fig Talent Show Unique Among Southwest Campuses
By JAMES A. BASINGER
Battalion Special Writer
Most Aggies are aware of the
Intercollegiate Talent Show which
takes place annually in G. Rollie
White Coliseum, but few realize
its uniqueness among campus
events in the Southwest.
It is the only one of its kind
in Texas and it is entirely stu
dent arranged and directed.
ALTHOUGH IT lasts only sev
eral hours, preparations for the
show begin many months before.
This year’s show is scheduled
March 3.
Charles Segrest is the chair
man of the Talent Committee,
which includes Dave Schlueter,
Dan Schlueter, Alan Backof,
Dave Scott, Doug Scott, Henry
Cisneros, Mike Curd and John
Greenhut. This committee is in
charge of arranging auditions,
recruiting acts and managing
other business matters associated
with the show.
GETTING GOOD acts, of
course, is the most important and
most difficult chore of the com
mittee.
In recruiting talent, the com
mittee works with many schools
in arranging auditions on their
campus.
“We send out letters to various
student unions asking for people
with whom we can work,” Segrest
said.
These people arrange auditions
and on a certain day, Segrest or
other members of his staff visit
the school, observe the tryouts
and return.
THESE PEOPLE are ex
tremely important because due to
either their hard work or lack
of it will rest the success or fail
ure of the show.
After all auditions have been
seen, the committee will gather
and pick from 8 to 12 acts to
participate in the show.
“We cover about 50 colleges in
Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico,
Arkansas and Oklahoma,” Se
grest added. “We all get together
after the auditions, choose what
we want and notify those acts the
next day.”
THE INTERCOLLEGIATE
Talent Show is under direct
supervision of the Memorial Stu
dent Center Directorate and is
advised by Frank K. Nicolas, the
Commandant’s Office, Robert L.
Boone and Harold W. Gaines.
Segrest mentioned that the
number of acts may vary.
“There might be from 8 to 12
acts depending on their length.”
Segrest noted that tl\e Talent
Committee tries to diversify the
acts as much as possible without
losing any quality.
IN ORDER TO see as many
schools as possible, Segrest last
year made two plane trips to
observe talent at various schools
located in Albuquerque, N. M.,
Fayetteville, Ark., Baton Rouge
and New Orleans, La.
In order to attract the best
possible talent, booking agents
from Houston, San Antonio and
Dallas annually attend the show.
With such a painstaking effort
in making this show possible, all
Aggies have good reason to take
pride in this truly unique campus
event.
Che Battalion
Aggies Take
Needed Break
(See Page 7)
Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1967
Number 394
Spring Enrollment
10,000 Expected
ANOTHER NIGHTMARE ENDS!!
Finals concluded, these happy Aggies head little steam. (Photo by Russell Autrey)
for home or other destinations to let off a
^aques Everywhere
Ag Exes Boast A ssoeiation
By PATRICIA ANNE HILL
Battalion Staff Writer
The Texas A&M Association of
Former Students is one of the
best organized and well function-
run out of awards to give the as
sociation, so the council gave it
a sustaining award entitled the
“Alumni Giving Incentive
Award.” The latest award giv-
Every five years the associa
tion publishes a directory of all
45,000 active members, containing
their addresses and occupations.
(See Aggie Exes, Page 2)
By LEE MORENO
“Nobody detests lines more
than I do,” quipped H. L. Heaton,
director of admissions and regis
trar at Texas A&M.
Heaton made this statement in
connection with the advance plan
ning for the Spring Semester reg
istration to be conducted in Sbisa
Hall Feb. 3-4. He is expecting
a record spring enrollment of over
10,000 students.
“THE BEST WAY to avoid
long lines at registration is to
keep the flow of students even,”
Heaton said. “It is essential to
keep the procedure orderly so that
tempers do not flare and every
one is on his best behavior.”
