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The Battalion Volume 59 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1959 Number 13 Group T W Yell Practice in Invitation Offered By Aggie Queen By BILL HICKLIN Battalion News Editor The robust Aggies greeted a lovely feminine dele gation from Texas Woman’s University last night at the traditional Monday Yell Practice in The Grove. An invitation was extended from the lasses to the Ags for the pre-Corps Trip Dance in Denton this weekend. However, the highlight of the evening was the intro duction of the newly-elected Aggie Sweetheart, Miss Rose Ann Annaratone, junior from Memphis, Tenn. Each class at TWU was represented—Jeanine Fitschen, senior class president; Sandra Minger of the Student Cam pus Governing Assn.; Myrtice Conn, sophomore class presi dent; Genevive Hogue, freshman class president; and. of Grove Sweetheart and Cadet Colonel Heye . . . Miss Annaratone fleams in the MSC Concessions, Game Consolidated Fete Slated Saturday John H. Southern, president of the A&M Consolidated Band Boos ters Club, said today that “There’ll be lots of fun and laughter for all ages at the Band Boosters’ Car nival this Saturday at the A&M Consolidated Campus.” Southern announced that activi ties wil begin at 5:30 with a sup per in the school cafeteria. Con cessions, games and ather activi ties will begin at 6. The carnival is planned to include the whole family. There’ll be a big variety of games, shows and refreshments. The school band under the direc tion of James Atkins will present a concert. The carnival will include a coun try store operated by Mrs. E. S. Holdridge, a spook house operated by John H. Southern, Ernest Tan ner’s snake house, games operated by the College Station Lions Club with C. E. Cosper in charge and a beauty bar operated by Mrs. Joseph H. Bfusse. Three shows will be given by James Baldauf, charcoal .portraits will be sketched by Keith Mc Creary, the fish pond will be op erated by Dr. and Mrs. Dale F. Leipper and Mrs. James Atkins. Dr. A. F. Isbell will sell balloons and the Girl Scouts will conduct a puppet show. There will be a for tune teller and Richard Rasmussen will be the carnival barker. Mrs. P. H. Callahan is general chairman of the foods committee. Others include Mrs. M. M. Ras mussen, Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Varvel, Mrs. Fred R. Brison, Dr. and Mrs. John Sperry and Mr. and Mrs. J. G. McGuire. Dr. W. N. Williamson is publicity chairman, L. P. Dulaney is in charge of light ing. Dr. Charles LaMotte, grounds and T. D. Ledbetter is ticket sales chairman. All funds resulting from the an nual carnival are used for instru ments, uniforms and activities of the A&M Consolidated Band. Harrington Speaks To Ross Volunteers An address by Dr. M. T. Har rington will be the feature of the Ross Volunteer Initiation Banquet to be held tonight in the Ballroom of the Memorial Student Center. Wade Dover, his year’s comman der of the Ross Volunteers, com mented that the seventy-three Corps juniors being initiated were the outstanding cadets of their class and that the stiff grade point requirements had been relaxed in some cases due to outstanding leadership traits and character. course, Miss Annaratone as representative of the junior class. Dean of Women Sam- mie Ross was also present. Miss Annaratone expressed appreciation to the Ags for her selection and declaimed she was es pecially proud to represent the men of Aggieland. She also ex tended an invitation to the Aggies for the weekend activities. All the class repesentatives of fered invitations for the tradi tional weekend. Miss Fitschen, who acted as mistress of ceremon ies also told of an open house scheduled this weekend. Class distinction was also in serted into the gathering as each of the classes brought out features of their respective group. Miss Hogue said she had noticed that the freshmen “are the best looking at A&M.” Miss Conn said the sophomores here were “the loudest,” and cordially invited the Ags to Denton Friday. Miss Minger declared the senior class was the “proudest class,” and wished the Aggies success in their clash with the Toads of Tex as Christian University in Fort Worth Saturday afternoon. Miss Annaratone in addition to extending an invitation to TWU, said she “was proud to be repre senting the junior class, but es pecially proud to be representing the men of Aggieland.” Miss Fitschen was escorted by J. C. Burton, Commander of the 1st Wing; Miss Minger by Ed Lux, commanding Officer of Squad ron 8; Miss Conn by Allan Burns, president of the Class of ’60; Miss Hogue by Joe Leeper, head yell leader; Miss Annaratone by Stan ley Weid, commanding officer of Squadron 10 and vice president of the Class of ’60, and Miss Ross by Bill Heye, colonel of the Corps. Miss Annaratone is a clothing- design and textiles major. Salute To The Cadet Colonel Bill Heye, followed by Byron Blasche, gives a salute to the newly-elected Aggie Sweetheart while marching into Dun can Dining Hall yesterday. To Heye’s right Sweetheart are, left to right, Stanley Weid, Sweetheart Rose Anne Annaratone, Jeanine Fitschen, Ed Lux, Dean of Women Dr. Sammie Ross and W. D. (Pete) Hardesty. Team Due Here This Week For Inspection A joint inspection team repre senting the Army and Air Force ROTC’s will be on the campus Thursday and Friday for the an nual inspection to determine A&M’s status as a military col lege, Col. Joe E. Davis, comman dant, told unit commanders Mon day afternoon. Each brancn will have two offi cers conducting the informal in spection, Col. Davis said. The outcome of the inspection will determine whether A&M keeps the rating as a military college which it was given last year. There will be no planned activi ties. The officers will inspect any and all phases of the Corps of Ca dets and military and air science