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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)