradley, U. S. field commander in the 1944 maneuver, will head the delega tion. President Rudder received medals from three countries for his heroic feats at Pointe du Hoc on the Normandy shore. He also won praise by military leaders during the Battle of the Bulge and other conflicts with German forces. General Bradley had this to say about the Texan’s Nor mandy feat: “No soldier in my command has ever been wished a^more difficult task than that which befell the 34-year-old comman der of the Provisional Ranger Force.” The former Brady rancher, football coach and school teacher was credited by Bradley as the first in his command to hit the beach. The objective was to scale 100-foot cliffs at Pointe du Hoc and knock out vital enemy gun positions. The Rangers used ropes to climb the cliffs, Bradley explained in his book, “A Soldier’s Story.” Before they reached the top, German troops fired down the slopes and dropped gernades on the Rangers. A nearby destroyer raked the cliffs with heavy machine gun fire to drive the Germans back. The Rangers made it, less than 10 minutes after they landed. The German guns were silenced, but Lt. Col. Rudder’s 200-man force was cut to 90. France awarded Rudder, now a major general in the Army Reserves, the Legion of Honor with Croix de Guerre and Palm, and Belguim cited the Texan with the Belgian Order of Leopold with Croix de Guerre and Palm. His numerous other decorations include the American Distinguished Service Cross, Legion of Merit, Silver Star, Bronze Star with Oak Cluster, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Clusters and others. One of the state’s best known humorists, Dr. Charles W. Jarvis of San Marcos will be heard at Grad Fellowship Applications Here Inquiries about Danforth Gradu ate Fellowships to be awarded next March are invited by Graduate Dean Wayne C. Hall. The Danforth Foundation of St. Louis offers the fellowships to seniors or recent graduates, with a serious interest in a college teaching career who plan doctoral studies. Dean Hall said applicants may be single or married, must be less than 30 years of age at the time of application and may not have undertaken any graduate or pro fessional study beyond the bacca laureate. Candidates must be nominated by the local campus representa tives as the Foundation does not accept direct applications. Danforth Graduate Fellows are eligible for four years of financial assistance with a maximum annual living stipend of $1,800 for single persons and $2,200 for married Fellows, plus tuition and fees. De pendency allowances are available. Financial need is not a condition for consideration, Dean Hall point ed out. 6:45 Thursday night in the Memo rial Student Center. He will discuss “Do You Think You Have Problems?” at a smor gasbord sponsored by the 17th annual Texas Conference for Vet erinarians now underway at A&M. Jarvis, a dentist, describes him self as a humorist, raconteur (story teller), philosopher, and prosodist (poet). He attended A&M and the University of Hous ton, is a graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy and the University of Texas School of Dentistry, and holds a BS degree in engineering. The conference began Thursday morning and will continue through Friday afternoon. Dr. R. D. Turk of the College of Veterinary Medicine, program chairman, said some of the top speakers at the opening session were Dr. Paul C. Beaver of Tulane University’s Tropical Medi cine and Public Health Department, and Dr. S. J. Roberts of the Medi cine and Obstetrics Department at Cornell University. He said one of the main subjects on the Friday morning program is “Veterinary Activities in USAF Aerospace Medical Research.” The speaker is Major Neville P. Clark of the U. S. Air Force Veterinary Corps at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio. Turk said about 200 persons are attending the conference. Che Battalion Volume 61 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1964 Number 51 Super Conference Could Be Texas-Type Tall Tale UT Board Action Threatens SWC By JIM BUTLER Associate Editor Three weeks ago, a Houston Post Columnist quoted Uni versity of Texas Athletic Director Darrell Royal as favoring a “super conference.” At the time, it sounded like just some more fuel for the potbelly stove crowd, something to warm conversation until grid season rolled around. Last Saturday, the UT Board of Regents added a giant log, that moved the hot stove league into the majors and into the front offices of the Southwest Conference. In a meeting in El Paso, the Regents set up a three-man committee to “study all aspects of the University of Texas’ Southwest Conference membership and our future policies in the area of inter-collegiate athletics.” Though the statement was typical of pedagogical releases in that it actually said very little, the implications have spread like circles from a boulder thrown into the Brazos. The committee may very well find that Texas would be much better off without the SWC, a situation that is not vice versa. Newspaper stories have circulat ed to the effect that should Texas pull out of the conference, the Donghoms would pave the way for a new conference, a super confer ence of large, financially well-off state-supported institutions such as Oklahoma, Arkansas, LSU, Texas Tech, Houston and A&M. Apparently, drastic action of this sort would be a protest by Texas against possible operating restrictions placed on SWC rule books by the smaller and less well endowed schools such as TCU, SMU and Baylor. These limita tions, particularly on the number of scholarships allowed, would also apply to A&M. Whether or not the Aggies would play follow-the-lead- er with the Steers seems to be the big question. Dr. Chris Groneman, head of A&M’s Athletic Council, was asked to comment on UT’s action. “We don’t know yet what Texas will do. We won’t be able to evaluate their findings until they are re leased at the conference meeting in December,” Groneman said. “All we know right now is what we read in the papers. We’ll defi nitely be interested in the outcome of this thing,” Groneman added. When asked if A&M would fol low Texas if the ’Horns pulled up stakes, Groneman said, “We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.” Another aspect of UT’s action was brought out by another high official in the A&M athletic de partment who suggested that Tex- (See Board Action, Page 8) Staff Group Slates Meet The A&M University Faculty Advisory Committee charged with developing guidelines for faculty personnel matters by Sept. 15 is expected to meet within a week. The Committee of Deans will prepare the final