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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1967
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Number 434
Marine Corps General
Makes Muster Address
5p.m. Ceremonies
At System Building
“RANDY MATSON DAY”
Local officials sign document proclaiming Commerce President J. B. Hervey, Bryan
Saturday as “Randy Matson Day” and cit~ Mayor J. D. Conlee, County Judge W. C.
ing the achievement of the world champion Davis and College Station Mayor D. A. An-
shot-putter. Left to right, Terry Aglietti, derson. (Photo by Russell Autrey)
Student Senate representative, Chamber of
Local Officials Join A&M
To Proclaim ‘Matson Day’
Local officials have formally
joined Texas A&M students in
proclaiming Saturday “Randy
Matson Day.”
In a Wednesday afternoon
meeting at the Brazos County
Courthouse, County Judge W. C.
Davis, College Station Mayor D.
A. Anderson, Bryan Mayor J. D.
Conlee and Chamber of Com
merce President J. B. Hervey is
sued a joint proclamation citing
the achievements of the world
champion shot-putter.
THE PROCLAMATION also
urged maximum attendance for
ceremonies honoring Matson when
he makes his final home appar-
ance Saturday afternoon during
the Aggies’ triangular track
meet with Texas Tech and Baylor.
The ceremonies will be conduct
ed shortly after Matson com
pletes his 1 p.m. shotput com
petition.
“James Randel (Randy) Mat-
son”, notes the proclamation,
“has brought numerous honors
and world-wide recognition to
himself, his university, commun
ity, state and nation through his
phenomenal achievements in ath
letics . . .”
IN ADDITION to listing his
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VIETNAM
Smarting after the second heaviest U. S. air raids
of 1967, the North Vietnamese broadcasted a declaration
that their air force shot down two U. S. planes yesterday
over Hoa Binh Province southeast of Hanoi and captured
the pilot of one.
WASHINGTON
President Johnson announced yesterday that he cer
tainly would attend the funeral of former Chancellor Kon
rad Adenauer of West Germany. He called Adenauer “a
great and beloved man,” and said that “to us, to Europe,
and to the world, he will always be a symbol of the vitality
and courage of the German people.”
NATIONAL
Surveyor 3, braking on tongues of fire, made the
United States’ second soft landing on the moon yesterday
to scout astronaut landing sites with a television camera
and a tiny shovel to scoop soil.
Reverend Henry Mitchell, a Negro pastor in a West
Side slum area said yesterday that Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. should “get the hell out of” Chicago.
INTERNATIONAL
Death took Konrad Adenauer yesterday in Bonn, Ger
many at the age of 91 and the West German government
made ready to pay him the nation’s highest tribute at a
state funderal next Tuesday that President Johnson and
other leaders will attend.
Pope Paul VI lashed out at both extremes in the
Roman Catholic Church yesterday — the ultraliberals
making unauthorized changes and the rigid conservatives
fighting to block modernization.
TEXAS
Gunfire erupted in a hallway at a Fort Worth high
school yesterday, killing one student and seriously wound
ing another.
A bill that would have let Texas state college presi
dents tell students how they should dress was rejected
by the House Education Committee yesterday.
An autioneer predicted that more than 5,000 people
will show up May 25 to bid on the estate of bankrupt
Ernest Medders, which is being held to satisfy debts of
more than a million dollars.
various records, the document
cites Matson’s earlier appearance
this month at Kyle Field as “the
most amazing double weight per
formance in the history of track.”
Matson established a new NCAA
and American discus record of
213 feet 9% inches here April 8
and had three shotput throws
measured at 70 feet or more.
The proclamation also praises
Matson “for having earned the
title of distinguished student and
having always conducted himself
as a gentleman, both on and off
the athletic field, and for setting
an outstanding example for the
youth of this community, state
and nation.”
A&M PRESIDENT Earl Rud
der earlier in the week gave his
full support to “Randy Matson
Day” activities.
“Randy Matson is making a
remarkable impact upon the en
tire world of sports,” Rudder re
marked. “While establishing his
phenomenal athletic record, he
also demonstrates uncommon in
terest in academic achievement.”
Student Senate President Bar
ney Fudge, representing the en
tire student body, initiated “Ran
dy Matson Day” activities last
week.
