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Aggies Host Mustangs In Final Home Game Tonight
By GARY SHERER
Battalion Sports Editor
The title-clinching Southern
Methodist Mustangs will be at G.
Rollie White Coliseum tonight for
an 8 o’clock encounter with the
Aggies.
SMU CLINCHED its third
straight Southwest Conference
championship Saturday night
with a come-from-behind 85-84
victory over the Rice Owls at
Houston.
This was the eighth conference
title for SMU Coach E. O. (Doc)
Hayes. The win made the Mus
tangs 10-2 in league play and
they will enter the NCAA finals
in March.
SMU’s well-balanced attack ac
counts for the team’s success this
season. The first four starters,
plus a sometime starter, are all
averaging above 11 points for
SWC play.
CHARLES BEASLEY, 6-5 sen
ior forward from Shreveport, La.,
leads the Mustangs in SWC scor
ing with a 15.9 mark and is run
ner-up for the season with a 15.0
norm.
Denny Holman is the Mus
tangs’ leading season scorer with
a 15.5 mark and is second in SMU
league-scoring with a 16.3 aver
age. The 6-3 senior from Dallas
was the hero in the Rice win, as
he tossed in two free throws with
five seconds remaining.
Bob Begert and Lynn Phillips
are two other starters averaging
in double figures. Phillips, 6-7
sophomore from Houston, is third
in both season and league scoring
for the Ponies, with 14.3 and 14.2
averages, respectively. Begert,
6-6 senior from Canyon, has a
13.5 SWC mark and is 13.0 for the
season.
Bill Voight, sophomore forward
from Dallas, though only a some
time starter, has a 11.5 season
mark and is 10.5 for the confer
ence.
WITH FIVE players in double
figures so often, the Mustang at
tack is hard to stop.
In their first game, played Jan.
7 at Dallas, the Aggies fell to the
Ponies, 80-67. The Aggies will
be looking for an upset to extend
their home record to 7-3 for the
season. Their SWC record is
now 5-7.
The Aggies did not help their
road record over the weekend
as they dropped a Saturday after
noon game to the Texas Long
horns at Austin, 72-58.
IN THE GAME, the Aggies led
most of the first half. But as
has been the case for most of the
losses this year, the young team
lost its lead with about one min
ute to play and the halftime score
read 32-31 for Texas.
Texas came out after intermis
sion and put an attack together
that was better than its first half
performance, as they had been
very sloppy in their play.
Where Texas improved, the
Aggies didn’t and halfway into
the second stanza, the game was
all but decided, as Texas was
ahead by 52-42.
EIGHT MINUTES later, it was
64-49 as Noel Stout, the Long
horns’ high-point man with 16,
led the Texas onslaught.
The Aggies were only 41.9 from
the field, as that second-half cold
spell was the villain again. The
shooting percentage for the Ag
gies in the second half tells just
how much the cold spell gripped
the Maroon and White.
Hitting on only 7 of 24, the
Aggies had a dismal 29.1 from
the field.
BILLY BOB BARNETT was
again the outstanding player for
the Aggies. The Brenham soph
omore hit on six of 11 from the
field and eight of 10 from the
free throw line to take game hon
ors for both teams with 20 points.
John Underwood added 12.
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Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1967
Number 408
Board Formally Accepts
Grants T otaling $ 2 Million
Construction Also
Receives Attention
The Texas A&M University
System Board of Directors form
ally accepted more than $2 mil
lion in gifts, grants and scholar
ships Tuesday and took action
on construction projects totaling
approximately $2.9 million.
A&M’s governing body also an
nounced the appointment of a
Nobel Prize winner, Sir John
Douglas Cockcroft of Cambridge
University, as a distinguished
visiting professor of engineering.
Prairie View A&M figured
prominently in construction pro
jects considered by the board, re
ceiving more than $900,000 for
campus improvements, including a
major library addition.
THE B-F-W Construction Co.,
Inc., of Temple was awarded a
$444,300 contract for its low bid
on the library expansion. The
board allotted $554,341 for the
project, with additional funds cov
ering such items as furniture and
equipment.
B-F-W was the successful bid
der for another Prairie View con
tact, a $46,902 project to repair
the school’s Industrial Engineer
ing Building. Bryan’s B-W Con
struction Co. was awarded a $38,-
789 contract on its low base bid
for repair of Spence Hall, the
Music Building, dairy barn and
an addition to the fire station.
The board also authorized $240,-
000 for continuing the program of
upgrading Prairie View’s existing
dormitories and replacing damag
ed furniture, and $34,100 for re
placing the cooling tower of the
utilities plant and air-conditioning
the president’s home.
