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Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1966
Number 319
9 Students Cleared
11 More Cadets
Charged In Probe
Nine Texas A&M students previously dismissed were
given lightened punishment by the University Appeals
Committee over the weekend as the outbreak of physical
hazing continues.
Eleven more students—nine sophomores and two jun
iors—were suspended until September and dropped from
the Corps of Cadets. All the sophomores are from Company
A-l and the juniors are from Squadron 2.
Seniors winning appeals from the UAC are Angel Saenz,
James A. Dimock and George
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THE MASKED HARANGUER
Unidentified students displayed disapproval broomhandle and attached axe head. The
of action taken against cadets in the recent Corps shakedown has resulted in the suspen-
hazing probe. Outfitted in executioner’s sion of several students for striking fresh-
garb, Sully was masked and provided with a men with brooms.
Campus Political Club Ban
Reaffirmed By Committee
The Texas A&M Executive
Committee reaffirmed its policy
banning campus political clubs
Monday.
The committee responded to
a May 10 letter from the Student
Senate “urging recognition of
political clubs as official on-cam-
pus organizations.
H. L. Heaton, Executive Com
mittee secretary, notified Senate
President-Elect Barney Fudge the
committee reviewed “the matter
thoroughly.
“The Executive Committee re
affirms its policy established on
Oct. 28, 1963 and on April 20,
1964 relative to political clubs on
campus,” Heaton replied for the
committee.
“The Dean of the College of
Liberal Arts and the head of the
Department of History and gov
ernment are most anxious to as
sist in establishing a political
study forum provided enough
A&M Consolidated Program
Honors Outstanding Students
Outstanding students at A&M
Consolidated High School re
ceived honors at the annual
Awards Day ceremony Friday.
Most of the awards, furnished
by local and national civic groups
and foundations, honored those
who had contributed the most to
the school.
Lions Club presented awards to
Arline Dollar and Sandy Haight
for art; Billy Randal, commer
cial; Ivo Junek and Douglas Rich
ter, craftsman; and Sharon Skra-
vanek and Rick Landmann, Eng
lish.
Kiwanis Club honored most
valuable players Mark Riedel,
tennis; John Skrabanek, golf;
and Richard Runkles, track.
Charles Powell was presented
the Bausch Lomb science award;
Barbara Hedges, National Math
ematics Association of America;
Linda Isbell, Crisco homemaking;
and Ann McMurray, Betty Crock
er Homemaker of Tomorrow.
Students receiving medals, tro
phies or cash awards were: Bob
Franke, University National Bank
Star Green Hand; Mike Thiltgen,
Producers Co-op Star Chapter
Farmer; Larry Wilhoit, Rotary
(band); Fran Haugen, DAR
American History; Mary Ruth
Watkins, scholarship and Ardis
Kemler, good citizenship.
Ten speech students were
awarded special certificates for
one-act plays; eight students, in
dividual speaking awards and
nine students, homemaking
awards.
Economics honors went to
Laurence Nemec and Shirley
Oates; social education awards,
Mary Elizabeth Griffin, Jan Har
ris and Wally Williams; vocation
agriculture, Franke and Thiltgen;
Tom Shelton and Donald Street.
student interest can be manifest
ed to learn about the workings of
the political parties in the United
States,” Heaton wrote.
“The Executive Committee re
affirms its position in the en
couragement of students to ex
press political views, study politi
cal parties and participate in lo
cal activities of political parties,
he continued.
Heaton said the framework for
a political forum was now under
study by the Executive Commit
tee.
The 1963 ruling came after
Young Democrats and Young Re
publicans asked for recognition
as campus clubs. Committee
minutes report “after due de
liberation, the Committee came
to the conclusion that it would
be inadvisable to recognize either
of these as campus activities. It
was suggested that these clubs
make contacts with Republican
and Democrats Headquarters of
this county and become a part of
those organizations in whatever
ways seem most appropriate . . .”
The 1964 action called attention
to Sec. 2, Article V, H. B. 86 of
the 58th Legislature which states,
“None of the moneys appropriat
ed by Articles I, II, III, and IV
of this Act, regardless of their
source or character, shall be used
for influencing the outcome of
any election, or the passage of
defeat of any legislative mea
sures. . .”
The 1964 action noted “the
1963 ruling was still appropri
ate. . .”
L. Eastman. These students’
suspension was lifted effec
tive immediately. Juniors
winning appeals are Victor
O. Harvey, Elroy Garcia, George
B. Davis and Joel Aldape. Garcia’s
suspension is lifted immediately,
while the others may apply for
enrollment in September rather
than in February as the previous
punishment stated.
