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ion Partnient, ! his resi. iching at Professor teacher was a schools, ho °l gradu. an d masters Slacks im »mcnr U * A N C " igton, 111, 9 P.M. , Texas onday) \er )ry ning Aggie Silver Taps Echos Through Darkened Campus A&M’s Ham Radio THE BATTALION Keeping Silent Tuesday, September 26, 1967 College Station, Texas Page 3 COLLEGE STATION — Stu dents file out of their dormitories and slowly head for the heart of the campus. All lights are out and the only sound is that of a marching honor guard. It’s 10:30 p.m. Silence is brok en by the first of three volleys of rifle fire. Taps is played three times, with the last note prompt ing students to return to their rooms. Not a word has been spoken. Texas A&M University has thus paid final respects to one of its own with observance of Silver Taps. The unique ceremony is one of numerous traditions which still prevail at Aggieland, though the university has undergone major transformations in recent years, mushrooming in size and expand ing in scope far beyond its tra ditional concept. Some Aggies—including “Mr. Aggie,” the late P. L. (Pinkie) Downs—have long maintained Sil ver Taps is the school’s greatest tradition, even ranking ahead of the annual spring Muster which is observed wherever Aggies gath er throughout the world. No one knows how or when Sil ver Taps originated. A&M Arch ivist Ernest Langford, however, has documents on file which in dicate the ceremony was being observed before the turn of the century. The ceremony was apparently first held in front of the Old Main Building, the original campus structure which burned in 1912. For the past 47 years, it has always been in front of the stately Academic Building, and “Sully,” a large bronze statue of Lawrence Sullivan Ross, a 19th Century governor of Texas and president of Texas A&M. Silver Taps includes the tradi tional bugle salute to a fallen comrade, played in a stirring har monic arrangement by four mem bers of the Aggie Band stationed in the Academic Building dome. The beauty of the simple taps is enhanced by an “echo” of the passages phrases, supplied by one bugler playing at a softer level. When university officials learn that a student has died, the U. S. flag is lowered to half-mast on the tallest pole in the state, serv ing notice that Silver Taps will be held that night. With A&M’s largest enrollment, chances are that only a few in the multitude personally knew the student they came to honor. But he was an Aggie, and that’s rea son enough for all to be present. Silver Taps has only been held in honor of one person who was not a student at time of death. The exception was the late Mr. Downs, a member of A&M’s Class of ’06 who devoted his life to the university and was official greeter when he died March 21. The dramatic moving Silver Taps ceremony has inspired sev eral poems, one of which con cludes: Stand at attention, Aggies! Once more we honor them, The Silver Taps Battalion of Texas A&M. 10-Ft. Subway Cars CARBONDALE, ILL. <A>)_An engineering professor at Southern Illinois University has an assign ment to brainstorm an idea—trav el underground. U. S. Army Corps of Engineers is trying to come up with a vehicle that will split rock to tunnel along its own roadway deep inside the earth. Prof. Edred Hough is trying to determine if it is possible for man to travel like a mole. The corps granted him $40,000 to ex plore his theories. His working hypothesis is that a machine some 10 feet long could be designed. It would use a self-contained hydraulic frac turing unit. Texas A&M’s ham radio sta tion, W5AC, has had light traffic with South Texas after Hurricane Beulah smashed the region’s com munication capabilities. Ted Wittliff of Taylor said the Memorial Student Center radio committee which he chairs has had operators on duty most of the time since Beulah hit land south of Brownsville. He added that W5AC has han dled a few messages and indicated several factors have put the sta tion primarily on listening status. “The hurricane knocked most South Texas hams off the air,” Wittliff pointed out. “Rigs still operating have been overloaded with outgoing messages,. Our geographic location hasn’t ' re quired net participation. And with all the emergency transmis sions, it’s best if a ham stays quiet and doesn’t clutter things.” Witliff said students wishing to send messages into South Tex as may use forms supplied near the MSC bowling lanes. He not ed, however, that