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Powell urged students to use the perimeter lots, according to the color on their parking stickers. Band’s TV Halftime Show Gets Enthusiastic Reaction Favorable response to the Texas Aggie Band’s performance on national television during the A&M-SMU football game has been sounded from Georgia, Cali fornia, New York, Washington and points between. The band, directed by Lt. Col E. V. Adams, turned in a six- minute halftime performance containing maneuvers not nor mally attempted until latter stages of the grid season. The Colonel, as he is known to bandsmen, rated the Sept. 16 performance flawless. He also was pleased with the precision of last Saturday’s drill in the Cotton Bowl during the Purdue game. THE BAND cheeked in two weeks ahead of registration for six-a-day practice sessions. Prac tice last week was bogged down by rain from Hurricane Beulah. Colonel Adams said a light practice load is scheduled this week with an idle weekend ahead. A&M plays LSU at Baton Rouge Saturday. The tempo will pick up next Monday in preparation Aggie Firemen Assist Victims Harlingen was the base of op erations Tuesday for four men from Texas A&M’s Firemen’s Training Division who are assist ing victims of Hurricane Beulah. “People are really pitching in and helping out down there,” re marked A&M Fire Marshal El- wood Sevison who returned to the campus Tuesday after six days in the Rio Grande Valley. “It’s rough down there, but the people are really battling back.” Sevison and Bryan fireman Walter Opersteny returned a 1,- 000-gallon pumper to the cam pus. High water forced them to take the scenic route home, from Weslaco to Laredo to San An tonio. Remaining in Harlingen with a Texas Department of Public Safety rescue unit are Chief Hen ry D. Smith, John Rauch, Jim Bland and Bob Dobson. They are working under direction of C. 0. Layne, state Civil Defense direc tor. “We made several runs with Kingsville fire trucks Tuesday night and Wednesday before mov ing to Harlingen and McAllen Thursday,” Sevison noted. “In Mc Allen we waded water to our Waists to rescue about 75 persons stranded in low-lying areas.” The A&M team was dispatched Saturday to help restore commun ications in flood-ravaged Ray- mondville. Sunday’s assignment was a jaunt to Weslaco where the A&M men helped supervise sand bagging operations on levees be tween Mercedes and Weslaco. Rescue operations continued Tuesday in Harlingen as rising streams carried more water into the city. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M” —Adv. for the A&M-Florida State con test at Kyle Field Oct. 7. Telegrams, phone calls and let ters trumpeted the organization’s TV exhibition. A LETTER from Owego, N. Y., requested band history, member ship, instrumentation and other information. “I’ve never seen a band of this nature. Your show was tremendous,” wrote Huson A. Wilkins. “Looks great, sounds great, is great ...” proclaimed ABC of ficials. “I got chills watching and re calling my four years in the band,” commented P. T. Rath- bone, 1955 graduate who raises sugar beets in Marsing, Idaho. Another band ex, Bill Allred Man is the most difficult natural resource angle to figure in any recreation program, and he should not be left out of the picture, the head of the Colorado State Uni- verstiy Recreation and Watershed Resources Department said here Tuesday. Dr. Arthur Wilcox, speaking during the two-week Recreation Management Institute, said it is a mistake to ignore the human factor. “Man is part of our natural re sources, and he should not be put into a separate category, the de partment head said. “He Is the most complicated factor to handle in a recreation program.” SUCH WAS some of the recrea tion management philosophy to come out of the second day of the institute. It is conducted by the A&M Recreation and Pai-ks De partment. Purpose of the conference is to give recreation managers and technical specialists an accelerated up-dating of recreation knowl edge, concepts and skills. Enroll- mentis limited to 30 persons. Wilcox cautioned the group not to get too far away from the basic concept of recreation which is re creation. Park and recreation ad ministrators “are in an ideal posi tion to be concerned about the total problems of leisure.” The speaker put resources into three large classes in relation to recreation. They were scenic; scientific or natural history, his torical sites, museums, etc.; and strategic, which are areas stra tegically located to care for masses of people. THE STRATEGIC class, he em phasized, is the most important in the long run. Other speakers at the morning session were Lemuel Garrison, regional director of the National Park Service at Philadelphia, Penn;, and Robert Sharp of Den ver, Colo., assistant regional direc tor of the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation. Afternon speakers were Dr. L. M. Reid, head of the A&M Recreation and Parks Department, and Dr. E. J. Dyksterhuis of the A&M Range Science Department. Institute Director Kenneth of Wills Point, admired the di rector’s relinquishing a chance for national publicity. Adams cued the band’s entrance after a one-sentence TV interview, forc ing cameras to swing to the end zone. “The band’s performance brought lumps to my throat,” penned Paul Wood, a professor at Texas Tech who formerly in structed history and government at A&M. Mrs. J. K. Jarvis