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88 Army Cadets |A&M StudeiltS Welcomed
Win DMS Honors
Eighty-eight Texas A&M sen
iors have been named Distinguish
ed Military Students for the
1967-68 school year, announced
Col. Jim H. McCoy, commandant.
DMS status is prerequisite to
making Distinguished Military
Graduate and receiving a Regu
lar Army commission upon gradu
ation, McCoy added.
Criteria for DMS includes
standing in the upper 50 per cent
of the academic class, in the
upper one-third of the military
science class, outstanding leader
ship traits and above-average
summer camp performance.
Distinguished Military Student
honors were accorded Gary M.
Adams, Reese W. Brown III and
Robert B. Boldt, Tyler; Neal W.
Adams, Cameron; Wayne T. Ar
mour, Libertyville, 111.; Anthony
R. Benedetto, El Paso; Harlan J.
Berger, David J. Boethel and
Howard W. Hoegemeyer, Weimar;
Paul D. Bettge, Bay City.
ALSO RONALD D. Zipp and
Francis J. Bourgeois, New Braun
fels; James H. Budde, Cocogive,
N. J.; Philip G. Burke, St. Louis,
Mo.; Richard A. Baur, Bryan;
Chriss H. Carlson, Mexia; Fred
erick B. Cherry, New Waverly;
Robert W. Clapper, Anahuac;
Robert A. Flocke, Ellsworth AFB,
S. D.; John F. Gaulding, Winnie.
In addition, Robert H. Gibbons,
Port Arthur; Charles R. Glagola,
Pensacola, Fla.; James E. Glynn,
Garland; James C. Gordon, Fort
Collins, Colo.; Bruce E. Gray,
Mission; Larry C. Hearn, Cle
burne; William G. Henglein, Kil
leen; James E. Holster, Clarks-
HorsleyDinner
Reservations
Deadline Nears
Wednesday is the dealine for
purchasing tickets for the Friday
evening testimonial dinner honor
ing Wendell R. Horsley, Texas
A&M placement director who is
retiring.
Dorsey McCrory, A&M develop
ment director and testimonial
program chairman, said the tick
ets may be purchased at the
Memorial Student Center reser
vations desk or from Alvin Bor-
mann, Room 303, YMCA.
The tribute to Horsley, who
has helped thousands of Aggies
launch careers during his 27 years
as placement director, is set for
7 p. m. Friday in the MSC ball
room.
McCrory emphasized all of
Horsley’s friends and associates
are invited to attend the dinner.
He pointed out no invitations will
be mailed.
RAY MARIANI, technical per
sonnel recruiter for Union Car
bide in Texas City, is general
program chairman. E. E. McQuil-
len, former A&M development di
rector, will serve as master of
ceremonies.
A&M President Earl Rudder
Will speak for the university fac
ulty, staff and students. Former
students will be presented by
Buck Weirus, executive secretary
of the Association of Former
Students.
Horsley, who retires Sept. 30,
joined the Texas A&M faculty in
1937 as a forestry professor and
moved into placement work three
years later.
Tickets On Sale
For A&M-Purdue
Student tickets and date
tickets to the A&M-Purdue
game in Dallas Saturday are
now on sale at the ticket win
dow at G. Rollie White Coli
seum, through thursday.
Student tickets are $1 and the
date tickets are $4.
This is the last week that
date tickets can be purchased
for $4. After Friday the date
tickets to the three remaining
games, Florida State, Baylor
and Texas, will sell for $5.
ville; Donald W. Hubert, Riviera;
Kirby W. Huffman, Rochelle;
George W. Isleib Jr., Rosenberg;
Cecil D. Johnson, Midland;
Charles J. Joyner Jr., Brandon,
Fla.; Kenneth D. Kennerly, Odes
sa; Stephen E. Klamke, Cham-
blee, Ga.; Michael L. Lanning,
Sylvester; James H. Lehmann,
Bellaire; Charles McCal, Lufkin.
ALSO, THOMAS R. Machala,
Crosby; Gary L. Moon, Granbury;
John W. Morgan Jr., Baytown;
Roderick Moss, Harlingen; Edgar
L. Ohlendorf, Lockhart; Ernesto
J. Pena, Laredo; David W. Powell,
Amarillo.
Bryan T. Preas, Cooper; Jimmy
R. Reagan, Easterly; Scott H.
Roberts, Austin; Henry M. Rol
lins, Mobile, Ala.; Michael J.
Shaw, Weslaco; Eugene C. Supak,
Fayetteville; James T. Taylor,
Fort Knox, Ky.; Eldon G. Tipping,
Snyder; Robert L. Upton, Man
teca, Calif.; Joseph P. Webber,
Waco; Charles J. Whatley, Port
Lavaca; Eddy J. Williams, Jacks-
boro, and Leon A. Willhite,
Palestine.
