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Civilians To Pick Sweetheart Saturday
By JANIE WALLACE
Battalion Staff Writer
Selection of the Civilian Sweet
heart from 17 finalists highlights
the final activities of Civilian
Student Week, according to
Larry Schilhab, chairman of the
selection committee.
The sweetheart will be an
nounced during the dance at
Sbisa Dining Hall Saturday night,
Schilhab added.
On Saturday the finalists will
be introduced at the barbecue in
the Grove and at the “Gemini
Twin" dances, Schilhab added.
The sweetheart will be chosen
from these finalists:
Sally Barker representing Pur-
year Hall is a senior at LaVega
High School in Waco. The blue
eyed brunette will be escorted by
Dave Edwards.
A junior at Stephen F. Austin
College, Melissa Bendiksen has
brown eyes and brown hair. She
is from Galveston and represents
Hughes Hall.
Green-eyed Norma Jaye Berg
strom is a blonde biochemistry
major at A&M. The freshman
Bay City native represents the
day students.
Representing H o t a r d Hall,
brown-eyed Barbara Clark is
from Walnut Springs. The fresh
man at Hill Junior College has
brown hair. Her escort is Tom
Fair.
A blue-eyed blonde, Cathy Gul-
lick is a senior at Waltrip High
School in Houston. She is repre
senting Moore Hall and her es
cort is Carl Gullick.
Janet Elaine Pitts, Law Hall
sweetheart, has blue eyes and
auburn hair. She is senior at Hill-
crest High School in Dallas. Her
escort is Bill Bledsoe.
A sophomore at Galena Park
High School, Patricia Ann Price
is from Houston. The brown
eyed blonde represents Hart Hall.
Her escort is Jtandy Hilton.
Representing Moses Hall,
brown-eyed Debbie Rosenberger
is a sophomore fashion merchan
dising major at University of
Texas at Austin. She has brown
hair and her escort is Steve
Harmon.
A blue-eyed blonde from Pales
tine, Nancy Sewall represents
Milner Hall. She is a senior at
Palestine High School. Her escort
is Mike Allender.
Debra Staley, a senior at
Coronado High School, has brown
eyes and brown hair. The El
Paso native represents Davis-
Gary Hall. Her escort is Eric
Staley.
Blue-eyed blonde Jackie Starr
is a senior at Palestine High
School. She represents Mclnnis
Hall and her escort is Mark
Prestridge.
A freshman at Stephen F.
Austin College, Pam Steele rep
resents Crocker Hall. She has
brown hair and blue eyes. She
is from Houston.
Representing Leggett Hall,
Nicki Stallman is a junior at
Southwest Texas State College.
The hazel-eyed brunette is from
Columbus. Her escort is G. R.
Pflughaupt.
Patsy Tucker, a green-eyed
brunette, is a nurse in Wharton.
She represents Walton Hall.
Brown-eyed Debbie VanLand-
ingham, a senior at Celina High
School, is representing Fowler
Hall. Her escort is Don O’Dell.
A senior at Bellaire High
School in Houston, Melanie
Young is a hazel-eyed blonde.
She represents Keathley Hall and
her escort is Don Mauro.
Lynn Zainfeld, representing
Schumacher Hall, is a junior at
the University of Houston major
ing in education. She is a brown-
eyed brunette. Her escort is Jeff
Crown.
Members of the sweetheart
selection committee are David
Wilks, Aggie Sweetheart Annella
Wright, Denny Kniery, Ray
Koen, Ed Donnell, Bob Harrison,
Tommy Henderson, Phil Sadler,
Larry Kronke and Schilhab.
Cbt Battalion
VOLUME 64 Number 105
college: station, Texas Friday, April 25,1969
Telephone 845-2226
Reinert, Geistweidt Take
Two Senate Posts
CATHY GULLICK
Great Issues Chairman Wins
MSC’s Rountree Award
By DAVE MAYES
Battalion Managing Editor
Great Issues chairman David
T. Maddox Thursday received
the Thomas H. Rountree Award,
highest honor for Memorial Stu
dent Center student program par
ticipation, to a standing ovation
at the MSC awards banquet.
Praised for “consistently rep
resenting well the high ideals of
the spirit of the MSC to the
entire campus and community,”
Maddox built the Issues commit
tee to a 100-member task force
that turned out an average of
one program a week throughout
the school year.
