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Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY. MARCH 29, 1966
Number 290
5 Candidates Vie
For School Board
Offices Saturday
DR. STEWART S. MORGAN
Dr. Morgan,
English Prof,
Dies Monday
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Funeral arrangements were in
complete Tuesday afternoon for
Dr. Stewart S. Morgan, distin
guished professor of English, who
died about 4 p.m. Monday in a
Bryan hospital.
Morgan, 68, suffered a heart
attack March 19 and had been
under intensive care at St.
Joseph’s Hospital since then.
“Dr. Morgan was one of the
outstanding teachers the univer
sity has had,” said Dr. John
Q. Anderson, who took over the
head of the Department of Eng
lish upon Morgan’s semiretire
ment in 1962.
“He represented the very best
ideal of teaching in the human
ities,” Anderson continued. “Test
imony to this was the great num
ber of students who flocked to
his courses even after his re
tirement.”
Morgan retired after 10 years
as head of the department in
1962 but continued teaching on
a limited basis.
He joined the English faculty
in 1921 and had taught here ever
since, except for two short leaves
of absence. He taught at Ohio
State University in 1939 and at
the American University at Biar
ritz, France from 1945-46.
Morgan, bom in Mansfield,
Ohio, was graduated with honors
from the University of Cincinna
ti as the first degree candidate
in English. He later received his
master’s degree and doctorate
from Ohio State University.
A prolific writer, he published
six textbooks and numerous art
icles for professional journals
and bulletins. He also had serv
er as associate editor of The
Monthly Bulletin of the Confer
ence of College Composition and
Comunication.
Morgan was listed in the Di
rectory of American Scholars and
Who’s Who in the South and
Southwest. He was also a mem
ber of several professional soci
eties, including National Council
of Teachers of English, Confer
ence of College Composition, Col
lege English Association and the
American Association of English
Professors.
He is survived by his wife,
Anna.
Morgan resided at 500 Jersey
Street South in College Station.
Hillier’s Funeral Home will
handle arrangements.
By DANI PRESSWOOD
Five candidates will vie for
two positions in the College Sta
tion school board election Satur
day.
According to A&M Consolidat
ed School System Superintendent
W. T. Riedel, the election will fill
vacant posts left by two board
members whose three-year terms
have expired.
The positions are presently oc
cupied by board president John
Longley, who will attempt to re
tain his office, and Herbert
Thompson. Thompson will not
seek reelection.
In addition to Longley, candi
dates include Roy W. Kelly, Don
Dillon, Charles Pinnell and R. L.
(Bob) Hunt Jr.
Polls for the election will re
main open from 8 a.m. until 7
p.m. in the music room of A&M
Consolidated Junior High School.
Longley, 44, is executive vice
president of the General Securi
ties Life Insurance Company. A
resident of 210 Grove* he has
lived in College Station 18 years.
Kelly, 43, has been a College
Station resident five year. A
dairyman, he lives on Highway 6
South.
Hunt, 37, is a graduate of A&M
Consolidated and Texas A&M. An
employee of the university, he
serves as coordinator of the stadi
um expansion project.
Dillon, 45, is an attorney in the
Kofer & Dillon Law Firm. A resi
dent of 314 Lee St., he has lived
in College Station five years.
Pinnell, 37, is employed in the
Design and Traffic Department
of the Texas Transportation In
stitute at A&M. He is also an as
sociate professor in the Depart
ment of Civil Engineering. He
lives at 1205 Munson.
Judge for Saturday’s election
Travel Committee
To Discuss Trip
The Memorial Student Center
Travel Committee will have to
cancel plans for a summer flight
to Europe unless it can find 40
interested persons.
Last chance to sign up and pay
the $50 deposit for the trip will
be at the Travel Committee meet
ing at 8 p.m. Wednesday in room
2C of the MSC.
Total cost for the flight per
person will be $335 round trip
with a minimum of 40 persons.
The plane will leave Houston
about June 10 for London and re
turn about Aug. 25.
