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: \ ; j-1 .1 Volume 61 Cbe Battalion COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1966 Number 325 “WHAT MEN LIVE BY” . . . cast from left are Louis Wommer, Larry Baug-h, Robert Cook, Arm Ballinger and Bruce Reyna. Directors Meeting College Heads Picked; Contracts Approved Funding for an engineering center and contracts for an office building, air con- ditionmg of a dining bail and 12 dormitories and the G. R. White Coliseum were approv ed Tuesday by Texas A&M’s Board of Directors. Phase I of the $2.3 million Engineer ing Research Center received $312,000 from higher education facilities funds and $112,- 457 from the university’s available fund. A $93,547 contract went to B-W Construction Company of Bryan to build offices for the system architect, construc tion engineer and the Physical Plant department. Plans to air condition Duncan Dining Hall were reviewed and $6,500 set aside to continue the study. A $4,000 appropriation to plan lounges and $225,000 to pur chase cooling equipment for the 12 dorms in the area were ap proved. Completion of this project in 1967 will raise the number of air conditioned dormitories to 22. The board awarded a $423,422 contract to W. E. Kutzschbach company of Bryan to air condi tion the university’s coliseum. Other awards included a $17,- 187 contract to A&M Construc tion Company, Bryan, for altera tions to electrical power serving the Veterinary Medicine Hospital and $112,109 to Metalab Equip ment Company of Hieksville, N.Y. for furniture for the Services Building. B-W Construction Company of Bryan received a $57,970 award to construct a veterinary medicine malaria research lab. James Connally Technical In stitute in Waco received author ity to spend $40,000 rehabilitating and modifying buildings on the air base. At Tarleton State College, $14,- 000 was set aside to air condi tion the basement of the Student Center and $12,730 was approved to outline specifications for a men’s physical education building. A $74,472 contract to air condi tion the auditorium went to Freer Mechanical Contractors Inc. of Fort Worth. Braune Plumbing and Heating Company of Hico received $21,- 480 to install a new broiler in the central heating plant and AB-Tex Electric, Inc. of Abilene got $21,- 983 for alterations to the electrical distribution system. An $8,379 contract to repair the home economics building on the Stephenville campus went to Tal- madge Willson of Belton. A $12,- 000 budget for repairs to Tarle- ton’s president’s home was also approved. Contracts for Overton’s McMil lan Research and Extension in cluded $264,574 for general con struction to McKinney and Park er of Tyler and $31,842 to W. H. Curtin and Company of Houston for laboratory furniture. First Bank & Trust now pays 4%% per annum on savings cer tificates. —Adv. A new president for Tarleton State Col lege was named by Texas A&M System directors Tuesday afternoon. Dr. W. O. Trogdon, director of agronomy for Occidental Agricultural Chemicals Corpo ration of Plainview, will succeed E. J. Howell as president of the Stephenville college. Early Tuesday the board chose Dr. Jesse M. Drew, dean of instruction at Prairie View, to follow Dr. E. B. Evans as head of the Hemp stead school. Both Howell and Evans are retiring. Trogdon, 1949 Ph.D. grad uate of Ohio State, is former head of A&M’s Department of Soil and Crop Sciences. Drew, 1949 Ph.D. from Harvard, taught in Missouri schools before joining the Prairie View faculty. “Our board searched the na tion for men of eminence to head these institutions,” H. C. Helden- fels reported. “These two educators are high ly qualified to lead the college to excellence,” the board president from Corpus Christi added. Dr. James P. Dyke of Eastern New Mexico University, was ap pointed director of libraries. He comes to A&M Sept. 1 to fill the post vacated by Robert A. Houze who became head librarian at Trinity University. The 45-year-old librarian has 20 years of profesional experience at Hardin-Simmons, University of Oklahoma, University of Illinois and Eastern New Mexico. The Breckenridge, Tex. native served as a B-24 pilot during World War