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attalion "Ml oncnon “*« mi M 9< n ( !9< 49 9< j< Y«l«uae f 1 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1966 Number 352 Aggies Out To Break TCU Jinx Team Looking To Outscore TCU For First In Ten ■l EDD HARGETT .. . ready for Frogs Saturday Corps Bonfire Plans Still Tentative Plans for the 1966 Bonfire are still tentative this week, but Pat Tomberlain of the Bonfire Com mittee said last night that defi nite information on the amount of equipment to be used will be released in a week or two. “We’re still lining up trucks and other equipment, and we really don’t have any definite fig ures yet," Tomberlain explained. He said he had talked with a representative of the Heavy Equipment School here and had secured a commitment for the use of a 60-foot crane for stack ing the logs. Tommy Stone, Bonfire chair man, called a meeting Tuesday for all Aggies who could supply and operate chain saws. The saws will be used by cutting crews to fell timber shortly be fore the Corps and civilian units arrive to haul the logs to trucks for transport to the stacking area behind Duncan Dining Hall. Bonfire preparations will be concentrated during Nov. 19-21. Tomberlain said the cutting area has been moved for this year’s bonfire from the Kidwell Farm, two miles south of the campus, to an area six miles out on South College Drive. Carey B. Wilson, a senior in Squadron 10, Dorm 6, is in charge of communications for the project. Stone has asked anyone with either considerable experi ence in communications or radio equipment to contact Wilson. “Remember, this is your bon fire, and the one you will most remember,” Stone wrote in a por tion of the second Bonfire bulle tin which was directed to fresh men. “Take pride in yourselves and be prepared to work harder than you ever have." By BOB JONES Battalion Sports Editor It was just two weeks ago to morrow that the Texas Aggies broke their five-year scoring jinx, plastering Texas Tech 35-14, on Kyle Field. The Aggies tied a road game with Louisiana State University last week, 7-7. Tomorrow night the determined Maroon and White returns to Kyle Field and Southwest Con ference play to break another jinx when they meet Texas Christian University. The Aggies have not beaten TCU’s Horned Frogs since 1957. In 1960 and 1963 A&M tied with the Frogs, 14-14. Last year the Aggies led 3-0 at halftime, but fell to a 10-3 deficit in the third period. A&M scored in the fourth quarter and attempted the two-point conver sion. The conversion failed and the Aggies trailed, 9-10. Late in the final period the Aggies gave up the ball on their own eight- yard line after trying for the first down on a close fourth down situation. TCU took over from that point and scored again for its final 17-9 margin. This week’s outcome might not be quite as favorable as the last home game with Texas Tech, but the Aggies will still have the same dedicated personnel and the finest coaching staff around when they square off with TCU. A win Saturday night would leave the Aggies in fine shape for the remainder of the conference race. The Aggies have always been respected for fielding teams that could possibly upset their opponents, but it has been a long time since the Maroon and White carried the threat of just plain beating its opposition. But Coach Stallings has re turned that threat with his Aggie eleven. Tomorrow night TCU will be facing A&M’s finest foot ball team in years. It will be a team of battered and bandaged, but hard-fighting Civilian Students To Organize For Bonfire Work With Corps Richard Grimes, executive of ficer of Company B-2, has been designated by the 1966 Bonfire Committee to organize the civil ian students’ bonfire work. Grimes said a meeting of in terest civilians will be held about a week before Bonfire, at a time and place to be announced later. “My job is to organize this and then turn it over to compe- Stone Outlines Yell Practice Route Head Yell Leader Tommy Stone announced Thursday that the '‘Fighting” Texas Aggie Band will lead students into Kyle Field for Mtidnight Yell Practice to night at 11:30. The band will take a new route from the Duncan area to Kyle Field. The new route begins between dorms 1 and 2 with the band making its way north to the Trig- and march toward the Memorial on, at this point it will turn left Student Center. “From there the band will eith er march in front of, or behind the MSC, depending on comple tion of construction between the MSC and the drill field,” Stone ^ said. Stone suggested that civilian students gather either in the Duncan Area or in the parking lot behind Guion Hall. “Then when the band passes, these stu dents can fall in behind the band without confusion. “Students should be reminded that it is an Aggie tradition to follow the band to Kyle Field,” Stone continued, “and students should not walk on the grass at Spence Park across from the Duncan area and at the MSC.” It was also announced that one gate on the northeast corner of Kyle Field