Cbe Battalion
Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1965
Number 237
SCONA Announces Speakers
Rudder Explains
Cash Decision
To MSC Council
By GERALD GARCIA
Battalion Managing Editor
President Earl Rudder told the Memorial Student Cen
ter Council why the decision was made on the Johnny Cash
Show and reaffirmed his confidence in the council.
Rudder was asked Thursday by council leaders to speak
to the group after the show was canceled because they
feared students had lost respect for the council.
Cash had been retained by the council for a Town Hall
performance for Bonfire night but Rudder squelched the
show because the country and western singer had been
charged with smuggling ille-
Graham Sees
Serious Trend
In Immorality
HOUSTON (^—Immorality is
increasing on college campuses
and the new campus code may be
tomorrow’s national standard of
morality, Billy Graham told a
crowd of 39,216 in the Domed
Stadium Monday night.
“A growing number of college
students do not consider pre
marital sexual relations im
moral,” the evangelist said. “On
the contrary, they view it, not
only as a natural expression of
affection, but as a valuable ex
perience in personal growth.”
“The Bible has a great deal to
say about sex,” he said. “Sex is
a gift from G'od—not only for the
propagation of the race, but for
enjoyment—but only in the bonds
of matrimony.”
An estimated 2,000 “inquirers"
answered Graham’s invitation at
the end of the sermon. That made
a total of approximately 5,700
“inquirers” through the first four
days of the 10-day Houston Cru
sade. The crowd total for four
days: 145,502.
Professors To Attend
Chicago Vet Sessions
Two Texas A&M professors
will attend two veterinary ses
sions in Chicago this weekend.
Dr. C. H. Bridges, head of the
department of veterinary path
ology, and Dr. Fred D. Maurer,
associate dean of veterinary med
icine, will attend Friday through
Monday conferences.
Bridges will chair the commit
tee on education of the seminar
of American College of Vet
erinary Pathologists Friday and
Saturday at the University of
Chicago.
They will attend the Confer
ence of Research Workers in
Animal Diseases Nov. 29-30.
gal drugs.
“The ultimate authority in
university affairs rests with
the Board of Directors but
the Cash decision was mine
and mine alone,” Rudder pointed
out. “However I have contacted a
few of the board members and
they completely agreed with the
decisions.”
“I did not try to prejudge
Johnny Cash because only a court
of law can do this, but nobody
can dispute that he has been
caught with pep pills.”
Rudder had these other com
ments on the Cash issue:
Students should read the mean
ing of pep pills in this weeks
issue of Saturday Evening Post.
He has no personal feeling to
ward Cash and he does not know
what kind of entertainer Cash
is.
Texas A&M is a great insti
tution and he felt the universi
ty should not present Cash be
cause of the cloud he has hang
ing over him.
He said anything that will
bring discredit to the university
he will not hesitate and step in.
He has disagreed with the
council only once in his tenure
of office. This was concerning
a nude picture in the MSC.
Donald L. Allen wanted to
know why the decision was made
so late.
“I must apologize for this,”
Rudder said. “I just began to
think about it and maybe I was
just slow in making up my
mind.”
Dave Graham asked the presi
dent if any of the protest groups
had contacted him and if any
petition had been presented to
the University Executive Com
mittee.
“I have not been contacted by
any as of now, but I have not
been to the office for sometime,”
the president pointed out.
Lynn R. LaMotte and Jim
Weatherby, members of the Com
mittee for Johnny Cash, were
present at the meeting and told
Rudder that a petition would be
presented to him early Tuesday.
I Trager, Vetter
Roumn Scheduled
Three major speakers for the 11th Student Conference
on National Affairs Dec. 8-11 at Texas A&M have been
announced by Chairmen Craig Buck.
They are Dr. Frank N. Trager, professor of interna
tional affairs, New York University; Charles T. Vetter Jr.,
information Agency; and Carl T. Rowan, immediate past
director of the USIA.
Two hundred and fifteen delegates from 85 universities
and colleges in the United States, Canada and Latin America
will discuss the conference
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OUR SAVIOR’S LUTHERAN CHURCH SETS DEDICATION
A dedication ceremony is set for the Guid- sisting of seven multi-purpose rooms, stem-
ance Center of Our Savior’s Lutheran ming off a central rotunda. A fellowship
Church in College Station at 9:30 p. m. hour with refreshments will follow.
Thursday. The structure is an octagon con-
Design, Automated Checkout
Highlight Library Year
Conversion to automated
checkout and design for a $3.6
million expansion were highlights
of 1964-65 for Cushing Library.
