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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1966
Number 363
Aggies Named
To Who’s Who
Thirty-eight Texas A&M Uni
versity seniors have been named
to “Who’s Who Among Students
in American Universities and Col
leges” for 1966-67.
Dean of Students James P.
Hannigan revealed that most stu
dents selected for the national
honor have earned distinguished
student status for one or more
semesters.
All the honorees have grade
averages of 80 or above at Aggie-
land.
Hannigan said a faculty-stu
dent selection committee chose
“Who’s Who” representatives on
the basis of scholastic records
and leadership in campus affairs.
Rob J. Griffin
Appointed To
School Board
Bob J. Griffin has been ap
pointed to complete the unex
pired term of Dr. A. F. Isabel!
on the A&M Consolidated High
School Board.
This was announced by W. T.
Riedel, superintendent of Con
solidated schools.
Dr. Isabell is moving to Cali
fornia where he will attend Stan
ford University, studying im
proved teaching techniques in
chemistry.
Griffin, vice-president in
charge of sales of Hy-Lay Hatch
eries, Inc., was graduated from
Texas A&M with a degree in ag
ricultural information; he also
has studied for his master’s de
gree in poultry at A&M.
Griffin will fill the position
until April 1, 1967, the expira
tion date of Dr. Isabell’s term.
SCONA Delegate
Applications Open
Robert Heaton, chairman of the
twelfth annual Student Confer
ence on National Affairs, has an
nounced application procedures
for students wishing to be official
delegates to this year’s session,
Dec. 7-10.
Twenty-four conferees will be
chosen, and of these 16 must be
United States citizens and eight
may be foreign students.
Heaton said prospective dele
gates must be juniors, seniors, or
graduate seniors, with a grade
point ratio for the past regular
semester of at least 1.5. A regis
tration fee of $5 will be charged
to delegates to the conference.
Applications are available at
the Corps commandant’s office,
the Student Affairs office in the
YMCA, the main desk of the
MSC, and in the MSC director’s
office. They must be completed
and returned to the director’s
office by Nov. 15, Heaton said.
A&M students named for the
honor include: William Ward,
Austin; Daniel Miller, Dallas;
Charles Berry, Robert Holcomb,
and Johnny MacFarlane, Fort
Worth; Frank Lopez, Houston;
Steven Gummer and Dennis Hoh-
man, San Antonio; Thomas De-
Frank, Arlington;
Also Robert Beene, Big Spring;
Harry Ledbetter, Breckenridge;
Wayne Fudge, Burkburnett;
Sammy Pearson, Calvert; Frank
Berngen, Chillicothe; Neal Ward,
College Station; Daniel Fischer,
Cuero; James Bassham, Dike;
Thomas Stone, Donna;
Arturo Esquivel, Eagle Pass;
Gilbert Smith, El Campo; James
Oliver, Grapeland; Eddie Davis,
Henrietta; Richard Franklin,
Kenedy; Thomas Edgar, Lake
Jackson; Frederick Karle, Mer
cedes; Joe Weiss, Pflugerville;
Stephen Holtz, Seguin; Pedro
Garza, Santa Rosa; M a n z e 11
Shafer, Trent; Cyrus Heaton, Ty
ler; Danny Clifton, Valley View;
William Haseloff, Vernon; James
McFarland, Wills Point; Cecil
Windsor, Yoakum;
Michael Tower, Rapid City,
South Dakota; Jack Holt, Tulsa,
Oklahoma; Robert Miller,
Anchorage, Alaska; Stephen
Thurman, Nashville, Indiana.
Bonfire
Plans Set
The Executive Committee of
the Academic Council has ap
proved the same general ar
rangements for students to build
the Thanksgiving Bonfire that
were in effect last year, an
nounced Academic Vice President
Wayne C. Hall.
Undergraduate students will be
permitted to work on the bonfire
on three days only. These days
are Nov. 19-21. All undergradu
ate classes will be dismissed on
Monday, Nov. 21. Graduate classes
will not be dismissed. This can
not be considered a holiday for
University employees, Hall said.
