Texas A and M University - Aggieland Yearbook (College Station, TX)

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Elmer H. Beutnagel Roberto Payan AAd. T. Islam This memorial service is a most inspirational moment to the men of Aggieland. Students stream from the dormitories with not a word spoken. The campus is darkened. Absolute quiet reigns over the lawn of the Academic Building as the students congregate to pay last respects to a comrade. Marching feet breach the silence. The Ross Volunteer Firing Squad moves into position facing the statue of Lawrence Sullivan Ross. When the hands of the clock move to a half hour past ten, the silence is again broken as the first volley of the twenty-one gun salute is fired. The sounds of clicking heels fill the air as all come to a rigid attention. Then from the Academic Building comes the beautiful and reverent notes of the Silver Taps bugles. As suddenly as it began, the service is over. The students return to their rooms with the sounds of the bugles still ringing in their ears, a remembrance of the one who has passed on. 20

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mM Editor ’$ JVote The men who founded Texas A AA dreamed of a university where students, regardless of their position and birth, could obtain superior instruction. Yet we wonder sometimes as to whether they envisioned the comradeship and the spirit for which this school would become so well known. Undoubtedly, the boys who have come here through the decades and have left as men can attest to that added benefit which they got here—the spirit which unites all Aggies with one another and their school long after their yearbooks have faded and their rings have worn smooth. This then is the purpose of this book: To give a brief pictorial of what you did this year as an Aggie, of learning, living, becoming better men and a part of the Texas A AA tradition. Wallace W. AAigura Editor, 1965 Aggieland mr ..jii ;S 5 f Ff m LlOfi- I s Contents ADMINISTRATION 22 ACTIVITIES ' 38 VANITY FAIR 70 SPORTS 86 THE CORPS 130 CIVILIANS 250 ORGANIZATIONS 266 CLASSES 388 ADVERTISING AND INDEX 496

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Jh MeMoriam The 1965 AGGIELAND and the Texas A AA student body sadly note the loss of a great Aggie and a good friend, Robert O. Murray Jr. Mr. Murray worked his way through A M as a student janitor. When he returned to the campus as a staff member, he never forgot how big student problems can seem or how lonely a student in trouble can feel. After graduation in 1943, Mr. Murray was commissioned in the Infantry and decorated seven times for gallantry. A burst of machine gun fire cut short his military career and dashed his plans to become a rancher. Mr. Murray returned to College Station in 1946 and spent the rest of his life in service to Aggies. For two decades, Mr. Murray worked selflessly as a student counselor. He was a patient, under¬ standing listener; a sage advisor; a stern but fair disciplinarian; and an example of abundant faith and energy. Father of the Student Senate and the Civilian Student Council, he earned every award given for service to A M students, including the Former Students ' Award for Distinguished Student Relations. Perhaps the citation accompanying this award best sums up his years of service: . . no man has contributed more to Texas A M or its students . . . 21