San Antonio students desig
nated DMS include Henry G. Cis
neros, Clarence T. Daugherty,
Mark W. Davis, Robert F. Gon
zales, Steven V. Gummer, Gary
S. Kemph, Robert K. Nordhaus,
Frank H. Robbins Jr., William P.
Shannon III, James M. Singleton
IV and Gordon E. Summers.
A&M STUDENTS from Shreve
port named were Walter L. Cloyd
III, Carl V. Feducia and William
L. Goode.
DMSes from Fort Worth are
Willis L. Clements and Neal W.
Rockhold.
Dallas furnished John D. Mc
Leroy, Maurice V. Main and
Charles P. Stewart.
Alice has Marc A. Sheiness,
Donald R. Ray and Patrick G.
Rehmet.
From Houston are Michael C.
Feehan, Steven C. Hightower,
George J. Kacal Jr., William P.
Kinder and Randall R. Myers.
Those from College Station
include Thomas W. Hughes, Wil
liam M. Jacqmein and Edward
M. Miller.
At All-University Night
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BEST SUMMER CAMP CADETS
Texas A&M’s deputy commander of the Corps of Cadets, Patrick G. Rehmet of Alice, is
decorated with a ribbon signifying- he was one of the outstanding cadets at Army ROTC
summer camp. Col. Jim H. McCoy, commandant, recognized the four corps leaders. Fed
ucia, Webber, and John W Morgan were also top-ranked.
U. S. Newspapers Impress
Visiting D. R. Journalists
Bryan Building & Loan
Association, Your Sav-
mA t ings Center, since 1919.
—Adv.
Webber Heads
Summer Camp
Honoree List
Texas A&M Army ROTC cadets
headed by Joseph P. Webber of
Waco were graded tops in sum
mer camp and honored Saturday
in university ceremonies.
McCoy noted Webber’s camp
position was over 3,000 cadets
who attended the required sum
mer training. Summer camp nor
mally follows the junior year of
four years ROTC training toward
a reserve or Regular Army com
mission.
The 1966 outstanding summer
camp cadet was Joseph K. Bush
of Temple, an A&M student.
A&M ALSO furnished two of
the four battalion top-ranked
cadets and nine of 16 company
representatives.
William R. McLeroy of Dallas
and Eldon G. Tipping of Snyder
were outstanding cadets in their
respective battalions. Webber,
McLeroy and Tipping had to re
ceive outstanding company cadet
honors in order to be considered
for battalion and camp positions.
Other company outstanding
cadets were Wayne T. Armour of
Libertyville, 111.; Stephen H. Ban
croft, Houston; Henry G. Cis
neros, San Antonio; William M.
Jacqmein, College Station; Mich
ael L. Lanning, Sylvester, and
John W. Morgan Jr., Baytown.
McCOY PRESENTED distin
guished Army ROTC ribbons to
13 cadets judged outstanding in
their respective platoons. Recipi
ents included Frank B. Bonvillain
of LaPorte; Francis J. Bourgeois,
New Braunfels; Joseph W. Brew
ster, Temple; Chriss H. Carlson,
Mexia; Jack R. Coleman, Hunts
ville; Robert F. Gonzales, San
Antonio; Larry C. Hearn, Cle
burne; Donald W. Hubert, Rivi
era; James H. Lehman, Bellaire;
Patrick G. Rehmet, Alice; Jack R.
Roden, Big Spring; Charles J.
Whitacre, Plainview, and Leon A.
Willhite, Palestine.
Advancing technology of U. S.
newspapers in production and in
formation dissemination and opin-
ion-editorilizing are primary ob
servations of two Dominican Re
public newspapermen on a month
long tour of the U. S.
“We marvel at the advanced
facilities employed, even in small
newspaper operation,” explained
Santiago H. Estrella, reporter for
the “Listin Diario,” Santo Do
mingo daily newspaper.
Estrella and Pedro Gil have
toured communication facilities in
Washington, D. C., New York,
Boston, Chicago, San Francisco
and Los Angeles as participants
in an International Visitor Ex
change Program of the U. S.
State Department.
FOLLOWING TWO days with
68 of their countrymen studying
at Texas A&M, Estrella and Gil
will visit Houston and Miami. The
tour concludes Thursday when
they leave for San Juan.
The Dominicans included A&M
in the tour because of the uni
versity’s Agency for International
Development programs in the
Caribbean country. International
Programs officials are develop
ing an agricultural school there
and bringing Dominican Republic
students to the university for
study in various ag-ricultural
areas.
