SPECIAL BONFIRE EDITION
Che Battali
Texas
A&M
University
Volume 61
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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1964
Number 107
I New Dialing |
I System Seen |
The most modern system of
telephone numbers in use today
will be introduced in the Bryan-
College Station area when new
telephone directories are delivered
in February, 1965. The director
ies will include listings for Col
lege Station, Bryan, and Steele
Store.
Known as All Number Calling
—- or ANC — the system sub
stitutes numerals for the two
letters now being used, making
a total of seven numerals rather
than two letters and five num
erals.
G. M. Brennan, division mana
ger for Southwestern States Tele
phone, explained that although
many other advantages have been
realized from the use of ANC the
system was developed as the re
sult of a need for providing more
workable telephone numbers.
“Just as all previous steps in
our telephone numbering plan
have been taken as the result of
a ‘need’ our latest step is being
SCONA X Hosts
Latin Economists
Ten third-year economics stu
dents from the University of
Mexico in Mexico City will be
special guests for the 10th Stu
dent Conference on National Af
fairs Dec. 9-12 at A&M.
The students will be accom
panied by an adult leader, Alejan
dro Velasco, a 31-year old Mexi
co City attorney. All will be
guests of SCONA X and the
Memorial Student Center Travel
Committee.
made to insure the availability
of a supply of numbers to meet
the growth and demand for tele
phone numbers,” Brennan stated.
Changing to ANC will result
in no actual change in the dialing
of College Station telephone num
bers Brennan pointed out. For
example, the number Victor 6-
7704 would be changed to 846-
7704. An examination of the
telephone dial will reveal that the
“8” corresponds with the “V” on
the dial, the “4” corresponds with
the “I”. Actually the method
of dialing remains unchanged.
Other telephone number in this
area will be changed in the same
manner. New telephone direc
tories to be delivered in February,
1965, will list all telephone num
bers under the ANC system. The
numbers will appear as the fol
lowing examples: College Station,
846-7704 (VI 6-7704); Bryan,
822-1336 (TA 2-1336), and Steele
Store, 537-5656 (KE 7-5656).
Through the actual use of ANC
telephone companies have dis
covered other advantages. Bren
nan cited some of them.
ANC eliminates the confusion
between the figure zero and the
letter ‘O”; between the figure
one and the letter “I”.
ANC eliminates wrong num
bers caused by misspelling cen
tral office names, such as HI in
stead of HY for HYacinth.
ANC eliminates dialing errors
caused by sound-alike central of
fice names such as Mitchell and
MUtual.
ANC promotes improved legi
bility on dials, as it will permit
elimination of letters entirely
from telephone dials, making the
numbers larger.
Local Game Telecast Out
. . . “And what did you do to support your team?”
Aggies going home Wednesday with the thought of
possibly watching the Turkey Day game on TV, and those
in the College Station area not on the cable who wish to view
the game might be disappointed.
Under NCAA ruling, Houston is the Aggie home town.
This ruling says that a game - *
may be televised in the home
city of the schools if the
game is a sell out.
Several years ago, an
agreement was made that Hous
ton would be considered the home
for the Aggies, and although
A&M is located 90 miles from
Houston, KPRC-TV (Channel 2)
of Houston will carry the game.
For those in the area who sub
scribe to the cable, they may view
the game via Channel 2, or Chan
nel 7, KBTC-TV ( Austin.
It was announced last year
that the Alabama-Auburn game
would replace the Texas-A&M tilt
nationally.
For those attending the game,
an All-Aggie Party will be spon
sored by the Austin A&M Moth
ers Club. The party will begin at
8 p.m. Wednesday in the Munici
pal Auditorium with music fur
nished by the Gentlemen.
The Corps of Cadets will
assemble at 8:45 a.m. Thursday
on 2nd Street between Congress
and Red River Avenues. The
Corps will move out at 9:45, will
turn right onto Congress and
move to the reviewing stand in
front of the Stephen F. Austin
Hotel.
They will continue on Congress
to the dismissed area at West
11th Street in front of the
Capitol.
All students must have I.D.
cards. Aggies that have dates
with girls from TU will not have
to buy date tickets since the co
eds may use their student tickets
and will be admitted to the A&M
section.
A&M students will enter the
stadium through gates 1, 2 and
the Band gate. The gates will
open at 12:35 p.m. except for the
band which will open at 12:15.
TU students will be seated on
both sides and in back of the
Aggie Section. Bleachers will
also be placed on the track in
front of the A&M section as well
as in front of the rest of the
stands.
Neither university will have
signs of any nature.
No students tickets will be
available in Austin.
17 Fish Scholars
To Receive Aid
Seventeen additional A&M
freshmen have been announced as
winners of Opportunity Awards
Scholarships renewable for four
years of study, R. M. Logan, di
rector of student aid, said.
The winners are Roy John
Biediger, LaCoste; Francis John
Bourgeois, New Braunfels; Larry
Lee Blankenburg, Houston; Mar
vin Albert Denmark, Lockhart;
Charles Leslie Dockery, Kirby-
ville; Mark Lindley Domingue,
Groves; David Charles Gastinger,
San Antonio; James Paul Glas-
son, Coleman;
Lothar Edwin Harris, Corsi
cana; John McDonald Hill, Pasa
dena; Phillip Lee Hilton, Neder
land; Lee Vernon Johnson, Farm-
ersville; William Paul Kyle, Tea
gue; Michael Alfred Shaw, Al
varado; Theodore Wilson Slone,
Edna; Richard Gene Spitzer, Clif
ton; and Francis Andrew Tice,
Rockport.
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