Che Battalion
Texas
A&M
University
Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1964
Number 73
Sellout Expected For UofH Clash
Open Letter
To 12th Man
The Twelfth Man
Texas A&M University-
College Station, Texas
If the Spirit at Yell Practice is any indication of the turn
out for the U of H game, then I’ll be expecting about 3,000 to
4,000 Aggies at the game in Houston. I understand that
2,400 tickets had been sold by Tuesday night.
There is no reason why Aggies shouldn’t be able to go.
I think that a great deal of thanks should be given to our
new Commandant, Col. Lee, and his staff for permitting drill
to be held during the week to allow the Cadet Corps to make
the trip to Houston. And with the good showing by the civil
ians at Yell Practice and their participation in the LSU game,
the figure could press 5,000.
I do want to thank the civilians who have been coming to
Yell Practice and want to encourage the rest to come and
partake in one of our great Aggie Traditions.
As far as the LSU game goes, I’ve never seen the Aggies
I play a better opening game—and they did it against the best
LSU team since Billy Cannon.
There is no doubt that we outplayed them and the team
knows it. But what thrills me the most is to know that they
| came back and worked out on their own Sunday morning
J ironing out their mistakes. But equally as thrilling was the
; ; fact that the Twelfth Man came back at Yell Practice with
las much Spirit as I’ve seen in my three years at A&M.
S With the combined Spirit of the classes of ’65-’68, both
\' jin the Twelfth Man and on the team, there is no doubt in my
mind as to the outcome of the Cougar Hi game Friday night.
Frank Cox, ’65
Head Yell Leader
Yell Practice Sets
Mood For Weekend
By MIKE REYNOLDS
Day News Editor
With a surprise Midnight Yell Practice to add impetous,
the spirit on the A&M campus shifted into high gear Wed
nesday night and began rolling down hill toward an un-of
ficial Corps Trip to Houston and a predicted victory over
the University of Houston at 8 p. m. Friday.
A line of students still meandered in front of G. Rollie
White Coliseum at 5 p. m. when tickets went off sale. Ath
letic Department officials estimated between 2,400 and 3,000
student and date tickets had been sold for the Jeppesen
Stadium event. ♦
Ted Nance, UH sports publicity
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COUGAR GRAVEYARD
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Grad College Shows Enrollment Gain
19 Per Cent Rise Over Last Year
Enrollment in the Graduate
College totals 1,439, or a gain of
19 per cent over the comparable
figure for a year ago, Graduate
Dean Wayne C. Hall announced
Wednesday. The previous rec
ord was 1,258 students last
spring.
Total university enrollment is
more than 8,200 students.
“In addition to the 1,439 on-
campus students we have four
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CAMPAIGN TRAILS
Barry Hits LBJ,
Communist Dealing
By The Associated Press
Sen. Barry Goldwater said Wednesday night that when
it came to dealing with communism, President Johnson and
his advisers “have a wishbone where they need a backbone.”
In a day of campaigning in the Fort Worth-Dallas area,
the Republican presidential nominee also accused the Demo
cratic administration of playing politics with defense con
tracts and using income tax returns to apply pressure for
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campaign support.
President Johnson said Wednes
day the American way of life is
under attack in this election year
by “reckless and rejected ex
tremes” which “bid for power over
your lives and the lives of your
children.”
Johnson addressed a confetti
tossing audience of labor union
members and said that those
ho love America “must go forth
to save it.”
Rep. William E. Miller said
Southerners no longer at home in
the Democratic party and North
ern big-city voters “sick and tired”
of corruption and street violence
will give the Republicans victory
this November.
An added ingredient, Miller said,
will be the “money, muscle and
enthusiasm” provided by followers
of Sen. Barry Goldwater, the GOP
presidential nominee.
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey chid
ed Sen. Barry Goldwater Wednes
day for not speaking out against
the John Birch Society during
Goldwater’s appearance on televi
sion with former President Dwight
D. Eisenhower. The society has
attacked Eisenhower.
SCONA Members
Will Meet Monday
Student leaders in the 10th
annual Student Conference on
National Affairs will meet after
yell practice Monday night in
the Memorial Student Center
Ballroom.
According to Garry Tisdale,
SCONA chairman, all old and
new members should be present
as “this is a very important
meeting.”
Theme for this year’s confer
ence is “Pan American Trends:
Promise or Threat?” About
812,500 of the budgeted $19,000
has been raised.
Academy Gets
Repair Funds
For 1st Vessel
The federal government recently
came up with $250,000 for the
renovation of the 453-foot-long ship
Alcoa Clipper, A&M University
Maritime Academy’s newly acquir
ed training ship, according to J. H.
Allen of the academy.
