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Volume 60
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1963
Number 98
12th Man Bowl’ May Not Be Held
Football Gear Undergoing Repairs
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By DAN LOUIS JR.
Battalion News Editor
Cknees are that there won’t
ic a 12th Man Bowl this spring.
Doug Hotchkiss, Student Senate
es committee chairman, report-
d Thursday night that the com-
littee had “run into difficulties
fith the athletic department and
don’t see how we are going to be
ble to hold the game this year.”
Hotchkiss told the committee
iat he had been trying to talk
«Coach Hank Foldberg since the
irst part of March, but after
allure to “get together with him”
arried his business to Barlow
Bones) Irvin, assistant athletic
lector, and S. M. Meeks, equip
ment manager, last week.
HR TOLD the Senate that Irvin
md Meeks told him that it would
# impossible to have the bowl
[ame because equipment had been
leaned and stored or was being
repaired. He said that Irvin point
ed out that Kyle Field would not be
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cards and
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Supply of
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available because a sprinkler sys
tem was being- installed in the
playing area.
Foldberg told The Battalion
Thursday night; “I’ve been out of
town quiet a bit lately and Mr.
Hotchkiss and I couldn’t seem to
get together on the thing, so I
asked Irvin and Meeks to handle it
for me.”
“I ASKED the boys last year
to try to come to me about the
game early this year. I haven’t
had a chance to talk to Bones and
Meeks since I’ve gotten back, hut
if there is a conflict I feel like it
has come up because our equipment
has been cleaned and is undergoing
repairs,” he added.
“I’ll be more than glad to talk
to the boys and see if we can work
something out, but I’ll have to talk
to Bones and Meeks before I can
say anything definite,” he con
cluded.
Irvin stated that he felt that
the thing was brought to him too
Election Speeches
To Begin Monday
By GLENN DROMGOOLE
Battalion Staff Writer
Campaign speeches for Wednes
day's student government election
will be held Monday at 7:30 p.m.
i» the Lecture Room in the Chem
istry Building.
A1 Wheeler, chairman of the elec
tion commission, announced at the
Student Senate meeting Thursday
%ht that the speeches will he
leld in accordance with the student
Senate’s demands for more colorful
tampaigns.
He said a five-minute limit
would be placed on presidential and
nee presidential nominees, with all
other candidates being allowed
three minutes for their speeches.
IN OTHER SENATE business
Ken Stanton, chairman of the stu
dent welfare committee, stated that
more than 300 students have signed
ap to donate blood next Wednesday.
“It looks like the blood drive is
going to be a real success this
year,” Stanton said.
Stanton added that about 30 per
cent of the students are usually re
jected for various reasons by the
Wadley Research Institute, which
conducts the blood drive each year.
Bast year 212 students donated to
the blood bank, he said.
REGISTRATION FOR the dona
tions was to continue through Fri-
^ Board Discussion On Coeds
Possible In Spite Of Agenda
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Memorial Student Center.
Donors will be given cards de
scribing their blood types and
factors, and will be allowed to use
the blood hank in the event of in
jury or disease to them or their
immediate families.
Stanton issued a challenge to
the Senate to join with service
fraternity Alpha Phi Omega in
pledging 100 per cent participation.
In other business Jerry Vion,
chairman of student issues com
mittee, read a letter written by a
member of the senior class on
assignment in a journalism class.
THE LETTER, published by the
Bryan Daily Eagle, severely criti
cized conditions existing in the
college dining halls.
“I don’t think that half of these
statements can be proven,” Vion
claimed. “Some of these complaints
could very well be true. However,
I have never been told of any of
these things personally.”
Included in the letter were ac
counts of “barbecued mouse” and
a “bug” dripping with salad dress
ing.
“I renew my invitation to any
one who wants to come to my room
(Dorm 10, Room 215) or come with
me to Duncan Mess Hall on Thurs
day mornings and air their gripes,”
day at the desk between the Post Vion added.
late. He said crews were in proc
ess of installing a sprinkler system
when the committee approached
him and that work was going to
have to be done to the turf in
preparation for next fall.
