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TO BE REVEALED MARCH 11 Five Finalists Announced For Corps Sergeant Major Pine finalists in the race for Corps Sergeant Major were an nounced last night by Corps Com mander Syd Heaton, hey are: lalcolm H. Hall from Ballinger, James W. Cardwell from Luling, Gary R. Anderson from Corpus Christi, Stewart B. Carpenter from Houston and Charles L. Cochran from Houston. They were chosen from a field of 17 juniors. AH will undergo further inter views with Col. t Joe E. Davis, com- II mandant of cadets; Dean James P. Hannigan, dean of students and Earl Rudder, president of the col lege. The winner will be announced at the Militatry Bull, March 11. The Corps Sergeant Major is usually made Corps Commander the following year. General discussion and thought questions dealing with Corps policy and activities were asked the inter viewees by a board of seven cadet officers. 1 World Wrap - Up By The Associated Press Airliner Crash Fills Skating Stars BRUSSELS, Belgium—The crash of a Boeing 707 jet yesterday killed 73 persons including 18 young American figure skating stars. The S^bena Airlines plane spun out of control in circling for a landing and crashed in a sunlit farmyard, killing a former in addition to 61 passangers and 11 crew members. The wreckage burned. ★ ★ ★ San Amrelo Fire Controlled SAN ANGELO, Tex.—Quick work by firemen confined a spectacular fire, fed by exploding gasoline tanks, to a limited area in the edge of the downtown San Angelo Wed nesday. Flames leaped 50 feet skyward and thick, black smoke billowed over most of San Angelo from a forenoon blaze at the Davis Petroleum Co. on the northwest side of the business district. ★ ★ ★ IT. S.—Canada Misunderstanding CANADA—A recent flare-up in U. S.-Canadian relations involved Canadian trade with the Cuban government of Fidel Castro. This was caused partly by misunderstanding. Can ada’s trade minister: George Fees, touched off sparks when he told a visiting Cuban trade mission: “Canada couldn’t do business with better businessmen anywhere.” ★ ★ ★ Senate Candidate Record Broken AUSTIN—The special U. S. Senate race assumed record proportions yesterday as Curtis E. Hill, a Dallas attorney, became candidate No. 30. . - Hill’s payment of his $50 fee for a place on the April 4 ballot cracked the old record of 29 candidates which was set in the 1941 Senate race. tAt 'At 'At Wild Riots Disturb XJ.N. Security Council UNITED NATIONS. N. Y.—American Negroes shouting for Patrice Lumumba Wednesday broke into the Security Council chamber with the wildest demonstration in United Nations history to interrupt debate on the Lumumba-Congo crisis. The riot set off fights and tumult at the outset of a speech by Adlai E. Stevenson, U. S. chief delegate. ★ ★ ★ M. M. To Be Released From Hospital NEW YORK—Marilyn Monroe will be out of the hospi tal in a few days and is looking forward to doing a television show, her press agent said today. The blonde actress has been reported suffering from emotional upset. The board was composed of Cadet Col. of the Corps Syd Heaton, Cadet Col. Guyron Lay- cock, Cadet Col. Richard Meadows, Cadet Col. Harvey Barber, Cadet Col. Kenneth Darnel, Cadet Col. Bobby McDaniel and Cadet .Lt. Col. Walter Willms. Selection procedures started when Wing and Brigade command ers were asked to submit candi dates for the top Corps non-com missioned officer spot. Juniors interviewed for the job were: Terry Gossett, Malcolm Hall, Gary Lively, Bill Cardwell, Gary Anderson and Robert. Timme. Also Paul Heye, Steve Stevens, Skip Seale and Jimmy Cash. Stewart Carpenter, John Betts, Chuck Cochran, John Winder, Ramsey Melugin, Ben Trail and John Waddle. ■ iflLiilll :, s A* ■ U' . .. TicliUT YU, L", YT ' - y-. Anderson . . . Carpenter . . Cardwell . Cochran . . . Hall Physics Prof Resigns; Takes Another Post Associate Professor C. H. Ber nard, who has been with the De partment of Physics since 1941, has announced he will resign Aug. 31. Dr. Frank W. R. Hubert, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, said Bernard will leave the college to become Professpr and Chairman of the Department of Physics at Midwestern University at Wichita Falls. His duties there will begin on Sept. 1. Bernard has spent most of his time as a teacher while at A&M. However, he conducted extensive research in nuclear physics while on leave of absence from the school. He participated in research in 1954-56 at Convair Division of General Dynamics at Fort WbrEhT and studied during the summers of 1958-59 at Tennessee’s Oak Ridge Institute pf Nuclear Studies. Dr. J. G. Potter, Head of the Department Of Physics, praised Bernard’s teaching contributions. “Bernard has been a very effec tual teacher at A&M, and it’s going to be hard to replace him. He will do a fine job for the Mid western University Department of Physics. We hate to see him go,” Potter said. The professor and his