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arnej a, atef 4 1 Ran 2 P-H 11 tt, 2 P'H ihediil, | »y. €ht Battalion VOLUME 61 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1968 Number 604 Rotary Features A&M IllVacleS Til^eFIcVnd Famed Conductor s A symphony conductor who di rected original movie scores like “Bad Day at Black Rock” and "Elmer Gantry” will take the Bryan Civic Auditorium podium Tuesday for Houston Symphony performances of famous classics. Andre Previn and the orches tra will again open the second season of the Rotary Community Series at 7:30 p.m. to an expect ed full house. Tickets for the Rotary Series in cooperation with A&M’s Town Hall are at a premium. Town Hall chairman Louis Adams said a few seats in the block of 200 for A&M students remain. They will be on sale at the Memorial Student Center Student Program Office through Monday. PREVIN, IN HIS SECOND year as conductor-in-chief, di rected the Houston Symphony to one of the most outstanding sea sons of its 55-year history in 1967-68. The Rotary Series program will include works by Carl Maria von Weber, Walter Piston and Franz Schubert. The German, American and Austrian classics include Weber’s Overture to "Euryanthe,” “Symphony No. 6” by Piston and Schubert’s “Great Symphony,” No. 9 in C Major. Previn abandoned a lucrative Hollywood and jazz recording ca reer in the early 1950’s to study conducting. After Army service in the Korean War, he intended to embark on his new career, but “I found that orchestra managers around the country had a patron izing attitude toward anyone con nected with films,” Previn says. UNABLE TO CONVINCE managers of more respected or chestras of his seriousness, Pre vin turned to conducting less re spected orchestras in smaller cities. Reviews and “word of mouth” altered prejudices and the con ductor gained meteoric acclaim. The 38-year-old Previn as sumed the Houston conducting post last year and continued his guest concert schedule around the world, especially with the London Symphony Orchestra. He was appointed permanent conductor of the London Orches tra last spring. Previn’s fascinating career will continue with the 1969 Broadway musical, “Coco,” based on the life of Coco Chanel. Among his other film scores are “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” “Pepe” and “The Four Horsemen of the Apocolypse.” Previn musical adaptations in clude “Kiss Me Kate,” “Gigi,” “Porgy and Bess” and “Irma La Douce.” His scoring of the latter three and “My Fair Lady” won him four Oscars. First Grid Encounter (ouncilResolution Commends Rudder T he Memorial Student Center Council recently passed a reso lution commending A&M Presi dent Earl Rudder for authorizing additional funds this summer for use in the council’s student pro gram work this fall. David Maddox, councilman and Student Senate vice president, had asked Rudder this summer to direct the collection of a $4 Stadium Use Fee at fall registra tion when it became apparent that monies would be cut from the student fees fund, a prime source for MSC student pro grams funds. Benjamin Sims, Council and Directorate president, M i 11 y Plummer, president of the Grad uate Student Council, and David Wilks, president of the Civilian Student Council, had each ap proved the assessment of the new fee before Maddox took his request to Rudder. Day Students 300-Space Lot Soon Finished A portion of over 300 new park ing spaces for day students open ed Thursday morning behind the Cyclotron building. Security Chief Ed Powell announced. The remainder of the 300-plus parking spaces are expected to open Friday or Saturday. When completely operational, the in creased parking facilities will re lieve some of the cramped park ing problems currently facing day students “who are in the worst condition,” Powell said. Auto registration, off to a slow start August 15 for faculty and staff, jumped to a fast pace at the opening of the school semes ter as students began returning to the campus. Signs of slow ing down appeared Thursday. Total of registered vehicles on campus will not be known until later next week. “I do know there are a lot more cars than ever before,” Powell added. A small number of fender bumping accidents already have been reported on campus. Opener Features ‘Battle Of Bowls 11 By JOHN PLATZER Battalion Sports Editor It will be the Cotton Bowl champions against the Sugar Bowl kings Saturday night as the Texas Aggies and Louisi ana State