“WE TRIED to get the boys
last year to schedule this year’s
game earlier,” he commented.
Meeks said, “This thing always
hits us at a bad time, but we have
always worked something out with
the boys. However, they just came
to us too late this year.
“I’ve already got the pads
cleaned and sent off for repairs.
Also, I’m in the middle of my in
ventory in preparation to requisi
tion equipment for next year,” he
added.
He added, “We told the kids last
year that they ought to have the
game in December. However, if
Coach Foldberg wants me to pull
what equipment I’ve got here out
and issue it, I will.”
Ball Staffers
Hurt In Ohio
Auto Accident
Two members of The Battalion
staff were slightly injured early
Wednesday night in a station
wagon-truck collision near Spring-
field, Ohio. An A&M professor
and another student also suffered
minor injuries.
Ronald L. Fann, Battalion news
editor from Houston, and Juan
Tijerina, Battalion photographer
from Laredo, were enroute to New
York City for a convention of
Alpha Delta Sigma, national ad
vertising fraternity, when the col
lege vehicle driven by Depai’tment
of Journalism head Delbert Mc
Guire collided with a heavy truck
at the top of a highway incline.
TIJERINA REMAINED in a
Springfield hospital overnight for
treatment of a broken nose. Fann
was treated for a lacerated arm.
McGuire received a knee injury,
and Charles Mauldin, also with the
group, received minor head injuries.
The truck driver was uninjured.
Both the station wagon and the
truck were heavily damaged.
THE GROUP was to return to
College Station Thursday after
noon, college sources said.
They left here Tuesday night and
planned to arrive in New York
sometime Thursday, driving
straight through. They were to
meet Ted Jablonski, another ADS
member, in New York, who re
mained at his home there after the
Easter holidays.
The possibility of a decision
on coeducation by the A&M
System Board of Directors was
still uncertain late Thursday
as system officials readied the
official agenda for next Satur
day’s regular board meeting
here.
The agenda should be released
sometime Friday, but chances
seem to be slim that a dis-
oussion of coeducation will be
specified in the lengthy docu
ment.
Several system officials, plus
members of the board, said the
issue would probably not be
listed on the agenda. Only
a definite request for discus
sion by a board member could
place the matter on the agenda.
Board President Sterling C.
Evans, however, has been quot
ed by a Houston newspaper
as saying, “Since the matter has
received so much publicity, we
will discuss it.”
An issue’s absence from the
official agenda does not mean
that a discussion and possible
decision will not be made. Just
at the last meeting, in January,
the board voted to ask for a
college name-change even
though the matter was not
listed on the agenda for con
sideration.
Both afternoon Houston news
papers, the Chronicle and the
Press, ran stories late last week
on reports that a coeducation
decision might be forthcoming.
The Battalion first told of
these reports in its March 21
edition.
Heavier than usual news cov
erage of next Saturday’s meet
ing seems assured, System In
formation Director Normand
DuBeau said Thursday after
noon. Only a handful of re
porters is usually present at
board meetings, but DuBeau
said several other newsmen had
notified him that they will
attend.
The gist of most reports and
rumors concerning possible
board action is that girls may
be admitted to the graduate
school next September, and then
to the undergraduate school on
a day-student basis not long
afterward.
Board members, however,
have denied that informal dis
cussion has reached this ad
vanced stage. Most directors
say the matter has been dis
cussed informally, but that
plans to take a vote on the
issue have not been made.
Should the directors come to
a decision on the coeducation
question, their decision would
be final. Unlike the name-
change proposal, legislative ap
proval would not be required.
PETERSON
Blood Donors Step Up
Another prospective donor for the upcoming blood drive
registers with Alpha Phi Omega offices in the MSC. The
registration will continue through Friday after 370 stu
dents had already signed up by 5 p. m. Thursday. Charles
King (left) and John Parker are seated in the picture help
ing sign up Jerry Strandtman.
