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Vol. 65 No. 23
College Station, Texas
Wednesday, October 22, 1969
Telephone 845-2226
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Bonfire activities for the year
are underway, beginning with the
equisition of a cutting area near
le Texas International Speedway
outh of College Station.
Head Yell Leader Sam Torn of
■ouston said that Leo B. Mar-
lolian, TIS general manager, has
donated his land near the auto
race track for use as a cutting
;area.
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Tom said he contacted Mar-
iolian and arranged with him to
me the land for a cutting area.
Rhe agreement was confirmed by
liter with J. Malon Southerland
■ the commandant’s office, he
sap:
■ The nearness of the area to
i Chapel th e campus, about seven miles,
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'69 bonfire being the largest ever,
Torn noted.
“We are aiming for a 105-foot-
high stack this year,” he said,
“the tallest ever. The current
record is 101 feet.”
Torn explained that he has
overall responsibility for bonfire
construction and emphasized that
all groups working on the project
should coordniate with him.
He said that senior yell leader
Bob Harding of San Antonio will
be in charge of the cutting area,
and David Fisher, the third senior
yell leader, will command the
stacking area, west of Duncan
Dining Hall.
Garry Mauro, Civilian Student
Council Bonfire committee chair
man, will be the overall coordi-
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ki Group Plans
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Previews of the Courchevel
Irea of France, for those inter
red in the ski trip planned for
e semester break in January,
ill be shown Thursday from 11
Im.-l p.m., announced David
iayfield, ski trip committee
nirman.
jTwo color films of the area the
y r S win A&M group will be skiing in will
down be shown continuously during the
mo hours in the lobby of the
Memorial Student Center, May-
field said, and an information
ftoth will be set up near by to
■iswer questions that people
might have about the trip.
I “Ski the Alps—1970” is align-
K with the Memorial Student
lenter Travel Committee but is
lot a university-affiliated activ-
Mmmrlty, Mayfield pointed out.
^ I Scheduled during A&M’s 1969-
|l0 semester break, the program
packed by a faculty member, his
We and two prominent A&M
exes furnishes chartered jet
transportation for 150 persons to
Geneva, Switzerland, and skiing
lit one of the world’s famed re
sorts.
[ Group Travel Associates Inc.
ipartered the 250-seat Trans
continental Airlines jet, which
will be shared with 100 “Ski the
Alps” participants from the Uni
versity of Houston.
Travel Committee chairman
University National Bank
"On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
Paul Scopel of Seguin announced
that further information and reg
istration forms for the $308 round
trip are available at the MSC Stu
dent Finance office. Deposits are
required by Nov. 17.
The $308, which includes Swiss
and French tax, provides round-
trip travel, eight nights lodging
at the condominium apartments
at Courchevel, eight days ski tow
ticket, chartered bus travel from
Geneva to and from the resort
area 20 miles northeast of Gren
oble, France, ski races and 12
hours of ski lessons by English-
speaking qualified instructors.
Called by “Skiing Magazine”
the “skiing supermarket of
France,” Courchevel’s 75 miles of
ski slopes are located in three
valleys below the foot of the Gla
cier de Gebronlaz, 83 miles south
east of Geneva in France’s Savoie
province.
The Courchevel-Moriond 1650,
area where the A&M-UH group
will be located, has 12 ski lifts
with long areas of gentle, open
slopes perfect for the beginner-
to medium-type skier.
“Some A&M students plan to
go though they don’t ski nor plan
to,” commented Scopel. “The cul
tural enrichment and broadening
experience of the trip are also
worthwhile features.
Provision has been made for
those not interested in skiing be
ing furnished a rent car and the
first tank of gasoline for travel.
(See Ski Trip, page 8)
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PAYING HER FARE
Marilynn Redford, A&M coed, gives her $308 for the Jan
uary ski trip to France to Dave Mayfield, trip committee
chairman, in the Student Finance Office in the Memorial
Student Center while Gary Martin, Travel Committee
chairman, look on. (Photo by David Middlebrooke)
nator of the civilian effort, Torn
said.
