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SJATE REA )Y FOR
r’lL rights! fk;
WASHINGTON, A.
Hite Republic ahs bejfai clie i
way yesterday for A
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miluary traimii
SAWYER
down fight ove r civil rif kts.
The judicinrj cowraitf ?e o^-de
ed a closed dooa session tfu's
ing to begin s udy of . aati*!
ing ; legislation/
(R4lich> told
pects the group to approfe
and fiend it to he floor.
U.s|si : VALI>E PORGE
NOW IN NORWAY
BERGEN, !> orway, I AipHl
'A’J-j-A U. S. Navy T^sk
headed by the < arrier Ya51e)y ]
reached Bergei yesterdjay
goodwill visit 4o Norwa^.
gian military qnd civilian
met the ships 1 ’ i ifficers.j T jc( AL
can! sailors arjd marines j stprwd
a sijowbajl figit'on the pdr?
TRUMAN EXHAINS
DRAFT COMPROMISE
Washington,; Apni 30
President Truman’said yestp
he accepted pioposals to combi;
iaftjkndlia unifersa
Jg program bdeafiaw;
it was air he icluldjget oitt of| Coi
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ferepce the i(lea of Uleidin^ tl
draft and universal tja ninq- \va:;
an acceptable, jcomproinriei. i 1
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WASHINGTON, Apri 30
MajJ Gen. Jofin H.
Wasted associate of
Statp Marahalp and an jexpdrt or
Hilldrihg,
Sei retairy o{
mHitary occupation, is taking over
direction of American
Paleptine.
COMMERCE SECS
WASHINGTON, ^
The; Senate Commerce < ’ommittei
approved yesterday the rominatioi
of ' Charles Saw;ycr,}'; : Cindinnat
Democrat, to h)i5 Secretary of; Com
merce. The hominatiem now goe:
to the ^enate for iaction
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r Week-End
By BILL BILLINGSLEY
Teekend activities on and
fund Kyle Field are in the
of an aqua carnival by
[roup of forty TSCW mer-
lajids, a baseball game with
t, and the annual intra-
*al track meet
]he aqua carnival will be un-
reijed in the P. L. Downs Nata-
im at 7:15 p.m., Saturday and
»ing presented by the TSCW
iqttatics Club, upder the direftiop
hf Miss Agnes Hooley.
. The Denton swimmers are not
hew to the campus, having ap
peared here in a similar show last
jtpr ng. This years presentation is
ton pletely new, however, and is
?nt tied “Color Cavalcade’*.
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IPlayJDance, SportsConclude Week
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CHIANG OPPJDNF^T
WINS HIGH OFFICE
f NANKING, f April 38 -j-iAV-
Gen.! Li Tsunig-iJen was e ected vifc0
president of China yesterday.
4 The office is -without ppw 2r
cept, the right, of sUciessim
President Chiding Kai-Shek.
L^ a reform candidate wHo has
'' bucked Chiana on more than one
occasion, roundly defeat ?d-the in<
cumbent. Dr, pun Fo. 1 ] !
Reserve Roo
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Fee waiver f[slips for
session of su
available in lijjoom 104
Halli on Monday and Tuesday May
.15 and 4. f
Fties may bj» paid and
signjnents made in[ [ Vohni
Goodwin Hal|j^ during
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foi m swimming, diving, speed
swimming and life-saving^ the
sh )w will progress through var-
ioi s synchronised numbers to the
|j show’s grand finale, a plaid color
arrangement which is the title
pidee of thfe show. . (j
L ghting, music, and costuming
are all under the direction of mem-
berg of the club.' Music has been
[-specially scored for the numbers,
imd some of the selections are
‘Deim Purple,” ‘'Tangerine,” “Es-
ln;l ita” and “Rhapsody irr Blue.”
T ckots to the ballet are priced
»t : 5 cents and mav be obtained
n I he Student Activities Office.
Due to the pools limited searing
apt city there maw b<* a ticket
ihoitage, and Grady Elms, ossis-
aht director of student activities,
uinnunced that pH tickets would
ie sold on a “First^come-first ser
ved basis.” '. . j |
At the conclusion of the.water
show, the swimmers wiU be
gm sts at the AH-College dance
in sbisa Hall.
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“Our Town” wi 1 be presen
ted for the last time tonight
at 8 in the Assembly Ha 1 by
the Aggie Playerk. TonighUs
performance will fend the sea
son fof^ the Players, and
George Dillavou, qirectcw', will
spend nfext year 4t Coluribia
University on a lleave of ab
sence from A&M.j
Acclaimed by manjy as thej best
peifomahe^ yet staged by thq Ag
gie Players, “Our Town” is [ pro
duced without benefft of scejhery.
