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Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1967
Number 399
Mathis Show Set
For Monday Night
Tickets Remain
On Sale At MSC
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TOWN HALL PERFORMER
Singing- star Johnny Mathis brings his Monday for a Town Hall performance at
“Our Young Generation” show to A&M G. Rollie White Coliseum.
Singing Cadets Announce
Schedule Of Spring Events
By PATRICIA HILL
Battalion Staff Writer
Robert L. Boone, director of the
Texas A&M Singring Cadets, an
nounced today that the organiza
tion had a busy schedule ahead
of it this spring.
On March 17 the cadets will
leave by chartered bus to Hous
ton to present an 8:15 p.m. con
cert at the new Jones Hall for the
Performing Arts. The concert
will consist of the major work,
“The Prodical Son,” folk songs,
Prisoner List
Reaches 354
In Viet War
WASHINGTON OP)—The John
son administration now lists 354
men as possible prisoners of
North Vietnam, government offi
cials disclosed Thursday, with no
signs that Hanoi is willing to ne
gotiate an exchange or permit
neutral inspection of prisoner fa
cilities.
Sources emphasized in inter
views that the United States re
mains in the dark on the health
and well-being of the growing
body of American prisoners of
war in North Vietnam, despite
recent reports from U.S. visitors
to Hanoi.
As of Wednesday, officials
said, the administration listed 113
men as known prisoners of war,
48 as suspected captives, and 193
as missing over North Vietnam.
Nearly all the POWs are pilots.
U. S. airmen are being shot down
and placed in the government’s
“possible prisoner” category at a
rate of 25 a month.
Officials, while making clear
all POW reports are welcome,
said the recent Hanoi visit by
four women and three clergymen
produced little substantial infor
mation about the status of U. S.
POWs.
Those U. S. officials who are
concerned with the administra
tion’s prisoner problems empha
sized there is some evidence that
American POWs are receiving
adequate food and medical care,
but beyond that little else is
known about their treatment.
“Sure, he’s not beaten up,” one
top official said of the American
POW. “His fingernails aren’t be
ing torn out or anything like that
—but where’s he been for the
past 12 months—that’s what we
want to know.”
a salute to Stephen Foster, songs
of the Revolutionary, Civil and
World Wars and portions of the
“Testament of Freedom.”
The Cadets will go from Hous
ton to Baytown for another con
cert March 18 and from there
they will travel back to Houston
to present “The Prodical Son” at
the First Baptist Church in
Spring Branch.
They will again take to the
open road March 31 and head to
ward San Antonio. The first
stop on that trip will be at Camp
Gary, near San Marcus, where
they will present three concerts.
Boone explained that because
the auditorium at Camp Gary
only holds 1,000 students it will
be necessary to present multiple
programs in order for all students
to hear the cadets.
The cadets will then go on to
San Antonio, where they will
sing at the San Antonio College
auditorium March 31. The next
night they will be guests at a
SAC party. Since that is April
Fool’s Day the cadets are not real
sure what to expect!
The group will conclude its trip
April 2 with a performance at a
San Antonio church.
Other important engagements
on the Singing Cadets’ spring
agenda include Muster, held an
nually at Texas A&M, and the
group’s annual spring concert.
This year the spring concert
will be presented at the Bryan
Aggie Exes
Plan Meeting
Leaders of the Texas A&M
Former Students Association will
meet on the campus Saturday to
elect officers and study ways to
involve exes in the university.
A luncheon for 250 graduates
representing A&M classes, clubs
and geographical districts fea
tures a report from A&M Presi
dent Earl Rudder and Head Foot
ball Coach Gene Stallings.
Activities in the morning in
clude a session for class agents
and a workshop for club officers.
Former students from major
cities in Texas and every sena
torial district in the Lone Star
State, plus representatives from
as far away as Los Angeles,
Calif., New York Ctiy and Mexico
City are expected for the one-day
meeting.
Civic Auditorium and will be
sponsored by the Bryan-College
Station A&M Mother’s Club. For
the first time, admission will be
charged and the proceeds will go
toward a scholarship fund.
The Singing Cadets will repre
sent A&M in the television pres
entation of Talent ’67, singing
“There is Nothin’ Like a Dame.”
Boone said at the present time
the cadets are holding auditions
to fill spaces left by students who
are no longer in the organization.
Picture Exhibit
Slated For MSC
An award-winning picture ex
hibit of the Texas Fine Arts As
sociation will be displayed in the
Memorial Student Center Feb. 12-
18.
Mrs. Ann Keel, MSC social di
rector, said the 20-picture exhibit
was cited by juries of the 1966
State Citation Exhibition and the
Fall Invitational Exhibit, both
sponsored by the TFAA.
