Texas
A&M
University
Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1965
Number 133
All - Male, Military A&M Proposed
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1 Hirt To Give Town Hall Performance Friday
Dance, Game
Set Saturday
System Reorganization Bill
Also Set For Introduction
A1 (He’s the King) Hirt brings
is trumpet artistry to G. Rollie
hite Coliseum Frilday for an
p.m. Town Hall performance.
The Band Dance and a basketball
lash with the Baylor Bears in
'aco Saturday round out week-
nd activities.
Hirt, modestly billed as Ameri-
a’s greatest trumpet showman,
ill include such selections as
‘Birth of the Blues,” “St. Louis
lues,” ‘Frankie and Johnny,’
Won’t You Come Home, Bill
ailey,” “When The Saints Go
iarching In,” Muskrat Ramble,’
nd one of his recent hit record-
gs, “Java,” in his repertoire.
The 299-pound jazz artist will
e assisted by his group-Pee Wee
pitelera on clarinet; Fred Crane
n piano; brother Gerald Hirt on
rombone; Lowell Miller on bass
iddle and James Zitano on drums.
eprisal Raids
lown Against
orth Viets
DA NANG, South Viet Nam <A>)
Nearly 50 American and Viet-
amese planes attacked targets in
orth Viet Nam today with rockets
hd bombs in reprisal for a Viet
ong attack on a U. S. enlisted
sen’s barracks in which 22 Amer-
cans are believed to have been
illed.
U. S. Navy planes, launched from
arriers, were reported unofficial-
y today to have joined with the
and-based aircraft in the new re-
liatory strike at North Viet
am targets. The reports said
erhaps three of the Navy planes
rashed in connection with the
peration.
It was the third air strike
gainst the Communist North since
unday. The earlier attacks Sun-
ay and Monday had been in re
lation for a Viet Cong attack
s an air base in which eight
mericans were killed.
The strike today was believed
;o be the heaviest yet launched
gainst the North. It was made
y 28 Vietnamese fighter-bombers
ith an escort of 20 U. S. Air
orce F100 jet fighters.
All the Vietnamese and Ameri-
an planes returned safely. There
'ere believed to have been no
asualties.
The Vietnamese planes smashed
t staging areas for Viet Cong
nfiltrators with rockets and bombs
iter the American jets worked
ver the areas’ defenses with their
wn rockets and bombs.
President Johnson met with
embers of the National Security
ouhcil for an hour and three-
uarters Wednesday afternoon —
nd then kept a secrecy lid on the
S. response to the mounting
ommunist military drive in South
let Nam.
The air strike was more or less
xpected here. There also was
ome speculation in informed quar-
ers that specially trained TJ. S.
Army troops or Marines might be
sent to South Viet Nam to increase
security at American installations.
The commander of the Viet
namese air force, Brig. Gen.
Nguyen Cao Ky, said his planes
had hit military areas just north
of camps hit in the raid Monday.
All are close to the 17th Parallel.
One of the pilots, Capt. Phuong
Nguyen Luy, said he could see
many buildings afire, with heavy
columns of smoke rising. He said
he could not see any bodies on the
ground.
Maj. Phuong Luu Kim had high
praise for the work of the Amer
ican jets in suppressing the North
Vietnamese antiaircraft fire.
He said that on Monday’s raid
his plane had picked up 24 bullet
holes but that he returned today
with ony two holes. Most of the
ground fire was from small arms,
he reported.
Hirt has made numerous tele
vision appearances including spots
on the Dinah Shore, Jack Paar,
Ed Sullivan and Andy Williams
shows. He has been in two movies,
“World by Night” and “Lovers
Must Learn.”
Among his album recordings are
“Our Man in New Orleans,”
“Trumpet and Strings,” “A1 Hirt
at the Mardi Gras,” “The Greatest
Horn in the World,” A1—He’s the
King—Hirt,” and “Horn-A-Plenty.”
The Band Dance is scheduled
from 9-12 p.m. Saturday in the
Memorial Student Center Ball
room. The Aggieland Combo will
provide the entertainment. The
1965 Band Sweetheart twill be
selected by band members present
at the dance and the winner will
be announced at that time.
The five finalists include Pat
Lotspeich, Liberty; Judy Franze,
Bryan; Carroll McCoy, Banquete;
Cheryl Hardie, San Antonio, and
Currin Ann Carpenter, Brown-
wood.