J. Howard Davis, stage manager,
narrator, commentator, and actor,
tella the jaudience ini a ehatt;
forntal stjyle what is (taking p
Betty Knowles plays the pi
the bride in a small |New En
town about the turn df the ce
But Thornton Wildejr’s pla;
New Englanders mi
any rural American com mu nr
Art Stauffer and: Bill Rin
I pUiy the fathers of the y
couple fn the playi. Connj
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days;. After Tuesday, e;
slipsfj will- be issued in
but fees must i>e l)«id at
Office. .
Students not intending
mmer ken
and who do rijot want dakfi of
H0t
tend the firs| summer j
roc nugs-*
100
thesb twe
exemption
Gjoiixlwin
t^eiFiscai
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stier,
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Oic game each of the two-rrgme
basdball series with TCU will be
playpd Friday and Saturday at 3
p. m The Aergies are now in second
[ in the conference due to
bad dav in Waco Tuesday,
they will be trving bard to
tneir mathematical chariinion-
possibilities open. Coach Ka-
makes a habit of announdni
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MISS MABRL HALL of Hearne will represent petroleum _
neering students at the Aggieiand Follies of *48 May 8 in Gubn Hall,
She will be ported by FRANK N. McMU.LAN. Winner of the
departmental contestants will bei given thej title of “MISS A&M” and
Jones and Mil
the mothers
embers of-the cast are
ges, Sarah Puddy, James
George Willman, /
Henry 1 Holguin, (Leon
art Hord, Jeanne
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B, JOBN' SINGLETARY
The? annual mi itary ball of
Artillery Regiment to-
ht apd a|l-c«|)llege dance
Saturday night will provide
dpjfe isiocial side or thin week- r
’s campus attractions.
usitC for the dance, which will
the 12th annual Iball staged by
hHilleryjncn, will be provided
l tjhic Aggieiand Orchestra. Bc-
Hg at 9 p. ;n». tho event is
tilled to last juiitil 12.
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presented at the dance following the variety show.
Kiwaniansiflonor
^Greene, Earl fiord, Jeapne Ker-
nodle, Will Weatherfoi-d, Lynn
Sparks, (Wayne Robinson, Dick
Altermah, and James E. Nelfon.
H. Darwin Hodges’ who con
structed ( the stage properties,
handles the lighting and soun 1 ef
fect!?.
Although the performance! to
night ends the season for the[ Ag
gie Players, a summer operetta
already been scheduled
itiori with the Sinking Ci
leafe coveriufg the peri«jJ [from
Juite 6 .ihrouji'h June ^ilpould
complete VA Form
5k (Taylor Wilkins,
Adjisor announced.
IfjNthis lesjce is ac
days of G. )L benefits ajrc
Veteran reg stration fpr'the first
begin May!
B wil
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Consolidated High School’s athletes were honored by the
College Station Kiwanis Club ip a banquet last night. Foot-
baU, ifesketbalJ, baseball, trpek,I swimming and yell leaders
were presented awards after thfe dinner in Sbisa Hall/
j j,j Cbach Harry Stiteler, who was the principal speaker,
gave a [talk on “Leadership” to the>
8 athletei. Hershell BurgOss, South-
starting mtch^rs^ when ! west Cjmference official, Acted as
beginners
Nixon.
now r
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BeeBley
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Track and field eventsjof the an
nua: intramural meet will bfe run
off Friday, Saturday, and Sunday..
Preliminaries of the track events'
begin at 4:30 p. m. Friday.
1 events will begin again at
Saturday afternoon and track
2| and the track finals will Cou-
the meet at 2:30 Sunday
afternoon.
Admission to all eVenta is fwe.
N sumjner semejrter will
11, And book ;equisition can
he issued on 1] lat date. Boo'
be secured at;any t
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Students, who register osi Ma
11 r and latfef iiecide uol 1 to lalten
the first summer seme! ter tshtml
retujrn theii liooks and e-qujpmen
to the store fjorn which thej book
were purchase d, Wilkin i fsajd.
Ifj the boojts ai«. inarwed o
damaged in aty way, stader ts wil
receive 60 perirent. credit fo • fben
and be requirdjl to nay tjhe remain
irigjfO percenji, Wilkins staled.
