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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1965
Number 241
Trinity 4 5’
Provides
Opponent
Beasley, Matson
To Pace Cadets
The Aggies will open their 1965-66 basketball season
Thursday night against the youngest team they will face
all season. The Aggies, starting three seniors, a junior and
a sophomore, will tip-off against the Trinity Tigers from
San Antonio who will start a sophomore and four freshmen.
The Cadets, under the leadership of Shelby Metcalf for
the third year, will host a Trinity five at G. Rollie White
Coliseum that is in its first year under Head Coach Bob
Polk. Polk came to Trinity in June from Nashville, Tennessee
where he has been an assist- • ~ ~ ' • "
FIVE SENIOR MEMBERS OF BASKETBALL SQUAD
These five senior Aggie basketball players, left, Eddie Dominguez, guard; Sonny Feth-
three of whom will start against Trinity at kenher, forward; John Beasley, center; Tim
7:30 p. m. tonight, will lead A&M during Timmerman, forward; and Dick Stringfel-
the coming campaign. The five are, from low, forward.
Missouri Prof To Deliver
SCONA Keynote Address
A University of Missouri pro
fessor with extensive background
in Southeast Asia affairs has
been selected to open the eleventh
Student Conference on National
Affairs Wednesday.
Dr. David Wurfel, a professor
of political science, will deliver
the opening address of SCONA
XI at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the
Memorial Student Center Ball
room.
He will discuss “U. S. Policy
in Southeast Asia (Agreements
and Disagreements).”
Wurfel joins Dr. Frank Trager,
Charles Vetter and Carl Rowan
as main speakers for the four-
day conference.
Professor of International Af-
New Mexico Prof
Schedules Talks
Here Dec. 9-10
Three lectures by Dr. L. H.
Koopmans of New Mexico Uni
versity’s Mathematics and Sta
tistics Department are scheduled
here Dec. 9-10.
Koopmans will discuss “Some
Applications of Time Series An
alysis” at 8 a.m. in chemistry
lecture room 231.
Dr. H. O. Hartley, head of
A&M’s Institute of Statistics,
said the talk will primarily con
cern problems arising in geology
and geophysics.
Koopmans’ second lecture, “A
Convergence Rate Theorem in
Probability Theory with a Time
Series Application”, is set for 11
a.m. Dec. 10 in biological science
lecture room 113. This picture
requires knowledge of basic prob
ability theory, Hartley noted.
At 3 p.m. Dec. 10 in chemistry
building room 229 Koopmans will
discuss “Tolerance Limits for
Distributions with Increasing
Hazard Rates”. Hartley indicat
ed a basic knowledge of distri
bution and reliability theories are
needed for the lecture.
An informal coffee hour at 2
p.m. Dec. 10 will honor Koop-
mans. Faculty and graduate stu
dents are invited to meet him,
Hartley announced.
Koopmans’ visit is sponsored
by the National Science Founda
tion.
fairs at New York University,
Trager will speak Wednesday
night at the second plenary ses
sion.
Vetter, information coordinator
in the United States Information
Agency Office of Public Informa
tion, will speak Friday.
Rowan, immediate past direc
tor of the USIA and former
Deputy Assistant Secretary of
State for Public Affairs, will end
the conference with a noon ad
dress Saturday.
Members of a panel discussion
at 8 p.m. Thursday include Ken
neth Young, president of the Asia
Society; Cong. Olin E. Teague of
College Station; Gen. Paul Har
kins, past U. S. Commander in
South Viet Nam, and Col. A. N.
Griffiths, member of the British
Army Staff at the British Em
bassy in Washington.
All speeches and the panel
discussion are open to the public.
No admission will be charged.
Wurfel was graduated with
honors from San Diego State
College in 1950. He received
his master’s degree from the
University of California in 1953
and his doctorate from Cornell
in 1960.
While at Cornell he was a
Southeast Asia Fellow, and was
also a Ford Foundation Fellow
in 1952-53. He conducted field
research in the Philippines and
Southeast Asia in 1955-56.
He received a faculty research
grant in 1961 to study the poli
tical elite of the Philippines.
He has traveled widely in
Southeast Asia and has visited
Japan, Thailand, Viet Nam, In
donesia, Cambodia, Malaysia,
Korea and the Philippines.
