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Begins With Ball
By PATRICIA HILL
Battalion Staff Writer
Military Weekend takes over
the campus starting tonight with
perhaps one of the swingingest
events ever to take place within
these walls.
Combat Ball will start at 8
p.m. in Sbisa Hall, and will rock
until midnight.
The theme of the dance is the
“Liberation of Paris,” and Sbisa
will be decorated in the atmos
phere of "candle light and wine
bottles - - - empty wine bottles.”
“Dates are encouraged to wear
costumes, like split skirts, etc,”
said Leroy Shafer, Corps public
information officer.
The “Combat Cutie” will be
chosen from the beauties on the
dance floor. This can be attrib
uted to the fact that not enough
cadets turned in pictures for the
judging.
About the selection of the right
young lady to reign over the ball,
Shafer said, “the judges CAN
be influenced.”
Shafer went on to say that the
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Dance Class
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promised “four hours of untamed
and unleashed” soul sounds and
other intriguing noises, for those
so inclined to get out on the dance
floor and rid themselves of study
frustrations.”
“Tiger flics” will be shown on
the walls to give the look of
really being in the mirst of a
battle. Also complementing the
decor will be thousands of un
moored balloons floating around
the room.
During intermission, a local
group will entertain the cadets
and their dates with more soul
sounds that are so wild that they
can’t even be danced to.
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Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1967
Number 411
Corps Makes Final Plans
For Big Military Weekend
Combat Ball Set
Tonight At Sbisa
CORPS READIES FOR SATURDAY REVIEW
Two Army officers give commander and colors the once- end review, to begin Saturday at 2 p. m.
over as the Cadets Corps practices for the Military Week-
Zelinsky Talk Set Wednesday
Registration for this semester's
Aggie dance classes will be held
Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Rooms
2A and 2B of the Memorial Stu
dent Center.
Cost for the instruction will be
$5.75 for the entire semester. The
lessons will be conducted every
Tuesday night from 8-10 in the
MSC.
Sherry Frisk, dance committee
chairman, said the courses are
for beginners, intermediates and
advanced dance students. Classic
ballroom will be the basic style
taught, but modern and square
dancing lessons will be given on
request.
Manning Smith will instruct
the course. Parties also will be
included in the basic registration
charge.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M”
—Adv.
Dr. Wilbur Zelinsky of Penn
sylvania State University will
present a graduate lecture, “Pop
ulation and Resources in the
World of Tomorrow,” here Wed
nesday.
The 8 p.m. Graduate Lecture
Series presentation will be in 105
Geology Building, announced
Geosciences Dean Horace R.
Byers.
Dr. Zelinsky, 45, has been
a geography professor at Penn
State since 1963 and has gained
business and professional ex
perience around the world.
He earned the B.A. and Ph.D.
degrees at the University of
California with the masters in
geography conferred at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin. The multi
lingual professor also studied at
Wright Junior College of Chi
cago, George Washington, North
Carolina and Columbia Technical
Rifle Club School
Begins Saturday
The 33rd Twin City Junior Rifle
Club gun safety school will begin
March 4, at Pleasant Acres.
Youth between the ages of 11
and 19 are eligible for the school.
The training in firearms safety
is done under the auspices of the
National Rifle Association. For
further information call 846-7791.
Institute.
The International Geographical
Union member of a commission
on cartography and geography of
world population has served as
a map draftsman, a U. S. Corps
of Engineers terrain analyst in
Germany and a Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway industrial analyst.
He has also taught at several
universities including Wisconsin,
Georgia, Wayne State and South
ern Illinois.
Dr. Zelinsky was census advis
ory committee chairman of the
Association of American Geogra
phers and is a member and offi
cial of numerous professional
societies, including the Popula
tion Association of American and
International Union for the Sci
entific Study of Population.
The Chicago-born geographer
has researched population, cul
tural and historical geography
and cartography. A length pub
lications list includes treatises on
the Southern U. S., Africa,
Korea, Indochina, Central Amer
ica and the West Indies.
Dr. Zelinsky speaks French,
German, Spanish, Portuguese,
Russian, Latin and Greek.
