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Che Battalion Volume 61 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1965 Number 236 Aggie Bonfire Construction Starts Saturday By JOE LEMMING Battalion Staff Writer The gigantic task of construct ing the 1965 Aggie Bonfire gets underway early Saturday morn ing. Ross Volunteers began clear ing cutting lanes today, while underclassmen will be permit ted to work on the bonfire Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Student bonfire workers will meet in the stacking area behind Duncan Dining Hall to board tracks at 5:30 a.m. Saturday, Sunday and Monday. All civilian upperclassmen and freshmen not assigned to a unit should meet at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the lobby of the YMGA. Breakfast will be served each day at 5 a.m. in Duncan and Sbisa Dining Halls. Lunch will be from 11 a.m.-l p.m., with supper at 7 p.m. Only senior and junior cars will be allowed in the cutting area, located two miles south of campus on the Kidwell Farm, off old Highway 6. Cars going to and Kuvlesky Says Youth’s Goals To Get Better By DANI PRESSWOOD Staff Writer Dr. William P. Kuvlesky of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Sociology pre dicted a change for the better in the goals of youth Thursday night. Addressing the last meeting of the Apollo Club for the fall semester, Kuvlesky titled his speech “The Problem of the Fu ture: The American Youth in Transition.” “The greatest problem of our youth is placing order in their lives,” he said. “There is a lack of an explicit set of goals.” Kuvlesky said from his own research he has found that to day’s youth places occupation highest in their rating of values. Next in order of importance are goals concerning income, educa tion, health, and family. Although this indicates the ma jority are striving for individual achievement rather than welfare of the society, Kuvlesky has found evidence which proves “the future isn’t all black.” “I think today’s youth is be coming more intelligent at an early age,” he commented. “Also they are becoming intellectual ly mature in greater depth than previously.” The great aspiration of our society is to obtain the “good life,” Kuvlesky noted. “The conception of what con stitutes the good life varies from society to society and in a so ciety such as our own from group to group,” he said. Kuvlesky said the individual may obtain this good life by achieving his personal goals. “The normal individual does tot in a conscious manner order these goals,” he said, “but un consciously he must. Life without a clear cut set of values isn’t r aally a meaningful life.” from the area must not have more than seven passengers. All key bonfire personnel will wear red helmet liners, and a senior will have charge of each log. Crews returning from the loading area will move in single file down the sides of the lanes. All students must carry their identification cards at all times. The speed limit going to and from the cutting area has been set at 30 mph. A security and safety ring will encircle the stack at all times, with only stacking crews permit ted in the area. Concession stands in the areas will be selling candy, soft-drinks and tobacco. All work on the stack must be finished by 4 p.m. Wednesday. Bonfire Guard duty roster in cludes: FRIDAY 5:30 p.m.—Civilian and volun teers. 7:30 p.m.—Squadron 4. 9:30 p.m.—Squadron 5. 11:30 p.m.—Squadron 6. SATURDAY 1:30 a.m.—Squadron 7. 3:30 a.m.—Company A-l. 5:30 p.m.—^Civilians and volun teers. 7:30 p.m.—Company B-l. 9:30 p.m.—Company C-l. 11:30 p.m.—Company E-l. SUNDAY 1:30 a.m.- 5:30 a.m.—Squadrons 5 and 6. 11:30 a.m.—Civilians and volunteers. 5:30 p.m.—Squadron 13 and Company H-2. 7:30 p.m.—Squadrons 7 and 1 8. 9:30 p.m.—Squadrons 9 and 10. 11:30 p.m.—Squadrons 11 and 12. WEDNESDAY 1:30 a.m.—Companies A-l and B-l. 3:30 a.m.—Companies C-l and E-l. 5:30 a.m.—Companies F-l and G-l. 11:30 a.m.—Civilians and volunteers. 3:30 p.m.—First Battalion. ■ •/•*/. ; .? ’ 4 ^ GUARDING THE CENTER POLE Company D-l freshmen guard the center pole as prepara- 80 feet high, was scheduled to be raised shortly after noon tions begin for the 1965 Aggie Bonfire. The center pole, today. Dean Clears Up Political Clubs Ban But Issue Takes Back Seat At Senate To Cash Controversy 3:30 a.m.- 5:30 p.m- 7:30 p.m.- 9:30 p.m.- 11:30 p.m.- -Squadron 13 and Company H-2. -Company F-l. -Volunteers and Civilians. -Squadron 8. -Squadron 9. -Squadron 10. MONDAY 1:30 a.m.—Squadron 11. 3:30 a.m.—Squadron 12. 5:30 p.m.—Companies G-l and A.-2. 7:30 p.m.—Conpanies B-2 and C-2. 9:30 p.m.—Conpanies D-2 and E-2. 11:30 p.m.—Companies F-2 and G-2. TUESDAY 1:30 a.m.—Squadrons 1 and 2. 3:30 a.m.