Che Battalion 3,
Volume 61
A Valentine From. Johanna
Miss Johanna Leister, 1964-65 Aggie Sweetheart, would
like to wish Happy Valentine’s Day to her 8,000 sweet
hearts in Aggieland. Johanna, a sophomore at Texas
Woman’s University, is majoring in speech and drama
education.
ASC Delegation
Urged To Support
Connally
AUSTIN (JP)—Gov. John Con-
iially urged a delegation from
Arlington State College Thursday
to “keep the pressure on” for his
proposed reorganization of state
colleges, which he said was vital
for the state’s future.
The Arlington students repre
sented the student government and
a “Save Our School” group which
has led the move to separate ASC
from the Texas A&M University
System.
Jim Jeffery, a co-chairman of
the “SOS,” said later Connally had
ensured their support of his re
organization of colleges plan with
his 30-minute talk in his office.
“He wants to get politics out of
higher education—that’s what we
want. And he also answered many
of our questions by assuring that
all colleges would be under the
same board of regent. We want to
get away from the A&M regents,”
Jeffery said.
Connallys proposal, which set off
opposition in many areas, would
put Arlington in the University of
Texas System along with North
Texas State and Texas Woman’s
Universities, Texas Western Col
lege, the University of Houston,
Texas Southern University, and
’s Plan
medical and dental units.
Connally said that, although he
was not certain his proposed align
ments were precisely right in every
case, he stood behind the plan as
the only way to “stabilize the
mechanism, the structure of the
colleges” to keep abreast of chang
ing times with a “sound, reason
able basis of future growth.”
In addition to Jeffery, the stu
dents were Lynn Little, president
of the student body, and Larry
Johnson and Ann Jobe, co-chairman
of the SOS group.
The SOS representatives said
their original intent was to push
to establish Arlington as an inde
pendent school.
“We changed our mind after
seeing the governor’s proposals,”
Jeffery said.
“Our development under A&M
during the past 10 years has not
been so great as it might have been
under some other system,” Miss
Jobe said.
A&M’s regents proposed last
year to make Arlington a branch
campus. The seniors said A&M
President Earl Rudder last month
proposed that Arlington would get
no more building funds for the next
four years.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1965
Number 134
Couples, Coeds
May Reside
In Dormitories
By GERALD GARCIA
Coeds, as has been the policy in past years, plus married
couples without children will have a dormitory reserved for
the 1965 summer sessions, reported James P. Hannigun,
Dean of Students.
“Of course married students will be able to live in the
married students’ housing if they wish,” Hannigan said.
Because a large increase in*-
summer enrollment is antici
pated, A&M will offer stu
dents central air-conditioning
in all of the buildings—dor
mitories, classrooms, laboratories
and a mess hall—to be used in the
summer sessions.
Sbisa Mess Hall at the present
is not air-conditioned, but it will
be by the time summer school
starts. Workmen have begun work
on the air-conditioning units in
the basement of the mess hall.
This will be the first year that
summer students have been offered
the comforts of air-conditioning
and this improvement in the hous
ing situation is expected to attract
a record number of women as well
as men to the summer sessions.
Hannigan said that Dorm 14 has
been set aside for the coeds and
married students and if enroll
ment warrants it another can be
used. If Dorm 14 fills up, either
Henderson Hall or Walton Hall
will be used. These two dorms
have been used in past years for
the summer session by the coeds.
“Present plans call for the use
of Dorm 14 for both coeds and
married students,’ Hannigan said.
“We will put the married students
on the fourth level and work down,
while the women will be placed
in the bottom level and worked
With the completion of air-con
ditioning Sbisa Hall, A&M’s $4
million building program will be
completed. This provided for four
air-conditioned dorms and the in
stallation of air-donditioning in
older dorms and other buildings.
Married students will be allowed
to stay in dorms for the first
time in the coming summer ses
sions.
“This will allow both to go to
school and not have to worry about
cooking since they could eat their
meals in the cafeteria,” Hannigan
said.
