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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1964
Number 109
Lecture Series
To Host Noted
Archaeologist
Dr. Jotham Johnson, a classical archaeologist distin
guished for his field work in Italy and the Eastern Medi
terranean, will speak at 8 p.m. Thursday for the second
University Lecture. The public has been invited to hear
the talk on “Reuses of the Past” in the Chemistry Lecture
Room.
The University Lectures bring outstanding scholars
who speak on topics of broad interest.
Johnson will visit the campus Thursday and Friday as
a Danforth Visiting Lecturer and will speak to students
on several different occasions, said Dr. R. W. Barzak, chair
man of the University Lectures Committee.
The visiting lecturer heads*
the Department of Classics
of New York University and
is also director of Anatolian
research.
In the lecture he will describe
the fate of temples, statues, tombs
and other monmuments of an an
cient city when they no longer are
wanted.
JOHNSON
Law Of Averages
Does Not Apply
To ‘Tails’ Dime
WASHINGTON UP>—A dime
which can only come up “tails”
every time probably was made by
putting two coins together, a
mint official said today.
Two bartenders said in Phila
delphia last week that they found
such a two-tail coin and that the
Philadelphia mint had certified it
as a genuine U. S. coin.
The mint official, Frederick W.
Tate, said, “We get these trick
coins from time to time. It is
possible to change dates and mint
marks so that only an expert
could tell a change had been
made.
“When two coins are put to
gether they test out as genuine
as far as the metal is concerned.
It would be almost impossible for
a coin to be minted with tails on
both sides.”
He said the mint had not cer
tified the coin found by the two
Philadelphia men, Joseph Ahearn
and William Ryan. He said the
only person contacted in the mint
by Ryan and Ahearn was a young
cashier.
Johnson is described as a well-
balanced mixture of classical scho
lar and working archaeologist, with
the intellect and physical robust
ness required for both facets of his
profession. A native of New Jer
sey, he was graduated from Prince
ton and received his Ph.D. in Greek
from the University of Pennsyl
vania.
He was president of the Archaeo
logical Institute of America from
1961 to 1964. He was the Norton
Lecturer in 1951-52 and the fol
lowing year was a research scholar
at the University of Rome.
The archaeologist taught a
course on NYU’s televised “Sunrise
Semester” and recently served as
host of a series, “Footsteps to the
Past,” filmed originally under the
supervision of C. W. Ceram for the
West German television service.
Johnson is consulting editor of
“Horizon” and “New Century Clas
sical Dictionary” and has edited
“Classical Weekly,” “Archaeology”
and “Archaeological Newsletter.”
He also has contributed articles,
editorials, news items and book re
views to journals and encyclo
pedias.
His visit to the campus is made
possible by a project sponsored
jointly by the Danforth Foundation
and the Association of American
Colleges. Purpose of the program
in which A&M is participating for
the first year is to strengthen the
intellectual, the religious and the
cultural aspects of liberal educa
tion in the United States.
Johnson is one of 19 scholars
from this country and abroad who
have been chosen by the Founda
tion and the Association’s Arts
Program for campus visits this
academic year.
68 Candidates File
For Fish Elections
To Fill 6 Positions
Improving Campus Appearance
Mrs. Gerald Pitts of the Department of Buildings and
Utilities uses one of the 14 trash receptacles placed at
various spots on campus Tuesday. This is part of the
Department’s program to improve campus appearance.
Seven types of receptacles are being tested to see which
will bring a better result.
By GERALD GARCIA
Asst. News Editor
Sixty-eight candidates will vie
for six positions in the Freshmen
Class elections Thursday, an
nounced Charles Wallace, chair
man of election commission.
Polling booths will be set in the
Memorial Student Center between
the Coffee Shop and the Game
Room. Polls will be open from 8
a.m. until 12 and 1 until 6 p.m.
“Only fish will be allowed to vote
and they must have their identifi
cation cards before voting,” Wal
lace said.