clash before a sell-out crowd of 67,510 at 7:30 in Baton Rouge. Five sophomores who Coach Gene Stallings says must come through for the Aggies this season will get their var sity baptism in front of the wild LSU partisans. Both teams began 1968 with New Year’s Day victories and will be out to start the 1968 season in the same fashion. The Aggies defeated Alabama 20-17 in the Cotton Bowl while LSU downed Wyoming 30-13 in the Sugar Bowl. TWO LONG WINNING STREAKS will also be on the line in the contest as A&M has rolled off seven straight, second to Oklahoma’s eight among the nation’s major col leges, and the Tigers have won three straight. LSU, a four point favorite in DYNAMIC DUO Aggie hopes for victory over LSU Saturday and ultimately another Southwest Conference crown will ride heavily upon the sure hands of senior quarterback Edd Hargett and the thundering feet of junior tailback Larry Stegent. Both are All-America candidates. Players Announce Cast For 4 The Trojan Women’ WEATHER Saturday and Sunday: Partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered afternoon rains. Winds South, 10-20 m.p.h. High Saturday 88, low early Sunday 74. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M. —Adv. Gobble, Gobble Assistant Police Chief Mor ris Maddox said Thursday that freshmen are entitled to park only from Kyle Field north to W. Main Dr. The Battalion erroneously re ported Wednesday that fresh men could park from Kyle Field north to the U. S. De partment of Agriculture Build ing. The cast for “The Trojan Wo men,” classic Greek drama to be presented by the Aggie Players next month, has been announced by Director C. K. Esten. Scheduled to open Oct. 28 at Guion Hall for a six-night run, the production is the first of eight major plays scheduled by the theater group for the 1968- 69 season. Euripides’ “The Trojan Wo men” is considered by scholars as the greatest piece of anti-war literature in the world. It was written 2,350 years ago. The play was first put on the Athenian stage by Euripides in 416 B.C., advancing ideas that earned him the citizenry’s rage. “Except for Christ, to whom nonresistance was fundamental, no one else disbelieved in vio lence as a means of doing good,” noted Esten. Set immediately af SPIRIT SIGN Company D-2 fish hang a bedsheet banner across the front of their dorm, one of the many spirit signs, censored or not, that dot the civilian and Corps areas every football season. Picture hangers from left are John Swart, Charles Patino, Terry Rowan and Donald Swit zer. (Photo by Mike Wright) ter the fall of Troy, the play is the result of Euripides asking himself what war is like when one looks straight at it. All the play’s dominant parts are for women. Aileen Wenck, Aggie Players veteran and wife of English instructor Bob Wenck, will play Hecuba. Barbara Karpinski, who ob tained a master’s degree in thea ter at the University of Michigan, will portray Andromache; English major Virginia Parker of College Station, Cassandra; Brenda Hath away, university employe, Helen, and Thelma McGill, wife of Bryan broker Davis T. McGill, Athena. ALSO WORKING UNDER Es- ten’s direction will be Mike Link of Houston as Menelaus; Travis Miller of West Winfield, N. Y., LD Phone Service Postponed 7 Days Long distance telephone seiwice for A&M dormitory students will be postponed approximately one week as a result of students transferring rooms, announced Bill Erwin, Bryan division mana ger for General Telephone Co. of the Southwest. Ei'win said the long distance service for students who requested such privilege was to have start ed today. “The large number of switches in room assignments, particularly in the Corps area where addi tional room is being made for an overflow of civilian students, makes such action inadvisable,” Erwin noted. He pointed out that if the long distance service were initiated be fore all the room assignments were finalized, many students would undoubtedly be billed for calls they did not make. Erwin said the telephone com pany now plans to provide long distance service for dormitory students next week, hopefully be fore Friday, Bryan Building & Loan Association, Your Sav ings Center, since 1919. B B & L —Adv. Talthybius, and Jim Weyhen- meyer of Livingston, N. J., Posei don. The chorus will include Candy Yager, Judith Stewart; Kay Slow- ey of Bryan, journalism major; Melanie Haldas of Houston, pre- veterinary medicine; Irene Faz- zino, Bryan, English; Karen