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The Battalion
Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1961
Number 117
Ring Dance To Highlight Weekend
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STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BANQUET TONIGHT
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Six To Be Chosen
For Vanity Fair
The selection of six beauties to fill the top Vanity Fair
positions of the Aggieland ’61, presentation of .$750 in cash
awards and recognition of outgoing editors of various student
publications will highlight the annual Student Publications
Banquet tonight in the Memorial Student Center.
The chain of events will begin with a smorgasbord in the
MSC Ballroom at 7 p. m.. Then Bill Hicklin, outgoing editor
of The Battalion and president of the A&M Press Club, will
introduce guests at the banquet.
Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Babcock, Beaumont
insuranceman and sponsor of the annual Babcock Essay Con
test, and a representative from the Lumberman’s Mutual
Casualty Co., sponsors of the
Collegiate Newspaper Safety
Contest.
Richard McGaughy, out
going editor of The Aggieland
’61, will conduct balloting to choose
the top six of twelve girls com
prising The Aggieland’s Vanity
Fair section.
All persons attending the ban
quet are eligible to vote in the
competition.
The twelve finalists and their es
corts are:
Miss Sally Schroeder of Kileen
escorted by Irwin (Dirk) Dierking
of Houston; Miss Judith Tee Karns
of Beaumont, escorted by Trent
N. Cox of Beaumont; Mrs. Novie
Jo Dunlap of College Station, es
corted by Alvin W. Dunlop of Col
lege Station; Miss Dorita Lackey of
LaMarque, escorted by Monty C.
Florence of LaMarque; Mrs. Linda
Ann Murphy of College Station,
escorted by Chai'les C. Murphy of
College Station; Mrs. Jeanie Dun
lap of College Station, escorted by
Jamie L. Dunlap of College Sta
tion.
Mrs. Mary Ann James of Col
lege Station, escorted by William
James of College Station; Miss
Lasca Butler of Austin, escorted
by Vernon Yanta of Runge; Mrs.
Joanna J. Hutson of College Sta
tion, escorted by Billy Bob Hutson
of College Station; Mrs. Lola
Huitt of Bryan, escorted by Lar
ry Huitt of Bryan; Miss Eleanor
Flynn of Houston, escorted by
Douglas Olbrich of Houston and
Mrs. Sandra M. Scott of College
Station, escorted by Lynn P. Scott
of College Station.
Numerous awards will be given
at the banquet.
The Battalion will receive a $500
award for its first-place safety
edition in the annual safety con
test sponsored by Lumberman’s
Mutual Casualty Co. Hicklin will
accept the award for The Battalion
staff.
The $250 first prize in the Bab
cock Essay Contest will be pre
sented by Babcock. He will also
award nine runners-up certificates.
Bob Sloan, incoming editor of The
Battalion, will present Babcock.
The topic of the essays for this
year was “Educational Assets I
find At Texas A&M.’
Joseph Smith, outgoing editor of
the Southwestern Veterinarian, will
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MISS SALLY SCHROEDER
... Irwin (Dirk) Dierking
MISS JUDITH LEE KARNS
. . . Trent N. Cox
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Fencers, Gymnists Perform For TV
. . . national television crew ends shooting
Television Crew Concludes
Filming College Scenes
A pass-by by the Corps of Ca-
deste this afternoon concluded
three days of filmiqg in the prep
aration of the ‘Campus USA” pilot
film.
The film, narrated by Peter
Palmer, (Lll Abner from the
Broadway Play) is scheduled to be
the first film of a television series
tentatively scheduled for this fall.
Beasts Await
Consolidated
Pet Show
Dogs, alligators, rabbits and
Shetland ponies belonging to Col
lege Station school kids are get
ting ready for the 20th annual
Dog and Pet show at the A&M
Consolidated High School stadi
um tomorrow.
The show, sponsored annually
by the Consolidated Mother’s
and Dad’s Club, will begin with
registration of pets at 4:30 p.
m. Admission will be lOtf for
children and 250 for adults.
The “Parade of Pets” will be
gin at 6 p. m. with judging fol
lowing immediately. Dinner will
be sold at the concession stand
at the stadium proceeding the
parade.
In all, 30 different classes of
pets may be entered in the
show. The 30 classes, however,
may be condensed into seven
big groups: “Heinz variety”
dogs; cats; rabbits; fowls and
birds; fish, turtles and miscel
laneous and large pets and FFA
projects.
Proceeds from the show will
go to the Mother’s and Dad's
Club for the support of the
school.
Making up the cast of the film are
thousands of A&M students.
Filmed this morning was an Ag
gie Rodeo rehearsal complete with
music by Bill Arringtbn and Olin
Brown. Also coming under the
eye of the camera was a perform
ance by the Singing Cadets in
front of the System’s Administra
tion Building and a precision drill
by the Freshmen Drill Team.
Yesterday’s shooting ended with
a yell practice by the Corps of
Cadets and a demonstration by
A&M fencers and gymnasts. The
sequence was made in G. Rollie
White Coliseum. y
Other scenes filmed yesterday
were a “married students” picnic
held in the grove of trees across
from the coliseum and performan
ces by the Six Peppers, a Latin
American combo, and Dave Wood
ward, magician-comedian. Audi
ences for the two sequences were
recruited from all persons who
were in the Memorial Student Cen
ter during the filming.
