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Corn: Che Battalion Volume 61 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1965 Number 226 British Officer Set To Speak At SCONA XI A British Army officer with extensive service in Malaya has been added as a main speaker for the eleventh Student Confer ence on National Affairs here Dec. 8-11. Col. A. N. Griffiths, C.B.E., a staff officer at the British Em bassy in Washington, will deliver of five principal addresses at the conference. He joins Dr. Frank Trager and Charles E. Vetter as SCONA speakers, with two more speakers to be added. Trager is Profes sor of New York University’s Graduate School of Public Ad ministration and Vetter is In formation Coordinator for the United States Information Agen cy Office of Public Information. Griffiths was graduated from Oxford University and was com missioned into Signals in 1940. He served as Troop Command er/Adjutant of a field unit and was then Chief Instructor of Of ficer Training unit in 1043. He was later assigned to special duties with Sonic Deception and Radio Deception units. He was then appointed Kadio Counter measures Officer for Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expedition ary Force (SHAEF). He joined the Airborne Troops and planned and participated in Operation Market Garden with the 1st British Airborne Division, S2nd and 101st U. S. Airborne 'Divisions. Griffiths was trasferred to In dia in 1945 as part of the Brit ish Airborne force. Following VJ Day he was moved to Malaya for three years. From 1949-54 he served in the United Kingdom in various capacities, including Commandant of the Royal Engi neers Signal School. He was returned to Malaya in 1954 as Commander Royal Sig nals of a Gurkha Division Signal Regiment. He was appointed Commandant of the Infantry Signal School in 1958 and two years later was named Deputy Director of the Ministry of De fense Joint Communications Staff. County Voters Pass 9 Of 10 Amendments By RON MUNFORD Battalion Staff Writer Brazos County citizens dis agreed with state voters and passed nine of the 10 state con stitutional amendments in Tues day’s election. Two thousand sev en hundred fifty-seven voted in the county. County voters approved amend ments 2, 4, 7 and 9, while state returns early Wednesday indi cated disapproval of the pro posals. Local citizens agreed with state voters in rejecting amendment 10. Amendment 1, created the greatest stir locally with both Lt. Gov. Preston Smith and State Sen. W. T. (Bill) Moore request ing support of the five cent increase in ad valorem tax, was State Rejects 5 Proposals MIDNIGHT OIL FOR CORPS The Corps of Cadets slushed through a prac- into the night hours preparing for the tice review Tuesday in preparation for Fri- Teague review. Marching conditions were day's review honoring Congressman Olin hampered after the drill field sprinklers Teague of College Station. The Corps drilled had been turned on Tuesday. Human Heart To Abnormal Reacts Fast Body Stresses New Parking Lot To Open Dec. 1 The new parking lot being instructed in front of Sbisa Dining Hall will be completed before Dec. 1, announced Bennie l Zinn, director of student af fairs. The hard-surfaced lot, to have ?0 spaces, will be used by day students during class hours and available for Sbisa users after > p,m. The parking lot will also be used for dances and banquets ffld at Sbisa. By ALTON BLAKESLEE NEW YORK GP) _ Driving your car, you almost have a ter rible accident. And almost instantly, your heart speeds up. Your heart of course couldn’t “see” the threat. Neither could the glands inside you that spurt ed out adrenalin to make your heart start pumping. Then how does such an aston ishingly quick reaction come about ? The answer is fantastic. For at least eight separate events take place, in chain sequence, in perhaps three seconds or less. The story is another example of the, remarkable workings of the human body, plus new in sights as to how vital hormones, such as adrenalin, really do their jobs. It’s also an example of basic medical research digging ever deeper toward knowledge that might lead to new means of safe guarding human health. As for those eight steps: 1. Your eyes spot danger, and register images in your brain, so you slam on brakes, steer away, or just luckily escape collision. 2. Your brain flashes nerve sig nals to your adrenal glands, sit ting atop your kidneys, as well as to your heart and various other organs. Sii Up OPERA STAR APPEARS FRIDAY fropolitan Opera Tenor Jan Peerce will give a Town J performance at 8 p. m. Friday in G. Rollie White Vum. Peerce, one of the world’s busiest artists, is the * r d Town Hall performer of the year. The singer will 8 both opera and popular songs. 