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Bonfiremen On 5-Day Plan
Will Get Weekend Meals
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By DAVID MIDDLEBROOKE
Battalion Staff Writer
Students on the 5-day board
plan who identify themselves as
working on the Bonfire will be
allowed to eat in the dining halls
Saturday and Sunday, announced
yell leader and Bonfire Commit
tee adviser Malon Southerland.
Southerland stressed that the
student must be working on the
Bonfire to be allowed this priv
ilege. He also noted that all
students should have their iden
tification cards on their person
at all times while working.
FOOD SERVICES will furnish
coffee and cookies during the
night while the stack is being
guarded. The service will be
handled by the YMCA, with the
help of several campus women’s
★ ★ ★
Bonfire Pole
Is Raised By
Company D-l
Company D-l cadets raised
Monday the first flammable
material toward the Bonfire.
“Spider D,” commanded by
Walter D. Dabney of Dallas, tra
ditionally raises the Bonfire
center pole. Several thousand
logs will be leaned and stacked
against the 93-foot long shaft
before the first is burned Tues
day.
Four other poles also were em
bedded in the Duncan area drill
field by D-l, to support lights for
night work. Additional prelimi
nary work to stacking included
ditching and burying electrical
conduit to the lights and a one-
inch pipeline for fueling the in
terior of the stack.
Head yell leader Bill Youngkin
of Gilmer said Bonfire work the
majority of this week will be con
centrated in the cutting area
north of Bryan. Careful place
ment of interior logs will be car
ried out before stacking speeds
up Saturday.
The Bonfire Yell Practice will
be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
groups, including the Aggie
Wives’ Club.
Safety was also stressed by
Southerland. He noted that safe
ty meetings for freshmen and
sophomores, both civilian and
cadet, will be held Thursday eve
ning in the Grove. The exact
time and place, he continued, will
be announced in the mess halls.
“IN THE CUTTING area,
everything is set and ready to
go,” said Southerland. “We have
one request to make, however.
“The only entrance to the cut
ting area is a road running off
of a farm and market road. Those
working in the cutting area may
park anywhere along the farm
road. We do ask, though, that
people enter only through the
gate, and do not climb over the
fence.
“THE POINT is not to tear
things up.”
The cutting area this year is
in the same area as last year’s.
To reach it, students should go
12 miles north on Highway 6 to
the Old San Antonio Road. They
should turn left on OSR and con
tinue to Benchley, then make
another left turn. After cross
ing the railroad tracks, another
left should be made. The cut
ting area will be on the driver’s
left.
THE TRUCKS will use a dif
ferent route, noted Youngkin.
They will go west on FM 60, then
cut over another farm road to
Highway 21. They will head
back east on 21 to FM 1093, %
mile before the 21-6 intersection.
Trucks will travel 1093 to OSR,
then right two miles to the cut
ting area.
“Collections so far for the
lease purchase amount to $4,”
said Memorial Student Center
assistant cashier Jo Scanlin,
“mostly from the office staff
here. We have heard, however,
that student contributions are
being collected and will be turned
in soon.”
“COLLECTIONS are going
fine from what I hear,” Young
kin said, “and I hope it continues.
The need has been announced in
the mess halls today, and printed
in The Battalion. I urge all
those who love the Bonfire to
help.”
Southerland also noted that
volunteer help is needed Thurs
day and Friday in the cutting
area. Any Junior or Senior who
does not have afternoon classes
may work, according to Dean of
Students James P. Hannigan.
“The owner of the land being
used for the cutting has placed
only one restriction on our use
of it, concluded Southerland. “We
must beat the hell out of t.u.”
The owner, Henry Seale, is a
Texas graduate.
Selective Service Announces
Grad Student Draft ‘Reprieve’
Nixon, Humphrey, Wallace:
They’re All Students Here
Installment Due
The third installment of board
payment is now being accepted
at the Fiscal Office in the Coke
Building. Payment of $74 for
seven-day and $67 for five-day
plans must be paid by Tuesday
to avoid penalty.
By TONY HUDDLESTON
Battalion Staff Writer
A careful perusal of the new
student directory reveals the
secret Aggieland listings of not
only all three major presidential
candidates, but also a rare assort
ment of distinguished authors,
television stars, and a few wild
animals to boot.
In the political arena, at A&M
this year are listed three Nixons,
five Humphreys, nine Wallaces,
two Paulsens, five Reagans and
73 Johnsons.
Religiously, there are listed six
Bishops, one Priest, one Cardinal,
four Popes and one Goldstein.
