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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1966
Number 275
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By Glenn Dromgoole
Sam Selkow chose his words
carefully, deliberately.
“If I really had to put my
finger on the difficulty we’re
having on college and univer
sity campuses,” the Eeace Corps
representative said, “I would have
to point out at least three areas.
“1. Not enough students — here
and elsewhere — have sufficient
concern with the developing
world.
“2. Very few and fewer each
year even if they see these prob
lems, I’m not sure they see them
selves as being able to do any
thing about them.
“3. The last decade or two have
been very frustrating. We’ve
seen so many of our best efforts
of overseas assistance misunder
stood. This makes many young
students not want to participate.”
The stocky, black-haired Sel
kow is on campus this week with
two other representatives to re
cruit A&M students for overseas
duty with the Peace Corps.
I He’s spent two years in Ghana
and another two years with the
organization as an associate rep
resentative in charge of 112 vol
unteers in Nigeria. Selkow pres
ently serves as program officer
for the Africa Region.
His two co-workers here are
Mike A. Viola, a Providence
(R. I.) College graduate who has
completed two-year service in
Brazil, and Miss Jennie Beary,
a William and Mary College grad
uate with two years experience in
El Salvador.
, Selkow took a sip of tea (but
he isn’t a Tea-Sip) and continued,
“Many of the problems which
we are trying to deal with are
hundreds or thousands of years
old. Poverty, social injustice are
problems which antedate the
Peace Corps in some areas by
sometimes thousands of years.
"For instance,” he explained,
“a volunteer built a school in
a South American village that
hadn’t had a school in a thouusand
years. There are very few places
where we can do that much.”
Selkow emphasized patience,
tact and sensitivity in handling
Peace Corps work.
“In terms of the problems we
are trying to solve, you can’t
really determine success in five
years,” he said.
“People may be backward, but
they can still be proud,” he ex
plained, indicating the need for
tact.
Is there any conflict between
the national War on Poverty and
the Peace Corps ? Selkow claims
there isn’t.
“Sargent Shriver (Peace Corps
director) has said there is only
one War on Poverty, and it does
n’t have national boundaries,”
Selkow pointed out.
s Turing to Texas A&M, the
Peace Corps recruiter said stu
dents had been “very hospitable,
friendly and generous” during the
team’s first two days here.
Selkow squirmed in his fold
ing chair, took a deep breath,
locked me straight in the eye and
*ent on:
I "I don’t want to be a bad guest
s ud criticize my hosts, but I do
frel the students here are general
ly not concerned with the prob-
lenis of the developing world, I
ftink their concern is somewhat
feted. Of course, I’ve only been
two days.
rT have fear that students I
^ here — and on other cam-
lises — are spectators. I would
to see more doers.
! “A&M has a long tradition of
tinging home the laurels in wag-
t'gthe war. Now we are asking
fen to help wage the peace,
ithe same spirit, the same com-
dttment can be applied to wag-
t 1 ? the peace that has been ap-
Ife to wagring the war, then
university can be justly
fed.”
Diat’s pretty well phrased.
TWO FOR STRINGFELLOW
Aggie senior Dick Stringfellow drives in for a layup in
the first half of Tuesday’s clash with the Baylor Bears.
Defending is Baylor’s Jim Turner. The Aggies tamed the
Baptists, 95-78, to stay in a deadlock for the Southwest
Conference lead with Southern Methodist.
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By ROBERT SOLOVEY
Do you prefer soft creamy candy or hard chewy candy?
Would you like to be presented to a Royal Court?
Do you prefer women witV long or short hair?
Dr. Sidney Hamilton asked these and several other questions
to more than 170 persons at the YMCA’s opening Marriage Forum
Tuesday night.
The questions, taken from national surveys, helped Hamilton
evaluate his audience and the answers startled his listeners’, too.
The knowledge of basic likes and dislikes is important in
understanding the nature and motivation of each sex, he said.
The first of five marriage forums was concerned with “How
Can You Tell Its Love?”
Hamilton divided the topic into five parts.
1. How can I be sure of marrying the right person?
2. Has sex desire influenced my choice?
3. Personality factors-courtship-infatuation vs. love.
4. Am. I socially adequate?
5. Should time and distance interfere with true love ?
The almost completely male audience was told not to worry
about marrying the right person.
“You can’t be sure that you are marrying the right person,
but the important thing is that you be the right person.
“Every human being possesses the desire to maintain self-
respect. There must be integrity and you must first respect your
self if you expect others to respect you,” he said.
“Each one of us it unique. There will never be another person
in the world quite like yourself . . . nature never repeats her mis
takes,” he quipped.
‘And because you are unique, each person lives in his own
private world.”
Hamilton noted that a couple that has arguments is more
normal than one that does not, because it shows they love each
other enough to disagree.
“Above anyone else your wife comes first. Give her a chance
to respect herself,” Hamilton said.
