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Sure, And It’s St. Patrick’s Day Again, Begorra! Che Battalion Weather i>: SATURDAY — Partly cloudy, winds easterly 15 to 20 m.p.h. High 61. £: Low 39. :$ SUNDAY — Partly cloudy, winds •x. southerly 15 to 25 m.p.h. High 68. Low 44. Volume 61 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1967 Number 419 |lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltllll|||l!llillll|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||!|||^ \the outside worldl WASHINGTON The Senate ratified the consular treaty with the Soviet Union Thursday. Before it takes effect, however, the Soviet Presidium must also ratify it. Senate Ethics Committee withheld a decision on wheth er to accept affidavits that contributors to Senator Dodd in tended him to use the money as he saw fit. Congress should defer judgement on President John son’s recommendation for a general income tax increase, said the Senate-House Economic Committee. The nation’s jobless rate remained at 3.7 per cent last month and total employment held virtually steady, the Labor Department reported. Smack on the eve of St. Patrick’s Day, a Dublin born scientist said Ireland has a very serious problem, a brain drain. NATIONAL Perry Russo testified that he was hypnotized three times in the Orleans Parish coroner’s office, but denied that he has been under hypnosis during his testimony. VIETNAM President Johnson is developing a strategy of max imum military and diplomatic pressure against the Com munists in an effort to end the Vietnam war at the earli est possible time. Communist gunners shelled a U. S. merchant ship near Saigon and used mortars in attacks against seven Ameri can and Vietnamese positions. U. S. intelligence officers have uncovered the most graphic proof yet that a shadowy North Vietnamese general directs the Communist war in South Vietnam. The proof fell into American hands because the Red general, like many generals the world over, liked to have his picture taken. INTERNATIONAL Fifteen Greek army officers were convicted Thursday of conspiring to overthrow the monarchy, but the man the government accussed of heading the leftist plot escaped trial. He is Andreas Papandreou, once an American citi zen, son of a former premier, and a member of Parliament. TEXAS Texas’ draft quota for May is 885 men, Colonel Morris Swartz, state draft director, said Thursday. This com pares with quotas of 675 for April, 761 for March, and 675 for February. The Railroad Commission reduced the Texas Oil allow able for April and listened Thursday as the nation’s leading oil company executives spoke with cautious optimism of industry conditions. Republicans who complained of odd-shaped congres sional districts that fragment big city counties were told Thursday that redistricting bill writers have to think about what can pass. Texas senators muzzled a 20-hour filibuster Thursday while House member approved an anti-bugging bill. Sleepy eyed senators quit until 10:30 a.m. Monday after an after noon and night of parliamentary jockeying over a House- approved local option city sales tax bill. Four Vocal Soloists Perform At Town Hall Show Sunday Four vocal soloists will per form with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in a joint presentation with the University of Texas Con cert Choir here Sunday. They include bass-baritone Ed ward A. Baird, soprano Claire Brooks, contralto Juanita Teal and tenor Grant B. Williams. All have vast professional experience. The performance, sponsored by the Memorial Student Center’s Town Hall Committee, is set for Engineering Convocation Attracts Students, Faculty Two-Day Meeting To Begin Tuesday SINGING CADETS REHEARSE A&M’s Singing Cadets reheayse for a con- Baytown and Spring Branch Friday and cert tonight in the Jones Hall for the Per- Saturday, forming Arts at Houston. They will sing in Singing Cadets Houston Jones Slated For Hall Show Apartment Council Plans Egg Hunt The Apartment Council has planed an Easter egg hunt for all children of College View and Hensel apartments at 2 p.m. Sun day in Hensel Park. There will be no charge for activity card owners, but there will be a charge of 50 for all other families. 3 p.m. in G. Rollie White Coli seum. Director of the 67-year-old Dal las Symphony is youthful Donald Johanos. At his request, both the symphony and choir will function at less than full capacity. Prompting Johanos’ request was the work to be performed, Bach’s B Minor Mass, said to be one of the most demanding works ever written. Johanos has direct ed the Dallas Symphony since 1962. Town Hall Chairman Sammy Pearson said the Dallas Sym phony plans to use 35 musicians in the program. The University of Texas Concert Choir, directed by Dr. Morris Beachy, will bring 60 mixed voices to Aggieland. Associate conductor of the Dal las Symphony is Charles Black man, formerly a concert violinist. He is the author of a book about the philosophy of conducting. By PATRICIA HILL Battalion Staff Writer The Singing Cadets, directed by Robert L. Boone, left today for Houston where they will pre sent a concern at the Jones Hall for the Performing Arts. Curtain time is 8 p.m. The con cert, sponsored by the A&M Mother’s Club, is already close to a sell-out. The program will include “The Prodigal Son,” “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” and “Testament of Freedom.” Mrs. June Beiring, accompanist for the organization, will be as sisted during the program by Albert Maenche on the piano, Clinton Coston on the string bass, and Gordon T. Hill on the guitar. 