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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.