II. ★ ★ ★ 8 New Degrees Added By Board Six new doctor of philosophy programs and two additional masters-level degrees were ap proved Tuesday by Texas A&M’s Board of Directors. The degree offerings pend fin al approval of the Texas College and University Coordinating Board. Doctoral programs include rec- recreation and parks, business ad ministration, economics, English, physiology and sociology. Mas ter of Science degrees sought are health and physical education and recreation and parks. A&M President Earl Rudder called each of the programs “nec essary programs to make A&M a first-rate graduate college.” ★ ★ ★ Board Accepts Gifts, Grants Gifts and grants totaling $462,- 732 were accepted Tuesday by Texas A&M’s Board of Directors. Scholarships and fellowships for Texas A&M numbered $33,- 845. A&M research awards amounted to $312,949; $20,066 in capital gifts were recorded. Tarleton State College received $860 in gifts. Prairie View A&M accepted $1,775. Grants-in-aid of research for the Texas Agricultural Experi ment Station aggregated $93,235. W. O. TROGDON JESSE M. DREW Staff Members To Attend Meet Seventeen Texas A&M Uni versity representatives will par ticipate in a American Veteri nary Medical Association meeting in Louisville, Ky., July 10-14. Farm and pet animal medicine advances, veterinary public health, research, poultry medicine and animal disease control pro grams will be featured. A&M’s delegates include Col lege of Veterinary Medicine Dean A. A. Price. AAVMC secretary, and Drs. J. H. Milliff, L. C. Grumbles, L. H. Russell, W. C. Banks, W. W. Ellett, H. P. Hob son, R. S. Titus, J. C. Ramge, R. D. Turk, H. E. Redmond, T. E. Franklin, C. F. Hall, R. L. Clif ford, S. E. Glass, J. W. Dollahite and F. D. Maurer. NBC news correspondent Chet Huntley will speak to the 400 delegates and guests July 12. Dr. Harry Furgeson, veteri narian from Anaconda, Montana, will be installed as president of the 18,000-member AVMA. Fallout Plays To Kick Off Summer Slate 3 Productions Set For Friday The Aggie Player’s Fallout Theater-Workshop kicks off its second summer season at 8 p.m. Friday as three student-directed plays open the schedule. “What Men Live By,” by Leo Tolstoy, adapted and directed by Louis Wommer, features Anne Ballinger, Wommer, Virginia Pat terson, Dan Hassler, Bob Robin son, Larry Baugh, Rob Cook, Bruce Reyna, Jean Reyna and Doric Pye. Cynthia Smith will run the lights and Karen Boyken is in charge of makeup. Miss Patterson is the stage manager. Kathi Wolcott gathers her group together for her production of “Two Wives,” by Alan Atkin son. This play is being produced in cooperation with the South west Theater Conference’s SWAP program. The cast includes Bob Manna, Ruth Becker, Sharon Walding, Roger Killingsworth, Louis Wommer and Cary McMul len. Third on the evening’s pro gram is “There Are No Widows,” written and directed by Bob Rob inson. Appearing in it are Tom Morgan, Herky Killingsworth, Jody Worsham, Kathi Wolcott and Bernest Evans. Kirk Stewart turns in another of his fine per formances as “the body.” Three plays are also slated for Wednesday night in the Fall out Theater. They are “Hello Out There,” by William Saroyan; “De Lawd’s Chillun,” an adapta tion from Green Pastures By Marc Connally; and “The Act ress,” by Buela Fare. Joyce Cassens will direct “The Actress.” Nancy Womack, Linda Hogan, Ruth Becker, Letitia Fer guson, Linda Mauer and Mac Hopkin make up the cast. “Hello Out There,” directed by Bill Hall, features Bob Dansby, Jody Worsham, Bob Robinson and Joyce Cassens. Bernest Evens’ production of “De Lawd’s Chillun” include Er nest Jones, Lawrence Hicks, Ray mond Buchannan, Willie Cook, Leon Greene, James Ford, Bob by Butrell and Charles Walton. Also appearing are Bernice Wil- born, Beatrice Smith, Dorothy Fields, Shirley Robinson and Doris Barnes. “THERE ARE NO WIDOWS” . . . cast from left are Tom Morgan, Jody Worsham, Kathi Wolcott and Herky Killingsworth. The Fallout Theater-Workshop is located in the rear of Guion Hall. Admission is fifty cents. MSC Schedules Dance Tonight The Rip Tides of San Antonio will play for a Texas A&M dance tonight in the Memorial Student Center Ballroom. Tom