rtart their
eft, foul
d through
the score,
►n attemp:
11 straight
‘ Angeler
h Thomas
14
Master
ntative
aion Life
228
5ryan
ition
ice
s
fOW
i.ll
L45
1.99
I..
f
nk
;as
i
X)«
vor
Johnny Cash Concert Canceled;
Town Hall Looks For Replacement
TOWN HALL ENT. 1 * 1
‘Unfavorable Publicity 9 Bars Performance
By TOMMY DeFRANK
The personal manager of coun-
try-and-westem singer Johnny
Cash said late Monday it is
“quite likely” court action will be
initiated against Texas A&M for
cancellation of Cash’s contract to
perform here Nov. 24.
University officials terminated
the Cash contract Saturday after
the singer was arrested in El
Paso Oct. 4 and charged with
smuggling and concealing illicit
drugs.
Steps were immediately begun
to obtain a replacement.
A telegram signed by J. Wayne
Stark, director of the Memorial
Student Center, stated the con
tract was broken “due to unfavor
able publicity originating from El
Paso.”
Saul Holiff, Cash’s manager,
said from his home in Ontario,
Canada, that he and Cash had
consulted with attorneys and
would continue discussion Tues
day before reaching a definite
decision.
"But I will say it is quite likely
that some sort of legal action will
be taken,” Holiff said.
Holiff was sharply critical of
the cancellation, charging that
A&M officials were guilty of
“trial by newspaper.”
“This is a unilateral action
based upon appraisal of facts
without complete and accurate
knowledge of the facts,” he claim
ed.
“It could likely set a precedent
with far-reaching ramifications,”
he continued, “by acting as a
deterrent for other colleges want-'
ing to secure subsequent book
ings,”
Holiff also revealed that Cash
had sliced his standard $5,000
guarantee in half for the A&M
performance.
“It was Johnny’s wish that,
since he had such strong Texas
attachments (he married a Texas
girl), he wanted to give A&M a
special deal by cutting his pre
vailing rate in half.”
Cash and his troupe begin a
10-day tour Nov. 23 in Beaumont,
then were to have performed here
the next night before moving to
Temple and then into Louisiana.
The other nine tour stops were
charged the $5,000 rate.
The performance contract, ex
ecuted several weeks ago, pro
vided that either party could
sever the agreement by giving
the other 30 days notice of term
ination.
University officials squelched
the pact nearly six weeks after
Cash was arrested and 11 days
before Cash was to have appeared
as a special Town Hall attrac
tion.
“For reasons no one here can
fathom they waited more than
five weeks before cutting John
ny’s show, while our tour was
scheduled three months ago,”
Holiff noted.
Dean of Students James P.
Hannigan defended the admini
stration’s stand in the incident,
claiming Cash would have
brought adverse publicity to the
university.
“The administration didn’t feel
it was wise to present an enter
tainer with a cloud hanging over
him,” said Hannigan. “We try to
provide a clean, Christian atmos
phere for our students.”
“Cash put us in an untenable
situation of having to promote
and sell tickets for a person under
indictment for smuggling and
concealing illicit drugs,’ ’he con
tinued.
“We feel that amounts to
breach of contract on his part.”
Hannigan also pointed out he
received “a terrific number” of
complaints from parents and
former students complaining that
Cash was to have been allowed
on campus.
He also revealed the univer
sity Executive Committee was
consulted on the matter and “al
most unanimously” favored the
action taken.
Hannigan also dismissed Cash’s
chances for winning any lawsuits
should they be filed for breach of
contract.
“They wouldn’t hold up in any
court,” he said.
The cancellation was criticized
Thursday by Mike Nabors, chair
man of the Town Hall Committee
responsible for scheduling the
Cash show.
“It is an unfortunate situation
because the man is innocent until
proven guilty,” Nabors said. “If
we judged all our acts before
they came we would have very
few Town Hall performances.
