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—SPECIAL FRESHMAN EDITION—
Che Battalion
Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1965
Number 197
PRESIDENT EARL RUDDER
... “It is my pleasure to welcome you to Texas ASM.*’
President Rudder
Greets Freshmen
“In selecting Texas A&M University, you have chosen to
attend the state’s oldest public institution of higher learning.
We feel that you have selected one of the finest institutions
available for attainment of your academic objectives. It is my
pleasure to welcome you to Texas A&M.
“Though A&M is old in years, it is progressive in its effort
to provide students with the finest possible environment for
scholastic achievement. Such an environment requires a student
body capable of mastering the rigorous educational programs which
are offered. Your acceptance into A&M is evidence that you have
the capabilities to succeed here and to inspire fellow students by
outstanding personal accomplishments.
“Another factor for an excellent educational environment is
a capable university faculty. The addition of Horace R. Byers,
new Dean of the College of Geosciences and our first member of
the National Academy of Sciences, is but one example of the con
tinuous effort being made to expose our students to the highest
possible degree of competence among our faculty and staff.
“The finest students and faculty would be ill-equipped to
maintain the proper scholastic environment without superior facili
ties and equipment. As you begin your freshman year, A&M is
launching upon a most significant building program. By the end
of your junior year, you will be enjoying new equipment and
building facilities on this campus valued in excess of 25 million
dollars.
“For these and other reasons too numerous to mention we
know that your educational experience here will be exciting. We
extend best wishes for your success.”
Stop
The
Presses
By LANI PRESSWOOD
Gentlemen, the Lone Star
State stands redeemed.
With almost ridiculous ease
Friday night, a group of recent
Texas high school grads silenced
the vocal rumblings of football
superiority which had been filter
ing down for sometime from
Pennsylvania.
The occasion of course was the
Big 33 game in Hershey, Pa.,
the town noted for chocolate bars
and Republican bigwigs.
The match pitted all-star foot
ball squads from the two states
in a duel to decide the old agru-
ment over which one produced
the best football talent. The
final score was 26-16 in favor
of the Texans and I trust that
the Coal Crackers, as well as
the rest of the world, have fin
ally been convinced of a fact that
is taken for granted in these
parts.
And the rout of the underman
ned northerners was especially
gratifying to some of us on ac
count of a certain incident which
transpired about this same time
last year.
On that occasion, you’ll recall,
the first Texas-PA clash was
held, with the final score 12-6
in favor of the other side. There
Was only one minor fly in this
pigskin ointment, however.
It seems that the cream of the
Texas schoolboy crop was busily
engaged in fratricidal warfare
at the time in Fort Worth in the
annual North-South all-star con
test.
The Texas lads that journeyed
to Hershey last summer were fine
athletes sure, but when guys
like Warren McVea, Linus Baer
and Big Daddy Drones weren’t
around you just didn’t have Tex
as’ finest out there.
This year though, it was dif
ferent. Texas coaches Bobby
Layne, Harley Sewell and Doak
Walker had the pick of the herd
and they came up with 33 honest-
to-goodness football players.
As a result of the defeat Key
stone State governor Bill Scran
ton has or will come across with
1,061 apples to be delivered to
Texas Governor John Connally.
Scranton arrived at the figure of
1,061 apples because that’s sup
posed to be the number of Pa.
high schoolers recruited by out-
of-state colleges this year. Con
nally accepted the challenge by
doubling the bet, putting up pe
cans instead of apples.
Scranton’s enthusiasm obvious
ly got the best of him, for ever
making such a wager. Defeat
the best in Texas? Why, who
ever heard of such a thing.
Maybe it was overconfidence.
After all, Sports Illustrated, the
self-appointed kingpin of all
sporting publications, gave last
year’s affair quite a play. SI,
— known for about the same
amount of objectivity as Time,
which happens to be in the same
chain — carried pictures, a game
account and some rather candid
commentary.
The line that keeps edging
back into memory said something
to the effect that the Pennsyl
vania victory ended once and for
all the long-standing agrument
over which state played the best
high school football.
Come to think of it, their lat
est issue ought to just be out
about now. See you at the mag
azine stand.
Director
Services
Sbisa and Duncan Dining Halls
are anything but new to Fred W.
Dollar, newly - appointed food
services director at Texas A&M.
Dollar worked in the dining
halls while attending A&M as a
member of the Class of 1944.
The native East Texan who farm
ed for two years before coming
to Aggieland in 1940 completed
studies in agricultural admini
stration.
He remained in the Army Quar
termaster Corps after World War
II ended and retired as a lieuten
ant colonel to accept the post
here. His last assignment was
in Hawaii with the Army’s Paci
fic Command and involved food
services throughout the Far East.
His Army career also included
attending various service schools,
a year at Cornell University for
institutional management studies
and helping pioneer various in
novations. He helped organize
the first unified food procure
ment course for all the armed
services.
