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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (July 11, 1963)
Thursdny, July 11, 19G3 THE BATTALION 1^7^ HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY Due For Renovation The old stands at Kyle Field baseball di- overdue improvements on the ancient wood- amond are being carefully dismantled. Long- en structure are scheduled to begin soon. Primitive Fishing Available On Big Or Little Cypress, By VERN SANDORD Texas Press Association If you are looking- for a primitive fishing trip you don’t have to go to the headwaters of the Amazon or to the Everglades of Florida. Texas has an area, practically unexplored, where fishing is fabu lous and the scenery is unbeliev ably beautiful. Just head for Jefferson in East Texas, near the Louisiana boundary line. THERE YOU have two choices— Big Cypress or Little Cypress. Big Cypress is the river which flows down from the Ferrell’s Bridge Dam. That’s the dam that creates Lake O’ Pines. It is a wonderful float trip from the dam into the town of Jefferson. Out of Jefferson you can take to the big river, or you can put into the wooded Little Cypress and float through miles and miles of the most wonderful secenery you’ve ever seen. It is a jungle so seldom visited you won’t even spot a beer can on an entire day’s float. TWO OUTDOOR writers from Austin—Russell Tinsley and L. A. Wilke—recently made this trip. At Jefferson they got Roy Butler, a native of the area, as a guide. The three spent the day in a virtual wilderness where they saw; no other human beings. For fishing they got a mixed creel. They hooked bass, both white and black. Also several species of bream, catfish and pike. Here you never know what is going to hit when you toss out your lure. The trip was made in a heavy, 20-foot jon boat. It was equipped with a fish well, two deck chairs, a 5-hp motor and two heavy oars. Butler sat in the back of the boat and pushed it slowly through the bayous. HERE THE water runs almost fast enough to keep the boat mov ing without pushing it with either oars or motor. On this particular trip the motor wasn’t used until the return to camp which was up stream in the big river. Banks of the bayou are filled with dogwood and other blooming trees. Bayous themselves are thick with huge cypress trees, with great cypress knees (roots) in grotesque shapes. Wild grapevines in some spots furnish an entanglement you have to cut your way through. Plione ringing? REACH! Whether you’re fixing formula, wielding a mop, or just plain taking it easy .. . there’s no nicer time to have your telephone just a reach away. One or more phone extensions in your home is the key to convenience for your entire family. Find out now how little it costs to save so much in time and effort. Just call our business office. The Southwestern States Telephone Company Minor Schedule Coming U By HAROLD V. RATLIFF Associated Fh-ess Sports Writer Hardin - Simmons Universitv, which spawned the likes of Bul'dog Turner, Model T Ford, Little Doc Mobley and Bob McChesney and gained national fame, will plav what must be considered a minor football schedule this year. Only three school^ that can be called major are on it. Chances are that next year there won’t be anv. THE REASON FOR deemphasis of football at Hardin-Simmons can be ascertained by looking at the figures. In nine years athletics have lost $908,986.13. The be't vear was 1955-56 when “only” $49,325.58 went into the deficit column. The worst was 1960-61 when $129,405.37 told the officials something had to be done. It is a story of futility. Athletic committee chairman Leroy Jen nings said his group had been “working on decreasing the cost of our athletic program for years.” Everything was tried—nationally known coaches, ex-students on the coaching staff, small staffs, large staffs, attempts to raise funds among the alumni and friends, schedules that might increase at tendance. “We have come to the point that we don’t know what the answer is,” said Jennings. IN 1961 THE board of trustees decided to halt all athletic scholar ships. Bid, the alumni were chagrin- ned, said the school just couldn’t drop out of major college football. So the board said that scholarships would be awarded to the extent that funds were contributed. Less than $1.0,000 was given to support the athletic program. So Hardin-Simmons decided that in the future athletic scholarships would be limited to tuition, general fees and books. Room and board must be eliminated because this caused 25 per cent of the deficit. Obviously top athletes can not now be obtained. Hardin-Simmons earnestly wants to have an athletic program but it has to tailor it to its means. THE SCHOOL ALSO realizes that it can’t hope to even have the curtailed program un 1 ess it can be in some sort of conference where they’ll be playing for something. That is necessary if there is to be a crowd. So it is seeking other colleges having financial trouble in athletics or already on the deemphasis kick to form a conference that’s in line with Hardin-Simmons’ plan. President James H. Landes de clared that “through the years ath letics have become so professional that all of the smaller schools are literally being booted off the fields.” He pointed out that “we have had many fine coaches and many splendid teams, but even in the years of championship teams a size able financial deficit existed.” OBVIOUSLY ONE of the rea sons for Hardin-Simmons’ trouble came from the fact that it is just one of three colleges in a city of 90,000. The place just isn’t large enough to support three football teams. Dallas, which is about times as large, couldn’t doit The theory that a wimii? always gets support doesu 1 : true in the case of Havdin-Sin It lost money when it won.! money when it had a team Ik) in the national headlines i coach who rated with the fe coaches. Volun One season it was undefeatt; untied and counted Bayk Southern Methodist amonij tims. It still couldn’t draw; ciently to pay its athletics Registration For Swimmi Instruction Ends Saturi Registration for the second se mester swimming program of the College Station Recreation Coun cil began Monday and will con tinue through Saturday, according to Mrs. Stanley P. Clark. Both new and old students for the program, may now report to the P. L. Downs Natatorium from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30. Fees for lessons will be $4.00 for residents of College Station and A&M faculty and staff. Mrs. Clark said the fee for others is $8.00. Instruction is under the tion of Art Adamson, headth A&M swimming program swimming instractor for thl partment of Health and Ph | Education. Mrs. Clark said all bed swimmers should bring swirj I suits. They should be at hi] years old and either 51 incliel or capable of swimming 31)!( All classes will be closedd I they are filled, Mrs. Clarkd J] High S< the Mei to put •’•'•tfir.... iLt v: 4 .‘iAv; - WE KEEP PRICES DOWN Get Your Mew Big Bonus Gift Cato log At Weingartens Mow A Completely New Catalog Of Gifts You Can Get With Your Big Bonus Stamps 1 PEACHES Food Club—Sliced or Halves, In Heavy Syrup No. 2i/, Can " 25 WESSONS ©PL For Cooking or Salads 24-Oz. Bottle 29 KRAFT Miracle Whip Salad Dressing Qt. Jar 49 FAMILY DELIGHT ICE CREAM —DOLLAR SALE! Ml Gal. 59 CREAM STYLE CORN YOUNG SWEET PEAS CUT GREEN BEANS FOOD CLUB PEARS APPLE SAUCE Food Club Golden 7 No. 303 Cans Food Club No. 303 Cans Food Club Halves In Heavy Syrup Food Club 1 6 4 6 No. 303 Cans No. 303 Cans No. 303 Cans U. S. 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