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I Cheating:
| The College )
j Malignancy
By GLENN DROMGOOLE
Managing Editor
Cheating—considered a moral wrong comparable to
theft, forgery, and extortion by our society—has been
brought to the national forefront by recent mass suspension
of cadets at the Air Force Academy.
A major disease of the college student, cheating exists
in some form on nearly every college and university campus
in the nation.
Yes gvgti A&M.
Despite “The Aggie Code of Honor,” A&M students in
the past have possessed keys to professors’ offices, have
had access to exams before they are given and have taken
the “easy way out” by various other means.
This group is in a minority here though, Dean of Stu
dents James P. Hannigan insists. On some campuses it is
a widespread scourge to the accepted code of conduct.
Emphasis Is On Integrity
A&M’s closer observance ofv, the “rules of the game”
can be credited, at least in part, to tradition and the code
of honor.
The Aggie code first appeared in print in 1961, but it
was an accepted criteria long before then. It is based on
an old, unwritten Aggie heritage: “An Aggie doesn’t lie,
cheat or steal, nor does he tolerate those who do.”
Toleration of cheating here may have increased in recent
years, but Aggies still cling somewhat to the unwritten rule.
The written honor code contains five articles:
1. A student will not knowingly make any false
statement, written or spoken, while acting in any
capacity, official or otherwise, or in any way reflecting
on Texas A&M.
2. A student will not unlawfully take or receive
any property of another person or persons under any
circumstances without specific authority of that person
or persons.
3. A student will not impart or receive any un
authorized assistance, either outside or inside a class
room or places of instruction, which would tend to give
any student unfair advantage.
4. A student will not use evasive statements or
technicalities in order to shield guilt or defeat the
ends of justice.
5. A student will report to a regular or ex-officio
member of the Student Honor Council any honor viola
tion by any student or students, including himself, of
which he has witness or unquestionable knowledge.
Basically, the first article applies to lying, the second
to stealing, the third to cheating, the fourth to covering a
violation and the fifth to reporting honor discrepancies.
Councils Handle Enforcement
Two honor councils provide enforcement of the code—
the Cadet Honor Council and the Civilian Student Honor
Council.
Since these groups were established in 1961, they have
issued many reprimands, taken some severe action and
suspended one student from the university.
Of course, not all honor violations are taken to the
council. Major violations such as theft or bribery are often
referred to the Campus Security office for decisive action
and dismissal. Such action was taken last year when a
student was arrested for stealing art exhibits and this year
when a student bribed a university official.
Honor Code Helps Here
Violations handled by the Campus Security instead of
the honor councils are those that are unlawful.
Cheating irregularities, however, are nearly always left
to the councils for disciplinary action.
Hannigan believes the honor code has helped here,
mostly by the emphasis placed on integrity.
The code provides some source of pride among the
students, helps reduce the always-prevalent threat of cheat
ing and administers a high standard of honor for all students
—a standard enforced by the students themselves.
Army Cadets To Renew
Saturday Morning Drill
Astronaut To Give Report
On Manned Space Flight
By MIKE REYNOLDS
Daily News Editor
Army cadets will have to set
their alarm clocks on Saturdays
again as they return to a schedule
of regular Saturday morning drill
this semester.
But the Department of Aero-
Officer-Student
Enrollment Stays
At Steady Level
The enrollment of Army and
Air Force officers as full-time stu
dents continues at a high level.
A total of 285 officers registered
for the Spring Semester, liaison
officers for the Air Force and
Army said. Included are 250 Air
Force and 35 Army officers en
rolled in varied academic fields.
The officers are of the grades of
second lieutenant through lieuten
ant colonel.
The Air Force total is down by
48 from the record 298 registered
for the Fall Semester, Maj. John
M. Young said. Graduation ac
counts for the dropoff. The Army
total of 35 compares with 37 here
last semester.
Young said the Air Training
Command has 100 recently-com
missioned second lieutenants here
for meteorological studies at the
undergraduate level. There are 150
other officers assigned through
the Air Force Institute of Tech
nology program for graduate stud
ies in the sciences, mathematics
and engineering.
The computer science field is in
creasingly popular, Young said.
