Che Battalion
Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1966
Number 362
First 1966 Corps Trip
On Tap This Weekend
The 3,000-man Texas A&M
Corps of Cadets will storm Dal
las Friday and Saturday on their
first 1966 Corps Trip.
Cadets will start trickling into
Big D Friday afternoon and be
at full strength by 8:30 a.m.
Saturday.
Primary objective of the week
end maneuver are a downtown
parade Saturday morning and
the Southwest Conference’s fea
ture game between A&M and
Southern Methodist University in
the Cotton Bowl at 2 p.m.
Following the game will be an
Aggie party from 8 p.m. to 1
a.m. in the ballroom of the Adol
phus Hotel. About 1,400 are
expected to attend.
More than 30 company and
squadron units will form at Main
and Market early Saturday for
the 15-block march up Main. The
Aggie Band will lead off at 9:30
a.m.
Gen. Paul D. Harkins of Dal
las, retired Army flag officer,
will review the troops from a
stand at Main and Harwood.
Other dignitaries on the review
ing stand will be A&M President
Earl Rudder, Dean James P.
Hannigan, members of A&M’s
Board of Directors and Executive
Committee, Military Science De
partment officials, 1966-67 Aggie
Sweetheart Kathleen Austin, SMU
President Willis Tate, Texas Wo
man’s University President John
A. Guinn and Dr. Lurline Lee,
TWU dean of women.
Miss Austin will be officially
presented at halftime of the
A&M-SMU game.
The 3,000-man Corps provides
its own transportation to Dallas,
but the band will bus to Dallas
Friday after classes.
Snow Job
Shows Signs
One visiting young lady,
having been “snowed” by
A&M and its campusology,
spotted a hitchhiker a few
miles outside of Bryan just
before last week’s game.
Noticing his clinched fist
with protruding thumb, she
asked, “Does he want a ride,
or is he just saying G!G
’EM?”
Singing Cadets Leave For
Teen-Age Pageant Thursday
The Singing Cadets of Texas
A&M leave Thursday to partici
pate for the fourth consecutive
year in the Miss Teen-Age Amer
ica Pageant in Dallas.
They will leave at 1 p.m. by
chartered bus from G. Rollie
White Coliseum and will arrive
in Dallas about 5 p.m. The trip
★ ★ ★
Gourmet
Handy In
Guide
Big D
By MIKE McNEEL
Aggies in Dallas this weekend
will find it a city with much to
offer both before and after the
game.
DINING OUT
“Dallas restaurants extend in
just about every direction,” said
Don Safran, entertainment editor
of The Dallas Time Herald, “and
cover most of the major cuisines
of the world, from toumedos ros-
sini to barbecue on a bun.”
INEXPENSIVE
Luby’s cafeterias have set
prices for meals depending on
the type of meat, fish, or fowl
desired. Beyond this you can
have all the salad, vegetables, and
bread you want in pleasant, mod
ern surroundings.
The Rib, 5741 Lovers Lane,
specializes in barbecue. All you
can eat for a set price; Sau
sages, ribs, beef, and chicken.
Don’t hesitate to ask for more.
Stage Door Delicatessen, 1707
Elm St., has the atmosphere of
a New York Delicatessen; tables
are crowded with bowls of pic
kles, relish, pickled tomatoes,
sauerkraut, and baskets of rolls
and bread.
Shakey’s, two locations, on
Northwest Highway and off Tom
Field Circle, features top pizza
in two dozen varieties. Lively
atmosphere.
Pancho’s, 1609 McKinney; Mex
ican food, and one of the few
places offering cabrito ( roast
kid).
El Fenix, seven locations. Ex
cellent Mexican food and colorful
decor.
Other Mexican restaurants in
clude Casa Dominguez, Mexico
City Cafe, Spanish Village and
Tupinamba, and the El Chico
chain.
Vehon’s Half Shell, on Green
ville, is a sea food restaurant and
oyster bar, offering superb gum
bo to compare with New Orleans.
Other sea food restaurants are
the two Zuider Zees and The
Bounty at Tom Field Circle.
There are many fine oriental
eating places in Dallas: The
House of Gong, Northwest High
way and Marsh Lane; Yee’s on
Lemmon, Chinese Cottage on
Greenville, and the Luau at Love
Field.
MODERATEY EXPENSIVE
Chateaubriand, 2515 McKinney.
Warm New Orleans-style decor,
with superb trout almondine,
tournedos.
Port’s O’Call, 37th Floor South
land Tower. Polynesian restau
rant with lavish, elegant decor
and breathtaking view.
Sakura, 5206 Maple. Dallas’
only Japanese restaurant. Warm
atmosphere; authentic cuisine.
Dominique, 7713 Inwood, Ex
cellent in almost all respects with
a sophisticated Italian-French
cuisine. Good wine list.
Mario’s, 4300 Lemmon. Em-
phisis on Italian-French food,
with marvelous veal, trout, pasta.
Pleasant service. Expensive wine
list.
