Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC February 1966 Daily Egyptian 1966 2-25-1966 The aiD ly Egyptian, February 25, 1966 Daily Egyptian Staff Follow this and additional works at: http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/de_February1966 Volume 47, Issue 98 Recommended Citation , . "The aiD ly Egyptian, February 25, 1966." (Feb 1966). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Daily Egyptian 1966 at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in February 1966 by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Etlilf)ri(ll.~ 41) "\f'ft'/I P(I!!f> ., DAILY EGYPTIAN sorTHER~ ILLI'()IS U~llERSITl' Volume 47 Co,IIandale, III. Friday, February 25, 1966 Number 98 Recruiters Reap Crop of Students * * Threat of Draft Fall, Winter Boosts Signings A"dnlissions \3y Wade Hoop Recruiters for the four Tightened armed service,,; stationed in i\ new graduated admi>,sions Jackson County arc sharing polky wa;; adopted by the SIU " the nationwide boom in.cnlist­ Board of Trustees in its meN­ ments by draft-age young men. ing Thursday in Edwardsville. Sill students make up a largt­ The new policy is a working part of [heir business. compromise to combat the Sgt. Husto!! Macy, Air Forc(­ o\"ercrowding and still keep recruiter for the area, said he the l'niversity's traditional estimated enlistment applica­ open door policy. tions are 1,000 per cent higher The new policy, affecti ng than last year. borh Illinois and out-of-stare He added that a day's pro­ student registration, was ap­ cession of applicants fnr Air prO\"L'd by tht- Board of Trus­ Force training at present may be compared wi th a two-munth te'''';;. It is ",ffecth"L' wirh rhe "LImmer quarter. 14hh. period last vear. F.11l quarter fir;;t-rerm Many l.'n" college graduate,,; fr.:""hman .cnrullrnell[ will he applying for officer training;. !imit.cd to Illinois high schuul Men With sdentific and elec­ !.!;raduares who ranked in the tronk degrees haye a wid.­ upper half of their dass, or open field'but orher areas are basically filled, Sgt. Macy who achieved hi~h scores on entrance exams.~ Our-oF-sratE' said. freshman must rank in the Many young men slated to upper 40 per cent. be inducted are applying, he Winter quarter first-term added. but many are being Illinoi;. freshmen must rank turned down because of a lack in thE' upper two-thirds of of training facilities. their dass or have high en­ Army recruiter Sgt. Gene Truitt said his branch of the trance scores to gain admis­ sion. service is in much the same position. He said that the Army Spring quarter will find all is operating on a first come, Illinois first-term freshmen admitted, provi<:led they make first served basis. He said he was not at liberty to release adequate scores on entrance examinations, With those rank­ the number of applicants to date for February OI the num­ ing in the lower one-third of their class automatically ber enlisted. Technical train­ ing of cerrain types is open being placed on academic pro­ bation. The -10 per cell[ rule fur immediate t'nlistment, he for out-of -staters applies said. Mental and physical ex­ during this Quarter also. ams are requirements for Summer q"uarterenrollment the se areas. Primarily. he said, college again is open to all Illinois freshmen, with the same students are enlisting at this "adequate scores" and proba­ timl' and the lack uf training tion prOVisions as in the spring faCilities presents the reason quarter. Out-of-state first­ for turning many away. term freshmen also will be J.- Mrs. Shirley Parrish. clerk for Jackson County Selective admitted, provided they make is mo",tly ",unny and warmer with the high in the Service Board No. 139, said adequate scores en entrance BRIEF COMEBACK·-Snow that lightly covered exams. However [hose ranking the campu'" Tue",d"y "'taged a brief comeback mid 50",. The record h'gh for thi'" date i", 76 ",el her office has been swamped in the lower 60 per cent of Thursday" The ",now'", "'lay will again be "'hort­ in 1918with a rl'cord low of 11 ",et in 1914, ac· with Army physical transfer lived, weathermen ", •• y. The fOleca",t for today cording 10 the SIU Climatology Laboratory. requests. She said 75 to 100 their high school cla~,ses will be placed on automatic proba­ transfers are rloquested rion. monthly. almost t'ntircly from Transfer students in good SIll students. standing at their former in­ Fifty SIU students wiIi take ".;tiwtlOn>; will be admitted any Board Elects Kenneth L. Davis Chairman; their 'physicals on March 1 quarrer. under this system. The trans­ Admission on academic Lindell Sturgis Is Named Vice Chairman fer perm its the student to take prnhation means