Accomplishments are reflected
in the annual report submitted
by acting library director R. C. ■
Woodward. The report covers the
school year ending Sept. 1.
Ford Foundation
Consultant Lewis
To Speak Dec. 3
Dr. R. D. Lewis, senior agricul
tural consultant for The Ford
Foundation att he University of
Aleppo, Syria, will report his ex
periences Dec. 3 in Room 113,
Herman Keep Building.
The faculty and staff are in
vited to the seminar. Dr. M. T.
Harrington, coordinator of Inter
national Programs for Texas
A&M University, noted Lewis’
talk will be of special interest to
Collegeof Agriculture faculty and
others involved in international
programs.
Lewis served as director of the
Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station from 1946 to 1962. He
and Mrs. Lewis reside at 102
Greenway, Bryan.
Increased service for library
users was an improvement noted
in the report. IBM card charg
ing, open stacks and an informa
tion desk allow the 59-member
staff time to assist with special
problems.
Automated circulation control
systems went into use in Octo
ber.
Total volumes loaned dropped
in number from 1963-64. The
lower rate of use resulted from
open stacks. Previously, three or
four books were requested be
fore the user found the one he
wanted. All four were recorded
as loans. Reference service uses
totaled 50,535.
Addition of 12,409 volumes
brought the total to 460,651.
A 25 per cent increase in staff
over the year was pointed out by
Woodward. Thirteen new posi
tions were authorized, six in the
professional area. The staff at
tended 22 meetings, institutes
2 Ag Freshmen
Suffer Injuries
In Bonfire Work
Two Aggie freshmen were in
jured Monday morning and Satur
day in the erection of the bonfire.
Larry G. Jordan, son of Mr.
and Mrs. L. C. Jordan of 2722
Salerno, suffered a broken left
leg and a fractured right ankle
when hit by a log rolling from a
truck.
He was treated at the uni
versity’s hospital and removed to
a Bryan hospital for traction.
Richard H. Bragg, a freshman
from Kirbyville, was hurt Satur
day. He suffered a minor wrist
fracture while logs were being
loaded on a truck.
Bonfire work will continue un
til 4 p.m. Wednesday on a volun
tary basis. The 85-foot pile of
logs will be lighted at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday prior to Thursday’s
football game between the Aggies
and University of Texas at Kyle
Field.
and conferences, the majority
dealing with library automation.
Expenditures for the year were
$432,453.97, an increase of about
$53,000 over the previous period.
Chief gains were in salaries.
“A means for improving our
potential to recruit an outstand
ing staff is needed,” the direc
tor said. “Salaries alone do not
always suffice.”
He also indicated that supple
mentary funds of about $600,000
are needed in the near future for
materials. The report listed an
undergraduate collection for the
new building, microfilm collec
tions for graduate research, Tex-
ana and a paced program of jour
nal backfield collecting as needs.
theme: “The Far East: Fo
cus on Southeast Asia” (The
Challenges to a Dynamic Re
gion) .
A keynote speaker will be an
nounced. He will talk at 2 p.m.
Dec. 8 giving the opposition point
of view.
Congressman Olin E. Teague
of College Station will moderate
a panel at 8 p.m. Dec. 9. Panel
ists include Col. A. N. Griffiths
of the British Embassy, Gen.
Paul D. Harkins (ret.), com
mander of the U. S. Military As
sistance Group in Viet Nam from
1962 to 1964, and Kenneth T.
Young Jr., president of the Asia
Society in New York City and
former U. S. Ambassador to
Thailand.
Vetter will speak at 8 p.m.
Dec. 10. Rowan will be the round
up speaker at noon Dec. 11.
Sixteen round-table chairmen
will lead discussions by delegates
throughout the four-day confer
ence.
Trager is a noted authority on
Southeast Asia, having served as
director of the Technical Assist
ance Administration in Burma
(1951-3), director of NYU’s Bur
ma Research Project since 1955,
and director of a Southeast Asia
project for Rand Corporation
(1956-7).
Trager was visiting professor
for Yale’s Southeast Asian pro
gram in 1960-61 and led the
Southeast Asian seminar at the
Army War College in 1959-62.
He was a faculty member of the
National War College from 1961
to 1963.
Vetter has been employed by
the USIA since 1953. He was ad
viser to the director of public re
lations of the government of
East Pakistan in 1955 and later a
USIA lecturer in political science
in West Pakistan. He advanced
through various assignments to
development officer in 1958. In
this capacity Vetter headed train
ing in international communica
tions and communism.
