FIRST PLACE WINNER
Leo Hernandez gives an interpretive reading of “God’s
Creation” to win first place in the Aggie Talent Show
Thursday night. He will represent A&M in the 1966 Inter
collegiate Talent Show on Military Weekend.
Leo Hernandez
Tops In Talent
By JERRY GRISHAM
Leon Hernandez was awarded
first prize in the Aggie Talent
Show Thursday night in Guion
Hall and will represent Texas
A&M in the Intercollegiate Talent
Show on Military Weekend.
Hernandez captured the top
spot with his dramatic interpre
tive reading of “God’s Creation’’
by James Weldon Johnson.
Besides the right to represent
A&M in the intercollegiate show,
Hernandez was awarded $25 in
cash, a $10 gift certificate from
the Varsity Shop and accommo
dations at the Ramada Inn on
Military Weekend.
Travel-Minded
Search Underway
By MSC Council
A travel-oriented student with
some spare time on his hands is
the object of a search by Steven
Gummer, president of the Mem
orial Student Center council and
directorate.
Gummer is seeking a chairman
to head the MSC travel commit
tee for the remainder of the
year.
“We need someone to handle
arrangements for a Christmas
charter flight to Washington,”
Gummer noted. The student
would also coordinate summer
programs — the Experiment in
International Living, Operations
Crossroads Africa and Europe on
$5 a Day—and a summer charter
flight.”
Second prize of $15 went to the
Bob and Larry Duo composed of
Bob Robinson and Larry Lude-
wig. The two sang American folk
songs.
Larry Lehmann and Donna
Files tied for third and both were
awarded $5 each. Lehmann
played a medley of songs and one
of his own compositions on the
12-string electric guitar and Miss
Files sang to the acompaniment
of a stage combo.
Miss Teri Teague of Fort
Worth’s Casa Manana was guest
performer Thursday night. She
delighted the audience with her
vocal arrangement of “Make
Someone Happy” and an original
dance number to “Fan Fan Fan
ny” from the broadway produc
tion “Flower Drum Song.”
Also participating in the com
petition were Charles Collins,
balladier; Charles Terry, pop
pianist, and Mark Satterwhite,
pianist.
The featured performers at the
Talent Show were the Singing
Cadets. The Cadets sang “The
Girl From Ipanema” and “There’s
Nothing Like a Dame.”
Host for the evening’s perform
ance was Don Janacek, sports
director of KBTX-TV of Bryan.
Judges of the competition were
Fern Hamman of KBTX’s tele
vision show, “Town Talk”; Jo
anne Smerdon, fashions and pho
tographers model; Walter Keith,
choral director of the Bryan-
College Station community pres
entation, Hadel’s “Messiah”; Bill
Schulman, local theater chain
manager, and Dr. Richard J.
Baldauf, professor at Texas
A&M.
s Water For Texas 9
Meet Set Here
State and national authorities
on water use and conservation
will meet here Monday and Tues
day for the Eleventh annual
Water for Texas Conference.
Dr. Ernest T. Smerdon, direc
tor of A&M’s Water Resources
Institute which conducts the con
ference, said some of the main
speakers are F. M. Middleton,
chief of the Advanced Waste
Treatment Group of the Robert
A. Taft Sanitary Engineering
Center at Cincinnati, Ohio, and
Dr. Charles Renn of the John
Hopkins University Sanitary En
gineering and Water Resources
Department.
Two others are Robert M. Ingle
of the Florida Board of Conser
vation Division of Salt Water
Fisheries, and Dr. Wilbur R.
Maki of the Iowa State Univer
sity Economics Department.
MIDDLETON WILL TALK on
“Complete Reuse of Water” and
Holiday Service
Set For Monday
A Thanksgiving service will be
held in the All Faiths Chapel at
approximately 8 p.m. Monday.
The message will be brought by
Rev. Ron Birk of the Our Savior’s
Lutheran Student Center and
special music will be presented by;
the Singing Cadets.
The Thanksgiving service is
sponsored by the Corps and
Civilian Student Chaplains and
the Young Men’s Christian As
sociation.
