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VOLUME 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1967
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Adams To Review
Corps Saturday
The dean of Southwest Confer
ence band directors, Lt. Col. E.
V, Adams of Texas A&M, will be
the reviewing officer for a Corps
of Cadets march-in at the A&M-
Florida State football game in
Kyle Field Saturday.
The graded march-in starts at
6:20 p.m. for the 7:30 game, an
nounced Col. Jim H. McCoy, com
mandant. Units of the 3,000-man
corps will be graded. Points
count in competition for the Gen.
George F. Moore trophy and oth
er annual awards.
Colonel Adams, Aggie band
master since 1046, will review the
Corps parade from a stand on
the press box side of Kyle Field.
“The Colonel,” as he is known
to bandsmen, will have a large
number of his former students
present for a reunion of the Tex-
★ ★ ★
Band Schedules
Reunion Saturday
A halftime performance fea
turing a salute to members of the
new Texas Aggie Band Associa
tion is being installed for the
A&M-Florida State game Satur
day night, announced Lt. Col. E.
V. Adams, band director.
The recently formed organiza
tion meets Saturday, with more
than 300 former bandsmen ex
pected. The 1967-68 band will at
tend the group’s noon luncheon
meeting.
Colonel Adams said Saturday’s
drill will include an 80-yard-long
"Hi Bandmen” with letters 10
yards high.
The band’s third game appear
ance will be set to music outdoors
Tuesday, with the normal prac
tice schedule lightened by an idle
date last Saturday. A two-week
headstart on classes, with three
inside and three outside practices
a day until Sept. 15, has put the
band four to five weeks ahead of
its usual development, Adams es
timated.
"The bands sound has come
right along with its marching
this season,” he noted. “Usually,
when the members report one
weekend and have to march the
next, we devote more time to
marching and the music doesn’t
sound its best until later in the
First Bank & Trust now pays
5% per annum on savings certif
icates. —Adv.
as Aggie Band Association, com
prised of graduated bandsmen.
The organization will hold a lunch
eon meeting in Duncan Dining
Hall Saturday.
Adams graduated from A&M
in 1929. He directed high school
bands in Bryan and Palestine, at
tended the Northwestern Univer
sity School of Music, Cincinnati
Conservatory of Music and Van
derbilt School of Music.
The Bryan High graduate
served in the Army four years
during World War II and suc
ceeded Col. Richard F. Dunn as
A&M bandmaster.
The guiding mind of the 255-
man organization that will per
form at halftime Saturday night,
Colonel Adams designs and in
stalls the Aggie Band’s intricate
formations, selects and directs
music, makes transportation ar
rangements, supervises equip
ment maintenance and performs
tactical officer duties for 266
cadets.
He is married and has one son,
Edward Jr., a 1961 A&M gradu
ate. The colonel and his wife,
Ida, reside at 601 Olive, Bryan.
‘Standells’ Will Perform
For Town Hall Friday
Recording Group
Sets 8p.m. Show
United Chest
Aims To Beat
$22,500 Mark
A record $22,500 goal has been
set for the 1967 College Station
United Chest campaign Oct. 16-31.
Walter H. Parson Jr., president
of the United Chest board of di
rectors, said 13 charitable and
civic organizations will share in
the funds raised this year.
Parsons, physical plants direc
tor at Texas A&M, noted that
while the 1967 goal is $1,500 more
than for 1966, it is $350 less than
the amount contributed last year.
“WE HAVE studied all appli
cations for financial support very
carefully and are confident that
we have a realistic budget which
will adequately serve our growing
community,” Parsons stated.
“The job now is to get out and
raise the necessary money,” he
continued. “We need the support
of everyone for this once-a-year
campaign.”
Parsons said the 1967 campaign
chairman, Joe Sawyer of Univer
sity National Bank, will soon be
(See United Chest, Page 2)
THE STANDELLS
“The Standells,” recording- artists whose hits include “Dirty Water” and “Sometimes
Good Guys Don’t Wear White Hats,” will be Town Hall’s attraction Friday at 8 p. m.
in G. Rollie White Coliseum. Members of the group, from left, are Larry Tamblyn, Dick
Dodd, Tony Valentino and John Fleck. Tickets are available in the Memorial Student
Center.