In literature are five Faulk
ners, two Hawthornes, four
Burns, five Frosts and 26 Scotts.
In the entertainment field are
one Jerry Lewis, one Johnny
Carson, one Steve Allan, one
Sammy Davis, two Rowans and
42 Martins.
For great names in history
there are two Washingtons, one
Lincoln, one Robert E. Lee, one
Daniel Boone, one Jim Bowie, two
Custers, one McArthur, three
Hoovers, nine Grants and one Jim
Garrison.
Among the wildlife are three
Birds, two Crows, one Crane, one
Wren, three Beavers, six Foxes
and one Bull.
Colors include 14 Blacks, 32
Whites, 11 Grays, 28 Greens and
57 Browns.
Reigning are 25 Kings, five
Princes and six Dukes.
Miscellaneous monickers include
one Spring, six Snows, one Boos,
one Beers, one Tom Collins, two
Hams and six Houses.
Also, nine Fords, five Shep
herds, one Fisherman, two Mead
ows, one Dollar, one Dollarhide,
three Gunns, two Guitars, two
Flowers and six Cherrys.
And finally there are five
Wongs and 26 Wrights.
JUSTICE SPEAKS
Dr. Blair Justice, research assistant for race relations to
Mayor Louis Welch of Houston, addresses an audience of
80 in the MSC Assembly Room in the last of a five-part
“People in the Cities” Great Issues Seminar. (Photo by
Larry Frisk)
Riot ‘Danger Signs’
Listed In Seminar
By TIM SEARSON
Battalion Staff Writer
“Racial violence is like a can
cer, in that the danger signals
are present in both situations,”
Dr. Blair Justice said Tuesday in
the final presentation of the Great
Issues program, “People and the
Cities.”
Justice has worked for the
past two years under Mayor
Louis Welch as the head of the
human relations division. He is
the author of a number of papers
on minority groups and he wrote
the manuscript “Violence in the
City.”
“THE WAY THE people live
‘Snake Doctor’ Seeks Degree
Dr. Mike Herron never grew
out of his boyhood fancy for
snakes.
He simply likes them as a
person might like a dog, or some
other pet.
Matter of fact, it’s hard for
Herron to remember when he
didn’t like snakes, but he dates
it roughly age 12 when most
boys would rather catch snakes
and frogs than eat a hamburger.
AT 28, HERRON, an assistant
professor in the College of Vet
erinary Medicine, is seeking his
Ph.D. degree in “herpetological”
medicine and surgery.
To the laymen it readily con
notes “snake doctoring.”
But to Herron it means learn
ing in a field where little or no
information is available for treat
ment of zoological specimens or
household pet snakes.
“WE’RE SEEING more exotic
pets,” Herron, a native of Evans
ville, Ind., observes.
“In talking with people,” Her
ron added, “I find more and more
people are getting boa constrict
ors for pets.”
And, he acknowledges, most
zoos have extensive reptile houses
with some snakes costing up to
PREPARES INJECTION
Dr. Mike Herron prepares to inject a snake with an abscess
at Texas A&M’s College of Veterinary Medicine. He is
seeking a Ph.D. degree in herpetological medicine and surr
gery. To the layman it means snake medicine.
$3,000, “especially if its a good
feeder.”
“SNAKE HOUSES are the sec
ond most popular exhibit—next
to monkeys,” he adds.
Herron has “no fear of being
called a snake doctor” by his
colleagues, and readily admits
“there is a fascination with
snakes.”
More than a fascination, how
ever, Herron adds, “There is a
need for someone to have this
knowledge so snakes can be
treated.”
A QUALIFIED veterinarian,
Herron earned his B. S. degree
in zoology at George Washington
University, and his M.S. and
D.V.M. degrees at Purdue Uni
versity.
Although his vocation is small
animal surgery, he hopes his new
degree program will offer basic
study of normal anatomy and
microanatomy, as well as work in
pathology and microbiology, as a
speciality.
“I hope to start out with spe
cific diseases and correlate the
causes of diseases,” he notes.
HE POINTS OUT his main
goal is to treat snakes, and “to
properly treat, one has to iden
tify and know the cause of di
sease.”
He admits that there are some
diseases “harbored in snakes” and
that “they are often difficult
to treat because snakes may not
respond.”
Herron noted too, that snakes
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are problems to maintain in a
healthy condition in captivity.”
