University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Friday, 30th Tremendously powerful killer Inez, after her anti-communist 160 miles per hour winds devastated Cuba ' s banana, sugar, and tobacco crops, turned north and headed for Florida with much weaker winds but only after leaving a death total of more than 1,300 over the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean. Late registration figures reached a high of 27.286. OCTOBER Saturday. 1st Sparked by an emotional contagion after an injury took Super Bill Bradley out of the stadium, the Longhorns, under the supervision of impressive Andy- White, crushed Indiana 35-0. The Student Court gave the Student Assembly permission to choose a new vice president from its own ranks. Sunday, 2nd The Board of Regents of the University gave the go-ahead for Texas Student Publications to plan their new building which will house complete printing facilities for The Daily Texan and all student publication offices. A 24-hour communication system for students needing advice or information was instituted. Monday, 3rd Former President Eisenhower hinted he would not rule out the use of nuclear devices in Viet Nam were he president. The Dow-Jones average hit rock bottom 757.96 the lowest point since the Kennedy assassination. Campus Young Republicans celebrated their 30th year at the University and their biggest membership in that 30-year history, 1,050. Tuesday, 4th Hurricane Inez turned around and moved into the Gulf of Mexico, regained strength, and aimed at the Gulf Coast of the United States. Quarterback Andy White told a Texan reporter he turned down Yale, Princeton, and Brown for Texas ' Plan II program and Darrell Royal football. Wednesday, 5th Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald mesmerized an overflow audience in Municipal Audi- torium with performance number one of the Cultural Entertainment Committee year. The Rep Party held its first meeting of the year at the Kappa Alpha fraternity house to select a list of candidates for the Oct. 26 general election apparently with no competing party. Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overthrew Jack Ruby ' s convic- tion of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald and granted a new trial outside Dallas County. Thursday, 6th John Goodman, College of Business Admin- istration representative to the Assembly, was elected vice president of the Assembly. Coach Darrell Royal announced that Super-Bill would be ready for the Arkansas game. Law student Bob Sohn was voted as the Assembly ' s appointment to the Union Board of Directors. Texas Yearlings won their first game 13-7 with a last minute defensive effort over the Baylor Cubs. Friday, 7th A mass desertion of campus began as the famous OU-Weekend called students to Dallas for the annual orgy. In the Gulf of Mexico, Inez, now one of the oldest hurricanes in the history of weather forecasting, made advances on the Mexican and Texan coastlines with residents from Tampico to Galveston holding their breath. Officials at Texas A M announced the dismissal of Battalion Editor Tommy DeFrank and his top two aides for undisclosed reasons. Saturday, 8th Ending a nine-year dry spell in the state of Oklahoma, the Sooners kicked their way to an 18-9 victory over the Longhorns in the Dallas Cotton Bowl, while little Baylor, the only long-time school in the Southwest Conference never to have won the conference title, crumbled Arkansas ' fortress in the Ozarks with an unexpected 7-0 victory over the Hogs. Sunday, 9th The Baltimore Orioles swept the World Series in their fourth game by a score of 1-0, leaving Los Angeles scoreless for a world series record of 29 straight innings. The University campus slowly came back to life as the Dallas travelers returned and those who stayed in Austin came out of hiding. Monday, 10th Texan Editor John Economidy called for an end to the charges that the Texan was no longer a voice in student affairs as he stated that he had written many more editorials to date than his feminine ancestor Kay Northcott. The Rag, a small satire of the Texan, sold 1,500 copies its first day. The Supreme Court refused to hear Madelyn Murray O ' Hair ' s suit against the church, thus saying the United States will not tax the churches. Tuesday, llth Fall general elections got underway with 32 candidates filing for the 18 available seats. The stock market began an upward trend, ending a month of record-breaking losses. Friday, 14th Theta Xi fraternity won the Arkansas Sign Painting contest with their entry Chop Sooey. Texas ' pep rally turned into a near-riot with an estimated 700 persons running wild on the campus after the official pep rally until about 3 a.m. Saturday, 15th Texas bowed to Arkansas for the third year in a row by a score of 12-7. The pigs ran wild as 55,000 proud but dejected Longhorns left Memorial Stadium and hibernated Saturday night leaving Austin unusually quiet. Sunday, 16th Six outstanding University men were initi- ated into the Friar Society Tommy Neal Cowan, David Lambert, Terry