VjA Form 1905e, fqr student
who wish to , enter G. J. trainin
at some place other tharj A&jM, an
VAfForm $72, Change [
are (hvailable |n Qootlwil
Extension Service
Specialists Will |
Attend Confer
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Walkow to Lead
Orchestra for ‘48
iggieland Follies
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T|e Melody Men under the di
rect On of Arnold Walkow Will
[ provide musical background for
the Aggieiand Follies on May 8,
Tl e orchestra will be in the pit
and will play for production num
bers and specialties. Buddy Boyd
Will itar as th^ Follies’ vocalist.
Tie Melody Men are Arnold
Walkow, a senior M. E. major of
-Houston; Andy Anderson, first
trombone, Talco; A. R. Moser, cor
net, Waco; Ed Miles, Jr., Waxa-
hachie; Bert Huebner, cometj
Wharton; Carl Whyte, Chicago,
IH.; George Clack, El Paso; Ken-!
neth] Honeycutt,; tenor sax., New
London; Archie Manes, alto sax,
Houston; Jim Magruder bass, Ft.
Worth; E. S. Anderson, trombone,
,>Vaci>; Felix Goodrum, drums, of
Houston, and Howard Pietsch, pia-
refciqh.
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ExtemsiAn
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Ten Texas
specialists lef: Tuesday
ivater, Oklahoma, to at ten
trayogional w irkshop for j exte
•sion subject matter specialists.
Thfe confer) nee wi^ Icmtin
from April 2ij to May accordin
to-J.iD. Pi'eNtit, aciapg dij-Actor
thfe Extepsio? Service.
this/ speciA ist workibop is o
of ;three .beiiji j conducted ip.
iqn. Another is nowj bei
knSister \ Of ceremonies. -
Seven first-year football players
were awarded sweaters by Consol
idated’s coach, Les Richardson.
Coach ‘Richardson also.- presented
gold footballs to thirteen repeating
lettemien. Men receiving the gold
footballs were; Wally Anderson,
Dickie Birdwell, Masoh Cashion,
Henry (Davi^, Dickie Dowell, Dem-
sey Giithrie, John Kijlough, and
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Aden Magee.
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Also! teaming letters were Dur-
ward Parsons, James Prewitt, El-
vin Street, Ward Tishler and Har-
‘old Williams.
“Flop" Colson presented the
Lipscpmb-Colson Most Valuable
Player award to Harold Williams
ba<ik for the Consolidated Tigers.
Fodthall Co-Captains Wally An
derson and Elvin Streetland were
presented with pen and pencil
sets. I
The Black’s Pharmacy Award
for best blocker was presented to
Aden; Magee by Abe Whitis, super-
intenilent of Consolidated High
School, to conclude the awards for
footlmll. j.' ^;/[’
Six basketball lettermen, Wally
Andeijson, Van Adamson, Mason
Cushion, Dickie Dowell, James
Prewitt :and Ralph Smith were
presented with certificates for gold
hasketjballs which had not [arrived
for thje Ceremony.
The Most Valuable Player
award for basketball was given
to Ralph Smith by Ed Holick of
Holiok’s Boot Shop. Ed Madeley
awarded Ralph Smith and James
Prewitt With co-captain trophies.
Vaii Adamson, son of Aggie
Coachj Art Addmson, received spe
cial note for his performance in
the recent State Swimming Meet
Yell leaders, Joyce Patranella,
Betty (Potter, Margery Parker and
Billy iRuth Outlaw were presented
with (miniature megaphones and
sweaters, Wally Anderson and El
vin Sjtreet made presentations to
football coaches Les Richardson
and Boots Simmonsj on! behalf of
the football team, j
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liege {tation nhd knothi
wilFbe held 8; Mt. Fetjf Jejari, A|
kajnsas, begirt ling Majf 3.
The extend on subject ma
spiecikliats who are inakilng tl
trip are Myrtfle^Murray home m;
keting; Louifee Mason food p:
r naration; MW Bernice Clayto]
home management; Lorene &
vqns, state 4*-H Club agentl; A,
Walker, asBitjtant pasjire
ist in
marketing;
'onomist; A
T iimal husbandman; C.
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Swift’s Manager
To Speak at AH
Seminar Monday
Precinct Convention
The Convention for Precinct
No. 3 Stof the Democratic Party
willl be held at 2 p.m., Saturday,
in the A&M Consolidated
Schbol Building, H. E. Burgess,
chairman, announced today.
Burgess urged all interested
parties to be present.
• Mill fJ
Hold Trial R
Sunday Morni
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“Old Rattler” will run $gatri
when the Spring Field Trial of
the Braios Coon Hunter’s Asso
ciation g!ets under way at 7 ». m.;
Sunday at the E. A. Keller arm.