Sophomore whose suspension
was lifted effective immediately
are Sanford T. Ward and Daniel
L. Bailey’
Dean of Students James P.
Hannigan said no students were
exonerated and none were re
instated into the Corps.
The new suspended students
are juniors A1 J. Ludwig and
Henry C. Miller Jr. and sopho
mores Stephen C. Hodgkins, Lar
ry L. Barbee, Robert W. Clapper,
John H. Daly, Charles W. Daw
son, Lee W. Horton, John W.
Morgan and a student whose
name was not released by the
university.
These students are the last of
29 upperclassmen charged with
wacking freshmen with broom
handles. All were suspended
from the university but permit
ted to complete finals exams next
week.
The hazing incident was brought
to the attention of Department
of Military Science officials
YMCA Past Reflects Changes
By DANI PRESSWOOD
Battalion Managing Editor
Editor’s Note: The following
is the first installment of a two-
part series outlining the history
and functions of the YMCA. The
concluding segment will appear
Thursday.
Texas A&M’s YMCA has seen
a myriad of changes since J. Gor
don Gay began active service in
1928.
Before the construction of the
Memorial Student Center and the
All Faith’s Chapel, the building
was the primary recreational and
religious center of the campus.
Today the YMCA program is
geared to the development of the
individual student’s mental and
spiritual self and prepare him for
the outside world.
But despite alterations in meth
od, the purpose of the Young
Men’s Christian Association has
remained the same: to provide
an atmosphere that would develop
within students a sense of fellow
ship.
“The program has expanded
greatly through the years due to
the creative interest of the boys,”
First Bank & Trust now pays
4 1 /&% per annum on savings cer
tificates. —Adv.
Gay reflects modestly. “I’m real
proud of the Aggies.”
AFTER 24 years as assistant
secretary, Gay became general
secretary in 1952 and was named
Coordinator of Religious Life in
addition to his YMCA duties in
1957.
“One thing I haven’t been able
to find out is when the YMCA
was first established,” Gay said,
“but we do know it was a going
concern 71 or 72 years ago.”
From research he has discov
ered that rooms in the basement
of Leggett Hall were used as a
YMCA several years ago.
Since that time, some of the
major changes have been in reli
gious life on campus.
“When I first came here stu
dents had compulsory chapel,”
Gay recalls. “Every Sunday
morning everybody would march
to Guion Hall.”
It was made non-compulsory in
1930 and students were encour
aged to attend their own church
groups.
GAY RECALLS that the YMCA
was at one time the students’
main gathering place, the campus
“living room.”
“The ‘Y’ had a swimming pool
in the basement for several
years,” he said. “But they cov
ered it when the college built an
other one.”
With the impletion of the pool,
the basement was developed into
a recreation center with a four-
lane bowling alley and 15 billiard
tables.
In addition, the building housed
a barber shop, a confectionary
and rooms for short courses.
“The YMCA was the student
center of the campus,” he noted.
“But when the MSC was built
there was no longer a need for
these things here.”
Although some changes have
been for the better, Gay was dis
turbed at the loss of Religious
Emphasis Week.
“We had some outstanding
speakers here for Religious Em
phasis Week,” he remarked, “and
it was a big event here.”
RE WEEK was introduced in
1942, discontinued until 1945 and
observed annually until 1962.
It was then turned over to the
area churches and was terminated
this year.
“An outgrowth of Religious
Emphasis Week was the Mar
riage Forums,” Gay disclosed,
“and also the popular Man Your
Manners program.”
Annihilation of the YMCA-
sponsored movies is another maj
or change Gay has seen take
place.
“For 20 to 25 years we had
movies here on Wednesday and
Saturday nights for the stu
dents,” he recalls. “They cost 15
cents on Wednesday night and a
quarter Saturday or students
could buy a coupon for $5 to see
every Saturday show throughout
the year.”
A PET project and one Gay is
most proud of has been the inno
vation of the freshman YMCA
camp.
“We started the camp in 1954
and it has grown every summer
since then,” he commented. “This
year we are shooting for three
camps of 100 each.”
The camp’s purpose is to give
incoming freshmen an insight into
college life and answer some of
the ever-present questions in
volved.
While changes have been nu-
meroTi's in the past Gay has a few
in mind for the future because
“there’s always room for improve
ment.
“I think we could do some
things better,” he added. “We
fall flat on our faces sometimes
but we try to analyze and see
where we went wrong.”
through an annonymous source
Wednesday.
