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i, Accepts Weekend I: : r'. . . ■ : By C. C. MUNDOE The Republic of France will' be represented at the Corps review and the Military Ball this weekend^ ' John Taylor, chairnnan of the truest . j. committee said this morning. Brigadier General :de ; la Boisoe, military attache with the French Embassy in Washington, has ac cepted an invitation to visit A& ,jptyer the weekend. A~-graduate of the French War illege,, General de laEoisse served ‘^Both his home country and in Vt Africa during the Second orld. War. The general was born in Paris and attended the French Military Academy of St. Cye from which he was graduated us a, second lieutenant dn 1920. _ At the outbreak of the recent World War, General de lu Boisse was, serving as u captain bn the G-!l section of the French General Staff. Isa ter, he served with the ilMth Colonial Artillery Battalion and the general headquarters. When hostilities in France ’’ Were over. General de la Boisse was transferred to North Africa. There he served with the 22nd Algerian Kifle Regiment and qn- the general staff of the Le vant troops. He assumed command of the 7th Morrqccan Rifle Regiment in 1948, having been promoted to the rank J of major. Later he waa as signed to the staff of the inspec tor general ofi the French army. It was while serving with the inspector general that he wrote a history of the First French Army. ; The French officer became a -BWutenant colonel in March, 1944 .r A’ ■ : r' i: .Col. Abbott, commander of the J ‘ "Texas Military District, will be ' one of the honor guests on the campus this weekend. Wfentworth to Talk To Saddle-Sirloin Colonel R. N. Wentworth, di- I rector of Armours’ Livestock Bu reau in Chicago, will speak in the Chemlltry Lecture Room Thurs day evening) at 7:!I0. according to Douglas Wytha, president of thu Saddle and Hlriotn Club, spon sors of the talk, J The subject of his talk will be nie economics of the livestock and meat Industry/Wentworth is the author of a number of scien tific papers and books 1 on animal breeding, livestock history and ag ricultural economics. He received his B. S. degree in animal husbandry and his M. S. Degree in genetics and economlcii front Iowa State College. He has been an instructor and. professor at several colleges and was as sociate editor of the Breeder’s . Grazette for one, year. He served op the Bureaip of Agricultural Research and Economics for Ar mour and Company from 1919 to 1922. c / Arts & Sciences Hold Spring Meet The regular spring meeting of the faculty of the School or Arts and Sciences Will be held Tuesday, March 21, 1960, at 7:30 p. m., in the Physics lecture room, accord^ ing to Dr. J. P. Abbott, Dean of School of Arts and Sciences. R. Henderson Shuffler, director of information iand publications, will begin the program with a talk on “The Development of the Schol arships Program at A&M.” This will oe followed by “Opportunity Awards’^ "A Review of the First Four Years" by E. JET McQuillen, director of the development fund. Recognition will be given the graduating ! senior Opportunity Award Winners, Joe Hill Mullins, Physics Major, Carrizo Springs; Vernon R. Porter, Business. Ma jor, Italy; and John Lee Taylor, Business Major, Rotan. After a response by Joe Hill Mullins, the program will be con cluded with a -report of the Facul ty’s Special Committee by Chair man Fred W. Jensen. Brig;. Gen. de la Boisse Gen. de la Boise, military at tache at the French Embassy in Washington, will fly to A&M with Gen. W. D. Old for the Miiitay Ball weekend activities. Aggie Players To Test Round Stage ‘Form’ George \Dillavou’s Agg|ie Players will try their Thespic hands at Experimental Thea tre this Monday and Tuesday evenings, March 20 and 21 in iho- north dining room of Sbisa Hall. The three one-act plays to be presented will feature “theatre in Hie round" style in tvhich.the t u- dience forms a circle around a comparatively bare space tl at serves as the stage. Greater in timacy is thus provided betw<en cast and audience. Houston’s Alley Theatre and Dal las’ Theatre ’60 have found the use of this circular type of theatre highly successful, and have gained nationwide acclaim as a resu t. Dillavou’s three selections tor the “experiment" are “Aria Da Capo” by Edna St. Vincent Millay, “One of Those Things" by Geqjrge Kelley, and an . Arthur Jeante dramatization of Louisa Mae |AI- cott’s “Little Women." - f To appear In the Millay dine- acter are Lindy James, Mary RIlea- imr Vaden, “Rip” Horn,. Chlick