I
Outlast Sips To Remain Atop SWC
Che Battalion
See Story
Page 7
Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1966
Number 259
chur To Speak
Commencement
m
!*" 1
New Housing
|i Plan Released
iFor Cadets
ce Al»
Nanis;
5
Civilian Counselor Billy C.
resnal announced plans Wednes-
ay for a tentative Corps hous
ing rearrangement for the spring
mester.
Plans fox the Sbisa area call
for compressing the entire First
gBrigade into Dormitories 17 and
^ 18 and placing the First Wing in
K)orm 14 and the southern half
filing I'°f Dorm 16.
1: Duncan area changes see Com
pany F-2 moving into Dorms 3
; n g and 5, and Squadron 7 into Dorm
2, 4, 6 or 8. These maneuvers
leave Dorms 7 and 10 vacant.
Presnal also expressed inten
sions of moving the overflow of
and members out of Dorm 9 into
Band Dorm if there is “any
loss whatsoever to the band.”
| He said these vacated dorms
ould be turned over to the Hous
ing Office and be used during
special events calling for the
housing of participants, such as
the annual drill meet.
! According to Presnal these
plans are being submitted to
Corps leaders for study and are
subject to change.
|t “Any time you’re talking about
housing you talk about what you
anticipate,” he explained. “We
won’t know for sure until after
registration. Of course, there
will be minor adjustments.”
| “We’re also working on a plan
to give up half of Dorm 16 to
the civilian students,” he said.
“This will be a complicated pro
cedure.”
; A specific study is under way
with civilian student counselors
to determine the possibilities,
with the report coming in this
week.
p He said the intended changes
were based on predicted sizes of
the units in the spring semester
and “although nothing is certain,
he is “reasonably sure” they will
go into effect.
|| The housing rearrangement is
caused by the large number of
vacancies left by outgoing Corps
members.
p According to Civilian Counselor
Calvin Reese, the attrition rate
among Corps freshmen is 27 per
cent; that is, 378 either have or
are expected to drop out of the
Corps this semester,
s He pointed out that 334 of these
are expected to remain at A&M
USD A Awards
$30,000 Grant
The Institute of Statistics and
the Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion have received a joint grant
of $30,000 from the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture’s Statis
tical Reporting Service, Dr. R. E.
Patterson, station director, has
announced.
I Dr. H. O. Hartley, Institute
of Statistics director and grant
negotiator, said the funds will be
used for research on an “opera
tional study for testing new agri
cultural survey techniques.”
I The project is being conducted
by Dr. R. J. Freund, associate di
rector of the Institute of Sta
tistics, in cooperation with Dr.
Delane E. Welsch of the agri
cultural economics and sociology
department.
f|The project marks the first
time that a new technique known
as “multiple frame survey” has
been attempted.
| The technique is based on pre
vious research by Hartley,
i; Hartley said the project’s frst
phase has been completed with
favorable results.
%
as civilian students. This num
ber compares to 141 this time last
year.
Critz To Address
New Lieutenants
Saturday is the goal of more than 600 seniors and grad
uate students who are candidates for degeees in the mid
year Commencement.
Graduation exercises are set for 10 a. m. Saturday in
G. Rollie White Coliseum. Gold bars of second lieutenants
will be pinned on 63 cadets in 1:30 p. m. Commissioning
Exercises.
Rabbi Robert J. Schur of the Beth-El Congregation in
Fort Worth is featured speaker for Commencement. Proces
sion of the Academic Coun-
‘Hope’ Plays
Offer Close
Look At Life
By JAY FERGUSON
A night full of hope—a night
which will bring uncontrollable
laughter and force you into tear
ful sadness.
These are just two of the re
actions which were felt by a
much too sparse gathering who
witnessed the opening of “Hope
Is the Thing with Feathers” and
“Dope”, presented last night by
the Aggie Players and directed
by Allan Pierce, local commercial
artist.
