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Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1966
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Principal Goal
To Build Youth
By JUDY FRANKLIN
Battalion Staff Writer
Editor’s Note: The following is the concluding installment of
a two-part series outlining the functions and aims of the service
clubs in the College Station-Bryan area.
Building the youth is the principal goal of the Boys Club of Bryan.
Registering more than 100 boys a day, the club attracts young
sters who come for the shop and game rooms, which furnish a TV,
pool tables and assorted equipment and games.
“It’s the second home to many of them and the first for some,”
says Board President James W. James.
There is an athletic program in the Club for all ages, stressing
both game room and physical activities. Boys Club has organized
baseball teams, which compete in the Brazos Valley youth leagues,
and regular chess contests.
James added that they also have a library with a parttime
librarian who helps the youngsters with their studies.
SUMMER ACTIVITIES WILL include day camp (for the first
time) for their cub and boy scout troops, daily swimming classes
and special trips to big league baseball games, he said. The club’s
cappella choir will also perform at meetings in Brazos County.
James, who is in charge of the organization’s $150,000 fund
raising drive to construct a new building, believes one reason the
Boys Club is so “accepted” is its large number of boys reporting
every day. Another reason for its success is the boys are “well-
balanced in moral, physical and mental training.”
One of the main projects of the Elks Lodge, a charity organiza
tion, is helping support the Texas Elks Crippled Child’s Hospital in
Ottine where any child is admitted and given free therapy.
BILL GOUGH, HEAD of the lodge, remarks that they also
donate to local charities.
“We contribute funds to as many worthwhile charity causes
as possible that are community sponsored,” he said.
“We are dedicated to social and community welfare, which in
cludes Christmas baskets for the needy.”
Elks sponsor baseball activities, Youth Government Day (where
local high school senior’s “take over” city offices), an essay contest
with cash prizes and girl and boy scout troops.
ALSO AIMING AT THE youth, the Jaycees are associated
with more than 100 different activities, covering 10 College Station-
Bryan areas.
Main projects are centered around Christmas.
Jaycees sponsor the annual “Toys for Tots” drive, which consists
of collecting old toys and repairing them in conjunction with the
fire departments.
“We distribute them to an excess of 1,000 needy kids,” President
James Smith reports, “who normally wouldn’t get presents.”
In addition, the group sponsors a shopping tour for needy
elementary school children who have been suggested by their princi
pals. Jaycees give them money and then take them to local stores
to buy gifts for their families.
Last year they hosted the state junior track, tennis and golf
championship meets, registering more than 2,000 contestants. Smith
notes that this year their organization is bringing the Jaycees’
area convention here, which covers one sixth of the state groups.
Both Kiwanis Clubs of College Station-Bryan concentrate on
enabling persons to receive rehabilitation.
Bryan members help with the Rehabilitation Center regularly
by sending a monthly check and donating equipment.
Perry Shirley, head of the Bryan Kiwanis says:
“Our work is mainly with the youth. We provide some help
for the underprivileged but mostly for the youth.”
AS PART OF THIS assistance, they help with needy projects,
like giving money to FHA students who are unable to buy material.
In working with the youth, the Kiwanis group sends local high
school seniors to the Boys’ State Conference in Austin, grants an
award to the outstanding science student at SFA and donates equip
ment and money to the Boys Club.
College Station Kiwanis Club also assists with the Rehabilita
tion Center. It gives money to the Crippled Children’s Clinic at the
Presbyterian Church where people can take their children to nurses
and doctors for advise in obtaining rehabilitation.
They also sponsor girl and boy scout troops and present awards
to the FFA, FHA, band and choir.
“Most of our work is with students on the A&M campus,”
president E. S. Holdredge remarks.
During the Easter Holidays, their International Relations Com
mittee sponsored a trip for University foreign students to local in
dustry and business sites.
Ring Dance, Banquet Set Saturday
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BRITISH-BUILT VISITOR
A British Aircraft Corporation 111 makes a airport to take advantage of the light traf-
touch-and-go landing at Easterwood airport, fic in this area. The BAC-111 is an executive
The twin-jet, owned by Tenneco, was prac- transport powered by two Rolls-Royce Spey
ticing approaches and take-offs at the A&M turbofan engines.
