LONNIE CHARLES MINZE
Corps Commander
PATRICK G. REHMET
Deputy Corps Commander
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JOHN WILLIAM MORGAN
First Brigade Commander
CARL VINCENT FEDUCIA
Second Brigade Commander
IOHN ROBERT BALDRIDGE
First Wing Commander
RICHARD LEE ENGEL
Second Wing Commander
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Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1967
Number 439
Minze Heads Corps
As New Commander
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AN HOUR UP, OR RACK?
Aggieland joins the rest of Texas in moving- the hour hand up one hour for Daylight Sav
ing Time. Here freshman Raymond Tarpley trys to determine if it’s 6 p. m. now, will it be
7 or 8? Or will it be . . . Daylight Savings goes into effect Sunday.
Major commanders of Texas
A&M’s 3,000-man Corps of Cadets
have been designated for the
1967-68 school year, with Lonnie
Charles Minze of Houston named
Cadet Colonel of the Corps.
The cadet colonel, deputy corps
commander, brigade and wing
commanders’ names were released
by Col. D. L. Baker, commandant.
MINZE, A junior aerospace en
gineering major, is scholastic ser
geant of Squadron 7 this year.
He is a graduate of San Jacinto
High and the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lonnie C. Minze Jr., 13202
Adler Drive, Houston.
He will assume command from
Cadet Colonel of the Corps Eddie
Joe Davis of Henrietta at Final
Review May 27.
NAMED DEPUTY corps com
mander was Patrick G. Rehmet of
Alice, civil engineering major and
first sergeant of Company C-2.
Commanding the First Brigade
will be John William Morgan.
Second Brigade commander is
Carl Vincent Feducia. Named
wing commanders were John Rob
ert Baldridge, First Wing, and
Richard Lee Engel, Second Wing.
The brigade commanders, with
the rank of cadet colonel, will
command a 10-man staff and two
battalions of four companies com
prised of 70 to 80 cadets each.
MORGAN, A history major, is
sergeant major of the First Bat
talion staff this year. He is the
son of Col. and Mrs. John W.
Morgan, 23 Dyer, Fort Bragg.
Sergeant major of the Second
Brigade staff, Feducia is a me
chanical engineering major and
son of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Fedu
cia, 3550 Judson, Shreveport.
Wing commanders Baldridge
and Engel will also head 10-man
staffs and have command respon
sibility for two groups including
seven squadrons of 40 to 60 cadets
each.
BALDRIDGE is first sergeant
of Squadron 1, a management ma
jor and son of Col. and Mrs. John
R. Baldridge, 1703 Ray Avenue,
Bossier City.
Engel’s parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Richard L. Engel, 14600
Hillside Drive, Elm Grove. He
is corps operations sergeant on
the Corps staff and a mechanical
engineering major.
Councilmen Back Civilians
On Mandatory Board Fees
\ Green hut Presents ECM Talk
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By NEAL COOK
Battalion Special Writer
The combining of seven coun-
I tries into the European Common
| Market and the effect that this
I market has had on the countries
I themselves and on the world eco-
I nomic situation, was discussed
[ by Dr. M. L. Greenhut Thursday
night at the Apollo Club meeting.
Greenhut is the head of the
Economics Department at A&M.
He took this post in June of 1966
after having been professor at
Florida State University from
62-66.
“The combining of these small
European countries into one eco
Election Results Delayed By
Mix Up At Vet Med School
A voting mix-up in the Vet
erinary Medicine School has de
layed the announcement of elec
tion results from Thursday’s Stu
dent Senate and Civilian Student
Council officers election.
The Vet School was supposed
to have voted Thursday morn
ing, but did not vote until today.
Jack Myers, election committee
chairman, said it was “just one
of those things” and that there
was no apparent reason for the
mix-up.
The election results will be
posted at the Memorial Student
Center’s Student Programs Office
either Friday afternoon or Mon
day morning, Myers announced.
“It was an unusually heavy
turnout for this election. Usually
the Senate officers election has a
light turnout,” Myers said. He
estimated that 2,000 votes had
already been cast by Thursday
night.
Myers was also impressed with
the large number of write-in bal
lots. “This is something I’ve
never seen here at A&M,” he
commented.
One issue on the ballot that
probably caused part of the heavy
turnout was the controversial so
cial fraternity on campus issue.
The heavy write-in campaign
was probably caused by the fact
that only two students filed for
the three Civilian Council offices,
although Myers could not give out
any information on these results.
nomic country has given these
countries economic strength which
they could not achieve indepen
dently,” Greenhut explained.
“The combined Gross National
Product of these countries in 1956
was about 139 billion dollars while
the United. States had a Gross
National Product of about 390
billion dollars.
“By 1966 the Gross National
Product of the common market
countries had grown to about 325
billion dollars while the U. S.
Gross National Product increased
to 680 billion dollars,” he said.
“While the increase of these
countries’ percentage of growth
Heaton Announces
1,017 Candidates
Texas A&M Registrar H. L.
Heaton announced 1,017 degree
candidates have applied for
spring graduation.
Heaton said the May gradu
ating class includes 333 students
seeking advanced degrees. Ph.D.
candidates total 73 and 260 have
filed for master’s degrees.
Baccalaureate degree candi
dates include 683 seniors.
The 1967 graduating class will
be the largest since immediately
after World War II, Heaton
noted.