Tonight, Saturday
Are Final Events
Of Pan Am Week
The eighth annual Pan American
Week, a program designed to pro
mote the spirit of Pan American
ism among A&M students and local
citizens, is well underway but stu
dents still have tonight and Satur
day in which to get into the swing
of things.
Highlighting the activities to
night will be a Latin American
Smorgasbord in the Ballroom of
the Memorial Student Center. The
menu will feature exotic foods from
several Latin American countnes
with serving to begin at 6 p.m.
TICKETS FOR the smorgasbord
are $2.25 per person. The ducats
will not be sold at the door and
must be purchased in advance.
Following the culinary tour of
the Western Hemisphere, Val T.
Billups, retired oil man and world
traveler, will present his second
picture tour of the Latin American
countries. The series of slides will
include views made during Billups’
27-day trip up the Amazon River.
Events Saturday will begin with
the Southwestern Intercollegiate
Soccer Tournament to be held be
ginning at 1:30 p.m. on the soccer
field east of Kyle Field. Teams
participating in the competition
are St. Mary’s University, Uni-
Candidate Filing
Will End Today
Friday is the deadline for fil
ing by candidates for the gen
eral election slated for Wednes
day... Voting will be for student
government positions and civil
ian yell leader.
Wayne Smith, election com
mission advisor, said Thursday
that 28 persons had filed for the
positions. “I w , ant to mention
once more that those students
who filed during the first filing
period must file again,” he ad
ded.
versity of Houston, Sam Houston
State Teachers College and A&M.
A BARBECUE WILL honor the
players and their guests following
the tournament and a trophy will
be presented to the winning team
by the A&M Corps of Cadets.
Making the trophy presentation
will be Charles Blaschke, senior
class president.
Satui*day evening a 30-minute
fireworks display will be presented
in Kyle Field. The colorful action
is scheduled to begin at 7:45.
Concluding the Pan American
Week activities will be “Cafe
Tropical,” a dance in the lower
level of the MSC. Miss Rosita
Fernandez, star of Walt Disney's
production of “Sancho, The Homing
Steer,” will be the featured singer
at the dance. The band of Eduardo
L. Martinez will provide music.
The dance is slated to begin at
9:00 p.m. and tickets are $2 a
couple.
Local Ceremony
To Most Peterson
As Main Speaker
By KENT JOHNSON
Battalion Staff Writer
Plans are being made to observe this year’s traditional
Aggie Muster in a main ceremony Sunday on the A&M
campus and 200 other ceremonies throughout the world.
The ceremony which first began 60 years ago is held
April 21 each year on the anniversary of the Battle of San
Jacinto to honor Aggies who have died during the past year.
The first Muster was held in 1903 after,
the 396-man A&M student body which in
cluded Fish Pinky L. Downs marched to the
president’s home and demanded that some
ceremony be held to observe the Battle of I
San Jacinto.
It was in this battle in 1836 that Sam|
Houston’s army staged a surprise attack on
Santa Anna’s Mexican army and won in-|
dependence for the Republic of Texas.
Since that time, April 21 has always been
a day of mustering for A&M men.
The symbolism behind the Aggie Muster is the loyalty
of Aggies to each other and to A&M.
The campus Muster will be held at 2 p. m. Sunday in
front of the Memorial Student Center,, and will have L. F.
Peterson, Class of ’36 and president of the Former Students
Association as the main speaker.
The Aggie band will open the ceremony with the state
song, “Texas Our Texas,” and following will be an invocation
given by Reggie Richardson, Student Senate chaplain.
Corps Commander Reviews Tradition
The muster tradition wull be presented by Bill Nix,
Colonel of the Corps. The next part of the ceremony will
be a band quintet playing “Will You Come To The Bower,”
the Battle of San Jacinto rallying song.
Sheldon Best, student body president, will introduce
Jack A. Crichton, vice president of the Former Students
Association. Crichton will give a welcoming address on be
half of the association.
