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Twenty-one members of the
A&M Advertising Club were initi
ated Saturday morning at the
University of Houston into the
national professional advertising
fraternity of Alpha Delta Sigma.
Their final acceptance into the
fraternity was the result of an
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elaborate 64-page petition for
membership submitted in Febru
ary. The petition was a detailed
presentation of the club’s organiza
tion, history and activities, bio
graphical sketches of its members
and the advertising, curriculum at
A&M.
The club was initiated by repre
sentatives of ADS chapters from
the University of Houston and the
University of Texas. The official
club charter was presented by
Jerry E. Drake, southwestern vice-
president of ADS and professor of
journalism at Southern Methodist
University.
The new chapter has been desig
nated the Wesley D. Calvert Chap
ter of Alpha Delta Sigma in honor
of W. D. Calvert, assistant pro
fessor of journalism and sponsor
of the chapter.
THE BATTALION
March 28, 1961
College Station, Texas
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Officers of the chapter are Jim
Riley of Houston, president; John
Schier of Sealy, vice-president;
Colyar Micllheran of Abilene, sec
retary; Robert Burnside of Galena
Park, treasurer; Bobby Dodson of
Amarillo, publicity manager, and
Ronnie Treat of Galena Park,
membership manager.
A&M A.D.S. Chapter
. . . initiated into national organization
Other newly initiated members
of the chapter include Jim Deni
son of Pleasanton, William Schroe-
der of Houston, Ernesto Uribe of
Laredo, Marvin Girouard of Port
Arthur, James Gibson of San An
tonio and Voris Riley of Odessa.
Also, John Herrin of Houston,
Donley Brothers of Weatherford,
Jerry Nelson of Houston, Larry
Smith of Brady, Benjamin Lester
of Palestine, Wesley Burnett of
Brownsville, Tom Nelson and
Charles Mauldin, both of Bryan.
Approximately 300 Enjoy
Annual Easter Egg Hunt
Children of all ages participated
in the annual Easter Egg Hunt
sponsored by the Apartment Coun
cil last Sunday afternoon at Hen-
sel Park.
Approximately 300 children com
peted in the hunt to find both
candy eggs and several prize eggs
which were good for gift certifi
cates or for other prizes. Among
the varied prizes were toy dogs,
large inflatable halls and silver
dollars.
“We feel that we would have
had many more people at the
hunt, but the weather was threat
ening,” said James W. Snelgrove,
head of the hunt.
“There were many families who
did not come to the hunt because
there was the possibility of rain,
although during the time of the
hunt and before it there was no
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Over an area of the park cover
ing about an acre and a half, there
were several thousand eggs, with
the largest portion put in the area
set off for the children under the
age of three years.
The hunt is an annual affair
which is held by the Apartment
Council and is furnished by the
purchase of the Student Govern
ment Activity cards.
Besides providing enjoyment for
the children entered in the hunt,
it proved a good time for the par
ents of the children to get to
gether.
BY EXPERTS HERE
Transportation Industry
Warned Of Complacency
Four of the nation’s top trans
portation experts agreed here yes
terday that U. S. freight and
passenger carriers had better quit
roosting on past performance
records, and get ready for hot,
heavy, and expensive competition
in the near future.
The occasion was the Third
Transportation Conference held at
A&M, where more than 100 ex
perts in all phases of the trans
portation industry gathered for a
day-long discussion of problems,
and. the future, of this segment of
the nation’s economy.
Air-cushion cars, nuclear-pow
ered cargo submarines, supersonic
speed air transports, push-button
railway yards and lightweight auto
engines all figured in the day’s
conference. But the underlying
theme was that the U. S. transport
industry had better get into inten
sive research—to find new and
better ways of hauling freight and
passengers.
Leland D. Smith, industrial,
traffic expert’ for the Stauffer
Chemical Company, who led the
day’s discussion, declared that
within the next ten years the
nation’s railroads were going to
have to provide a million new
freight cars—at a cost of some
10 billion dollars—if they’re to
maintain their position in trans
portation. He emphasized, too, that
all forms of the transport indus
try are going to have to devise
new and better ways of satisfying
customer requirements in trans
portation.
Not Static
“Transportation research is not
static,” Smith said. “It must be
constantly making improvements
in research techniques if it is to
serve adequately the transporta
tion needs of a dynamic world.”
“No form of transportation can
say, or would even dare to say,
we were here first and need not
worry.”
Smith pointed out that the
British expect to put into com
mercial use this summer the first
of their air-cushion cars. These
vehicles, which ride on a cushion
of air, can navigate over water
or land at speeds presently in ex
cess of 40 miles per hour. Present
models, now under development,
are expected to hit more than twice
that speed., He said the first com
mercial air car will go into use
this summer, hauling bananas
downriver from a plantation in
Nigeria to the port of Tiko.
These air-cushion cars, he added,
are not scientific curiosities now,
but a serious competitive threat
for the future. They range from
one to 25 tons in weight and are
as much as 63 feet in length.
“This revolutionary form of
transportation is no longer a
scientist’s dream, but a practical
reality, according to Commander
Laurence Sweny, Director of
Hovercraft Development, Ltd., an
organization supported by the
British government to speed de
velopment of the new devices,”
Smith declared.
Maj. Gen. John P. Doyle, who
headed the recent study on na
tional transportation policy for the
U. S. Senate, declared that re
newed interest in transportation as
a vital part of our growing econ
omy must be maintained. He
called for more careful attention
to national policy that would be
aimed at protecting the national
rather than “parochial” interests,
and for a more suitable organiza
tion in government to concern it
self with national transport prob
lems.
“Our present organization,” he
declared, “does not provide a focal
point where the executive function
can be coordinated.”
Paul G. Hoffman, former presi
dent and chairman of the board
of Studebaker-Packard Corpora
tion, and now managing director,
Special Fund, United Nations, de
clared that transportation and
communication were primary fac
tors in the international situation
that has awakened the under
developed nations of the world
within the past two decades.
. “It is only since the end of
World War II,” Hoffman declared,
“that we have faced the seething
unrest presently assailing us from
all sides. Up until then, most of
the people in these poorer countries
accepted lives of misery because
they could imagine nothing better.
Part of the responsibility for their
awakening rests upon World War
II itself, because millions of young
men left their villages and went
into distant lands to fight. They
learned that people like themselves
in the more advanced countries
were well nourished, well educated
and enjoyed good health. When
they retm-ned home, they told their
neighbors.”
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