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Volume 61
A&M To Conduct
Library Survey
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1966
Number 335
Bond Issue
Sept. 17
CUT IT 37 WAYS
Harry Boyer of Texas A&M cuts a retirement party cake
while friends wait a taste. Boyer retired last week after
37 years at A&M and Tarleton State, serving as Aggie
housing clerk and manager 31 year. Visiting with him at
the impromtu party were Walter Parsons, Physical Plant
Department director; Bennie Zinn, student affairs direc
tor, and Allen Madeley, housing manager.
Secretary Of State To Speak
At Town, Country Conference
A survey of library automation
in Texas will be conducted by
Texas A&M at a cost of $25,500
DEAN FRED BENSON
LBJ Invites
Dean To Rite
President Lyndon B. Johnson
Wednesday invited Dean of En
gineering Fred J. Benson, to at
tend the signing ceremony of the
Highway and Traffic Safety Act
of 1966, at the White House Fri
day.
Benson has been active in
highway safety research for
many years. He has also been
the guiding force in the Texas
Transportation Institute, one of
the world’s leading transporta
tion research organizations.
Highway traffic safety has been
a major emphasis in TTI’s re
search program through the
years.
■Benson has become interna
tionally known as both an edu
cator and a highway engineer.
He serves on committees of the
Highway Research Board of the
National Academy of Sciences.
under a matching-fund grant
from the Texas College and Uni
versity System Coordinating
Board.
The project will be supervised
by Robert Smith, Jr., A&M Data
Processing Center director, and
Rupert Woodward, associate li
brary director of the A&M Li
brary. Bruce Stewart, library
data processing supervisor, will
conduct the survey.
“The recommendations present
ed at the completion of the stu
dy,” Smith said, “should assist
in providing sorely needed guide
lines for future development of
library automation in Texas.”
The first phase of A&M’s proj
ect will run for approximately
six months.
Utilizing the professional ca
pabilities of A&M personnel, with
combined backgrounds in library
development, systems analysis,
and computing, the study plans
to inventory data processing re
sources of libraries in Texas.
Recommendations will concern
the future role of computers in
the library.
It is expected that this study
will comprise the first phase of
an over-all three-phase study.
The second phase is intended to
review in detail and present rec
ommendations for automation of
routine clerical functions in li
braries. Phase Three is planned
to review on a continuing basis
more sophisticated information
processing systems and present
recommendations for implementa
tion on a cooperative basis, Smith
said.
The A&M Library has been a
pioneer in the Southwest in the
use of data processing techniques
Woodward pointed out. The libra
ry created a full-time staff posi
tion for data processing in Sep
tember, 1964.
The Honorable John Hill, Texas
Secretary of State, will be ban
quet speaker during the 21st an
nual Town and Country Church
Conference here Oct. 13-14.
His topic, “Open the Hearts in
Town and Country Areas to Op
portunity,” will be heard at 7 p.m.
the first day.
The non-denominational meet
ing is sponsored by the Texas
Agricultural Extension Service
and the Texas Agricultural Ex
periment Station and is conducted
by the Department of Agricul
tural Economics and Sociology.
Hill, a graduate of Kilgore High
School, received his law degree
from the University of Texas in
1947. He was cited four succes
sive years by the State Bar for
outstanding work and continuing
legal education.
The attorney was presented a
gold medal by The Law Science
Academy of America in 1960 as
the lawyer who had contributed
most to the law science move
ment. Hill became Secretary of
State last March.
Program Chairman Reagan
Brown, A&M Extension sociolog
ist, said that about 200 ministers
and lay leaders from throughout
Texas are expected to attend the
conference.
He said the conference theme
is “Life Up Your Eyes and See
The Man as Pastor, The Commun
ity and Its People, The People
and Their Needs.”
College Station residents will
vote Sept. 17 on a proposed
$600,000 bond issue to help fi
nance a $1,085,000 improvement
program for the city’s water sys
tem.
If the issue is approved by the
voters, charges for water, sewer
and garbage fees will be in
creased a total of $1.25 per
month.
Mayor D. A. Anderson, in a
letter mailed to city residents
this week, explained that the
City Council felt an increase in
the three services was a more
practical method of raising the
$600,000 to finance bonds than
increasing the current tax rate.
As proposed, water charges
would be increased by 75 cents
per month, garbage fees would
be hiked by 50 cents per month
and sewage service would cost 25
cents more per month.
Income from higher rates
would bring in $47,100 annually,
Anderson said, which would be
coupled with $16,000 a year from
the city’s operating budget to
raise the $63,100 yearly bond
premium.
The funds would be used to
install 10 miles of water lines in
the city to aid in water distribu
tion and fire protection.
Also included in the plan is the
establishment of a 2 million gal
lon ground storage reservoir an«l
a 1 million gallon elevated stor
age tank to insure an adequate
water supply and pressure at all
times.