The students will return to the
Republic as instructors and to po
sitions in governmental agricul
tural agencies.
ESTRELLA AND Gil indicated
Texas A&M is as well known in
the Dominican Republic as Gil
lette and Coca Cola.
AGGIE MOTHERS
The Federation of Texas A&M University Mothers Clubs
met on campus over the weekend to map plans for the new
school year and hear briefings by A&M President Earl Rud
der and other university officials. Looking over the Univer
sity’s new calendar of activities are (from left) Mrs. J. C.
McLaughlin of Bryan, vice president at large; Mrs. Rudder,
honorary president; Mrs. W. S. Brashears, president, and
Mrs. W. A. Prewitt Jr. of Temple, first vice president.
Battalion Editor Hurt In Smashup
Charles Rowton, editor of The Battalion, was in
jured in a three-car accident Saturday night on High
way 190 between Belton and Killeen.
Also injured in the head-on collision was Miss
Becky Dellis of Killeen, whom Rowton was escorting
home following the A&M-SMU football game here.
Rowton’s mother, Mrs. Harry W. Rowton of Kil
leen, said the junior journalism major may be released
from Hillandale Hospital in Killeen this week.
Miss Dellis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Dellis,
was more seriously injured but has now been taken
off the critical list at Scott and White Hospital in
Temple, according to Mrs, Rowton. Miss Dellis is a
freshman at Central Texas College in Killeen.
The accident occurred about 9:30 p. m. during a
rain. Mrs. Rowton said a car traveling east on High
way 190 was involved in a side-swipe collision with
another vehicle and then crashed head-on into Rowton’s
car.
Campbell Praises
Aggieland Spirit
“Students here from the Do
minican Republic are very devoted
to their studies,” Gil assessed,
following Sunday visits with stu
dents in their dorms and at meals.
‘ The program is extraordinar
ily beneficial,” injected Estrella.
‘‘Our country’s greatest problem
is lack of technology to apply to
bringing the economy forward. I
wish the A&M-AID program were
more extensive.”
ADOPTION OF U. S. tech
niques is apparent in areas other
than agriculture.
“U. S. newspaper’s advancing
techniques have an effect on Latin
American publications,” pointed
out Gil, columnist at the Santo
Domingo daily “El Caribe,” and
director-announcer for a daily ra
dio-TV news broadcast. “El Ca
ribe” was recipient of a 1962
award for Latin American news
papers in production and layout.
He said Dominican Republic
papers are even more objective
than those of the U. S.
“Political sides are not taken,”
he commented. “For example, at
election time U. S. papers often
support editorially one of the
candidates. We do not do this.”
In addition to visiting with Do
minican students at A&M, the
writers, accompanied by interpre
ter Jose Gonzales-Fantony, con
versed with International Pro
grams officials under Dr. Jack
Gray, director, President Earl
Rudder and Robert L. Melcher,
international students advisor.
A&M Gets $4,000
In Phillips Grant
The Phillips Petroleum Com
pany presented Texas A&M a
$4,000 check Monday as its share
in the 1967-68 Phillips Profession
al Development Fund.
M. R. Hayes of Bartlesville,
Okla., manager of Phillips’ Gen
eral Services Department, made
the presentation to A&M Presi
dent Earl Rudder during a lunch
eon at the Memorial Student Cen
ter.
Hayes was assisted in the cere
monies by J. P. Jones, also of
Bartlesville, director of the oil
company’s Recruiting and Place
ment Division.
The Phillips representatives in
dicated a major portion of the
funds would be used to help
deserving faculty and student
leaders participate in more off-
campus scientific and professional
activities. The funds will be di
vided among several university
departments.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M”
—Adv.
By DAVE MAYES
Aggies old and new were offi
cially welcomed to Texas A&M
for the 1967-68 school year at
All-University Night Monday
evening at G. Rollie White Coli
seum.
Cadet Colonel of the Corps Lon
nie C. Minze of Houston sym
bolically welcomed the class of
’71 by pinning the Cadet Corps
emblem upon fish Mickey Stowers.
Student Body President Jerry
Campbell of Center and Dean of
Students James P. Hannigan
praised the student body in gen
eral and the Aggie Band in par
ticular for the “outstanding con
tributions they made in seeing
that one of the most hectic pre
school weekends in A&M history
went quite smoothly.”
CAMPBELL, speaking for the
football team, thanked the stu
dents especially for the fine spirit
they displayed and added, “When
I hear the band play and hear you
students yell, I begin to realize
that the Spirit of Aggieland truly
comes.”
President Earl Rudder, adding
to sentiments already expressed
by Hannigan and Campbell, men
tioned the many good reports from
friends across the nation who
viewed the A&M game last week
end on television. He quoted one
friend as saving, “I knew Aggies
were military, had a good band
and a good football team, but I
never knew they were such great
lovers.”
