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Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1966
Number 257
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REYNOLDS AFTER RESIGNATION
. . . Senate Issues Chairman steps down.
Reynolds Resigns
Issues Committee
Chairman Post
Student Senate Issues Commit
tee chairman Mike Reynolds has
resigned from the Senate, Presi
dent Roland Smith announced
Thursday.
Reynolds resigned Monday in
a letter to Smith and cited per
sonal reasons for his decision.
“The Executive Committee re
gretfully accepted his resignation
Thursday,” Smith said, “and for
the sake of not causing trouble
it will go ahead with the arrange
ments to replace him at the next
meeting of the Senate in the
spring semester.
“Mike has done a lot of good
work for us, and we hate to lose
him. He represented the people
who elected him well.”
Fish Sweetheart
Selection Tops
Festivity Plans
A performance by the Aggie-
land Orchestra and selection of
the Freshman Class Sweetheart
will highlight the annual Fish
Ball Feb. 26.
The Aggieland Orchestra and
another band, to be selected at
a later date, will provide music.
The contest for Fish Sweetheart,
a top feature of the annual ball,
will begin the first week of the
spring' semester.
Seven finalists will be selected
from entries reviewed by the
:lass officers. The Fish Sweet
heart last year was Marsha Mc-
Laurin, a student at Bastrop
High School, who was escorted
hy James Callahan, also of Bas-
*op.
Nominees for Fish Sweetheart
nay be submitted at the Student
fh-ograms Office in the Memorial
tudent Center from Feb. 7-19.
3x5 snapshot and one casual
hoto are requested, with the
hometown, name, escort, vital
tatistics, age, level of study and
chool included. A black and
diite or monotone photo is pre
ferred.
Last year’s ball featured a
fountain with running water to
rry out the theme of “Three
oins in the Fountain.”
The sweetheart selection will
* at 8 p.m. during the ball in
bisa Dining Hall.
Smith added a member of the
Issues Committee will be chosen
by the Senate as Reynolds’ re
placement during the interim, and
that the former chairman’s per
sonal preference would probably
receive approval.
A special election will be called
to fill the vacated position, and
the Senate will announce in ad
vance qualifications of persons
desiring to file for the slot.
Reynolds revealed late Thurs
day he has agreed to work with
the Senate in an unofficial capa
city in the future “and I will do
everything that I can to serve
the Student Senate and the stu
dents of A&M.”
The sernoT ywivaalism major
said the Issues Committee has
been hurt in the past by lack
of a set of assigned responsibili
ties.
“The committee can be just as
broad or as narrow as the stu
dents want it to be,” he noted.
He also criticized general
apathy of past Student Senates
“because too much time was spent
with internal affairs such as con
stitutional revisions, and they did
not stay abreast of current stu
dent problems.
“I entered student government
with the idea that too many stu
dents griped about conditions here
and didn’t try any constructive
means of correcting them,” Rey
nolds said, “and I have tried in
my capacity as Issues head to
swing this old attitude to one of
active student government.”
Reynolds predicted the Senate
would experience considerable
procedural difficulty in calling
the election to find a new chair
man and attributed this to antiqu
ated replacement policies.
“If they have any trouble at all,
it’s the Senate’s fault for not
revising their plan long ago.”
But he expressed confidence
that the Senate would initiate a
vigorous pursuit of drastic stu
dent government revision during
the spring semester.
Reynolds is currently editor of
The Review, student magazine
for the Colleges of Liberal Arts,
Science and Geosciences. He is
secretary of Sigma Delta Chi,
professional journalistic society,
and is also a former news editor of
The Battalion. He presently is
a Battalion columnist.
SIAGON, South Viet Nam <AE>)_
Viet Cong guerrillas hit U.S.
and Vietnamese units with am
bushes Thursday, inflicting con
siderable losses, as expectations
increased for at least a three-
day truce for the Lunar New
Year next week.
A published report that Sec
retary of State Dean Rusk would
come here Saturday for talks
with Vietnamese and U. S. offi
cials stirred speculation that
something extraordinary might
be in the wind.
The Viet Cong ambushed a
South Vietnamese battalion
Thursday northwest of Saigon
within artillery range of a big
U. S. - Australian operation and
inflicted considerable losses.
U. S. advisers accompanying the
CSC Selects
The Traits’
For Weekend
The Civilian Student Council
Thursday night tentatively selec
ted The Traits, who play with
Roy Head, to play for the Civil
ian Student’s Dance March 26.
