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Poll To Find Coed, Military Opinion
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Texas A&M University
Voter’s Registration Card
Spring 1965
Scheduled Elections
— Class Elections
— Class Elections (runoff)
— General Elections
— Student Senate School
Elections
Board To Receive Results
At Annual Spring Meeting
No.
SAMPLE VOTER’S REGISTRATION CARD
. . . new requirement for all student elections.
University Lectures Continue
Dr. Melvin Kranzberg, a his
torian whose special interests in
clude science and technology, will
present a University Lecture at
8 p.m. March 2 in the Chemistry
Lecture Room.
“T h e Role of Technology in
Civilization” is the subject chos
en by the Case Institute of Tech
nology professor.
The University Lectures bring
to the campus outstanding schol-
Polaris Group
Appoints 42
New Members
The appointment of 42 new mem
bers to the A&M Paloris Council
was completed recently in the
YMCA Building.
Officers for the organization
would be elected at their first
meeting.
“The Polaris Council is formed
each year and is composed of
freshman students recommended
because of their leadership and
thinking ability,” said J. Gordon
Gay, general secretary of the
YMCA.
The organization is not new. It
exists at SMU, Georgia Tech, Uni
versity of Illinois and John Hopkins
University.
The Council will meet the first
and third, or second and fourth
Thursdays in the Y. There will be
six meetings before the close of
school capped off with a big steak
fry. The cost is $3, which covers
six meals and the steak fry.
“The group hears a number of
prominent speakers each year and
has an opportunity to expand their
thinking and ideas,” said Gay.
The purpose of the organization
is not only to receive ideas from
the speaker, but to give ideas to
the group. The group consists of
students from all fields—pre-vets,
pre-meds, engineers, agricultural,
liberal arts, business administra
tion—with different points of view,
which is encouraged.
The Polaris Council is also a
sounding board of recommendations
and suggestions for future aid to
freshmen.
ars from varied disciplines to
speak on topics of wide interest.
The lectures are free and open to
the public.
Kranzberg is the fourth of six
distinguished persons scheduled
to present University Lectures
this academic year.
The University Lectures Com
mittee, chaired by Dr. R. W. Bar-
zak, assistant dean of the Grad
uate College, arranges the series.
In most cases the lecturers spend
the better part of a day on the
campus, meeting with faculty
and student groups or classes in
addition to delivering the public
lecture.
Kranzberg’s professional activ
ities including a lengthy listing
of publications indicate his broad
interest. He has, for example,
served since 1959 as editor-in-
chief of the journal “Technology
and Culture,” has served as a di
vision officer of the American
Society for Engineering Educa
tion, and in 1958-59 was vice
president of the Society for
French Historical Studies.
In addition he serves as an edi
tor of other projects, is a past
officer of the Society for the His
tory of Technology and the
United States National Commit
tee of the International Union of
the History and Philosophy of
Science, and is a fellow of the
American Association for the
Advancement of Science.
His publications are in general
European history, French his
tory and engineering education,
history of science and technology.
Among his latest writings is
“The Technological Revolution
and Social Reform” in the 34th
Yearbook of the National Coun
cil for Social Studies. Kranzberg
also is preparing books on indus
trial revolutions, western civiliza
tion and American technology.
The historian completed the
AB degree at Amherst College
in 1938 and a year later received
the MA from Harvard. In 1942
he received the Ph.D. from Har
vard, his area of concentration
being modern French history.
His World War II service with
the Army Military Intelligence
Service brought him a Combat
Infantry Badge, three Battle
Stars and the Bronze Star.
He taught briefly at Harvard
and Stevens Institute of Tech
nology before joining the Am
herst faculty in 1947. In 1952 he
went to Case.
The World at a Glance
By The Associated Press
International
TOKYO—Japan’s standard clock was found to
be .00135 seconds faster than its U. S. counterpart,
after a six-day precision time comparison test, the
Tokyo Astronomical Observatory announced Tues
day.
National
WASHINGTON—A State Department spokes
man said Tuesday the United States has been in
consultation with Britain on Viet Nam and U. S.
views about the possibility of a peaceful settlement.
Discussions also have been held with the Soviet
Union, he said.