The two plays, due for repeat
performances at 8 p.m. tonight
and Friday in the Fallout Thea
ter in the rear of Guion Hall,
serve to give everyone a good
look at themselves and a look at
aspects of life which are often
disregarded—that of the unwant
ed and lonely individual and that
of the tragic narcotic addict and
his never-ending struggle with
the needle.
Pierce does a very reputable
job piecing together professional
ly two shows that have a very
meaningful story to tell. The
lighting and music which ac
company each show give the au
dience an eerie and frightful look
into the lives of people who could
possibly be your next door neigh
bors.
One particularly impressive
scene is “Dope” transpires when
a young addict is pictured after
taking a shot of narcotics. Red
and blue flashing lights, a sadist
dope peddler and wild music give
the audience an inside view on
the mind of the addict under in
fluence of narcotics.
Steve Thurman gives a moving
performance as the young addict
and Tim Lane should receive a
hardy pat-on-the-back for his
portrayal of the pusher, who is
always looking for another life
to ruin.
“Hope is the Thing with Feath
ers” moves the audience to laugh
ter and sympathy. They laugh
at the playful antics of eight
old misfits who have been ousted
from society but try to pool their
own scanty skills to capture a
duck for dinner.
Charlie, the old punchdrunk
fighter portrayed meaningfully
by Roger Williams, perhaps typi
fies the yearning of all the men
to regain something that has
been gone for many years.
Harry Howell is hilarious as
Doc, the great white hunter who
never caught anything but a cold,
as is Dick Gustafson, who por
trays Doc’s fed-up duck-hunting
sidekick. Solid performances by
Kipp Blair as a middle-class
drunk and Louis Wommer as
sarcastic Sweeney add up to give
a look at life which should make
people feel thankful for what
they have.
Take a good look at “Hope”
and “Dope” and at the same
time take a good look at your
own life and heave a sigh of re
lief.
cil and other staff members
forms at 9:30 a. m. and
moves into the Coliseum at
9:55.
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.
Rabbi of the Beth-El Congre
gation in Fort Worth, Schur
chairs the Jewish Social Service
Agency and is an official in five
Tarrant County organizations.
Director of the Southwest
Council, Union of American He
brew Congregations for four
years, Suchur serves as vice pres
ident of the Child Study Center
and vice chairman of the Tar
rant County Community Council.
He is a board member of the
Jewish Federation of Fort
Worth, Tarrant County United
Fund and Fort Worth Symphony
Orchestra.
A native of Cincinnati, Ohio,
he is a graduate of the city’s uni
versity. He was ordained and re
ceived his Master of Hebrew Let
ter degree at Hebrew Union Col
lege in Cincinnati in 1949.
The commencement speaker
conducts a regular Sunday radio
program, “Israel Speaks,” and is
a frequent speaker at universi
ties under auspices of the Jewish
Chautauqua Society.
He has traveled in Europe, Is
rael and North Africa. He at
tended the 1960 White House
Conference on Children and
Youth in Washington.
The rabbi served in Houston
and Alexandria, La., before going
to the Fort Worth congregation
in December, 1956.
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.
AGGIE DEFENSE AT WORK
Dick Rector (13) and Randy Matson (43) the end of the first half to beat the Long-
stop Longhorn Mickey White during second horns, 64-57. A 2-2-1 full court press em~
half action of Tuesday’s game in Austin, ployed by A&M allowed Texas only 15 points
The Aggies rallied from 13 points behind at in the second half.
Regimen Changes Drastically
As Final Examinations Near
Tickets On Sale
For CC Banquet
Tickets to the Bryan-College
Station Chamber of Commerce
membership banquet Tuesday are
available at three College Sta
tion locations.
Lt. Col. John A. “Shorty” Pow
ers, who described the first
manned space shots, is featured
speaker. The retired Air Force
officer is an informed, humorous
speaker who heads a public re
lations firm, writes a syndicated
column and is general manager
of a Houston radio station.
