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Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1966
Number 367
North Area Of Campus
‘TAINT SO
| Mickey Batsell’s eye is caught by this sign on a restaurant
| door on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. Upon entering
| he soon found they didn’t speak Texas at all. Why they
1 didn’t even know what he was talkin’ about when he
■ ordered bullneck, sunshine, Popeye, trees, a glass of stud,
I to be topped off by cush. They suggested cold coon and
■ collards and butter milk at room temperature. Oh well.
| Mickey’s from Arizona, anyway.
ptice Weekend
Offers Variety
Blacked Out
Cable Repair Job
To Start Friday
By MARK McNEEL
Houston, the nation’s sixth
largest city, has entertainment
| possibilities in great numbers and
varieties for Aggies this weekend,
! including some of the best places
anywhere for food and for fun.
DINING OUT
In the Houston area, hundreds
of good restaurants provide a full
range of cuisines and dining at
mospheres.
INEXPENSIVE
(Xi) or less for an average couple)
Mike Lewis Chopped Sirloin &
Pancake House, 4009 Bellaire
Blvd., specializes in chopped sir
loin, hamburgers and steaks, and
in a variety of “melt-in-your-
mouth” pancakes. The New Or
leans style “po’ boy" sandwiches
are a favorite. Open Friday and
Saturday nights until 2 a.m.
Alfred’s Restaurant and Deli
catessen, two locations, 2408 Rice
Blvd. and 9123 Stella Link Rd.
Kosher style, home-baked paster-
ies and imported delicacies from
all over the world.
Western Kitchen, three loca
tions, some of the most popular
and most modem barbecue houses
in Houston, offering beef and
pork and huge baked potatoes fill
ed with cheese, bacon chips, chiv
es, and sour cream. Facilities are
spacious, pleasant and modern.
Allbritton’s Cafeteria, four loca
tions, offers a large variety of
foods in a relaxing atmosphere.
Open 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and
4:30 to 8:30 p.m. daily and 11 a.m.
to 8:30 p.m. Sundays.
The Hungry Farmer, 6015
Westheimer. Southern fried chic
ken, steaks, barbecue spareribs
and homemade breads and pies.
Open Monday through Saturday
5 to 11 p.m. and Sundays 11 a.m.
to 11 p.m.
MODERATELY EXPENSIVE
($10 or less for an average couple)
Bill Bennett’s Steak House in
the Sky, 2000 Crawford. Breath
taking view of Houston, offering
steaks, charcoal broiled before
your eyes, from $2.50.
Chez Orleans, 4088 Westheimer,
fresh Gulf seafood and Creole
cuisine. Steaks, fish, oysters and
crab dinners from $2.95. Shrimp
and oyster bar.
Gaido’s, 9200 S. Main. Steaks
and seafood, in comfortable, in
formal surroundings.
Del Monico’s, 3925 Westheimer.
Italian Ravioli, sausages, pizza,
veal parmesan, lasagne, and im
ported Italian red and white
wines. One of Houston’s original
spaghetti houses.
EXPENSIVE
(Over $10 for an average couple)
Ye Old College Inn, 6545 S
Main. “One of the 20 great
restaurants of the world," Paul
Gallico, Esquire Magazine. Fea
turing heavy northern and inter
nationally famous seafood dishes.
Superb wine list.
Maxim’s Restaurant Francais,
corner Milam and Lamar. Hors
D’oeuvres, Onion soup, lobster
bisque, trout marguery, Red
Snapper amandine, and more, all
in a comfortable and soothing
atmosphere.
Swiss Chalet, 511 S Post Oak
Rd. at Woodway. Alpine setting,
with Swiss specialist such as beef
burguignonne, Fondue Neufchatel
(See Rice, Page 6)
BLACKOUT AREA
Roughly outlined is the Area of the Texas Dormitory 13, Northgate Post Office, Leg-
A&M Blackout. Buildings to be affected gett, Milner, Mitchell, Law, and Puryear
are: Sbisa dining hall, YMCA building, dormitories.
ASC Students ‘Threaten’
Aggie Bonfire Record...
(Editor’s note: the following
story, reprinted in its entirety,
appeared in yesterday’s edition
of the Dallas Times-Herald.)
The Rebels of Arlington State
College would like to outbum the
Texas Aggies this week — but
they’ll need a crane to do it.
Object of all the work on the
ASC campus is the homecoming
bonfire, which will be ignited at
7 p.m. Thursday. The spirit
group supervising the bonfire
preparations have one thing in
mind: to make this pyre go high
er than the Aggies ever have.