200 Cadets View Tinker Air Base Approximately 200 A&M Air Force cadets will make a field trip to Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., April 13, 14 and 15, ac cording to Capt. Samuel J. Boles of the Aerospace Studies Depart ment. Boles said sophomores are cur rently signing up. Junior and senior cadets will also be included in the excursion. Mrs. Beiring will also give a piano solo of “Theme from War saw Concerto.” Boone will sing “G’wine to Hebb’n,” a Negro spiritual. After the Friday night concert the group will travel to Baytown where it will give a program Saturday and wind up the trip with a “sermon in song” at the First Baptist Church at Spring Branch Sunday. Neal Ford, Fanatics Slated For Junior Ball Performance [khoI I jL. IT’S ALMOST SPRING With spring still five days away, coed takes and also accomplish studying in a most advantage of the warm weather to get a tan leisurely manner. (Photo by Russell Autrey) Neal Ford and the Fanatics will entertain at the Junior Class Ball in Sbisa Hall Saturday night, starting at 8:30. A 6:30 banquet will precede the ball. Ball tickets are available Draft Board Head Never Saw Changes “I never thought that there would be any changes in the present system,” J, M. “Ben” Daniel, head of the local Selec tive Service Board, said recently at the Methodist Student Center in a discussion of the proposed Selective Service bill. The bill would eliminate the local boards, replacing them with 500 area boards. The second phase of the bill is the so-called “youngest first” plan whereby the youngest eligible men would be called first, rather than the older men as now. Daniel expressed some doubt as to whether the bill would be passed in its entirety and stated that the bill, if passed, would provide for the “youngest first” clause and also a rigid tightening of student deferment. The White House committee has proposed elimination of student defer ments, as well as reserve and National Guard deferments. Daniel then read the last state director’s advice to local boards, which states that ”2S classifica tions had to be considered a ne cessity to the maintenance of the national health and that a pass ing grade on the deferment test did not necessarily mean auto matic deferment, but rather leaves it up to the discretion of the local board.” Daniel, how ever, assured that “mpst boards will try to go along with the students.” for $3.00 per couple at the Stu dent Programs Office today or at the door. Banquet tickets went off sale at 10 a.m. today. The class will also announce its class sweetheart. Finalists for the title are Janet Wilson, who will be escorted by William H. Hughes; Madeline Wilson, the escort of James H. Averett; Car olyn Anderason, the date of B.A. Wolfe; Carol Jane Bell, escorted by Clarence T. Daugherty and Melinda Malone, the date of Rob ert R. Merritt. The theme for the ball will be “Partytime U.S.A.” Dress will be midnights with battle scarfs and midnights for the banquet. Semi-formal attire should be worn by civilian stu dents. MSC Committee's 6 Old Army' Movie Set For Tonight “We’ve Never Been Licked,” a movie filmed at A&M during World War II, will be shown in Guion Hall at 7:30 tonight. Robert Mitchum stars in the full-length movie. Tickets are 50 cents. Benefits from admission will go to the Memorial Student Center Overseas Scholarship Committee. “The purpose of the committee is to review and select candidates for scholarships and loans for overseas travel,” Steve Gummer, MSC Council president, said. The movie, Gummer comment ed, shows what student life was like 20 years ago at A&M and concerns Mitchum, who becomes involved as an American counter- spy. All College of Engineering classes will be dismissed Tuesday and Wednesday to allow maxi mum student and faculty partici pation in the university’s “Engi neering for the 1970’s” convoca tion. The Memorial Student Center meeting poses the question: What is the engineering outlook for the next decade? Providing the answers will be an array of leading industrial, governmental and academic engi neers, headed by Sir John Doug las Cockcroft of Cambridge Uni versity, the 1951 physics Nobel Prize winner who confirmed Ein stein’s theory of relativity. The two-day convocation, first of its type ever held in Texas, will focus on the Southwest and explore new areas of anticipated growth and opportunities in such fields as materials, energy con version and urban engineering. Approximately 500 persons are expected to attend the meeting, including vice presidents or direc tors of engineering from most of the major technical firms throughout the state. Sir John, who, was recently named a distinguished visiting professor of engineering at Texas A&M, will present the meeting’s inaugural lecture at 9 a.m. His “Engineering for the 1970’s” ad dress will include a discussion of the impact of technology on civi lization. THE OPENING address will be followed by a round-table discus sion entitled “What Should the Engineering Colleges Do to Meet the Challenges of the 70’s.” A&M Engineering Dean Fred Benson will serve as moderator for the panel, composed of Paul Purser of the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston; State Highway Engineer D. C. Greer of Austin; H. B. Zachry of San Antonio, chairman of the board, H. B. Zachry Co., and R. C. Blaylock of Dallas, vice presi dent and technical director for Ling-Temco-Vought, Inc. An afternoon round-table, “How Should Industry and Gov ernment Cooperate with the En gineering Colleges in Their De velopment During the 70’s,” will be moderated by Dr. J. J. Mc- Ketta, dean of engineering at the University of Texas. PARTICIPANTS in this dis cussion include J. H. Dunn of Amarillo, board chairman, Sham rock Oil and Gas Corp.; Robert H. Widmer, vice president for re search and engineering at Gen eral Dynamics in Fort Worth; K. M. Tolleson of Freeport, plant technical services manager, Dow Chemical Co., and Dr. William B. (See Engineers, Page 2) SIR JOHN COCKCROFT Journalism Head Attends Meeting In San Francisco Dr. Delbert McGuire, head of the Journalism Department, will attend the spring meeting of the American Council on Education For Journalism at San Francisco Friday and Saturday. The meeting will include the report from accreditation com mittees on thier visitations to several schools made during the previous year. The committees will submit a list of journalism schools or departments for their accrediting under ACEJ stand ards. Twelve schools were visited and the members will vote on each and then submit thier results to the parent body of the ACEJ for a final decision. Fourteen edu cators and 10 professional news media personnel will attend and vote on the accreditation pro posals. “I have prepared a report on journalism curriculums in junior colleges in Texas which I made a study of last year,” Dr. Mc Guire said. He explained that the ACEJ wish to make a detailed study of future accreditation for junior colleges. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M” —Adv. r%i : First Bank & Trust now pays 5% per annum on savings cer tificates. -Adv. . 1967 AUTO PLATES License plates are on sale in the Post Office area of the MSC for the convenience of students and employes of Texas A&M. The plates will be available March 20-23 and March 28-29 between 8:30 a. m. and 4:15 p. m. 4 ,11 ■fc/p ffilfs PI y-r s/-: Frr J CX , p: