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At Randolph Field, Texas, home of the Army Air Corps Primary
■Flying School, Flying Cadets are taught the fundamentals of flying
formations through the use of model ships which are counterparts
!of the basic trainers in which they receive their flight training. j
This method of instruction was devised by veteran instructors !
, at Randolph Field, the “West Point of the Air,” in order to simplify J
the course of flying training and to eliminate the loss of many preci- |
ous minutes in the air when a student failed to understand the i
principles involved in any particular gyration. In this photograph j
an instructor (center) demonstrates the “Vee” formation which is !
fhe fundamental formation used in massed flying.
Every six weeks a new class of Flying Cadets begins its course
of training at Randolph Field. These Flying Cadets are between 20 !
and 27 years of age and w r hile in training receive $75 per month, ■
'uniforms, board and lodging, hospital care, and all other services, i
It's Dangerous-In Grade-Points--
To Be Careless in Cutting Classes
By Bill Murray
The Registrar’s Office has just
announced the statistical results
of a survey which proves beyond a
doubt that it is dangerous—possi
bly even fatal—for students to be
careless about cutting classes.
The survey reveal the various
numbers of “negative grade-
points” suffered by the freshman,
sophomore, junior, senior and fifth-
year classes for excess cutting of
classes during the last semester.
The ruling put into effect with
the beginning of the present ses
sion states, in brief, that for each
two unexcused absences from a
class in excess of the number of
credit hours that course counts,
one grade-point is deducted. And
that ruling has been followed
closely, these reports indicate. Still,
the results have not been so disas
trous as many have been antici
pated.
Those students taking five-year
courses had the least number of
negative grade-points—-their total
being almost negligible—and the
number increased on down to the
freshmen, who had the most. Some
64 seniors lost one grade-point, 15
lost two, and only a handful lost
more than that. All told, 101 sen
iors were penalized. Fifty-six jun
iors lost one, 21 lost two, and alto
gether 113 went down in grade-
points. Then 97 sophomores lost
one grade-point, 54 lost two, 22
lost ten or more, and 252 altogether
suffered penalties. And last, 153
freshmen lost one, 52 lost two,
22 lost ten or more, and 341 fresh
men all told went down.
Taking the entire student body,
373 students lost one grade-point,
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Eight Engineering
Profs To Attend El
Paso Meet March 22
Papers by A. & M. Men Will
Be Presented at Meeting
The School of Engineering of
Texas A. & M. v/ill send eight of
its outstanding engineering profes
sors to the ninth annual two-day
meeting of the Texas section of
the Society for Promotion of Engi
neering Education at the College
of Mines and Metallurgy at El
Paso, March 22.
Those who will attend the meet
ing include Dean F. C. Bolton,
who will discuss “What are we
Doing in Engineering Education”;
C. W. Crawford, head of the De
partment of Mechanical Engineer
ing, who will preside over the
“Heat and Power” and “Unified
Machine Design” sessions; R. M.
Wingren, authority on machine de
sign, who will be in charge of the
discussion on that subject; L. L.
Grandie who will discuss “Instruc
tion for Architects and Architec
tural Engineers on Adequate Con
duit and Wiring for Building”; R.
P. Ward who will discuss the
“Place of Valuation and Rate
Making in the Electrical Engineer
ing Curriculum”; T. A. Munson,
who will discuss “Are Options De
sirable in a Four Year Civil Engi
neering Course,” with J. A. Focht
of the University of Texas.
C. E. Sandstedt, authority on
cohesion of materials at A. & M.,
will discuss “An Adequate Course
in Foundations,” and H. C. Dilling
ham, of the A. & M. Electrical
Engineering Department, who is
secretary-treasurer of the Texas
section of the S. P. E. E., also will
attend.
In addition to the meetings on
Engineering Education for Texas
Engineering schools, the visitors
from the technical schools of Tex
as and New Mexico will tour El
Paso and Juarez and vicinity.
Civil Service
Examinations
Applications are being received
by the United States Civil Service
Commission for the following posi
tions :
Specialist in Social Group Work.
Specialist in Exhibits.
Chief Research and Statistical
Service.
Technical Expert in Design and
Distribution of Educational Publi
cations.
Assistant Mycologist (Soils).
For further information concern
ing these announcements see your
local Post Office.
