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Recent Study Shows Need For New Campus Exchange Store/ By MIKE REYNOLDS Day News Editor A&M is in need of a newer and larger Exchange Store. At least that is the opinion of a re cent study made by Store Manager Carl Birdwell. “The increasing demands for paper backs and various school supplies from Aggies make it imperative that the Exchange Store be enlarged as soon as possible,” according to Birdwell. He was voicing a need that figures make even more apparent. A&M is lagging far behind many comparable colleges in ample facilities for student sales. The stores serving students of the University of Mexico and the University of Houston possess 15,000 and 30,000 more square feet of retail space, respectively, than does the Exchange Store. The Exchange Store now has 8,000 square feet of working retail space. For a school the size of A&M, a store of 35,000 feet is the minimum, said Birdwell. The book department of the Exchange Store occupies 2,500 of the 8,000 square feet available. This department alone needs at least 10,000 square feet. A structural engineer has examined the layout of the present store and reports that it would not be feasible to enlarge it. In all probability if and when the new plans for a new Ex change Store are discussed, a new site will also have to be considered. J. P. Hannigan, dean of students, said a new store had been discussed, but no plans had been made. Although the student body has not increased tremendously in the past few years, the amount of money that each student is spending in the store has grown decidedly. Each student is esti mated to spend $100 a year on various articles obtained at the Exchange Store, said Birdwell. This added spending has led to a greater variety and supply of items to be kept on hand which in turn takes up more floor space. Perhaps the most apparent reason that students are buy ing more is that the advances in the quality of consumer goods has risen. Birdwell commented that the Ex change Store at one time did not even carry umbrellas or brief cases but now handles several thousands of dollars of business in those two items alone. An additional reason for the vanish ing display and storage space is the new concept of textbooks in the various courses. Once each course required a single text with the exception of the science courses which had an additional laboratory book. Nearly all of A&M’s courses are geared for over two texts now. There is an English course on campus which requires fourteen vol umes. This added demand of textbooks alone is overflowing the existing dis play and stock areas of the Exchange Store. The paperback books which are such an important part of a college student’s life are increasing rapidly while the ability to stock these books is stagnant. If A&M is to keep abreast of other colleges and universities, and the de mand of its own students, it must not just enlarge, but build from the ground up, a facility that will be adequate for the present as well as able to embrace the needs of the future, Birdwell stressed. Che Battalion Texas A&M University Volume 61 Price Five Cents COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1965 Number 128 George Jones Headlines Louisiana Hayride Here “Come along, everybody come will be George Jones, “America’s along. Come while the moon is Number One Country Singer.” shining bright. We’re going to Jones began his recording career have a wonderful time on the with “Why Baby Why,” and now Louisiana Hayride tonight. has to his name such recordings With this, one of the largest as “She Thinks I Still Care,” “The shows of its type will open in Window Up Above,” “White Light- G. Rollie White Coliseum March nin,” and “The Race Is On.” 27. Other stars scheduled for the The A&M chapter of Sigma show are Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnnie Delta Chi, professional journalis- and Joanie Mosby, Nat Stuckey, tic society, will bring the Louisiana Connie Smith and Don Bowman. Hayride to A&M as part of its SDX is working with the Junior 1964-1965 activities. The entire Class to incorporate the Hayride three-hour show will be broad- into the Junior Banquet and Ball cast live over radio station KWKH, weekend activities. Arrangements Shreveport, La., which has a cover- have been made for juniors to pur- age area of 31 states. chase a package of tickets for ad- Headlining a long list of stars mission to the banquet, hayride CONNIE SMITH . . . Once a Day GEORGE JONES . . . The Race Is On JERRY LEE LEWIS ... Great Balls of Fire Dr.R.E. Patterson Elected Ag Chief DALLAS (A*)—The director of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Dr. R. E. Patterson, was elected president of the Association of Southern Agriculture Workers Tuesday at the group’s annual con ference. The A&M Dean of Agricultura heard speakers urge continued technical aid to developing nations before next year’s conference was set for Jackson, Miss. Patterson told the meeting of some 1,500 farm scientists and specialists that reducing costs was the most challenging problem in agriculture. He disagreed with those who feel one of the industry’s biggest headaches is the crop sur plus. and ball, thereby providing them and their dates a full evening of entertainment. Nat Stuckey will present after dinner entertainment at the Jun ior Banquet. “We hope we can help make this one of the best junior weekends ever,” said Glenn Dromgoole, pres ident of the student SDX chapter. Last year SDX sponsored the Harlem Globetritters as part of the chapter’s 1963-64 activities. Pro ceeds from last year’s show and the Hayride will be used to im prove the journalism program at A&M, and tentatively calls for a scholarship to be offered high school