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VOLUME 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1968
Number 581
Unit Awards Given
To Squadrons 11,13, Band
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NEW MOTHER OF THE YEAR
Mrs. Joseph R. Rehmet (left), outgoing Mother of the
Year, stands next to the newly-named Mother of the Year,
Mrs. John C. Fisher of Midland, at presentation ceremonies
in G. Rollie White Coliseum. Mrs. Fisher is the mother of
10, including two Aggie graduates and four current stu
dents, Jim, Jerry, Gene and Joe. (Photo by Mike Wright)
Aggies Pick Nixon
In Choice ’68 Poll
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Republicans ran a strong —
and perhaps indicative — race
here in a primary conducted by
Choice ’68 on the nation’s college
and university campuses last
month.
At Texas A&M, Richard Nixon
polled 39 per cent of 1,879 votes
cast in the special “primary”
sponsored by Time magazine and
Univac Division of Sperry-Rand.
Aggies marked Nixon as their
first choice 698 times. The GOP
hopeful also was leader in the
second choice category, with 21.4
per cent, and the second choice
to President Johnson on Demo
crat-marked ballots.
Students who voted as Repub
licans made Nixon their first
choice and California Governor
Ronald Reagan their second and
third. Independents named Nix
on their first and second choices.
The ballots were marked be
fore Rockefeller announced his
availability.
A referendum on several na
tional issues showed A&M stu
dents prefer to go to the cause
in problem areas. Of 1,823 bal
lots marked, 50 per cent favored
all-out military action in South
east Asia. An increase was
marked by 23.5 per cent; reduc
tion, 15 per cent; maintain the
present level, 6.6 per cent, and
withdrawal, 4.5 per cent.
More than six out of 10 stu
dents Voted for intensification
of bombing in Vietnam; suspen
sion, 10.6 per cent; use of nuclear
University National Rank
“On the side of Texas A&M.
—Adr.
devices, 10.3 per cent; maintain
present level, 9.9 per cent and
cessation, 6.8 per cent.
Among urban crises, education
was seen as the goal of more
federal spending by 41 per cent.
Aid for riot control was favored
by 27.8 per cent; job training,
26.6; housing, 3.7, and income
subsidy, 0.9.
Other presidential candidates
and per cent of the A&M vote
each polled: Johnson, 18.4; Mc
Carthy, 9.3; Kennedy, 8.5; Wal
lace, 8.3; Reagan, 7.1; Rocke
feller, 6; Lindsey, 1.8; Percy, 1.3;
Hatfield, 0.3; King, 0.2; Halstead
and Stassen, 0.1.
Following Nixon in the second
choice column were Reagan,
Rockefeller and McCarthy. For
third choice, Aggies marked Rea
gan, Rockefeller, Wallace and
McCarthy most.
Missing Student
Found In Missouri
Niley J. Smith Jr., 21-year-old
Texas A&M student who disap
peared March 20, has been lo
cated in St. Louis, Campus Secur
ity Chief Ed Powell announced
Monday.
Powell said the junior market
ing student from Cameron is
working in the Missouri city.
A&M security officers initiated
an extensive search for Smith
in early April after normal in
vestigation procedures failed to
disclose his whereabouts.
Smith, a civilian student, trans
ferred to A&M last summer from
Schreiner Institute at Kerrville.
Squadrons 11 and 13 were
named the outstanding units of
the Corps of Cadets during
Parents’ Day ceremonies Sunday.
The Air Force units received
the coveted Gen. George F. Moore
and Academic Achievement
awards, respectively, at Mother’s
Day ceremonies in G. Rollie White
Coliseum.
Squadron 11, commanded by
Cadet Maj. Robert L. French of
Decatur, will carry the Gen.
Moore flag and wear white cita
tion cords next year as the best
overall unit. The squadron also
received the Gen. Spencer J.
Buchanan flag and plaque for
the best company-size unit of
engineering students and the
George P. F. Jouine Scholarship
flag for the dormitory unit with
the highest scholastic standing.
The Air Force day-student
unit, Squadron 13, posted the best
overall academic record during
the school year to win the Aca
demic Achievement Award. Indi
viduals of the unit, commanded
by Cadet Maj. Ralph A. Stevener
of Bryan, will wear maroon and
white citation cords in 1968-69.
BEST DRILLED units for
1967-68 were the Aggie Band,
commanded by Cadet Lt. Col.
Henry G. Cisneros of San An
tonio; Company F-l, Cadet Maj.
Joseph P. Webber of Waco;
Squadron 8, Cadet Maj. Charles
H. Wittrock of Sandia Base,
N. M., and Company C-2, Cadet
Maj. William R. McLeroy, Dallas.
During the awards ceremony,
the Aggie Mother of the Year,
Mrs. John C. Fisher of Midland,
was honored. She has 10 children,
including four sons presently en
rolled at A&M.
Air Force Maj. Gen. Jay T.