143 two, 72 three, 62 four, 33 five,
30 six, 19 seven, 16 eight, 12
nine, and 54 ten or more, making
a toal of 814 students who were
penalized.
However, this represents only a-
bout 15 percent of all undergrad
uate students receiving one or
more negative grade-points, mean
ing that about 85 percent still at
tend classes according to regu
lations.
Stated Registrar E. J. Howell
in regard to this survey: “I
think this is really a good
record for our students. Some
people seem to have the idea that
a large proportion of Aggies are
habitual class-cutters. These sta
tistics show that 85 percent of
them do go to class regularly.”
One thing in particular Mr. Ho
well wishes to stress—that is, the
matter of those students who have
a high number of negative grade-
points. These are due to two main
factors: first, some students stop
going to class just because they
intend dropping the course, but
not having officially dropped it
through their dean, their absences
continued to be counted against
them; second, a very few students
do not seem interested in doing
their work or attending classes at
all. One outstanding example is
the student who chalked up 28
absences in a class which met 54
times.
These boys who accumulate a
large number of negative grade-
points are warned that according
to college regulation, they are sub
ject to disciplinary action con
sisting of dismissal from college,
Mr. Howell said.
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Waco—Pictured is an architect’s drawing of the new dormitory for women at Baylor University,
construction on which was begun recently. The structure, third girls’ dormitory on the campus, will
accommodate 168 girls, is completely modern, and will cost $200,000. Birch D. Easterwood is architect
and S. B. Swigert contractor.
24 Schools Offer
Conservation Of
Natural Resources
Twenty-four colleges and univer
sities of Texas will offer a course
in conservation of natural re
sources to be conducted over Tex
as this summer through the co
operation of some ten state and
national agencies.
The course in conservation was
begun two years ago by the North
Texas State Teachers College and
last year was initiated into some
10 colleges and universities of the
state. The course, which offers
three semester hours credit to col
lege students, is conducted during
a six weeks period and has been
attended by thousands of students
and visitors.
Hear Experts
Problems dealing with the con
servation of natural resources—
soil, water, forests, minerals, game,
and human resources, are dis
cussed by experts in those fields
each day.
Agenices which will participate
in offering the course this sum
mer and their representatives at
the Waco meeting February 3 are:
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
(Fort Worth office), James W.
Hammett; U. S. Forest Service.
Washington; U. S. Forest Service
Pi’airie States, W. E. Webb State
director; Extension Service of the
Texas A. & M., R. E. Callander
Game Management Specialist; U
S. Farm Security Administration
C. M. Evans, Regional Director
Dallas; State Game, Fish, and Oys
ter Commission, Phil Goodrum, di
rector, Wildlife Restoration; State
Board of Water Engineers, John
W. Pritchett; State Board of
Health, D. B. Harmon, Mental
Health Consultant.
The Schools
Schools that will offer the 1940
conservation course are: all the
State Teachers College including
Sul Ross at Alpine, Sam Houston
at Huntsville, Stephen F. Austin
at Nacogdoches; Southwest Tex
as at San Marcos; East Texas
at Commerce; West Texas at Can
yon, and North Texas at Denton;
Abilene Christian College at Abi
lene; Austin College at Sherman;
Baylor University at Waco; Dan
iel Baker at Brownwood; Hardin
Simmons University at Abilene;
Howard Payne at Brownwood; In-
Carnate Word College at San An
tonio; Mary Hardin-Baylor, at Bel
ton; McMurray at Abilene; Our
Lady of the Lake College at San
Antonio; Southern Methodist Uni
versity at Dallas; Southwestern
University, at Georgetown; Texas
College of Arts and ' Industries
Kingsville; Agricultural and Me
chanical College at College Sta
tion; Texas Christian University
Fort Worth; Trinity University
Waxahachie; The University of
Houston, Houston.
MISS MARGARET
HOLLINGSHEAD IS
NAMED DUCHESS
Miss Margaret Hollingshead,
daughter of Major and Mrs. Frank
A. Hollingshead of College Station,
has been selected to represent the
city of College Station as its duch
ess in the elaborate Navasota
Bluebonnet Festival, April 12-14.
A committee named by the City
Council—Mrs. T. O. Walton, presi
dent of the College Women’s So
cial Club, chairman; Mrs. J. S.