★ ★ ★
NEW YORK—Heavyweight boxing champion
Cassius Clay, a convert to the Black Muslim sect,
said Tuesday he has no fear of reprisals from the
friends of murdered Malcolm X.
“I walk the streets daily by myself—I have no
bodyguards, I fear nobody,” the voluble titleholder,
who has changed his name to Muhammad Ali, told
The Associated Press by telephone from Chicago.
★ ★ ★
NEW YORK—A Black Muslim headquarters
mosque in Harlem was wrecked by explosion and
fire early Tuesday, in apparent reprisal for the
assassination of rival Negro nationalist leader
Malcolm X.
Only 12 blocks away, his body went on public
display during the day after a threat to bomb the
funeral home.
★ ★ ★
HOLLYWOOD—“Mary Poppins,’ Walt Disney’s
fantasy about an English governess with magic
powers, was the surprise leader Tuesday with 13
Academy Award nominations.
“My Fair Lady,” which was favored to lead,
got 12. And its star, Audrey Hepburn, was expected
to win a best actress nomination, but failed.
★ ★ ★
NEW YORK—Comedian Jackie Mason filed a
$3-million libel and slander suit Tuesday against
Ed Sullivan and Robert Precht, producer of the
Sullivan television show.
In Supreme Court papers Mason said Sullivan,
after the show on which Mason appeared last Oct.
18, accused him of making obscene gestures during
the program and asserted in the presence of others
that “I’ll destroy you in show business.” /
★ ★ ★
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Sad-faced Stan
Laurel, surviving member of the great comedy team
of Laurel and Hardy, died Tuesday of a heart
attack. He was 74.
★ ★ ★
MIAMI, Fla.—A New York widow accidentally
flew the first leg of her vacation trip to Florida
in the “Caroline” with the Kennedy family after
boarding the wrong plane at the airport.
Texas
ABILENE—Ralph Jenkins, 34, of Coleman
walked into Longacres Gun Shop Tuesday, bought
shells for a .32-caliber pistol and asked to be shown
how to load it.
Then, police said, he walked to an area near the
door and shot himself in the right side of his head,
dying in a hospital a few hours later.
A student opinion poll con
cerning coeducation and military
training will be conducted Thurs
day. Voting will be in the Memo
rial Student Center from 8-12
a.m. and from 1-6 p.m.
The ballot will consist of two
questions:
1. Do you favor a non-com-
pulsory Corps? Yes or No.
2. What degree of coeducation
do you favor? None, limited co
education (as it is now) or un
limited coeducation.
Student voting cards will be
required before students may cast
their ballots. They will be is
sued Wednesday until 4 p.m. in
the lower level of the MSC and
will also be available at the polls
Thursday.
Two machines will be provided
for civilian students and two oth
ers will be used for students in
the Corps of Cadets.
The opinion poll was called for
by the Student Senate at their
meeting Thursday night.
Results will be given to the
Board of Directors at their
Spring meeting on campus Fri
day and Saturday. The board is
expected to act at this time upon
a resolution passed recently by
the Association of Former Stu
dents urging a non-compulsory
Corps and full coeducation.
A previous poll was taken on
May 10, 1962. It was called
at the request of the administra
tion. It approved a then-proposed
name change, coeducation and a
non-compulsory military educa
tion.
Of 6,925 students enrolled,
3,435, or 48.2 per cent of the stu
dent body went to the polls.
Coeducation was given a mar
gin of approval of 1,748,-1,599.
Non-compulsory military educa
tion was approved by a margin
of 1,892-1,444.
A more detailed analysis re
leased by President Earl Rudder
showed that on the coeducation
question 699 Corps students and
1,049 civilian voted yes, while
1,290 Corps students and 309
civilians students voted no.
For retaining the compulsory
two years of ROTC, 1,133 Corps
students and 311 civilian students
voted yes and 861 Corps students
and 1,131 civilians voted no.
Tempers flared occasionally
during the day of voting, especial
ly between civilian students and
members of the Corps who
seemed aligned on different sides
of the issues.
One active campaigner trying
to get civilians to vote was
drowned-out by four Corps fresh
men who threw two wastebaskets
of water on him.
