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Of Long Journey
By Larry Jerden
Che Battalion
Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1966
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EDITOR’S NOTE: We last left Battalion sports editor Larry
Jerden beside a freeway in Atlanta, nearing the end of his holiday
trip home. His concluding installment appears below.
The 18th ride of my trip began at 2:IQ when Haskle Lee
dropped his '64 Impala Super Sport from fourth to third to second,
tapped the brakes and rolled on the gravel about 50 yards from where
I stood shivering.
He was on a trip from Leesburg, Florida to Greenville, South
Carolina, and with this ride I felt I was almost home. It turned
out to be a long “almost!”
The car was an interesting one. A 4-speed Chevy with a 327
engine helped along with a Corvette racing cam. The speed was nice
for the day, around 80, and by four we were in Greenville.
Lee commented straightforwardly on the Viet Nam war. The
young railroad worker said simply, “We ought to take some bombs
in there and clean ‘em out? Get it over with!”
As we crossed into my new “home” state, it was raining.
Lee had his radio tuned in on a country music station, and the
miles passed quickly.
One car didn’t take to us passing, though. It was a ’55
Chevy with a couple of college girls in it from Florida. They
supposed we were racing, so they wound up their little six just
as tight as it would go, and we just hung along side of them,
making faces and laughing.
After we had passed them and slowed back down, they came
along side and waived us over. Not being ones to ignore the re
quests of young ladies, we pulled over and had a chat.
They were from Florida, going to Greenville for the holidays.
I was going the other way, I told them, but Lee wasn’t and got a
date for the night out of the deal. After exchanging names, where
to meet them and other no-so-vital information, Lee said it was
time to go, and that was the last I saw of themi ... I wonder how it
came out?
Anyway, we missed a turn somewere and I didn’t get out on the
interstate to Columbia till 4:31, but only had to wait 10 minutes
for a ride. Unfortunately the ride 'in a ’65 383 Sports Fury was
only for about five miles, and there I was again, on a freeway,
getting cold, with a thousand cars a second hurrying past.
Wade Pedlam, a salesman in a ’65 Plymouth, took me out of
town about 30 miles and left me under a bridge where I would
be out of the weather while I waited for a ride.
Wait.
More Wait.
Fifty-five minutes of wait before an old timer in a broken-
down ’55 Chevy wagon took me 17 miles to the next town. From
there, at 7 p.m., I got a ride with Terry Brown, an Airman from
Shaw AFB . . . home, and an hour later I was at the base gate.
Gate?
“My car isn’t insured,” he informed me “so I have to park it
off base. Sorry.”
“That’s OK,” I said, and gladly thanked him for the ride. Now,
all I have to do is call dad and he’ll come get me. Now what’s that
number ? ”
The number I didn’t have or know, so I walked up to the friendly
Air Policemen at the gate and asked to use his phone.
“OK, What’s the number,”
“I don’t know.”
“Can’t get information on this phone. I’ll try the base
locater .... hey, the phone won’t work. Just go over to that
building and use their phone.”
“Thanks”
“Could I use your phone? And your book?”
“Sure . . . what did we do with the book?”
“You got it Joe?”
“Ain’t seen it!”
I called information, got the phone number, and called home.
Nobody home!
I couldn’t believe it! I trudged back to the gate, and the AP,
being touched by my plight, called a patrol wagon which came and
took me home.
Sure enough, locked out of the house. How could they do this
to their only son?
Hmmm. That’s right, I didn’t tell ‘em I was comin!
My next door neighbor took me in, and with a few phone calls,
we determined where the folks were, but couldn’t get them to a phone.
At 10 p.m., they came home and at last, I could relax.
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and where’s the bed!
ANOTHER BLOCKADE
Traffic on Hubbard and Roberts streets as the $3.6 million expansion of Cushing-
from the Academic Building to the Agri- Library was begun, another of several mar-
culture Building was blocked off this week jor construction projects on campus.
U. S. - Russia A ligamen t
Against China Predicted
By DANI PRESSWOOD
Pulitzer Prize winner Eddy
Gilmore predicted Thursday
night the Soviet Union would
someday be aligned with the
United States against Red China.
An Associated Press corres-
podent who spent 12 years in
Moscow, Gilmore presented a
Great Issues Committee-spon
sored address on the topic “Creep
ing Capitalism in Russia.”
The future of Russia, he feels,
is that of a bourgeouis nation
in desperate need of an able
leader.
