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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1967
Number 455
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IT’S SUMMERTIME AGAIN
The mercury hit 95 in College Station Wednesday to of
ficially usher in the summer. Above, Loretta Covington,
a sophomore elementary education major at A&M, shows
that the only way to stay cool when the heat is on is by
staying at the pool.
May Wet Month
For B-CS Area
Summer ‘Happening’ Set
MSC Tuesday Night
Dance Is First
In Series Of Six
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Two heavy thundershowers and
rain on five other days in May
made it the wettest month in Bry
an and College Station since the
beginning of a Texas A&M
Meteorology Department runoff
study.
The Burton Creek watershed
received an average 6.76 inches
during the month, an inch better
than the previous best month.
The rain fell heaviest in the Gor
don Street area, where 8.39 inches
was gauged.
The minimum measured by one
of the 29 reporting stations was
less than half a mile northwest of
the Gordon Street gauge. An
instrument at Albritton Engi
neering colleged 3.93 inches. Two
gauges near the Cavitt Street fire
station, only a block apart, re
ported a half inch difference at
8.02 and 7.49.
Twenty-five of the 29 stations
recorded between six to eight
inches. The other four stations
are in the same general down
town Bryan area.
Long-range U. S. Weather Bu
reau forecasts call for moderate
rainfall and slightly cooler tem
peratures during June 15-July 15.
Approximately 3.25 inches is
forecast, mainly in thundershow
ers expected during June 18-20
and July 1-4. The period nor
mally averages 2.9 inches.
Temperatures are expected to
be one to three degrees below
normal, for a 69 degree minimum
and 92 maximum.
City Law Limits
Types Of Usable
Gas Containers
As the summer grass mowing
season arrives, College Station
residents are reminded of the city
ordinance limiting the type of
container which may be used to
carry flammable liquids.
E. F. (Woody) Sevison, College
Station Fire Marshal, says that
this law has not been strictly
enforced recently and “many res
idents have forgotten, or are ig
noring the existence of this law.”
According to the 1962 ordi
nance, “It is unlawful for the
owner or manager of any service
station, filling station, or dis
pensing station, or the agents,
employees and servants of such
owner or manager to sell and dis-
pence or offer to sell and dis-
pence gasoline or any other flam
mable liquids having a flash point
below 200 degrees Fahrenheit in
any type of container other than
a metal container equipped with
a cap or other similar device suf
ficient to prevent the escape of
vapors.
Sevison said “some people are
Using plastic containers to carry
such liquids and that it is un
lawful.”
The ordinance states that any
one violating this ordinance will
be guilty of a misdemeanor. This
could lead to a fine of not less
than $10, or more than $200.
Consolidated
Given Grant
For Project
A $225,000 Title III U. S. Office
of Education grant for a “black
board by wire” teaching project
will be given to the A&M Con
solidated Independent School Dis
trict after the governor signs it
into effect.
Superintendent Taylor Riedel
said that the grant is a result
of a planning grant received by
the school system a year ago.
Coordinated by the Texas Edu
cation Agency, the Title III grant
is a CATE grant, which stands for
Creative Application of Techno
logy to Education.
“The project will deal primarily
with blackboard by wire,” said
Riedel. It is a teaching method
used in the Chemistry Department
at Texas A&M University. Dean
of Liberal Arts Frank Hubert
heads the executive committee of
the project.
Sixteen area schools will par
ticipate in the project and will
be connected by leased telephone
wires and receive instructions on
television monitors.
Riedel said courses in advanced
math, physics, and two other
courses will use the system.
T-E-X-A-S A-G-G-I . . .
The north end zone of Kyle Field is given a new look as construction work on the stadium
continues. The new white and maroon bleachers being installed will spell out “Texas Ag
gies” when completed.
Construction ‘On Schedule’
For New Services Building
Five-Year Plan
For City Council
Is Monday Topic
A five-year action plan for Col
lege Station, including construc
tion of a fire station and new city
hall, will be presented by Mayor
D. A. Anderson at Monday eve
ning’s City Council meeting.
