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Interception, Punt Return Lift SMU Over Ags See Story Page 4 Che Battalion Volume 61 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1966 Number 365 Kathi Austin Presented Sweetheart TWU Girl Pinned In Cotton Bowl THE BAND LEADS ON The Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band leads the morning before the game with SMU. The parade through downtown Dallas Saturday parade consisted of more than 3,000 Aggies. Senate Shorts by BARNEY FUDGE A pass interception and a punt, which was run back so far and fast that it was hard to watch the whole trip, spelled disaster last weekend. The Aggies played good ball; we just didn’t get the good breaks. ★ ★ ★ THERE WERE A few success ful things happening as the activ ities progressed, though — one being the very enjoyable halftime ceremonies. The new Aggie Sweetheart was officially pre sented to the student body. My, what a pleasant task. A run at a new record was attempted, but we forgot to time the presenta tion kiss so no one knows whether a new plateau was reached. ★ ★ ★ THE TURNOUT at the party was much better than what was expected. It was a bit crowded, but most of the people seemed to be having a good time. ★ ★ ★ THE SENATE is attempting to revive an old tradition — the Twelfth Man Bowl. There is seemingly quite an interest in the game, which would again pit the Corps Valiants against the Civil ian Knights. It would give every one a chance at a small piece of “Pigskin Glory.” It would also provide money for a scholarship fund that would benefit our university in its quest for foot ball talent. You never can tell when the next John David Crow will suddenly gallop out of the sky, either. ‘Education Dean Tells Vital, ’ YMCA It is very important for women who live in the knowledge explo sion of today to have a good edu cation. This was the observation of Mrs. Velma McDermett, dean of women at Sam Houston State College, as she presented “The Changing Role of Women” be fore the regular meeting of the YMCA last night. “We are living in a challenging area and in a challenging time,” she said. “There is a wide range of vocations which women might enter with the technological ad vances which are being made to day. A&M Directories On Sale For $1 The Student-Staff Directory for 1966-67 is now on sale in the Student Publications Office, in the basement of the YMCA build ing. The 220-page directory, which sells for $1, has sets of pink, blue, and yellow pages in addition to the white pages listing students’ addresses. The directories will be distrib uted to the Exchange Store and Shaffer’s Book Store, in addition to the Student Publications Of fice, and will remain on sale as long as the supply lasts. She said there were five things a woman should keep in mind as she worked to take her place in society. “The first of these is examine yourself. Ask yourself what you are doing and where you are go ing,” she said. Second, do not deceive yourself. “It’s a big temptation to make excuses and rationalize,” she said. Thirdly, you should respect yourself so that others will re spect you. “Control is important because nobody can live successfully with himself unless he can control him self,” Mrs. McDermett said. The last and probably the most important thing is to sublimate your own needs to the needs of humanity. “Service is the rent you pay for your room in the world,” she said. New “Van Cliburn” Performs In Town Hall Concert James Dick, a young pianist who already is being compared to Van"CHbUrn, will be featured in a Nov. 13 concert at the Bryan Civic Auditorium. Dick, a 24-year old graduate student at the University of Tex as, will be the first performer in the 1966-67 Texas A&M Memo rial Student Center Town Hall Committee’s “Music for a Sun day Afternoon” series. The fast-rising pianist was a finalist in this year’s piano com petition in Bolzano, Italy, and also at the recent Leventritt com petition. He has appeared with the Birmingham, Houston, Aus- tin and San'- Antonio symphony orchestras. DICK IS PREPARING for the Tchaikovsky competition in Mos cow in June. He will play the Tchaikovsky concerto and the Beethoven G Major concerto in the finals of the month-long com petition if he advances through two preliminary rounds. The pianist is pursuing a mas ter’s degree at Texas, where his piano work is guided by Dalies Frantz. He earned a bachelor’s degree in piano earlier from UT while on a Fulbright Fellowship. Press critiques of Dick’s per formances have been highly com plimentary. The Birmingham Post-Herald critic