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Fish Drill Names CO, Team 1st Sgt A&M’s crack Freshman Drill Team has selected its commander and first sergeant. H. W. Schmid, Jr., a pre-dental major from San Antonio, is in the top spot of the group. V. H. Thompson III, an aeronautical engineering major from Houston, is in the second slot. The team is composed of 57 members of the Class of ’64. Out of these, 47 have had previous ROTC experience. Twenty seven were on drill teams and seven serv ed as drill team commanders. Schmid, 17, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Schmid. He attend ed Central Catholic High School in San Antonio. He was command er of the Central Catholic drill team. He is in Company H-2. Thompson, 17, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. V. H. Thompson, Jr. He graduated from Sam Houston High School in Houston. At Sam Houston he was commander of the drill team. He is in Squadron 9. Dr. Hedges Named Assistant Professor Dr. Richard M. Hedges has been named an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, Dr. P. K. Calaway, head of the depart ment, has announced. Dr. Hedge is teaching physical Faculty, Staff Club To Meet Thursday For Second Dance The College Faculty Staff Din ner Club will meet Thursday at 7:30 p. m. in the Assembly Room of the Memorial Student Center for the second dinner dance of the season, B. A. Zinn, club chairman, has announced. Music will be furnished by the Aggieland Combo. Dress is formal or informal. Season tickets for this occasion r^nd the other two meetings of the year may be purchased for $7 a person from the club sercetary, Dr. A. G. Caldwell. chemistry and lecturing in fresh man chemistry at present. He holds a BS degree from Southern Methodist University and his PhD degree from Lowa State University, 1955, majoring in phy sical chemistry and minoring in mathematics. At Iowa State Dr. Hedges wroked with Dr. Harrison Shull. After completion of his work at Iowa State University, Dr. Hedges accepted a post-doctoral fellowship with Dr. F. A. Matsen of the De partment of Chemistry at the Un iversity of Texas for a two-year appointment followed by a three- year period as an instructor in the Department of Chemistry at UT. Dr. Hedges, research interests center around molecular spectros copy and molecular quantum me chanics. He is a member of the American Physical Society, Society of the Sigma Xi and Phi Lambda, Upsilon, honorary scholastic fra ternity for chemists. Dr. and Mrs. Hedges are the parents of three children and live at 505 Jersey St., College Station. Texas Writer, Outdoorsman Dies in Austin Walter Randolph Logan, 34, a well known outdoor and agricultural writer in Texas and Oklahoma, died at his Austin home Sunday of a heart attack. Logan published a farm news letter for A&M and was a writer for the University of Texas Bureau of Business Research. He worked in the A&M College Information Office for one and a half years. He as also a free lance writer and outdoor columnist for the Aus tin Times Herald, a weekly news paper, and editor and advertising manager for the Texas Farm and Ranch weekly. Logan was a graduate of the University of Oklahoma. He is survived by his widow, a daughter, Evelyn Logan, and two sons, Robert and John, all of Aus tin; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Logan of Oklahoma; a sister, Miss Jean Logan of Bryan, and one brother, Edward of College Sta tion. CPS Exam Deadline Dec. 1 The Bryan-College Station Chap ter of the National Secretaries As sociation said all local qualified secretaries interested in the CPS— Certified Professional Secretaries —Examination must submit their applications before the Dec. 1 dead line. Examination, centers for this area are Waco, San Antonio and Houston and the scheduled dates for the test are the first Friday and Saturday in May. Texas ranks second in the nation in the number of CPS certificate holders, having a total of 173. California is first with 204 secre taries having earned the distinc tion of the CPS rating, which is a symbol of professional status in the secretarial field. Secretaries interested in making application, should contact Mrs. Marie Francklow, education chair man of the local NS A chapter, VI 6-7738, for application forms and further information. BATTALION Tuesday, November 8,1960 College Station, Texas Page 3 Keeping Tab on