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TEXAS A&M PLANTATION HEADQUARTERS SURROUNDED BY FLOODING BRAZOSThe Brazos River released a “sea” of water late Monday and formed a Station. J. E. (Jocko) Robert estimated about 97 per cent of the planta- lake flooding thousands of acres in the Brazos Valley bottom. The flood tion’s 3,200 acres were under water. (Battalion Aerial Photo by Ham closed Farm Road 60 west of Jones Bridge as one to two feet of swirling McQueen). water covered the road. The bridge is seven miles west of College

Weekend Wrapup

Saturday Is ‘D-Day’Saturday is “the day” for more

than 800 persons slated to re­ceive degrees at Commencement Exercises.

Rounding out Saturday activi­ties will be Commissioning Ex­ercises, Final Review and the Boot Dance.

Commencement is scheduled for 9 a.m. in G. Rollie White Coliseum with several thousand persons expected to attend. W. W. Lynch, a Texas A&M graduateand pres dent of Texas Power

and Light Co. of Dallas, will deliver the main address.

Among the 819 degree candi­dates are 35 persons who have completed doctoral studies, 123 persons who will be awarded mas­ter’s degrees and 661 candidates for bachelor’s degrees. The can­didates come from nearly every state in the country and several nations throughout the world.

Armed Forces Commissioning Exercises will follow at 1:20 p.m. in the coliseum. Commissions as

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Final Exam ScheduleFinal Examinations for the Spring semester

1965 will be held May 24-29, according to the fol­lowing schedule:

Date Hours SeriesMay 24, Mon. 8-11 a. m. MWF8May 24, Mon. 1-4 P- m. TThSFlMay 25, Tue. 8-11 a. m. MWF9May 25, Tue. 1-4 P- m. MWThlMay 26, Wed. 8-11 a. m. MWF10May 26, Wed. 1-4 P- m. TF1May 27, Thur. 8-11 a. m. M3TThlOMay 27, Thur. 1-4 P- m. MWTh2May 28, Fri. 8-11 a. m. MWF11May 28, Fri. 1-4 P- m. M4TThllMay 29, Sat 8-11 a. m. TTh9F2May 29, Sat. 1-4 P- m. TF2, or

TWF3, or TThF3

Final examinations in courses with only ctheory hour per week as shown in the catalogue will be given at the discretion of the department head concerned at the last meeting of either the theory or practice period before the close of the semester.

Final examinations for evening classes are to be worked out on an individual arrangements basis by the department concerned.

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second lieutenants in the Army, Air Force and Marine Corps will be presented to 130 senior ROTC cadets.

Air Force Maj. Gen. Robert M. Stillman, commander of the Sheppard Air Force Base Tech­nical Training Center in Wichita Falls will speak at the ceremon­ies.

The Final Review of the Corps of Cadets will be held after Com­missioning Ceremonies at 3 p.m. on the main drill field. A formal review will be followed by the traditional second passby, in which graduating seniors will take the salute from junior of­ficers.

New seniors will don their boots for their first official social function at the Boot Dance Sat­urday. The dance will be held from 8 p.m.-midnight in the Ball­room of the Memorial Student Center.

Tickets are $2 per couple and may be purchased only at the door. The Avantis will provide music.

Committee Clears Limited Coed Bill

The bill restricting further en­rollment of women at Texas A&M is expected to reach the House floor early next week after its passage by the House State Affairs Comittee.

Backers of the bill were report­edly trying to have it placed on the calendar in time for floor con­sideration Monday.

Sponsors of the bill are Sen. Andy Rogers in the Senate and Rep. E. M. Edwards in the House.

Harrington Gets Top Exes9 HonorDr. iM. T. Harrington, chan­

cellor of the Texas A&M Uni­versity System, will receive one of the highest awards bestowed by Iowa State University June 5.

Harrington has been notified that he will be given the Alumni Merit Award for “outstanding contribution to human welfare, which transcends purely pro­fessional accomplishments and brings honor to the university.”

Formal presentation will be

Connally Names Cain To Board

AUSTIN <A>) — Gov. John Con­nally announced Wednesday the appointment of R. Wofford Cain of Dallas, board chairman of South­ern Union Gas Co., to the Texas A&M University board of directors.

Connally also reappointed S. B. Whittenburg of Amarillo and Sterling C. Evans of Houston to the board. Evans is board chair­man.

Cain also is board chairman of Aztec Oil and Gas Co.

Whittenburg is vice-president of the Globe News Publishing Co. of Amarillo and a director of the Avalanche Journal Publishing Co. of Lubbock and the Plains Radio Broadcasting Co. He is a past president of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce, Texas Daily News­paper Publichers Association and Panhandle Press Association.

