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li BKiim ■PUS 14 COPIES B Che Bdttdlion Weather •i-i Friday — Cloudy to partly cloudy, £: rain or rain showers . in the morning, :£ winds Southerly 5-10 m.p.h. High 66, :£ low 53. Saturday — Continued cloudy to part- £: :|i: ly cloudy, winds Southerly 10-15 m.p.h. High 71, low 48. :£ VOLUME 61 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1968 NUMBER 547 Houston Trip set I Filing Will Start Friday For A&M Leaders ~ ^ By DAVE MAYES Battalion Staff Writer Thirty student leaders will go on the Spring Leadership Trip to Houston Sunday and Monday, according to trip coordinator Paul Mebane of San Antonio. Mebane said that the purpose ■ of the trip, the seventh sponsored 1 by the Memorial Student Center E Leadership Committee, is to broaden the cultural and educa tional backgrounds of the student participants. “Students were chosen to go on the trip from recommendations submitted by the deans of the various colleges, officers on the MSC Council, and campus clubs,” Mebane said. AFTER registering Sunday morning in the Shamrock-Hilton Hotel, the student leaders will tour the nearby Astrodome. They will then see two theater performances, “Pal Joey” in the Houston Music Theater in the afternoon, and “Candida” in the Alley Theater that evening. After the plays, the group will dine at the Warwick Club in the Warwick Hotel. Monday morning the leaders will breakfast in the Shamrock- Hilton with former A&M student Les Appelt, a major real estate agent in the Houston area. THEY WILL then tour the Jesse H. Jones Hall of Perform ing Arts with Mrs. Ralph Ellis Gunn, former president of both Houston Symphony and the Arts Mrs. A&M’ Selection Set “Mrs. Texas A&M” for 1968 will be selected at the Aggie Wives Council's annual spring dance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Memorial Student Center ball room. Mrs. Glenda Chaney, council president, said 35 candidates are entered in the contest. Selection of the winner, Mrs. Chaney explained, will be based on a combination of beauty, gen eral attributes and achievements which distinguish the titleholder as an outstanding Aggie wife de voted to the principles of Texas A&M. Judges will be Mrs. Wilson Pil cher, fashion co-ordinator; Jeff Montgomery, president of the As sociation of Former Students, and James T. Wright of Bryan Build ing and Loan Association. Edwin Cooper, A&M civilian student affairs director, will be master of ceremonies. Dance tickets costing $2.50 per couple are available at the main desk in the MSC or from any council member, Mrs. Chaney re minded. Ducats also may be pur chased at the door. Free baby-sitting will be fur nished for couples purchasing tic kets in advance, she added. SAE Group Gted For Second Year Texas A&M’s student branch of the Society of Automotive Engineers has been cited by the parent organization for outstand ing achievement for the second consecutive year. Mechanical Engineering Pro fessor R. H. Fletcher, who serves as faculty advisor for the A&M group, said the Outstanding SAE Student Branch Award includes a $100 grant from the Bendix Corporation for use in scientific educational or professional pro grams. the Women’s Committee of the Council of Harris County and the Houston Opera Guild. After lunch at the World Trade Center wtih J. E. Davies, presi dent of the World Trade Club, the group will visit the home of Charles L. Bybee, chairman of the board of the Houston Bank and Trust Co., located in Azalea Trails. William S. Beall, father of Leadership Committeeman John Beall, will host the student lead ers for dinner at the Houston Club. HIGHLIGHT of the trip will be that evening when the group hears Sir John Barbirolli conduct the Houston Symphony Orches tra in Jesse H. Jones Hall. Accompanying the student leaders will be J. Wayne Stark, director of the MSC; Dr. William B. Ledbetter, assistant professor, Department of Civil Engineering, and his wife; William B. Lan caster, assistant director and business manager, MSC, and his wife; and Dr. William A. Luker, head of Business Analysis and Research Department, and his wife. Students participating in the trip are: Graduate students: Barry L. Bateman, William T. Dowden and Mitty Plummer of College Sta tion; Buford R. Koehler of Beau mont; and Frederico E. Stein and Juan Valera of Lima, Peru. SENIORS: Clarence T. Daugh- etry and Frank H. Robbins