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A The Battalion Volume 59 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2,1960 Number 76 Suzanne van de Putte . . . 18-year-old lovely Ninth Annual Tallman To Emcee Annual ITS Show Popular disc jockey from radio station KTSA, Pat Tail- man, and a Brazilian singer and dancer from Southern Metho dist University, Suzanne van de Putte, are two big attractions that will , headline the ninth annual Intercollegiate Talent Show on March 11 at 7:80 p.m. in-t — G. Rollie White Coliseum. The show will feature 10 acts elected from more than 150 acts auditioned at 18 colleges and uni versities in Texas, Olahoma, Ar kansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Tickets on Sale Advance sale general admision tickets are being sold by staff and unit commanders at 75 cents each. General admission at the door will be $1 and reserved seats are $1.25. Children’s ducats are 50 jents each. Master of Ceremonies Tallman Will be aided by his program side- kick Bob Mersinger, who has worked with Tallman for the past three years. Tallman has worked in radio for six years, three of them for KTSA, and is presently Pat Tallman . KTSA disc jockey # :ir * fl .... Bob Mersinger . . program sidekick going to college in San Antonio. Together, Tallman and Mersinger have worked over 400 dates in the state, ranging from record hops to graduation exercises. Sons and Dance Act The Brazilian song and dance act, entiled “Senhorita Brasileira,” will be performed by Suzanne van de Putte, a lovely 18-year-old sophomore voice major from Sao Paulo, Brazil. Her act won second place in the Sao Paulo Amateur Show and was featured as a top act for the SMU Homecoming Show and the Pigskin Revue. She recently made a record, “Com Saudedes’, Vol. II,” of Brazilian folk songs. Suzanne sings in' English as well as Brazilian and in her act, wears the costume of a Brazilian “baiana.” Special attraction of this year’s ITS will be the Tyler Junior Col lege Apache Bells, who will open and close the show. Purpose of ITS Purpose of the ITS is to bring together, in one show, the best college and university talent in this area, while also promoting good relations among these schools. With the inclusion of Missis sippi in the audition tour last year, the show became an official event of Region IX of the Na tional Assn, of College Unions. Cadet Scholastic Reports Same As Marks Posted Last Fall Less Gap Shown Between Outfits Plans Near Close Career Day Set Saturday Plans are in the final stages for Saturday’s High School Career Day program on the campus. High school seniors are expected from all over the state for the annual program. To See Review The seniors will see a review of* the Corps of Cadets, hear talks by President Earl Rudder, Dean of Agriculture G. M. Watkins, Dean of Arts and Sciences Frank Hubert, Dean of Engineering Fred Benson and Dean of Veterinary Medicine A. A. Price. They will also attend open houses in the four teaching schools of the college. Registration will be held for the high school seniors in the lobby of the Memorial Student Center Saturday morning at 7:30 and anytime Friday for those who arrive early. Immedite after registration, the students will see a review of the Corps of Cadets at 8 a.m. on the Main Drill Field in front of the MSC. Following the review, they will report to Guion Hall for their orientation meeting. Informative Addresses At this orientation meeting, they will hear talks by Rudder, Watkins, Hubert, Benson and Price. Wat kins’ topic will be “Careers in Agriculture,” Hubert will speak on “Opportunities in Arts and Sci ences,” Benson will speak on “Horizons Unlimited in Engineer ing” and Price’s topic will be “Veterinary Medicine as a Career.” The students will have free time from 11 to 12 to look over the campus, visit friends or do any thing they wish. They will eat lunch at 12 in the college dining halls and will then attend open houses in the four college teach ing schools at 1. Faculty members and students will conduct tours of SchoolBoardFiling Deadline Thursday Deadline for filing for the School Board of the A&M Con solidated School District has been set tomorrow. Petitions for posts on the board are available at the Office of the Superintendent at A&M Consoli dated High School, according to W. T. Riedell, superintendent of schools. their schools and displays and demonstrations will be on exhibit. Close of Program These open houses will conclude at 5, thus ending the college- sponsored portion of the program. After supper at 5:30 in the college dining halls, the students will be free to do anything they wish. Those staying overnight Friday or Saturday or both nights will be housed