Tickets may be purchased at
the main desk of the Memorial
Student Center at Texas A&M,
at University National Bank or
Community Savings and Loan
Asssociation.
“Orders for tickets may be
phoned to the Chamber,” Execu
tive Vice President Hill West
moreland said, “and we will bill
purchasers.”
Attendance of 800 is expected
for the banquet at the Ramada
Inn.
Coffee sales increase, electrical
comsumption zooms, all-night
eateries do a landslide business
and movie theaters note a sharp
gain in attendance.
At Texas A&M and across the
land, examinations are a turn
of the calendar away.
‘Dead week” is in progress,
where club and social activity
stay at a minimum and graduat
ing seniors are methodically at
tending class.
Commencement marches across
the stage of G. R. White Coliseum
at 10 a.m. Saturday and a “cut”
class this week means a withheld
diploma for the graduate. He
doesn't take exams.
Examinations are Monday
through Saturday next week.
Preparations dominate study act
ivities and the methods range
from scholarly to scheming
through every stage of ingenuity.
For some, the decision is al
ready made. “Call to Quarters”
in the Corps of Cadets remains
in effect during dead week. The
7:30 p.m. regulation for fresh
men and sophomores is relax
ed some during final week. CQ
requires lower classmen to be at
their desks studying.
Elsewhere, the action doesn’t
always resemble that connected
with acquisition of knowledge.
One theory claims relaxation
is the proper way to approach
finals. A former student theoriz
ed:
“A strip of celluloid moving
has soothing, relaxing qualities.”
Methods of relaxing vary. Some
students play handball, while
others get the same benefit from
no more strenuous effort than
Sen. Bill Moore Announces
Candidacy For Reelection
State Sen. William T. (Bill)
Moore of Bryan today announced
his candidacy for re-election to
the Senate in the newly-formed
Fifth Senatorial District, which
includes Brazos County.
The redistricting measure was
passed by the Legislature last
year in compliance with the U. S.
Supreme Court’s decision.
Counties in the new district are
Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Fay
ette, Freestone, Grimes, Houston,
Lee, Leon, Liberty, Madison,
Montgomery, Robertson, San Ja
cinto, Trinity, Walker and Wal
ler. The Fifth District has a
population of approximately
280,000.
Moore is chairman of the
Senate Committee on Education
and the Senate State Affairs and
Finance Committees. He also
serves on the Legislative Budget
Board.
In his career, lasting 18 years,
Moore has served on all the major
committees in the Senate. He
was also President Pro Tempore
of the Senate and in the past
session, served on 10 Senate com
mittees.
Moore was graduated from
Texas A&M and served in both
the Atlantic and Pacific theatres
in World War II. In 1946, he
entered the University of Texas
Law School and was elected to
the House of Representatives.
Two years later, he was elected
to the Senate and was graduated
from law school two weeks after
taking his seat.
The Senator and Mrs. Moore
live in Bryan where he practices
law. He is running for re-election
in 1966 to a four-year Senate
term. The Democratic primary
ballot is in May.
“I am running for my old job
in the Senate,” Moore said, “and
I respectfully ask the support of
the voters in all of the counties
of the new, re-aligned district. It
has been my purpose to help first
the people of the district I am
elected to represent and to see to
it that our state government is
sound, efficient and responsive.
“I am grateful for the 20 years
of legislative experience which
voters in some of the counties of
the new district have afforded
me. I have the ability, vitality
and vigor required to meet the
responsibility of giving the en
larged district effective and
meaningful representation in the
Senate.”
Moore pointed out that the new
Fifth District is bound by Lee
and Fayette counties on the west,
Liberty and Chambers on the
east, and Freestone on the north
and Waller County on the south.
shuffling cards. No research
has ever been made comparing
energy required to leaf through
a set of notes and playing a rub
ber of bridge.
The signs of studying are
many. Supermarkets frequently
check out baskets containing two
pounds of instant coffee, dry
cream, No-Doze, chips, dips, do
nuts and pizza.
