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Texas
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University
Che Battalion
Volume 60
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1963
Number 141
GRE Is Compulsory;
Registration Oct. 2-9
Underwater Film
Starts Fall Series
HT,
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Underwater Photographer Talks Of Adventure
Bobby Robinson Of Bryan
Named Top Aggie Cowboy
Bobby Robinson of Bryan was
voted the All Aggie Rodeo’s all-
around cowboy when the event
closed Saturday night.
Robinson took first place in the
tie-down calf roping and the ribbon
roping events to take the top
honor. The Bryan youth was the
tnly double winner in the three-
day meet.
Over 2000 people attended the
rodeo for A&M University students
to watch 166 Aggies participate.
The Saddle and Sirloin Club
sponsored the meet which was held
hursday, Friday and Saturday.
INCLUDED IN THE MEET
were bareback riding, bull riding,
tie-down calf roping, ribbon roping,
steer dogging, greased pig race
and girl’s barrel race.
Clay Stubbs„ of Johnson City
was named winner of the bareback
riding contest, followed by John
Maxwell of Dallas and Allen Stein
er of Goat Creek.
In the bull riding contest Tony
lauer of Doss finished first, with
Jerry Simpton of Port Lavaca sec
ond and Larry Tisdale of Tomball
third.
Winner in the steer dogging
event was Jack Taylor of Van
Horn, followed by Wesley Robinson
of Bryan.
FINISHING BEHIND Bobby
Robinson in the tie-down calf rop
ing were Keith Kidwell of Bryan
and Jay Jones of Waco.
Bryan’s other Robinson finished
second in the ribbon roping event,
with Kidwell third.
Thursday’s winner in the greased
pig race was Mike Overton of
Haskell. Friday’s winner was Briett
Jarbis of Stinnett, while Mitchell
Jager of Blessing was Saturday’s
blue ribbon finisher.
ANN HOLIDAY of Bryan won
the girl’s barrel race Thursday and
Saturday, with Mary Fuller of
Austin taking Friday’s honors.
Judges for the 42nd All Aggie
Rodeo were Jack Ruttle and Ken
Doris. Ruttle, from New Mexico
State University, is taking work
toward the completion of a doctoral
degree at A&M. Doris is a senior*
in the College of Veterinary Medi
cine and is a past president of the
A&M Rodeo Club.
Sam German of College Station
and Eugene Wate of Wilburn serv
ed as pick-up men for the meet.
Cooper Takes New Role Here
As Assistant To President
Edwin H. Cooper, recently a
staff member of A&M University,
will return Oct. 14 to become as
sistant to President Earl Rudder.
Cooper was a wildlife conserva
tion specialist with the Texas Agri
cultural Extension Service from
1956 until this year. He left
A&M last January to become sales
manager for a fertilizer and lime
stone company at Jacksonville.
As assistant to the president, he
will take the place of Dorsey Mc-
Crory who has become Director of
Development.
Cooper was born and attended
high school in San Marcos and was
graduated from A&M in 1953 with
a BS degree in wildlife manage
ment. He has completed most of
the requirements for a master’s
degree in the same field.
While in high school, he won the
American Legion Award for scho
lastic achievement and was a mem
ber of the National Honor Socie
ty. He was a Distinguished Stu
dent at A&M and a member of
Alpha Zeta Fraternity.
He became assistant county agri
cultural agent in Travis County
until 1956 when he joined the Ex
tension Service as a wildlife con
servation specialist.
A&M Prof Named
To Kiwanis Post
Dr. W. F. Krueger, a member of
the College Station Kiwanis Club
and a professor in the Department
of Poultry Science, was elected
Saturday as lieutenant governor of
Division 9 of the Texas-Oklahoma
Kiwanis.
Krueger was elected during the
two-day 45th annual district con
vention in Corpus Christi. He will
assume his new post in January,
succeeding Gus Lampe of Bryan.
Others representing College Sta
tion at the meet were Isaac Peters
and Dr. M. A. Brown.
