Texas A and M University - El Rancho Yearbook (Kingsville, TX)

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Hilda Bryan and Santos Alarcon spend a winter evening window shopping during the Christmas season. Winter—1965-66 Club parties, open house festivities in the dorms, dances and students playing Santa Claus highlighted the winter activities at A l. The annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony took place Dec. 14, followed by a Christmas address by President Jernigan. The ceremony was started two years ago in an effort to increase Yule- tide spirit on the campus. On the cultural scene the Opera Workshop presented the opera Amahl and the Night Visitors Dec. 13-14 in Jones Auditorium. The opera, by 0ian-Carlo Menotti, was accompanied by the A l Civic Symphony and was open to the public. Students shouted We Want Out as they marched down the middle of College Boulevard Dec. 8 carrying signs protesting the starting date of the Christmas holidays. The organizers of the march gathered the group together in front of the library and a sit-in was staged with the singing of folk songs and impromptu speeches. Despite all the merriment of the march, A l students still came to school the two days they had hoped would be turned into holidays. Concluding the Christmas festivities at A l, students were asked what they wanted for Christmas in the South Texan. The answers ranged from a four-F draft rating to five extra holidays. When the Christmas rush was over, students settled down to final exams. Then the spring semester started with a visit from the Serendipity Singers. The songsters performed in Jones Au- ditorium to a more-than-capacity audience under the auspices of the Artists Course Committee, Another first for the Artists Course Committee was the presen- tation of a retrospective art exhibit of Cecil Casebier's works. One of the southwestern artist’s paintings was selected by stu- dent voting to be purchased by the college. 20 Gerald Black adds some instant weight as he prepares himself for a new role.

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Fall-1965 Classes began on September 20 for A l students. The fall enrollment reached a total of 4,563 students which was the highest total in 40 years. Fall activities included Dad's Day, Homecoming, the Fall carnival, the Shakespeare play, campus-wide elections and oth- er campus events. On the academic scene lectureship series opened Oct. 18 and continued throughout the year. Lecturing were Dr. Edwin R. Bogusch, Dr. John C. Rayburn, Ben P. Bailey, and B. Stanley Bittinger. Two Thailand educators, Dr. Panas Hannarlcin and Miss Opal Wattha, began their six-month administrative internship in October. Construction also began on the $1,172,000 dormitory com- plex which will house 400 students. It will be completed by Sept. I, 1966. A student begins his first day of class by becoming acquainted with his lab equipment. L, J, (Neighbor) Smith, first coach at Texas A l, got to visit with one of his star pupils, Fred Cochran of Conroe, during the Homecoming Game. Cochran scored the first touchdown in A l history in 1925.

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Linda Anderson donates blood during the Blood Drive for Viet Nam soldiers. Perched atop a ladder, James Prewitt, director of the Student Union, begins decorating the Christmas tree for the SUB lobby. This A l student was one of about 250 students who protested the policy of the administration concerning the beginning date of the Christmas holidays. However, students didn’t qet their Christmas wish. 21