Bids for the job will be sub
mitted by several ship yards. Work
on the vessel will be completed by
January and academy instructors
and senior students will transport
it to Galveston, home of the
academy.
The Alcoa Clipper, now idly
floating in the mothball fleet at
Mobile, Ala., will for the first time
enable the maHtime cadets to
operate a seagoing vessel during
a summer cruise. Last summer
they shared a training ship with
the Maine Maritime Academy.
This summer’s cruise will take
the cadets from Galveston to Hali
fax, Nova Scotia; Oslo, Norway;
Goteborg, Sweden; Copenhagen,
Denmark; Edinburgh, Scotland,
and New York City.
The Alcoa Clipper, formerly
operated by the Alcoa Steam Ship
Co. in New York, is a passenger-
cargo vessel with a displacement
of 15,215 tons when fully loaded.
Built by the Oregon Ship Build
ing Co. in Portland, Ore., in 1946,
it cruises at a speed of 17.5 knots.
About 100 cadets and instructors
are expected to make the voyage
this summer.
Loaned to the A&M academy by
the U. S. Maritime Administration,
the Alcoa Clipper will cost the
university only operation and
maintenance costs.
graduate off-campus courses,”
Hall said. Enrollment totals 114
for these courses at Brenham
(education), Corpus Christi
(chemical engineering). Temple
(oceanography) and Victoria
(meteorology).
Greater recognition for grad
uate programs, new programs and
strengthening of the graduate
faculty were among the reasons
given for A&M’s increasing grad
uate enrollment.
A year ago there were 1,211
graduate students. In 1960, 688
registered and in 1950 the total
was 553.
Hall said the College of Arts
and Sciences has the largest
number of graduate students,
545, but that the College of Agri
culture has the most doctoral stu
dents, 162. The College of Arts
and Sciences accounts for 47 per
cent of the graduate enrollment,
the College of Engineering with
429 graduate-students accounts
for 29 per cent of the total; agri
culture has 405 students or 28 per
cent and the College of Veteri
nary Medicine has 43 students or
4 per cent. The developing
Graduate Institute of Statistics
lists 30 graduate students.
“The trends by colleges reflect
the national trends,” Hall said.
The new PhD program in edu
cation has four students and the
new PhD program in agricul
tural engineering has two en-
rollees.
The College of Arts and Sci
ences graduate enrollment is con
centrated in the education, ocean
ography and meteorology, phy
sics, chemistry and biology de
partments.
Cviil engineering leads in grad
uate enrollment among the engi
neers. Other departments with
heavy enrollment include com
puter science, industrial educa
tion and mechanical engineering.
College of Agriculture depart
ments include soil and crop sci
ences, agricultural economics and
sociology, and biochemistry and
nutrition.
director, reported that only end-
zone and reserved box seats re
mained for sale on the Cougar
Hi campus and in Houston.
“Those tickets that y’all will be
sending back down here will proba
bly be the best seats in the house
on the fifty yard line, and they
will be placed on sale at the full
price as soon as they arrive,” said
Nance.
Frank Cox, head Yell Leader
sug-gested that any student still
wishing to attend the game that
had not secured his ticket, should
call a friend in Houston and ask
them to buy one.
Aggie seats at the game stretch
from the 40 yard line to the goal
on the field house end of the
stadium’s west side. Aggies and
their dates are urged to enter and
leave the stadium by either gate
1, 3 or 4.
“They should park in the lot
bounded by Scott and Wheeler
Streets,” said Nance.
See picture, page 5
Cox expressed thanks to mem
bers of Squadron 2 for forming a
shell around the band to protect
it, and to the members of the
Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band itself
for the great success of the spon
taneous Yell Practice.
“It was just like going over
to Kyle Field as a freshman and
getting that Aggie Spirit all over
again,” was the idea expressed by
one Corps senior.
“With combined efforts like this,
I don’t see how we can be stopped,”
added Cox.
Berndt Quits
A&M Position
As Controller
A&M University Controller
Walter F. Berndt Wednesday sub
mitted his resignation, effective at
a date “to be announced.” He did
not tell his future plans.
Director of Business Affairs
Tom D. Cherry described Berndt
as “a valuable and devoted em
ployee of the university” and ex
pressed regret “at the loss of his
service.”
“We hope to be able to announce
his successor in the very near
future,” Cherry said.
Berndt has served for 12 years
on the fiscal staff which handles
the accounting and financial mat
ters not only for the university
and its auxiliary enterprises but
also for A&M System offices
located on campus. After eight
years as auditor, he was named
controller in 1963.
Berndt is a native of Caldwell
who joined Texaco following grad
uation from the University of
Texas in 1938. He served as a
naval officer during World War II
and then returned to Texaco. Later
he was named chief accountant of
the Hogg Oil Co. In 1953 he re
ceived the Certified Public Ac
countant’s Certificate.
