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Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1967
Number 435
Matson Eyes New
Records At Meet
PJ <
WORLD RECORD HOLDER
Randy Matson, world record holder in the Kyle Field Saturday at 1 p. m. Here he is
shot-put and American record holder in dis- seen performing- in the Baylor dual meet
cus, will make his last toss as an Ag-gie at April 12.
Fish Drill Team To Compete
Texas A&M’s Freshman Drill
Team has won 13 straight first
places in inspection going into the
ninth Southern Invitational meet
in Baton Rouge, La., Saturday.
Weather To Change
For Next 30 Days
Moderate to heavy rains and
above normal temperatures are
forecast for the 30-day April
15-May 15 period in this area to
make up for a relatively dry
March.
Average Bryan-College Station
rainfall last month was 1.93
inches, according to reports from
a Texas A&M water research
project.
Twenty-nine stations reported
monthly totals to Project Direc
tor Robert A. Clark, associate
professor of meteorology.
Distribution in the area was
fairly uniform with 21 stations
gauging between 1 % and two
inches. A station in the 700th
block of North Rosemary Street
measured 3.02 inches for the
period. Average March rainfall
is three inches.
The unit, judged second best
in the nation at the recent Cherry
Blossom Festival jjational cham
pionships, claimed four trophies
at the University of Texas Invi
tational last weekend.
The Fish have won every in
spection for the last three years.
Their trophy case is bulging with
15 trophies won this year.
The team commanded by Justo
Gonzales of San Antonio placed
first in inspection and fancy drill
at Austin. A&M took second
place trophies in basic drill and
overall.
St. Mary’s University of San
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.
5% per year paid on all
savings at Bryan Build-
B B & i. * n £ & Loan Assn. Adv.
Antonio won the UT meet, beat
ing out the Fish Drill Team by
four points.
A&M will defend the overall
championship at the nine-teairi
Baton Rouge competition. The
1965-66 team was first overall
with a first in basic and second
in fancy. The LSU meet does not
hold inspection.
Calvin Reese, team sponsor,
said the 25-cadet squad will leave
Friday in time to take a bus tour
with the Baton Rouge A&M Club.
Bruce W. Lane, A&M graduate of
1945, will treat the team to the
evening meal Saturday.
By BOB BORDERS
Randy Matson, world record
holder in the shot-put and Ameri
can record holder in discus, will
make his last home appearance
in a track meet here Saturday
afternoon.
The day has been designated
“Randy Matson Day” by univer
sity and community officials, in
recognition of the athlete’s out
standing sports performances
while representing A&M.
MATSON will be competing in
a triangular track meet, with the
Aggies meeting Baylor and Tex
as. The meet is scheduled for 1
p.m. at Kyle Field.
The big senior will attempt to
better his shot-put mark of 70
feet 7 1 /<8 inches and his discus
mark of 213 feet 9 1 / £ inches.
A proclamation was issued Wed
nesday by Brazos County Judge
W. C. Davis, College Station May
or D. A. Anderson, Bryan Mayor
J. D. Conlee, and Chamber of
Commerce President J. B. Her-
Blood Drive To
Continue Sign-Up
Through Tuesday
Pre-registration for the an
nual Aggie Blood Drive will con
tinue until Tuesday in the Mem
orial Student Center.
About 550 people have already
signed up to donate blood, with a
goal of 600 pints being set by
drive chairman Don Allen.
Allen said that “people are
needed to donate between 7 30
and 10:00 both Wednesday and
Thursday morning.”
The blood will go to the Wadley
Research Foundation Blood bank
in Dallas. Representatives of
the Foundation will accept the
donations between 7:30 a.rn. and
4 p.m. on both Wednesday and
Thursday.
The blood will be taken in the
basement of the MSC. Allen said
that students “can turn left to
vote and right to donate blood,
and we hope many do both.”
The drive is co-sponsored by
the Student Senate welfare com
mittee and Alpha Phi Omega, na
tional service fraternity.
By donating a pint of blood, the
donor can assure himself and his
family of a transfusion source
within the next year should the
need arise. Blood not used by
the donor or his family within the
year helps to save lives of lu-
kemia-stricken people.
vey, citing Matson’s achieve
ments.