“WE WANT to take this op
portunity to show our apprecia
tion to Randy for the many hon
ors and world-wide recognition
he has brought to Texas A&M
and the entire state,” Fudge
noted.
“The best way we can dem
onstrate our appreciation,” he
continued, “is to turn out in force
for his last official performance
here Saturday.”
There will be no charge for
admission to the track meet.
Fall Reservations
End Wednesday
Students now living in civilian
dormitories are reminded by the
Housing Office that Wednesday,
is the last day for reserving their
present rooms for the fall semes
ter, 1967.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M”
—Adv.
Maj. Gen. Raymond L. Murray,
inspector general of the United
States Marine Corps, will be the
featured speaker for Aggie Mus
ter Friday at Texas A&M.
THE 1935 graduate of Texas
A&M will talk during 5 p.m.
ceremonies in front of the A&M
System Building.
A much-decorated Marine hero,
General Murray won his first
Navy Cross as a lieutenant colo
nel on Saipan during World War
II. For extraordinary heroism
during the Korean conflict, he
earned the Army Distinguished
Service Cross and a second Navy
Cross.
Deadline Near For
Senate Civilian
April 27 Election
Time is running out for would-
be candidates in the Civilian Stu
dent Council and Student Senate
officer elections, set for April 27.
FROM THE civilian student
body at large will come a presi
dent, vice president and treasur
er. Candidates must be an un
dergraduate student, have a 1.5
overall and have posted a 1.25
last semester, Jack Myers, elec
tion committee chairman announc
ed.
SENATE POSITIONS are
president, vice president, parlia
mentarian, recording sgecretary
and the chairman of the four
standing committees. The four
committees are Issues, Student
Life, Public Relations and Stu
dent Welfare.
Senate president should be
classified as a junior, senior or
graduate student during his term
in office. The vice president
must be a sophomore or junior at
the time of the election.
THE PARLIAMENTARIAN
must be a senior, junior or grad
uate student.
A freshman or sophomore may
run for recording secretary.
Committee chairmen may be
juniors, seniors or graduate stu
dents at the time of the election.
Senate candidates must have a
1.5 overall and have posted a 1.00
last semester. Committee chair
men need a 1.25 overall and a
1.00 last semester, Myers stated.
Prizes Are Listed
In Math Contest
A wrist watch and cash prizes
of $10 and $15 will be awarded
to freshmen and sophomore stu
dents who place in the annual
Mathematics contest examina
tions Monday.
The freshman two-hour exam
will include questions pertaining
to algebra, trigonometry, ana
lytic geometry and calculus as
high as the Math 121 level. The
sophomore exam will be com
prised of questions to the Math
307 level.
All freshmen awards and sec
ond ($15) and third ($10) sopho
more awards are provided by the
Robert F. Smith Memorial Fund,
established for Smith by the late
John W. Mitchell, originator of
the contest.
First prize, a watch, for sopho
mores is furnished by the Hal-
perin Award Fund, established
through the estate of the late
Prof. H. Halperin. Smith, Mit
chell and Halperin were staff
members in the Department of
Mathematics.
The freshman exam will be in
Room 223 and the sophomore quiz
will be in Room 225 of the
Academic Building from 7:30 to
9:30 p.m.
Among other decorations earn
ed by General Murray are the
Silver Star with gold star and
two Oak Leaf clusters, the Legion
of Merit with Combat “V,” the
Purple Heart, and the President
ial Unit citation with three bronze
stars.
A&M PRESIDENT Earl Rud
der will introduce General
Murray.
Other speakers for Aggie Mus
ter at Aggieland include Student
Senate President Barney Fudge
of Burkburnett and campus mus
ter chairman Tery Aglietti of
Idaho Falls, Idaho.
The A&M Muster is one of 300
such ceremonies scheduled
throughout the world. Musters
are planned for four areas in
Vietnam — Saigon, Nha Trang,
Quien Nhon and Bien Hoa.
THE ASSOCIATION of Form
er Students president, Jack
Crichton of Dallas, will welcome
Muster participants in behalf of
the Association.
Traditionally, Muster ceremon
ies are much the same all over
the world. At each location,
someone will read the roll call
for the absent, and in each in
stance someone in the crowd,
usually a friend of the fallen
comrade, answeres “here.”
Head yell leader Tommy Stone
of Donna will read the roll for
Muster at A&M.
