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library CAMPUS 14 COPIES Cbe Battalion Weather Wednesday — Partly cloudy, winds Northerly 10-20 m.p.h. High 53, low 33. Thursday — Partly Cloudy, winds Southerly 5-10 m.p.h. High 57, low 36. VOLUME 61 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1968 NUMBER 549 ETV LEARNING CARRELS Norman Godwin, assistant director of Texas A&M’s Educa tional Television Department, demonstrates a learning carrel for Mrs. Linda Pequegnat. The device will enable a student to observe filmed or televised lectures. Engineers Aiding Graphics Classes A program to provide freshmen engineering students with better understanding of their field through visits and consultation with professional engineers be gan Monday in the Engineering Graphics Department. A total of 640 second-semester freshmen will meet in teams with Black Orpheus Set For MSC “Black Orpheus,” winner of the 1959 Academy and Grand Prix Awards, will be the Contempo rary Arts Committee’s featured film at 8 p.m. tonight in the Memorial Student Center Ball Room, according to Mark Schu mann, committee chairman. “We have 100 season passes left which will be sold on a first- come, first-served basis,” Schu mann said. Schumann added that the pass es would sell at reduced prices: $4.50 for faculty and $2.75 for students. “Black Orpheus,” acclaimed as “one of the most beautiful motion pictures ever,” recreates in color the story of the Greek myth, Orpheus and Eurydice. An animated English film, “Alf, Bill and Fred,” is the second feature. Monday, the Contemporary Arts Committee will present the Russian film, “Potemkin,” and “The Cabinet of Dr. Calgari,” considered “two of the most im portant films in the history of the silent cinema.” University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M” •—Adv. a group of 30 distinguished en gineers in sessions continuing through Friday. Each class will tackle three problems in design and be assist ed by the professional engineers in general methods but not in specific solutions. James Earle, associate profes sor in charge of engineering graphics, explained this inter change between professionals and students hopefully will aid in the students’ ability to develop origi nal designs and cope with the principles of solving engineering problems. The students also will learn more about the profession of engineering and learn the im portance of presenting engineer ing solutions in oral, graphical and written form. Participating engineers include J. H. Blackaller of San Antonio. Charles H. Reasonover of Tyler, Earl Voskamp of Rockdale, R. E. Holmes of Marshall, Vincent Lar son of Tyler, Harry Simpson of Dallas, W. G. Barger of Tyler, W. L. Huskey of Corpus Christ)', Robert G. Hughes of Houston, W. G. Haynes’ of Tyler, R. D. Parker of Corpus Christi and Lloyd Wolf of Dallas. Also James Griffith of Point Comfort, Wendell Scott of Baton Rouge, La., Charles Butcher of Silsbee, Gordon Davis of Houston, R. G. Kirk of Dallas, H. A. Fuchs of Houston, Irvin Bentz of Hous ton, J. N. Baker of Fort Worth, E. M. McGuire of Houston, W. M. Taylor of Fort Worth, G. F. Hennings of Port Neches, F. T. Jones of Houston, C. R. Palmer of Houston, C. V. Rice of Texas City, J. H. Cox of Lone Star, T. L. Blackburn of Lone Star, L. A. Denton of Corpus Christi and F. Kenneth Smith of Rock dale. Role Of ETV 9 Chastain Says Mel Chastain, director of the Texas A&M Educational Televi sion Department, expressed the philosophy behind his department Monday night in a public meeting of the American Association of University Women. Chastain said the purpose of educational television was not to replace the instructors in educa tional systems, as some people think it is. Intermingled in a series of five excerpts from good and bad ex amples of video-taped lectures, he said: “Educational television could never replace the teacher in the classroom. “It can’t answer the student’s question, and that’s the crucial point of the learning process. “Good educational television is designed only as a supplement to good classroom instruction.” Chastain was careful to explain that educational television was not the sole solution to supplementary classroom instruction. CHASTAIN also pointed out that the assets of educational television were not limited to class room instruction. “We have had tapes used in Engineering Graphics, Industrial Education, Library Orientation, and many other courses. These tapes for the most part were com pletely successful. “In addition to classroom in struction, we have taped the Gene Stallings Show, the Intercolle giate Talent Show, and the Ox ford Debaters who were at A&M last year.” Recently, the educational televi sion facilities were used to make a prime-time