The collection includes oils,
crayon drawings, charcoals and
serigraphs.
Tickets to the Monday Johnny
Mathis Show at Texas A&M went
on sale to the general public to
day in the Memorial Student
Center Student Program Office.
Sammy Pearson, MSC Town
Hall chairman, said 3,500 tickets
were picked up in two days this
week by students with activity
cards. Students may still use
their activity cards to obtain
llll tickets, he added, although tickets
i are being issued on a first-come,
I first-served basis.
' The show is set for 8 p.m. in
G. Rollie White Coliseum, which
seats 8,000.
Mathis will be backed up by his
own orchestra and a group of ten
singers and dancers billed as
Howze Presents
Fourth In Series
Of R0TC Talks
Gen. Hamilton H. Howze, U. S.
Army (ret.), will deliver a Fourth
Army ROTC guest lecture here
Wednesday.
Col. D. L. Baker, commandant
of cadets, said General Howze’s
address, “The Battle of Chancel-
lorsville,” will be at 5:15 p.m. in
the Memorial Student Center
Ballroom.
“The lecture is open to any
one interested in Civil War his
tory,” Baker noted.
Vice president for product
planning at Textron’s Bell Heli
copter Co. in Fort Worth, Gen
eral Howze will be in charge of
three Bell helicopters in which
Army ROTC students will get
orientation rides. Flights Wed
nesday afternoon will originate
from the Duncan Dining Hall
drill field, Colonel Baker said.
The general’s lecture will in
clude direct quotes from a diary
of his grandfather, a second lieu
tenant at the Chancellorsville
battle.
The engagement is considered
Gen. Robrt E. Lee’s finest hour.
Combined Confederate forces un
der his and Gen. T. J. (Stonewall)
Jackson’s commands performed a
classic example of a double en
velopment to overcome numer
ically superior Yankee forces in
the Virginia encounter. The
Rebel victory led to penetration
northward and the Battle of
Gettysburg.
His 35 years distinguished
service includes commands of U.
S. forces in Korea from which he
retired, Eighth Army, STRAC,
18th Airborne Corps, 82nd Air
borne Division and the 13th
Armored Regiment.
FRANCES FLYNN
Native Texan with. British accent. (See 3tory.)
“Our Young Generation,” He
selected the five boys and five
girls in the group from more than
300 students.
The youngsters also have a 20-
minute segment of the show to
themselves, allowing Johnny a
breather while they take the spot
light to sing, dance and “live it
up.”
Mathis sings in English,
French, Spanish, Italian, Portu
guese and Hebrew in his quest to
present new and unique material.
One of his latest albums, “Ole,”
utilizes the music of Portugal and
Spain.
The brown-eyed Mathis keeps
his conversation on stage to a
minimum.
“The fact is, I have always had
the feeling that the public is pay
ing to hear me sing, not talk,”
Mathis remarks. “Therefore, by
keeping my gab down to just a
few words while I perform, I’m
able to sing three or four songs
more than if I started telling
jokes or getting ‘cute’ with the
audience.”
Johnny’s songs for Town Hall
will be from his more popular
albums, including “Tender Is the
Night,” “This Is Love,” “Johnny,”
“Faithfully,” “Romantically,” “So
Nice,” “The Shadow of Your
Smile,” “Sweetheart Tree,” and
“Open Fire-Two Guitars.”
Town Hall season tickets are
good for the show.
CUPID’S MESSAGE
An enormous foot-and-a-half-wide box of candy should
convey the Valentine message for senior Robert McLeroy.
Candi Jacob, MSC gift shop employee, aids in selection.
Debus Is Featured Speaker
For Coming ‘Space Fiesta’
Students Still
Break Costly
Traffic Rules
Some Aggies are perhaps una
ware that each day they are vio
lating traffic and parking regu
lations of Texas A&M Univer
sity.
“Many students continue to
use their vehicles to get to classes
and to make errands on the cam
pus,” Campus Security Office
Chief, Ed Powell, said, “and this
causes traffic congestion and
parking problems for staff and
faculty personnel who are author
ized to use their vehicles.”
As stated in the traffic-park
ing regulations: “(Student) ve
hicles must not be taken from
their assigned parking areas for
the purpose of attending classes
or for making other campus stops
during business hours.”
“The term ‘business hours’ is
interpreted to be from 8:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m., except 7:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. during June, July and
August. Business hours on Sat
urdays end at noon.”
Dr. Kurt H. Debus, director of
the John F. Kennedy Space Cen
ter, will be a featured speaker
during Texas A&M’s “Space Fies
ta” April 2-9.