Dressed in a suit with tie, the
drenched civilian wore a sign say
ing “Vote Today. For or Against
Questions 1. Coeds 2. Name
Change 3. Non - compulsory
Corps.”
Frank Mueller, student body
president said, “The Senate exe
cutive committee expressed the
desire to take an opinion of stu
dents concerning on the Former
Students proposal so it could be
presented to the board at their
spring meeting this weekend.”
Very few voting cards had been
picked up through Monday said
Charles Wallace, chairman of the
Election.
However, coeds were being se
cured at a brisk rate Tuesday
afternoon.
Wallace stressed that the cards
would be available after the elec
tion, but they could be picked
up as soon as possible.
After Thursday, they will be
available on the lower level of
the MSC again from 8 a.m. to 4
p.m.
Support Lagging
In Chamber Drive
University personnel continue to
lag in support of the 1965 member
ship drive of the Bryan-College
Station Chamber of Commerce.
Only an estimated 100 employes
had contributed Tuesday as cab-
paign officials appealed for in
vestments during the last week of
solicitations by volunteer workers.
Individual membership in the
chamber is offered to faculty and
staff members for $18 each. Per
sonnel who have not been con
tacted have been urged to call
Clark Munroe, campus campaign
director, to obtain membership
forms.
“The funds collected in this
drive are used to make Bryan-
College Station a better place to
live and this benefits the Univer
sity,” Munroe said.
Teen - Agers Run
Gambling Casino
HAWORTH, N. J. <A>) _ A
plush gambling casino - for
teen-agers, operated by teen
agers - complete with a host in
formal dress and a house-opera
ted limousine service, has been
broken up here.
Three youths who operated the
dice game in the basement of a
private home were arrested as
juvenile delinquents, police said
Tuesday.
Army Changes
Uniform Style
To One-Color
A new Department of the Army
policy recently issued has author
ized a new style of uniform in a
green shade for officers and war
rant officers. A Capt. D. M. Den
ny of the Department of Military
Science explained, “It is more of
a convenience than an economy
move.”
The new Army policy, continued
Denny, “follows the Air Force
pattern of having a one-color uni
form, with heavy or light varia
tions, for year-round wear.”
The new lightweight Army
green uniform is now permissable
for wear during summer uniform
periods. It will replace the Army
tan uniform which, although
authorized for wear in formations,
will be completly phased out by
June, 1968.
Officers may purchaser the
Army tan or the lightweight green
uniform; the new policy states
that it may be purchased as a
mandatory uniform but the tan
uniform is no longer mandatory.
However, Army clothing stores
do not have the new green uni
forms in stock, but according to
quartermaster authorities, they
will be available after July, 1965.
Prices for the new uniform, will be
$20.60 for the coat and $7.75 for
the trousers.
The clientele of the once - a -
week casino ranged in age from
15 to 17. About 20 players par
ticipated on some nights, said
Police Chief Gaston Michel.
The dice table was in the base
ment of a $40,000 ranch-type
home in this suburban community
of 3,200 in northeastern New
Jersey.
A police watch on the house
was begun Feb. 12. Last Sunday
the authorities obtaiend a search
warrant and seized the gambling
paraphernalia, Michel said.
Among the items found were
36 lOUs totaling $800.
“One 17-year-old was in debt
$192,” said Michel. “There was
a big winner too - a college boy
who was $300 ahead.”
Michael said betting odds fa
vored the house even more than
at legal gambling operations else
where. Bets ranged from 50
cents to one dollar.
Air Force Cadets
To Visit Amarillo
Thirty-enght Air Force ROTC
cadets will leave here Thursday
bound for Amarillo Air Force
.Base, where they will undergo a
detailed orientation. Major Thomas
F. Hines disclosed Tuesday.
“The cadets are scheduled to
board an Air Force C-54 military
plane Thursday afternoon at Eas-
terwood Air Field, and they are to
return Friday afternoon in the
same manner,” Hines added.
Hines said that the cadets are
to receive information concerning
jet mechanics and airframe repair
in addition to orientation by the
crews of certain B-52’s and KC-35’s
based at the Amarillo installa
tion.
