Che Battalion
Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1966
Number 332
LAST TWO SUMMER PROGRAMS SCHEDULED
The “Elusive Daze” combo will provide the
music for the final summer dance at the
Memorial Student Center Ballroom from 8
p. m. to midnight tonight. Members of the
combo are, left to right, Larry Eccard,
Henry Cisneros, Mike O’Hara, Cheri Hol
land, Jimmy Criswell and Larry Newman.
A popular community folk-singing group
will spotlight the final program at 8 p. m.
Friday. The “Lickin’ River Singers” con
cert will also be held in the MSC Ballroom.
Clipper Cruise Described
As ‘Great’ By Freshman
Randy Falkenhagen of Hous
ton bounded ashore and declared
a three-month cruise to Europe
as “great . . . I’d like to do it
again.”
The freshman zoology major
was the first prep cadet ashore
Tuesday afternoon when Texas
A&M’s Texas Clipper docked at
Galveston.
Falkenhagen was one of 185
cadets, mostly freshmen, who
participated in the 12,000-mile
nautical journey with stops in
Ireland, France, Spain, the Ca
nary and Bahama Islands.
The cadets survived a bomb
scare at Bordeaux, France, and
gave the incident little promi
nence among their adventurers.
Someone called police shortly be
fore the ship was to leave Bor-
reaux, saying a bomb was aboard.
A two-hour search produced no
bomb.
For many of the student-sail
ors the cruise marked the first
time they had been away from
home for a length of time.
For James Gearhart of El
Paso, people of other countries
were most interesting. Like oth
er cadets, he brought souvenirs
back, among them a striking
planter’s hat from Nassau in the
Bahamas.
Capt. Bennett M. Dodson, ship
commander and Texas Maritime
Academy director, beamed over
the closely-followed schedule.
“We planned the cruise more
than a year ago,” he said. “To
day, we are back right on sched
ule. We made ifiost ports earlier
than expected. Everybody is in
good health. I’m happy.”
Bryan-College Station cadets
include Michael G. Leinhart of
902 A Cross; Willard A. Adams
of 807 East 24th; Jimmy R.
Brown of 322 Dunn; Thomas C.
Cartwright of 211 Lee; Phillip
C. Diebel of 201 Willow; Mich
ael H. Hensarling of 505 Dexter;
James T. Mayeux of 216 North
Ave.; Jeremiah M. Nance of 404
Hensel Dr.; Micajah W. New
man of 404 Brookside, and Gery
A. Patton of 306 Fairway.
Cadets lining the deck of the
15,000-ton Texas Clipper cheered
when the Galveston Ball High
School Band struck up “The Ag
gie War Hymn” as the ship
neared dock.
Galveston Mayor E. Sheiber
welcomed the Aggies home and
Dodson invited parents, relatives
and friends aboard ship.
Steve Micks of 1302 H, Galves
ton, was one of several Aggie
casualties during the cruise. He
broke an arm in a fall on the
Canary Islands.
Doug Devoy, son of the docks
manager at Galveston, suffered
a broken arm in a unique manner.
The arm popped as he was lift
ing weights.
David Fricke of Miami, Fla.,
and Cary Williams of Fort Mc
Pherson, Ga., gathered bumps and
bruises in a motorscooter acci
dent in Ireland.
Many of the cadets will be
A&M students ' this fall. All
gained from six to nine hours
college credit in English, history,
mathematics or government.
French berets, Irish linen,
Spanish guitars, and hats from
the Bahamas were- among tro
phies collected by the youths.
The most unusual prize, however,
was a stuffed alligator from who-
knows-where.
Dorm Assignments Released
For Fall Term By Madeley
Dormitory assignments for civ-
vilian and Corps members, re
spectively, for the fall term have
been released by Allan M. Made-
ley, Housing Manager.
Civilian students will be housed
in Hart, Law, Puryear, Mitchell,
Leggett, Milner, Walton, Dorms
12, 13, 14, 15 (partial), 16, 19,
21 and 22, while Corps members
will room in Dorms 1-9 and 11, 17,
18 and 20. Athletes will live in
Henderson Hall and part of Dorm
15.
