Slouch Celebrates Birthday
See Story,
Cartoons
Pages 4, 5
“I can’t tell whether you’re optimistic or pessimistic!”
“Instead of figurin’ the cost of weekend dates in dollars—
I’ve learned to figure it in grade points!”
“Two weeks! You mean you’ve been in th’ sack two weeks
an’ didn’t even go home for th’ Christmas holidays?”
Che Battalion
Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1965
Number 242
88 Candidates File
For Freshmen Poll
Wire Teaching Helps
Gulf Coast Chemists
BLACKBOARD BY WIRE
Dr. Randolph C. Wilhoit, chemistry professor at Texas
A&M, prepares to teach a class in Corpus Christi via
Electrowriter. A&M instituted the telephone class this
year through Southwestern States Telephone Company’s
Wire Area Telephone Service plan. Students get full
graduate credit for courses.
Chemists in Corpus Christi
and Freeport spend three hours
weekly receiving “Blackboard
by Wire ” instruction from Tex
as A&M University.
Two courses are taught by
telephone through an Electro-
writer. Instructors simultan-
euosly teach chemistry students
at A&M.
Both courses, physical chem
istry and inorganic chemistry,
carry credit toward master’s
degrees.
Twice weekly, after regular
working hours, 16 chemists at
Dow chemical Company in Free
port and 20 at Pittsburgh Plate
Glass Celenase Corporation in
Corpus Christi hear lectures
and receive instruction in plant
classrooms.
Dr. Edward A. Meyers, as
sociate professor of chemistry
at A&M, says the “Blackboard
by Wire” program is working
well.
“It is advantageous to indus
try in attracting outstanding
college graduates because they
can work full-time and study
toward a master’s degree,”
Meyers noted. “Also, many exe
cutives feel advanced studies
prevent technical obselence.”
Central office for A&M’s
“Blackboard by Wire” is Room
113 of the Chemistry Building.
Doctors Alfred Danti, Randolph
C. Wilhoit and Ralph A. Zin-
garo work in a broadcasting
room similar to a radio disc-
jockey’s setup.
As the professors talk, they
write information on paper in
a unit of the Electrowriter. The
device electronically duplicates
the writing motion on acetate
for instant reproduction else
where.
Loyd Klar makes prepara
tions and equipment adjust
ments for Dow Chemical. Rob
ert Ristau does the same for
Pittsburgh Plate Glass.
Microphones are placed
throughout the classroom so
students may ask questions
from their seats.
Material transmitted by the
Electrowriter is flashed on
classroom screens during lec
tures. Printed copies of the
sessions are filed in the chem
istry library.
Arrangements for the hook
up were made through South
western States Telephone Com
pany in Bryan.
Dr. Bruno J. Zwolinski in
stigated the program at A&M
after hearing Dr. Herbert Trot
ter, chairman of board of Gen
eral Telephone and Electronics
Laboratories, lecture about the
plan last year.
Meyers claims students pay
strict attention to material on
the screen, possibly more than
to the usual lecturer.
The A&M chemist have also
experimented with simultaneous
teaching of courses for Dow
Chemical Company in Midland.
Students in Freeport and
Corpus Christi take examina
tions like their counterparts at
Aggieland. Tests are adminis
tered by plant administrators
and mailed to A&M.
“Blackboard by Wire” is not
a “cure-all” for the exploding
education problem, but A&M
professors believe it lightens
instructors’ teaching loads and
aids industry at the same time.
Election Set
For Thursday
By DANI PRESSWOOD
Battalion Staff Writer
Filing for freshman class of
fices closed Thursday with 88
tentative candidates vieing for 14
student positions.
“This must be the largest num
ber of candidates in recent years,”
said Election Commission chair
man Harris Pappas.
Pappas announced a meeting of
the office-seekers will be held at
5 p.m. Friday on the second floor
of the YMCA to outline cam
paigning procedures.
The rules will be basically the
same as in past years, he said.
The most important ones are cam
paign material may be posted
on the corner of the Guion Hall
lawn, and campaigning in the
Memorial Student Center area
will be prohibited on election day.
The election date has been set
for Dec. 9 with the runoffs com
ing Dec. 16.
Tentative candidates are:
President — LeRoy W. Ed
wards, Joseph S. Spitzer, Thomas
J. Leeds, Michael L. Morris, Tim
othy G. Terrell, John M. Gerig,
James B. Starling, Craig M.
Smith, Joseph Sauter, James Mob
ley, Harley J. Harden, Robert E.
Glazener, Russell L. Burgess,
Douglas Corey, Raymond L. Arm
our Jr., John H. Focke III, Tho
mas K. Hamilton, Emil H. Koenig
III, Kenneth L. Reicherzer and
John C. Sutherland.
Vice President — William T.
Seely, Milton K. Hermann, David
J. Dellinger, Ralph Crow Jr., Mi
chael L. Morris, Richard L.
Goode, James P. Bartlett, Stephen
A. Holditch, Harvey L. Cooper,
Roger Johnson, George C. Magby,
Paul M. Mebane, John Williams,
Guillermo Chavez, Jerry Keys,
Miles L. Sawyer, Terry M. Stock,
and Walter W. Williams.
