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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1966
Number 340
PAggies Clash With Green Wave
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Old faces at new positions will
be featured by Texas A&M when
they clash with undefeated Tu-
lane at 7:30 p.m. (CST) tomor
row in New Orleans.
Harry Ledbetter, Ed Breding,
Tommy Buckman and Tommy
Maxwell will start for the Ag
gies but all will be facing the
opposition from a new post.
Ledbetter, A&M’s regular quar
terback for the last 10 games,
has been moved to rover on the
defensive platoon and will be in
the lineup when the Aggie de
fense takes the field.
Breding, who last year played
tackle but this year started
against Georgia Tech at strong
end, has been shifted back to the
tackle spot replacing Mark Weav
er. Buckman, sophomore from
Fort Worth who was moved to
center at the start of fall prac
tice from offensive end, will play
Breding’s old post.
MAXWELL, WHO saw limited
action in the season opener last
week, will replace Larry Lee at
split end because Lee had to be
converted to a halfback since
Lloyd Curington, Wendell Hous-
ley’s backup man, will be out in
definitely with an injury.
A&M will also have two other
lineup changes. Ed Hargett will
Senate Considers
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SINGING CADET TRYOUTS SET
Auditions for the Singing Cadets will be
conducted in G. Rollie White Coliseum Tues
day through Friday afternoons. Any inter
ested student, civilian or cadet, is welcome
to try out. Under the direction of Robert
L. Boone, the Singing Cadets will appear
before statewide television and radio audi
ences and make several out-of-town appear
ances as well as campus performances. Par
ticipation in the television broadcast of the
Miss Teenage America Pageant will high
light the schedule.
‘Headhunters’ To Descend
On Students Next Month
“Headhunters” will launch an
invasion on the campus next
month.
Representatives of industry will
begin recruiting prospective em
ployes for their firms. Many will
iarrange for students to start
;work for their companies immedi
ately following graduation next
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The Placement Service Office
helps coordinate activities of
"headhunters” and job-hunters,
i W. R. Horsley, placement di
rector, said more than 150 new
companies have submitted plans
to schedule interviews at A&M
this year. Horsley pointed out
that A&M graduates receive
higher starting salaries in virtu
ally every job category than the
national average.
Three group meetings to assist
students in upcoming interviews
with prospective employers are
scheduled next Monday through
Wednesday at the Texas A&M
Memorial Student Center.
Meetings, repetitive in nature,
are set for 4 p.m. daily in the
MSC Ballroom. Horsley stressed
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students may “get the word” by
attending a single meeting.
Oct. 10 is opening day for the
“head-hunting” season.
HORSLEY REVEALED his of
fice has set interview days for
277 employers, with the hunting
season several weeks away.
The placement director said the
climate is ideal for job-seekers.
He pointed to a survey by the
Christian Science Monitor which
indicates a decline in the number
of college graduates entering the
job market this year, more
seniors plan graduate work next
year, and the likelihood that more
college graduates may be drafted.
The survey showed employers
are seeking 36 per cent more
graduates with bachelor’s degrees
and 45 per cent more with the
master’s degree. And 65 per cent
more engineers and 37 per cent
non-engineers are needed.
THE COLLEGE Placement
Council’s Starting Salary Survey
notes an overall increase in vol
ume of 38 per cent over 1964-65.
Gains were 33 per cent in bache
lor-degrees areas, 52 per cent at
the master’s level, and 58 per cent
for doctorates.
In addition, the survey indicates
non-technical candidates experi
enced a 7.9 per cent increase in
number of offers over 1965, and
a 7.1 increase in dollar value. On
the other hand, technical offers
increased 43.6 per cent in volume,
and 5.7 per cent in dollars.
The Placement Office arranged
5,683 campus interviews last year,
for bachelor's degree candidates,
an increase of 834 over the previ
ous year.
