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Today’s apparel blends with the greenness
of the approaching season as most persons join
the Irish in their national celebration.
Why?
Because people far and near are paying
tribute to the patron saint of Ireland—St. Patrick
—who converted 12,000 Irish to Christianity.
St. Patrick explained to the Irish the mystery
of the Trinity. He plucked a shamrock and said
the three leaves represented the Trinity and the
stem on which they grew represented the godhead
—typical of the three-in-one unity.
Another legend about St. Patrick says he
drove all the snakes in Ireland into the sea. Today
Ireland is free of the reptiles.
The Irish worship his memory, but actually
Patrick was not a native of Ireland. He was
born at Kilpatrick, Scotland, in 387.
He remained there for 16 years until a band
of Irish pirates invaded Scotland and captured
him.
The pirates sold him into slavery in Ireland.
Patrick’s master worked him day and night as
a swine tender.
It was during these trying days that he
decided to devote his life to religious work.
After six years in slavery, he escaped and
managed to get to a ship going to his homeland.
On the way, the ship ran into a storm and
was thrown off course. For 26 days the vessel
sailed in the Atlantic. Then food ran out.
The captain asked Patrick to pray for their
safety. Suddenly, just like a miracle, land was
sighted. It was Scotland.
Patrick studied at the monastery of St.
Martin, who was his uncle, at Tours. He returned
to Ireland in 432.
His first mission was to convert his slave
master and his family to Christianity.
After accomplishing this mission, he vowed
to break the people from rule of the Druids.
The Druids punished their people once each
year in later winter, even if they had not broken
any rules, by not allowing them to burn any fires
for 24 hours.
At the end of the 24-hour period, the king
would light a torch to signify that the period of
punishment was over.
Patrick went to the land of the Druids and
during the middle of the punishment period lit
a fire on a hill overlooking the king’s castle. The
people thought this was the signal to light their
fires.
The king was furious and ordered the villian
killed. But when the king’s knights arrived,
Patrick preached his sermon and the knights
obeyed.
Because of his work, the Irish devote a
national holiday to him.
In the United States, a big parade is held
in New York City down Fifth Avenue in front
of St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
Green is worn during this day to signify the
undying gratitude to his memory, and the sham
rock—Ireland’s national emblem—is also worn
everywhere to commemorate its use by him as
symbolic of the Trinity.
St. Patrick died in the spring of 493 when
the shamrocks decked the land with green life.
There has been great debate to the exact
date of St. Patrick’s death. Some think he died
March 8; others believe it’s March 9.
The argument was settled when the dates
were added together.
Today is the 17th—the addition total—of
March and the color being worn blends with the
shamrocks and the green life of the approaching
season.
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Texas
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Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1965
Number 152
Student Poll
Will Select
Class Leaders
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Class elections will be held
Thursday in the' Memorial Stu
dent Center.
Polling booths will be open
from 8 a.m. until noon and from
1-8 p.m. in front of the Coffee
Shop.
All voters must have voter’s
registration cards and new ID
cards to vote. Cards will be
available at the polling place.
Senior Class candidates are:
President: Jack R. Fickessen,
Charles F. Wetherbee, Narciso
Cano, Leonard D. Holder and
Terry R. Norman.
Vice President: Thomas R.
Hargrove, Sam S. Henry, Paul
R- Studley, Marion H. Tindall,
Donald R. VonDolen and James
W. Howard.
Secretary - Treasurer: Michael
0. Beck, R. Ervin Jenkins,
Charles T. McGinnis III, Donald
R- Hlozek, William M. Peoples
and Louis Sabayrac.
Social Secretary: Michael L.
Evans and Harris Pappas.
Historian: John D. G'aden Jr.,
David E. Graham and Charles A.
Mella.
Yell Leader: Tifton Simmons
Jr., Ralph W. Mistrot Jr. and
Joseph K. Bush.
MSC Council Representative:
Roy L. May, Michael O. Beck and
Russel Stein.
Student Entertainment Mana
ger: Robert W. Owen, Michael
Nabors.
Junior Class candidates are:
President: Donald J. Matocha,
John R. Haley, Edward L. Mo
reau, Dwight Recht, William W.
Gordon and James B. Heath.
Vice President: Jack E. Nel
son, Philip L. Newton, Neal C.
Ward, Joe D. Woodward, Cyrus R.
Heaton, Gary W. Foster, Gordon
W. Bentzen and Eddie Joe Davis.
Secretary-Treasurer: Robert J.
Myers, Fred J. Wright, M. Leroy
Shafer and Harold C. Shade.
