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Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1966
Number 364
Postal
Office
Honored
Congressman Olin E. Teague
will present a special “Citation
of Merit” for outstanding cooper
ation in President Johnson’s Na
tural Beauty Program to College
Station and its postal employees
at ceremonies to be held at the
National Association of Post
masters district meeting Satur
day, Postmaster Ernest Gregg an
nounced today.
Postmaster Gregg and others
who helped in the beautification
effort will accept the award on
behalf of all citizens of College
Station.
The citation is awarded after
the postal facility has received
a superior rating in a very rigid
inspection by postal officials from
regional headquarters and review
ed carefully by Tyler Abell, as
sistant postmaster general for
facilities.
“The emphasis on beautifica
tion should make our post office
a more pleasant place for our
customers to visit and do busi
ness,” Postmaster Gregg said
“It should be emphasized that
our project was done to enhance
the appearance of our city and
we hope that others in the com
munity will be encouraged to
make College Station more attrac
tive.”
Aggies Head North
SMI Weekend
GUNG-HO COED
Not only did the Corps Fish don their spurs in prepar
ation for the SMU frame, a coed was also spotted wearing
the jingling ornaments. Asked why, she said “she had
to” or would be “kicked out of (would you believe) the
Karate Club.”
Shafer Presents Talk On Ethics
And Morals For Apollo Club Meet
By BOB BORDERS
Batt Staff Writer
What is important today is not
whether our morals have changed
Aggie Water Polo
Team Sinks Army
By MIKE PLAKE
Batt Staff Writer
Imagine a sound — glub, glub,
glub.
Now imagine men from one of
our finest Army centers making
that sound — glub, glub, glub.
And so it was that the Ft. Sam
Houston Rangers made these
sounds and many others while
they tried in a vain attempt to
stop the deluge of points flow
ing to them from the Texas Ag
gie water polo team.
The Ags won last Sunday after
noon, 35-4.
Twelve “farmers” averaged two
points per man. Three “Rang
ers” averaged 1.3 points per man.
The Texas A&M starting line
up was: Tom Holder, left for
ward; Bill Harriman, center for
ward; Jim Hooton, right for
ward; John Sidman, left back;
Mike Ottner, center back; Jerry
Keating, right back; and David
George, goalie.
Defending a lifetime record of
8? wins, 11 losses, and one tie,
the Aggies scored throughout the
game, never limiting themselves
to a good or bad quarter.
However, the Rangers found
themselves somewhat bottled up.
They squeezed in two points in
the first two quarters, two points
in the third, and none in the last
period.
Coach Arthur D. Adamson, a
professor at A&M in the Health
and Physical Education depart
ment, expressed his satisfaction
with the victory last Sunday.
“We did pretty well, scoring
from most any position and loca
tion in the pool.”
“However, we do have one big
question mark concerning the
team.
“We have no goal specialist —
goalie. And that’s just like a
baseball team with no catcher,
or a football team with no safety.
“We can’t tell too much about
future victories until we fill that
position,” he concluded.
Coach Adamson has lead the
Aggie water polo team since 1934.
With him at the helm, Texas A&M
has been crowned champion by
the Gulf Amateur Athletic Union
in 1934 and the Junior National
A.A.U. in 1939 and 1964. In
addition, the team placed sixth
in Senior National A.A.U. com
petition last year.
Biologists say man is primarily
a land animal. Texas A&M will
attempt to alter that definition
against Texas University Friday
in two games.
The “B” team plays at 7 p.m.;
the varsity plays 45 minute later.
Let those foolish ones who care
to compete against the Aggies
speak softly, and carry big frog-
feet.
Two Aggies fight for possession of the ball during a
practice session of the water polo team at the Texas
A&M Natatorium.
for the worse over the past few
years, but rather what we think
about them.
This was the theme of the
second Apollo Club lecture last
night in the Memorial Student
Center by Dr. Carl E. Shafer,
assistant professor of Agricul
tural Economics and Sociology.
In his lecture, “Current Morals
and Old-Tyme Ethics,” Shafer
discussed the different choices a
person can make as to how he
uses his life and what his basic
values will be.
“The thing that impresses me
most is today’s student’s honesty,”
Shafer said. “Morality today is
not inferior to that of yesterday.”
Shafer asked the audience to
assume the moral level has
dropped. If this is so, there may
be two reasons.
The first reason is affluence.