“Those who wanted him to be
cancelled should have done it
three or four weeks ago when
there was time,” he continued.
“But we are in the process of
obtaining another act which we
think will be a good substitute.
I’m sure we’ll have a replace
ment.”
Cash was arrested at the El
Paso Airport Oct. 4 allegedly
carrying 668 dexardrine tablets
and 475 tablets of equanil. He
posted bond and was released
until his trial, which has not been
scheduled.
The rhubarb over Cash’s ap
pearance erupted last Monday
when the Memorial Student Cen
ter Council, which administers the
Town Hall program, retained the
singer despite a strong protest
by Joe Buser, supervisor of stu
dent publications and representa
tive of the Association of Former
Students to the council.
Buser argued that to permit
Cash to fulfill his engagement
would reflect unfavorably and
generate a poor image of the
university.
His motion to cancel the con
tract and immediately seek a re
placement for Cash died for lack
of a second.
(Boi
Nov. 24th
Night)
kjI
Here is a inaru&ffit) palS^’em in every time he
calls a meetinffijffifi man \^|£se face and voice are
known the ItfBgH h and breath of the land . . a
man whosejp^ival in any owy, town or village
starts peomfTto talkin’, whistlin^kand toe tappin’,
in anticaBition of seeing and belong him.
SctjBF Bon-Fire Night, this program Town Hall
Extrj^y All persons attending this show rlkst purchase
AdJHce Tickets at the Student Program ^jifice ticket
bdffi in the Memorial Student Center, or afsihe door
night of the performance. SEASON TICKIvw&iLAND
'UDENT ACTIVITY CARDS DO NOT APPCmaLOR
'THIS PERFORMANCE ONLY.
JOHNNY CASH SHOW SCRUBBED
A Town Hall extra, which was to star country and western
singer Johnny Cash on Bonfire night, was canned Satur
day by Texas A&M officials. The Cash contract was broken
“due to unfavorable publicity originating from El Paso."
Che Battalion
Volume 61
RV’s Begin
Work Friday
On Bonfire
Ross Volunteers will begin
work on the 1965-66 bonfire Fri
day by clearing cutting lanes.
Work for undergraduates will
begin Saturday morning. Under
graduate students will be per
mitted to work on the bonfire
Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
Students will not be permitted to
work any time prior to Saturday.
First call for work on the bon
fire will be at 4:30 a.m. on all
three mornings. Breakfast will
be served at 5 a.m.
Students should meet in the
stacking area behind Duncan
Dining Hall to board trucks to go
to the cutting area at 5:30 a.m.
The following safety rules have
been adopted for this year’s bon
fire:
First aid stations will be lo
cated in both areas.
Students riding on trucks to
and from the cutting area will
keep their arms and legs on the
body of the truck and will lock
arms.
Only senior and junior cars
will be allowed to go to the cut
ting area.
All persons in the cutting area
will wear gloves.
All bonfire key personnel will
wear red helmet liners and in
formation may be obtained from
them.
There will be concession stands
in the cutting and stacking areas
selling candy, soft-drinks and
cigars. The profit earned will go
into the Bonfire Fund to help
defray the costs of the bonfire.
Ducats Go On Sale
For Faculty Fete
Individual tickets to the Thurs
day faculty-staff dinner dance at
Texas A&M’s Memorial Student
Center are on sale. Chairman
John E. Oliver announced.
Tickets, including reduced-rate
season tickets, are available at
the MSC main desk, and from Dr.
Russell J. Kohel, research geneti
cist for soil and crop sciences.
Music for the 7:30 p.m. dinner
dance will be by Dick Baldauf’s
Aggieland Combo.
Oliver said members of the
A&M System staff at College
Station are invited to join facul
ty and staff of A&M in the din
ner club.
