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By TOMMY DeFRANK Jim Lancaster had just heaved the shot

somewhere in the vicinity of 52 feet, and the Baylor redhead could still manage to crack a smile.

“I’m all alone now,” he grinned—“until he throws.”

The balding senior, defending conference shot champ, poked his thumb at the quiet young man busy peeling his massive frame from the warmup uniform.

As Randy Matson approached the ring for his first official toss, shouts of encouragement sprang up from the north end of Kyle Field. The spectators had seen him land a warmup throw on the yellow line marking his own world standard of 69-%, and as the giant sophomore entered the circle, many of them rose to their feet in anticipation.

At the same time, the throng of officials, contestants, reporters and fully a dozen pho­tographers crouched and waited silently for Randy’s initial effort.

Matson cradled the steel ball beneath his right jaw and raised his left arm high above his head. He took one step back on his band­aged right leg, spun and uncoiled his lethal right arm with a loud grunt. The shot arched through the wind and settled in a dustcloud 68-8% feet away—short of the record but good enough for a conference mark.

As meet officials hovered about the circle measuring and remeasuring, Matson became impatient. The first try had been good, and he feared a delay might adversely affect his mo­mentum.

While the remainder of the entrants com­pleted their first tosses, Matson chatted with writers at the edge of the shot arena. Yes, his knee was bothering him but it wasn’t affecting his putting. No, he didn’t mind the stiff breeze because the sun took something out of him, and, besides, the wind hadn’t hurt his first throw much.

Then it was time for the second throw. He

repeated the same ritual of shedding his warm­ups and stepped into the ring once more.

Amid the noisy grinding of movie cameras, Matson began his delivery. He let loose with a second mighty grunt and the shot exploded from the arena.

Even before the 16-pound mass of steel hit the turf the people were on their feet scream­ing. The ball plopped down with a thud into a small crater, fully 18 inches past the yellow line.

The 8,000 patrons had just witnessed one of the hallowed barriers of track and field— the 70 foot shot put—cracked beyond repair by the seemingly grim youngster making his way from the ring.

Randy was immediately surrounded by a mob of reporters, officials, photographers, fel­low combatants and a variety of other onlook­ers, anxious to shake the hand of the greatest athlete ever to don the maroon and white.

A&M President Earl Rudder was there, and as the two posed for the inevitable pictures, the

old war hero turned to the new hero and said, “You must feel pretty good about that.”

“Yes, I feel pretty good,” Matson replied.Charley Thomas, Matson’s coach, was there

with his congratulations, as was John Lindsey, Houston insurance executive and former presi­dent of the Association of Former Students. Hank Foldberg was there, and Col. Andy An­derson, dean emeritus of Aggie track.

Then a husky little man with a cigar stub clenched in the corner of his mouth nudged through the throng. Emil Mamaliga, Matson’s weight coach, grasped his charge’s hand and received a warm smile in return, one of the few the serious Matson had given.

Afterwards there was more handshaking, backslapping and autographing. The press kept up an endless flow of questions while the pho­tographers kept begging for more pictures.

One writer wanted a shot of Randy talking with his girl.

“Well . . . uh . . . she’s not really my girl;

we’ve only had a couple of dates,” Matson ex­plained, and the idea was shelved.

Many of the questions were absurd and pointless. One of the state’s best-known editors wanted to know if he had ever dreamed in his childhood ambitions of being a 70 foot shot man. Randy replied that he never even dreamed of breaking Dallas Long’s old record before the season began.

He was worried about spinning on his knee in the discus, but he took that event as effort­lessly as the shot and his day was over—almost.

Spec Gammon was calling, and the sports writers wanted to have a press conference. So Randy trudged up to the pressbox and listened to more questions, many of them pitifully inept and most of them a repetition of earlier in­quiries.

After about 20 minutes they let him alone, and the world’s shot put champ had some time to himself.

Nobody ever needed it more.

Che Battalion TexasA&MUniversity

Volume 61 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1965 Number 179

Rudder Taps 33 Teachers For Promotion

RED ROSES ROSY TO AGGIE MOTHERJim Allen, in civilian clothes, presents Mrs. throng- of 5,000 persons during Parents’ Day William T. Ward, 1965-66 Aggie Mother of activities at Kyle Field Sunday morning, the Year, with a bouquet of red roses, sym- Mrs. Ward’s three Aggie sons—Tommy, bolic of her honor. She was introduced to a Bill and Sanny—look on.