Cost of the improvements
would be financed in part by a
$484,250 federal grant, with the
increase in water, sewer and
garbage service bringing in the
remainder.
Anderson said the improve
ments are needed because water
pressure falls considerably dur
ing the summer and a dangerous
situation would result if a major
fire occurred. He also added
some parts of the city are not
served adequately with fire hy
drants, thus posing a serious fire
protection problem.
“Fire insurance rates are also
a consideration,” Anderson not
ed. “Our citizens are presently
being penalized on these rates
House members of the Legis
lative Budget Board visit Texas
A&M today and tomorrow in con
tinuing an inspection trip of state
institutions.
Speaker Ben Barnes heads the
group, which is scheduled to ar
rive at 4:40 p.m. The legislators
will be met at Easterwood Air
port by university officials who
have planned an immediate tour
of selected campus projects.
Agriculture Dean R. E. Pater
son will conduct the tour of the
mesquite control area with Dean
Alvin A. Price taking over at the
College of Veterinray Medicine.
Academic Vice President Wayne
Hall will direct the tour of the
Plant Sciences Building, Cushing
Library and Biological Sciences
Building in concluding the three-
hour schedule for this afternoon.
The solons will view the A&M
film, “Focus on the Future,” after
dinner at Briarcrest Cpuntry Club.
due to the lack of adequate
ground and elevated storage.”
Polling stations include:
Ward 1 — A&M Consolidated
School Music Room. (Ward 1 in
cludes parts of the city south of
Texas A&M and between old and
new Highway 6.)
Ward 2 — A&M Consolidated
Elementary School. (Ward 2 in
cludes parts of the city east of
Highway 6 and south of Lincoln
Avenue.)
Ward 3—City Hall. (Ward 3
is the remainder of the city, in
cluding Texas A&M.)
Questions from the visitors will
follow presentations tomorrow
morning by A&M President Earl
Rudder and the Executive Com
mittee. A tour of the President’s
home is set at 10:15 a.m. before
the legislators leave for James
Connally Technical Institute at
Waco.
The representatives opened
their tour Tuesday in the Dallas
area tour. They come to A&M
from Huntsville.
Barnes said the House members
will attempt to visit all major in
stitutions in the state before Jan.
1. The tour is designed for mem
bers to better acquaint them
selves with the operation and
needs of the institutions, he ex
plained.
Expected here with Barnes are
Reps. W. S. Heatly of Paducah,
Maurice Pipkin of Brownsville,
Ben Atwell of Dallas and Gus
Mutscher of Brenham.
State Budget Board
Visits A&M Today
Aggie Gridders Continue To Impress During Workouts
By GERALD GARCIA
It’s a firm belief at the Texas
Aggie football camp this fall that
the Aggies will have to avoid
injury to key personnel to make
a good showing during the up
coming gridiron campaign.
After six days of two-a-day
workouts, which included a con
trolled scrimmage Tuesday after
noon, the Aggies have avoided
the injury bug.
Head football coach said re
cently:
“For the Aggies to make a
good showing this fall we will
have to do three things — avoid
Community House Inc. of Col
lege Station is listed among 10
national finalists for Lane Bry
ant Annual Awards for volunteer
service to the community.
Two of the finalists will re
ceive $1,000 awards in December.
Preliminary screening of nomi
nees was by New York Univer
sity’s Graduate School of Social
Work. Finalists represent ap
proximately 15 per cent of all
nominees.
Established in September,
1954, Community House Inc. is
flourishing as a kindergarten
and day nursery for Negro chil
dren in the community. It is an
affiliate of the College Station
United Chest.
Community House Inc. ob
tained a license in 1964 from the
Child Welfare Division of the
Texas State Department of Wel
fare.
Average enrollment for the
nine-month school is 33 students.
Enrollment sometimes climbs to
40.
Mrs. Gladys Stewart is head
: teacher at the 400 County Road
: location. A dedicated teacher,
she learned to play the piano in
order to provide music for stu
dent singing sessions. Since Mrs.
i Stewart’s college training was
not in elementary education, she
has received guidance from com
munity women in that area.
a lot of injuries, have a better
quarterback situation than we
had last year and our defensive
secondary will have to come
through.”
A&M has almost solved two of
these problems — the quarter-
backing and the defensive sec
ondary. Of course no one can
forecast if a team will go through
a season without any injuries.
The two problems were practi
cally solved during Tuesday’s
scrimmage. All three Aggie field
generals — Harry Ledbetter, Ed
Hargett and Charlie Riggs —
performed beautifully during the
Parents of students are asked
to pay $1.50 each week, but if
they are unable to pay this tui
tion, necessary funds are provid
ed by citizens, church groups or
civic clubs. Milk for a morning
snack for the children is donated
by church women.
