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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1966
Number 33?f^
Society Names
Hartley Head
Dr. H. O. Hartley, director of
the Institute of Statistics, has
been chosen president-elect of the
Eastern North American Region
of the Biometrics Society.
Hartley will serve as president
of the organization in 1968.
The Biometrics Society is an
international society devoted to
mathematical and statistical as
pects of biology. Membership is
comprised of biologists, mathe
maticians, statisticians and other
interested persons.
Society members publish find
ings in “The Biometrics,” a quar
terly journal, whose objectives
are to promote and extend use
of mathematical and statistical
methods in pure and applied bio
logical sciences.
Hartley, a native of Germany
and a naturalized American citi
zen, became director of the In-r
stitute of Statistics in 1963. He
has taught at Iowa State Univer
sity, University College in Lon
don and Harper Adams Agricul
tural College in England. Other
experience includes eight years
as scientific officer for the Scien
tific Computing Service in Lon
don.
Uniquely, Hartley has three
doctorates — in mathematics
from the University of Berlin, in
statistics from Cambridge, and
in mathematics-statistics from
London University.
Hartley is a member of sev
eral professional and honorary
societies, including the American
Statistical Association, the Royal
Statistical Society, the Biometric
Society, the Institute of Math
Statistics, and the International
Statistical Institute.
Ags Open Workouts
With 85 Candidates
2-A -Day
Drills
Freshman Camp
Starts Sept. 10
Near Palestine
Record enrollment for the 13th
Freshman Camp has been an
nounced by YMCA general secre
tary J. Gordon Gay.
The Sept. 10-13 camp at Lake-
view Assembly Grounds near Pal
estine will introduce 350 fresh
men to college life. The group is
a 40 per cent increase over 1965
enrollment.
“We will have 114 upperclass
men counselors and 20 faculty
members attending,” Gay said.
The camp, designed to help stu
dents develop Christian leader
ship, includes YMCA programs,
developing leadership capacities
and “If I Were A Fish Again”
topics. The schedule also calls
for meditation and worship, con
ducted by local ministers.
STALLLINGS WHISTLES OPENING
. . . head coach starts fall grid workouts this morning.
Board Head Says
A&M Fulfills Top
Educational Role
August Visitors
Total 3,526
August visitors totaled 3,526,
announced P. L. (Pinkie) Downs
Ji'., official greeter.
Summer visitors now total
13,727, Downs reports.
University visitors during the
17 years and three months Downs
has kept records number 1,079,-
309. They attended short courses,
conferences and other scheduled
meetings.
Downs estimates the visitors
spent $22,665,489 in the com
munity.
Texas A&M leaders have the
enthusiasm and spirit for meeting
the times with needed programs
for real accomplishment, the com
missioner of the Texas College
and University System Coordi
nating Board said Monday.
Dr. Jack Williams observed
that Texas A&M is a first class
land grant university.
“I am impressed that the insti
tution is moving toward an en
trance standard,” Williams com
mented. “And I’m impressed with
the quality of new faculty mem
bers as well as top scientists who
have taken semi-administrative
jobs with the university. These
additions speak well for the fu
ture of A&M.”
Williams visited with the vari
ous deans during the morning,
with President Earl Rudder and
the vice presidents at noon and
will talk Tuesday with Agricul
tural Extension and Experiment
Station officials.
The commissioner predicted
A&M will move rapidly ahead in
graduate research.
“The explosion of knowledge
prompts more rapid research, es
pecially in scope and quality,” he
said. “Research must become a
vital aspect of a university’s ex-
istance. Undergraduates should
be given a framework of infor
mation. I think a college senior
ought to be introduced to the
language and technology of re
search, and possibly work on a
research project during his last
semester.
“What I’m trying to do is cata
lyze a plan, a blueprint of educa
tional goals, and plan the me
chanics of reaching these goals,”
Williams added. “I want all the
help from the best educational
minds of the state in devising
these plans.”
He reflected on the growth of
liberal arts in the past five years.
“Liberal arts seemed to be de
clining a few years ago, with em
phasis on engineering and other
subjects,” Williams remarked.