Benshelter, and John Richardson. "One of Those Things’’ will star C. G. Milne, Phyllis Arhus, John Laufenherg, Surah Puddly, and Jeanne Ostner. And the; "Little Women” dust will be composed of "big" men— Eddie Abranamson, J. H. Davis, Rolsnd Gauntt, Norton McDuffie, Jim McMahon, George Willnian, Chuck Benshetler, and David Mitchell. -—Gollob— ' , itation and infSept., 1946 he was promoted to full? colonel. At Ahe time of his promotion to colonel, de la Boisse became military attache to the French Embassy in Washington. Four years? Jater he received promo tion (o his present rank of brig adier’ general. e la Boisse has been award$dithe French legion of Hon or, degree of officer. The ^attache will join Gen. W. D. Old in his plane when the party of Washington guests flies to A&M for the weekend G^nera^ de la Boisse will be honored at the corps review when the Aggie Band plays the French National Anthem. Aggie Debaters Meet Pointers Here Saturday The West Point debate team of Cadets William Wat son Rnd John & shopper will participate in a debate in the YMCA Chapel Saturday af ternoon at 2 against the Aggie /team ii of James Famer and Dan Davis^ Harry, Hier ;h, co-sponsor of thO A&M discussjon and Debate Club ^announced. Annually, the Military Academy Ignited States t ends a debate team jjjinto the Sout iwest to ; meet team! from this rtej ion. Last year the™West Point debaters were de feitfell by A&M. Th|s year’s team jof Watson and ihogpejr will come to A&M after Saturday morning in against a' team from the Univirsity of Texas. The West Pointers will. debat»' the negative side io the national debate subject being| used "here Saturday after- noonT “Resolved: That the United States should natio lalize its basic -agricultural industries.*’-* haries Kirkham has been an alternate debater to the A&M team of Farmer and Davis by Hierth. Farmer is reported “a bit uir.der the weather” with a cold, Hierth said. Joe Fuller, president of the A&M Discussion and Debate Club will ket as chairman to the debate. Allett Watson is the only dne of three judges who has been an nounced. Watson i i pastor Of the First Christian Church in Bryan. After the aclection of the queen ind eight duch- eHNCM the Royal Court of Cotton for the 16th Annual Cotton Ball and Pageant posed for its first formal picture. From left to right, the members of the court are Imogene Newton and Leo Mikeska, Patricia St. Clair and Dave Rives, Pat Herron and Tommie Duffle, Norma Cooke and Conrad Ohlendorf, Queen Cotton ] Schultz and King Cotton Nelson Brunneman, Sally Witmer and Roy Cook, Nan Haaaler and Don Hegi, Jean Bond and R#y Kuttae and Mar^ jorie Cupples and Jim Troubiefield. organizations which are to r in the Aggieland I960 are to, send an ‘ etivitles Office, club a: •pi ^ requested the Student Ac editor Don Diet*; has reported Diet*, explained that the officer wou|d lie given information ami the necessary materials for pre- paring his organization rosier for thle lAgglelaml. iTIjio dub editor said that the rasters were needed before March .immediate action was needed part of each club concern- lie receptionist in the second floor Office in Goodwin Hail cun give all needed information, he concluded. ‘Great Issues’ Hear Kellogg In Food Talks Dr. Charles E. Kellogg, Chief of the Division of the Soil Survey, Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils and Agricultural Engineering, U. S. Department of Agriculture, will be bn the A&M campus next week to deliver two lectures. He will address the Great Is sues class Monday, March 20, at 8 p. m. in the Chemistry Lecture Room on the subject “National and World Food Production Po tentials”, He will also meet the same group at 11 a. m. on Tues day to answer questions. Dr. Kellog will speak on “Tropi cal Soils’’ in the Physics- Lecture Room, Wednesday, March 22, at 8 p. m. under the joint, sponsor ship of the Sigma Xi Club and the Graduate School of the college. Dr. Kellogg, an internationally recognized soil scientist, has served with distinction asari advisor to agricultural agencies throughout the world. Williams Handles Colton Ball Pics Battalion staffer Kay Wil liams has been named Coiton Ball, photographic supervisor to Increase efficiency in hand ling pictures -of ..the ..varlOtw Duchess’s pictures, the co-edi tors said this morning. Any organization or indivi dual wishing to turn in pictures of Duchesses should give them to Williams In The liuttulion office, 201 Goodwin llnll, and pick up the photos from him after engravings