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Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1964
Number 56
Board Approves Changes
During Weekend Meeting
New Dorms Near Completion
Construction of air-conditioned dorms for grossing- rapidly. When completed the new
2,120 students is on schedule, and the major dormitories will be the most modern student
renovation of four older dormitories is pro- facilities on campus.
College Station Group Sets
July 4th Community Picnic
City Hall Reminds
Local Residents
Fireworks Illegal
College Station City Hall has
issued a reminder to residents that
an ordinance prohibits the sale,
offering for sale, exploding, stor
ing or having possession of com
bustible fireworks without specific
authority of the City Council.
Ordinance No. 252 states that
it is unlawful for any person, firm,
association or corporation to sell,
offer for sale, explode, store, or
posses foreworks within the corpo
rate limits of the City of College
Station.
The city council may grant to
any person, firm, association or
corporation, the right to explode,
store and have in their possession
combustible fireworks, to be used
at public gatherings providing the
exploding, storing and possession
of same are supervised by proper
authorities, and provided further
that the city is not held in any
way responsible for any negligence,
accidents or damages as a result of
the exploding, storing or posses
sion of the fireworks.
Any person, firm, association or
corporation that shall be found
guilty of violating any portion of
this ordinance shall be fined not
less than ten dollars nor more than
one hundred dollars.
College Station’s July 4th com
munity picnic will feature a greater
and more impressive display of
fireworks than ever before, accord
ing to Taylor Reidel, project chair
man. The event, sponsored annually
by the College Station Recreation
Council, will again be held in A&M
Consolidated Tiger Stadium.
Liberal servings of fireworks,
Americanism, and chicken bar-b-
que are on tap for the College
Station July 4th community picnic,
Saturday afternoon and evening.
The event will feature 50 per cent
more fireworks than before, ac
cording to Taylor Riedel, project
chairman. Cilmax of the display
will be firing a giant American
flag made of glowing fireworks.
Barbecue chicken will be dis
pensed by the College Station Lions
Club, starting at 5:00 p.m. Bar
becue plates are $1.25 for adults
and .75 for children under ten, and
will include drink and desert, ac
cording to C. F. Ryan and C. F.
Meincke, Lions Club general chair
men. Lions will also man other
concession and general carnival
booths, and will provide games and
contests during the afternoon prior
to the program.
The fireworks display, which will
begin at approximately 8:00 p.m.,
will be proceeded by a brief pro
gram on the theme of American
ism. “Last years display attracted
an estimated 5,000 people,” chair
man Riedel said, “including hun
dreds in cars parked along the
Advisor Robert Murray Jr.
Reported In Safe Condition
Robert O. Murray Jr., Civilian
Student Counselor, suffered a heart
attack Saturday and was subse
quently hospitalized in St Joseph’s
hospital in Bryan.
Latest reports from the hospital
indicate that Murray is in a “safe”
condition and resting comfortably.
Murray is a well known figure
around the A&M campus, having
devoted himself to student welfare
and counseling.
During the
years, he has
strived to inspire
the civilian stu
dents at A&M
I with the respon-
j sibility of student
government. In
that capacity he
was advisor to
the Civilian Stu-
MURRAY dent Council.
As an indication of his efforts,
the civilian students in the Spring
semester of ’64 camaigned vigor
ously enough to capture the ma
jority of elected positions on the
Student Senate, the official student
government.
In addition to his position as
Civilian Student Counselor, Mur
ray is a member of the Scholastic
and Loan Committees. He was also
partially responsible for the form
ing of the Student Senate at A&M
in 1948.
Murray graduated from A&M in
1942, went to the European Theatre
of the war, and emerged as a
Captian of Infantry. He was
wounded critically and returned to
the States for convalescence.
Upon recuperation, he returned
to A&M in the capacity of student
advisor. He is married to Juanita
Murray.
He is presently vice-president of
the Brazos County A&M Club.
approaching streets. We expect an
equally large turnout this year.”
All activities are held in the
A&M Consolidated Tiger stadium.
A number of significant organizational changes at A&M
University were approved by the Board of Directors of The
Texas A&M University meeting Saturday.
The Texas Commission on Higher Education will be
formally asked to approve the creation of a new Department
of Philosophy and Humanities within the framework of the
College of Arts and Sciences. The new department is in
tended to perform in a supporting role to other curricula, and
a degree program is not contemplated at this time. The new
department would be assigned responsibility for those courses
designated as “liberal arts” which do not now have a depart-
partment identity.
Final Exam Schedule Set
First Term, Thursday - Friday, July 9-10, 1964
Date and Hour Series
July 9, Thurs, 7 p. m Classes Meeting 1-2:30
July 10, Friday, 7 a. m Classes Meeting 7-8:30
July 10, Friday, 10 a. m Classes Meeting 9-10:30
July 10, Friday, 2 p. m Classes Meeting 11-12:30
Deadlines Set 1
For GRE, Grads
A&M University students who
will complete degree requirements
this summer must file their degree
application with the registrar by
5 p.m. July 20, Assistant Regis
trar Luther Harrison announced.