students interested in ma joring in journalism or agricultur al journalism at A&M. Tickets should go on sale about the first of March. Prices for tickets bought in advance will be $2.25 for reserved seats, $1.75 for general admission and $1.25 for students. Tickets bought at the door will be 25 cents higher. Everyone has been urged to buy their tickets early to be assured a seat. ANNIVERSARY GIFT . . . Col. Adams gets reserved parking place. Col. Adams No Problem Finds After Parking 19 Years After 19 years as director of the Texas Aggie Band, Lt. Col. E. V. Adams finally has his own park ing place in the band parking lot. Starting his 20th year as he turned into the band lot Mon day morning, Col. Adams spotted an empty space in front of the South door of Dorm 11. “As I neared the space in the newly paved lot, I noticed a con- create marker labeled ‘RESERVED BAND DIRECTOR’,” he said in a conversation with The Battalion Tuesday night. Searching his memory, Col. Adams recalled when he was in the Aggie Band, then under the direction of Col. Richard Dunn. Even at that time he was look ing forward to someday replacing Dunn. Upon graduation Col. Adams gained experience by directing some high school bands in the East Texas and Gulf Coast areas of the state. He started the bands at Humble and Nederland high The World at a Glance By The Associated Press International VIENTIANE, Laos—Artillery fire was exchanged 20 miles east of Vientiane Tuesday between feuding rightist factions of Laos’ national army, but an agreement was later reported reached for a peaceful settlement. ★ ★ ★ LENS, France—A pre-dawn explosion ripped through a huge coal mine near this city Tuesday, killing 21 men. The victims were part of a small off hours maintenance and security crew. A few hours later about 1,200 miners would have been at work. National MIAMI, Fla. — Captured anti-Castro guerrilla leader Eloy Guiterrez Menoyo said on Cuban radio and television Tuesday night that he had been trained by the U. S. Central Intelligence Agency. He also claimed that he and his followers used Puerto Rico as a way station en route to Cuba and that they were aided by the former governor of the commonwealth, Luis Munoz Marin. it if it WASHINGTON—The 42 C133 cargo planes of the Military Air Transport Service have been grounded for nearly a month after an accident following the takeoff of one such plane from Wake Island, the Air Force said Tuesday. “They are expected to remain grounded until the investigation of the accident is completed or until the outcome of current flight tests being conducted at Edwards and Wright-Patterson Air Force bases,” the Air Force said. it it it WASHINGTON—State Department officials said Tuesday they have no information to indicate that Indonesia has the capacity to make atomic bombs or is engaged in serious atomic weapons research. A claim that Indonesia would soon have atomic weapons was published at Jakarta. ★ ★ ★ CHICAGO—A former Army private was arrested in his home Tuesday shortly after a federal grand jury accused him of delivering 15 United States passports to Soviet representatives in East Berlin. The four count indictment charges Paul Carl Meyer, 25, of Chicago with turning the passports over to Soviet agents in February 1963. it it it SELMA, Ala.—Cheering, hymn-singing Negroes, undeterred by mass arrests which sent hundreds to jail earlier in the day, assembled at another mass rally Tuesday night and promised still more demon strations Wednesday. Texas AUSTIN—Texas motorists did some speeding after the 70 miles limit went into effect but most soon settled down to slower driving, the Highway Department reports. The department recently checked 25,000 cars in 30 locations. Only 5.1 per cent exceeded the speed limit. schools. Separation from the service after four year’s duty made it possible for him to realize his dream and he became the Aggie Band direc tor on Feb. 1, 1946. The band performance at the University of Texas game last Thanksgiving was the 150th half time drill under the leadership of Col. Adams. Not one to wave his own flag. Col. Adams is slow to take credit for what ”His” band does. “The members of the band have always had the desire to do well,” he said. “This makes it easier on my part.” Deaths Attributed To Snowball Fight KNOXVILLE, Tenn. UP)—Police attributed two deaths, and possibly a third, Tuesday to a raging snowball fight that erupted Monday near the University of Tennessee cam pus during a snowstorm. A university freshman, Mamell Goodman, 18, Swamp- scott, Mass., was shot fatally by an irate truck driver whose vehicle was pelted by snowballs thrown by students. Another truck driver, Walter Lee Yow, 55, died Tues day at a doctor’s office where he had gone for treatment of injuries suffered when* ear struck on the head by a snow ball during the incident. Roland F. Lawson, 58, died of a heart attack seconds after his car was pelted by the snowballing students. His wife blamed his death on the snowball fight. “There’s no doubt about the deaths of Goodman and Yow,” said Police Chief French Harris. “They are a direct result of the snowball fight. “I can’t say about Mr. Lawson’s death. But I think his wife has every right to blame it on what occurred out there near the uni versity.” Harris threatened mass arrests of university students in any such future snowball affair. The uni versity also threatened disciplinary action. President Andrew D. Holt of the university ordered an investigation of the snowballing which led to the fatal shooting of Goodman. Police said truck driver Wiljiam Douglas Willett Jr., 27, Greeneville, Tenn., was charged with second degree murder and released in $2,500 bail. Willett told police he didn’t mean to shoot but added: “They kept