3. The nerve impulses stimulate the adrenals to release some adrenalin — about 1,000 times as much as when you’re just reading — and stimulate nerve endings in the heart to release some nor- adrenalin. Adrenalin and nor- adrenalin are the hormones that mobilize energy to fight or run away. 4. The hormones reach the mus cle cells of your heart. 5. But they don’t act within these cells, and this is one new finding. Instead, they activate an enzyme, or chemical governor, which appears to be located in the cell membrane or wall. 6. This activated enzyme then brings about the release inside the cell of a special chemical, nicknamed cyclic amp. 7. Cyclic amp then activates one or more enzymes inside heart muscle cells. 8. And this enzyme — or en zymes — actually does the job of making your heart speed up and work harder — all because of wh^f your eyes saw an in stant a|:o. Hormones are chemical mes sengers playing powerful roles in maintaining health and nor mal body functions. Different hormones are produced by the adrenals, the sex glands, the pit uitary, and other glands. Each hormone affects only one or a few body organs or tissues. Now, from research at Vander bilt University, it appears that hormones carry their “messages” only part way. Upon reaching their target organs, they turn over the job of delivering the message to a kind of errand boy inside cells of the organ. And this errand boy is cyclic amp. This chemical can mimic or Corps-Qvilian Discussion Set A panel discussion on “Corps- Civilian Student Relations” if scheduled for 8 p.m. Wednes day in the Memorial Studeni Center Ballroom. Sponsored by the MSC Great Issues series, the discussion will be moderated by Dr. Ed* win Doran Jr., associate pro lessor of geography. Panelists include Craig Buck chairman of SCONA XI; Ec Carpenter, president of th< YMCA; Glenn Dromgoole, edi tor of The Battalion; Tommj DeFrank, Battalion news edi tor; Ralph Filburn, Corps com mander, and Don Peterson, Ail Division Staff. do the job of at least some hor mones, the researchers find. These new studies of hormone action were described to the American Chemical Society re cently by a team of Vanderbilt researchers, including Dr. Earl W. Sutherland, who first discov ered amp; and Drs. R. W. Butch er and G. Alan Robison. Cyclic amp seems to mediate or control the action of a variety of hormones, they said. By The Associated Press A relatively small number of citizens balloted Tuesday on 10 proposed changes in the Texas Constitution. The issues involved education, terms for state officials, veter ans land funds, aid to the needy and salary questions for two of ficials. Reports to the Texas Election Bureau early Wednesday from 242 of the 254 counties, 163 com plete: 1. Financing college buildings: Approval 279,549, against 185,- 958. 2. Veterans’ land fund: Approv al 227,524, against 237,623. 3. Aid to needy: Approval 330,- 077, against 143,646. 4. Four-year terms (state of ficials) : Approval 217,032, against 264,375. 5. Teachers’ retirement funds: Approval 318,496, against 146,- 025. 6. Texas opportunity plan: Ap proval 306,517, against 162,680. 7. Hospital tax exemption: Ap proval 218,813, against 244,170. 8. Judges’ retirement: Approv al 339,923, against 126,525. 9. Salaries (lieutenant gover nor and speaker): Approval 202,- 579, against 259,400. 10. Four-year terms (repre sentatives): Approval 133,199, against 329,479. The balloting followed by al most two months another consti tutional amendment offering: A proposal to increase the senate to 39 members from 31 lost by a top-heavy vote. About 222,000 p *S'*ns voted then. Another 16 amendments will be on the ballot next year. Harold Dunn elected Foundation Head Harold Dunn of Amarillo has been elected chairman of the board of the Texas A&M Re search Foundation. Earl Rudder was elected presi dent; Fred J. Benson, vice presi dent and director; Harry E. Whitmore, vice-president and di rector; Mrs. Judy Davis, secre tary-treasurer and comptroller, and C. M. Gaines, attorney. passed by county voters. The funds will be utilized in colleges and university building pro grams. ‘A&M is not slated to receive any of the money but the pas sing of the amendment is essen tial for education in Texas,” re marked James P. Hannigan, Dean of Students. Voting at A&M Consolidated, precinct 3, was: Amendment 1 — 367 for, 52 against. Amendment 2 — 199 for, 220 against. Amendment 3 — 341 for, 81 against. Amendment 4 — 280 for, 136 against. Amendment 5 — 360 for, 53 against. Amendment 6 — 333 for, 82 against. Amendment 7 — 254 for, 165 against. Amendment 8 — 363 for, 51 against . Amendment 9 — 264 for, 153 against. Amendment 10 — 169 for, 254 against. No real campaigning took place on any of the issues, but some discussions involved the four- year term for governor, lieute nant governor, attorney general, comptroller, treasurer, land com missioner and agriculture com missioner. Thirty-six states have four- year terms for governor. Those