mail and tele phone service is being returned to the region. The committee holds its 1967- 68 organizational meeting Tues day at 7:30 p.m. in Room 2A of the MSC. “Anyone interested in ham radio operation is invited,” Wittliff said. BATTALION CLASSIFIED WANT AD RATES One day 4<? per word S< per word each additional day Minimum charge—SOtf Classified Display 90^ per column inch each insertion DEADLINE 4 p.m. day before publication FOR SALE Toy fox terrier puppies 6 weeks old. Also 689-2201 after 6 p. m. 47 4tl lour month olds. 689-2201 after 6 Like new Wards Automatic Washer, no thly install- n payment. Take nents. Call 846-6266 up i tfter 6 p. m. 473t3 AVON PRODUCTS Nita Gibson College View Representative 846-76 73 after 5 p. m. X-MAS GIFT DELIGHTS implete line of art suppli, rylici les, canvas boa the artist. 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Phone 822-4972. 470tfn grove of eighbors. 3 and fish- SPECIAL NOTICE Two furnished two bedroom brick apart ments, central air and heat, private patio, two blocks from campus. Available Feb ruary 1st. Can be reserved now with a small deposit. 823-8181. 466tfn Coin operated electric typewriters avail able for use in Memorial Student Cost 10 Located i! ‘e rooms on lower out key at main desk. Center. 1 hour. use o for 20 minutes, 25c for in Room B of sound proof piano level of MSC. 460tfn practice rooms Check WORK WANTED Typing, 846-5416, C-17-B. C.V. 442tfn SOSOLIKS TV & RADIO SERVICE Zenith - Color & B&W - TV All Makes - TV - Repaired 713 S. Main 822-1941 HOME & CAR RADIO REPAIRS SALES & SERVICE KEN’S RADIO & TV 303 W. 26th 822-2819 OTIS MCDONALD’S ors • Cash Registers static Dry Copiei lines 4 • Ele Typewriters • Adding Machines • Cal- jlators • Cash Regis static Dry G Sales • Service • Rentals Norelco dictating equipment 429 South Main Street • Phone 822-1328 Bryan, Texas 77802 • Watch Repair • Jewelry Repair • Diamond Senior Rings • Senior Rings Refinished C. W. Varner & Sons Jewelers North Gate 846-581G AN OPEN LETTER! Hello Aggies— tor Schulz i Welcome back home Aggies! We have missed you. Well another school year is beginning and it is our hope you do well in all of your endeavors and that you accomplish all of your undertakings. When you find time for recreation we hope you will visit us and renew old acquaintances. You know we are open 7 days a week ‘til midnight and you’ll always find some of your friends here. We’ve added a brand new 5x10 Carom table to our center and this now gives us 2 - 5x10 pocket tables, 2 - 5x10 snooker tables, 2 - dVgxO ft. pocket tables, 14 - 4x8 pocket tables, 9 of the latest pin ball machines, Toosball table (the new sensation form coast to coast and a new bumper table. We also have a new supply of jointed cue sticks from $9.95 to $95.00. Let’s all join forces and pull a little harder and help put the Aggies back to NUMBER ONE in 1967. It can be done! Aggieland Recreation Center Redmond Terrace Center P.S. “The girls are still playing here!” STATE MOTEL, rooms «nd kitchen, day and weekly rate, near the University, 846- 6410. 262tfn FAIRWAY APARTMENTS • Two bedrooms • Furnished or unfurnished • Carpeted and draped • T.V. cable connections • Close to A&M, elementary schools and golf course • Central air and heat • Built in stove, refrigerator and disposal. From $99.50 3300 S. College Resident Mgr. 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(Moe) Hair 822-1719 For An Appointment Campus Briefs Faculty-Staff Dinner Dance Ticket Sales End COLLEGE STATION — Tues day is the deadline for obtaining tickets for Texas A&M’s first 1967-68 faculty-staff dinner dance, reminds Mrs. Anne Elmquist, committee chairman for the Fac ulty-Staff Dinner Dance Club. The dinner dance is planned for 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Mem orial Student Center ballroom. Mrs. Elmquist said all new fac ulty-staff are invited to attend the first of the four programs as the guests of A&M President Earl Rudder. The newcomers received written invitations but must exchange them for tickets at the MSC reser vations desk by Tuesday, Mrs. Elmquist stressed. Season tickets, as well as single tickets for the opening dinner dance, also may be purchased through Tuesday at the MSC or from Dr. Russell Kohel in the Soil and Crop Sciences Depart ment. The season tickets are $13 per person and individual tickets, $3.75. New members may pur chase season tickets for the sub sequent programs for $11. Other dinner dances will be held Nov. 16, Feb. 