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THE BATTALION Page 3 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1974 ROBERT HALSELL TRAVEL SERVICE AIRLINE SCHEDULE INFORMATION FARES AND TICKETS DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL ••■•■a H CALL 822-3737 1016 Texas Avenue — Bryan MIKE MISTOVICH BUSINESS MACHINES * Royal and SCM Typewriters * Victor, Unicom & Casio Print ing Calculators * Hand Calculators Sales, Service & Rentals 909 S. Main 822-6000 We’d like to take you for a ride Hey, Mr. suave and sophisticated ... try this on lor size. It's the Raleigh Sports. Think bikes are (or kids? Think again! This one’s spe cially made lor the guy who's a mover. Three speeds, salety- quick brakes, genuine leather saddle, touring bag ... every thing you need to travel in style. See your Raleigh dealer, he's got a set o( wheels waiting lor you. Come on along! RALEt&H CENTRAL CYCLE & SUPPLY Sales • Service • Accessories 3505 E. 29th St. — 822-2228 — Closed Monday Take East University to 29th St. (Tanrow Street) PALACE STARTS TODAY — 1 p.m. - 3:10 - 5:20 - 7:30 - 9:40 STREISAND SBEDFORD TOGETHER! THE WAY ' WE infERE Everything seemed so important then...even love! COLUMBIA PICTURES and RASTAR PRODUCTIONS Present A RAY STARK-SVDNEY POLLACK Production Music MARVIN HAMLISCH • Written Or ARTHUR LAURENTS ■ Produced by RAY STARK • Directed b V SYDNEY POLLACK - PANAVISION* TODAY 6:15 - 7:55 - 9:30 WOODY ALLEN TAKpc; A NOSTALGIC LOOK AT THE FUTURE. J vmimmmmmm G V/oody' cAlleq/' 4 §le%>ei^ Campus Briefs Campus overviewed Parson’s Jeff Johnson of San Angelo has been chosen commander of Par sons Mounted Cavalry for 1974-75 school year. The cavalry troop was organi zed this year and named for the commandant, Col. Thomas R. Par sons. It has marched in numerous on- campus events, won second for riding units in Fort Worth’s Live stock Show and Exposition parade and will appear again this year. The troop will march in the Parent’s Day review of the Corps of Cadets and is planning a trip to San Antonio for the Fiesta cavalry Flambeau parade. Johnson, a junior animal science major, will succeed Mike Collins of Dallas as commander. Serving with Johnson next year will be John R. Myers executive officer, Channelview; Tom Hor ton, San Angelo, and Timothy Carter, Corpus Christi, platoon leaders, and Jeff Lively, first ser geant, Houston. The all-senior troop will have 34 members next fall noted Capt. Charles Holland, advisor. Four will be alternates. He said juniors have been in training this semes ter. Government positions Filing for Student Leadership positions will close March 20 at 5 p. m. The positions open include sen ate, executive positions residence hall association officers, class of ficers, the graduate student coun cil and yell leaders. Students will not be able to file over spring break. Filing will be closed from March 8 until 8 a. m. March 18. Filing opened March 6. No filers or large, staked signs will be allowed to be put up until March 16, said Barry Bowden, Election Board Chairman. Applications are available in the Student Programs Office in the MSC. All applicants are asked to read paragraphs 67 and 68 of Uni versity Rules and Regulations. Applicants for president, vice president or senator must pick up petitions to be signed by their constituents according to the new amendments. High school drill meet The Texas high school drill champion will emerge Saturday from competition here. Ten teams will battle for the 1974 crown in the day-long meet. Martin High School of Laredo returns to defend the 1973 title. The Laredo entry will be going for its third straight champion ship. Also aiming for the state title trophy will be teams from,Robert E. Lee and MacArthur High Schools of San Antonio; Bellaire, Killeen, Marine Military Academy, Harlingen; Beaumont and Beau mont French High Schools, Ball High, Galveston and Wichita Falls High. Points awarded in the three- phase meet will decide the winner. Eleven trophies will be presented by Maj. James Starr of the Texas Adjutant Generals Office, which sanctions the competition. Inspection will begin at 9 a. m. Saturday. As each team completes inspection it goes into the basic marching phase. The fancy march ing phase starts at 1:30 p. m. Both marching phases, an exhi bition drill by the Fish Drill Team of TAMU and awards pre sentations will take place on the Memorial Student Center drill field. Members of the Association of Former Fish Drill Team members will run the meet and serve as judges. Upperclassmen who will judge the competition are former national champion Fish Drill Team members. The Association sponsors the meet in conjunction with the TA MU Commandant’s Office. Recruiting picks up College recruiting continues ahead of the 1973 pace, according to a College Placement Council survey. Engineering and accounting de gree candidates are most sought by business and industrial em ployers. They received 59 and 18 per cent, respectively, of offers re ported in the CPC survey, an nounced Louis Van Pelt, place ment director at A&M. General business and market ing majors received 12 per cent of the remainder. Biological and phy