Che Battalion
Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1966
Number 348
Publications Board Picks
New Editor For Battalion
Winston Green, Jr., junior jour
nalism major from Tyler, has
been named the new student
editor of Texas A&M’s campus
newspaper, replacing Tommy De-
Frank of Arlington.
The A&M Student Publications
Board’s unanimous decision to re
move DeFrank and two of his
assistants from their salaried
positions was announced Friday
by University Information and
Publications Director Jim
Lindsey. He said the action was
to pave the way for a better
atmosphere in which the paper
could operate.
Lindsey, chairman of the seven-
member faculty board, said he felt
the action was necessary because
continued policy disagreement
could only result in further harm
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President’s Stand
Remains Unchanged
Stallings keeps tabs on charges.
(See Story page 4)
President Earl Rudder Thurs
day night reaffirmed his stand
that The Battalion must be a
responsible newspaper, operated
in a professional manner.
Speaking before the Student
Senate and some 50 spectators,
President Rudder said the campus
newspaper will remain under the
supervision of Jim Lindsey, di
rector of university information
and publications, a man with 25
a
* Research Vessel Returns
If After 14-Day Expedition
The captain, crew, and 13
scientists of the “Alaminos” have
returned after a 14-day cruise in
the Mississippi submarine fan
area of the Gulf of Mexico.
On board the A&M research
vessel from here were Dr. William
R. Bryant, chief scientist; Dr.
Arnold H. Bouma; William A.
Burns and Milton P. Looney,
technicians; Lyle Bale, Frank B.
Chmelik, and G. S. Edwards,
graduate students.
The cruise was a joint ex
pedition with Esso Production
Research, whose representatives
made up the remainder of the
ship personnel.
As head of all scientific work
done on the cruise, Dr. Bryant’s
job was to make a master plan
of all intended activities. He re
ported this plan to the captain
of the “Alaminos.” It was the
captain’s task to get the expedi
tion to the right place at the right
time.
Doctor Bryant divided the re
search experiments into three
main parts, with 92 stopping
points along the cruise route.
“We wanted to get a sub
bottom profile of the Mississippi
submarine fan and compare it to
part of the continental shelf and
slope located due south of the
92nd longitude,” Dr. Bryant ex
plained.
The Mississippi submarine fan
is a continuous, even slope which
extends from near the mouth of
the Mississippi River across the
Rev Fund Begun
An editorial in a recent Battalion urging that the
spelling error on the marker on the grave of Reveille I
be corrected has prompted an anonymous Aggie to take
some action.
The unknown person said he had seen the shape Rev’s
grave was in and hoped something would be done about
the headstone. He enclosed a $5 bill with his comments.
So The Battalion has placed that donation into a
special fund which will be used to replace the marker
with an accurate one.
Donations, in care of the Rev I Fund, may be mailed
to The Battalion or delivered to the Student Publications
Office. About $50 will be needed to purchase a new marker.
Rev deserves at least that much.
‘World Around Us’ To Open Oct. 20
Gulf to the Campeche Shelf of
Mexico.
In direct contrast with the
Mississippi fan, the shelf and the
slope at the 92nd longitude is
broken and rough in places,
abruptly starting and stopping at
several places along its path.
“There are numerous methods
used to get profiles of under
water fans,” Dr. Bryant said.
“We used an electric arcer. As
two large capacitors were dis
charged underwater, an eight foot
arc was created betwen two elec
trodes.”
“This arc was our sound source.
By tracing it on our equipment,
we could discover the various
sediment structures up to about
6,000 feet below the bottom of
the Gulf of Mexico.”
The second major objective of
the cruise was to discover and
investigate characteristics of ma
rine fauna.
“Mostly we were investigating
foraminifera. These microscopic
organisms live at different depths
in the marine environment; the
ecology of these organisms was
the paleontological area of our
cruise,” the chief scientist said.
The last portion of research
was the investigation of the geo
technical properties of marine
sediments in different areas of
the Gulf.
years of Texas newspaper experi
ence.
He pointed out that such a
practice is in keeping with the
University System Board of Di
rector’s resolution, approved un
animously Sept. 27, which stated
“policies pertaining to student
publications are matters to be
handled within the structure of
the university administration.”
The resolution was passed after
Tommy DeFrank, student editor
of The Battalion, appeared at his
own request before the board for
a clarification of policies for the
campus newspaper.
The president was asked his
views on “Sound Off,” The Bat
talion’s letters-to-the-editor col
umn which was discontinued fol
lowing publication of a critical
unsigned letter.
President Rudder said he had
no objections to “Sound Off” if
it were run in a responsible man-
net*.
He pointed out, however, that
he did not feel “Sound Off” should
be a battle ground between stu
dents.
Following the Student Senate
meeting, (Mrs. Hollynn Fuller,
senior A&M English major, pre
sented President Rudder a peti
tion calling for the reinstation of
“Sound Off.” Mrs. Fuller said
the petition was signed by more
than 2,000 students.
