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5 Che Battalion Weather | FRIDAY—Partly cloudy, winds south- g: erly 10 to 15 m.p.h. Hi'grh 91, Low 64. g: •g SATURDAY — Cloudy to partly •$: cloudy, chance of thunder showers g: g: late afternoon, winds southerly 15 to :g :g 20 m.p.h. High 87, Low 72. :g Volume 61 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1967 Number 453 205 ics 2131 inat, favew -Pet. nt- hem, Ind, lii-y tal^l l. Ej President Sends Seniors Letter To The Graduating Class, Texas A&M University, 1967 It is a pleasure for me to extend my best wishes as you complete your college education. You are graduating into a society in which you will be warmly welcomed. Our country has never had so great a need for highly educated men and women. Never have young Americans moved from the college campus into a world offering so broad a range of opportunities for individual fulfillment and contribution to the welfare of humanity. Your generation of students has been distinguished by its fresh and vigorous concern for the quality of American life and its commitment to American democracy. Perhaps the greatest opportunity awaiting you is the challenge to make this a life-long commitment. Today, Americans from every walk of life are striving together to shape a society that can offer' a meaningful and rewarding life to all its members. Never have so many of our countrymen been so deeply dedicated to eradicating the old evils of ignorance, poverty, and bigotry from every corner of the land. Through your years of study, you have prepared your selves for positions of leadership in this quest for a better America. I congratulate you, and urge you to take full advantage of that opportunity: Sincerely, Lyndon B. Johnson President, United States of America Liberal Arts Cites Five Top Students Seniors Await Degrees At Saturday Ceremonies 118 Commissions Awarded Cadets -K 1 Five honor students will be cited by the College of Liberal Arts today. Distinguished honor certificates will be presented Dee Anna Bo- gusch of Abilene, Thomas M. DeFrank of Arlington, Margaret Anne Droste of Houston, Pedro Garza of Santa Rosa and Sharon Harless Hall of Hearne. Liberal Arts Dean Frank Students Offered Summer Storage Students who wish to store trunks, lamps and other personal belongings during the summer terms may store them in the northwest corner of the hospital basement (guardroom entrance) or the basement of Ramp A, Walton Hall, announced Bennie A, Zinn, director of student af fairs. Both storage rooms will be open to accept items for storage as follows: Monday, May 29; 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.: Tuesday, May 30; 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.; Wednesday, May 31, 11:00 to 12:00 a.m.; Thursday, June 1, 11:00 to 12:00 a.m. and 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.; Fri day, June 2, 11:00 to 12:00 a.m. and 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, June 3, 11:00 to 12:00 a.m. and 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. The minimum charge will be $.50 for each item with a de clared value of less than $50.00 and a $1.00 charge for each article with a $100.00 declared value. All inquiries concerning bag- gae storage should be directed to the Secertary of the Agronomy Society in care of the Agronomy Department, or call 846-5022. 5% per year paid on all savings at Bryan Build- bfU&l jug & Loan Assn. Adr. Hubert will make the award de signed for outstanding college seniors. The five students with 2.75 or better grade point ratios graduate Saturday. Mrs. Droste, a history major, has an overall 2.9 GPR and is a Woodrow Wilson Scholarship nominee. Mrs. Bogusch has a 2.83 GPR and majors in education. A gov ernment major, Garza posted a 2.8 and is active in the Ross Volunteers and other organiza tions. Mrs. Hall is studying English with a 2.75 overall GPR. DrFrank’s 2.79 in journalism earned Distinguished Student status seven semesters. The Dis tinguished Military Student is a Bryan Daily Eagle reporter, cor respondent for “Newsweek” and the “Washington Post,” and is active in numerous student or ganizations. All five honorees are members of Phi Kappa Phi, honor society for students within a year of graduation who are in the top tenth of their class scholastically. ACTIVE PARTICIPANT The student pictured above is only one of the 10,000 Ag-gies now participating in the cele bration of “Dead Week” at A&M. This is traditionally the time when students can devote themselves to preparing for the finals since there are no papers to be turned in or exams given at this time. Ho, Ho, Ho! Eleven Faculty Members Receive Service Awards Committee Open For Chairmanship The chairmanship of the Travel Committee of the Memorial Stu dent Center is still vacant, accord ing to MSC Council vice-president Wayne Prescott. “Anyone interested should ap ply at the Student Programs Of fice in the MSC,” he said. The Travel Committee provides organized student and faculty vacation tours and low cost trans portation abroad during the sum mer. A minimum over-all grade point ratio of 1.4 is required of all ap plicants. Eleven Texas A&M faculty members received $1,000 awards for distinguished service during the university’s annual recog nition and achievement program recently. The Association of Former Students presented eight of the awards and the Standard Oil (Indiana) Foundation, Inc., three. Recipients of the Former Stu dents’ Distinguished Achievement in Teaching awards are Dr. Alfred F. Chalk, professor Economics Department; Assistant Professor Sidney S. Cox, English Depart ment; Professor A. F. DeWorth, leader of the Floriculture Section, Department of Soil and Crop Sci ences; and Dr. Charles F. Hall, associate profesor in the Veteri nary Microbiology Department. Distinguished Achievement in Research awards went to Dr. John G. Mackin, professor and head of the Biology Department, and Professor J. W. Sorenson of the Agriculture Engineering De partment. Dr. Howard L. Gravett, pro fessor of biology, received the group’s award for distinguished achievement in individual student relations, and Basil Mason Hack ney, head of the Engineering Ex tension Services’ teacher training program, was similarly cited for his extension work. The Standard Oil (Indiana) Foundation