Thirty-three Texas A&M facul­ty members will have new aca­demic rank effective Sept. 1, an­nounced President Earl Rudder Monday.

Professor Raymond Reiser of the Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition was advanced to a distinguished professorship.

Advanced from associate pro­fessor to full professor were 11 men. They are Alvin B. Wooten, agricultural economics and social- ology, A. M. Sorenson, animal science; Bennie J. Camp, bio­chemistry and nutrition; Thomas Ferguson, poultry science; H. E. Hierth, English; H. H. Lang, history and government;

W. H. Clayton, oceanography

Squadron 6 Named Best UnitThe coveted George F. Moore

Award was presented to Squad­ron 6 at ceremonies Sunday morning in Kyle Field.

Mrs. William T. Ward of Aus­tin was also introduced as the “Aggie Mother of the Year” dur­ing the Parents’ Day program.

The “Aggie Mother” accepted a bouquet of red roses, symbolic of her honor before a crowd of 5,000 persons.

The award is given annually to the Cadet organization having the highest overall general rating based on academic proficiency, military proficiency and intra­mural and extra-curricular acti­vities.

Squadron 17 was honored as the best drill unit.

Squadron 9 placed second, the Combined Bands took third and Squadron 7 received fourth place in the best drilled units.

The Academic Achievement Award for the unit with the highest overall academic record for the year went to Company E-3.

Company A-l received George P. F. Jouine Scholarship Award.

It is presented by the A&M Mothers* Club of Houston to the dormitory unit with the highest scholastic standing.

The General Spencer J. Buchan­an Award to the best company- size unit of engineering students was won by Squadron 13.

The Houston Chamber of Com­merce Military Affairs Commit­tee Awards was won by Squadron 17. This is given annually to organizations winning the com­petitive military drills.

The Texas Department, Reser­ve Officers Association present­ed a saber to Corps Commander, Neil Keltner. The United Daugh­ters of the Confederacy Albert Sidney Johnston Saber was giv­en to Jerome Rektorik. The N. S. Meyer-Raeburn Saber went to Andras Jeno Csagoly.

The Fritz Award was given to Charles Edward Wallace. The Caldwell Trophy was won by Ralph Bernard Filburn, III.

The Daughters of the Ameri­can Revolution Award was pre­sented to John Davis Gay. The Federated A&M Mothers’ Clubs

of Texas Award went to Neal Clinton Ward.

Robert Floyd Dobyns, the out­standing freshman in the Corps, was given a medal and a $100 scholarship by the N. S. Meyer- Raeburn Foundation.

The Lulie-Hughey Land Scho­larship of $200 went to Robert Allen Holcomb. William Mon­roe Wolf, Jr., won the Society of American Military Engineers Award.

Charles Francis McBrearty Jr., was given the Armed Forces Chemical Association award.

Neil Keltner, Lloyd Chester, Robert Holcomb and Henry Rol­lins won the Army ROTC awards.

Leonard Holder won the As­sociation of the U. S. Army award. John Schell was present­ed the Armed Forces Communica­tions and Electronics award. Charles Wallace took the Ameri­can Ordnance award. The Reser­ve Officers’ Association award went to Thomas Murrah. Claude Lindsey won the Association of the U. S. Army award.

Hiram Burr and Warren Harri­son won the Chicago Tribune

awards. Michael Wier also won a Communications and Electro­nics award. The Air Force Times award was won by Arthur Kyle. The Air Force Association award went to Herbert Pounds.

Junior Chicago Tribune awards went to Frank Watson and John McKinney. The Junior Reserve Officers’ award was presented to Jay Gray. Neal Ward copped the General Dynamics Sopho­more award, while the R. D. Hin­ton award went to Oscar Jackson, Ray Prewitt, Charles Green and John Bonner.

Best-Drilled Sophs, FishThe best drilled sophomores and freshmen in

the Corps of Cadets received honors in ceremonies Sunday.

