Cheri’s Enthusiasm, Dedication, Personality Praised
By GLENN DROMGOOLE
Battalion Editor
, Cheri Holland was born to be
an Aggie Sweetheart, and Sun
day she became one.
In regular attendance at Bon
fire since she could walk, the
girl that is now pinned to 9,000
Aggies was raised around them.
She has lived in College Sta
tion all her life, has partici
pated in campus activities and
has known the Aggie spirit at
its fullest extent,
rf Even back in the second grade,
Cheri was an Aggie at heart.
That was when she started tak
ing piano lessons. After a few
weeks, she asked her piano in
structor to teach her the Aggie
War Hymn.
But more than an Aggie, Miss
Holland is a sweetheart.
During her senior year in
A&M Consolidated High School,
Cheri was homecoming queen,
Miss Consolidated High School,
most representative girl, semi
finalist in the Miss Teenage
America of Houston contest, edi
tor of Tigerland 1964 (high
school annual), was a medal-win
ning majorette, alternate in all-
state choir, a member of the Na
tional Honor Society and a parti
cipant in high school plays.
Beauty, talent, enthusiasm,
dedication and personality pret
ty well sum up the characteris
tics that make the College Sta
tion girl a favorite wherever she
goes.
The only child of Mr. and Mrs.
Curtis R. Holland of 514 Kyle,
Miss Cheryl Ann Holland has
had trouble with her name, but
that hasn’t really been a hin
drance.
When she was a child, she was
Shebby Hoddin because she had
trouble pronouncing L’s and R’s.
Her father still sometimes calls
her Sheb.
Later she was Sherry, the
name that stuck with her
through high school. And then
came Cheri (same pronouncia-
tion, different spelling.)
But whether it’s Sheb, Sherry
or Cheri, she draws praise from
those who have been closely acco-
ciated with her.
If it’s the hardest kind of work,
she makes fun out of it some
how. She has a strong sense
of loyalty and dedication to
whatever group she’s working
with — not selfishly, but just
for the group,” explained Bob
Boone, a former junior high
teacher and church choir director
of Cheri’s and director of three
summer musicals on campus in
which the Aggie Sweetheart has
participated.
“During the summer musicals,”
Boone said, “she would paint
sets, scrub floors or whatever
it would take to get the show on
the road.”
“This will help make her a
good Aggie Sweetheart, because
she doesn’t mind making person
al sacrifices to accomplish the
final goal,” he added.
Cheri had minor roles and sang
in the chorus in two summer
musicals here, and had a more
major part in “Bye, Bye Birdie”
this summer. Previous perfor
mances included “Bloomer Girl”
in 1964 and “Anything Goes” the
summer before.
“Cheri was an all-around pleas
ing personality — friendly, cer
tainly well-liked by everybody
and one of our outstanding stu
dents,” E. P. Ozment, principal
of A&M Consolidated High
School, said.
“There was no one any bet
ter than she was,” recalled Ag
gie freshman Jerry Holbert, who
attended high school with the
new sweetheart.
'She was in everything—there
wasn’t any activity that she
wasn’t in. After you get to
know her a little, she’s a real-
live wire,” the H-2 history major
remembered.
Pamela Adams, an A&M soph
omore and classmate of Cheri’s,
used the LWNS to illustrate this
“live wire” tribute.
The LWNS—short for Ladies
Wednesday Noon Society — it
seems was an unofficial dinner
club consisting of Cheri and four
other girls.
The girls would eat dinner
every Wednesday at one of the
girl’s homes and wouldn’t al
ways make it back on time for
class.
But they had a ready-made
excuse: there was always this
little ol’lady in a wheel chair
who couldn’t get across the
street.
Corny, but it worked.
“One of her nicest qualities
is her happy enthusiasm for
everything she does,” commented
Frank C. Coulter, her high
school chorus teacher.
“She has determination but is
not pushy and she possesses a
real subtle sense of humor,” he
added.
“Cheri’s well-liked by every
body,” complimented Judy Jones,
social chairman at TWU.
Chances are that everybody
will include 9,000 Aggies before
this year is over.
Che Battalion
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Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1965
Number 215
WU Dance Friday Inaugurates
orth Texas Aggie Invasion
TCU Game, Corps Trip
Mark Weekend Activities
PREPARING FOR CORPS TRIP
Many Aggies crowded the ticket office at G. Rollie White
Coliseum Wednesday afternoon before the 5 p. m. dead
line to buy tickets for the first Corps Trip of the year.
