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About all it means to the Corps is its value as a little- used campusology question; the word Pennyslvania is misspelled on it. To everyone else, it’s just some thing to occasionally spill a soft drink on. The Liberty Bell, the states of ficial replica of the original, was presente dto the College July 4th 1950, by Allan Shivers, then gov ernor of Texas. The bell was one of 53 exact replicas cast in France, and then displayed in the U. S. on behalf of the Savings Bond program. The Bell was accepted by Dr. M. T. Harrington, then president of the College, after each state received one of the bells. Hanging from an oak beam between two supports, the bell was once covered by a glass case which protected it and kept passers-by from ringing the huge noisemaker. An inscription on a plaque which once accompanied the bell stated: “Dedicated to You, A Free Citizen in a Free Land.” Nine Texas Woman’s Univer sity beauties have been chosen finalists for Aggie Sweetheart for 1966-67 at Texas A&M Uni versity. Finalists will be guests of A&M’s Student Senate this week end for the A&M-Arkansas foot ball game, a dance in their hon or, and other activities. The new Aggie Sweetheart will be announced Sunday. She will be officially introduced to the Texas A&M student body at ceremonies Nov. 5 when the Ag gies clash with SMU at Dallas. Finalists include: Kathleen Austin, a senior nursing major from Dallas. Phyllis Hart, a sophomore psy chology major from Dainger- field. Jo Gresham, a junior art edu cation major from Grand Prairie. Earlene Hedrick, a sophomore home economics education major from Seminole. Virginia Portt, a junior busi ness secretarial administration major from Chicopee, Mass. Sharon Scott, a sophomore clothing and fashion merchandis ing major from Denton. Penny Strickland, a sophomore interior design major from El Paso. Dee Ann Warf, a sophomore interior design major from Alice. Tessa Wingate, a sophomore nursing major from Houston. MSC Senior Cook Began As Pot Man By BILL DINGER Batt Special Writer Few men can boast a longer record of service to Texas A&M than Frank Hubacek, now a cook in the MSC, who has 41 years of service to Aggies. “I had quit school, and when I first came to A&M, I got my first job in Sbisa Mess Hall, he said. This job, one of the few he could get at his age, was as a flunky. He carried pots and pans from the meal line to the kitchen. After about six months, he was put in a better job. “Then I got on the vegetable line where I cleaned and prepared vegetables. The last four or five months, I worked in the pantry, making salads. All together, I stayed on the vegetable line about two years. Che Battalion Volume 61 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1966 Number 357 Rugged Defense Stops Bears Cold Talent Search Wants You! The quest is on! Senior Charles Segrest, chair man of the MSC Talent Commit tee, assisted by a committee of four juniors, four sophomores,and two freshmen, has begun the annual search for Aggie talent to fill the bill for the 1966 Aggie Talent Show scheduled to hit the boards at Guion Hall the evening of Nov. ITth. Auditions for the local flash of talent commenced yesterday and will continue through Thurs day. Auditions will be heard 7:30 to 10:00 p.m. nightly, in Room 119, G. Rollie White Coliseum. Professional as well as amateur talents are encouraged to audi tion, and variety is the by-word. Of course those tuditioning must be students at Texas A&M Uni versity. Geared to go on Monday the entire committee will audition talent applicants throughout the coming week, with the selection of talents to appear in the 1966 Aggie Talent Show decided and billed by Nov. 2. tn BAYLOR’S DAY OFF Baylor quarterback Terry Southall boots the Quiet Baylor fans look on as their team ball out of Bear territory as end Tuffy bows to the fired-up Ags 17-13. Fletcher rushes in to attempt the block. A&M Gets $400,00(T Grant “Then I got on the meat line, and I helped prepare steaks, chops or whatever happened to be on the menu that day. I fixed meats for three to four years.” After six years of food prepa ration, Hubacek was made cook for the athletes’ table, where he prepared meals for not only the athletes, but also for patients in the hospital. As to what Sbisa was like when he started there, Hubacek told of hauling coal to the stoves in the morning, and shoveling it into the stoves, like firemen did on coal-burning locomotives. In 1950, he was transferred to the MSC kitchen. “There wasn’t too much up here when it opened. Everything is new now.” Everything is new — except for Frank Hubacek. The Atomic Energy Commis sion Tuesday announced a $400,- 000 grant to Texas A&M Univer sity for the first year of opera tion of A&M’s new $6 million cyclotron nearing completion on campus. Announcement was made by Dr. Herman M. Roth, control of ficer of the Oak Ridge Opera tions Office of the AEG in a tele gram to Dr. A. D. Suttle, Jr., A&M vice president for research, who is also project manager of the huge cyclotron project. The cyclotron is expected to be in full operation before the be ginning of the next academic year with a staff of more than 20 scientists. Preliminary “shake down” operations will be under way well before that time, how ever. The building that will house the cyclotron is nearly complete now. The $400,000 will be used prin cipally in support of research in low energy nuclear physics in which the study of the structure of atomic nuclei will be involved. Principal