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VOLUME 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1968
Number 537
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New draft provisions affecting
graduate students are populariz
ing the Reserve Officer Training
Corps program here according to
Aerospace Studies officials.
The officials have noted in
creased interest in the two-year
ROTC program as a result of the
new selective service law designed
to draw older men into the armed
forces first.
The two-year program — open
to undergraduate and graduate
students — provides the graduat
ing senior with time for his
studies if he wants to get a
master’s degree before he enters
the military.
Col. Vernon L. Head, professor
of aerospace studies, pointed out
deadlines must be met if a student
plans to enter the two-year pro
gram next fall.
APPLICATION must be made
by Feb. 26, he announced.
Testing and processing must be
completed before the applicant
goes to summer camp.
Two-year program information
and applications are available
from Maj. Hal Wandry or Capt.
Samuel J. Boles at the military
department.
“The program is open to all
college degree categories, but
quotas prohibit us taking students
who are not interested in pilot
training or navigation,” Wandry
said. “The Air Force is in short
supply for pilots and navigators.”
APPLICANTS must also have
two years of undergraduate or
graduate studies remaining and
be under 27% years of age when
entering pilot training.
After making application, stu
dents will take the Air Force Of
ficer Qualification Test, a flight
physical at Bergstrom AFB and
meet an A&M officer review
board. Applications will be for
warded to AFROTC headquarters
at Maxwell AFB by April 1.
Applicants will then be okayed
for six weeks summer camp. Ad
vanced ROTC contracts will be
awarded next September on the
basis of tests, review and sum
mer camp.
For Class Sweetheart
Fish Dominate
WT Drill Meet
The Fish Drill Team won every
trophy on the display stand for
the second straight year at West
Texas State’s Scabbard and
Blade Tournament over the week
end.
The team took first place tro
phies in inspection, basic and
fancy drill and for overall points.
Sammy Garcia of San Antonio
commanded the unit in the six-
team competition, conducted in
below-freezing weather. The meet
was Garcia’s first as CO.
A&M graded 96 out of a pos
sible 100 in inspection, tied New
Mexico Military Institute in basic
drill, then won by a point in a
march-off and scored 93 of 100
in fancy drill.
An observer thought the team’s
precision in the fancy phase was
better than the 1966-67 team’s
at West Texas. That team won all
four trophies at Canyon and went
on to take second in the national
drill championships in the Cherry
Blossom Festival, Washington D.
C.
“Timing for the basic drill was
perfect,” commented Jim Vogas
of Galveston, senior advisor.
“Seven minutes were allowed to
complete the drill. If we had
taken one second more, the Fish
Drill Team would have been
penalized for taking too much
time.”
The FDT’s next competition
will be the 15-team A&M Invita
tional conducted by the Associa
tion of Former Fish Drill Team
Members March 16.
Ball Set Saturday
At 8 In Sbisa
SMITH SPEAKS HERE
Lt. Gov. Preston Smith, one of the leading - candidates in the Texas governor’s race, re
plies to a newsman’s question during an informal press conference here Monday. Smith
continued his tour of the state following the College Station appearance. (Photo by Mike
Wright)
‘Qualifications Will Decide
Gubernatorial Race ’—Smith
UNDERWOOD SCORES
Johnny Underwood scores on a second-half layup in Satur
day afternoon’s 67-63 Aggie victory over Baylor at Waco.
Defending for the Bears is Tommy Bowman while Sonny
Benefield for the Aggies looks on. See story, page 4.
(Photo by Mike Wright)
By MIKE FLAKE
Battalion Features Editor
What is the most important is
sue of the 1968 Texas guberna
torial campaign? It isn’t crime
and it isn’t taxes, according to
Lieutenant Governor Preston
Smith, the front runner in this
year’s race.
“Mainly, it’s the simple ques
tion of which, candidate is best
qualified,” Smith said in a press
conference at the Ramada Inn
here Monday night.
“All the candidates are against
Debaters Win 4
In SFA Tourney
Texas Aggie debaters bested
arch-rival S. F. Austin College
but could win only four of 10
matches in the Piney Woods
Tournament at Nacogdoches over
the weekend.
Both A&M teams defeated
SFA. Ron Hinds of Midland and
Robert Peek of Jacksboro also
beat Louisiana College and La
mar State for a 3-2 effort.
Hinds-Peek, regulars on last
year’s team that won the Piney
Woods junior division champion
ship, were stopped by Tyler Jun
ior College and Southwest Texas
State.
Senior Charles F. Stephan of
Fresno, Calif., and freshman
Morgan F. Heien of Beaumont
comprised the other Aggie team.
They beat SFA and lost to South
western Louisiana, Lamar Tech,
Southwest Texas and Louisiana
College.
Both teams debated in the
senior division. Hinds is a junior,
Peek a sophomore.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M”
—Adv.
crime,” Smith noted. He explained
that crime was an important con
sideration in the past, but now
everyone has almost the same
position.