The Aggies will meet TCU at 7:30 p. m. Saturday at Amon
Carter Stadium.
Lee To Present
Last
Col. R. C. Lee Professor of
Air Science at Texas A&M will
speak at the “Last Lecture”
Series at 6 p.m. Monday in the
YMCA.
it the outbreak of World
Lecture Talk
TJCPA Confab
Set For Oct. 18
A record 102 delegates from 19
colleges have pre-registered for
the Texas Junior College Press
Association Conference Oct. 18-
19 at Texas A&M.
Two observers from Stephen
F. Austin State College, a four-
year institution, have also pre
registered.
Dr. David Bowers, associate
professor of journalism at A&M
and conference director, announ-
ed that David Nance, a Houston
Chronicle photographer for the
past two years, will replace Ted
Romoniski on the program.
£ Representatives are expected
from these junior colleges: Cisco,
South Texas, San Antonio,
Southwest Texas, Tyler, Paris,
Texarkana, Wharton, Lee. Del
Mar, San Jacinto, Allen Acad
emy, Grayson County, Howard
County, Victoria, Odessa, Panola,
Navarro and Lubbock Christian.
T Speakers include Conway
Craig, president of the San An
tonio Express-News; Leon Hale,
columnist for the Houston Post;
Peggy Simpson, Associated Press
reporter in Dallas; Mickey Her-
skowitz, sports editor and col
umnist for the Houston Post;
D’Eon Priest, Taylor Publishing
Company, San Antonio, and
Nance.
War II, Lee, half way through
college joined the Army Air
Corps. After the war he re
turned to school at Pennsylvania
State University which he re
ceived his Bachelor of Science
Degree in 1947.
Following his graduation he
accepted a regular commission in
the Army Air Corps and contin
ued his education until he was
awarded a Master’s degree.
Since the Korean War, in
which he commanded the 35th
Fighter Bomber Squadron, Lee
has served in Washington, D. C.,
and at the Air Force Academy.
With 23 years of active duty,
Lee holds a Command Pilot rat
ing.
Other speakers for the series
this semester will include C. K.
Esten, of the English Depart
ment, E. S. Webb of the Depart
ment of Agricultural Education,
and A. L. Stacell of the Depart
ment of Architecture.
A dance on the Texas Woman’s Uni
versity campus in Denton kicks off the
Texas Aggies’ yearly North Texas inva
sion, to be capped Saturday night in Fort
Worth with the football game with the Texas
Christian Homed Frogs.
The first 1965 Corps Trip weekend be
gins Friday with the Maroon-and-White A-
Go-Go dance scheduled from 7:30-11:30 p.m.
in the TWU Student Union Building ball
room.
The dance, designed as an Aggie-Tessie
mixer, will feature the music of the Night
caps of “Wine, Wine, Wine” fame. Dress
is casual and there will be no admission
charge.
A yell practice in the ballroom will follow
the dance.
The Corps of Cadets will parade through
downtown Fort Worth at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Led by the Aggie Band, the Corps will
march west on Weatherford to Houston,
south on Houston to 9th, east on 9th to
Main, north on Main to 1st and east on
1st to the dismissal area.
The reviewing stand will be located near
the Hotel Texas on Main at 7th.
The focal point of the weekend comes at
7:30 p.m. Saturday, when a surprising Aggie
squad takes on the Horned Frogs before a
near-sellout crowd in Fort Worth’s Amon
Carter Stadium.
The Aggies, who beat Houston last week
to square their season record at 2-2, will be
seeking a repeat of their last Fort Worth
trip when they battled the favored Frogs
to a 14-14 tie.
TCU stands 1-3 for the season, with a win
over Florida State coupled with losses again
st Top Ten powerhouse Nebraska and Arkan
sas and a 28-24 setback against Texas Tech
last week.
The Horned Frog attack will be led by
sophomore quarterback P. D. Shabay and
soph halfback Steve Landon, who carries a
5.9 yard per carry average into the contest.
Another standout is Frank Horak, junior
safetyman who ran a kickoff back 102 yards
against Tech last Saturday.
