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'; I r Battalion Page 2 18 •nnsDAr. may b. twi Keward for Broa<lt*r Horizons, The fkl). . . . 1 Interns! in Poet Graduation Studiae should not be limited to graduating sen iors alone. it should be student body-wide a The Bachelor of Philosophy (Ph.B l granted by thta college to men who have f inished work required m the Poet Grad uation Studies program is a recognised degree given upon hatiafactory completion of 36 semester hoaru (d the PCS program. A maximum of 12 semester hours toward the Ph.B. can be gained during undergrad ttefe enrollment here. The remainder, or all 36 hours may be completed through corres|>ondence 4 PGS offers a broad curriculum of hu manities for students to chooee from. Ctairees range through the fields of his tory, literature, economics, and some non technical scientific courses The purpose of PGS is to give AAM graduates the op- pnrtumtf’ to continue a helpful reading and study program after their graduation. To encourage th* post graduation inter est by students, the Collage has estab lished PGS to give a second degree, the Ph.B Listing the advantages of the PGS program, V M Faires, head of PGS tokl the National University Kxtemuou Association in Bxcelsior Springs. Missouri earlier this month “First, general edu cation is obtained while the student is ful ly employed Thus, the coat of this edu cation which is equivalent to the work of cloner to tb« College by making them feel that the Cottage has a continuing intereit m their welfare. “Fourth, we hofie our plan will encour age our graduates to «Uy in the getting- an-education group. That ia. education is a proceaa. not something that is done and over with .. . Considenng the amount of knowledge mankind has accumulated, it is becoming increasingly essential for the college to convince As graduates that they are only on the threshold of learning. Boiled ddam into one sentence we hope that four. five, or more year* of part time stady and reading will set a pattern that will endure m some degree throughout a lifetime. “Fifth, we hojie that the amount of writing a student must do in completing 36 credit hours of correspondence work will materially improve hi* word ability. . . . Not everyone knows that it takes a great deal of practiae to produce a significant improvement in writing, although most )W<iple would agree that it would take a lot of practice at teruup in order to play a good game ’ this college i* a leadef among the na- tion s higher educational in*tituti*»n* m offering th* Ph B as a reward and incen tive to pursue studies in human it ie* be yond those prescribed in the college cur riculum The IVB. offers technical men With short honions of knowledge beyond a school year if carried to a degree, is their own field an opportunity to gain only a fraction of the cost of the same itdence instruction. Second, the student is more mature d therefore he sill comprehend more m he w»>uld if the name work were tak- at, freshman and sophomore levels ■'Third, we hofie to bind our alumni i/.in" ami Maturity . . . The old old question of collegiate has- i|tg practices has been brought to the fore hgam with tragic abruptness by the death of one student and serious injury of an other in a fraternity hazing stunt at Wit tenberg college in Ohio By coincidence this occurred only a few <iays after a small s4r created by a hazing incident at anoth- ft Ohio college in Youngstown in which 4%ht men were left stranded on a I,ake I?rie breakwater in the middle of the night There were no serious consequences, but there might have been if a storm had aris en Every coliege and university faces