Arthur’s, 3701 McKinney. Dal
las landmark specializing in beef.
Favorite of many older Dallasites.
Good wine list.
EXPENSIVE
Old Warsaw, 3914 Cedar Sp
rings. Very formal, elegant; ex
tremely sophisticated cuisine, spe
cializing in Chicken Kiev and
French dishes. Wonderful wine
cellar.
NIGHTSPOTS
Much of Dallas’ night life is
centered around private clubs,
but there are public night clubs
with special appeal to various
audiences.
Levee, 5616 Mockingbird. A
high-spirited public nightclub;
noisy and busy, with a Dixieland
band every weekend.
Gringos, 3211 Oak Lawn, fea
tures contemporary Las Vegas
lounge-style entertainment. Ex
tremely popular.
Fink Mink, 3014 Throckmorton.
Swings with modern jazz and
dancing. Extremely popular.
Music Box, 2538 Cedar Springs.
Famous names appear here one
week out of every month, other
wise dancing to a big band. Food
and service superior. $5 cover
charge for non-members when big
names appear.
Burlesque entertainment can
be found at the Colony Club
1322% Commerce, and the Thea
ter Lounge, Jackson and Akard.
has become an annual affair for
the cadets, who work long and
hard for the performance.
The pageant will be seen na
tionally on the CBS television
network from 9-10:30 p.m. Sat
urday.
The cadets serve as official es
corts for the contestants. As the
average age for the cadets is
about 20, and the average age of
the girls about 17-18, lasting
friendships, mostly through the
mail, are often created at the
contest.
The first night that the cadets
are in Dallas they will give a
performance just for the young
women in the Miss Teen - Age
contest. They will sing songs
such as “Exodus,” “Gonna Build
a Mountain,” “You Must Have
Been a Beautiful Baby,” “I Be
lieve,” and “Nothin’ Like a
Dame.”
In the pageant the cadets will
sing the title song, “Miss Teen-
Age America,” “You Are Beauti
ful” and “You Enjoy Being a
Girl” from the musical, “Flower
Drum Song,” and will participate
in a duet, “I’ll Learn From You,”
which will be sung by one of the
former Miss Teen-Age America
winners and an exchange stu
dent.
The cadets, and their chaper
ons will arrive back in College
Station about 8 p.m. Sunday tired
and worn out, but with memories
of another wonderful trip to the
pageant, and a pocket full of new
addresses.
★ ★ ★
Teen Queen Title Brings Troubles
WAITING FOR FRIDAY
Energetic Reveille III, darling of A&M campus, makes first Dallas Corps Trip this weekend.
‘Texas Special 9
Trick Play Wins Ballgame
The “Texas Special” worked
again! Yes, that famous play
that those Texas Aggies pulled
off against the T-sips on Turkey
Day, 1965, was successfully used
by Colorado State University last
Saturday against lOth-ranked
Wyoming.
Due to strictly hearsay, Don
Janacek, sportscaster for KBTX-
TV in Bryan, followed up a story
about the “Texas Special.”
Someone told Janacek that
Colorado State used the play
against Wyoming so he called
the Colorado State coach Mon
day evening for a telephone in
terview.
The head coach said the story
was true and that it won the
game for Colorado State.
“Well, Don, my staff heard
about the play, they heard about
Texas Tech beating Texas with
it ... ” then coach Williams was
interrupted by Janacek.
“That’s Texas A&M, coach!”
blurted Janacek.
“Texas A&M! I’m very sorry,”
said Williams.
Coach Williams said his team
practiced the play for about
three weeks, thinking it might
use it against the Air Academy.
The way it turned out Colorado
State did not need it against
New Cyclotron Building
Has Futuristic Features
BY JERRY GRISHAM
Battalion Staff Writer
Which building on campus has
rooms the shape of which can be
changed at will, doors which
weigh more than 80 tons and re
movable ceiling blocks made of
concrete and weighing close to
60,000 pounds?
Just such a building is the
giant structure nearing comple
tion on the north side of the
campus. It will house the new
cyclotron at Texas A&M.
The changeable rooms are the
four “caves” where targets are
placed to be bombarded by the
cyclotron’s intense beam. The
walls are composed of large con
crete blocks which may be shifted
around to change the shapes of
the “caves.” In this way, a larger
variety of experiments may be
carried out with room for addi-
NEW CONCRETE DOOR
Research Engineer Matthew Nowak explains the operation
of one of the two concrete doors that seals off rooms in the
new cyclotron building to Battalion staff reporter Jerry
Grisham.
tional equipment always avail
able.
The four rooms are sealed by
two large concrete doors, the
larger weighing 84 tons They are
controlled hydraulically and work
in such a manner that two of the
“caves” are always open and two
are always sealed.
Two other similar doors com
pletely seal off the vault contain
ing the cyclotron and the pit be
low it where the machine’s power
source is located. Safety proced
ures are such that these two doors
and the door to the target “cave”
in use must be closed before the
cyclotron will operate.