Buch- land and Irene Woodard. Soldiers will include Marc Fleishman of Dallas, pre vet, and Robert Gra ham of Houston, accounting. Corps Dorm Shifts Yield More Rooms In an attempt to physically unify the Corps of Cadets, Com pany F-l moved Thursday from Hart Hall to Dorm 4 in the Dun can area. A shortage of civilian rooms was another reason for the move, according to Garland Clark, dep uty Corps commander. “Students on the waiting list for rooms in civilian residence halls should maintain contact with the Housing Office to keep informed of vacancies as they occur,” Allan M. Madely, hous ing manager, announced Thurs day. Col. Jim McCoy, Corps Com mandant, approved the move since 110 beds were available in dorms 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12. To make room for F-l, all the AF- ROTC units except Squadi'on 11 moved down the quad toward Dorm 12. Wing and group staffs were not affected. Due to the housing shift, all rooms are being occupied by at least two cadets. In some in stances, three freshmen are tem porarily sharing one room. “Right now there’s a lot of confusion, especially in locating rooms for all the freshmen,” Corps Commander Hector Guti errez said. “We regret the amount of lost study time caused by the move, but we hope to be back to normal Monday.” First Bank & Trust now pays 5% per annum on savings certif icates. —Adv. the game, last lost to Alabama by a 7-6 score while the Aggies haven’t tasted defeat since Octo ber 7 when Florida State splashed to a 19-18 triumph in the rain. Experience is plentiful on both nationally-ranked squads as the defending Southwest Conference champions have 33 lettermen and LSU welcomes back 36 lettermen from last season’s 7-3-1 squad. THE AGGIE SOPHOMORES may hold the key to the game, however. Last year A&M suf fered their worst defeat in Baton Rouge at the hands of the Tigers 17-6 when the LSU defensive line put constant pressure on Edd Hargett, the Aggie quarterback. Three of the five newcomers cited by Stallings hold positions in the offensive line that will be charged wdth the responsibility of protecting Hargett. Jim Park er, a 6-1, 195-pounder from Gon zales, was listed at the starting weak tackle spot on the last Ag gie depth chart and Allan Han son, a 6-3, 218-pounder from Clear Creek, is expected to start at weak guard. Rusty Stallings (no kin to the coach), the other sophomore lineman mentioned by Coach Stallings Tuesday, has been al ternating at center and guard. The rest of A&M’s offensive line will consist of Barney Harris and Jimmy Adams at weak end, Jack Kovar at center, Carl Gough at strong guard and Tom Buckman at strong end. HARGETT, the nation’s total offense and career passing lead er, will be starting his third year as the Aggies’ quarterback with Robert Stansberry expected to be his number one backup man. Larry Stegent and Bob Long- will be starting at tailback and wingback respectively for A&M while Dave Elmendorf, a sopho more, and Javier Vela will share the load at fullback. Wendell Housley, the Aggies’ top fullback, will miss the game with a knee injury. Ten starters return from last season’s defense headed by All- America linebacker Bill Hobbs. Buster Adami will be at the other linebacking post while Ivan Jones will get the call at rover. A&M’s defensive backfield is back intact after combining with the linebacking corps for 27 in terceptions. Curley Hallman and Ross Brupbacher will be at the halfs while Tommy Maxwell, al so a favorite receiver on offense, will start at safety. The defensive line will consist of Jim Piper and sophomore Mike DeNiro at the ends, Rolf Krueger and Harvey Aschenbeck are the tackles and Lynn Odom will start at middle guard. Deadline Nears For Grad Tests Graduate School foreign lan guage tests in French, German, Russian and Spanish will be ad ministered at Texas A&M Oct. 26. The two 100-minute tests will be given by the Counseling and Testing Center in room 108 of the Academic Building. Auston Kerley, center director, said graduate students must i - eg- ister for the test at the fiscal office and center before 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26. The two-section, timed tests cover basic vocabulary, structure and comprehension. LIKE HOTCAKES That’s the way they sold this week and last for the season’s opener Saturday against Louisiana State in Baton Rouge. Students bought an estimated 700 tickets—500 more than for last year’s LSU game. (Photo by Mike Wright)