of San Antonio; Donald B. McCrory and Gerald L. Moore of College Station; Paul E. Lockey of La redo; John D. McLeroy of Dallas; Larry D. Scott of Cleburne; and Jose O. Tijerina of Brownsville. Juniors: Beverly E. Davis, Paul M. Mebane and Richard Newman of San Antonio; Lynn R. Irby of Irving; David T. Maddox of College Station; Law rence Lippke of Yorktown; John Fuller of San Angelo; David M. Wilks of Pampa; Keller W. Webster of Ennis; Paschal E. Redding of Monroe, La.; Mark T. McCasland of Midland; and Lawrence C. Schilhab of Conroe. Sophomores: Mark A. Fair- child of Dallas and John C. Otto of Dayton. Veterinary medicine students: Joseph M. Wright of Welborn and Jon C. Taylor of Houston. In Spring Class Elections ApplicationsReady For ‘Vanity Fair’ Vanity Fair applications can be picked up in the Student Publi cations Office, the Student Pro grams Office, and Room 417 in Dormitory 5, according to Aggie- land Editor Ed Sommers. Applications must be accom panied with a 5x7 or larger photo graph. The pictures should be turned in to the Student Publications Office before March 25, Sommers said. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M” —Adv. March 28 Voting Set For Officers CIVILIAN WEEKEND PERFORMERS The 5th Dimension, whose recordings of “Up, Up and Away,” “Go Where You Wanna Go” and “Paper Cup” have made them one of the nation’s top vocal groups, will appear in a Town Hall performance here April 27. The show will highlight Civilian Student Week end. 4 5th Dimension’ Will Perform For Civilian Weekend Here ROGER BIPPERT Bippert Elected ’68 King Cotton Roger Bippert of La Coste, a senior agronomy major has been named King Cotton for the 34th annual Cotton Pageant to be held at 7 p.m., April 6, in the Bryan Civic Auditorium. The pageant will be followed by a ball in the Memorial Student Center. The events, social highlights of the school year, are sponsored by the A&M Student Agronomy So ciety in honor of the state’s main cash crop, cotton. Bippert graduated from Me dina Valley High School in La Coste in 1963. He has played an active role in all projects and activities of the Agronomy So ciety while he has been at A&M, and was chosen as King Cotton in recognition of his record of service to the society. Members of King Cotton’s court are Steve Spafford of Rockwall; Richard Urbanovsky, Aquilla; Billy Schuette, Moody; Cullen Anderson, Waco; Mike Burnside, College Station; Louis Dusek, Holland; Mike Deike, Winters; and Mike Hoch, Garden Ctiy. By BOB PALMER Battalion Staff Writer The 5th Dimension will perform in G. Rollie White Coliseum April 27 as part of Civilian Weekend activities, Town Hall Chairman Robert Gonzales announced Wed nesday. Grad College Gets $175,000 In NSF Funds Texas A&M has been allocated 34 National Science Foundation graduate traineeships for 1968- 69, announced Graduate Dean Wayne C. Hall. Total value of the award is approximately $175,000, including institutional allowances for tu ition, fees and other educational expenses. Dean Hall said the A&M allot ment includes 28 graduate traineeships for nine or 12 months and six summer traineeships for graduate teaching assistants. The NSF program covers 27 fields. The graduate traineeships, for study beginnng Sept. 1, provide for 12 first-year students, nine second year, three third year and four fourth or terminal year. Hall said first-year students are eligible for $2,400 stipends, while intermediate graduate stu dents qualify for $2,600 and fourth-year students $2,800. Addi tional $500 allowances are avail able for each dependent. Summer trainees, who receive weekly stipends of $85, must cur rently be serving as graduate teaching assistants at A&M. NSF listed the following fields for the traineeships. Aerospace engineering, agricul tural economics and sociology, agricultural engineering, animal science, biochemistry and bio physics, biology, chemistry, chem ical engineering, civil engineer ing, economics, electrical engi neering, entomology, geophysics and geology and geography. Also industrial engineering, mathematics, mechanical engi neering, physics, plant science, poultry science, soil and crop science, statistics and wildlife science. Dean Hall said applications must be submitted to the Gradu ate College before April 1. Awards will be made by April 15. Bryan Building & Loan Association, Your Sav ings Center, since 1919. —Adv. “This