Commencement Not New
For Corpus Christi Family
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Minor of
Corpus Christi will be right at
home during commencement May
28. It’s the fourth time for
them to watch a son graduate
from A&M.
A Minor has been enrolled at
A&M every year since 1951. All
majored in civil engineering, as
did their father who was grad
uated from A&M in 1928. Papa
Minor retired in 1964 after 33
‘Hollow Crown’
To Open Tonight
“The Hollow Crown”, featuring
Bryan’s newly organized com
munity theater group, Stage Cen
ter, is scheduled for 8 p.m. Thurs
day in the Memorial Student Cen
ter Ballroom.
Jim Baldauf, MSC Contem
porary Arts chairman, announced
Stage Center’s premiere as his
committee’s final program of the
spring.
“It is a series of dramatic con
cert readings and songs depicting
the history of the British mon
archy from William I to Queen
Victoria,” Baldauf explained.
“The rulers are characterized
through legends, chronicles and
their personal papers.”
The cast of readers include
Rebecca Landmann, William H.
Andrew Jr., Bill Bridges and Vic
Wiening.
Singers are Ken Nicolas, Mary
Anne Kell and Myra Bahme.
Music director is Frank Coulter.
years with the Corps of Engi
neers.
Bob, the last of the Minors,
will receive his diploma and com
mission this year. He was six
years old — a first grader — :
when his oldest brother, Bill,
enrolled at A&M 15 years ago.
His second brother, Joe, came
to A&M in 1955 and stayed to
receive a Master’s Degree. John
followed in 1957.
Few hrticles were tough
enough to be passed down to
Robert. “Bill’s senior boots wore
out after Joe and John used
them,” Robert noted. “Most of
the books were out of date when
my turn came to use them.”
A metal box, full of drawing
instruments, did survive.
“I’m probably the only student
who ever used a 15-year-old pen
cil,” the youngest Minor mused.
One civil engineering professor,
Dr. Samuel R. Wright, taught all
the boys and their father. Re
tiring this year, he joined A&M’s
staff in 1923. Several faculty
members taught the four young
er Minors.
All the clan will meet at the
family home in Corpus Christi
before the trip to College Sta
tion.
Bill will only have to travel
across town. He is a design engi
neer for the Texas Highway De
partment in Corpus. Joe comes
from San Antonio where he is
First Bank & Trust now pays
414% per annum on savings cer
tificates. —Adv.
senior research engineer with
Southwest Research Institute.
John lives in Fayetteville, Ark.,
where he is an associate profes
sor of civil engineering at the
University of Arkansas.
Bob doubts that he will be the
last Minor to cross the stage
for an A&M diploma.
“Bill and Joe are bringing their
sons to see me graduate,” he re
marked. “So I’ll save our box
of pencils for a few years.”
Senior Weekend Features
Humorist, Brock Orchestra
“Our Years at A&M” will be the theme of the annual
spring- senior Ring Dance at 8:30 p. m. Saturday in Sbisa
Dining Hall.
Immediately preceding the dance seniors will hear
humorist Newt Hielscher at their banquet in Duncan Hall.
Tickets for the 6:30 p. m. affair are on sale for $4 per
couple in the Finance Office of the Memorial Student Cen
ter. They go off sale at 5 p. m. Friday.
Billed as the “humorist with a message,” Hielscher has
appeared for more than 15
years either as guest speaker
or master of ceremonies be
fore conventions, service
clubs, school banquets, sports
banquets, testimonials, church
groups and general meetings.
He has addressed audiences
throughout the Southwest in
cluding the Texas State Teach
ers Association, the Louisiana
Municipal Association, the U. S.
Air Force Military Appreciation
Banquet and a recent A&M foot
ball banquet.
The Ring Dance will feature
the sound of Buddy Brock and
his 24-piece orchestra complete
with strings and female vocalist.