BUSINESS administration can
didates established the interview
pace with 873. Following closely
was mechanical engineering with
857. Electrical engineering pros
pects had 721 interviews and
accounting candidates 629.
Other popular fields included
civil engineering, chemical engi
neering, industrial education,
aerospace engineering, industrial
engineering, mathematics, animal
science, agricultural economics
and sociology. More than 100
interviews were made in each of
these areas.
With Little In Common
Student Senate Life Chairman
Terry Aglietti proposed last
night that the Senate choose an
“Aggie Pinup” in addition to the
regular Aggie Sweetheart.
Aglietti said he introduced the
proposal because some students
object to the manner in which
the sweetheart is selected.
If the idea is approved by the
Senate, the Aggie Pinup would
be selected purely for her at
tractiveness. The Aggie Sweet
heart is chosen on the basis of
several factors, including person
ality, talent and beauty.
“The pinup would not slight the
Sweetheart in any way,” Aglietti
explained, “and would not con
flict with any of her functions.
“I can think of several times
when a girl noted for nothing
more than her good looks would
be welcome on the campus.”
Aglietti added the Pinup could
be attending any college, where
as the Aggie Sweetheart is tra
ditionally a student at Texas
Woman’s University at Denton.
In other action, the Senate dis
cussed complaints from graduate
students about having to stand
at home football games.
Aglietti suggested moving the
graduate student seating section
from behind the Corps of Cadets
seniors into the northwest section
of the Kyle Field end zone.
“Most of them are from other
schools and shouldn’t be forced
to stand behind a bunch of
screaming college kids,” he point
ed out.
Aglietti noted that with the
new compulsory student activity
Brothers Pose Triple
By JOHN FULLER
Battalion Staff Writer
Last year, an issue of Playboy
Magazine carried an interview
with the Beatles. The interchange
of sharp comments and witticisms
Was fast and furious, and at sev
eral points the interviewer virtu
ally disappeared from view, with
the result that the group dis
played highly individual and
“non-group” personalities.
Several similarities appear in
an interview with another, less
well known “group,” the A&M
Gurasich triplets.
William, John, and Stephen
Gurasich, triplet sons of Mr. and
Mrs. Stephen W. Gurasich of
Houston, are all civilian fresh
men. Each has a $250 Oppor
tunity Award Scholarship and all
are graduates of Strake Memo
rial Jesuit College Preparatory
School. But there most of the
similarity ends.
JOHN IS an industrial engi
neering major, Steve is a business
major and Bill is taking chemical
engineering. They all live in the
same dormitory but they chose
not to be roommates, after being
together 18 years.
Perhaps the one thing on which
the Brothers Gurasich agree on
most strongly is that they resent
being considered “special” be
cause they are triplets.
“People act like we’re freaks,”
John noted, adding that since
most people have never met a set
of triplets, they seem fascinated
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and intrigued at their first con
tact with the Gurasichs.
The situation is not as “freak
ish” as it might have been, how
ever, in that Steve is fraternal
while Bill and John are identical.
Another rapid exchange took
place when John commented on
the tendency of many people to
think of them as freaks. “Well,
after all, we are,” Bill pointed
out. “Speak for yourself,” John
replied.
APART FROM obvious simi
larities, the brothers don’t appear
much different from other, more
common sibling combinations.
Each has his own personality and
is quick to display it, and each
has his own divergent views and
interests. And, like most broth
ers, they usually stick up for each
other against outsiders.
John remarked that each is
“overly critical of the others in
comparison to his friends” in
standards of behavior. Steve
pointed out “we don’t like to be
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compared too much” in matters
of grades and other criteria.
But these are typical of any
family relationship. Probably the
greatest difference is the lack of
an age difference which might
produce long - range conflicts.
“There isn’t really a ‘big brother’
type—no ‘leader of the pack’,”
Bill said.
Asked to summarize each
others’ personalities, Steve was
the first to answer.