Other faculty - staff dinner
dances are scheduled Feb. 17 and
April 14.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1965 Number 233
THE ONE THAT WON IT
Glynn Lindsey, A&M’s kicking specialist, sends the foot- sey. Rice end George Alexander attempts to block the
ball toward the upright to give the Aggies a 14-13 upset point try as Aggie Dan Schneider blocks an Owl out of
over Rice Saturday. Eddie McKaughan, who threw the play,
winning touchdown pass to end John Poss, holds for Lind-
RICE PAINT RAIDERS CONFESS
TO A&M CAMPUS INCIDENT
| Armstrong Sets |
•x
| Issues Lecture |
Two Rice University undjer-
classmen allegedly responsible
for a midnight painting spree at
Texas A&M turned themselves
in to Rice officials in Houston
Friday.
Rice student leaders convinced
the two underclassmen, a fresh
man and sophomore, to turn
themselves in.
Dr. Paul Pfeiffer, Dean of Stu
dents at Rice, said the students
expressed extreme remorse after
the incident, and they weren’t
aware they were descrating the
Aggie War Memorial.
“You can be sure the action
was not approved by school of
ficials,” Pfeiffer related. “The
students involved realize they
have committed a serious error.”
The Rice dean said discipli
nary action would be determined
by the Rice Inter-college court,
a student organization, and the
University would insist the stu
dents pay costs of repairing the
damage.
Pfeiffer commended the A&M
students for not retaliating, and
added that he enjoyed the A&M-
Rice football game because the
A g g i e s demonstrated good
sportsmanship.
James P. Hannigan, A&M Dean
of Students, said the Rice offi
cials and student leaders were
“very profuse in their apologies.”
“Rice” and “Go Owls” signs
were painted on nine A&M build
ings, entrance signs, the statue of
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, a repli
ca of the Liberty Bell, and the
plaque honoring A&M war dead
at the Memorial Student Center.
An estimated damage of $350 was
reported by Building and Utili
ties officials.
The incident is the third such
at A&M this fall. East Gate
signs were daubed with orange
paint early this semester and 13
Baylor students painted signs,
buildings, and a students automo
bile Oct. 22.
MSC To Continue
Membership Drive
The Memorial Student Center’s
annual membership drive will
continue through Wednesday in
the main hallway of the Center.
The drive is sponsored by the
Public Relations Committee and
will feature exhibits by 14 major
comittees.
The Great Issues committee
will present a lecture by Ken
neth S. Armstrong at 8 p.m.
Wednesday in the Memorial
Student Center Ballroom.
Presenting a World Around
Us Series lecture, Armstrong
will speak on “South Vietnam
. . . Endless Cricle?”
Armstrong will analyze the
Viet Nam situation including
pertinent elements of Vietnam
ese history, religion and cus
toms that have contributed to
the developments in the coun
try.
“Armstrong brings an in
sight into the world problems
that has been sharpened by ob
servations recorded on the front
lines, by interviews fith lead
ers and by his extensive con
tract with the Vietnamese peo
ple,” said Jerry Stevens, chair
man of the World Around Us
Series.”
“He will document his re
port with a color film, some of
it taken while flying above the
front lines. His factual, force-
full analysis and detailed back
ground of Viet Nam will pro
vide excellent preparation for
the eleventh Student Confer
ence on National Affairs this
year which will have Viet Nam
as its topic,” Stevens added.
A&M students with activity
cards will be charged 50 cents.
KENNETH S. ARMSTRONG
Who’s Who
36 Students
Selected
For Honor
Thirty-six Texas A&M students were selected for the
1966 edition of “Who’s Who Among Students in American
Universities and Colleges.”
All selected have excelled in both the classroom and
extra curricular activities.
Students to be listed in “Who’s Who’’ includes these
Aggies with exceptional achievements:
Donald E. Allen, Fred, accounting, 3rd Battalion com
mander; James H. Allen Jr., Bryan, accounting Senate Stu
dent Life Committee chair-
man; William C. Atkinson,
Dallas, marketing, basketball
player; John M. Beasley,
Linden, business administra
tion, basketball player; Craig C.