’’JAMES RANDEL (Randy)
Matson,” notes the proclamation,
“has brought numerous honors
and world-wide recognition to
himself, his community, univer
sity, state and nation through his
phenomenal achievements in ath-
lethics . . .”
The document goes on to list
his various records in sports and
cites his earlier appearance this
month at Kyle Field as “the most
amazing double-weight perform
ance in the history of track.” It
was at this meet that Matson set
his American discus record and
had three shotput throws measur
ing 70 feet or more.
THE PROCLAMATION also
praises Matson “for having
earned the title of distinguished
student and having always con
ducted himself as a gentleman,
both on and off the athletic field,
and for setting an outstanding ex
ample for the youth of this com
munity, state, and nation.”
Matson will be honored in cere
monies during the track meet, and
the proclamation will me read by
Judge Davis. Student Senate
President Barney Fudge will act
as master of ceremonies.
FUDGE SPOKE for the entire
student body when he praised the
Pampa strongman.
“We want to take this oppor
tunity to show our appreciation
to Randy for the many honors and
world-wide recognition he has
brought to Texas A&M and the
entire state,” Fudge said.
“The best way we can demon
strate our appreciation,” he con
tinued, “is to turn out in force for
his last official performance here
Saturday.”
No admission will be charged
for the track meet, and the pub
lic is invited.
Muster Ceremonies Slated
On Systems Lawn Today
Aggies around the world are
gathering today to observe one
of the oldest and most respected
traditions of Texas A&M—Aggie
Muster.
MAJ. GENERAL Raymond L.
Murray, inspector general of the
United States Marine Corps, will
be the featured speaker for the
ceremony.
Gen. Murray is a 1935 graduate
of Texas A&M.
A much-decorated Marine hero,
General Murray won his first
Navy Cross as a lieutenant col
onel 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.
AMONG OTHER decorations
earned 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 Presiden
tial Unit citation with three
bronze stars.
A&M President Earl Rudder
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 Terry Aglietti of
Idaho Falls, Idaho.
THE ASSOCIATION of Former
Students president, Jack Crichton
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M”
—Adv.
of Dallas, will welcome Muster
participants in behalf of the Asso
ciation.
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 mem
bers, 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
spect to Texans who triumphed
over the Mexican Army at San
Jacinto in 1836.
Great Issues Chairman Given
Roundtree Award At Banquet
Steve Kovich Jr. of Dallas, presentation.
chairman of the Memorial Stu
dent Center Great Issues Com
mittee, won the Rountree Award
Thursday as most outstanding
member of the MSC Council and
Directorate for 1966-67.
The award was the highlight
of the MSC Council and Direc
torate Awards Banquet in the
MSC Ballroom.
Kovich, a senior management
major, won the plaque for sig
nificant contributions to the
recreational, educational and cul
tural programs of the MSC.
His committee secured numerous
speakers and programs for A&M
throughout the year. He also won
a Distinguished Service Award.
The award was established last
year by Mr. and Mrs. J. L. H.
Rountree of Houston in memory
of their late son, Thomas H.
Rountree, a former student who
was a leader in MSC programs
in 1951-52.
Scott Roberts of Dallas, incom
ing president of the MSC Coun
cil and Directorate, made the
Steve Gummer of San Antonio,
outgoing president of the MSC
Council and Directorate, emceed
the banquet and was the winner
of a Distinguished Service
Award.
Other Distinguished Service
Award winners included Dr. Her
bert M. Barnard, MSC Council
member and Great Issues Com
mittee advisor; Harry W. Britt
of Amarillo, Space Fiesta chair
man; Pedro Garza of Santa Rosa,
Student Conference on National
Affairs; Dr. Claude H. Hall and
Mrs. Garlyn Hoffman, SCONA
XII advisors, Dennis H. Homan
of San Antonio, Leadership Com
mittee chairman; and Charles T.
Jones of Winnie, SCONA XII.
Also Thomas J. Morgan of Port
Arthur, Great Issues Committee;
Sam W. Pearson of Calvert,
Town Hall Committee; Kenneth
L. Reese of Olden, Camera Com
mittee chairman; E. Dwayne
Scarlett of Corpus Christi, Great
Issues Committee; and Dr. Carl
(See Rountree Award, Page 2)
Busy Civilian Weekend Is Scheduled
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e outside world
VIETNAM
A Defense Department spokesman acknowledged Thurs
day that the bombing attacks on two power plants in the
Haiphong area carried U.S. air strikes closer than ever
before to the center of that important North Vietnamese
port city.