After his speech, the Singing Cadets will sing “The
Twelfth Man.” President Rudder will introduce Peterson
for the main speech which will be followed by “The Spirit
of Aggieland.’’
Head Yell Leader Bill Brashears will read the roll call,
and friends of the deceased Aggies will answer. The Ross
Volunteers will fire a 21-gun salute, and “Auld Lang Syne”
will be sung.
Several radio stations in Texas are scheduled to broad
cast live portions of the main ceremony from College Station
Sunday. Other stations will broadcast tapes of the obser
vance Sunday evening and Monday.
Aggies Off Campus Can Take Pick
All Aggies who will not be on campus to attend the
main observance may attend others scheduled by some 200
Aggie Ex groups throughout the world.
Aggies who will be in Dallas Sunday may observe Muster
at 3 p. m. in Embry Hall at the First Baptist Church. The
church is located at the corner of Ervay and San Jacinto,
two blocks north of the Republic National Bank Building.
Dallas Muster chairman Bill Beatty, Class of ’50, said
Ben Templeton, also Class of ’50, will be the Muster speaker.
Paul H. Rosamond, Class of ’43, who helped make arrange
ments for the Dallas observance said that special organ
arrangements of traditional Aggie songs will be presented.
The ceremony will be conducted by Tom Sample, Class
of ’45. Refreshments will be served after the ceremony by
the Dallas A&M Mothers Club.
Houston Exes To Gather Monday
The Houston A&M Club will sponsor a Muster observance
Monday, April 22, at 12:30 p. m. in the Rice Hotel Crystal
Ball Room in conjunction with the club’s regular weekly
luncheon.
Raymond Loomis, Class of ’42, club vice president and
Houston Muster chairman, said a luncheon beginning at noon
will precede the observance. Tickets for the luncheon will
cost $2.05.
He said everyone is invited to attend both affairs, but
luncheon tickets need not be purchased by those desiring
to attend only the Muster.
Peterson will also be the principal speaker for the Hous
ton Muster.
Dallas radio station WFAA, Fort Worth radio station
WBAP and Bryan radio Station WTAW will broadcast the
main ceremony to be held on the A&M campus from 2 to 2:45
p. m. Sunday.
Houston FM radio station KFMK wull re-broadcast the
Houston A&M Club Muster at 7 p. m. Monday.
Texas will be the site of over 140 Musters, 35 will be
held in other states and 18 are scheduled in foreign countries.
Committee Passes Name Bill;
May Go To Floor Next Week
A&M’s name-change bill sailed
through the House’s State Af
fairs Committee Thursday after
noon and may come to the floor
early next week.
Rep. David Haines’ proposal,
calling for a change to Texas
A&M University, came through
both the committee and a sub
committee without a change.
There was some opposition ex
pressed when the committee vot
ed to approve the measure. Ac
cording to J. Collier Adams of
Lubbock, there were three nega
tive votes voiced on the commit
tee’s roll call vote. Bryan’s tele
vision station KBTX, however,
quoted committee chairman John
Allen of Longview as saying
“the vote was pretty close.” The
Associated Press said four mem
bers voted against the change.
Adams, chairman of the sub
committee that first studied the
bill, told The Battalion Thurs
day morning that the measure
had not been reported out of his
subcommittee. Actually, how
ever, the subcommittee cleared
the proposal Wednesday after
noon. Rep. Haines also told The
Battalion Wednesday night that
the subcommittee had taken no
action on the bill.
Haines could not be reached
by The Battalion Thursday night,
but Adams said the bill would
probably come to the House floor
next week, possibly as early as
Monday. KBTX quoted Haines
as saying he had no indication
when he would bring the bill to
the floor. The freshman legisla
tor predicted the bill would pass,
even though some representa
tives still favor the name Texas
State University.
Adams predicted a “humorous
episode” when Haines does intro
duce his bill. He quipped:
“It should be pretty interest
ing on the floor. Quite a few
members have voiced personal
objections to our committee and
I’m sure they will bring them
to the floor. Also Haines will
probably receive a lot of rib
bing.”