The Charter Flight program is
available to A&M students, fac
ulty and staff members. Aggies
participating in international
travel and work programs have
used this plan to save money and
see the world.
“Information on the flight,
work opportunities, and a travel
plan called “Europe on $3 a Day”
will be available at Wednesday’s
meeting,” said Frank Berngen,
Travel Committee chairman.
“Anyone sincerely wanting to
go to Europe this summer,” he
added, “better bring their check
book with them Wednesday night
and pay the deposit to keep the
trip from being called off.”
TCU Professor To Present
Final Marriage Forum Talk
The last of the 1966 YMCA
Marriage Forums will be present
ed at 7:30 p.m. as Dr. Paul G.
Wassenich of Texas Christian
University speaks on “Marrying
Outside Your Faith . . . Will
Love Find a Way?”
Houston born, Wassenich is
director of the honors program
and associate professor of re
ligion at TCU.
Wassenich will discuss:
—Some effects of interfaith or
interdenominational marriage.
—Wholesome religious faith
and marital stability.
—Marriage between a religious
and an anti-religious person.
—Can dogmatic people be hap
pily married?
—Famous last words, “But
we’re in love. Love will find a
way.”
—What do the statistics indi
cate about the success of inter
faith marriages ?
Wassenich has counseled with
college students for 20 years.
He received his A.B. in Econ
omics from TCU, received two
M.A. degrees — one from the
University of Texas in sociology
and the other from the University
of Chicago in religious education.
He went on to earn his doctor
ate from the University of Chi
cago and in 1954 was awarded an
honorary LL.D. from TCU.
He has published several arti
cles and has traveled to Palestine
and the Middle East.
Wassenich has been a frequent
lecturer at leadership training
schools, district and state conven
tions.
He has worked extensively with
the YMCA, community churches
and has taught a course in mar
riage and family at the Texas
Bible Chair for 10 years.
is Dr. Luther Jones. His assist
ant is E. R. Alexander, and elec-
tion clerks are Mrs. Pat Orr and
Mrs. Mickey McGuire.
The deadline for voters to ob
tain absentee ballots from the
school administration building is
Tuesday, Riedel said.
Other forthcoming elections in
clude a College Station City
Council election April 5 and a $2
million bond issue in Bryan April
26.
In the council election the race
for mayor of College Station will
be contested by T. R. Holleman
and B. A. Anderson.
Also to be chosen in the April
5 election are Ward 1 councilman,
with Homer B. Adams and James
E. Kirby in the running. Ward 2
candidate O. M. Holt and A. P.
Boyett in Wards are running un
opposed.
In the April 26 bond issue
Bryan property owners will vote
on the construction of a library
and street improvements.
CIVILIAN SWEETHEART
Carole Mannheimer was chosen 1966 Civilian Sweetheart at
last weekend’s Civilian Ball in the Memorial Student Cen
ter. A junior elementary education major at the University
of Houston, Miss Mannheimer was escorted by Mike Rich-
ker. (For more pictures of weekend activities turn to
page 3.)
2nd Straight Year
Fish Capture
Own Drill Meet
By MIKE BERRY
Battalion Staff Writer
The Texas A&M Fish Drill Team won the overall trophy,
two first places, and a fourth place in the second annual
A&M Invitational Drill Meet Saturday.
The team thus took the overall championship for the
second consecutive year.
“They picked up six points after the morning inspection,
but after the basic drill and the fourth place finish, they
were 10 points below. It was their clutch performance in
precision drill that won it for them,” said Dan Petty, senior
advisor for the drill team.
100 Prep Students
Set For Summer
Science Programs
Baker Reverses 2 Charges
In Cadet Court Appeal Case
By ROBERT SOLOVEY
Col. D. L. Baker, Corps Com
mander, has thrown out two
charges against Corps junior Mike
Martin, but has upheld one charge
of slovenly appearance.
An appeal to Baker was made
by defense attorney Sim Lake
after Martin had been found guil
ty in Cadet Court “B” last week
of disrespect to a senior officer,
slovenly appearance and the use
of profane language.