“Now, the humanities are moving
to the front. They are becoming
increasingly important.”
Some of the problems of higher
education were touched on by
Williams.
“Universities still teach history
in two semesters, just as they
did before World War II,” he
commented. “But students of to
day must cover everything that
has happened through 1965. It’s
the same in math, physics and
other subjects. Many courses of
today were taught, if at all; only
to graduate students 10 or 15
years ago.”
Williams discussed prospective
changes in university semesters.
“I will try to sell every insti
tution on starting the fall semes
ter early enough so that it will
end before Christmas,” he ex
plained. “There is no need for
such a long break under the pres
ent setup. We should try to ar
range our calendars so that all
universities begin and end semes
ters about the same time.”
The military draft drew these
comments from Williams:
“I have no sympathy for draft
card burners, or for the fellow
who uses college to avoid the
draft. The people who are need
ed to do this job have got to do
it. We are in trouble. All of us
need to help.”
Slated
About 85 candidates were on
hand today when the Texas Ag
gies opened fall football drills.
Coach Gene Stallings, in his
second season at Aggieland, has
issued a stern challenge to his
players.
“If we’re to enjoy any success,”
he declared, “our sophomores will
have to play like juniors, our jun
iors will have to play like seniors
and our seniors will have to play
better than they know how.”
Twenty-four lettermen return
from last year’s squad that posted
a 3-7 record. But some gaping
holes were left by the departure
of 14 players, 11 of whom were
starters at one time or another
last year.
There’s a definite sohpomorish
tint to the Aggie football picture
this season. There are 53 sophs
listed on the 85-man roster now.
Senior leadership is vital in
Stallings’ plAns and he feels the
1966 Aggies are strong in that
particular area. Seventeen sen
ior lettermen form a solid nu
cleus around which Stallings and
his staff will build their second
Aggie edition.
The Aggies will work at 9:30
a.m. and 5 p.m. during two-a-day
drills.
The Southwest Conference press
tour arrives at Aggieland early
this season with interviews and
pictures scheduled for tomorrow.
After that it will be full throt
tle ahead as the Aggies prepare
for their season’s opener against
Georgia Tech in Atlanta the after
noon of Sept. 17.
See rosters, pictures pages 7-8.
Stallings will stress defense and
punting this year. He will like
ly start seven or eight sopho
mores on defense.
Sophomores likely to see plen
ty of action this fall are punter
Steve O’Neal, split end Tommy
Maxwell, halfback Wendell Hous-
ley, quarterbacks Edd Rargett
and Charlie Riggs, tackles Rolf
Krueger and Harvey Ashcenbeck,
rover Joe Wood and defensive
backs Tom Sooy, Javier Vela and
Curley Hallmann.
The Aggies squad met for the
evening meal. The squad was also
assembled yesterday and uniforms
were issued.
“I haven’t decided on players or
positions,” Stallings declared.
We’ll start out about the way we
ended last spring, with the excep
tion of a little shifting around in
the defensive secondary.
Top A&M prospect is Maurice
(Mo) Moorman, the 6-5, 250-
pound tackle transfer from Ken
tucky. The big tackle has not
played a down of varsity football
yet, but he has already been
mentioned for all-American hon
ors.
Returning lettermen are Grady
Allen, Bob Barnett, Ed Breding,
Ken Caffey, Robert Cortez, Lloyd
Curington, Tuffy Fletcher, Law-
son Howard, Gary Kemph, Don
Koehn, Gary Kovar, Ken Lamkin,
Harry Ledbetter, Larry Lee,
Glynn Lindsey, Ronnie Lindsey,
John Poss, Jack Pyburn, Bill Sal
lee, Dan Schneider, Jim Single-
ton, Joe Weiss and Dan Wester-
field.
Open Rodeo Scheduled Saturday
At 8 p.m. At Carl Glover’s Arena
EDUCATIONAL HUDDLE
Higher education is the topic of discussion in this huddle.
Earl Rudder, left, president of Texas A&M, Dr. Jack
Williams, commissioner of the Texas College and Univer
sity System Coordinating Board, and Dr. Wayne C. Hall,
A&M academic vice president, discuss educational goals
and ways of achieving them in Texas. Williams visited
with A&M officials Monday and Tuesday.