In addition to the above days,
those juniors and seniors who
do not have classes on the after
noons of Nov. 16-18 may go to the
wooded area to perform prepara
tory work, including some pre
liminary wood cutting. Fresh
men and sophomores are not per
mitted to work on these three
afternoons.
At President Rudder’s request,
the Office of the Commandant,
the Accident and Fire Prevention
Committee, and the Firemen’s
Training School of the Engineer
ing Extension Service will co
operate in the safety aspects of
the bonfire.
Texas Has
Half-Holiday
AUSTIN UP) — Gov. John
Connally Wednesday officially
declared next Tuesday a half
holiday in Texas.
He said all state offices would
be closed at noon in order to give
employees ample time to vote in
the general election.
“I appeal to all other public
and private employers to also
make arrangements for their
employees to be given time off
to vote during regular working
hours,” Connally said.
Lecture Series
Presents Selye
Friday In MSC
Dr. Hans Selye, internationally
renowned physician, will be the
speaker for the second University
Lecture series Friday, in the
Memorial Student Center.
His subject is “Stress and the
Concept of Pluricausal Diseases.”
Dr. Selye, director of the Insti
tute of Experimental Medicine
and Surgery, Universite de Mon
treal, has long been interested in
the effects of stress upon the
human body. As a result, his
findings have contributed greatly
to the advance of life sciences.
A native of Austria, Dr. Selye
earned his medical degree and
Ph.D. at Prague. He has served
as a member of the faculties of
German University, Prague,
Johns Hopkins, and McGill.
Honors received for his work
include the Gordon Wilson Medal
for 1948, Medal of the Accademia
Medico Fisica Fiorentina, and the
Heberden Medal. Dr. Selye is
also a member of the Royal So
ciety of Canada and the New
York Academy of Science.
Listed in Robinson’s “The Hun
dred Most Important People To
day”, Dr. Selye has won numer
ous honors, including the Gordon
Wilson Medal for 1948, the Her-
berden Medal, membership in the
Royal Society of Canada and the
New York Academy of Science.
His best-know books are “From
Dream to Discovery”, “Symbolic
Shorthand System for Physiology
and Medicine”, “The Stress of
Life”, “The Pluricausal Cardio
pathies”, “The Chemical Preven
tion of Cardiac Necroses” and
“Calicphylaxis”.
In a 3 p.m. Friday session in
the College of Veterinary Medi
cine Auditorium, Dr. Selye will
discuss his research.
University Lectures, sponsored
by the Graduate College, presents
authorities in the broad social,
political, and intellectual fields.
Wayne C. Hall, dean of the
Graduate College, said the lec
tures are open to the faculty,
students, and the general public.
No admission is charged.
The lecture will be in the MSC
ballroom and begins at 8 p.m.
LEGISLATORS VISIT CAMPUS
Four Texas A&M graduates now serving in
the state legislature recently visited the
A&M campus and were given a tour of the
university’s new scientific and research fa
cilities. Dr. Dan Drew (left), associate di
rector of A&M’s Data Processing Center,
explains a new computer system to (from
left) Sen. A. R. Schwartz of Galveston, Rep.
Bill W. Clayton of Springlake, Bryan-Col-
lege Station, Rep. David Haines and Rep.
C. L. Ray of Marshall. Assisting in the
demonstration is Mrs. Laura Melton, com
puter science graduate student.
Johnson Returns
From Asian Trip
MOMENT OF RELAXATION
President Lyndon Johnson turns in chair, tucks chin in
left hand, thrusts right hand in his pants pocket and
stretches out his right leg as he relaxes during a visit to
Suwon, South Korea, 30 miles south of Seoul.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska </P) —
President Johnson headed for
Washington Wednesday with a
buoyant report on his Asian tra
vels and plans to swing quickly
into a political stumping tour
across the United States.
After an overnight stop at An
chorage, blending a homecoming
welcome with a presidential boost
for Democrats, Johnson took off
at 8:36 a.m. Alaska Standard
Time on the final 3,500 miles of
his 31,500-mile Far East trip.
A nationally televised recep
tion awaited the chief execu
tive's scheduled touchdown at 8
p.m. EST, at Washington’s Dulles
International Airport.
