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Normandy Beach
A&M President Earl Rudder will leave Tuesday for a
return trip to France, where 20 years ago he led a Ranger
Battalion onto Normandy Beach and earned recognition
in history books.
The university president was named by President John
son among 22 Americans to participate in ceremonies mark
ing the 20th anniversity of the World War II invasion.
Included in the group are military leaders, government
officials, two Congressional Medal of Honor winners and
others who participated in the return of Allied troops to
Europe.
Wives including Mrs. Rudder, will accompany the Pres
idential party. General of the Army Omar N. Bradley, U. S.
field commander in the 1944 maneuver, will head the delega
tion.
President Rudder received medals from three countries
for his heroic feats at Pointe du Hoc on the Normandy shore.
He also won praise by military leaders during the Battle of
the Bulge and other conflicts with German forces.
General Bradley had this to say about the Texan’s Nor
mandy feat:
“No soldier in my command has ever been wished a^more
difficult task than that which befell the 34-year-old comman
der of the Provisional Ranger Force.”
The former Brady rancher, football coach and school
teacher was credited by Bradley as the first in his command
to hit the beach.
The objective was to scale 100-foot cliffs at Pointe du
Hoc and knock out vital enemy gun positions. The Rangers
used ropes to climb the cliffs, Bradley explained in his book,
“A Soldier’s Story.”
Before they reached the top, German troops fired down
the slopes and dropped gernades on the Rangers. A nearby
destroyer raked the cliffs with heavy machine gun fire to
drive the Germans back.
The Rangers made it, less than 10 minutes after they
landed. The German guns were silenced, but Lt. Col. Rudder’s
200-man force was cut to 90.
France awarded Rudder, now a major general in the
Army Reserves, the Legion of Honor with Croix de Guerre
and Palm, and Belguim cited the Texan with the Belgian
Order of Leopold with Croix de Guerre and Palm.
His numerous other decorations include the American
Distinguished Service Cross, Legion of Merit, Silver Star,
Bronze Star with Oak Cluster, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf
Clusters and others.
One of the state’s best known
humorists, Dr. Charles W. Jarvis
of San Marcos will be heard at
Grad Fellowship
Applications Here
Inquiries about Danforth Gradu
ate Fellowships to be awarded next
March are invited by Graduate
Dean Wayne C. Hall.
The Danforth Foundation of St.
Louis offers the fellowships to
seniors or recent graduates, with
a serious interest in a college
teaching career who plan doctoral
studies.
Dean Hall said applicants may
be single or married, must be less
than 30 years of age at the time
of application and may not have
undertaken any graduate or pro
fessional study beyond the bacca
laureate.
Candidates must be nominated
by the local campus representa
tives as the Foundation does not
accept direct applications.
Danforth Graduate Fellows are
eligible for four years of financial
assistance with a maximum annual
living stipend of $1,800 for single
persons and $2,200 for married
Fellows, plus tuition and fees. De
pendency allowances are available.
Financial need is not a condition
for consideration, Dean Hall point
ed out.
6:45 Thursday night in the Memo
rial Student Center.
He will discuss “Do You Think
You Have Problems?” at a smor
gasbord sponsored by the 17th
annual Texas Conference for Vet
erinarians now underway at A&M.
Jarvis, a dentist, describes him
self as a humorist, raconteur
(story teller), philosopher, and
prosodist (poet). He attended
A&M and the University of Hous
ton, is a graduate of the U. S.
Naval Academy and the University
of Texas School of Dentistry, and
holds a BS degree in engineering.
The conference began Thursday
morning and will continue through
Friday afternoon.
Dr. R. D. Turk of the College
of Veterinary Medicine, program
chairman, said some of the top
speakers at the opening session
were Dr. Paul C. Beaver of
Tulane University’s Tropical Medi
cine and Public Health Department,
and Dr. S. J. Roberts of the Medi
cine and Obstetrics Department at
Cornell University.
He said one of the main subjects
on the Friday morning program is
“Veterinary Activities in USAF
Aerospace Medical Research.” The
speaker is Major Neville P. Clark
of the U. S. Air Force Veterinary
Corps at Wright-Patterson AFB in
Ohio.
Turk said about 200 persons are
attending the conference.