Robbins, chief of staff, Pacific
Air Forces, was the honor mili
tary guest for Parents’ Day and
presented the General Dynamics
award to Cadet Cpl. Lewis W.
Hudgins Jr. of Galveston as the
outstanding sophomore AFROTC
cadet selected for the Professional
Officer Course.
OTHER AWARDS included:
Texas Department, Reserve Of
ficers Association, saber to Cadet
Col. of the Corps Lonnie C.
Minze of Houston, outstanding
cadet officer.
Albert Sidney Johnston saber
to Cadet Col. John W. Morgan
of Fayetteville, N. C., outstanding
brigade or wing commander.
N. S. Meyer-Raeburn Founda
tion saber to the outstanding bat
talion or group commander, Ca
det Lt. Col. Wayne J. Baird of
Big Spring.
John H. Fritz award to the
outstanding company or squadron
commander, Cadet Maj. Joseph P.
Webber of Waco, Company F-l.
Caldwell Trophy to the out
standing junior, selected to be
next year’s corps commander.
Cadet M. Sgt. Hector Gutierrez
Jr. of Laredo.
Texas Society of the Daughters
of the American Revolution
award to the junior selected as
next year’s deputy corps com
STARK HONORED
Ron Hinds, right, president of the Liberal Arts Student Council, presents the council’s
award for “outstanding work in student relationships” to J. Wayne Stark (second from
left), director of the Memorial Student Center. Others honored at the special Council
meeting Monday were Dr. William R. Smith, left, and Dr. John M. Skrivanek. (Photo by
Mike Wright)
mander, Cadet Sgt. Maj. Garland
H. Clark of Glenelg, Md.
Federated A&M Mothers Clubs
of Texas award to the outstand
ing corps sophomore, Cadet Cpl.
Lewis W. Hudgins Jr. of Galves
ton, Sqd. 9.
Meyer-Raeburn Foundation
award to the outstanding Corps
freshman, Cadet William C. Mar
tin, Wichita Falls, Sqd. 9.
Lulie-Hughey Lane Scholarship
to a sophomore majoring in arts
or sciences, Cadet Cpl. Lewis W.
Hudgins Jr., Galveston, Sqd. 9.
Society of American Military
Engineers award to the outstand
ing senior engineering cadet,
Cadet 1st Lt. Bryan T. Preas of
Cooper, Co. G-l.
DEPARTMENT of the Army
awards to superior cadet decora
tion award winners in each class,
Cadet Col. Patrick G. Rhemet,
deputy Corps commander of Alice;
Cadet T. Sgt. John G. Adami Jr.
of Freer, Co. H-l; Cadet Cpl.
Harry A. Snowdy Jr. of Port La
vaca, Co. E-l, and Cadet Gordon
S. Vincent of San Antonio, Co.
C-2.
American Ordnance Association
award to the outstanding senior
cadet selected for assignment to
the Ordnance Corps upon com
missioning, Cadet Lt. Col. Reese
W. Brown of Tyler.
U. S. Army Association awards
to outstanding junior cadets, Ca
det M. Sgt. Fred M. Blumberg
of Seguin; Cadet T. Sgt. Joseph
W. Hely Jr. of Ballwin, Mo., and
Cadet 1st Sgt. William P. Murphy
of Paris.
American Legion ROTC awards
to senior and junior Army cadets
for military and scholastic ex
cellence, Cadet Col. Carl V. Fe-
ducia of Shreveport and Cadet
1st Lt. William M. Jacqmein of
Flemington, N. J., seniors, and
Cadet T. Sgt. Bruce F. Baxter of
Dallas and Cadet S. Sgt. Lynn
R. Irby of Irving, juniors.
Sons of the American Revolu
tion award to the outstanding
Army ROTC freshmen, Cadets
Robert A. Harms of Houston and
Richard A. Hanes of San An
tonio.
Association of U. S. Army
award to Army cadets who ex
celled in military history, Cadets
Pfc. William D. Reed of San An
tonio and Pfc. Dean T. Eshelman
of Houston.
NATIONAL Defense Transpor
tation award to the outstanding
Army ROTC senior student, Ca
det Capt. Henry M. Rollins of
Mobile, Ala.
Defense Supply Association
Award to the outstanding Army
ROTC junior student Cadet Sgt.
Maj. William R. Howell, Jr. of
Brenham.
Armed Forces Communications
and Electronics Association award
to the outstanding senior Army
cadet majoring in electrical elec
tronics or communication engi
neering, Cadet Maj. David W.
Powell, Amarillo.
Society of American Military
Engineer’s award to the outstand
ing junior Army cadet majoring
in engineering, Cadet T. Sgt Ar
thur B. Lane, Houston.
Society of American Military
Engineer’s award to the outstand
ing senior Army cadet majoring
in engineering, Cadet 1st Lt. Wil
liam M. Jacqmein, Flemington,
N. J.
Air Force Times award to a
senior AFROTC cadet of out
standing ability and initiative,
Cadet Capt. James W. Boxwell,
San Antonio.