Besides requiring ID cards, vot
ers should be able to run the voting
machines. Here is a run-down on
the operation of the machines:
1. When told to proceed by the
voting instructor, rotate the large
red handle crank all the way to the
right.
2. Press the levers above the
candidate voting for. Leave the
levers down, they will return auto
matically to the original position.
3. Return the red crank to its
original position. This must be
done before vote will be registered.
This procedure will also clear the
board and open the curtain.
The six positions open are presi
dent, vice president, secretary-
treasurer, social secretary, Student
Senate representatives and election
VISITING SCHOLAR
Communists Tried To
Japanese Prof During
Sway
War
A critical mind developed
through studying economics is the
main reason Communist teachings
did not sway him while he was a
prisoner of war in Siberia, Jap
anese Professor Kiyshi Takeuchi
believes. He is a visiting scholar
this year in the University In
stitute of Statistics.
“Dr. Hartley is very famous and
one of the reasons I came here,”
Takeuchi said of Institute Director
H. O. Hartley, who has an in
ternational reputation as a statis-
SCONA Delegates Receive
Program Reference Series
The delegates to the 10th Stu
dent Conference on National Af
fairs (SCONA) this year have
been given a reference series.
It was prepared by Mrs. Rieck
B. Hannifin of the Library of Con
gress in Washington. It deals with
the most important problems of
Latin America which SCONA X
delegates will discuss.
The reference series is a back
ground paper and bibliography on
“Challenges to The Americas,” Pan
American Trends: Promise or
Threat?
It deals with the problems of
Latin America and what they have
to do with the world problems. It
states certain facts that are perti
nent to the topics that will be dis
cussed at SCONA.
The reference series was given
to the delegates so as to bring them
up to date on information about
Latin America. It also gives them
a list of extra reading material
that will give them more informa
tion with a little more detail than
the reference series does.
tician. Professor Takeuchi said he
also chose to come to A&M which
has a few Japanese students. This,
he said, affords better opportuni
ties to meet Americans.
A&M’s Institute of Statistics
is “very vigorous,” the visiting
scholar said. He is particularly
interested in the application of
statistics in economic programs.
Takeuchi was serving as the
equivalent of a second lieutenant in
a support unit of the Japanese
Army in Manchuria when Russian
troops moved in at the end of
World War II. He and thousands of
others were marched off to Siberia.
“Some of us worked as farmers,
as mining laborers and others
worked in the factories,” the pro
fessor recalled.
“Sometimes they attempted to
make us Communists. I didn’t but
some friends did become Commu
nists. In my college I studied eco
nomics ... so I think I had a criti
cal mind,” Takeuchi explained.
The visiting scholar also re
calls the Russians did pay their
prisoners for work but that Siberia
was mighty hot during the summer
and bitterly cold in winter. The
lowest reading during his three
years there was minus 58 degrees.
Resuming his studies after re-
SOUTH GATE ACCIDENT
employee, car tossed 150 feet after collision.
Employe Dies
In Train-Car
A cc iden t Here
Lawrence Amidei, 26, was killed
instantly in a train-car accident at
South Gate at 1:15 p.m. Tuesday.
Amidei, native of Gary, Ind., was
an employe at the A&M nuclear
reactor. He apparently was return
ing to work when the accident hap
pened.
His 1964 Triumph was struck by
a northbound Southern Pacific
freight train. The car was thrown
approximately 150 feet from point
of impact.
Amidei was a reactor operator
at the Nuclear Reactor, where he
started to work on May 11. He
learned his trade while stationed
aboard the USS Enterprise.
Justice of the Peace Jess McGee
pronounced Amidei dead at the
scene.
Amidei’s mother, his only next
of kin, is scheduled to arrive in
College Station Wednesday for fu
neral arrangements.
He resided at the Varsity Apart
ments in College Station.
turning to Japan, he received in
1952 a master’s degree at Hitot-
subashi University, a social sci
ences university, in Tokyo. He
also attended some lectures and
seminars at Tokyo University.