the question of whether to |»erm!t hazing ami if so to what extent it should be controlled. The kindest thing *hich can be said for the custom is that it i* a mask of the im maturity of the students Most college administrators agree that their students The Battalion "SoUm. Ststtsmm, Kmgbtiy Gentltmm” Lawrence Sullivan loss, Founder of Aggie Traditions COULDN'T II ir ? r \ greater fiempective through iscreaiasl knowledge of social institution* and man kind Truly, the Pont Graduation Studies and its degree, the Ph.B., should be investi gated and conuidered by every student of A&M past or present. neid some officially sanctioned isitlets for the urgtw of immaturity Should hazing be one of these accepted outlets’’ The fact that tragedy results is not the only reason for raising the question When hazing is a prerequisite to member ship in a campus society, somehow a dis- proportsmste im|x»rtanre becomes at- -gach«*d to it, s student m isitracizeil if he fail* to pass without a whinqier through whatever ordeal* may be prepared for him, no matter how nduhilous or danger ous There ia something wholly meon- Sistent with the aim* qf education in a custom which lead* the upperclassmen, Who should be most advanced, to try to outdo each other in thinking up ways to degrade the victim of a hazing ami subject him to mental anguish and physical tor ture Haang simply does not belong on the college campus It is too childish —Tile TempV* Hail) Telegram Th* Associated Prsas is snUtlsd •tciusiWy to the um for rspuMieation of all news dispstcSos wodited to U or sot othcrwioc endited in tko uo v snd local now* of iponUnoou* ongio publiaA- •d herom Right* of rruublinatioa of all othor s*s|tet herein ace also roaorvsd. The Rattalion. sffic *1 sowsgaper of tho Ammltaral and Moekanioal CoUags of Tata* and th* r of CoUago SteAaa, Tetaa, ia published fiva tiWaa a weak and circulated ovary Monday through except i* City sing rate# turn la had on raquast. Congressman Calls Trade Deal Unfair Job Calls WTt^VlfWf 2 May ‘24 .Idhns-Maf.tiBc Sake* ( .ir|«»ratinn will intdrviaxf m«*n Air 1><> iti«na in tirir ttailwsg Pro- duct* tMviaion |Prefer ipfl*' men .•nl>. May 24 -'q *'‘Pan ‘«f ) oukum n ill interview jmen intdrt ^Uni in k«I«'» »urk. St MkfhK iOllf 1 The City 4i Part Agthur will he abic t«> lift it few m**n i»f Jl S|OH AtHtidihr f**' nia|i draftintr wotk and fu Id «uiv*ey |>*rlv work Tin y pn ft r if vt| ctigiate-r», but Helresher Set For SJesen ists Lt (’ol J Wuyne Htark and Lt Col Verion G Young t>f College Station :tn' attending a Litgistital 1 *ivi»i«m Refresh er Course 4t the Command ar'il (.tnitfriti kfuff pftrl L-a' fnworth, pantit', flit) 2I -27.' Owar H Ahht'p. . hiff "f th* Texas Mil'tar'- liititrfc' annouitrid Th* purp*»* of th» , aiir*, •* to ' on* rst oorni ii|d* is arxl k> Y “t.eff njejtih. ra of 11* it .*f>. qd Kwn vv ->f th* * »ani!<*s of In* organ- ’ Lutlstu.J lh\iajon i*'* orgH*i*ati<>n *'f I to «* r c i **» |ih, !h**e« t orjw .A4''..n of th| I od* th th* i Ogamr 4 ic* -• r - « ' «*»|i« umts woiud la !* «i*-»)Ka,it* d l,**(t i IaU* ;*l f'<*nt*n|ifi«ls A Inflate d dnirmn i*. :i n. w t t\ p* nf Am > unit de«Jth*d to be* * li* »ihl** .. f.ti**/ «io>r* :i i »ua *ap [►**Vt of ruiebtg unit** It will t .k* j rbasp. of the .<‘U[*pl\ a tel admiriia \ t*ati*V h th( r •im* *>t i*inoimiUK-!t I toe**. <d a thlft* i *|f >'.«* or hi th«% A *ti. •»MlU* il4t ll l>* #KI<je up off th* t'lmhifod ■M fVers ,»j,d i*. or * K.eui' d. tvriit-d .ii *i if5Ui>i**.| lal a hasu mivIdUM nr*t*in»i «b *+* A buiatMasl m r# * !<•» < * oiay h* bu itf by * 'i.