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The BattalionVolume 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1961 Number 19

Rudder Announces Department Changes‘CREDIT TO PROGRESS’

Speaker Praises 2,500 Articles

Dean of Agriculture Dr. R. E. I such form and with such efficiency Patterson addressed the Annual that they are competitive on world Texas Agricultural Experiment; markets and find non-food uses for

Well-Guar Jedfrinity take no chance with its tiger mas- tot-these five cuties provide quite ti body piard. All from San Antonio, they are (irorn left Lynne Shelton, Trudy Chance,Sammie McCaskill, Bonny Stoeltje and Carl-

ene Jones. Charles Moreland, ’62 from San Antonio is the receiver of this purt salute. Details of f^e game are on page 6.(Photo by Johnny Herrin)

ifrican Students Demand lemoval Of Peace CorpiLAGOS, Nigeria—Oft—The Ni- rifli) government tried Monday (tit to calm down African stu­nts demanding removal of the

★ ★ ★ eace Corps peetMIp Seen

ii Moves HereAn intensive speed-up of Peace srps recruiting in colleges and nversities across the Southwest

been announced by Dr. Daniel tssell, professor of rural soci- ogy and liaison agent on campus i the Peace Corps.Russell has just returned from regional Peace Corps meeting

ild last week in Oklahoma City. This week, in addition to teach- £ his regular classes, Russell

contact four other colleges thin a 100-mile radius of A&M. ley are Baylor University, Sam uston State College, Texas iiithern University and Prairie W A&M.Friday the professor will be

;ailable in his office here for ierviews.

Tbe next Peace Corps examina- ffls will be given Nov. 28-29. issell said applications for June ncement should be turned in

ullivan Wins lirginia Dare’ raging AwardJohn L. Sullivan, ’62 from Gal- Kton, has been presented a plaque •d $25 by the Virginia Dare Ex- Sct Company as the A&M stu­nt placing highest in judging biry products this year.Sullivan, a foods distribution

“jor, received his awards from h A. V. Moore, who teaches the <iry products judging course.

CORRECTIONi printing requirements for

imination for “Who’s Who in taerican Colleges and Univers- ies” (Battalion, Wednesday, Oct. 1) The Battalion reported a can- idate must be an academic senior bdbe expected to receive his next W not later than June of 1962.

was in error and should have M . . receive his next degree Plater than June of 1963.”

37 U. S. Peace Corps volunteers holding views similar to those ex­in Nigeria. The Americana them-, pressed by this young girl, our selves were reported getting cool federal minister of internal treatment generally. fairs who controls

The government said in a state-1 and deportation will know how ment that the "friendly and cor- best to deal with them."dial relationship between Nigeria and the United States must not be jeopardized or affected by the foolish writings of one adolescent school girl.”

But in an apparent move to placate the students, it added that of Foxhoro, Mass. Nigerians “can be assured that if ( ing conditions in there are any persons in Nigeria

Junior College Meeting Here To End Today

A display of the latest instruc­tional media equipment will be featured during the 18th annual Junior College Conference which ends today.

Provided by the Texas Educa­tion Agency, the equipment in­cludes a closed circuit television camera mounted on a microscope. This allows the instructor to ex­plain microscopic specimens to his entire class.

Another interesting item is an electric panel which teaches multi­plication tables to elementary chil­dren.

C. II. Ransdell, conference chair­man, said the displays can be seen through tonight in the Memorial Student Center. A&M faculty, staff members and the public are invited.

Army Announces Technical Field Officer Openings

The Department of the Army has announced that a shortage of regular Army officers with certain technical qualifications has made possible a program of accepting applicants for direct commissions in the regular Army.

Persons with master’s or doctor’s degrees in any of the special fields now short of officers, or candi­dates for bachelor’s degrees dur­ing the year, may be considered for commissions.

Information on this program may be obtained in Room 208 of the Military Science Building.

Nigerian students demanded all Peace Corps volunteers in Nigeria be deported as “agents of im­perialism” after seeing copies of a postcard written by one of the Americans, Margery Michelmore

that said liv- Nigeria were

primitive.Nigerian government sources

said the Peace Corps volunteers would not be asked to leave even if the students pursue their de­mands. But they said any similar incidents in the future would se­verely affect U.S.-Nigerian rela­tions.