And in the offing was another
whirlwind Johnson tour, this time
domestic compaigning for Demo
cratic candidates in next Tues
day’s election. While the White
House withheld official announce
ment, it was understood Johnson
planned tentatively to take off
Friday on a four-day swing
through a dozen or more states.
As for his 17-day visit to seven
Asian and Pacific lands, John
son reported to a breakfast ga
thering Wednesday:
“It has been the most reward
ing, the most thrilling, the most
encouraging journey of my life.
“I believe it might also have
been the most important and the
most historic.”
The one negative item in the
presidential report dealt with
prospects for a peaceful settle
ment in Viet Nam.
Nothing but “the voice of re
newed hostility” from Hanoi
greeted the peace offers from
the allied leaders he met with at
Manila, he said.
“Until that voice changes—
until the Communists realize they
cannot win this war — there will
A&M Semper Fidelis Society
To Observe Marine Birthday
Baird Takes
A T&T Duties
Jack A. Baird, a 1943 electri
cal engineering graduate of Tex
as A&M University, has been
elected engineering vice presi
dent of the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company.
The native of Omaha, Texas
joined Bell Laboratories in 1946
after three years service in the
U. S. Navy. He worked in devel
opment of military radar and
communications systems for sev
eral years. During this time he
earned an MS degree at Stevens
Institute of Technology. He then
returned to A&M, where he
earned the Ph.D. in electrical en
gineering in 1952.
The Texas A&M Chapter of
the Semper Fidelis Society will
celebrates the Marine Corps’ 191st
anniversary with a Birthday Ball
at Wehrman’s Restaurant at 7
p.m. next Thursday.
Dick Carey, president of the
local Semper Fidelis chapter, said
the Nov. 10 program will include
a dinner, a brief address by Ma
rine Maj. W. H. Barnard of Aus
tin and a traditional cake-cutting
ceremony.
Carey said anyone interested in
Marine Corps activities is invited
to attend the ball.
Tickets are $2.50 per person
and may be obtained by contact
ing any of the following repre
sentatives: Carey, Dorm 9-317;
Dick Partridge, Dorm 7-318 or
Bob Handley, Dorm 17-302.
The Semper Fidelis Society is
composed of college and univer
sity students throughout the
country who plan to serve in the
Marine Corps or else have a
definite interest in the activities
of that branch of the service.
Most members of the organiza
tion are seeking commissions in
the Marines and participating in
its PLC officer selection program.
Kyle Field Introduces Boy
To All New Environment
BY PATRICIA HILL
Remember when you were 7
and dear old Dad, who was the
class of (ask mother, she can tell
you), took you to your first Ag
gie football game ?
Such was the case of Junior,
we’ll call him, who sat next to
me at the last meeting of the
gridders at Kyle Field. His fa
ther had obviously told him all
the fantasies that the Corps, or
the school in general, held and
being 7 and full of expectations,
when they became realities to
him everything was even bright
er.
“Now son,” his father began,
“if you’ll look way over yonder,
pretty soon you’ll see the Corps
of Cadets march in. Now watch
closely, because . . . oh, hear that
big drum sounding son ? Here
comes the world’s largest march
ing band.”
“The world’s largest band?”
said Junior. “I thought Texas
had the world’s largest band.”
“Texas?! No, son, all Texas
cares about is having those twist
ing girls and all those cockeyed
flags going in all different di
rections. No, son. THIS band is
a real band! Can you see those
big bass horns, son?”
“Ye-a! Gosh they’re big! How
come they’re so many of ’em
Dad ? ”
“Well, because it just takes
that many horns to balance out
all that noise. That’s a lot of in
struments out there son, how’d
you like to be out there in the
middle of all that?”
“To tell ya the truth I think
it’d be awfully loud. Gosh, I bet
that guy out in the middle has
to plug in his ear plugs to keep
from—hey Dad, they’re all goin’
in different directions out there!”
“Sure they are, son. Why,
when I was in school that used
to be the biggest thing about
goin’ to a football game. Now
all those cadets care about is get
ting their girls down here, and
doin’ a lot of smoochin’ and car-
ryin’ on, and . . . why son, when
I was in school, girls goin’ to
school here just wasn’t even
thought of, much less talked
about!”