A major 1966-67 project of
Community House leaders is to
set an example for others by
cleaning up and beautifying the
yard. The campaign is in coop
eration with the City of College
Station and the Lions Club.
Community House, with help
from the Agricultural Extension
Service at Texas A&M, presents
evening programs and demon
strations for parents on nutri
tion, child care, recreation in the
home, and health routines.
Girl Scout troops make toys,
picture books and rhythm band
instruments, and have given par
ties on special occasions. Student
wives’ groups from A&M have
provided Christmas trees, re
freshments and presents. Stu
dents make tree decorations.
The governing board includes
chairman, W. A. Tarrow; presi
dent, Mrs. A. A. Blumberg;
treasurer, Mrs. T. W. Leland, and
members Mrs. Fannie Taylor,
Tommy Preston, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Bossier, Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Shafer, Dr. Luther Jones,
IV2 hours scrimmage and the
defensive secondary showed
promise of developing.
The three quarterbacks direct
ed six touchdown drives and
passed for a combined total of
116 yards on 10 completions out
of 14 attempts. This, along with
the fine running of all the first
and second team backs, gave
the Maroons a 41-0 victory over
the Whites.
“Our backs, as a whole, ran
well and with authority,” Stal
lings said after the scrimmage.
“They ran better than I have
seen them run in a long time.”
Mr. and Mrs. Von Injun, Henry
Williams, and Mrs. Matilda
Jones.
Improvements are made an
nually to the building itself. Par
titions were removed to make
rooms more usable. A second
bathroom was added and a front
porch is under construction.
Boy Scouts who meet in the
facility during summer months
keep the yard.
Daily Bible classes are held in
the summer. High school stu
dents, both Negro and white,
work as volunteers. The house
also is available to all churches
in the community for Vacation
Bible School.
The Community House’s sum
mer reading program is unique.
It began in 1955 in an unusual
manner. Two Negro children of
fered a gallon of dewberries for
sale to a high school Spanish
teacher. She agreed to buy the
berries if the students would
read a book. They agreed and
returned to use her library. Soon,
her living room could not handle
all the interested children. Even
tually, the reading program was
moved to the Community House
and became a regular part of its
program.
Volunteers, both Negro and
white, contribute their efforts to
building and program improve
ments.
Sophomore Wendell Housley
started the Maroon rolling in the
scrimmage by going 50 yards
on an off tackle slant on the
opening play. He scooted about
10 yards beyond the line of scrim
mage and ran into a line of tack-
lers, but excellent faking broke
the Richardson halfback into the
open before he was caught from
behind by Tom Sooy.
Housley finished the day with
99 yards on 10 carries. He was
followed by Bill Sallee with 30
yards on four tries, Bob Long
with 28 yards on six carries and
Ronnie Lindsey with 26 yards
on six tries.
The Maroon amazed 245 on
39 plays, wihch includes the
yards passing, while the Whites
could only muster 29 on 28 plays
against the stout first team de
fensive.
Ledbetter directed four of the
six touchdown drives as sopho
mores Hargett and Riggs pushed
the Maroon into pay dirt once
each.
In a recent interview, Stallings
described his quarterback situa
tion like this: “Riggs is a good
scrambler; Ledbetter has a year
experience; and Hargett throws
the ball well. But on the other
hand, Riggs is too small; Ledbet
ter is too slow and Hargett has
had two operations on his knee.”
After Tuesday’s scrimmage,
Stallings seemed pleased with
what he saw.
The defensive secondary also
performed well Tuesday. . With
the addition of track speedster
Gilbert Smith and the transfer
of offensive halfback George
Walker to safety, the newlook-
ing A&M secondary is shaping
up.
Both Smith and Walker looked
good deflecting passes and stop
ping end runs, but holdover Dan
Westerfield was the big news
for the Aggies. The Crawford
product plifered a pass and re
covered a fumble to lead the de
fensive charges against the
Whites.
Others who rated good after
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5% per annum on savings cer
tificates. —Adv.
the workout were tackle Maurice
(Mo) Moorman, who was the on
ly player to play both ways for
the Maroon, Jim Singleton, who
normally plays center but was
stationed at guard and end Ed
Breding who caught a 17-yard
touchdown pass from Ledbetter.
“We still have a long way to
go,” Stallings said after the
scrimmage. “Our defense looked
good at times but they are still
Offer 48
Five Texas A&M departments
will offer 48 teacher education
courses during the fall semester.
The agricultural education,
education and psychology, health
and physical education, sociology
and industrial education depart
ment courses are arranged for
evening and Saturday classes for
teachers. Department of Educa
tion and Psychology head Dr.
Paul Hensarling noted teachers
commute from as far as Houston
and Crockett to take advanced
work toward masters degrees.