The registration of 10,000 stu
dents takes lots of advanced plan
ning. Heaton’s office works
closely with the faculty, Housing
Office, Fiscal Office, identifica
tion, and Student Activities, in
order to co-ordinate the opera
tion.
HIS OFFICE is responsible for
giving general directions to all
department heads. Also, each de
partment must indicate how much
space it will need at Sbisa, and
how many staff members will
work the registration for the giv
en department.
STUDENTS ARE urged to pay
close attention to the instructions
in the bulletin of classes and to
those people conducting the reg
istration. The bulletin of classes
may ibe obtained at the Regis
trar’s Office prior to registration
or at the news stand in front of
Sbisa on the day of registration.
Radiophones, telephones, and
the Sbisa public address system
will serve to keep the registration
flowing orderly. If at any time
the lines stack up in a given area,
radiophones will be used to slow
down the flow of students or to
delay the issuing of class cards.
Also, if the flow is slack, radio
phones can be used to bring more
students into the registration
area.
“THE MOST effective method
of controlling the flow of stu
dents is by the times at which the
class cards are issued,” Heaton
explained.
The expected enrollment for the
spring represents an increase of
approximately 1,000 over the
same period last year, and would
be only slightly less than the 1966
Fall attendance of 10,706, an all
time high.
New freshmen will report Feb.
1 for orientation. Classes begin
February 6.
Registration Schedule
Registration for the Spring Semester will be conducted
in Sbisa Hall. Registration cards will be issued at the news
stand according to the following schedule:
Friday, Feb. 3
1-3 p. m.—All whose surnames begin with G, H, I, J, K.
3-4:30 p. m.—All whose surnames begin with A, B.
Saturday, Feb. 4
8-10 a. m.—All whose surnames begin with T, U, V, W, X,
Y, Z.
10-11:30 a. m.—All whose surnames begin with L, M, N, O.
1-3 p. m.—All whose surnames begin with P, Q, R, S.
3-4 p. m.—All whose surnames begin with C, D, E, F.
Town Hall Hosts
Globetrotter Extra
mg organizations of which any en to the association was the
university can boast.
And boast of it we should!
Richard (Buck) Weirus, executive
secretary for the growing organ
ization, is very proud of the
plaques that hang in the former
students’ office.
“We must be the best in Amer
ica, because we’ve won every
award that’s given by the Ameri
can Alumni Council,” Weirus said.
IN 1958 the association won
both the Grand Award and the
First Place award given by the
AAC. By 1963 the council had
“Alumni Administration Award”
for 1966.
Winning awards, however, is
jusjt one of the activities that goes
on within the organization.
“OUR FUNCTION here is to
form a link between the univer
sity and the former students, and
vice-versa,” said Joe Buser, as
sistant executive secretary and
editor of “The Texas Aggie.”
“The Texas Aggie” is a monthly
publication published by the
Former Students’ Association and
sent to all members.
Doolittle III Commissioned,
Plans Propulsion Studies
Successful Draft Test Score
Could Mean Second Chance
Students are encouraged to take
advantage of the optional draft
tests which will be given March
11 and 31 and April 8 at Texas
Theater Arts
Spring Four
New Courses
Four courses in theater arts
have been announced for the
spring semester by the English
Department.
C. K. Esten, director of the
Aggie Players, said new courses
include 379, Voice for the Stage;
483, Play Writing; and 475, Ad
vanced Directing. All will be
taught by Esten.
Students in the play writing
course will write a one-act play
for production in Guion Hall’s
Fallout Theater.
Theater Arts 380, History of
the Theater, will be taught by
Dr. Lee J. Martin, English De
partment head, Esten revealed.
Esten said 13 students are cur
rently studying for teaching certi
ficates in theater arts at A&M.
The certificate, available through
the English Department and the
Education and Psychology De
partment, qualifies students to
teach theater arts in high school.
Students are required to com
plete 24 ’ hours of theater arts
courses for the Texas Educatior
Agency certificate, Esten noted.
A&M, Registrar H. L. Heaton
announced.
