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Rebel-E Freshmen Clean Rev’s Grave By JOHN FULLER “There’s one kind favor I’ll ask of you— See that my grave is kept clean.” (“One Kind Favor,” Yarrow- Stookey) It all started last November during Bonfire Week. Company E-2 (Rebel-E) was on g-uard duty at Kyle Field, and during the long night an upperclassman pointed out the grave of Rev eille I, A&M’s first mascot, to some of the freshman in the outfit. “We were pretty shocked to see the shape it was in,” says freshman Bill Jones. “There wasn’t any marker, and the only thing that set it off from the rest of the area was a ring of stones.” The grave is across the drive way from the pink granite mark er, at the entrance to the endzone ramp, which was set up shortly after Reveille’s death January 19, 1944. “Mr. Smith (Andrew Smith, a junior in the company) told us we ought to clean it off, since our outfit is traditionally re sponsible for taking care of Rev eille,” Jones went on. “Then, later on, we got to thinking that we ought to do something more permanent. I can’t really pin down whose idea it was — it seemed to occur to everybody at once — to have a marker made.” This “group action” charac teristic is evident throughout the story. Jones repeatedly em phasized that he didn’t want to be singled out in any way. “This was a completely com bined effort from start to fin ish,” he pointed out. “I can’t tell you anything about it that any other Rebel-E fish can’t. Everybody pretty well had an equal hand in it.” The fish held a meeting and appointed a committee to visit local memorial companies and get prices on tombstones. They found one for $65, and when the owner heard their story he agreed to cut the price to $50. “A committee collected the money — $2 from each of the 25 fish — in just two days,” he remarked. The inscription they ordered reads “REVEILLE I — E-2 fish — Class of ’69.” When the grey granite stone was ready and aft er getting the approval of Dean of Students James P. Hannigan, they set the marker in place March 24. Later that day the fish “ap propriated” some leftover bricks, in a daring midnight raid, from a pile behind President Earl Rud der’s home. They removed the weather-beaten and timeworn rocks from around the plot and replaced them with the bricks. “We felt like a bunch of brand- new fathers when that marker was set up,” Jones recalls. “Here was something that was purely our own —' none of the upper classmen even knew about it for several days.” Their upperclassmen weren’t the only ones who didn’t find out about it until days or weeks later. According to Jones, the fish didn’t tell anybody what they had done. “We weren’t looking for a lot of glory,” he says. “The marker was set up to honor Rev and no body else, so we didn’t go look ing for publicity.” Company Commander Andrew Salge expressed pride in the project. “It’s the best thing the Rebel- E fish have done to improve morale, and it’s certainly some thing they can be proud of for ever,” he said. The fish expressed a similar look to the future. “From now on, it’s going to be a traditional ‘fish privilege’ in this outfit to take care of the gravesite, as well as of the mas cot,” Jones said. “And they might even add the inscription to the ones in the Campusology books.” Cbe Battalion Volume 61 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1966 Number 303 m•: t :•••> mm NEW LOOK FOR BURIAL SITE . . . tombstone added to Reveille I’s grave. grab bag By Glenn Dromgoole A lovely coed corner, a touch of humor and an effort at solid feature writing (in that order) should have made the Texas A&M Review spring issue a top-notch college magazine. Somehow, they just didn’t. Still determined to be an all campus magazine, The Review took a stab at general reader in terest but missed. The Review lacks one major in gredient to be an impressive, in fluential or respectable publica tion: Personality. The current issue attempts to combine all the ingredients vari ous people desire: Humor, fic tion, comment, photography and feature material. Unfortunate ly, the combination is not excit ing. Hampered for years by conflict ing definitions of what the maga zine should offer, The Review has Vied to satisfy each facet to a liinited extent. It has attempted literature and humor for those who believe it should be a literary magazine; it has tried comment, photography and feature articles to satisfy the journalistic seg ment; it has printed articles about the Colleges of Liberal Arts, Sci ences and Geosciences to appease those who think it should serve as an information organ for these areas. It has