“When you get married you are not in love. You aren’t really
in love until you’ve meen maried 10, 15 or 20 years. ”
He added that a couple who gets married is really still in
fatuated, and unless a couple grows together, remain considerate
for each other and both actively contribute to the effort needed
to make marriage successful, a two year honeymoon could turn
into 50 years of unhappiness.
“A major cornerstone in marriage is successful sexual adjust
ment, but pre-marital relations are not necessary,” he continued.
“The biggest problems in marriage are communication, finances
and sex, in that order,” he emphasized.
“Sexual behavior can and is learned after marrige. Sometimes
we fix sex on an infantile level. But a good marriage results
when two people value each other more than they value themselves.”
Hamilton stressed that when the rest of the marrige is stable,
then sex is able to take its normal and very important place to
strengthen the relationship.
“A man wants a woman who is an economist in the kitchen,
a lady in the living room and a bitch in the bedroom,” he remarked.
“Three of the most important things are truth, beauty and
goodness. Build your marriage on the good things. Most marriages
could be better, but all could be worse.
“It’s easy to be a lover, but to show common sense day by
day is something else,” he said.
“Most importantly, recognize your own limitations and realize
that your partner will have hers too. Don’t overplay her few bad
qualities, but consider her many good points.
Hamilton said that many times we get into a pattern to expect
things at certain times of the day or month and a small change
can cause unneccessary agrument.
“Give in love and you’ll receive proportionately,” he said. Don't
go into marriage asking yourself what you’ll gain from your partner,
but consider what you can give in return.
“Jealousy reflects a person’s own feeling of inadequacy. It
will eventually destroy a marriage. Trust is a tremendous factor
in any marriage,” he noted.
“There is nothing that can happen in your marriage that hasn’t
happened in marriages before that have weathered the storm.”
Next week’s forum concerns ‘Making Marrige Meaningful,” by
Dr. Robert Ledbetter of the University of Texas.
Military Weekend
To Begin Friday
Review, 2 Dances
Top Attractions
The Combat Ball Friday night begins an event-filled
military weekend which will include a review by the Corps
of Cadets, the 15th annual Intercollegiate Talent Show and
the Military Ball.
The Corps of Cadets will host two visiting generals and
numerous civilian guests for the annual weekend.
Distinguished military guests include Lt. Gen. Harvey
H. Ficher, deputy commanding general of the Continental
Army Command, Fort Monroe, Va., and Maj. Gen. Nils O.
Ohman, vice commander of
the Air Training Command
at Randolph Air Force Base
in San Antonio.
The Corps will form on
the main drill field at 2 p.m.
Saturday for a review that will
honor guests including Mr. and
Mrs. Royce Wisenbaker, president
of the Association of Former
Students; Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Thompson of Diboll, representing
the A&M Board of Directors; Mr.
and Mrs. W. W. Young of New
Orleans, Mardi Gras sponsors of
the Ross Volunteers; Mrs. Pat
Leslie of Baytown, president of
the Federation of A&M Moth
ers Clubs, and Lt. Col. and Mrs.
Ralph B. Bilburn II of San An
gelo, parents of the Corps com
mander.
The 1966 Combat Cutie will be
selected at the Combat Ball by
members of the Army Reserve
Officer Training Corps. The Ball
will be held at 8 p.m. Friday
in Sbisa Hall.
Finalists include Whitney Vick
ers, Sandra Sherman, Jacqueline
Lee Smith, Linda Lee Moltz,
Janna DuRard', Donna LeBlanc
and Vickie Nesom.
Uniform is class C fatigues.
Solid color battle scarves are op
tional and flight suits are not
authorized.
The famed Tyler Junior Col
lege Appache Belles will kick-off
the 6:30 p.m. Saturday Inter
collegiate Talent Show program
at G. Rollie White Coliseum.
The show will include 12 acts
from nine colleges and universi
ties. Bob Jay of Radio KILT in
Houston, will host.
Final event of the Military
weekend program will be the
formal Military Ball for all mem
bers of the cadet corps and their
guests in Sbisa Hall.
The dress for the 9 p.m. dance
will be class A winter uniform
with white shirt and bow tie.
Lake Chosen
Student Senate
Issues Head
Simeon T. Lake was chosen
Issues Committee Chairman and
four other Student Senate posi
tions were filled in a special
election Tuesday.
Lake, a senior history major,
received 245 votes to Jim Bald-
auf’s 109.
Robert Dillard won the senior
engineering representative spot
as the only candidate.
The junior engineering repre
sentative post went to John Eeds
in a close four-man battle. He
received 13 votes, Fred Wright,
10; Robert Beene, 8, and Joe
Woodward, 2.
Richard Wagoner was elected
junior representative from the
College of Geosciences. He was
the only candidate.
John Thomas was chosen sopho
more Geosciences representative
in another one-man race.
The special election was called
to fill five Senate positions va
cated after the fall semester. Ex
cessive absences and lack of
grade points accounted for four
of the vacancies.
