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VOLUME 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1967
Number 476
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Junior yell leader Bob Segner leads candidates for the fish yell leader positions at tryouts
in the Grove Wednesday afternoon. The new fish yell leaders will assume their duties
for the first fish game, against the TCU Pollywogs Oct. 5.
President Johnson To View
Flood-Ravaged South Texas
By GARY GARRISON
Associated Press Writer
HARLINGEN, Tex. AP -
President Johnson said Wednes
day he will fly to Texas for a
first-hand look at flood and hur
ricane ravaged South Texas and
the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Teacher Exam
Slated Feb. 3
All seniors preparing to teach
school must take the National
Teacher Examinations, to be ad
ministered at A&M Feb. 3, April
6, and July 6, 1968, according to
Auston Kerley, testing director.
Results of the National Teacher
Examinations are used in the
selection of new teachers and in
the certification or licensing of
teachers.
Prospective teachers should
contact the Counseling and Test
ing Center for advice concerning
these examinations and the dates
they should be taken, Kerley said.
The Bulletin of Information for
Candidates, distributed by Educa
tional Testing Service, should be
picked up at the Counseling and
Testing Office between 9 a.m. and
5 p.m. before Oct. 20, he added.
The last date for filing for
degrees and registering for the
test is Oct. 9.
The President made his an
nouncement as the waterlogged
miserable victims faced at least
another week of danger from de
luges dumped by Hurricane Beu
lah.
The President was expected to
pick up Gov. John Connally at
Austin before flying over the de
vastated area, whipped by Beu
lah’s 160-mile-an-hour winds, high
tides, deluges and floods.
A White House announcement
earlier said Johnson also would
name former Texas Gov. Price
Daniel as head of the Office of
Emergency Planning, vacated by
the resignation Wednesday o f
Farris Bryant, former Florida
chief executive. The OEP han
dles federal aid for stricken are
as asked by Connally for the dis
aster area.
Beulah dumped downpours of
up to 30 inches in the Rio Gran
de watershed. A flood diversion
dam over the Arroyo Colorado
broke here Sunday and was fol
lowed by the break on a smaller
dam upstream.
That started disastrous flood
ing which has inundated much of
this city of 41,000, including the
downtown section and areas of
the town’s finest homes, about
800 in all.
Late Wednesday, water in the
Arroyo Colorado was holding
steady at 44.20 feet, the first
time its rise had stopped since
the dams broke.
Damage and misery, however,
still was too widespread to as
sess.
Airplane Crashes In Flames
Into Dallas Area Schoolroom
Jackson Appointed
Class Yice-Prexy
Nokomis Jackson Jr., a chemis
try major from Midland, has
been named vice president of the
sophomore class at Texas A&M.
The appointment was made by
the Student Senate after the
student elected to the post last
spring failed to register for the
fall term. Jackson is a cadet in
A&M’s Air Force R.O.T.C. pro
gram. His parents live at 308 E.
Nobles, Midland.
University National Bank
"On the side of Texas A&M”
—Adv.
DALLAS <7P) — A company
courier plane crashed in flames
into an empty schoolroom Wed
nesday 50 feet from a faculty
meeting, killing the pilot, five
Delaware Air Force men, and at
least one other civilian.
The pilot, civilian Verner Den
man Jr., 45, of Greenville, Tex.,
was cast in the hero’s role by one
of the students spared in the
crash and by a fire official who
said Denman apparently nosed
down to save lives.
Highland Park Police Chief W.
H. Naylor said the total number
of victims was not absolutely def
inite because the bodies in the
wreckage were so torn. The hu
man remains were carried out in
nine body-size plastic bags.
Just 20 minutes before the
Ling - Temco - Vought Electro
systems plane hit Bradfield Ele
mentary School, all pupils had
been dismissed early for the
teachers’ meeting. Ordinarily,
hundreds of children would have
been inside.
Dallas County Fire Marshal Hal
Hood said he believed Denman
“realized he was in trouble and
just did a great job of bringing it
down.
“It could have been much worse
if he had hit some of these houses
here, or the middle of the school.
I think he knew he was going to
die and said ‘well, let’s end it the
best way.’ ”
Denman was the father of two
children.
E. W. ANDERSON
Anderson To Talk
At Church Confab
Members of the 22nd annual
Town and Country Church Con
ference Oct. 12-13 at Texas A&M
will hear a widely known ed
ucational psychologist discuss
“Who’s Confused.”
The speaker is Dr. Ernest W.
Anderson, professor of agricul
tural extension, University of
Illinois.
Anderson has broad experience
as a communication and educa
tional consultant with govern
ment and industry. His presenta
tion will kick-off the conference
which has its theme, “Communi
cating- the Gospel to a Confused
Culture,” according to Dr. Bar
din H. Nelson, A&M professor
of sociology and program confer
ence chairman.
