Che Battalion
Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1966
Number 317
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CE PROFESSORS HONORED
Four civil engineering- professors were hon- J. A. Orr and Dr. S. R. Wright. Records of
ored by their colleagues at the department the four professors reveal a combined total
banquet Wednesday night. They are, from of 127 years of service in the teaching field,
left to right, E. L. Harrington, Frank Smith,
Tutoring Program Begun
For Consolidated Students
By JUDY FRANKLIN
Battalion Staff Writer
Six Aggies have found a dif
ferent outside interest—tutoring
students at A&M Consolidated
High School.
Beginning with a “pilot” pro
gram, they organized and began
working with students at the end
of April.
Don Willis, a senior from At
lanta, Ga., says he and senior Don
Dietz of Corpus Christi originated
the program and met with school
officials last spring to get ap
proval to begin on a temporary
basis.
What actually encouraged the
boys to develop the program
were the unexpected 25 people
who attended the meeting.
“IT REALLY gave us an en
thusiastic approach,” he remarks.
“I feel this started the pilot pro
gram, which we immediately be
gan the next week.”
Willis explains that they really
initiated the program on a grass
roots level and kept “plugging
away” until they finally started
it.
The boys wrote to colleges like
Southern Methodist University
and the University of Texas,
which have strong tutoring pro
grams set up, to get some tips.
During his Easter vacation,
Willis found a magazine article,
which described the project un
dertaken by students at Georgia
Tech University, who are tutoring
children of lower class families
in nearby project houses.
“Possibly we can develop this
here later,” Willis comments.
He explains that his group is
mainly interested in the academic
side now and gaining confidence
in the program and the student.
“Working with the students at
Consolidated doesn’t involve just
giving them intellect,” the Aggie
adds, “but also showing an inter
est.”
Willis, who tutors two high
school juniors, remarks that stu
dent response has been good.
“THE TWO I have are both
willing to learn. From the first,
they responded and were willing
to take any help I could give
them.”
The program, which is set up
on a “one-to-one person basis,”
will blossom next year, spreading
to elementary and junior high
schools.
Big plans now are to set up a
permanent program next fall.
“The main thing we want,” Wil
lis said, “is to have a program.
Our objectivg is to get the thing
off the ground.”
He is looking for more volun
teers to help tutor the students.
REFERRING to the number of
representations from local groups
(the YMCA, Alpha Phi Omega
and churches) at their meeting
last year, Willis foresees a ma
jority of people helping the stu
dents.
MONDAY THE boys will meet
once again with Consolidated
school officials to get final ap
proval on plans for next fall.
In addition, Willis said that he
will have to have a time commit
ment from students and group
representatives who plan to help,
scheduling which hours per week
they will teach.
Interested persons can leave
their names and home addresses
at the main desk in the YMCA.
They will then be contacted in the
fall.
Graduate Killed In Viet Nam
Honored With Scholarship
Company C-2 has initiated a memorial scholarship in honor
of a 1963 Texas A&M graduate killed in action in South Viet Nam.
Cadet Maj. Bennie Smith, commanding officer of the unit,
said the $100 scholarship is in memory of Lt. George Gutierrez,
who died Sept. 1 when his helicopter exploded in South Viet Nam
after being hit by heavy ground fire.
Gutierrez was a senior in C-2 when the present seniors were
freshmen.
Smith said he was notified in April by David N. Chapman,
C-2 company commander during the 1962-63 school year; that the
C-2 seniors of 1962-63 were establishing the scholarship, to be
presented each year on Mother’s Day to a C-2 freshman. The schol
arship will be based on scholastic ability, extracurricular activities
and financial need.
The award was given this year for the first time to Cadet Pvt.
Robert O. Segner, a freshman architectural construction major from
San Antonio. Segner will receive the grant when he returns in
the fall.
“The scholarship is in keeping with the Aggie tradition of
paying tribute to dead comrades,” Smith said.
Senate To Consider
Political Club Issue
Fischer To Offer
Forum Resolution
Final Exam Schedule
Final examinations for the spring semester 1966
will be held May 30-June 4 according to the follow
ing schedule:
Monday, May 30
Monday, May 30
Tuesday, May 31
Tuesday, May 31
Wednesday, June 1
Wednesday, June 1
Thursday, June 1 2
Thursday, June 2
Friday, June 3
Friday, June 3
Saturday, June 4
Saturday, June 4
8-11 a.m.
1-4 p.m.
8-11 a.m.
1-4 p.m.