Of Food
Named
“I had never even imagined
that I would have the opportun
ity to come back to Texas A&M.
I am delighted,” Dollar said. He
has enjoyed especially meeting
old friends on the dining hall
staff, he said.
The air conditioning and mod
ernization project nearing com
pletion at Sbisa Dining Hall also
pleases Dollar. He “hopes” for
additional modernization efforts
in the dining halls.
“The quality of food and serv
ice here impress me,” Dollar
said after his first days on the
job. He plans “to be cautious”
in introducing new items.
Teaching Jobs
On Upswing
Texas A&M graduates enter
ing the teaching profession this
fall will have a record choice of
jobs, believes Dr. Paul Henserl-
ing, head of the Department of
Education and Psychology.
“There are more than 1,300 job
openings listed formally with us,”
he said. ‘The openings range
from elementary school to col
leges and universities.”
Only about 5 per cent of the
openings can be filled by A&M
graduates. Many face military
service.
“Compared to the number of
people being prepared, chemistry
and physics teachers are in most
critical demand,” Hensarling re
ported. He also noted a “sur
prisingly large demand” for Eng
lish teachers.
Inside The Battalion
This annual Freshman Edition of The Battalion is designed
to give the incoming freshman and his parents a better insight
into the history, traditions, scope, facilities and academic quality
of Texas A&M.
Many new students find it helpful to keep this issue of the
“Batt” and bring it with them in September to help with the
big job of getting acquainted with the campus.
The first section includes current campus and local news and
a feature story on Silver Taps.
The second section is devoted to sports, including intramurals
and athletic clubs as well as the Aggie intercollegiate teams.
The third section deals with extra-curricular life at A&M and
discusses some of the school’s many well-known traditions.
And the final section is devoted to the administration, facilities,
services and history of A&M.
Activities Scheduled
For New Students
The annual New Students Pro
gram at Texas A&M formally
gets underway Sept. 15 and will
continue through Sept. 17.
One of the highlights of the
session is an open house for all
new students, parents and fri
ends in the Memorial Student
Center at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 17.
Top university officials and
student leaders will be on hand
and various booths and exhibits
will be set up to explain the
activities of some of the activity
groups sponsored by the M.S.C.
While the session is in process
students desiring to operate auto
mobiles or other motor-driven
vehicles on campus are requir
ed to register them with the Cam
pus Security Office within 48
hours after the arrival of the
vehicle.
Students who will be in the
Corps of Cadets are to pick up
the part of their uniform issued
to them at the warehouse as sch
eduled and also purchase the
remaining parts of their uniform.
Foreign students should regis
ter with Robert L. Melcher, For
eign Students Advisor, during
registration or in his office in
1A Puryear Hall.
The first of the new students
to arrive will be those that have
not yet gone through their sum
mer counseling and testing con
ferences. They are to report on
Sept. 12 at the Housing Office
for a room. On Sept. 13 they
will begin their testing in the
Chemistry Lecture Room at 8
a.m.
At 1 p.m. they will be divided
into groups according to whe
ther they will be in the Corps
for further testing. That even
ing at 7 p.m. there will be a
group interpretation of the tests
in the Chemistry Lecture Room.
Sept. 14 will be spent in assign
ed periods with the students’
dean.
The rest of the new students
will arrive Sept. 15 and are to
report to Sbisa Hall between 8
a.m. and noon. Those students
that had arrived for the confer
ences on Sept. 12 are to report
to Sbisa between 1 p.m. and
3 p.m.
A general assembly for all new
students will be held in the Grove
after supper, which will be served
in Duncan Hall. The assembly
begins at 7 p.m. with S. A. Ker-
ley, New Student Committee
Chairman presiding. Earl Rud
der, president of A&M, will give
the welcoming address and Ro
bert Boone of the Singing
Cadets will be in charge of the
entertainment, which features
The Lickin’ River Singers.
On Sept. 16 after breakfast
there will be assemblies intend
ed to acquaint the new student
with his school or college. These
should last from 8 a.m. until noon.
That afternoon there will be
another general assembly, this
time in G. Rollie White Coliseum
at 1:15 p.m. James P. Hannigan,
Dean of Students, will be presid
ing. At 3 p.m. the civilian stu
dents are to meet in the Ball
room of the MSC.
That evening at 7 p.m. in an
assembly for all new students
Eddie Carpenter will speak on
“The Place of Religion at Aggie
land.”
Col. D. L. Baker wil speak to
all cadets in an Assembly Sept.
17 at 8 a.m. Later at 9:30 a.m.
there will be unit, meetings in
the dormitory area. Also at 1
p.m. there will be more cadet ori
entation in the dormitory area.
At 6:30 p.m. the MSC open
house will be held.
Sept. 18 will be taken up with
Cadet orientation and the organ
ization of units throughtout the
day.
Organized activities will then
be suspended until classes start
Monday, Sept. 20.
