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Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1965
Number 184
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TEXAS A&M PLANTATION HEADQUARTERS SURROUNDED BY FLOODING BRAZOS
The Brazos River released a “sea” of water late Monday and formed a Station. J. E. (Jocko) Robert estimated about 97 per cent of the planta-
lake flooding thousands of acres in the Brazos Valley bottom. The flood tion’s 3,200 acres were under water. (Battalion Aerial Photo by Ham
closed Farm Road 60 west of Jones Bridge as one to two feet of swirling McQueen).
water covered the road. The bridge is seven miles west of College
Weekend Wrapup
Saturday Is ‘D-Day’
Saturday is “the day” for more
than 800 persons slated to re
ceive degrees at Commencement
Exercises.
Rounding out Saturday activi
ties will be Commissioning Ex
ercises, Final Review and the
Boot Dance.
Commencement is scheduled for
9 a.m. in G. Rollie White Coliseum
with several thousand persons
expected to attend. W. W.
Lynch, a Texas A&M graduate
and pres
dent of Texas Power
and Light Co. of Dallas, will
deliver the main address.
Among the 819 degree candi
dates are 35 persons who have
completed doctoral studies, 123
persons who will be awarded mas
ter’s degrees and 661 candidates
for bachelor’s degrees. The can
didates come from nearly every
state in the country and several
nations throughout the world.
Armed Forces Commissioning
Exercises will follow at 1:20 p.m.
in the coliseum. Commissions as
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Final Exam Schedule
Final Examinations for the Spring semester
1965 will be held May 24-29, according to the fol
lowing schedule:
Date
Hours
Series
May 24, Mon.
8-11
a.
m.
MWF8
May 24, Mon.
1-4
P-
m.
TThSFl
May 25, Tue.
8-11
a.
m.
MWF9
May 25, Tue.
1-4
P-
m.
MWThl
May 26, Wed.
8-11
a.
m.
MWF10
May 26, Wed.
1-4
P-
m.
TF1
May 27, Thur.
8-11
a.
m.
M3TThlO
May 27, Thur.
1-4
P-
m.
MWTh2
May 28, Fri.
8-11
a.
m.
MWF11
May 28, Fri.
1-4
P-
m.
M4TThll
May 29, Sat
8-11
a.
m.
TTh9F2
May 29, Sat.
1-4
P-
m.
TF2, or
TWF3, or
TThF3
Final examinations
in
courses with only c
theory hour per week as shown in the catalogue
will be given at the discretion of the department
head concerned at the last meeting of either the
theory or practice period before the close of the
semester.
Final examinations for evening classes are to
be worked out on an individual arrangements
basis by the department concerned.
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second lieutenants in the Army,
Air Force and Marine Corps will
be presented to 130 senior ROTC
cadets.
Air Force Maj. Gen. Robert
M. Stillman, commander of the
Sheppard Air Force Base Tech
nical Training Center in Wichita
Falls will speak at the ceremon
ies.
The Final Review of the Corps
of Cadets will be held after Com
missioning Ceremonies at 3 p.m.
on the main drill field. A formal
review will be followed by the
traditional second passby, in
which graduating seniors will
take the salute from junior of
ficers.
New seniors will don their
boots for their first official social
function at the Boot Dance Sat
urday. The dance will be held
from 8 p.m.-midnight in the Ball
room of the Memorial Student
Center.
Tickets are $2 per couple and
may be purchased only at the
door. The Avantis will provide
music.
Committee Clears
Limited Coed Bill
The bill restricting further en
rollment of women at Texas A&M
is expected to reach the House
floor early next week after its
passage by the House State Affairs
Comittee.
Backers of the bill were report
edly trying to have it placed on
the calendar in time for floor con
sideration Monday.
Sponsors of the bill are Sen.
Andy Rogers in the Senate and
Rep. E. M. Edwards in the House.
Harrington Gets
Top Exes 9 Honor
Dr. iM. T. Harrington, chan
cellor of the Texas A&M Uni
versity System, will receive one
of the highest awards bestowed
by Iowa State University June 5.
Harrington has been notified
that he will be given the Alumni
Merit Award for “outstanding
contribution to human welfare,
which transcends purely pro
fessional accomplishments and
brings honor to the university.”
Formal presentation will be
Connally Names
Cain To Board
AUSTIN <A>) — Gov. John Con
nally announced Wednesday the
appointment of R. Wofford Cain
of Dallas, board chairman of South
ern Union Gas Co., to the Texas
A&M University board of directors.
Connally also reappointed S. B.
Whittenburg of Amarillo and
Sterling C. Evans of Houston to
the board. Evans is board chair
man.
Cain also is board chairman of
Aztec Oil and Gas Co.
Whittenburg is vice-president of
the Globe News Publishing Co.
of Amarillo and a director of the
Avalanche Journal Publishing Co.
of Lubbock and the Plains Radio
Broadcasting Co. He is a past
president of the Amarillo Chamber
of Commerce, Texas Daily News
paper Publichers Association and
Panhandle Press Association.