Cushing Library officials have
noticed an increase in usage since
Christmas. Empty chairs in read
ing and reference rooms and
study carrels are at a premium.
Scratch paper discarded in the
Memorial Student Center coffee
shop reams of computations from
student trying to find a stray
grade point.
How does the intelligent stu
dent go about saturating his
brain waves?
“I believe in cramming for
finals,” says Glenn Dromgoole,
Battalion editor from Sour Lake.
“It’s better to cram before than
after exams.”
Another student stacked odds
in his favor. “I’ve only got one
final, so I’m going to read the
book. ” Five of the six courses
he is taking are problems courses,
with no finals.
“Next semester, I’ll get on the
ball ... and get rid of that one
course,” he schemed.
A married student and the
father of a four-month-old plans
to do his cramming in one spot,
next to an old fashioned cradle.
“I'll be rocking and studying,”
he said, “with one foot on a
rocker.”
Prior preparation is the key
however.
“Usually, a final exam grade
doesn’t vary much from regular
course work grades,” explains
John Hoyle, graduate in educa
tion and candidate for a doctoral
degree. “The average student
waits until the last minute to
prepare for a test that is de
signed to reflect the entire
course. So the student who gets
behind and says he’ll bring it up
with his final can’t do it.”
Joe Hugh Hutchins, sophomore
mechanical engineering major
from Victoria, applies the theory.
“I probably don’t study any
more for a final than for a
major quiz,” he commented. “My
preparations include making
sure I can work all the problems
for a problem course, and mak
ing outlines for theory course.
I do that for each major.”
Study groups work well, be
lieves Bob Bell, if they aren’t too
large. The history graduate who
announces for Bryan’s KORA
radio set aside two nights with
a couple of course “mates” to
study together. But knowing it
all won’t get the A’s, Bob says.
“If you’ve got 50 per cent in
formation and are articulate, you
can go farther than if you’ve got
100 per cent information and
can’t get it across,” he main
tains.
32 Night Courses
To Be Offered
Spring Semester
Thirty-two courses by 11 de
partments and schools will be
offered in spring semester night
classes.
Classes will be conducted be
tween the hours of 5 and 10 p.m.
Monday through Thursday.
Registration by persons not
currently enrolled at A&M must
be arranged at the Registrar’s
Office in advance of regular
registration for the spring semes
ter, Feb. 4 and 5.
Additional information may be
obtained at the Registrar’s Office
in Coke Building.
Courses offered, by department
or school, with course number,
are:
Agricultural Education — 601,
Advanced Methods in Agricul
tural Education; 615, Philosophy
of Agricultural Education; 616,
Program Building in Agricul
tural Education;
School of Architecture — 254,
Technology of Materials;
Education and Psychology —
439, Educational Statistics; 607,
Programs, Procedures and Super
vision ; 608, School Finance and
Business Management; 613, The
School Plant; 615, Structural
Organization and Administra
tion; 624, Individual Testing;
629, Practicum in Counseling and
Guidance (with lab) ; 632, Educa
tional and Occupational Informa
tion ; 633, Methods of Group
Guidance; 637, Advanced Ele
mentary School Methods; 638,
Trends in Curricula and Instruc
tion; 652, Education-Government
Relationships;
Psychology—634, Principles of
Human Development; 636, Tech
nique of Research;
Engineering Graphics — 106,
Descriptive Geometry;
History and Government—106,
History of the U. S.; 604, The
U. S.: Early National Era; 610,
Trans - Mississippi West; 206,
American National Government;
Humanities—106, Honors Col
loquium for Freshmen;
Industrial Education — 601,
History of Industrial Education;
621, Philosophy of Vocational
Education;
Journalism—315, Photography;
465, International Communication
and Propaganda; 485, Magazine
Seminar;
Physical Education—610, Ad
ministration of Interschool Ath
letics ; and
Sociology—205, Principles of
Sociology; 411, Social Psychology;
612, The Community.