Yell Leader: Thomas C. Stone,
Eugene L. Riser, Rayford R. Car
ey, John N. Holladay, Layne H.
Connevey and Weldon D. Bailey.
MSC Council Representative:
William R. Hindman.
Sophomore Class candidates
are:
President: Carl Feducia, Jack
Ronnie Coleman, Milton E. Lind
say, Benny G. Mays, Alfred M.
Williams and Jack E. Ogdee.
Vice President: Stephen E.
Menczer, Gregory A. Peyrefitte,
Neal W. Adams, John T. Corcor
an and Maurice V. Main.
Secretary-Treasurer: Wayne J.
Baird, Henry G. Cisneros,
Charles W. Dawson and Robert
J. Earhart.
Social Secretary: Lee Horton,
William R. McLeroy, Don R. Day
and John Daly.
MSC Council Representative:
Clyde R. Westbrook, Donald L.
Allen and John D. McLeroy.
Juniors Reminded
Of Ticket Sales
Tickets for the Junior Class
Weekend are now on sale at the
Memorial Student Center Finance
Office. Juniors are reminded that
Ranquet and special “Junior Dis
counted” Louisiana Hayride tickets
So off sale Monday.
The Banquet is to be held at
Duncan Dining Hall, the Hayride
at G. Rollie White Coliseum, and
Hie Ball at the Ramada Inn. Attire
for Men is a dinner jacket or dark
su >t; for the girls, Formal. It has
boon suggested that wide-hoop
formals not be worn because of
fhe length of the program.
Making Marriage Meaningful
Mrs. Barbara Gerbert, Aggie wife and Bryan teacher, con
sults a friend Dr. Henry Bowman prior to the YMCA’s
second Marriage Forum Tuesday night. Bowman discussed
“Making Marriage Meaningful.” (See story on page 3.)
Corps Reorganization
May Cut Third Brigade
By MIKE REYNOLDS
News Editor
A tentative plan to reorganize
the Army elements of the Corps of
Cadets was announced by Corps
Commander Neil Keltner Tuesday
night.
The changes would deactivate
the present Third Brigade by com
bining outfits or changing the
names of present units.
The Air Force presently has 17
squadrons while the Army has 22
companies. Yet the Air Force has
more cadets, Keltner said. The re
organization is an attempt to en
large the Army outfits to normal
size and group them by academic
majors.
The plan was submitted to Wing
and Brigade Commanders Tuesday
for study. Any suggested changes
will be given Keltner by Wednes
day night.
Keltner plans to meet with Com
mandant Denzil L. Baker Thurs
day to work out final details.
“We should have the final de
tails by Tuesday,” Keltner said.
“We’re letting these men (the
Trigon) handle this since they
have had experience with this type
of thing in the service, although
we do have our suggestions,
“The prime consideration is to
keep the freshmen and possibly the
sophomores in outfits according to
their majors,” said Keltner.
The reorganized Army Brigades
would appear as follows:
1st Battalion, First Brigade
would consist of:
Company A-l: Composed of the
present personnel of A-l and 16
members of B-l.
Company B-l: Composed of the
members of B-3 and 15 members
of A-3.
Company C-l: No change.
Company D-l: Composed of the
present personnel of D-l and 17
members of A-3.
2nd Battalion, First Brigade
would consist of: ■■
Company E-l: Composed of the
members of C-3 and 10 members
of A-3.
Company F-l: Composed of the
present personnel of F-l and 19
members of E-l.
Company G-l: Composed of the
present personnel of G-l and 16
members of E-l.
Company H-l: Composed of
present personnel of Companies E-
3 and F-3.
3rd Battalion, Second Brigade
would consist of:
Company A-2: Composed of A-2
and D-2.
Company B-2: Company G-3
will be redesignated Company B-2.
Company C-2: Composed of the
present personnel of C-2 and half
of B-2.
Company D-2: Company D-3
will be redesignated Company D-2.
4th Battalion, Second Brigade
would consist of:
Company E-2: No Change.
Company F-2: Composed of the
present F-2 and 20 members of
B-l.
Company G-2: Composed of the
present G-2 and half of B-2.
Company H-2: Composed of
personnel assigned to H-3.
Board Withdraws Support
Grad School
Dies At ASC
FORT WORTH ^ — The president of the A&M System Board of Directors con
firmed Tuesday that plans have been withdrawn to initiate graduate school work at Arling
ton State College.
Sterling Evans of Houston told the Star-Telegram at Austin that plans to create a
graduate school program in engineering at Arlington have been shelved.