According to C. H. Neat lery,
secretary, a large number of i lieiri-
bers aiei expected to leport o4t to
the far hi which is seven nilfes
from Bryan on the Kurten Righ-
way to see “Rattler”, ownel by
D. E. Welch, and other dogs run.
The Brazos chapter of the [asso
ciation is one of the large: :t ijlj
the stutej.
“This |is a non-profit orgtniza-
tion, whose purpose is to further
good sportsmanship, education, ob-
servancel and enforcement of ex
isting game laws,” Neathery said]
He said that the assoc ation
plans to ! give the membership and
the public a trial that will >e on
a par with the best in the country.
The Houston chapter Will (enter
several past champions in the
event. Local hunters will rui) into
stiff competition from out of state
dogs, Nfeathery stated.
A barbecue will be held! at noon
of the a|l day affair. Out of State
entries will be guests of th > As
sociation at a supper on the Trial
grounds;
Non-members will be ajfe! essfed
$1 to Ijelp defray the expenses,
)ne
invited to attend.
Judging Begins Tomorrow
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“Opportunities for College Grad
uates In the Packing Industry”
will be the subject of a talk Mon
day by. Howard Jones, general
manager of Swift & Company’s
Fort Worth Division.
Jpnes will speak at a seminar
sponsored by the Animal Husban
dry Department to be held in the
A. I. lecture room at 7 p. m. ’
Accorjvppnying Jones will be Ed
Bealke, (su perintendent of the beef,
lamb, and veal .department. Bqth
men will arrive on the campus
Monday afternoon and will be
given an opportunity to tour the
campus.
Agricultural Students, Teachers
Arrive Today For Conference
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Artillery queen—miss bobbye ruth sf
of the Artillery Regiment, will be presented at the 12th annual f
lery Ball tonight at Sbisa Halt MISS SMITH, 19-year-oW stji
from Wharton Junior College, will be escorted by KENNET
HUDGINS, 26, junior in Battery “B", Artillery!
His
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brunette
tauLi has been
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er Jack ;Kr
Smith, bluo-
New Gulf,
fleeted “Sweet-
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Regimental.
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Ring Dance
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Sale of tickets for.the anrtudH
Senior Ring Dance and bknquet
according to
of the
Senior Ring Dance
was begun today,!
Howard Oliver, chairman
sales committee.
With the announcement that
Sam Donahue and his orchestra
will play for the May 14 dance to
be held in Sbisa Hall, the commit
tee announced plans flor distribu
tion of the tickets.
All students eligible to attend
the two activities are requested to
contact their respectiveP student
senators no later than 1 May 3,
giving them the number Jof tickets
required for both the dance and
the banquet, Oliver said. Dance
tickets will be sold fqr. $2.50 for
couple or stag, while admission to
the banquet, which immediately
precedes the dance, will be $1.50
per plate. * . i ' .
The senators will take no money
at the time of ticket reservation,
Oliver said. However, the tickets
will be distributed to the senators
May 3 and students will have from
then until Mrty ,7 to pay for them.
Skating. Hours
Se^for Grove
Skating schedules for the
Grove were announced today by
Spike White, director of stu
dent activities. The schedule is
as follows:
Weekdays — 4:30 to 6 p. m.
Saturday -r 2 to 9 p. m.
Sunday — 2 to 8 p. m.
Smiffcl Iwh.'*
ittee df three
h instructors .from(A groupK
nee finalists! ” ’
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tional com
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felting the aef
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theart,;con|i
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Mis Smith, |9lyear-old stu-
’rtt at Wharton Junior College
iU be escort«4 at the ball by
.neth C. Hmmm.' Hudgins, a
jltnior-in “B" Battery Artillery.
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Preliminnry.se-
* r the five cr
iers in the
.vere Col.
Charles
(oy Smith. The
teo of battery
loosed of Mar-
Dickson, Fml
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Ag Ejd Classes In
Terracing School
t The classes of Ag Ed 424 fend
3l5 • ar^ attending a terracing
school Oh the Madley Farm today,
professof S. D. Martin (announced
this morning. > . ! .
Instruction in the classes is un
der the direction of the Stewart
Company of Dallas, and concents
all phafees of earth work, drain
age. and terracing. |
Classes were also held Wednes
day and Thursday, Martin added.
MOORE heads dairy pro-
fete Judging in FFA contest.