Madeley requests all students
who are in summer school and
who will be living in a dormitory
in the fall to report to the Hous
ing Office from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Aug. 26 to con
firm their room assignment for
the fall term.
“This is very important since
each student will need this in
formation in order to move his
belongings to his new room, and
since some changes have been
made in original assignments
made last spring because of re
quests for alternate rooms or
roommates in case they became
available,” Madeley said.
Even students who will not be
changing rooms for the fall
should verify their rooms to be
sure no changes have been made,
Madeley said.
Madeley urges students who
have not yet made reservations
for the fall semester should report
to the Housing Office at once and
make an application for room be
cause space may or may not be
available. If it is not, the reserva
tion will be put in a waiting list
file.
Students who will live in any
dormitory other than Dorms 14-
16 and Leggett might move their
belongings to their new rooms by
7 p.m. Aug. 26. Dorms which
are not opened for summer school
will be opened at 1 p.m. Aug. 25
to accommodate students who
must move belongings to their
new rooms.
Madeley said students must
clear their rooms at the end of
the summer school regardless of
disposition of personal belong
ings:.
First Bank & Trust now pays
5% per annum on savings cer
tificates. —Adv.
^ Hoverson Named
To Dom in ican Post
RICHARD R. HOVERSON
Net Courts
Completed
Texas A&M’s new $33,000
tennis courts bounced the first
ball Tuesday and varsity coach
Omar Emith proclaimed the fa
cility ideal.
Four Laykold surface courts
were completed south of Kyle
Field this month. Strictly for
varsity competion, the courts will
house A&M’s home matches in
a tree-enclosed setting.
Laykold playing surfaces are
green with out-of-bounds areas
in red. A 10-foot chain link
fence surrounds the layout. Nets
were erected and the first shots
were hit Tuesday.
“It hits beautifully,” Smith
announced. “The courts are the
biggest contribution to the tennis
program since I’ve been here.
The farsightedness of A&M and
President Earl Rudder in provid
ing this structure is a sound in
vestment that will more than
pay for itself in quality of play
ers we’ll be able to recruit.”
“We have a promising group
of freshmen players coming from
which we should be able to de
velop a fine team,” Smith added.
“The new courts played a vital
part in their coming to A&M.”
Team practice begins Sept. 15.
First matches on the new facility
will be played in late February
or early March, Smith added.
Temporary stands for spectators
will be erected by then.
Texas A&M plant physiology
doctoral graduate Richard R.
Hoverson has been named associ
ate director of the Institute Su
perior de Agricultura in Santi
ago, Dominican Republic, an
nounced International Programs
coordinator Dr. M. T. Harring
ton.
Hoverson, 40, will leave the
states Aug. 27 to assume the post
under Dr. G. M. Watkins.
The fluent Spanish-speaking
administrator will perform in
structional liaison, have charge of
teacher training, adult education
and school administration and
perform research in plant physio
logy.
“This is the most worthwhile
foreign aid venture I’ve ever wit
nessed,” the Iowa-born educator
said. “It’s unique in that the
concept is Dominican originated.
A&M operates the school under
an Asciacion para el Desarollo
contract. Hoverson will be the
eighth A&M man on the staff.
A farm and ranch management
background by Hoverson includes
a seven-year stint of missionary
and management work in Central
Mexico. He served as a Presby
terian agricultural missionary
there three years and was a farm
manager four years before going
to an A&M experiment station at
Weslaco.
The LaFeria High school grad
uate managed the beef cattle
ranch at Mount Vernon in Frank-
Student Injured
After Fall Mishap
Dale Henry, an A&M Con
solidated High School student
working this summer at Texas
A&M, suffered a fractured ankle
in a fall Thursday at the Oceano
graphy Department building.
Henry was walking across a
passageway when he fell about
17 feet to the ground. The acci
dent happened about 10:45 a.m.
The youth is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter K. Henry, 1202
Caudill, College Station.
lin County two years before re
turning to A&M for doctoral stu
dies in 1963. He received the
Ph.D. this summer after earning
the master’s degree from A&M
in 1961. Undergraduate work in
agricultural education was com
pleted at Iowa State in 1949.