Regular registration will be
during daytime hours Sept. 15 -
16. Extended registration ar
rangements Sept. 17, have been
made for teachers unable to reg
ister those days.
Courses available:
Education and Psychology
Monday—Educ. 603, Organiza
tion and administration of ele
mentary school, 5-8 p.m.; Educ.
606, Secondary school administra
tion and supervision, 5-8 p.m.;
Educ. 607, Programs and proce
dures in supervision, 3:30-5 p.m.
(and Wed.); Educ. 623, Standard
ized tests and measurements, 5-
8 p.m.; Educ. 638, Trends in cur
riculum and instruction (for regu
lar graduate students), 5-8 p.m.;
Educ. 642, Diagnosis and correc
tion of reading disabilities, 5-6
p.m.; Educ. 685, Seminar in
teacher education (doctoral stu
dents only), 5-8 p.m.; Psych. 634,
Principles of human development,
5-8 p.m.
not hitting hard enough.”
Stallings was well pleased by
the condition of the players when
they reported for workouts Sept.
1. All the players in uniform
now were required to run a mile
before they were issued equip
ment and the team average was
five minutes and 40 seconds.
“This shows that the squad re
ported in good shape,” Stallings
said.
Courses
Tuesday—Educ. 604, Psycholo
gical foundations of correctional
reading instruction, 5-8 p.m.;
Educ. 631, Techniques of counsel
ing, 5-8 p.m.; Educ. 633, Methods
of group guidance, 3-4:30 p.m.
(and Thurs.); Educ. 635, Organi
zation and administration of pu
pil personnel services, 5-8 p.m.;
Educ. 639, Processes in educa
tional leadership, 5-8 p.m.; Educ.
681, Seminar, 4 p.m.; Psych. 207,
General psychology, 5:15-6:45 p.
m. (and Thurs.).
Wednesday—Educ. 616, Admin
istration of staff personnel, 5-8
p.m.; Educ. 629, Practicum in
counseling and guidance, 5-7 p.m.
(lab to be arranged); Educ. 653,
Nature and problems of adminis
trative behavior, 5-8 p.m.; Psych.
636, Techniques of research, 5-8
p.m.
Thursday—Educ. 601, College
teaching, 5-9 p.m.; Educ. 620,
Teaching secondary school alge
bra, 5-8 p.m.; Educ. 624, In
dividual testing, 5-7 p.m. (lab to
be arranged); Educ. 632, Educa
tional and occupational informa
tion, 3-6 p.m.; Educ. 638, Trends
in curriculum and instruction (for
science educ. majors), 5-8 p.m.;
Educ. 351, Reading and language
arts in elementary school, 6-9
p.m.
Saturday—Educ. 605, Adminis-
tartion and utilization of educa
tional media, 9-11 a.m.; Educ.
640, School-community relation
ships, 9-12 a.m.
Agricultural Education
Monday—607, Future farmer
The head mentor believes the
biggest asset on this year’s
squad is their winning attitude.
“The players believe that they
can win and that is the most
important thing,” he said.
After six days of workouts, the
Aggie coaches are finding solu
tions to their main problems. If
the injury bug stays away, the
Aggies “could surprise a lot of
folks,” Stallings says.
In Fall
and young farmer activities, 5-8
p.m.; 640, Methods of technolo
gical change, 2-5 p.m.
Tuesday — 605, Supervised
farming, 5-8 p.m.; 613, Adminis
tration and supervision of agri
cultural education, 5-8 p.m.; 630,
Guidance and counseling for rural
youth, 2-5 p.m.
Wednesday—610, Methods in
adult and young farmer educa
tion, 5-8 p.m.; 616, Program
building in agricultural education,
5-8 p.m.
Thursday — 601, Advanced
methods in agricultural educa
tion, 5-8 p.m.; 615, Philosophy of
agricultural education, 5-8 p.m.;
619, Agricultural education work
shop, hours to be arranged; 685,
Problems, hours to be arranged;
691, Research, hours to be ar
ranged.
Health and Physical Education
P.E. 622, Supervision of health
and physical education, 5-8 p.m.,
Wed.; P.E. 627, Kinesiology, 5-8
p.m., Thurs.; P.E. 685, Problems,
hours to be arranged; H. E. 685,
Problems, hours to be arranged.
Sociology
Soc. 619, Educational sociolo
gy, 6-9 p.m., Mon.; Soc. 609, So
cial change, 6-9 p.m., Tues.; Soc.
621, Social psychology, 6-9 p.m.,
Thurs.
Industrial Education
Wednesday—603, Administra
tion and supervision of vocation
al industrial education, 5-7 p.m.;
627, Teacher training for local
supervision of trades and indus
trial classes, 7-9 p.m.
Community House Listed
Among 10 National Finalists
5 Education Departments