will be opened prior to the Yell Practice for those who do not wish to follow the band. “This is for those persons who want to attend Yell Practice but not the march,” Stone said. Stone stressed that for the best effect, students must cooperate by following the band. Also stu dents must conduct themselves in a respectable Aggie manner,” he added. The yell leader concluded by calling for full cooperation be tween Corps and civilian students to make it “a successful yell practice” and accomplish the in tended goal of having a great weekend by “beating the H— out of TCU!” First Bank & 5% per annum tificates. and dedicated gridders, playing to break a nine year jinx and to return winning football to Texas A&M. The Aggies, presently tied with Baylor and Texas for the SWC lead, will be making their bid to remain at the top of the confer ence race. A&M made a slow start this season, losing its first two games to Georgia Tech and Tulane. Two weeks ago the Ag gies made some changes for the better, winning over Texas Tech and last week tied a strong LSU team. Tomorrow A&M will be run ning against possibly the toughest defense it has faced all season. The Horned Frogs have their en tire defensive secondary back from last year along with five other defensive starters. Head Coach Gene Stallings turned to the most qualified man (See Aggies, Page 6) SENIORS slg [Oil CJ> IP rr CodfS £ ® o r S £ # SATURDAY’S SEATING CHART The Student Senate released this Kyle Field seating chart for Saturday’s game with TCU. Seniors and graduates will enter Ramps O and P. The bottom halves of sections 130 and 131 will be reserved for Corps seniors. Juniors will enter through Ramps N, sopho mores through Ramp M, and freshmen through Ramps J and L. All civilian stu dents must present seating cards in order to be admitted to the proper section. Last Lecture Series Monday YMCA Offerings Lively tent senior civilian supervisors,” Grimes emphasized. “Right now, I’m looking for people with previous experience in building the Bonfire, to serve in a platoon-leader-type capaci ty,” he went on. The civilian group will be or ganized along the lines of a Corps unit with regard to designation of work, for safety purposes, according to Grimes. “We’re looking for people who really want to work,” Grimes pointed out. “We don’t want any body out there who doesn’t want to work hard and follow the rules.” The civilians will be needed primarily at the cutting area and in the loading of logs onto trucks. Grimes said, but some might be called on to help with stacking the logs at the Bonfire site south of Duncan Dining Hall during the final day of preparation. Grimes said the preliminary meeting will be followed by a safety meeting to explain the dangers involved in loading and stacking the timber. “We want this to be an all- Aggie bonfire,” Grimes noted. “Any civilian who really wants to work and is interested in find ing out the procedures in build ing this bonfire is invited to the meetings. Also, any seniors who want to supervise the crews should contact me.” Last year, the civilian Bonfire organization, dubbed “F-Troop,” included about 50 to 75 students who, according to Grimes, “prob ably carried out as many logs as any Corps unit.” Trust now pays on savings cer- —Adv. By ROBERT BORDERS Batt Staff Writer The YMCA, almost outdoing itself in an effort to present a highly varied program for A&M students, will offer a wide range of lively and informative activi ties in the coming months. The next of these will be sec ond of the “Last Lecture” series, and will feature Dr. C. H. Rans- dell, assistant dean of the School of Engineering. Ransdell received a B.S. de gree from Texas Tech in 1937 and another from A&M in 1953. He earned a Sc.D. degree at Howard Payne College in 1956, and a M.Ed. at the University of Texas in 1957. He is a registered professional engineer. The final “Last Lecture” of the semester will be on Oct. 24. The speaker for this meeting will be Richard “Buck” Weirus, execu tive secretary of the Association of Former Students. The Apollo Club of the YMCA will present a series of four lec tures by prominent faculty mem bers, each followed by an open forum on topics of interest as selected by the students of the University. Town Hall’s Severinsen Show Tonight “Doc” Severinsen, a trumpeter who has been called “an A1 Hirt with taste” appears Friday as a Town Hall extra at Texas A&M University. Familiar to television fans as a performer on Johnny Carson’s “Tonight” show, “Doc” also is a popular recording star. His latest hit is “Fever,” a fast- moving catchy rendition. Others include “High Wide and Wonder ful,” “Tempestous Trumpet” and “The Big Band’s Back in Town.” Friday will mark Severinsen’s second visit to Aggieland. He played with the Tommy Dorsey band for a Ring Dance back in the days of Jarrin John Kim brough. “Doc” has been mentioned as Skitch Henderson’s replacement as director of the NBC Orchestra next year. He joined NBC in 1949 and has played on the Kate Smith, Eddie Fisher, Steve