combined these de finitions and has leaned, heavily first to one area, then another. But in so doing, it has failed to excite, stimulate, impress or in vite new talent. Mixed emotions and opinions as to what the magazine should be have strongly impaired the personality it must have. The current issue contains very little unusual material — fiction or non-fiction — that could serve to establish such a uniqueness or personality for the magazine. None of the non-fiction articles, with the possible exception of a Ku Klux Klan interview, are any, different from the day-to-day coverage of The Battalion; and even the KKK piece would have been more exciting had it ap peared in the campus newspaper than in The Review two months after the interview. The magazine’s only fiction was written by a TWU student; liter ary talent on this campus has not been sufficiently encouraged to warrant even a single short story or poem by an A&M stu dent for the past two issues. Only a humorous creation call ed “The Game of Aggieland” pro vides The Review with anything unusual, something that could not be found in a newspaper. Coed Corner also stands out as a maga zine specialty. Timeliness and space are tech nical difficulties faced by The Review, but not as major as lack of personality and punch. It is time to quit bickering about what the magazine should be and start deciding what it can be. It can be what the editor wants it to be, his critics — including me — be damned. SECOND MANNERS PROGRAM TONIGHT Two of these three Texas Woman’s Univer sity coeds will participate in the second “Man Your Manners” program at 7:30 p. m. in the YMCA. From left are Linda Mason, who appeared on last week’s panel, and Jane Sullins and Carol Cater. Aggie Sweet heart Cheri Holland and Suzanne Peters will also appear tonight. The girls will discuss dating etiquette, table manners, formal din ners, cocktail parties, receptions and driving etiquette. MSC Council, Directorate Schedules Awards Banquet The new Thomas H. Rountree Award honoring the outstanding Memorial Student Center Coun cil or Directorate member will be presented for the first time at the MSC Council and Directorate Banquet Thursday. Scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. in the MSC Ballroom, the annual banquet is the year’s highlight for all Council and Directorate members and advisors. Outgoing members will be hon ored and next year’s officers of the Council and Directorate in stalled at the final joint meeting. Texas A&M will conduct its annual Blood Drive Wednesday and Thursday in the basement of the Memorial Student Center. Co-sponsored by the Student Senate and Alpha Phi Omega, the blood collected will be donated to the Wadley Research Institute and Blood Bank in Dallas. According to Senate Welfare Chairman James Morris, the drive’s preliminary goal is 550 pints. More than 650 students have pre-registered. Donors and their immediate families will be permitted to draw blood without charge from the bank during the next year. “We urge all Aggies to take advantage of this program,” Mor ris said. “Normally blood costs $25-$30 a pint, but by using this plan Aggies can get it free.” Morris explained that all stu dents, faculty and staff are eli gible for the donation program, including graduating seniors. Beds will be placed in the MSC, with nurses from the Wadley Center conduct the drive. Donors will receive free cookies, coffee and orange juice. The program has been in effect Members of the Board of Direc tors, the Executive Committee and faculty members who serve as ad visors to the Council and Direc torate have been invited to the banquet. Also invited are the presidents of the Student Senate and the Civilian Student Council and the Commander of the Corps, reported Steve Gummer, Council- Directorate president-elect. Established March 14 by the Council, the Rountree Award will replace the Distinguished Service Award as the highest award a here eight of the past nine years. More than 2,900 units of blood have been collected during this period. Blood donated is used mainly for leukemia research. Wadley Reseearch Institute and Blood Bank belongs to a national blood collection association, which allows it to draw blood from any bank in the country. Filing Opens For Senate Filing is now open for col lege representatives to the Student Senate, Election Com mission Chairman Harris Pap pas announced Monday. Positions available include sophomore, junior and senior representatives from the Col leges of Agriculture, Liberal Arts, Science, Geosciences, Engineering and Veterinary Medicine. A grade point ratio of 1.25 is required. The