The senior management ma
jor’s crowning achievement was
last week’s Urban Crisis Confer
ence, a four-day session jointly
sponsored by Great Issues and
the College of Engineering which
attracted more than 125 dele
gates and drew praise from
President Richard Nixon.
“The leadership given this year
by David some students and staff
believe will not be equalled for
years to come,” stated an awards
brochure distributed to the more
than 200 banquet guests as
Maddox received his award.
A Distinguished Student four
consecutive years, Maddox has al
so served as Student Senate vice
president, member of the MSC
Council and member of the MSC
University Expansion committee.
An Eagle Scouth he was recently
named to “Who’s Who in Amer
ican Colleges and Universities.”
The A&M Consolidated High
School graduate is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Maddox Jr.,
1002 Munson Dr.
John H. Lindsey, Houston
insurance agency partner and
1944 A&M graduate, received the
Lawrence Sullivan Ross Award
for continued exemplary service
to A&M through the MSC.
General Adviser to the Student
Conference on National Affairs,
Lindsey was cited for “unique
and tremendous contributions to
the A&M student body for a
decade and a half. He has given
more hours of assistance than
any other person for the 14
SCONA’s that have been held.”
Distinguished Service Awards
went to two faculty members and
Mrs. Carl E. Shafer, SCONA
adviser and conference manager.
Faculty recipients were Miss
Barbara Davis of the Manage
ment Department, Great Issues
adviser, and Dr. Haskell M. (Mbn-
roe of the History Department,
Council member and SCONA
program committee adviser.
Other award winners include:
Distinguished Service Award
—Robert L. Edgecomb, Great
Bryan Building & Loan
Association. Your Sav
ing Center, since 1919.
Issues; William R. Howell Jr.,
SCONA finance chairman; Don
ald B. McCrory, SCONA chair
man; Maddox; Wayne H. Pres
cott, Council executive vice pres
ident for programs; Benjamin
J. Sims, Council president; Kel
ler W. Webster, Council execu
tive vice president for opera
tions; Clyde R. Westbrook and
Janet L. Whitehead, Issues; and
James H. Willbanks, SCONA
conference manager.
Outstanding Freshman Award
—Michael M. Essmyer, Political
(See Great Issues, Page 3)
Sch ilhab WillHead
Next Year’s CSC
By TONY HUDDLESTON
Battalion Staff Writer
A1 Reinert Thursday captured the presidency of the
Student Senate by a margin of 385 votes in an election which
attracted a record turnout of 3,600 votes.
Gerald Geistweidt was elected vice president of the
senate by a two to one margin.
Running unopposed for president of the Civilian Stu
dent Council was Larry Schilhab.
Running behind Reinert’s 1799 votes were Garry
Mauro with 1414 and Andy Scott with 409.
“The large turnout is a clear indication that students
their student government,”
D. VAN LANDINGHAM
HIGHEST HONOR
Great Issues chairman David T. Maddox, left, accepts the
coveted Thomas H. Rountree Award, highest honor for
MSC student program participation, from Dr. John H.
Rodgers, former MSC Council president and first recipient
of the award in 1966. (Photo by Bob Peek)
Seniors Plan Banquets, Dance
LYNN ZAINFELD
BB&L
-Adv.
Plans have been announced for
the 10th annual induction ban
quet, senior banquet, and the
Senior Ring Dance, Early Davis,
president of the Senior Class,
said Thursday.
Members of the class will be
honored with an induction ban
quet sponsored by the Associa
tion of Former Students at 6:30
p.m. May 6 in the Ramada Inn
ballroom, with Darrell Chandler
of Beaumont, member of the 1938
class and Association vice-presi
dent for membership, as speaker,
Davis noted.
The date set for the senior
banquet is May 16 at 8:30 p.m. in
the Ramada Inn, Davis noted,
with Newton Hielscher, a mem
ber of the 1933 class, as speaker.
“THE BANQUET will be semi-
formal, with class A summer uni
forms with ascots for Corps sen
iors, and the cost for attending
the banquet will be $3.50 per per
son,” Davis noted.
The Senior Ring Dance is
scheduled for May 17 from 8-12
p.m., and dress will be formal,
with class A dress uniforms for
Corps seniors, Davis said.
“The cost for attending the
dance is $6.50, which will include
$3.50 for color photographs,” he
added.
