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Officially An Honor Guard
C. 0. Windsor, left and K. B. Wille, receive the Ross Volun
teer Cords from left to right, Marvin T. Hopgood Jr., Har
rison Paul Jones, G. W. Schmidt and Gerald Henry Buttrill.
Eighty-five juniors were initiated into the Ross Volunteers
at a Banquet Tuesday night.
College Officials
Conclude Meeting
A dsicussion of ’General Re
search affecting' Test Usage” con
cluded the two-day Junior College
Conference Tuesday.
Dr. Paul Kelly, Southwestern
Director of CEEB, Austin, and Dr.
Vernon Odon, District Director
A. C. T., Lubbock, led the discus
sion involving an estimated 100
junior and senior college presi
dents and deans.
Spotlighted address of the day
was by M. A. Browning, assistant
commissioner of vocational edu
cation for the Texas Education
Agency. He spoke on “Recaptur
ing Youth Through Junior College
Vocational-Technical Education.”
Browning discussed the Voca
tional Education Act 1963, empha
sizing that the act will be of signi
ficant importance in the years
ahead.
NSF To Aid
Ship Support
The National Science Founda
tion has granted $147,000 to the
A&M Research Foundation for
“partial support of operations of
the Research Vessel Alaminos”
during the next 12 months. The
grant was announced by Dean Fred
J. Benson as A&M Foundation
director.
The NSF supplied money for
conversion of the Alaminos for
research cruises in the world
ocean and also provided $90,000
for operations thus far of the re
search ship. The Office of Naval
Research also is a major sponsor
of the Alaminos which is used by
faculty and graduate students of
the Department of Oceanography
and Meteorology.
The new grant is under the di
rection of John D. Cochrane, chair
man of the Ship Coordinating Com
mittee.
Degree Applicants’
Registration Due
All undergraduate candidates for
degrees to be awarded in Jaunary
must apply by 5 p.m. Monday for
the degree at the Registrar’s Office
and also register for the Graduate
Record Examination at the Coun
seling and Testing Center.
The reminder was issued by As
sistant Registrar Luther A. Har
rison.
He said high acceleration is ex
pected in technical programs in
junior colleges, and predicted some
200 such programs will be needed!
in Texas by September, 1966.
Currently, he said, 22 junior col
leges have more than 7,000 stu
dents enrolled in technical educa
tion programs.
Also on Tuesday’s program, Dr.
Joe V. West of Baylor Univer
sity discussed “Use of Test
Scores.”
Another panel, “Use of Cutting
Scores for Placement,” was led by
Dr. Philip T. Speegle of San An
tonio College, Dr. Chester Hastings
of Del Mar College, and Dr. Lannes
Hope of A&M University.
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Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1964
Number 84
Campus Opinion Differs
On Possible Tuition Raise
(Special To The Battalion)
The recent proposed recommen
dation by the Texas Commission
on Higher Education to raise the
tuition of state supported senior
colleges to $100 per semester for
residental students and $250 for
nonresidental students was met by
an air of dissapproval by students
on campus.
Richard Shirley, senior econom
ics major from Port Neches, said,
“the school needs the extra serv
ices but this will make it harder on
the students. The state pays a lot
of the cost so actually the increase
would not be much for the cost of
education.”
Shirley, who is married, had
heard of proposed recommendations
in years past. He does part-time
work and his wife, Nancy, is a
receptionist for Dr. T. O. Walton
at East Gate.
Tommy Tompkins, a junior ac
counting major living in College
View, had this to say, “Personally,
I have to be against it because it
is hard to meet the cost as it is.”
Tompkins added that his wife, Bar
bara, was expecting and was work
ing as a lab technician for the
Department of Poultry Sciences
and Biochemistry. Tompkins also
said he was working part-time for
the Texas Transportation Institute
and at a service station at East
Gate.
Bonita Cornett, female married
student and former Kentucky resi
dent who is a biochemistry grad
uate student, commented that if
the schools needed the money she
knew of no reason why not to
raise the tuition but she would
rather have the tuition raised than
to ask the government for it. Her
husband, John S. Cornett, is a
meteorology graduate student from
Des Moines, Iowa, and has an
assistantship.