The ceilings of the target
“caves” and the vault containing
the cyclotron are long concrete
blocks which are lifted into place
by a gigantic overhead crane with
a capacity of 30 tons.
The blocks weigh from 48,900
to 59,500 pounds, are triple and
double stacked and may be re
moved in order to carry out any
major repair work in the opened
area.
Another interesting facet of the
building is that in the part con
taining the cyclotron, all air
conditioning is circulated once
through the building and then
ejected from the building through
ducts in the roof.
Cool air entering this section
enters the “caves” through ser
pentine tubes in their ceilings.
The tubes are serpentine to pre
vent radiation traveling in a
straight line from escaping the
target area.
The air then flows into the
vault containing the cyclotron and
down into the pit below it. The
air there enters ducts which take
it to the roof to be expelled. Radi
ation detectors, located on the out
side ducts, make certain that no
excess radiation is released into
the air.
them.
“It came off and really it won
the ball game for us, really
Don!” coach Williams said.
The situation was much the
same as with the Aggies when
Colorado State decided to use the
play. It was third down with
seven needed for a first on their
own 33 yard line. That might
not compare with the Aggies be
ing on the goalline, but Colorado
State failed with the first at
tempt of the play! The quarter
back did not get a good hold on
the ball.
“But!” added Coach Williams,
“this really helped set up the
play.”
The pass went high, the flank
er caught it and they downed
him.
So with fourth down still on
the 33 they tried it again.
“It was like a third baseman
taking it on the first hop, then
he kind of shrugged his shoulders
and looked down field and threw
it to our tight end in the end-
zone,” Williams said.
That was the only touchdown
Colorado State got, along with
two field goals, to surge ahead
of Wyoming 12 to 10.
Coach Williams said that his
team outgained Wyoming in
yardage and first downs but “we
still would have lost the ballgame
without that play!”
“A radio announcer from Chey
enne said that it was against the
rules,” said Williams; then he
laughed.
DALLAS (A*)—Being talented
and one of 64 contestants for the
title of ‘Teen Queen’ means, in
evitably, complications.
Cheryl Christine Peek of Flint,
Mich., for instance, needed a 10-
foot-long pole as a prop in her
“Limbo Rock” dance for Tues
day night’s talent competition.
Airlines frown on such awk
ward types of luggage, and
Cheryl considered seeking out a
Dallas lumber yard for a new
prop.
Then she located an abandoned
flagpole and her problems were
through, at least for the moment.
The teen-agers will appear on
a national telecast Saturday
night for a 90-minute spectacular
in which the seven finalists for
Miss Teen-Age America 1967
will perform and be interviewed
and a new queen will be crowned.
British Chemist
To Speak Here
In Grad Lecture
A United Kingdom biochemist
will give a graduate lecture at
Texas A&M University Friday.
Dr. A. R. Johnson will speak
on “The Chemistry and Biochem
istry of the Cyclopropene Fatty
Acids” at 4 p.m. in Room 114 of
the Heep Building.
The food additives researcher
is presently on a world tour. Be
fore coming to A&M, he presented
papers at the World Poultry Con
gress in Kiev, Russia, the Inter
national Congress of Food Science
and Technology in Warsaw and
the American Oil Chemists So
ciety in Philadelphia.
Dr. Johnson graduated with
honors in biochemistry and ac
quired his Ph.D. at the University
of Leeds (U.K.). He was ap
pointed biochemistry lecturer at
an Australian university soon
after completing his doctoral
work.
He immediately became project
leader of the Commonwealth Anti
oxidant Research Project investi
gating potential hazards of using
antioxidants for long-term food
stuffs storage.
The winner receives a $10,000
college scholarship and the
equivalent of $13,000 in other
prizes, including a wardrobe and
a car and personal appearance
fees.
Tuesday night’s talent judging
is tabulated with Monday’s in
terviews for poise, grooming, in
telligence and personality to
choose the finalists.
HOMECOMING QUEEN
Charmille Bridges
Crowned Queen At
A&M Consolidated
Charmille Bridges was crowned
A&M Consolidated High School
Homecoming Queen last Friday
night at the Consolidated-Bren-
ham football game.
Charmille, daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. Charles H. Bridges, was
elected queen by the students of
Consolidated. She was crowned
by Meg Huebner, student body
president, during the halftime
activities.
A cheerleader for two years,
Charmille has also been Latin
Club secretary, a nominee for
freshman sports queen and secre
tary of her homeroom for three
years. She is an active partici
pant in sports and has achieved
two letters in girls’ basketballs.
She accepted the crown and
roses with tears in her eyes, thus
climaxing a week of homecoming
activities at Consolidated.
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WARMUP FOR FANTASTICKS’
Drilling for the Thursday opening night of cek, and David Morley. At right is the direc-
“The Fantasticks”, a Stage Center produc- tor, Frank Coulter of Bryan. The comedy is
tion, are (from left), Leonard Cook, Dr. scheduled for a six-night run at the A&M
Wendell Landmann, Donna Files, Don Jana- Consolidated High School Auditorium.