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Wins Talent Show
The Coachmen, a folk song- quartet composed of Glyn
Barrows, Pat McKinnis, Steve Schiamo and Fred Barr, took
first place honors and $25 in the Aggie Talent Show Friday
night in Guion Hall. '
Bemest Evans singing “Summertime” and “Come All
You Fair and Tender Maidens” placed second. He was award
ed $15.
The Wayfarers, consisting of George Clark, Bill Sturgeon
and Ben Ghormley took third place and $10.
Richard Conner, chairman'
Gene Stallings was named head football coach at A&M
Monday afternoon. He replaces Hank Foldberg, who will
become full-time athletic director.
For the past six years Stallings has served as assistant
under Paul (Bear) Bryant at Alabama. He was Bryant’s
top assistant this year on the Crimson Tide team which won
the National Championship.
The new Aggie grid mentor was graduated from A&M
in 1957. He was an All-Southwest Conference end and tri
captain on the 1956 Aggie eleven which was coached by
Bryant.
“Gene Stallings is the top young collegiate coaching prospect in
America,” Bryant said.
Stallings at 29 is the SWC’s youngest head coach. He was one
of the famous “Junction Boys” on Bryant’s first Cadet squad. A
three-year letterman, Stallings coached the A&M freshman team the
year after his graduation.
The following season he rejoined Bryant at Alabama where he
has been ever since.
Both Stallings and Foldberg received four-year contracts. Stall
ings flew back to Tuscaloosa, Ala., Monday evening to straighten out
his personal affairs. He will assume his new duties Monday.
“I’m thrilled at the chance and the challenge to coach at A&M.
I’m looking forward to working for Hank Foldberg and I appreciate
the confidence he and the board have shown in me,” Stallings said.
The native of Paris, Texas, indicated that he would wait a few
days before announcing his coaching staff.
“I’ll have to have some of them here soon, however, to get to
work on recruiting,” he declared.
The selection of Stallings will mean a return to the Bear Bryant
style of football which produced a 25-14-2 record during Bryant’s four
years at A&M. Bryant-coached teams are noted for their superb
physical condition, soundness in fundamentals, and solid defensive
play.
Stallings met with the 1965 A&M football squad briefly Monday
afternoon in the lobby of Henderson Hall.
Dr. Chris H. Groneman, chairman of the Athletic Council, recom
mended Foldberg for the post of full-time athletic director. Foldberg
immediately recommended Stallings for the head football coaching
position.
Both recommendations were approved by President Earl Rudder
and the Board of Regents.
Groneman said, “A full-time athletic director is a necessity at
Texas A&M, as we take another step forward in striving for excellence
in all phases of our athletic program.
“Foldberg’s outstanding administrative ability has been evident
during his tenure here, and we feel he is the man to lead our athletic
department.”
Foldberg termed the hiring of Stallings “a real stride forward.
We are fortunate to get a real outstanding young coach like Gene
Stallings to head our football program.
“I’m confident he’ll do the type of job that will make all Aggies
proud.”
ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT SHAKEUP
. . Groneman, Stallings, Foldberg after decision made.
Student Opinion
Favors Coaching
Poll
Change
By TOMMY DeFRANK
Staff Writer
Student reaction was divided
over Monday’s shakeup in the
athletic department, but more
than 80 percent of those inter
viewed by The Battalion favored
the retention of Henry C. (Hank)
Foldberg in the capacity of ath
letic director.
Eighty-four percent approved
the decision to oust Foldberg as
head football coach, 10 percent
felt that he should have been al
lowed to continue in the dual cap-,
acity of head coach and athletic
director, and six percent felt he
should have been relieved of both
jobs in favor of Eugene Stallings,
announced as the new head coach
by the Athletic Council Monday.
Those favoring the keeping of
Foldberg as athletic director also
felt that Stallings, a 1957 A&M
graduate and assistant to Paul
(Bear) Bryant at the University
of Alabama, would reverse the
Aggie football tailspin of recent
years while Foldberg would con
tinue to improve the overall pro
gram of athletics.
“Foldberg has done an out
standing job as athletic director
and he deserves to stay on, but
with competition in the confer
ence getting rougher and rough
er every year, our football pro
gram needs to go forward instead
of standing still. I think Stall
ings will do a good job,” one stu
dent said.
“It was obvious that we needed
a change and it’s good that the
new coach is a Bryant man. I
hope that he can raise Aggie
football back to where is was
when Bryant was here,” another
said.