Carol Mast, a female married
sociology graduate student from
Illinois, remarked that there should
be other ways of raising money
than by raising the tuition. She
said that low tuition was one
reason for coming to Texas and
held that “this will discourage
students from coming to Texas.”
Her husband, Dan Mast, an English
graduate student, holds an assist
antship.
Richard Freshour, junior eco
nomics major from Bridgewater,
New York, stated, “I feel that the
tuition raise is justified, for
through such an increase perhaps
more and better facilities might
be supplied to the students on this
campus. Conversely, I would hate
to see the tuition level rise to the
level of many eastern colleges and
universities. One which I attended
charged $650 a semester and was
scheduled to increase another $100
per semester; such tuition expenses,
I feel, are altogether too high.
Warren Thomas Matthews, jun
ior economics major from Dallas,
observed that “As far as improv
ing the education system, it was
probably the best thing.” Matthews
maintained, however, that by giv
ing up $50 more, he would have to
oppose it.
Roy Roberts, married civilian
student, said, “Fifty dollars doesn’t
mean all that much to me. I’ll go
here whether they raise it or not.”
Mack Rust, senior civilian stu
dent said, “I am just surprised it
hasn’t happened before now. It’s
higher at other schools.”
Jim Johnson, a Corps student
from Clifton, had the following to
say on the subject, “It is fine for
250 Ministers,
Attend Church
Laymen
Conference
About 250 ministers and laymen
will attend the 19th annual Town
and Country Church Conference
Wednesday through Friday in the
Memorial Student Center.
Discussions will center on the
theme “Building a Climate of Love
in Town and Country Areas.”
Reagan Brown, Extension Serv
ice sociologist and general program
chairman, said widely known busi
ness and professional men, educa
tors and ministers will explore such
topics within the theme as build
ing a climate of love in home and
family living, race relations, busi-
ALONG THE CAMPAIGN TRAILS
Humphrey Rips Goldwater’s
Attendance, Voting Record
By The Associated Press
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey of
Minnesota ripped into Arizona
Sen. Barry Goldwater’s Senate rec
ord Tuesday night, charging that
“for the most part he had been
content simply to vote “no” when
he is around — and much of the
time he hasn’t been around.”
Humphrey, appearing to step up
his assault on the Republican pres
idential candidate as he barn
stormed through New England,
added that “just as Sen. Gold-
water has been half-in and half-
out of the Senate, so he is half-in
and half-out of the 20th century.”
Republican Barry Goldwater,
campaiging for the presidency in
the Midwest farm belt, Tuesday
criticized the Democratic admini
stration's farm and space policies
and accused President Johnson of
being a “part-time President.”
The Arizona senator said the
President had gone to “full-time
politicking.” Goldwater also hit
out in a speech prepared for de
livery here at what he called reck
less federal spending.
Taking note of the Soviet Un
ion’s latest space feat, Goldwater
said at Topeka, Kan., “Why do
the Russians always beat us to
the punch.”
Rep. William E. Miller charged
Tuesday that the Johnson admini
stration employed “the double-
cross standard” in dealing with
civil rights problems and asserted
that the President must share the
blame for “bringing the ethics of
the jungle into society.”
Charging that Johnson was a-
mong people who had made “reck
less appeals for civil disobedience,”
Miller said the President once had
called upon members of an electri
cal cooperative to use “naked vio
lence to achieve their ends.”
“And this is the same man who
today warns against extremeism,”
the Republican candidate for vied
president said in a statement.
“What hypocrisy, what sham,
what a terrible thing to have on
one’s conscience.”
A decision against further im
mediate hearings in the Bobby
Baker case means “the Johnson
For Senate Post
Runoff Scheduled
Charles W. Millikin and John R.
Stropp will oppose each other in a
run-off election Thursday for jun
ior representative to the Student
Senate from the College of Arts
and Sciences. The polls will be
open from 8 a.m. to noon and
from 1-5 p.m. in the Memorial
Student Center.
Fifty-six votes were cast in Tues
day’s election to fill the position
vacated by Terry Norman, who
was recently elected publicity
chairman of the Senate. Nine can
didates filed for the special elec
tion.
