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f ON p humbin 9 It r ihumt iFriendly Trucker omes To Rescue f Stranded Ag Che Battalion Volume 61 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1966 Number 25^ By Larry Jerden DITOR’S NOTE: We last left our intrepid hitchhiker, Battalion sports editor Larry Jerden, at a lonely crossroads somewhere in the heart of Alabama. The third installment in our four-part serial continues below. After a 15-minute wait during which I exchanged tales with some hitchhikers bound down the other road for Florida, I was picked up by Jim Sanders in a lumber truck. “I’m only goin’ a few miles down the road, but I know a good ot where you can get a ride for shore,” he explained. Desiring armth and motion, I accepted. Sure enough, six miles down the road, I was standing in a mud buddle, since it was the only piece of real estate within 30 yards that wasn’t covered with highway, forest, or more mud. But there was no traffic. None. Until a string of cars about a mile long came crawling around the indy road, being held up by a ’59 Ford six that was barely creeping. I didn’t mind, he was slowing down to pick me up. Inside were fcwo thin, elderly Negro men who told me their names about three ■mes, but I still couldn’t understand them enough to get anything down on paper. I did gather they were on their way from Anderson, Alabama to Tullapoosa, Georgia. On the straightaway, we were hitting up- ards of 70, but there wasn’t enough straight on that narrow, windy load to build a decent bowling lane, and with every curve the driver got a wild, terrified look in his eye that reminded me of a man facing a firing squad. The car was noisy and drafty, but a free lecture was included pith the fare about the various police departments along the route. As we passed through a small Georgia community just over the ;line, the driver commented, “Bo’, donchew eva’ get stopped in this town fo’ nuthin’. They’ll sho nuff throw yew in that jail and f’get ! yew is in thea. Ah swea they throw that dere key so fa’ way yew neva fin’ it.” “I wuz in thea one time. Ask to call yore kin? F’get it, bo’, ft’hey jus’ tell ya, ‘Get it that there cell and don’ chew make a peep!’ Cat’s what they do, bo’ No Suh, donchew neva speed hea!” As we went up an exceptionally steep hill, the driver launched ?a tale of his boyhood. “When ah wuz ah bo, we wuz cumin’ up this hea same hill on e backuva truck haulin’ hay, and dere wuz dis otha truck what wuz sgoin’ real slow, ah mean he wuz just about not goin’ atoll, an we assed him goin reel slow at de top ah da hill.” “Bo, when we passed him, ah jumps over on his truck and grabs e a bunch of apples from his pile, and hops back on ma truck. B -hen we jest passes ’im reel slow, yellin’ at ’im, an eatin’ ’is apples I?. . . an’ then, zoom, down’ de otha side of de hill, bout 90 miles an’ houa! Djew evah do dat, Bo?” About twenty minutes till ten, the two stopped near the railroad station where they worked and said they had to get some things out of their trailer. I said OK, but didn’t realize they meant they were going to clean out the trailer, bum the trash they swept out, re arrange the furniture, and generally conduct a year-end clean-up. It only took 11 minutes by my watch. Back on the road, through, over and around the rolling Georgia hills. Goats munching grass, squirrels gathering buried nuts, and the inevitable fog everywhere. The clouds were covering the tops of the short hills when we made an abrupt stop at the intersection of a dirt road. ‘This is it, bo,” and at 11:01, we were now in EST, I was back on the road. I stood out there about 10 minutes, exchanging stares with some goats on a nearby hillside, when an RCA repair truck stopped and L. J. Ingram introduced himself to me. He was on his way to Atlanta, which was the best news I’d heard in a long time, but was going to make a stop or two along the way, so I told him I’d just ride till he stopped, and stick out my ! thumb again. If I was still there when he came by again, I’d appre ciate another ride. I was in the little Falcon Van about five minutes when the news came over one of his radios that Gemini 6 was in the water. All the way back from space and I still wasn’t home yet! Ingram said, “Listen to that! If I were another country I’d think a long time before messing with the US, but Ho Chi Minh just won’t believe it. I’d just think a long time before messing with a country that could put four men in space like that and set ’em down right where they want to!” Suddenly traffic became heavy on the two-lane road. It slowed rapidly. From 60 to 40, now 30 ... 15 in a 60 zone. At 11:20, we were down to a crawl, and a few minutes later we were at a stop. The trouble lay with two big trucks that had jack-knifed about a half-mile ahead, completely blocking the road. The highway patrol estimated it wouldn’t be open to traffic till 2 p.m., so Ingram and I pulled out our maps and began looking for alternate routes. We found one, but took a wrong turn and after half an hour driving ended up where we started!!! We thought we were mad till we noticed a man in an Imperial with NY plates that had been following us, thinking we knew the way out! We had another go at it, but the New Yorker gave us a dirty look and headed back for the highway to wait out the highway patrol. We finally did find the way to Atlanta, and after battling the traffic, Ingram had me on the freeway out of town by 1:20. Un fortunately that’s where I stayed for the next half-hour. It was getting colder and every minute seemed like five. Cars were