have hern made, the co-editors added. For best reproduction, pic tures should hsve a high con trast (tinted pirturew repro duce poorly), and be from H x 10 to 3'/ 4 x I </4. Aggie-Ex qF Air Inspector On Military Ball Guest List By DAVE COSL H hen he turday 11. Pre- U.i S. Maj. Gen. William be on familiar ground reviews, the corps parade preceding the Military sently Air Inspector for Air Force, he once march Aggie ranks as a membe class of ’24. A native of Uvalde, Tiex., the general accepted a regular com mission as second lieutenant the same month in which he received his degree in Electrical engineering from A&M 26 years ago. After a session at both Brooks and Kelly Fields in San Antonio, he received his wings in Septem ber of 1926. Two yeans later, he returned to the latter base as an instructor at the advanced fly ing school. ' For the next dozen or so years he served ia various capacities at fields in the United States and the Philippines. While he was at Langley Field in 1939, he waa selected with Maj. Gen. C. V. Haynes to fly a B-1S bomber to carry needed medical supplies to Santiago, Chile, following the severe earth quake in that country. When later flew a good will tour Brazil, he waa awarded lern Cross from the govern- tt of that country. 1942, Old, now a colonel, pion- the “hump” operation by fly ing’ jsupplies and equipment into Burma and China over the treach- Himalayan peaks. , years later he organized the Troop Carrier Command at Commilla, India, to move General Wingate’s expedition into Central Burma, supplying by air General Stilwell’s Chinese armies who were driving, the Japanese out of north ern Burma, and supplying elements of the British 14th Army operat ing against Japanese. For his operations in India, General Old was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, the Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross with one Oak Leaf Cluster, the Air Medal, and the Legion of Merit. For his work with the British 14 th Army; he received the British Distin guished Service Order. A year and a half after the war, he returned to the United States to assume command of the 12th Air Force at March Field, California. Three more!.appointments moved him to his present position as Air Inspector at USAF headquarters in Washington, D. C., in October of 1949. General Old will be accompanied on his trip from Washington Sat urday by Brig. Gen. Jacques de la Boisse, military attache of the Embassy of the French Republic, and Colonel Umberto de Martino, military attache of the Italian Em bassy. Mi jrds Two Dairy Awa. Offered Freshmen By SID ABERNATHY A Successful interview with prospective employers depends up on your ability to sell your per sonal skills as well as your tech nical skill W. R. Horsley, head of the placement service, told the Senior Class last night in the third of a series of manner^) talks. “Probably the most important of the personal skills is the ability to get along with people. This ability does not come naturally. It must be cultivated and college ia one of the best places to devel op such an ability, Horsley said. The students best chance to sell his personal and technical skills to a prospective employer pomes through the personal inter view, he added. First Interview Important “Whether or not you will get further attention after your first interview depends on whether or not yoii make a good impression ’nterviewer. rsonal interview, Horsley said, is simply an opportunity for two people to get together and The Americah Guernsey Cattle Club of Peterborough, New Hamp shire, is offering two $250 trail ing scholarships to outstanding college freshmen who are major ing in dairy husbandry, A. L. Darnell, professor of the Dairy Husbandry Department, announced today. Freshmen dairy husbandry mja- jors in alii the Schools ami collegjes in the nation are eligible. Applica tion blanks for the scholarships are available in Darnell’s office. The scholarships will pay $250 each year for the remainder jof the student’s Undergraduate col lege career. The awards require that the students work J three months every summer on. aoine Guernsey breeding establishment. This employment will pay a stand ard wage and will give the student some practical training in the field of dairying, Darnell stated. Freshmjen students who are in terested ijn the daily industry sjnd who havp a dairying background are the most desirable candidates for the scholarships, Darnell said. Students whO apply but are hot MIhh Vivian Naples I a pies