ii«( tents S, cards is ents sees lates ■OWER 3PPE )rive “Gig ’era 11 ome Stet- >d positive ?gies Are - nian who d student ' tie tack, Satisfat' ler extrai is 77840 'er “Gig 5) $5.00 ;a’s ESI > X* ji;: Kyle Field, Saturday — 81°, low 65. Winds South - Southeasterly, 10-15. VOLUME 61 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1967 Number 480 Connally Denies 4th-Term Doubts By GARTH JONES AUSTIN (A*)—Gov. John Con- nally refused Wednesday to dis cuss reports that he has serious doubts about a fourth term but stressed that he still has not “fi nally and irrevocably” made up his mind. “I just want a while longer to think things over,” Connally told an impromptu news conference. “I have some pretty firm ideas now' . . . but I am still talking to people.” He indicated he probably will make an announcement of some sort the latter part of October. CONNALLY firmed that he met with a number of advisors from^ throughout the state at the Mansion Tuesday night and talked about his future political plans. However, he refused to con firm or deny an Austin Ameri can report that he told the group he “almost certainly” would not run again. Neither would he dis cuss other reports that he has contacted numerous Democratic Party leaders recently telling them he personally did not want to run again but still had not decided whether he should. Other sources noted that Con nally threatened to withdraw be fore his third term race in 1966 but announced anyway. CONNALLY told newsmen, in answering questions, that his de cision would not hinge solely on: Whether his old political enemy, Foreign Student Numbers Decline Texas A&M’s record 12,029 en rollment this fall includes 580 foreign students from 61 coun tries, reports Foreign Student Advisor Bob Melcher. Graduate students account for almost half the foreign enroll ment, with 277 in this category. The Dominican Republic is the leader in number of students with 73, followed by India with 57. Mexico has 54, Pakisttan, 50, and China, 48. Countries with 15 or more stu dents registered include Tunisia, Panama, United Arab Republic, Iran and Lebanon. Noting the university enrolled 633 foreign students last fall, Melcher said the slight decline in registration is the result of a high rate of completions of study pro grams during the summer. Sen. Ralph Yarborough, D-Tex., makes a gubernatorial race; whether President Johnson’s pop ularity continues to decline, or whether the possibility of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, D-N.Y. be coming the presidential nominee increases. “I am not going to seek office just because someone I might not want is going to seek the office,” he said. THE AUSTIN newspaper story said that Connally had told close friends that he is afraid Kennedy might capture the Democratic nomination next year because of Johnson’s decline in popularity. The story quoted Connally as saying “if Kennedy is the nomi nee, I would not support him and would have to bolt the party and I certainly don’t intend to be re membered for that.” “I will not discuss anything that was said last night,” Con nally said Wednesday when asked about the Kennedy reference. CONNALLY said that one of the “important considerations” in making his decision will be the effect it will have on national and state Democratic parties. “The stability of the party is obviously one of the things that I am considering. It troubles me very much as I have told you before. It is a large factor . . . this whole atmosphere through out the nation of unrest and un certainty is a large factor in de ciding whether I can perform in a useful and worthwhile service at this time.” CONNALLY said he likely would not announce his decision until after the National Gover nors’ Conference meeting Oct. 16 but his attendance at the confer ence had no bearing on the de cision. Speaker Ben Barnes, who earli er this year said he was inter ested in running for governor if Connally did not, did not attend the Mansion meeting Tuesday night. Barnes has said recently he is considering a race of lieu tenant governor and an aide said Wednesday that Barnes probably will make an announcement Fri day or Saturday. Ciardi, Noted Columnist, To Speak Here Sunday TIME OUT Guidon bearers from units in the Second Brigade listen to instructions from Brigade Sup ply Officer Jim Yogas during Wednesday afternoon’s drill on the parade ground. 