-e u T*r* nty (hit* ofifu** i* >f 11 xad ar<* atlesdiuf th*' f, day toe* t, t \bs hott said \, IMivNiial Stiiqxlanis laoweretl l>\ Saw iittuf -ta^ t afternoon, except during holiday* and asalunatioa penoda. During* Lh* summer The Bal ia aubhshod tn-weekly an Monday, Wedaaaday and Friday Suhacnption rate fS-OO per school Ao*erti**irf Th* Navy ha** L**-ivd *iV p* yi «iral requtrrSient* for* *o*lis\|nen| in **r<i« r t*. fpi e<li*tmf v ararKlelt ■*•> online to -J U. HoVmiiI, T W' . I SN <»f the local r***i tide All men pFeviotaly let* * ted fof physical *rv *4.1 *d U> ap|»ly for gnli-tpieuta \ acafx-m MM- a* anabie in ni*»st of t tv ' special tradie* killl inf xvWaliop on pr***nl e4* listraent r**^S>rcnii*nt<* an,| os [m \a%k v tra<l* M'hwds |«av lie oti- -tamed *i the l F Ndvy H**erui4- ®in*r Station, < ourt H*kj-* ly* \ »s T> x»- Bible Verse Search m** () (**«d, ami knoir tr y h*'ai t tr y up, aijd know irA thourhu; And scy if glerc be aiw w elted >» me. and b ad me m tar w*y ever bat mif P.a!m» l» 12-* Official iSotice tftli corwider mechanical atal elec trical engineer* tlTHKK OPITHTl NITI»« 1. Ihsjgb* * Mansfield. <'en- rultmg FlnfUieer. in HoW>tA. ate latareated m aecuring a civil or architectural engineer with ability and desire U* do design work Thta company mainly deal* Wit* util ities an*1 irNiuatnai plaats* ; 2 K I du Pont at Victoria ha* an \ opdtting for an arrhitecton|l enn- atnntHin mapir to lie trained for pipe in»ulatisn ine|tectH>S Work .'1 Ki'e.*#*, FAchola ami Turser, con**ultii*ir engineering fikm in Hnpaton. ha. an opening fbr an aichitect f*ir structural design work on water and sewagd pbnt projects 4 lei n. x Furnace ( ofnpany. Fort W *rth, is planning td in*»ti- tuU a full pr»*gra»n of Joh eval uation, wa^re survey, meth<gi!* an*i tun, «tu*ly. ami are interested in vutploymir a manage meat engin eer 5 There is opening available with Fd Friedrich. Inc., i4 San Antonio, fur a merhanicah engin eer The work will be drafting to start and later will ileiselgp into j layout and design * Th,, t ity of Marshall. Texas, is planning a large program of corstru* ti**n and impyovridcnt of their .ewer system and wi|l he in need *>f additional engtfMNgiag h* !p Th**y will ris^utre an exp4riepce«| civil engineer as well as *r> fnsrtru- ment man for survey vw»rk 7 The Morrison Milling Oom- p,ir\ m Iknlnn, has an tunning in their Production [lep^rtment for .-h* oust in me* hanlc4l ** n g' rvs i to b. trmin*'d in millin|i m* th- o<V pnaidure ami *e*i*ipf*ients Th'. man will be de'etyi ped into rw*ut!\ *• material h Th. Kura! Tranafodmer & F.(fi |mo nt ronipany in Milwaukee, i a ifactiirorw **f a roniplrte line •f ihstnhution transfoiyngr*. arc in need of one of two iien for technical .ales promoting work The 'oration of the wnfk will be in Texas h Morris Silherman, general nmtractor »n Dallas, t* uitereated in t in pinying a civil eggta«rer or ar. hitert who t* mtereatedfsn resi- denliai home construction work in Ilalia. Id The Text, Illinois Natural (.as Pipeline Com|>*ny i* interest ed in employing four ristliand two niechameal engineem aha* would lx ml*-1 ested in employragnt with lheir eompanj in conaackion with th* ionstruction of a J^lfl mile pipeline system extetMKag from nhar ( <<rpus t*i ( hiragp. Illinois Washington, May 23- ^ Rep ( rawford iR-Michi said yesterday it aapaapsii that a New York firm made a 12,700,000 brokerage pro fit an a deal in which American ■itton waa swap**l far Maachur- tan royheans He cHtictrod the Dtpartment of Agriculture for arranging the trade at a time when, Crawford said, it had I2.M0.A* worth of surplus royheans on hand A department spokesman defend ed the deal, being financed bv the Army, and said that Crawford’s estimate of the brokerage fee was