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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1962)
sfesSefe? e^Twelve Beauties Vie For Vanity Fair Positions MRS. SYDNEY GILLIS ... Thomas Gillis MISS GAIL SULLIVAN . . . “Chip” Rabel -^1 . j &».. MISS EILEEN MARTIN MISS BETTY BURNETTE MISS SANDRA POWELL MISS ANITA FRANKLIN ... Robert T. Sweat man . Dale Hatinger ... Lloyd M. Stafford ... Malcolm Hall MISS SHARON SILK ... Kent G. Ellis The Battalion Volume 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1962 Number 119 MRS. S. F. STEPHENSON I... Sidney F. Stephenson Jr. I P Aft u« jjil :,25c Finalist Selection f For Vanity Fair Highlights Banquet MRS. LONIETA PORADEK . . . Jerry C. Poradek Selection from a field of twelve young ladies for six Vanity Fair positions, presentation of publica tion awards and a smorgasbord will highlight the Student Publica tions Banquet Friday. Events will get underway with the serving of the smorgasbord in the MSC Ballroom at 7 p. m. For its outstanding Christmas : safety edition, The Battalion will I receive a cash award for the second year in a row. The award will be | presented by E. G. Gillette, repre- ; senting Lumbermens Mutual Cas ualty Co. This year the Battalion won $250 for second place in the annual safety contest. Wire Review By The Associated Press WACO — Two Southwest Con- 'erence referees — Odell Preston and Bill Johnson of Waco—were among the witnesses called by a House Investigating Committee Thursday. The committee is looking into reports of point shaving in South west Conference basketball and also is investigating gambling in Central Texas. Twelve prospective witnesses were called as the legislative probe began. The committee, aided by its counsel, David Witt of Dallas, and 0. N. Humphries, chief of intelli gence for the Department of Pub lic Safety, started the two-day hearing at 1 p.m. Committee chairman Charles Ballman of Borger refused to an swer reporters’ questions before fhe hearing, saying the committee would release a statement later. The first witness identified him self as Joe George, Waco tavern owner. George left the closed hearing after an hour and a half and said he had been instructed not to answer questions from the press. Second witness was Austin Cooper, also of Waco. Cooper, a securities dealer, said he had not been subpoenaed but had appeared voluntarily at the request of the Department of Public Safety. Both Preston and Johnson, who Went into the closed hearing when Humphries called for witnesses, declined to answer reporters’ ques tions as they waited outside the room. This is the second hearing of the house committee. The first one was March 29 at Austin when the committee ordered the Depart ment of Public Safety to launch a full scale investigation into charg es of point shaving. Ballman said then that the com mittee felt information presented “warranted a continuation of the investigation because of the seri ous nature of the allegations.” Conference officials and coaches and members of the department testified at the hearing. The annual Battalion Award will be presented at the banquet. The award will be presented to an indi vidual, other than a Battalion staff member, who has rendered out standing service to The Battalion for the past year. Seven outgoing editors for the various Student Publications will be presented watches for their service during the 1961-62 school year. These seven editors will each pre sent their respective staffs with keys marked to show the number of years served by the staffer. To top off the evening the audience attending the affair will be given the task of choosing six young ladies for the top Vanity Fair positions for the Aggieland, ’62. The six remaining beauties will be runners-up. The six winners for the Vanity Fair positions, who are selected by secret ballot, will be announced at the Senior Ring Dance Saturday. The twelve Vanity Fair finalists and their escorts arer Miss Betty Burnette, escorted by Dale Hatinger; Miss Anita Jean Franklin, escorted by Malcolm Hall; Mrs. Sydney Gillis, escorted by Thomas Gillis; Miss Patty Hus ton, escorted by John W. Hamm; Miss Patsy Lawson, escorted by Johnny Martinez; Miss Eileen Mar tin, escorted by Robert Thomas Sweatman; Mrs. Lonieta Poradek, escorted by Jerry C. Poradek; Miss Sandra Powell, escorted by Lloyd M. Stafford; Miss Sharon Silk, escorted by Kent G. Ellis; Miss Judy Smith, escorted by Thad Crooks; Mrs. Carolyn Stephenson, escorted by Sidney F. Stephenson Jr.; and Miss Gail Sullivan escorted by (Chip) Rabel. Battalion Sets Exam Schedule The Battalion will begin a “holiday” publishing schedule next week in preparation for final examinations, beginning May 28. Two issues will be published next week, on Tuesday and Thursday. The final issue of the current school term will be published during final week, Thursday, May 31. The summer Battalion will publish for the first time Thurs day, June 7. Two Positions In