8-11 a.m.
1-4 p.m.
8-lla.m.
1-4 p.m.
8-11 a.m.
1-4 p.m.
8-11 a.m.
1-4 p.m.
Classes MWF8
Classes TThSFl
Classes MWF9
Classes MWThl
Classes MWF10
Classes TF1
Classes MSTThlO
Classes MWTh2
Classes MWF11
Classes M4TThll
Classes TTh9F2
Classes TF2 or
TWF3 or TThF3
Final examinations in courses with only one
theory hour per week as shown in the catalogue
will be given, at the discretion of the department
head concerned, at the last meeting of either the
theory or practice period before the close of the
semester.
Marines To Begin
Fund Raising Drive
By JOHN FULLER
Battalion Staff Writer
Tonight’s Student Senate meet
ing will be another chapter in the
struggle for admission of political
clubs to the campus.
Dan Fischer, Senate parlia
mentarian, will submit for a vote
a resolution indicating support
for the measure to the newly-
elected Senators, who will be
meeting in their first official ses
sion.
Fischer said the resolution will
refer to regulations stipulated in
the first proposal last Nov. 18 and
reaffirmed four weeks ago at the
last Regular meeting of the out
going Senate. The unanimous
reaffirmation came after then-
parliamentarian Craig Buck re
minded the members no action
had been taken on the November
proposal.
“WE FEEL that since the old
Senate passed this resolution
unanimously, the new members
should express their opinions one
way or the other at the start of
their tenure,” Fischer explained.
He emphasized that the Admin
istration’s recent offer to set up
Consolidated Sets
Awards Program
Students will receive academic,
best all-round and special certifi
cate awards at A&M Consolidat
ed schools’ Annual Awards Day
Friday.
Staging the event at 1:45 p.m.,
department heads and representa
tives from College Station Lions
and Kiwanis Clubs will present
the awards.
E. P. Ozment, Consolidated
principal, announced that awards
for academic classes will be given
to outstanding English, history,
government, Spanish, Latin, com
mercial, photography, craftsman
ship and art students.
In addition, DAR Citizenship
Certificate, best all-round girl
and boy awards and the Bausch
Lomb prize in choral and instru
mental music will be presented.
Other students to receive rec
ognition will be the most valuable
players in chief sports and stu
dents in vocational agriculture,
homemaking and special educa
tion. Members of the bowling and
swimming teams will also receive
trophies.
Ozment added that special cer
tificates will be awarded for stu
dents who have contributed extra
work to the school.
a “political forum” series is “a
good idea, but could not be a real
substitute for political clubs.”
President Earl Rudder, at a
meeting of campus leaders April
27, announced that it had been
decided to set up the forum, and
apparently indicated that forums
were intended as a substitution
for political clubs when he said,
“If you want a political education,
I’ll get you some money and we
will bring in the best politicians
available.”
ACCORDING TO the plans,
the Department of History and
Government would invite political
speakers from all parties to lec
ture regularly.
“Getting speakers for the polit
ical forum is a good addition,”
Fischer said of the proposal.
“But after all, we’ve already got
the Great Issues Committee and
SCONA for that.”
RUDDER SPELLED out his
views on the subject when he an
nounced the board’s forum pro
posal.
“In order that we can study
politics, our History and Govern
ment Department has agreed to
sponsor a political forum where
they may bring in speakers from
various parties,” he said.
“The entire Executive Commit
tee believes in people participat
ing in political parties, of course,”
he continued. “But we don’t feel
that political clubs belong on any
one’s campus — especially this
one.”
Fischer remarked that he has
talked to “a lot of students who
have said they don’t see why the
political clubs issue is such a hot
potato.”
“I think that any university
that claims to be ‘Focusing on the
Future’ ought to be willing to
broaden the students’ education
in every way possible,” he went
on.
POLITICAL CLUBS are bar
red from the University campus
under an interpretation of House
Bill 86, Article 5, Section 2, which
was passed by the 58th Legisla
ture.
The bill reads in part, “none of
the money appropriated by . . .
this act, regardless of their source
or character, shall be used for in
fluencing the outcome of any
election or the passage or defeat
of any legislative measure.”
First Bank & Trust now pays
4%% per annum on savings cer
tificates. —Adv.
The Semper Fidelis Society will
conduct a fund raising campaign
for the Marine Corps Reserve’s
Civic Action Program in Viet
Nam May 23-26.
The purpose of the program is
to assist U. S. soldiers in Viet
Nam by aiding the South Viet
namese with food, clothing and
tools.
