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Che Battalion COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1964 Number 30 File For Election CIRCLE K GETS CHARTER Ed Kainer accepts plaque from Bob Fletcher. Engineers Host Noted Speaker At Annual Fete Waldo G. Bowman will be the main speaker at a meeting - of the Texas Section, American Society of Civil Engineers to be held on the A&M campus, Wednesday through Friday. Bowman is the national president of the society and the editor of “Engineering News Journal”, a post he has held for 23 years. A 1923 graduate of the4- University of Kansas, he also has attended Harvard’s Graduate School of Business Administration. The conference began Wednes day morning with a meeting of the board of directors at 10 a.m. Reg istration is scheduled until 5 p.m. Wednesday in the Memorial Stu dent Center Serpentine Lounge. The first general session will be held Thursday with a welcoming address by A&M President Earl Rudder and the presentation of student papers throughout the morning. Bowman will speak after a noon luncheon in the MSC Ballroom. His talk will be followed by technical sessions on the latest developments in such fields as highway construc tion, hydraulics, sanitation, struc tural engineering and soil mechan ics. These sessions will continue through Friday. An awards luncheon will be held at noon Friday with M. J. Shelton as the main speaker. Shelton is the Zone 5 ASCE vice president. The conclave will be brought to a close with a student conference conducted by Ronald Chandler of Rice University. Chandler is the president of the ASCE Texas Con ference of Student Chapters. Speakers during the three day session will include members of the A&M faculty, state highway offi cials, industrial executives and others from the civil engineering field. Approximately 300 delegates are expected, including professional men and students from Arlington State, Lamar Tech, University of Houston, University of Texas, Rice University, Texas Western and A&M. A special program for wives of the delegates and sessions for the student delegates will be conducted during the conference. The wives program will include tours Thurs day of the A&M research facilities from 10:30 a.m. until noon. Secretary Courses Slated In YMCA The Secretarial Development Course will continue to be con ducted bi-monthly from 1-5 p.m. in the Brooks Room of the YMCA. The schedule for April and May lists classes on April 13-16, 27-30, May 11-14 and 25-28. The first day of the course will be devoted to the indoctrination of new employees. Topics to be presented are organization of A&M, regulations governing employees, employee responsibilities and em ployee benefits. New clerical employees should plan to attend the course Monday through Thursday and other wom en employees should attend Tues day through Thursday, according to a bulletin from Clark C. Mon roe, director of personnel. Those wishing to attend should submit their name to Mrs. Love land at the Personnel Office. Sophomore Ball Ducats Available Tickets for this year’s Sopho more Ball went on sale Monday in the Student Programs Office in the Memorial Student Center. The ducats are priced $3 a cou ple. Music for the dance, which will be held April 25 in Sbisa Dining Hall, will be provided by the Aggieland Orchestra, Richard Dooley, president of the Sophomore Class, announced Tuesday. Dress for the ball will be class A summer or dress white’s for corps members and semi-formal for civilian students. Those wishing to enter a can didate for sophomore sweet heart may do so in the Student Programs office until 5 p.m. Monday. Circle K’ers Join Kiwanis At Ceremony By GLENN DROMGOOLE Battalion News Editor As Ed Kainer accepted the club’s charter from Bob Fletcher, the A&M University Circle K Club officially became a member of the Kiwanis International college or ganization Tuesday. Kainer, the local group’s vice president, accepted the charter in the absence of John Gabbert, Cir cle K president and commanding officer of Company G-3. Fletcher, chairman of the spon soring Kiwanis Club Committee on Circle K, presented the charter and then received the Circle K Sponsor Emblem from College Station Kiwanis president Isaac Peters. A faculty member in the De partment of Mechanical Engineer ing, Fletcher was cited by the Kiwanis International group for his work in organizing the local Circle K group. The student group, meeting in joint session with its parent or ganization at a noon luncheon in the Memorial Student Center, also conducted the installation of its first officers. Don Mills, junior industrial en gineering student from Silver Spring, Md., presided over the in stallation ceremonies. An active member of Circle K at Montgomery Junior College in Takoma Park, Md., before coming to A&M, Mills was recently elect ed Lt. Governor of the Texas-Okla- homa Circle K district. Officers for the newly-formed service club include Gabbert, presi dent; Kainer, vice president; Gary Munson, secretary; Jim Scott, treasurer; Bob Rountree, R. W. Inniss, Richard Slone and Mills, board of directors. The club, organized