President James Oliver sugges
ted to the Council that the dance
be held at Sbisa Dining Hall be
cause “the scheduled Town Hall
performance that weekend will
create a tremendous traffic prob
lem. Since the dance will im
mediately follow the Town Hall
performance, it would be wiser
to have it in Sbisa.”
Don von Dohlen, treasurer, an
nounced the Executive Commit
tee’s recormendation to require
that the Civilian Sweetheart be
single.
Buddy Bullock and Cliff Fry
of the Apartment Council, repre
senting the married students,
were in opposition. After a few
minutes of discussion, the Coun
cil agreed with the married stu
dents and voted down the recom
mendation.
Four members of the dining
hall committee will visit the Uni
versity of Texas to observe the
dining facilities and bring back
suggestions for improvements at
A&M. Leaving for UT Feb. 11
will be James Oliver, Bob Miller,
Don Sweeney and Don von Doh
len.
Cliff Fry will replace Buddy
Bullock, who will graduate at
the end of the semester, in the
position of Apartment Council
repesentative.
Also during the meeting. Oli
ver announced the selection, by
the Executive Committee, of John
Wallace as chaplain and Joe Mc-
Knight as freshman representa
tive from Law Hall.
Vietnamese troops were report
ed to have suffered heavily.
Another Viet Cong forces
Thursday night ambushed a
U. S. Jeep six miles south of Da
Nang, inflicting several casual
ties on U. S. and Australian ad
visers.
In other fighting, Vietnamese
forces reported they killed 40
Viet Cong who attacked an out
post Friday eight miles south
west of Quang Ngai City, 330
miles northeast of Saigon.
A truce shaped up for at least
three days next week in obser
vation of Tet, the Lunar New
Year, which this year is Jan.
21-23.
As for a cease-fire, a U. S.
spokesman said American forces
“will conform to the posture of
the government” after the of
ficial Viet Nam press announced
South Viet Nam agreed to go
along with a three-day truce.
There was no word of when
the cease-fire would start, but
the Viet Cong has said it will
end hostilities for four days,
beginning at 11 p.m., Saigon
time, Wednesday. U. S. officers
may urge the Vietnamese gov
ernment to fail in with a four-
day cease-fire.
On the political front, Saigon
awaited the arrival of presiden
tial envoy W. Averell Harriman,
who first had been scheduled to
arrive during the day on his glo
bal peace mission.
He is in Bangkok, Thailand,
and will meet there with Secre
tary of State Dean Rusk, who is
flying from New Delhi, India,
after talks with Soviet Premier
Alexei N. Kosygin.
With Vice President Hubert
H. Humphrey, Rusk presumably
discussed President Johnson’s
Vietnamese peace offensive with
Kosygin. All three had gone to
New Delhi for the funeral of
Prime Minister Lai Bahadur
Shastri.
AWAIT RESCUE
An unidentified couple wait by a window of top floor of the four-story building-. No
their apartment in Boston’s south end as injuries were reported in the two-alarm
firemen prepare to enter the flaming build- blaze that caused $7,500 damages. (AP
ing. One man had to be rescued from the Wirephoto)
GraduatingSen iors
Must Attend Class
W. J. Graff, Dean of Academic
Administration, has announced a
directive of the Academic Coun
cil requiring undergraduate can
didates for degrees to attend
all scheduled classes between Jan.
17-21.
Any unexcused absence during
this period will be considered
cause to withold the degree at
the regular commencement exer
cise Jan. 22.
It is the responsibility of stu
dents to see that faculty members
receive notice of authorized ab
sences during this period.
Travel
Offers
Committee
6 Grants
Applications are now being
taken in the Memorial Student
Center Director’s Office for six
travel scholarships totalling $750
for travel in Europe, Africa and
Mexico. Deadline for submitting
the applications is 5 p.m. Feb. 7.
The scholarships are offered
by the MSC Travel Committee.
Four $150 scholarships are of
fered for the Operation Cross
roads Africa program, the Ex
periment in International Living
and for travel in Europe. Two $75
Students Consider Limey
Scientist ‘Good Old Chap’
Dr. J. S. Roy Chisholm, a Lon
don born teacher at Texas A&M,
is rated a “good ol’ chap” by his
Texas students.
The visiting English scientist
came to A&M on leave of absence
from the University of Kent.
The 39-year-old mathematician
was called “one of the best pro
fessors I’ve had” by Charles Pet
ers, graduate mathematics stu
dent from Copperas Cove. “He’d
rather have theory understood
than have students do meaningless
exercises.”
MATHEMATICIANS CONFER
Dr. John Gammel, left, professor of physics, and Dr. J. S.