Former Corps Commander
Is Wounded In Vietnam
Capt. Paul A. Dresser Jr.,
cadet colonel of the Corps in
1963-64, was wounded while on a
search and clear operation in
Viet Nam in late February.
The Army officer’s parents,
Col. and Mrs. Paul Dresser of
Corsicana, have been notified the
1964 A&M graduate was moved
to the 106th General Hospital in
Japan, though his wounds were
not serious.
Captain Dresser was hit in the
head and chest by metal frag
ments from an exploding booby
trap. The officer had established
a mobile forward observation
base in the Horseshoe near Moc-
Hoa, under heavy Viet Cong fire.
Three of his men were wounded
earlier by booby traps.
Relatives in Japan visited Paul
at the hospital where he will
undergo operations. They re
ported he walked them to the
door of his room, however.
Mail to Captain Dresser should
be addresed to 106th General
Hospital, Yokohama, Japan, APO
San Francisco 96503.
Dresser was a distinguished
student and distinguished mili
tary student at A&M. He also
was junior class president, mem
ber of the Student Senate, Phi
Kappa Phi, Phi Eta Sigma, Ross
Volunteers and Student Health
Service Board. He competed in
varsity track, and received the
Caldwell Trophy and Legion of
Valor.
By JERRY GRISHAM
Battalion Staff Writer
With brass polished and boots
shined, the Corps is prepared for
an activity-filled Spring Military
Weekend which starts tonight at
8 p.m. with the Combat Ball in
Sbisa Hall.
Saturday night the Aggies and
their dates return to the dance
floor for the Military Ball. Danc
ing at the Combat Ball will be
to the music of “The Traits,” a
Houston combo, in a “Liberation
of Paris” setting. The Phil Gray
Orchestra of Houston will per
form at the Saturday night ball
which begins at 9:00.
Saturday’s daylight hours won’t
be without activities either, as
the highlight of the day will be
a review of the Corps of Cadets.
A Saturday luncheon, Command
ant’s reception and President Earl
Rudder’s buffet for distinguished
guests are also included in the
day’s schedule.
MAJ. GEN. Melvin F. McNickle,
U. S. Air Force, and Maj. Gen.
Chester A. Dahlen, U. S. Army,
will be on the reviewing stand at
2 p.m. when the Aggie Band leads
off the review on the main drill
field.
Also on the stand for the parade
will be Association of Former Stu
dents President and Mrs. Jack
Crichton of Dallas and Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. McLaughlin of College
Station. Mrs. McLaughlin is
president of the A&M Federation
of Mothers.
Cadet Colonel of the Corps Ed
die Joe Davis of Henrietta will
initiate the Saturday activities
with a luncheon at the Memorial
Student Center. Distinguished
guests, Corps staff, brigade, air
division and combined band com
manders will attend.
AT TONIGHT’S gala affair the
“Combat Cutie” will be selected
New Cataloguer
Named To Staff
Miss Polly Chiu has been ap
pointed to the Cushing Library
staff, announced Dr. James P.
Dyke, director.
She is an assistant serials cata
loguer.
Miss Chiu, 24, was born in
Chenkang Province, China, and
later lived in Taiwan. She holds
a bachelor’s from National Taiwan
University and a master of libr
ary science from Texas Woman’s
University.
from among the girls present.
Air Force seniors may buy tic
kets for the Combat Ball at the
door. Invitations can still be pick
ed up from Joey Weber, Corps
sergeant major.
What had previously been a fix
ture of the weekend, The Intercol
legiate Talent Show, will not be
a part of the activities this year.
The show has ended up in the red
the last few years and it was
decided that as a result it should
be dropped from the list of week
end activities.
Officials Attend
Dominican Club
Program Tonight
Officials of the Dominican Re
public's Santiago Development As
sociation will attend a Texas
A&M Dominican Club celebration
of the country’s 123rd year of in
dependence tonight.
The Dominican students’ obser
vance will be at 8 p.m. in the
Memorial Student Center ball
room.
Guests will include Dr. Octavio
Almonte, development association
president; Lie. Victor Espaillat,
vice president, and Frank Mera,
engineer and association board
member. A&M President Earl
Rudder also will attend the cele
bration.