PRESIDENT Rudder concluded
his remarks by reminding stu
dents that “your basic reason for
being here is to get knowledge”
Connally AFB
Purchase Set
Gov. John Connally will formal
ly present a $5.25 million State
of Texas check to federal officials
here Oct. 14 to purchase James
Connally Air Force Base.
The 2,100-acre base, currently
in the process of deactivation, is
being converted into James Con
nally Technical Institute, a vo
cational training center operated
by Texas A&M.
The check presentation will
highlight a full round of activ
ities, including the official dedi
cation of Connally Tech, open
house and the first annual Par
ents Day. Open house begins at
9 a.m., with the dedication sched
uled for noon.
Dr. Roy Dugger, director of
Connally Tech, said more than
10,000 persons are expected to
attend the open house and dedi
cation.
Connally Tech admitted its first
students Jan. 11, 1966, and now
has more than 1,000 engaged in
33 fields of technical study.
The institute has already grad
uated 128 students enrolled for
one-year courses, Dr. Dugger said.
With approximately six job of
fers per graduate, their starting
salaries averaged $5,200, he noted.
Students enrolled in Connally
Tech’s two-year courses, Dugger
observed, can expect even higher
starting salaries. The first of
these students will graduate next
August.
Silver Taps
Set Tonight
Silver Taps will be conducted
at 10:30 tonight in memory of
Raymond Victory Carbary, Steph
en Lewis Smith and Kern Dyer
Kelly, all of whom died during
the summer.
Bennie A. Zinn, director of stu
dent affairs, has requested all
campus lights be turned off from
10:30 until 10:50 p.m.
and promising that “we (faculty
and staff) will do everything we
can to help you get that knowl
edge.”
Principal speaker of the evening
was Barney Welch, ’45, captain of
the 1944 Aggie football team and
first Aggie to score a touchdown
in t.u.’s Memorial Stadium. Welch
praised A&M’s head football
coach we’ve ever had at A&M.”
“AND BY THE WAY, Coach
Sttallings has come closest to
getting rid of Aggie jokes alto
gether,” he added.
Welch also gave special praise
to the football team by noting,
“Of the several thousand Aggie
football players I have known,
these are the finest.”
Concluding, he warned the stu
dent body not to give the oppos
ing team an edge by stealing the
rival school’s mascot. “This would
be the best way we could hurt our
own football team.”
Neal Adams of Tyler, head yell
leader, ended All - University
Night by leading a rousing yell
practice.
Abies Becomes
Wildlife Prof
Ernest Abies, a radio tracking
systems specialist, has joined
Texas A&M’s Wildlife Science
Department as an assistant pro
fessor.
Dr. Richard J. Baldauf, Wild
life Science Department acting
head, said Abies will devote half
time to teaching and the remain
der to research in a project sup
ported by the Kleberg Foundation
for Wildlife Conservation.
“I will be working on the in
troduction of exotic animals in
the research program,” Abies
commented. “These include axis
deer, nilgai antelope, impala and
eland. Our plans include the es
tablishment of a radio tracking
system for tracing activity pat
terns of these animals.”
Abies expects to receive his
Ph.D. in wildlife ecology from
the University of Wisconsin in
January. He has a master’s from
Wisconsin in wildlife manage
ment and a bachelor’s degree
from Oklahoma State University
in zoology.
The native of Hugo, Okla., re
cently returned from a one-year
research program in Kenya,
where he represented the Univer
sity of Wisconsin on a project
sponsored by the Rockefeller
Foundation.
“The pilot project was a study
of species of African antelope,”
Abies explained. “It was success
ful because the people of Maralal
in the northern frontier district
were extremely helpful.”
“We stayed in Maralal primari
ly because the Kenya Game De
partment had a station there,”
he continued. “The country there
is virtually like it was 1,000 years
ago. Natives carry spears and
the entire economy is based on
cattle.”
“A man’s status is gauged by
the number of cattle he has,“
Abies pointed out. “In fact, he can
buy a wife for 20 cows. People
are reluctant to sell their cattle.
They more or less worship them.
Usually they wait for their cattle
to die, then sell the hides.”
“Our biggest problem was find
ing fresh vegetables,” Abies re
called. “But we had plenty of
wild game and potatoes to eat.
The diet of the Samburu tribe
there consisted basically of cow
blood and milk. Naturally that
didn’t appeal to us.”
Abies and his wife, Juanita, live
at 3300 South College Avenue in
Bryan.
First Bank & Trust now pays
5% per annum on savings certif
icates. —Adv.