INTERNATIONAL
The SEATO Foreign Ministers Council—minus France
and with Pakistan silent—declared Thursday that any
reduction in allied fighting in Vietnam would have to be
matched by a similar scaledown of enemy forces.
Cheering students and an angry faculty closed down
Catholic University Thursday to protest the dismissal of
a young theology teacher by the school’s board of trustees.
NATIONAL
Confident “we once again will make history at the
bargaining table,” United Auto Workers President Walter
P. Reuther urged his 1.4-million-member union Thursday
to give “highest priority and greatest emergency at a
substantial wage increase.”
TEXAS
Gov. John Connally will get his one-year budget despite
some initial Senate grumbling and will call a special session
in June or July, 1968, legislative insiders said Thursday.
Because Texas crude oil stocks are up 700,000 barrels
in one week, and 14.2 million over a year ago, the Texas
Railroad Commission cut the oil allowable for May by
more than a full percentage point Thursday.
Texas A&M civilian students
take up the rug and spread the
table cloth Saturday for Civilian
Weekend activities.
A two-band dance and floor
show in the Memorial Student
Center highlights the full-day
schedule built around a Town
Hall performance, triangular
track meet and A&M baseball
game.
A CIVILIAN sweetheart will
be announced and presented at
the 9 p.m. Civilian Ball, an
nounced James T. Oliver, Civilian
Student Council president.
She will be selected from 12
candidates elected by each civilian
dormitory.
A 12 noon barbecue at the
Grove sets wheels rolling for the
weekend. Tickets are available
at $1 each at Counselor Howard
SKEETER DAVIS
Perry’s office in Lounge “C” of
Dorm 22 until the food quota is
reached, Oliver said.
IN CASE OF rain, the barbe
cue will be served in DeWare
Field House.
Jimmy Keep and the Melody
Masters and “The Yaks,” an
A&M student dance band, will
provide music for the 9 p.m. to 1
a.m. ball in the MSC Ballroom
and Assembly Room. Couples
will be admitted at $3 each, which
also covers a floor show by the
Saturday evening Town Hall at
traction, the Back Porch Ma
jority and Skeeter Davis. Tariff
for the 6:30 p.m. Town Hall extra
is $2 per person.
RANDY MATSON makes his
final throws with the shot put
and discus. The triangular track
meet with Baylor and Texas Tech
begins at 1 p.m. The shot put is
one of the lead-off events.
A&M’s contending baseball
team plays Southern Methodist in
the second engagement of a two-
game series Saturday at 2 p.m.
The Aggies also play SMU at
Bryan’s Travis Park Friday at
3 p.m.
Civilian sweetheart candidates
include Eleanor Zabcik of Com
merce, Dorm 13; Sarah Mont
gomery of San Angelo, 14; Regina
Brink of Waco, 16; Sandra Sum
mers of Nacogdoches, 19; Judy
Pope of Denton, 21; Glenda
Cheverere of LaMarque, Hart
Hall.
ALSO BETHANY Donnell of
Austin, Law; Lee Curtis of Waco,
Leggett; Linda Sue Day of Den
ton, Mitchell; Shirley Gabler of
Schulenberg, P u r y e a r; Vicki
Hamlett of Fort Worth, Walton;
and Tony Meddley of Denton,
Dorm 22.
Door prizes will be an added
attraction at the dance. Loupot’s
Trading Post will give away the
grand prize, a sports coat and
possibly a pair of pants, shirt,
tie, belt and socks to go along
with it. A 3x5 card listing all
the desired articles must be regis
tered at Loupot’s before the draw
ing takes place Saturday night.
OTHER GIFTS include an
alarm clock from Gibson’s Dis
count Center, a $5 gift certificate
from Redmond Pharmacy, a clock
from Montgomery Ward and Co.,
and a $5 gift certificate from
Shaffer’s University Book Store.
TOWN HALL EXTRA
The Back Porch Majority and Skeeter Davis as they appear at G. Rollie White Coliseum,
will highlight Civilian Weekend activities