“We understand the Aggies
hold the record of 101 feet,” said
Glenn Wallace, Houston sopho
more who is president of the
Rebel Rousers. “We could give
that a good run if we had a
crane."
“But we’ve spent all the avail
able money,” he added, “and a
big crane rents for as much as
$75 an hour. If we don’t get the
crane, the bonfire will barely
make 30 feet.”
The Rebel Rousers thought
they were making progress until
last week-end. Then the supply
of wood stopped and someone
tried to sabotage the pile.
“The fire marshal told us ‘No
more wood—stop!”’ Wallace re
lated. “He said it covers too
large an area. Right now it cov
ers a circle of about 40 yards
Placement Director Urges
Immediate Job Interviews
BY CHARLES ROWTON
W. R. Horsley, director of the
Placement Office, told the Society
for the Advancement of Manage
ment Tuesday that anyone who
is going to graduate this year
should start interviewing for jobs
immediately.
“Interviews are simply an ex
change of information,” he said.
They allow both sides to look at
the other. However, every attempt
should be made to impress the
interviewer. This can be done
by wearing neat, conservative
clothes, being well-groomed, and
having a friendly handshake.
Horsley expressed the opinion
that 80 to 90 per cent of the
people who graduate do not know
what they want to do. He urged
these people to dtf a little soul-
searching and to be willing to
explore various fields.
Certain questions must be
answered before making a de
cision. Some of these are: do you
-have a clear idea of present
trends in the field? Do you know
the most important employers in
the field? For whom and with
whom would you work? What are
the living and working conditions
in the area where you would be
working?
Besides finding answers to these
questions, Horsley suggested that
students use the reference ma
terials available from the Place
ment Office and consult with
their professors, family, friends,
and private employment agencies.
He stressed, however, that once
one is in the interview he is on
his own and has to sell himself
on his own.
Preparation of a functional
resume is also important. This
is a statement of what one thinks
he wants to do and why he be
lieves he is qualified to do this.
The resume is designed to attract
the attention of the person with a
job to offer.
Students who plan to go into
the armed forces upon graduation
should not neglect to have inter
views even though they will not
be available for work for several
years. Horsley reported that
many firms hire graduates to
work until they are inducted and
have the employee’s job waiting
for him upon his discharge.
Another service of the Place
ment Office is that former stu
dents of Texas A&M can return
any time and receive help in find
ing a job. This is especially use
ful to the student who enters the
military before he gets his first
job as a civilian.
and is 15 feet high.
“We could have doubled the
piles Friday night. Five clubs
had all-night rallies scheduled.”
THEN SUNDAY, as a con
struction firm bulldozed the bon
fire into a more compact area,
Wallace and his companions
heard a loud “Poooom.”
“The sky was full of black
smoke and the other side of the
pile was in flames,” Wallace said.
“But the bulldozer driver brought
it around and just cut out the
burning part. It saved the bon
fire, for sure.”
Wallace said he saw several
boys driving away in a red jeep.
Then several minutes later, a
group of students in a sports car
pulled up, Wallace said, “and
they shouted that they’d get it
better the next time.” Wallace
said the car bore Texas A&M
decals.
The woodpile is still guarded
★ ★ ★
...As Tomberlain
Tells More Plans
For ’66 Bonfire
The largest Thanksgiving Bon
fire ever is the goal set for this
year, announced Pat Tomberlain,
head of transportation and heavy
equipment for the annual blaze.
“This year we should have the
biggest bonfire ever in the his
tory of Texas A&M,” commented
Tomberlain. “Even at this early
date there is an extraordinary
amount of interest in it.”
Tomberlain said that due to an
early start on bonfire prepara
tions and “excellent” cooperation
with the Bonfire Committee,
breakthroughs have been made
in the obtaining of heavy trucks
used to haul logs, workers and
equipment.
“During the past two weeks I
have contacted the leaders of
every outfit in the Corps,” said
Tomberlain, “and I have received
the greatest of cooperation from
the cadets, their parents and
summer employers in the pro
curement of equipment.”
“We will use the crane from
the Heavy Equipment School
which we used last year, and
Mr. Jack Roll of Albritton Engi
neering Corp. has offered us the
use of Albritton’s largest crane.”
Safety is being stressed this
year, according to Tomberlain.
“We hope to build this bonfire
With fewer rtuittbet- of accidents
than ever before,” he said.
around the clock, Wallace said,
and there have been no more
raids. But the Rebel Rousers
figure if they don’t get their bon
fire more than 30 feet up, the
Aggies won’t even bother.