in the college dormitories. William G. Shenkir . . . receives reward The following unofficial ratings of scholastic stand ings of students currently enrolled in school are listed by rank and based on the Unit Scholastic Reports for the fall semester, 1959-60. PLACE GPR UNIT PLACE GPR UNIT 1 1.66 Co. H-2 20 1.37 Co. D-2 2 1.63 Co. K-2 21 1.35 Sqdn. 9 3 1.59 Co. L-2 T22 1.33 Sqdn. 1 4 1.56 Co. 1-2 T22 1.33 W Band 5 1.54 Co. F-l 24 1.32 Sqdn. 12 6 1.53 Sqdn. 14 T25 1.31 Sqdn. 7 T7 1.50 Co. G-l T25 .1.31 Sqdn. 8 T7 1.50 Co. A-2 27 1.30 Co. D-l T7 1.50 Co. C-2 28 1.29 Co. E-l 10 1.49 Sqdn. 5 T29 1.28 Co. A-l Til 1.46 Sqdn. 11 T29 1.28 Sqdn. 17 Til 1-.46 Sqdn. 16 31 1.26 Sqdn. 10 13 1.45 Co. B-2 32 1.23 Sqdn 3 T14 1.43 Co. F-2 T33 1.22 Co. H-l T14 1.43 Sqdn. 15 T33 1.22 Co. E-2 16 1.40 M Band 35 1.19 Co. C-l T17 1.39 Sqdn. 4 36 U7 Sqdn. 13 T17 1.39 Co. G-2 37 1.16 Sqdn. 2 19 1.38 Co. B-l 38 1.14 Sqdn. 6 $250 Essay Prize Offered to Students Any Aggie who desires to take advantage of the op portunity has a chance to win $250 by expressing in an essay the advantages he finds at A&M, through the essay contest sponsored each year by C. L. Babcock, Beaumont insurance- man and member of the Class of't ; ’20. Topic for this yearSs essay is “The Advantages I Find at A&M,” and screening of the essays sub mitted in the contest will be done by The Battalion staff; final judg ing will be done by a committee to be named by President Earl Rudder. Tommy Keith, ’59, was last year’s winner of the $250 first prize for his essay entitled “Texas A&M—What It Means to Me.” Keith’s essay was reprinted in the Congressional Record and dis tributed by the Association of Former Students as well as re printed in several Texas news papers. In addition to the $250 first prize, 10 runners-up will receive certificates in the contest. Both Shenkir Receives Theological Award William G. (Bill) Shenkir, senior business administration major, has been awarded a Rockerfeller Brothers Theological Fellowship for 1960-61. He is one of 65 students in the United States selected for this honor. Shenkir has chosen'f- — 1 Harvard Divinity School in Cam bridge, Mass, to do his fellowship work and will enter in September. J. Gordon Gay, coordinator of religious life and general secretary of the YMCA, is representative of the Rockefeller Fellowship pro gram on the campus. The fellowship specifies Shenkir March 19 Date Slated For Civilian Weekend Tickets for two Civilian Week end events, a dance and a barbe- que, went on sale yesterday, ac cording to John Garner, junior civ il engineering major from Living ston and Ticket Chairman for this year’s event. Both the dance and the barbe- que are scheduled for Saturday, March 19, said Garner. The semi-formal dance will be held from 9 p.m.-12 midnight in Sbisa Hall. The Les Blume Or chestra will provide the music for the dance, Garner said. Ticket^ will cost $1.50 per couple, he added. Garner said there would be no theme for this year’s dance. Half a barbequed chicken will be served everyone who attends the barbeque in DeWare Field House beginning at 5:30 p.m. Sat urday, Garner said. Price of tick ets to the dinner will be $1 for adults and 50 cents for children under 12. Garner said tickets may be pur chased from row representatives, dorm Presidents or any member of the Civilian Student Council. Tickets may also be purchased from booths in the YMCA and MSC, he said. Dorms should submit a picture of their dorm sweetheart to R. O. Murray Jr. no later than March 9, according to Lee A. Griggs, sen ior architecture major from San Antonio and publicity chairman for the 1960 Civilian Weekend. An entry fee of $5 should accompany each picture, Griggs said. Senate Meet Slated Thursday in MSC The Student Senate will meet Thursday in the Senate Chamber of the Memorial Student Center. Included on the meeting agenda are the Muster Speaker, Twelfth Man Basketball, the Blood Drive and the discussion for choosing the Outstanding Staff Member. Jake Sekerka, Senate president, will preside over the meeting. is willing to do conscientious study for a year, during which time he will consider entering some phase of the ministry. If not, the Fellow ship cites, the student will have an insight into the ministry he otherwise may not have. Due Degree in Spring Shenkir, a graduate assistant in accounting, is due to receive his BBA degree at the spring gradu ation. “He is the first student from A&M to be chosen for this honor,” Gay says. Shenkir is a distinguished stu dent, member of Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Eta Sigman, Aggie Band, Regional YMCA Council, Inter faith Council and the Student Ecumenical Planning Committee; treasurer of the Texas