Ags At Austin Saturday For Day Game With Texas
By GARY SHERER
Battalion Sports Editor
The Aggies will take the floor
Saturday afternoon at Austin in
Texas’ Gregory Gym for a 2 p.m.
encounter with the Longhorns.
TEXAS WILL be looking to
gain revenge for the loss they
suffered at College Station last
month, 68-59. The Aggies on the
other hand will want to top the
Longhorns, as a win will give the
Aggies their only clean sweep of
another Southwest Conference
team this year.
Longhorn Coach Harold Brad
ley currently has his team at 6-5
in the SWC and 12-9 overall.
Texas has had good and bad
moments this year, as they were
expected to be a contender. The
team has been averaging over 80
points a game, led by their guard-
duo of Noel Stout and Billy
Arnold.
Stout, 6-3 senior from Dallas,
leads the scoring in the SWC
with a 16-point average. He is
16.1 for the season. Arnold, a
junior from Fort Worth, is
runner-up in SWC scoring with
a 15.5 average and is 15.7 for
the season.
THE LONGHORNS are on a
two-game losing streak in the
SWC, falling to Baylor, 101-75,
last Saturday and Tuesday night
were knocked off by hot Texas
Tech, 88-78.
The Steers lost one of their
better scorers to academic ineli
gibility in the form of Dale Dot
son. Dotson had been a starter
since transferred to Texas from
Lon Morris JC last year.
Since losing Dotson, the Long
horns have gone 2-3 in the SWC.
This has been the case with Texas
all year, however, as they have
not been consistent, but have
managed to keep a winning
record.
The Aggies have won three out
of the last five ball games and
are now 6-3 at home. However,
they have not been able to find
the winning touch on the road.
Aggie Coach Shelby Metcalf
was really pleased with his team
Tuesday night when they came
back from a 17-point deficit to
top Baylor, 71-69. He praised the
team for its never-give-up atti
tude and hopes they can carry
their hot streak to Austin Satur
day afternoon.
Sonny Benefield still leads the
team in SWC scoring with a 12.2
count. John Underwood, Billy
Bob Barnett and Ronnie Peret
are 11.3, 11.2 and 10.8, respec
tively.
PERET, Benefield and Barnett
are running one-two-three in sea
son scoring with 12.4, 12.1 and
11.0 readings, respectively.
Peret and Barnett are having
a friendly duel for the team re
bound leadership. Peret is well
ahead for the season, leading
186-144. Barnett, however, leads
in SWC play with a slim 83-82
margin. None of the other play
ers are close to the two sopho
mores in this department.
HOWEVER, the third-leading
Aggie rebounder is Underwood,
and this is quite a feat for the
Honey Grove junior, as he plays
on the outside. He has still man
aged to grab off 83 rebounds for
the season and 32 in the SWC*
This game will be the next-to-
last road game for the Aggies,
who are now 5-6 in the SWC and
6-15 overal. They will be home
Tuesday night against league
leading Southern Methodist.
Fish Ball Begins
Saturday At 8 p.m.
The 1967 Fish Sweetheart will Saturday night and will then be
Che Bdttdlion
be crowned Saturday night dur
ing ceremonies in the annual Fish
Ball at Sbisa Dining Hall.
A judging committee, including
class officers and advisors, plus
Aggie Sweetheart Kathi Austin,
will choose from seven finalists
in the competition whose names
were submitted by first-year stu
dents here. The seven were
among 35 entries, according to
Fish Social Secretary James St.
John of Dallas.
The candidates are Glenda Jean
Phillips, a senior at Winnsboro
High School; Karen Cox, a senior
at Fort Worth Eastern Hills High
School; Janet Feldmann, a jun
ior at Marlin High School; Cheryl
Ann Schneider of San Antonio, a
Robert E. Lee High School sen
ior; Kathy Frances Crews, a jun
ior at Temple High School; Betsy
Stark of San Antonio, a SMU
freshman; and Deborah Ann
Spurlock of San Antonio, a fresh
man at Trinity University.
THEIR ESCORTS FOR the
dance are, respectively, Richard
Conley, Blaine Purcell, Virgil
Yoakum, Robert Burnside, Gary
T. DeCola, Ken Trawick, and
Lewis Radicke.
Theme of the dance will be
"Under Water in Blue,” accord
ing to St. John. Two bands, the
Yaks and the Aggieland Orches
tra, will provide music.
Tickets to the ball, which will
last from 8 to 12, remain
on sale from class officers until
sold at the door, St. John added.
DRESS FOR the dance will be
class “A” winter uniform with
white shirts and bow ties for
Corps members and black suits or
tuxedos for civilians. Girls will
wear short or long formals.