Work on the bonfire will begin
Nov. 17 in the cutting area, Torn
said, and concentrate there until
the weekend. Beginning Nov. 22,
he said, the big effort will be in
the stacking area, with most of
the work being done that Satur
day, Sunday, and Monday.
The Bonfire, symbol of the
Aggies’ undying love for their
school and their burning desire
to beat Texas in the annual
Thanksgiving Day game, will be
lit the night of Nov. 26, Torn said.
Equipment of all types is still
needed, Torn noted, and he urged
all persons having access to equip
ment that could possibly be used
on the Bonfire to contact Chuck
Hollimond or Dudley Vickers.
Chain saws are especially need
ed, Torn emphasized, and said
that those who have one or know
of one that can be used should
contact Ray Dabney.
Those who donate equipment
will be allowed to use it, the yell
leader said, noting that gasoline,
oil, and maintenance for equip
ment is provided by the student
body, not by those who own the
equipment.
First aid is being handled by
Larry Schilhab, CSC president,
and Mark Satterwhite, Torn said.
He also said that the two have
access to safety instructions and
first aid films and will be holding
safety meetings soon.
University Women will be help
ing out in the first aid tent and
in other areas, Torn said.
“I hope everyone who can will
turn out to work on this bonfire,”
Torn commented. “We really need
manpower, and the more we have
the merrier.”
WORKING TO HELP OTHERS
Judy Gassiot, Doug Smith, and Leon Dreyfus talk with an the Biafran situation.
A&M student Tuesday afternoon in the Memorial Student
Center, urging him to contribute to a fund intended to help
feed starving children in Biafra. The three are part of a
10-member student group formed to “do something” about
Durging the two-day stand in the
post office area the group collected over $300. They plan a
collection within the residence halls Thursday night
(Photo by David Middlebrooke)
$1,000 Is Their Goal
Aggies Solicit Aid for Biafrans
By David Middlebrooke
Battalion Managing Editor
A group of students on the
A&M campus has organized an
effort to fight starvation in Bia
fra.
The Biafran Children’s Relief
Fund, as the group’s project is
called, was organized by Richard
DuBois about a week ago for the
sole purpose of raising money to
On-Campus Activities Now Told
By Phone Announcement System
A phone announcement system
to inform students of events on
campus is now. in operation, How
ard S. Perry, civilian student ac
tivities, announced.
He said that the service, han
dled by the YMCA, is especially
useful to day students in keeping
them posted on activities.
To get the day’s announce
ments students may call 845-6311.
Announcements that apply to a
majority of the students are
made on the system, Logan E.
Weston, YMCA general secretary
and reliigous life co-ordinator,
explained when the system was
installed last year.
Weston said that such events
include yell practice, athletic
events, ticket sales, silver taps
and the like. He noted that events
such as hometown club meetings,
dorm notices, and corps admin
istrative notices are not accept
able.
The system, which was initiat
ed by the Student Senate last
year, is now being handled by
the YMCA, said YMCA Presi
dent Ed Donnell. The system,
Donnell said, is located in the
room 102 of the YMCA building.
People wishing to make an
nouncements may do so by filling
out forms available in the YMCA
office Donnell said, adding that
forms should be filled out legibly.
Donnell noted that announce
ments should be as brief as pos
sible and will be for one day only.
Recordings are done first thing
in the morning, he said. Record
ings for Friday, include announce
ments for Saturday and Sunday.
help combat starvation conditions
in Biafra caused by its conflict
with Nigeria.
“ Tn terms of statistics, loss of
life, and displacement of per
sons, ” DuBois said, quoting from
an article in the Oct. 4, 1969, issue
of “The New Yorker,” “ ‘the war
has already taken a greater toll
than the Vietnam conflict.”