Wednesday’s filming included a
performance by Charles Marshall,
winner of the Intercollegiate Tal
ent Show this year, accompanied by
the music of the Aggieland Orches
tra.
Also filmed Wednesday night
were several scenes from an early
“Senior Ring Dance.” Over 20
couples who will actually attend
the dance and a giant replica of a
senior ring set the stage. Acting
MISS DORITA LACKEY
... Monty C. Florence
MRS. LINDA ANN MURPHY
. . . Charles C. Murphy
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. . . Douglas F. Olbirch
Hall Installed
As New Prexy
Malcolm Hall officially moved
into his new post as Student Sen
ate president last night as the
1960-61 Senate turned over the
reigns of student government to
the newly elected 1961-62 Senate.
Retiring President Roland Dom-
mert presented Hall the gavel he
had been given by the Senate last
Thursday night and instructed
his to make it a peiunanent Sen
ate fixture.
Before retiring, Dommert re
viewed the Senate’s work year
and brought the new members up
to date on the Senate’s workings.
Hall’s first action as new presi
dent was to arrange for the distri
bution of petitions among the stu
dents who wish to oppose the pro
posed House Bill 1,014, which, if
passed, will double the tuition fees
in state colleges and universities.
Corps first sergeant and the Ci
vilian Student Council will ar
range for the distribution of the
petitions.
as vocalist for the filming was
Glenda Fagan.
Shots' of the Data Processing
Center, the Nuclear Reactor Cen
ter and agricultural equipment
have also been made for use in the
film.
The next step in the develop
ment of the series will be made by
producer Alan Neuman when the
pilot film is shown to prospective
sponsors.
Educators To Hear
Dr. Richard Bowles
Dr. D. Richard Bowles of Austin,
president of the Texas State
Teachers Association, will address
the A&M Student Education As
sociation meeting Tuesday in the
YMCA building.
Dr. Dwain M. Estes, group spon
sor and assistant professor in the
Department of Education and Psy
chology, said the meeting will start
at 7:30 p. m. in the Gay Room.
The public is invited.
He said Bowles also will install
club officers for the coming year.
Dittman, Morrow
Top Guest List
Featuring Col. Henry Dittman, United States Air Force,
as banquet speaker, and the versatile Buddy Morrow “Night
Train” orchestra for dancing, Ring Dance festivities will be
gin tomorrow evening at 6 p. m. in Duncan Dining Hall.
To start the evening, the Senior Banquet will be held
in Duncan Dining Hall, with the colonel, who is presently
stationed in Paris, France, as special guest.
After the banquet, all will adjourn to Sbisa Dining Hall
for the Senior Ring Dance, which will begin at 8 p. m. to the
“Music of Morrow.” The orchestra is noted for its versatility
and wide audience appeal; their usual schedule includes col
lege proms, country club functions, elegant hotel engage
ments and two-hour jazz con
certs for non-dancing audi
ences.
Two giant replicas of the
Senior Ring have been moved
to Sbisa Hall, and starting at ,8:30
seniors’ pictures will begin being
taken in them. These pictures will
be unposed, according to Robert
Burnside, chairman of the Ring
Ceremonies Committee.
Burnside explained the proper
method of taking the ring picture:
“The senior whose picture is be
ing taken should have his date take
his ring off well before entering
the ring. As they step into the
ring, the girl should put the ring
on his hand with the 61 facing
away from the wrist. The photo-
graphers will take an unposed shot
as the girl puts the ring on her
date’s finger.
Number and color of tickets will
determine the time and place the
picture will be taken. Those with
the green tickets will go to Ring
A and those with white tickets to
Ring B. Ring A starts at number 1
and goes through 500, and Ring
B starts with 501. Two juniors
will be on hand to answer any last
minute questions.
Pictures may be picked up in the
Cashier’s window, Memorial Stu
dent Center, before May 27. Both
picture and dance tickets can be
purchased at the door, according
to Tom Reid, treasurer of the
Class of ’61.
Reid said anyone wishing to have
a picture taken while embracing
should wait until the announce
ment is made after all the first
pictures are taken. Tickets for this
picture will be sold at the dance.
MRS. MARY ANN JAMES
. . . William James
MRS. JEANIE DUNLAP
. . . Jamie L. Dunlap
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RING DANCE PIC SCHEDULE
TIME
RING A (Green
8:30
1-30
8:45
31-60
9:00
61-90
9:15
91-120
9:30
121-150
9:45
151-180
10:00
181-210
10:15
211-240
10:30
241-270
10:45
271-300
11:00
301-330
11:15
331-360
11:30
361-390
11:45
391-420
12:00
421-450 .
12:15
451-480
RING B (White)
501-530
531-560
561-590
591-620
621-650
651-680
681-710
711-740
741-770
771-800
801-830
831-860
861-890
891-920
921-950
951-980
MRS. SANDRA M. SCOTT
. . . Lynn P. Scott
MRS. JOANNA J. HUTSON
. . . Bill}' Bob Hutson
MRS. NOVIE JO DUNLAP
. . . Alvin W. Dunlap
MRS. LOLA HUITT
. . . Larry Huitt