Rudder Testifies Before
Senate Over Track War
Texas A&M President Earl
Rudder advocated federal inter
vention in the NCAA-AAU track
feud in testimony before the
Senate Commerce Committee
Tuesday.
Rudder was invited to address
the committee by its chairman,
Sen. Warren G. Magnuson (D-
Wash.) Aggie shot putter Randy
Matson, currently in Europe, is
scheduled to address the body
next week.
The committee is currently
conducting hearings investigating
the dispute.
“An athlete such as Matson
may well come to feel that he
is a pawn of athletic organiza
tions locked in bitter conflict,”
Rudder testified.
“It is difficult to predict the
magnitude of confusion which
will prevail throughout the nation
as we prepare for the 1968 Olym
pics in Mexico City unless this
dispute is resolved.”
He also told senators that feud
ing between national athletic
organizations affects a young
athlete’s performance on the
track and in the classroom.
The A&M President told sena
tors: “If the maneuvers of the
NCAA and AAU are examples of
true sportsmanship, I believe
‘sportsmanship’ has no place on a
university campus.”
Room Reservation, Property
Storage To Begin Next Week
The Housing Office has an
nounced schedules for reserving
rooms and for storing student’s
gear at the end of the summer.
All students who will live in
the cadet dormitories or civilian
students who have not yet re
served rooms in civilian dorms
should report to the Housing
Office between 8 a.m. August 23
and 5 p.m. August 27 to reserve
their room for the fall. Civilian
rooms will be issued on a first-
come, first-serve basis. Also, ci
vilian students who made reser
vations in the spring should come
by to make certain that the Hous
ing Office has received their room
reservation cards.
Students who will be members
of Squadrons 1, 2, 3 or 4; Com
pany A-l; First Brigade Staff;
or First Wing Staff and who wish
to store their belongings at the
end of the summer session must
consolidate their belongings in
certain rooms set aside in dormi
tories 14 and 16. These belongings
should be clearly marked and con
solidated to facilitate identifica
tion at the beginning of school in
September.
Students in these units should
inquire at the Housing Office
concerning which rooms are avail
able for storage. Belongings may
not be stored in any rooms in
dormitories 14 and 16 except
those designated.
Students who will live in any
dormitory other than 14 or 16
must move their belongings to
their new rooms by 7 p.m. August
27. These dormitories will be un
locked from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
August 26 and 27.
All dormitories except ramps
E, F, and G of Walton Hall and
Dorm 22 will be locked after 7
p.m. August 27.
Those students who wish to
remain on campus between the
terms may register for a room
by paying rent of $18 for Dorm
22 or $12 for Walton Hall at the
Fiscal Department and presenting
the receipt at the Housing Office.
This registration must be com
pleted by 5 p.m. August 27.
A former athlete and coach,
Rudder described the turmoil of
entering Matson in the recent
track meet in Russia.
“During mid-season, Matson
broke the world record,” he re
lated. “As the dispute between
the NCAA-AAU intensified, his
morale deteriorated and his per
formance did not approach earlier
records.”
Rudder added that Matson was
not certain he would compete in
Russia until the morning for
qualification.
‘Actual participation was anti-
climatic to the effort required
to enter the meet,” Rudder as
serted.
He said Matson’s academic
record remained high during the
controversy but grades for less
determined student-athletes might
have suffered.
“Such stress deprives Matson—
and other students — from full
concentration on their primary
objective: a superior education,”
he said.
Rudder urged the Senate to
take prompt action to solve what
he described as “a national prob
lem, affecting the international
prestige of American people and
the future of sports in America.”
AERIAL VIEW OF TEXAS A&M CAMPUS
spreading over 5,200 acres, the campus is valued in excess of $60,000,000,
Consolidated
Wins Verdict
In Tax Trial
A nine man three-woman jury
ruled in favor of the A&M Con
solidated School District Friday
in the tax suit over the dis
trict’s new assessments for 1965.
The actual verdict, as announc
ed by District Judge John Bar
ron reads: “The A&M Consoli
dated Independent School District
did not deliberately or intention
ally omit any tax items from
the tax rolls for 1965.”
Thus the new assessments
were upheld as valid and the
district was relieved of any lia
bility resulting from the legal
action. The suit had been styl
ed Roy W. Kelly and others vs.
the A&M Consolidated School
District.
The jury deliberated less than
an hour and a half before bring
ing in their verdict. The suit
began the previous Monday and
ended Friday morning.
Plaintiffs in the trial had con
tended that the district’s revalu
ation for 1965 was inequitable
and that it had omitted many tax
able items of personal property.
The issue of whether the district
should assess other items of per
sonal property was not ruled on
by the jury because of the na
ture of their verdict in the main
issue.
In other recent events involv
ing the district, it was announc
ed Tuesday by Consolidated Sup
erintendent W. T. Riedel that all
grades in the CS schools this fall
will be racially desegregated.