EDWIN H. COOPER
Tech Tickets
Still On Sale
Tickets for students and their
dates for the Texas Tech game
Saturday will go off sale Wednes
day at 5 p.m. an athletic depart
ment spokesman said.
The ticket sales office has been
moved to the G. Rollie White Col
iseum box office.
THE RODEO CLOWNS were W.
R. Duncan of Pittsburg, Texas,
Steve Sattler of Houston and Rich
ard Geyman of Raymondville.
An ambulance was provided for
the rodeo by Callaway-Jones Fu
neral Home of Bryan.
Proceeds from the meet go to
help pay expenses for livestock,
meat and wool judging teams at
meets in Kansas City, Madison,
Wis., Chicago, Denver, Fort Worth
and Knoxville, Tenn.
Monday night the Great Issues
, Committee presented one of the
world’s leading underwater photo
graphers, Harry Pederson, with
his film “Village Under the Sea,”
as the first of a series of lectures
concerning the world around us.
Set in the crystal clear tropical
waters off New Providence Island
in the Bahamas, “Village Under
the Sea” provides the viewer with
an intimate and colorful panorama
of the never ending circle of life
and dehth amidst the underwater
flora of the coral reef.
Pederson, who describes his
unique art as an avocation, started
underwater photography at San
Diego after World War II. Finding
the waters off San Diego too
murky for his requirements he
moved to the Florida Keys and then
to the waters off New Providence
Island.
HERE HE SPENT six summers
patiently filming in color the de
tailed activities of the many species
of marine life that abound in and
around a small reef, less than 30
by 15 feet in dimension.
No newcomer to the underwater
world, Pederson did such outstand-
Local United Chest
Has $18,000 Goal
The United Chest drive goal in
College Station was set at $18,000
Monday afternoon in a meeting of
the chest board of directors on
the campus.
The directors acted after approv
ing new budget allotments for 15
agencies. The budget and admis
sions committee held hearings last
week to discuss budget requests.
THE $18,000 GOAL is $1,000
above last year’s figure of $17,000.
However, the 1962 campaign raised
$18,316.
The 10-day drive will open next
Monday with a kickoff breakfast
at 7 a.m. in the Memorial Student
Center. Dr. Chris Groneman is
campaign director and Dean Wil
liam J. Graff serves as chest presi
dent.
Groneman emphasized that Col
lege Station residents will be asked
to give “one day’s pay” to help
meet the growing needs of the
participating agencies. One hun
dred per cent university offices
and business firms will receive gold
star and silver star certificates.
“GOLD STAR certificates sig
nify that every member of the de
partment or business gave one
College Bowl Test
Slated For Tuesday
Approximately 30 students will
meet Tuesday night in Room 146
of the Physics Building to take the
second written examination which
will determine “College Bowl” nom
inees.
This general knowledge exam,
which was preceded by a geogra
phy quiz, will be the second step
in determining the four man team
that will represent A&M Univer
sity.
The team will travel to New
York City on Novembmer 10 to
compete on the nationally televised
“General Electric College Bowl,”
on NBC.
After the written exams are com
pleted, contest conditions will be
simulated to further narrow the
number of nominees. The semifinal
and final buzzer-pushing sessions
will be shown live on KBTX-TV in
Bryan, said Dr. Harry P. Kroitor,
“College Bowl” coach.
day’s pay,” he said. “The silver
star certificate means that each
member of the university or busi
ness unit made a contribution.”
The October 7-17 campaign in
College Station will run concurrent
with the Greater Bryan United
Fund push. Both will operate sepa
rately.
UT Building
Project Gets
Budget Delay
AUSTIN b'P) — The Legislative
Budget Board, recalling Gov. John
Connally’s veto message motto of
“brains over bricks,” decided
Monday to delay approval of a
$1 million University of Texas
building.
The board is an arm of the leg
islature composed of presiding of
ficers and four members of each
house. It advises Connally on in
terim budget requests.
University officials said the
building, a conference center,
was planned for instruction for
professional and business persons.