Saturday afternoon’s activities
in preparation for the annual
event include a reception at 2:30
in the Memorial Student Center,
where the sweetheart candidates
will meet the judges. Class Pres
ident Gerry Geistweidt said the
girls will be presented during the
ball at 9:30 p.m., and the an
nouncement of the winner is
scheduled for 10 p.m.
Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1967
Number 407
Events, Plans Announced
For Big Military Weekend
Fish Drill Team
Goes To Canyon
For Competition
The Fish Drill Team unracks
rifles for its first campetition
since December Saturday at West
Texas State.
The six-team Canyon meet will
be the team’s only appearance be
fore the annual A&M drill tourn
ament March 11.
“We’ll be shooting for a first
place so we can go to the Cherry
Blossom national championships
in Washington, D. C.,” com
mented Calvin Reese, team spon
sor.
Top teams in the six competing
are A&M, Texas Tech, New Mex
ico Military Institute and West
Texas. Oklahoma will also be
represented.
The 31-man team, commanded
by Justo Gonzales of San An
tonio, departs for Canyon at noon
Friday. Executive officer and
right guide is Richard G. Gon
zales of San Antonio.
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2 Dances, Review
To Be Features
TOP ENGINEERS
Dr. Charles Sampson Jr., (right) head of the night. Leonard Brown Jr.
Civil Engineering Dept., was named “En
gineer of the Year” at the annual banquet
of the Brazos Chapter of the National So
ciety of Professional Engineers Thursday
_ (left), a 1954
A&M graduate, was named “Outstanding
Young Engineer.” Chapter president, Peter
Weiner, (center) presided.
Head Of CE Department
Named ‘Engineer Of Year’
Weather
SATURDAY—Clear, winds east
erly 5 to 10 m.p.h. High 64.
Low 31.
SUNDAY—Clear to partly
cloudy. Winds southerly 15 to
20 m.p.h. High 71. Low 38.
Dr. Charles H. Sampson Jr.,
head of Texas A&M’s Civil Engi
neering Department, has been
named “Engineer of the Year” by
the Brazos Chapter of the Na
tional Society of Professional En
gineers.
The award, presented annually
to the engineer deemed to have
made the most significant contri
bution to his profession, was an
nounced during the organization’s
“E ngineer’s Week” banquet
Thursday night at Briarcrest
Country Club.
A second award, for the “Out-
The Assassination; Did Oswald Act Alone?
standing Young Engineer,” went
to Leonard S. Brown Jr., of Buf
falo, a 1954 civil engineering
graduate of Texas A&M. He is
now resident engineer for the
Texas Highway Department in
Freestone and Leon counties.
Dr. Sampson joined the Texas
A&M faculty in 1960 as professor
of civil and aerospace engineer
ing and was named head of the
Civil Engineering Department in
1964. In addition to his position
as department head, he is a re
search engineer and head of the
Civil Engineering Division of the
Texas Engineering Experiment
Station and a research engineer
for the Texas Transportation In
stitute.
He received his B.S. and M.S.
from Notre Dame in 1947 and
1948 and his Ph.D. from Missouri
in 1953.
Brown joined the Highway De
partment immediately upon grad
uation from Texas A&M and
served a year as an engineering
assistant at Hearne before ac
cepting a position as design en
gineer for Dow Chemical Co. in
Freeport. He returned to the
Highway Department in 1958.
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Texas A&M’s military moves
front and center March 3 and 4
for military weekend activities.
Two dances—the Combat and
Military Balls—and a Corps of
Cadets review highlight the week
end. A Saturday luncheon, com
mandant’s reception and Presi
dent Earl Rudder’s buffet for
distinguished guests are included
in the schedule.
Maj. Gen. Chester A. Dahlen,
deputy commanding general of
the Fourth U. S. Army, Fort
Sam Houston, and Maj. Gen.
Melvin F. McNickle, command
ing general, Oklahoma City Air
Materiel Area, Tinker AFB, will
be among distinguished guests,
announced Col. D. L. Baker, com
mandant.
CADET COLONEL of the
Corps Eddie Joe Davis of Henri
etta will initiate Saturday activi-
Grad Invites
Deadline Set
Next Tuesday
Seniors who expect to gradu
ate in May must order their
graduation invitations at the
MSC Student Finance office be
tween 9 a.m. and noon and 1 to
4 p.m. Monday or Tuesday.
Mrs. Faye Yeates of the Stu
dent Finance Office said that not
enough students have ordered.
She urged seniors to do so Mon
day because of the crowded con
ditions that will result from all
later-comers Tuesday.
Four types of invitations are
being offered, the leather-bound
at $1.00 each, the imitation
leather, for 50 cents, the card
board bound for 25 cents and the
French fold for 10 cents. Printed
and engraved cards are also being
sold, the printed for $1.00 per
100, and the engraved for $2.50
to $3.50 per 100.