Twelve of the 15 officers already
scheduled to arrive in June will
study computer science.
space Studies plans no Saturday
drill program, Lt. Col. B. F. Smith
reported.
Preparation for the Federal In
spection of the Army cadets on
April 10 was given as a factor
in the return to Saturday drill
by Lt. Col. T. A. Hotchkiss.
The issuing of rifles to Army
cadets will require Saturday morn
ing drill, said Hotchkiss.
“The rifles were not issued last
semester and drill was held on
weekday afternoons to allow Army
cadets more free time on the week
ends/' said Hotchkiss, “but this
semester the theme of the drill
program will be ‘The School of the
Soldier with Arms.”
“The new Air Force program
holds no necessity for emphasis
on the old platoon type drill,”
said Smith.
Reaction from various cadets
varied from indifference to dislike.
“We've got to do it and that
is that,” said Warren Matthews,
junior physics major from Dal
las.
“I guess if they can find some
thing for us to do, its fine with
me. How many weekends are you
running around anyway. If you
really need to get away you can
anyway,” said Steve Gummer, ac
counting major from San Antonio.
“I dislike it intensely,” said Paul
Studley, junior psychology major
from San Antonio. “The idjea
of an afternoon drill is much more
appealing. Sunday is a day of rest,
and Saturday should be too. Es
pecially if you are trying to get
out of this damn place.”
Hotchkiss said the rifles will be
issued to the individual cadets no
later than 5 p.m. Tuesday, and
drill with arms will be conducted
from 5 to 6 p.m., Tuesday through
Friday of next week.
Comedy Of Errors
Cast Completed
The Aggie Players completed
casting of “The Comedy of Er
rors” this week and began nightly
rehearsals. The Players will con
tinue five rehearsals per week un
til their version of William Shake
speare’s double tale of double
twins opens March 18.
The cast: Antipholus of Ephes
us, Terry Mayfield; Antipholus of
Syracuse, Jack Brooks; Dromio of
Ephesus, Tom Avant; Dromio of
Syracuse, Bud Franks.
Adriana, Barbara Petnik; Luci-
ana, Joanne Smerdon; Courtesan,
Cynthia Smith; Abbess, Helen
Burrell; Luce, Gloria Morelia.
Egeon, George Long; Duke, Bill
The World at a Glance
By The Associated Press
International
LONDON—Prime Minister Harold Wilson has
postponed a visit to Washington. Sources said he
wants more time to woo the West Germans on
nuclear strategy before seeing President Johnson.
★ ★ ★
TOKYO—About 7,300 persons demonstrated in
the southern port city of Sasebo Wednesday against
the second visit of an American nuclear submarine.
It was the largest demonstration since the Navy’s
Sea Dragon arrived Tuesday at Sasebo. But police
reported no disturbances.
National
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.—A
’’ripple launch” sent two Minuteman intercontinental
ballistic missiles speeding toward a target area in
the Pacific within minutes of each other, the Air
Force reports.
Such multiple firing techniques would be used
in war, a spokesman said. Tuesday’s test was the
second time two missiles have been fired in rapid
succession from underground silos at this missile
center.
★ ★ ★
CAPE KENNEDY, Fla—A “sunshine satellite”
which can simulate its own solar eclipses rocketed
into orbit Wednesday to make the most compre
hensive study yet of the sun and how it affects
conditions on earth and other planets.
The three-stage Delta rocket vaulted skyward
right on schedule at 11:36 a.m. and pushed the
satellite into an orbital path about 350 miles above
the earth.
★ ★ ★
WASHINGTON—President Johnson, obviously
encouraged by secret contacts with Moscow, said
Wednesday night he hopes to visit the Soviet Union
this year and to entertain Soviet leaders in the
United States.
Johnson, in making the surprise pronouncement,
said, “I believe such visits would reassure an anxious
world that our two nations are each striving toward
the goal of peace.”
★ ★ ★
SELMA, Ala.—Negroes were arrested by the
hundreds Wednesday as racial tension heightened
in Alabama. More than 300 were arrested at Selma
and more than 500 were arrested in Marion, 30 miles
away. More than 1,500 have been arrested since
Monday, and about 1,800 since Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. began leading a civil rights campaign at
Selma 16 days ago.