Evans is former president of the
Houston Bank of Cooperative and
the Federal Land Bank of Hous
ton. He graduated from A&M in
1921.
made during the annual Honors
and Awards Convocation in the
Memorial Union on the Iowa
State campus.
Harrington received his Ph-D.
degree in chemistry from Iowa
State in 1941 after earning both
the B.S. and M.S. degrees in
chemical engineering at Texas
A&M.
In addition to having held
nearly every academic rank pos
sible at A&M—from instructor to
president of the university and
chancellor of the A&M system—
Harrington has also achieved an
outstanding record nationally as
an educator.
He was president of the Na
tional Association of State Uni
versities and Land-Grant Colleges
in 1957; president of the South
ern Association of Land-Grant
Colleges and State Universities in
1955-56; a member of the South
ern Regional Education Board
from 1951-63, and secretary-
treasurer of that group from
1958-60.
Harrington has participated in
national White House conferences
at the request of Presidents
Eisenhower, Kennedy and John
son; he served eight years as a
member of the governor’s Texas
Advisory Committee on Atomic
Energy; he is a trustee of the
Texas A&M Research Founda
tion, a member of the Cotton Re
search and Petroleum Research
Committees of Texas and a
member of the Board of Trustees
of the Graduate Research Center
of the Southwest.
The merit award recipient is
selected by the Iowa State Club
of Chicago.
Roberts Thanks
Students For Aid
By HAM McQUEEN
Aggies helped rescue 1,000 cat
tle from the bulging Brazos River
this week, as floods threatened
the river’s bottom lands.
Students got into action Mon
day night when Jim Eller, man
ager of Chance Farms, called
Harold Franke of the Depart
ment of Animal Science. He said
the farm needed help in moving
1,000 head of cattle out of low-
lying pastures along the river.
Franke contacted some boys
he knew who had horses and
asked for help.
“These boys were more than
happy to give up their leisure
time to work in the cold
rain and wind and help move
cattle from the Brazos bottom,”
Franke said.
Tuesday morning more help
was needed as the river contin
ued its rise. Announcements
were made in several animal sci
ence classes and students volun
teered.
Students have helped move
Texas A&M Plantation cattle be
fore, but this is the first year
they have helped farms. Many
farm owners and managers said
Tuesday the students were of
invaluable assistance.
“The students who assisted us
were very helpful because they
knew the situation we were in and
knew how to handle it. Probably
many of them have livestock of
their own and have experienced
similar situations,” J. E. (Jocko)
Roberts, University farm man
ager, said.
When the cattle drive across
Jones (whiskey) Bridge began,
about 10-15 boys were helping.
However, as word drifted back
to campus, more students brought
horses and offered their services.
“This really impressed cattle
men of the area. We had only
asked a few students. The rest
just fell in and helped where help
was needed, whether it was herd
ing cattle or spreading hay on
the bridge,” Franke revealed.
★ ★ ★
Editor,
The Battalion:
Almost everyone in this locali
ty now knows it became neces
sary to remove livestock, fami
lies and machinery from the
Texas A&M Plantation Tuesday
because of the Brazos River
flood waters. In the very tense
situation that existed many Ag
gies, and others, offered valuable
help. Several Aggies brought
along their horses and assisted
until all the cattle moved to
safety. These men saw what
had to be done and knew how
to do it.
It would have been extremely
difficult, if not impossible, to
move all the cattle without this
help. And it certainly was im
possible for me to learn the
names of all those who assisted
so I could express my apprecia
tion to them. I should like
to take this means of expressing
my sincere appreciation, on be
half of the Texas A&M Planta
tion and the university, for this
wonderful help. It was in the
true Aggie tradition.
This was one time we didn’t
bother to discuss whether you
were Corps or Civilians or
whether you looked upon co-eds
with favor or disfavor. To me,
you were first-rate Aggies in
the finest sense and you freely
offered your help and we freely
accepted it. You never looked
better to me marching down
• Houston’s Main street at a foot
ball parade than you did yes
terday.
Again, thank you so very
much.
Sincerely,
J. E. Roberts
★ ★ ★
Plantation personnel went aloft
Wednesday for an aerial look at
the situation. About all they
saw was water and more water.
Roberts estimated about 97 per
cent of the plantation’s 3,200
acres were flooded.
“I can’t make an estimate of
financial losses until the water
has receded and we know what
we have left,” he said.
School Bond Issue
Wins 3-1 Approval
The $500,000 bond issue for A&M
Consolidated was approved Tues
day by a 3-1 margin.
The vote was 311 for and 112
against the issue, Supt. W. T.
Riedel reported.
Approximately $270,000 of the
bond issue will be used to finance
an elementary school. The re
mainder will add new rooms at the
junior and senior high schools,
band and choir rooms and provide
for ground improvements through
1970.
LEADERS OF THE PACK
Charles T. McGinnis III, Michael D. Ashworth and Ellis C.
Gill, left to right, are the “Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band”
drum majors that will be recommended to Texas A&M
President Earl Rudder for final approval. Ashworth will
be head drum major, while leading the Maroon and White
Bands will be Gill and McGinnis, respectively.