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VOLUME 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1968
Number 52?
Viet Cong Assaults
Continue In Vietnam
COUNCIL CONFERENCE
President Johnson and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara are shown during a meet
ing of the National Security Council in the White House. Council meeting dealt with North
Korea’s seizure of the U.S.S. Pueblo. (AP Wirephoto)
Rudder’s Ten Years Here
Have Seen System Double
“Roll up your sleeves and get
after it.”
That advice, passed along in a
recent freshman class welcoming
address, is a byword with Texas
A&M President Earl Rudder, who
has been “getting after it” ever
since he joined the university 10
years ago today.
As he starts his second decade
at A&M, Rudder oversees a vast
educational system which has
doubled in size since he was ap
pointed vice president in 1958 and
continues to expand at a record
pace.
The pace ruickened after the
1932 A&M graduate was named
Spring Semester
Registration Set
New students reported Wed
nesday when Texas A&M offi
cially initiated the spring semes
ter.
Regular students check in Fri
day and Saturday for registra
tion.
Aggies have been on a brief
mid-year leave since completing
final examinations last week.
New students will include
freshmen and transfers entering
A&M the first time. Room assign
ment, meetings and orientation
precede their registration at noon
Friday.
Sbisa Hall doors will be opened
to the Taylors, Uptons, Vaughns,
Whites and students whose last
name starts with X, Y or Z at 1
p.m. Friday. L through O enroll
at 3 p.m.
The Saturday registration
schedule calls for P through S at
8 a.m.; C-F, 10 a.m.; G-K, 1 p.m.;
and A and B, 3 p.m.
Spring semester classes begin
at 8 a.m. Monday, Feb. 5.
president July 1, 1959, and picked
up still more steam when he took
charge of the entire Texas A&M
University System Sept. 1, 1965.
Under Rudder’s administration,
Texas A&M has attained “univer
sity” status, increased enrollment,
expanded research, broadened
curriculum, upgraded academic
and faculty standards and initi
ated a multi-million-dollar build
ing program.
Enrollment, which passed the
12,000 mark last fall, is increas
ing at a rate unmatched by any
other major school in the state.
University officials are now pre
dicting 20,000 students by 1976,
the institution’s centennial.
The most significant gains
have come at the graduate level.
Graduate enrollment registered
2,349 for the fall semester, repre
senting the highest student body
ratio in the state and second-
largest in total numbers.
Increases in research have more
than kept pace. A&M’s annual
research budget now totals ap
proximately $18 million, double
that of 10 years ago. In all, the
university has 150-we!l equipped
research laboratories in which
hundreds of individual projects
are being conducted.
Both curriculum and research
have been broadened in recent
years. While strengthening its
traditional programs, the univer
sity has moved into a position of
leadership in several of the new
technological fields, such as
space, nuclear and computer
science.
New facilities have been pro
vided to meet new needs. Within
the past six months, Texas A&M
opened a $6 million cyclotron
complex and formally dedicated
its Olin E. Teague Research Cen
ter, which houses the university’s
space, statistics and computer in
BB&L
By PETER ARNETT
Associated Press Writer
SAIGON The Viet Cong’s
offensive in Saigon diminished
Thursday but it was able to score
successes elsewhere in its coordi
nated attacks down the length of
South Vietnam.
The Communists captured
part of Hue, the old imperial cap
ital 400 miles north of Saigon,
and seized control of half of Kon-
tum in the central highlands.
Two other major cities along the
coastline in the north, Nha Trang
and Qui Nhon, came under fresh
mortar attacks and ground probes
for the third straight day.
PRESIDENT Nguyen Van
Thieu declared martial law
throughout the nation in the wake
of the Wednesday attacks against
the U. S. Embassy and military
and civilian installations from
Hue to the Mekong Delta.
The U. S. Command reported
shortly after midnight that the
situation in Saigon was under
control, but soon afterward the
Viet Cong blew up a power sta
tion in the Cholon section and
attacked two national police sta
tions there.
The two police stations in Cho
lon were attacked within 30 min
utes of each other with 40 to 50
Viet Cong blazing away with
small arms and machine guns, in
formants said.
There were several minor at
tacks on U. S. installations in
Saigon, where at least 12 U. S.
soldiers and Marines were killed
in fending off a guerrilla on
slaught at the U. S. Embassy
and other installations Wednes
day.
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stallations.