According to senior class presi- fl
dent Norris Cano, students in at
tendance are in store for a
“unique, special presentation.”
He also said the ballroom will
be decorated in the decor of A&M
tradition, with representations of
such symbols as Sully, the bon
fire and senior boots.
As tradition dictates seniors
will turn their rings around, al
lowing the year to face outward.
The dance will end at 12:30
a.m.
Ducats for the formal ball may
be purchased at the Finance Of
fice for $5 per couple until 5
p.m. Friday, and again at the
door.
One picture at the dance costs
$1.50, with an additional $1 for
extra prints.
GEN. DUNN
Funeral Services Conducted
For Chemistry Prof Danti
Funeral services were conduct
ed this afternoon in Bryan’s
Memorial Funeral Chapel for Dr.
Alfred Danti, 34, associate pro
fessor of chemistry who died at
noon Tuesday in a Bryan hos
pital.
An A&M student, Derek
Clague, took the professor to the
hospital from the Department of
Chemistry at 11:40 a.m. Clague
is a chemistry graduate student.
Danti came to A&M in 1961
and resided at 50-A Culpepper,
College Station. He is survived
by his mother, Mrs. Ferdinando
Danti of Colorado Springs, Colo.;
two brothers, Leo of Pueblo,
Colo., and Antonio of Colorado
Springs, and a sister, Mrs. Levia
Headley of Lawton, Okla.
Danti earned the bachelor de
gree in chemistry at Colorado
College in 1954, graduating sum-
ma cum laude. He was awarded
the Ph.D. at Massachusetts Insti
tute of Technology in 1958.
A Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma
Xi member, Danti was a National
Science Foundation fellow. He
researched infrared spectroscopy
under a grant from the Petroleum
Research Fund of the American
Chemical Society and lectured on
tour for ACS.
The professor, born Feb. 9,
1932 at Tioga, Colo., was a mem
ber of ACS, the Optical Society
of America, the American Asso
ciation for the Advancement of
Science, Colorado - Wyoming
Academy of Science, Spectro
scopic Committees of the ASTM
and the New York Academy of
Sciences.
4th Army Head
To Address
New Officers
The commander of the 4th U.S.
Army, Lt. Gen. Thomas W. Dunn,
will speak at commissioning ex
ercises May 28.
The Fort Worth native will ad
dress Army and Air Force sen
iors receiving reserve and regu
lar commissions following gradu
ation. He will also serve as re
viewing officer during the Corps
of Cadets’ Final Review.
Dunn was graduated from the
United States Military Academy
in 1930. His World War II serv
ice included a tour in Brisbane,
Australia and New Guinea, Leyte,
Luzon and Japan.
He attended the National War
College in 1949. After gradua
tion from this school he became a
member of the Strategic Plan
Group for the Joint Staff.
In 1953 the general became 40th
Division artillery commander in
Korea and later I Corps artillery
officer. He returned to Korea
10 years later as commanding
general of I Corps.
He was chief of programs divi
sion for Supreme Allied Powers,
Europe.
Dunn spent one year in Killeen
as commanding general of III
Corps at Fort Hood. His most
recent command before moving to
San Antonio was assignment as
commander of the 1st U. S. Army
and senior Army representative
to the United Nations’ Military
Staff.
I Status Uncertain For Campus Landmark
^ By JOHN FULLER definite action will be called had the reputation of being the of the most pressing needs of As Aggie “fish” traditionally
Committee To Study
Old Guion Hall
Battalion Staff Writer
An A&M landmark with a his
tory spanning almost a half cen
tury faces an uncertain future
as the result of recent action by
the Board of Directors.
The directors have appointed a
committee, headed by Auston
Kerley of the Counseling and
Testing Service, to study the pos
sibility of building a new audi
torium to handle most of the
activities of Guion Hall.
This appointment has led to
speculation as to Guion’s dis
position after the proposed re
placement is built.
Dean of Student James P. Han-
nigan, though emphasizing that
no decisions or even concrete
proposals have been offered for
the situation, says “one of the
most probable alternatives would
he to install a good public ad
dress system, replace the present
seats with those of the class
room variety, and turn the the
ater into a large lecture room.”