will be a Town Hall ‘reg ular,’ where activity card and season ticket holders will be ad mitted free,” Gonzales said. Tickets for Aggie wives and dates will cost $2, student tickets will be $2.50 and general admis sion will cost $3. “The 5th Dimension offers a new dimension in sound, complete and happening,” Gonzales noted. “Any one of the group could be a star on his own,” Gonzales asserted. “Collectively, they pre sent a bright, sunny package of music, great to listen to and stimulating to see.” MARILYN McCOO, Florence LaRue, Ron Townson, LaMont McLemore, and Billy Davis Jr. make up the 5th Dimension. Their first release on the Soul City label, “I’ll Be Lovin’ You Forever,” started them on the road to fame. Their renditions of “Go Where You Wanna Go” and “Up, Up and Away” assured their success. “The group has appeared across the country from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles to New York’s Carnegie Hall,” been on the ‘Hollywood Palace,’ Gonzales said. “They have also ‘The Jackie Gleason Show’ and the ‘Tonight Show’.” The group also presents a total ly unique act. With fashion de signed by Boyd Clopton, the group has a complete wardrobe of exclusive mod clothes and mini-skirts. The quintet has a new custom ized wireless microphone system which allows them to move freely on and off stage. The Town Hall performance will be followed by the Civilian Ball in Sbisa Dining Hall. The theme for the ball will be “Mardi Gras, New Orleans,” with the music provided by Clarence Green’s Band from Houston. “IT WILL BE a costume ball with costumes optional,” Griff Venator, Civilian Student Council president, said. A barbecue will precede the Ball Saturday afternoon in the Grove. “Civilians who want to submit their girl as candidate for Civil ian Sweetheart should get her name turned in to their dormi tory presidents,” Venator com mented. Venator explained that the dorms must elect their sweet hearts then turn names in to the Civilian Student Council as Sweetheart candidates. “The Council will select the finalists at its March 28 meet ing,” Venator said. Candidates for class offices for next year will begin filing Friday in the Student Programs Office of the Memorial Student Center, according to Gerald Geistweidt, vice-president of the Elections Commission. Each class will elect a presi dent, vice president, social secre tary and secretary - treasurer, Geistweidt said. Five elections commissioners will be chosen by each class, and the Class of 1969 will also elect a class historian. Candidates for any office must have at least a 1.0 grade point ratio and must not be on scholas tic or conduct probation. IN ADDITION, three yell lead ers will be chosen from the Class of 1969 and two will be selected from the Class of 1970, Geist weidt noted. Each candidate must have a minimum GPR of 1.25 The senior candidate receiving the most votes will be designated head yell leader. Each class will choose a repre sentative to the Memorial Stu dent Center Council and Direc torate, Geistweidt added. The minimum GPR for these candi dates is 1.5. Filing will close March 15 and the election will be held March 28. A run-off has been scheduled for April 4, Geistweidt added. “STUDENTS must bring their Buck Owens DucatsReady Tickets for the Buck Owens Show March 18 will be on sale at two campus locations and at Several Bryan-College Station businesses. Beginning Monday, tickets may be purchased in the Me morial Student Center from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., announced Sig ma Delta Chi President Dani Presswood. Tickets are now available in the Journalism Department (in the new Services Building next to the A&M Press), at Gibson’s Jarrott’s Pharmacy Downtown and in Townshire, Tip Top Rec ord Shop and Montgomery Ward. The country and western show, sponsored by the Texas A&M chapter of the profes sional journalism society, will be presented at 8 p.m. in G. Rollie White Coliseum. Joining Buck and his Bucka- roos will be Freddie Hart, Ray Frushay, Tommy Collins and the Tennessee Gentlemen. Arctic Explorer To Speak For Great Issues Tonight BB&L Explorer Lewis Cotlow’s “The High Arctic,” a color film of life among the northernmost Eskimos, will be presented here Thursday by the World Around Us Series of Great Issues. The true life documentary film will be screened at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Student