Rudders
In MSC
To Host
Ballroom
F acuity
Reception
Texas A&M’s annual faculty-
staff reception is set for 7-9 p.m.
Thursday in the Memorial Stu
dent Center ballroom.
The fall reception, hosted by
President and Mrs. Earl Rudder,
honors new members of the uni
versity’s faculty and staff.
President and Mrs. Rudder are
extending a general invitation to
all faculty and staff and their
wives and husbands, and widows
of faculty and staff members.
Joining President and Mrs.
Rudder in the receiving line will
be the following faculty members
who have assumed their present
positions since last fall:
DURING THE first hour—Dr.
and Mrs. H. O. Kunkel, acting
dean, College of Agriculture; Dr.
and Mrs. Johannes van Overbeek,
head, Biology Department; Dr.
and Mrs. G. W. Kunze, associate
dean, Graduate College; Col. and
Mrs. J. H. McCoy, head, Military
Science Department; Dr. and Mrs.
M. M. Davenport, head, Philo
sophy and Humanities Depart
ment; Dr. and Mrs. R. R. Bell,
acting head, Veterinary Parasito
logy Department; Dr. and Mrs.
W. B. Jones, head, Electrical En
gineering Department, and Dr.
and Mrs. R. R. Berg, head, Geo
logy and Geography Department.
During the second hour—Dr.
and Mrs. H. A. Luther, acting
head, Mathematics Department;
Dr. and Mrs. E. R. Glazener, head,
Industrial Education Department;
Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Landiss, head.
Health and Physical Education
Department; Dr. and Mrs. J. U.
McNeal, head, Marketing Depart
ment; Dr. and Mrs. L. M. Reid,
head, Recreation and Parks De
partment; Dr. and Mrs. Vance
Moyer, head, Meteorology Depart
ment, and Mrs. P. R. Kramer,
wife of director, Texas Forest
Service.
“The Standells,” a musical
group with unique sounds, will be
the featured attraction for a
Town Hall performance Friday
night at Texas A&M.
“Their sound is strictly their
own,” commented Town Hall
Chairman Robert Gonzales. “They
have borrowed or stolen from no
one. Their beat is strong, their
music is a thumping, pounding
rhythm with guitars, organ and
drums blending together beauti
fully.”
Show time is 8 p.m. in G. Rollie
White Coliseum.
“DIRTY WATER” was the first
hit for “The Standells.” That
came in 1966. Others have made
the charts since that time, in
cluding “Sometimes Good Guys
Don’t Wear White,” “Why Pick
on Me?,” “The Shake,” and “Help
Yourself.’
Comprising “The Standells are
Larry Tamblyn, Dick Dodd, Tony
Valentino and John Fleck. All are
multi-talented with musical in
struments and have played in
semi-dramatic roles throughout
the country.
Tamblyn, younger brother of
actor Russ Tamblyn, won a talent
contest at age seven for singing
“Four Leaf Clover” and has been
an entertainer ever since.
AN ORIGINAL Mousketeer on
the Mickey Mouse Club, Todd has
appeared on the Gizelle McKenzie
Show and the Jack Benny Pro
gram. He also acted in “The King
and I” and “Bye Bye, Birdie” on
Broadway.
Valentino was inspired early
by Frankie Avalon, Elvis Presley
and Jerry Lee Lewis. Acting is
his forte but he’s ranked tops on
the guitar and drums. He fathers
the group and acts as spokesman.
Fleck, billed as a born “extro
vert,” replaced Dave Burke, a
former member of “The Stan
dells” who was called into the
armed forces. He sought to be
come an actor via the back door
at Columbia Studios where he was
a second assistant camerman on
many television shows.
Later, Fleck tired of infrequent
acting jobs and went to Mexico
to become a matador. He returned
to try out for “The Standells” and
won the job over 163 aspirants.
Tickets for the show are avail
able at A&M’s Memorial Student
Center.
Perry Urges More Meetings
Of Police, Civic Organizations
They’re Twin Brothers
Skrivaneks Confuse Students
If “como se dice,” “jak se mas”
and other Spanish, Czech, Ger
man and French phrases aren’t
enough to confuse Texas A&M
modern language students, two
of the department’s professors
are.