“Isn’t this bricks and mortar?”
asked House Speaker Byron Tun-
nell, echoing the phrase Connally
used when he vetoed $12.4 million
in appropriations bill construction
items.
University board of regents
chairman W. W. Heath told Tun-
nell the proposal has not been
discussed with Connally because
the governor cannot act without
budget board advice.
The board agreed to delay a
decision at the request of Rep.
Bill Heatly of Paducah, of the
appropriations committee. Heatly
said he wanted to talk to the
budget board staff about the re
quest.
In other action, the board ap
proved new data processing equip
ment for the Highway Depart
ment, costing $168,000 a year; and
recommended that Connally pro
vide for equal membership from
business and state personnel on
a committee to study centraliza
tion of the state’s data processing
equipment.
ing photography for Rachael Car
son’s “The World Around Us,”
that he attracted the attention of
Walt Disney, who utilized his skill
in making the film “Twenty Thou
sand Leagues Under The Sea.”
DURING THE FILMING of the
“Village Under the Sea,” Pederson
took some footage of an unknown
species of fish and ended up having
the fish named after him.
Today Pederson spends three
months of the year on the bottom
of the Carribean and four months
lecturing. He is also undertaking
work under the sponsorship of the
Office of Naval Research and the
Smithsonian Institute.
2 Republicans
Are In Race
For Senator
AUSTIN 1A*)—A second conser
vative Republican announced Mon
day he will seek the seat now held
by Sen. Ralph Yarborough, D-Tex.
Dallas heart surgeon Milton V.
Davis said he will be a candidate
in next year’s Republican primary
election. Davis joins George Bush
of Houston in seeking the GOP
nomination.
Republican Jack Cox also has
indicated he may enter the primary
race.
NO DEMOCRATS have announc
ed against Yarborough, but former
Congressman Lloyd Bentsen Jr.
said he is considering the race.
Davis said he worked in Wash
ington on several occasions against
proposals by President Kennedy to
provide medical care for the aged.
Davis described himself as a
“Goldwater Republican,” but said
he would support any nominee of
the Republican party. In addition
to his support of U. S. Sen. Barry
Goldwater, R-Ariz., Davis said he
agreed with the voting record of
Sen. John Tower, R-Tex.
IN MEETING WITH newsmen
Monday, Davis spent much of the
time in voicing opposition to defi
cit spending by the federal govern
ment.
Davis said he also will oppose
giving the executive branch of the
government more power.
Bush is the son of former U. S.
Sen. Prescott S. Bush, R-Conn.
Cox ran unsuccessfully for gov
ernor in the Democratic primary of
1960, and was defeated as a Re
publican in last year’s general
election.
Series To Prepare
Seniors For Jobs
W. R. Horsley, director of the
A&M Placement Office, said Mon
day he will conduct a series of
meetings with graduating students
to prepare them for the upcoming
job interviews with prospective em
ployers.
The meetings will be held Wed
nesday, Thursday and Friday at
4 p.m. in the Memorial Student
Center Assembly Room. The Place
ment Office expects over 400 em
ployers to be represented this year
in the job interviews, which begin
October 14.
Horsley will give graduating
students a picture of current trends
in business and also of the demands
which will be placed on these stu
dents by employers.
These meetings are not required,
but Horsley urged all students who
plan to graduate in Jaunary, June
or at the end of the summer term
to attend.
Seniors May Sign
At Testing Center
The Graduation Record Examination will be compulsory
this year, the office of William J. Graff, Dean of Instruction,
has announced.
The Counseling- and Testing Center has asked that all
students who plan to graduate in January, and those who
plan to apply for graduate school immediately after graduat
ing in June, register with the center Oct. 2-9, for the test to
be given Nov. 2, from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m.
All students graduating in May but not intending to
apply for graduate school will take the exam in the spring.
Students must present at the time of registration a
University Fiscal Office fee receipt indicating they have
paid their $5.00 exam fee.
LAST YEAR the Graduate
Record Examination was con
ducted on a voluntary basis.