American Legion ROTC awards
to outstanding senior and junior
Air Force ROTC cadets for mili
tary and scholastic excellence,
Cadet Col. John R. (Butch) Bald
ridge of Memphis, Tenn.; Cadet
Lt. Col. Wayne J. Baird of Big
Spring; Cadet 1st Sgt. Walter R.
Coble of College Station and
Cadet 1st Sgt. Robert J. Foley
of Premont.
Sons of the American Revolu
tion award to an outstanding Air
Force ROTC freshman. Cadet Pvt.
Roy E. Sewall, Squadron 10;
AIR FORCE Association De
tachment award to the outstand
ing AFROTC senior student, Ca
det Col. of the Corps Lonnie C.
Minze;
Society of American Military
(See Awards, Page 2)
OUTSTANDING CADETS
Corps Commandant Col. Jim McCoy presents “superior cadet” ratings to Cadet Tech. Sgt.
John G. Adami Jr. as Maj Cecil K. Simmons reads the award. Also awarded in the picture
are (left to right) Gordon S. Vincent, Cadet Col. Patrick G. Rehmet, Adami, and Cadet
Cpl. Harry A. Snowdy Jr. (Photo by Mike Wright)
Council Forms 2 Committees,
Names 4 To Chairman Posts
By DAVE MAYES
The Memorial Student Center
Council Monday continued to de
velop its 1968-69 program by
creating two new committees,
appointing four more committee
chairmen and approving $28,000
in committee budgets.
Benjamin Sims, council presi
dent, called for the addition of the
Faculty-Student and Film Series
Committees to the 12-member
Directorate in an effort to in
crease student participation in
MSC programs.
According to Sims, the purpose
of the Faculty-Student Committee
is to increase communication be
tween students, staff and faculty
by arranging informal discussion
sessions.
THE FILMS Series Committee
Aggies Take 19 Photo Awards
Texas A&M photographers won
19 of 27 ribbons in the 10th In
tercollegiate Photo Salon spon
sored by the Memorial Student
Center Camera Committee.
Don Hale Jr. of Southern State
College, Ashdown, Ark., had the
top print in the nine-category
contest and. Sam Houston State
won four firsts among six place
ribbons.
Aggie first place photos were
by Frank Tilley of Jacksonville,
landscape; Mike Welsh of Hous
ton, nature; Starley McGuyre of
Grapeland, sports, and William A.
Sweitzer of Houston, pictorial.
Multiple winners were Tilley,
camera committee chairman who
had the first and second place
prints in the landscape category;
Welsh, first in nature and second
in pictorial, and Mitch Friedman
of Clarksdale, Miss.
Friedman, one of 10 Journalism
Department winners, placed sec
ond in still-life and third in news
and fashion-advertising.
Other second places were by
Eric Brendler of San Antonio,
nature; Phillip Nelson of Hous
ton, human interest; David Boyd
of Victoria, sports, and Lee Stan
ford of Crosbyton, protrait.
Third places also went to Fred
Smith of San Antonio, nature;
Roy Pledger, committee faculty
sponsor of the School of Architec
ture, human interest; Winston
Green of Tyler, sports; William
M. Hathaway of Houston, pictori
al; Barry Mosesman of Dallas,
portrait, and Bob Nichols, archi
tecture professor.
About half of the 286 photos
entered were accepted for display
with the winning prints in the
MSC this week.
will sponsor four popular full-
length films next fall on a trial
basis to determine whether at
tendance demands that the com
mittee continue on a permanent
basis. Admission to the films,
which will include “Seven Days in
May” and “The War Wagon,” will
be 25< or SS** per person.
Newly appointed committee
chairmen are Ray Armour of
College Station, a junior in
recreation and parks, Recreation
Committee; David Lines of Mona
hans, a freshman majoring in
mathematics, Chess; Jess Rhoden
of Kerrville, a sophomore major
ing in electrical engineering, Ra
dio; and Andy Djavadi of College
Station, a graduate student ma
joring in biology. Bridge.
IN OTHER business, the Coun
cil allocated $27,860 to seven com
mittees.
Largest budget approved was
the $20,200 request from the
Fourteenth Student Conference on
National Affairs (SCONA XIV).
Less than a fourth of the SCONA
budget is to be financed by Coun
cil funds, however; the rest of the
money will come from donations
solicited by committee members.
Second largest budget was that
submitted by Leadership ($3,340).
More than half the funds ap
proved will finance a special
leadership conference concentrat
ing on “group psychoanalysis” in
the late summer.
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Tom Bell, YMCA cabinet president, left, passes the g-avel of office to incoming president
David Howard at installation ceremonies in Hensel Park Monday. The gavel is made
from the cedars of Lebanon and was obtained by YMCA Director John Gay.