Mayor Anderson’s proposal
calls for action during the next
fiscal year, beginning July 1.
He said the project can be ac
complished without a tax in
crease.
The mayor urged all interested
citizens to attend the 7 p.h. meet
ing at city hall.
Also on the Monday evening
agenda is a recommendation by
the mayor to secure engineering
consulting service to survey the
needs for expansion of sewer fa
cilities.
Other agenda items include
public hearing on the city’s 1967-
68 budget and re-zoning property
in the College Hills addition, con
sideration of adoption of the
Southern Building Code, a re
port on water needs and consid
eration of a kindergarten and
child care ordinance.
Mayor Anderson will discuss
his five-year plan during a special
30-minute program on KBTV-TV
at 5:30 p.m. Sunday.
Construction of the $1.5 million
Services Building at Texas A&M
is “on schedule.”
“We are optimistic that the
structure will be completed the
latter part of August,” commented
Bob Boyce, an A&M University
System Designer. “Most of the
brick work is complete and the
building is ‘in the dry’ in con
struction terms.”
He explained that ‘jn the dry’
means the sides and top of the
building are in a stage of comple
tion which allows work to continue
regardless of the weather.
Boyce estimated that the Serv
ices Building, which connects with
the A&M Press and the Photo
and Visual Aids Laboratory, is 60
per cent complete.
The 75,000-square foot building
will house University Information
and Agricultural Information De
partments, plus publication of
fices, including the student news
paper, yearbook and magazines.
Also to be based in the build-
Library Lists
Summer Hours
Preparations to move into the
new Texas A&M University
Library will not interfere with
Cushing Library’s summer sche
dule, John B. Smith, assistant
library director, announced.
The library is open from 8 a.m.
to 12 midnight week days, Satur
days from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
from 2 p.m. to 12 midnight Sun
days.
New books by and about Mark
Twain that were acquired by the
library on the suggestion of Dr.
John Q. Hays, English professor,
are now catalogued and available
for check-out.
The entrance to the library fea
tures a display for visiting teach
ers on campus entitled “A Bou
quet for Teachers.” The exhibit
is designed to introduce the teach
ers with teacher aid books that
are available to them in the
library.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M”
—Adv.
ing is the A&M Journalism De
partment.
The University post office, lab
oratories of the state chemist, and
the Texas Feed and Fertilizer
Control Service also will have
space in the center.
Boyce said current work in
cludes installation of ceiling girds
and the start of dry wall con
struction. He noted mechanical
work is moving along normally.
A unique feature about the
building, Boyce observed, is that
interior columns are flush with
the walls, which will allow more
flexible office arrangements.
The designer said gravel and
pitch-pans are yet to be added
to the roof. Granite chip aggre
gate also is to be completed on
some exterior portions of the
building.
Vance and Thurmond Construc
tion Company of Bryan is general
contractor for the Services Build
ing.
by Vance Blanchard
Special Battalion Writer
A dance, the first of six to be
sponsored by the Memorial Stu
dent Center’s Summer Director
ate, will be held from 8 to 12,
Tuesday night.
According to dance chairman
Denny Kniery, the dance will be
on the “Psychedelic Happening”
theme with music being provided
Work To Begin
On Jersey St.
Jersey Street, on the south side
of the A&M campus, will take on
the look of construction next week
as workmen will begin on the
half-million dollar Farm-to-Mar-
ket Road 2347 or Jersey Street
project.
The total estimated cost of the
project is $530,795 including engi
neering work and other related
costs. The contract to R. B. But
ler Inc. of Bryan and the Jarbet
Company of San Antonio for the
construction work was for $480,-
087.
The total project, expected to be
completed within a year, extends
from Easterwood Airport east
through university property,
across the railroad tracks and
FM 2154 and along Jersey Street
to State Highway 6.
From SH 6 to FM 2154, along
the present Jersey Street route,
a four-lane, 84-foot road with
curbs and gutters and a 16-foot
median for left turn lanes will be
built. The remainder of the 2.87
mile route will be of the improved
heavy-duty FM road type con
struction.
