Cbe Battalion
Texas
A&M
University
Volume 61
Price Five Cents COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1964
Number 117
Career Day
Participants
Air Views
A random survey of the 440 par
ticipants in the latest High School
Career Day here shows all thought
their visit to the campus worth
while and 85 per cent planned to
enter A&M.
These and other findings of the
survey have been released by A&M
professor S. A. Kerley, C. E. Mc-
Candless and D. G. Barker. They
teach in the Department of Educa
tion and Psychology and Kerley
also directs the Counseling and
Testing Center.
The study probed varied aspects
of the high school students’ visit
to campus last March 14.
“The findings, we believe, will
help the High School Career Day
Committee in planning for the fu
ture,” Kerley said. He noted an
swers gained from the answers
to detailed questionnaires. Re
turning the questionnaires were
75 young men chosen at random.
Nearly one-third of the students
also volunteered additional com
ments.
Among the findings:
The largest percentage, 37 per
cent, learned of career day plans
through a high school counselor;
Virtually all of the students
traveled 100-300 miles, and 88
per cent drove;
Sixty-six per cent of those at
tending came from high schools
with an enrollment of 400 or more; !
“Nearly half” the visitors came i
with an adult and about the same |
percentage stayed overnight;
More than 40 per cent saw' A&M !
for the first time;
Engineering was the academic
area of greatest interest 40 per
cent, with arts and sciences sec
ond.
Other points included in the sur
vey detailed analyses of the pro
grams staged as the general as
sembly and during departmental
visits.
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Final Exam Schedule
(The Battalion is publishing the final examination
schedule so that students may start preparing over the
holidays.)
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| hour per week as shown in the catalogue will be given, |
| at the discretion of the department head concerned, at |
j the last meeting of either the theory or practice period |
| before the close of the semester.
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California Drama Company
Schedules A&M Appearance
A nationally known drama group,
the Bishop’s Company of Burbank,
Calif., will present their adaptation
of Henry Ibsen’s “An Enemy of
the People” at the All Faith’s
Chapel Jan. 6.
The play concerns a small Nor
wegian village expecting prosperi
ty because of the natural hot
springs it has developed. When
Thomas Stackmann discovers pol
lution has contaminated the
springs, the play develops into the
conflict of individual right and
wrong versus financial interests
of his town.
Stockmann can not keep quiet
about the truth, “because the
truth of God demands that I speak
and speak and speak,” and he
realizes that his duty is to fight
evil where he finds it.
The Bishop’s Company, founded
in 1952 by Phyllis Beardsley Bo-
kar, is in its twelfth year of
presenting dramas in churches in
the U. S. and Canada.
The program, beginning at 7:30
p.m., is sponsored by the A&M
Methodist Church, A&M Presby
terian Church, the First Christian
Church, Our Saviour’s Lutheran,
Univeisity Lutheran, Hillel Foun
dation and St. Thomas’ Chapel.
Christmas Service
On Tap Thursday
A special Christmas worship
service will be held at 8 p.m.
Thursday in the All Faiths Chapel.
Under the direction of Cliff A.
Emerson, the service will include
several Christmas hymns by the
Singing Cadets with Calvin L.
Lewis, freshman cadet, at the
organ.
Emerson, Third Brigade Chap
lain, will lead the opening prayer
and Doug Kyle, Second Wing Chap
lain, will read the Christmas story.
Alternating with the scripture
reading, Arthur Smith, former as
sociate BSU director, will narrate
color slides of Bethlehem and the
Holy Land. Then Smith will speak
on “Bethlehem the Most Unique
Town on Earth.”
The World at a Glance
By The Associated Press
International
SAIGON, South Viet Nam—Buddhist monks and
nuns in Saigon will hold a protest fast Wednesday
to protest “lies and distortions” by Premier Tran
Van Huong’s government, a spokesman announced
Tuesday.
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UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.—Nigerian Foreign
Minister Jaja Wachuku defended strongly Tuesday
the action of the United States, Belgium and Britain
in sending a rescue mission to the Congo.
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VATICAN CITY—Pope Paul VI was reported to
be considering an invitation to visit the Philippines.
He was said to be inclined to accept.
National
WASHINGTON—Congress, if it wants to, prob
ably can block the Pentagon’s plan to merge the
Army Reserve into the National Guard, a defense
official conceded Tuesday. He called it a knotty
legal question.
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BOSTON—It’s out of the hospital and home
with his family for Christmas for Sen. Edward M.
Kennedy, D.-Mass., who is planning to walk out
doors Wednesday for the first time in six months.
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WASHINGTON—President Johnson will deliver
his State of the Union message to Congress and
the people on the night of Jan. 4. It is the second
time in history, the White House said, that such a
night address has been scheduled.
Texas
DENTON—Authorities charged a North Texas
State University graduate student Tuesday with
shooting two young policemen who sought to break
up a dispute between two student groups.