OTHER MUSTER participants
at A&M include Aggie Band
members, the Ross Volunteers
and the Singing Cadets.
The first Aggie Muster was
staged at A&M in 1903 when the
Corps of Cadets met to pay re
spects to Texans who triumphed
over the Mexican Army at San
Jacinto in 1836.
MUSTER SPEAKER
Maj. Gen. Raymond L. Murray will make the featured
address at the 65th annual Aggie Muster slated for the
lawn of the Systems Building Friday at 5 p. m. (Marine
Corps Photo)
Seven Men, Women Spotlight
Saturday’s Town Hall Extra
Council Interviews
To Begin Monday
Interviews for freshman MSC
Council and Directorate assistants
begin Monday.
Names may be submitted in
the Memorial Student Center Stu
dent Programs Office. No pre
vious Council experience is re
quired, but applicants should
have an overall 1.5 GPR.
Seven young men and women
who comprise “The Back Porch
Majority” will be in the spotlight
here Saturday night.
Another featured attraction of
the evening is Grand Ole Opry
singing star “Skeeter” Davis. She
sings such hits as “Last Date,”
“Sunglasses,” and “End of the
World.”
Sponsored by the Memorial
Student Center Town Hall Com
mittee, the program starts at 6:30
p.m. in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
“The Back Porch Majority” in
cludes Mike Crowley, Ellen Whal
en, Kin Vassy, Linda Carey, Kar
en Brian, Mike Clough and Den
ny Brooks. The group is widely
billed as the BPMs.
Among their top numbers are
“J u 1 i a n n e,” “Natural Man,”
“Jack O’ Diamonds,” “Farethee-
well,” and “Silver Dollar.”
Sam Pearson of Calvert, Town
Hall chairman, announced no re
serve seats will be available for
the double-barreled show. He
said student activity cards and
season tickets will not apply since
the performance is a Town Hall
extra.
Pearson calls “The Back Porch
Majority” one of the fastest ris
ing musical groups in the nation.
Observers say the thing that
makes “The Back Porch Majori
ty” stand out is sound — excit
ing, happy and in tune. In per
son, the ingredient is enthusiasm.
Critics write about the group
being the best rehearsed associa
tion anywhere, if you don’t count
the Buckingham Palace Guard.
They speak of dedication, noting
that “The Back Porch Majority”
is not willing to be “okay” or
“pretty good.”
Air Force Cadets
Are Shaping Up
For Inspection
Texas A&M Air Force ROTC
cadets are shaping up gear and
uniforms for a command inspec
tion and review Saturday morn
ing.
The in-ranks inspection is
scheduled at 8 a.m. and will be
followed by a 14-squadron and
Aggie Band review on the main
parade ground at the Memqrial
Student Center, announced Lt.
Col. Phillip B. Hopkins Jr., Aero
space Studies Department execu
tive officer.
Col. Vernon L. Head, professor
of aerospace studies and ranking
Air Force officer in the A&M
detachment, will be the inspecting
officer and take the review.
“The inspection will be an in
doors standby in case of inclement
weather,” Colonel Hopkins noted.
The inspection is the equivalent
of the recent Army IG inspection.
It is part of 30 hours corps train
ing established by ROTC Head
quarters of the Air University,
Maxwell AFB, Ala.
More than 800 A&M AFROTC
cadets will be involved, Colonel
Head said.
Legish
“PASS THE BRASSO”
Pledges from the Phi Delta Sigma fraternity sparkle up
“Sully” for the upcoming Civilian Weekend. (Photo by
Russell Autrey)
Governor Asks
islature For
No New Program
AUSTIN OS?)—Gov. John Con-
nally asked the 60th Legislature
which has little more than a
month left in regular session, to
finance only one year of 1968-69
with a no-new tax program.
Connally promised he would
call a special session in 1968, a
presidential election year and a
year when all representatives and
half the senators must run for
re-election, to provide new taxes
for the second year of the state’s
fiscal period.
The governor did not say when
the special sessions would be
called.
Legislators applauded loudly
when Connally proposed a one-
year appropriation without new
taxes but were silent when he
spoke of a special session for the
second year in which new taxes
undoubtedly would be needed,
possibly at a saving of $50
million.
5% per year paid on all
savings at Bryan Bulld-
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