The Aggies journey to Waco
Saturday night for an 8 p.m. en
counter with the Baylor Bears at
Heart O’ Texas Coliseum. Both
teams will be trying to get back
on the winning side after suffer
ing setbacks in their last outings.
Coach Shelby Metcalf’s cagers
are currently on a two-game losing
string after dropping home con
tests to Texas and Texas Tech.
Baylor lost a 76-74 verdict to
Southern Methodist in Waco Tues
day.
The Aggies are virtually out of
the conference race after falling
three games behind pace-setter 1
Tech with seven games to go. Bay
lor stands 4-3 in conference play
while the Aggies are 3-4.
BIG, BEARDED, JOVIAL AL
... to perform for Town Hall Friday.
By GLENN DROMGOOLE
Managing Editor
A bill was introduced in the
Texas House of Representatives
Wednesday asking that A&M be
returned to an all-male, military
institution.
Rep. E. M. (Mack) Edwards of
Pattonville, ’49, entered the doc
ket which says “no persons other
than males shall be admitted” dur
ing the fall or spring semester
term for regular full-time study.
Another bill concerning A&M is
expected to be introduced soon by
Sen. Bill Moore of Bryan. It will
deal with reorganization of the
Texas A&M University System.
Moore’s document, recently pro
posed by the Board of Directors,
would link more closely the schools
in the system.
Arlington State College would
be the Arlington College of Texas
A&M University; Tarleton State
would become the Tarleton College
of A&M, etc. The College Station
campus would be known as Texas
A&M University.
Moore said late Wednesday that
Religious Emphasis
Opens Monday In
Week
Guion
The first Religious Emphasis
Week service to be held on cam
pus in three years will begin at
6:30 p.m. Monday in Guion Hall.
Moved off campus in 1963 and
conducted in local churches, RE
Week met only moderate success
in its new surroundings. Last year
only one church conducted serv-
New First Bank and Trust
To Hold Official Opening
On Saturday Afternoon
The First Bank and Trust build
ing will have its ribbon cutting
ceremony and public inspection at
1:15 p.m. Saturday at their new
location at the corner of 25th
Street and College Avenue.
Congressman Olin E. Teague
will officiate at the opening cere
monies along with Miss Texas,
Sharon McCauley, of Athens. Miss
McCauley was second runner-up
in the Miss America Contest in
Atlantic City last fall.
She attended Henderson County
Junior College but plans to finish
her college career at Texas Christ
ian University after studying such
a wide variety of subjects as voice,
drama, speech, ballet, and modern
jazz. After the ribbon cutting,
she will remain to greet all visitors.
When confirmation was received
last week that Congressman
Teague would be able to attend,
bank President Henry Clay said,
“Having Olin Teague at our rib
bon cutting ceremonies is indeed
an honor, and will be just one of
the highlights of this great cele
bration.”
At the ceremonies this Satur
day Clay will have been presi
dent for six years. Under his
philosophy of “agressive” banking
policy, First Bank has more than
doubled its deposits and the new
building is a testimony of the
veracity of this philosophy.
Clay began his banking career
in Waco at the First National,
and served there until he entered
World War II in the Army Air
Corps.
When he was discharged in 1946,
he became an Assistant National
Bank Examiner and he served on
the Examining Force until 1952.
After being elected to vice presi
dent of the First National Bank of
Houston in 1952, he was promoted
in 1955 to the position of Cor
respondent Bank Division Head.
He assumed a similar position
with the Texas National Bank
in 1956, where he served until he
came to Bryan as president of
First State Bank & Trust Co.
Concerning his success in Bryan,
Clay says, “I just happened to
come along at the right time when
people wanted to be served on a
“personal” basis. Friendly, per
sonal service built this bank and
that is one thing we’ll never stop
giving!”
ices aimed directly at Religious
Emphasis Week.
Upon discovering last semester
that local churches were planning
to emphasize the different church
seasons but not this particular
week, a group of students under
the leadership of Don R. Warren
asked the administration to re
turn RE Week to campus.
The Rev. James B. Argue, pas
tor of the Pulaski Heights Meth
odist Church in Little Rock, Ark.,
will be the keynote speaker.
The former minister of A&M
Methodist Church will speak each
evening through Thursday.