thick on the freeway and there was no shoulder, so even if a person wanted to pick up an Aggie (and few of the Georgia Tech supporters did) they couldn’t stop. Finally, risking life, limb, a wreck and a ticket, Buddy Payne whipped his ’57 Ford across two lanes, onto the narrow strip of mud by the roadside, and stopped. He took me out to where the shoulder was wide, and at his speed, I passed most of the people that had driven by me as I stood by the freeway. THAT was a good feeling! Powers Slated For CC Talk Mercury Control Voice Tops Jan. 25 Banquet Lt. Col. John A. “Shorty” Chamber of Commerce’s member- nual dinner meeting in the Ra- best Debate Team To Attend SWC Tournament Friday A&M debate teams travel to Baylor University to attend the Southwest Conference Annual Debate Tournament Friday and Saturday. “The format for this debate is different,” said Carl Kell, team sponsor. He explained two teams from each school will de bate a round robin schedule with every other school in the confer ence. One team will take the affirmative side all six rounds, While the other group takes the negative side. Students comprising A&M’s negative team are senior Sim mada Inn. Chamber officials were elated Powers, first voice of the astro- ship banquet Jan. 25. nauts, will be the featured speak- Powers is expected to speak to er at the Bryan-College Station 800 chamber members at the an- that Powers had accepted their invitation. “Colonel Powers is an expert in the space field and a very humorous speaker,” Executive Vice President Hill Westmoreland noted. “He can be expected to give an informative, yet enjoy able presentation.” Tickets for the banquet may be Zener Named Sciences Dean Lake and junior Marvin Simpson from Fort Worth. Affirmative team representatives are sopho mores Benny Mays from Brash- ear and David Gay from College Staton. Kell said an over all trophy will be awarded to the school with the most victories on both affirmative and negative sides. Also, the schools with the best affirmative and negative sides will be given trophies. Baylor University now has the “traveling trophy,” which is pre sented to the school with the best record in debating. Dr. Clarence Zener this week joined the faculty as first dean of the College of Sciences. Zener is the second member of the National Academy of Sci ences to join A&M. Dr. Horace R. Byers, an internationally known meteorologist, is dean of A&M’s College of Geosciences. The new faculty member comes to A&M from Westinghouse Re search Laboratories in Pitts burgh, Pa., where he was director of science. Honors have been many for Zener. He is reluctant to name his greatest honor, but com mented “the membership in the National Academy of Sciences seems to attract the most at tention.” His latest horior was the Al bert Sauveur Achievement Award of the American Society for Metals. He received “about a 10-pound plaque” in November for contributions to metallurigal science during his career. In 1959 Zener was named “Man of the Year in Science” by the Pittsburgh Junior Chamber of Commerce. He also won the John Price Wetherill Medal by the Franklin Institute that year. Two years earlier he was Bign- ham medalist for the Society of Rheology. Zener received the War De partment’s Exceptional Civilian Service Award in 1946 for de signing projectiles and armor plating at Waterton Arsenal. He is co-author of a book to be published in the spring, “Geo metric Programming”, about a new method of optimization. An other book, “Elasticity and Ane- lasticity of Metals”, was publish ed in 1948. It was later publish ed in French and Russian. Zener defined science as the understanding of nature as op posed to technology. “There will never be an end to the process of better understand ing,” he said. “The better we ‘University Fair’ To Remain Part Of Career Day “University Fair” becomes a regular feature of Career Day on March 12 when the special day for high school and junior college students is held on campus. The fair is comprised of ex hits and booths by departments in county fair fashion in G. Rol- lie White Coliseum. The innova tion was employed for the first time last spring. “We considered it very suc cessful,” said S. Auston Kerley, director of A&M’s counseling and testing center. Career Day allows prospective students to get acquainted with the A&M campus, faculty, stu dents and programs offered. Planned by the Dean of Stu dents’ office, Career Day is fac ulty-sponsored. The Student In tercouncil Committee promotes and organizes the fair. Students also operate exhibits set up by schools, departments and offices. “We feel the exhibits were ef fective last year,” said Kerley, coordinator for the annual Ca reer Day. “Practically every thing the University has to of fer was represented.” Visiting students reach A&M about 9 a.m. Scheduled activity ends at 4 p.m. understand, the more effective will be the technology.” “One can do research in teach ing as well as in conventional areas,” Zener commented. “It takes as much ingenuity to de vise effective new teaching tech niques as in doing research in the general areas of sciences.” “No other area has been as little changed as teaching during the past 100 years,” he added. “We still teach entering classes of 2,000 the same as when we had entering classes of 50. Gilmore To Speak At MSC Tonight Eddy Gilmore, correspondent for the Associated Press, will speak at 8 p.m. today in the Memorial Student Center Ball room. His topic will be “Creep ing Capitalism in Russia.” Gilmore covers foreign news for AP, specializing in Russian developments. His