Deadline Friday
For Bing Orders
Students displeased with sen
ior rings received in last month’s
shipment may turn in their rings
and place orders for a replace
ment through Friday in the Reg
istrar’s Office.
Martin Hamilton, representa
tive for the Balfour Company,
said Tuesday that students will
receive replacements about May
5.
Jazz dancers Lucy Lindenborn, left, and Cissy King of the
University of New Mexico will be one of 12 featured acts
at the 15th Intercollegiate Talent Show at 6:30 p. m. Sat
urday in G. Rollie White Coliseum. The show precedes the
8 p. m. Military Ball.
Chamber Launches
Campus Campaign
The College Station - Bryan
Chamber of Commerce is in the
midst of its annual community-
campus membership drive this
week.
A&M Personnel Director Clark
C. Munroe said Tuesday the
organization has planned a long
list of community - promoting
projects for the upcoming year.
Included in the program are
such undertakings as street, high
way, park, school, civic and cul
tural improvements.
According to Munroe, the civic
group has aided Texas A&M
socially as well as financially in
the past year.
Past projects include organiz
ing traffic flow and appointing
safety committees.
Last year the Chamber of
Commerce sponsored the National
Science Foundation picnic and the
ninth annual County Youth 4-H
and FFA Livestock Show and
sale.
It also sponsored a downtown
parking study and conducted
liaison work in support of the
Millican Dam.
In addition, it promoted a
$400,000 County Highway Bond
Improvement Program.
Providing direct assistance to
the students, the Chamber printed
and distributed “Home Away
From Home” brochures.
The group designed and print
ed 10,000 tourist brochures and
assisted in the County 4-H Youth
Dress Show.
New Commissioning Plans
Offered By Army ROTC
Two new Army commissioning
programs are open to Texas A&M
students, Lt. Col. R. L. Brooks,
associate professor of military
science, has announced.
One is open to seniors; while
the other is planned for sopho
mores. Both lead to gold bars of
Twelve members have been
added to the Texas A&M Singing
Cadets, director Bob Boone has
announced.
The new members will join the
group for appearances this se
mester at the Houston Music
Hall, Texas Woman’s Universi
ty, various campus events and a
spring tour through West Texas.
New members of the 55-man
group include Thomas S. Gerald,
freshman, Amarillo; Harry Led
better, sophomore, Breckenridge;
Don Currie, freshman, Bryan;
Mark S. Luther, graduate stu
dent, College Station; Thomas J.
Orton, freshman, Fort Worth,
and William S. Michalak, fresh
man, Houston.
a second lieutenant and a two-
year active duty tour.
“Every young man faces a mil
itary obligation,” Brooks explain
ed. “These programs provide op
portunities for more A&M men
to secure commissions and con
tinue leadership and professional
development.”
Also Barry L. Whitehead,
freshman, San Antonio; Law
rence E. Arnold Jr., freshman,
San Antonio; James H. Leach,
freshman. Sweeny; James E. Ma-
rek, junior, Victoria; Stephen A.
Sipple, sophomore, Minneapolis,
Minn., and Emmett R. Easton,
graduate student, Altoona, Penn.
Boone noted that the singing
group will also schedule some re
cording sessions later in the se
mester in addition to several con
cert appearances.
The music ensemble has per
formed throughout the South
west and is featured annually at
the Miss Teenage America Pa
geant in Dallas each fall.
The senior program is called
“officer candidate school option.”
Open to students under 27 years
of age, it calls for eight weeks of
basic training immediately fol
lowing graduation. Advanced
branch training, then officers’
school is scheduled to qualify for
commissioning.
The sophomore program pro
vides a 6-week summer camp to
qualify students to enroll in the
advanced (junior) military sci
ence ROTC courses.
Designed for transfer students
or others unable to take the first
two years of basic ROTC, the
two-year program ends with com
missioning at graduation, similar
to the regular four-year pro
gram.
In both programs, officer-can
didates are paid during pre-com
missioning training plus travel
allowances to duty stations.
Army recruiters will discuss
the programs March 10 and 11 in
the Memorial Student Center,
Brooks announced. Detailed in-
Staff employes assisting Mun
roe in the drive are Mrs. Georgine
Scafe, Miss Ora Mae Warren,
Mrs. Dorothy Favor, Mrs. Mar
garet Coleman, Mrs. Imadel
Bachus, Mrs. Jo Ann Beavers,
Mrs. Saranne Penberthy, Mrs.
Betty Robison, Ernie Wentrcek,
Don Simons and Mrs. Jean
Hartfiel.
FISH SWEETHEART
Miss Diane Holditch, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Damon
Holditch, Richardson, has
been chosen sweetheart of
the Class of 1969. The
formation is also available in brown-haired beauty has
Room 106 of the Military Sci- green eyes and is five feet
ences Building, he said. tall.
Singing Cadets Add 12 Members