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Volume 61 Cbc Battalion <H COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1964 Number 70 New Underpass Awaits County Nod Rudder, Athletic Council Praise Foldberg, Teams Group Wants Hank For Long Tenure Athletic Director Hank Foldberg has drawn praise from President Earl Rudder and the A&M Athletic Council for improving the university’s athletic teams and facilities. President Rudder expressed hope of having Foldberg and his present coaching staff continue as an integral phase of the A&M family for years to come. He cited the long tenure—25 years—and record of Coach Jess Neely of Rice University, the dean of Southwest Conference football coach es, “as an example of the stable athletic program for which ♦'A&M strives.” The high praise for the YMCA Starts ’64 With Feed; 50 To Attend The YMCA, almost as old as A&M, formally begins a new year Monday with at least 50 Aggies expected for a supper followed by a program on campus life. The weekly series in only one aspect of the “Y’s” broad range of programs and services and some events will draw 300 students, J. Gordon Gay, general secretary, said. The early history of the Aggies’ “Y” apparently is lost but it dates back 75 years or more to the meeting of a small group of students in a dormitory room. Not until 1912 did the organization have the start of a building of its own. “I’ve got 15 cords of wood in this building,” an old Aggie once told Gay. The man explained that as a student he pledged $15 to ward construction of the YMCA Building and he made the money by cutting 15 cords of mesquite at $1 a cord. A sizable grant from the Rockefeller Foundation was necessary to augment the gifts of Aggies of earlier genera tions for completion of the build ing which eventually had a base ment swimming pool and three floors. “The program has evolved and expanded through the years but its ideals and objectives remain essentially the same,” Gay said. “This is to supplement and en rich academic life with spiritual and religious values.” Student leadership is stressed. A&M had the largest number of visiting representatives — 22 stu dents — of any school at the re cent National Student YMCA con ference at the University of Illi nois. YMCA Officers for 1964-65 are Don E. Warren of Uvalde, presi dent; Edwin H. Carpenter of Tyler, vice president; Louis K. Obdyke of San Antonio, secretary; David F. Gardner of Waco, treasurer; William W. Mason of Liberty, sen ior representative; Irving M. Dietz III of Corpus Christi, program chairman, and David E. Graham of Bay City, publicity chairman. accomplishments of Foldberg followed a meeting of the Athletic Council with Rudder this week. Dr. Chris Gorneman, chairman of the Athletic Council, pointed proudly to the glowing achieve ments of Aggie athletic teams dur ing the past year. “The Aggies won SWC cham pionships in basketball and base ball,” he reminded. “It was the first time in 40 years that the Ag gies won the outright crown in SWC basketball. And our fresh man football team captured the unofficial SWC title. “Randy Matson, the fine fresh man from Pampa, has garnered worldwide attention on himself and A&M with his achievements in put ting the shot. He is the youngest of five Texans to win berths on the United States Olympic Team,” Groneman continued. Aggie athletic fortunes are look ing up,” President Rudder ob served. “in addition to the many achievements of the past year, we! are particularly pleased with the efforts of Athletic Director Fold berg in providing modern and im proved facilities. Through Coach Foldberg’s direction a Lettermen’s Lounge is nearing completion in G. Rollie White Coliseum. It will be dedicated to the achievements of lettermen over the years.” “Coach Foldberg deserves spec ial commendation because the Let termen’s Lounge and patio are being built largely with funds con tributed by interested alumni,” Rudder noted. Groneman said prospects look great for possible repeats in bask etball and baseball championships this school year. “Aggie football prospects are greater than ever with a nucleus of lettermen bolstered by excellent sophomore prospects from the splendid freshman team of 1963,” he said. “We would like to point out that this is the first season in which Coach Foldberg will have a football team made up largely of players recruited by him. “Our golf teams have been ra ther consistent champions, losing only one championship in the past five years,” Groneman continued. “Tennis has mushroomed toward success at A&M, evolving from a low ebb. First Bonfire Log Secured Batt Axes The Batt staffers donned wood-chopping duds Thursday afternoon, picked up two axes from J. E. Loupot and scooped the rest of the campus to a much valued prize . . . the first log for the 1964 bonfire. Left to Chop Wood right are Tex Rogers, Mike Reynolds, Clovis McCallister, Jerry Cooper and Glenn Drom- goole. The