The newspaper quoted Evans as saying:
“There is no need to go ahead with our plans now that there is a possibility that
Arlington State College will no longer be inour system.”
Evans said the directors’ decision was made after a group of Fort Worth, Arlington
’♦'and Dallas leaders met with-*—
University of Texas regents
to discuss plans for Arlington
State.
A move is on in the legisla-
The all-male A&M bill gets its ture to sever Arl i^ ton Sta ^ e ’®
loose ties with A&M and shift
All-Male Bill Gets
Big Test Tonight
first major legislative test Wednes
day when it will be considered
by the Senate Committee on Mili
tary and Veterans Affairs at 7:30
p.m.
The bill, sponsored by Sen. Andy
Rogers of Childress, was moved
from Sen. Bill Moore’s Education
Committee Monday after Rogers
complained that he had been re
fused a hearing.
A number of students and former
students are expected to be present
at the hearing.
Great Issues
To Present
Brazil Movie
“Highlights of Brazil”, a color
film about the largest of the Latin
American countries, is scheduled
for 8 p.m. Thursday in the Memo
rial Student Center Ballroom.
A freshness of approach is
brought to the lecture platform
by Howard Pollard, who will nar
rate the film sponsored by the
Great Issues Committee in the
World Around Us series.
Brazil is the fifth largest coun
try in the world. Pollard said his
interest in the country mushroomed
when it dawned on him that Bra
zil, when superimposed on a map
of North America, extends from
New York to the Pacific, and from
Mexico far north into Canada.
In his film Pollard portrays the
highlights of Brazil, and vividly
describes them in his personal pre
sentation.
the school to the University of
Texas system.
“We thought we’d hold our plans
to see what the legislature does,”
Evans said. “Of course, we can
always initiate the program later
should the change not be made.
A&M directors withdrew their
request to create 11 masters de
gree programs in engineering and
AUSTIN — The Senate
State Affairs Committee ap
proved Monday without debate
Sen. Don Kennard’s bill to
transfer Arlington State College
from the Texas A&M System to
the University of Texas System.
The bill had not been set for
hearing today and was brought
out for a vote at an unscheduled
meeting of the committee.
Gov. Connally has recommend
ed under his proposal for a three-
group colleges system that Ar
lington State be placed under
the University of Texas.
allied fields at Arlington nexti
September. The Star - Telegram
said the Commission on Higher
Education was ready to approve
the request.
The action by A&M brought
criticism from Tarrant County
leaders.
“I’m shocked, amazed and dis
appointed,” said state Sen. Don
Kennard of Fort Worth, who is
spearheading the drive to divorce
Arlington State from A&M.
He said it is “a great dis
appointment to know that a grea
university like A&M would assume
such a narrow attitude as this.
Arlington Mayor Tom Van e -
griff said the A&M decision shows
a “lack of initiative and vision
by its directors.
ASC President J. R- Woolf sal „ jailer .
he “would not care to speculate. J
Third Production
By Aggie Players
To Open Thursday
The Aggie Players turn to roar
ing satire for their third major
dramatic production of the year
with Shakespeare’s “The Comedy
of Errors.”
This play of good fun about
mistaken identities between twin
brothers and their twin slaves will
open at 8 p.m. Thursday in Guion
Hall on the A&M University cam
pus.
It will run Thursday, Friday
and Saturday and reopen Mon
day and run through March 26.
C. K. Esten, producer of the Ag
gie Players, has arranged for the
play to run two days more than
productions are usually run so
that scholars attending the South-
Central Renaissance Conference
here March 26, 27 can be special
guests for the play.
“The sets and the costumes for
the play are suggestive of styles
of Asia Minor in the Sixteenth
Century, which is the setting of
the play,” Assistant Professor Vic
Wiening said as director.
Antipholus of Syracuse will be
played by Jack Brooks. His twin
brother Antipholus of Ephesus,
will be played by Terry Mayfield.
Bud Franks will play Dromio of
Syracuse and Thomas Avant will
portray Dromio of Esphesus.
Others in the cast include Bar
bara Peknis as Adriana, Cynthia
Smith as the courtesan, Gloria
Morelia as Luce, George Long as
Egeon, Craig Dunbar as the second
merchant, Richard Jenkins as
Pinch.
David White as an officer,
Frances Flynn as Luciana, Helen
Burrell as Aemilia, William Koock
as the Duke of Ephesus, Carroll
Enloe as the first merchant, Paul
Bleau as Balthazar, Kipp Blair as
Angelo and Gleen Swindle as a