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Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1967
Number 463
Board Approves j Directorate’s Last Dance
Record Budget j
A record $100,841,702 operat
ing budget for the Texas A&M
System during 1967-68 was ap
proved this week by the system’s
oard of directors.
The new budget, effective Sept,
represents an increase of more
I than $27 million over current ex
penditures.
College Station campus activi
ties are budgeted for $45,238,785,
i hike of more than $11 million.
Largest proportionate boost
went to James Connally Techni
cal Institute at Waco. The new
facility, which graduated its first
class last spring and is rapidly
expanding its programs, was
awarded $8,725,955, compared to
$1,364,969 for the current year.
Prairie View A&M College at
empstead will receive $8,261,
42, an increase of almost $1.5
illion.
Tarleton State College at Ste-
|>henville gets $3,060,860, up
ore than $500,000.
■ The Galveston - based Texas
; Maritime Academy is budgeted
for $790,041, an increase of more
|han $75,000.
Remainder of the budget cov-
iers operating costs for the sys-
em’s various research and public
ervice branches.
The board awarded three con-
■truction contracts totaling $198,-
■24. B-W Construction Co. of
Bryan was the low bidder on two
i)f the projects: $87,544 to reno
vate and modify former Air
Force buildings to provide tech
nical course facilities at Connally
jTech and $11,771 to construct
additional parking facilities at
the veterinary medicine complex
On the College Station campus.
I The third contract went to
|General Electric Co. of Houston
for its low bid of $99,409 to fur
bish equipment for a main-cam
pus power interconnection sub
station.
1 Board members also appropri
ated $821,433 for continuation of
(Various improvement and reno-
P'ation projects throughout the
[system. Largest item was $460,-
IjlOO for additional phases of a 12-
Hormitory renovation program at
A&M. Also included were $60,-
000 for furnishings and equip
ment for Tarleton’s new library
addition and Language and Math
ematics Building and $25,000 for
‘preliminary expenses to con
struct a new dining hall at Prair
ie View.
| In other action, the board of
ficially adopted the provisions of
! the new Senate Bill No. 162 which
lauthorizes campus security per
sonnel to be commissioned as
eace officers, thus giving them
authority to enforce all general
and criminal laws of the State of
exas on campus.
Other items included:
Formal acceptance of $336,445
in gifts, grants and scholarships.
A resolution to seek Texas Col
lege and University Coordinating
Board approval to divide the De
partment of Geology and Geogra
phy at Texas A&M and initiated
B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. programs
in geography. The university
currently offers all three degrees
in geology.
A resolution to seek Coordinat
ing Board approval to initiate a
B.S. degree program in industrial
arts at Tarleton.
Kunkel Named
Acting Ag Dean
The Texas A&M System Board
of Directors named Dr. H. O.
Kunkel, associate director of the
Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station, to serve as acting dean
of Texas A&M’s College of Agri
culture and also acting director
of the experiment station, effec
tive Sept. 1.
Dr. Kunkel, who joined the
A&M faculty in 1951, succeeds
Dr. R. E. Patterson who an
nounced his resignation last
spring.
Board members also selected
Paul R. Kramer to serve as the
new director of the Texas Forest
Service, effective Sept. 1.
Kramer, who has been associated
with the Texas Forest Service 19
years and has served the past
year as associate director, suc
ceeds Dr. A. D. Folweiler who re
tired after 30 years of service.
In a third appointment, the
board named Dr. O. D. Butler
chairman of Texas A&M*s Ath
letic Council, filling the vacancy
created by the resignation of Dr.
Chris H. Groneman, who has
accepted a position at the Uni
versity of Hawaii.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M”
—Adv.
Planned
‘Flower-in’
New Lights Show
Set Tuesday Night
“FLOWER-IN” ENTERTAINMENT
“Lord August and the Visions of Lite” will provide the music for the Memorial Student
Center Summer Directorate’s final dance of the summer Tuesday night. The theme of
the dance will be a “Flower-in.”
Record Enrollment Expected
Record enrollment of approxi
mately 12,500 students is expect
ed at Aggieland this fall, Regis
trar H. L. Heaton has predicted.
The estimated enrollment rep
resents an increase of almost
1,800 over the fall 1966 registra
tion when the current record of
10,706 students was estatblished.
Heaton said he expects more
... •• . v , . • •
than 2,350 entering freshmen, an
increase of almost 300 over last
year.
Graduate enrollment also is
expected to reach a new high.
Preliminary figures indicate
about 2,370 students in this cate
gory, up almost 250 from last
fall.
While Texas A&M has no ad
mission deadline prior to start of
the semester, the registrar urged
all new students to submit their
applications and credentials as
soon as possible.
Entering freshmen and other
new students begin registration
Sept. 13, with all other students
registering Sept. 14-15. Classes
begin Sept. 18.
Ranger Thinks ‘Sophomorish’
Ranger III, English bulldog of
12-year-old Bob-Rudder, has be
come sophomorish in his growing
up process.
Though technically belonging
to Bob, son of Texas A&M Presi
dent and Mrs. Earl Rudder, the
bulldog is rapidly winning the
hearts of Aggies.
Ranger’s prowls take him long
distances and for extended dura
tions away from the president’s
home.
“He likes to get out and stay
gone because students pet and
feed him,” Mrs. Rudder com
mented.
The beefy bulldog isn’t old
enough to find his way home yet,
but numerous students and A&M
personnel look out for Ranger’s
welfare and phone the Rudders
of his whereabouts.
