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The Battalion
Volume 60
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1961
Number 15
Houston Tessie Selected Sweetheart
Prexy Honored
By Dallas Exes Club
—!
By BOB SLOAN
Battalion Editor
Passing under the high, arched sabers of a special Ross
Munteer honor guard, A&M President Earl Rudder took his
fkeat the head table at an appreciation dinner in his honor
itthe Sheraton-Dallas Hotel in Dallas last Friday night.
More than 500 A&M former students, their wives and
uimpressive array of distinguished guests paid $7.50 a plate
hear the president give a report of progress of the college.
Some of the exes on hand for the Dallas A&M Club
psored affair were Dallas Mayor Earle Cabell, ’29, who
ad a proclamation to Rudder declaring Friday “Texas A&M
MegeDay;” Brig. Gen. Graber Kidwell, commanding gen-
d of the 90th Division Artillery, ' ; Chairman of the
ted of West Texas Utilities
(«. Price Campbell. ’1.“; Jni
ls Schepps, ’17; contractor
I. B. Zachry, ’22; and Con-
iressman Olin E. Teague, ’22.
Teague praised the role A&M
b played in national defense,
ding attention to the enRineer-
k and scientific advances A&M
search has been responsible for
n recent years.
Judder outlined the recent
wievements and lonp-ranpe plans
i!the college, calling attention to
1* significant buildings erected
]t Ae campus.
He praised the general exoel-
hof the A&M faculty, pointing
that improved salaries (an
Erase of $700,000 last year)
iu helped stem the flow of top $4
ifiiltj' members to better-paying
iools in other states.
“However, dollars alone will not
Eg us a good faculty,” he
Red. “Faculty members must
[able to work in an atmosphere
kre they are respected and np-
friated.”
Rudder said students had a lot
do with this “academic atmos-
ere’' and called attention to the
fflg admission standards of the
lege, including the introduction
College Board intrance exams
P September of 19GB.
This emphasis on higher stand-
ds“is helping the school attract
to students . . . with more ser-
isness of purpose (who) seek
[her scholastic achievement and
ipiaiity education,” he said.
The president mentioned the
irk of the Century Council in
veloping aims of the college for
enext 15 years. Several mem-
is of the 100-man council were
the audience.
Entertainment for the dinner
is folk music sung by Jim Pat
idson, ’62, a member of the
iging Cadets.
(aster of ceremonies was T. Carr
irrest, ’20, president of Forrest
id Cotton Inc., consulting engi-
Rrs. General chairman for the
iner was Jack A. Crichton, ”?7,
Bident and director of Oil and
is Property Management Inc.
lesident of the Dallas A&M Club
Rowland Edwards, ’4B.
Mrs. Ann Fritzler
. . . presided at meeting
Wives Council
Names Officers
Plans Contest
By SYLVIA ANN BOOKMAN
Battalion Society Kditor
Plans for a second Mrs. Texas
A&M contest were formulated
last night at the year’s first meet
ing of the Aggie Wives Council.
This year’s contest will be held
Dec, 2 in the Memorial Student
Center Ballroom, with an entry
fee of $2.
The first Mrs. Texas A&M con
test, held last year, was won by
Mrs. G^rry Ann North.
In other business last night, the
representatives of 31 Aggie wives’
clubs elected Mrs. Jean Vaught
council president.
Other officers elected were Mrs.
Ann Fritzler, vice president; Mrs.
Jayne Cherry, secretary; Mrs.
Mary Frances Heep, treasurer;
Mrs. Doris Evans, reporter, and
Mrs. J. P. Hannigan and Mrs. B.
A. Zinn, sponsors.
Nuclear Center
Boss To Attend
Vienna Talk
Dr. Robert G. Cochran, head of
the nuclear science center and De
partment of Nuclear Engineering,
left yesterday for the Internation
al Atomic Energy Symposium in
Vienna, Austria.
Cochran, who represents the Na
tional Research Council-National
Academy of Science at the meeting,
will present a paper entitled “Pro
gramming and Utilization of Re
search Reactors.”
The paper was prepared in co
operation with Dr. J. W. Chastain,
head of the Division of Physics,
Battelle Memorial Institute, and
Dr. T. J. Thompson, director of
the research reactor at Massachu
setts Institute of Technology.