1 he Army cadets continued basic drilling through the week in preparation for Saturday s march-in. Student Life Committee Lists Tips On Traditions MSC Announces Committee Filing Wayne Prescott of the Memori al Student Center Directorate has announced openings for chair manships of the Recreation and Bridge Committees. Applications can be made in the Student Program Office of the MSC through Wednesday, Prescott said. Cushing To Loan Color Paintings Cushing Library’s collection of color prints of famous paintings will be ready for loan Oct. 12, announced Dr. James P. Dyke, director. The collection covers a broad range of artistic styles and repre sents the works of 80 artists, in cluding Remembrandt, Velazquez, Goya, Matisse and Picasso. The prints will go on loan at 2 p.m. Oct. 12, to individual stu dents for the entire semester period, ending Jan. 19, 1968. In case of loss or damage, the borrower will be held responsible for full replacement cost. (Editor’s note: The following article was prepared by members of the Student Life Committee of the Student Senate, in response to a request by a student i n “Sound Off.”) During the past two weeks, it has become evident that there is a need for the students at Texas A&M to become better acquainted with the Aggie traditions. We on the Student Life Com mittee of the Student Senate are going to write a few articles to acquaint the students with Aggie traditions. The first article will be a list of a few traditional actions concerning the conduct before, during and after football games. 1. The Aggies always win. We may be outscored, but when the team and the twelth man give a 100% effort we can never be beat en! 2. When marching to midnight yell practice, no one gets into or in front of the band. 3. Upon entering Kyle Field or G. Rollie White you remove your hat. 4. When singing the “Spirit” or the “War Hymn” you are standing at attention. This does not mean you have your arm around your date. 5. It is a senior privilege to wildcat after the first “saw var sity’s horns off.” 6. During the game always keep one eye on the yell leader. 7. Never clap; Aggies wildcat. 8. It is a senior privilege to stand on or walk on the wood in Kyle Field or G. Rollie White. Al so, at basketball games it is a senior privilege to sit on flour level. 9. Aggies never “countdown” the clock. We also never hiss or boo. This displays bad sportsman ship. 10. It is a fish privilege to carry the team off the field after the game. 11. When we outscore the op ponents, it is a fish privilege to carry the yell leaders to the fish pond. A yell practice will immed iately follow on the steps of the Y. M. C. A. 12. If outscored, we will immed iately sing “The Twelth Man” and have a yell practice in the stands. 13. When we outscore the op ponents away from home the fish will carry the yell leaders to the fish pond after Monday night yell practice. 14. Always meet the team when they are returning from a distant out of town game. You have been handed down these traditions. With everybody’s knowledge and cooperation we, the students, can work together as the twelth man should. Oh, don’t forget to kiss your date every time we score! Hartley Serves Medical Facility Dr. H. O. Hartley, director of Texas A&M University’s Institute of Statistics, will participate in an advisory committee meeting Thursday at the Texas Medical Center in Houston. Hartley is serving as a statisti- can on the committee named to advise the medical facility on mat ters concerning establishment of a regional computer center. The invitation to Hartley was made by Dr. Richard T. Eastwood, executive Vice president of the Texas Medical Center. Mess Hall Employee Drives Thirty Miles Daily To Work A Sbisa Hall employe has driv en almost half a million miles to see that Texas A&M students’ meals include a tasty meat dish. Willie Paul, 46, of Caldwell has been working in the A&M dining ball 22 years. He drives 30 miles by himself to get to work, and declines join ing a car pool as many A&M em ployes of Caldwell do. ”1 prefer to drive myself,” the meat-line employe states. “If I could work it out with a good rider, a car pool would be okay. But I’m going to be at work on time.” Willie is as fanatical about pre paring smothered, pan fried and Swiss steaK stew and other meat dishes Aggies consume as he is about punching in on time, notes Fred W. Dollar. “WILLIE HAS been late only one time in 22 years,” the food service director explained. “It was snowing that time. And in the 22 years, he has missed only three days due to sickness.” Paul, who lives on a Caldwell First Bank & Trust now pays 5% per annum on savings certif icates. —Adv. rural route a mile north of the city, says he keeps his car in good shape. Outside of a few flats, he claims to have had trou ble only once. “I didn’t come to a complete halt at a stop sign,” he offered. When he mentioned to Morris Maddox he . had driven the route 22 years without a citation, the Campus Security sergeant wrote only a warning. Willie’s Sbisa kitchen pride is a stainless steel, 10-yard long oven.