will represent the of Automotive Engin- their duchess lo the I960 Cotton Ball and Pageant. She will be escorted by Roger !E. Tate, senior Aero major. Both hail from Waxahachie. Walton Hall Open To Ball Visitors ! Ramps I, J, and K of Wajlton have been assigned by the Office' of the Dean of Students for the use of visiting girls attending the Mil itary Ball, March 18, 1960. Studhnts will be assessed $1.25 per night; per guest to cover costs. (Linens L “ be provided.) Refunds canno 1 made. Drink Salesmen Want For Home Ball Game Students interested in selling cold drinks sit the local baseball games have been asked to con tact J. Carroll at the Student! Ac tivities Office; at 1 p. m. Friday. Tan Beta Pi There will be a Tau Beta Pi election meeting Friday night in the CE lecture Room at 7?15 according to Dean Howard F It is imperative that all dergraduate Tau Beta Pi m< here attend this meeting low said. awarded a scholarship will be eli gible for similar training work oA a Guernsey farm if it can : be ar ranged by the Guernsey j Cattle Club, Darnell pointed out. The scholarships offer a student an opportunity to get some good practical experience in working with a good herd. The student will also be tying himself into oppor tunities for a good job after grad uation, Darnell said. Winners of th* scholarships lyill spend their first summer in work ing with a herdsman to become familiar with dairy management practices such as milking, care of calves and yearlings, clipping, brushings, trimming feet and sketching. During the second summer the student will be required to take care of cows in a general herd and will also care for a string of test cows. | While working the third summer, the student will act as a relief man in getting acquainted with all work related to dairying. This will include the caring for herd sires, cows in the maternity barn, dry e°ws and calves/ He will also assist with the breeding program both natural and artificial, keep records, figure rations, clean milk house equipment, fit show animals and exhibit them at fairs.! Cox Addresses Short Course : ! II ’ Dri George W. Cox, statii! health office)', cited the progress in water supply and sewage disponal dur ing the post year In a banquet ud- drass at the Texas Water ami Sewage Works Association's short school here last night. Dr. Cox gave recognition to cit ies which nave made outittandlng program and achievement in water works and sewage facilities by announcing the State Health Department’s nonor roll. ! j This short course is belni t 1 In cooperation with the State partment of Health, the Southwest Section, American Water Worka Association, the State Board for Vocational Education, and A&M. The school, which opened Mon day, is one of the best attended and one of the most successful’ schools held at A&M, according to Joe H. Sorrels, professor of the Civil Engineering Department and past vice-president of the associa tion. Uel Stephens, director of the Fort Worth city water department, was elected president of the asso ciation. The school will close,today. ■ LIT Third Installment Fees Now Payable Third installment fees of $46.00 are now payable at the Fiscal Department. These fees must be paid before March 20 to avoid penalty an nounced W. H. Holzmann, comp troller of the college. Penberthy, White At NAD AM Meet ,-S'd- J’ \ ; W. L. Penberthy, Dean, of Men; Lt. Col. Joe E. Davis, Military Science Department; and C. G. “Spike” White, Assistant Dean of Men for Activities, will return Saturday from the annual meeting of the National Association of Deans and Advisors of, Men in Williamuburg, Va. Need Buildingl Horsley States i E. L. Britt Britt Presents Winning Paper E. L, Britt, senior chemical engineering student at Texas A£M College, presented the winning student paper at the recent regional meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in Houston. / f His subject was “Synthetl^ Ll-i quid Fuels." T Britt, technical editor of "The Engineer,” is the kon of / K. G. Britt of 610 Cedar Hill /Avenue, D»HM. p; f, J Thlrty-two papers were submit ted by students attending the meet ing, out only four were chosen to be presented on the student techni cal urogram. All members of (lie chemical engineering faculty attended some phasq of the four/day meeting, Feb.j20-March 1. Dr( W. D, Harris, professor of chemifiar engineering, and Dr. J. D. Linsay, head of the department, served on arrangei ments committee for the meeting, for which the South Texas, chap ter of the Organization, was host) Three Companies Win Passby Firsts First place winners of the corps pass-by review Tuesday afternoon were “E” Field Artillery in the east column and “A” Cavalry tied with “H” Aiiy Forqe in the west column. Each of these first place winners were accessed 400 points. Second place winners were ,“C” Field Artillery tieing with “A" Chemical Coitps and "B” Engin eers in the east column, and “A” A(ir Force in the west column. Points were awarded to other outfits according to the grades given by the'reviewing officers.’ find out the intangible qualittsats of one another that cannot put oh paper. Some df the qualitieg>that the iu-pp terviewer looks for in the prosper-jg, ‘ tive employee were outlined by we Horsley. The f rst thing he notices Is «e your personal appearance. Al- it though in is a tangible thing it in- >u dicutes many intangible qualities if to the iiterviewer. : ai Your I'arriage, your handshake, I, your manners, and your clothes ir and the way you wear them itjdl- i- eates a lot to the interviewer. ; a Social Adaptability Jj Second tiling you are judged on is your ability to get along With u other pi opto, he continued, Tnpy are particularly interested in (his because | industry today is toatn ** work. A|ny job you take will re- quire that you be able to htlx J” and mingle with people. Your command of the EngitohI;Jf language is another Important fac-Vj tor. The, ability to use It in speak-T ing or writing is. a prime reauis-"^’ ite for success on any Job. A&M is . frequently criticized, he cautioned, because of the spelling of grqd- ^ uates of this schirtl. Another quality necessary foil a good impression to common sense and good judgement, i. The l ifth quality is your /irp- sourcefulness and adaptabiiji Can yod do a job right and dq] on time and are you willing to jac- cept responsibility? More Than Grade Points “The employer ii naturally terested in your grade point ratio, gnd extra curricular activities”^, said Hoksley “butj mainly from the standpo nt of how you went about getting your education. “Although a ijiigh grade point ratio is definitely in' youF, favor, there i.re instances where men With a 'ery high ratio were a erable failure a|t a job beci__. they had not cultivated their bel- sonal shills along with their tech nical slfiJIs.” ,U , Three Phases Horsley said tnat the interview iS\ divided into three main parts; before, during, and after the in- You should bq prepared before, making’/ an .appointment fori ah interview Know something about the cortipahy thst you are trying t°I«rct a job with, he advised. I laxed, be accu’ ific. Be? sure to son foif wanting comparty beeaust ly aiwiys one ti°n^ ’ie follow replien tc S* patton ospectlvs ilequaUt plication i nterview be te, and.' be s have a good ren-'* _ tq work forj the i« this is practical- njf the main ques- up of^e later-. . sc Ini ■slay ended thae tile averMs a nptn [will wort 40 veays. A rim cxhect iluring th P«f yeir. This Pi'omjR and criueise ... nv corrieepon- ( anil don’t itoedto employer. Gjvs time to cottfiitor before bothering th a letter of Inquiry his talk by saying e length of time for a company Is aonahle salar Is period is $ i dds up to a „»0»t which, he adde, our tlmh and effort t<l d*. jplpj Cadet Meal Hour Scheduled at Six Dinner for the corps of cadets Saturday evening will be at 6 p. m., Walt Zimmerman, general chairman, said this morning. The time has been set to allow cadets ample opportunity to return to the corps area/ fol lowing the review on the drill fieM. • Y\\>. , rd from a conversation ■ an old| and a newl col- ployee-fj’There are. Some things you JUST DO around here. I and there are other things that / just AREN’T .DONE.” ! j A v(»ry sage J observation. \ FILE FOR FUTURE REFER ENCE DEPARTMENT — Betty! Burns, a professional model Irom Foley’d and diriectofess of ! the it clothing exhibit to be giveh in L Guion Mjfrch 29, was on the cam- r pus yesterday. | While making arrangements for L 1 We production she asked to see the ' troops who volunteered to exhibit the clothing. “You see, I’ll [have to select all th4 girls who are go ing to come up here and help you all and I want to be sure to get them the right height.” As the j troops took an | even greater interest in the plan*—for Betty is easy | on the eyeS-rShe : looked at their leering faces, laughed and said, “Oh we have; them *11 heights, tall and willowv and short and pert.” r -‘- qn she commented,; “You he first time I’ve hing like this at I'll probably learn Yes, wa imagine she will. I