The friendly 15-month-old bull
dog named for the Ranger Bat
talion Rudder commanded in
World War II is fast becoming
a legend with his exploits.
After watching a lawn mower
in operation, Ranger charged the
machine, receiving a cut toe.
The husky dog also joined
Memorial Student Center bowlers
for a game. He butted balls off
the return-way and chased them
across the floor until one caught
him looking the other way.
Ranger’s favorite trysting
places are Sbisa and Duncan Din
ing Halls, where friendly pats
and juicy morsels are plentiful.
The parties end only when
someone arrives to take him
home.
IMP
THOSE DOG DAYS ARE HERE
The shade is where you find it, and even there it’s not always cool. Ranger III trys to beat the summer heat by lying
in the shade of his dog house.
By WINSTON GREEN
Battalion Editor
The fourth and final summer
dance sponsored by the Memorial
Student Center Summer Direc
torate Tuesday night will present
a “psychedelic lights show” with
a “Flower-in” theme.
“Lord August and the Vision
of Lite,” a group from San An
tonio, will provide the music for
the dance.
“This group is highly popular
with college students,” said Den
ny Kniery, Summer Directorate
Dance Committee chairman.
“Their style of music is similar
to that of ‘Neal Ford and the Fa
natics’ who played for our last
dance.”
The “Flower-in” theme of the
dance will be carried out by wall
decorations and a “flowery” arch
way o v e i- the entrance to the
MSC ballroom. “Possibly we will
be passing out flowers at the
door, also,” Kniery said.
The theme of the dance reflects
the current popularity of the
“flower people,” or the “gentle,
peace-loving younger generation”
that began as a fad in California.
In place of the usual rectangle
tables, there will be smaller
round tables with “hurricane lan
terns” on them to carry out the
theme.
Kniery mentioned that “lights
show” will be larger and a “little
different” from the one given at
the first MSC summer dance. He
feels it will be “highly psyche
delic.”
“Lord August and the Visions
of Lite” have been currently
playing at the “Pussycat” night
club, a popular entertainment
spot for college students in San
Antonio.
Last summer this group toured
the United States and Canada,
with appearances in Boston and
New York. They have also ap
peared on such national televi
sion shows as “Hullabaloo,”
“Shin-Dig,” and “Where the Ac
tion Is.”
The dance will last from 8-12
in the ballroom. Admission is $1
per person. Aggies with dates
will be admitted free by present
ing their activity card at the
door.
Art Is Displayed
In MSC Lobby
A number of art objects col
lected by Programa de Educacion
Interamericana of Texas A&M
are on display at the Memorial
Student Center this week.
The collection was purchased
through a United States Office
of Education grant to the Bryan
Independent School District for
the acquisition of materials to
be used in the production of sup-
plementatry teaching aids for
Texas’ elementary and secondary
schools.
First Bank & Trust now pays
5% per annum on savings certif
icates. —Adv.
New Entertainment Series
To Open This Fatly Says Hill
Post Office
Seeks Bids
On Facility
The Post Office Department is
seeking competitive bids for a
new building to house its postal
operations at College Station for
the new College Hills Station,
announced Postmaster General
Lawrence F. O’Brien.
Under the department’s lease
construction program, a contract
will be awarded to the bidder who
agrees to provide a new building
constructed according to depart
mental specifications and then
lease it to the department for a
basic period of ten years, with
options to renew the lease for an
additional 20 years.
The department’s capital in
vestment will be limited substan
tially to postal equipment. The
building will remain under pri
vate ownership, with the owner
paying local real estate taxes.
Bidding documents will be
available from H. E. Lehman,
Regional Real Estate Officer,
Room 410, Main Post Office
Building, Houston, Texas on or
about August 7, 1967. The Real
Estate Officer will supply bid
ding forms, specifications, lease
provisions and other information.
Bids must be submitted to the
Real Estate Officer by September
29, 1967.
Bryan Building & Loan
Association, Your Sav
ings Center, since 1919.
—Adv.
A new entertainment series,
the Rotary Community Series, in
cooperation with Texas A&M’s
Town Hall Series, opens this fall.
The series was announcel by
John Hill, chairman of the Bryan
Rotary Club’s Community Series
Committee.
Opening the series Sept. 29 at
the Bryan Civic Auditorium will
be the Houston Symphony Or
chestra directed by Andre Previn.
Flamenco guitarist Carlos Mon
toya will be in the spotlight Oct.
30. Following that performance
is a musical, “Roar of the Grease
paint, Smell of the Crowd,” on
Feb. 13. Pianist Lorin Hollander
will close out the series April 9.
All will be in the Bryan Civic
Auditorium.
A March 8 program at A&M’s
G. Rollie White Coliseum features
opera singer Mary Costa.
Season reserved seat tickets go
on sale Aug. 28 at the Memorial
Student Center Program Office.
Texas A&M students with ac
tivity cards will have priority on
purchase of 226 reserved seats
for each of the four performances
in the Bryan Civic Auditorium.
For the Mary Costa perform
ance, A&M students with activity
cards, and Town Hall season
ticket holders will be given free
general admission seats. Com
munity Series season ticket hold
ers will be provided with reserved
seats for the show.
BB&L
NOT WHAT IT SEEMS
Pictured above are three Aggies crossing University Drive
going from the campus to the east end of North Gate after
dark. You don’t see them? See why in the editorial on
page 2.