Martin was charged with the
infractions by Cadet Col. Ralph
Filburn III after a verbal ex
change at a drive-in grocery
March 18.
The original sentence of eight
weeks sign-in, one year conduct
probation and loss of rank was
reduced to three weeks sign-in.
Baker threw out the charges of
disrespect to a senior officer and
AAUP To Discuss
Academic Freedom
The Texas A&M branch of the
American Association of Uni
versity Professors will discuss
student academic freedom Wed
nesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Memo
rial Student Center.
Also on the agenda for the
AAUP meeting are reports on the
St. Johns’ University strike, fac
ulty and cultural activities at
Texas A&M, and the upcoming
national association meeting.
the use of profane language after
carefully reviewing the case and
the testimony of several witness
es.
“There has never been a case,
since I’ve been here, where the
cadet commander and the legal
office were as interested in a fair
case,” Baker said.
“The cases that come to Cadet
Court are not cut and dried. It
would be wasting their time if
there weren’t two sides to be
considered,” he added.
Baker said he called Filburn
before the case to ask him if he
wanted the case to go to cadet
court. Filburn said he did.
After the case had been tried,
Baker said Filburn contacted him
and asked that he review the
case carefully since Filburn then
thought the case irregular and
there might be provisions of ap
peal.
Baker also said Cadet Lt. Col.
Robert Dillard, legal officer, ad
ditionally asked him to “look at
the case closely.”
Baker noted Filburn asked him
to make sure justice was done to
the man and if Baker thought he
deserved demerits to asses them,
and if he thought he did not, to
throw out the case.
Filburn commented that Martin
simply thought he was innocent of
the charges while he felt Martin
was guilty.
“I didn’t want to sit in judg
ment just because I said he was
guilty,” Filburn said.
T think the Cadet Court has
been used as a whipping post for
commanders and individuals who
didn’t want to do their job,” he
added.
Filburn would not comment on
the court’s decision nor that of
Baker, but said in the past Cadet
Court had tried cases where the
defendant had already admitted
his guilt, and the court only need
ed to try and sentence the individ
ual.
Martin and Lake were not avail
able for comment on the ruling.
State Department
Officers To Speak
Four senior officers of the
U. S. State Department will
speak May 6 at Texas A&M.
Dick Westbrook, vice chairman
of publicity for the sponsoring
Memorial Student Center Great
Issues Committee, said a day-long
program will place the officers
before service club, high school
and university audiences.
Westbrook said the visit marks
the first time a national series
of State Department community
meetings on foreign policy has
been held in Texas.
A free public meeting will be
held in the MSC Assembly Room
the night of May 6, Westbrook
added.
In the inspection, the Fish
scored 135 out of a possible
150 points. Sam Houston
State University’s Lowman
Rifles finished second with 129.5.
The Buccaneer Drill Team from
the University of Texas had 126
and the Cougar Rifles from the
University of Houston scored
125.32.
The maximum possible score in
basic drill was 350 and Sam
Houston scored 314 to win first
in that division. Texas A&I Col
lege’s King’s Rifles finished sec
ond with 305 points. The Marion
Guard from St. Mary’s Universi
ty of San Antonio placed third
with 301 points. The Fish fin
ished in fourth place with 298
points.
The most important phase of
the meet was precision drill,
worth 500 points. The Fish earn
ed 465 points to take first place.
A&I finished second with 447
points while UT scored 445 for
third place. Sam Houston State
finished in fourth with 437 points.
The Fish wound up with an
895.75 point total in the overall
judging. Sam Houston State
amassed 880.50 points for second
place honors. Texas A&I won
third with 877.66 points and UT
placed fourth with 866. St.
Mary’s and UH finished fifth and
sixth with 834 and 830 points.
The drill meet was judged by
a party of Marine Corps drill in
structors from the recruiting sta
tion in Austin.
The A&M meet marked the
midpoint of the Fish Drill Team’s
season of performances and add
ed to their string of successes.
They will travel next weekend
to compete in the Southern Invi
tational Drill Meet at Louisiana
State University in Baton Rouge.