wife have been active members of the A&M Church of Christ. He has been an Elder for more than 12 years. The Battalion Volume 59 COLLEGE STATION. TEXAS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1961 4 Number 67 F" Total Enrollment Is 6,545 Figure Highest In Four Years H. L. Heaton, director of admissions and registrar, re leased today the number of students who had registered for the spring semester through the present date. The final figures as compiled from college records listed a total of 6,545 students now enrolled at A&M. These figures fell short of an earlier count which was expected to reach as high as 7,000. The count of 6,545 stu dents however, represents an increase of 189 students over the same registration period for the spring semester of 1960. At that time the registration totaled 6.356. Looking back into records the number of students enrolled for the spring semester is the largest in four years, being greater than the 6,137 students who en-* rolled in the spring semester of 1959 or the 6,355 students who were counted for the spring semester of 1958. It has been pointed out several times however that the .student en rollment figures or “count” is not necessarily a dependable indicator of the role that is being played by a particular institution in the state’s higher education programs. Many instiutions are heavily weighed with students enrolled for only one or a few courses. This is particularly found in those areas of large metropolitian population. In contrast to this, with only a few exceptions, those enrolled in A&M are full time students who are carrying a full academic load of subjects. ■l v m ■■ .-.AJv: ,, v'.vUUw v J . J ml ' ,J U . Y. - Y •. I; life W Jr I I One-Minute Prayer Slated Here Tomorrow The entire campus will be thrown into a full minute of sil ence in the midst of the mid morn ing rush tomorrow for the offi cial college observance of the “National World Day of Prayer.” President Earl Rudder has an nounced the college whistle will blow at 10 and 10:01 a.m. in ob servance of the occasion. Rudder officially proclaimed the event by saying, “It is reouested that we halt our activities for one minute of silent prayer as we unite with the people throughout this country and around the world in observing the ‘World Day of Prayer.” The move is sponsored by the United Church Women of the Na tional Churches of Christ in the U. S. I ! ‘Review’ Opens First Annual Photo Contest With a top prize of $25 going to the winner, the Texas A&M Re view announces the opening of its first annual photography contest. Second and third prizes of $15 and $10 will also be awarded, and photos by the winners and runners- up will be published in the pre summer issue of the Review. According to Review Editor Jim Gibson, the contest will not be divided into classes such as pets or landscapes, and the only re striction is that the subject matter be in the state of Texas. Pictures will be judged on such points as print quality, originality and creativity, and winnei-s will be chosen by a panel of three judges from the Department of Architecture and Journalism facul ties. Print size is limited to only 8 by 10 inches, and prints should be submitted by April 1. None will be accepted after 5 p.m. on that date. Entries may be brought to the Office of Student Publications, basement of the YMCA, and any one who presently holds an A&M Student ID Card is eligible. Winners will be announced in the pre-summer issue of the Re view along with display of their photographs. Announcement will be made in the Battalion later as to the date entries may be picked »p- W W! Aggie Ex RE Speaker By TOMMY HOLBEIN Three outstanding - religious leaders will be conducting forum and discussion groups in Henderson and Hart Halls, and Dormitories 5, 7, and 10 during Religious Emphasis Week starting Feb. 20 and lasting through Feb. 24. Leading the groups for Hen-’t' ; derson Hall will be Rev. Emil H. Bunjes, of the Southeast Christian, Church, Houston, Tex. Rev. Bunjes attended Texas A&M from January, 1948 to June,- 1950, majoring in journalism, dur ing which time he wrote for The Battalion,” was a member of the Maroon Band, A&M Christian Church, and the Singing Cadets. From September, 1950, until June, 1952, Rev. Bunjes attended Southwestern Bible Institute and was awarded the Bachelor of Sci ence degree in theology. While in attendance there, he was a mem ber of the school orchestra, and founded and edited the school newspaper, “The Outlook.” He received his B.D. degree from Brite College of the Biblf at Texas Christian University where he majored in church his tory from January, 1955 to June, 1958. The minister has held pastor ates, as a student, at Bertram and Elgin, Tex., and a full-time pas torate at Silsbee First Christian Church. Before taking the pas torate at Silsbee, he was assistant editor of the Voice of Healing Publishing Co. in Dallas for a brief