The Rebels will play Arkansas
State at 7 p.m. Saturday in their
annual homecoming football
game.
SCONA XII Plans
To Be Discussed
In MSC Tonight
Preparations will begin in
earnest for the twelfth Student
Conference on National Affairs
tonight at 7:30.
The work will take place in the
Assembly Room of the Memorial
Student Center.
“As the conference draws near,”
SCONA Chairman C. R. “Bob”
Heaton said, “it is imperative
that all members be working
within their committees to insure
the smooth functioning of our con
ference.”
This will be one of the last
opportunities for those who wish
to participate on SCONA XII to
join.
BY MIKE PLAKE
Repairs on a main electric
feeder cable will force the clos
ing of Sbisa dining hall all day
Saturday and for breakfast Sun
day.
“Duncan dining hall will be
serving meals to all authorized
students in the meantime,” Colo
nel Fred Dollar, director of food
services at A&M, explained.
Bennie A. Zinn, Director of
student affairs, released informa
tion on the conditions of the
shutdown Wednesday.
“Power will not be available in
several buildings on campus.
These include the YMCA build
ing, Sbisa dining hall, Law, Pur
year, Mitchell, Legget, and Mil
ner Halls, and Dormitory 13,”
he noted.
Area lions Clubs
Open Competition
For Teenagers
Youth of the Bryan-College
Station area have been given a
challenge by the local Lions Clubs
to develop a plan for world peace
—a challenge that could earn one
of them $25,000.
The Bryan Lions Club and the
Bryan-College Station Evening
Lions Club, together with Lions
Clubs throughout the world, are
sponsoring a world-wide essay
contest for youth on the most im
portant world subject today—
peace.
The contest offers $50,000 in
total awards, including a $25,000
first prize, eight semi-final world
regional awards of $1,000 each
and travel expenses for the eight
winners to Chicago in July. At
that time, the first prize winner
will be chosen from the eight.
Also, more than 20,000 local, dis
trict and multiple district awards
will be made.
Judging of contest entries will
fall into four categories: 75 per
cent of the essay’s points will be
devoted to content, 10 per cent to
organization, 10 per cent to style
and 5 per cent to mechanics
(grammatical construction).
Entries should be submitted in
essay form, not to exceed 5,000
words. The age limit for the con
test includes youth 14 to 22, as
of January 15, 1967. All entries
must be submitted at the local
club level. Deadline for submis
sion of entries is December 10.
The North Gate post office
was later added to the list.
Charles Skillman, assistant di
rector in the maintenance and
utilities department division of
the A&M physical plant, ex
plained the reason for the re
pairs.
“Work will begin at midnight
Friday, and, hopefully, will be
completed at the same time Sat
urday,” Skillman said. There
was a possibility of waiting until
the Thanksgiving holidays, but
conditions now are such that it
would be best to go ahead and
complete the repairs this week
end.
“Waiting any longer could re
sult in serious damage to facili
ties at the dormitories, as well as
the cooking equipment in the
dining hall,” he added.
“If the ground pressures on
the underground tunnel that
houses the circuit would shift, it
could make several transformers
explode along the circuit, and
cause electrical damages that
would take a tremendous amount
of time and money to repair,”
Skillman noted.
“What we are doing now,” he
added, “is simply practicing pre
ventive maintenance.”
Side effects of the lack of elec
tricity in the dorms may be not
ed almost as much as the loss of
power itself. All the dormitories
included on the blackout list will
be without lights, hot water, and
radiator heat for the time men
tioned.
There will be water pressure,
but the pumps that push the
heated water through the pipes
will not be working. As a result,
cold shaves and showers will be
necessary.
This weekend was chosen be
cause of the large percentage of
students predicted to attend the
Rice-A&M football game, Zinn
reported.
“We believe this because of the
large number in our student body
that come from the Houston
area,” he said.
“The housing office will be
open 24 hours just as always,”
he added. “We have borrowed a
Coleman lantern, as we will be
just as much in the dark as ev
eryone else. However, we do
hope to continue telephone serv
ice through auxiliary power.”
He said more auxiliary power
sources are available, but were
saved for emergency use by the
A&M hospital. He stressed that
the facilities of the hospital and
places other than those on the
blackout list will not be affected.
WARMING UP
From left to right—Aggie cross countrymen left) Robert Vaughan, Janies Thurmond, Ed
prepare for a five-mile workout—(from Vezey, John Heffner. See story Page 8.