Dr. John M. Skrivanek and
Joseph J. Skrivanek are twin
brothers.
“The are two of five college
teachers of Czech in Texas,”
points out Dr. Jack A. Dabbs,
department head. The U. S. De
partment of Health, Education
and Welfare classifies Czech a
critical language. John also is
fluent in Spanish and Russian.
WHO’S WHO?
Texas A&M junior James Mobley of Bellaire pauses dur
ing language lab work. He is confronted by his prof,
Joseph J. Skrivanek (left) or Dr. John M. Skrivanek. Or
is it vice versa?
John, who holds the rank of
professor, has been on the faculty
since 1952. Joseph joined the
university as an instructor this
fall, after teaching 10 years at
Lamar Junior High in Bryan.
IT’S A disconcerting arrange
ment for students, particularly if
the professors are seen only in
profile.
“We haven’t been mixed up as
much as I would have thought,”
Dr. Skrivanek commented. One
of the 74 Ph.D. candidates he in
structs in scientific Russian re
cently asked about course work.
“Am I talking to the right
man?” the graduate student
checked before getting too in
volved.
“I’ve never been to downtown
Bryan without someone calling
me Jay,” John commented.
They’ve made no attempts to
confuse anyone. The brothers
dress differently, but both smoke
cigars. John M.’s office is in the
Academic Building, Joseph’s in
Building “D”, but both are seen
around department offices.
THE TWINS, 52, don’t have
adjacent classrooms at the same
period and, though the depart
ment schedules three classes an
hour in a lab utilized by all mod
ern language students, the Skri
vaneks haven’t crossed paths in
the room full of recording booths.
Circumstances have added to
twin-fusion in the past, though.
“We both came to the area at
the same time, the fall of 1952,”
Joseph noted. “Neither of us
knew the other was coming.”
John moved From Houston
where he was head of languages
at South Texas College. He also
taught at Granger and Beaumont
French High Schools, Texas and
the University of Houston.
Joseph arrived at A&M Con
solidated High as principal in
1952. He previously taught at
East Bernard and Rosenberg.
EDUCATIONAL titles for the
twins differ, for the present any
way. Both graduated at Caldwell
High in 1932 and earned bachelor
and master degrees at the Uni
versity of Texas. John M. Skri
vanek, first of the family to re
turn to Czechoslovakia, earned
his Ph.D. at Charles University
in Prague in 1948. Joseph has 45
hours toward his doctorate.
Their great-grandfather came
to the U. S. in 1845 and settled
near Cooks Point, between Bryan
and Caldwell.
Dr. Skrivanek’s three-year visit
in Europe coincided with the com
munist takeover of Czechoslo
vakia.
The fourth generation Texans
have five other brothers, includ
ing another whose given name
begins with “J”. He also lives in
Bryan.
THE LOOK-ALIKES — except
for the parting of hair—admit to
“twinning” up on a person only
once.
“Joe managed two dates for
one night while we were in Cald
well High,” John recalled. T
helped him by taking one of the
girls out. It worked.”
The only solution for students
meeting a distinguished, white-
haired modern language profes
sor is to view him head on.
John parts his hair in the mid
dle. Joseph’s part is on the left.
A veteran police officer Tues
day suggested more meetings in
volving police, school and civic
organizations in an effort to re
duce the mushrooming increase
of juvenile crime.
“In this way,” remarked Lt.
John Perry of the Austin ^Police
Department’s Juvenile Division,
“police leaders can explain the
programs they are trying to car
ry out, and at the same time seek
assistance and cooperation of
civic and school groups.”
Perry made his comments in a
lecture to a police juvenile offi
cers course underway at the Me
morial fj^udent Center.
“THE TIME is coming soon
when warrants will be necessary
for the arrest of all juveniles,”
Perry remarked. “At present, po
lice can in most instances make
arrests on suspicions. It’s highly
important, however, that police
have a very strong case against
juveniles before taking them into
custody.”
Perry said school officials in
many cities already require po
lice to have warrants in hand
before making arrests on school
property.