“If the wife does not want to go
to school or work, then she can
have a complete vacation while her
husband studies. These dorms
have lounges where the wives can
get together. There is a golf
course nearby and the campus
swimming pool is less than three
blocks from the dormitory area.”
A&M will offer approximately
2,100 air-conditioned rooms for the
summer sessions.
Summer school starts June 7
with registration and classroom
work begins the following day. The
second session begins with regis
tration July 19 and classroom work
July 20.
All-Male Bill
To Be Studied
By Gvilians
By CLOVIS McCALLISTER
Night News Editor
The Civilian Student Council
voted Thursday night to authorize
the Executive Committee of the
council to study campus feeling
toward the proposed all-male, all
military bill introduced in the leg
islature and to write legislators
accordingly.
Don Warren introduced the sub
ject to the council. James Oliver
said that the bill reflected on the
civilians and he recommended a
letter of censor. Representative
Rex Harrison stressed that the let
ter should give the corps-civilian
ratio now on campus.
The council voted to authorize
the committee to study student
feeling toward the bill and to
write legislators giving the stu
dent reaction.
In other action, the council vot
ed to recommend to the Election
Commision and the Yell Leader
Committee that the runner-up of
last year’s election for civilian yell
leader be placed in the place of
January graduate Jim Benson.
The council also voted to reserve
Sbisa Dining Hall for the Civilian
Weekend Dance. A committee was
set up to study bands submitted
for the dance.
Discussion was also directed to
ward civilian student government
reorganization. Presently the
dormitory presidents council and
the civilian student council are two
separate entities.
President Paul Oliver proposed
that the council study the possibili
ties of the dorm presidents also
serving as CSC representatives.
Oliver said that under this pro
posal, the council would still re
tain the class representatives with
the only change involving the 10
dorm presidents and representa
tives. He said that the represent
atives would not take the posi
tions on the council until next
September.
A committee was appointed to
visit with the dorm presidents
council next week to discuss the
possibility of grouping the two
organizations.
New Structure For Golf Course
Nancy K. Lathrop, left, and Lesley Laird tecture, will be used on the A&M Golf
pose in front of a recently constructed golf course to keep sun, rain and snow off par-
shelter. The object, designed and con- ticipants.
structed by a class in the School of Archi-
A&M Insurance Policy
Provides Wide Program
The A&M University System
provides four types of group in
surance for its faculty and staff,
according to office of Clark C.
Munroe, director of University per
sonnel.
Many of the employees are also
eligible for workmen’s compensa-
tion^ insurance.
All regular employees of the
A&M System paid on a monthly
Soldier Rescued
From Billet Ruins;
21 Believed Dead
QUI NHON, South Viet Nam (JF)
— A slim, bald GI wriggled out
of his clothes, greased himself
with soap and was pulled free
today after 35 hours buried in the
rubble of the bombed billet at Qui
Nhon.
“Now don’t tell me I need a
shave,” Spec. 4 Arthur Abend-
schein told his section commander
a he did a little dance on the
rubble.
Abendschein, 30, of Deptford,
N. J., was the fifth American res
cued from the shattered enlisted
men’s quarters which Viet Cong
terrorists bombed Wednesday
night. Two Americans were kill
ed by the explosions and 19 were
missing and feared dead. Twenty-
two of the survivors were wound
ed, five of them seriously.
Trapped in a cave-like opening
about six feet long, two feet wide
and two feet high while rescuers
tunneled through to him, Abend
schein suffered a slightly twisted
back and a four-inch head cut.
basis employed not less than four
and one-half months are eligible
for participation in the volutary
accident insurance plan carried by
the Commercial Insurance Com
pany of Newark, N. J. They may
also participate in the disability
income program of the American
Casualty Company, Reading, Penn.
All nine or 12 month employees
of the administration, teaching, re
search and extension, clerical and
stenographic staffs are eligible for
the group life insurance plan car
ried by the Republic National Life
Insurance Company of Dallas. Par
ticipation in this plan has been a
condition of employment since
April 1, 1931.
All regular full time employees
and modified service employees of
the professional, clerical and serv
ice staffs may participate in the
group hospitalization and medical
insurance of the Pan-American
Life Insurance Company, New Or
leans.