the student his physical throtlgh the J ack- must make a :1.0 grade average The SIU Board of Trustees. representative to the State was named board represent a­ (Continued an Page 2) during his first quarter or face at its Thursday meeting in Board of Higher Education. tive to the state retirement academic suspension for at Edwardsville. elected Kenneth F. Guy Hitt. Benton banker. system. replacing Stut"gis. Gus Bode lcast two quarters. L. DaviE; to his first full term Harold Fischer. Granite Dance Is Tonight as chairman of the board. City banker. and Sturgis were Davis. a former Saline named to continue as members Is Now Correct County superintendent of of the executive committee. schools. and a Harrisburg The Off-Campus Sweetheart Dr. Martin Van Brown, Car­ businessman, succeeded to the bondale dermatolngist. was dance will be held at 80'clock chairmanship last July when tonight at University City. named to continue as the John Page Wham, then chair­ Board's representative to the Voting for the beauty will man. retired. talee place at the dance. The state merit board. day was incorrectly listed as Named vice chairman. a The seventh member of the Saturday in Thursday's Egyp­ position formerly held by Board of Trustees is Arnold tian. Davis, was Lindell Sturgis. H. l\ilaremont. Chicago indus­ The six candidates and their The Board also reappointed trialist, whose term exp'res sponsors are Margaret Ennis. Sturgis as one of the three next year. Ray Page. IllinOis Saluki Enterprises; Christine Board of Trustees repre­ superintendent of public in­ Gawne. University City; Mar­ sentatives to the SIU Founda­ .struction, also holds a position garet Kellerstrass, Russell's tion board of directors. as an ex officio member. Refuge; Kathleen Mahurin; Melvin Lockard, Mattoon The Sill Board of Trustees Linda Mayo. Washington banker, was reelected Board will hold it;; regular March Gus says there's not much Square and Egyptian Dorm; secretary. Lockard, who is meeting in the PrL';;ident's news on Sll' athletics tOday .•• Sandra Kay Easdale, Jewel also a member of the Founda­ Office on the Carbondale the EvanSVille pap~'r didn't Box. tiOn board, was reappointed KF.NNETH DAVIS campus. come. Po,. 2 DAILY EGYPTIAN F.bruary 25, 1966 ROTC Seeks Aid For Civilians in Viet Nam Plight The Arnold Air Society is drive in response to a plea manufacturers of medical and collecting medical supplies made by a Navy hospital surgical supplies in an attempt and equipment to be used in corpsman stationed in Chu to collect contributions of out­ treating injured and sick ci­ Lai. The plea came in a let­ of date and sample merchan­ vilians in Chu Lai, Viet Nam. ter written to one of his teach­ dise. The society, a professional ers at Carbondale Community The corpsman, Larry Hill, honorary service fraternity High School. said in his letter that the vil­ of A F ROTC cadets, started the The society is c' .ntacting lagers, many in need of hos­ pitalization, must be turned ------------------~ away because most of the medical supplies for civilian use have been exhausted. Open For Practice Courts will be available for NataUeWood intramural basketball prac­ tice in the University School. r~:lR~~The Great Race" Inte.ested teams must sign up in the Intramural Office. MARLOW'S Ph.684-692I THEATRE The Great Pie Fight The Mad Automobll. Rac!t __T.,., Weslern Iil~~~~'~l~~~I~5dloon BralNl The S~.'k-s Tent .The Devilish DIrIQleyCle The CHAE JUM YE "",end"So Dungeon The SIOking Iceberg. .. Some of the gems in The greatest comedy 01 aU time! Two SIU Groups Adopt Girl Through Foster Parents Plan The Arnold Air Society, in special medical care 3S well conjunction with the AFROTC as the encouragement and Advanced Cadet Corps, has guidance of PLAN social adopted a lO-year-old Korean workers. girl, Chae Jum Ye, through Most importantly, Jum Ye the Foster Parents' Plan,Inc. will be able to obtain the edu­ (PLAN). cation necessary to better her ,.'::.Iio', .;1., ;1·'", .!'.!'\~ V~W:I QORGn!\ rhO'.f/lf [;1RR'I Srr:W,H Jum Ye lives in Seoul, present way of life. ~ n!c~~~:i.;:~::;-=~ Korea, With her mother, two Sisters and two brothers in Enlistment Boom ADMISSIONS THIS PROGRAM 75¢ AND $(50 a hut made of clay and straw. SHOW TIMES Although Jum Ye's mother -7:36 operates a small candy and Noted Locally cake store, she cannot earn (Continued from Page 1) WALT enough money for the family's son County board rather than lIM4ittf LaU -S~ I meals. Her father abandoned through his home board. DISNEY the family and has since died. Jackson Counry sends Out 7","~4c4 S~ 7t,u; 0-4 Jum Ye's older sister, Soo DOROTHY FESS approximately 60 calls for 15'"" O'I"e O/l~ 10 15 - S",- Sea..r.