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- , . . •. . •••. . ■- ....... ...... BACK TO SCHOOL EDITION ATTKM) A&M-SMU | GAME SEPT. 16 1 VOLUME 61 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1967 Number 469 Board Approves | Ags Face SMU Saturday New Meal Plan 1 ” J Texas A&M University offi cials have approved a five-day and seven-day meal plan in re sponse to student requests for such a choice, announced Dean of Students James P. Hannigan. Dean Hannigan said the new Monday-through-Friday plan, au thorized by A&M’s Board of Di rectors as an alternative to the standard seven-day plan, is sup ported by a student committee which worked with university of ficials. The student committee includ ed Griff Venator, president of the Civilian Student Council; Cadet Col. Lonnie Minze, Corps commander; Clarence Daugherty, representing Student Senate President Gerald Campbell, and Bob Collins, representing Grad uate Student Council President Ernie Knowles. The choice will be available to both civilian and Corps students residing in dormitories, the dean stated. COST OF the five-day Mon- day-Friday plan is $196 per se mester, with the seven-day plan remaining $216. The Board of Directors will review the food rates periodically and make any necessary adjustments. University officials stressed no state funds are provided for din ing hall operations. These facili ties must therefore be self-sup- poring and provide sufficient funds for needed improvements, replacement of equipment and other unforeseen expenses. Under the new arrangements, Texas A&M’s daily food rate will be $1.80 (60 cents per meal) for the seven-day plan and $2.29 (76 cents per meal) for the five-day plan. The seven-day plan is up five cents a meal from last year, Dean Hannigan noted, primarily because of increased expendi tures resulting from new mini mum wage requirements. THE DEAN explained the rates are determined by combin ing food and labor expenses with a “missed meal” factor. The “missed meal” factor primarily reflects student absences from the dining halls on weekends when the university was operat ing exclusively on a seven-day plan. “If every student consumed every meal for which he paid, we would have long since had to raise the rates much higher than they are today,” Dean Hannigan emphasized. He also observed the “missed meal” factor is ex pected to drop significantly with the new optional plans. The proposed rates for 1967- 68, however, compare favorably with those of other institutions included in a recent university survey, the dean pointed out. INCLUDED IN the survey were SMU, Arkansas, Rice, Uni versity of Texas, Baylor, Stephen F. Austin, New Mexico, New Mexico State, LSU and Dart mouth. (Stephen F. Austin and the four out-of-state schools were included for comparisons of five- day plans, which are not offered by any of the surveyed South west Conference schools. Texas Tech, the only SWC school not included, has a combined room and board fee and the specific portion allotted for board could not be readily determined.) All the schools reported higher seven-day plans for 1967-68 than the one adopted for A&M. All the five-day plans fall within $2.25-$2.35 on a daily basis, com pared to A&M’s $2.29. DEAN HANNIGAN said all the surveyed schools reported compulsory board, with the ex ception of New Mexico State and the University of Texas, which requires it for coeds only. The dean noted A&M will con tinue to make exceptions to its compulsory boarding policy on an individual basis. He said excep tions will be granted for reasons such as special dietary require ments and conflicts with off-cam pus work schedules. He said the student who choos es the five-day plan but then elects to eat on campus during the weekend must either go to the Memorial Student Center or the Sbisa cash cafeteria. Dean Hannigan also empha sized that once a student has se lected a particular meal plan, he cannot switch until the end of the semester. In Televised Grid Opener x NEW SEATING ARRANGEMENT In addition to Kyle Field’s “new look,’’ another big- change will be added to this fall’s football games: graduate students will be moved to the south end of the student section, past the visiting students’ section. The new arrangement was announced this week by Wally Groff, athletic business manager. Hirt Opens Town Hall Friday A1 Hirt, dubbed “King of the Trumpet World” in American music circles, swings into G. Rol- lie White Coliseum Friday for the Memorial Student Center’s Town Hall Series opener for 1967-68. The husky Hirt, who tips the scales at something near 285 pounds, is due for an 8 p.m. per formance here. His “Honey-in- the-Horn” solos will be backed by clarinetists Joseph “Pee Wee” Spitelera and Fred Crane, trom- Insurance Plan Available To Full Time Students The Texas A&M Student and Accident Insurance plan, which was offered for the first time last year, is once again available to all fulltime students. R. M. Jackson, division man ager of Mutual of Omaha, said the plan is designed specifically for students of Texas A&M and is intended to supplement the University Health Services. According to Jackson, the Stu dent Senate submitted the plan by letter