filing deadline is Mon day, with the election sched uled for May 12. student can receive for his Coun cil or Directorate work. “The purpose of this award is to recognize and honor an out standing member of the MSC Council and Directorate who has made a significant contribution to the recreational, educational and cultural programs of the Council and Directorate and whose accomplishment has brought credit to the MSC Coun cil or Directorate,” Gummer said. Tom Rountree, class of 1952, did much to establish the MSC Directorate cultural and recrea tional program for the students and faculty of A&M during 1950- 52. He was a member of the Di rectorate and chairman of the Dance Committee in 1950-51 and the House Committee in 1951-52. He was killed in an automobile accident in 1955. The award will be a metal pla que mounted on wood with a portrait sculptured into the metal plaque. In addition to this award, 14 Distinguished Service Awards and 23 Appreciation Awards will be presented to committee members and faculty advisors. To be eligible for selection, a student must meet four qualifica tions: 1. Have attained prominence through his efforts to develop the MSC Council and Directorate objectives. 2. Be a person of such integrity, stature and demonstrated ability that the students, faculty, staff and former students of A&M will take pride in and be inspired by his recognition. 3. Be a person eminently suc cessful in both the MSC Council and Directorate and campus activities, with a record of accom plishment that will be impressive to the student body and faculty. 4. Be a person who by his deeds and actions reflects and recognizes the importance of his position on the Council or Direc torate Committee, and who will reflect pride, loyalty and inter est in the Council or a Directorate standing committee. Aggie Blood Drive Slated Wednesday $73 Million Budget Approved By Board A $73 million budget to oper ate the Texas A&M University System in 1966-67 was approved Saturday by the System’s Board of Directors. The figure represents a 13 per cent increase over the current budget of $64,650,000. The main campus received $34,- 151,146 for teaching programs. Prairie View A&M College in Hempstead got $6,770,336; while Tarleton State College in Steph- enville received $2,526,285. The James Connally Technical Insti tute in Waco had a $1,364,969 budget approved, and the Gal veston-based Texas Maritime Academy received $713,345. The remainder was appropriat ed for research and public service branches of A&M. See Related Story Page 3 A million dollar contract for a Services Building was the larg est construction award approved by the directors. The $1,106,625 contract went to Vance and Thurmond of Bryan to build the 3-story structure to house information activities, the campus post office and labora tories of the state chemist. Other contracts covered cam pus repairs and improvements. Young Brothers Inc. of Waco, was awarded the $59,310.50 con tract to construct new parking lots east of Kyle Field. Loyd Electric Company of San Exes Association Cited For Service The Association of Former Stu dents has won the inaugural Alumni Administration Award of 1966. American Alumni Council pro grams director Robert L. Pierce said A&M was one of 14 U. S. and Canadian institutions to take the honor. The association added the prize to two other awards from the council. The association was first to win the A AC’s alumni service award in 1963 and initial winner of the U. S. Steel Incentive Award in 1957. The Association of Former Stu dents has won every award given by the AAC for alumni pro grams, service and annual giving plus the U. S. Steel award,” noted Richard (Buck) Weirus, execu tive secretary. The list includes the council’s sustained perform ance annual giving award of 1962. The latest award recognizes mobilization of educational sup port. A&M’s Muster program, Sul Ross group and conversion of records to magnetic tape were key factors in the triumph, Wei rus said. Facets of the association’s serv ice to students in Career Day activities, opportunity awards scholarships, teacher recognition, student loans, graduate student awards and activities of 190 clubs will be presented by a three-man panel at Greenbriar Hotel, W. Va., in July. First Bank & Trust now pays 4%% per annum on savings cer tificates. —Adv. Antonio had low bid of $35,650 to improve electrical power serv ice to student apartment areas on the campus. A sum of $21,000 was appro priated to complete plans to air- condition and rennovate the Civil Engineering and the Geological- Chemical Engineering buildings. Rental of newer