Other construction completed
within recent years includes a
nuclear science center, facilities
for petroleum engineering, archi
tecture, plant sciences and bio
logical sciences and several new
dormitories and apartment houses
for married students. Projects
now in progress include a major
library expansion, additional vet
erinary medicine facilities and a
new engineering research center.
The basic concept of the uni
versity was broadened in 1965
when the College of Arts and
Sciences was abolished in favor
of separate colleges for liberal
arts and science and establish
ment of a new college for geo.-,
sciences. Less than a month ago,
A&M was granted authority to
form another college for business
administration, a field now incor
porated in liberal arts.
On the system level, new A&M
divisions include the Texas Mari
time Academy at Galveston and
James Connally Technical Insti
tute at Waco.
Looking back on A&M’s prog
ress and his role in it, Rudder
feels his major contribution has
been creation of an atmosphere
for accomplishment and success
in surrounding himself with men
who “get after it.”
No list of A&M accomplish
ments would be complete, Rudder
emphasizes, without mentioning
the 1967 football team which
came on strong to win the South
west Conference and Cotton
Bowl. Football exemplifies the
university’s determination to ex
cel, points out the former coach
and teacher who played center
two seasons for the Aggies.
Bryan Building & Loan
Association, Your Sav
ings Center, since 1919.
—Adv.
Johnson Set Talks
On Terror Attacks
WASHINGTON <A>>—The John
son administration held in reserve
Wednesday a broad response to
the Red terror attacks throughout
South Vietnam pending more in
formation on the outcome of the
Communist assaults.
Football Book
Going On Sale
A 36-pa^e pictorial souvenir
magazine covering the Aggies'
championship football comeback
went on sale Wednesday.
The magazine, appropriately
entitled “The Aggies Are Back,”
has stories, pictures and statis
tics of each regular season game,
plus a two-page spread on the
Cotton Bowl victory over Ala
bama. Additionally, the magazine
has a wrap-up on season statis
tics, a section on the numerous
honors the team members earned,
pictures of the coaches, and a
two-page picture of the team.
Various student activities and
traditions closely associated with
Aggie football seasons are also
covered in the magazine. The
Aggie bonfire, Corps trips, mid
night yell practice, elephant
walk, the Aggie Band, yell lead
ers, and other such activities are
included in the magazine.
“We wanted the magazine to
reflect the drive, determination
and hard work of the football
team, the fine coaching, and the
unexcelled spirit of the Twelfth
Man,” said Winston Green, presi
dent of Alpha Delta Sigma, the
club which published the maga
zine.
The Athletic Department
bought a large number of the
magazines to send to prospective
athletes being sought by A&M.
The Aggie Club bought 1,500
copies to be given as a bonus to
members who send in their club
dues early.
The magazine is on sale in the
Journalism Department, Student
Publications Office, Exchange
Store, and MSC Gift Shop. The
price is $1.
The White House disclosed
President Johnson met Tuesday
night with the Senate and House
Republican leaders, received in
telligence reports during the
night on the attacks on the Sai
gon embassy and other targets,
and breakfasted Wednesday
morning with senior members of
the Senate and House Armed
Services and Appropriations com
mittees.
Press secretary George Chris
tian said the President told the
congressional leaders of both par
ties that the Asian crisis might
require him to propose special
measures which he hopes would
be considered in a nonpartisan
atmosphere.
However the presidential
spokesman said Johnson did not
discuss any specific measures,
and he emphasized there may be
no need for such proposals.
THE AGGIES ARE BACK
New football book tracing the rise of the Texas Aggies is now on sale at four campus loca
tions. The 36-page magazine is also being distributed statewide.
Unitarians Hold
Immortality Talk
Dr. Richard Stadelman of the
Department of Philosophy will
speak on “Concepts of Immortal
ity” at the Unitarian Fellowship
at 8 p.m. on Sunday at 305 Old
Highway 6 South.
Dr. Stadelman is an ordained
Christian Church minister. Prior
to joining the Philosophy Depart
ment here last fall, he was as
sociated with the Philosophy De
partments at Tulane University
and Louisiana State University.
He also studied at Yale Univer
sity, receiving a Bachelor of Di
vinity degree in 1958.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M”
—Adv.
Services Building
Occupants Ready
To Begin Moving
First occupants of Texas A&M’s
new $1.5 million Services Building
begin moving in next week.