Mogford, president of the Parent-
Teachers Association; Mrs. Ray
mond Rogers, president of the
Campus Study Club; and Bill Mur
ray, editor of The Battalion—made
the selection.
Every time you take a breath,
says an editorial, the government
spends $1,000. Who said the air
was free?
PLANS FOR THIRD
ARCHITECT TOUR
ARE ANNOUNCED
The Department of Architecture
has announced the plans for their
third annual summer tour. The
tour, which lasts for six weeks,
will be held in Mexico this year.
Two courses, “Fine Arts of
Mexico,” and “Materials and Con
struction,” are to be offered in
connection with the tour. The
group going will travel by charter
ed bus and will stay in hotels and
tourist camps along the route.
Taxco will be the headquarters of
the group for three weeks. This
city, the gem of truly native Mex
ican towns,, provides fine material
for study in many fields.
The itinerary will include vis
its to such centers of architectural
interests as Puebla, where the
famous Talvera tiles are made, the
floating gardens of Xochimilco,
and the churches, monuments, and
markets of Monterrey, Tetihuacan,
Cholula, Tepotzotlan, and as far
as Acapulco on the Pacific.
A. & M. Pre- Meds
Attend Banquet Of
Society In Austin
Dr. S. O. Brown of the Biology
Department and twelve members
of the Pre-Medical Society at
tended the Sixth Annual State-
Wide Pre-Medical Banquet held in
Austin, last Friday.
Dr. J. W. Spies, Dean of the
University of Texas Medical
School, delivered the principal
speech of the evening. His talk
was on “What Lies Ahead in Med
ical School and Internship,” which
closely paralleled the theme of the
banquet, “What Lies Ahead of
the Pre-Medical Student.” Dr.
Spies was at A. & M. two months
ago, interviewing pre-medical stu
dents.
Dr. E. H. Cary, past president
of the American Medical Associa
tion, acted as toastmaster for the
occasion. The welcoming address
was made by Dr. Homer P. Rainey,
president of the University of Tex
as.
Entertainment for the banquet
was provided by Dr. Carl L. Moore,
the “Debonair Deceptionist,” who
was quite adept with his magical
tricks.
Following the entertainment, Dr.
Aynesv/orth of Waco, delivered a
speech declaring that there should
be a greater opportunity for pre
medical students to study medicine.
Dr. W. K. Moursand, Dean of the
Baylor Medical School, was also
present.
400 people from over the state
attended the banquet. Among the
schools represented were A. & M.,
Rice, T. C. U., Southwestern, Tex
as Tech, Baylor, N. T. S. T. C.,
Hardin-Simmons, Baylor Medical
School, University of Texas Medi
cal School, and several others.
The purpose of the banquet,
which is held in Austin every year,
is to pi'ovide an opportunity for
student studying pre-medicine to
to meet fellow students, medical
dignitaries, state doctors, and mem
bers of the pre-medical faculty.
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Masonic Bldg. Bryan, Tex.
Next to Palace Theater
Harry Burkett Is
Named Ford Manager
Harry Burkett, ’17, has been ap
pointed Manager of the Dearborn
branch of the Ford Motor Co., and
live at 17615 Hamilton Road, De
troit, Mich. He was transferred to
his new assignment from Oklahoma
City where he was branch man
ager for the State of Oklahoma.
He previously had served as branch
manager at Houston, New Orleans
and Louisville, Ky. As a student
at A. & M. Burkett was captain of
the Aggies basketball team and a
star court performer. Mr. and Mrs.
Burkett have a son attending uni
versity.
Dr. Grady Harrison
DENTIST
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Former Head A. & M.
D. H. Dept. Now In
Large Dairy Business
R. L. Pou, graduate of Missis
sippi Agricultural College and for
mer head of Texas A. & M.’s De
partment of Dairy Husbandry, has
been appointed Southern Fieldman
by the Holstein-Frifisian Associa
tion of America.
Mr. Pou has acted as head of
A. & M.’s Dairy Department, as
production manager for a large
commercial dairy in Dallas, Tex
as, and manager of a milk pro
ducers’ cooperative association be
fore engaging in large-scale com
mercial milk production near Dal
las where he now maintains a herd.
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