—Squadrons 3 and 4. Only 6 More Days Till Turkey Day By TOMMY DeFRANK Battalion News Editor The Student Senate Thursday night authorized the Issues Com mittee to work with the admini stration in the creation of guide lines under which political clubs may be allowed to operate on campus. But the much-anticipated bat tle over on-campus clubs took a back seat to a heated discussion over the cancellation of next Wed nesday’s Town Hall performance by country-and-western singer Johnny Cash. Backers of the administration’s action in the Cash incident fought off two attempts to bring the matter before the Senate for ac tion. Unanimous consent was needed before any action could have been taken. Welfare Committee Chairman James Morris, who asked for con sent to bring up the Cash ques tion, reminded senators they had obligations as student represent atives to consider student opin ion on the matter. “If we don’t vote on this we are not upholding our responsi bility to the students of this uni versity,” he said. “We’re sup posed to say what we feel — whether the administration likes it or not.” Morris had sought to move that the Senate condemn cancellation of the Cash contract. His motion failed to receive unanimous consent on his first at tempt but an ensuing move for adjournment was rejected. John Gay moved to reconsider the is sue but that attempt also failed to receive unanimous consent. Dean of Students James P. Hannigan said the reason the administration waited until 11 days before Cash was to have ap peared before breaking his con tract was that some officials felt the Memorial Student Center Council would act in similar fashion. “A lot of people assumed the Council would take that step,” he revealed, “and when it was not taken other had to take it instead. By that time the issue had come to a head.” The political club controversy failed to live up to expected fire works after Hannigan explained that clubs could operate on cam pus at the present time provid ed they complied with univer sity regulations. He said political clubs would be sanctioned like other student or ganizations if they operated as study groups and refrained from holding rallies and actively cam- CJC Announces Local Cash Show The Committee for Johnny Cash annuonced Thursday night the country-and-westem singer will appear in Bryan at 9 p.m. Wednesday. CJC spokesman James E. Baldauf said the committee re ceived confirmation from Saul Holiff, Cash’s manager, at 6:45 p.m. Thursday after the group had initiated action Wednesday night to bring the blackballed Town Hall performer to the Bryan-College Station area. Cash’s scheduled Bonfire night Town Hall performance was can celled Saturday by the Texas A&M administration after the singer was arrested in El Paso Oct. 4 for smuggling and conceal ing illegal drugs. The performance will be a Multimillion Dollar Will Double Bryan Hospital Units Aggies Welcome At TWU Dance Aggies are invited to a dance >n one of the freshman dorms on Texas Woman’s University c ampus Saturday. The dance will be in the dormi tory living room of Capps Hall from 8-11:30 p.m. Music will be Provided by a small “combo.” Mde guests wear will be ties and jackets. The event is being planned by Dorm Director Miss Ola Lummus and the counselors of Capps Hall. Plans for a new multimillion dollar hospital for Bryan were announced Thursday, Elton Jones of KBTX-TV reported. Sister M. Patricia, administra tor of St. Joseph Hospital, said the Sisters of St. Francis plan to build a hospital that will more than double the present 70-bed capacity of the Bryan hospital. The construction site was an nounced as a medical complex be ing constructed on land donated by five local doctors who are going to build offices there, the Sister said. The new facility will provide a modem 150-bed hospital with a provision for possible future expansion to a 250-bed unit. Sister Patricia indicated that Mathews and Associates of Bryan would be architects for the struc ture. She did not estimate total cost, but said that it would be a multi million dollar structure set for completion in about two years. The hospital, which will be own ed by the Sisters of Saint Fran cis, will not be financed by a fund drive. Sister Patricia said, “We’re hoping federal funds will give us 50 per cent . . . and we will manage the rest of it somehow.” She also indicated the Sisters will probably sell the present St. Joseph Hospital on 28th Street Jazz Concert Set Tonight In MSC A jazz concert by The Hous tonians will be at 8 p.m. Friday in the Memorial Student Center Ballroom. The Houstonians, from Sam Houston State Teachers College in Huntsville, feature a female vocalist. Don Von Dohlen, sub-chairman of the sponsoring MSC Con temporary Arts Committee, said the program will be “Levee” style so patrons may come and go as they please. Admission is 50 cents. when the new hospital is com pleted. Upon hearing the announce ment, L. H. Hill Westmoreland, executive vice president of the Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce said, “From the Chamber’s viewpoint, this will be one of the greatest aids to re duce one of the most serious voids in our community. Hospital space available is of utmost in import ance in inducing industrial pros pects to the area.” “We are very greatful to the Sisters of Saint Francis for their assistance in fulfilling a very serious need. This will move us forward in becoming one of the medical centers in East Central Texas,” Westmoreland said. Bryan mayor J. D. (Jack) Conlee echoed Westmoreland’s thoughts saying, “We are proud of the Sister's confidence in the community and happy that their medical facility will be growing with the city.” “pillow, sit-in, hootenanny” af fair at Lakeview Amusement Club on Tabor Road in Bryan. Spec- ators will provide their own pil lows and will sit on the floor. Admission will be $2 with CJC members selling advance tickets. Tickets will also be available at the door, committee members said. The club seats slightly more than 2,000 persons. The committee said they were not a university-recognized or ganization and predicted that Cash’s performance here