Prior to the president’s talk,
DeFrank addressed the Student
Senate and recounted events lead
ing up to the Thursday night
discussion.
DeFrank noted that a story
critical of alleged slowness in
forming a campus political forum
— plans for which were announc
ed Thursday — was disapproved
last week for publication in The
Battalion.
Later in the Thursday night
session, President Rudder pointed
out that on “the very morning”
that DeFrank prepared the story,
the student editor had been brief
ed on progress for introduction
of the political forum.
to The Battalion, campus news
paper.
Under the new editor, Lindsey
said, the “letters to the editor”
column will be resumed and Lind
sey’s designation as editor-in-
chief removed from The Battalion
masthead. Lindsey will continue,
however, to serve as advisor for
The Battalion, as part of his over
all information and publications
responsibilities.
The two other student editors
dismissed from The Battalion
staff were Dani Pressword of
Fort Worth, managing editor, and
Gerald Garcia of Beeville, sports
editor. Their replacements will be
named by Green.
“A continuing policy question
can only serve to damage The
Battalion further and hamper a
Rudders To Host
Reception Tuesday
WINSTON GREEN, JR.
capable student-run newspaper in
its presentation of fair, objective
news and editorials,” Lindsey
said.
A&M President Earl Rudder
said Lindsey — a man with 25
years of newspaper experience —
and the entire publications board
has the unanimous support of the
University’s Executive Commit
tee and the University System
Board of Directors.
“The Board of Directors and
the Administration desire a news
paper which will afford profes
sional training for our students,”
Lindsey said. “Such a news
paper requires objective reporting
and editing and this has been
missing on The Battalion.”
“I feel that Green, the new stu
dent editor, is a responsible stu
dent who will direct The Battalion
in a professional manner and will
provide vital leadership,” he con
tinued.
Green, 20, is a transfer student
from Tyler Junior College, where
he served on the student news
paper. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Winston Green of Tyler.
“The World Around Us,” a se
ries of film lectures presented
by the Great Issues Committee,
will begin Oct. 20.
“We believe we have a great
program set up this year,” says
Dwayne Scarlett, program chair
man of Great Issues, “beginning
with Kenneth S. Armstrong who
is our first speaker.”
His topic will be “South Viet
Nam.”
Armstrong is just back from
a trip to Viet Nam with new col
or films of the war and life of
the nation. He has made several
trips to Viet Nam and is an ex
pert. He was a speaker last year
at Great Issues also.
“We think he was one of the
best speakers we had in our se
ries last year,” Scarlett added.
He knows the areas of conflict.
He will present a program not
only of the war, but of the peo
ple, their culture, leaders, reli
gious problems and history. A
color film will be another high
light of the program.
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“We have six lectures planned
right now, and we are waiting
for answers from other speakers
who we have asked to present
additional programs.” Scarlett
said, “If we know of a speaker
who will be in this area, we try
to get him to present his pro
gram here,” he added.
All students with activity cards
will be admitted to the series of
lectures given in the MSC ball
room. Each program will begin
at 8 p.m.
Plans Begun
For Bonfire
Groundwork fori the 1966 bon
fire Nov. 23 started going down
Wednesday.
Dormitory meetings today
through Oct. 19 are set to secure
information about trucks and
other transportation for bonfire
construction, Tommy Stone, head
yell leader, said.
Trucks, cranes, caterpillars and
jeeps will be needed for the bon
fire.
The student body will stack the
big pile of logs in two days of
the week before the A&M-Texas
football clash.
Texas A&M President and Mrs.
Earl Rudder will be hosts for the
University’s annual faculty-staff
reception Tuesday night in the
Memorial Student Center Ball
room.
The 7-9 p.m. reception will
honor new faculty and staff mem
bers.
President and Mrs. Rudder are
extending a general invitation to
all faculty and staff members and
their wives and husbands, as well
as to retired faculty and staff
members and their wives and hus
bands. The invitation also in
cludes widows of faculty and staff
members.
Joining the Rudders in the re
ceiving line will be the follow
ing new deans and department
heads who have assumed their
present positions since Septem
ber, 1965:
During the first hour — Dr.
and Mrs. Horace Byers, dean,
College of Geosciences; Dr. and
Mrs. Arthur Martell, head, De
partment of Chemistry; Dr. Mor-
ros Ostrofsky, head, Department
of Mathematics; Dr. and Mrs.
Richard A. Geyer, head, Depart
ment of Oceanography; Dr. and
Mrs. M. L. Greenhut, head, De
partment of Economics.
During the second hour — Dr.
and Mrs. Clarence Zener, dean,
College of Sciences; Dr. and Mrs.