Some students felt that Fold
berg’s three losing seasons since
taking over in 1962 made the
change necessary.
“Our won-lost record the last
three years speaks for itself. It’s
true that the athletic program has
improved but football is still king
around here, and with our rec
ord these three years a change
was needed,” one said.
Students disapproving of the
action maintained that Foldberg
sould have been given another
year to come up with a winner,
and one student felt that others
were to blame for the lack of
gridiron success.
of the talent committee esti
mated 300 spectators - wit
nessed the 15 persons and
nine acts of the show. The
show is sponsored annually by the
Memorial Student Center Talent
Committee.
Conner said the first place win
ner usually represents A&M in the
Intercollegiate Talent Show held
here in the spring.
“This year the show will be held
March 5 and we have begun audi
tions on other campuses and uni
versities for top talent,” added
Conner. Twelve acts will be se
lected from such schools as Baylor,
LSU and Tulane plus other schools
from Texas, Louisiana and Okla
homa.
The judges for the show were
Dr. J. F. Cooper, Frank Coulter
and Jim Austin, all of whom have
had experience in the art world.
Air Force Sweetheart
Miss Carole Ashcraft of
Houston was crowned Air
Force Sweetheart Saturday-
night at the annual Air
Force Ball. Miss Ashcraft
won over four other fina
lists and was presented with
a bouquet of roses and a
bracelet.
SCONA Opens Tenth Session Wednesday
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Mexican Groups
To Stop Here
SCONA X this week will only
be the first stop for two Mexican
groups sponsored by The Experi
ment in International Living.
Each group consists of 10 par
ticipants and one leader. They
come from all parts of Mexico, are
of both sexes, and range in age
from 19 to 29 years of age.
The first group, traveling by
train and bus, was to arrive in
Bryan Tuesday morning. This
group consists of five girls and
five boys. The second group tra
veling by plane and bus will ar
rive in College Station Wednes
day afternoon at 2:37. The two
groups will be met by a welcom
ing committee from SCONA.
Upon their completion of parti
cipation in SCONA, the first
group will leave for Endwell, New ^
York, their homestay for three ttaSSett X O UpeU
and one-half weeks. On their way
there, and on the return to Mexi- Conference Talks
Glenn C. Bassett Jr., vice presi-
Student Leadership Held Key To Success
By IDA BRYANT
Special Writer
A&M’s Student Conference on
National Affairs is one of the
best of its kind, according to
Garry Tisdale, student chairman
of SCONA.
Hard work and responsible
leadership by students were
credited by Tisdale as the basis
for SCONA’s success.
“Students are running the con
ference and the students will be
profiting by it,” Tisdale said.
“The 12 SCONA committee chair
men and the vice chairman are
each student leaders in their own
rights, yet they are willing to
give their civic time for this
project.”
The magnitude of the confer
ence is illustrated by the high
caliber of speakers and round
table chairmen obtained, the ex
tensive participation of colleges
throughout the Western Hemi
sphere, the national recognition
given the conference by other
schools who have used SCONA
as a model, and the increase in
appropriations from $3,000 for
SCONA I to $20,000 for SCONA
X.
“Student work on the confer
ence is a continual process,” Tis
dale said.
“The executive committee meets
before Easter each year to elect
a new student chairman and a
Delegates
From Far,
Come
Wide
co on February 6 the group will
go through such cities and places
as Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Colby
College, Waterville, Maine; New
York City, Washington, D.C., and
New Orleans.
The second group which is from
the National University of Mexico
has only one girl. All of this
group are third year economics
mapors. The university with 60,-
000 students is the largest in
North America.
The group will fly to Fallsing-
ton, Pa., their homestay for three
and one-half weeks immediately
after SCONA ends. Before re
turning to Mexico on January 28.
dent of the International Depart
ment of Chase Manhattan Bank,
New York, kicks off SCONA X at
2 p.m. Wednesday in the Memor
ial Student Center.
Delegates register from 8 a.m.
to noon Wednesday and will be
treated to a smorgasbord at 6
p.m. in the MSC Ballroom.
R. Richard Rubottom Jr., vice
president for University Life,
Southern Methodist University,
speaks at 8 p.m. Wednesday in
the opening day’s closing session.
SCONA X continues through
Saturday. Non-delegates have
been urged to attend.