The public is invited to attend.
Renn on “Squeezing More out of
the Water.” Smerdon said the
topics command considerable at
tention in the light of growing
water shortages.
Maki will discuss institutional
considerations and problems in
water development. His talk is
set for 9:20 a.m. Monday. Mid
dleton will be heard at 11:10 a.m.,
and Renn is the luncheon
speaker.
Ingle, who talks at 10:30 Tues
day, will describe “Potentials
and Problems in Estuarine (Bay)
Areas.”
SMERDON SAID about 150 to
175 persons are expected to reg
ister for the conference in the
Memorial Student Center.
Other subjects and speakers
are “Weather Modification” by
Dr. Horace Byers, dean of the
A&M College of Geosciences;
“Evaporation Control Research,”
Dr. John Bartholic, South Da
kota State University Agronomy
Department; and “The Texas
Water Plan—Progress to Date,”
Joe G. Moore of Austin, execu
tive director, Texas Water De
velopment Board.
Also, “Effect of Water Devel
opment on Estuarine Problems,”
Dr. Daniel Leedy, Office of Wa
ter Resources Research, Depart
ment of the Interior, Washing
ton, D. C., “A Plan for the Man
agement of Galveston Bay,” Dr.
Dan Wells, director, Texas Tech
nological College Water Resourc
es Center; and “Legal Problems
in Water Management,” Dr. Cor
win Johnson of the University of
Texas School of Law.
Cbe Battalion
Volume 61 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1966 Number 372
Bonfire Construction
To Start Saturday
85-Foot Center Pole Up;
Two Cranes In Service
TERI DELIGHTS AGS
Teri Teague of Ft. Worth livens up the Aggie Talent Show
Thursday night as a special attraction. (Batt photo by
Russell Autrey)
Dissent Necessary,
Maverick Asserts
By BOB BORDERS
Dissent is not only necessary to
our way of life, but it is also
a national and state heritage.
This point was made by Maury
Maverick Jr., a San Antonio at
torney, as he gave the final pre
sentation of the Fall Apollo Club
series Thursday night at the
Memorial Student Center.
“Those who make up consti
tuted authority are dependent on
those who dissent,” Maverick
said. But he stressed that vary
ing opinions are necessary to our
system of government.
“It takes all kinds of motiva
tions and philosophies to make up
the country,” he said. “We need
people to raise hell, but we also
need people to haul out the
ashes.”
MAVERICK SAID without rev
olutionaries there would be no
revolutions, and without conserva
tives there would be no chance to
build stable governmental sys
tems.
He said we should adjust our
thinking about dissention.
“When we think of dissenters,
they are usually Negros and
others we think of as belonging
to minority groups. Yet on a
global scale, we are in the minor
ity,” Maverick said.
He said if the world popula
tion could be compressed into
1,000 people, only 60 would be
Americans, and these would own
half the world’s wealth. Of the
I, 000, 330 would be Christians,
and 303 would be white.
MAVERICK SAID dissenters
wrote the Texas Declaration of
Independence. These were peo
ple who were violently opposed to
the integration of church and
state.
He named several other people
who were dissenters.
“Socrates was handed his cup
of hemlock by constituted, author
ity. Spinoza was run out of
Spain because he described a new
God, now known as pantheism,”
he said.
Nearer home, Maverick said,
J. Frank Dobie fought for acade-
‘Engineer’ Ready
For Distribution
The Engineer, official maga
zine of the College of Engineer
ing, may now be picked up in
the Engineering Building and
all other engineering buildings
and at the Student Publications
office, room 4, basement, YMCA
building.
mic freedom and against censor
ship of the student press at the
University of Texas.
On the subject of student dis
sent, he said, “Students are hav
ing a serious impact on the coun
try today. Students should raise
constructive hell.”
“THERE IS probably too much
dissent at Berkeley and not
enough at Texas A&M,” he said.