Peterson, Platt Davis, Patrick Oxford, and Joe Bill Watkins. Monday, 17th Cartoonist Bill Mauldin advised the journal- ists in his audience to acquire a sense of ethics as he spoke in the Union. Wednesday, 19th Speaker of the Texas House Ben Barnes spoke on campus urging students to support Waggoner Carr in the November senatorial election. Thursday, 20th President Johnson left Washington for a tour of the Pacific, beginning with a win in Viet Nam speech in Canberra, Australia. Friday, 21st Robert Prather, candidate for Communica- tion Assemblyman, withdrew from the race after charges of bribery made the campaign interesting and promised a big turn-out. The 89th Congress adjourned with a history of legislation President Johnson termed the greatest in history. Saturday, 22nd The Longhorns proved they were in the Southwest Conference race as they held the Rice Owls to a 14-6 win. Superbill was back in fine form and end Mike Robuck found himself in a lineman ' s dream as he intercepted a deflected Rice pass and ran 90 yards for a ' Horn touchdown. Student Life office announced that University men, with a 1.416 GPA, are less studious than women, with a 1.619. Monday, 24th The last day of the Manila Peace Conference came to a close with major leaders agreeing on just about everything but the issues of the Viet Nam war. The stock market began a rally upward for the first time in months, closing at 787.75. Tuesday, 25th American Allies in Viet Nam resolved to stay in Viet Nam until the war ends. A theft of suits, sports coats, and other clothing totaling $4,300 wiped out the winter inventory of Jack Morton ' s on the Drag. Wednesday, 26th Representative Party swept the fall gen- eral elections winning big majorities in almost every Page 74

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SUMMER CHRONOLOGY SUMMER, 1966 A violent, seething summer of social unrest and economic insecurity expressed in rioting and killing climaxed in the minds of University students when a mentally ill student chose the Tower as a vantage point and began a shooting spree at noon Aug. 1 which left seventeen, persons, including the sniper himself, dead. National television and magazines immediately labeled it The Tower Tragedy and chalked it up as the worst homicidal incident in recent history but it proved a matter of months before students could chalk it up and again consider the Tower as the symbol of education it is. SEPTEMBER Sunday, 4th Nearly 1100 girls and 1084 boys from Edna to Wink to Farmer ' s Branch invaded the campus in an effort to become Greek as sorority rush formally began and fraternity rush climaxed a busy, political summer. Saturday, 10th The smallest number of bids in recent history was handed out to only 707 boys out of the total registered for rush. The average number for a pledge class in the past had been 38. This year 23. Sunday, llth After forty Panhellenic members bid, trumped, ran and won tricks for an entire week, twenty sororities with some of the past champions and most experienced players losing out in the first round won a total of 774 girls out of the total 1089 who went ' through the sorority rush week. Monday, 12th Registration week began with a record 6,500 registering the first day. A new phenomenon the little orange card added to the confusion, even though its use was never officially determined. The first edition of the Ranger went on sale with good reviews and a selling campaign which resulted in the first sell-out of the magazine in four years. Editor Gary Bullock was unconscious in Brackenridge Hospital as a result of a truck-motorcycle accident. Tuesday, 13th A cameraman, to scan the Texas-USC game, placed on the Tower, found himself the first man to be allowed on the observation deck since Aug. 2. Friday, 16th Gregory Gym registered its last student Roy Edwards 3:15 number 25,794 and closed its doors on the biggest and most hectic registration week in the history of the school. Saturday, 17th The University of Texas, with a team of extremely talented, but very inexperienced sophomores, came close to defeating a nationally-rated University of Southern California team but finally died on the threshold of victory with the score 10-6. Bill Superman Bradley lived up to his name before an audience of 40 million. Sunday, 18th The daughter of Charles Percy, prominent political figure and candidate for senator from Illinois, was murdered in the Percy mansion in Kinelwood, 111., and the murder went unsolved. Police found no clues and no suspects. Monday, 19th Both classes at the University and the state political party conventions opened with equal con- fusion. Democrats in Austin vowed to put everything they could into the Carr for Senator campaign, taking occasional swipes at the Little Man From North Texas while Republicans opened in San Antonio with equal anti-Carr statements. Student Association Vice-President Bob Denhman resigned his post to attend Harvard and the decision on how to replace him was dumped on the Student Association Court. Wednesday, 21st Often unpopular and even