analysis of the Russian scene is reinforced by his personal experiences and observations. He received the Pulitzer Prize in 1947 for his work in foreign correspondence. The prize-win ning story was an interview with Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin dur ing the Big Four talks. His visit is sponsored by the MSC Great Issues Committee. Chairman of the Committee Tom Tyree said Gilmores talk will be no dry recital of economic changes, but an entertaining description of how capitalism is gaining new strongholds within the Soviet System. purchased at all Bryan-College Station banks, Bryan Building & Loan, Community Savings & Loan, Ramada Inn, Enco Insur ance Co., the Chamber of Com merce office and the Memorial Student Center. They sell for $4 apiece. The man who put “A-OK” in the American vocabulary was bom in Toledo, Ohio in 1922. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1942 and was commissioned in 1943. During World War II he flew troop carrying C-47’s and C-46’s in the European Thea tre. In the final months of the war he ferried supplies and gaso line to Patton’s armored column in Germany. Powers flew 55 night bombing missions in Korea and received a battlefield promotion to major. His combat decorations include the Air Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Bronze Star. The colonel was the first di rector of the Air Force's Luner Probe Information Center in 1958 and in 1959 was assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as public affairs officer for Project Mercury. He served as the “voice” of Mercury Control for America’s first manned space flights in cluding missions by Alan Shep ard, John Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra and J. Gordon Cooper. The officer retired from the Air Force in 1964 after 22 years of active service. He now heads a public relations firm, writes an internationally syndicated newspaper column and is vice president and general manager of Radio KMSC in Houston. Final Exam Schedule Final examinations for the Fall Semester 1965 will be held Jan. 24 - Jan. 29, according to the following schedule: Date Hours Series Jan. 24, Mon. 8-11 a. m. MWF8 Jan. 24, Mon. 1-4 P- m. TThSFl Jan. 25, Tue. 8-11 a. m. MWF9 Jan. 25, Tue. 1-4 P- m MWThl Jan. 26, Wed. 8-11 a. m. MWF10 Jan. 26, Wed. 1-4 P- m. TF1 Jan. 27, Thu. 8-11 a. m. M3TThlO Jan. 27, Thu. 1-4 P- m. MWTh2 Jan. 28, Fri. 8-11 a. m. MWF11 Jan. 28, Fri. 1-4 P- m. M4TThll Jan. 29, Sat. 8-11 a. m. TTh9F2 Jan. 29, Sat. 1-4 P- m. TF2 or TWF3 or TThF3 NOTE: Final examinations in courses with only one theory hour per week as shown in the cat alogue will be given, at the discretion of the department head concerned, at the last meeting of either the theory or practice period before the close of the semester. Evening classes are to be worked out on individual arrangements. Room Reservation To Start Monday For Spring Term Students living in civilian dormitories have until 5 p.m. Jan. 14 to reserve the room that they are now living in with the Hous ing Office. Reservations will be taken starting at 8 a.m. Monday. Corps members will be registered by their unit first sergeants. Students who wish to reserve a room other than their present one may sign for rooms on a first come, first served basis be ginning at 8 a.m. Jan. 17 through 5 p.m. Jan. 28. Special consideration for Dorm itory 22 and ramps E, F, G, and H of Walton Hall will be given to graduate students, Veterinary medicine students and foreign students not living in these two areas but who wish to move to them for the spring semester. Students who reserve rooms for the spring semester and cancel after Jan. 15, or who do not register will forfeit their $20 room deposit unless they are not permitted to register by the Uni versity. Those who have a $20 room deposit on file will not be re quired to pay any additional fees to reserve rooms. Other students must pay the room deposit before reserving rooms. Anyone who changes rooms for the spring semester must proper ly clear his old room to check into the new room after notifying the housemaster concerned. This must be done within 48 hours of the time the physical move takes place. Failure to accomplish either of these procedures will result in a charge of $5. Those moving from one civilian room to another must present a room clearance slip to the Hous ing Office, signed by the house master of the room they are leav ing, before exchanging keys. Anyone moving from a civilian dormitory to a cadet dormitory will need a room change slip signed by the housemaster, organ ization commander, and the cadet dormitory counselor concerned be fore exchanging keys. Civilian day students, including those who live in the University Apartments are strongly urged to secure day student permits early in order to save time during registration. Students who will be day students during the spring semester must secure a day stu dent permit from the Housing Office before paying fees. This includes all students who are day students at the present time. Pics Tell Story Of Ag Upset BEASLEY, MATSON DISPLAY SHOOTING ABILITY DURING WIN OYER SMU Two Ag-g-ie basketball giants, John Beasley, No. 44 in left Matson dunked four points but this one gave the Aggies picture, and Randy Matson, shooting in right picture, the lead in the second half. Defending for SMU are Bob helped shoot A&M past the SMU Mustangs Tuesday night Begert, No. 11, Carroll Hooser, No. 25, and John Ramsey, in G. Rollie White Coliseum, 85-78. Beasley scored 25 points No. 31. before fouling out with five minutes left in the game.