Oddsmakers have installed TCU as two
point favorites.
Aggie Sweetheart Cheri Holland will be
presented during halftime ceremonies. The
College Station beauty, chosen last week,
will be presented with a bouquet of roses
and will be saluted, Aggie style, by Student
Body President Roland Smith.
Post-game activities include an All-Aggie
dance at Will Rogers Coliseum at 3301 W.
Lancaster. More than 800 Aggies and dates
are expected for the dance, scheduled from
11 p.m.-2 a.m.
Admission price is $3.50 per couple, and
identification cards will be necessary for
admission.
Don Hudson and the Royal Kings will
provide the entertainment for the dance.
Setups will be provided.
The $3.50 charge will include a catered
breakfast at 2 p.m., immediately after the
dance.
The dance and breakfast are being spon
sored by Aggie friends in Fort Worth, in
cluding the Fort Worth A&M Mothers’
Club.
Apollo Club Starts
Membership Drive
The Apollo Club, sponsored by
the YMCA as a forum for the
discussion of today’s problems, is
now accepting membership.
The speaker scheduled for the
first meeting, Oct. 28 is Dr. Has
kell Monroe of the Department of
History. His topic will be “The
College Student — A Survey of
What College Students Think
and Believe.”
The club is open to all students,
however it will have a maximum
membership of 60. Dues of $5
will be charged to cover meals be
fore each program.
TO PLAY AT SATURDAY’S DANCE
Don Hudson and the Royal Kings will pro- $3.50 a couple charge will include setups and
vide the music for the after-the-game dance a catered breakfast at 2 a. m. The band has
at Will Rogers Coliseum. The dance will be- appeared with Brenda Lee and Jimmy Reed
gin at 11 p. m. and run until 2 a. m. The on radio and television.
COMPANY D-2 DISPLAYS SPIRIT
Company D-2, from Dorm 3, put up one of the best dorm
signs this year. The painting on the sign is signed by
Vargus Jr. The true Vargus is an artist with Playboy
Magazine.
A&M Experiments
In Sealab Project
Spring barley, English peas
and dwarf marigolds aren’t
everyone’s idea of a garden—but
when you consider the garden
was grown 200 feet under the
sea, in the Navy’s 100-ton Sealab
2 — it’s quite an accomplishment.
Astronaut - turned - aquanaut,
Scott Carpenter, wondered if
plants would germinate and
grow under the high pressure
and artificial atmosphere of
over 90 per cent Helium in the
Sealab 2. He passed the informa
tion along, and the Department
of Plant Sciences at Teexas A&M,
designed an experiment to grow
a garden under the sea.
The design and plans for the
agricultural research was made
by Dr. Page W. Morgan, plant
physiologist and Allan Marmel-
stein, graduate student in plant
physiology and biological ocean
ography both at A&M.
They sent seed, containers,
growing medium and light filters
to the site of the Sealab’s dive,
La Jolla, Calif., where the seeds
were planted in planter boxes
and put into a pressurized con
tainer. Gradually, the pressure
was brought up to about seven at
mospheres (the same pressure as
in the Sealab). The container was
lowered to the 57-foot long Sealab
cylinder and the planter boxes
removed from the pressurized
container.
The planter boxes, with peat
moss and perlite as growing
medium, were fastened along a
wall. Standard incandescent arti
ficial lights substituted for the
sun.
The 10-man crews were assign
ed chores to care for the plants.
They recorded the length of time
from planting to germination.
They measured height of the
plants at certain intervals and
took photographs of various
stages of growth.
Barley was the first to germi
nate and grew faster than the
others. The peas and marigolds
were somewhat slower, and A&M
researchers are busy finding out
why. Letters from the crew sent
to the surface by “dolphin mail”
told researchers of the progress
the plants were making.
The barley, peas and marigold
plants are being dried or frozen
and sent to A&M for analysis.
Morgan said a check plot is be
ing grown from the same kind of
seeds to compare with those
grown under the sea.
Special Election
Filing Continues
Filing for special Student Sen
ate election continues through
Friday in the Student Programs
Office, MSC.
Positions open include sopho
more, College of Liberal Arts;
junior and senior, College of
Sciences, and sophomore, junior
and senior, College of Geosci
ences.
Deadline for filing is 5 p. m.
Friday. Election is set Oct. 21.