Che Battalion
Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1964
Number 51
Super Conference Could
Be Texas-Type Tall Tale
UT Board Action
Threatens SWC
By JIM BUTLER
Associate Editor
Three weeks ago, a Houston Post Columnist quoted Uni
versity of Texas Athletic Director Darrell Royal as favoring
a “super conference.”
At the time, it sounded like just some more fuel for the
potbelly stove crowd, something to warm conversation until
grid season rolled around.
Last Saturday, the UT Board of Regents added a giant
log, that moved the hot stove league into the majors and into
the front offices of the Southwest Conference.
In a meeting in El Paso, the Regents set up a three-man
committee to “study all aspects of the University of Texas’
Southwest Conference membership and our future policies
in the area of inter-collegiate
athletics.”
Though the statement was
typical of pedagogical releases
in that it actually said very
little, the implications have spread
like circles from a boulder thrown
into the Brazos. The committee
may very well find that Texas
would be much better off without
the SWC, a situation that is not
vice versa.
Newspaper stories have circulat
ed to the effect that should Texas
pull out of the conference, the
Donghoms would pave the way for
a new conference, a super confer
ence of large, financially well-off
state-supported institutions such as
Oklahoma, Arkansas, LSU, Texas
Tech, Houston and A&M.
Apparently, drastic action of
this sort would be a protest by
Texas against possible operating
restrictions placed on SWC rule
books by the smaller and less well
endowed schools such as TCU,
SMU and Baylor. These limita
tions, particularly on the number
of scholarships allowed, would also
apply to A&M. Whether or not the
Aggies would play follow-the-lead-
er with the Steers seems to be the
big question.
Dr. Chris Groneman, head of
A&M’s Athletic Council, was asked
to comment on UT’s action. “We
don’t know yet what Texas will
do. We won’t be able to evaluate
their findings until they are re
leased at the conference meeting
in December,” Groneman said.
“All we know right now is what
we read in the papers. We’ll defi
nitely be interested in the outcome
of this thing,” Groneman added.
When asked if A&M would fol
low Texas if the ’Horns pulled up
stakes, Groneman said, “We’ll
cross that bridge when we come to
it.”
Another aspect of UT’s action
was brought out by another high
official in the A&M athletic de
partment who suggested that Tex-
(See Board Action, Page 8)
Staff Group
Slates Meet
The A&M University Faculty
Advisory Committee charged
with developing guidelines for
faculty personnel matters by
Sept. 15 is expected to meet
within a week. The Committee
of Deans will prepare the final
plan.
Four faculty members named
to the nine-man committee were
announced Thursday by Dean of
Instruction W. J. Graff. He said
the 515 ballots tallied by the
Counseling and Testing Center
staff showed these winners:
Professors J. P. Abbott, English;
W. C. Banks, veterinary medi
cine; G. W. Kunze, soil and crop
sciences, and A. B. Wooten, agri
cultural economics.
President Earl Rudder has
named Professor C. H. Samson
of aerospace and civil engineer
ing to chair the committee. Dr.
Samson will vote only to break
a tie.
Completing the committee are
four members named from the
colleges. These are Professors
J. S. Denison, engineering; F. E.
Ekfelt, arts and sciences; G. M.
Gowing, veterinary medicine, and
H. E. Joham, agriculture.
Dean A. A. Price, chairman of
the Committee of Deans, will
convene the first meeting of the
faculty advisory committee. Dean
Graff also plans to attend the
meeting.
“The university has much to
gain from your study,” Presi
dent Rudder said in a letter to
the committee.
“BOOKS, TIS A DULL AND ENDLESS STRIFE”
John Lovelace, a sophomore in Sqd. 2, finds to take advantage of the summer months
that the strife does have an end, or at least
a pause. He is packing his gear, preparing
before returning in the fall for another go-
round. ^
Cyclotron Institute Given
10 Acre Tract On Campus
A 10-acre site facing Spence
Street on the A&M University
campus and Farm Highway 60 has
been chosen for the $6-million
cyclotron, Dr. George J. Igo, direc
tor of the Cyclotron Institute,
announced Tuesday.
The 700 by 500-foot tract adjoins
the Old Petroleum Engineering and
the Doherty Petroleum Engineer
ing Buildings.
Initial construction is expected
to begin in 1965 on the variable
energy cyclotron to be used in
gaining a better understanding of
the nucleus of atoms. Full opera
tions are expected in 1968.