An open rodeo will be held
Saturday night at Carl Glover’s
Arena located approximately
three miles south of College Sta
tion on Koppe Bridge Road.
Activities will begin at 8 p.m.
with a grand entry followed by
bare back riding, bull riding, steer
wrestling, junior and senior break
away and tie down roping, and
barrel racing.
Entries, open to all contestents,
all close at 7:30 p.m.
The rodeo is coproduced by
Bobby Rhodes and Doug Mc
Bride.
Admission charge is 75 cents
per person.
GOVERNOR GETS A LAUGH
Gov. John Connally, center, enjoys a big visit to Texas A&M. Connally spoke to
laugh with Sen. Bill Moore, left, and Rep. 1,000 persons attending the Agricultural
David Haines of Bryan during a Tuesday Extension Service State Conference.
Connally Says Farmers
Helped Slow Inflation
Gov. John Connally said here
Tuesday farmers and ranchers
have helped slow inflation in
stead of speeding it up as some
economists have suggested.
More than 1,000 persons at
tending the Texas Agricultural
Extension Service State Confer
ence heard the governor chal
lenge charges that higher food
prices are the fault of producers.
“Some economists have sug
gested that the basic cause of
our present apparent inflation is
the price asked for their goods
by those who raise food and
fiber. I strongly disagree,” Con
nally said. “Although retail food
prices have risen since 1951, pric
es obtained for products as they
leave the farm have declined 25
per cent.”
He said if the farmer had re
ceived the same share of the food
dollar in 1965 that he received in
1947, American consumers would
have spent another $15 billion
for food last year.
“In my judgment, those who
work the land have acted against
inflation, instead of being one of
the causes of inflation,” the gov
ernor emphasized.
Theme of the conference, which
ends tomorrow, is “Mobilizing Our
Potentials in a Changing World.”
Connally flew here Tuesday
morning, made his talk on meet
ing the challenge of a changing
Texas, held a 10-minute press
conference and then toured new
educational and research facili
ties at the university.
The governor called on Exten
sion Service personnel to help
“enlighten the consumer” on how
and why food prices rise and to
tell the story of farming and
ranching efficiency.
“The farmer and rancher have
not received just returns for
learning how to do their jobs bet
ter,” he said. “Efficiency should
result in lower prices, but a low
er income should not be the re
ward for those who make this
increased efficiency possible.”
Two forms of new emphasis
for agricultural education were
described by the governor. The
first is in overall organization of
higher education for agriculture.
Many Texas colleges and univer
sities are teaching agriculture
but lack coordination of effort.
“We must examine our schools
and ascertain if agricultural pro
grams should be continued where
they now exist. We must ascer
tain if there are new agricultural
programs which should be added
to those that presently exist. We
must also find out if agricultural
programs should be added to
schools which don’t presently
have such programs.”
The Extension Service, he
said, can be helpful in making
recommendations to the Coordi
nating Board of the Texas Col
lege and University System in
its efforts to coordinate agricul
tural education.
The second form of new em
phasis, Connally said, should be
on the marketing ph3.se of agri
culture. Production of crops and
animals has been accented in the
past and should continue to re
ceive a large share of attention.
But farmers and ranchers now
need more information on mar
keting.
“I am pleased to note that our
agricultural students are includ
ing more courses in business in
their education. I hope to see a
closer interrelation in the future
between our schools of business
and our schools of agriculture. I
hope to see more of the trend
toward courses in agri-business,”
the governor said.
Connally also asked the Exten
sion workers to study the merits
and possibilities of the Texas
Water Plan, which he said is
not a cure-all but is flexible
enough to be a big help.
Studies have shown that water
can be channeled from East Tex
as and the lower Missouri and
Mississippi Rivers for use in
South Texas. And perhaps water
can be brought from the Upper
Missouri and Mississippi Rivers
and the Columbia River to sup
ply irrigation for the Texas
plains.
First Bank & Trust now pays
5% per annum on savings cer
tificates. —Adv.