“John thinks before he leaps,”
he said thoughtfully, if somewhat
tongue-in-cheek. “Bill thinks a
little, then leaps ... I leap.”
“No, no,” Bill interjected. “It’s
more like this—John thinks and
leaps; I leap and think; Steve
can’t think at all.”
THEIR INTERESTS are di
vided on sports, politics and girls.
They’ve never dated the same
girls, partially because each is
looking for different qualities,
and partially because, as Bill puts
it, “Suppose you had a brother
who dropped a certain girl. Would
you feel like picking her up?”
Steve said they’ve doubled on
occasion, “strictly for transporta
tion purposes,” but have never
“tripled.”
All are outstanding students,
having attended Fish Camp prior
to the start of classes. All are
members of the Young Men’s
Christian Association, and they
see each other occasionally. But
Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck
they’re not.
And that’s the most outstand
ing characteristic the Gurasichs
have in common: they’re all dif
ferent.
AGGIE TRIPLETS
. . . the Gurasiches—William, John, Steve.
fee more graduate students and
their wives are expected at the
games, thus adding to the peren
nial seating problem.
Senate President Barney Fudge
announced the creation of a traf
fic appeals committee to consider
complaints from students who re
ceive campus parking tickets.
Chairman Dick Franklin said
the committee will meet each
week. If the committee believes
a student has received a parking
ticket unfairly it will approach
Campus Security officials on the
student’s behalf, he added.
Public Relations Committee
Chairman Troy Myers said his
committee is studying methods of
reducing the congestion on cam
pus streets after home football
games.
Drill Team
Tryouts Set
Wednesday
Freshman Drill Team tryouts
are scheduled for 5 p.m. Wednes
day at the practice field behind
Duncan Mess Hall.
Freshmen interested need no
marching experience and should
wear the uniform of the day to
tryouts.
Mitch Woodard, junior advis
or for the team, urged freshmen
to become a part of the “Best
Year Ever.”
“We’re hoping to have 300 to
500 this year,” Woodard said.
In explaining why the team
outlook is so good this year,
Woodard said, “This year much
more co-operation is being given
from on and off campus organiz
ations.”
With evident improvement each
year and the added support of
these organizations, Woodard
said he believes this year’s team
should be superior to teams of
the past.
Quite a task is at hand for
these freshmen if they are to
surpass the achievements of the
’66 team. That unit won second
place honors at Purdue Univer
sity and three overall master tro
phies — at the A&M Invitational
Drill Meet, LSU Southern Invi
tational Drill Meet and Texas
Invitational Drill Meet in Austin.
A busy schedule is set up for
the members of the team this
year, with parades in San An
tonio and Bryan, competition at
Purdue, LSU, Texas and the Na
tional Invitational Drill Meet in
Washington, D.C.
The team will also march in
home games, except Texas Tech,
and will be included on Corps
trips.
Senior advisor for the group is
Dick Grossenbacher; juniors are
Jim Yogas and Mitch Woodard
and sophomores are Lee Pais,
Richard Calvert, Don Kilfoyle
and Roy Lewis.
Proficiency Exam
Slated Nov. 8
The English proficiency exami
nation required of all junior stu
dents majoring in Education or in
Psychology will be offered from
3-5 p.m., Nov. 8, and again from
5-7 p.m. the same day.
Students may take the exami
nation at either time by reporting
to Academic 409-D. Examinees
should bring pen, pencil, diction
ary and composition paper.
direct the team in Ledbetter’s
place and Ronnie Lindsey will
play Dan Schneider’s fullback
position because Schneider will
not make the trip due to a leg
injury, which should sideline him
for about a week. Schnieder’s
injury was suffered during a
scrimmage session Tuesday.
Even with these changes, the
Aggies have been made a one-
point favorite to win their first
game of the year. Tulane won
its opener for the first time since
1960 by whitewashing Virginia
Tech, 13-0, last week.