awards, all for teach ing, were presented to Dr. Allan C. Ashcraft, associate professor of history; Dr. Dan D. Drew, associate professor of industrial engineering; and Dr. Richard M. Hedges, associate professor of chemistry. Also honored during the Tues day program were 10 retiring faculty members who have served a total of 280 years at Texas A&M. Those retiring, their de partments and number of years of service are: Dr. W. B. Davis, Wildlife Sci ence, 30 years; Dr. A. D. Folweil- er, director of the Texas Forest Service and a member of the graduate faculty, 18; Dr. A. B. Nelson, History and Government, 30; Professor J. P. Oliver, En gineering Graphics, 28; Professor J. A. Orr, Civil Engineering, 39. Also Associate Professor Homer E. Rea, Soil and Crop Science, 42; Dr. I. W. Rupel, former Dairy Science head who also served overseas with International Pro grams, 20; Dr. O. E. Sperry, Range Science, 21; Professor C. E. Tishler, Health and Physical Education head, 26; and Assistant Professor J. M. Ward, Agricul tural Economics and Sociology, 26. A&M President Earl Rudder presided at the session and brief ly reviewed major events of the current school year. Jack Crichton of Dallas, Former Students presi dent, also made brief remarks and presented his group’s awards. Graduate Dean Wayne C. Hall read the citations listing the back ground and achievements of the faculty members being honored. Dr. Chalk’s citation, expressing the opinion of a graduate stu dent, called attention to the pro fessor’s “adroitness in the use of a Socratic method which requires you to handle questions which have no single answer but which invite exchange of views and analytical correlation of facts.” He has been a member of the A&M faculty since 1936. Ad vancing through the academic ranks to professor and depart ment head, he asked to be relieved of administrative responsibilities to return to full-time teaching. He holds degrees from Baylor, Texas A&M and the University of Texas. Professor Cox is “indefatigable, patient, humorous and exciting,” according to his citation. It further notes he “is a teacher (See Faculty Awards, Page 4) University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M” —Adv. By CHARLES ROWTON Nearly 900 students will re ceive degrees in graduation cere monies at G. Rollie White Coli seum Saturday. The degrees will be conferred in a 9 a.m. program. Undergraduates will receive 675 of the degrees and 223 students will receive advanced degrees. Forty-two doctorates will be con ferred and 181 master’s degrees. Commissioning ceremonies fol low at 1:30 p.m. at G. Rollie White. Fifty-six Army, 57 Air Force, and five Marine Corps commissions will be awarded. Del Brockett, board chairman of the Gulf Oil Corporation, Pitts burg, Pa., will be the featured speaker for the commencement exercises. President Earl Rudder will in troduce Brockett, a 1934 petro leum production engineering grad uate of A&M and will be named one of the University’s distin guished alumni Saturday. He was a member of “A” and “B” Com pany Engineers, the Scholarship Honor Society, and the Petroleum Engineers Club. Brockett, who has been chair man of the board for Gulf for two years, is a highly decorated World War II veteran. He participated in campaigns in Lae, Linchhafen, Summer Session Hours Are Reset All classes during Texas A&M’s summer session will begin one hour later than listed in the uni versity’s official summer bulletin, announced Registrar H. L. Hea ton. Heaton said the university’s Academic Council took the action after considering the effects of the Daylight Saving Time System under which the state is now func tioning. The registrar said the one-hour- later policy for the summer in cludes laboratory periods. He emphasized the first classes of the day, scheduled in the bul letin for 7 a.m., will begin at 8 a.m., and all other classes throughout the day also will be set back one hour. Hollandia, Leyte, Visayan, and Mindoro. Lt. Gen. John W. Carpenter III, commander of the Air University in Maxwell AFB, Ala., will be the speaker for the commissioning exercises. Carpenter studied engineering at Oklahoma A&M and Mississippi State prior to entering West Point in 1935. He was commis sioned in 1939. He won his wings in the Air Corps. He served in the Pacific Theater in World War II, commanding the ground eche lon of the 19th Bombardment Group. He became commander of the Air University in August, 1965. Sponsors Finals Break During finals week, the YMCA will offer a new special service. After a survey of the limited facilities for a break during study ing, the 1967-68 “Y” Cabinet de cided to establish a ‘Coffee break” in the lobby of the YMCA. Beginning Sunday night and continuing through Thursday night, the “Y” will be open from 9:00-2:00 a.m. for students to take a break. Tables will be set up for students who wish to bring their books and study. Coffee and fresh donuts will be served at a cost of 10 cents for coffee and 5 cents for donuts. All Aggies are invited to come to the “Y” for a “Coffee Break.” Seniors Can Get Yearbooks Mailed Graduating seniors and stu dents who will not be at Texas A&M next fall and wish to have their Aggieland yearbooks mailed to them can do so by paying a mailing fee and leaving their for warding address at the Student Publications Office, Room 4, YMCA Building. Boot Dance Set Saturday Evening The Ballroom of the Memorial Student Center will be the setting for Saturday night’s Junior Boot Dance. The 8:30 p.m. dance will cost $3.50 per couple, and tickets may be purchased from each unit’s Junior Council Representative and the Student Programs Office in the MSC. Junior class president Sanford T. Ward stated that dress for the occasion will be Class A summer uniforms with battle scarfs. Ca dets’ dates should wear a semi- formal cocktail dress without corsage, as suggested by the jun ior council. Color pictures of the dance will be available for $3.50 for two 5x7’s, four billfolds, and shipping costs will be available at the dance. Ward reminded all council mem bers that money from ticket sales should be turned in at the Stu dent Programs Office or to Bob Nordhaus before 5 p.m. Friday. There Are Many Ways Not To Study For Finals YOU MAY WANT TO WASH YOUR CAR . . . LOUNGE AROUND IN THE MSC ... OR JUST SOAK UP THE SUN.