production on the rearing of pre-school children. Chastain also explained two new features which are to be added to the present facilities in the future: electronic learning car rels and the possibility of an ed ucational television station on the A&M campus. THE LEARNING CARRELS will be in enclosures similar to the ones now used for individual student instruction in the A&M language laboratory. With the completion of these learning carrels, a student would be able to walk into the lab, punch some numbers resembling a push-button telephone dial, and watch a tape of a lecture that he missed or wanted repeated. He mentioned that the ETV at A&M now has about a $60,000 investment in the learning car rels. “TODAY, a teacher spends a great deal of his time giving the same lecture to several different audiences. The relationship of the student to the teacher, be cause of the lack of time, is very formal. “With the carrels, the instruc tor could tape his lectures, and let the students get general in struction from them. Then he would have more time to develop a one-to-one ratio with each stu dent. “The whole principle behind the learning carrel is that one-to- one ratio between a student and his instructor.” Peggy Brown Named ‘Mrs. Texas A&M’ Mrs. Peggy Brown was named “Mrs. Texas A&M” for 1968 Sat urday night at the Aggie Wives Council’s annual spring dance in the Memorial Student Center. She is the wife of Richard L. Brown Jr., a senior majoring in aerospace engineering. Mrs. Brown was awarded silver trays by the Bryan-College Sta tion Chamber of Commerce and Caldwell’s Jewelers^ Her husband received 1 a gift certificate from Loupot’s land University Studio extended the couple an invitation for a free portrait. Mrs. Marcia Oden, wife of sec ond-year veterinary medicine stu dent Joe Oden of Bryan, was named first runnerup. Second runnerup was Mrs. Elizabeth Wright, wife of James Wright, a third-year veterinary medicine student from San Antonio. Mrs. Molly Blum was selected “Mrs. Congeniality.” She is the wife of Michael Blum. Junior Sweetheart To Be Named At Ball The Association To Play Friday By BOB PALMER Battalion Staff Writer Junior Sweetheart will be picked from a field of eight finalists at the Junior Ball in Sbisa Dining Hall Saturday night. The semi-formal affair will feature the Countdown 5, a popular musical group from the University of Houston that has struck it rich on campuses around the state. The Countdown 5 have won numerous awards and have appeared with George Jessell in “Search for Stars.” They have played at Louisiana State, Arkansas, Texas Christian and in 1966 played at the Aggie dance at the Dallas Corps Trip. Uniform for the Ball will be midnights with battle scarfs for mam , NANCY NILSON lljjp ■ a : JSJ BRENDA PRINE SALLY ANN ROBERTS ■ CINDY LOU WELLS «X.'cNI BARBARA WERCKLE ELEANOR ZABCIK South Viet Army Kills 102, Corps members; for civilians the dress will be coats and ties while dates will dress in semi-formals. To precede the Ball on Friday night, Town Hall will present the Association. Activity Card and season ticket holders will be admitted free, while date tickets will cost $2, student tickets $2.50 and general admission $3. The Association does a large variety of songs in addition to its slapstick comedy. “They have kept their individ uality by avoiding the long hair, beards or other cliches of many of the modern musical groups,” Town Hall Chairman Robert Gonzales said. THEY ARE deeply concerned with what their lyrics say,” he continued. “They feel good entex 1 - tainers should say something to their audiences.” The sweetheart finalists are Cindy Lou Wells, Barbara Werc- kle, Paula Jane Bailey, Sally Ann Roberts, Nancy Nilson, Brenda Prine, Patricia Moore and Elea nor Zabcik. Miss Roberts, a brown-eyed, brown-haired business adminis- tx-ation junior at East Texas State, is 20 and weighs 115 pounds. Submitted by Dick Hor ner, she is a resident of Long view. A blonde special education freshman at East Texas, Miss Bailey has green eyes, weighs 120 pounds and is 18. Escorted by William Smith, she is a resi dent of Ft. Worth. TO BE ESCORTED by Dennis Koop, Miss Nilson is from El Campo. A 21-year-old elemen- tax-y education junior at the Uni versity of Texas, she has blue eyes, brown hair and weighs 115 pounds. Marines Remain Under Fire By EDWIN Q. WHITE SAIGON WP> — South Vietna mese army troops dealt a sting ing blow to a 600-man force of North Vietnamese regulars just south of the critical demilitarized zone, killing 102 of the enemy, Saigon headquarters reported Monday. It said the government soldiers encountered the enemy five miles north of Dong Ha and six miles below the DMZ Sunday and en gaged them in an eight-hour fight. South