only last October, presently has 26 mem bers. Circle K meetings are held the first Monday of each month. Today’s Thought Thoughtlessness is the curse of mankind. Voting For Scheduled April 23 Thirty-two students have filed for positions on the gen eral election ballot to be voted on April 23. The registration closed Tuesday at 5 p. m. Wayne Smith, election commission advisor, said that several rule changes and an increase in interest in student body government promises to increase the turnout in this years general elections. The election commission has approved a change to allow graduate students and graduating seniors to vote. Also they approved candidates campaigning in the Memorial Student Center except on the day of the election. Candidates may erect campaign posters on the corner of the lot between Guion ♦'Hall and the MSC. STUDENTS FILING for president of the Student Body were Frank Muller, Donald Frank Watson, John Gay, Richard Warren and Roy Johnson. Dooley and Mike Beck filed for vice-president. Robert Beene, Daniel Fischer and J. Donald Bower registered for re cording secretary. Students vieing for parliamentarian include David Moreman, Charles Wallace and Thomas Arnold. STUDENT SENATE committee chairmanship candidates and of fices - issues: Jay Jaynes and Rober Lee; public relations: Sam Henry, Eugene Gregory, Ronald Porter and Michael Wier; student life: Jim Allen, William Buckellew and David Clifton, and student wel fare: James Bougeois, Randall Deutsch and William Altman. Candidates for Civilian Yell Leader are Michael Reynolds, James Benson, Darrell Smith and Harvey Basher. Jerome Levy and George Hub- ler are the candidates for Class of ’64 class agent. 12 Engineers Receive Prizes In Contest Twelve winners in the 24th an nual Engineering Graphics Con test received awards Wednesday morning. Ford D. Albritton Jr., of Al britton Engineering Corp., ad dressed the group in the Civil Engineering Lecture Room. First, second and third place awards in each of four classes and a special award for the de partment’s top student were pre sented at the meeting. Phillip L. Newton received the T. R. Spence Award for 1964. Spence made the presentation of the award given to the outstand ing engineering graphics student. Winners in the working draw ing class were: first, Robert D. Miller; second, George R. Roberts, and third, Richard J. Mergen. In the descriptive geometry problems class, the winners were: first, Newton; second Larry M. Southwick, and third, Jerry H. Graves. Lettering class winners were: first, Gary D. Johnson; second, Donald A. Porter, and third, Victor L. Houston. Winners in freehand sketching competition were; first Leroy D. Villarreal; second, Paul A. Sellers, and third, Ricky S. Nesbit. Judges for Saturday’s competi tion were James H. Cadden, Dr. C. D. Holland and C. A. Roden- berger, all of the A&M engineering faculty. Graduate Exam Tickets Available Seniors planning to take the Graduate Record Examination Saturday have until 5 p.m. Fri day to pick up their tickets. These tickets are required be fore a student may take the examination. They are availa ble at the Basic Division of the Counseling and Testing Center any afternoon before 5 p.m. The Graduate Record Examina tion will be held on campus from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. First Female 1 Receives Post In Election g I •X ♦X I g For the first time in the history of A&M, a female has been elected to a student government office. When the ballots were counted Tuesday in the race for Graduate Student Council members, Mrs. Nancy Fitzhugh was elected as a representative from the College of Arts and Sciences, breaking an 88-year tra-4- dition of all-male student leaders. Mrs. Fitzhugh totaled 96 votes to her nearest opponent’s 78 in win ning a spot on the council. She was not alone, however, in representing the College of Arts and Sciences. The other three posts allowed the college on the council were filled by Edward Lee Walker, Jack E. Singley, and James J. O’Brien. The council is composed of four members from the College of Arts and Sciences, three from the Col lege of Agriculture, three from the College of Engineering, and one each from the College of Veterinary Medicine and the Institute of Sta tistics. Students from the College of Engineering picked Charles B. Ivy, Joseph R. Troxler and Frank White as their representatives. Herb Ernst, Fred Wagner and Frank Hull were unopposed in the College of Agriculture race, while Gordon Welch from the College of Veterinary Medicine and Larry Rinzer from the Institute of Sta tistics also had no opponents in the election. The Graduate Student Council was formed in the fall, 1963. It is an advisory group presenting the views and recommendations of the graduate student body to the gradu ate faculty. The group has set as its objec tives: “To aid in promoting a suitable academic program for all graduate students in compliance with the rules and regulations of the Uni versity administration. “To provide leadership in regu lating extra-curricular and college social activities in a manner that will foster the social and