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I- .. V ■ • 1. ! . I ‘I -> kL r Page 2 Battalion Editorials TUESDAY, KARCn 28, 1950 The Basic Division Moves Forward... The new Basic Division which will be janaugurated on the campus this fall is one of the most forward steps taken by ithe college in a long time: ft ranks along | with such improvements in our ; adminis- I > trative setup as the creation of the A&M I 11 College System. Within its scope, the Basic Division should do as much for the college as the creation of the System has - done for all [the units ijpw incorporated into the System. The Basic", Division will do .V nrru with sufficient flexibility to permit them to “find themselves*’!'apd elso qualify for one of the regular curricula. At the end of the first year the stu dents who have followed these plans of action will be admitted into one of the schools of the college jjf they have satis fied the requirements of their particular school and have completed a minimum of thirty semester hours and earned thirty eht Six grade points. If a studeht wishes to compensate for the lack of adequate prep aration which characterizes many of our new students each year. In the words of Dean M. T. Harrington, it “will provide special heeds of entering stu- much to remain in the Basic Division . for the B ! dents.” y' I r.liljjnr V- r Beginning this fall,, every Freshman when entering school will enroll in the Basic Division iiostead of the School of Agriculture, Engineering, Arts and Sci ences, or Veterinary Medicine. If he has already decided on his course of study | j when he enrolls in the Basic Division and if~h4 meets the necessftry program require- u Wiente and shows by his testing program that he is prepared for that field of ac- . tivity, he “will start right out with the ! first year program of study suggested by 1 ,hfs school. However, he will still be reg istered in the Basic Division. i have not decided on a study will take a schedule Students 1 w definite field who of s for throe se mesters sb that ho will have additional time to decide on a field of study, he may do so and when he has completed a min imum of; forty «two semester hours and earned fifty one grade points he can be admitted into the school of his choice if he also satisfies the other requirements. I. ’ J ■ Under the new Basic Division setup the college hopes to save many students who would be forced to drop out of school because of failure in> program of study for which they were not prepared or for which they find they are not interested. This will be possible because a student can change his program! of study within the Basic Division without having to change from one school to another. : The college is to be commended for this step. We only wish the move had been made years ago for good things can never comb too early. Seniors, It’s Cold Outside... The cold, cruel world is reportedly get ting colder and cruder for graduating sen- h iors this yeSf. This unpleasant informa tion stems from the Labor Department Bureau of Employment Security in Wash ington. ; “ t. T'., : M v’■ r- 1 I According to the LDBES, graduates ^ A today face the keenest competition for V jobs since the early forties. Bureau Di- rector Robert C. Goodwin said the coun try’s economy is riot developing new job opportunities as fa^t as the schools al^e preparing young people for their first jobs. .." ' r • ">■ What job openings that are'available, the Bureau reports, will have both college graduate seekehr as well as persons al ready in the labor market who are unem ployed. The Bureau lists some ‘‘begin- .ner-type” jobs open to young job-seekers. Examples are: bookkeeper assistant, gen eral clerk, stenographer, sales clerk, car penter helper, machine shop operators, as sembler, sewing machine operator, paint- . The captain of a merchant vessel once, wrote in his log'. “Mate was drunk today.” When the mate sobered up, he was ter- ^ribjiy chagrined and angry. He pleaded er helper, and farm hand. The scramble for jobs is getting rap idly underway with more and more stu dents reporting recent interviews with corripanies, usual y on the companies’ home grounds. Jobs may;be had, but the prob lem resolves itself down to finding the “right job”.with the “right” company. Clouding the job picture further is this year’s bumper crop of graduates. Four years ago demobilization of the armed forces was going full swing and the newljr emancipated ex-seryicemen clogged col lege! halls, attending under the GI Bill. Today nearly all of those men who fought the war havei either already grad uated or will graduate this year. These men together with the normal college en rollment of non-service students pushes the supply of graduating seniors close to or above the demand. The catch-phrase; “There’s always room at the top” is little Comfort to graduating^ seniors who are now looking for a place at the bottom, IT'!, h I : : - ★ * [- | ; | ( J; j '.