and by committee after it had been approved by the administration. He said Mutual of Omaha then designed the plan to the specifications put forth, made its bid and the Student Senate accepted it. Briefly the special plan ox in surance has such features as: (a) 12 month coverage for $18, (b) benefits in addition to any received under a private policy, (c) coverage remains in force for the period the premium is paid even though the student leaves school (re fund is made upon request for entry into active mili tary service), (d) the entire program is University National Bank "On the side of Texas A&M” —Adv. serviced in Bryan, includes payment of claims by the R. M. Jackson Agency. Married students can also en roll their dependents in the pro gram at a very nominal cost. “The program has proved to be very satisfactory and we have received no complaints,” Jackson said. If any student wishes to enroll or needs more information he should contact the R. M. Jackson Agency, 308 East 27th Street at College, Bryan, Texas. Enrollment in the closes October 15. program Reception Tonight An informal open house and reception to honor new students will be held this evening by the A&M Memorial Student Center Directorate. Freshmen, an estimated 3,000 of them, will dominate the hon- orees. Both cadets and civilians will join in festivities in the Me morial Student Center Serpentine Lounge and Ballroom. Faculty-staff members and their wives have been invited to visit with new students in the MSC Ballroom. The reception is scheduled 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. bonist Gerald Hirt, drummer James H. Zitano and bass fiddler Lowell Miller. The Friday show will mark Hirt’s second appearance at Ag- gieland in three years. At his last performance, in February, 1965, Hirt “packed in the fans and had them yelling for more,” Town Hall Chairman Robert Gon zales recalls. DATE AND general admission tickets will be sold in the Student Programs Office of the MSC from 8:30 to 5:30 p.m. Friday, and Students who ordered date tickets or student reserve sea son tickets for Town Hall dur ing the summer may pick up the tickets in the MSC Student Programs Office Friday be tween 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., or at G. Rollie White Coliseum before the A1 Hirt performance, Town Hall Chairman Robert Gonzales announced this week. will go on sale at G. Rollie White Coliseum at 7 p.m. Friday, Gon zales said. Date tickets are $1.50 and general admission seats are $3. “There’s a possibility that re served seats will be available,” Gonzales added. “If they are, the prices will be $3.50 and $4.” “Cadets who attend the show will wear Class ‘A’ Summer uni form as prescribed in the Stan dard,” he noted. GONZALEZ SAID Head Yell Leader Neal Adams will address the audience during intermission. Hirt’s best-known recordings include “Cotton Candy,” “Java,” “Sugar Lips,” “Fancy Pants,” “When the Saints Go Marching In,” “Holiday for Trumpet” and “Muskrat Ramble.” That “King” title has been attested to by many awards, in cluding an Artist of the Year award from the Music Operators of America, a citation in two annual Billboard Disc Jockey Poll, two citations from Bill board’s Campus Music Poll, and four gold records from the Re cording Industry of America. From the start, critics have had a difficult time classifying just exactly what it is that Hirt elicits from the trumpet. Some called it jazz, others swing, still others dixieland. Hirt has defined himself as “a pop commercial musician.” Host of “Fanfare,” a CBS-TV musical variety series, Hirt has appeared on such programs as the Dinah Shore Show, Ed Sul livan, Bell Telephone Hour, Jim my Dean Show, Jack Parr Show, the Andy Williams Show and an NBC Thanksgiving Special. HIRT WAS born Nov. 7, 1922 in New Orleans, La., and began studying music early. After play ing in his high school band and orchestra, he won a scholarship to the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, where he studied clas sical trumpet. After serving in the Army during World War II, Hirt re turned to New Orleans. He played with the Tommy and Jimmy Dor sey bands, Ray McKinley and Horace Heidt before starting his own group. He now owns a night club, Al’s Place, in the heart of New Orleans’ French Quarter. The entertainer grew his beard about seven years ago for Mardi Gras, and it has become one of his trademarks. Hargett To Guide Potent Backfield By JERRY GRISHAM Battalion Sports Editor The Texas Ag-gies and Southern Methodist Mustangs open the 1967 football season in a big way Saturday as they square off on the turf of newly refurbished Kyle Field before the eyes of millions of viewers on national television. Both teams go into the game with a definite and important purpose. The Mustangs, last year’s Southwest Conference champions, have been picked by most preseason polls to be this season’s cellar dwellers and Coach Hayden Fry’s squad will be out to show the country they aren’t ready for the glue factory yet. The Aggies are out to serve notice that a 10-year-old drought has officially ended. Coach Gene Stallings’ third team at Aggieland will be trying to avenge last year’s 21-14 loss to the