OTHER SPECULATIONS in
clude turning the building into
a campus store, converting it to
office use or tearing it down.
“But such ideas are still pure
ipeculation,” Hannigan pointed
out, “It’s still a long time until
for.”
The auditorium has gradually
become less noted as a campus
cultural center.
Once the scene of weekly non
sectarian chapel services, con
tinuous motion picture showings
and lecture series, Guion Hall is
presently noted chiefly for its
basement, home of A&M’s “ex
perimental wing” playhouse, the
Fallout Theater.
Hannigan predicted that Fall
out’s activities will “presumably
continue as long as the building
remains.”
Built in 1917-18, the structure
has been “a failure as an audi
torium from the beginning,” ac
cording to University Archivist
Ernest Langford.
“The oddly situated balcony
sections and the poor acoustics
are the main flaws in design.”
LANGFORD JOINED the Uni
versity Archives department in
1957 following some 40 years
with the architecture faculty. He
is a 1913 graduate of A&M.
In “Here We’ll Build the Col
lege,” a documented study of
buildings which have been part of
A&M campus history, Langford
writes:
“For years on end, Guion Hall
most “loquacious” building on the
campus. Echoes bounced from
wall to wall, floor to ceiling, in
such a way that people sitting
near the center of the auditorium
often heard the voice of a speak
er and its echo almost simultan
eously.”
He adds that draperies were
hung, carpet runners installed in
the aisles, and acoustical ma
terials added to walls and ceil
ings to remedy the situation to
some degree.
“The plan of Guion Hall was
far from what one would expect
in an auditorium,” his report con
tinues. “This was especially true
in the arrangement of the bal
cony, where people sitting along
the sides faced each other rather
than the speaker or whatever was
going on stage.
“Heatng the building was also
a problem; cooling it was practi
cally an impossibility.”
THE TWENTIETH Biennial
Report of the College in 1917
contained the first official men
tion of the auditorium in the Uni
versity archives.
The report included the follow
ing information on the then-pro-
posed structure:
“The 34th Legislature met one
the College by providing $100,
000 for an auditorium, and the
contract for this building was let
Nov. 29, 1916. The building is
to be 93 X 180 feet”.
The report anticipated comple
tion of the building before the
opening of the session in Sep
tember 1917, but according to
Langford it was not finished
until the early months of 1918.
The actual cost also ran some
what different from the report’s
estimate, close to $109,100.
The auditorium was named for
Judge John I. Guion, a member
of the college board of directors
from 1911 to 1918 and board
president for the last four years
of his tenure.
LANGFORD WAS PRESENT
at the dedicatory exercises in
May of 1918. Two of the speak
ers at the event, Major L. L. Mc-
Innis and President W. B. Biz-
zell, later had buildings on the
campus named for them.
“Dr. BizelTs address was an
impassioned plea for the acquisi
tion of knowledge and the com
plete elimination of ignorance
from the face of the earth,”
writes Langford of the remarks
explaining the inscription on the
front of the building.
have learned, the inscription is
a quotation from Shakespeare:
“Ignorance is the curse of God;
knowledge, the wing wherewith
we fly to heaven.”
J. Gordon Gay, general direc
tor of the A&M YMCA, said the
first major use of the auditorium
was as a chapel. The Cadet
Corps regularly marched to the
Sunday morning nonsectarian
services from 1918 to 1930. In
1932 the services were discon
tinued.
GAY SAID the speakers at the
Sunday chapel included “the
cream of the crop among Texas
ministers.” He added that music
was provided by what was then
known as the Aggie Glee Club.
Later, the Town Hall Lyceum
and Lecture Series used the
building for its regular presenta
tions. Probably the most famous
speaker during this period was
lawyer Clarence Darrow.
In 1941-42 the YMCA began
operating movies in Guion Hall,
and for several years a regular,
continuously-showing movie the
ater was housed there. The
showings gradually tapered off
in number as costs increased, and
disappeared entirely two years
ago.
GUION HALL
campus landmark generally empty today.