Former Students Will Induct New Members
The Former Students Associa
tion of Texas A&M will formally
induct the class of 1967 into the
Association at its annual dinner
Monday night.
Richard Weirus, executive sec
retary of the association, stressed
that seniors who expect to attend
the dinner should pick up their
complimentary tickets by noon
Monday at the Association’s of
fice in the Memorial Student
Center.
SBISA HALL will be the set
ting for the eighth annual affair,
which will start at 6:30. Weirus
noted that it should be over by
8:00.
The featured speaker for the
evening will be Don Cloud, cadet
colonel of the Corps in 1959. He
is currently the vice president of
Allied Mill.
Jack Crichton, president of the
Association will be on hand to
formally welcome and induct the
class.
The purpose of the dinner,
other than to induct the senior
class, is to “let the seniors meet
and hear a little about it,” com
mented Weirus. He said that any
senior who will graduate in May,
August, or January is welcome at
the dinner. He also said gp-aduate
students are welcome.
Weirus went on to say that the
event is usually very popular
with the seniors. He said that
600-700 usually attend the free
meal.
is higher than the U.S.’s, there is
no need for alarm because this in
crease just shows that these coun
tries are becoming economically
stronger and with their increase
in strength there is an increase
in world economic strength,” he
added.
“The common market countries
have lowered the tariffs on goods
for the countries within the mar
ket but they have increased the
tariff on goods imported into the
countries from non-member coun
tries.
Civilians March
On Rudder Again
An estimated 500 civilian stu
dents, some who grew rather un
ruly, marched on Texas A&M
President Earl Rudder’s home
Thursday night, again protesting
a board of directors’ decision to
make board fees mandatory for
all students.
One student shouted “Burn the
house” and another said “Are
you going to run for governor?”
Rudder, in an attempt to rea
son with the crowd, told them
they were “bringing discredit to
A&M.”
An unidentified student shout
ed back “You’ve done that al
ready.’
The march started about 10
minutes after the Civilian Stu
dent Council passed two resolu
tions.
It supported student opposition
to the mandatory board fee and
appointed a committee to recom
mend alternatives to be present
ed to the board of directors.
The students carried placards
saying “We Won't Pay, We Want
Choice.’
5% per year paid on all
savings at Bryan Build
ing & Loan Assn. Adv.
By MIKE FLAKE
Battalion Staff Writer
The Texas A&M Civilian Stu
dent Council voted unanimously
to support current civilian stu
dent dissention toward manda
tory board fees Thursday night.
A&M President Earl Rudder at
tended the session.
They approved two resolutions.
“We are in agreement with the
Texas A&M students’ concern op
posing the Board of Directors’
ruling that all students must pay
board fees.”
“Be it resolved that a commit
tee is to be appointed by the
President of the Civilian Student
Council to inquire into alterna
tives to the compulsory board
ruling and to present its decisions
to the Board of Dh’ectors at the
earliest possible date.”
The matter was dicided when
the Council and 12 civilian dorm
itory representatives voted in a
restricted-attendance meeting fol
lowing the regular council ses
sion.
James Oliver, president, began
the Council meeting at 7:30 with
discussion restricted to the policy
dispute.
Cliff Purcell, the main spokes
man for the demonstrators Wed
nesday night, proposed a meet
ing of a student committee, the
president, and the board of di
rectors to discuss the policy.
Frank Berngen, Dormitory 21
president, presented a random
poll taken from 96 students.
“There were 93 opposed to the
Board’s ruling. Of that number,
46 ate off campus, and 56 left
A&M more than seven weekends
a semester,” Berngen reported.
“One ramp in Law Hall had 22
of its 24 students eating off-
campus.”
The meeting was open to the
public.
Fred Rich, a senior mathema
tics major, discussed the value of
Wednesday’s demonstration. He
(See Councilmen, Page 3)
New Professor Is Announced
To Succeed Baker At Trigon
Col. Jim H. McCoy has been
named professor of military sci
ence at Texas A&M, replacing
Col. D. L. Baker who is retiring.
President Earl Rudder an
nounced the appointment of Mc
Coy, a 1940 graduate of Texas
A&M. McCoy is presently deputy
director of plans in the office of
the Deputy Chief of Staff for
Logistics in Washington.
COL. McCOY has been award
ed the Silver Star, Legion of
Merit, Bronze Star and Combat
Infantry Badge in his 27 years
of service. He has served in Eur
ope, Japan, the Far East, Puerto
Rico and Japan.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M”
—Adv.
A native of Eddy, Tex., McCoy
graduated from Bruceville-Eddy
High School in 1935 and from
John Tarleton College in 1938
before coming to A&M. He grad
uated with a bachelor degree in
agricultural education and an in
fantry commission.
THE ARMY GENERAL Staff
officer is in his third tour of duty
at Washington. He has served
in the Plans Directorate three
years and was also assistant
chief of Staff, military district
G4 headquarters.
McCoy commanded an infantry
company and the 28th Division
battalion in World War II, was
in command of G3 and Fort Bu
chanan commanding officer in
Puerto Rico. He was also Fourth
Division battle group commander
at Fort Lewis, Wash.
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PRESIDENT SPEAKS
University President Earl Rudder speaks before the Civilian Student Council Thursday
night concerning the recent mandatory board fee. (Battalion staff photo)