“The lack of firm leadership
in the Soviet Union today is en
dangering the West and world
peace,” he declared. “China’s
ambitions are one obvious peril,
and the weaker the leadership
in Russia, the more self-assured
the Chinese become.”
Although the Communits revo
lution is initially succeeding in
various parts of the world, Gil
more believes the Soviet Com
munists are losing their own
battle.
“Yet, until it’s lost,” he point
ed out, “this can be a very dan
gerous situation.”
Gilmore noted a definite ten
dency in the USSR toward what
he termed “goulash Communism”
or “creeping capitalism.”
“There’s a revolution taking
place in Russia all right,” he
said. “It is a move, however
disguised, towards the purely
capitalistic concepts of rent, in
terest, profits, markets and
prices.”
Gilmore is convinced that one
of the main reasons for this is
the “emergence for the first
time in Russian history of the
consumer as a real force.
“The Soviet consumer of 1966
is more diverse,” he explained.
“He is harder to please than
ever before. No longer can the
Kremlin automatically count on
him to accept the pure junk in
the state department stores.”
He added, “The big problem
today is how to hold back the
new wave of consumers so as
to avoid violent changes in the
country’s basic political and
ideological concepts.”
Turning toward the question
of sex in the Soviet Union Gil
more called it “a small mystery
wrapped in a big silence.”
“There is no sex instruction
in the majority of schools,” he
noted. “And a clinical manual
on sex, up until five months ago,
was as hard to find as a Barry
Goldwater supporter in the
Kremlin.”
However, he pointed out, since
then a book has been written on
the subject and has been a com
plete sellout in the major cities.
Gilmore credits Krushchev
with introducing and causing the
great number of changes which
Russia has seen recently.
“Profit schemes and personal
incentives, peaceful co-existence
and goulash communism ... in
each case it was the dynamics of
Krushchev’s personality that ini
tially, though clumsily, led the
way.”
Gilmore was awarded the
Pulitzer Prize in 1947 for his
written interview with Premier
Josef Stalin. He is presently
AP’s correspondent in London.
Now In University Of Texas System
Name Change Sparked ASC Revolt
By TOMMY DeFRANK
Battalion News Editor
ARLINGTON — William
Shakespeare may have been the
first to wonder about what’s in
a name, but only a short year ago
Arlington State College provided
the bard with a wildly vociferous
answer: too much!
Today ASC is the newest mem
ber of the University of Texas
family, an action ignited by a
name change offered by the then
parent Texas A&M University
System.
The much-publicized resulting
rhubarb between the two schools,
reportedly simmering for several
years, erupted into open conflict
Dec. 17, 1964, when the A&M
Board of Directors met here and
announced a long-awaited grad
uate school had been approved
for ASC.
But Arlington State backers
balked when the Board revealed
graduate school diplomas would
be granted under the title of
Texas A&M instead of ASC.
The Board also revealed a de
tailed reorganization plan for the
A&M System, whereby member
schools would be merged under
direct control of an administration
headquartered at College Station.
Presidents of the institutions
would have been given the title
of chancellor or provost and would
have been responsible to A&M
System President Earl Rudder.
ASC’s name would also have
been changed to Texas A&M Uni
versity at Arlington.
The Board argued the new set
up would unify the System into
a stronger body, increase its pres
tige and provide strength to nego
tiate for state education appro
priations.
But ASC administrators, stu
dents, exes and supporters, fear
ful the school would lose its sep-
erate identity, took a dim view
of the reorganization proposal and
began a full-scale revolt against
the A&M System.
Throughout early 1965 ASC
seethed with anti-A&M sentiment
as students staged rallies and
plastered the campus with post
ers.
“Please don’t bring us an Ag
gie.” pleaded a bedsheet hanging
from the wall of the physical
education gym.
“Do you want to be an Aggie?
If not, write your Congressman!”
another implored.
But stronger opposition was
brewing as a student-organized
Save Our School Committee (SOS)
and the Ex-Students Association
advocated complete independence
from A&M and began enlisting
the support of prominent North
Texas civic, business and political
leaders.
Overwhelming area public opin
ion sided with Arlington State,
and State Sen. Don Kennard of
Fort Worth succeeded in remov
ing ASC from the reorganization
plan when it was submitted to
the Legislature in February.
Kennard then received Senate
approval of House amendments to
his bill divorcing ASC from A&M
and placing it under the Uni
versity of Texas after a bitter
floor fight with Bryan Sen. Bill
Moore.