The World at a Glance
By The Associated Press
National
DETROIT, Mich.—Agreement in three major
economic areas was reached in new contract negotia
tions between American Motors Corp. and the United
Auto Workers Union Tuesday.
★ ★ ★
BOSTON—A special grand jury reached into
the highest levels of Masachusetts government
Tuesday and indicted Democratic former Gov. Foster
Rurcolo for allegedly conspiring to arrange a bribe.
★ ★ ★
WASHINGTON—Democratic officials unveiled
Tuesday a tangled “spy” plot which they said in
volved a $1,000 pay-off to an employe in their
headquarters for funneling information to the
Republicans.
Texas
CORPUS CHRISTI—Sheriff’s officers here, act
ing on a tip that an attempt would be made to
assassinate President Lyndon Johnson here Sunday,
arrested an ex-convict and seized weapons and
ammunition at the man’s home.
★ ★ ★
DALLAS—The Dallas Times Herald said Tues
day that FBI agent James P. Hosty Jr., who investi
gated Lee Harvey Oswald prior to the assassination
of President John F. Kennedy, has been suspended
for 30 days without pay and transferred.
★ ★ ★
SAN ANTONIO— Mississippi Gov. Paul B.
Johnson Jr. pictured his state Tuesday as one with
“a problem of a poor image in the rest of the
country.”
★ ★ ★
LAREDO—A former convict testified Tuesday
Sam Hoover, former Pasadena mayor, set up rob
beries of bawdy houses in Port Arthur and Austin.
administration ... is afraid toi
face the truth” before the elec
tion, Republican National Chair
man Dean Bruch said Tuesday.
Burch said in a statement it is
“perfectly obvious that orders
from higher up” were behind the
rejection by San. B. Everett Jor
dan, D-N. C., of Republican de
mands for hearings. Jordan is
chairman of the Senate Rules Com
mittee which has been investigat
ing the affairs of Baker, former
secretary to the Senate Democratic
majority.
ness relations, and church rela
tionships
One of the main activities is
honoring of the Texas Rural Min
ister of the Year, the Rev. Ray
mond Wolf, Lutheran minister of
the Knippa community in Uvalde
County.
Rev. Wolf’s selection was an
nounced two weeks ago by a group
of ministers on the Town and Coun
try Church Conference Commit
tee.
Second place went to the Rev.
Billy J. Hammond, a Methodist
from the Staples community in
Guadalupe County, and third place
to the Rev. Max Collier Copeland
of the First Baptist Church in
Marble Falls. The three ministers
will be honored during a Thurs
day luncheon.
Presentation of awards to the
ministers will be made by Charles
G. Scruggs of Dallas, editor of
“The Progressive Farmer” maga
zine.
Scruggs was graduated from
A&M in 1947 with a degree in ag
ricultural administration. He is
past president of four different
agricultural organizations in Texas
and is immediate past president of
the Southwest Animal Health Re
search Foundation and American
Agricultural Editors Association.
The Texas and Southwestern Cat
tle Raisers Association presented
him the Outstanding Service
Award in 1962 for his work with
the screwworm eradication pro
gram.
Foreign Student Enrollment
Shows 22 Per Cent Increase
Registration of foreign students
this fall showed an increase of
22 per cent over that of the last
fall, according to the final fig
ures computed by office of the For
eign Student Advisor. There are
433 foreign students now as com
pared to last year’s figure of 356.
Of these 242 are here for graduate
study.
The largest number of foreign
students is from Pakistan with
a total of 64, of whom 54 are
graduate students. India rates
next with 63 students, 57 being
graduate students. There are 48
students from Mexico, the same
as last fall.
“We are proud of A&M’s in
creasing reputation nationally and
internationally,” said H. L. Heaton,
University registrar. “It affords
us a great deal of satisfaction
to know that we have scholars from
all states and from countries
around the world.”
Nine Texas counties are each
represented by more than 100 stu
dents with Harris County’s 779
students leading except for Brazos
County in which A&M is located.
A total of 1,714 students list
Brazos County addresses.