TURNING TO Tarleton State
College, board members approved
plans to ask for bids for construc
tion of a new women’s dormitory
and air-conditioning of a men’s
dormitory and dining hall. The
projects are expected to total ap
proximately $1,015,000.
The board also approved appro
priations of a $197,417 federal
grant as part of a $592,250 pro
ject to expand Tarleton's library
facilities and provide additional
classrooms and laboratories for
the college’s language and mathe
matics departments.
In still another project for the
Stephenville school, the board con
firmed the award of a $12,747 con
tract to Grant Air Conditioning
Co. of Fort Worth for air-condi
tioning of the “Cave,” a portion
of Tarleton Center.
ACTION WAS taken on several
Texas A&M projects, including:
—Appropriation of $208,750 for
construction and modification of
facilities for establishment of a
Laboratory Animal Resources
Center within the College of Vet
erinary Medicine.
—Appropriation of an addition
al $158,723 for the curent Kyle
Field expansion program, to re- |
place all wooden seats with plas
tic bench-type seating and provide
additional box seats.
—Appropriation of $100,000 for
modification of the Services Build
ing, now under construction, to
house the Journalism Department.
—Appropriation of $41,000 for
planning and preliminiary expens
es for renovation and air-condi
tioning of the Soil Crop Sciences
and State Chemist buildings.
—APPROPRIATION of $14,500
for expansion of parking facilities
(See Board Accepts, Page 2)
GLENDA ‘DROPPED’
Richard Conley, who escorted Freshman Class Sweetheart
Glenda Phillips to the Fish Ball, places A&M drop around
Glenda’s neck shortly after her selection was announced.
Students Pay Last Respects
To Luhr, Bullock, Fowler
1967 FISH SWEETHEART
Glenda Phillips smiles as she receives a bouquet of roses at the Fish Ball.
Glenda Phillips ‘Dropped’
To Class Of ’70 At Ball
Girl Watchers 9 Corner
BRUNI ALANIZ
Bruni is a special education major from Beeville. The 21-
year-old Sophomore at Texas Woman’s University enjoys
playing tennis, dancing and group clubs.
By RANDY PLUMMER
Battalion Special Writer
Glenda Phillips, a 17-year-old
senior at Winnesboro High School
was chosen freshman class sweet
heart Saturday night at the Fish
Ball in Sbisa Hall.
Miss Phillips, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Phillips of
Winnesboro was escorted by
Richard Conley. Freshman class
officers and advisors as well as
1967 Aggie Sweetheart, Kathi
Austin chose Miss Phillips from
seven finalists.
A 5'1" hazel-eyed brunette.
Miss Phillips was presented a
Texas A&M pin and officially
“dropped” to the closs.
Owing to a huge sale of tickets
at the door, Freshman class
president Gerry Geistweidt said
the dance was a complete finan
cial success.
Foreign Students
Now Number 590
International student enroll
ment for the spring semester is
up 13 per cent over the same
period last year, according to
Ribert L. Melcher, foreign stu
dent advisor.
Melcher’s figures show 590
students enrolled from 61 differ
ent countries. India, Mexico,
Pakistan, the Dominican Repub
lic, China and Tunisia lead the
list.
India registered 71, including
68 graduate students.
Undergraduates total 252 and
graduate students, 311.
Total enrollment at A&M top
ped 9,800 for the spring semester.
Freshman class treasurer Bob
Stevenson reported that “though
not tallied yet, the total income
will be about $1500.” He also
said that “there should be about
a $200 profit which will be used
to pay previous expenses.”
Juniors Announce
Entry Deadline
For Sweetheart
Deadline for turning in photo
graphs of entries at the Student
Programs Office for junior class
sweetheart will be noon March
15.
“We want the entire class of
'68 to get behind this year’s ball
and the selection of class sweet
heart,” John Daly, junior class
social secretary, said Monday.
Neal Ford and the Fanatics
will be featured at this year’s
ball and banquet.
“These pictures must measure
five by seven or larger,” Daly
instructed. “The entry’s name,
age, school and academic classi
fication are to be printed on the
back of each photograph.”
A sheet of paper with the
name, mailing address and dorm
and room number of each entry's
escort should be attached to the
front of each picture.
Pictures will be available on
the morning of March 20 in the
Student Programs Office.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M”
—Adv.
The decorations, which were
designed to highlight the theme
of “Underwater in Blue” were
handled by a committee of fresh
men. Freshman volunteers also
served as waiters for the dance.