last man is Ham McQueen, editor of The Agriculturist. Our editor had to take the picture. ALONG THE CAMPAIGN TRAILS i roldwater Invades Texas, Humphrey Continues Tour By The Associated Press Sen. Barry Goldwater invaded President Johnson’s home state of Texas Friday, with an airport speech at Longview. Goldwater was introduced by Martin Dies Sr., former chairman of the House Un-American Acti vities Committee. Traveling with the Goldwater party is Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, who this week renounced the Demo cratic Party and became what he called a ’’Goldwater Republican.” Sen. Barry Goldwater Charged Thursday night that President Hot Water Supply Expected Tuesday Workmen are pushing projects necessary to provide the hot water supply for two newly oc cupied dormitories, 19 and 22, Howard Badgett said earlier this week. He expects the dormitories to have hot water “Tuesday some time.” Badgett heads the uni versity’s Office of Physical Plant. The World at a Glance By The Associated Press International MOSCOW—Premier Khrushchev denied Thurs day that he had told a Japanese parliamentary group that the Soviet Union had a terrible new weapon which could annihilate mankind. He said his remarks, which set off a furor around the world, had been distorted in translation from Russian to Japanese to other languages. ★ ★ ★ BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa—South Africa announced Thursday that legal practice will be barred to any Communist lawyers and that no Com munist will be permitted to teach in the country’s universities. ★ ★ ★ UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.—Casting a veto Thursday, the first in more than a year, the Soviet Union killed a Security Council resolution deplor ing the landing Sept. 2 of Indonesia-based para troops in Malaysia. ★ ★ ★ GENEVA, Switzerland—Unable to make any progress on East-West differences the 17-nation disarmament conference in Geneva Thursday re cessed for five months. In the interim, the dis armament debate will shift to the U. N. General Assembly opening Nov. 10. National BOSTON—The Hearst newspapers, in an edi torial in the Boston Record American signed by publisher William Randolph Hearst Jr., Thursday endorsed President Lyndon B. Johnson for the presidency. ★ ★ ★ NEW YORK—Editor and Publisher reported Thursday that Sen. Barry Goldwater is leading President Johnson, 241-222, in a poll of daily news papers that have announced their support. ★ ★ ★ SACRAMENTO, Calif.—President Johnson dis closed Thursday the United States is able to spot missiles beyond the curve of the earth and also destroy bomb-carrying satellites in space. Texas HOUSTON—Astronaut Scott Carpenter, the second U. S. spaceman to make an orbital flight, was given what space officials termed a “conva lescent assignment” Thursday. ★ ★ ★ HOUSTON—Sen. John Tower, R.-Tex., said Thursday he is happy to welcome Sen. Strom Thur mond, D.-S. C., to the Republican party. Johnson is trying to cover up the Bobby Baker case and anything else that might embarrass his Democratic administration with “tidal waves of whitewash.” Earlier in the day, in a televi sion interview in Raleigh, N. C., Goldwater touched on the civil rights issue for the first time since coming South in the cam paign. Republican Rep. William E. Miller declared Thursday that De mocratic President Johnson’s re peated appeals for national unity are an attempt to cut off partisan campaign debate and point toward one-party rule. He added in a speech in tradi tionally Democratic Dubuque that Soviet Premier Khrushchev’s new weapon makes the election of Sen. Barry Goldwater as president im perative. Miller said the Communists know that Goldwater “will not retreat or appease.” Hubert H. Humphrey carried the LBJ campaign to the heart of Texas — the Alamo — Thursday night and ran into a pro-Gold- water demonstration. The group of demonstrators stood at the back of a large ral ly outside the Alamo, called the cradle of Texas liberty, and held aloft signs and a large banner Civil Rights Section Hit By The Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—A three- judge federal panel, expressing concern over spreading congres sional powers, struck down Thurs day a section of the Civil Rights Act as applied to a Birmingham restaurant. The judges referred specifical ly to interstate commerce in is suing a temporary restraining or der preventing Acting U. S. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach from enforcing the public accommoda tions section of the law against Ollie’s Barbecue. Restricting its ruling to the Birmingham restaurant, the panel held that Congress violated the Fifth Amendment in applying the accommodations section against Ol lie’s. boosting Sen. Barry Goldwater, the Republican presidential nominee. Humphrey was almost mobbed by a large crowd of supporters waving signs and shouting as his motorcade arrived at the Alamo. Humphrey declared, “I would like in some little way to help President Johnson carry a torch of enlightenment for the young people of America.” Earlier, Humphrey addressed an estimated 5,000 to 7,000 persons jammed in a shopping center ar cade in Waco. B&UEmploye Inks Professional Story An article by Vergil B. Clark of the Buildings and Utilties De partment appears in the latest issue of a professional publica tion. Clark is assistant super intendent for maintenance. His article entitled “Employee Performance” appears in the “Monthly Newsletter” of the Na tional Association of Physical Plant Administrators. City Council Votes 5-2 For Proposal By CLOVIS McCALLISTER Night News Editor The construction of a railroad underpass on Farm to Market Road 60 at College Station moved closer toward acceptance Thursday as the College Station City Council voted 5-2 in favor of the measure. The afternoon meeting was scheduled to see if the City of College Station would purchase the property needed for the facilities. A June announcement from the Texas Highway Depart ment said that the Interstate Commerce Commission had approved joint operation of-* the Southern Pacific and Missouri Pacific Railroads from a point adjacent to the Bryan Golf Course to Nava- sota, enabling the underpass con struction. The city council action moved the proposal to Brazos County officials. The Brazos County Com missioners Court will meet Tues day to discuss and act on acquiring the land needed. Of the six city council men and Mayor Ernest Langford that voted, A. P. Boyett and A. L. Rosprim cast the two dissenting votes a reliable source said. Those voting for the proposal were T. R. Hol man, J. A. Orr, O. M. Holt, Robert Rhodes and Ernest Langford. Cost of the right of way will be shared between the City of College Station and Brazos Coun ty. C. B. Thames, District Engineer in Bryan, said in June that the ICC action enabled the State to proceed with the construction operations on the estimated $770,- 000 project as soon as the right of way is ecquired, cleared of ob struction and utility adjustments completed. The program provides for the installation of railroad signals and rearrangement of certain tracks to provide joint operation with the railroad embankment approximate ly nine feet high and the con struction on the underpass struc ture. The project includes an over pass for FM-2154 with related circular connecting ramps to FM 60 which will go under the rail road tracks. Before state opera tions begin, the railroad consoli dation must be completed. It is estimated to be six to nine months before the state will be able to begin work on the operation. Action by the railroads should begin short ly after action is taken by the Commissioners Court.. Traffic will be routed around the area when construction begins because of the installation of two bridges and the connecting road ways. Discussion on the present over pass located at the far west end of North Gate began in the 1940’s. Student Senate Relations Seat Filled By Lee By MIKE REYNOLDS Day News Editor Bob Lee, senior representative from the College of Engineering was elected by the Student Senate Thursday night to fill the post of public relations chairman vacat ed by Eugene Gregory. The Senate also served notice to the Election Commission that a general election must be held before the next scheduled Senate meeting to fill the positions of recording secretary vacated by J. Donald Bowen, a sophomore rep resentative from the College of Agriculture as well as the post vacated by Lee. The election will be held Sept. 29. Filing for the position vacated by Lee and for recording secretary, which must come from the sopho more class opened Friday morning and closes Sept. 25. Filing for the College of Agriculture posi tion was held last spring, but due to a mistake in the preparation of the voting machines, were left out of the election. Debate filled the Senate cham bers minutes earlier resulting from the fact that Hale Burr represent ed both the Corps, as Deputy Corps Commander, and the Senior Class as their president. Nearly everyone present agreed with Jay Jaynes, Student Issues chairman when he said, “I believe that the position rates the vote, not the man. Burr should occupy one office and another man should fill the other.” A motion was then passed au thorizing senior class vice presi dent Mario Macaluso to fill the position for the senior class. Allen and Bill Altmen, student welfare chairman, reported earlier in the meeting that a revision of the constitution had been pre pared and will be presented to the Senate for passage at the next meeting. Anybody Know How To Build A Bridge Poor drainage resulting from construction in can be heard whispering under their the Old Area has caused a small lake in breaths. “What is the use shining our shoes front of Sbisa Dining Hall. Many freshmen if we have to use them for water skis.?”