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HOUSTON—A new integration suit, primarily
aimed at the all-white San Jacinto Houston schools
but affecting other Houston public schools, was filed
in federal court Tuesday.
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FRANKLIN—Five men drew fines in a case in
this central Texas town which brought a lecture
from a district judge on racial matters.
The fines were assessed Monday against five
white men accused of molesting Negroes.
4 Positions Will Be Decided
In Fish Election Thursday
Class Of ’68
Votes Again
For Officers
By GERALD GARCIA
Asst. News Editor
This time the run-off results will
be official.
Four positions — president, vice
president, social secretary and
secretary-treasurer — will be de
cided in Thursday’s Freshman
Class run-offs—the second in a
week.
Because of a protest contesting
last week’s results was filed, the
Election Commission Monday de
clared the results invalid.
An election procedure letdown
resulted in a rumor that some
voters balloted more than once, and
brought the protest from the 1
“losing” candidates.
Polls will be in the Memorial
Student Center between the Coffee
Shop and the Game Room. Stu
dents may vote from 8 a.m. to
noon and from 1 to 5:15 p.m.
All freshmen must have their
identification cards.
“To prevent the mix-up we had
in the last run-off, ID’s will not
be punched until the voter is enter
ing the polling booths,” said
Charles Wallace, chairman of the
Election Commission.
“Also more men will be assigned
to work at the polling place to
prevent any irregularities,” he
said.
Candidates for president will be
Jack R. Coleman of Huntsville and
Larry C. Hearn of Cleburne. Cole
man was the “unofficial” winner
of the first run-off.
William R. McLeroy of Dallas
will be opposed by Dennis R. Par
rish of Agua Dulce for vice presi
dent. McLeroy beat Parrish last
week.
In the secretary-treasurer race,
Edward F. Melcher of San Antonio
will oppose Henry G. Cisneros of
San Antonio. Melcher was the first
run-off winner.
Donald L. Allen of San Antonio
and John Daly of Corpus Christi
will vie for social secretary. Allen
was the first winner.
Because the Student Senate has
to approve all rulings by the Elec
tion Commission, a controversy was
started by members of the Senate
also in the commission Monday.
The question arose as to how the
commission could hold the run-off
Thursday if the Senate did not
meet until Thursday night.
This was settled Tuesday in a
meeting of the Senate’s Executive
Committee.
“The committee does not plan to
protest the commission’s ruling,”
said Frank Muller, student body
president.
Automated Trash Pickup
This new Dempster Dumpmaster, put into truck begins later this week, according to
service this week on campus, replaces two Walter H. Parsons Jr., superintendent of
conventional trash trucks. Full use of the the Department of Buildings and Utilities.
Reading Rise
Library System
Reports Activity
By DAVID RISINGER
Special Writer
A&M students are using Cushing
Library and the branch libraries
now more than they ever have
before.
The circulation from Sept. 1,
1963, to Aug. 31, 1964, was 268,-
75. This was a 25 percent in
crease over 1962-63 and a 75 per
cent increase over a five year
period.
Robert A. Houze, Cushing Libr
ary director, said, “With such an
increase in circulation we had to
decide whether to hire more staff
or go to automation.”
Houze explained that by next
summer every book in the library
will have an IBM punchcard. When
the book is taken to the circula
tion desk, the attendant will take
the punchcard and the user’s id
entification card and put both
into a machine mounted at the cir
culation desk. About three sec
onds later, the punchcard and the
ID card along with a card telling
what date the book is due will be
pulled from the machine and in
serted in the book.
Houze said two significant rea
sons for increased circulation were
increased graduate enrollment and
more library-oriented undergradu
ate courses.
Students and faculty are making
greater use of reference materials
and government documents, he
said. Also, there is heavier de
mand for interlibrary loans: Cush
ing is borrowing more books from
other libraries and other libraries
are securing books from Cushing.
With this increase in library
usage, there is also greater muti
lation of books and periodicals.
According to Houze, this situation
can only be stopped by the stu
dents. Offenders may be fined by
state law.
This year for the first time,
stacks are open for everyone. This
should decrease circulation figures
some, because previously many
books were checked out for use
only in the library.
Houze explained that books in
the stacks are not arranged in
the most logical order now since
the most used books were always
kept nearest the circulation desk
for the closed stacks operation.
However, this summer they will
be put in a more logical order for
use next year.
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Cushing Holiday
Schedule Released
Prof Claims Westerners
Needed Government Aid
Professor Joe B. Frantz, chair- i
man of the department of history
at the University of Texas, spoke
to an estimated 75 persons on “The
American West: Child of Federal
Subsidy” in the Memorial Student
Center Tuesday.
Frantz said, “The idea that the
men of the West are strong and
self-reliant, and have never asked
anything from anyone, including
the federal government, is pretty
much a myth. The westerner is a
Foreign Student
Party Arranged
The University Hospitality Com
mittee has arranged a second an
nual New Year’s Day party for
foreign students.