He has taught political science
at International Christian Uni
versity, University of Singapore
and University of Missouri. He
has also taught government at
Cornell and Wells College.
CAPTAINS COMMENDED
Captains Harry M. Kepner, left, and Gerald V. Newlin were
awarded commendation Air Force Medals this week by Col.
Raymond C. Lee, Professor of Aerospace Studies. Kepner
was also presented seven Oak Leaf Clusters for extensive
combat flying in Viet Nam. Both officers are graduate
students.
ant coach at Vanderbilt for
the last 15 years.
The Tigers and Aggies will
both be opening their sea
sons, so any comparisons of per
formance is limited to their re
spective workout periods.
Polk said in an exclusive in
terview with the Battalion Wed
nesday night that his boys were
looking good in workouts, and
that,
“I am pleased for a freshman
team, but we’re not playing
against other freshmen.”
But, he added, the Trinity
cagers are anxious to play
against big schools, and hope to
give the Aggies a good battle.
Polk brought 13 players from
San Antonio for the game, and
the starting five will probably
consist of Danny Krust and Lar
ry Jeffries at forwards, Billy
Summers at center and Roy Ga
mez and George Dupree at
guards.
Of the five, all are freshmen
except Gamez. He is the shortest
of the starters at 5-8, but has
one year experience on the 1964-
65 Tiger team that won two
games.
Tallest of the five is Krust
at 6-6, followed by Summers, 6-4
Jeffries, 6-3 and Dupree at 6-1.
Metcalf’s Aggies seem to hold
all the cards going into this one,
with size and experience on their
side.
Starting for the Farmers
should be John Beasley, Randy
Matson, Dick Stringfellow, Dick
Rector and Eddie Dominguez.
Beasley, the Aggies’ All-
American candidate, is 6-9 sen
ior with two years experience
and will alternate at center with
Matson. Matson, the shot put
great with no collegiate basket
ball experience, is 6-614 and will
do the jumping, then shift to
forward while Beasley works at
center.
Rector, a junior at 6-1, has a
year’s experience and is known as
one of the greatest of Aggie
competitors. Another scrambler
is Dominguez, the shortest of
the Cadets at 5-10. He is a sen
ior with one varsity letter and
a lot of speed.
The third senior on the Ag
starting five is Stringfellow, a
6-4 forward with two varsity
letters, a lot of speed and un
usual quickness.
Starting
Lineups
A&M
John Beasley C
Randy Matson F-C
Dick Stringfellow F
Dick Rector G
Eddie Dominguez G
TRINITY
Billy Summers C
Danny Krust F
Larry Jeffries F
George Dupree G
Roy Gamez G
Ford Foundation
Syrian Consultant
To Speak Friday
Dr. R. D. Lewis, senior agri
cultural consultant for the Ford
Foundation at the University of
Aleppo, Syria, will speak at 3
p.m. Friday in the auditorium of
the Architectural Building.
Dr. M. T. Harrington, coordi
nator of International Programs
for Texas A&M, announced the
new site for the seminar. It had
been originally scheduled in the
Herman Keep Building.
Lewis will relate his experi
ences in Syria. Faculty and staff
are invited to the seminar, Har
rington reminded.
Lewis served as director of the
Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station from 1946 to 1962.
A&M’S ONE-TWO PUNCH
Randy Matson left, the world’s most famous shot putter,
and John Beasley, nation’s eighth leading scorer last
season, will give the Aggies one of the best rebounding and
shooting combination in the Southwest Conference this
year. The Aggies open basketball play at 7:30 p. m. tonight
against Trinity University.
Ag College Offers Grants
To Qualified Undergrads
The College of Agriculture has
63 scholarships and fellowships
worth $22,575 available this year
to qualified undergraduate stu
dents.
Dr. R. E. Patterson, dean of
the College of Agriculture, said
the entire university awards some
774 scholarships which provide
about $237,544 to undergrad
uates.
He said the honors are based
primarily on academic achieve
ment and need.