more often adamant Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach resigned his post to become Under Secretary of State under Dean Rusk. Eyes immediately looked to the ranks of Texas lawyers in Washington as prospects for the empty posi- tion. As Governor John Connally called for a new Texas Constitution and the Dow Jones average dipped below 800, Texan Editor John Economidy editorialized on the fat legs vs. miniskirts controversy. Thursday, 22nd -Another magazine editor bit the dust in higher Texas education as Texas Techsan Richard Schreib- stein got the axe for printing a disrespectful and sinful perpetrated interview between Jesus and Beatle John Lennon in which the singer got the upper-hand. Snoopy returned to his home for the first time today since it burned Sept. 18 and took a nap in the ashes. Saturday, 24th The once again Mighty Longhorns rolled over the Texas Tech Raiders in a 31-21 rout in Lubbock. Greg Lett ran back the opening kick-off 88 yards for six points, and Bill Bradley and Chris Gilbert continued to look their impressive selves as Texas out- scored, outplayed, and out-classed Tech for the first conference victory. After a week of interviews, committee selections for Texas Union were announced. Sunday, 25th Walter Moore, assistant director and archi- tect for the University, announced that twin 14-story buildings will be completed on the present site of the women ' s athletic field in 1968. Monday, 26th Daily Texan revealed that almost half the students interviewed on the University campus favored Senator John Tower in November ' s senatorial election. Another one-third begged neutrality with the remainder favoring Waggoner Carr, Democratic candidate. Vice- President Hubert H. Humphrey was heckled by a group of 50 students about the war in Viet Nam as he spoke at San Fernando College in California, and in London, all major theater performances were stopped as planned demonstrations against US Viet Nam policy erupted in the audiences of the major theaters. Observers reported the crowds were more or less in agreement with the demonstrators. Enrollment at the University today reached 27, 158. Tuesday, 27th President Lyndon Johnson announced his intention to attend a seven-nation peace conference in the Philippines Oct. 18. Wednesday, 28th The Stock Market today dropped to its lowest mark since the Aug. 29 fiasco. The Dow-Jones average dropped 13.4 points to 780, nearly 200 points below the previous high of the early Johnson Administra- tion. Dean Jack Holland, David Lambert and Shirley Bird Perry and other Union big dogs welcomed new committee members and chairmen to another year of hard work, little recognition, and a lot of frustration in the Texas Union. Thursday, 29th The Texas Atomic Energy Research Foundation announced a grant of $700,000 to the Uni- versity, making it one of the leading institutions in the nation in the field of controlled nuclear fission. The process is aimed at eventually finding a cheaper means of converting sea water and harnessing the energy used in such a project. Louis Armstrong wowed crowds at the Austin Municipal Auditorium. -Jt Page 73

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race. The only two contested positions in the entire election was a seat in Communication in which Donna Englander received 105 votes and Alan Erwin got 103. A recount showed no change. A Law seat in which Royce Lamberth won over Jim Haynes by a margin of 5 votes, 249-244. A total of 4,834 students voted with Communication having the highest percentage of voters at 33 percent. Thursday, 27th Good Grief! To be shamed like that! ' The Great Pumkin ' failed poor Linus again but this time in front of a nation-wide viewing audience of 5 million. Poor Linus, accompanied by his faithful friend Pepper- mint Pattye, sat in a pumpkin patch 30 minutes, missing trick-or-treats and a wild Halloween party attended by the rest of the gang, only to be left alone and pumpkinless at the end. Friday, 28th To make up for Linus ' embarrassment, The Great Pumpkin Carving Contest took place on the Union Patio with twenty entries in categories including most sincere, most secure and happiest. The most secure pumpkin belonged to the Alpha Delta Pi pledges, the most sincere went to the Alpha Xi Deltas and the happiest was carved by Century House. The Great Pumpkin was sported by the Eta Sigma Phis. Saturday, 29th The Ponies from the north invaded the home of the original longhorn and with the help of a field goal by John Partee inched by the unsuspecting ' Horns 13-12. Mary Ann Mellenbruch and Jack Leroy Howe Jr., were named Outstanding Girl and Boy. Sunday, 30th Dr. Juscelino Kubitschek, former president of Brazil, arrived in Austin to fulfill his duties as a Visiting Fellow at the University. Monday, 31st Campus Chest ' s Dimes Day on campus brought hundreds of costumed coeds and fraternity men to campus with such gimmicks as a map of the best parking places in town and passion punch to get dimes for the campus March of Dimes drive. Delta Gamma took the grand trophy for sorority