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.
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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.
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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.