Jack W. Coleman, head, Depart
ment of Accounting; Dr. and
Mrs. T. W. Spencer, head, De
partment of Geophysics; Dr. and
Mrs. Lee J. Martin, head, Depart
ment of English; Dr. and Mrs.
J. D. McCrady, head, Depart
ment of Veterinary Physiology;
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Squire, head,
Department of Physics.
The houseparty will include—
Melcher To Give
‘Last Lecture’
Robert L. Melcher, foreign stu
dent advisor at Texas A&M, will
deliver the first lecture Monday
night in the “My Last Lecture”
series sponsored by the YMCA.
The presentation will follow a
cold cut supper at 6 p.m. and will
be held in the upstairs room of
the YMCA building.
Melcher will speak on the es
sential truths of life which he
has learned during his years as
a counselor.
Melcher was bom in La
Grange. He received his B.S. de
gree from A&M in 1932, and his
M.S. degree in 1936. He has also
done postgraduate work at Iowa
State.
After teaching at Auburn and
New Mexico State, Melcher
taught at A&M and worked with
the Corps of Cadets. He then
moved to his present post as
Foreign Student Advisor, which
he has held for nine years.
Dr. and Mrs. Wayne C. Hall, aca
demic vice president and dean of
the Graduate College; Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Freeman, vice presi
dent and comptroller; Dr. and
Mrs. R. E. Patterson, dean, Col
lege of Agriculture; Dr. and Mrs.
F. W. R. Hubert, dean, College
of Liberal Arts; Mrs. Fred J.
Benson, wife dean, College of
Engineering; Dr. and Mrs. John
C. Calhoun, vice president, Pro
grams; Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Cher
ry, vice president, Business Af
fairs; Dr. and Mrs. A. A. Price,
dean, College of Veterinary Med
icine; Mr. and Mrs. James P.
Hannigan, dean of students; Dr.
A. D. Suttle, vice president, Re
search; Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Bear
den, director, Engineering Ex
tension Service; Mr. and Mrs.
John Hutchison, director, Agri
cultural Extension Service; Dr.
and Mrs. H. O. Kunkel, associate
director, Texas Agricultural Ex
periment Station; Dr. and Mrs.
Richard E. Wainerdi, associate
dean, College of Engineering;
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin H. Cooper,
assistant to president; Mr. Rob
ert G*. Cherry, assistant to presi
dent; Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey Mc-
Crory, director, Development Of
fice and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Lind
sey, director, Information and
Publications.
AAUP Unit
Gives Opinion
Texas A&M chapter of the A-
merican Association of University
Professors released a resolution
Thursday recognizing the need
for responsible student leadership
in the editing of the University’s
campus newspaper and called for
a minimum of administrative su
pervision.
The AAUP resolution was
passed in reference to a Texas
A&M University System Board
of Directors resolution reaffirm
ing its stand that policies per
taining to student publications
will be handled within the struc
ture of the university adminis
tration.
The AAUP resolution:
“That AAUP be recorded as
supporting a student newspaper
operated by students and per
mitted to express student opinion
in columns and letters with a
very minimum of administrative
supervision in matters which
might touch on legal questions;
and that AAUP also be recorded
as recognizing the necessity of
responsible student leadership in
editing such a paper; and calling
attention to its importance as a
meaningful forum for opinion,
both supporting and opposing
various issues of student and
faculty concern.”
MOVIE AND SLIDES
A movie and slides, “Hunger
and Population Explosion,” will
be shown at 7:30 p. m. Saturday
by the International Students
Club. i
Cyclotron Construction
Approaching Completion
LIBRARY ON THE RISE
The expansion of Cushing* Library is being million and is part of a $26.5 million con-
conducted on schedule and is due to be fin- struction program on the campus. Approx-
ished by late 1967. When completed it will imately 15 per cent complete, the build-
pro vide an additional 200,000 square feet of ing* will double the volume capacity to 1,000,-
space. The expansion will cost around $3.6 000 books.
Construction of the facilities
which will house the cyclotron be
ing built on the A&M campus is
nearing completion with installa
tion of the cyclotron itself al
ready under way.
“The building itself is approx
imately 93 per cent completed,
and we hope to have it ready for
occupancy by Nov. 19,” said W.
A. McFarlin, associate director of
engineering and operations. “We
are at the present time in the
final stages of engineering and
the procurement of equipment.”
According to McFarlin, assem
bly of the cyclotron within the
building began Sept. 8 and is pro
ceeding according to schedule.
He said that assembly of the ma
chine should be completed by the
first of March, 1967.
Following assembly of the
cyclotron, two months of testing
and start-up operations will begin
in order to check out the ma
chine’s ability to maintain an ion
beam within its interior.
One month to six weeks will
then be required to test the cyclo
tron for the external ion beam
which will be used to bombard
experimental targets outside the
machine.
“The earliest possible date for
full-scale operation of the cyclo
tron will be mid-July of next
year,” said McFarlin. “And this
is being optimistic.”