Page 6/The Battalion/Friday, September 23,1983
Class of ‘87 roster shows
172 National Merit scholars
by Stephanie M. Koss
Battalion Staff
The freshman class at Texas
A&M this year boasted 172 Na
tional Merit Scholars, while the
total number in the student
body is 545 — which may be a
new record among public insti
tutions.
Dr. Lawrence Cress, the dire
ctor of the Texas A&M honors
program, says that the official
figures from the National Merit
Scholarship Corporation will be
released later this year, but that
they usually coincide with the in
dividual school’s figures.
Last year, Texas A&M rank
ed sixth nationally with 445 Na
tional Merit scholars, but it rank
ed first among public institu
tions. Harvard led the top five
with 987, and the next four were
all private institutions, including
Rice University.
Among Texas schools, Rice
ranked third nationally with 554
merit scholars and the Universi
ty of Texas ranked eighth with
413, making it second ranked
among public institutions be
hind Texas A&M. Baylor rank
ed 20th nationally with 196.
In 1980, Texas A&M had 194
merit scholars and was ranked
14th nationally, but in the 1981-
82 academic year, the school
gained more scholars than any
other school. The number in the
total student body went from
235 to 325.
In an interview with The
Houston Post, Texas A&M Uni
versity President Frank E. Van
diver, said the University was
able to compete with other uni
versities in obtaining merit scho
lars because of the scholarships
they were able to offer.
The National Merit Scholar
ship Corp. is a non-profit orga
nization based in Evanston, Ill.
It finances about 1,800 scholar
ships annually valued at $1.8
million.
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Local boys to dine
with Aggie athletes
by Wanda Winkler
Battalion Staff
The MSG Black Awareness
Committee is sponsoring its
first All Sports Camp on
Saturday for boys, in grades
five through eight, from the
Bryan-College Station area.
The boys and four committee
members will dine in Cain
Hall with athletes and then
attend the Texas A&M-
Oklahoma State football
game.
“It’s a time for them to
meet their heroes,” Guinise
Marshall, BAG chairman,
said. The sports camp also will
offer eight boys the chance to
mingle with Texas A&M base
ball and basketball players.
Four boys will attend a
home baseball game and
another four will attend a
home basketball game. The
committee hopes to make the
sports camp a tradition for
boys selected by churches in
the Bryan-College Station
area.
BAG, formed in the sum
mer of 1970, offers programs
designed to create better
understanding of black herit
age and culture. The commit
tee also serves as a link be
tween Texas A&M students
and the Bryan-College Station
community.
“I have a very positive out
look this year because we’ve
more than doubled” from fall
1982, Marshall said. “There’s
more cohesion between the
students than I’ve ever seen.”
Black Awareness has plan
ned other activities for the fall
semester, including its annual
Gospelfest to be held at 7 p.m.
Oct. 22 in Rudder Theater.
The event will feature Voices
of Praise, the BAG gospel
choir. A soloist and five or six
gospel choirs also will per
form.
Another upcoming event
will feature Cnarles E. King,
founder of Atlanta Urban
Crisis Center, and his prog
ram “Shouting Down Rac
ism.” The four-hour seminar
will begin at 6 p.m. Nov. 11 in
Rudder Theater.
Seminar participants will
include Dr. John J. Koldus,
vice president for student *«■
vices, and James R. Reynolds,
director of the Memorial Sto
dent Center. At least 30 peo
ple "who are in a position to
make an impact on racism'
will participate in the prog
ram, Marshall said. "It’ssome-
thing Texas A&M has never
done before.”
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held Wednesday for comitii-
tee members participatingim
tutorial program forth
of all ages in the Bryan
College Station area. Tin
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members, meets on the firj,
and third Wednesdaysofead
month. Meetings take placen
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