The “spiral ridge cyclotron”
planned here is described as the
most powerful of its type in the
world. A site selection committee
SCONA Workers
To Seek Finances
other uni-
for visitors
weighed by
headed by Dean W. J. Graff chose
the location.
Convenience from
versity facilities and
were among factors
the committee.
“Also, the building is going to
be built in this very large area so
that it can be expanded,” Igo said.
A 50,000 square foot building is
planned.
Igo said the cyclotron site offers
a vital safety factor “as no other
building or office space occupied
by people will be in the 10-acre
plot.” He stressed that the cyclo
tron construction will include other
safety features.
The site is near the campus
power plant. The cyclotron’s initial
requirement will be 2,000 kilowatts
of power.
Nearness to the Departments of
Physics and Chemistry and the
library also figured in the site
selection.
“Convenience to the Data Proc
essing Center also was considered,
as it is expected that there will
be a hookup between the computer
and the cyclotron,” Igo noted. The
cable would allow swift interchange
of information, he pointed out.
Hicklin A. Harrel Jr., native
Houstonian, this week assumed the
duties of assistant to the director
of the Cyclotron Institute. The
Institute’s business affairs will be
his responsibility.
The 39-year-old Harrel’s experi
ence in management includes work
ing closely with engineers.
The appointment was announced
by Dean Frank W. R. Hubert of
the College of Arts and Sciences.
Summer Students
Register Monday
Registration for the first term
of the summer session of A&M
University will begin June 1 with
classes starting the next day,
Registrar H. L. Heaton announced.
The term ends July 10. Regis
tration for the second summer
semester is scheduled July 13.
A&M University students will
conduct fund drives in 12 major
Texas and Louisiana cities Monday
through Thursday in an effort to
finance the 10th Student Confer
ence on National Affairs.
Half of the $19,000 budgeted for
the December meeting has already
been raised, Garry Tisdale, Tyler
Army Couple Make
University History
MORE ELECTRICITY FOR RESEARCH
Workmen prepare to hoist into place a 115,- research projects. The
000-pound steam turbine as part of a $2,- turbine are expected to
300,000 expansion of the A&M University this summer.
Power Plant. More electricity is needed for
new generator and
be in operation late
A young Army couple whose last
thought was to make A&M Uni
versity history Saturday became
the first man and wife to receive
degrees from A&M.
Capt. Henry H. Covington III,
a West Pointer, received the
Master of Engineering degree.
Mrs. Covington, a graduate of
Auburn University, received the
Master of Education degree.
Mrs. Covington made all “A’s”
in her graduate studies and her
husband was admitted to Chi
Epsilon, national honorary scho
lastic fraternity for civil engineers.
“We’ve enjoyed the year here in
such a friendly atmosphere,” the
Covingtons said of A&M and the
Bryan-College Station area.
The captain enlisted in the Army
in 1953 and entered West Point
two years later, graduating in
1959. He qualified as a ranger
and a paratrooper and served a
tour in Korea.
senior, reported. He added, how
ever, that the June campaign is
the most critical.
The conference, held at A&M
since 1954, attracts government
officials, congressmen, ambassa
dors, business leaders and others
of national prominence.
In addition, 150 students from 70
colleges throughout the United
States, Mexico and Canada attend
the four-day session, Tisdale added.
Teams of A&M students will
visit Houston, San Antonio, Dallas,
Fort Worth, Corpus Christi, Tyler,
Longview, Bryan-College Station,
New Orleans, Waco and Abilene.
Other students, meanwhile, are
in the process of securing speakers
and making detailed arrangements.
This year’s theme is “Challenge to
the Americas . . . Pan American
Trends: Promise or Threat?”
Funds will be used to feed and
house student delegates and speak
ers, to pay partial transportation
costs and to meet other expenses.
“The conference is planned to
provide a serious exchange of ideas
among students to help promote
a generation of responsible leaders
in international affairs,” Tisdale
said.
“We don’t meet to solve prob
lems of foreign policy,” he added,
“but rather to become aware of
the complexities of the United
States’ foreign policy.”
The conference is entirely stu
dent-managed.
“FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE”
J. Gorden Gay, General Secretary of the YMCA is presented
a silver serving set by David Anderson, president of the
Class of 64. Gay was cited for his outstanding service to
Aggies and to Texas A&M.