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ties with a luncheon at the Me
morial Student Center. Distin
guished guests, corps staff,
brigade, air division and com
bined band commanders will at
tend.
The Aggie Band leads off the
review at 2 p.m. on the main drill
field.
Colonel Baker will host the com
mandant’s reception for guests
at 5:30 p.m. at the Ramada Inn,
with the president’s buffet to
follow at 7 p.m.
Davis said Army ROTC cadets
and their dates will dance to the
music of “The Traits” of Hous
ton at the 8-12 p.m. Combat Ball
Friday night, at which the “Com
bat Cutie” will be named.
NOMINATIONS for “Combat
Cutie” will be accepted by Barney
Fudge, Room 119, Corps Staff
Headquarters, until noon Thurs
day. All Army ROTC cadets may
submit candidates, Davis added.
Air Force seniors may buy
tickets for the Combat Ball from
Mike Bassham, Corps operations
officer, or at the door. They may
pick up their invitations from
Joey Weber, Corps sergeant
major.
“Liberation of Paris” will be
the theme for the Sbisa Hall
dance.
The Saturday night Military
Ball wil begin at 9 p.m., accord
ing to Davis. Music will be pro
vided by the Phil Gray Orchestra
of Houston.
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University Bank
Appoints Sawyer
Vice-President
Joe R. Sawyer has been ap
pointed vice president of the
University National Bank, ac
cording to President Harold
Sullivan.
Sawyer, a graduate of Baylor
University, was formerly execu
tive vice president of the West
Bank & Trust in West, Texas.
“Sawyer’s appointment to our
staff is a continuation of the
policy of the Board of Directors
to provide the best in banking
personnel to serve our customers
and the people of Bryan-College
Station area,” said Sullivan.
He is married and has one
son, 14.
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Great Issues Sets Lecture
By Time Magazine Assistant
Collegian Comments
Tom McKnight
“In the light of the Warren Com
mission and all the articles—
the deal in New Orleans for
one—I think it was a group—
a plot, instead of just a single
man,” says McKnight, a senior
history major.
Chip Hill
“I think it should be investigated
again!” Says Hill, a freshman
aerospace engineering major.
“Everything was rushed over.
The Warren Commission’s con
clusions were arrived at too
quickly.”
Robert McLeroy
“You’d think such a thing would
be very organized,” says Mc
Leroy,, a senior math major,
“and I don’t think it was that
well organized. It seems like a
lot of sensationalism. Lots of
people are just putting ideas in
the air!”
John Scott, special assistant to
the publisher of “Time” maga
zine, will lecture here March 8.
Sponsored by the A&M Memo
rial Student Center’s Great Is
sues Committee, Scott’s 8 p.m.
talk in Guion Hall is entitled
“Must We Starve?”
The topic is the result of Scott’s
1966 visit to Asia, South Amer
ica and Europe.
Steve Kovich, Great Issues
Committee chairman, said the au
thor-lecturer has been making
fact-finding trips to all parts of
the globe each summer for the
past 15 years.
“Immediately upon his return
from these journeys,” Kovich ex
plained, “Scott writes a book-
length, behind-the-scenes report
to ‘Time’s’ publisher. When the
book is published, he makes up to
200 speeches too business, profes
sional and educational groups
around the world.”
Among Scott’s books are “East
of Suez,” “Asian Journey,” “The
New Europe — Can Six and
Seven Make One?,” “The Soviet
Economic Offensive,” ‘Crisis in
Communist China,” “How Much
Progress?,” and “Democracy is
Not Enough.”
Bom in Philadelphia, Scott at
tended schools in the U. S. and
Switzerland. He was graduated
from George School in Pennsyl
vania and spent two years at the
University of Wisconsin.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M”
—Adv.
After dropping out of college
during depression years Scott
gained a welder’s certificate and
sailed for Russia, where he work
ed for five years in industrial
plants before being ousted in the
purge of 1937.
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‘February Frolic’
Slated Saturday
At TWU Union
Texas Women’s University in
vites all Aggies to join in a
“February Frolic” Saturday
night.
The dance, in the Sub Ball
room of the Student Union Buvtdr
ing, will be from 8 to 12 p.m.
Admission is 50 cents and a stu
dent identification card. The
“Ceiling Lights” will provide the
music and dress will be suit and
tie or sports coat.
The “February Frolic” is a
prelude to the big A&M-TWU
weekend to be held later in the
spring. Though no specific plans
have been set for the proposed
weekend, it will include some
form of entertainment on Friday
night and a picnic and dance
Saturday night, said Miss Jill
Anderson, publicity chairman on
the Student Council of Social
Activities at TWU.
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