Heaton pointed out that a stu
dent has nothing to lose and all
to gain by taking the test. This
test gives a student a second
chance to remain in school.
“Say that a student passes the
draft test but fails to make the
minimum Selective Service re-
quiremnets for his class, then that
student still has the opportunity
of remaining in school,’" Heaton
said.
THOSE STUDENTS who have
not taken the Selective Service
Qualifications Test are reminded
that Feb. 10 is the last date for
applying for this test.
Students wishing to take this
test are urged to report to the
Registrar’s Office at once and ob
tain the necessary applications.
Col. Morris S. Schwartz, state
selective service director, said eli
gible applicants must on the test
ing date, be registered with a
draft board, intend to request oc
cupational deferment as a stu
dent and not have taken the test
previously.
Sbisa Wants List
Of Meal Conflicts
Students who have class con
flicts with the lunch meal sched
ule or who have classes scheduled
from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the
Spring Semester and desire late
meals are requested to report to
the Sbisa Hall Office and place
their names on the list.
James Harold Doolittle III,
grandson of the famous World
War II pilot, was commissioned
in the U. S. Air Force Saturday
at Texas A&M.
The 22-year-old Air Force
ROTC program graduate received
his bachelor degree in mechani
cal engineering at commencement
Saturday morning.
He plans to do graduate work
at A&M in aircraft and rocket
propulsion systems and will en
ter active duty in February or
March, 1968.
THE NEW OFFICER’S gold
bar was pinned by h i s fiance,
Miss Pat Nagel of San Antonio.
They plan to be married today.
He is the son of Mrs. Elva Doo
little, 119 West Ashby Place, San
Antonio.
At A&M, Jim Doolittle was a
member o f Squadron 12 and
served as cadet captain and sup
ply officer on the Second Wing
Staff. He was a member of the
Student Engineer Council, Pi Tau
Four Ags Named
As Delegates To
Principia Confab
Four Texas A&M sophomores
have been named delegates to a
national student conference at
Principia College.
They are John W. Fuller, a
journalism major from San An
gelo; Joseph S. Spitzer, a govern
ment major from Tyler; William
R. Howell Jr., a chemical engi
neering major from Brenham;
and William R. Allen, a pre
medicine major from Jackson,
Miss.
Delegates were announced by
Bob Heaton, chairman of A&M’s
12th Student Conference on Na
tional Affairs, and Pat Rehmet,
chairman elect of SCONA XIII.
A&M’s delegates have been ac
tive in SCONA committees. All
have ‘B” averages or better.
Sigma, national mechanical en
gineering fraternity, the Ameri
can Society of Mechanical Engi
neers and chairman of the Socie
ty of Automotive Engineers.
DOOLITTLE WAS a Distin
guished Student and is a Distin
guished Military Graduate. He
flew in the A&M flight training
program through which he ac
quired a private pilot’s license
with 80 hours flying time.
He will go into Air Force pilot
training and hopes to eventually
work in aircraft systems.
His grandfather led the first
U. S. bombing raid over Tokyo
in April, 1942, for which Jimmy
Doolittle was awarded the Con
gressional Medal of Honor. The
famed pilot, now 70 and member
of TRW Inc., Shell and Mutual
of Omaha boards of directors,
commanded the 12th and 8th Air
Forces and notched several firsts
in the air.
HE WAS THE first pilot to
fly across the U. S. in one day
and set the world speed record
for a land plane in 1932. The
Santa Monica, Calif., resident
won numerous air trophies.
DOOLITTLE COMMISSIONED
James Harold Doolittle III of San Antonio gets his Air
Force second lieutenant’s bars pinned by his fiance, Miss
Pat Nagel of San Antonio, at commissioning exercises here
Saturday. Doolittle, grandson of the famed World War H
pilot who led the first U. S. bombing raid on Tokyo, will
attend graduate school at A&M.
