The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, November 10, 1983, Image 3

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Thursday, November 10, 1983/The Battalion/Page 3
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ioss Volunteers to help
ledicate new state park
New modes of ocean
exploration discussed
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by Michael Raulersoit
Battalion Reporter
A group of 110 Ross Volun-
;ers will participate in a
eteran’s Day dedication
eremony of the Adm. Ches-
?r Nimitz Museum and State
ark in Fredricksburg on
fiday.
* Organizers from the Texas
arks and Wildlife Depart-
tem and The Nimitz Found-
tion wanted a Veteran’s Day
ailitary style parade so the
Loss Volunteers came to
nind, Marty Katerly, an orga-
lizer for the museum, said.
The Volunteers, the oldest
tudent organization in
Texas, will lead the parade,
nd be guests of the Nimitz
foundation at the barbeque
unch, Ross Volunteer adviser
Rob Robison said. The group
also may be involved in other
dedication activities, but Robi
son said the Final plans have
not yet been completed.
The ceremony will be an
exciting experience for the
juniors, Robison said, as it will
be their First public appear
ance as Ross Volunteers.
Other groups which will be
present at the parade are: the
Navy ROTC Drum and Bugle
Corps from the University of
Texas, the Gary Job Corps
Drill Team from San Marcos,
the Navy Junior ROTC from
Marshall High School in San
Antonio, the First Cavalry
Band and Horse Platoon from
Fort Hood and an ofFicial U.S.
Navy Ceremonial Band from
New Orleans. Sen. John Tow
er will be the main speaker.
The museum and park is
being dedicated in honor of
Adm. Chester Nimitz, the
senior Commander of the
Naval Fleet in the Pacific and
the senior U.S. representative
at the surrender of the
Japanese in World War II. He
grew up in Fredricksburg and
later went to the Naval
Academy.
Nimitz received 15 decora
tions from foreign govern
ments and many more from
the United States. He also has
been awarded 19 honorary
degrees from universities in
cluding Notre Dame, Col
umbia, Harvard, Princeton,
Syracuse and Tulane.
The Ross Volunteers, cre
ated in 1887 under the name
of the Scott Volunteers, con
sists of 144 Corps of Cadet
members, 72 seniors and 72
juniors. However all of the
seniors are not active, Robison
said. The name was changed
in 1891 to the Ross Volunteers
in honor of Lawrence Sullivan
Ross, a former Texas A&M
president and governor of
Texas. The Volunteers are ex
pected to keep at least a 2.3
grade-point ratio and have a
record of contributing to the
University both in and out of
Corps activities, Robison said.
Robison said the Volun
teers strive to be a “composite
role model of leadership for
the Corps of Cadets and the
University.”
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Fheater arts’ new play brings
Passion, heartbreak to stage
11 ^7 Bonnie Langford
" W'$?' Battalion Reporter
The Texas A&M theater arts’
rogram “Summer and Smoke”
S mens tonight. The play, by
L ennessee Williams, will be pre-
^nted at 8 p.m. today through
aturday and again Nov. 17 to
9 in Rudder Forum,
ones “Summer and Smoke” cen-
;rs around two young people in
s repoe small town of Glorious Hill
e igi. tst before World War I. They
ie re in love, but can’t seem to
j r .iake any concessions to make
‘ leir love work.
r an “ Wendy Pesek plays Alma
w Vinemiller, the preacher’s
n ty aughter. She is approaching
unv ie age of a spinster, but wants to
boost
ly tci
laid
marry someone she loves. The
young Winemiller is saddled
with the responsiblities of her
parents. Her mother, played by
Joyce Hayes, has slipped into
f iermanent childhood. Her
ather, played by Marc Gessner,
is an Episcopal preacher. She
leads a drab life because she al
ways must keep good company
and only go to nice places.
She is in love with Dr. John
Buchanan’s son. The doctor has
given up on his son, who is
drinking, gambling and seeing a
disreputable woman, and is
threatening to throw him out.
But Winemiller manages to con
vince the doctor, played by Peck
Phillips, to give his son a chance
to get his lile straightened out.
The demands on the
preacher’s daughter prove too
much for Dr. John Buchanan
Jr., played by Richard Strayer.
He is in love with Alma, but is
afraid of her soul just as much as
she fears his body.
Becky Hernandez plays Rosa
Gonzales; Guy Culbertson plays
her father. Rosa also is in love
with the young doctor and her
father wants desperately to
make his daughter happy. The
young Buchanan already owes
Gonzales for a large gambling
debt and agrees to marry the
girl. The senior Buchanan com
es homes to find a party going
on. He fights with Gonzales and
is killed. This death finally
brings his son into responsibil
ity. But it is too late for Alma, she
becomes a shell of her former
self.
The young doctor later mar
ries Nellie Ewell, played by Judy
Redding.
Holly Anderson and Robin
Bernstein play the two children
in the prologue and Patrick Ber-
ret plays the traveling salesman.
Tickets are $3 for students
and $4 for others.
by Julie Ennis
Battalion Reporter
Dr. Walter Munk, a professor
at the Institute of Geophysics
and Planetary Physics at the
University of California at San
Diego, will discuss new modes of
exploring the ocean tonight in
the Memorial Student Center.
Munk, who has been with the
institute since 1947, is the
second in a series of lecturers
sponsored by the University
Lecture Series.
Dr. Donald McDonald, direc
tor of the University Lecture
Series, said Munk is highly rec
ognized in the scientific and
physical science circles.
Munk is a member of the
Royal Society of London, an
ancient physical and scientific
organization, and of the Nation
al Academy of Sciences.
The University Lecture
Series plans four lectures for
each school year, McDonald
said. Each year, four colleges
participate in the lecture series.
They are chosen in an alphabe
tically rotating order according
to the college name. This year
the College of Engineering, the
College of Geosciences, the Col
lege of Liberal Arts and Texas
A&M will participate in the lec
ture series.
A University committee made
up of one representative from
each college and three student
representatives nominate indi
viduals to participate in the Uni
versity Lecture Series.
The first lecture sponsored by
the University Lecture Series
and the College of Engineering
was Dr. Ralph Landau.
On Nov. 15 Dr. Charles Hal-
ton will lecture at the request of
the College of Liberal Arts.
There is no charge for the
program, which will begin at 8
p.m. in 224 MSC.
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lat stir- The following incidents were
0 me "P orte d to the University Police
,M) i , e P ar > n ' ent through
'ednesday:
THEFTS:
• A silver 10-speed bicycle
lout om the front of Puryear Hall,
.kesilt *Ared 10-speed bicycle from
dres>:te Commons bike rack,
before BURGLARY:
t onf y • Change was stolen from a
>ke machine in the Academic
uilding. University Police
, >und nickels on the floor near
ie machine.
llst ’ a “ ARREST:
* lt,ns • A person was arrested for
ealing a 100-pound sack of
ecans from the Horticulture &
orestry Building. The person
as taken to Brazos County Jail.
OTHER:
• University Police found a
person driving a 1964 Dodge
van with fake license plates. The
police removed the plates before
towing the vehicle.
• University Police found
that a passenger window had
been broken on a silver Chev
rolet Monza. The vehicle was
parked in the student lot west of
Wofford Cain Pool.
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