The music was provided by the
Yaks and the Aggieland orches
tra. By having two bands, the
usual breaks without music were
alleviated.
Among the honored guests at
the dance were President Earl
Rudder, Dean James P. Hannigan
and this year’s Aggie Sweetheart,
Kathy Austin.
The other six finalists for
Freshman Sweetheart were Kathy
Crews, Karen Cox, Betsy Stark,
Deb Spurlock, Janet Feldmann
and Cheryl Schneider.
Funeral services for Donald
William Luhr, 19, a sophomore
architecture major at Texas A&M
who was killed Saturday in a
parachuting accident, were held
at 10 a.m. today in St. Mary’s,
Pa.
Luhr, a member of Texas
A&M’s Parachute Club, plunged
to his death at Hearne’s Munici
pal Airport when his parachute
failed to open soon enough. Wit
nesses said Luhr was practicing
a delay jump from 7,200 feet
when the accident occurred about
10:45 a.m. Saturday.
Survivors include Luhr’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert W.
Luhr, and a sister, all of Dallas,,
and a twin brother, Thomas, a
sophomore pre-medical student at
Texas A&M.
Funeral services for R. L.
Bullock, a 26-year old doctoral
student in education at Texas
A&M were held Monday after
noon at Farmersville. Bullock
was killed in an automobile acci
dent late Saturday near Conroe.
Bullock’s wife, a teacher at Sul
Ross Elementary School in
Bryan, was taken by ambulance
Monday to Farmersville. She had
been hospitalized at Conroe after
being injured in the crash which
claimed her husband’s life.
Other survivors include Bul
lock’s mother, Mrs. R. A. Bullock
of Farmersville, two brothers and
a sister.
Silver Taps ceremonies were
scheduled for 10:30 Monday
night for Luhr, Bullock and John
Fowler, a 27-year old electrical
engineering major who died Feb.
20 in a Big Spring hospital as
the result of a kidney ailment.
Weather
WEDNESDAY — Cloudy becom
ing partly cloudy by late after
noon, winds northerly 10 to 16
m.p.h. High 64. Low 44.
THURSDAY — Clear to partly
cloudy, winds variable 5 to 10
m.p.h. High 71, Low 49.
‘Premarital Sex’
Is Bowman Topic
In YMCA Forum
“Sex In Human Relations —
Premarital” will be discussed by
Dr. Henry Bowman, of the Uni
versity of Texas, at the YMCA’s
Marriage Forum Wednesday at
7:30 p.m.
Bowman will discuss the ideals
and standards of sex morality and
how these standards are establish
ed. He also will discuss whether
the present day standards make
sense and if there is a “sexual
revolution.”
Bowman teaches sociology and
is widely recognized as an auth
ority on mariage and family life.
He was the 1958-59 president of
the National Council on Family
Relations, an organization of 3,000
teachers, attorneys, clergymen,
social workers and others con
cerned with marriage and the
family.
He also is known for his book,
“Mariage for Modems,” which has
been printed in several editions in
this country and in several for
eign languages. He also wrote
“A Christian Interpretation of
Marriage.”
This will be the third in a series
of mariage forums. Next Tues
day Dr. Bowman will return to
the campus to discuss “Sex In Hu
man Relations — Marital.”
Drill Team Wins 4 Firsts
In West Texas Tournament
The Fish Drill Team swept all
four first place trophies in the
West Texas State College tourna
ment, scoring 983 points out of
a possible 1,100.
A&M’s freshmen won firsts in
inspection, basic drill, precision
drill and overall to take four of
five trophies given. New Mexico
Military Institute was second
overall in the weekend competi
tion at Canyon.
Calvin Reese, team sponsor,
said the performance was indica
tive of teamwork.
“The boys are learning to per
form as a team rather than as
individuals,” he credited.
A perfect score of 200 in in
spection was the sixth straight
top award in the category, dating
to the Purdue meet last year.
The Fish have been within 10
points or won precision in their
last five engagements.
“The team needs to improve
only in dress, cover and uniform
ity to get into good shape,” Reese
added. “The best thing they have
going is their flexibility. They
can’t be shaken up.”
He said the team found out 10
minutes before its precision drill
at Canyon one member would be
missing, due to a cut wrist.
“They learned of the blank in
the formation just before going
on the field, made necessary
changes and went through the
drill without a hitch,” Reese said.
NMMI and West Texas will
march in the A&M drill team
competition March 11, Reei
said. Other teams competing a
Canyon were from Amarillo AFB
and Texas Tech.