They will perform next at the
University of Texas’ drill meet in
Austin. An appearance in the
Battle of Roses Parade of the
Fiesta Flambeau in San Antonio
and a Parent’s Day performance
May 7 will close their season.
Approximately 100 high ability
high school students will partici
pate in secondary science train
ing programs this summer at
Texas A&M.
C. M. Loyd, associate director
of secondary science training pro
grams at A&M, said training
sessions are scheduled in engi
neering science, geology and
mathematics.
The National Science Founda
tion-sponsored programs are de
signed to encourage scientific in
terest of students with high
scholastic ability by having them
study and work with experienced
scientists and mathematicians.
Students receive no credit for
the work. The programs include
field trips, laboratory experience,
research participation and tech
niques not usually found in high
school or college courses.
Loyd said students will be en
couraged to do individual creative
work and will be given the oppor
tunity to study a wide variety of
topics not generally included in
high school curricula.
Dr. J. George H. Thompson is
director of the engineering sci
ence program, slated June 6
through July 15. He is a profes
sor of mechanical engineering at
A&M.
Directing the geology section is
Fred E. Smith, A&M geology
professor. Dates of the program
are July 18 through Aug. 26.
Mathematics director is Dr.
William S. McCulley, A&M asso
ciate professor of mathematics.
The program is planned July 18
through Aug. 26.
Spiders, Pennies Clutter Mailboxes
A spider web cleverly drawn with a
grease pencil decorates the front of a post
office box in the Memorial Student Center.
Several boxes have pennies stuck inside
the “peep window.” Others have small
strips of colored paper in the window.
Just what these things mean is any
body’s guess. South Station Supt. W. S.
Edmondson guesses decorations help stu
dents locate their boxes among 3,089 in
the office.
“Why should they remember their box
number?” Edmondson asked more as a
statement of fact than a question. “They
often turn around and check their number
when paying box rent.”
The spider web is easily explained. Some
Aggies call checking their mail “checking
my spider” — it has been so long since
the girl friend wrote a letter a spider has
woven a web.
Edmondson, a 1938 A&M grad, says Ag
gie patrons are more than cooperative.
“They are enjoyable to be around,” he
observed. “There is less confusion during
rush periods than you might think. They
understand the crowded situation and weave
in and out expertly.”
Aggies get many packages as well as
mail. “They look for those ‘cush’ (goodies
from home or dessert) packages,” Edmond
son chuckled. “Our busiest time is those
10 minute breaks between classes.
In contrast, the Aggies don’t mail many
packages, Edmondson pointed out. They
do most of their mailing near Valentine’s
Day.
Some Aggies are stamp collectors.
“They usually collect plate block num
bers,” Edmondson noted. “When new
stamps come out, we have 15 or 20 calls
for them weekly. Others simply live dif
ferent stamps, or commemorative stamps.
We have no seasonal stamps until Christ
mastime.”
Edmondson, who has four years at his
present post and 22 years tenure with the
post office, is impressed with the overall
honesty of Aggies.
“Lots of lost pocketbooks are turned in
at the window,” he said “Several students
with common names return letters belong
ing to someone else. Often, the letters con
tain $5 or $10 from an aunt or a grand
mother.”
The amiable Edmondson makes small
loans sometimes to Aggie friends. Recent
ly, he received $10 from a Marine private
in California with a note of thanks for a
long delay in payment.
When Aggies are short of change to
pay a nickel or so for a postage due letter,
they find a friend in Edmondson.
“I put 25 cents in a drawer several years
ago for these emergencies,” he said. “I
don’t believe in making a boy walk a half-
mile to his dormitory for three or four
cents. And I still have about all of that
quarter.”
Patrons seldom moan to post office
employes about not getting a package or
letter.
A kibitzer chided Edmondson about a
card his San Marcos girl friend did not
receive. Edmondson dipped into the dead
letter file and produced a card without an
address. The red-faced youth admitted his
error.
The sense of humor of postal employes
is exhibited by a sign behind the service
window. It reads:
the rush.”
‘Flunk now and avoid