-it “In this log,” he warned, “we write the exact truth.” j| The next week the mate kept the log, and in it he wrote, “Captain was sober to- iwith the captain to strike out the record, day.” ^ _ “I have never been drunk in my life be- > fore,” he declared, “and I give you my i that I will never drink again •*’ l i. - ■ . 1 ^ /> ■ :• ' 5 ,' lut the captain was adamant. j ”, - € The Batti j; In dating men She picks the best, And all must pass Tjhe asset test. lion "Soldter, Statesman. Knightly Gentleman?’ Lawrence Sullivan' Ross, Pounder of Aggie Traditions -Y*' The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use (for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin publish ed herein. Rights of republication pf all other matter herepi are also reserved. The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural City of College Station, Texas, is published five times a ' Friday afternoon, except during holidays and examination talion is published tri-weekly on Monday, Wednesday and Fi jrrjar. Advertising rates furnished on request. on periods. F: Way. Sub y ’ News contributions may be made by telephone (4-544 tfoodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephom Office, Room 209, Goodwin Hall. 1) or at the editorial office. Boom SOL (4-6824) or at the Stuudent Activities V : pr - . , ■■ 'Entered as Mean4-claH.matter at Feat .Offtea at Collasa Station, Taxaa, nadar lb. Act of Coocnaa of Matafc S, U70. Member of The AssocUted BILL, BILLINGSLEY, C. C. MUNROE.. ayton L. i Dave Coslett --«•■--•»--«... ~ L,. Selph. ■—<- Mechanical College of Texas and tbs and circulated every Monday through Press Brpreatnted natlonaHr If Itettenal AS- vcrtislnc Borrieo laa, ol Maw Task CNv. 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ENGINEERING:- (1> There is an opportunity available with Phil lips Petroleum Corporation for a man with a double degree in en gineering and in business admin istration. The work will be in the coordinating of supply, trans portation and storage of crude oil and products. (2) York Corporation is once again interested in mechanical en gineers for their College Grad uate Training Program. This pro gram trains men for a career in the field of sales of air condi tioning and refrigeration equip- ment. I j ^ They are also interested in sev- Groneman to Judge Handicraft Show C. H. Groneman, head of the In dustrial,' Education Department lias been invited to participate as a judge in the' Third Annual Handi craft Exposition in Fort Worth April 1-2. The Exposition will be sponsored by the Foi't Worth. Ci- vitan Club; and the Fort Worth Press, and jwill be held in the Ex hibit Building of the Will Rogers Coliseum. . 1 The contest is open t® the youth of Fort Worth and will be con ducted in three I. age limitation groups ranging ;from seven to eighteen. Divisions to be included are arts, industrial, bomemaking, and models. Merchants and educational in stitutions are cooperating in awarding cash and merchandise prizes to the winners. Bible Verse management rini engineers and one accou umis . Cotton ‘rested inj eir to be trsine i Gin employ- lined for selling eral manufacturing ant. (3) The Lummus Company is interested ing ari engineer a sales engineers job cottoh gin machinery. TEACHING: La Marqlie Inde pendent School Distinct Jvill need the following teacher ipr 1960- 51: (1) teacher of reading in Junior High School; (2* teacher of math and social studies in Junioir High School; (2) Head of high school science department (Master’s degree plus two years experience); (3) industrial arts teacher (Master’s degree plus 5 yeaip experience), r | FOREIGN SERVICE: The At lantic Refining Company has a vacancy in their foreign organi- zatioh for a Junior Petroleum En gineer to be located at i their Tu- cupido Camp in eastern yenezuela. They prefer an engineer with at year’s experience with will least one oil company. Employment made on a single status. SUMMER JOBS; (l)ii Schneider Products Company, marijufacturers of household plastic prcjducts, are interested in locating students for work during the summer vacation. (2) Alamo Iron Workjs In Hous ton is interested in employing a mechanical or civil engiheer for drafting work this summ e >*. Ap plicants must contact 'Placement Office before applying.'Interested in junior or sophomore students who live in Houston. ■ ! ■ 1 1 / I Lukin’! Bad From the Battalion Files j of 15 Years Ago Let my mercies come unto me, 0 Lord, even thy salvation, ac cording to thy word. j—Psalms 119: 42. Official Notice RING ORDKRK April first is tne last day on which seniors msy place their oi^dert for rings to be delivered before the ring dance. Please placs your drder before April first if you, expect to afteod the danc * H. LJ Heat'" ^ ^ Refisbsr Heaton. — .phing the :ame from A freshman Was ;:r, seriously wounded in the fail! of 11935. when he was shot while flying over the) campus. George W. Barns Jr.; ’38, now a lieutenant in the U. (3. Navy, was photogra] A&M Texas football ga an airplane when a bullet