Mustangs. The Ponies go into the contest as at least 14-point underdogs. Trouble spots for SMU lie mainly 12,500 Enroll For Semester Texas A&M begins its 91st year of classes Monday with an expected enrollment of more than 12,500 students. The fall semester registration in Sbisa Hall signs returning stu dents in groups by surname initial today and Friday. New students who attended summer conferences have been pre-registered and are ready for the start of classes Monday. Campus construction has pro gressed slowly, but most of the dormitories have been renovated. Dorms that have not been com pletely renovated will continue to be worked on during the spinng semester. All the Duncan Dining Hall area dormitories have been air condtioned, making a total of 22 dorms that are cooled. Each room in Dorms 1-12 is supposed to have new bunk beds, mattresses, upholstered chairs, two simulated wood study desks, and a six-drawer chest of draw ers to be shared by the room’s two occupants. But all the new furniture has not been installed in all the dorms. Wesley E. Donaldson, purchasing and stores director, said approximately half the chairs and desks have arrived. The rest of the chairs are supposed to arrive next week and will be dis tributed. with the aid of members of the Corps. The desks are arriv ing daily and should all be placed in the dorms by the end of September. Other campus construction is under way on Cushing Library and the Services Building. The Services Building is set for com pletion the end of October or the first part of November. However, library officials don’t expect to move into the expansion of that building for almost a year. Bryan Building & Loan Association, Your Sav- Bj^L ings Center, since 1919. —Adv. wiM * •• AL HIRT New Orleans trumpeter A1 Hirt, backed by an all-star band, will open the Town Hall Series for 1967-68 Friday with an appearance at 8 p. m. in G. Rollie White Coliseum. This will be Hirt’s second appearance here in the last three years. Date Tickets On Sale Notv Date tickets for the A&M- SMU game are now on sale at the G. Rollie White Coli seum ticket office. Aggies can buy tickets for $4 until 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 15. A&M student identifica tion cards will be needed to make date ticket purchases. The following week, Sept. 18-22, will be the only time that Aggies can purchase $4 date tickets for the other three Kyle Field games (Florida State, Baylor and Texas). in the line. The graduation of 22 lettermen played havoc with an experienced interior on both offense and defense. Coach Fry will be counting on such sophomores as Pat O’Con nell, a 6-1, 208-pound redshirt and Rufus Cormier, replacement of all-SWC nose guard John La- Grone to bolster the sagging SMU line. The Ponies, however, have a little something going for them. That little something is 5-10, weighs 175 pounds, is lightning fast and goes by the name of Jerry LeVias. Aggies are very familiar with the little Mustang since it was he whose 83-yard punt return beat A&M last year. Levias was moved during spring practice from his end posi tion to flanker where he will have more opportunity to get his hands on the ball. Quarterbacking the Dallas squad will be Mike Livingston who will be out of the shadow of last year’s top SMU quarterback Mac White for the first time. The combination of Livingston throwing and Levias catching is the potential red and blue bomb which can break a game wide open. To counter the threat posed by the arm of A&M’s Edd Har gett, SMU has one of the most experienced secondaries in the league. For the Aggies it is going to be offense, offense and more of fense. The offensive backfield for the Aggies is the strongest A&'M has fielded in many years. At the quarterback spot is Edd Hargett, one of the nation’s top helmsmen after only a year of playing experience. Behind Hargett at the fullback position is Bill Sallee who Har gett says “is so quick when he takes off that you really have to move to get the ball to him or he’s already past you.” Sallee is the only senior in the back- field. Deciding between the two con tenders for the tailback spot is like trying to pick either choco late cream pie or coconut cus tard. They’re both just too good. Wendell Housley is the choice of Coach Stallings to start the game there because he has more exper ience than the talented sophomore Ross Brupbacher. Bob Long will be at wingback. Long was reknown last year for his clutch pass receptions. The strength of the Aggie line is rather one-sided. The strong side, aptly named consists of Mo Moorman as guard, Rolf Krueger at the tackle position and Tom Buckman at end. Only within the last week has the weak side members been defi nitely determined. Sophomore Jack Kovar is center, Dan Schneider is playing guard along side Mark Weaver at tackle. Split end position is held by Tommy Maxwell, one of the top receivers in the SWC. The trouble spots for the Ag gies are in the defense. Inexper ience is the key word here with many sophomores seeing duty. The defense will have its hands full when the Levias-Livingston offense gets underway. First Bank & Trust now' pays 5% per annum on savings certif icates. —Adv.