throwing snow in my eyes and I fired a shot to scare the gang as they closed in on me.” Harris said police had been re ceiving complaints for years about students throwing snowballs at motorists. SPACE FIESTA U.S.Committed In Space Race Expert Claims By TOMMY DeFRANK An aerospace affairs expert claimed Tuesday that the United States is committed to the con tinued exploration of space in order to insure against its use for mili tary domination by belligerent nations. Lt. Col. Richard B. Olney, head of the Aerospace Presentation Team from the Air University, told the opening night audience at Space Fiesta—'65 that the develop ment of military systems for space defense is essential to maintain peace and guard against aggres sion. “Only through early strength can we insure that no power . . . will use space to enslave a free people,” Olney said. The three-man team presented a briefing on America’s past space accomplishments, projects current ly in operation, and systems pro posed for the near and distant future, including the giant Apollo manned space project scheduled for launching in 1970. Olney explained the Apollo set up, designed to orbit a three-man astronaut team around the moon, land two men on the moon’s sur face for up to 48 hours, and return all three safely to earth after a three-day flight. Maj. J. B. Pitner summarized past accomplishments and future projects with unmanned payloads. He explained the importance of early satellites such as the Van guard and Explorer series, and he discussed the moon pictures taken last year by a Ranger VII rocket. He also discussed the Surveyor Project, a proposed vehicle which could land gently on the moon and operate for 30 days. The vehicle could take photographs with color and black and white cameras and could also gather samples of the lunar surface and analyze them in a built-in laboratory. Information could then be transmitted back to earth. Capt. D. R. Hoskins described technological advances in booster rockets. He gave a history of boosters beginning with the Thor and Atlas rockets, and he explained the development of the Saturn V, the mammoth spacecraft designed to generate 7V& million pounds of thrust while launching the Apollo capsule. Hoskins also reviewed achieve ments in manned space flights. He explained the role of the X-15, in developing new aircraft such as the controversial B-70 bomber and F-lll TFX fighter-bomber, both capable of speeds in excess of 2,000 miles per hour. He dis cussed the Gemini project, slated to orbit two astronauts for a two- week period later this year. Riedel Reports Green-less Menu At Consolidated Turnips greens will not be on the menu of A&M Consolidated School cafeteria from now on. Parents and students were not eating in the cafeteria and were complaining—a past time enjoyed by most Aggies—because of greens and other vegetables on the menus. Because of this, Supt. W. T. Riedel told trustees that future menus will not include greens. “Still, I don't believe a decline in students eating in the cafeteria was felt when greens were served,” Riedel said. Mrs. Ed Feldma, dietician at the school, said, “I just don’t know why (parents and students) pick on turnip greens, in fact, it has been about five weeks since they were last served.” Students questioned on the topic were in favor of the ruling of not having the greens. Ricky TheBerge, junior, said, “It is fine with me. They always serve enough food and their cook ing is good, except the greens.” Another junior, Doug Venuti, said, “Greens do not appeal to me, so I guess the situation suits me fine.” “I eat them at home,’ said Mil- ton Young, senior, “but I just couldn’t eat them at the cafeteria.” “It’s all the better with me,” commented sophomore Stephen Henry. Eat Female Pie And Like It Judge Tells Juvenile Delinquent MIDLAND, UP) — Lawyer Noel Cason stood up in county court, picked up a strawberry cream pie and pulled it back to throw. The target was a Midland High School athlete. The youth chose a pie in the face instead of being placed on probation as a juvenile delin quent because he threw a pie in the face of a woman. But his victim, Mrs. Jim D. Martin Jr., saved him at the last second. Mrs. Martin had been the youth’s pie in-the-face victim as a prank of instances about that time in which a youth would ring a door bell and throw a pie into the face of anyone who opened the door. The Keystone cops punishment was devised by County Judge Bar- barba Culver. Judge Culver asked the youth if he wanted pie or probation. “Take the pie,” attorney Cas on advised. “Okay,” replied the youth. “Now who will throw the pie?” asked Judge Culver, looking at Mrs. Martin. “No,” replied Mrs. Martin in horrified tones. “I couldn’t do that.” Judge Culver looked at Mr. Mar tin. “I wouldn’t perform an indignity like that on any one,” replied Martin. Judge Culver looked at the youth’s mother. “If it has to be,” replied the mother. “I’ll throw it.” At this point, Cason interceded. He said he felt it was a matter for the attorney to handle and picked up the pie. “No, no,” cried Mrs. Martin, “Don’t do that.” Judge Culver released the de fendant without probation. G. Rollie White Rites Held BRADY UP) — G. Rollie White, 89, McCulloch County civic leader, ranchman and for more than a quarter century a director of A&M University, died early Tuesday. He had been in the hospital 18 months. He had lived in the county 88 years and was president of the Commercial National Bank for more than 50 years until his retire ment. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Brady. Survivors include a brother, W. N. White; and a sister, Mrs. Fred Wulff Sr., both of Brady. A nep hew, Fred Wulff Jr., is president of the Texas and Southwestern Cat tle Raisers Association.