“THE BIG PROBLEM is feed
ing,” he relates. He notes that
the reason for snakes not eating
is still another problem, but feels
his research will answer this, as
well as other questions.
He notes his research will in
clude “doing quite a lot of para
sitism, both intestinal and those
called hemoprotozoans.”
He thinks it will be a key to
many diseases and respiratory
problems in captive specimens.
“iMy biggest problem is that I
can’t go on past knowledge,” he
admits.
MANY ZOOS have already in
dicated an interest in Herron’s
proposed research and are will
ing to help.
He adds, however, he will need
public support by next spring
when the project is really under
way. He will need both captive
and wild specimens—non-poison-
ous variety—to conduct his re
search.
He indicates he’d like to receive
at that time healthy and sick
snakes. He’ll even take a number
of “freshly killed” ones for au
topsy purposes, but he prefers
they be snakes killed by accident,
rather than on purpose!
WEATHER
Thursday — Cloudy, occasional
rain afternoon. Winds Easterly
5 to 10 mph. High 63, low 46.
Friday—Partly cloudy. Winds
North 70 to 15 mph. High 62,
low 38.
Kyle Field — Partly cloudy.
Winds Calm. 58°.
and the way they are distributed
in a community are all factors
that contribute to race riots,”
he said. “Two factors determine
the direction of a minority group:
how the people accept life; and
how the people are trying to
better their life.”
Justice told the audience of 80
in the Memorial Student Center
Assembly Room that the mass
media cannot be cited as the
cause of race riots. However, by
focusing the spotlight of atten
tion on a minority group, it low
ers inhibitions.
“WHEN A COMMUNITY be
comes the target of attention,
inflammatory incidents can re
sult,” said Justice. “After the
riots in Watts, attention was fo
cused on Oakland because of
poor conditions, and a few months
later racial riots did start.”
The noted lecturer used Hous
ton as an example by relating
the trouble that led to the riots
on the campus of Texas Southern
University in May, 1967. He men
tioned that Houston came close
to being on the “riot map,” but
since the problems were not com
munity-wide the disturbance did
not grow.
“THERE ARE TWO different
ideas in the black community,”
said Justice. “Those Negroes from
rural areas seem to have the
opinion ‘You can’t miss some
thing you never had.’ ”
“However, it can not be as
sumed that minority groups are
not aware of the world around
them.”
In Justice’s opinion, overcrowd
ing does not deter the migration
to urban areas by minority
groups. The need for improving
housing, education, and jobs be
comes ever more evident by over
crowded conditions.
“A RANDOM survey of mem
bers of the Negro community in
Houston showed that the ma
jority of the people felt jobs
were the most important issue,
followed by education and hous
ing,” said Justice. “Housing rank
ed so low because 46 per cent
of Houston’s Negroes own their
own homes.”
-Justice cited the geographical
dispersion of the Negro popula
tion as one reason for the lack
of rioting. The separate Negro
communities share little solidar
ity and do not mix.
“Houston is unique in that it
(See Riot, Page 4)
Draft Director Lewis B. Her-
shey’s reprieve for the nation’s
graduate students was welcome
news here—but also anticipated.
Earlier this year, Hershey
ordered an end to academic de
ferments for all graduate stu
dents other than those studying
medicine, but Tuesday he altered
the policy to allow drafted stu
dents to complete their current
terms.
“This is the basis on which we
have advised students since late
last summer,” noted Graduate
Dean George W. Kunze.
“If they (the graduate stu
dents) had not received their
draft notices prior to enrolling in
the fall,” he added, “we felt there
was every assurance they would
be able to complete the semester.”
DESPITE AN A&M survey
last spring which indicated up to
40 per cent of the university’s
graduate students could have been
affected by the new draft laws,
a record graduate enrollment was
registered this fall.
Graduate students this semester
total 2,661, the dean noted, for
an increase of 396, or approxi
mately 17 per cent, over last year.
Dean Kunze noted, however,
that draft calls have been low
ever since the new law went into
effect.
Still, he estimated A&M’s
graduate enrollment would have
been at least 100 higher if stu
dents had known they could have
completed the fall semester. He
explained approximately 100 to
150 students withdrew their ap
plications in view of the draft.
“AS FAR as I know, however,
no student has been pulled out
of school during the semester,”
Kunze remarked.
“I think General Hershey’s
statement for clarification of the
draft law is helpful, in that it
will enable the students to make
firm plans for at least a semes
ter in advance,” the dean ob
served.
Hershey’s advisory, dated Oct.