of San An tonio out-phrased all accolades. “You stole the show,” she wrote. “People I talked to after ward didn’t mention the game, which was outstanding. They asked ‘Did you see that great Aggie Band?’” Butts of the A&M Recreation and Parks Department said the con ference, the first of its kind in the United States, involves eight federal agencies and personnel from local and state park depart ments. Meetings are planned on a twice-a-year basis. Senate Plans Varied Slate For First Meet The Student Senate will hear imports on matters ranging from Sweetheart selection to debate activities Thursday when it meets for the first time this year. Senate President Jerry Camp bell said the meeting will be in room 3D of the Memorial Student Center, immediately following yell practice. Preliminary plans for selection of this year’s Aggie Sweetheart will be announced by the Senate’s Sweetheart Committee, Campbell said. Another committee will re port on seating for home football games. Campbell said representatives of the Debating Club have re quested a hearing on possible Senate financing of their activ ities. The A&M Mothers Club has largely contributed to the group’s fund in the past, Campbell ex plained. Senators will also hear a report from the executive committee on its meeting last week, at which a measure was passed to provide approximately 10 “Keep Off the Crass” signs for the MSC lawn. Campbell said the signs, which will read “This is a Memorial to A&M War Dead—Please Keep Off,” will be in place “hopefully before the Florida State game.” Miscellaneous reports from other Senate committees are also expected at the meeting, Camp bell noted. First Bank & Trust now pays 5% per annum on savings certif icates. —Adv. Human Element Must Figure n For Complete Rec Program Powell Urges Use Of Perimeter Lots By JOHN JAMES Parking areas are actually in creasing faster than enrollment at A&M, despite the difficulty in finding spaces near dormitories, Ed E. Powell, Campus Security chief, said Tuesday. Newly constructed parking area number 49, along Highway 2154 on the west side of the campus, was designed to accommodate 630 cars at a cost of $80,000, .while the $70,000 Kyle Field parking annex can handle 510. These and other facilities under construction have been designed to keep pace wtih the rapidly expanding enroll ment, Powell said. When coupled with pre-existing parking areas, the new lots bring the total number of parking spaces to 8,016, he explained, in cluding 2,970 for staff and 5,046 for day and dormitory students. According to figures released by Powell, 2,854 staff and 4,928 stu dent parking permits were dis tributed during the past spring- semester. Although current fig ures have not been compiled, they are not expected to greatly sur pass last semester’s, he noted. Powell was quick to point out that figures on permits assigned in past semesters include an un known number of motorcycles and scooters, which have their own designated parking areas. He also commented that many of the cars registered are used as “second cars,” which are not on campus at the same time as the owner’s other vehicle. Bob Evans Named Job Service Head However, finding a parking place near dormitories and class room buildings continues to pre sent problems to the 50 percent of A&M students who operate ve hicles on the campus. “The problem here is that stu dents are unwilling to make use of those parking spaces located in the more remote sectors away from buildings and dormitories,” Powell asserted. Future parking lots, all of which are financed solely by the revenue from parking permits and fines, will be constructed along the perimeter of the campus rather than nearer to the academic area, he added. “We cannot have an academic area concentrated enough that students can easily walk from one side of the campus to the other if the center of the academic area is dotted wtih parking lots,” Powell commented. Long-range plans disclosed by Powell call for the eventual elimi nation of all major parking areas in the central academic area of the campus. With the continu ance of new building construction, •y. X; | Harlingen Struck | I By New Floods 1 By JACK KEEVER HARLINGEN. (A*) — The Rio Grande, chasing new thousands out of its path with unstoppable force, crashed through a levee upstream from flood-hit Harlin gen Tuesday night. A new surge of floodwaters— already at record levels—bore down on ravaged Harlingen. In Austin, Gov. John B. Con- nally rushed out of a dinner gathering to take personal con trol of Valley evacuation at the state’s Emergency Operating- Center. “We’ve got real prob lems,” the grim-faced governor said. Communications with Harlin gen were almost impossible. A steady stream of vehicles pushed north from the city, carrying thousands of evacuees and the few belongings they could salvage from the flood. The first word of the levee break north of Harlingen came when a military radio operator bumped off conventional traffic for what he called an “urgent message.” “The floodway levee near Farm Road 506 has broken,” the mes sage said. The area on both sides of Harlingen and at nearby La Feria was taking more water. The worst of the Harlingen flooding was yet to come. The Rio Grande’s crest was still up stream. The flooding Tuesday knocked over the best barriers harried disaster workers, using Army earth-moving equipment, could put in