Everything Is Big Job for Sam Fort Dr. G. W. Schlesselman,, Sam Fort “ . .. that’s just what we need” 5,000 ATTEND Huge Dallas Party Termed 46 Swingin’ ’’ Be well groomed for success That “like new” look we give your clothes is sure to make the right impressions whether you’re on the job or on the town. CAMPUS CLEANERS By TOMMY HOLBEIN “What did you think of the party Saturday night?” These are some of the answers to that question, in regard to the enormous dance in Dallas Memorial Auditorium: Marvin Bradshaw, junior archi tect major from Dallas: ‘It was so fine! Everything was all right, and the entire party as “swinging” for everyone who went to it. Many a date was impressed by the dance Saturday night!” ★ ★ ★ Bob Kilpatrick, senior general business major from Houston: “At the first of the year, everyone harped on unity through strength; I don’t know how many people had the strength to walk away from the dance, but I do know there was a close unity between everyone who went to the dance. It was a unity of mutual pleasure, to say the least.” ★ ★ ★ Bill Brantley, sophomore civil engineering major from Rome, AGGIES NEED ANY WELDING DONE ? ? ? ? ★ BUILD FURNITURE, TRAILERS, ETC. ★ BUILD GO-KARTS ★ WELD ALUMINIUM HEADS & MANIFOLDS Call On SPAWS WELDING SHOP VI 6-7209, Night VI 6-8367 (Next To Marion Pugh Lumber Company) Italy: “It was one of the finest blasts I have ever experienced. The music was perfect, especially Ted Weems. Also, the lighting was ‘just right’, and there was room enough for everyone to dance com fortably. The whole thing was ‘the greatest’, and I wish we could have another one next year.” ★ ★ ★ Jim Poss, freshman engineering major from Lake Charles, La.: “On the whole, it was a fine dance, and the Dallas A&M Club put a lot into it. The event was held in a location perfect for its purpose, and I know everyone had a good time.” Along with the praise, there was one dominant complaint about the party: everyone seemed to feel the ‘set-ups’ including cokes, ginger- ale and ice were too expensive. Many, also disliked the idea of being prevented from bringing their own set-ups to the dance, in stead of buying them at the Audi torium. Other than these complaints, all 5,000 in attendance at the dance have termed it a “rocking blast”. It is the general concensus of everyone who enjoyed the “blast” that the seven hours in the audi torium were the finest they had spent in who knows when?’ One thing for sure: the dance couldn’t have been much more of a success than it was! 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Because of a war injury, Fort had to give up a law enforcement and military career that stretched over a period of more than 20 years—and it was through years of determination that he trained for .! the responsible, position he holds today. . : • , y' .V •, I V", jil < Fort was about 20 years older than the average undergraduate college student when he enrolled at Texas Tech back in 1948 to be gin preparing for another career. To finance his schooling and to support his wife and three chil dren, including two in elementary school, he attended class during the day->and operated a radio for the highway patrol at night. •«<*** Graduated In Three Years He graduated from Tech in 1951 with a bachelor of science degree in economics. He still wasn’t sat isfied. He continued his studies for another year and earned an MBA degree in accounting. As inventory supervisor he checks the inventory of each de partment and division of A&M, the Texas Engineering Extension Service and the Texas Engineering Experiment Station. Needless to say, his is a big job. There are more than 60,000 individ ually-numbered items on the prop erty inventory and an additional 20,000 or more that are carried on the “group” inventory. Fort and his staff examine the inventory record of each depart-; ment, division and office, checking to see that each record includes new purchases and transfers as well as the items that were includ ed in the previous inventory. Needs Complete Records It is imperative that Fort have a complete record of everything on the inventory so that he can, on short notice, furnish a listing of quantity, type, value and loca tion of tables, desks, fire extin guishers, lawn mowers, rifle tele scopes, borameters, analog com puters and microscopes and other items. “It is very seldom that any item, regardless of its