However, because only the
better students took the examin
ation, the resulting average scores
were not indicative of the whole
graduating class.
Dean Graff said that the pur
pose of the examination vas to
compute an overall distribution of
scores to compare with other uni
versities. About 100 universities
now conduct these tests.
IN ORDER TO obtain an aver
age score that is representitive of
the graduating class, the Academic
Council has made it manditory to
take the test in order to graduate.
The test itself is composed of
two parts. The first part is to
test the student’s overall know
ledge of his curriculum. The sec
ond part is to test the student’s
achievement in his major field of
study.
Air Science Prof
Takes Top Honors
In Chess Tourney
Capt. B. G. Dudley, an associate
professor in the Department of
Air Science, won first place this
weekend in the Brazos Open Chess
Tournament.
Morris Steen, of 1203 Esther in
Bryan, captured second place in
the contest, held Saturday and
Sunday in the Memorial Student
Center. Taking the Class A tro
phy was Charles R. Heising of
Houston, the highest rated player
in the contest. The Class B trophy
went to Tom Buckley of Denton,
and the Class C trophy was won
by Robert Toland.
Season Ducats
For Town Hall
Still Available
Season tickets for the 1963-64
Town Hall Series are still avail
able, Robert L. Boone, music co
ordinator, has announced.
The tickets may be purchased at
the Memorial Student Center Stu
dent Program Office or by mail.
The season’s first show will fea
ture the Brothers Four, a quartet
that achieved fame with its folk
singing. They will appear at 8
p.m. Oct. 11.
Benny Goodman, the King of
Swing, will present a concert at
9 p.m. Nov. 27, following the A&M-
Texas University football game.
Other attractions include the
Norman Luboff Choir, Dec. 6; the
San Antonio Symphony Orchestra,
Feb. 6; Leon Bibb, a singer and
interpreter of songs ranging from
ballards to Broadway tunes, March
20, and Marty Robbins, April 3.
Tickets may be purchased in
the office from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday through Friday, Boone
said. Individual sho-w tickets are
also on sale.
AnnouncementsGo
On Sale In MSC
The Student Finance Office
has announced that graddating
senior’s may order graduation
announcements at the cashier’s
desk in the Memorial Student
Center 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mon
day through Friday, Oct. 1
through 31.
Wire Review
By The Associated Press
U. S. NEWS
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Two
white men were jailed Monday
in connection with unspecified
bombing in this city where four
Negro girls died in a church dyna
miting Sept. 15.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. des
cribed the action as a step in the
right direction.
★ ★ ★
WASHINGTON — A flood of
bitter denunciation of the Civil
Rights Commission by Southern
members opened Senate debate
Monday on a move to give the
agency a new one-year lease on
life.
The Southerners were led by
Sen. Richard B. Russell, D-Ga.,
who shouted, “Let it die” - and
said, “This agency has shown a
prejudice that disqualifies it.”
★ ★ ★
CODY, Wyo. — A Wyoming
mountain cave has yielded the
mummified body of a stone age
man the may be nearly 13 cen
turies old.
The firm-jawed skull is covered
with tangled, coarse black hair
and most of the teeth are intact.
The remains, when unearthed,
were clad in the tanned skin of
an animal, probably a mountain
sheep.
TEXAS NEWS
NACOGDOCHES — Three stu
dents of Stephen F. Austin
State College are under charges
in connection with a smoke bomb
explosion in a women’s dormitory
at the school.
Seven Nacogdoches firemen and
five women students received
medical treatment after the Sept.
21 explosion.
Police quoted the students
charged as saying they did not
realize how much harm the bomb
would cause and only intended to
play a prank.
★ ★ ★
HOUSTON —- Six young Hous
ton area people who spent a
chilly night stranded on a Trinity
Bay sand bar were rescued early
Monday .
An Humble Oil Co. boat crew
took the three shivering girls and
three boys to Point Barrow. They
were cold but otherwise unharmed.
! They were stranded when their
18-foot motorboat ran upon the
sand bar.