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1 atassh- • • • chu S’ mm ■ THE BATTALION Tuesday, March 5, 1968 College Station, Texas Page 3 WHO IS THIS MAN? Is he really wearing- a belted blouse, and a senior ring, and cross-stitching, and no rank, and A.M.U. brass? Is he really in the Corps? (Photo by Mike Wright) A S S 0 c 1 A T I O N Proudly Presented By The Town Hall Series MARCH 15. 1968 8:00 P. M G. ROLLIE WHITE COLISEUM Admission Prices: A&M Student Date or Spouse $1.50 General Admission 3.00 Public School Student 2.00 *A&M Student Activity Cards and Town Hall Season Tickets Will Admit Holder To This performance. Noontime Sessions Used Physical Fitness Aim Of P.E. Dept. Heart trouble, circulatory prob lems, backaches, assorted strains and sprains 1 and obesity are being attacked through a Health and Physical Education Department program at Texas A&M. Designed for faculty-staff mem bers who feel they may not be as physically fit as possible, the department’s physical fitness pro gram employs exercise sessions under the direction of doctorate degreed health specialists on the department faculty headed by Dr. Carl W. Landiss. Participants meet twice or three times a week in groups super vised by Dr. Charles Corbin and Dr. John Chevrette. Noontime ses sions devoted to continuous rhyth mic endurance work and a brief period on volleyball, basketball or badminton courts vary from 35 to 55 minutes in length. Exercise is planned and directed to strengthen heart muscles, re duce weight, firm up muscles and improve body flexibility, explained Corbin. Participants may special ize within the framework for a particular shortcoming revealed in five-phase tests administered to all participants before exercise starts. “This is not a play period,’’ Cor bin emphasized. “Regular organ ized exercise is given and the in dividual is fitted into the program according to his needs. No one is asked or directed to do something of which he doesn’t feel capable.” Fifteen participants in the two- week old program include men and women faculty-staff members from 20 to 50 years of age. Lab technicians, student service per sonnel and faculty members in education, agriculture and other departments are involved. “We'll enroll anyone, regardless of age, and adapt the program to their needs,” Corbin added. A physical examination by a medical physician is suggested, but not required. An $8 fee pro vides a locker, towel, shorts, shirt, socks, and all necessary equip ment except shoes. “A five-phase testing program to determine the participant’s fit ness comes first,” the assistant professor of health and physical education said. Tests include cardiovascular, dynamometer, body flexibility, fat and reaction measurements. The first four test areas determine really does something to help re- heart muscle and blood vessel duce the risk of heart trouble.” capabilities, muscle development, “Continuous rhythmic exercise joint - muscle condition and per'"} such as running in place, hopping, cent body fat. A casual check shows circula tory fitness of present partici pants “is pretty low,” Corbin no ted. “Our exercise patterns con centrate mostly in this area and there is evidence that such work bending and stretching will strengthen the heart,” he com mented. “We begin with about 20 minutes of it and will graduate to 30 or 40 minutes. Volleyball, basketball and badminton are in cluded to keep the program from becoming boring. In the future, we plan to include swimming, run ning and medicine ball work.” Participants with weight prob lems are provided materials for diet control and additional exer cises to control weight. A&M intramurals, directed by Raymond Fletcher assists the pro gram by setting up and removing equipment. Job Calls TODAY Collins Radio Company; Houston Lighting & Power Company, En gineering Department; Houston Lighting & Power Company, In dustrial Sales Division; Houston Lighting & Power Company, Power Department; Aetna Life Insurance Company; Arnold Re search Organization, Inc.; Worth ington Corporation; NASA — Goddard Space Flight Center; U. S. Naval Ordnance Labora tory. TODAY AND WEDNESDAY Allis - Chalmers Manufacturing Company, General Motors Cor poration, Touche, Ross, Bailey & Smart. WEDNESDAY International Paper Company, 3M Company, Naval Ship Sys tems Command. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY Gulf Oil Corporation, Phillips Petroleum Company. THURSDAY Brown & Root, Inc., Haliburton Services, Hunt-Wesson Foods, Inc., Otis Engineering Company, Southern Pacific Company, TRW Systems Group (Houston Opera tions). THURSDAY AND FRIDAY Ernst & Ernst,, Otis Elevator Company. FRIDAY Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Com pany, Prudential Insurance Com pany, Sears, Roebuck & Com pany, Texas Eastman Company, San Francisco Bay Naval Ship yard, U. S. Department of Labor. rML 1 !* Aggie Nominated For First Star Air Force Col. George P. Cole, who was in the class of 1941 at Texas A&M, has been nominated for promotion to brigadier gen eral. Colonel Cole was one of 58 new generals President Johnson pro posed in nominations to the Sen ate. The list also contained 32 major general nominees. The colonel, who studied mech anical engineering, is with the Strategic Air Command. ■p flSf Hfe* l P P ' r • - 1 - ’ SP« > « v "AIK ~ ‘ jR HONG K0 NG?1HHIHH Man, is this ever rest and rehabilitation! Well, maybe just rehabilitation. (Photo by Mike Wright) Engineers: Help yourself to an enriching career in exciting Houston! WHAT’S HAPPENING IN HOUSTON? Plenty. Major league baseball and football.. . year-round golf . . . soccer . . . ice hockey... hunt ing . . . fishing. And you and your family can enjoy sunny Gulf beaches . .. the Astrodome . . . Astro wo rid (a Disneyland-type amusement cen ter now under construction) . . . fine art galleries . . . opera, symphony, ballet, theater in Jones Hall. . . great restaurants . .. vibrant downtown and thriving suburban areas . . . low-cost housing —all the excitement of living in the nation’s sixth-largest city! WHAT’S HAPPENING AT HL&P? Growth—to serve America’s most dynamic growth area! 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