Evans is former president of the Houston Bank of Cooperative and the Federal Land Bank of Hous­ton. He graduated from A&M in 1921.

made during the annual Honors and Awards Convocation in the Memorial Union on the Iowa State campus.

Harrington received his Ph-D. degree in chemistry from Iowa State in 1941 after earning both the B.S. and M.S. degrees in chemical engineering at Texas A&M.

In addition to having held nearly every academic rank pos­sible at A&M—from instructor to president of the university and chancellor of the A&M system— Harrington has also achieved an outstanding record nationally as an educator.

He was president of the Na­tional Association of State Uni­versities and Land-Grant Colleges in 1957; president of the South­ern Association of Land-Grant Colleges and State Universities in 1955-56; a member of the South­ern Regional Education Board from 1951-63, and secretary- treasurer of that group from 1958-60.

Harrington has participated in national White House conferences at the request of Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy and John­son; he served eight years as a member of the governor’s Texas Advisory Committee on Atomic Energy; he is a trustee of the Texas A&M Research Founda­tion, a member of the Cotton Re­search and Petroleum Research Committees of Texas and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Graduate Research Center of the Southwest.

The merit award recipient is selected by the Iowa State Club of Chicago.

Roberts Thanks Students For Aid

By HAM McQUEENAggies helped rescue 1,000 cat­

tle from the bulging Brazos River this week, as floods threatened the river’s bottom lands.

Students got into action Mon­day night when Jim Eller, man­ager of Chance Farms, called Harold Franke of the Depart­ment of Animal Science. He said the farm needed help in moving 1,000 head of cattle out of low- lying pastures along the river.

Franke contacted some boys he knew who had horses and asked for help.

“These boys were more than happy to give up their leisure time to work in the cold rain and wind and help move cattle from the Brazos bottom,” Franke said.

Tuesday morning more help was needed as the river contin­ued its rise. Announcements were made in several animal sci­ence classes and students volun­teered.

Students have helped move Texas A&M Plantation cattle be­fore, but this is the first year they have helped farms. Many farm owners and managers said Tuesday the students were of invaluable assistance.

“The students who assisted us were very helpful because they knew the situation we were in and knew how to handle it. Probably many of them have livestock of their own and have experienced similar situations,” J. E. (Jocko) Roberts, University farm man­ager, said.

When the cattle drive across Jones (whiskey) Bridge began, about 10-15 boys were helping. However, as word drifted back to campus, more students brought horses and offered their services.

“This really impressed cattle­men of the area. We had only asked a few students. The rest just fell in and helped where help was needed, whether it was herd­ing cattle or spreading hay on the bridge,” Franke revealed.

★ ★ ★Editor,The Battalion:

Almost everyone in this locali­ty now knows it became neces­sary to remove livestock, fami­lies and machinery from the Texas A&M Plantation Tuesday because of the Brazos River flood waters. In the very tense situation that existed many Ag­

gies, and others, offered valuable help. Several Aggies brought along their horses and assisted until all the cattle moved to safety. These men saw what had to be done and knew how to do it.

It would have been extremely difficult, if not impossible, to move all the cattle without this help. And it certainly was im­possible for me to learn the names of all those who assisted so I could express my apprecia­tion to them. I should like to take this means of expressing my sincere appreciation, on be­half of the Texas A&M Planta­tion and the university, for this wonderful help. It was in the true Aggie tradition.

This was one time we didn’t bother to discuss whether you were Corps or Civilians or whether you looked upon co-eds with favor or disfavor. To me, you were first-rate Aggies in the finest sense and you freely offered your help and we freely accepted it. You never looked better to me marching down

• Houston’s Main street at a foot­ball parade than you did yes­terday.

Again, thank you so very much.

Sincerely,J. E. Roberts★ ★ ★

Plantation personnel went aloft Wednesday for an aerial look at the situation. About all they saw was water and more water.

Roberts estimated about 97 per cent of the plantation’s 3,200 acres were flooded.

“I can’t make an estimate of financial losses until the water has receded and we know what we have left,” he said.

School Bond Issue Wins 3-1 Approval

The $500,000 bond issue for A&M Consolidated was approved Tues­day by a 3-1 margin.

The vote was 311 for and 112 against the issue, Supt. W. T. Riedel reported.

Approximately $270,000 of the bond issue will be used to finance an elementary school. The re­mainder will add new rooms at the junior and senior high schools, band and choir rooms and provide for ground improvements through 1970.

LEADERS OF THE PACKCharles T. McGinnis III, Michael D. Ashworth and Ellis C. Gill, left to right, are the “Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band” drum majors that will be recommended to Texas A&M President Earl Rudder for final approval. Ashworth will be head drum major, while leading the Maroon and White Bands will be Gill and McGinnis, respectively.