^It will bake enough chicken at one time to feed a battalion. HE SAYS Yankee stew, chili and smothered, pan fried and Swiss steak are A&M students’ main course favorites. “I’ve never heard a complaint about our Yankee stew,” he re marked. “We put six meats on the cash cafeteria line during summers, and students go most for sausage and roast beef, which are lower cost items.” The same selections comprise leftovers on family- style service menus. The father of three says he wishes he could feed his children for what it costs a student to eat at A&M. “I’m a heavy eater and my family likes a big dinner. My 11- year-old, Tiny Willie, can put it away,” the former Caldwell farm er and Houston shop machinist said. Suzanne, 19, who works in Bryan, and Kenny Lane, 9, also enjoy both parents’ cooking. Willie indicates his wife, Ger trude, can bake better than he, but that at cooking it’s a tossup. “When she wants to go shop ping, I’ll cook the meal and have it ready when she gets home,” the meats specialist added. Tickets Available For Town Hall The Standells will be featured in the second Town Hall program of the year Friday night at 8 in G. Rollie White Coliseum. Students with activity cards will be admitted free. Tickets will also be on sale at the door, with date tickets priced at $1.50, general admission at $3 and pub lic school students, $2. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M” —Adv. ONWARD, UPWARD . , , Real progress in the expansion of Kyle Field s east stands was evident this week as bench supports were adaed to the ramps. Thanksgiving is still the target date on completion of the new deck. 3 p.m. Lecture Set In MSC Ballroom John Ciardi, noted columnist, author and poet, will lecture Sun day at Texas A&M. The former host of CBS-TV’s weekly show, “Accent,” will dis cuss “What Good is a College?” in a 3 p.m. presentation in the Memorial Student Center b a 1 1 - room. Gerald Moore, chairman of the hosting MSC Great Issues Com mittee, said students, fellow wri ters and lecture audiences across the nation have found in Ciardi a man who can speak plain sense on poetry, freeing it from the fogs of misunderstanding which too of ten surround it. CO-HOSTS for the lectures are the MSC Contemporary Arts Committee and the Graduate Col lege. In addition to serving as poetry editor of the “Saturday Review’” Ciardi is working this year to complete his translation of Dan te’s “Divine Comedy” for publica tion in early 1968. He recently completed three years a s John Holmes Visiting Professor of Poe try at Tufts University. Boston bred, Ciardi received his B.A. magna cum laude from Tufts in 1938. He earned the M.A. in 1939 at the University of Michi gan, where he was granted Hop- wood Award in poetry. AFTER SERVING as an aerial gunner in, the B-20 offensive against Japan in World War II, Ciarda, taught at Harvard and Rutgers before becoming a free lance writer and lectui’er in 1961. Ciardi also is acclaimed as a definitive translator of Dante into English. The paperback edition of his “Inferno” has sold over a million copies and is a popular teaching text in the United States. The most recent of his ten books for children, is “The Monster Den,” a parent’s eye view of fam ily life. About his lectures, Ciardi is candid in saying, “I don’t give speeches. I talk to the eyes I see.” Students will be admitted with activity cards—admission for Ag gie wives and students of other schools is $.75, and general ad mission is $1.50. wmmmm - M | lllllillpl JOHN CIARDI Ballinger Sets Deadline For Rhodes Grant Hopefuls Students interested in applying for a Rhodes Scholarship have been asked to contact Dr. Richard H. Ballinger, 302-C Academic Building, by Oct. 14. Applicants must be unmarried males between ages 18 and 24 and classified no lower than a junior, Ballinger said. Since only 32 of the $3,000 per year grants will be available to U. S. students, Dr. Ballinger added that a 2.5 grade point ratio will also be required. Scholarship winners may choose from a number of fields of study, ranging from business manage ment to mathematics to chemical engineering during their two-year tenure at Oxford Universtiy. Dr. Ballinger noted that only two Aggies, both engineering graduates, have ever been Rhodes Adams Releases Seating Schedule A new student seating sched ule for the Florida State game has been announced by Neal Adams, head yell leader. The new arrangement calls for the fish to occupy sections 120-124, sophomores, 125-127, and juniors, 128-130. Corps seniors and the band will be placed in sections 131- 132 with civilian seniors in 133-134 and graduate students in 135-137. Scholars. Clark W. Thomas, ’22, studied English, and Jack E. Brooks, ’46, physics. Dollar To Meet Student Leaders The Civilian Student Menu Committee will have a luncheon meeting with Col. Fred Dollar and his food service staff at noon Friday in Sbisa Dining Hall, an nounced Edwin H. Cooper, direc tor of civilian student activities. Cooper said students desiring to make suggestions regarding the improvement of dining hall services are invited to contact one of the student members of the committee. Each committee member may invite a limited number of stu dents to attend the luncheon ses sion as his guest. Committee members are Lewis G. Venator, president of the Ci vilian Student Council; Ernie Knowles, president of the Grad uate Student Council; George Walne, Civilian Student Council vice president, and Steven Ban croft, president of Dormitory 15. The committee meets with food service personnel each month to discuss possible additions or de letions to the menu and to offer suggestions for improved service. Bryan Building & Loan Association, Your Sav ings Center, since 1919. L —Adv.