Most employees of the System
are eligible for workmen’s com
pensation insurance.
The faculty and staff buy in
surance as a group through pay
roll deductions, said John W. Hill,
system director of insurance and
safety. It is against state law
for state owned institutions to use
state funds to purchase employe
insurance. However, the state does
permit the System to collect and
co-ordinate the program, Hill ex
plained.
The voluntary insurance plan
provides year - round accidental
death and dismemberment cover
age.
The disablility income insurance
plan provides for weekly income
benefits for total disability due
to injury or sickness.
The amount of insurance for
which an employee is eligible un
der the group life insurance plan
is determined by his annual salary,
exclusive of summer sessions. The
amount of insurance varies from
$1,000 to $5,000.
2 Deductions Set
For Taxpayers
Taxpayers have a choice! There
are two ways of taking deductions
on 1964 Federal income tax re
turns, Clarence E. Carlson, ad
ministrative officer of Internal
Revenue for the Bryan office, ad
vised today—itemize your medical
expenses, charitable contributions,
interest, taxes, and other expenses;
or use the standard deduction
(either the new minimum standard
deduction or the regular 10 per
cent standard deduction).
If a taxpayer is a homeowner
paying interest and taxes, or if
he had unusually large contribu
tions or medical expenses during
1964, his tax may be less by itemiz
ing deductions if they total more
than the standard deduction or the
minimum standard deduction. If
they total less, it is usually better
to use the standard deduction or
the minimum standard deduction.
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Candid Comments On Current Crises
Students Say Viet Nam Retaliatory Attacks Long Overdue
Question: Should The U. S. Expand The War In Viet Nam By Mounting An Offensive Into North Viet Nam?
EDDIE DAVIS
Sophomore, Henrietta
The situation has gone beyond
the point of just aiding the South
Vietnamese. What our govern
ment did in retaliating against
the attacks on our bases was
justified but I don’t think that
We should enter North Viet Nam
at the present time. There should
be some negotiations toward an
agreement with the North Viet
namese or Chinese Communist
agitators.
WILLIAM GOTCHER JR.
Senior, Waco
I think we’re finally taking some
positive action and I’m glad to
see that we’re doing something
instead of sitting around. We’ve
started something and we can’t
back down now. We’ve got to
show them now that we’re not
afraid to fight and it’s a cinch
that if we do back down we’ll
lose all Southeast Asia. I’m in
favor of carrying the fight to
them.
ARTURO ESQUIVEL
Sophomore, Eagle Pass
The situation has reached such
a point that the United States
must respond with strong retal-
itory measures. I definitely
agree with President Johnson’s
decision to bomb North Viet
Nam, and we should continue
to bomb them. This should im
press the Viet Cong and the
North Vietnamese government
that we intend to back the South
Vietnamese to the limit.
BENNY SMITH JR.
Junior, Dallas
If you’re going to defeat an
enemy you have to bring the
battle to them. An offensive
into the north is long overdue.
We should select some definite
objectives and make systematic
attacks. If we back down here
and don’t take the offensive the
Reds will be perfectly willing to
give us more chances in the
Philippines or Thailand or other
hot spots.
MICHAEL McAFEE
Sophomore, Tyler
I used to be in favor of holding
off because I was afraid of a
war, but the way things are now
I’m for at least taking semi-
agressive action in North Viet
Nam. We have to show the
Communists that we’re not going
to sit around and let them take
over Southeast Asia. We've lost
too many U. S. soldiers to back
down now.
ANDY POZNECKI
Junior, San Antonio
I believe the United States should
further the war in North Viet
Nam. We are in a war whether
the State Department wants to
admit it or not. Too many lives
and valuable equipment are being
wasted every day. It is high time
that we show our cards and deal
a decisive blow. The prestige of
the free world is at stake.
WALLACE MIGURA
Senior, Yorktown
We should advance into the north
against North Viet Nam and
subsequently into Red China and
at the same time let Russia
know we are in no way advocat
ing an attack against her. It
may lead to a war but with the
way things are going we can’t
stay in our present state of
indecision and expect things to
get better.