from a high powered rifle: smashed through the fuselage 4f the ship and struck Barnes about an inch and a half from, bib heart. No trace wait found of the gunman. ★ i j A news report) of a Winter corps review in 1936 contained this com ment—i“Cold woafher prevented a better appearance of | the corps, according to authorities, because of the motley appeararice made fay cadjcts in wearing many varied types of sweaters and fop coats. A | ! In?' December, 1935,! the Board of Directors refused to consider a petition from the 'Scholarship Honor Society arcing: permission for that group tfa affiliate itself * with Tau Beta PHi. Cidet Colonel Earle Button presented the peti tion to the board) 1 \ > Jv tory They Made Moviedopi Want To See Film Gre If Soy Sign Dotted Line J: Possibl; this Sprir semester-! picture i By GEORGE CHARLTON How would you like to see the all-time screen greats? Like so many , rtf late L™ cs of C probably hem too the humorous antics of Charlie Chaplain or the emotion taut ges ticulations of Great Garbo. You might have missed Frederio March, Norma Shearer, Clara Bow, or even that master at comedy situa- tion^JW. C. Fields. At any rata, it will be possible this spring, if enough interest is shown, to present these stare j a ad many more in sopse of their early movie j "Flickers’* as weU as the early "talkies” will ed if the plsn is adopts A new A&M Film Society would be organized to which a member would pay a low fee for a “sea son ticket” to all performances, would be used in paying ran- harges for showing movies, organisation would be operat- a non-profit bas: Rifle Team Is Host for Meet Possibly for next fall, but not ‘ Spring due to lack of time, a ■long history of the motion industry could be pre- Hollywood early products up to recent classics would be in cluded and shown on an aver- of once every two weeks, the movie# would probab- “Tha Jazz Singer," “Of and Men,” “Becky Share,” “Birth of a Nation,” and “The Good Earth,” Purpose of the society would be to show movisa normally not shown in this area. A few foreign productions coaid bo shown if dacided interest is shown in thajt\ direction. I/The motion picture industry does not at present (with a few . possibl, earlier club perhaps, Texas crii executives in theai can be contacted to ial meetings. Currently, there “film societies Similiar p put on by coll centers,' and Well, there it is, it, say so. Cut below this story, turn it in to The second floor, Goodw) The A&M Rifle Team will be host for the National Rifle Association rifle match to be held at Kyle Field firing range Saturday. Fifing will begin at 9 a. m. Entrants in the matph will be Arlington State College, St Mao'’* University, A&M, and possibly Texas University. The match is a sectional meet, and A&M is the only school in this state to be host to such a match. Medals will be presented to win ning teams immediately after the match by the NRA officials. These medals went on display this morn- ifag in the front window of the Exchange Store. ' I « The Army and Air Force rifle team fired against thee rifle teams from Camp Hood last week, win ning 1,876 to 1,847. Students representing A&M in these meets are Clifford A. Tay lor, Vets; George S. Kent, A Ord nance; Bill J. Holland, C Flight; John G. Rowe, G Flight; Roland T. Zapata, ASA; Robert E. Cros se, Senior Company; and and Rus sel G. Durhill, C Troop Cavalry. The team has won 33 out of 35 postal matches this year. Seven of these victories have come as a result of forfeits. I JV TP Battalion Movie Poll I- am interested in an A&M Film Society. |i+' My name is My address 1 "T" SuggM — .... ....... tions i •4- ~~T >*•4 T I 1'" A Pennsylvania’s basketball team recently set a high-scoring Ivy —85 points League record with against Harvard. SMl-Exes Hold Initial Meeting The SMU Corrall, alumnae, held an organizational meetng Friday evening in the A&M Methodist Church lounge. Temporary officers elected were Phillip Goode, pres ident; and Mrs. Fran|k W, Powell, secretary. j The next proposed meeting will be Friday, Aprjl 14, in the A&M Methodist Church loungf. Anyone who has not been contacted end who is an animate of SMU is esked to get in touch with one of the above officers. Those attending jihis meeting were: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cade, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Merldeth E. Cra vens, Phillip Goode, Reverend Frank Poutewell, Mrs. Powell, Reverend and Mrs. Robert Sneod, and Miss Emma Louise Wills. Station Workers Granted $15,000 The M»thieson Chemical Corpor ation of Baltimore, Md., has pro vided a grant of 815,060 to aid the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station of Texas A&M College ifa soil research, according to Dr. R. D. .Lewis, station director. TUESDAY - WEDNESDAY i BROADWAY’S NO. 1 STAGE PLAY IS NOW ON THE SCREEN! We pay the highest prices for Used Books— We maintain wholesale and retail lists the year round. 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