plan. Four faculty members named to the nine-man committee were announced Thursday by Dean of Instruction W. J. Graff. He said the 515 ballots tallied by the Counseling and Testing Center staff showed these winners: Professors J. P. Abbott, English; W. C. Banks, veterinary medi cine; G. W. Kunze, soil and crop sciences, and A. B. Wooten, agri cultural economics. President Earl Rudder has named Professor C. H. Samson of aerospace and civil engineer ing to chair the committee. Dr. Samson will vote only to break a tie. Completing the committee are four members named from the colleges. These are Professors J. S. Denison, engineering; F. E. Ekfelt, arts and sciences; G. M. Gowing, veterinary medicine, and H. E. Joham, agriculture. Dean A. A. Price, chairman of the Committee of Deans, will convene the first meeting of the faculty advisory committee. Dean Graff also plans to attend the meeting. “The university has much to gain from your study,” Presi dent Rudder said in a letter to the committee. “BOOKS, TIS A DULL AND ENDLESS STRIFE” John Lovelace, a sophomore in Sqd. 2, finds to take advantage of the summer months that the strife does have an end, or at least a pause. He is packing his gear, preparing before returning in the fall for another go- round. ^ Cyclotron Institute Given 10 Acre Tract On Campus A 10-acre site facing Spence Street on the A&M University campus and Farm Highway 60 has been chosen for the $6-million cyclotron, Dr. George J. Igo, direc tor of the Cyclotron Institute, announced Tuesday. The 700 by 500-foot tract adjoins the Old Petroleum Engineering and the Doherty Petroleum Engineer ing Buildings. Initial construction is expected to begin in 1965 on the variable energy cyclotron to be used in gaining a better understanding of the nucleus of atoms. Full opera tions are expected in 1968. The “spiral ridge cyclotron” planned here is described as the most powerful of its type in the world. A site selection committee SCONA Workers To Seek Finances other uni- for visitors weighed by headed by Dean W. J. Graff chose the location. Convenience from versity facilities and were among factors the committee. “Also, the building is going to be built in this very large area so that it can be expanded,” Igo said. A 50,000 square foot building is planned. Igo said the cyclotron site offers a vital safety factor “as no other building or office space occupied by people will be in the 10-acre plot.” He stressed that the cyclo tron construction will include other safety features. The site is near the campus power plant. The cyclotron’s initial requirement will be 2,000 kilowatts of power. Nearness to the Departments of Physics and Chemistry and the library also figured in the site selection. “Convenience to the Data Proc essing Center also was considered, as it is expected that there will be a hookup between the computer and the cyclotron,” Igo noted. The cable would allow swift interchange of information, he pointed out. Hicklin A. Harrel Jr., native Houstonian, this week assumed the duties of assistant to the director of the Cyclotron Institute. The Institute’s business affairs will be his responsibility. The 39-year-old Harrel’s experi ence in management includes work ing closely with engineers. The appointment was announced by Dean Frank W. R. Hubert of the College of Arts and Sciences. Summer Students Register Monday Registration for the first term of the summer session of A&M University will begin June 1 with classes starting the next day, Registrar H. L. Heaton announced. The term ends July 10. Regis tration for the second summer semester is scheduled July 13. A&M University students will conduct fund drives in 12 major Texas and Louisiana cities Monday through Thursday in an effort to finance the 10th Student Confer ence on National Affairs. Half of the $19,000 budgeted for the December meeting has already been raised, Garry Tisdale, Tyler Army Couple Make University History MORE ELECTRICITY FOR RESEARCH Workmen prepare to hoist into place a 115,- research projects. The 000-pound steam turbine as part of a $2,- turbine are expected to 300,000 expansion of the A&M University this summer. Power Plant. More electricity is needed for new generator and be in operation late A young Army couple whose last thought was to make A&M Uni versity history Saturday became the first man and wife to receive degrees from A&M. Capt. Henry H. Covington III, a West Pointer, received the Master of Engineering degree. Mrs. Covington, a graduate of Auburn University, received the Master of Education degree. Mrs. Covington made all “A’s” in her graduate studies and her husband was admitted to Chi Epsilon, national honorary scho lastic fraternity for civil engineers. “We’ve enjoyed the year here in such a friendly atmosphere,” the Covingtons said of A&M and the Bryan-College Station area. The captain enlisted in the Army in 1953 and entered West Point two years later, graduating in 1959. He qualified as a ranger and a paratrooper and served a tour in Korea. senior, reported. He added, how ever, that the June campaign is the most critical. The conference, held at A&M since 1954, attracts government officials, congressmen, ambassa dors, business leaders and others of national prominence. In addition, 150 students from 70 colleges throughout the United States, Mexico and Canada attend the four-day session, Tisdale added. Teams of A&M students will visit Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth, Corpus Christi, Tyler, Longview, Bryan-College Station, New Orleans, Waco and Abilene. Other students, meanwhile, are in the process of securing speakers and making detailed arrangements. This year’s theme is “Challenge to the Americas . . . Pan American Trends: Promise or Threat?” Funds will be used to feed and house student delegates and speak ers, to pay partial transportation costs and to meet other expenses. “The conference is planned to provide a serious exchange of ideas among students to help promote a generation of responsible leaders in international affairs,” Tisdale said. “We don’t meet to solve prob lems of foreign policy,” he added, “but rather to become aware of the complexities of the United States’ foreign policy.” The conference is entirely stu dent-managed. “FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE” J. Gorden Gay, General Secretary of the YMCA is presented a silver serving set by David Anderson, president of the Class of 64. Gay was cited for his outstanding service to Aggies and to Texas A&M.

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, May 28, 1964, Image 1

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