“AND AS for taxes, the people
themselves are now showing the
initiative in this area,” he con
tinued. “Most Texas cities have
approved their own city sales tax.
This is an indication to me that
the citizens are taking upon
themselves the responsibility of
taxation.”
Smith said the question boils
down to which, candidate has the
best qualifications.
He feels his 18 years of ex
perience in state government qual
ifies him for the top position.
The former Lubbock businessman
is serving his sixth year as lieu
tenant governor. He previously
served six years each in the House
of Representatives and State Sen
ate.
Smith was questioned on the
recent Liquor Control Board in
vestigations. Commenting on Tex
as Speaker of the House Ben
Barnes’ appointment of a commit
tee to investigate present state
liquor laws, he said:
“I really don’t think this type
of action is necessary. I think it
might be a waste of the taxpay
ers’ money to appoint such a com
mittee when we already have sev
eral committees that could effec
tively perform this function.”
HE CONTINUED that he “has
every confidence” that problems
uncovered in the investigation
will be solved.
Concerning teacher strikes, such
as the present statewide strike
in Florida, Smith said:
“I would be in favor of legisla
tive measures that would prohibit
teachers from striking in this
manner.”
“In addition, he said, “I don’t
think it’s fair to the citizens of
their state or to their children.”
“I have worked many years
with Bill Moore, the senator from
this district,” he noted. “We’ve
worked on many programs, such
as building plans on the A&M
campus and many additions to
the A&M College of Veterinary
Medicine.”
Smith said such issues as liquor
by the drink and parimutuel bet
ting should be decided on a local
option basis.
By BOB PALMER
Battalion Staff Writer
Five candidates for Freshman
Class Sweetheart have been
chosen, Freshman Vice President
John Bebout announced Monday.
The sweetheart will be named
at the Fish Ball, scheduled for
Saturday night from 8 to 12 in
Sbisa Dining Hall, featuring the
Fun and Games Commission.
Dress for Corps members will
be Class A Formal and tuxedoes
or dinner jackets for civilians.
Dates may wear either long or
short formals.
Tickets for the ball are avail
able in the Student Program Of
fice of the Memorial Student
Center and from any class officer.
Tickets will also be on sale at
the door of Sbisa the night of
the ball.
A PHOTOGRAPHER will be
at the dance to take color pic
tures at $3.50 for five prints.
A reception honoring the five
finalists — Carol Ann Rabon,
Pamela Lane, Linda Williams,
Nancy H a r d i e and Claudia
Marple—is planned for 2 p.m.
in the Assembly Room of the
MSC to select the sweetheart.
Miss Marple, who will be es
corted by David E. Frost, is from
San Antonio and is a senior at
Thomas Jefferson High School.
She is 18 and is five feet, four
inches tall. The blond candidate
plans to study nursing in college.
Miss Williams, a five-foot, six-
inch brunette from Andrews, will
be escorted by Windle Harper.
She is an elementary education
major at West Texas State Uni
versity.
A FRESHMAN biology major
at Texas A&I, Miss Lane is a
five-foot, four-inch honey-blonde.
The 19-year-old Corpus Christi
native will be escorted by Charles
N. Gibson.
Submitted by Albert L. Reese
Jr., Miss Rabon is a senior at
Westbury High School in Hous
ton. The 17-year-old ash-blonde
is five feet, seven inches tall.
Miss Hardie, a senior at Alamo
Heights in San Antonio, will be
escorted by Bobby M. Christie.
She has brown hair and is five
feet nine inches tall. The 18-year-
old candidate plans to attend
Stephens College.
“We want the whole class to
participate in this ball,” Bebout
remarked. “To really make this
a success we are all going to
have to work together.”
First Bank & Trust now pays
5% per annum on savings certif
icates. —Adv.
WilsonF oundation
Cites Byrd As
Top Future Prof
Gene C. Byrd, A&M senior from
Waller, has been designated one
of the best college teacher pros
pects in the United States and
Canada by the Woodrow Wilson
National Fellowship Foundation.
Byrd, majoring in physics and
listed as a top prospective as
tronomy instructor, is one of
1,124 seniors selected from a list
of almost 12,000 nominees.
A&M’s Woodrow Wilson desig
nate has a 2.9 grade point ratio
and is described by his professors
as “one of our top young schol
ars.”
“He has shown an unusual
ability to absorb the fundamental
knowledge which we have pre
sented and which will be so useful
to him in his future career in
astronomy,” noted Dr. Nelson
Duller, associate physics profes
sor who serves as Byrd’s faculty
advisor.
Bryan Building & Loan
Association, Your Sav
ings Center, since 1919.
—Adv.
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SOPHOMORE SWEETHEART
Patti Walker, Mexia High School senior, was named sopho
more Sweetheart Saturday at the Sophomore Ball. She was
escorted by Ricky Wayne Holloway, an aerospace engineer
ing major. The 19-year-old brunett plans to attend Ste
phen F. Austin State College after graduation.
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