Rowan was appointed director
of the USIA by President John
son in January, 1964, after serv
ing a year as U. S. ambassador
to Finland. He served the pre
vious two years as deputy assist
ant secretary of state for public
afafirs.
As a reporter for the Minne
apolis Tribune, Rowan won nu
merous awards, among them the
1955 Sigma Delta Chi award for
best foreign correspondence, in
cluding a series of articles on
Southeast Asia.
Rowan was voted one of Amer
ica’s ten outstanding young men
in 1963 by the U.S. Junior Cham
ber of Commerce.
MSC Auction
Set Wednesday
The Memorial Student Center
Lost and Found Auction will be
from 1-5 p. m. Wednesday.
The auction will be held in the
Coffee Room area.
Approximately 400 articles
from the MSC and Campus Secur
ity lost and found will be sold.
Battalion Needs
Activities List
All organizations having a Bon
fire activity planned are asked to
contact The Battalion by 8 p.m.
tonight.
The Battalion will publish a list
of activites in Wednesday’s issue.
Organizations should call 846-
4910 or 846-6618 to have their
activity printed.
Housing Worker — Cathey:
A Real Aggie Night Owl
Industrial radiography students at the Tex-
^ A&M Research Annex ready an x-ray
machine for an exposure. They are, from
left, Charles Meyers of Dallas, Instructor
Eugene Kronenberg, J. T. Hall of Bryan,
PREP FOR TEST
Roy Clawson and Benny Vavrecka of Hous
ton. Industrial radiography, a 21-week pilot
course by the A&M Engineering Extension
Service, is a unique method of non-destruc
tive testing.
Aggie Movie Series
Presents Double Bill
The Aggie Movie Series will
present a double feature at 7:30
p.m. Tuesday in Guion Hall.
The first show will be “We’ve
Never Been Licked” with Robert
Mitchum and Noals Berry. The
film is the classic story of Texas
A&M and most of the picture was
filmed on campus.
The other feature will be “Ad
vise and Consent” with Peter
Lawford and Henry Fonda-
Front man for Texas A&M’s
student body, representative of
the Aggies to the public is more
often than not a big, dark-haired,
quiet-spoken person who has come
by the title “Mr. A&iM After
Dark.”
Ted Cathey's business requires
him to contact an average of
200 persons in a six-hour period.
He does it without ruffling a
feather.
“I try to get along on the
philosophy that you treat people
as you’d like to be treated,” says
the man of precise speech. “It
works remarkably well.”
Cathey is in his 19th year in
A&M’s Housing and Student In
formation office, a span of serv
ice that saw the department move
from Goodwin Hall, where Cam
pus Security was signalled with
a red light, to the ground floor
of the YMCA.
Cathey works from five to 11
p.m. weekdays and noon to 7
p.m. Saturday.
“You can set your watch by
him,” Glenn Bolton, assistant
chief of Campus Security, said.
“He comes through that door to
work every day at 16 minutes to
five.”
“He’s the most dedicated em
ployee A&M has,” declares Sgt.
Emmitt Folsom.
Housing Manager Harry Boyer
looks at it the same way.
“Hiring Ted and Allen (Made-
ley) was the smartest move we
ever made,” he declared.
Ted and his wife, Vicki, live
at 305 West 31st in Bryan and
have three sons. Larry, 16, is
a junior at Bryan High. Merka
is an A&M graduate with Mobil
Oil Company and Bobby works in
Baytown.
In a typical hour of a typical
day, ““Mr. A&M After Dark” ans
wers 11 personal queries and
takes 13 phone calls.
The native of Hamilton will
identify a senior ring found by
a janitor, take and send West
ern Union telegrams, locate Ag
gie addresses in one of numerous
files maintained by Housing, is
sue duplicate room keys, assist
two interational students locate
an off-campus apartment or give
information about an event at
A&M.
The one-time stockfarmer is
often flooded with calls and per
sons waiting, but Cathey main
tains a calm manner and precise,
moderate tones in answering
every request, regardless of how
strange or unusual.
Messages and telegrams are
delivered where phone service
isn’t provided. Buildings and Uti
lities manages a radio system to
direct Campus Security work, but
Housing formerly used a red light
signal to notify patrolmen of
calls.
The light has long since dis
appeared. But Cathey stays on.
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MR. A&M AFTER DARK
Ted Cathey of Texas A&M answers knocks at the front
door of the school after 5 p. m. every day. The native of
Hamilton works the evening - shift at Housing and Student
Information and is A&M’s representative after dark. Cnc
hey is in his 19th year in the Housing Office.