22 and April 22 in the MSC Assembly Room. Music for all four programs will be furnished by the Aggieland Combo. ★ ★ ★ Veterinary Profs Schedule Activities A heavy slate of activities faces a quintet of faculty members of Texas A&M’s College of Veteri nary Medicine during the next 10 days. Dean Alvin A. Price will be in Corpus Christi Tuesday to address the Coastal Bend Veterinary Med ical Association. The following day Dr. D. R. Howard, medicine and surgery in structor, will give a program, “Canine Hip and Stiffle Surgery”, to the Shreveport, La., Veterinary Medical Association. Dr. R. W. Moore, associate pro fessor of veterinary microbiology, will attend a veterinary short course at Purdue University. He also will participate in a program on equine infectious anemia and swine arthritis. Dr. M. F. Young, assistant pro fessor of veterinary medicine and surgery, will attend a swine sem inar Oct. 2-3 in Chicago. On Oct. 4-5, Dr. D. O. Wiersig, associate professor of physiology and pharmacology, will present a paper during the Midwest Inter professional Seminar on Diseases Common to Animals and Man. Seminar host is the University of Missouri at Columbia. ★ ★ ★ Landiss And Merki To Attend Confab Two Health and Physical Edu cation Department professors of Texas A&M will participate in a health education conference in Dallas this weekend. Attending will be Dr. Carl W. Landiss, department head, and Dr. Donald J. Merki, assistant professor of health education. Sponsored by the Federal Food and Drug Administration, Texas Education Agency and Texas As sociation for Health, Physical Ed ucation and Recreation, the con ference will present new educa tional concepts and materials to teachers, principals, school nurses, FRESHMAN PICTURE SCHEDULE FOR 1968 AGGIELAND CORPS FRESHMEN: Corps freshmen will have their Yearbook Portrait Schedule: portraits made for the Aggie land ’68 according to this sched ule at University Studio at North Gate in class “A” winter uniforms. Fish should bring poplin shirts, black ties, and bri gade or wing shields. Those freshmen who paid for their yearbook picture at regis tration should bring their FEE SLIP. Those who did not, may pay their $1.50 at the University Studio. Sept. Oct. 25 26 27 28 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 13 & 13 & 16 & 17 & 18 & & 26 & 27 & 28 & 29 & 3 A-l & B-l C-l & D-l E-l & F-l G-l & H-l A-2 & B-2 C-2 & D-2 E-2 & F-2 G-2 & H-2 Maroon Band White Band — Sq. & 2 & 4 & 6 & 8 & 10 & 12 & 14 Civilian Freshmen: and Co-Eds: Sept. 25 thru 29 — A-D Oct. 2 thru 6 — E-M 9 thru 13 — N-S 16 thru 20 — T-Z and Make-ups college professors and state edu cation officials. “The conference will encourage evaluation and furtherance of health education programs in Tex as,” noted Landiss, who will pre side over a Saturday morning as sembly. The conference will in clude a series of panel discussions featuring prominent members of the field. Landiss is president-elect of the 2,800-mem,her Texas Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation. ★ ★ ★ Capt. Ruud Gives Algebra Treatise Capt. Paul G. Ruud of Texas A&M presented a paper at an Oxford University conference in England. His treatise on representations of groups of a certain order was presented at a conference on com putational problems in abstract algebra. Mathematical represent atives at the five-day September conference were from the U. S., Canada, England, Scotland, Ger many and Australia. Captain Ruud, of Pelican Rap ids, Minn., is a graduate student in statistics through the Air Force Institute of Technology. He and his wife reside at 505 Helena, Bryan. ★ ★ ★ Lectures Schedule For IE Dpartment Industrial consultant Edward C. Schleh will speak on “Manage ment by Results” in two Indus trial Engineering Department lec tures at Texas A&M Thursday. The head of E. C. Schleh Asso ciates, business analysts, will ad dress department students and faculty at 2 p.m. in the Archi tecture auditorium, Dr. A. W. Wortham announced. Wortham said Schleh also will meet with associate engineering deans and department heads Thursday evening. The speaker, from Palo Alto, Calif., is known as the “father of the results approach” to manage ment. Under the system, man agers give results wanted rather than outlining duties. ★ ★ ★ Final Rites Held For Mrs. Vezey, 79 Funeral services for Mrs. Myrtle Hester Vezey, 79, of 600 Gurnsey, College Station, were held Tuesday afternoon at Hillier Funeral Home in Bryan. Mrs. Vezey, wife of