The best drilled sophomores in the First Bri­gade were:

William Forrest Maule, Company A-l; James Edward Wyatt, Company B-l; John L. Willingham, Company C-l; Gilbert C. Ontiveros, Company D-l; George Edward Lyerly, Company E-l; Albert Ray Nauck, Company F-l and Donald G. Rapp, Company G-l.

Receiving awards for the best drilled sopho­mores in the Second Brigade were:

Kenneth Wayne Korb, Company A-2; John Samuel Criswell, Company B-2; Richard Hill Rowe, Company C-2; James Thomas Yows, Company D-2; Robert Milton Sims, Company E-2; Forbes Wallace, Company F-2 and David Burton Taylor, Company G-2.

The best drilled sophomores in the Third Bri­gade were:

Judson C. Miner, Company A-3; Victor Herman Schmidt, Company B-3; Melvin Wayne Cockrell, Company C-3; William F. Bailey, Company D-3; Milton Ray Arnold, Company E-3; Robert Preston Welsh, Company F-3; Terry Craig Aglietti, Com­pany G-3 and Ronald Lewis Lindsey, Company H-3.

Awards for the best drilled sophomores in the First Wing went to:

Earl Robert Fries, Squadron 1; Dennis Ray McElroy, Squadron 2; Harry Ray Morgan, Squad­ron 3; Richard W. Grossenbacher, Squadron 4; Wil­liam Allen White, Squadron 5; Andrew Steven Ko- vich, Squadron 6; Hugh M. Richard, Squadron 7; John Anthony Martin, Squadron 3 and Lawrence L. Limpus, Squadron 9.

The best drilled sophomores in the Second Wing were:

Philip Newton, Squadron 10; Michael Lynn Batsell, Squadron 11; John Henry Happ, Squadron 12; Thomas Carl Stone, Squadron 13; Dale Brill Railston, Squadron 14; Gary William Foster, Squad­

ron 15; Charles C. Malitz III, Squadron 16 and Louis Kay Obdyke, Squadron 17.

The best drilled freshmen in the First Brigade were:

John William Morgan, Company A-l; John W. Laughlin, Company B-l; Lawrence Edwin Sommers, Company C-l; Kenneth Martin Robison, Company D-l; William R. Phillpotts, Company E-l; Ralph U Cooper, Company F-l and Terrence Lee Rockett, Company G-l.

In the Second Brigade, the best drilled fresh­men were:

James R. Lawrence, Company A-2; Harvey Tyler Johnston, Company B-2; Walter Lee Cloyd III, Company C-2; Charles A. Gryseels, Company D-2; Gary Lee Walker, Company E-2; John Patrick Crowe, Company F-2 and Kenneth L. Hamilton, Company G-2.

Receiving awards for the best drilled freshmen in the Third Brigade were:

Terry L. Carr, Company A-3; Johnny Oliver Crespo, Company B-3; Paul Raymond Buitron, Com­pany C-3; William L. Goode, Company D-3; Edward Lee Bailey, Company E-3; Richard Allen Baur, Company F-3; Macy Anthony Rome, Company G-3 and Billy Mac Smith, Company H-3.

The First Wing’s best drilled freshmen were: John Franklin Yoder, Squadron 1; Roger Leslie Collins, Squadron 2; Michael P. Booker, Squadron 3; Jack Ronald Coleman, Squadron 4; Lawrence J. Zatopek, Squadron 5; Jeffrey C. Nieland, Squadron 6; Ruben Ernesto Delgado, Squadron 7; Ehrhard Mittendorf III, Squadron 8 and Georg-"' F. Jackson, Squadron 9.

Receiving awards for the best drilled freshmen in the Second Wing were:

Donald Marton Savage, Squadron 10; William R. Midyett, Squadron 11; Charles Randolph Doyle, Squadron 12; Burl Elijah Glass, Squadron 13; Wil­liam Brice Baker, Squadron 14; Don Jones Currie, Squadron 15; William Scott Blessing, Squadron 16 and David Berry Nagy, Squadron 17.

and meteorology; John S. Deni­son, electrical engineering; Ev­erett R. Glazener, industrial edu­cation; J. C. Ramge, veterinary medicine and surgery; and J. W. Dollahite, veterinary pathology.