Candidates who plan to take the
graduate record examination dur
ing the second term have another
deadline to remember, Harrison
said. Registration for the exami
nation will be conducted between
July 13 and July 20.
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Counseling and Testing Office
has announced that the next insti
tutional Graduate Record Exami
nation will be held Aug. 8.
Graduate students may register
The Board has also requested
the TCHE to approve the estab
lishment of a new School of Nat
ural Bio-Sciences in the College
of Agriculture. The new school
would be composed of the Depart
ments of Forestry Science, Recrea
tion and Parks, Range Science and
Wildlife Science. The school would
offer the following degree pro
grams: Bachelors and Masters of
Science and Doctorates of Philos
ophy in Forestry Science, Range
Science and Wildlife Science, and
Bachelors and Masters of Science
in Recreation and Parks.
The request asks that this school
and the degree programs be au
thorized effective Sept. 1, 1965.
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Pinky Announces
A total of 5366 visitors were on
the A&M University campus dur
ing June, P. L. Downs, Jr., official
greeter of the university an
nounced.
The visitors attended 25 short
courses, conferences, class reunions
and other educational meetings. A
total of 929,574 campus visitors
have been recorded since June 1,
1949, Downs pointed out. They
spent $19,521,054 he estimated.
Administrative Changes Made;
Department Heads Announced
The following administrative
changes were approved by the
Board of Directors at their June
27 meeting.
Dr. J. Autry Dabbs was named
Professor and Head of the De
partment of Modern Languages on
recommendation of Dean of Arts
and Sciences, Dr. F. W. R. Hubert.
Dabbs will replace Prof. J. J. Wool-
ket on Sept. 1, when Woolket re
turns to full time teaching.
A resolution of the Board of
Directors, adopted at the meeting,
praised Woolket highly for his
long and valuable service to the
University.
Dr. Charles H. Sampson was ap
pointed Professor of Civil Engi
neering and head of the Depart
ment of Civil Engineering on rec
ommendation of Dean of Engineer
ing Fred J. Benson.
Sampson will replace Dr. S. R.
Wright, who has asked to be re
lieved of his administrative duties
Drivers Warned
During Holiday
Of Traffic,
W eekend
The director of the Texas De
partment of Public Safety today
described the traffic situation in
Texas as “critical” at mid-year and
appealed to all motorists to make
the July 4 holiday weekend the
turning point away from a two-
year upward trend in fatal traffic
accidents.
Col. Homer Garrison Jr. an
nounced that “Operation Motor-
cide” will be in effect from 12:01
a.m. Friday through 11:59 p.m.
Sunday, in an effort to focus pub
lic attention on the added hazards
of holiday road travel and at the
same time bring about continued
safety consciousness among all
drivers. During this three-day pe
riod, the DPS estimates that 32
persons will be killed in Texas
traffic.
As part of this program, he said,
additional patrolmen from the
DPS License and Weight and Mo
tor Vehicle Inspection Services will
join the regular Highway Patrol
force for the three-day holiday pe
riod.
Garrison added that numerous
agencies, organizations and indi--
viduals will take part in “Opera
tion Motorcide” in a coordinated
attack on traffic accidents. For
example, he said the Texas Safety
Association will conduct a public
information program stressing the
need for courtesy and caution on
a statewide basis and coordinate
local safety council holiday safety
emphasis programs. The Texas
Council of Safety Supervisors and
the Texas Motor Transportation
Association will conduct a “Holi
day Road Patrol” in which a fleet
of 35 to 40 cars will be used over
the state to assist stranded motor
ists and thus help to relieve high
way patrolmen for more enforce
ment work. And the State High
way Department will conduct a
continuing information and educa
tion program instructing drivers
on freeway driving and the need
for caution near construction areas.
“And we know we can count on
the press, radio and television, as
always, to carry the message of
safety to the public and thereby
make a wonderful contribution to
the program,” he said.
In a mid-year summary of the
traffic situation in Texas, Garri
son stressed that fatal accidents on
the streets and highways are up
about 14 per cent over 1963—which
was the worst year in history for
Texas traffic with 2,729 fatalities.
“If this trend continues through
the rest of this year, traffic deaths
will go over 3,000,” he said. “We
must break this trend toward ever-
increasing fatal accidents which
seems to have set in almost exact
ly two years ago. To do so, we
must have public awareness of this
dangerous situation and the full
cooperation of everyone in saving
lives and cutting down on injuries
and economic loss.”