Buck, Carthage, government,
chairman of eleventh Student
Conference on National Affairs;
Narciso O. Cano Jr., San An
tonio, aerospace engineering,
senior class president;
Robert L. Cator Jr., Sunray,
veterinary medicine, president of
the local chapter of the Ameri
can Veterinary Medicine Associ
ation; Ronny J. Chauviere, Waco,
mechanical engineering, vice
president of Tau Beta Pi; Lance
Howard Cobb, Fort Worth, phys
ics, baseball player; Richard Mi
chael Dooley, lola, economics,
chairman of Contemporary Arts
Committee; Glenn Allen Drom-
goole, Sour Lake, journalism, Ed
itor of The Battalion;
Ralph B. Filburn, San Angelo,
aerospace engineering, Cadet
Colonel of the Corps; William
Edmond Galloway, Falls Church,
Va., geology, chairman of Social
Activities Committee, Tau Beta
Pi; John Davis Gay, College Sta
tion, accounting, Deputy Corps
Commander; David Eldridge
Graham, Bay City, history, Cadet
Captain of Combined Band Staff;
Jay Alan Gray, Fort Worth,
management, Air Division Com
mander; Wayne William Hanna,
Flatonia, agricultural education.
Chancellor-Alpha Zeta; Leonard
Donald Holder, San Antonio, his
tory, Second Brigade Command
er; Simeon T. Lake, III, Fort
Worth, history. Scholastic Offi
cer-Second Brigade; Thomas Ma
son Lunsford, Lake Jackson, pre-
med., Commander - Fourth Bat
talion; Allen Werner Matthys,
Riesel, dairy science, Secretary
Treasurer, American Dairy Sci
ence Association; Roy Louis May,
Sherman, history, Commanding
Officer-Maroon Band;
William Shepherd Moore II,
Houston, accounting, Supply Of
ficer, Company F-2; David Eu
gene Moreman, Hedley, veterin
ary medicine. Executive Ed
itor, Southwestern Veterinarian;
Thomas F. Murrah, San Antonio,
accounting, Varsity Football
Player; Malcolm Ray Osbourn,
Valley Spring, animal husban
dry, president. Saddle and Sir
loin Club; Ronald E. Pate, Wa
co, accounting, vice president of
Student Senate; Lani Newell
Presswood, Fort Worth, English,
Summer Editor, The Battalion;
Lloyd Davie Ptak, Fort Lewis,
Washington, chemistry, Second
Battalion Staff; John Hunter
Rodgers, Austin, economics,
Scholastic Officer, Corps Staff;
James Allen Rupley, College Sta
tion, mathematics; President,
Singing Cadets; Roland D. Smith,
Lawn, agronomy, Student Sen
ate President;
David Edwin Stiles, Midelo-
thian, journalism, Wall Street
Journal Award, outstanding
Journalism Senior, 1964-65;
James Raymond Supak, Coup
land, plant & soil science, Stu
dent Agricultural Council Presi
dent; Charles Edward Wallace,
Fort Worth, civil engineering,
Special Consultant, MSC Council;
Frank Dwayne Watson, Spokane,
Washington, physics, Command
er, Second Wing.
The first publication of Who’s
Who Among Students in Ameri
can Universities and Colleges
was printed in 1943-44. Its pub
lication was encouraged by two
years of research, travel and in
terviews with college administra
tors, students, and undergradu
ate organizations to create a na
tional recognition for college stu
dents that would be democratic
and devoid of costs.
Recognition by Who’s Who
means that the student was first
recommended from the universi
ty or college he attends and then
accepted by the organization.
Nominations may be submit
ted annually for four year de
gree-granting institutions. Col
lege juniors, seniors and gradu
ate students are eligible for nom
ination.
Selection is conducted by cam
pus committees usually involving
student - faculty - administration
participation. These committees
consider the student’s scholar
ship, his leadership and coopera
tion in educational and extra
curricular activities, his general
citizenship, and his promise of
future usefulness.