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By PAM BARNES
Reporter
From 1916 when women
ere tolerated as special stu-
ents to 1971 when women
iere fully admitted to Texas
i&M, change has been the
wd to describe women’s his-
jry here.
Slow change.
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nns, would pai
costs of 111;
Two assistant professors of
istory, both women, spoke of
jese changes at a luncheon
eld Wednesday in celebration
f National Women’s History
leek. The luncheon, Panta-
10ns to Prominence, was spon-
ired by the Texas A&M stu-
^lent chapter of Women in
der Tower aid I C° mmunications - Inc -
ndem Centen K Bonnie S. Ledbetter, Ph.D,
i" the existinjl Ipui^g to the group of women
■bout the history of women
■ere. Then Sara Alpern, Ph.D,
^ _ 1 spoke of the present and future
|7Qmbi Aggie women. The two
“^'"lomen were aided by a slide
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of mother
show put together by WICI
President Kim Schmidt.
Ledbetter spoke of such
things as the first woman per
mitted to attend classes here
and of women who were given
certificates instead of degrees.
While slides of Texas A&M in
the old days appeared on the
wall behind her, Ledbetter told
of women’s struggle to attend
Texas A&M.
Ledbetter traced the history
of women here to 1963 when
T he Texas A&M Board of Di
rectors approved the admission
of wives and family of faculty
and students. At that point Al
pern took the podium.
With the last slide in Ledbet
ter’s speech still on the wall —
the changing of a “men’s” room
sign to that of a “ladies” room
sign — Alpern began to tell of
women’s existence at Texas
A&M to the present.
She told anecdotes of wom
en’s presence here and of such
important happenings as the
opening of the first women’s
dorm.
Alpern admitted that wom
en’s beginnings and even pre
sent at Texas A&M sometimes
seem negative but she was posi
tive when she talked of the fu
ture.
Honored at the luncheon
were Stella Haupt and Sallie
Sheppard, two of the first
women enrolled at Texas A&M.
Haupt received her master’s de
gree in Education and is the
longest sustaining member of
the campus study group at
Texas A&M. Sheppard is a Hal
liburton professor in computer
science here.
South African discussion set
By DAINAH BULLARD
Staff Writer
B.G. Fourie, South African
Ambassador to the United
States, will present a speech
about South African policies
at 8 p m. Thursday in Rud
der Theater. The ambassa
dor will discuss both internal
and external policies in his
speech.
Fourie was appointed am
bassador to the United States
on June 1, 1982. He began
his 50 years of service to
South Africa in 1934, when
he enlisted in the civil service.
Fourie later worked for
South Africa’s department of
foreign affairs. In 1945, he
attended the Organizational
Conference of the United
Nations, and later he partici
pated in the final session of
the League of Nations.
From 1947 until 1952,
Fourie was a member of the
South African delegation to
the United Nations, and in
1958, he was appointed
South African ambassador to
the United Nations. In 1963,
Fourie became South Africa’s
secretary of information.
From 1966 until 1980, Forie
served as secretary of foreign
affairs for South Africa. In
1980,he was appointed direc
tor of foreign affairs and in
formation, where he served
until his appointment as am
bassador to the United States.
Fourie’s presentation is the
second part of the MSC Polit
ical Forum’s South African
Series 1984. The purpose of
the series is to examine dif
ferent viewpoints about the
state of affairs in South Af
rica, and to promote better
understanding of the current
situation there. Part one of
Political Forum’s series fea
tured Donald Wood, a lead
ing segregation critic. Part
three of the series will feature
Edward Fugit, County Offi
cer for South Africa from the
,U S. State Department.
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