Dr. E. E. Vezey, retired physics professor at Texas A&M, died Monday in a local nursing home. The Rev. Walter Allen, associ ate pastor of First Christian Church, Bryan, officiated. ★ ★ ★ Management Skills SeminarScheduled Texas A&M University’s Engi neering Extension Service will conduct a general course in super vision here Oct. 16-20. W. B. Mansfield, chief instruc tor of supervisory development, said the seminar is designed to assist personnel at all levels of management. Approximately 25 persons are expected to attend. Topics include attitudes and their influence on production, psychological factors in learning, levels of employee performance, elements of effective training procedures,, employee motivation and the scope of communications in the work world. Instructors, in addition to Mans field, include Harry Cagle and T. J. Bole. Beef Specialist Discusses Pricing A Texas A&M agricultural economist said here Friday there are “conflicting values” in speci fication buying and pricing of ani mals and carcasses. He spoke of “inverse relation ships,” such as a higher grade animal receiving a higher price and a higher weight animal get ting a lower price. Dr. Edward Uvacek discussed the conflicts in a talk titled “The Future Feeder Animal” during the annual Livestock and Meat Mar keting Institute. He said market demands for the future retail counter, the antici pated demands of packers and the cattle types wanted, will hinge on the type of feeder animals that will be required to produce ac ceptable slaughter cattle and beef retail cuts in the 1970’s and 1980’s. Uvacek, Extension Service live stock marketing specialist in the A&M Agricultural Economics and Sociology Department, described various market classifications which lead to the conflicts. These include classifications on weight, grade, and now the latest cate gory known as cutability grade or .yield grade. Cutability indicates the propor tion of trimmed retail cuts yielded by a carcass. It would he easy, Uvacek said, if the chain store meat buyer could order a certain weight and grade carcass. The supplier then could simply figure out the type of feeder animal that woulc) pro duce slaughter cattle to fit the buyer’s needs. “Now this sounds simple, but let me point out that there are some severe conflicting values both in these specifications and in the pricing system that compli cate the entire picture,” he said. First, there is a direct relation ship between the federal grade of the cattle and the weight of the animal or carcass, the economist explained. The higher the weight, the higher the grade. Yet, in pricing, the higher grade animal receives the higher price, but the higher weight ani mal receives the lower price. “As a consequence, we have an Jt cm J • Stationery, books, cards • baby albums • shower invitations • baby announcements • shower centerpieces • napkins, cups, plates etc. AGGIELAND FLOWER AND GIFT SHOPPE 209 University Drive adverse relationship in the prices of these two factors even though they both move in the same direc tion when the animal is in the feedlot,” Uvacek said. And then there is cutability, which is inversely related to car cass grade. When there is a move up from Good to Choice to Prime beef, there is generally a move down in cutability, the speaker pointed out. “Yet, the higher the cutability, the higher the price. But we have already seen that the higher the grade, the higher the price,” Uva cek said. “So, again we have an inverse relationship in the price level because of these two char acteristics of cutability and the federal grade,” The marketing specialist de scribed still another set of con flicting factors: Traditionally, cattle buyers look for a high dressing percentage on cattle. The higher the dressing percentage, the higher the price paid. But cutability, or carcass yield, is inversely related to an animal’s dressing percentage. “So, again we have price levels moving in opposite directions. The higher cutability brings an in creased price, but the lower dress ing percentage reduces the price,” Uvacek said. Between 200 and 300 persons in the livestock and meat marketing industry attended the session, which began Thursday and ended Friday afternoon (Sept. 21-22). The Texas Agricultural Extension Service and Texas Agricultural Experiment Station were spon sors, and the A&M Agricultural Economics and Sociology Depart ment conducted the event. PARDNER You’ll Always Win The Showdown When You Get Your Duds Done At CAMPUS CLEANERS