its path. he explained, lots will be plowed under to make way for such new features as a multi-story Ex change Store, and most of the campus’ streets will be closed to vehicular traffic to become large walkways. “It is possible A&M will have to adopt a program similar to that of Cornell and other universities, of removing all pai’king areas to remote locations and providing some form of commuter system to and from the campus,” Powell noted. ★ ★ ★ Powell Announces New Fine Law A change in speeding and parking fines procedure was an nounced Tuesday by Ed E. Powell, chief of the campus security office. “Our new policy will be similar to those used by other law en forcement agencies throughout the state,” Powell said. “Although the long-standing policy of $2 fihes for non-moving and $3 fines for moving violations will be re tained, fines not paid for rein statement of parking privileges within the 72-hour deadline will be filed at the justice of the peace court.” Once a violation has been filed with the justice of the peace, the violator will be subpoenaed to ap pear and present his case, he add ed. Those found guilty will face fines ranging from $10 to $200. “The new policy will go into effect right away,” Powell com mented. Robert O. Evans, director of A&M’s new Placement Corpor ation Service, will assume his duties at the end of September. PCS, formaly the Placement Service Office, will arrange stu dent conferences starting on Oct. 9 for the more than 350 companies scheduled to interview graduating seniors. Evans said any student need ing help may seek the advice of the PCS. Evans, Class of ’56, returns to A&M with experience in finance after graduating with his degree in business. Monday, Tuesday and Wednes day of this week the PCS has had conferences with the seniors. This Is Last Day To Drop Classes Today is the last day for Aggies to add or drop class es. Permission to do so must first be obtained from the head of a student’s depart ment and then approved by the dean of his college. Cooper Sets Guide Lines For More Civilian Activities New director of civilian stu dent activities is Edwin H. Coop er, previously assistant to Presi dent Rudder and a man who has been associated with A&M near ly all his adult life. Cooper brings to his new posi tion nearly 15 years of exper ience gained within the A&M systems, both as a student and an employee. A native of San Marcos, Cooper graduated from A&M with a degree in wildlife management in 1953. After serving two years as tank platoon leader in Germany, he worked with the Texas Ag ricultural Extension Service as a wild life conservation special ist. In October, 1963, Cooped was appointed assistant to Rudder. “We want to make a student’s stay here at Texas A&M a plea sant experience, Cooper said Tuesday. Cooper’s office plans to do more than bridge the communi cations gap between the stu dents and faculty and staff. He also plans to make sure the stu dents have a voice in such im portant matters as the handling of food services and the estab lishment of new recreational ar eas near the campus. “There are really no limita tions in scope to the number or kinds of activities with which this office may work,” Cooper commented. “RIGHT NOW, we are work ing closely with the Civilian Student Council and the Grad uate Student Council to set up positive programs directed pri marily to large groups of stu dents rather than to individuals,” Cooper continued. “Of course, individual student consultation,” Cooper reminded, CIVILIAN SIGN Civilian students enter the spirit of the up-coming - match with LSU in Baton Rouge by making a sign to back the team. The Dorm 18 student put up the sign Tuesday. “is already handled by the four professional studlent counselors who have offices within the civi lian dormitories. These men will aid me in working out programs relating to the whole group.” Two such programs “relating to the whole group” which Coop er is presently considering are the establishment o f student committees t o participate i n meetings with food services rep resentatives and with off-cam pus recreation facilities plan ners. INITIATED EARLY last year, a committee consisting of Civilian Student Council mem bers and other students met monthly with food services rep resentatives to discuss problems related to the management of Sbisa dining hall. Students of fered suggestions as how to im provement could be made in food selection as well as in dining facilities. Cooper is also working to find ways in which students of A&M may have access to recreational facilities near the campus. To day he was to meet with Dr. Leslie M. Reid, Head of the Rec reation and Parks Department, and Tom D. Cherry, Vice-Presi dent for business affairs, to ex plore the possibilities of develop ing recreation areas in the A&M Research Annex, Hensel Park and various wooded areas near by. IN ADDITION to these sites, Cooper hopes to make good use of the recreational opportunities afforded by the new lake the city of Bryan is to build. “I do not plan to pursue any real major changes this year,” Cooper said, “because I, myself, have to find out exactly what the students want. After I have lived with the students, eaten with them, and visited them in their dorms day and night, we will both have a better idea as to which goals we should strive for.” Bryan Building & Loan Association, Your Sav- ings Center, since 1919. —Adv. a**