favoring the longer term said the governor, at least, needs that much time to accomplish his pro gram without the distractions of campaigning each two years. Opponents said a four-year term would give a governor too much power-and that if he held office for two terms all state boards would be filled with his men. The proposal had no re- election limitations. Aggie Band Started In 1895 Reunion Scheduled Saturday The Texas Aggie Band, the na tion’s largest marching, musical group, developed from 13 part time members who slogged through mud in baggy pants. Saturday, bandsmen from as far as Thousand Oaks, Calif., and as far back as the class of 1904 will reunite on campus for the first time. A luncheon-business meeting of the group in Duncan Dining Hall will precede the afternoon A&M-SMU football contest, at which band exes will be saluted. More than 500 former musi cians and their wives will regis ter at 10 a.m. Saturday in the lounge of Dormitory 9, near the east wing of Duncan Hall. The reuniting musicians bridge the gap from today’s precisely aligned and meticulously in-step Aggie Band to the original 13 of 1895 who played only for forma tions. Senior boots worn by men on the bugle rank and outside files are a tie with the past, as is strict adherence to 120 beats-per-min- ute, six-steps-to-five-yards cad ence. Many features of the 240-man organization have evolved through the years as the hand grew in size. Three baton bearers are required to direct movements of the military group. The head drum major marches in front with company drum majors on the flanks. They give synchron ized signals that may be seen and heard by all members of the band. From the first notes of “Hulla baloo” in the Aggie War Hymn, which opens every drill, to dis solving of the famous block “T” over the sideline at its end, all 240 instruments are being played. Complexity of minstrel turns, continuing counter - marches, criss - crosses at midfield and spread entrances might lead to the belief the 40-yard-long band spends long hours on the practice field, next to Dorm 11. Such is not the case. The band spends an average of five hours a week preparing drills. The military organization is called “the pulse of Aggieland.” In view of the manner in which the band presents itself to the public, Director Lt. Col. E. V. Adams must be described as the heart of it. He is in his 21st year at the post. A&M’s khaki-clad 240 includes no music majors, since the uni versity has no school of music, nor do members receive credit for band work. “The Colonel,” as he is known across the campus, has no assist ants. He directs each week’s daily practice from 5-6 p.m. Friday sessions for out-of-town games often rouse College Sta tion residents. To allow for trav el, the workout must be conduct ed early Friday morning. Dining halls serve breakfast for the mu sicians at 6:30 a.m., marching be gins at 6:50 and ends at 7:15. In struments are loaded on a mov ing van so students can be in class by 8. Col. Adams charts each half time show in two-and-a-half to four hours on Wednesday. Only drum majors see the chart. On Mondays the colonel “talks and walks” the band through each part of the formation. “We put everything together Monday, regardless o^ what it looks like,” the director said. Tuesday the band smooths out Monday’s wrinkles. Music is add ed Wednesday and polishing con tinues the next two days. Col. Adams usually does not come in contact with musicians during practice, except in the band room. He depends on drum majors and seniors in the front rank and outside files to execute his wishes, using military leader ship. The 1965 hand marches 240 as it has since 1954. Eleven alter nates substitute for injured or sick bandsmen, but once a player learns a position he keeps it for the week. This year, the Maroon and White Bands, company-size units which comprise the Band Bat talion, are made up of 251 men. Almost 50 per cent — 111 — are freshmen who are coming in contact with Aggie Band methods for the first time. The unit, which can march only 36 seconds in one direction on a football field, has appeared at three games this season: Houston and Baylor here and at Texas Christian University on a Corps trip. Travel for the band to Baton Rouge, Atlanta or Lubbock is a major expense but the band is al ways requested by fans at cities in which the football team plays. Bud Montet, sports editor of the Baton Rouge Advocate, sum marized the sentiments of half time fans of the band: “Next time you come to LSU, leave the football team home and bring the Aggie Band.” ft?*' * p&nfp m mi * m m > - - -' *»• »%• -til u A sketchy group of 13 Texas A&M cadets of questionable instrumentation provided music for Corps of Cadets formation in 1895. TEXAS AGGIE BAND “ORIGINAL 13” As today, the band was attired in military dress. The members played only for forma tions.