U. S. authorities hoped a cool­ing off period would take the heat out of the issue.

But at the university in Ibadan, where the i-umpus started, the students union banned all Peace Corps members at the school from using the students union rest hall, library and recreation rooms, Radio Nigeria reported.

Station Conference here last Wednesday through Friday.

“In the past 10 years you have published more than 2,500 tech­nical and scientific articles in national, foreign and international professional journals—a creditable contribution to the progress of agricultural science,” Patterson said.

Referring to agricultural prob­lems of the future, Patterson said, “We will have to cope with a situ­ation where technology has gotten ahead of sociology, political de­velopment and economic order.

“We must mobilize our profes­sional scientific know-how to give ever more effective guidance to agriculture in a situation of gen­eral philosophic revolution. A situ­ation where farmers and ranchers need help and motivation to ade­quately adjust into a satisfactory farming situation; where each operator can maximize his family’s satisfaction by going forward with advanced agricultural technology

______ af* and economic prudence.”immigration | The speaker proceeded to say “I

believe we have the brain-power to meet these challenges and I be­lieve that most agricultural people can he motivated and helped to use their potentialities more fully. This is a basic American demo­cratic proposition—there are ex­traordinary possibilities in ordi­nary people.”

Speaking specifically about Tex­as agriculture, the dean said, “We must mobilize our professional know-how to develop Texas crops that have comparative advantage over other states, conduct market research to find out-of-state mar­kets, produce food and fibre in

$100 AwardedLeon Aristizabal, ’63 from Co­

lumbia, South America, received the first of two $100 student merit- aid awards Tuesday.

The awards are presented an­nually by the Texas Section of the Institute of Food Technologists to college students majoring in food technology.

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agricultural products as well as new crops for industrial purposes.”

Patterson emphasized that a mammoth agricultural problem of the future is “getting responsive and responsible support to pre­serve the essential genius of agri­cultural research — particularly adequate support for basic re­search. The situation is not en­couraging in view of the current social and political setting where the goal of knowledge is an in­creasingly unpopular one.”

Concluding his address the dean commented, “In essence, mobiliza­tion of our resources for the future requires creative thinking; it re- cHiires crisp, fresh ideas coupled with courage, imagination and an adventurous spirit. Researching for information is not an end in itself—it must be passed on to others through adequate communi­cation. People can be intelligent but uninfm-med. Therefore, com­municating knowledge and new re­search findings is one of our major responsibilities if our people are to keep in the running with the present pace of human advance­ment.”

Move Creates 2 New Departments

President Earl Rudder has announced the consolidation of five agriculture departments to “improve efficiency and service a-s well as cut costs.”

The two new departments are the Department of Plant Sciences and the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences. The reorganization became effective Sept. 1.

Former departments reorganized into the Department of Plant Sciences are Plant Physiology and Pathology and Genetics. Plant Sciences is now made up of the Genetics and Cytology Section, Plant Pathology Section and the Plant Psysiology Section.

The Departments of Agronomy, Horticulture, Floricul­ture and the plant breeding activities of the Department

Denton Party Opens Season For Orchestra

Opening the fall season Friday night at Denton, the Aggieland Orchestra will furnish the music from 8:30-12 for the Aggie-Tessie party, accoi’ding to Dii’ector Robei’t L. Boone.

Boone said his group will go to Denton by station wagon. The band includes five saxophones, six brass, thx-ee rhythms, a pianist and two singers. The female vocalist is Miss Alice Jean Butler. Boone is male vocalist, with Dr. Richai'd Baldauf at the piano.

According to Boone, the gi’oup has been playing together for two years and “is one of the best of its type.” He said they have numerous new arrangements this year and could probably play an eight-hour dance without trouble.

“If it’s not danceable we don’t play it,” he said.

Industrial InterestsMiss Maria Eubank, member of a delegation of students from the University of Texas, and Terry Gossett ’62, pose in front of the Industrial Education exhibit on display in the Memorial Student Center. (Photo by Johnny Herrin)

AspirationsProceedingsAvailable

Some 1,000 brochures of pi’o- ceedings of a faculty-staff confer­ence on aspirations are being dis­tributed over the campus and across Texas, Bob Hunt, director of the Century Council, has an­nounced.