Takeuchi won a special fellowship
as a graduate student and now is
studying here under sponsorship
of his government.
“In Japan under the old sys
tem the Ph.D. degree was very
restricted . . . after a person was
about 50 years old and outstanding,
the Ph.D. degree was granted to
him,” Takeuchi said. “Now the
program is very similar to the
United States’ doctoral programs.”
“In Japan we have only lecturers,
assistant professors and profes
sors,” he pointed out.
“The people here are very kind
and hospitable,” Takeuchi said ap
preciatively.
commission representatives. Four
seats are open in the Student Sen
ate race, while five posts will be
filled in the election commission.
“All candidates running for one
of the class offices or election com
mission have at least 1.00 grade
point ratio, while applicants for
Student Senate posted a GPR of
1.50 or better,” Wallace said.
Running for president are Larry
C. Hearn, Michael C. Kostelnik,
Clarence T. Daugherty, Jack M.
Whiteside, Philip D. Spencer, Cul-
Data Processing
To Receive New
Business Computer
A new International Business
Machine 7094 transistorized com
puter will soon be added at the
Data Processing Center, said Dan
Drew, associate director of the
center. January will be set aside
to check out the machine.
Graduate students and professors
with long running problems are in
vited to make heavy use of the
machine during that month, he
said.
Drew said that the new com
puter is expected to increase the
efficiency and speed of the center
by 400 per cent. The same system
will be used and there will be no
change in procedure, said Drew.
Drew said that the DPC will
be open at 7 p.m. for a “Happy
Hour” during which time immed
iate service will be available to
students who will be invited to
bring over their problems of any
kind and wait while they are being
run.
In the past, he said, an estimated
500 students made use of the DPC,
adding that problems were always
run on a daily turnover basis.
The “Happy Hour” will be run
on a “first come first serve” and
the only restriction is that the
problems are to be in conjunction
with classes at the University,
said Drew.
The new IBM type 7094 will
cost $600 per hour and will make
the A&M DPC as good as any
in the nation, Drew said. He
added that the new computer will
be relocated in a new annex that
will double the area of the DPC.
Work on the new annex will be
gin in the spring, Drew said, add
ing that the money to build the
annex was provided by the Na
tional Science Foundation and that
the new area will make room for
the graduate assistants.
len R. Looney, Jack R. Coleman,
Larry L. Sweat, Mark W. Davis,
James O. Sanders, Robert F. Do-
byns, Loren S. Parsons, Michael
D. McHorse, Richard J. Adams,
Sanford T. Ward and Frederick B.
Cull.
The 10 candidates for vice presi
dent are J. R. Norman, Richard A.
Rossow, Dennis R. Parrish, Terry
P. Archer, Thomas C. Nierdieck,
Robert H. Gibbons, Jeff C. Nieland,
Kenneth N. Gray, Ronald McLeroy
and Terence L. Rockett.
Applicants for secretary-treas
urer are Edward T. Melcher, Larry
L. Boleman, Eddie Renbarger,
Charles J. Whitacre, Jerry A.
Montgomery, James A. Vandaveer,
Henry G. Cisneros and David L.
Stevens.
Six candidates running for so
cial secretary are Stephen D. Kor-
enek, John Daly, Kay C. Goldman,
Link E. Summers, Michael C. Key
and William E. Reeves.
Vieing for the four seats in the
Student Senate are James T. All-
man, John C. Thomas, John M.
Hill, Gerald J. Becker, Benny J.
Jones, Pat Rehmet, Edward L. Wat
son, Peter S. Insani, Michael Blum,
Milton E. Lindsay, David W. Pow
ell, James R. Powell, John D. Mc
Leroy, Eldon G. Tipping, Weldon
T. Bollinger, Burl E. Glass, Harry
A. Oswald, Richard E. Harlan,
Richard L. Gummer and Michael B.
White.
Election commission candidates
are Alan W. Backof, George D.
