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Texas A&M University Cbe Battalion Volume 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1963 Number 149 CS State Bank Now University National Bank By MIKE REYNOLDS Battalion Staff Writer The College Station State Bank officially became the University National Bank of College Station Tuesday morning, in a move planned to add prestige to the bank and aid its customers in the trans actions of financial affairs, said Robert Ayres, cashier of the bank. The bank will provide new checks to its customers, at no extra cost, by mail, if the holders of the Kingston Trio Sets Local Performance OnCampusMonday The Kingston Trio will be on campus Monday for a special per formance at 8 p.m. in G. Rollie White Coliseum. The show, although sponsored by the Town Hall committee, is billed as an extra, and separate tickets will be sold, Robert L. Boone, mbsic coordinator at A&M University announced. Tickets cost $1.50 for students and $2.50 for adults and are on sale in the Memorial Stu dent Center. John Steward, the youngest of the three at 24, joined the group in 1961 after another member, Dave Guard, decided to solo. The other two are Nick Reynolds and Bob Shane. All are graduates of California colleges. As a group they have had six “gold records.” This is the second group of col legiate-type singers to appear here this fall. The Brothers Four at tracted more than 8,000 persons to its performance last Friday night. personalized checks will notify the bank. However, there has been no change in the routing numbers used in the new checks, and a check written after Tuesday on the old blanks will continue to be honored, added Ayres. THE CHANGE was contem plated months ago when the bank’s Board of Directors voted on the change. Balance sheets were then submitted to the National Banking Department, accompanied by an application to do business Under the new name. The next step toward the new name was taken when two thirds of the stockholders voted to approve the change. All that then remained to make the name change official was the matter of formality of being recog nized by the National Banking De partment. Nanette Gabriel Becomes Pinned To 8,000 Aggies Nominations Open For Who,s Who Nominations for 36 A&M Uni versity students for listing in “Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Col leges” is underway and will con tinue until noon Thursday, Dean of Students James P. Hannigan announced Tuesday. , " “Members of the Who’s Who Selection Committee or a student on his own behalf, may submit nominations,” Hannigan said. “The committee may consider names for which no nominations have been received in cases where they feel that a meri torious person has been over looked.” A&M Researcher Named To Attend Luxemburg Meet Lt. Col. James R. Bradley of A&M University is one of two Army Reserve officers in the United States named to attend an international meeting at Luxem burg. Bradley, head of the Industrial Economics Research Division at A&M, will represent the United States at the annual congress of International Reserve Officers Association Oct. 17-21. Active in the Reserve for more than 21 years, Bradley left Sunday for Washington, D. C., for a brief ing. He will be in Paris Tuesday and Luxemburg Wednesday. B&U Participates In Safety Program All Buildings and Utilities per sonnel will participate in weekly safety meetings beginning this week to insure a more accident- free program for workers in skilled crafts, Virgil Clark, assist ant superintendent, said Monday. Ninety-four safety topics have been given each shop foreman to be used as a guide. Workers in each shop will al ternate in leading these meetings, which are expected to last about fifteen minutes. Each shop fore man is responsible for carrying out the safety schedule within his shop, said Clark. Clark also said, “Included in the safety meetings will be first aid. Our goal is to have at least one qualified Red Cross Certified First Aid man per shop. We will use this man to teach first aid princi pies to other men within the shop.’ Last Rites Observed Sunday For A&M Business Manager Funeral services for Charles Arthur Roeber, 58, business mana ger at A&M University/ were held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Hillier Funeral Home Chapel. Roeber died Friday afternoon after suffering an apparent heart seizure. He had been hospitalized locally since Wednesday. Last rites were officiated by the Rev. Byron L. Lovelady of the A&M Methodist Church, followed by burial in Bryan City Cemetery. His widow, son, Charles Jr., and two brothers, Victor and Her bert Roeber of Halletsville are the only survivors. FOLLOWING GRADUATION from the University of Texas in 1929 Roeber joined the A&M staff as a cashier. He became a book keeper at the Bryan’ First Na tional Bank for one year and then returned to A&M as assistant ac countant in 1935. Roeber was on the board of Ste wards at A&M Methodist Church, a member of the Sportsman’s Clubs of Texas, tht Dad’s Associ ation of the University of Texas and was treasurer of the Sam Houston Area Council of Boy Scouts. The Charles A. Roeber Memor ial Scholarship Fund has been ini tiated at A&M in honor of Roeber. TWU Soph Feels Like ‘Snow White’ At the conclusion of a weekend filled with excitement over the season’s first win, Town Hall, dances and a tri umphant after-game yell practice, an Aggie Sweetheart Selec tion Committee named Miss Nanette Gabriel, sophomore fashion merchandising major from El Paso, as the 1963-64 Aggie Sweetheart. The twelve finalists arrived on campus Friday afternoon, had dinner at Duncan Hall, attended Town Hall to hear the Brothers Four and participated in the midnight yell practice. Saturday they were treated to a picnic at Hensel Park and later to a formal dinner preceding the football game with the University of Houston. After the game the girls'* - MISS NANETTE GABRIEL A&M’s number one “sweet young thing.’ Request For Doctorate In Philosophy, Education Turned Down By State Board AUSTIN <A>) _ Texas A&M Uni versity was turned down Monday in their second request to offer Doctor of Philosophy degrees in education and Doctor of Education Ross Volunteer Banquet To Be Held In MSC Ballroom Tuesday Evening The initiation banquet for the Ross Volunteers will be held in the Ball room of the Memorial Student Center Tuesday at 7 p.m. The speaker for the affair will be Dorsey E. McCrory, director of the A&M University Development Fund. Besides McCrory, honor guests for the banquet will be Chancellor M. T. Harrington, President Earl Rudder, Dean of Students James P. Hannigan, Col. D. L. Baker, Commandant and Professor^ of Mili tary Science, Colonel James F. Starkey, Professor of Air Science. Captain Charles F. Hornstein, Sponsor; P. L. “Pinky” Downs, Jr., R. V. ’04, Official Greeter; J. B. Faculty Services Begin Wednesday The faculty Interfaith Fellow ship will hold the first of a series of meetings at 7 a.m. Wednesday in the All Faiths Chapel. All faculty and staff members and personnel of religious organiza tions have been invited to attend. Speakers will explain the view point of Islam, Judiasm and Christianity on the topic “Source of Ultimate Authority.” Each speaker will talk about five minutes, and will then con duct cross examinations and ans wer questions. These meetings have been sche duled for every Wednesday morn ing through Nov. 20. Hervey, Executive Secretary, For mer Students Association; Col. and Mrs Joe E. Davis, Mrs. Irene Claghorn, Mrs. Elizabeth W. Cook, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Conway, friends and supporters of the Ross Volun teers. degrees in agriculture extension. The Texas Commission on Higher Education said the A&M Board, and not the university, should have made the request. The commission also said it wants a closer look at course of ferings planned for two colleges scheduled to come under the state system in 1964. THE COMMISSION ordered its staff to give further study to proposed courses at San Angelo State College and Pan American College, located at San Angelo and Edinburg, respectively. The staff was asked to consoli- Two Aggies, One UH Student Injured In Weekend Mishap As the result of a weekend one- car accident, an Aggie will be hospitalized at least six months while two of his companions will be released from hispitals this week. Francis Bonvillian II,. a fresh man from La Porte, will be hospi talized for at least six months, said David F. Lyons, company commander of D-l. Lyons added that Bonvillian received a head concussion, an injured back, a broken arm, a broken ankle, and foot injuries and that he is in Houston’s Hermann Hospital. Wayne Huebinger, a freshman from San Antonio, dislocated his shoulder and was bruised. He is in St. Joseph’s Hospital in Bryan. Lyons said that Huebinger should be released from the hospital Wednesday of this week. Kim Baker, a University of Houston student and driver of the car, was only bruised and should released from a Houston hospital in three to four days, Lyons said. The accident occurred late Fri day night in the 2700 block of Texas Avenue when the sports car Baker was driving went out of control. Bonvillian and Hue binger were thrown from the car. Country Ministers Attend Conference About 200-300 rural and small town ministers are expected to at tend the 18th Annual Town and Country Church Conference Wed nesday through Friday in the Memorial Student Center. Included in the conference will be talks on the role of the church in developing the spiritual, men tal, social and physical aspects of man. The theme for the meeting is “The Church Meeting Human Needs.” Speakers for the conference are some of the nation’s outstanding authorities in the religious, social and medical fields,” said Larry L. Burleson, organization specialist of the Agricultural Extension Service. date some Pan American depart ments. Pan American was a four-year college before the last legisla ture agreed to take it into the state system. San Angelo had been a junior college. The commission’s proposed role and scope for Pan American said thought should be devoted to teach er-training for the Valley area. SAN ANGELO’S COLLEGE should devote itself to building a sound undergraduate program, the report said. The commission also approved graduate school programs for the University of Texas graduate school of biomedical sciences at Houston. attended a formal dance at the Memorial Student Center, where members of the selec tion committee had the op portunity to dance and converse with the girls. Following the dance the selection committee held a caucus to narrow down the field for the final selec tion. At another caucus early Sunday morning, which lasted about 30 minutes, the selection committee made its final choice. AT A BRIEF CEREMONY fol lowing breakfast, the decision was announced and Nanette Gabriel be came the new Aggie Sweetheart. Following the announcement, Miss Gabriel named Bill Monier “Mr. Congeniality.” Harlan Roberts, president of the student body, said the decision was hard to make. “Any one of the girls would have made a wonderful sweetheart; it was not easy.” MISS GABRIEL, a brown haired 5 foot 5 inch beauty, wrote an especially appealing passage in her application for sweetheart. “To be Aggie Sweetheart would be like a modern day Snow White, but in stead of having seven dwarfs you have eight thousand young men.” It was the first time that an Aggie Sweetheart had been chosen on the A&M campus. Before this year, all final selections had been made at Texas Woman’s Uni versity. According to Roberts, “The whole program went off very well, and the girls enjoyed themselves tremendously.” At the Texas Christian Uni versity football game Saturday in Fort Worth, Miss Gabriel will be formally presented to the Aggies at half time. The Aggie band will form her name; Richard Moore, president of the Civilian Student Council will present her with a bouquet and Paul Dresser, Corps Commander, will kiss her. Roberts will escort her to and from the ceremony. United Chest Nears Final Collection Day In the face of gifts from Col lege Station citizens who had not been contacted, Dr. Chris H. Grone-* man Tuesday urged volunteer workers to speed up soliciations in the United Chest campaign. “Several persons called my of fice asking where to send checks,” the campaign director reported. “They had been waiting for work ers to come around.” Groneman urged that checks be made out to College Station Uni ted Chest and mailed to Faculty Exchange Box 218, A&M Univer sity. “Or dial VI 6-5773 and we will pick up the gifts,” he continued. Groneman estimated that more than half of the $18,000 goal had been raised Tuesday morning. The next report is due Tuesday night. “With only three days left in the campaign, we must put forth extra effort to see all prospects if we are to achieve the goal,” Groneman appealed. Fifteen worthwhile agencies which answer vital community needs throughout the year desire the support of every citizen, he emphasized. Man, This Is Just The Beginning A old tradition comes alive for the first ers the heave-ho into the fish pond follow- time this season as freshman give yell lead- ing the University of Houston Game.