Senate Race Left Undecided All Student Senate .school of fices but two were filled yesterday in the election in the Memorial Student Center. Voting for all positions was light. Dine, Dance Head W eekend Activities Principal speaker for the Senior Banquet to be held Saturday at 6 p.m. in Duncan Dining Hall will be Gen. Hans Christofferson, Cdm- mander of the Army of Denmark, according to Charles L. Cochran, vice president of the senior class. The general is currently making a tour of U.S. military installa tions as a guest of the State De partment. Accompanied by his Russian wife, Olga, who is a for mer Russian ballerina, Gen. Chris tofferson is in Texas to inspect Students Assume Government Posts The cities of Bryan and College Station were in new hands Thurs day as students from A&M Con solidated High School and Stephen F. Austin High School took over the reins of city government in observance of the second annual Former Students Association Winds Up Development Drive The Association of Former Stu- ciation is to give the college one dents is winding up the final stages of its Development Fund Drive in the College Station area, according to Richar Weirus, direc tor of the drive. “We expect this to be a banner year for the program,” Weirus said. “We have received more g-ifts this year than the total number of gifts in the year 1960.” The goal set for this year’s drive was $268,500 to be collected throughout the state for an un restricted fun. The money is to be used for an academic excellence program, the Century Study, Op portunity Award Scholarships, the 1962 Directory, achievement awards, eight faculty achievement awards, the President’s and Dean’s Emer gency Fund and an expanded asso ciation program. The drive is 90 per cent complete to date, Weirus said. Of 231 men on the campus, 200 have been reached and have contributed to the drive. This is more than 86 per cent of the total, and is a record to be proud of, Weirus commented. The Development Fund drive is being carried out in 400 cities throughout the country. The goal is set for at least three out of every four men giving to the fund. The eventual goal for the asso- million dollars in an unrestricted fund. In another five years, Weirus expects to reach half of that goal. HS Teachers To Do Summer Work Here A total of 62 junior and senior high school teachers have receiv ed appointments to a Summer In stitute in Physical Sciences to be held here. Sponsored under a $72,700 Na tional Science Foundation grant, the institute is designed to up grade scientific preparation of sec ondary school science and teachers. The physical sciences institute will cover fundamental math con cepts through calculus, chemistry and physics — both classical and modern —that include atomic, nu clear and electronic developments. Dr. E. B. Middleton, A&M chem istry professor, will direct the institute. The participants will receive a stipend of $75 a week plus allow ances for dependents and travel, plus tuition fees. They may earn credit toward a master of educa tion degree with science option. Youth Government Day. The students began their duties by having lunch in the Triangle restaurant with the city officials whose positions they were assum ing. The luncheon was sponsored by the area Elks Lodge. At 1 p.m. the twelve Consoli dated students and thirteen Ste phen F. Austin students went to their respective city offices in Col lege Station and Bryan, where they officially took charge for the remainder of the day. Students from A&M Consoli dated and the College Station po sitions they filled were: Harris Marshall, mayor; Fur man Isbell, city manager; Janet Durst, city secretary; George Hen- sarling, city attorney; Neil Sper ry, city judge, and Tim Moore, police chief. Larry Randolph and Russell Welch, commissioners from Ward 1; Marcy Goode and John Stark, Commissioners from Ward 2; and Oran Jones and Rosemary Red mond, commissioners from Ward 3. After their arrival at the Col lege Station city offices, Mayor Ernest Langford explained the structure and operation of the city government to the students. Next, City Manager Ran Bos well and Police Chief Lee Nor wood spoke to the student offi cials. Student Mayor Marshall then adjourned the council sub ject to call and the student city officials made a tour of the Col lege Station city offices. Fort Hood and Fort Sam Houston. Holder of several diplomatic posts for Denmark since World War II, he is a graduate of the University of Denmark and the Scandinavian War College. During the war, he was an un derground resistance leader who fought the Nazi occupation of his country. After the war, he became a military advisor to the newly- formed North Atlantic Treaty Or ganization. A noted sportsman and world traveler, Gen. Christofferson rep resented Denmark in the 1952 Olympics and won a medal in pis tol shooting. Following the banquet will be the Senior Ring Dance at 8 p.m. in the main dining room of Sbisa Dining