Approximately 3,000 Aggies
helped determine topics for the
week by filling out and turning in
an “interest locator.” The topics
will be:
Monday—“Developing A Per
sonal Faith”
Tuesday—“Theologies Of To
day”
Wednesday—“Faith Of A Folk
Song”
Thursday—“For Better Or For
Worse”
Supper in the dining halls will
be served at 5:45 p.m. each day to
allow students time for the serv
ices.
Argue will stay in the Memorial
Student Center and will be avail
able for conferences at any time,
said J. Gordon Gay, co-ordinator
of Religious Life.
“All Religious Emphasis Week
services will be open to the pub
lic,” Gay said.
he had not received the bill, but
expected to introduce it in the
next few days.
The all-male, military proposal
is in direct conflict with a resolu
tion adopted by the Association of
Former Students Saturday that
suggested full coeducation and non-
compulsory military training.
Edwards’ bill is given little
chance of survival in the legisla-
High Absences
Force Shutdown
Of Area Schools
The A&M Consolidated public
schools will be closed the remain
der of the week in order to prevent
the spread of a respiratory infec
tion and virus which has sent the
absentee rate soaring all week.
Supt. W. T. Riedel closed the
schools after unusually high ab
sences were reported Tuesday.
Hardest hit was A&M Consolidated
High School, which suffered 20
per cent absences Tuesday. The
average absentee rate for all
schools was approximately 14 per
cent. The normal rate is five per
cent.
“We actually had better attend
ance Wednesday but we dismissed
classes because we had a number
of youngsters and faculty who
were better off at home. We had
a couple of extra days in our
schedule so we felt that this was
a good time to use them,” Riedel
said.
“By giving everyone a long
weekend we could give them a
chance to recuperate and we could
start school normally again Mon
day,” he continued.
48 Executives To Receive
‘Most Successful’ Course
Certificates On Friday
The “most successful” Executive
Development Course at A&M Uni
versity ends Friday noon.
Certificates will be presented
48 executives completing the three-
week course featuring workshops
led by senior officers of national
firms and others.
Helping the executives to be
come more effective in their pre
sent jobs and to develop further
for advancement into positions of
The World at a Glance
By The Associated Press
International
MOSCOW—With a promise of military aid for
North Viet Nam, Premier Alexei N. Kosygin left
Hanoi Wednesday for Peking where Red Chinese
leaders were issuing belligerent warnings to the
United States.
Kosygin, in an overnight stay, talked with
Premier Chou En-Lai and Foreign Minister Chen Yi
at a dinner given by Chou. Chou and Chen met
Kosygin and his party at the airport. He flies to
Communist North Korea Thursday.
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LONDON—Britain dispatched more warships
and troops to Southeast Asia Wednesday to bolster
Malaysia’s defenses in its conflict with Indonesia.
A Defense Ministry spokesman said the buildup
was precautionary and preventive. It has brought
Britain’s Far Eastern forces to their highest level
since the Korean War nearly 15 years ago.
National
WASHINGTON — President Johnson warned
Soviet leaders through an unusual public statement
Wednesday that continued attatcks on the U. S.
Embassy in Moscow could damage American-Soviet
relations.
The statement, designed to underscore official
protests already made here and in the Soviet capital,
reflected growing tension resulting from their in
creasing involvement in the conflict in Southeast
Asia.
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WASHINGTON—The Navy said Wednesday it
has called off the search for Lt. Edward Dickson
of Wyoming, Pa., who was seen ejecting over the
sea after his plane was hit during the strike against
Dong Hoi, North Viet Nam, last Sunday.
He now is listed officially as missing.
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LOS ANGELES—Pretty Roxann Grebe says a
would-be rapist held a beer-can opener to her throat
as she drove her small car on a wild ride through
Los Angeles suburbs.
“Each time a car pulled up next to us, I’d scream
and he’d cut me again with the opener,’ the 18-year-
old high school senior said. “The people in the
other car would just stare and drive on.
She fought back, finally shoved away the hand
with the opener and raced for a house not far away.
“I saw a lady there just about to walk inside,”
she said. “ ‘Please help me,’ I cried. ‘Please help
me.’
“But the woman replied, ‘That’s what you get
for going up in the hills with your boy friend,’ and
turned away.”
“I was pretty disgusted with the whole human
race,” Roxann said.
Texas
BIG SPRING—Two hunters discovered a de
composed body in a shallow salt lake two miles
west of here Wednesday.