Work is becoming less and less
of a necessity, and leisure is
occupying more of a person’s
time.
The second reason is seculari
zation of today’s society. Every
body is moving to the ctiy, and
therefore leaving an area where
the church had not given sex edu
cation, and has not taken a stand
on the race question or the pov
erty problem.
‘The church is only beginning
to speak out and take a stand on
the issues that are important to
young people today,” Shafer said.
“Young people say the church is
not relevant.”
He said the so-called new
morality asks two questions:
What am I, and how can I be
myself.
In answer to the first question,
a person may take his pick from
three broad alternatives.
The first of these is nihilism.
People who have this philosophy
believe the world is there for you,
and you make your own morality,
since there are no set standards.
The second alternative is secu
larism. According to Shafer the
chief proponent of this theory is
Playboy magazine. He said the
magazine tries to convey the idea
that people are things, and you
should use them for your own
personal ends.
He said the magazine is thing-
oriented. In other words, the
things that matter are what kind
of car you drive and what kind
of clothes you wear.
The last alternative is Chris
tianity. This way is chosen by
young people who do not see the
church as something to limit their
freedom, but rather as something
which gives real spiritual free
dom, Shafer said.
He said our concern shouldn’t
be with morals, but instead with
inner values.
“The new morality advocates a
God-like man operating on a love
basis with other people,” Shafer
concluded.
CADETS LEAVE FOR BIG D
The Singing Cadets left Thursday for Dallas where they
will perform for the Miss Teen-age America Contest.
Dr. Hans Selye to Present
University Lecture Tonight
A Canadian Experimental Med
icine and Surgery Institute direc
tor will speak at Texas A&M
University Friday.
Dr. Hans Selye will speak on
“Stress and the Concept of Pluri-
causal Diseases” at 8 p.m. in the
Memorial Student Center ball
room, announced Academic Vice
President Dr. Wayne C. Hall.
Dr. Selye, director of the Uni-
versite de Montreal Institute, has
been awarded numerous honors
for contributions in life sciences.
Study of stress effects on human
body functions is his primary re
search concern.
The Vienna-born physician
studied in Paris and Rome before
earning his medical degree and
Ph.D. at Prague. He served on
the faculties of German Uni
versity, Prague, Johns Hopkins
and McGill. Among Dr. Selye’s
honors and awards are the 1948
Gordon Wilson Medal, Medal of
the Accademia Medico Fisica
Fiorentina and the Heberden
Medal.
He is the author of numerous
medical books and is member of
the Royal Society of Canada and
the New York Academy of Sci
ence.
Weather Forecast
North Central and North
east Texas: Fair Friday and
Saturday. Warmer Friday.
Cooler Saturday. High Fri
day 66 to 76. Low Friday
night 42 to 50.
What’d He Say?
•r
Here’s A Guess
Last Saturday night, immedi
ately following the game, Coach
Gene Stallings of A&M and Coach
Frank Broyles of Arkansas met
in the center of Kyle Field for
the customary post-game hand
shake.
What words were exchanged
between the two is not known, but
many students ventured a guess
Normal Workday
For A&M Tuesday
Texas A&M President Earl
Rudder has announced that Tues
day will be a normal workday for
university personnel, but he said
everyone will have ample oppor
tunity to vote in the general elec
tions.
“Since we live in a smaller com
munity where it is easier to vote,
there should be no difficulty get
ting to the polls during the es
tablished times from 8 a.m. until
7 p.m.,” Rudder said.
He stressed, however, that su
pervisory personnel are author
ized' to make voting time available
to any employee whose work
schedule would not otherwise al
low him to go to the polls.
In urging university personnel
to vote, Rudder said it is not only
a privilege to do so, but also a
responsibility. But he also pointed
out that the educational job at
A&M is too big and important to
close down for even a half-day.
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as to what the accompanying pic
ture could imaginatively suggest.
Students gave their opinions in
the form of the following cap
tions :
John Hotard—“You dirty rat,
you didn’t have to stomp us 34
to 0!”
Patricia Hill—“Listen, I cried
through the entire game.”
Jack Boggan—“Look, the least
you can do is buy a hundred Bon
fire Bonanzas.”
Lee Moreno—“Gee, I’m at a loss
for words.”
John Menger—“I told you to
keep your hands out of my
pockets.”
Steve Fambrough—“Oh yes,
Moorman did out - perform
Philips!”
Fish McKenty—“How much did
you pay the refs?”