sical science majors got six per cent and humanities and social science majors five per cent. Twenty-six per cent more job offers were reported at the bach elor degree level than at the same point last year. Master’s candi dates offers increased two per cent, doctoral 12 per ( cent. CPC surveys college recruiting on offeres — not acceptances — made to students in selected curri cula and graduate programs. They reflect activity during the normal recruiting period of September to June. The March report notes there is increased competition for engin eering graduates, to whom 50 per cent more job offers were made than a year ago. Chemical engi neers received the highest aver age offers, at $1,021 a month. All engineering disciplines had five per cent or more increases. Most active employer groups so far this season are public account ing firms followed by chemicals and petroleum groups. ROTC seeking military Military ROTC detachments at A&M are attempting to establish communication with people in the area who have been or are affil iated with the military services. Contact is desired with former active duty members, Reservists, members of the National Guard and military dependents. Their names will be placed on a special mailing list. It will be used to inform of events spon sored by the military services ac tivities of the Corps of Cadets and other items of interest. Interested persons are request ed to write or phone the Com mandant, Military Sciences Build ing, 845-2811. Name, address and military status or affiliation are desired. Simple Arithmetic. Here’s ho^ many gallons of gas it takes for the average domestic car to go on a 300-mile trip. RICHARD BARTON VOLKSWAGEN, INC. 1701 South College Ave. Open 8 til 7 Mon.-Fri. 8 til 6 Sat. 822-0146 New information center opens Visitors at A&M can now get a quick overview of the institu tion’s academic programs and re lated activities with a single stop at the new information center on the first floor of the Rudder Tower. The new center, jointly sup ported by the university and the Association of Former Students, features multi-media presenta tions on each academic college and Corps of Cadets and a gen eral production covering the over all institution. The TAMU story is told through a combination of color slides, movies and tape- recorded messages. The academic college and Corps of Cadets programs are presented through a series of stations fea turing rear-projected color slides with telephone-type audio out lets. Each station can accommo date three persons at one time, with the average presentation re quiring eight minutes. The production on the overall university is staged in an adjoin ing mini-theater with a three- screen capability. Admissions and Records Dean Edwin H. Cooper said the infor mation center should be of special interest and benefit to prospec tive students and their parents— particularly if they visit the campus on weekends when most offices are closed. The information center has been organized administratively under Dean Cooper and will function as an Admissions Office branch from which university applications, catalogues and re lated materials will be distrib uted. Mrs. Aria Gammon has joined the university staff to coordinate activities at the new facility. In addition to being responsible for the center’s daily operation, she will also help arrange campus tours. The center’s hours of opera- As part of continuing efforts to better the Food Service Depart ment, the assistant director of this department, Lloyd Smith, has prepared a three-day workshop for personnel. Ranging from instructions on cleaning floors and dishes to how to garnish servings, the workshop is bringing in experts in many fields. Proctor and Gamble, Ho bart and Sexton representatives demonstrated their products’ uses. The group was also instructed in fire prevention and control and first aid. “The employees really tions have not been finalized, but Dean Cooper said it will be open during peak periods on weekends as well as during regular hours on weekdays. A formal opening for the cen ter is planned soon, the dean added. The concept for an information center was initiated and sup ported by Leslie L. Appelt of Houston, 1971 president of the Association of Former Students. Project director was Randolph Waligura of TAMU’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design. enjoyed the fire extinguisher ex hibition staged in front of the main entrance to Sbisa,” Smith said. Mid-semester grades School poked its nose into even Spring Break this year, as mid semester grades were mailed out Monday. The preliminary grades were turned in Friday. Food Service holds workshop BOTAN RICE TOP RAMEN NOODLES KIKKOMAN SOYSAUCE WING FAT SESAME OIL DYNASTY TEAS EGRET RICE CAKE KOON CHUN HOISAN SAUCE HI ME NATTO COMPANION MUSTARD PICKLES •I ^ X ^ iB A * *£ ^ ^ % pIc rtf J.v£ JL_ ^ ^ 3517 S.Texas Avenue/Ridgecrest Center/Bryan, Tx. 77801/693-2715 NOW BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE. YOU WILL BE PLEASED WITH THESE CARE FULLY PREPARED AND TASTE TEMPTING FOODS. EACH DAILY SPECIAL ONLY $1.29 PLUS TAX. 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