The cadets, all sophomores, will
be guests at a party Thursday
night to be given by Aggie for
mer students stationed at the base
and former students of Amarillo,
Hines said.
Return To All-Male A&M Goal Of Senator Andy Rogers
ROGERS
. . . Sponsor of bill for an all-male,
military Texas A&M.
By TOMMY DeFRANK
AUSTIN—“Senator, there’s a
young man from the A&M paper
to see you.”
The senator poked his head out
from his office and quickly cor
rected his secretary.
“You mean after all this time
you still don’t know that it’s The
Battalion?” he drawled.
Taken aback momentarily, the
secretary regained her composure
and replied, “At least I’ve learned
that there’s no such thing as an
ex-Aggie.”
With that kind of an introduc
tion, Andy Rogers had to be Old
Army. He is.
The 16-year legislative veteran
from Childress has always strong
ly felt that his Alma Mater
should emphasize its past as well
as its future, and he’s mighty
unhappy now that women have
been admitted there. He’s so un
happy that he’s introduced a bill
calling for an all-male A&M, and
he’s enthusiastic about its
chances for passage.
“I only started with a handful
of senators who gave me their
support, but now I’m very en
couraged by the number that
have committed themselves to the
bill. In fact, the most respected
member of the Senate was the
first one to ask me to introduce
it,” he explained.
He obviously wasn’t referring
to Sen. Bill Moore of Bryan, who
is chairman of the education com
mittee, which will pass judgment
on the bill before it may be con
sidered on the floor.
“I don’t think Sen. Moore will
deny us a hearing, but he’s indi
cated that he’ll oppose it,” he
grinned.
“He’s never given me any
reason for opposing it, but I
guess it’s only natural since he’s
been trying to make A&M 1 coed
for years,” he added.
Under his bill the university
would amend existing civil sta
tutes and allow males only to
attend during the regular school
year. A similar bill has been in
troduced in the House by Rep.
Mack Edwards of Pattonville and
Rogers had indicated he will not
seek Senate action on his bill
until Edward's measure is acted
upon.
Andy Rogers, a 1948 graduate,
is a softspoken but outspoken
man, and although his manner is
calm his words are strong. He
feels that many are to blame for
A&M’s enrollment lag and he
doesn’t mind calling names.
“People like Earl Rudder and
Dick Hervey (former executive
secretary of the Former Students
Association) are obsessed by the
idea that you’ve got to be big to
be good and I don’t buy that.
They’re worried about enrollment
and say that boys nowadays just
don’t want to go to A&M. I don’t
buy that either. Just as many
young men today desire to learn
discipline and respect for society.
Our juvenile delinquency problem
is based on a lack of respect,” he
claimed.
“To me, these were the great
est things A&M had to offer—
discipline, respect for society,
and the realization that we owe
something to those who went
before us. We've got a very
salable commodity. We’ve got to
sell it and quit admitting that
it’s all wrong,” he emphasized.
Rogers, 40, was recently elected
to the Former Students Council,
had special words of criticism for
that organization.
“The very people who ought to
be leading the fight have joined
the throng wringing their hands
and crying that we’ve got to have
more students and we’ve got to
be like everybody else,” he
charged.
“One of the greatest failures
of modern society is an un
quenchable thirst to conform and
be like everybody else. Our
society is suspicious of non
conformists and tries to have
them conform. People are trying
to judge A&M by their own
standards. I have no desire to
see A&M modeled after any other
school,” he asserted.
Rogers also feels the state’s
lawmakers should decide the fate
of coeducation rather than the
A&M Board.
“This matter should be de
termined by the Legislature and
not by a board which is a creature
of the governor. The Legislature
is more representative of the
people’s wishes. This preroga
tive should not lie with the board
—or any board.
“If it is going to be a growing
institution we are going to have
to sell the innate special qualities
that A&M has always had. Just
to be another coed school is not
to stand out. If A&M is to help
the overall picture of Texas
higher education, it has to be
because of distinctive features it
has to offer. A&M must be sold
on what it has to offer. It could
be done,” he contended.
Andy Rogers has an uphill
fight with Moore standing in his
way, and he knows it. But he’s
a long way from giving up his
fight.
He already has one supporter.
That young man from the A&M
newspaper, whatever its name is.
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