At this point I didn’t know
whether to stand up and defend
my position, or sit there quietly,
and soak it all in. I chose to do
the latter. About this time they
brought the quarterbacks and a
few linemen out to start the pre
game workout, and Junior’s eyes
got bigger than saucers!
“Boy, Dad, they sure don’t
have much of a team, do they?”
“Son, you don’t actually be
lieve that that is the whole team,
do you? For . - - . sake son,
they’ve got real depth this year
—real depth.”
As the rest of the team came
out and the War Hymnn was
sung and all was set for the kick
off, Junior became wider eyed
and more snowed by every move.
“Look at that kick, son!, Now
that's a real kick! Why, I have
n’t seen a kick like that si^ice—
well, it’s been a long time, son!”
And I’m sorry to say, that
this statement was the last thing
old Dad had to say for a long
time. About the only comment
he made that I could possibly
repeat, was something he kept
saying to his son about how the
Aggies didn’t always play this
way, and how somebody must’ve
had his head . . . well, you’re Ag
gies, and you know the expres
sion ... to have brought down
two officials (only he really did
n’t have that much respect for
them, and by this time, I have to
admit, neither did I) from SMU.
But nevertheless, Junior went
home with a gleam in his eye. A
gleam cast by all those shiny
Senior boots; just like the ones
he’ll no doubt have on as the
Class of 1981 marches in, to the
sound of that big bass drum.
be no miracle of peace in Viet
Nam.”
In three countries he visited
and which had been the target
of Red assaults in past years —
the Philippines, Malaysia and
South Korea — he said: “Men
are working to build a society of
free and happy people and they
are on the high road to success.”
He said the Manila summit
conference of the seven Viet Nam
war allies could not produce a
peace miracle in the face of
Communist intransigience, but
even so the parley “may yet have
the greatest significance for all
the nations of Asia and the Paci
fic.”
This was because of an emerg
ing spirit of a new Pacific com
munity dedicated to the Manila
conference goals of building peace,
security, freedom and rising liv
ing standards in Asia, he said.
Shortly before his takeoff Tues
day from Seoul, the President was
told about the North Korean Am
bush killing of six GIs along the
Korean truce line. Johnson, who
had visited U. S. troops below
the armistice line only the after
noon before, immediately ordered
an inquiry.
In his arrival remarks here
Tuesday night he said about his
trip:
“We found people who are
dedicated and determined to
stand on their feet. Now the
United States of America has
taken its stand in Asia and the
Pacific. We are fighting tonight
in Viet Nam to make that stand
true and we are going to be suc
cessful."
“And you can put it in your
pipe and smoke it that it is
going to come true,” he said.
Although it was near midnight
and slush-snowing when the
President’s Air Force jetliner
landed at Elmendorf Air Force
Base, five miles from Anchor
age, several thousand Alaskans
braved the time and the climate
to cheer Johnson.
Gov. William A. Egan, U. S.
Sens. E. L. Bartlett and Ernest
Gruening and U. S. Rep. Ralph
J. Rivers, all Democrats from
Alaska, led the welcome and
were rewarded with public pres
idential praise at the airport
and again in Anchorage.
Johnson halted his motorcade
to chat with spectators and
touch outstretched hands along
the way, and again in the city
where a big bonfire had been lit
in celebration. It was well past
midnight before he turned in.
CHARLES J. KOERTH SR.
Memorial Fund
Established By
Physician’s Estate
The Charles John Koerth Sr.
Memorial Scholarship Fund las
been set up at Texas A&M ni-
versity through a $115,085.84 >e-
quest from the late Junction
physician’s estate.
A 1917 A&M graduate, Dr.
Koerth was a physician and med
ical director of the Woodman of
the World War Memorial Hos
pital in San Antonio several
years before it closed in 1956.
Koerth scholarships will be a
spring award to students in vet
erinary medicine and agriculture,
according to Student Aid Director
Robert M. Logan. Dr. koerth
stipulated the scholarships be
awarded on the basis of scholastic
ability and financial need.
He died at Junction last year.