Delegates forms from students
of approximately 70 colleges
and universities have been re
ceived by SCONA X officials.
These students are from 23
states and 14 countries.
Countries represented are Ar
gentina, Bolivia, Canada, Colom
bia, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador,
India, Mexico, Pakistan, Panama,
Peru, Venezuela and the West
Indes.
Colleges and universities repre
sented are: Abilene Christian
College, Arkansas State College,
Arlington State College, Austin
College, Baylor University, Cen
tenary College in Louisiana, Dav
idson College in North Carolina,
East Texas Baptist College in
Marshall, East Texas State Col
lege, Florida State University,
Francis T. Nicholls State College
in Louisiana, Georgia Institute of
Technology and Hardin-Simmons
University.
Other include Howard Payne
College, Harding College in Ark
ansas, Incarnate Word in San An
tonio, Lamar Tech, Louisiana Col
lege, LSU, Mary-Hardin Baylor,
McMurry College in Abilene, Mis
sissippi State University, Nation
al Student Association in Para
guay, National University in
Mexico, New Mexico State Uni
versity, North Texas State Uni
versity, Oklahoma State Universi
ty. Our Lady of the Lake College
in San Antonio Tex., Prairie View
A&M, Principia College in Il
linois, Queen’s University in
Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Rice
University, Sam Houston State,
SMU, Southern State College in
Arkansas, Southwest Texas State
College, Southwestern University
in Georgetown.
St. Edwards University in Aus
tin, Stephens College in Missouri,
Sul Ross, Tarleton, Texas A&I,
A&M, TCU, Texas Lutheran Col
lege in Seguin, Texas Maritime
Academy, Texas Southern Uni
versity in Houston, Texas Tech,
Texas Wesleyan College in Ft.
Worth, Texas Woman’s Universi
ty, Trinity University in San An-
toino.
finance committee head.” This
executive committee is composed
of the student chairman and vice
chairman, the 12 committee heads,
special members Jim Gunter,
chairman of Great Issues, and
Terry Oddson, president of the
Memorial Student Center Council,
and adult advisers Wayne Stark,
MSC director, Assistant Dean of
Engineering Dr. Richard Wai-
nerdi, Congressman Olin E.
Teague and John Lindsay, presi
dent of the Association of Former
Students.
At the Easter and in the first
week of June, members of the
finance committee go into the
urban areas to solicit funds. In
August, a similar drive is held
in Mexico.
Tisdale said that the finance
committee is responsible for im-
(See SCONA On Page 4)
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Wednesday’s
Schedule
Wednesday’s schedule for A&M’s
Student Conference on National
Affairs:
8 a.m.-noon: Registration of
faculty and conferees, assignment
of living quarters.
11:30 a.m.-l p.m.: Orientation
luncheon for Roundtable co-chair
men and recorders.
2-4:15 p.m.: Frist general ses
sion.
4:15-5:15 p.m.: Roundtable ori
entation meeting.
6-7:30 p.m.: Smorgasbord for
delegates.
8-10 p.m.: General Session.
Reception following address in
Assembly and Birch Rooms.
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Non-Delegates
Invited Also
Non-delegates are invited to
attend the tenth Student Confer
ence On National Affairs as ob
servers, said J. Wayne Stark,
director of the Memorial Student
Center.
Although non-delegates will not
be able to take part in the dis
cussion or question and answer
groups, they are urged to attend
and to listen to the fine speeches
by nationally known speakers,
Stark said.
SCONA, working with the
Great Issues Committee, will pre
sent five lectures, costing from
$2,000 to $4,000 to produce. Stark
said. Eight student roundtable
discussion groups will also be
held, Stark said, adding that the
conference will not be a success
if Aggies and townspeople who
are not delegates fail to attend.
Stark said that the attendance
of non-delegates as observers at
the eight roundtable discussion
groups is greatly desired. Five
of the discussion groups will be
held in the MSC, two in G. Rollie
White Coliseum, and one in the
Military Science Annex, Stark
said. The discussion groups will
be held from 8:30 to 11:45 a.m.
Thursday and Friday, from 1:45
p.m. to 4:45 pm. Thursday, from
2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, and
from 8:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
Saturday, said Mrs. Judy Rieves,
Stark’s secretary. Non-delegates
are invited to visit each group,
moving from one to the other.
Aggies and community people
are especially invited to the Con
ference Round-up Luncheon and
the round-up speech given by
Jules DuBois, Stark said.