By ROGER B. LETZ
Over 660 high school * Future
Farmers of America and 170 teach
ers of vocational agriculturs will
‘arrive on the campus this after
noon to compete in the Smith-
Hughes judging contests which will
be held on the campus tomorrow
morning at 8 o’clock.
Judging contests in livestock,
dairy cattle, dairy products, poul
try, and meats will constitu e the
major activities of the day.
Henry Ross, professor of agri
cultural 1 education and chairman of
committee, will be in
1 contest activities.
1 judges of the show will
>Uow: livestock, W. H.
Warren! of the animal husbandry
departnient; dairy cattle,
ell of the dairy bus;
t; dairy products,
re of the dairy bus!
t; poultry, Ed
husbandry^
it; fend meats, O. D. ~
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Day students mfey obtai t
tickets at the 1 Stuqent Acjl
Office; Oliver requested thi
day students obtain their
from this source so that thn
will not be over-burdenef
orders.
Highlight of the banque
held in Duncan Hfell at T
Will be an after-ejinner spe
“Prof’ R. E. Jacksfen, well
humorist and philfesopjher. i
Colonel Guy S. Moloy w||
sent the organizational co
ers with keys for their
ing the pfest year. |:
Bennie A. Zinn, assistant
of men, will give the Leys.;
Moore Trophy Awferd to 11
iors of the winning organifi
“Who’s Who at [A&M”
will be presented by (|. G
director of student activitiji
N. R. LeatheVwopd, senifen
social secretary, announce t
the dance will begin as sooi i
banquet is completed, but life
than 9 p. m. , > I
Cadets to Pres
Cowtown Pro
Saturday Eve
The Singing Cadets will
concert at Paschal High
auditorium in Fort Worthjjj! I
day at 8 p. m. [ 111
The 1 Cadets, sponsored
Lanier High School Boost
will participate in fen hour
half program. They will s
in traditional folk;songs
gie songs. Two of the Ca<
give a special injterniissi
gram.
For seven of thfe Aggie:;
be a homecoming; occasic 1
are Buddy Boyd, Hill Ev
cian Morgan, | Bill B1&
George Thomasl, pill H
Leonard Perkins.
The group will have tvfp
assignments before they
They will be at th( First C
Church of Fort W
morning and then
boro for the services Sund
at Hillsboro’w Fjirst
Church. «
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the
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Ctueger also | announced that
nfc had been feompleted by the
biratiqn: comifeittee to provble
lies ,for couplfesi at tho dance,
isrt will be mrtdcd into tv|o
j^'ts with a portion of the/loilg
[fee floor to Lm) Used for/feetting
tables. Mfembferi of the decora-
n' committee are; Roy-rt,. Garner,
_ and erilifted' man in the
l iltury departuiefet had been e:
special invitation to tl
J14ollege dance, which
be held Saturday night in
JSjbisfe, will also ffeature the mu
sic the Aggielfend Orchestra.'
Membeva of the TSCW Newman
jtj’liib will he guests at the dance
f tfe the local Nfewman Club as
i Mr [hosts.
Sbifli Hall will be arranged in
,ight (club style for the event. The
ilc nee Will last ffeop to 12 p. m.
i rd tickets are $1
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HENRY ROSS heads state
judging contest.
High Sch<
Tolnsi
Sixty students
High School will-
pus over the v
Downs Jr., of the
revealed today.
They will arrm
a.m. ( and began ai
tended tour of the
During the mo
ky” Downs, Jr.
through the Museum;
brary; Student I
change Store;
where they will
and finally
where they will eat
campj training for
Reserve Units -fere scheduled
’ dnp, July and August at Ci
lood, Fort Bliss and Fort Sill,
eiior instructor for the Organs
zfed iResei-ves atmjounced to<lay.
Units will report for a two|'
week [training period in refresher
itness demonstra-
!st technical and
aicticfel trends ih (the viriftus scr-
'ipes. ]
Each Reservist (attending camp
11 bfe required to) fire a familiar-
rjstion 1 course with the weapon
th Which he wojuld normally be
linMi.Those Resfervists who nor
ally (serve in ronjbat vehicles will
fifee the crew selived weapons of
iqcir Vehicles.
Other subjects [will lie included
drrairt appreciation, troop move-
nt (logistics, supply procedures,
niap fend aerial photography, food
Unentision, combfet intelligence.
The Senior Instructor of the Re-
rVesi emphasized that any ouali-
id ijeservist, officer or enlisted
. regardless of branch of ser-
!*jjj Vice or present as
^ u :ipat(e in one of
L oin a unit of hi$ branch scheduled
(jr training.