campus hous ing for married students was raised from $65 to $75 per month to meet operation expenses. The increase affects only apartments in the Hensel addition. Prices in College View and other mar ried student housing areas were unchanged. A $50,000 purchase of Centrex telephone equipment from South western State Telephone Compa ny was approved. The system, to be installed in the new library, is scheduled to be operational by 1968. Features of the new campus switchboard will be a telephone in each dormitory room and use of leased telephone lines. The board reviewed an applica tion from the Department of In dustrial Engineering to grant the Ph.D. degree and passed it to the Texas College and University Co ordinating Board for approval. NotedEducator To Join Staff In Psychology Dr. Tim Moore Stinnett will join the Department of Education and Psychology Sept. 1, Depart ment Head Dr. Paul Hensarling has announced. An internationally known edu cator, Stinnett presently is as sistant executive secretary of the National Education Association in Washington, D. C. “His leadership in professional standards work has been a major factor in raising teacher education quality,” Hensarling said. “We are fortunate Dr. Stinnett chose A&M. He has been sought by several leading colleges and uni versities.” A prolific researcher and writ er, the new professor will devote time to completion of several pub lications in addition to profession al development of teachers, super visors and administrators. Stin nett is expected to strengthen A&M’s education doctoral pro gram, Hensarling added. “Dr. Stinnett’s name is recog nized with distinction throughout the nation,” Dr. Frank W. R. Hu bert, dean of the Liberal Arts College, said. “His employment is part of a continuing effort to place teacher education at A&M in a distinguished role of lead ership.” The Arkansas native has a bib liography numbering over 150 major publications. He has au thored 12 books and made con tributions to 18 others. He has been editor of 16 periodicals and magazines and has 83 articles in professional journals in print. His writings primarily concern professional development and re lationships between profession als, superintendent to principal to teacher, boards of education and the total public relationship. A total of $323,121.85 in gifts and grants was also accepted by the directors. Law Authority Schedules Talk Wednesday Dr. Quincy Wright, Weingar- ten Professor of Peace at Rice University, will deliver the final University Lecture of the year at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Chem istry Lecture Room. The address, “Foreign Policy in the Atomic Age,” will be open to the public. Wright is an American author ity on international law and for eign affairs. According to Wayne C. Hall, dean of the Graduate College, Wright’s advice on in ternational affairs has frequently been sought by national and world agencies. A native of New England, Wright earned his doctorate at the University of Illinois and has taught at Harvard University of Minnesota and the University of Chicago. He has served as pres ident of the American .Political Science Association, the Interna tional Political Science Associa tion and the American Society for International Law. He has written several books, including “Control of American Foreign Relations,” “The Causes of War and the Conditions of Peace,” “International Law and the United Nations” and “The Study of International Law.” Wright will also hold a press conference Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Birch Room of the Mem orial Student Center, said Dr. Haskell M. Monroe, assistant dean of the Graduate College. Solon’s Mom Sidelined The political “right arm” of Senator Neveille Colson is miss ing from the campaign trail for the first time in her long public service career. Mrs. W. J. Higgs, the senator’s 84-year-old mother, must remain in the Bryan Hospital beyond the May 7 election. She is recover ing from a fractured pelvis and subsequent heart flareups. A pioneer Central Texas resi dent, Mrs. Higgs has managed every campaign of her daughter without a single defeat. Mrs. Colson has served 17 years in the Texas Senate after a decade in the House. Now Mrs. Colson bids for re- election in the realigned 5th Sen atorial District, much of which she has represented. Her mother will not be at her side but illness isn’t keeping Mrs. Higgs from par ticipating. From her hospital bed, she hands out cards and urges visitors to vote for Mrs. Colson. And judging from the stream of friends who call daily, Mrs. Higgs is still very much in the political swim.