Both are members of the sub
committee on research reactors.
National Academy of Sciences,
National Research Council, of
which Cochran is chairman.
During the trip Cochran will join
a group of scientists from Oak
Ridge Laboratories on visits to re
actor facilities in Italy, Germany,
Belgium, England and France.
Many of these foreign laborator
ies are staffed by former students
of Cochran, who have extended
him special invitations to visit.
The National Science Founda
tion has awarded $795 to the A&M
Research Foundation to finance
Cochran’s trip. He will return Oct.
29.
New College Hills
School To Hold
Dedication Tonight
College Station’s new College
Hills Elementary School will be
dedicated tonight at a joint meet
ing of the A&M Consolidated
School Board and Mothers and
Dads Club.
An open house will follow a reg
ular business meeting after the
dedication. The actual dedication
ceremony is scheduled at 7:30 p. m.
Taking part in the dedication
will be Board President J. B. Her-
vey, College Hills Principal Mrs.
C. K. Leighton, Mothers and Dads
Club President Archie Flowers,
School Superintendent Taylor Rid
del and Miss Ann Hurley, a fifth
grade student.
Aggie Sweetheart
Class of ’62 Social Secretary Juan Martinez pins Miss Ann
Edwards, 1961-62 Aggie Sweetheart, to “7,000 Aggies’’
following her selection Sunday in Denton. ( Photo by Bob
Sloan)
New Sweetheart’s
Reactions Related
By MYRA LONG
Lass-O Business Manager
(Special To The Battalion) For
the Texas Aggies, hours of fun and
frolic along with numerous discus
sions and meetings ended at 11 a.
m. Sunday with the naming of Ann
Edwards as the 19G1-62 sweet
heart.
In an interview minutes after
she had been selected for the cov
eted honor, Miss Edwards stated
that the first thought she had was
one simple word—Me ?
Her gloved hands covered her
face in a quick gesture before her
face broke into a radiant smile.
Miss Edwards’ said her first
coherent thought was, “the hon
or to have been accepted by the
Aggies as their sweetheart, and
the great surprise.”
The blond-haired, blue-eyed
sophomore claims Houston as her
home town. It is also her school
center for the next two years. She
is a nursing major affiliated with
Rudder, Students
Hash Out Problems
President Honored
,.. Rudder and wife pass under sabers
President Earl Rudder and some
24 Cadet Corps and civilian stu
dent leaders met together Monday
night for an informal question-
answer session at the Rudder’s
home.
Among those attending the
meeting were Student Senate
President Malcolm Plall, Civilian
Student Council President Doug
Schwenk and Cadet Col. of the
Corps Bill Cardwell. Problems dis
cussed ranged from handball
courts to new dormitories; the
Century Study to academic excel
lence.
Rudder invited the student lead
ers to ask questions on any cam
pus problems. “We can solve these
problems only if we get them out
in the open. The administration
doesn’t always know what the
students are thinking, and we won’t
know unless you tell us,” he said.
In turn, the president asked
the students several questions con
cerning campus life and school
policy.
No decisions were reached on
any matter, but several problems
were discussed. Both president and
student leaders indicated they
would study these problems and
find solutions.
Following the “business” ses
sion, those attending the meeting
visited with President and Mrs.
Rudder.
Installment
Fees Payable
Second installment fees are
payable now until Oct. 20, As
sistant Housing Manager Allan
M. Madeley announced today.
The fees are payable in the
fiscal office in the Richard Coke
Building.
the Texas Women’s University
Nursing Center in Houston.
After two days of tension and
excitement, the ’ Aggies’ choice
found words to express her feelings
about the Aggies whom she had
met over the weekend:
“I think they are the friendliest,
most mannerly, and considerate
group of men I have ever met.
They also put me at ease and
made me really feel like a part
of the group.”
She feels that the honor she re
ceived holds many new and won
derful experiences, and % she is
looking forward to the activities
which will include her duty as the
official representative of the
Fighting Texas Aggies.
In answer to the question, “What
do you feel will be your greatest
duty in representing the Aggies,
she thought carefully and then
said, “Keeping people informed on
the way Aggies really are.’”
Aggies are no strangers to Miss
Edwards; she hae been on the
A&M campus several times. Now,
she is anxious to reacquaint her
self with the traditions and ways
of Aggieland.