Bond II, Noe G. Garza, John P.
McCarr, David P. Parkin, William
S. Stroman Jr., Clyde R. Westbrook
and Francis G. Youngblood.
Run-offs for these offices will
be held Dec. 10, if they are neces
sary, Wallace said.
NSF To Sponsor
Summer Program
Two summer programs for high
schol teachers again will be of
fered under National Science Foun
dation sponsorship, C. M. Loyd an
nounced. He is NSF coordinator at
A&M.
The Earth Science Institute for
a total of 64 junior high school
teachers will be offered in two
terms with the first beginning
June 7.
A Physics Institute for 26 high
school teachers will open June 7
and continue for nine weeks under
the direction of Dr. Nelson M.
Duller.
Applications for the summer
programs must be filed by Feb.
15, Loyd said.
The World at a Glance
By The Associated Press
International
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.—The U.N. General
Assembly launched its fall session Tuesday after
the Big Four powers agreed in dramatic down-to-
the deadline negotiations to head off a U.S.-Soviet
collision over peacekeeping assessments.
BRUSSELS, Belgium—Belgian paratroopers who
dropped on the Congo came home to a mighty
welcome Tuesday just as a fresh accusation cropped
up that the United States had cut short the rescue
mission.
Ten C-130 transport planes of the U. S. Air
Force landed the 680 troops at Melsbrook military
airfield, starting just before dawn.
★ ★ ★
LONDON—Prime Minister Harold Wilson said
Tuesday that the Labor government will continue
to allow U. S. Polaris submarines to use the base
at Holy Loch in Scotland. The base has been a
frequent target of leftist demonstrations.
Wilson replied flatly “Yes, sir” when asked in
the House of Commons if this was his government’s
policy.
★ ★ ★
SAIGON, South Viet Nam—Cambodian frontier
forces have joined the Communist Viet Cong again
in attacks on South Vietnamese troops, the South
Viet Nam Defense Ministry charged Tuesday. It
announced four Vietnamese soldiers were killed in
two such border incidents Monday.
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MOSCOW—A Soviet rocket was off Tuesday in
pursuit of the U. S. Mariner 4 on a 714-month
flight to the planet Mars.
The Soviet probe, dubbed Zond 2—Probe 2—
started its flight Monday from an orbiting space
platform.
National
WASHINGTON—The Rev. Martin Luther King,
who has been at odds with FBI Director J. Edgar
Hoover over the FBI’s civil rights role, met with
Hoover Tuesday for what he called a “quite ami
cable” talk.
King spent about 114 hours in Hoover’s office
in a meeting which King had requested.
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PASADENA, Calif.—Mars-bound Mariner 4
raced through space Tuesday well ahead of a
crippled Soviet rocket and U. S. scientists pondered
just when to trigger an extra burst of speed later
in the seven-month flight.
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WASHINGTON—President Johnson ordered Am
bassador Maxwell D. Taylor Tuesday to consult
urgently with South Viet Nam on measures to
“improve” the war effort against continuing and
increased North Vietnamese support of the Com
munist Viet Cong through Laos.
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NEW YORK—Charles H. Percy of Chicago, who
ranks himself among Republican moderates, urged
the party Tuesday to seek new leadership and
singled out Rep. Robert Taft Jr. as a possible GOP
national chairman.
Texas
DALLAS—Four members of the Dallas Public
Transit Board resigned today, charging interference
from the City Council and city administration.
The resigning board members charged the council
has interferred with the month-to-month decisions
of operating the bus system—decisions the four felt
should be the transit board’s to make.
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HOUSTON—The Houston baseball club officially
change*! its team nickname from Colt 45s to Astros
Tuesday.
The announcement was made by Judge Roy
Hofheinz, club president, who said the new name
was given because Houston is the nation’s space
capital.
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FORT WORTH—The Secret Service questioned
a 30-year-old radio repairman Tuesday after the
man reportedly said he “wished somebody would
kill the President.”