THE BATTALION
MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1978
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Band leads march
onoring King Tut
United Press International
£W ORLEANS — Honoring a
vho died more than 3,000 years
Jthe Olympia Brass Band led a
[ting mob of dancers in a jazz
val parade Sunday to close an
liition of the Treasures of Tut-
■amun, the ancient Egyptian
(crowd of more than 5,000 —
Bbing flower-bedecked umbrellas
ftncing in time to the music —
lied LeLong Avenue outside the
■ Orleans Museum of Art for the
Jtional jazz funeral.
[ingTut’s gotta go!” shouted one
B member, standing on the
pum steps.
lut while he was here — he had a
hcement interviews for graduat-
fexas A&M students begin Jan.
[nre than 230 businesses, corpo-
Ins and companies, 15 gov-
hental agencies and 12 school
Sets currently plan to recruit
ng Texas A&M students,
icement Director Louis Van
said the number will likely sur-
last fall’s 326 interviewing com-
1‘s. They conducted more than
) employment interviews dur-
he semester.
[erviews will continue past April
adents must register with the
tment Center for on-campus re-
ing, Van Pelt added. Registra-
brms, a Placement Manual and
aiation are available at the cen-
n the 10th floor of the Rudder
sr.
nter personnel recommend
seniors and graduate students
ing to u e the service file a rec-
f their qualifications as early as
ble in the year in which their
■rsity work will be completed,
idents may obtain information
ates companies will be inter-
ing and degree fields sought on
I announcement forms supplied
ipropriate academic depart-
s. A master interview list is also
at the center.
good time: He had a good time in
New Orleans — like they say, ‘Lais-
sez les bon temps roulez,’ let the
good times roll!”
The crowd roared approval.
There was no coffin, but marchers
played traditional funeral dirges like
“A Closer Walk with Thee” on the
20-minute procession up the short
boulevard before swinging into
bouncier tunes like “When the
Saints Go Marching In and “Come
on Down to the Mardi Gras after
stopping briefly in front of the
museum.
Bright orange jackets with the
“Orange Crush” emblem on the back
and blue jackets emblazoned with
Dallas Cowboys’ patches marked
Signup for specific interview dates
and times becomes possible two
weeks in advance of a recruiting
date, on schedules at the center.
Career counseling and specific as
sistance in educational, agricultural
and alumni placement are available
among other center services.
Students may learn about pro
spective employers through the
Career Planning and Placement Li
brary.
Center office hours are 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. Mondays through Fridays.
hundreds of visitors to New Orleans
for Super Bowl XII between the
Denver Broncos and the Cowboys.
“It’s the first time I’ve ever seen
anything like it,” said one Broncos
fan. “I think it’s great.”
Jazz funerals are performed as
special events for the deaths of musi
cians.
At one time, most New Orleans
blacks were buried with a jazz band
providing mournful music while it
followed the hearse to the graveyard.
After a burial service and mourning
by the family, the band struck up
joyful music to celebrate the de
parted person’s life, rather than
mourn his death.
The exhibit of 55 gold and jeweled
treasures from the tomb of Tutan-
khamun was open until midnight,
seven hours later than regular clos
ing time.
Museum director John Bullard
said 12,000 persons were expected to
see the exhibit.
After New Orleans, the exhibit
moves to San Francisco, Seattle, Los
Angeles and New York.
Bullard, who twirled a busi
nessman’s black umbrella as he
marched alongside the band, said a
jazz funeral was the only way New
Orleans could properly honor the
exhibit.
“Everyone feels it was the perfect
way to say goodbye to Tut in New
Orleans — the only city in the coun
try that could do it in the same fun
manner.
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The 1977 year was a banner one
for the agricultural engineering
students at Texas A&M. The stu
dent chapter was rated best in the
nation and two of its officers —
Gerald Ripps of San Antonio and
Larry Smith of Crowley — com
bined to capture two nationwide
design awards with their hay bale
handling project.
Smith and Ripps won third in
Campus Names
the annual Allis-Chalmers Na
tional Student Design Contest
and fourth in the James F. Lin
coln Arc Welding Foundation
Design Competition.
The awards carried $100 and
$250 prizes respectively for the
students.
A 1972 Texas A&M graduate
Air Force Col. Philip A. Deering,
has received the Legion of Merit,
one of the nation’s highest deco-
* rations.
The medal was awarded at
Cheyenne Mountain Complex,
Colo. Deering serves there as
deputy commander of data pro
cessing at the North American Air
Defense Command Combat Op-
A
erations Center.
He was cited for service at Re-
ston, Va., in defense communica
tions engineering and data pro
cessing for command and control.
Deering was a division and
facilities chief at the installation.
A 1975 graduate of Colby Col
lege in Maine, he received his
master’s degree in compute^sci
ence at Texas A&M.
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