Concerning the recent student
newspaper situation at A&M,
Maverick said the same fight,
with the same arguments, came
up at the University of Texas
back in 1935. He said he thought
the question had been decided
then for A&M also, using the
principles of “stare decisis.”
Maverick, who donates his serv
ices to the American Civil Liber
ties Union, has defended several
prominent dissenters. These have
included notables ranging from
Madelyn Murray, the outspoken
atheist, to communists and fac-
ists.
By BOB PALMER
After weeks of preparation and
planning, the actual gruelling
work of building the Aggie Bon
fire begins early Saturday.
The center pole, 85 feet tall,
was erected Thursday afternoon
by Company D-l, supervised by
their commanding officer, John
Sullivan.
“We are better off this year
than last year in both equipment
and organization,” noted Tommy
Stone, head yell leader and bon
fire director.
This year two cranes will be
operating in the stacking area
instead of one. In addition, co
operation between Corps and
civilian students is at an all-time
high Stone said.
“WE HAVE BEEN working
for the past two weeks getting
the cutting area ready,” Stone
continued. A large bridge has
been built by Company G-2 so
that trucks can be closer to the
lanes. Squadron 10 installed a
new gate, and chainsaw and axe
crews have started cutting the
trees.
About 500 civilians will be tak
ing part in the work in the cut
ting area and have volunteered
to stand guard while the Corps
has its traditional Thanksgiving
dinner Monday night.
Stone praised Col. Fred Dollar
and the Food Services Depart
ment for cooperating in planning
the menu and chow times. Finger
steaks will be served all three
mornings to give the Bonfire
workers more meat to start a
day’s work. A cheese spread will
be substituted for the dry slice
of cheese in the noon sandwiches.
THE STANDARD 24 - hour
guard will be around the bonfire
until it is lighted. Outfits will
take turns on duty, with civilian
students serving a few shifts.
Guard duty started at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday with Company A-2, and
will finish with the First Bat
talion when the Bonfire is lighted
Tuesday.
Volunteers and civilians will
start guarding today at 5:30 p.m.
and will be relieved at 7:30 p.m.
by Squadron 4. Squadron 5 will
have the 9:30 to 10:30 shift, with
Squadron 6 relieving them.
Squadron 7 starts on guard at
1:30 a.m. and Company A-l will
finish the night.
SATURDAY, civilians start
guard duty once more at 5:30
Computerized Diplomacy
Gives Leaders Advantage
Computerized analysis of dip
lomatic and other political docu
ments may lead to governmental
leaders being more well informed
to make under-pressure foreign
policy decisions.
Dr. Ole R. Holsti of Stanford
described his research at a Con
ference on Computers in Human
istic Research at Texas A&M
University.
“John F. Kennedy was an om
nivorous reader of history,” the
political science professor point
ed out. “Through his reading,
the president learned the pitfalls
Peace Corps Rep
Visits Campus
Miss Lou Barfield of the Peace
Corps will visit Texas A&M Uni
versity Monday to make arrange
ments for a recruiting campaign
here Dec. 5-9, announced Curtis
Godfrey, chairman of A&M’s
Peace Corps advisory council.
The recruiting team, to be
located in the Memorial Student
Center, will interview students
and other persons in the Bryan-
College Station area who are in
terested in Peace Corps service.
to avoid in making decisions un
der stress.”
“This is an unproven guess,
but I believe his immense amount
of background information en
abled him to have missiles with
drawn during the Cuban crisis
but not precipitate World War
III,” Holsti said.
Through computerized content
analysis, Holsti and a Stanford
colleague, Robert North, studied
decision-makers’ attitudes in the
Cuban crisis, relationships be
tween East-West antagonism lev
els and Soviet Union-China co
hesiveness, cohesion within the
Communist system, neutral na
tion's leaders attitudes and other
international problems.
“We study how foreign policy
leaders behave in high-tension
situations,” the 33-year-old po
litical scientist explained.
“Ideally, the more serious de
cision should be given maximum
time and be carefully thought
out. Cases show this is not the
way people behave under stress,”
he continued.