Hall. Highlighting the dance will be the announcement of Vanity Fair finalists and the Billy May Band, featuring lead vocalist Frankie Lester. Banquet tickets went off sale Wednesday, but Ring Dance tick ets will be sold until 4 p.m. Friday at the cashier’s window of the Memorial Student Center Main Desk and at the doors of Sbisa during the dance. Price of the tickets is $4.75 per couple. Ring pictures are $2.75 for two prints with extra prints available for 75 cents each. Picture tickets may be bought at the same time dance tickets are purchased. Prints may be picked up at the MSC cashier’s window after Thursday.' for Senate seats at a later date. Of the two offices not final, one was a tie and the other resulted from no votes. No candidate re ceived a vote in the race for sen ior representative from the School of Veterinary Medicine. The class will elect a representative. For sophomore representative from the School of Arts and Sci ences, Cecil M. Bourne and James M. Roberts tied with 21 votes each. A run-off will be held at a later date. School representatives to the Student Senate for the 1962-63 school year are: School of Agriculture—John T. Tibbels, senior; Kenneth Radde, junior; Robert Palm, sophomore. School of Arts and Sciences— Herb Gersbach, senior; Shelly Ve- selka, junior; (tie for sophomore). School o f Engineering—D a n Scarborough, senior, Frank Kiol- bassa, junior; Bill Buckellew, sophomore. School of Veterinary Medicine— (no senior representative); Danny Loyd, junior; Ronald Mull, sopho more. Five persons from each class were elected to the Senate Elec tion Commission yesterday, too. Seniors who will serve on the election commission during the coming year are Burt Terrill, Mel vin Young, Jimmy Johnson, Albert Wheeler and Curt Blackard. Juniors on the commission are James Jenkins, Craig Abbott, Dav id P’owler, Russell Jasek and Sam Blasingame. Sophomores on the commission are Louell Aldrich, Jim Blanken ship, Tucker Fuchs, James Kelly and Michael Wier. This is the final election of the I9t52 school year, and fills all elec tive offices for next year with the exception of the two to be selected MISS PATSY LAWSON . . . Johnny Martinez MJSS JUDY SMITH . . . Thad Crooks MISS PATTY HUSTON . . . John W. Hamm Review Names Photo Winners The A&M Review magazine has released the winners of its annual photography contest, according to Tom Nickell, editor of the Review. Winners were as follows: sweepstakes — Kenneth M. Ayres; human interest — Kenneth Ayi-es; portraits — Kenneth Ayres; ac tion — Bill Stripling; scenery —• Juan M. Tijerina. Corps Promotions Disclosed Tentative appointments to leader ship positions in the Corps of Cadets were announced early Fri day for the 1962-63 school year. The promotion list, which will be confirmed next fall, lists the fol lowing students and positions: Corps Staff William D. Nix Jr., corps com mander; Arthur R. Richardson, de puty commander; Charles L. Blas- chke, adjutant; Charles L. Nichols, intelligence; Gary L. Balser, oper ations; Charles H. Maurer, supply. James E. Sartain, inspector gen eral; Fred K. Blackard, chaplain; Harry A. Payne, public informa tion; Ronald G. Brice, athletics; William H. Brashears, liaison; Jay D. Blume, day student liaison; John P. Krebs, scholastic; Paul A. Di-esser Jr., sergeant major; Harlan E. Roberts, opera tions; James E. Schnabel, supply; David C. Anderson, athletics; Lu ther R. Powers, scholastic; and Lawrence N. Garrett Jr., intelli gence. First Brigade Roger M. John, commander; Jo seph C. Merritt, executive officer; Huley J. Horn, scholastic; Ster ling P. Bassett, adjutant; Alfred W. Hughlett, chaplain; Richard H. Metz, sergeant major. First Battle Group James B. Scott, commander; James P. King, executive officer; David G. Groves, supply; Carl L. Adams, operations; Edwin J. Bow ers, sergeant major. Lytle A. Weaver, commander, Company A-l; Matthew B. Bader, commander, Company B-l; James R. Griffith, commander, Company C-l; John E. Blackburn, command er, Company D-l. Second Battle Group Charles E. Wedemeyer, com mander; Preston V. Phillips, ex ecutive officer; Larry E. Collier, scholastic; Jimmy L. Garrett, oper ations; Michael D. McGown, serge ant major. John P. Prichard, commander, Company E-l; David T. Edgar, commander, Company F-l; Edward L. Medley, commander, Company G-l. Second Brigade Victor L. Donnell, commander; Paul M. Vilcoq, executive officer; Patrick H. Torrans, scholastic; William A. Brantley, adjutant; Gaylon M. McClinton, supply; Vin cent A. Haby, chaplain; Ronald W. Vaughan, sergeant major. Third Battle Group Armand J. Chaput, commander; Donald T. Hunter, executive offi cer; Dale L. Sinor, scholastic; Ben B. Boyd, supply; Carlos Vela Jr., operations; Carlos V. Mejia, intell igence; Edward W. Collier, ser geant major. Ray A. Kappel, commander Com pany A-2; James H. Davis, com mander, Company B-2; David N. Chapman, commander. Company C-2; James E. Johnson, command- (See CORPS On Page 3)