Dr. Debus will describe NASA
launch facilities and operations
at Cape Kennedy and the Adja
cent spaceport in an April 3 ad
dress at A&M’s Memorial Stu
dent Center.
The launch organization Debus
directs has conducted more than
150 launches of military missiles
and space vehicles including the
first U. S. earth satellite, Ex
plorer I in 1958; the first man
ned, suborbital flight of Freedom
7 in 1961; and 10 successful
launches of NASA’s Saturn I
vehicles.
Dr. Debus is currently engaged
in Apollo/Saturn programs.
Numerous honors have been
made to Dr. Debus for unique
technical accomplishments. He
holds the U. S. Army’s highest
civilian decoration, the Excep
tional Civilian Service Medal, and
NASA's Outstanding Leadership
Award.
Space Fiesta Chairman Harry
Britt said two additional pro
grams will feature renown speak
ers.
Jack N. James, deputy assist
ant director for lunar and planet
ary projects at the Jet Propul
sion Laboratory in California,
will speak April 5 about past and
future unmanned spacecraft op
erations.
The U. S. Air Force Aerospace
Presentation Team from the Air
University at Maxwell AFB, Ala.,
will review both manned and un
manned programs April 7.
Static displays of space-related
equipment and photographs will
be exhibited during Space Fiesta.
Space Fiesta is sponsored by
the Great Issues Committee of
A&M’s Memorial Student Center.
Book Published
By A&M Profs
A new design workbook by En
gineering Graphics Department
professors has been published,
announced Dr. Jim Earle, depart
ment head.
“Design and Descriptive Geom
etry Problems II” is the joint ef
fort of Dr. Earle and engineering
graphics faculty members Sam
Cleland, John Oliver, Lawrence
Stark, Paul Mason, North Bar-
dell and Michael Guerard.
The 90-page workbook, initially
published by Taylor, will be used
in Engineering Graphics 106,
Earle said.
“We’ll put it to use in our
classes, work the bugs out and
then send it to Addison-Wesley
publishers in Redding, Mass.”
“This project was started to
keep materials up to date,” the
department head went on.
“Through it, we keep our instruc
tion in line with industrial re
quirements and practical engi
neering applications.”
“Design problems included in
the book parallel those found in
the profession.”
English-Type Texan Coed
Finds Adjustment Difficult
By JOHN HOTARD
Battalion Special Writer
Take someone educated in the
British school system and place
her in an American History class
for the first time. Have the pro
fessor start discussing Vicksburg,
Gettysburg and Sherman’s march
to the sea.
Pretty soon a voice from the
back will ask, in a distinct Brit
ish accent, “Would you please
tell me again which side General
Grant was on?”
So it was with Frances Flynn,
who came to A&M in 1962 to
work and later enrolled as a part-
time student.
“It got downright confusing
when you were expected to know
the difference between Grant,
Lee, Blue, Gray, North, South,
Yankees, Rebels, Confederacy,
Union and which side sang ‘Dix
ie’,” she said.
Miss Flynn was bbm in Bryan,
making her a Tex ah by birth, but
moved to Venezuela when she
was three months old. From
there she went to England to
school and later studied in Swit
zerland and Italy. Then she
moved to Texas.
“The flatness of Texas and the
length of the trains really im
pressed me when I first arrived,”
she said.
“Driving on the right side of
the road also took getting used
to.”
She started work as a secre
tary in the College of Veterinary
Medicine and later was a tech
nician in the Chemistry Depart
ment. She enrolled in school in
the fall of 1964 and is now major
ing in Modem Languages.
As a member of the A g g i e
Players, Miss Flynn had the lead
in “Death of Satan” and played
the role of Luciana in “Comedy
of Errors.” She also participated
in the 1965 and 1966 Aggie Fol
lies and was lighting director for
“Death of a Salesman.”
She is also active in the Fallout
Theater—in acting and writing.
She has written seven plays, five
of which have been produced in
the Fallout Theatre. One of them,
“Leave of Absence,” has been
presented seven times.
Besides going to school, Miss
Flynn is now part-time secretary
for the Aggie Players and part-
time secretary in the Department
of Physiology and Pharmacology.
She also likes to cook, sew and
knit, but doesn’t find much time
for it.
The big problem still comes
when she opens her mouth. After
being in Texas for four years,
her accent now ranges about half
way between Lady Bird’s and the
Queen Mother’s. People on the
other end of the telephone think
they’ve been connected with the
British Embassy.
“They always ask me where
I’m from and I tell ’em that I’m
from Texas,” she said. “That
really confuses them.”
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M”
—Adv.