The 52-page booklets, containing the complete proceedings of the July 25 meeting here, ai’e being disti'ibuted to the schools of Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Agri­culture, Veterinary Medicine and Agricultural and Engineering ex­tension services and experiment stations, in addition to Century Council members and former stu­dent groups.

Only a limited number of the brochures are available. Hunt said. Faculty-staff membei’s and other interested persons may get copies through their departments.

of Genetics were condensed into the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences. Soil andCrop Sciences is now comprised of the Field Crops Section, Floricul- tux-al Crops Section, Horticultural Crops Section and Soil and Water Section.

The sections in both new de­partments, Rudder said, have been established solely for purpose of functional opei'ation and not as ad­ministrative units.

“This is an overall move for greater economy; it cuts adminis­trative costs and makes for more effective use of teaching and re- seai’ch personnel,” he said. “‘Also, the reorganization is a move to­ward sti’eamlining programs in the basic plant sciences and the applied of plant sciences to more nearly meet the needs of Texas’ fast­changing agriculture.”

The president said the change will results in even higher teach­ing efficiency, more far-reaching research and better service to the farmers, ranchers, food processors and handlers in the state’s entire agricultural industry.

Rudder emphasized that the basic plant sciences are also be­ing brought under one roof—the new Plant Sciences Building, sche­duled to go into operation next fall.

The new building, featux-ing mod­ern design and 85,000 square feet of usable floor space, will bring together the teachers, researchers and extension subject matter spec­ialists for close and effective lia­ison and efficient working rela­tions, he said.

Deadline For NSF Grants Announced

Applications for National Sci­ence Foundation grants for 1962- 63 must be in by Nov. 1, accord­ing to Coleman Loyd, campus NSF co-ordinator. Approximately 2,500 graduate fellowships will be given by the foundation next year.

The fellowships are $2,400 for 12 months or $1,800 for nine months. Approximately 1,000 summer fellowships with grants between $50 and $75 will also be awai'ded.

Interested students must apply through the pai'ticipating institu­tion which they expect to attend as fellows.

A&M will be permitted to sub­mit 20 students to the NSF for the actual competition. Last year 50 per cent of the Agges recom­mended for grants received them.

Fellowships are available in the mathematical, physical, med­ical, biological and engineering sciences. Also economics, psyohol- ogy, sociology, meteorology and oceanography.

Both types of fellowships are awarded on the basis of merit and ability in competition with applicants fx*om all institutions in the United States. Application forms and addtional information is available fx-om Loyd or Dean of Graduate Studies W. C. Hall.

West Texas Gives Band High Praise

A West Texas business execu­tive liges the way the Aggie band performs.

Roy B. Davis, general manager of Plains Cooperative Oil Mill in Lubbock, was so pleased with the band’s halftime show at the Texas Tech-A&M game that he wrote President Earl Rudder a letter of appreciatioh.

“I am sure I speak for many thousands of people who witnessed the Tech-A&M game Saturday night when I say that the Aggie band was a great success,” Davis wrote.

“It is a long trip to Lubbock for these boys, and I am sure it was not an easy one. I wish you would express our appreciation to the director and band leaders. Tell them that not only the A&M men but everybody enjoyed their pre­sentation. There is no question but what it was one of the highlights of the game.”

Davis also mentioned a Sante Fe railroad official who seid the band “was one of the nicest groups of people that he had ever had on his train.”

Davis added, “it does us all good and I believe it does the college

good for a band to ihake its ap- peai'ance as often as the college feels it is possible.”

Ag Wool Judgers Cop 3rd Straight Kansas City Title

The A&M Wool Judging Team has won fix-st place for the third time in the American Royal Live­stock Show in Kansas City.

Pete Jameson, Donald Beer- winkle, Bari'ie Ward and Scotty Menzies are members of the team.

Jameson was high point indi­vidual at Kansas City, with second place honors going to Beerwinkle.

The A&M Meat Judging Team is now attending the American Royal and will judge today. Mem­bers are Frank Orts, Coach; John Kuykendall, James Schroeder, T. W. Smith, and Bryan Stuckey.

Placing 23rd out of teams, the Senior Livestock Judging Team did not fare so well.

Livestock team members are Beerwinkle, Ward, Jameson, Wil­lard Stuard, Don Hexring and Buddy Smith.