division, and the Phi Gams won the fraternity division. Sigma Delta Tau collected the most money. NOVEMBER Tuesday, 1st Dr. Juscelino Kubitschek, former president of Brazil, in a speech on campus called for more American aid and development in order to make Latin America one of the great leaders of the world and a strong ally of the United States. President Johnson ended his Asian tour, jetted to Alaska, and finally settled down in Washington for a long and well-deserved nap. Wednesday, 2nd W. W. Heath, chairman of the Board of Regents of The University system, resigned effective Dec. 1 due to a conflict of business and responsibility to the University. He had served eight years on the board and four as chairman. Gamma Alpha Chi, national sorority for women in advertising, named the University chapter, Alpha Nu, the top chapter in the nation. Thursday, 3rd Gentle Thursday took over the campus with balloons, pets, children, flowers, flutes, bands, picnics, and lollipops filling the campus with the most original and charming idea since Eeyore ' s Birthday Party. Words such as gentleness and love were written all over campus and even staid old George Washington sported a bright red balloon. Ousted A M Battalion Editor Thomas DeFrank was nominated for a Rhodes Scholarship. Friday, 4th The Freshman Council Advisory Board was elected Wick Allison, Tom McGregor, Steven Carsey, and Jeff Kline. Secretary will be Gail Spencer. In a revenge game, the Texas Yearlings continued unbeaten and slipped past the TCU Wogs 14-12 in Memorial Stadium. Saturday, 5th The election of Frank Erwin as succeeding chairman of the Board of Regents was announced at Regents meeting in Waco. The Austin attorney and ex- national Democratic chairman will serve with Jack S. Josey as his Vice-Chairman. The Longhorns and their faithful caravan travelled to Waco Saturday to teach the Baylor Bears a lesson they have been learning 10 years. This year the tune was 26-14. Chris Gilbert estab- lished a new ' Horn record by totaling 238 yards in the game. In the final meeting of the Texas State Teachers ' Association, Governor John Connally, with his political invincibility showing, received a standing ovation from the state educators after telling them he couldn ' t promise a teachers ' pay raise in the next session of the legislature. Alpha Delta Pi sorority won first place in Sigma Chi Derby Day, furthering the campus ' donation to the March of Dimes. Mary Ann Spears was named Miss Campus Chest. Sunday, 6th President Johnson announced that future draft calls may be cut in half, with increasingly fewer Americans being sent to Viet Nam in the future. Tuesday, 8th Senator John Tower, in a sweeping Repub- lican victory termed by CBS a repudiation of the Great Society, rode to a victory against Demo challenger Waggoner Carr, dealing a blow to Texas Democratic prestige. Arkansas elected a Republican for the first time since Reconstruction and Massachusetts sent a Negro to the Senate another first. Wednesday, 9th Wednesday was censorship day on campus with Austin police pressuring a crowd gathered in the University Y to see Jack Smith ' s Flaming Creatures not to show the movie it wasn ' t shown. The General Student Organization Committee met in order to confirm whether or not they possessed enough power to ban SDS newspaper, The Rag, from the campus, due to obscenities it contains. Thursday, 10th Author Truman Capote brought a touch of early Christmas to the campus by closing his reading program with A Christmas Memory. The over-flow crowd drifted out in the night with a spellbound feeling of Christmas Eve. Friday, llth A high school student in Mesa, Ariz., with no apparent reason walked into a beauty school, forced the customers and operators to lie on the floor, and shot them leaving five dead and two seriously wounded. His reason to be like those guys in Austin and Chicago. Saturday, 12th With David Conway setting a University field goal record with a 52-foot boomer and Chris Gilbert reaching a season total of 943 yards rushing, sixth best in conference history with the season not yet complete, the Longhorns beat the TCU ' Frogs 13-3. New Braunfels ' Wurstfest, with flowing beer and delicious sausage, at- tracted as many University students as any CEC event. Monday, 14th Gemini Twins James Lovell Jr. and Edwin Aldrin Jr. ended their historic four-day mission through space in one of the most successful flights in this country ' s efforts to reach the moon. Tuesday, 15th The Splashdown of Gemini 12 was today and not Monday as previously stated. However, I failed to mention Monday: Cleveland Cat Williams purred through three kittenish rounds with champion Cassius Clay in the Dome, finally tiring out in the third round a TKO for Clay. The University of Texas at Arlington officially invited Greek organizations to establish colonies and chapters on the flat, surburban campus near Dallas. Wednesday, 16th President Johnson pulled through two operations throat and abdomen with flying colors, sending the New York stock Market soaring. The Austin Page 75