Upon arriving on the TWU cam
pus, Miss Edwards had a chance
not only to make new friends
among the Aggies, but to renew
old friendships established during
her freshman year, which was
spent in the Denton Classrooms.
Several hobbies rank high on her
list of “things I enjoy.” Swimming
and bowling head the list, with
reading and dancing falling into
place, she added.
She said that for the next year.
Aggies and A&M will he her main
hobby and she felt sure it would
be one of the most interesting,
if not the most wonderful things
she had ever undertaken.
In the months to come, Miss
Edwards will represent the school
at ball games, banquets and teas.
As the answer to a final ques
tion, Miss Edwards used one sen
tence to sum up what she had
learned during the hectic routine
—“I learned to respect the Ag
gies.”
Ann Edwards Will
Reign In ’61 - 62
By TOMMY HOLBEIN
Battalion Managing Editor
After two caucuses and a second interview with each
finalist, the Agtfie delegation to Texas Woman’s University
selected Miss Ann Edwards, sophomore nursing major from
Houston to be the 1961-62 Aggie Sweetheart Monday.
This was the conclusion of an active and entertaining
weekend as 14 Tessies vied for the coveted title of “the girl
pinned to over 7,000 Aggies.”
Miss Edwards attends the Texas Woman’s University
Nursing Center in Houston, enrolled in clinical training. She
is a graduate of Jesse Jones High School in Houston.
The sweetheart committee arrived on the TWU Campus
late Friday night, and official functions of the weekend be
gan the next afternoon at one 4
with an informal “get ac
quainted” session.
From the initial meeting,
the group moved to Lowery
Woods for a buffet-style picnic,
with the girls attired in casual
sportswear. Following the picnic,
a relaxed afternoon of television
and hi-fi commenced in the lounge
of Hubbard Hall.
Dinner for the Aggies and final
ists was served in the southeast
dining room of Hubbard Hall, fol
lowed by a formal dance from
8:30 until 12 p. m. in the Hubbard
Ballroom. Robert Boone, music co
ordinator from A&M. provided
record selections for the evening
dancing.
A rotation system was set up for
the dance, where members of the
selection committee changed part
ners after every third dance. In
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this way, all finalists were in
terviewed, screened and a complete
interchange of participants was
accomplished.
Sunday morning events were
opened with a service in the “Lit
tle Chapel in the Woods” conduct
ed by TWU students. Coffee in
Hubbard Hall followed the devo
tion, and then breakfast was
served.
Tension and suspense began
reaching climax during and fol
lowing the meal; at 10 a. m. the
Aggies filed into a caucus room
while the finalists waited, seated
in a semi-circle, in Hubbard Hall
ballroom.
After almost 30 minutes, an an
nouncement was made that the
committee had ended in deadlock,
necessitating a second interview
with each girl.
Fifteen minutes later, the Ag-
(See SWEETHEART on Page 3)
Junior College
Meet On Tap
Here Monday
A two-day conference of Texas
Junior Colleges will get underway
in the Memorial Student Center
next Monday for the purpose of
creating a better understanding
of the programs of both junior
and senior colleges in the state.
Each year A&M sponsors the
conference in an effort to aid the
Junior College Education Program
in this state.
“Junior colleges ' have a real
‘place in the sun’ in this state.
Since many students transfer to
A&M from junior colleges, we
want to coordinate our program
with that of the junior colleges
in order to help the student better
his education,” conference chair
man Dr. C. H. Ransdell said.
Highlighting the conference will
be an address by Dr. Homer D.
Babbage, assistant U.S. commis
sioner of education for higher edu
cation, Washington, D. C. His
subject will be “Junior College
Participation in Federal Assist
ance to Higher Education—Cur
rent and Future Plans.”
Also on the program are con
ferences on “The Role of the Jun
ior College in Teacher Education
in Light of the New Certification
Requirements” and “S u m m e r
Counseling and Testing Clinics.”
Closing out the conference, Dr.
Lee Wilborn, assistant commis
sioner for instruction, Texas Edu
cation Agency, will demonstrate
and discuss “Effective Uses of
Various Instructional Media.”
Hospitality, Tech Style
. . . the pause that refreshes