The group, composed of about
10 students, obtained permission
from Dean of Students James P.
Hannigan to solicit funds on the
campus, and, with the dean’s ap
proval, had a booth set up in the
post office area of the Memorial
Student Center Monday and Tues
day.
“We collected over $300 during
those two days,” DuBois said.
“The response was really great.
About 50 or 60 per cent of the
contributions came from people
in the Corps.”
DuBois said that members of
the relief fund organization will
be collecting door-to-door Thurs
day night in the residence halls,
in a further effort to reach their
goal of $1,000.
“I think the Corps will do its
own collecting,” he said, “so we
will concentrate on the civilian
dorms. All the people collecting
for us have written authorization
from Dean Hannigan and I urge
people to ask to see it, because
there has been one unauthorized
solicitor that I know of.
“This is a fine project, one I
feel will bring credit to the uni
versity,” DuBois continued. “The
whole student body is rallying be
hind the project. I think it’s more
of a humanitarian thing than a
war effort of any kind. Our main
WEATHER
Thursday—Partly cloudy. Wind
Easterly 10 to 15 m.p.h. High
79, low 52.
Friday — Partly cloudy to
cloudy, afternoon rainshowers.
Wind Southeasterly 10 to 15
m.p.h. High 78, low 61.
Kyle Field — Cloudy. Wind
Southerly 10 to 15 m.p.h. 72°
thought is the relief of starvation
in Biafra.”
Funds collected, DuBois said,
are being kept in an account in
the Student Finance Office in the
MSC. Once all students, depart
ment heads, and deans have been
asked to contribute, he said, the
money will be sent to Joint
Church Aid, on the Portugese is
land of Sao Tome off the coast
of Africa.
The JCA is composed of several
world relief organizations, De-
bois explained, including the
World Council of Churches and
Canadian Air Relief.
The JCA, he said, flys five
planes a night into the area to
deliver food, and each plane usu
ally makes two or three trips.
“I want to emphasize that the
money we collect will be used
only for food,” DuBois said.
“None of it will be used for war
supplies of any kind. We are not
war-oriented, but a humanitarian-
minded ad hoc committee of stu
dents who want to do something
to help these people.”
Kennedy Named to Head
1969-70 Fish Drill Team
Beverly S. Kennedy of Austin,
political science major, has been
named commander of the Fish
Drill Team for 1969-70.
Kennedy was selected from 80
members of the unit, which will
be defending two straight na
tional championships.
The 18-year-old Air Force
ROTC cadet commanded the Rea
gan Buard at Austin’s John H.
Reagan High School. He is a
member of Squadron 7.
Kennedy will lead the team into
its first competition Dec. 6 at the
University of Houston. Senior
adviser Richard Gonzalez of San
Antonio said the unit’s first pub
lic appearance probably will be
at the A&M-SMU football game
here Nov. 8.
Col. Jim H. McCoy, comman
dant, pointed out to Kennedy that
he has “a big pair of shoes to fill
in commanding the unit.” The
1967-68 team won the National
Intercollegiate ROTC Drill Cham
pionship at Washington, D. C.
and the 1968-69 team repeated
for an unprecedented second
straight national title.
“After interviewing six candi
dates for the commander’s post
and in spite of last year’s record,
I’m convinced the freshmen can
do it again,” commented adviser
J. Malon Southerland. “They
want to defend the national
championship.”
The six candidates were select
ed by upperclass advisers headed
by Gonzalez, and narrowed to
three. Kennedy was elected by
his teammates.
Interviews were conducted by
Southerland, Air Force Maj. Eric
E. Miller and Capt. John I. Ang
lin, Army ROTC adviser.
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EVENING VIEW
As evening - approached College Station Monday, this was the view from the east side of
the A&M power plant looking out over the water cooling towers. A special filter on the
camera helps dramatize the view. (Photo by Bob Stump)