The conference is sponsored by
the Texas Agricultural Exten
sion Service and the Texas Agri
cultural Experiment Station, and
is conducted by the A&M Agri
cultural Economics and Sociology
Department.
Nelson said more than 200
ministers and lay leaders from
throughout the state are expec
ted to attend the non-denomina-
tional meetings.
SCONA XIII Chairman Names
Three New Committee Heads
Three committee chairmen for
the 13th Student Conference on
National Affairs at Texas A&M
University have been appointed
by chairman Pat Rehmet.
They are James A. Lehmann
Jr. of Bellaire, host; John Fuller
of San Angelo, publications; and
James Wilbanks of Hot Springs,
Ark., arrangements.
Theme of the Dec. 6-9 confer
ence, “The Price of Peace in
Southeast Asia,” will be discussed
by university delegates from the
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OUT WITH THE OLD
Corps freshmen carry old chairs out of Dormitory 3 to make room for the new, upholstered
chairs in the background. More than 200 new chairs were placed in dormitory rooms as
improvements continued in the Duncan Area dorms. New desks are also being added to
the dorms, which were air-conditioned and repainted during the summer.
United States, Canada and Mex
ico.
SCONA delegates and speakers
will probe the Southeast Asia
conflict, economic prospects, so
cial progress and prospects for
political stability and peace.
Lehmann, a senior finance maj
or, is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
James A. Lehmann, 4601 Beech,
Bellaire. He is a major in the
Army ROTC, administrative of
ficer of the Ross Volunteers,
member of the Student Senate
and Cadet Court and ranks as a
distinguished student and distin
guished military student.
Fuller, a junior journalism
major, is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
John W. Fuller, 2753 Dena Drive,
San Angelo. He is managing edi
tor of The Battalion and vice
president of the A&M Press Club.
He also is scholastic sergeant of
the Second Wing, Air Force
ROTC, a distinguished student,
member of Sigma Delta Chi jour
nalism fraternity and the A&M
Memorial Student Center Town
Hall Committee. He has an Air
Force scholarship.
Wilbanks, a junior history
major, is the son of Mrs. James
E. Wilbanks, Rt. 3, Hot Springs.
Sergeant-major of the Third Bat
talion, Army ROTC, Wilbanks is
programs vice president for the
Memorial Student Center, mem
ber of the MSC Town Hall and
Leadership committees and A&M
coordinator for the Association
of College Unions. He holds an
Army scholarship.
Bryan Building & Loan
Association, Your Sav
ings Center, since 1919.
—Adv.
method are only a few of the
changes that have been made in
the A&M dining system, Col. Fred
W. Dollar, director of food serv
ices, said Wednesday.
“The changes were necessary,”
Dollar explained, “in order to
better accommodate the nearly
6,000 Aggies we serve at each
meal.”
The proposal to make a seven-
or five-day board plan optional
to A&M students was originally
submitted to the board of direc
tors by a special student commit
tee composed of Lewis G. Venator,
president of the Civilian Student
Council; Lonnie Minze, Cadet
Corps commander; Bob Collins,
representing Ernie Knowles, pres
ident of the Graduate Student
Council; and Clarence Daughei-ty,
representing Jerry Campbell,
president of the Student Senate.
“LATEST FIGURES show that
18 per cent of the over 6,000
board-paying students have sub
scribed to the five-day plan. Only
one of six students in this minor
ity is a member of the Corps. Of
course, these figures are by no
means complete due to so many
late registrations,” Dollar added.
A shortage of waiters at Dun
can Hall has caused the new
semi-cafeteria style to be imposed
during the noon meal. Although
Dollar saw no way to alter the
three-formation plan caused by
the scheduling of many classes at
noon, he said he did hope that
the Corps could have the option
of eating the noon meal family-
style, as soon as enough waiters
could be recruited to adequately
staff the operation.
NEW EQUIPMENT added to
Sbisa dining hall over the sum
mer months included a complete
cafeteria line, a set of glass doors,
six grills, three ovens and a wall
of glass dual temperature bins,
probably the first installed any
where in the United States, es-
Baton Rouge Trip
Receives OK
From Weatherman
Texas A&M students and area
football followers planning to
drive to Baton Rouge this week
end should have good driving con
ditions, according to the univer
sity weather station.
Manager Jim Lightfoot said
clear, cool weather from the front
that passed through Wednesday
should hold into the weekend,
when A&M engages Louisiana
State in Baton Rouge.
The forecast is clear to partly
cloudy here, clear in the Baton
Rouge area with an expected tem
perature of 78 at the 7:30 p.m.
kickoff Saturday. The forecast
picture contains no precipitation.