International students of the
University and international visit
ors with their families have been
invited, said Col. Robert L. Mel
cher, foreign student advisor.
The committee has estimated
that about 300 persons will at
tend, the same as last year.
The function includes a dinner,
songs and fun for the children, and
will begin at 11:30 a.m.
man, and because he is a man, he
will take help from just about any
one that he can get it from when
he needs it. However, when times
are good, the westerner is respon
sible for it all and needs no one
or nothing.”
To illustrate his point, Frantz
repeated a statement often made
by Jim Ferguson: “There are three
things that the people can’t get
along without: God Almighty,
Sears and Roebuck and Jim Fergu
son.”
Texas is subsidized through
direct and indirect public aid,
government contracts, and govern
ment paid wages, he said.
In the early days of the West,
the government subsidized rail
roads, river projects, dams, harbor
construction and road development.
Even the fearless cowboy had 130
of the 160 military posts in his
section of the country, Frantz said.
“The westerner can rear back
on his hind legs and say what he
wants to about how he wrested it
from the wind and desert sun, but
the West was subsidized by the
government from its brogans to its
sombrero,” he said.
Employe Nears Citizenship
By RONNIE J. CLARK
Special Writer
Thanks to the Brazos County
Literacy Program, Raymundo Val
adez, Duncan Dining Hall employe,
may see his dream of 46 years
come true.
Valadez, 49, has been in the
United States since 1918 but has
never successfully completed appli
cation of citizenship. He is great
ly concerned and strongly wants to
become an official citizen of this
country. But, being unable to read
and write a sufficient amount of
English, he cannot pass the re
quired examination.
The person who may be able
to make his dream come true is
Dr. Kay Adele Hill, retired Exten
sion Service official. She works
voluntarily with the Brazos Coun
ty Literacy Council in its literacy
program.
Upon reading an article concern
ing his problem, recently printed
in the Battalion, Dr. Hill decided
to offer her services to Valadez.
Through University channels she
contacted Raymundo’s employer,
Frank Nugent, food service direct
or, who readily offered his full
support to the effort, even to per
mitting the help sessions to take
place while Valadez is on the job.
Arrangements were completed
and Dr. Hill and Valadez meet
twice a week in the dining hall.
Dr. Hill’s literacy course basical
ly consists of teaching non-readers
how to read, write and understand
English. She is using the stand
ard Texas Literacy Council method,
which teaches the student by psy
chological association. An object
is shown to the student and he is
taught the letters and words that
represent the object through as
sociation.
“One of the greatest problems
facing a teacher working with a
nonreader is the determination of
what the student does not know,”
EMPLOYE PREPARES FOR CITIZENSHIP EXAM
. . . Dr. Kate Hill instructs Raymundo Valadez.
Dr. Hill said.
Raymundo is especially interest
ed in successfully completing the
Immigation Board test for natural
ization. To help him reach this
objective Dr. Hill is using a com
piled test of questions from the
Board’s examination. The associ
ation method is also used in this
phase of study. A question is
stated and its answer is written
immediately below it. In this way
the student learns the answer by
associating it with the question.
“Raymundo seems very inter
ested and determined,” Dr. Hill
said. “He showed remarkable ad
vancement since our first meeting.
Completion of the program will take
nearly a year, but Mr. Valadez
will succeed,” she assured.
Brazos County ise one of 56
counties in Texas that have liter
acy councils. Each of the county
councils is affiliated with the Texas
Literacy Council, an outgrowth of
the Literacy Council of Baylor.
Mrs. Frances Loyd is chairman of
the local council, and Mrs. Lee Ash
worth is training director. The
chairman for the Texas council is
Dr. James B. Storey, associate pro
fessor of horticulture at Texas
A&M.
Dec. 18—8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Dec. 19—8 a.m. to Noon
Dec. 20—Closed
Dec. 21—8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Dec. 22—8 a.m. to 5 p|m.
Dec. 23—T a.m. to 5 p.m.
Dec. 24—Closed
Dec. 25—Closed
Dec. 26—Closed
Dec. 27—Closed
Dec. 28—8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Dec. 29—8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Dec. 30—8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Dec. 31—8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Jan. 1—Closed
Jan. 2—Closed
Jan. 3—6 p.m. to Midnight
Jan. 4—Resume regular
schedule.
Negro Leaders
Praise Trends
ATLANTA, Ga. <A>) — Wide
spread compliance with the pub
lic accommodations section of the
Civil Rights Act has gratified
Southern Negro leaders, many of
whom expect to concentrate on
improving educational and em
ployment opportunities for their
people in the new year.
But hard core pockets of re
sistance still remain, and it is
unlikely that 1965 will see an
end to demonstrations aimed at
forcing restaurants and motels
to integrate.