Methodist Student Movement, delegate from A&M to the National Student Assembly of YMCA held at the University of Illinois last year; delegate from Texas to the Meth odist Student Movement; he at tended the Christian Citizenship Seminar held recently in New York and Washington, D. C.; he is in Who’s Who among students in American Colleges and Universi ties; president of the local YMCA, and is chaplain of the band. the certificates and the $250 first prize award will be presented at the annual Student Publication Awards Banquet, scheduled for May 13. Several rules exist concerning form and deadlines for entries in the contest. April 15 is the dead line for entries. They should be prepared in regular manuscript form, double spaced, with an orig inal and two carbon copies. Manuscripts should be not less than 250 words nor more than 1,000 words in length. The en tries should be turned in to The Battalion office on the ground floor of the YMCA. Criteria used in judging the en tries, as set by Babcock, includes the following questions: “Is It Fair?”, “Is it the Truth?”, “Will it Build Good Will?”, and “Will it Be Beneficial?”. Any full time student currently enrolled in A&M, except mem bers of The Battalion staff, is eligible to submit an essay. In announcing the contest, Bob- cock said, “I believe the papers prepared by students will contain constructive and useful informa tion for publication, especially in pamphlet form.” By JOHNNY JOHNSON Battalion Editor With more men and fewer but larger organizations the Corps of Cadets grades remained the same for the 1959-60, fall semester as for the same period last year, according to figures released by Kenneth R. McGee, Corps scholastic of ficer. ’ ■ The overall grade point ratio for the Corps for the fall semester was set at 1.38, identical to last year’s figure. The 1958-59 fall semester 1.38 was higher than the 1,282 for the 1957-58 fall semester. More Than Last Year McGee’s, figures showed there were 3,545 cadets who finished the fall semester against 2,872 who completed the semester last year. *■ With 38 cadet units this year, compared with 53 last year, the top outfit remained the same, but posted a lower GPR. Co. H-2 (last year’s A Med ical Company) posted a 1.66 to lead the Corps, compared with a 1.71 last year. Smaller Gap The gap between the top and bottom outfits was not as great this year as last. This year H-2’s 1.65 was high and Squadron 6’s 1.14 was low. Last year the 1.71 by A Medical (now H-2) was high and a 1.09 by A Armor was low. As usual, day student and ath letic outfits were near the top of the grade standings. Co K-2, a day student outfit; Co. L-2, Hart Hall athletes; Co. 1-2, day stu dents; and Squadron 14, day stu dents; ranked second through sixth, respectively, with the ex ception of fifth place which was occupied by Co. F-l. Dean of Students James P. Han- nigan expressed appreciation to the men of the Corps of Cadets for the reduction of the gap be tween the high andl ow outfits. ‘Gratifying to See . . .' ‘It’s very gratifying to see the reduction in the difference be tween the high and low outfits. This shows the Corps is becoming more standard and gives us an op portunity to. work to increase the overall GPR.” ‘Day of Prayer’ Theme Picked For Services “Laborers Together With God” has been set as the theme for the campus observance of the inter national “World Day of Prayer,” Friday at the St. Thomas Episcop al Chapel. The college whistle will blow at 10 a.m. to signal for one minute of silence and to officially begin the campus ceremonies. The whistle' will again blow at 10:01 following the one minute of silent meditation. A 30 minute program has been planned by the College Station Council of Church Women for the Episcopal Chapel. Mrs. F. L. Thomas from the St. Thomas Epis copal Church will be the organist for the one minute period of medi tation. Following the minute of silence, Mrs. Stuart E. Brown from the College Station Methodist Church will lead the confession ceremony. This will be followed by the dedi cation ceremony to be led by Mrs. W. L. Penberthy of the College Station Presbyterian Church. Mrs. E. J. Maresh of the Col lege Station Luthei’an Church, will then lead the intercession cere mony, to be followed by the offer ing, which will be offered by Mrs. Thomas. Rev. William R. Oxley, rector of the St. Thomas Chapel, will then offer the benediction. .'Yi V ■ UUUY';.':. New Plant Science Building Shown above is a scale model of the new riated funds for the structure at a meeting Plant Science building scheduled for con- last weekend. Estimated cost of the build- struction on the A&M campus. The A&M ing is $2,125,000. College System Board of Directors approp-