cultural phases of graduate student life. Pan-Am Week Begins PAN-AM WEEK ART DISPLAY “La Espera,” by P. Sanchez is among Mexican display. A&M’s ninth annual Pan Amer ican Week will get into full swing Wednesday with three movies from Mexico to be presented in the Memorial Student Center Ball room at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free. Featured will be “Report on the Industrial Development of Mexico,” “Advancements in the Mexican Oil Industry,” and “The Modern Promethus.” Chairman of Pan American Week, Alvaro Restrepo of Colum bia, stressed that the annual cele bration is open to all Aggies, and not restricted to Latin American Students. Adding to the atmosphere of Pan-Am Week will be a paint ing exposition of “The Contem porary Art of Mexico,” presented through the courtesy of the Of fice for the Promotion of the Culture of Mexico which is a division of the Mexican Foreign Relations Ministry. Thursday’s events will be high lighted by an informal dinner at 6:30 p.m. in the MSC Dining Room honoring Tomas A. Pastor- iza, a former SCONA guest from the Dominican Republic. Pastoriza will speak on “The Agarrian Problem of Latin America,” at 7:30 p.m. in the Assembly Room. A Latin American smorgasbord will be served Friday at 5 p.m. in the Ballroom of the MSC. Following the meal, Dwight.Nic hols will present a movie on Central America, in cooperation with the Great Issues Committee at 8 p.m. Free coffee from Colombia will be served in the Fountain Room Thursday and Friday through the courtesy of the National Fed eration of Coffee Growers of Colombia. Tessie Panel Tells Aggies ‘Manners Make The Man’ By CLOVIS McCALLISTER Battalion Staff Writer A panel of four Texas Women’s University coeds and their mod erator told approximately 200 stu dents that etiquette books say the female is supposed to pay for hous ing while visiting a boy, but that Aggies have a different custom. Lynn Parks, 1962-63 Aggie Sweetheart, said that there should be a clear cut understanding of who is to pay for housing. The panel, composed of Lynn Parks, Johanna Leister, Paula Rich, Charlene Mabry, and moderator Gertrude Gibson, opened the first of two “Man Your Manners” panels sponsored by the YMCA. Miss Leister opened the discus sion by saying, “in making intro ductions, women and older persons require priority in the introduc tions.” She added that if you can not remember a date’s name, do not hesitate to ask again. Miss Rich said when you are writing a letter, it is best to be normal and express yourself as if you were talking to the person. She gave the abc’s of writing a letter as meaning, depth and get ting results from the one you write. She said a letter expresses per sonality. Miss Rich, in giving pointers for letter writing, said when you write a letter, visualize the person you are writing, write as if you were speaking, use everyday words, keep the person who you are writing in mind, avoid careless mistakes and remarks, and write so others can see it. Miss Parks suggested that two weeks is about the right time to ask a girl to a formal dance, so the girl can choose her wardrobe for the occasion. Miss Leister said PDA, (public £ g •X display of affection), is degrading to both the girl and boy and it does not speak for the person’s character. Miss Rich added that if the boy thinks anything of the girl, he would not do it. Brazos County Ags Set Meet Tonight All regional political hopefuls or their representatives have been invited by the Brazos Coun ty A&M Club to speak briefly at their meeting Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the clubhouse on Ehlin- ger Drive. Drinks and fellowship will be gin at 6 p.m. followed by a meal at 7 p.m. Cost of the dinner will be $1. Wire Review By The Associated Press WORLD NEWS NICOSIA, Cyprus — U. N. Of ficers sought feverishly Tuesday night to settle a Greek-Turkish dis pute over a strategic hill in north ern Cyprus that could spread fight ing throughout the troubled island. ★ ★ ★ SAIGON, South Viet Nam — The United States is going to streamline the top-heavy admin istration of its military forces in . South Viet Nam, American au thorities announced tonight. The U. S. Military Advisory Assistance Group — MAAG — that has operated here since 1955 will be abolished soon, they said, and its personnel will be absorb ed by a higher organization esta blished in 1962, the U. S. Mili tary Assistance Command of Viet Nam-MACV. U. S. NEWS CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. — A 5-foot-tall rocket stage with a space payload attached ignited Tuesday and sprayed blazing fuel over an assembly and checkout building. Eleven engineers and technicians were burned. Two men were reported close to death, with burns over 100 and 83 per cent of their bodies. Library Week Observed Four local librarians participate in open house ceremonies at the Veterinary Library Tuesday in observance of Na tional Library Week. They are, left to right: R. D. Turk, chairman of Vet Library; Mrs. Hazel Richardson, head Bryan librarian; R. A. House, A&M University Libraries- Director, and R. C. Woodward, A&M associate librarian.