Kennard’s bill was passed in
April and Gov. John Connally
signed it into law April 23.
The orange and white of UT
has replaced the traditional blue
and white auto parking permits
at ASC, and campus signs boast
of the new affiliation today.
But President Jack R. Woolf
is more anxious to delve into
future problems facing the school
than rehash the bitter turmoil
of a year ago.
“There are exciting days ahead
for institutions of higher learn
ing everywhere,” he said recent
ly, “but no more so than for Ar
lington State.
“We have had to adjust to a
somewhat different set of rules
and procedures,” he continued,
“but officials and regents of the
University have been very help
ful in making the transition pain
less.”
But once the transition is com
plete, Woolf emerging predicts
ASC will emerge as a leader in
state education circles.
The physical plant has begun
to illustrate the increasing role
of ASC in higher education as
enrollment begins climbing to
ward the 21,000 mark projected
for 1976.
Four new buildings, last to be
financed with A&M funds, were
added last year: a sorely needed
auditorium, theater arts building,
student center addition and new
health center.
Work will begin this year on a
$2.1 million library expansion
and $1.4 million mathematics and
language building.
A $4.5 million structure to
house the School of Business Ad
ministration and Departments of
Biology, Psychology and Geology
will be added within the next two
years, along with a faculty of
fice building and new administra
tion building.
Funds for these last three pro
jects will come from ad valorem
tax money provided in an amend
ment approved by state voters
last November.
A large classroom and faculty
office building is also in the
thinking stages.
But as physical facilities in
crease to meet the demands of
anticipated enrollment figures,
Woolf feels the scope of the col
lege must be expanded to keep
pace with the environment of the
North Texas region it services.
Of primary concern is the grad
uate school, which may be in
operation next fall if swift au
thorization is given by the gov
ernor’s coordinating Board for
higher education.
Current plans call for master’s
level curricula in several engineer
ing fields and some of the sci
ences, but Woolf believes plan
ning for future doctoral programs
is also essential.
“We feel we must build the
caliber of graduate programs and
so construct the curriculum so
that Ph.D. level work could be
added,” he emphasized.
“The Texas Commission on
Higher Education recommended
two years ago that we eventually
prepare doctoral programs in
engineering and other fields,” he
reminded.
Woolf called graduate program
opportunities the greatest chal
lenge to the school’s future, but
he nevertheless foresees some ex
pansion in undergraduate pro
grams.
“I envision Arlington State
College some day as a limited
university that does not embrace
all of the professional programs
offered by many large colleges,”
he said.
He pointed out ASC might not
include schools of education, agri
culture, medicine, law and the
like in future curricula, but would
likely concentrate on graduate
work and expand into limited re
search activities.
“We must look at our own
urban environment and consider
the problems of the Fort Worth-
(See Name Change, Page 2)
Publications
Study Slated
By Senators
By MIKE BERRY
Battalion Staff Writer
Roland Smith, president of the
Student Senate, appointed the
Public Relations committee
Thursday night to study Student
Publications organization and de
termine campus opinion relevant
to its improvement.
The scope of action and the
regulations concerning political
clubs on campus was defined in
a statement made by Mike Reyn
olds of the Issues Committee.
Also presented to the Senate
Thursday night was a report
by Barney Fudge of the proceed
ings of the Southwest Confer
ence Sportsmanship Committee.
The study committee for Stu
dent Publications was appointed,
in Smith’s words, “to discover
areas of overlapping functions in
campus magazines and determine
the necessity or possibility of
consolidating some magazines, an
‘all-college’ magazine perhaps.”
Reynolds, speaking as editor
of The Review, proposed amend
ing the committee’s purpose to
include the collection of campus
opinion.
“It should be appropriate that
the Senate find out student opin
ion . . . students should have a
voice in what they are getting
. . . they should be consulted.”
The Senate voted unanimously
to take the proposed course of
action.
A resolution concerning politi
cal clubs was also approved unan
imously. The first seven sections
of the statement recognized polit
ical clubs as legitimate campus
organizations and placed several
rules, with some modifications,
upon them.
One revision delegated the re
sponsibility of approving politi
cal clubs to the University Exec
utive Committee instead of the
Dean of Students.
Another section placed addi
tional limitations on political
clubs. One requirement states
that the Dean of Students will
act as the recipient of requests
for political speakers for for
warding to the Executive Com
mittee.
