THE BATTALION Tuesday, May 4, mi
College Station, Texas
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APO honors former members
Alpha Phi Omega members,
completing their most productive
year at A&M, have dedicated a
campus tree to former chapter
brothers.
The national service fraternity
conducted the brief ceremony
Saturday at the YMCA.
A plaque similar to the new
World War I memorials on the
drill field was mounted on a
maple elm by seniors William F.
(Bill) Cronrath Jr. of Hazlet,
N. J.; Myles A. Yanta of Runge
and David N. Weber of Taylor.
The ceremony conducted by
Mike Holley of Seabrook was at
tended by 30 APO members in
cluding advisors Dean James P.
Hannigan, Walter H. Parsons Jr.
and Connie Eckard, among others.
“This tree is dedicated to
former members of Xi Delta
Chapter, Alpha Phi Omega,” the
plaque reads.
The chapter will conclude 1970-
71 activities Saturday with a ban
quet at Wyatt’s Cafteria.
Projects APO members have
worked on include the annual
Aggie Blood Drive, campus fund
drive, Scout-A-Rama, a Heart
Fund bathtub pull in which $600
was obtained toward a $32,000
state-wide total and redecorating
the old wing of the university
hospital.
The Gen. James Earl Rudder
pledge class dug up and moved
15 World War I memorial mark
ers to the drill field. The ground
markers were replaced with new
tree memorials on Parents Day.
While President Bill Cronrath
read the names of 55 Texas men
who died in service during WW I,
APO members raised flags at
each of the main drill field memo
rial trees. The chapter also places
the flags on days of major campus
events.
APO members also cleaned up
the research anex swimming pool-
picnic area, conducted campus
tours for mothers’ clubs and other
visiting groups and were official
ushers for the inauguration of
Dr. Jack K. Williams.
Dale W. Foster of Bryan has
been elected 1971 fall semester
president of the Texas A&M chap
ter of Alpha Phi Omega.
Xi Delta chapter of the na
tional service fraternity also chose
David Russell of Corpus Christi
as projects vice president; Tommy
Weaver, Waco, administration
vice president; Tom Newsom,
Abilene, membership vice presi
dent; Brandon Dunn, San An
tonio, treasurer, and Paul Pur-
year, Dallas, general secretary.
Foster, a junior management
major and cadet sergeant in
Squadron 13 in the Corps, suc
ceeds Bill Cronrath of Hazlet,
N. J., in the presidency.
The APO chapter gained cam-
pus-wide recognition during 1970-
71 for various civic projects on
and off campus.
Williams to speak
Weynand elected a t PKP banquet
RV commander
Michael J. Weynand of Hondo
has been elected 1971-72 com
mander of the Ross Volunteers,
A&M’s oldest honor unit.
Membership is restricted to
junior and senior cadets in the
Corps of Cadets.
Officers serving under Wey-
nand’s commander are Robert Lo
zano of Guadalajara, Mexico, ex
ecutive officer; Albert L. Haege-
lin of Hondo, operations officer;
William Ritchie of Columbus, ad
ministrative officer; Jimmy Fer
guson of Garland, first sergeant;
Jan Bertholf of Annandale, Va.,
first platoon commander; Frank
Hertzog of Huntsville, Ala., sec
ond platoon commander, and Tom
Stanley of Mt. Pleasant, third
platoon commander.
Lozano also will serve as com
mander of the 21-man Firing
Squad.
Selected from the first platoon
for the Firing Squad are Ritchie,
Bertholf, Weynand; James C.
Brown, Alamo; Stanley A. Friedli,
San Antonio; Bruce N. Lynn,
Gilliam, La.; Carl L. Olson, Pan
handle, and alternate George A.
Krezinski, Houston.
Firing Squad members from
the second platoon are Lozano,
Wiggins receives
chemist’s award
Alan R. Wiggins, A&M senior
in chemical engineering from
Houston, has been selected to re
ceive an award from the South
west Chapter of the American
Institute of Chemists for out
standing leadership, character,
and scholastic achievement.
Wiggins received a medal and
scroll at a banquet April 30 in
the Memorial Student Center,
according to Loren B. Odell,
chairman of the southwest chap
ter.
Dr. C. D. Holland, head of the
Department of Chemical Engi
neering, said Wiggins has re
ceived a number of other awards.
Hertzog; Hal B. Sharp, Houston;
Howard H. Menke, Hempstead;
Charles L. McGuire, Liberty;
Leonard Legge, Fort Worth; Pete
Gerukos, San Antonio, and alter
nate Bry Loyd of Terre Haute,
Ind.
The third platoon Firing Squad
members are Stanley, Ferguson,
Haegelin; Steward K. Hawkins,
San Antonio; Anthony J. Best,
Randolph AFB; Joseph A. Aston,
Farmersville; Charles S. Wil
liams, Houston, and alternate
Terry Rowan of Killeen.
4 Ma’ awarded
Army citation
Mrs. Mildred L. Adams was
cited April 30 at A&M for per
formance in the Military Science
Department’s basic section.
Mrs. Adams was presented a
Department of the Army com
mendation certificate signed by
the 4th Army deputy command
ing general for reserve forces,
Maj. Gen. Wesley C. Franklin.
She also received $200 in recog
nition of “sustained superior per
formance” as military personnel
specialist during 1969-71. The
certificate was presented by Col.
Jim H. McCoy, professor of mili
tary science and commandant.
Mrs. Adams, known as “Ma” to
the many officers and non-coms
with whom she has worked, was
congratulated by members of the
basic section and commandant’s
office.
“She takes care of all the fresh
man and sophomore Army ca
dets,” noted Lt. Col. William F.
Turner. “I suspect that’s where
her nickname originated, but it’s
also her first and last initials.”
A Civil Service employe with
23- years and GS-5 rating, Mrs.
Adams has been with the depart
ment since 1959. She first worked
here in 1953 when her husband
Earl was at Bryan AFB. They
were transferred to Perrin AFB
where he retired. After living
briefly in San Antonio, the couple
returned to Bryan.
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A&M President Jack K. Wil
liams will speak on “The Years
Ahead in Academe” during the
annual Phi Kappa Phi initiation
banquet tonight in the Memorial
Student Center.
Dr. James D. McCrady, the
honor society president, said more
than 200 faculty members, grad
uate and undergraduate students
will be initiated at the 6:30 p.m.
dinner.
More than 300 persons are ex
pected to attend, he added.
Dr. Williams is a member of
Phi Kappa Phi, the first honor
society to recognize superior
scholarship in all fields of study.
It takes membership from the
highest ranking students in each
branch of learning. No more than
the upper ten per cent of a grad
uating class in all disciplines are
elected to membership.
The society’s motto is “let the
love of learning rule mankind.”
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