AUSTIN—Melvin Belli, who defended Jack Ruby
at his Dallas murder trial, received permission
Wednesday to file briefs in Ruby’s appeal to the
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals from the death
sentence. .
However, court officials indicated Belli won’t be
allowed to take part in the March 10 oral arguments
because he is not one of the lawyers of record in
the case.
★ ★ ★
LAREDO—Communications workers from at
least one Texas-Mexico border city urged negotiators
Wednesday to expedite a settlement of the language
strike at the phone company before it spreads.
Laredo operators walked out Monday in a dispute
centering on their demand for extra pay because
they can speak both English and Spanish. Many
local and long distance calls are in Spanish.
Koock; 1st merchant, Carroll En-
loe; 2nd merchant, Craig Dunbar;
Balthazar, Paul Bleau; Angelo,
Kipp Blair; Pinch, Richard Jen
kins; officers, Glenn Swindle and
Warner Dahlberg.
The play is being produced by
C. K. Esten and directed by Via
Wiening. Joseph Mattern of the
Department of English will act as
adviser.
Hank Bloomer is stage manager.
David Woodcock will design the
set, and Jane Eisner and ValerTe
Woodcock will design costumes.
The Players completed a week
run of Tennessee Williams’ “Glass
Menagerie” January 16.
Astronaut Clifton C. Williams,
scheduled for a space ride later
this spring, headlines Thursday's
Space Fiesta activities with an 8
p.m. address in the Memorial Stu
dent Center Ballroom.
WiUiams, presently in training
for a Gemini space flight with
Virgil (Gus) Grissom, will deliver
“An Astronaut’s Report on Manned
Space Flight.”
The Marine captain has been in
training since October, 1963, when
he was chosen in the third group
of astronauts. He is presently sta
tioned at the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration’s Manned
Spacecraft Center near Houston.
His special responsibilities are in
the fields of range operations and
crew safety.
An Auburn University graduate,
Williams is a highly experienced
test pilot, having served three
years as a test plot in the Carrier
Suitability Branch of the Flight
Test Division at Patuxent, Md. He
has logged more than 2,000 hours
of flying time, including 1,500
hours in jet aircraft.
Williams will he guest of honor
4 Air Force
Seniors Win
Flight Wings
Four seniors in the Air Force
Reserve Officer Training Corps
wear newly awarded wings signi
fying completion of the Flight In
struction Program. Col. R. C. Lee,
head of the Department of Aero
space Studies, presented the wings
at informal ceremonies in his of
fice this week.
The cadets receiving wings were:
Thomas A. Cardwell III, of Dal
las, a senior business administra
tion student who serves as a cadet
captain. He is a member of the
Ross Volunteer Company, an honor
unit and vice president of the Arts
and Sciences Council.
Raymond O. George, cadet ma
jor from Harlingen, majoring in
history.
William Cary Vasser Jr., from
Spring is a gradaute of Klein High
School in Spring, is an aerospace
engineering senior, has played
varsity football and is a cadet
first lieutenant.
James D. Kyle, Jr., of Wichita,
Kan., is a mathematics student
and serves as a cadet major in the
Corps of Cadets.
at a dinner in the MSC prior to his
address Thursday.
Maj. Gen. Ben I. Funk, com
mander of the Space Systems Divi
sion of the Air Force, will close
out formal presentations of the
fiesta with an 8 p.m. speech in the
MSC Ballroom Monday. Maj. Funk
will discuss the capabilities of the
Air Force’s Titan III spacecraft,
including its scientific as well as
military potential. Funk is respon
sible for managing the development
of a Titan launch vehicle to be used
in the Project Gemini program.
Hundreds of visitors and stu
dents had toured the aerospace
exhibits in the MSC through
Thursday, and hundreds more were
expected before the 10-day fiesta
concludes Wednesday.
An aerospace presentations team
from the Air University at Max
well Air Force Base, Ala., pre
sented the first fiesta program
Tuesday night to approximately
200 persons.
The third annual Space Fiesta is
sponsored jointly by the Great
Issues Committee of the MSC
Council and several departments of
the university.
RAGING INFERNO
front wall only part left standing.