Other counties listed as home by
more than 100 Aggiese each include
Bexar, 435; Dallas, 353; Galveston,
121; Jefferson, 135; McLennan,
115; Nueces, 119; and Tarrant, 133.
Represented by 50 to 100 stu
dents each are Brazoria County,
83; Cameron, 73; Gregg, 50; Trav
is, 66; and Webb, 66.
Heaton said 39 other counties
in all parts of Texas are each
represented by 20 to 50 students.
A total of 905 students come
from every state, including Alaska
and Hawaii, plus the District of
Columbia.
Keynote speaker for the rural
minister of the year awards pro
gram is Coulter Hoppess, Bryan
attorney. His subject is ‘The Best
Job in the World.”
a group of men to say how much a
student must pay to attend college,
but it is quite another thing when
it comes time to shell out the
money.”
Graham Horn an English major
from Bryan said. “The tuition
raise will cause more money to
come in for the state-supported
schools, but at the same time it
is going to be felt by everyone
that has to pay it. I suppose that
there is a need for it and it will
serve a good purpose.”
Robert P. Spivey, a civilian
journalism major commented as
follows, “I am against it because
it costs more money to go to
school for people like myself who
have already been in the service
and who are working to finance
an education.”
Forrest Mims, junior Corps stu
dent said, “I don’t like it but I
won’t quit school because of it.”
Burt Mullins, sophomore in the
Corps said, “I don’t like it and I
wish I could do something about it,
but I can’t.”
Charlie Clark, sophomore in the
Corps said, “I think it’s pretty bad.
It will make it harder for those
who have it hard already.”
Diebel To Assume
Controller Duties
R. Clark Diebel of Austin will
become controller Nov. 1, Director
of Business Affairs Tom D. Cher
ry announced Tuesday. Diebel is
supervisor of audits of institutions
of higher learning in the State
Auditor’s Office.
He will succeed Walter F. Bemdt
who recently resigned but will re
main in the Fiscal Department be
yond Jan. 1, Cherry said.
Diebel is a certified public account
ant who has served the state since!
World War II combat service in
Europe. He was
with Reed Roller
Bit Co., Houston,
after receiving
the BBA degree
from the Univer
sity of Texas in
1941.
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“We are most
fortunate in be
ing able to secure
the services of
one who is so
thoroughly knowledgable and ex
perienced in the field of university
fiscal matters,” Cherry said. He
also noted that Diebel has been
active in community, as well as
professional organizations in Aus
tin.
Diebel, a native of the Berclair-
Goliad area in South Texas, is
married to the former Edith Can
non of Austin and Coleman. They
have four children. Diann is now
Mrs. Don Wilson of Fort Worth.
The other children are Phil, Pag,
and Kim.
After serving in Europe with
the 44th Infantry Division Diebel
became an assistant state auditor
in 1946. He was appointed execu
tive secretary of the Veterans'
Land Board on Jan. 25, 1955, by
Land Comissioner Earl Rudder,
now president of A&M, and served
until Oct. 15, 1957.
Grad Lectures
Set Thursday
The Graduate Lecture Series re
sumes Thursday with two 4 p.m.
lectures, Graduate Dean Wayne
C. Hall has announced.
Dr. Charles Tobias, one of the
nation’s outstanding electrochem
ists and electrochemical engineers,
will lecture in room 231 of the
Chemistry Building, while Dr. R.
F. Packham, head of the chemistry
division of the Water Research
Association in England, will speak
in the Architecture Building audi
torium.
A native of Hungary, Tobias re
ceived his doctorate from the Uni
versity of Technical Sciences in
Budapest, and has since served
on the faculty at the University
of California at Berkeley.
Packham, who will speak on
“Studies of Colored Organic Mat
ter in Natural Water,” received
his doctorate from the University
of London in 1954.
Sam Welsh and Dr. W. S. McCulley count the
shrimp for the Math Club Shrimp Boil to be
held in Hensel Park at 6 p. m. Thursday.
Welsh is the club president and McCulley
One Shrimp, Two Shrimp, . . .
the sponsor. Tickets are $1 and may be pur
chased at the Department of Mathematics
office on the second floor of the Academic
Building.