Temperatures Thursday and
Friday are expected to range
from 50 to the low 70s. A gradual
warming will begin Saturday,
Lightfoot added.
pecially designed to keep food hot
or cold before being served. This
and other equipment cost the
food services department over
$75,000, Dollar noted.
A menu committee composed
of student leaders will meet with
members of the food services
staff each month to discuss pos
sible additions to the menu and
to air student grievances. Each
member of the committee may
invite up to six students to come
as their guests to each meeting.
This year’s permanent members
of the committee are Venator;
Knowles; George Walne, vice
president of the Civilian Student
Council; Steven Bancroft, presi
dent, Dormitory 15, and Mike
Plake, president, Law Hall.
“WE WOULD all like to have
the very best food at the lowest
possible prices, but sometimes the
cogs do not always stretch. The
only money we get comes from
Salvation Army
Helps Evacuees
In Valley Area
The state commander of The
Salvation Army in Texas says
over 150,000 individuals have re
ceived aid from its mass emergen
cy relief program in the Hurri
cane Beulah disaster.
Lt. Col. Paul Thronburg, back
at his Dallas headquarters from
the Rio Grande Valley, said The
Salvation Army has spent over
$100,000 in the flodd stricken
areas of South Texas from Coi'-
pus Christi to Rio Grande City.
The divisional commander said
20 canteens and 14 field kitchens
served more than 200,000 meals
at schools, churches and civic
buildings in 30 cities and towns.
Food and clothing amounting to
213 tons was shipped to South
Texas in 51 truckloads from The
Salvation Army Processing Cen
ter at San Antonio.
“Our forces will remain in the
Valley until the emergency ends,”
Thronburg said. “So far we have
had up to 155 officers and per
sonnel and 5,00 volunteers en
gaged in bringing relief to dis
aster victims.
the board fee each student pays.
We get no money from any state
or government sources,” Dollar
reminded.
“As a result, board fees will
probably increase to keep pace
with the upward trend in wages.
We hope to eliminate the need
for busboys by installing a con
veyer belt system sometime next
year,” Dollar concluded.
$62,500 Fund
Honors Greer
A civil engineering endowment
fund totaling more than $62,500
has been established at Texas
A&M in honor of State Highway
Engineer Dewitt C. Greer.
The fund, announced at a High
way Department golden anniver
sary dinner in Austin Tuesday
night, was raised by statewide
public subscription.
Proceeds from the endowment
will be used to provide under
graduate scholarships for civil
engineering students interested
in careers as highway engineers.
Presentation of the check to
Greer was made by former Gov
ernor Allan Shivers and highway
contractor L. P. (Pete) Gilvin
of Amarillo.
In passing the check to A&M
President Earl Rudder, Greer
said:
“Although the endowment will
bear my name and will bring—I
hope, a great challenge to my
alma mater—the great works at
tributed to me are in reality the
achievements of the faithful, un
stinting labor and integrity of
the thousands of Texas Highway
Department employees through
the years.”
Greer, who has been associated
with the THD more than 40 years
and directed it the past 27 years,
is a 1923 graduate of Texas
A&M. The university named him
a distinguished alumnus last year.
4th Group Sets
DS Ceremonies
Members of the Fourth Group,
Air Force ROTC, who were desig
nated Distinguished Students dur
ing the spring semester, will re
ceive DS ribbons in ceremonies
today at 5:15 p.m.
Fourth Group Scholastic Offi
cer Eddie Travis said the students
will be given the ribbons in a
formation of squadrons in the
group on the main parade ground,
north of the Memorial Student
Center.
This is the first such ceremony
in Corps history, Travis noted.
Painting Exhibit
Begins In MSC
A 20-painting exhibit by the
Texas Fine Arts Association is
on display at the Texas A&M
Memorial Student Center, an
nounced Mrs. Ann Keel, social
director.
The juried fall show includes
oils, acrylics, water colors, char
coal and carbon, and casein work.
Among contributors are artists
from McAllen, Corpus Christi,
Cuero, Austin, Castroville, San
Antonio, Fort Worth, Beaumont,
and Kingsville.
Mrs. Keel said the art exhibit
will be displayed through Oct. 6.
First Bank & Trust now pays
5% per annum on savings certif
icates. —Adv.
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FISH DRILL TEAM TRYOUTS
The Fish Drill Team has been holding- tryouts on the parking lot east of Duncan Dining
Hall. Additional tryouts will be held Friday and Monday, according to Jim Yogas, senior
advisor from Galveston. Interested Corps freshmen, regardless of previous experience,
should report at 5:15 p. m., Yogas said.