Gary Sherer—“Why didn’t your
shirt tail come out this game?”
Mark McNeel—“Good scrim
mage, huh.”
Mike Plake—“Man, you sure
did beat the socks off us.”
David House—“How did you
like our third string?”
Pat Roach—“Hold it Frank, I
was just kiddin’.”
Kerry Barnes — “You really
have a great band, Frank.”
John Fritz—“I thought we’d al
ready settled on a price.”
Frank Muegge—“That’s okay
Frank, you don’t owe me a thing.”
Glen Walton—“What are you
mad about? You won!”
David Moltz—“Hum, pigskin.”
John Mincher—“All right, you
won the bet.”
By MIKE PLAKE
Batt Staff Writer
Football weekend.
But that’s not the only thing
dealing with Aggies in the next
three days and nights.
The singing Cadets left at 1
p.m. yesterday to help out the
Miss Teenage America pageant
in Dallas. No doubt they will
again turn out on national tele
vision, and no doubt they will
again grace its sound systems by
means of 64 strong, male Aggie
voices. Aggies are like that —
always willing to lend a help
ing hand, and get on national
television in a million living
rooms.
But now back to the campus.
Starting at 7 p.m., the wet
backs of A&M — i.e., the water
polo team — will pit its “B” team
against the T.U. ’Homs.
After about 45 minutes of
good, vigorous water fighting, the
“A” team will enter the bout.
The Aggies have lost 11 games
over the last thirty years. T.U.
has just learned to swim. You
figure the odds.
The Friday evening events con
glomerate in the form of the
“Tessie Kickoff” dance. The
kicking begins at 8 p.m. in the
Student Union building and the
old Gymnasium at, of, course,
good old T.W.U.
Cheri Holland, former Aggie
Sweetheart, informed the Aggies
in an open letter yesterday that
“there will be a go-go band, Ag
gie spirit, and lots of fun.”
And she goes on and on to
say:
“What to wear? You will be
most comfortable in . . . clothes.”
Seriously, thanks, Miss Holland
— I’m sure TWU will not be void
of the presence of the Aggie
spirit, as well as the Aggies.
Next on the agenda, at 10 a.m.
Saturday, the 3,000 strong Corps
of Cadets from Texas A&M will
permeate the main streets of
Dallas. Enjoy, enjoy, Ags. The
non-regs will be watching, but
this time as comrades.
Then at 10:30 a.m. across town
at White Rock Lake, the Aggie
cross country team will run again
st SMU’s ponies for three miles.
The Aggie footmen have been
preparing earnestly for this con
test, working out in the rough
Brazos County river bottoms at
distances up to 18 miles a day.
In addition, they have the same
record in Southwest Conference
as the football team — 3 wins, 1
loss.
In my inherently predjudiced
way, I think the Aggies will cause
the ponies to resemble their long
eared relatives.
Last but not least — yes, it
is a cliche, but this is a football
weekend — comes the crowning
of the new Aggie sweetheart.
Kathleen Austin, from Dallas,
will be given the honor during
halftime. She will then begin
her official reign.
. . . This may be the last item
on the list of events for this
weekend. Granted.
But don’t make the silly mis
take of thinking it’s the least.
The Fighting Texas Aggie foot
ball team will meet head-on,
hoping to knock some heads off,
at SMU. This will not just be
a tough football game. It can
spell yay or nay for the Aggies
in Southwest Conference this year.
And the Aggies are not going
to be helped by a bunch of two-
percenters who go to the game
out of drudgery or under express
command.
The Aggies will be boosted by
the Aggies — spelled FIGHTING
A-G-G-I-E-S. This is a chance
to “stand united for that Aggie
team.”
It is a chance to again demon
strate the pride of being a part
of a spirit that never lets up, and
never lets any of its people down.
Count this prejudice, if you
will. It is.
BA School Prof
Publishes Study
Dr. Leonard R. Burgess, asso
ciate professor in the School of
Business Administration, recently
had published a research article
on small business firms in Texas,
according to Dr. William A. Luk-
er, director of business analysis
and research.
The article, “Small Firm
Fringe Benefits,” appeared in the
fall 1966 edition of “Business
Studies,” published by North
Texas State University. It was
based on a survey during the
spring.
THE DANGLING CONVERSATION
Coach Stallings and Arkansas’ Frank Broyles meet after
the Aggies were outscored 34-0. What do coaches say
in this customary meeting? See story.