Hoverson’s mother resides at La
Feria, where he graduated in
1943. His father was a citrus and
truck farmer.
Chem Building
Hit By Fire
An early Thursday morning
fire caused considerable damage
to a chemistry research labora
tory at Texas A&M.
Dr. A. F. Isbell, Department of
Chemistry head, estimated dam
age at “roughly” $10,000. Cause
of the blaze remains undeter
mined.
Dr. Dwight Conway, associate
professor of chemistry working
in his laboratory, turned in the
alarm at 3:05 a.m. after a stu
dent reported the fire on the
fourth floor.
Chief Gilbert Eimann said 14
men from the University Fire
Department brought the flames
under control in about an hour.
The Bryan Fire Department sent
an aerial ladder truck to assist.
Isbell said the fire was con
fined to rooms 416 and 418,
which actually comprise two
laboratories. He said the labora
tories are divided by a single
door as a safety .measure.
Flames burned tables, benches
and chemicals in the rooms, but
caused only light damage to the
building.
“It’s quite remarkable that
none of the explosive materials
exploded during the fire,” Isbell
commented. “There were two
cylinders of oxygen under pres
sure and a variety of organic
solvents in the laboratory.”
Fallout Theater Schedules
Last 3 Summer
Productions
TWO PRODUCTIONS SET FOR FRIDAY, SATURDAY
“The Bed”, by Jack Adler, and “The Spineless beth Clark gets ready to hit Bruce Reyna with a
Drudge”, by Richard Harris, will be presented at portable typewriter. Both plays are directed by
8 p. m. Friday and Saturday at the Fallout Thea- Robert Wenck and include members of the Pre-
ter. Shown in a scene from “The Bed”, left, is miere Players and the Aggie Players.
Allan Riggs and Vera Lane. At right, Eliza-
The last three productions at
the Fallout Theater are set for
Friday, Saturday and Tuesday.
“The Bed,” by Jack Adler, and
“The Spineless Druge,” by Rich
ard Harris will be presented at
8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Billed together, director Robert
Wenck jokingly calls his produc
tion, “Will the Real 1966 Please
Stand Up?”
The two plays, both stylized
comedies, are satirical in a sense,
but differ slightly from true
satire. Where satire gently
shakes a warning finger at
society, “The Bed,” and “The
Spineless Drudge” give present
day mores and manners a jeer
and a belly laugh.
Appearing in “The Bed” will
be Scott Wilson, Allan Riggs
and Vera Lane, members of the
Premiere Players, teenage auxili
ary of the Aggie Players.
The cast of “The Spineless
Drudge” includes Elizabeth Clark,
Tim E. Lane, Scott Wilson, Rob
ert Wenck, Emily Lang, Bruce
Reyna, Vera Lane and Cynthia
Smith. Wenck, Lane and Miss
Smith are members of the Aggie
Players, while the others are
from the teenage group.
“Once Upon An Island,” an
orginial play by Herky Killings-
worth, fills the bill Tuesday
night. Poking fun at America’s
foreign aid program, this comedy
moves like a musical. An original
musical score combined with na
tive dances and probably the
wackiest ship in the Navy will
give an evening of relaxation
before finals.
Directed by Kirk Stewart, the
cast includes Larry Kirk, Leon
Green, Bernest Evans, Candy
Parker, Bill Beall, Larry Baugh,
Forrest Mobley, Bill Gross, Vir
ginia Patterson, Cheri Holland,
Sharon Alexander, and Joan
Thompson.
WHERE THERE’S A NEED, THERE’S THE UNITED STATES
“Once Upon An Island”, an original play by Herky Killingsworth, will be
staged at 8 p. m. Tuesday in the Fallout Theater. Cast members include,
clock-wise from top, Leon Greene, Bernest Evans, Cheri Holland, Larry
Baugh, Ginger Gilcrease, Larry Kirk, Forrest Mobley, Bill Gross and
Candy Parker, center.