will not receive administration sanction. “We are not acting as stu dents, we are acting as indepen dent contractors,” CJC member James F. Crook said. Dean of Students James P. Hannigan noted Friday that uni versity regulations apply only to j on-campus activities or official off-campus events. Baldauf said the show would last two hours, with Cash pro viding the final hour of entertain ment. June Carter and the Stat- ler Brothers will perform during the initial period. Town Hall Chairman Mike Nabors was uncertain late Thurs day night whether or not his committee will provide a cam pus replacement for the Bonfire Night show. Earlier Thursday the Graduate Student Council passed a resolu tion criticizing the cancellation, after rejecting a more critical resolution proposed by the CJC. Baldauf said a petition begun by the committee Wednesday pro testing the blackball had gained more than 2,000 signatures Thurs day night. Bonfire Bonanza Slated Wednesday The Mechanical Engineers Wives Club are sponsoring a “Come As You Are, Bonfire Bon anza” Wednesday at the Triangle Ballroom. The dance will start at 9 p.m. and end at 1 a.m. Thurs day. Set-ups will be free. Admission is $2.50 per couple and tickets may be purchased at the Memorial Student Center. paigning for candidates on cam pus. “We are not against political clubs on campus,” he said. “We merely have a desire to comply with the law and the Board of Director’s present interpretation of the law.” The current policy forbids the use of university property for “political campaigns, meetings, speeches or in the furtherance of any political campaign ... or for any political office.” Hannigan said the clubs would be permitted to engage in active campaigning as long as they re mained off campus. He also added that recent charges in the Battalion falsely implied that the university den ied permission for Sen. John Tower to speak on campus last week. “The Tower people did not want, did not ask and were not denied university facilities for the senator to speak,” he stress ed. “Senator Tower is thorough ly welcome on campus anytime.” “We have no blocks against speakers and we’re delighted to have them on campus for talks.” Hannigan said over the past five years more than 700 speak ers have been approved to speak on campus and none have been rejected. Hannigan pointed out that Young Democrats and Young Conservatives Clubs were permit ted on campus in 1962-63 but their charters were not renewed the next year for “grossly vio lating” the above regulations. “The Young Conservaties dis tributed Birch Society literature 2 One-Act Plays Open Friday Night In Fallout Theater A pair of very different one- act plays went through their fin al tune-ups Thursday before their Friday night opening in the Fallout Theater. “Forgive Me My Trespasses,” a student-written play which looks at the role of religion in several people’s lives, led off. Sophomore English major Hol- lyn Fuller is the author and di rector of the play. Jan Ganno- way, Jim Pye, and Jim Baldauf make up the cast. Offering a sharp contrast in mood is “A Good Woman,” writ ten by English playwright Arn old Bennett. This entertaining comedy stars Francis Flynn, Bob Hipp and John Gay. Roger Wil liams is the play’s director. These two productions plus a musical interlude kick off the 1965-66 Fallout Theater season. Site of the plays is the basement of Guion Hall, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Admission is 50 cents. in the Memorial Student Center, and the Young Democrats an nounced a rally for a candidate for political office in the YMCA,” he said. Senate parliamentarian Craig Buck, who submitted the resolu tion asking that a Senate com mittee draw up rules for poli tical clubs with the administra tion, termed the club controversy “a misunderstanding” in view of Hannigan’s explanations of pres ent policy. ★ ★ ★ Rudder Notes Confidence In Council President Earl Rudder said Thursday he will address the Memorial Student Center Council and Directorate at the earliest possible time “to reaffirm my confidence in the Council.” Rudder agreed to speak at the request of Council leaders who feared that students had lost re spect for the group in the wake of the Johnny Cash incident. The Council retained Cash as their Town Hall attraction next Wednesday only five days before Rudder terminated the singer’s contract because of charges of drug smuggling filed against him. T have every confidence in the Council and I was not try ing to preempt their authority,” Rudder said. “But it would not have been becoming for a great university like Texas A&M to bring this man here as long as a cloud hangs over him.” “I am not trying to prejudge this man, however,” he added. Council President John Rodgers said not all members agreed with the decision but the Coun cil would nevertheless support the president’s move. Rudder pointed out that ulti mate authority in university af fairs rests with the Board of Directors and that those with whom he had spoken were “keen ly pleased” with the action taken in canceling Cash. Ag Gives Birth To Baby Boy Another first for an Aggie: Giving birth to a baby. Mrs. Holly King, wife of John B. King, was graduated from Texas A&M in 1964 with a major in zoology is possibly the first graduate to give birth to a baby. The boy was born in Abilene Wednesday. Her husband is also a graduate from A&M. He was a me-- 7 r of the Aggie Band.