instruction, said Col. Davis. Also discussed at the meeting was the Corps Trip to Fort Worth this weekend and the march-in to the University of Houston game Saturday night. The Corps will wear fatigues as uniform-of-the-day today and Wed nesday to allow cadets to prepare for the inspection, said Col. Davis. Ticket Sale Ends Wednesday at 5 Date and student tickets to the TCU game in Fort Worth will be on sale until Wednesday at 5 p.m., according to Pat Dial, business manager for the Department of Athletics. No student or student date tick ets may be. purchased at the game, Dial said. Sweetheart Arrives Arriving on the campus yesterday, newly- elected Aggie Sweetheart Rose Anne An naratone was escorted through a saber arch by Cadet Colonel of the Corps Bill Heye. Miss Annaratone was here with a delegation from TWU inviting Aggies to pre-Corps Trip activities in Denton this weekend. Luedecke To Head Atomic Talks Here Alvin J. Luedecke, ’32, general manager of the U. S. Atomic En ergy Commission, will be general chairman of the second annual. Texas Conference on the Utiliza tion of Atomic Energy, to be held on the A&M campus, Nov. 12 and 13. Nuclear scientists from through out the nation will present papers on the latest developments in the use of atomic energy during the two-day meeting. The first day’s papers will deal with nuclear de velopments in the physical sciences and the second day will be devoted to the life sciences. The meetings are open to representatives of ed ucational, governmental and in dustrial organizations throughout Texas. Three members of the staff of the A&M College System will serve with Luedecke in operating the conference. Dr. George M. Krise of the Radiation Biological Divi sion of the Texas Engineering Ex periment Station, is local chair man. Vice chairmen are R. G. Bader and Dr. R. E. Wainerdi. Papers scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 12, include: “The Determination of Trace ; I Love A&M’ Aggieland, Aggies Impress Newly-Elected Sweetheart By DAVE STOKER Battalion Managing Editor “I have always been impressed with A&M, and I am even more so now.” These were the smiling words of Rose Anne Annaratone, 1960 Aggie Sweetheart, as she gleamed before popping flash bulbs in the Memorial Student Center last night following yell practice. The lovely lass from Texas Wo man’s University and Memphis, Tenn., was here with a delegation from Tessieland inviting the Ag gies to pre-Corps Trip activities at TWU this weekend. The delegation included Miss Annaratone, Jeanie Fitschen, sen ior class representative; Murtice Conn, sophomore class represen tative; Genevieve Hogue, fresh man class representative; Sandra Minger, president of the Student Campus Governing Assn, at TWU; and Dr. Sammie Ross, dean of women at TWU. Arriving on the campus at 1:45 yesterday, the group was met by Cadet Colonel of the Corps Bill Heye • and Student Organization Adviser W. D. (Pete) Hardesty. Immediately the lovely sweetheart was escorted by Heye through’ a saber arch, a row of sixteen sen iors pointing arching sabers in the air. The sweetheart then checked in at the MSC, Went to her room and prepared to meet James P. Hanni- gan, dean of students, in his of fice on the second floor of the YMCA. From Hannigan’s office the Sweetheart, along with Dean Ross and Heye, visited A&M President Earl Rudder. Here the group dis cussed activities on both the A&M campus and the TWU campus. Then the group visited with Col. Joe Davis, commandant of the Corps. Following this visit the Sweetheart was guest in Duncan Dining Hall. After the meal in Duncan, Miss Annaratone and her delegation moved to The Grove for yell prac tice. Here the delegation officially invited Aggies to the pre-Corps Trip activities at TWU this week end. Escorting Miss Annaratone was Stanley Weid, Miss Conn by Allan Burns; Miss Minger by Ed Lux; Miss Hogue by Joe Leeper and Miss Fitschen by J. C. Burton. After yell practice the delega tion, with the escorts, assembled in the MSC to pose for pictures. Then the ladies and their Aggie escorts prepared for a night of en tertainment. Before leaving, Dean Ross asked the girls if they would like a cur few. ‘The reply was simply, “no.” Miss Annaratone left with Weid saying, “I love A&M and all Ag gies.” Elements by Activation Analysis,” by Dr. George W. Leddicotte, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; “Chemistry of Fission Products in Circulating Fuel Reactor Sys tems,” by Dr. George Watson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; “The Effect on the Residual Natural Gas If Radioactive Waste Materials were to be Stored in a Suitable Abandoned Gas Reservoir,” by Dr. George Crawford, University of Texas; “Nuclear Power — How, When, and If,” by W. Dickinson, Bechtel Corporation; “Reactors for the Propulsion of Manned Air craft and Missiles,” by Lt. Col. J. E. Bicknell, Missile Project Branch, Division of Reactor De velopment, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission; “Design Considera tions of the Nuclear Science Cen ter Reactor Facility,” by Dr. R. E. Wainerdi, Texas Engineering Ex periment Station; and “The Prob lem of Achieving Thermonuclear Power,” by Dr. D. W. Kerst, Gen eral Atomic, a division of General Dynamics Corporation. Luedecke will deliver the ban quet address. Two Positions Open on CSC Positions for Freshman and Senior Class Representatives to the Civilian Student Council are now open, it was announced at the last CSC meeting. Filing for these positions will begin today and end Monday. Applicants for the positions can file with their respective dormitory counselors. The elec tion will be hfeld Wednesday, Oct. 21, in each dormitory. Votes can be polled with the designated dormitory council member in his own particular dormitory, or row representative for College View and Project Housing areas.