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THE BATTALION Tuesday, March 11, 1969 College Station, Texas Page 5 ! viola hope tkj mt a Ja] and E Jch son bring ; and Iff, ?nd toU deaf rente in vo:: a the tt it del® t of i® is aggiJ leienr:.! First Degree In Philosophy To Be Awarded This Spring Texas A&M will confer its first Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy in less than 90 days — and, most likely, in absentia. Dr. Manuel M. Davenport, head of the Philosophy and Humani ties Department, said William Christy Reber of Baytown, now on active duty with the Army, will be the first Aggie to receive the degree, approved last fall by the Texas College and University System Coordinating Board. Davenport said Reber, a pre law student, was unable to com plete necessary formalities to re ceive his degree in January. Desiring his degree in philos ophy and anxious to be the first to receive it, Reber agreed to wait until spring graduation, Davenport added. Presently on duty at Fort Bliss, Reber will be granted his degree with others in May — if he can get free long enough from Uncle Sam. If not, Davenport said, the degree will be awarded in EG Sets 27th Drawing Contest ers age 1) in )Ie| :ret siiil ere tryal from I will mill wing." also tilt elping i| think I elpel ii,| e playb| id alii DEFENDING CHAMPIONS The Fish Drill Team Saturday will defend the champion- The Fish, commanded by George Barrientos of San Antonio, ship of the annual invitational meet here. Eighteen other won the recent Laredo meet and are defending national teams will be shooting for the four-foot master trophy, champions. Two co-ed units will march in exhibition. In Drill Meet Here Saturday ish To Defend Championship Drill commands and the sound if hands slapping rifles will echo icross the parade ground during the annual Invitational Drill [Meet here Saturday. Twenty-one teams will partici pate in the day-long competition, the largest ever staged, an nounced Roy Lewis of Hurst. He |is president of the Association of |Former Fish Drill Team Mem bers, which co-sponsors the meet ivith the commandant’s office. The top Texas college and uni versity drill units and four from out-of-state will compete for the [overall championship, won last year by the Fish Drill Team. EXHIBITION drills by co-ed [teams, the Wainwright Debu- antes of Tarleton State and Sponsor Corps of the University of Texas at El Paso, will high light the meet. Inspection of 19 teams com peting for the championship will begin at 7:03 a.m. The basic phase of the three-part competi tion will be from 8:15 a.m. until 11:45. Fancy drills begin at 1 p.m. Awards will be presented at 5 p.m. by President Earl Rudder. The Fish, commanded by George Barrientos of San An tonio, and the Marian Guard of St. Mary’s University won previ ous meets this year. St. Mary’s Captured the Gulf States com petition in Houston last fall and the Fish won at Laredo last month, edging out the Marian Banker To Head Confab Arrangements Bob Evans, vice-president of University National Bank, has been appointed chairman of local arrangements for the East Tex as Chamber of Commerce An nual Convention to be held here April 10-11, according to Pat Mann, executive vice-president of the Bryan-College Station Cham ber of Commerce. Evans and his committees will have the responsibilities of the advance ticket sales in Bryan- College Station, special events for ladies, local tour, and other normal hosting duties, Mann said. “It has been seventeen years since the East Texas Chamber of Commerce held its annual convention here,” Evans said, “and I feel sure the delegates of this convention will be favorably impressed by the progress made during this seventeen years. It behooves all of us in Bryan-Col lege Station to put our best foot forward and be a good host to these community leaders in the East Texas area.” Guard for first place by .38 points. OTHER LAREDO trophy win ners including the Tarleton State Wainwright Rifles will compete. Top competition for the four- foot tall master trophy also is expected from the University of Houston Cougar Rifles, McNeese State Ware Rifles, Rice Army team, Hardin-Simmons Univer sity Pershing Rifles (Company L-17), New Mexico Military In stitute Goss Rifles, Texas A&I King’s Rifles, University of Tex as at El Paso Pershing Rifles (Company H-17). Also, Sam Houston State Low- man Rifles, Northwestern State Black Knights, Prairie View A&M Pershing Rifles, University of Texas at Austin Khyber Rifles, West Texas State Sam Houston Rifles and Quachita Baptist Pershing Rifles (Company N-7). The girls teams will march at 12:45 and 3:10 p.m. An estimated 12,000 students representing nearly 200 high schools will participate in the 27th annual Texas High School Drawing Contest here sponsored by the Engineering Graphics De partment. Assistant professor Richard F. Vogel, directing this year’s event, said students may submit entries in one or more of four different categories. The first category, limited to first year drawing students, in volves working drawing prob lems. A second category in pictorial drawing competition is opened to all students. Students who have completed two or more years of art classes may enter in a third working drawing category, Vogel added. A fourth category for all high school students calls for devel oping designs and plans for an architectural structure. Winning students and their schools will receive a plaque and certificate for their entries. All entries must be submitted no later than April 12, and judging by members of the Engineering Graphics Department will be completed by April 18, according to Vogel. Tonight On KBTX 6:30 Lancer 7:30 Red Skelton 8:30 Doris Day 9:00 That’s Life 10:00 TX Finals News, Weather and Sports 10:30 It Takes a Thief absentia to Reber. Reber is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Reber, Jr. of 13 Kathe rine, Baytown. Currently on campus and ready to receive the second A.B. in phil osophy during spring commence ment is Patrick J. Stout, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pat Stout of 10715 Atwell, Houston. Stout also changed his major last fall to receive the new de gree. He previously studied as a political science major. A&M organized its first De partment of Philosophy when the university was founded in 1876. It was soon abolished, however, and a course of study was not offered until 1965 when the De partment was re-organized in the College of Liberal Arts. 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