age, is discarded because we have found that some one, eventually, will find use for it,” Sam says. Fort renders another valuable ser vice to staff and faculty members. If someone, on short notice, needs more tables or chairs for a confer- piwp or short course, he is the man khey call. A native of Rilverton in the Texas Panhandle, Fort’s father was circuit-riding Methodist minis ter. His boyhood was spent in many Texas towns, including Floy- dada, Silverton, Plainview, Turkey, Afton, Dimmitt and Muleshoe. In 1927, when he was in ‘hid teens, Fort joined the Marine corps for a six-year enlistment. Pro motions were few and far between and when he got his sergeant’s stripes, his was the only promotion to that rank ‘in the 1 entire corps that month. Starts Law Enforcement Career Following his release from the service, Fort went to Lubbock where he started his law enforce ment career, serving on the police force as a city detective for three years. For the next two years he was an agent for the Texas Liquor Control Board, one of his principal jobs being to find and destroy illieit whiskey stills. Next, he was a deputy sheriff in Hutchinson county, then a Texas highway patrolman in the Amarillo district. Three years after joining the Highway Patrol he joined the US Navy. It was during 1944 when he was sent to the South Pacific, a gunner’s mate aboard an attack transport. He was wounded during the UKinawa campaign. Following his release from the Navy in 1946, Fort rejoined the Texas Highway Patrol. He was given a desk job because of his war injury. He began thinking of returning to school. He enrolled in Texas Tech in 1948 and continued wroking at night as a radio operator for the Department of Public Safety. Upon graduation, he was trans ferred to Austin by Col. Homer Garrison, Head of the Department of Public Safety, to set up an in ventory for that office. Mr. and Mrs. Fort have two sons and a daughter, Sam Jr. is a sen ior animal science major at A&M and George is a junior studying modern language. Ann is a seventh grader at the Lamar junior high school in Bryan. 67 MILLION (Continued from Page 1) the end came each man seemed frantic lest something still remain ed unsaid. Nixon put in four hours on tele vision Monday, answering ques tions phoned in by listeners, and then appeared with President Ei senhower and vice-presidential candidate Henry Cabot Lodge in another 30-minute program. Kennedy put in 30 minutes of TV rebuttal to Nixon, plus a last moment appeal in a 30-minute show 1 from Boston. Some sample quotes: Nixon speaking of Kennedy— “He voices his concern for the people, and then advocates a Niagara of spending which would in the end either raise their taxes or prices, or both, and would cheapen their insurance policies, pensions and Social Security.” Kennedy speaking of Nixoxn—• “Words and gestures—talks and visits—will not bring peace in the future, just as they have failed to bring peace during the last eight years.” Most poll takers give Kennedy a slight edge, but rarely have so many predictions been hedged in so many directions. The difficulty is simple. Scarce ly a one of the 50 states can be rated safely in the bag for either Nixon or Kennedy. Big states like Illinois 27 electorial votes, Michi gan 20, Pennsylvania 32 and Texas 24 are tossups. With 269 electoral votes needed for victory, a slight switch in either direction could upset the most carefully calculated predic tion. Almost lost in the excitement over the presidential race are the contests for governors and for Congress. Much of the attention in the gubernatorial races will center on Michigan, Kansas and Illinois. In Michigan, Democrat G. Men- en Soapy Williams i§ stepping down after serving a record of six two-year terms. Lt. Gov. John B. Swainson, 35, a Democrat, is running against Paul D. Bagwell, 47, a Michigan State University speech professor. In Kansas, Democrat Gov. George Docking is trying to be come the first member of his par ty to win three consecutive two- year terms in what once was a pre dominantly Republican state. John Anderson is supplying the Repub lican opposition. In Illinois, Republican Gov. Wil liam G. Stratton is shooting for his third four-year term. Otto Karner hopes to beat him. No matter how the presidential race goes, Democrats are expect ed to keep control of Congress. 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