A Worthwhile Project
J. E. McGuire, chairman of the Bryan-College Station Ki-
wanis Club’s vocational guidance committee, presents a
check to E. Pat Ozment, right, principal of A&M Consoli
dated High School, for the school’s vocational guidance
fund. Club president Isaac Peters looks on. The $161.80
was raised from club dues, an ice cream smorgasbord and
a pancake supper.
Rhodes Grants Available
Students interested in applying
for study aboard under the
Rhodes Scholarships should con
tact Dr. Richard H. Ballinger,
professor of English, in Room
302-C in the Academic Building
prior to Oct. 9.
To be eligible a candidate must
be a male citizen of the United
States, with at least five years’
domicile, and unmarried; be be
tween the ages of 18 and 24 on
Oct. 1, 1964; be of junior stand
ing at some recognized degree
granting college or university in
the United States, and receive
official endorsement of his col
lege or university.
A Rhodes Scholarship is for
feited by marriage after election,
or during a scholar’s first year
of residence.
Two former Aggies have been
recipients of Rhodes Scholar
ships. Charles Wright Thomas,
’22, who received a B. S. in chem
ical engineering, studied English
at Oxford. He is a former head
of the Department of English at
New York State Teachers’ Col
lege in Courtland.
Europe Trip
Outlined By
For Students
Swiss Agency
Summer travel in Europe for
college students for less than
$100 ? That’s right. Three
months abroad for less than the
cost of a college tuition.
The International Travel Estab-
lihsment of Vaduz, Liechtenstein,
Switzerland, can guarantee, pro
viding the information offered by
ITE is followed by the students,
travel in Europe for less than
$100.
ITE has outlined a plan where
any college student can work
in Europe and have leisure time
for regular travel in most of the
European countries.
The plan calls for the student
to join a charter flight from New
York to London and haxe ap
proximately $185 on hand for in
dividual expenses and the ITE
search fee. The total expenses
will run about $440.
But, after a student gets a
job, his take home pay will be
approximately $125 a month
after deductions and room and
board. With this amount saved,
a student could make the three-
month trip for a cost of only $65.
ITE will provide any college
student in America who wishes
to go to Europe with a job op
portunity in the summer — this
opportunity is paid for in the job
search fee.
Job selections can be made in
industry, trade, commercial or
professional fields.
T. Collins, newly-appointed di
rector of the search department,
recently said that his people will
provide any student who applies
with a job opportunity.
“We feels that every young
American wants to spend at least
one summer in Europe,” said Col
lins.
Interested students should send
$0 to ITE, 68 Herrengasse, Va
duz, Liechtenstein, Switzerland,
for additional information.
The World at a Glance
By The Associated Press
International
NEW DELHI, India—Twelve Pakistani troops
were killed and two Indian soldiers were wounded
Wednesday in a clash along the cease-fire line in
western Kashmir, an Indian Defense Ministry
spokesman said.
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YOKOSUKA, Japan — Communist-led Japanese
demonstrators marched past U. S. Navy bases at
Sasebo and Yokosuka Wednesday, protesting pend
ing port calls of American nuclear-powered sub
marines.
National
WASHINGTON—The United States in effect
Wednesday told the Organization of African Unity
not to send a delegation to Washington to seek a
shutdown of U. S. military aid to the Congo unless
the Congo agrees to participate in the talks.
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WASHINGTON—Syncom 3 comes within five
seconds a day of matching exactly the earth’s
rotational speed, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration reported Wednesday.
Syncom 3 is the satellite sent up to hover over
the junction of the equator and the international
dateline, and from there to relay telecasts of the
Olympic Games from Japan to this country.
DETROIT—Walter P. Reuther, president of the
United Auto Workers, warned Wednesday that the
union is one day closer to a strike at General Motors.
Reuther told newsmen no progress was being
made in discussions on noneconomic matters, chief
stumbling block to a national settlement covering
some 354,000 workers at the world’s No. 1 auto
maker.
NEW YORK—Hurricane Gladys swung in an
arc Wednesday and pointed her diminishing fury
toward the open North Atlantic and away from
the populous eastern seaboard.
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MERCURY, Nev.—Four men were rescued
Wednesday from an 1,800-foot-deep nuclear test
hole. They were in good shape physically and better
shape financially.
Texas
EL PASO—A motion on behalf of Billie Sol
Estes for a rehearing by the entire body of the
U. S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals was rejected
at New Orleans Wednesday, a government lawyer
said.
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HOUSTON—A group of Pasadena citizens, con
cerned over adverse news of their city from recent
grand jury probes, has formed a committee which
aims to streamline the city government and restore
public confidence in it.