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Sophomores’ Sweetheart
Named Saturday
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1967
Number 403
By JOHN FULLER
Battalion Managing Editor
One of five finalists for 1967
Sweetheart of the Sophomore
Class will be honored during
intermission of the Sophomore
Ball here Saturday night.
The finalists, whose names were
announced Monday, were chosen
by class officers from applica
tions submitted by second-year
students. They will all be pre
sented at the annual dance, which
will begin at 8 p.m. in Sbisa
Dining Hall.
Finalists are Mary Frances
Ruble of Bertram, Gay Scherz of
San Angelo, Linda Carmen Rob
bins of Fort Worth, Susan Nathan
of Austin, and Diane Nunnelly of
San Antonio.
MISS RUBLE, a 17-year-old
Bertram High School senior, will
be escorted by Walter Dabney.
She is 5’6” tall, with blonde hair
and blue eyes, and plans to major
in education at Texas Tech. She
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Milton Ruble of Bertram.
Michael Sheets will escort Miss
Nunnelly, a senior at MacArthur
High School and the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Don Foltz of San
Antonio. She is 18, has brown
hair and brown eyes, and is 5T"
tall.
Head Of Journalism Dept.
Resigns Effective Aug. 31
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ALL-AMERICAN AIM
Christopher M. West of San Antonio and A&M rifle team
members take aim on a Southwest Rifle Association cham
pionship this weekend. The Aggie smallbore shooters en
gage the University of Houston, with the title at stake.
West, a sophomore, is a National Rifle Association All-
American shooter and the team’s leading scorer.
Senate Discusses Proposals
On Hooks, Activity Weekend
The Student Senate Thursday
night discussed the “Books to
Vietnam” project and a proposal
for an all-university weekend of
activities during the spring.
Donald G. Rapp, a senior archi
tecture major from Galveston, is
in charge of the book project.
He said the members of his
company, E-l, have already sent
a 9-pound load to Bill Johnson, a
corporal in Vietnam who had sent
a request to Rapp.
Rapp said he had talked to a
representative from the Ex
change Store and arranged to
send the books which failed to
sell after a period of time.
In asking the senate for finan
cial backing for the costs of ship
ping the books, Rapp said there
were three ways the books could
be sent.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M”
—Adv.
If sent by the regular book
rate, the project would be econ
omical, but the books would take
four to six weeks to reach Viet
nam.
The serviceman’s airmail was
faster, but fastest of all would
be regular airmail which would
cost 80$ a pound. This is the
way Rapp would like to send the
books.
The other major topic discussed
was the proposal that an all
university weekend of activities
be planned for the long period
between Easter and Mother’s
Day.
It was pointed out that Civilian
Weekend falls right in the mid
dle of this six-week period, and
it was suggested that the pro
posed activities be integrated
with civilian activities.
Student Senate President Bar
ney Fudge appointed a commit
tee to look into the proposal and
give their suggestions at the next
meeting.
By LEE MORENO
Battalion News Editor
Dr. Delbert McGuire, head of
the Journalism Department, at
Texas A&M for 6% years, has
resigned, effective, Aug. 31, an
nounced Liberal Arts Dean Frank
W. R. Hubert.
McGuire, 49, said his resigna
tion stems from a policy disagree
ment affecting his department.
He emphasized, however, the
disagreement is not related spe
cifically to the operation of The
Battalion and has no relationship
to the dismissal of three student
editors from the paper last fall.
The Houston Chronicle carried
the story of Dr. McGuire’s re
signation Thursday. The article
alleged that Dr. MbGuire resign
ed because the Battalion was not
placed under the control of the
Journalism Department, and be
cause he was on the outs with the
administration.
McGuire said that he regreted
that the Chronicle had misquoted
him and garbled the facts so ir
responsibly.
“That story makes me look
like an out and out liar and at
controversy with the administra
tion,” McGuire said.
“I am not at controversy with
President Rudder, Dean Hall or
Dean Hubert,” he continued.
He stated that the Battalion
was not in the Journalism Depart
ment and that it was the Presi
dent’s prerogative to place it
where he thought best. He went
on to say that he was on good
terms with the administration, and
that he had discussed his resigna
tion with them and that they ac
cepted his reasons.
He made it clear that he was
resigning because he disagreed
with a decision regarding his de
partment. He said that he was
doing what anyone else would do
under such circumstances.
“I did not want the Journalism
Department to be hurt,” McGuire
stated, referring to the Chronicle
article.
He said that he would like to
see a smooth transition between
the changing of department heads
— a transition which would in no
way hinder or interrupt the pro
gram in his department.
Dr. McGuire said he is very
proud of the Journalism Depart
ment at A&M and stated he would
like to hold his head high when
he leaves next August.
“The Department of Journal
ism here has made real progress
in recent years” McGuire said,
“and I feel that it has a definite
role in Texas’ program for higher
education. It is my hope that
the department will be allowed to
continue to serve this important
role.”
