The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, January 18, 1968, Image 4

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THE BATTALION
College Station, Thursday, January 18, 1968
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Bridge Committee
Sets Tournament
The MSC Bridge Committee is
sponsoring a local bridge tourna
ment Friday, Jan. 19, at 6:45 p.m.
in the MSC Assembly Room to
determine A&M’s representatives
in the regional Association of
College Unions — International
(ACU) tournament to be held in
Arlington Feb. 23-24.
The local tournament is open
to anyone who desires to partici
pate; however, only full-time stu
dents who are academically quali
fied can represent A&M at the
regional and higher level tourna
ments. The academic qualifica
tions are: undergraduates—GPR
1.0 overall, 1.0 last semester, 1.0
midterm; graduates — GPR 2.0
overall, 2.0 last semester, 2.0 mid
term; and neither can be on any
kind of probation. Undergradu
ates and graduates are considered
to be full-time students if they
are carrying twelve and eight
hours of courses, respectively.
Anyone interested in the tour
nament should come by the MSC
Student Programs Office or call
846-8721, ext. 36 to pre-register
by Friday, 4:30 p.m.
Entry fee is one dollar per
person.
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Hooded Viet Cong captives are walked to an interrogation center by a U. S. military
policeman in Da Nang, South Vietnam. They were captured during a sweep of the Tam
Ky area by American soldiers about 35 miles south of Da Nang. (AP Wirephoto)
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New Engineering Program
Graduates First Army Class
The maintainability engineer
ing training program conducted
by Texas A&M for the U. S.
Army graduated its first class
here Wednesday.
Colonel Benjamin was guest
speaker for the 7 p.m. ceremony
in the architecture auditorium.
Seventeen civilian graduate
students who have completed the
two-year government training
program were presented certifi
cates. Several also received
master’s degrees in the new en
gineering science discipline.
Presentations were made by
Col. George C. Benjamin, deputy
director for maintenance, U. S.
Army Material Command, Wash
ington, D. C., and Col. Nathan I.
Reiter Jr., Red River Army De
pot commanding officer, Tex
arkana.
A&M’s Industrial Engineering
Department has contract respon
sibility for instruction on cam
pus and at the Red River depot’s
Logistics Intern Training Center.
Numerous depot and A&M of
ficials were present, according to
Dr. A. W. Wortham, industrial
engineering head.
In the program, top-ranked
physicists and engineers studied
research, development and design
of new weapons systems in order
to minimize maintenance costs.
‘Fighters’ Needed
For Bryan Follies
The graduating maintainability
interns’ training included a year
of on-the-job training and three
semesters in the A&M graduate
industrial engineering program.
Two semesters were at the Logis
tics Intern Training Center at
Texarkana and one was at A&M.
The “pink ladies” are looking
for Aggies interested in appear
ing in the St. Joseph Hospital
Auxiliary follies, “Paint the
Town Pink” on Feb. 2 and 3.
Ed Horner, Jr., of New York, di
rector of the follies, stresses that
he needs college age men for an
“East Side Story” scene and for
a fight scene. He is also looking
for students who would like to
learn easy dance routines for a
teenaged scene in the follies.
Mr. Horner states that^rehear-
sals will be short during final
week and will be at night. Any
one interested in being in the
follies is asked to come to the
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Ballroom Annex downtown in
Bryan on 26th Street at 7 p.m.
on Friday.
The first class includes Jerry
A. Britton, The Dalles, Ore.; Ver
non O. Chance, Santa Barbara,
Calif.; John M. Cocke rham,
Greenville, Miss.; Dennis L. Co-
sentino, Sarver, Pa.; John A.
Hafen, El Paso; Murray D. Hill
man, Pascasoala, Miss.; James M.
Hodges, Brunswick, Ga.; Truman
W. Howard III, Alexandria, Va.
Also, James W. Lamb Jr., Kop-
perston, W. Va.; Billy G. Murphy,
Broken Bow, Okla.; Joseph M.
Myslinski, Perth Amhoy, N. J.;
Kenneth G. Pickett, Erath, La.;
Robert L. Riedl, College Station;
Harold N. Stafford, Hinesville,
Ga.; Wayland D. Smith, Sweet
water; John H. Thompson, Lara
mie, Wyo., and Robert D. White,
Gautier, Miss.
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Teague Center
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Informal ceremonies are schei
uled at Texas A&M’s Olin |
Teague Research Center Wedne*.
day for dedication of a sculpturtj
sphere presented by Albritt®
Engineering Corp. and ReynoU
Metals Co.
The eight-foot-high sculptiin
an aluminum work of art depin,
ing space flight, will be pt t ,
manently located outside tl|
main entrance to the universitj'i
new research facility.
Ford D. Albritton Jr., preside*
of the Bryan-based engineer^
firm and a 1943 graduate d
Texas A&M, will exchange cert
monial remarks with A&M Prej
dent Earl Rudder during ti*
brief 11:30 a.m. ceremonies.
Joining Albritton in the ptn
entation will be Bill Moore of^
Louis, Reynolds vice preside
and south-central region genen
manager, and Bill Clark of H%
ton, division sales manager ||
the firm headquartered at Rid
mond, Va.
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program.
In other Council business,
was agreed to request that Pni
dent Rudder place the Politi
Forum Committee solely unilii
Council supervision. Presentlj
the committee is responsible!
the Council and the History aj
Government Department.
Charles W. Preston, commibi
chairman, said, "I have found
extremely frustrating, if notii
possible, to coordinate the cos
inittee and establish a worthwM
program operating under suck
structure.”
The Council asked that sos
action be taken on its propos
before Feb. 15 to allow time I
select a chairman for next yen
program.
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