time. Active in inter-church programs, Rev. Bunjes, is a member of the Board of Directors of the Associ ation of Churches in greater Houston. He participates in youth (See RE SPEAKERS on Page 3) JAZZ SPECIALISTS Mardi Gras Tales Covering Campus By JACK COOPER At 10 a. m. Tuesday the Ross Volunteers led off to start the Rex Parade and to wind their way through 6.2 miles of screaming, pressing crowds at the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans. The R. V.’s left Camp Leroy ' X ■ ■' ■ A ■ North Texas Lab Band Presents Concert Tonight North Texas Lab Band In Action . . . brings touted reput ation to Aggieland tonight Mrs. Rudder Captures Prize By ROBERT DENNEY The North Texas State Band will have a jam'session Thursday night in Guion Hall at 7:30 p.m. The group, which specializes in jazz, has won many honors in com petition with professional and semi-professional bands across the nation, including first place in the Notre Dame Jazz Festival, third in the Best New Band Contest and the Gold and Silver Plaque Award in the Georgetown Jazz Festival. The band was featured at the State Fair of Texas and the Stan Kenton National Band Camp, and is scheduled to appear at the Dallas Fine Arts Festival as Guest Band. Admission for the public is $1.00 and A&M students will be admitted for 50 d. Student work in college labora tories isn’t usually the sort of thing to attract big crowds, but the Lab Band at North Texas State packs them in every week. Their subject is jazz and they’re working toward a bachelor of music degree with a major in dance band. The laboratory is in the Student Union Building, where various groups, large and small, play their own arrangements and compositions at Thursday after noon jam session. The product of this unusual edu cational system has attracted in creasing national attention. The “Lab Band,” as it is known on the campus, has appeared on Steve Allen’s network show, made records for the Columbia label and performed throughout the country. In May, 1959, the band placed third in the nation in the “Best New Band” Contest sponsored by the American Federation of Musicians. The group won the honor in New York in competition with profes- Talent Show Set Saturday The speech class and girls’ drill team of A&M Consolidated High School has combined efforts in putting on a talent show to be held Saturday night. Opening the first of 22 acts, will be a dance routine by the Bengal Belles. The show will start at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Admission will be 50 cents per person. the sional bands after winning semi-finals in Chicago. In March, 1960, the Laboratory Band won top awards at the 1960 Collegiate Jazz Festival held at Notre Dame University. In com petition with 28 other bands from across the nation, the NTSC group was named the outstanding band of the festival and the best big band. The student musicians followed that by winning a gold loving cup and silver plaque for second place at the Georgetown Jazz Festival in May. Then in August the band was the featured demonstration band for the Stan Kenton National Band Camp held at Indiana Uni versity. The fall of 1960 brought engage ments at the “College Jazz at the Coliseum” show of the State Fair of Texas and as the Guest Band for the opening of the Dallas Fine Arts Festival, Nov. 1. The Lab Band is the product of a nationally recognized school of music. It has been noted for years for its Symphony Orchestra, Opera Workship, Concert and Marching Bands, A Cappella Choir, Grand Chorus and a dozen smaller per forming groups. Johnson by buses and arrived at the corner of Baronne and Felicity streets about 9 a.m. The Aggie spirit was there in full force and it wasn’t long until a yell practice had begun with Sonny Todd and Tom Ralph adding a few words of encouragement. The Tarleton State College Band provided the music as the Aggies sang the War Hymn and sawed varsity’s horns off. The parade was a little late get ting started but the Aggies didn’t waste a minute. With music from a nearby juke box filling the air, several R.V.’s danced with girls who were standing around to watch the parade. When the parade got under way, the R.V.’s stole the show. All along the parade route favorable com ments were heard. One man was heard to say, “When the boys from Texas A&M quit coming down here, I’m gonna quit coming to the Rex Parade.” An Aggie ex was seen holding his 3-year-old son up over the heads of the crowd and saying, “Look thei-e, son. Maybe someday you’ll be able to mear an R.V. uniform.” Many times during the thi-ee- hour long parade the platoons had to march through gaps so narrow that police had to be called in to push the crowds back. A continuous wave of applause echoed through the Crescent City as the R.V.’s executed the march ing manual and exchange manual. With rifles popping and heels click ing, the Aggies made an impres- (See MARDI GRAS on Page 4)