Barney Fudge, Senate vice
president, reported on the meet
ing of the Southwest Conference
Sportsmanship Committee over
the holidays.
A proposal by the A&M dele
gation was adopted by the com
mittee that changed the voting
procedures for awarding of
sportsmanship trophy so student
bodies of the member schools
would have a greater influence
on the choice.
Dick Franklin of the Student
Life Committee announced en
forcement of the policy of allow-
Clarkson Dean
Speaks Monday
Dr. Milton Kerker, dean of
the School of Science, Clarkson
College of Technology, Potsdam,
N. Y., will give an address Mon
day at Texas A&M.
His talk is scheduled for 2
p.m. in Room 231 of the chemis
try building, Dr. A. D. Suttle Jr.,
A&M Vice President for Re
search, announced.
Editor of the Journal of Col
loid Science, Kerker is chairman
of the Division of Colloid and
Surface Chemistry of the Ameri
can Chemical Society.
Kerker was chairman of
Clarkson’s Chemistry Depart
ment from 1960 to 1964. He was
on leave in the fall of 1963 as a
research physicist for the Air
Force Cambridge Research Lab
oratory at Bedford, Mass.
The speaker earned a Ph.D.
in chemistry at Columbia in 1949
and studied the history of sci
ence at Cornell in 1952-53 on a
Ford Foundation fellowship. He
served in the U. S. Army from
1942 to 1945.
Kerker also has taught at Mc
Gill and Columbia Universities.
He has numerous publications in
chemistry.
ing only seniors to sit on the
floor of G. Rollie White Coliseum
during basketball games. Rings
will be checked by ushers during
future games.
Steve Gummer of the Mem
orial Student Center Council an
nounced nominations will be tak
en in the lower level of the MSC
for the Directorate.
The Student Life Coihmittee
will determine the possibility of
appointing a student body to
serve in an advisory capacity to
the library policy-making board.
Gen. Critz
To Address
New Officers
Maj. Gen. Harry H. Critz, com
mander of the U. S. Army Artil
lery and Missile Center, Fort Sill,
Okla., will be the featured speak
er at commissioning exercises
Jan. 22.
Sixty-three cadets will receive
gold bars of a second lieutenant
during the program: 50 in the
Army, 10 Air Force and three
Marine Corps.
The January commissioning
follows mid-year commencement
on the same day. Qualifications
for a degree is one condition for
being named an officer. About
671 degrees will be awarded fol
lowing a commencement address
by Robert J. Schur, rabbi of the
Beth-El Congregation in Fort
Worth.
Critz, a Teague native, at
tended A&M for three years be
fore receiving an appointment
to the U. S. Military Academy
in 1931.
He served with the 1st In
fantry Division during World
War II and was secretary of the
general staff, 3rd U. S. Army.
Other combat experience in
cludes two years of duty in Ko
rea as an artillery officer.
Following his return in 1954,
he was assigned in the office of
assistant Secretary of Defense
for International Affairs. In
1957 he was named chief of staff,
101st Airborne Division and
then commander of the division’s
506th Infantry.
In 1960 he was chosen special
assistant to the Supreme Allied
Commander, Europe, and in 1962
was selected commander of VII
Corps Artillery, Germany.
He became the 101st command
ing general in 1963 and in 1964
assumed command of Fort Sill.
The general’s decorations for
valor include the Silver Star,
Legion of Merit with Cluster,
Bronze Star with Cluster, Le
gion of Honor (French), Croix
de Guerre (French), War Cross
(Czech), and rating of master
parachutist.
Grad Fellowships
Now Available
Graduate students are eligible
to apply for 1966 summer fellow
ships in thermo-nuclear research
at John Jay Hopkins Laboratory
for Pure and Applied Science,
San Diego, Calif.
Graduate Dean Wayne C. Hall
announced the availability of the
fellowships.
The fellowships are offered by
the Texas Atomic Energy Re
search Foundation and General
Atomic Division of General Dy
namics to graduate students in
physics, engineering and applied
mathematics.
Stipends range from $1,950 to
$2,400 for the three-month
period, depending on academic
and martial status. Letters of
application should be sent be
fore March 1 to Dr. P. H. Miller
Jr., General Atomic Division,
General Dynamics Corp., Box
608, San Diego, Calif., 92112, at
tention: G. Rex Green.
Announcement of awards will
be made by April 1.