Fire Demolishes
Calhoun Residence
A fire that apparently started
in some kitchen wiring completely
destroyed the home of Freely Cal
houn, 1106 Phoenix St. in College
Station early Thursday morning.
No injuries were reported by the
family of six that managed to
G. Rollie White Devoted
29 Years To A&M Board
BRADY — Funeral services for
G. Rollie White, 89, Brady banker
and rancher whose life was high
lighted with monumental service
to A&M University, were held
Wednesday afternoon at St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church with the Rev.
William S. Douglas, rector, offici
ating. Burial was in the White
family plot at Live Oak Cemetery.
White died at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday
in a Brady hospital where he had
been ill for 18 months. His death
came less than three weeks after
the death of his wife January 15.
The sportsman, philantropist and
Applications Due
For MSC Rooms
Applications for Memorial Stu
dent Center meeting rooms for the
spring semester may be submitted
in the Social and Educational Of
fice from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday,
said Mrs. Ann Keel, MSC social
director.
All recognized student organi
zations and clubs may apply and
assignments will be made on a
first come-first serve basis.
civic leader served on the board
of directors of A&M University for
29 years, his last 10 years as
president. He retired from the
board in 1955.
White had held offices in many
organizations for three quarters
of a century but perhaps his most
cherished honor was the A&M
board membership.
Last May marked the 69th year
since he was graluated from A&M.
He took probably a greater part
in the growth of the university
than any other Texan. He was
first appointed to the school’s
board of directors in 1926 by Gov.
Miram A. Ferguson. He was elect
ed board president in 1944.
Ten years later A&M named its
$1 million coliseum for him. One
of the largest buildings on the
campus, the G. Rollie White Coli
seum seats more than 8,500 per
sons. A dormitory at A&M also
is named for him.
Pallbearers for the services in
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church of
which he was a longtime member
were Aggies:
R. M. Priesmeyer, Ben Dillon
Dr. Steve King, Dr. Richard Wall
Winters, Shields Norwood and
Walter Haby.
White is survived by a brother,
W. N. White, Brady rancher who
is ill in Brady Hospital, and a sis
ter, Mrs. F. R. Wulff, Sr., also of
Brady.
Born Aug. 22, 1875 at Lock
hart, White was 89 years of age.
He came to Brady with his family
in 1876.
White had been one of Brady’s
greatest civic leaders. He helped
to finance Brady’s $50,000 July
Jubilee race plant, consisting of
a 5,000 seat, all-steel covered
grandstand and he served as
president of the July Jubilee more
than 10 years.
He also was president of the
Commercial National Bank of
Brady which he launched in 1906.
He has been the bank’s only presi
dent.
He was a past director and
honorary vice president of the
Texas and Southwestern Cattle
Raisers Association, was past
president of the Brady Chamber
of Commerce, was a director of
the Texas Livestock Marketing
Association, and helped organize
(See G. Rollie White, Page 4)
save only a lamp, a chair and a
few other articles of clothing.
Mr. and Mrs. Calhoun, three
daughters and one grand-daughter
were in the house at the time the
fire started.
The fire was reported at about
1:30 a.m. said Garnet Eimann of
the College Station Voluteer Fire
Department.
Hoses were strung and water
applied at 1:55 a.m.
The nearest fire plug was two
and one half blocks away from
the house . A single hose with a
divided end piece was laid.
The residence is inside the Col
lege Station city limits, but no
fire plugs have been installed south
of County Road, said Eimann.
The Calhoun residence is two
lots south of County Road.
“Everybody was asleep in the
house,” said Calhoun. “My young
est daughter, Effie May came in
and woke me up saying the house
was on fire. The whole back of
the house was already on fire.”
The fire started at the rear of
the six room house.
“I just don’t know how it could
have started unless it was in some
wiring,” said Mrs. Calhoun. “There
just weren’t any fires back there
for it to start from.”
Firemen had the blaze under
control by 2:15 a.m. Only the
front wall of the house remained
standing at that time.
Many Aggies returning from
greeting the basketball team at
Easterwood Air Field spotted the
fire whose flames were estimated
by some observers to be 100 feet
high.
The cars of sight-seers became
so numerous as to hamper the
effectiveness of the fire fighters.