Vietnamese losses were listed as three killed and 37 wounded. At the same time, U. S. Ma rines on the western end of the DMZ at Khe Sanh took a 250- round enemy artillery barrage for the third straight day. Amer ican casualties wex-e reported light. U. S. fighter-bombers countered with attacks on Com munist gun positions inside the DMZ, a former buffer zone divid ing the two Vietnams. Action in the war elsewhere continued at a slackened pace but there were apprehensions and predictions of a new out burst of enemy activity at any time and that the expected as saults would be at any point from the DMZ to Saigon itself. Some officials now are ruling out Khe Sanh as the main Com munist target. They suggest Hue may be hit again. This be lief was echoed Monday by Lt. Gen. Robert E. Cushman, com- BB&L Bryan Building & Loan Association, Your Sav ings Center, since 1919. —Adv. mander of U. S. Marines in Viet nam, and Vice President Nguy en Cao Ky. Cushman contended the Com munist troops around Khe Sanh “have not felt capable of win ning there so they have not at tacked.” He said the enemy is capable of attacking Hue but “we can prevent this.” Ky told newsmen in Saigon his expectation is the Commun ists will strike at Hue and Sai gon. “Saigon will be the decisive battle,” he said. “Khe Sanh is System Employee Dies At Office Funeral services for Wallace D. Locke, Texas A&M System Physi cal Plants office manager, were conducted Saturday afternoon in the Hillier Funeral Home chapel. Locke, 59, died of an apparent heart attack while at work Friday morning. He was associated with A&M 22 years and was a native of Bra zos County. Locke, who resided at 606 En nis St. in Bryan, was a member of the First Baptist Church of Bryan. He served four years with the U. S. Air Force in World War II. Suxwivors include a daughter, Anne, Rice University sophomore; three brothers, Lonnie E. Locke of Bryan, M. C. of El Paso and Silas of Waggoner, Okla., and a sister, Mrs. Harold Sanders of Dallas. Mrs. Locke died in Februai-y. not all that important.” The government announced, however, an easing of the cur few it imposed on Saigon after the start of the Communist new year offensive Jan. 31. The 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew was changed to 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. The government also an nounced the firing of six prov ince chiefs on grounds of cor ruption and incompetence. Among them was 'Lt. Col. Phan Van Khoa, chief of Thua Thien Prov ince and mayor of Hue. Khoa has been accused by both U. S. and ' South Vietnamese officials of acting too slow to bring civil order to Hue after the Commun ists launched their lunar new year attack there. Monsoon clouds limited U. S. air strikes against North Viet nam Sunday but a North Viet namese broadcast said Americgxx planes returned Monday and two were shot down. It said one was downed 35 miles southwest of Hanoi and the other in Quang Binh Province near the Red Chi nese border. U. S. B52 bombers were on the wing again over South Vietnam’s two northernmost provinces, stxnking at suspected enemy posi tions around Hue and Khe Sanh. They also bombed positions 12 miles northwest of Dak To near the Cambodian border 25 miles northwest of Saigon. In a delayed report the U. S. Command said American gunship helicopters spotted a Communist convoy of eight trucks 15 miles southwest of Hue Friday and destroyed all of them with rocket and machine-gun fire. Miss Zabcik, a history and music junior at East Texas from Paris, will be escorted by Har rell Barnett. She has brown hair, hazel eyes and is 20. Her name submitted by Robei’t Abbott, Miss Moore is from Houston and is a business fresh man at Texas Tech. A brown eyed brunette, she is 18 and weighs 110 pounds. Miss Prine, a 19-year-old Ft. Worth secretary, has brown eyes and hair. Entered in the contest by Walter Pou, she weighs 116 pounds. A freshman medical technol ogy major at Texas Tech, Miss Werckle is 18, weighs 130 pounds and is 5 feet seven inches tall. Escorted by Charles A. Brown, she has brown hair and eyes and is a resident of San Antonio. Escorted by Marshall Cox, Miss Wells is a 19-year-old fresh man biology major at Texas Woman’s University. A resident of Dallas, she has brown hair, blue eyes and weighs 112 pounds. MS C Directorate Positions Available Freshmen interested in becom ing directorate assistants to the 1968-69 Memorial Student Cen ter Council and Directorate should apply at the Student Pro grams Office before March 23, according to Jim Finane, Coun cil vice president-elect. “The only requirement is that applicants must have a 1.5 over all gx*ade point ratio,” Finane said. First Bank & Trust now pays 5% per annum on savings certif icates. —Adv.