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I ■ • If n mmmm .. ■ WlimM!' ' ''' r S Freshman Open Each year during New Student Week, the Memorial Student Center sponsors an open house for incoming freshman. At the open house freshmen are given a tour of the MSC and all facilities of the building, its services House in MSC and the purposes and activities of the stu dent committees are explained to the fresh men. College Station and Bryan girls serve as hostesses at the affair. MSC GIVES STUDENTS (Continued from Page 1) leagues begin Oct. 17, and in late April will stage its 11th annual Southwest Intercollegiate Bowling Contest, the tenth version of which saw participation last spring by 16 teams from eight colleges. Parks Mahaney, ’61, is 1960-61 chairman of the Bowling Committee. SCONA Tom Reid, ’61, is chairman of the committee which brings students from colleges and universities in the United States, Canada and Mexico to the A&M campus each year to attend the conference com monly called SCONA. The 1960 conference is scheduled for Dec. 7-10. Town Hall The Town Hall series, this year under the student chairmanship of Ronald Frazier, ’61, has placed on the 1960-61 calendar the follow ing presentations: Herb Shriner and “Pops Americana”—Oct. 20; the Ray Coniff Orchestra—Nov. 17; the American Ballet Theatre— March 2; and the United States Air Force Band and Singing Ser geants—April 10. Activities designed mainly for the student who wishes to broaden the scope of his college life through active participation in areas beyond study and military endeavors are also available in the MSC pro gram. Freshman Open House Mark Dierlam, ’61, heads a com mittee which begins the' college year with an open house for new students, planned to give the new students a chance to meet personal ly the president and other officials of the college and to understand further the MSC activitYhs Vi ; o- "Pinalle, the Aggie version of a gram, this committee, the Evalua tion Committee, also studies the MSC program for methods of im proving the service offared through its activity committees and makes recommendations to various groups during the year for improvement. Dance The Dance Committee, headed this year by Gates Whiteley, ’62, sponsors all dances given on the campus, as well as weekly dance classes for Aggies who want to learn to dance or who feel their present style needs polishing. Registration for Fall term dance classes will begin at 8 p.m. Tues day, Sept. 27. Manning Smith, nationally recognized dance in structor, will instruct both a basic and an intermediate class each, week for a minimum of ten weeks. Campus dances for the Fall in clude two All-College Dances on Sept. 24 and Oct. 15; Cafe Rue ij- COME IN AND GET ACQUAINTED With Our Friendly Barbers “DUTCH”, “FISH”, “JESSE” AND “BILL”. Serving Aggies For 35 Years In Same Location —^laqielancl (J^arlcr op College Station, Texas Bill Moon Prop. French nightclub, held in the Lower Level of the MSC, Sept. 23 and Oct. 14 and 28; “Midnight in New Orleans”, featuring four hands, elaborate decorations and occupancy of the entire second floor of the MSC, Oct. 29; and the traditional dance following the famous A&M Bonfire built before the University of Texas football game, Nov. 22. National Flying Meet The Flyinc FrUtU of which Jim Wil’er-s, ’60, is acting chair man, are the 1961 hosts to the annual flying meet of the National Intercollegiate Flying Assn., set "o- April 27-30. More than 100 p’athes, flown by students from colleges and universities across the nation, are expected to participate in the meet at Easterwood Field, the College airport. The Kadets are • A&M students, all interested in flying, who meet regularly to discuss flying and who have several flying meets with nearby colleges during the year. Other Committees Other MSC committees and their 1960-61 chairmen are Bridge, John McMullen, ’61; Browsing Li brary, David Adams, ’62; Camera Club, Bill Sprayberry, graduate student; Creative Arts, John Hampton, ’61; Personnel, Kenneth Fadal, ’61; Public Relations, Paul Heye, ’62; and Radio, Lloyd Staf ford, ’62. Welcome Aggies BRYAN’S ONLY CHRYSLER CORP. DEALER Servicing all Chrysler Products Factory Trained Mechanics New and Used Cars HALSELL MOTOR CO. DODGE LANCER CHRYSLER 1411 Texas Ave. Serving Bryan Since 1922 DODGE DART IMPERIAL TA 2-3784 , c