wrote, “The temptation to compare Van Cli burn and young James Dick is inviting.” TASS, THE official Russian news agency, called Dick “a ma ture and poetically-inclined musi cian who combined strong indi viduality and fantasy , with confi dent technique.” “He displayed strength as well as finesse . . . this was a per formance which suggested an as sured and seasoned artist,” noted the London Times. Tickets are available at the MSC Student Program Office. A&M students will be admitted on activity cards. Season tickets for Town Hall also are valid. BY JERRY GRISHAM Kathleen Austin followed in a succession of about 50 Aggie Sweethearts chosen from Texas Woman’s University as she was introduced officially as the 1966- 67 Sweetheart to the A&M stu dent body Saturday. During the half time of the Aggie-SMU football game at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, the brown eyed beauty from Dallas, a sen ior nursing student, was escorted to the center of the gridiron by Eddie Joe Davis, Corps com mander. As she reached the middle of the field, the Texas Aggie Band spelled out “KATHLEEN,” in block letters stretching almost the entire length of the playing area. THE CROWD OF 40,000 watched as Cheri Holland, escort ed by Griff Venator, vice-presi dent of the Civilian Student Council, accompanied Kathi and made her last official appearance as the 1965-66 Aggie Sweetheart. Venator presented Kathi with a bouquet of red roses. Barney Fudge, president of the Student Senate, then sealed the cere monies with a kiss—and what a kiss! For close to a minute the Ag gie senior impressed upon Miss Austin the feelings of all the Aggies. Photographers were giv en ample time to preserve the moment on film. For many years, the Aggie Sweetheart was almost an honor 1" ‘ ‘ title only. Kathi Austin will not find this to be the case as she assumes the duties this year of official representative of Texas A&M throughout the state and nation. SHE WILL TRAVEL hundreds of miles each month as she at tends A&M football and basket ball games, dances, class func tions, conventions and reviews. It has been only within the past six years that the Sweetheart has come to know “her men.” Earlier Kathi was presented with a Texas A&M pennant and a bulletin board to display the souvenirs she will receive throughout the year as she rep resents the Aggies. She also re ceived a replica of Old Sarge. KATHI IS AN attractive bru nette. The 20-year-old daughter of Mrs. Earline Austin of Dallas stands 5-3 and measures 32-24-34. Kathi typifies the Aggie Sweethearts throughout the years. They have always been lovely and charming representa tives for both Texas A&M and TWU. The Aggie Sweethearts have always given students of both schools reason for pride and ad miration for the girls and the position which they hold. THE TRADITIONAL KISS Miss Kathleen Austin, 1966-67 Aggie Sweetheart, receives the traditional kiss from Student Body President Barney Fudge during halftime ceremonies in Dallas that officially presented Miss Austin to the student body. Disclose ‘Normal’ Tests LBJ For Surgery Cronk Wins Third Place In Annual Design Contest Two Delegates Will Attend SCUSA Meet Two Texas A&M delegates and an alternate to the Student Con ference on United States Affairs at West Point have been appoint ed by Dean of Students James P. Hannigan. Henry G. Cisneros of San An tonio and Carl V. Feducia of Shreveport, La., are A&M’s dele gates. Alternate is Donald B. McCrory of College Station. All three junior students are affiliated with Texas A&M’s Stu dent Conference on National Af fairs, modeled after SCUSA. The West Point conference is scheduled Nov. 30-Dec. 3. Theme of the 18th annual SCUSA meet ing is the “Atlantic Crisis.” Cisneros, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Cisneros, 2906 Monter rey, San Antonio, is an English major. He is a member of the Ross Volunteers, a sergeant- major in the Corps of Cadets and a member of the Aggie Band. He was named the outstanding sopho more in the White Band last year and was “best-drilled” freshman. Feducia, a mechanical engineer ing major, is a distinguished stu dent and member of the Ross Volunteers and the Polaris Coun cil. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Feducia, 3550 Judson, Shreveport. McCrory, an architecture ma jor, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey E. McCrory, 704 Persh ing, College Station. He is a dis tinguished student and a member of the Design Students Society. Andrew C. Cronk of Bryan, fifth year architecture student at Texas A&M, won third place and $100 in a Featherlite Corp. design competition at the university. The annual competition was based on requirements and design of a regional center for physical and mental rehabilitation adapted to the Bryan-College Station area, revealed Cecil W. Steward, assistant professor of architec ture. A specific program of require ments and design were developed by the School of Architecture for the Featherlite-funded competi tion. It was conducted in Stew ard’s fourth-year design class. Cronk is son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Cronk, 727 North Rosemary and a graduate of Stephen F. Austin High School. His father is head of A&M’s Aerospace En gineering Department. TEES To Host Security Seminar For Retail Stores A retail stores security seminar is scheduled Nov. 14-16 at Texas A&M University by the Engineer ing Extension Service Police Training Division. Wallace Beasley, police training coordinator for TEES, said par ticipants will include store secur ity personnel, managers, check cashing personnel, supervisors and bankers. Co-sponsor is the American Society for Industrial Security. The seminar provides knowl edge and techniques which allow retail store security and super visory personnel to cope with theft and crime problems which deprive business of greater profits. Beasley noted that businesses in the United States lose up to $1 billion annually from theft and other crimes, and another billion in fire losses. Seminar topics include shop lifting, internal theft and pilfer age, check cashing and collection, burglary and robbery prevention, and fire prevention and safety. Other winners in the competi tion were Robert J. Billington of Omaha, Nebr., ($175) and Robert B. Hunter of Floresville ($125). Roland L. Cortez of San An tonio is to be named for a $600 Monarch Tile Co. scholarship at a Texas Society of Architects award luncheon in Fort Worth Friday. Richards Better Hugh M. Richards, injured in an automobile accident Oct. 26, is reported in good condi tion. Reports say that he is now able to move around and is hoping to see many of his friends. Richards, 21, senior mathe matics major from Dallas, was seriously injured in a one-car accident on Farm Road 60 and the Easterwood turnoff. SAN ANTONIO, Tex. UP) — President Johnson, announcing that he’ll probably be operated on Friday, reported Monday after getting routine pre surgery tests that “everything they found was normal.” Johnson spent more than an hour and a half at Brooke Army Medical Center here, taking the tests and inspecting the main hos pital building’s presidential suite. Chatting with newsmen after ward, he said he would have his dual operation “Friday or Tues day — very likely Friday.” The President said he will talk Tuesday to members of the medi cal team that will perform the surgery and that the time and place of the twin operations would be determined then. He is expected to be operated on here. Meeting with reporters in his seventh floor hospital suite, Johnson said doctors found his blood pressure well within the normal range, that an electro cardiogram was normal and that “everything they found was normal.” He reported that about a doz en Xrays had been made of his stomach and abdomen and that his nose and throat had been examined. The chief executive left the hospital promising to vote early in Tuesday’s off-year election — “When I wake up.” Smiling and looking rested, he said he felt fine. The President flew directly to the grounds of the Brooke Army Medical Center by helicopter from the south Texas town oi Cotulla, where he delivered an election-eve speech on the glories of education. The President spoke in the barn-like auditorium of the 200- pupil Welheusen School, an old red brick structure where he served as principal, teacher, base ball coach and assistant janitor 38 years ago. Johnson, who hopes to be oper-! ated on here later this week or early next week, made no effort during his Cotulla speech to fav or his throat, from which doctors will remove a polyp, or small growth. He spoke forcefully — if a bit huskily — as he boasted that “last year your national govern ment pledged billions of new dol lars to help improve your schools and schools all over America.” Surgeons also will repair an abdominal hernia that developed at the incision site of Johnson’s 1965 gall bladder-kidney stone operation. To ease the discomfort from this defect, Johnson wore an ab dominal support when he checked into Brooke for a half hour or so of tests. HARGETT PUSHES AHEAD Quarterback Ed Hargett pushes his way for- ward during last Saturday’s clash with SMU.