The Santiago Development As
sociation officers are visiting
A&M this week for a discussion
of agricultural programs. More
than a dozen graduates of the
Institute Superior de Agricultura
are studying at A&M, according
to William Beach of A&M's
International Programs office.
Beach is the faculty sponsor for
the Dominican Club.
Club president Rafael Vargas
said the program will include a
brief history of the Republic’s
fight for independence and a skit
depicting life in the Caribbean
country. A slide show, guitar
serenade by Rafael Moya and Me-
rengue dance by Mr. and Mrs.
Carlos Aquino will be included.
Dominican Republic independ
ence was declared Feb. 27, 1844.
The observance was arranged for
Friday because of schedule diffi
culties. Fifty DR students are
enrolled at A&M, 37 under
Agency for International Develop
ment contract administered by In
ternational Programs.
Coffee Consumption Called Colossal
By MIKE PLAKE
Battalion Special Writer
A growing number of Aggies
are becoming coffee addits,” ac
cording to Tim Ontiveros, Memo
rial Student Center Fountain
Room supervisor.
Weather
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SATURDAY — Partly cloudy to
cloudy with a chance of thunder
showers. Winds 10 to 20. High
78, Low 57.
SUNDAY — Continuing cloudi
ness, efw light showers. Winds
southerly 10 to 15. High 82,
Low 52.
“Over 3,200 cups of coffee are
consumed daily in the fountain
room and the MSC cafeteria,” he
said.
The number of coffee drinkers
is larger than last year. Onti
veros alluded this to the growth
in registration, free “seconds,”
and the installation of a “reading
rack.”
At A&M, where the student
population has increased in recent
years to just slightly less than
10,000, the amount of coffee con
sumed has doubled. Coffee drink
ers, however, are not limited to
students.
“WE GET many of the visitors
on the campus, during all the
atheltic events and MSC func
tions. It’s a handy location, the
center of college activity here,”
Mrs. Bobbie Benton, cashier in
the fountain room commented.
The offer of a free second and
sometimes third cup of coffee has
attracted many people.
“Most restaurants or cafes
won’t give seconds unless you
buy something else with the cof
fee,” Russell Autrey, sophomore
journalism major said.
“One third of the 19,000 ounces
of coffee sold daily is seconds,”
Ontiveros continued. “In all, Ag
gies spend over $100 a day just
for optional cups of coffee, aside
from their meals.”
THIS $100 does not include the
price of sugar, the amount of wa
ter used in washing the dishes
(coffee cups and saucers), the
price of thousands of plastic
spoons, or the salaries paid to
the men who clean up the cof
fee drinker’s tables. “Seconds,”
though important, is not the only
factor in the increasing rate of
coffee drinking.
The addition of a reading rack
last year encouraged patrons to
take that “second cup” while read
ing a best seller or scanning a
weekly newsmagazine.
Will coffee drinking remain on
the increase? “Yes,” Ontiveros
concluded. “Proportionately with
the registration growth, or the ex
tinction of the coffee bush.”
Scientist To Visit
Ag Meteorology
To Give Seminar
Akira Kasahara, a program
scientist for the National Center
for Atmospheric Research in
Boulder, Colo., will arrive on the
A&M campus on March 15 for a
three-day visit to the Department
of Meteorology, announced Dr. V.
E. Moyer, acting department
head.
While here, Kasahara will con
fer with graduate students and
hold several seminars.
After arriving in the United
States in 1954, Kasahara came
to A&M as a research scientist in
the Department of Oceanography,
studying meteorology.
He later left A&M for the Uni
versity of Chicago where he was
a faculty member and research
scientist until he was invited to
become a member of the staff of
NCAR in 1960.
Kasahara’s visit is in connec
tion with his appointment as an
affiliate professor of meteorology
at A&M. As an affiliate profes
sor he is required by NCAR to
spend one week out of each year
of his three-year term on the
campus, holding seminars and
talking with graduate students.
Girl Watchers 9 Corner
MIA MARSICO
Mia is a freshman at Texas Woman’s University. The
19-year-old fashion merchandising major enjoys water
skiing, riflery and surfing. Her hometown is Denison.