Secretary-Treasurer — Willard
R. Bryant, Glynn I. Wilson, Wil
liam G. Janacek, Steven L. Bour
ne, Thomas C. Chestney, John L.
Bearden, Kermitt L. Stosberg,
David E. Thompson, Mack Fraz
ier, Michael E. Murphy and Doug
las M. Scott.
Social Secretary — Garland H.
Clark, Robert E. Bishop, George
K. Donaho, Gary R. Mayes, James
A. Wofford, Charles Bradley, Ric
hard K. Newman, Max M. Strat
ton II and Bill Walther.
Student Senate Representatives
(four positions) — Dennis M.
Williams, Robert J. Adair, Lanie
J. Benson, Robert L. Metzler, Len
R. Heimer, Frederick M. Bosse,
John C. Abshier, William R. How
ell Jr., Thomas G. Gunter, James
S. Wilbeck, Dale V. Matthews,
Benjamin J. Sims, John C. Davis,
Patrick J. O’Reilly, Frank Davis
III, Kenneth F. Hensel,
George A. Teer, Donald A.
Swofford, Michael J. Keeton, Pa
trick F. Hill, John W. Fuller,
Allen G. Elliff, Kenneth J. Ed
wards, Lome A. Davis, John E.
Clark, John B. Cheatham, George
M. Antilley, Arthur Lane, Larry
B. McWhorter, Larry K. Adams,
David M. Howard, William R.
Howell Jr. and Larry C. Napper.
Pre-veterinary representative to
Student Senate — Joseph W.
Hely Jr., Stephen A. Melman,
Tim W. Davis, James H. Will-
banks, Allen M. Zschech and Wil
liam W. Zemanek.
Election Commission (five pos
itions) — Stephen A. Collins, Ro
bert O. Segner Jr., Harold D. Tal
ley, Gerald L. Wall, John E. Short,
William S. Pitman, Larry G. Par
sons, Charles A. Parada, Ernest
R. Musick, Kenneth Langford,
Milton J. Freeman, Charles C.
Clark III, Patrick R. Harris, Gary
L. Davis, Ronald D. Beddingfield,
John H. Vogel, Walter L. Riggs,
Jerry T. Northcutt, Richard L.
Geisler, Wayne Fritschel, Max B.
Fitzhugh, James J. Machala and
Charles E. Hancock.
Texas Choir
Sings Tonight
A&M Consolidated’s choir will
sponsor a concert for the Madri
gal group from Texas University
Friday at 8 p.m. in the High
School Auditorium.
The university group is going
on world tour under the sponsor
ship of the U. S. State Depart
ment.
An admission charge of $1 for
adults and 50 cents for students
will be made for Friday’s con
cert.
BEASLEY, MATSON WORK TOGETHER
Big John Beasley, No. 44, blocks Trinity’s Jim Bowles, No.
53, out of the play as Randy Matson, No. 42, hauls in his
first rebound in a Aggie uniform. Matson, who was play
ing his first college basketball game, grabbed 18 rebounds
and scored 15 points. Beasley continued where he left off
last year when he finished as the nation’s eighth leading
scoring by totalling 32 and pulled 13 rebounds. The Aggies
beat Trinity in the season opener, 79-70.
Fallout Theater Schedules
One-Act Plays Saturday
Area playwright talent goes
before the footlights Saturday
night when four one-act plays
are produced at the Fallout Thea
ter.
Judy Elam, freshman English
major, and Karl Rubinstein, sen
ior in the department, will direct
their own plays. Tim E. Lane of
Bryan directs a play written by
Bryan Daily Eagle city editor
Robert C. Stewart Jr.
The fourth play, “Ransom of
Red Chief” by O’Henry, was
adapted and directed by Glenn
Dromgoole.
Curtain time for “Fate Is My
Brother”, “Dying for Help”,
“The Crime” and “Ransom of
Red Chief” is 7:30 p.m. Admis
sion is 50 cents.
Playing in ‘Fate” are Ed Rey
na as Death, Mike Evans as Rex,
Larry Barber as a patrolman,
Leon Greene as chief of police,
Scott Hervey as Ralph Bucheck
and Mike McAdams as a police
man.
“Dying for Help” will have
Carla portrayed by Heidi Spitz,
Lew by Irvin Morris, Joe by Paul
Bleau, Mr. Johnson by Bill Ul-
bricht, Mrs. Johnson by Jean
Reyna, Alice by Sandra Free,
Frank by Mike Murphy, busi
nessman by Kipp Blair, good
Samaritan by Raborn Reader,
ambulance man by Larry Elam
and a judge by Glenn Dromgoole.
“The Crime” has Leon Greene
as Leon, Jay Ferguson as Jay,
Paul Bleau as John and Richard
Weathers as Jackson.
The famous short story, “Ran
som of Red Chief”, features Ra
born Reader as Bill, Larry R.
Jerden as Sam, Bob Palmer as
Red Chief, Judy Elam as the
Waitress and Lani Presswood as
Ebenezer Dorset.
Lighting for three of the plays
is managed by Cynthia Smith.
Frances Flynn will handle the
switches for “Fate Is My Broth
er”. Stage manager for Elam’s
play is Carla Cox.