Garrison said a study of the
present situation shows that the
increase in fatal accidents has been
in the cities and towns as well as
on the open highways. A recent
report shows that 445 fatal crashes
occurred in cities and towns so far
this year, compared to 363 for the
same period last year. The same
report shows that a total of 524
rural fatal accidents have occurred
this year, compared to 480 for the
same period in 1963.
in order that he may return to
teaching.
Sampson has served as Profes
sor of Civil Engineering and Aero
space Engineering since Sept. 1960,
and is recognized as one of the
outstanding experts in structural
engineering.
Harry E. Whitmore, head of the
Space Technology Division of the
Engineering Experiment Station,
was named Assistant Director of
the station on recommendation of
Dean Fred J. Benson, director.
DR. J. A. DABBS
for the exam July 13 through July
20 on the second floor of the Rich
ard Coke Building.
Cost of the institutional exam is
12 dollars.
Seniors must come by Counsel
ing and Testing to sign for the
taking of the exam.
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The Housing Office has an
nounced that students now in
school who will attend the second
term of summer school should re
port to the Housing Office and
sign up for rooms according to the
following schedule: Monday, July
6th through Wednesday, July 8th:
Students who wish to reserve the
room they now occupy; Students
who bring a room change from the
Housemaster of the dormitory con
cerned for a room other than the
one they now occupy. Thursday,
July 9th until 10:00 a.m., July
11th: All students who have not
signed for rooms in accordance
with the above. They may sign up
for rooms on a first come, first
served basis, beginning July 9th.
Students who have a $20.00 room
deposit on file will not have to pay
any additional fees t o reserve
rooms. Other students must pay
the $20.00 deposit in order to re
serve rooms.
Students who reserve rooms for
the second term but later cancel or
do not register will forfeit their
$20.00 room deposit.
Single undergraduate students
are required to live on the campus
unless they live with near kin. Ex
ceptions will not be made except
for very unusual circumstances.
Students who have reasons which
are an exception to this policy
must file a request for a day stu
dent permit with the Student Af
fairs Office, unless they have al
ready been cleared to be a day stu
dent during the First Term of
Summer School.
Students who are eligible for a
day student permit, including stu
dents living in University apart
ments and others who are day stu
dents at the present time, are
strongly urged to secure their per
mits early in orde^ to save time
for all concerned at registration on
July 13th. Permits can be secured
at the Housing Office until noon,
July 11th. After that, they must
be secured in the process of regis
tration at Sbisa Hall.
Security Officers Attend Conference
Ed E. Powell, chief of campus
security, and C. E. Bolton, assistant
chief of police, at A&M University
were among 73 officials who at
tended the sixth annual conference
of the National Association of
College and University Traffic and
Security Directors June 24-26 at
the University of Kansas.
The officials, who represented
about 70 schools, heard lectures
and panel discussions on common
problems. Special attention was
given to improving communications
within a university or college
situation.
Special events included a demon
stration of police dogs and methods
of training, by the Topeka, Kan.,
Police Dept.
NSF Coeds Say Aggies Are Friendly,
Laud Grove Movies, Like A&M Life
“It’s like having a million dol
lars in a candy store,” one coed
says about being a student at A&M
University.
There are five high school girls
and six college women residing in
Ramp C of Walton Hall for the
first term of summer school. They
are attending the National Science
Foundation sessions.
Gayle Riley, student from Aus
tin whose father is an Aggie Ex,
said that the stress is placed on
academics but on weekends the
coeds plan parties.
Miss Riley said that the Aggies
are real friendly. She added that
some of the Ags are a little too
friendly. “All during the day and
night, Aggies drive by and make
friendly noises—Whaaa, whaaa.”
The coeds were told that the
grove movies would be a little old,
but one coed said they are newer
than those shown in a town 90
miles west of the Brazos. She said
that a girl gets used to the un
motivated, unbiased noises during
the movies.
Another coed said that Aggies
were different and that most of the
visiting students wished they could
become Aggies. She added, “I see
why A&M kept girls out so long—
they wanted to keep all the fun to
themselves.”
How about the staring of pass
ing male Aggies ?
“Some just drive straight down
the street, never turning their
heads toward the dorm. But, one
coed explained, several are look
ing in the car mirror which is
turned toward the dorm.
“We are just waiting for some
Aggie to wrap his car around a
tree,” one coed said.
Miss Liz Berner, NSF student
from Houston, said that quite a
few Aggies visit the girls at the
dorm.
One innocent Ag came rushing
into the dorm and was half way
up to the second floor before he
thought of the sign at the entrance
which said “Ladies Only.” He
backed out slowly and asked a
coed “since when” and left.
“SINCE WHEN-
Left to right, John Hime from Dicke- ner from Houston and Tom Regmund from
son, Peggy Tyler from Beaumont, Liz Ber- Corpus Christi.