“We’ve mailed letters to more
than 900 seniors,” Richard WeiV-
us, Former Students executive
secretary, said. “But we realize
there are others who are mem
bers of the senior class, who will
not graduate in May and for
some reason are not on our rec
ords.”
HE EXPLAINED that letters
were mailed to students who
were listed as members of the
senior class in September or who
had filed as a candidate to grad
uate in March. He added that
graduate students and seniors
who will graduate either this
summer or next January are also
invited to attend the function.
Davis added that students can
pick up tickets to the functions
by presenting their identification
cards at the Association of Form
er Students office in the Mem
orial Student Center.
“We need to know in advance
how many seniors plan to attend
the functions so that we can make
food arrangements,” Davis noted.
“And we especially need to know
how many graduate students and
other than graduating seniors
plan to attend.”
at A&M are interested in
Reinert said upon hearing the
news of his election. “And I hope
that I can live up to the trust
that they have shown in electing
me.
“I think that the election also
indicates that students want a
stronger government at A&M,”
Reinert added. “I believe that
the larger voter turnout will in
dicate this to the administration.”
“This is the largest number of
students to vote in any election
in A&M history,” commented
Tommy Henderson, vice president
of the election commission.
Geistweidt walked away with
the Senate vice presidency by de
feating opponent Bill Holt 2389
to 1145.
Kirby Brown narrowly defeated
Albert Haegelin by a vote of
1731 to 1548 for Senate secretary.
For the position of Senate trea
surer, Richard Reese with 1219
votes edged Marcus Hill with
1180. Third candidate Mike Ess
myer received 972.
Lee Crawley was elected Senate
issues chairman over Tommy
Henderson by a vote of 1710 to
1621.
Mark Powell with 1579 votes
defeated opponents Jim Finane
with 1003 and Davis Mayfield
with 715 for public relations
chairman of the Senate.
Jerry Bramlett with 1801 votes
was elected Senate welfare chair
man over David Konze with 1365.
For election commission presi
dent, Nokom is Jackson with 1214
votes defeated James Conway
with 1093 and Paul Ammons, 997.
Ronnie Adams was elected par
liamentarian and Collier Watson
, was elected student life chairman.
Both ran without opposition.
For the position of Civilian Stu
dent Council vice president, David
Alexander defeated opponent Ron
nie Shaw by a margin of 1212
votes to 608.
William Scherle, who ran un
opposed, was elected CSC secre
tary.
Paul Ammons with 986 votes
won over Jules Jacquin with 772
for CSC treasurer.
WEATHER
Saturday—Cloudy. Early morn
ing showers. Wind Northerly.
High 72, low 66.
Sunday *— Partly cloudy.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
5 Amendments
Proposed By
CivilianCouncil
By DAVID MIDDLEBROOKE
Battalion Staff Writer
Amendments designed to make
the Civilian Student Council a
more effective student voice were
proposed at a CSC meeting Thurs
day.
Final action on the proposals
will come next Thursday at a
meeting called by Council Presi
dent David Wilks.
Lighting for parking lots on
the west side of the campus and
a possible Texas Residence Hall
Association (TRHA) conference
here in the fall were also items
for Council consideration.
The five amendments were pre
sented by Larry Schilhab, civilian
chaplain. The amendments would,
if passed, reduce the Corps of
Cadets representative to a non
voting status, create a University
Women representative with vot
ing status, and remove the office
of freshman representative from
the Council.
The proposals would also allow
the Council Executive Committee
to select up to eight council as
sistants from the freshman and
sophomore classes of the school
year during which members of
the Council hold office, and pro
vide for two Council vice-presi
dents.
Schilhab noted that in the past,
freshmen had had no voice in
student government other than
the freshman council, and a rep
resentative was needed on the
CSC to get the freshman view
point.
Now, he noted, most residence
halls have freshman councils set
up within their hall government,
and a special class representative
is not needed.
Schilhab also said the Corps
representative would remain a
member of the Council for com
munications purposes, but that
most civilian students did not
think the Corps should have any
voting power on the Council.
Wilks told councilman that he
was meeting Monday with D. A.
“Andy” Anderson, mayor of Col
lege Station, to discuss install
ment of lighting in the parking
(See 5 Amendments, Page 2)
MELANIE YOUNG
DEBRA STALEY
PATRICIA ANN PRICE
NORMA BERGSTROM