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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.