“Police officers should consider
the juvenile’s family as well as
the youth in making arrests,”
Perry remarked. “Parents of ar
rested juveniles should be noti
fied immediately.”
PERRY URGED parents to
start early in teaching their chil
dren to respect authority.
“Too often, when trouble flares
up,” Perry noted, “parents take
the child’s side without bothering
Sorry About That
The Aggie Sweetheart final
ists story in Tuesday’s Bat
talion omitted the name of
Dolores McCarroll, sophomore
clothing and fashions merchan
dising major from Paducah. It
also incorrectly identified Bar
bara Mulvihill, who is a sopho
more nursing major from
Houston. The Battalion regrets
the errors.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M”
—Adv.
to find out the circumstances of
the trouble.”
Another Tuesday speaker, the
Rev. Ron Birk, pastor of Our
Saviour’s Luthern Church in Col
lege Station, said parents need to
go into youth’s world to under
stand problems.
“THE MOTTO of the youth of
today is that they had rather see
a sermon than hear one,” Birk
declared. “Parents and adults
need to listen to the young peo
ple’s music, learn their language,
and watch their television shows.
You can’t understand anybody
from a distance.”
“Young people feel a need to
serve,” Rev. Birk continued.
“They want to do something as
part of the activist generation.
Many give their service as baby
sitters, in tutoring underprivi
leged children and in numerous
summer projects.”
“Not only should adults listen
to youth,” Birk added, “they
should speak. Young people ex
pect guidance and help from
adults within the church.”
Fish To Tour
Chem Plants
Freshmen chemical engineer
ing majors will tour three Texas
City plants Thursday as part of
the department’s freshman orien
tation program.
Dr. C. D. Holland said 75 stu
dents will spend the day in Texas
City, touring Monsanto, Union
Carbide and American Oil plants
in three groups.
“Chemical engineering students
at the freshman stage usually
have an inacurate picture of what
a chemical engineer does,” Dr.
Holland noted.“At each plant, the
groups will be sub-divided into
two or three students who will
accompany a young engineer as
he goes about his daily tasks.”
The department field trip is
an extension of a freshman sem
inar program under way through
out the College of Engineering.
Dr. R. R. Davison will also ac
company students.
Buses depart the campus at
6:30 a.m. Thursday and will re
turn about 6 p.m.
Hocking To Speak
In USDA Series
Dr. R. R. Hocking of Texas
A&M’s Institute of Statistics will
present six lectures to statisti
cians and mathematicians of the
United States Department of Ag
riculture in Washington this
week.
Dr. H. O. Hartley, Institute of
Statistics director, said the lec
ture series is entitled “Mathe
matical Programming: Theory
and Application.”
Hartley noted the lectures will
provide a detailed introduction
and general survey of recent
developments in mathematical
programming.
Senator J. Montoya Backs
Johnson’s Vietnam Policies
LUBBOCK, AP — In a fiery
defense o f President Johnson’s
Vietnam policies, Sen. Joseph
Montoya, D-N. M., Tuesday night
warned that if the United States
“sold out short” in the conflict,
it would be buying “no more than
a few pitiful years of phony sec
urity.”
Montoya spoke before several
hundred West Texans attending
an annual Lubbock Rotary Club
inter-city meeting.
He said that such a move by
the United States would only mo
mentarily postpone a threat that
when it arrives “would come arm
ed with nuclear teeth” in the form
of Red Chinese missiles.
Charging that many critics of
President Johnson based their ar
guments on wrong information,
the New Mexico senator said that
those fighting the administra
tion’s stand were doing “a griev
ous disservice to our country.”
Montoya warned that should
the United States withdraw from
Vietnam, the rest of Southeast
Asia would topple to communism
within two to three years.
The senator, who recently visi
ted South Vietnam, told his au
dience that in World War II Bri
tain bought time for the Free
World. “There is no one now to
buy this time. We are the senior
partner in this undertaking,” he
said.
During the talk, the New Mex
ican also urged a grass roots cla
mor to bring about federal water
resources program that would
guarantee all sectors of the na
tion needed water supplies and
food.
Bryan Building & Loan
Association, Your Sav
ings Center, since 1919.
—Adv.