First Brigade unit commanders
were ordered late Wednesday to
turn in to the Commandant’s of
fice lists of all freshmen with
bruises apparently received from
brooms. Some units in the bri
gade did report cases of beatings.
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 TTh8Fl
Classes MWF9
Classes MWThl
Classes MWF10
Classes TF1
Classes M3TThlO
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.
New Editors Announced
For Student Publications
Prowlers Arrested
In Hensel Area
Campus Security chief Ed
Powell reported Tuesday morn
ing the peeping tom and women’s
underwear stealing cases have
been solved.
Powell said that two men were
arrested. One a student and the
other a resident of College Sta
tion.
Husbands in the Hensel area
set up watch and turned in a sus
pect to the Campus Security who
under questioning admitted as be
ing the peeping tom.
The same tactics were used to
arrest the women’s underwear
thief. When arrested the man
had 68 pieces of women’s under
wear in his car.
Powell said all women who lost
property should report to the
Campus Security Office on cam
pus to claim their items. He said
to just call the secretary.
Student Publications editors for
1966-67 were announced Friday
by Jim Lindsey, director of infor
mation and publications.
Thomas M. DeFrank, junior
journalism major from Arling
ton, was appointed editor of The
Battalion effective with Tues
day’s edition.
Other editors include Gerald
Garcia of Beeville, summer Bat
talion; John Hotard of Bryan,
the Review; Fred B. Cherry of
New Waverley, the Engineer; M.
Leroy Shafer of Trent, the Agri
culturist; John C. Hammond of
Rockville, Md., the Aggieland,
and J. Alford Moore of Houston,
the Southwestern Veterinarian.
The new appointments were an
nounced at Friday’s Student Pub
lications banquet.
DeFrank, a Distinguished Stu
dent for five semesters, has been
staff writer, news editor and
managing editor during his two
years with The Battalion. A
member of Phi Eta Sigma, Phi
Kappa Phi and Sigma Delta Chi,
he is also publicity chairman for
SCONA XII.
He was chosen outstanding
sophomore in the Department of
Journalism last year and last
month received a $400 Minne
apolis Star scholarship as the
department junior with the out
standing scholastic record.
GARCIA IS president of the
Society for A&M Journalists, and
was vice president of Sigma Delta
Chi, the professional journalist
society.
During his two years with The
Battalion he has served as staff
writer, assistant news editor,
managing editor and is presently
sports editor.
He is also the recipient of the
Amarillo Globe Scholarship.
Moore has been a Distinguished
Student, freshman editor of the
Baptist Student Union newspa
per, associate editor of the
Southwest Veterinarian and an
athletic trainer.
He is also a member of the stu
dent chapter of the American
Veterinary Medicine Association
and is presently a student assist
ant in the Department of Vet
erinary Anatomy.
Hotard is a member of Alpha
Delta Sigma, and is publicity as
sistant for the Aggie Plays. He
was also associate editor of the
Review before being appointed
editor.
HAMMOND has participated in
the Polaris Council, the Texas
A&M Parachute Club and the
Judo Club.
He is also a member of the
Ross Volunteers and RV Firing
Squad and was section editor of
the Aggieland this semester.
Cherry is a member of the Ross
Volunteers and belongs to the In
stitute of Electrical and Elec
tronic Engineers.
Shafer has received the Oppor
tunities Award Scholarship, the
Santa Fe Educational Awards
Scholarship, and the Anderson-
Clayton Agricultural Journalism
Scholarship.
A Distinguished Student, he is
a member of Alpha Zeda honor
society, and is secretary of Sigma
Delta Chi.
HE IS A member of Corps
Staff and the Ross Volunteers
and was managing editor of the
Agriculturist this year.
Shafer is also president of
the Agricultural Communications
Club and is national president of
the Agricultural College Maga
zines Associated and will head
their November convention in
Chicago.
DeFrank has announced the
staff for the Battalion for the
1966-67 year.
It includes Dani Presswood,
managing editor; Gerald Garcia,
sports editor; Larry Jerden, as
sociate editor; and staff writers
Robert Solovey, John Fuller, Judy
Franklin and Jim Sizemore.
The staffs will take over pub
lications again in the fall. The
first summer Battalion edition
will come out June 9.
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DeFRANK
Battalion
GARCIA
Summer Battalion
HOTARD
Review
SHAFER
Agriculturalist
MOORE
Veterinarian
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HAMMOND
Aggieland
CHERRY
Engineer