Allen and Dinah Shore shows, plus NBC Bandstand. Tickets for the 8 p.m. Friday performance at G. Rollie White Coliseum are on sale at the Stu dent Program Office in the Me morial Student Center and also will be available at the door. Since the performance is billed as an “extra”, Town Hall season tickets will not apply for this performance. Interested students may sign up for the Apollo Club at the front desk of the YMCA after Oct. 22. Membership will be granted on a first come-first serve basis, as space is limited. Each member will be asked to pay for his meals in advance. Cost is $5 for the four programs. The club will hold its meetings in the Memorial Student Center. Members will pass through the cafeteria line, secure meals, and go on to a meeting room. The speaker will give his presenta tion after the meal, and there Dorm Students Requested To Remove Cars With another large crowd ex pected for the Saturday night game with TCU, Campus Securi ty Chief Ed Powell is again urg ing students to remove their cars from the parking lots near the stadium so that visitors may use those facilities. “We can only request now that students remove their cars from the lots on the weekends when we have football games,” Powell said. “It isn’t required in the university regulations that they do so this year. But next year the regulations will specify these lots be reserved for visitors to the campus.” Powell again asked that stu dents move their cars Saturday to the day student parking lots and staff lots east of Asbury and north of Ross. will be 30 minutes of discussion. Dr. William Luker, Business Administration professor, will be the speaker Oct. 27. His speech will be entitled “How Good is Our Education?”. The second meeting will be Nov. 3, and will feature Dr. Carl E. Shafer, associate professor of Agricultural Economics and So ciology. The theme of his lecture will concern current collegiate morals and ethics. On Nov. 10 members attending the third meeting of the Apollo Club will hear Dr. David R. Woodward, assistant professor in the Department of History and Government. The title of Wood ward’s presentation will be “For eign Policy in the Atomic Age.” Maury Maverick Jr., a lawyer from San Antonio, will end the fall lecture series with “The Val ue of Dissent to Constituted Au thority” on Nov. 17. Guides Ease Game Traffic Plans to ease campus traffic congestion and parking problems for Saturday’s football game with TCU will follow the procedures used for the Texas Tech game two weeks ago. Directional signs will again be used prior to the game to route southern traffic through Jersey Street and the east entrance of the campus. Radio-equipped traffic guides will also be utilized again to di vert cars around traffic jams. POLE POLISHERS “Fish” members of Company H-2 polished the flagpole in front of the Academic Building for the first time this year. Seating Option For Graduates The Texas A&M Athletic De partment has again announced a seating option for graduate stu dents for the Aggie-TCU foot ball game Saturday. Graduate students have the op tion to sit in the seats already as signed them, or in section 139 on the east side of Kyle Field. The Athletic Department ap proved the option at the request of the Graduate Student Council. RV Induction Of 77 Juniors Slated Tuesday Induction of 77 new junior members into the Ross Volun teers is scheduled Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Student Center ballroom. Guest speaker for the ceremony will be Tom S. Gillis, class of ’42. Gillis was Corps Commander and a member of the Ross Volun teers while attending A&M. He is now president of Best Indus tries, Inc., in Houston. Highlighting the event are the presentation of the yellow and white shoulder cords to the new members and the reading of the history of the Ross Volunteers, which was recently compiled by Mrs. Elizabeth Cook, retired sec retary of the commandant. Special guests will include James P. Hannigan, dean of stu dents, and Col. D. L. Baker, com mandant of the Corps of Cadets. Selection of new members is based on character and leader ship, military bearing, and over all achievement. The incoming juniors will join 33 seniors to make a total of 110 members. The Ross Volunteers will be headed by Tommy Stone, commanding officer, and Robert Holcomb, ex ecutive officer. The major event in which the group will participate during the coming school year is the gover nor’s inauguration, where they act as the governor’s honor guard. The RV’s will also be the lead unit in the Mardi Gras Rex pa rade in New Orleans and will march in the Cotton Bowl parade in Dallas. Cooler For Game Cooler weather is now being forecast for the Aggies’ Satur day night game here with TCU. Jim Lightfoot, manager of the Meteorology Dept, weather sta tion, said the temperature will be 63 to 65 degrees at game-time, with northerly winds and clear skies. He is predicting however, some rain tonight or early Saturday morning. Acceleration of a front caused the revision, Lightfoot said.