Roy Chisholm, senior visiting foreign scientist, solve an
equation in a research project. The project seeks a tech
nique of solving apparently “insoluble” problems. Chis
holm is at A&M from the University of Kent in England.
Jimmy Gilbert, fifth year phy
sics graduate from Paducah, Ky.,
favors Chisholm’s classroom en
vironment.
“He’s an amiable person, and
his sense of humor makes for a
more relaxed atmosphere,” Gilbert
commented.
The Englishman’s accent is
easily understood, according to
Ronald Rundt, first semester phy
sics graduate.
“I’ve had Chinese, Japanese,
German and one other English
professor from the Union of
South Africa,” the student from
Bellevue, Ohio, explained. “The
only trouble I have is understand
ing his pronunciation of Greek
letters.”
At A&M 10 months as a Na
tional Science Foundation fellow,
Chisholm will return to England
this summer as professor of ap
plied mathematics at Kent. He
held a similar post at Trinity
College in Dublin, Ireland.
The scientist works on three
research projects, speaks at sem
inars and teaches a 30-student
course in graduate mathematics
through the NSF program.
Chisholm uses his own book,
“Mathematical Methods in Phy
sics,” to teach Math 601. The
second 700-page edition, recently
reprinted in the U. S., was adopt
ed as course text by the Univer
sity of Bristol, by physicists at
Oxford and the new University
of Sussex in England.
His research projects seek a
technique of solving “insoluble”
equations and a nomograph on
the scattering theory of elemen
tary particles. Another project
with a Los Alamos scientist is
just beginning.
The Royal Irish Academy mem
ber is associated with Dr. John
Gammel, Dr. John Nuttall and
Dr. Ramchandran Umerjee in
projects. Chisholm first met
Gammel, A&M professor of phy
sics, in England in 1961. They had
common interests at the Atomic
Energy Research Establishment
at Harwell.
Chisholm has one other field
of interest at A&M: badminton.
The Briton considers it a “smash
ing” pastime.
scholarships will be offered for
travel in Mexico.
The $750 is to be solicited from
service clubs and organizations
of the community by former re
cipients of scholarships.
A number of summer jobs in
Europe and Mexico are also
available for students. J. Wayne
Stark, MSC Director, is in charge
of student employment for the
Travel Committee. Students re
ceiving scholarships will get their
choice of the jobs available;
however, a grade point ratio of
2.0 is required for consideration.
A four-man committee will in
terview applicants Feb. 11-12.
Factors such as GPR, personali
ty, previous travel experience,
desire to help the Travel Com
mittee in the future and general
personal appearance will have a
bearing on the applicant’s eligi
bility.
Frank E. Bergnen is chairman
of the Travel Committee and will
choose a reviewing committee for
screening applicants and inter
viewing committee for the final
selections and the awarding of
the scholarships.
A revolving fund will be set up
for deposit of donations from
various clubs in the area.
The excise tax cuts that went into effect only 14 days ago
might be gone soon Or so said President Johnson in his
State of the Union message Wednesday night
The tax on telephone calls was reduced Jan. 1 from 10 per
cent to 3 per cent Automobile excise taxes were eliminated ....
But some more money might be needed so LBJ can keep up
the Great Society and the War in Viet Nam without raising income
taxes
If he can continue his domestic programs and step up the
war and reduce the federal deficit without raising taxes, he’s
not a President — he’s a magician
The excise tax cuts are really great .... A $1.50 telephone
call is now $1.40 Automobiles cost several dollars less
Graduating seniors will feel the bite if the auto tax is restored,
since they rush to the new car market in greater numbers than
others students
In case you’re tired of studying and would like a short break
tonight, you might take in the musical variety show in Guion Hall’s
Fallout Theater It starts at 8 p.m
Also scheduled for the Fallout are two one-act plays next
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday The two plays will be
presented as “Two Looks at Hope” and will be directed by College
Station newcomer Allan Pierce
Maybe you’ve heard or maybe you haven’t — you know
the organization’s name that is crusading for wooden commode
seats? The Birch John Society
The Aggies take on Baylor on regional teevee at 2 p.m. Satur
day in Waco Try to make it to the game If you can’t,
flick on the tube and watch the Ags battle for their first place
lead
A note from the Texas Goods Roads Association: The latest
driver maneuver to be classified by traffic engineers is the O-turn
..... It was invented by a lady who made a U-turn and then
changed her mind
Somebody has suggested a way to solve the problem of road
side junkyards and billboards: permit billboards only in front of
junkyards See Ya 'Round — Mortimer.