Morgan, president of the summer MSC Directorate and Council, said the 8 to 12 p.m. dance may attract 250 persons. Admission is $1 per person. A band is being sought for a July 7 dance, Morgan noted. “TWO WIVES” . . . cast from left are Louis Wommer, Sharon Walding, Roger Killingsworth, Cary Mc Mullen and Bob Manna. Hanover To Replace Thames As Head Of Highway District On July 8, student productions of “The Return,” written by Fred Rich, an A&M math major, and directed by John Trott; “The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson, di rected by Virginia Patterson, will be shown. “Preview: Road Show ’66,” featuring three one-act plays that will be taken on the road during July and August, will be present ed in the Fallout Theater. AUSTIN—Joseph G. Hanover, 48, will become district engineer of the Texas Highway Depart ment’s District 17 in Bryan Fri day, State Highway Engineer D. C. Grer announced. Hanover succeeds C. B. Thames as head of Highway Department activities in 10 Central and East Texas counties. Thames, a veteran of 42 years wtih the department, has retired. He has accepted a highway engi neering position in the Middle East. Hanover is a native of Mc Gregor. He attended grade school in Wheelock and graduated from high school in Franklin. He joined the Texas Highway Department in 1940 at Hearne after receiving his degree in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M. During World War II, Hanover served five years in the U. S. Army Corps of Enginers, leaving the service with the rank of captain. He rejoined the Highway De partment after the war, serving as junior resident engineer, resi dent engineer, district construc tion engineer and district admin istrative engineer. For the past five years, he has been assistant district engineer at Bryan. Hanover and his wife have a daughter, Jocille, a junior at the University of Texas. Thames has been district engi neer at Bryan since 1957. A native of Gonzales, he at tended public schools at Smith- ville and graduated from the Uni versity of Texas with a degree in Civil Enginering. He began his career with the Highway Department as a sum mer employee in 1922, serving as assistant resident engineer in Bastrop County. He returned to the department in 1924 as assist ant resident engineer in Fayette County. In 1926, he was appointed resi dent engineer in Erath County and the following year was assigned as senior resident engi neer in Robertson County. He came to the Bryan district headquarters in 1953 as district construction engineer and was named district engineer in 1957. His career was interrupted by four years’ service in the Corps of Engineers during World War II, where he attained the rank of lieutenant colonel. StageCenter Sets Play Tonight StageCenter, Inc., a civic thea ter organized this year in the Bryan-College Station commun ity, is presenting its first full production, a melodrama entitl ed “Dirty Work at the Cross roads” this weekend, Thursday through Sunday and July 7 through July 9. The melodrama will be produced cabaret style in the Triangle Ball room in Bryan with an introduc tory hour of music starting at 7 p.m. furnished by Dick Baldauf’s Aggieland Combo. Waitresses are local girls costumed in the gay nineties, and singing waiters will add to the fun. Performance will be at 8 p.m. Dr. Wendell Landmann of Col lege Station is the director with Stuart Sutherland as assistant di rector. Vic Wiening, artistic di rector for StageCenter, will be a special singer. Members of the cast include the heroine, Donna Files, the hero, Harry Crenshaw, and the villain, Jim Baldauf. Others are Ruth McGill, Patricia Wiening, Rick Landmann, Wanda Daisa, Danielle Dabbs and Marion Wagamon. Singing waiters are Jerry Hol- bert, G. T. Hill, Randy Wilson and H. A. Vander Cruyssen. 12th PRESIDENT Tyree L. Bell and C. C. Krueger admire an oil portrait of Dr. M. T. Harrington presented to the university for in clusion in the “Gallery of Presidents.” Harrington was A&M’s 12th president, serving from 1950 to 1953 when he was named chancellor. In 1965 he was chosen coordina tor of international programs for the university and Earl Rudder succeeded him.