One-half of the four-lane por
tion of the road will be completed
to a passable stage before work
begins on the other half. The
road, while under construction,
should be passable at almost all
times.
by the “Chrome Elephant,” a
group from San Antonio.
The dance will be in the air-
conditioned ballroom of the Me
morial Student Center. Dress will
be casual, and A&M students,
local high school students and
residents are invited.
Adhiission is $1 per person,
and refreshments will be served
in the ballroom at additional cost.
The “Chrome Elephant” con
sists of an organ player, drum
mer, and three guitarists—lead,
rhythmn and bass. A unique fea
ture of this group is the “psyche
delic” stroboscopic lighting that
the g-roup provides to give atmos
phere to their performance.
“The ballroom will be decorat
ed with multicolored mobiles and
other eye-pleasing goodies,” says
Kniery. “This event promises to
be one of the highlights on the
social calendar for the summer
session.”
Dates and locations of future
dances will be posted around cam
pus and announced in THE BAT
TALION and on local radio sta
tions.
Grove Schedules
Popular Movie
Patrons of the Grove Theater
at Texas A&M will get an added
treat Friday with the scheduled
feature.
“We’ve Never Been Licked,”
the most popular movie ever
shown at Aggieland, will follow
the “Moon Spinners,” announced
theater manager Rudy Gomez of
Fort Worth.
Gomez said “We’ve Never Been
Licked,” which depicts life at
A&M a number of years ago, also
will be shown during the second
summer semester.
The feature is set for 8:30, with
the second show to follow at 10:30
Gomez announced.
YMCA To Invite 900 To Camp
ANOTHER FRESHMAN INVITED
Miss Linda Birmingham, YMCA secretary, checks off an
other name on her list of 900 incoming freshmen being
invited to this year’s A&M “Freshman Camp” sponsored
by the YMCA, as she works toward the July 15 mailing
date for invitations.
by Winston Green
Battalion Editor
Approximately 900 incoming
A&M freshmen will receive in
vitations next month to attend
“Freshman Camp” sponsored by
the YMCA, Sept. 9-12.
The camp is held each year
for freshmen who plan to enter
A&M in the fall. It is designed
to aid incoming students in be
coming familiar with what will
be expected of them as a college
student, and the type of life they
will find at Aggieland.
According to YMCA Director
J. Gordon Gay, “Freshman Camp
will be a most significant experi
ence for a student during the
transition from high school to
college.”
The camp, held at Lakeview
Assembly Grounds, 98 miles north
of College Station, will cost each
camper $18.
“This includes transportation
from the A&M campus, eight
meals, three nights’ lodging, stu
dent insurance and use of the
camp,” said Gay. “Activities in
clude swimming, baseball, ping
pong, boating, fishing and other
sports.”
There will be 30 A&M upper
classmen serving as counselors
for the camp.
Gay said that counselors and
faculty resource people are care
fully selected on the basis of their
Christian concern for individual
students. The purpose of the Col
lege YMCA is to help students
develop Christian leadership.
Special programs presented to
the campers will include such
topics as: “What is the Real Pur
pose of a College Education?”,
“How important are Grades?”,
“What, Besides Studies?”, “What
about my Moral Standards and
Values?” and “When Do I Stand
as an Individual and When Do I
Conform ?”
Also, “Who is an Educated
Man?”, “Where Do I Find Prob
lem-Solving Assistance?”, “The
‘Extra’ of Campus Life at A&M,”
and “Vocation—How Do I Choose
my Life Work?”
The camp is divided into four
groups this year. Each group “will
not even see each other once the
camp has begun,” according to
Gay.
No personal cars will be per
mitted at the camp. If a camper
brings a car to A&M, it will be
assigned a parking space on the
campus until he returns.
Clarence Daugherty, Freshman
Camp Committee Chairman and a
senior at A&M, said that the
popularity of these pre-registra
tion gatherings is evidenced by
the fact that the YMCA in nearly
every large university or college
follow's a similar practice.
“Students who have attended
these camps recommend them as
the most enlightening and inspir
ing experience available for fresh
men during the fall semester,”
said Daugherty. “The popularity
(See YMCA, On Page 3)