“The department was re-accre-
(See Journalism, Page 3)
Manry’s Address
On ‘Tinkerbelle’
To Start At 8 p.in.
Robert Manry, the newspaper
copy editor who piloted his small
sailboat across the Atlantic, will
speak tonight at 8 p.m. in the
Memorial Student Center ball
room.
Manry’s presentation, “Tinker-
belle’s Run to Glory,” will be the
second of the Great Issues “World
Around Us” series.
Manry set out on his journey
across the Atlantic on June 1,
1965, from Falmouth, Mass. He
arrived at Falmouth, England, 78
days later.
Manry is a 47-year-old copy edi
tor on the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
He is married and has two chil
dren. His diverse education in
cluded studies at the University
of Dijon in France, Lignan in
China, and Antioch College, Ohio.
The only previous boating he
had done was on Lake Erie, but
he had read stories of other
small-craft crossings.
Paul A. Burns submitted the
name of Miss Nathan, a 20-year-
old mathematics major at the
University of Texas. She is 5'3"
tall with brown eyes and brown
hair. Her parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Sanford A. Nathan of San
Antonio.
MISS ROBBINS will be escort
ed by Michael T. Curd. An 18-
year-old sophomore elementary
education major at Texas Chris
tian University, she stands 5'2"
tall and has green eyes and
blonde hair. Her narents are Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Robbins of Fort
Worth.
Miss Scherz, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Otto Scherz of San
Angelo, is an 18-year-old senior
at San Angelo Central High
School. She is 5'4" tall and has
brown hair and brown eyes.
Clarke Erskine will be her escort
at the Ball.
NEAL FORD and the Fanatics,
a Houston-based group that has
gained fame through records and
a brief tour of area cities with
the Lovin’ Spoonful last fall, will
play for the dance. Theme will
be “Winter Wonderland.”
Dress is semi-formal, with
Class B winter uniforms and
ascots for Corps members. Tick
ets remain on sale, at $3.50 a
couple and $1.75 stag, from soph
omore class officers and in the
Student Programs Office through
today.
Sweetheart finalists will be
guests at a luncheon Saturday in
the Memorial Student Center,
where they will meet sophomore
class officers and advisors.
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MARY FRANCES RUBLE
TWU Girls Plan
Unique ‘Sorority ’
Four Aggie Sweethearts who
during the fall semester lived in
the same dormitory at the Texas
Woman’s University hope to be
the founders of a new and unique
society.
The four are Nanette Gabriel,
1964 Sweetheart, art major from
El Paso; Johanna Leister, 1965,
Orange; Cheryl Holland, 1966,
speech and drama major from
music major from Bryan; and
Kathi Austin, 1967, nursing maj
or from Dallas.
Taking advantage of the un
usual circumstance which found
them on campus at the same time,
the four girls decided to put into
effect an idea that Lynn Parks,
1963 Sweetheart, mentioned to
her successor, Miss Gabriel.
“We decided that, with four of
us here at the same time,” Miss
Holland said, “there could be no
more perfect time for starting
the organization. We haven’t de
cided whether to call it a sorority
—
or not,” she continued, “but we
already have our pins!”
Mrs. Ruth Crary, assistant
dean of women, will sponsor the
new organization. Dean Francis
Emerson, registrar, is helping the
girls contact former Sweethearts.
An Aggie Sweetheart has been
selected by special committee at
Texas A&M since 1941.
Miss Austin, the current Sweet
heart, is taking nursing courses
at the Dallas Clinical Center this
semester, and Miss Gabriel has
graduated, but both are still ac
tive in planning the organization.
“Our main purpose is to find
out what everyone is doing,” Miss
Holland explained. She and Miss
Leister are composing a letter to
acquaint the sweethearts with the
idea and to ask their ideas and
opinions. An accompanying ques
tionnaire will ask the year each
was Sweetheart, her functiorjs^
during the time, and the most ex
citing things she remembers
about her reign.
When fully organized, the new
sorority will have officers to send
out a regular newsletter to mem
bers and to plan an annual re
union on campus. At the reunion
the new Aggie Sweetheart will
be presented in an official gown
purchased by members’ dues for
the year.
“If there’s anything she’ll
need, it’s a formal!” exclaimed
Miss Holland. “I bought four
during the year I was Sweet
heart, borrowed at least five oth
ers, and wore most of them more
than twice.”
The former Sweethearts will
advise each new one from their
own experiences. “There are so
many little things that you need
to know,” Miss Holland comment
ed. “I’d never have made it with
out Nanette and Johanna.”
“After all,” she concluded, “a
girl might be elected Aggie
Sweetheart at some time when
there are no former Sweethearts
on campus.”
AGGIE SWEETHEARTS
Four consecutive Aggie sweethearts are from left, Kathi
Austin, 1967; Johanna Leister, 1965; Nanette Gabriel,
1964; and Cheryl Holland, 1966.
Weather
SATURDAY — Partly cloudy,
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High 61. Low 33.
SUNDAY — Cloudy, winds
southerly 5 to 10 m.p.h. High 68.
Low 38.