System Physical Plants Mana
ger Howard Badgett said con
struction workers are putting the
finishing touches on the first
three floors of the 75,000-square-
foot maroon-trimmed structure.
The top floor and basement will
be ready in approximately three
weeks.
Major occupants of the new
building are the Journalism De
partment, University Information
and Publications Department, Ag
ricultural Information Depart
ment, Texas Feed and Fertilizer
Control Service, Agricultural An
alytical Services and the Faculty
Exchange Post Office.
The new facility also will house
the campus offices for the Ameri
can Petroleum Institute and draft
ing and publications activities for
the Texas Transportation Insti
tute.
Badgett said the Journalism
Department expects to complete
its office move by Monday. Most
journalism classes, however, will
continue to be held in their pre
sent locations for approximately
three more weeks.
University Information and
Publications Department, which
includes The Battalion, yearbook
and student magazines, plan to
move Feb. 23.
Texas Feed and Fertilizer Con
trol Service is scheduled to move
the first of March.
Agricultural Information will
begin moving equipment next
week but will not transfer its
staff until mid-March.
Badgett said the other organi
zations have not yet scheduled
their moves.
The Services Building, located
on the north side of the campus,
adjoins the A&M Press and
Photographic and Visual Aids
Laboratory.
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GRAVE ON PRISON GROUNDS
Dr. Edwin N. Barron, Jr., prison physician, stands in one
of three unmarked graves discovered on ground of the
Cummins, Ark., prison farm. Barron said an investigation
might turn up “as many as 100, if not more” bodies follow
ing reports that inmates had been killed and secretly buried
through the years. (AP Wirephoto)
Voters To Decide
Important Issues
A 1967 voter’s registration cer
tificate will be required by voters
in Saturday’s sales tax and bond
election in College Station, Mayor
D. A. Anderson said today. He
Tunisian Elected
FFA Club Officer
A Tunisian who is also a mem
ber of the Cadet Corps has become
the first International student to
be elected to a major office in the
Texas A&M Collegiate Future
Farmers of America Chapter.
Abdcluader (Ray) Chouikh,
sophomore member of Company
C-2 at Texas A&M, has been
elected sentinel of the 125-member
FFA chapter.
“I was really surprised and
almost shocked to be elected,”
Chouikh said. “I had alreadyJost
one office election and really did
not feel I had a chance. I really
appreciate being elected.”
Chouikh attended Lycee Sousse
High School in Sousse, Tunisia,
and the Agricultural School of
Moghrane. At A&M he is major
ing in agricultural education with
a specialty in sociology.
Ray is the youngest in a family
of four which includes two sisters
and a brother. He is majoring in
agriculture because of the need
his country has for agricultural
leaders. He was chosen by his
government to study in the United
States because of his agricultural
background and high scholastic
record at the Moghrane school.
“In the 37-year history of the
A&M Collegiate FFA tis is the
first time an international stu
dent has been elected to such an
office,” Dr. Herman H. Brown,
associate professor in the Agri
cultural Education Department
and faculty advisor to the chap
ter, said.
made this statement in response
to the many inquiries he received
on this subject.
The question on the system of
balloting has also arisen, the
mayor reported. Those who are
property owners in the city can
vote on the one-cent sales tax
and bond issue. However, those
who do not own property can vote
only on the sales tax issue.
As to the bond issue, citizens
will be given the option of voting
“yes” or “no” to four proposals:
(1) construction of a new city
hall; (2) construction of a fire
station-police headquarters: (3)
purchase of land and building
29th street to Ashburn street,
and County Road from Glade
street to State Highway 6; and
(4) for purchase of land for
right-of-way for State Highway
6 By-Pass, including two inter
changes, and for the extension of
University Drive from State
Highway 6 to the proposed inter
change on State Highway 6 By-
Pass.
Property owners only will be
given the opportunity to express
themselves by a straw vote on
the location of the city hall and
fire station-police headquarters,
Mayor Anderson continued. Two
choices will be offered should
these proposals be approved,
either on city owned property
along State Highway 6, facing
the University campus, or at the
water tower site.
Polls will be open from 8 a.m.
to 7 p.m. at the following loca
tions: Place 1 — A&M Consoli
dated Jr. High School, Place 2 —
College Hills Elementary, and
Place 3 — City Hall.
First Bank & Trust now pays
5% per annum on savings certif
icates. —Adv.