J. W. Ralls and his son, Billy, found the remains
in an old lake between Interstate 20 and the
Andrews highway.
Wayne Merrit, Department of Public Safety
chemist at Midland, estimated the body had been
there about six months. He was unable to determine
whether the victim was a man or woman.
ture. Sen. A. J. Rogers, ’46, of
Childress is expected to introduce
it in the Senate.
When the board of directors ad
mitted female students on a limit
ed basis in April, 1963, a “Commit
tee For An All-Male, Military Tex
as A&M” said it would seek legis
lative action.
There had been little further
mention of a proposed bill this
legislative session until Edwards
introduced it Wednesday.
A&M President Earl Rudder had
no comment on the matter Wednes
day night, saying he wanted to
read the bill before making a state
ment.
However, Rudder told a group
of about 75 student leaders Monday
that such a bill was brewing.
He told the students, “If you
want to go to Austin when it is
discussed, I certainly will have no
objection as long as you conduct
yourselves in an orderly manner.”
The anticipated system reorgan
ization bill is the latest develop
ment since the board of directors
announced its intentions to revamp
the system in December.
greater responsibility is the EDC’s
prime objective. Executives parti
cipating in this thirteenth annual
course come from four states and
more than 30 enterprises and gov
ernmental agencies.
“According to observers and
participants the 1965 program of
study has been the most success
ful,” W. E. Eckles, course director,
said. He is a faculty member of
the School of Business Administra
tion.
Intensive involvement in give-
and-take discussions on selected
case studies has characterized most
of the sessions. This personal in
volvement and exchange of ideas
were stressed, Eckles said, in order
to allow participants to experi
ence learning rather than hearing
lectures on “how to become man
agers.”
The conference banquet is sche
duled Thursday night with Fred
Smith, president of Fred Smith
Associates of Cincinnati, as fea
tured speaker. He also will speak
at 10 a.m. Friday.
“Human Relations and Person
nel Administration” is the topic for
the final sessions.
Charles A. Kothe of the Na
tional Association of Manufactur
ers Tuesday outlined labor law
and also cited the Civil Rights
Act.
“This law,” he said of civil
rights, “prohibits discrimination
with a prejudice against any per
son with regard to race, color,
religion, national origins and sex.
And the law applies to all em
ployees.”
“It’s a unique law and whether
or not it will create a bias-free
society remains to be seen,” Kothe
said.
He observed that the provisions
concerning sex were added to de
feat the law but remain “to haunt
i it.”
Education Bill
Wins Approval
Of Committee
AUSTIN (A>) — Gov. John Con-
nally’s higher education coordi
nation bill won quick approval by
the Senate state affairs committee
Wednesday, advancing to the Sen
ate calendar for debate.
Sen. Bill Moore of Bryan guided
the bill through a lively, but friend
ly, 45-minute hearing attended by
18 members of Connally’s “com
mittee on education beyond the
high school,” which recommended
stronger coordination for state-
supported colleges and universi
ties.
“This will help higher education
in Texas to achieve excellence in
the nation,” said Dr. Arleigh B.
Templeton, president of Sam Hous
ton State Teachers College. Tem
pleton was executive director of
the committee.
Questions centered on the need
to abolish the present Texas Com
mission on Higher Education, jun
ior college control and the geo
graphic make-up of the proposed
18-member “coordinating board,
Texas college and university sys
tem.”
In his budget, Connally made
the board a condition for recom
mending major increases in col
lege and university budgets.
“Did you consider the present
commission incompetent to ad
minister this program?” asked
Sen. Galloway Calhoun of Tyler.
Morgan J. Davis of Houston,
retired board chairman of Hum
ble Oil and Refining Co., and vice-
chairman of the governor’s com
mittee, answered:
“I’d say the reason we need a
coordinating board is that the leg
islature didn’t give the commission
enough authority.”
Sen. H. J. Doc Blanchard of Lub
bock critized the bill’s provision
that the board represent all areas
of the state, “when the best-quali
fied men might all be from one
town.”
In three ways particularly the
board would be stronger than the
TCHE:
1. A college or university could
not use any of its appropriated
funds for programs not approved
by the board.
2. The board could eliminate
or consolidate courses found to
duplicate existing courses or start
new programs.
3. The board could order initi
ation, consolidation or elimination
of degree programs “when such
action offers hope of achieving ex
cellence by a concentration of
available resources.”