Major awards for College of
Agriculture undergraduate in
clude:
Anderson-Clayton Agricultural
Journalism Scholarships, two
$750 awards; Bankers School
Scholarship in Agricultural Fi
nance, $100 to $300; Borden Ag
ricultural Scholarship, $300 and
Burpee Award in Horticulture,
$100. o
A&M Collegiate FFA Chapter
Scholarship, $125; Dallas-Fort
Worth Dairy Technology Society
Scholarship, $100 to $150; A. L.
Darnell Agricultural Scholarship
Awards, four awards ranging
from $300 to $500 and Lamar
Fleming Scholarships, ranging
from $600 to $1,500.
Golf Course Superintendents of
America Scholarship, $300 for
students interested in course
management; F. W. Hensel
Scholarship (landscape architect
ure and floriculture), $500; Hous
ton Livestock Show and Rodeo,
$2,000 and Houston Association
of Hotel & Restaurant Meat Pur
veyors, $200.
Jesse H. Jones Agricultural
Scholarships, $250 each; W.
Goodrich Jones Memorial For
estry Award, $200; Luther G.
Jones Achievement Award in
Agronomy, $200; Dean E. J. Kyle
Scholarship Award, $150; Lilly
Ice Cream Company, $400, and
Loeb Foundation (to Jewish stu
dents), $250.
Mally Memorial Scholarship,
$500; Moorman Manufacturing
Company, five scholarships of
$300 each; National Plant Food
Institute Agronomy Award. $200
Ralston Purina Scholarship, $500;
Santa Fee Scholarships $500
Sears, Roebuck Foundation, $300
each; South Texas Dairy Tech
nological Society, $100; Southern
Association of Ice Cream Manu
facturers, $500; Texas and South
western Meat Packers Associa
tion, $500; Texas Turf grass As
sociation, $300 for an agronomy
student interested in turf man
agement; Texas Forestry As
sociation, $250, and Trans-Missi
ssippi Golf Association, $1,600
distributed among qualified ag
ronomy or plant and soil science
majors interested in turf manage
ment.
Patterson said there also are
awards for entering freshmen
which are unrestricted as to stu
dy field, such as the Opportunity
Awards. The program annually
provides from 125 to 150 four-
year scholarships for outstanding
high school graduates in Texas.
Stipends range from $800 to
$2,000 over a four-year period.
For freshmen in agriculture,
there also are available the
Kroger Company Scholarships of
$250 each, and the $1,000 Smith-
Douglas Company Scholarships.
Pinkie Says . . .
November visitors to Texas
A&M totaled 4,588, according to
statistics announced by Official
Greeter P. L. (Pinkie’) Downs Jr
Twenty-three different groups
made up the November total, he
said.
Downs noted 1,013,836 visitors
were on campus for scheduled
meetings and other activities dur
ing the past 16 years and six
months.
The official greeter estimated
the visitors spent $21,269,556.
Computerized
Debate Meet
Begins Friday
Vocal firing begins at 10 a.m.
Friday in the Texas A&M Com
puter Match Debate Tournament.
Carl Kell, Aggie debate team
sponsor, said the 64 two-man
teams from 25 Texas and Lou
isiana universities and colleges will
open the two-day event with a
general assembly at 9 a.m. Friday.
It will be in the Memorial
Student Center Ballroom.
“First round matches will be
in the MSC and centralized
enough that visitors may hear
more than one debate,” Kell said.
Location of the next seven rounds
will be decided by the Data
Processing Center’s IBM 1401
computer.
The machine will match winner
against winner as closely as pos
sible under the point system,
setting succeeding debates in dif
ferent rooms under different
judges. Early rounds of the
tourney will be held in 14 cam
pus buildings.
Matches from the quarterfinals
on will be held on the second and
third floors of the MSC with
quarterfinals beginning at 1 p.m.
Saturday. Semifinals are at 2:30
and at 4 p.m. Awards to winners
will be made at 5:15 p.m. Satur
day in the Ballroom.
Teams will debate the topic:
“Resolved: That Law Enforce
ment Agencies in the United
States Should be Given Greater
Freedom in the Investigation and
Presecution of Crime.”
Profs Publish Article
In British Magazine
Fred Rodewald and J. Frank
Peirce of the English Depart
ment faculty are co-authors of a
story in a British edition of El
lery Queen’s Double Dozen mag
azine.
This marks the third reprint
ing of the article, “The Man
Who Was a Station Wagon.”