By BOB PALMER
Battalion Special Writer
Inman Jackson, head coach of
the Harlem Globetrotters, slated
to appear in G. Rollie White
Coliseum Feb. 6, has announced
the lineup for that performance.
The Globetrotters will feature
pivotman Meadowlark Lemon,
“the sultan of showmanship,”
and ace dribbler Fred Neal in the
Town Hall extra.
THE REST of the team will
include floormen Hallie Byant,
Mel Davis, Jackie Jackson and
Bobby Joe Mason. Cornermen on
the Harlem team will be Troy
Collier and Frank Stephens. Op
erating from the pivot position
besides Lemon will be Hubert
Ausbie and Billie Barnes.
The New York Nationals,
“capable of a good performance
against any club,” will face the
Globetrotters in their match at
Aggieland on the first Monday
night after the beginning of the
spring semester.
Tickets, costing $1.50, $2, $2.50
and $3, will go on sale in the
Student Programs Office Monday
and will remain on sale through
the night of the performance.
“THE FAMED Trotters have
risen far above basketball and
major sports in general,” Sports
Editor Lloyd Larson, of the Mil
waukee Sentinel, acclaimed.
“They are entertainers first. Not
by their choice, but by popular
demand.”
“The Globetrotters guarantee
the weary sports loving public
relief from all that yak-yak about
full or half court presses, re
bounding strength and fast break
or slow break,” Larson continued.
“THEY ARE entertainers in
the purest sense of the word,”
he said.
The court antics do not stop
with the half time. The Globe
trotters carry in their retinue a
complete half time show.
Cochran To Serve
At Nuclear Confab
Dr. Robert G. Cochran, Texas
-A&M’s Nuclear Engineering head,
will serve as a panelist at a nu
clear engineering conference next
week at Argonne, 111.
Cochran’s panel will probe
questions on nuclear engineering
education at the annual Associa
tion of Mountain Universities and
Argonne National Laboratories
Conference.
“Is industry using nuclear en
gineering graduates effectively?’-'
and “Can universities do signi-
ficient research in nuclear engi
neering?” are top questions.
Miss Loni, the “Dutch Treat,”
who was 1961 “Beauty Queen of
the International Circus,” will be
in the show.
The Del Moral Trio, featuring
their famous perch act, will also
appear along with the comical
juggler, Lee Marx.
A table tennis match between
England’s trophy-wining Richard
Bergmann and South Korea’s Lee
Dal Joon will round out the
program.
Tectonophysics
Created; Handin
To Head Center
Creation of a Center for
Tectonophysics at Texas A&M
has been announced by President
Earl Rudder.
Rudder also announced the ap
pointment of Dr. John W. Handin
as Distinguished Professor of
Geology and Geophysics and di
rector of the new center.
The Center for Tectonophysics
will conduct fundamental studies
of the mechanical properties of
rocks, explained Dr. Horace R.
Byers, dean of A&M’s College of
Geosciepces, in which the new
center will be established. It
will emphasize applications to
major problems of earth struc
ture, such as the origin of earth
quakes, the mechanisms of fold
ing and faulting and the nature
of mountain building.
Dr. Handin is a member of
the Panel on Earthquake Predic
tion of Persident Johnson’s Sci
ence Advisory Committee and a
member of the Committee on
Rock Mechanics of the National
Academy of Science. His re
search on the deformation of
rocks under high pressure and
temperature won him internation
al acclaim.
Dr. Handin received his Ph.D.
from UCLA and taught geophy
sics at UCLA and Columbia. He
has published more than a dozen
major scientific papers.
Commenting on the need for
the new center. Dr. Handin em
phasized that the origins of nat
ural forces and the real stress-
strain-time relations of the
earth’s crust are largely un
known.
Joining Dr.. Handin in estab
lishing the Center for Tectono
physics are Dr. Melvin Friedman,
David W. Sterns, George M. Sow
ers and Dr. John M. Logan. All
these men have been closely as
sociated with Dr. Handin for. sev
eral years.