24 and published Tuesday in the
Selective Service Newsletter,
reads:
“When college students are
ordered to report for induction
during a school term in which
they are satisfactorily pursuing
whole - time post - baccalaureate
courses, consideration should be
given on an individual case ba
sis, to a postponement of induc
tion until the end of the term
(quarter, trimester or semes
ter).”
HERSHEY’S new policy was
intended to insure that the stu
dent’s investment of time and
funds for tuition, housing and
books would not be lost by the
arrival of a draft notice while
the students were in the middle
of a term, a Selective Service
spokesman said.
The draft director’s advice, in
the form of an advisory, is not
binding, the spokesman pointed
out, but the advice is usually fol
lowed by local and state boards.
Civilian Program
Expansion Hoped
“I have high hopes that the
civilian residence hall program
will be expanded,” Ed Cooper,
civilian student activities direc
tor, told the Memorial Student
Center Directorate Tuesday.
Cooper credited the large num
ber of civilians expected for the
Bonfire to the residence hall pro
grams.
“I’m looking forward to the day
when the civilians and Corps
members can work together to
make this a better university,”
Cooper told the Directorate,” and
I think an expanded residence
hall program would go a long way
in making it happen.
The directorate decided to send
27 or 28 students to the Associa
tion of College Unions Conven
tion in New Orleans Dec. 5-7.
Ornitholigists To Present
Three-Screen Slide Show
“The Murder of Silence,” a
three-screen slide show which has
become one of the most popular
audio-visual presentations in the
state, will be seen here again
Thursday.
The program, sponsored by the
Brazos Ornithological Society, is
set for 7:30 p.m. in the Memorial
Student Center Ballroom. Admis
sion is free and open to the public.
Produced and presented by the
Texas Parks and Wildlife De
partment’s Information - Educa
tion Division, the program has
been shown more than 50 times
throughout the state to audiences
averaging 300 persons.
Dr. W. N. Williamson of Col
lege Station, vice-president of the
Brazos Ornithological Society,
said “The Murder of Silence” uses
three slide projectors, three
screens, special electronic equip
ment and a trained operator.
There are 813 slides, pro
grammed to change on cue from
recorded high-frequency sound
signals. Four sound tracks are
involved — one for each slide
Penn Prof Slates
Graduate Lecture
Dr. Benjamin Stevens of the
University of Pennsylvania will
present a graduate lecture here
Dec. 6, announced Graduate Dean
George W. Kunze.
Stevens, chairman of the De
partment of Regional Science at
The Wharton School of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, will dis
cuss “Regional Science and Eco
nomics.”
He will speak from 3 p.m. to
4:30 p.m. in Room 226 at the
library.
Stevens has published exten
sively in the field of regional
science and is past editor of the
Journal of Regional Science. He
is also president of the Regional
Science Research Association,
comprised of 3,500 members from
the U. S. and foreign countries,
Kunze noted.
Stevens received his Ph.D. in
Regional Planning and Economics
from Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
change on the three screens and
one for music and narration.
Williamson said top quality,
professional color photography is
used to present Texas from the
Gulf Coast to the Panhandle and
from the mountainous Trans-
Pecos to the piney woods. The
show points to rapid urbanization
and the challenge of providing
outdoor recreational facilities to
meet needs of Texans and visi
tors.
The presentation has received
a Citation of Merit from the
American Institute of Interior
Designers, Williamson said.
Committee Plans
Tour Of Laundry
The Student Laundry Commit
tee will meet with university offi
cials for a tour and explanation
of the university laundry facili
ties Thursday at noon.
A monthly luncheon has also
been scheduled for noon Friday.
The luncheon will be in the Sbisa
Dining Hall Cash Cafeteria.
The purpose of the meetings
will be to discuss laundry opera
tions and to serve as a link of
communication between students
and university officials.
Any student desiring to offer
suggestions about the laundry
operations and policies is invited
to contact one of the committee
members.
The members are:
Arthur P. Callahan, dorm 2,
room 118, 845-2760; David
George, 211 Fowler, 5-2108;
Ernes Godsey, 422 Hughes,
5-3809.
David Middlebrooke, 411, Ho-
tard Hall, 846-9944; John R.
Oliver, dorm 6, room 203, 5-7269;
and Al Reinert, dorm 2, room
123, 5-2050.
The committee is co-sponsored
by Ed Cooper, civilian student
activities director, and Maj. Ed
mond Solymosy, assistant com
mandant of the Corps.
Univenity National Bank
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