Fourteen faculty members be­come associate professors. They are Paul F. Parks, biochemistry and nutrition; H. R. Burke, en­tomology; C. R. Creger, poul­try science; W. A. Lukner, busi­ness administration; A lb e r t Casey, education and psychology; A. C. Ashcraft, history and gov- ] enrment; R. A. Clark and J. F. Griffiths in oceanography and meteorology;

Alan Stacell, architecture, Rich­ard R. Davison, chemical engi- |1 neering; Donald R. Drew, civil engineering; Clint A. Bertrand, industrial education; D. L. Pier- mattei, veterinary medicine and surgery; K. R. Pierce, veterinary pathology; L. H. Russell, veteri­nary public health; and E. E. Dayhoff, Institute of Statistics.

Promoted from instructor to assistant are Jack M. Inglis, wild­life management; S. L. Archer, English; R. P. Knight journalism;

Walter L. Green, electrical engi­neering; and R. M. Robinson, veterinary pathology.

OUTSTANDING CSC MEMBER AWARDDr. Pete Hardesty, left, presents outgoing Civilian Student Council President Paul Oliver with a plaque for outstanding service to the council during the year. Presentation was made at the annual CSC Banquet Monday night in the Memorial Student Center.

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Sportsmanship Committee Could Link SWC Relations

By GERALD GARCIA Managing Editor

The Southwest Conference Sportsmanship Committee, de­spite the withdrawal of one of its member schools, could provide the strongest link in upgrading the relations between conference schools.

The committee, which met Sat­urday at the Memorial Student Center without the University of Texas present, concluded that a better relationship between mem­ber schools and the schools’ for­mer students had to be reached.

Speaker Bill Van Fleet, sports editor of the Fort Worth Star- Telegram, emphasized to the committee that former students are the ones most affected by athletics.

He claimed that students now enrolled in the colleges and uni­versities of the conference are affected by the athletic program,

2 Russian Films Slated For Viewing

Two new Russian-speaking films will be showed at 7:30 p.m. Tues­day in Rooms 2-C of the Memorial Student Center.

The color films, sponsored by the Texas A&M Russian Club, are “Rest and Leisure in the USSR,” and “Science, Technology and Art in the USSR.” The films are 15 minutes long.

but not to the extent that exes are.

“Most exes think of athletics and the conduct of both students and former students at these events as a form of advertising,” Van Fleet said.

“I can remember a former city editor at. Fort Worth who was so involved with a team 90 miles west of here that one Saturday after they had lost by a point he could not do anything right for the rest of the week.”

“This is the way all forms of athletics affect the exes,” Van Fleet said.

Van Fleet expressed hopes that the committee would do all in its power to provide good con­duct by students and exes at ath­letic events because “one bad performance by either and the reputation of the school goes down the drain.”

He also said that the students and exes should be more cautious in their criticism of officials.

“Most officials are leaders in their community, wealthy and good businessmen. They know that their call in a game could mean the difference between vic­tory and defeat for a team. They realize all these things, so fans should be careful in their criti­cism.”

“Do you know that in the last several years the SWC champion in football has been determined by an official’s call?” Van Fleet questioned the committee.

The committee at its business meeting decided to explore the possibility of renaming the com­mittee the SWC Student Organi­zation. This “new” organization would expand the powers of the present committee to include:

1. Provide better facts about spirit and traditions about other schools through the school’s newspapers.

2. Set up activities for visiting schools during athletic events and other functions that involved the gathering of schools at other campuses.

3. Study the aspect of sports­manship more closely by having a committee member at each of the athletic events.

4. Have yell leaders meet be­fore each game to determine when yells should be held and also not have both schools doing a yell at the same time.

5. Expand the committee to include the sports editor of each school paper. Presently, the con­stitution of the committee in­cludes the president of the stu­dent body, editor of the school paper, head cheer leader and a junior class representative.

The committee will also try to influence the University of Texas to rejoin. Texas withdrew from the SWCSC because of “finan­cial” reasons.

A special committee was set up to study the recommendations. It will report at the fall meeting in Dallas Dec. 31.