THE GREEN Wave, besides
trying to have their finest start
in six years when they won three
in a row, will be after the school’s
100th victory. This is the second
time this season that the Aggies
have met an opponent which was
seeking to reach a milestone. Last
week Georgia Tech earned their
400th win in history.
Tulane and A&M are meet
ing on the gridiron for the 14th
time, but they haven’t seen each
other since the Aggies took a
14-13 thriller in the 1940 Sugar
Bowl. A&M has a 9-4 series edge,
with Tulane’s last win coming in
1932 by a 26-14 count.
Jim Pittman, who served as
Darrell Royal’s chief assistant
at Texas, in now Tulane’s boss
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Aggie Celebrates
Good Deed Week
An unknown Aggie made a
friend for life yesterday.
Pat Kelly, carpenter foreman
for the Biological Science
Building, searched high and
low for his lost billfold con
taining more than $600.
An unidentified student found
the wallet lying in the street
and turned it in to one of the
building’s secretaries.
Kelly doesn’t know who, but
he sure would like to thank
somebody.
CASTING CALL
Aggie Players Director C. K. Esten conducts tryouts for
roles in “Which Death To Die,” the Players’ first major
production of the season. Casting for actors as well as
lighting, sets, property, costumes, publicity and house
management positions will continue through Monday in
the Fallout Theater.
Baker Says Draft Concern
Evident In Advanced ROTC
National draft emphasis shows
up at Texas A&M in the number
of ROTC cadets under contract
their junior and senior years.
Col. D. L. Baker, Corps Com
mandant, said draft certainly has
not increased the number of
freshmen enrolled in military sci
ence courses.
“The draft affects our students
when it comes time for them to
decide whether they will be in
the Cadet Corps under contract,
for drills and ceremonies only or
be civilian students,” Baker said.
In a non-draft year, only sat
isfactory grades are necessary
for a student to stay in the
Corps, he noted. Deferment in
the present draft situation re
quires being under contract, in
which the cadet agrees to accept
a commission following gradua
tion, if tendered, and serve two
years active duty.
“There is no limit on the num
ber of contracts we can give in
Army ROTC,” Baker said. “To
get a contract, the cadet must
have at least a 1.0 grade point
ratio and a satisfactory corps
record.”
He indicated 259 Army ROTC
juniors are under contract this
year, compared to 141 in 1965-
66. The Air Force limits con
tracts to 132 cadets per year, ac
cording to Col. V. L. Head, aero
space studies professor.
“A&M is different from most
non-military oriented colleges
and universities this way because
most of our cadets want to be in
the Corps regardless of the draft
situation,” Baker went on.
“An influx of freshmen now
civilian students would increase
the number in the Corps by only
about 15 per cent,” he said. “Of
700 freshmen not in the Corps,
only 200 to 300 could possibly
qualify to get in.”
Foundation Gets
Research Grant
A $38,660 Health, Education
and Welfare Department grant
has been made to Texas A&M’s
Research Foundation for sensory
perception in gamma radiation
research by Drs. Sidney O. Brown
and Albert Casey.
The third-year grant will be
applied to prototype work on ir
radiation of cutaneous senses.
“Substantial progress was made
in completed studies of auditory
and visual senses,” he noted.
Papers by the Radiation Biology
Lab headj Brown, and associate
professor Casey have been pre
sented at the International Con
gress of Radiation Research at
Cortina, Italy, and an annual
American Zoological Society
meeting. Additional research
findings will be presented at the
American Institute of Biological
Sciences meeting at College Sta
tion Aug. 27-Sept. 1, 1967.
Groundbreaking research of ir
radiation effects on skin senses is
proceeding, Casey added. The
work will study test animals’ re
sponse to heat, cold, vibration
and pressure.
“There is very little stand
ardized instrumentation in this
area,” he said. “We’re having
to build equipment as we go. One
system is operational and another
is 50 per cent complete.”