Center Ball room, announced Frances Kim brough of Bryan, series chair man. She said Cotlow will narrate the film, answer questions after ward and be guest of a reception. Film scenes at the frigid roof top of the world show Eskimo’s day-to-day life, seal, walrus and polar bear hunts and Eskimo family customs. Cotlow pointed outt he Arctic has changed little since paleolithic times. The explorer has traveled in 109 countries, made 12 major expeditions and spent several months among the Eskimos. He describes them as “surviving heirs of an ancient race and a vanishing one against which civilization is encroaching.” His film represents an out standing achievement, since cam- LEWIS COTLOW eras and other equipment were operated in 40 to 70 degrees be low zero cold. Cotlow’s travels have taken him to the African Sahara, upper Amazon and interior New Gui nea. His objective is to study and film primitive people of re mote areas before civilization changes their culture and way of life. He has written several books, including “Passport to Adven ture,” “Amazon Head Hunters,” “Zanzabuku (Dangerous Safari) ” and “In Search of the Primitive.” The latter is his autobiography. Some of the volumes have been published in six or seven lan guages. Student activity card holders will be admitted to the World Around Us presentation free of extra charge. General admission will be $1.25, Aggie wives and public school students 75 cents per person. identification cards and student activity cards in order to vote,” Geistweidt said. “Transfer stu dents who have identification card numbers which indicate a class lower than the one to which they belong will be permitted to vote with their class on request.” Voting for the offices will take place in the basement of the MSC, Geistweidt said. “We’re hoping for a good turn out of candidates who are inter ested in being an officer in their class,” he said. “There is a wide field of possible offices and we hope an interest is shown for each category.” A&M To Host JETS Meet Career Day High school students from throughout the state converge on Texas A&M this weekend for a Junior Engineering Technical So ciety conference, followed by Ca reer Day. A&M Assistant Engineering Dean J. G. McGuire, JETS state coordinator, said the organiza tion’s annual state conference Fri day is expected to attract approxi mately 600 students and 100 sci ence and math teachers, counse lors and professional engineers. Career Day activities Saturday should draw nearly 1,000 prospec tive students, parents and teach ers, noted Edward Miller, chair man of the sponsoring Student Inter-Council. He added junior col lege students also are being in vited. Dr. M. R. Lohmann, dean of engineering at Oklahoma State University, is keynote speaker for the JETS. He will discuss “Eh- gineering in the 1980’s.” THE DEAN is president of the American Society for Engineering Education and is a member of the national board of directors for JETS. Morning and afternoon confer ence sessions will include com petitive tests in chemistry, en gineering graphics, mathematics and physics, followed by student tours of A&M engineering facili ties. While the students are taking tests and tours, the visiting teach ers, counselors and engineers will participate i n seminars. David Reyes-Guerra of New York, JETS executive director, will join A&M engineering professors in conduct ing the study meetings. Conference registration begins at 8:30 a.m. in Guion Hall. McGuire will preside at the op ening general session, with A&M President Earl Rudder extending greetings and Engineering Dean Fred Benson delivering the wel coming address. GRADUATE DEAN Wayne C. Hall will be in charge of the clos ing session. In addition to an nouncement of JETS scholarships and presentation of awards for competitive tests and technical papers, the final session will in clude an \“Industry and Educa tion” address by Russell D. Brooks of Dallas, senior engineer for the Industrial Generating Co. Brooks also is chairman of the Texas Advisory Committee, for JETS which is sponsoring the conference i n cooperation with A&M’s College of Engineering. The committee is composed of more than 20 Texas businessmen, engineers and educators. DEAN HALL will officially welcome the students and other guests at 10:30 a.m. in the coli seum. First Bank & Trust now pays 5% per annum on savings certif icates. —Adv.