Dick Carey, 1966-67 president
of the society said tables will be
set up in Sbisa and Duncan Din
ing Halls and in the Memorial
Student Center.
“Two films explaining the Civic
Action Program will be shown in
the MSC coffee shop every hour
during the day,” he said. “There
will also be a drive conducted in
the dorm areas each night.”
The Semper Fidelis Society is
the professional society for col
lege marines. The A&M chapter
is the largest producer of marine
officers in the nation.
Retiring president John Mac-
Nutt said the fund drive is “a
good opportunity for Aggies to
show their support of our action
in Viet Nam.
“I have faith that Aggies can
help us to easily surpass our goal
of $500,” he said.
“We are planning to conduct
the drive on a competitive basis
between individual corps outfits
and civilian dorms, with recogni
tion being made to the group that
contributes the most.’
The Marine Reserve has ar
ranged for CARE to accept mone
tary donations from individuals,
civic groups, and various com
munity organizations, CARE in
turn uses the money to buy items
which are carefully designed to
aid Marines in making friends
with the South Vietnamese.
Aggie Players
Presented Keys
Eleven silver keys and two gold
ones were presented to members
of the Aggie Players at their an
nual banquet Tuesday in the
Memorial Student Center.
The keys, presented by Dr.
John Q. Anderson, head of the
Department of English, were
awarded on a merit system and
earned by working on Aggie
Player productions.
Receiving silver keys, which
mean an accumulation of 30
points, were Tim E. Lane, Leon
Greene, Jan Gannaway, Lani
Presswood, Hollynn Fuller, Steve
Thurman, Marie Crook, Dick Gus
tafson, Kirk Stewart, Jean Reyna
and Aileen Wenck.
Receiving gold keys, presented
to previous silver key winners
who have accumulated 30 addi
tional points, were Frances Flynn
and Bud Franks.
Dr. Frank W. H. Hubert, dean
of the College of Liberal Arts,
spoke briefly to the group and
announced the setting up of
“Creative Dramatics,” a chil
dren’s theater which will be under
the direction of C. K. Esten.
TRAVIS O. GILLIS, JR.
Senior, Houston
I think that the proposed political
forums would be a great asset to
both the school and the student
body. Since the forums would
be unbiased toward any one
party, students and faculty mem
bers would have the opportunity
to hear from both parties instead
of just going to the polls unin
formed, which usually happens
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Candid Comments On Current Crises
Students Prefer Political Clubs Over Forums
Question: Do you favor political clubs on campus or the proposed political forums?
BUD FRANKS
Senior, San Antonio
I would rather see political fo
rums here than nothing at all.
I think that substituting political
forums for political clubs as an
effort to avoid controversy is
opposed to the basic purpose of
a university, which is to stimu
late students to think as in
dividuals or as members of a
political party if they so desire.
DAVID FULLER
Senior, Fort Worth
Some kind of political orien
tated symposium is definitely
needed. Since the American sys
tem of politics is primarily two-
party, any solution should be
directed toward that idea. Fo
rums cannot actively support any
party, whereas political clubs
can. Political clubs offer a means
of practical, active application
of our democratic ideas; forums
just talk about them.
DAVE GRAHAM
Senior, Bay City
The proposed political forum
would fill an obvious gap in
governmental discussion at A&M.
For some time there has been a
clamor for political clubs on our
campus. The question in many
people’s minds has been whether
these clubs would serve a useful
purpose or simply become an out
let for “supposed political think
ers” to demonstrate and criticize.
FORREST MIMS
Senior, San Antonio
Political forums would be a
definite asset. However, forums
are not a substitute for clubs.
Only when the administration
extends official recognition to
the already existing political
clubs will the present unfortu
nate situation be remedied
Active political clubs must be a
part of any campus with “aca
demic excellence” in mind.
DENNIS WARD
Freshman, Houston
I believe forums are a good idea
but it could better be accomp
lished through these political
clubs. I’m sure that the political
clubs could get unbiased speakers
as easily as the forums could.
In a political club a student
would feel he is playing a larger
part in the politics which would
arise on campus and thus show
a much greater interest.
BILL CAMP
Houston, Senior
A political forum is probably
better than a complete void of
politics on campus, but it seems
that it would be defeating the
purpose of learning about the
so-called “American Political
System.” But if the students
are allowed this beginning, pos
sibly the forums will be allowed
to eventually grow into the seem
ingly more practical poltical
clubs.