The Stanford-based research is
studying 10,000 documents lead
ing into World War I. Volumes
of other material have been pro
grammed into the university’s
IBM 7090 computer for analysis.
a.m., to be followed at two-hour
intervals by B-l, C-l, E-l, Squad
ron 13 and H-2, and F-l.
Sunday the guard roster will
be, starting at 5:30 p.m., civilians
who are followed by Squadron 8,
Squadron 9, Squadron 10, Squad
ron 11 and Squadron 12.
Monday, Companies G-l and
A-2 will guard from 5:30 p.m. till
the civilians relieve them at 7:00.
From 9:00 to 10:30, Companies
B-2 and C-2 will be on duty. At
11:30, D-2 and E-2 will guard the
bonfire. Companies F-2 and G-2
will be relieved by Squadrons 1
and 2, and Squadrons 3 and 4 will
finish the night.
STONE EXPRESSED grati
tude for the communications
truck that had been loaned to
the Bonfire by the Agriculture
Extension Service and for the
lighting in the stacking area
furnished by the Building and
Utilities Department.
The Temple McCulloch chain
saw dealer was cited by Stone for
having cooperated in “helping to
make the Bonfire practicable.”
‘Lovin’ Spoonful’
Appearance Set
The Lovin’ Spoonful, a top
popular-music recording group,
have agreed to appear here Tues
day night following the Bonfire
Yell Practice.
Sammy Pearson, Town Hall
chairman, said the performance
will be a Town Hall “Extra,” and
emphasized that student activity
cards will not be sufficient for
admission. Tickets are on sale
in the Student Programs office
of the Memorial Student Center
at $1.50 for students with activi
ty cards and $2 for everyone else.
No reserved seat tickets will be
sold.
“We noticed that the group
had no engagement for Tuesday
night and that they will be play
ing in Houston Monday,” Pear
son explained. “Mr. Wayne
Stark, MSC director, called the
Spoonful’s New York agency
Wednesday night and got a ver
bal agreement for them to ap
pear. We should be getting a
contract in the next day or so.”
PEARSON SAID the number
of seats in the Coliseum has
been cut to around 6,500 because
of the presence of scaffolding
used to install air-conditioning
equipment in the building.
“Because of the reduced num
ber of seats and the fast rate of
ticket sales so far, we want to
urge everyone to get these tick
ets as soon as possible,” Pearson
noted. He said sales yesterday
afternoon had been “great.”
“The Lovin’ Spoonful’ is made
up of John Sebastian, Zal Yanov-
sky, Steve Boone and Joe Butler.
Among their single records are
“Do You Believe in Magic,” “You
Didn’t Have to Be So Nice,”
“Daydream,” “Summer in the
City,” “Did You Ever Have to
Make Up Your Mind?” and their
current release, ‘.‘You and Me and
Rain on the Roof:” “Summer in
the City” reached the number one
spot in both major national rat
ings during the past summer.
A RECENT Time Magazine
article described the group as
“four shaggies in their 20’s who
trade in ‘good time music . . .
the most versatile of the new
groups.” They have also been
featured in Newsweek arid Look
Magazines.
Corps Commapder Eddie Joe
Davis said Bonfire clothes may
be worn to the performance by
Corps members.
No definite time has been an
nounced for the show, although
the Student Programs Office has
indicated a tentative 9 p.m. start.
Parking Rules
Change Today!
New Lot Opened
The parking lot south of G.
Rollie White Coliseum is ready
for use and present parking rules
are being changed.
Bennie Zinn, student affairs
director, said Thursday dormi
tory students with green park
ing permits who have been park
ing in the unpaved temporary
lot west of Kyle Field and in the
overflow area north of the cyclo
tron building must move their
cars to the new lot before .5 p.m.
today.
Day students who have been
parking in the construction area
east of Houston, west of Throck
morton, and south of Joe Routt,
must move their cars to the new
area or to any other day student
parking area.
Zinn emphasized that day stu
dents parking in the grassy area
east of Spence St. across from
the cyclotron must move to the
overflow area or other day stu
dent areas.
COMPUTERIZED REGISTRATION