A&M research in vestigators are Drs. John A. Mc Intyre, Robert A. Kenefick and John C. Heibert, all of whom are conducting research at Oak Ridge and at A&M’s Nuclear Science Center. When the cyclotron is fully operational, their work will be centered here entirely. They . work under W. A. McFarlin, as sociate director for operations. This increased support of A&M nuclear research is an ex tension of contract between the AEC and A&M for the operation of the cyclotron. The first year’s support amounted to $150,000. Dr. Suttle said that this sup port followed a recent visit of AEC officials under the direction of Dr. George Rogosa, of the AEC, who conducted the project review here in September. Dr. Rogosa found the physical arrangement of the cyclotron vault the most efficient he has seen, and was well pleased with the progress made by A&M per sonnel, Dr. Suttle said. President Earl Rudder pointed out that the grant is one of the largest the AEC has made in sup port of its low energy program. By next September, the facili ty will be used by several dis ciplines on campus, including physics, chemistry, activation analysis and biology at the out set. The grant is subject to renew al, the AEC said, and covers operations until next August 30. Weirus Says First Concern Should Be God A person’s ultimate concern shouldn’t be something that can be taken away from him, but it should be something spiritual— an alliance with God. This was the theme of a presen tation by Richard “Buck” Weirus, executive secretary of the Former Students Association, in the last of the “Last Lecture” series spon sored by the YMCA. Weirus told students to ask themselves this question—What is my ultimate concern? He said there are many possible answers. Among them are money, posses sions, and happiness. “Your ultimate concern should n’t be something that can be taken away,” he said. “A time will come when you must go to something bigger than you are.” Weirus said the number one reason for failure in jobs is be cause the person cannot get along with his employer or fellow em ployees. He emphasized human relation ships are the basis for everything in life. “The greatest quality in human existence is love,” Weirus said as he advanced his thesis. “The love and concern a man has for his neighbor is the key to what Jesus taught.” He listed several qualities which he believed most important. These were humility, loyalty, forgive ness, concern for other people, a sense of humor, love for your fel low man and for school, and a positiveness of attitude in all things. First Bank & Trust now pays 5% per annum on savings cer tificates. —Adv. GRAND DAY FOR A SOPHOMORE Wendell Housley wears a number that will one of 33 plays in which he gained a total soon become famous for knifing through of 127 yards for A&M in their SWC victory any line. Here Housley fights his way in over Baylor. Offense Dominates First Half Play By BOB JONES WACO — Texas A&M’s bat tered and bandaged gridiron crew produced a powerful offense, backed by a tremendous defense and a lot of pure desire to win here last Saturday as the Fight- in’ Texas Aggies posted a 17-13 victory over the chosen Baylor Bears. The win leaves the Aggies on top of the Southwest Conference race with a 3-0 league mark. Southern Methodist is close be hind with a 2-0 reading and Saturday’s rival, Arkansas, trails with a 2-1 conference record. Aggie Coach Gene Stallings just couldn’t say enough about his team after the game, but he real ly didn’t have to say a word — the team did all the talking that was needed in 60 minutes of head-on combat with Baylor. A&M continued its tough brand of football throughout the game, showing a superior offense in the first half and then throwing up a solid defense the second half to take the win. The Maroon and White came up with five more big pass in terceptions to aid its defensive game. It allowed Baylor’s sup posedly stronger offense 71 total yards in the first half and only five pass completions in 16 at tempts. Sophomores Wendell Housley and Edd Hargett paced the Ag gie offense. Housley set a new conference record for the most carries in a single SWC game. The 200-pound halfback toted the pigskin 33 times, the old rec ord was 32 carries. Housley racked up 88 yards rushing in the first half and 127 yards for the game with one pass reception for seven yards. Without a doubt, Housley put on a fine performance, but a lot of credit goes to the Aggie for ward wall that tore gaping holes in the Baylor defensive line. The Bear defense headed by Dwight Hood and Greg Pipes just could n’t stand up to the Aggies’ Mo Moorman, Mark Weaver, Gary Kovar, Don Koehn, Ed Breding, and Jack Pybum. The Aggie linemen cleared the way for A&M running plays or stood fast when qutherback Har gett called a pass-play. Hargett attempted 25 passes during the afternoon and completed 15 for a neat 60 per cent. In all the Aggies counted 156 yards from passes. A&M’s offense slowed down in the second half, but its defense picked up speed. Twice Baylor threatened to score in the closing minutes of the game — both times Aggie defenders came up with the big play. The Maroon marched 84 yards for its first score. The Aggies started the drive with a 25-yard pass from halfback Bob Long back to Hargett. Housley turn ed in runs- of 16, 3 and 5 yards and A&M scored on a Hargett-to- Tommy Maxwell pass from the Bear 10. Glynn Lindsey’s PAT was good and the Aggies led, 7-0, with six minutes left in the initial period. The second Farmer score was (See AGGIE, page 6)