exaggerated This official said he did mt know what the fee would he Crawford, i»i a .tilenient in serted in the Congreamonal record and a brief elaborating’ speech, said he will propose a formal eon gresstonal investigation into the transaction, whicji he branded a ‘•foul smelling mess " The transaction was anpnunred early this mohth by the Commod ity Credit Corporation, an arm of the Agriculture Department The CCC said it was trading 4l- (XXI hales of cotton for tXUXX) tons of Manchurian soybeans through the World Commerce Corp of New York Ihe soybeans will he used by occupation forces in Japan The Army will pay the OCC for the cotton .which was acquired through prow support operations (Tawford asserted that the of fleers and financial backer* of the Work! Commerce Corporation “have been for th* most part •* and still are closely ami intimately CAA Aids In Naming May ive any memhering the rail new high frequency . ^ „ the Civil Awwwaaon wa. Pt^ant f Un Aorid Urn- M M NtW M Corn He did not identify . * Ryan further ( rasrford added r/, 1 * ,. JT. w y that among those financially in- , “ ^»nj'y * teroated in the Arm war* fleyd p***™ 7 ^ Odium . Alia* Carp ; the Mellon interesta of Ritt-ourgh. Pa.; and h> th ^ 1 * r ' * a. r„r, | kirk , The late (Edward R Strttiniua. j stetions have three former secretary of state, was stead of the two-letter connected with the Werid Cam- low frequency ranges metre Corp. and hts brother, How-1 - ard. ia a director. Crawford said Other directors, he said, are May Gen William J. Donovan, wartime chief of the Office of Strategic Services, Joseph J. Grew, former ambassador to Japan; and repre sentative of the financially inter ested corporations. f - i nation a were yi Fifth Grabbed in Park h Karp Crane liirth Seen Corpus Christi, Tex,* From the way J« and Cnp ai t you' wouldn't think th* world's popu- | lation of whooping cranes may na* | from J7 .To 38 tomorrow. Jo and Cnp are captive whoop- 1 mg cranes in the Aransas Nation al Wildlife Refuge near Austwell. Tex , and if the egg or eggs Jo laid 12 days ago hatch on sche dule tomorrow, the baby crane will I he the first raised in captivity Because the big beautiful bird * is nearly extinct, there is great concern as the big day nears. But 1 today Jo and < np **wm**<t least Chicn»o--(Jlx Rudy Seifert ate his lunch ia HunthoK Park and then decided to use the htgnon ns a finger bowrl He Mppait H>* hands in the water, saw amncttmig swimming close to him. grabhe*! h and pulled it out It wia* a 21 pound carp. “The situation is mst plain mon otonous,’* said Julian A Howard, refugee manager He has had men keeping a continuous watch on the nest from a tower 300 yards away - , - i concerned as th*-v nonehantly t**ok connect^ with the aihainiatralKm j UnM( tlXi „„ th , n „ t and its |»olicy maker* In New York, tin corporation declined comment Crawfoni said Frank T Rian Di’iital Trainees Uhei*k T(H>th Decay | Wellington. New Zealsnd ' T* - Diners at a Wellington restaurant raw a pretty girl put a toothbrush hesid* her plate The girl ste her meal The? she vigorously brushed her teeth and emptied the water into her teacup Her girl fnend looked emhar-j raased, smiled, hut didn’t ray any-1 thing The girD/w«r# two nf 1701 ilental trainees who are carrying through an experiment. Half will brush their teeth after all food j and even drink, except water, for a whole year The other hi will brush their teeth only twice s week Thurs- j days and Saturday* At the end of j th* year research men hope pi he able to ray which is better- in tensive oral hygiene or casual hy giene. PALACE Bryan 2'$#79 I .AST HAY KTAKTS WEDNESDAY ga-PakettR ^ Go to Hxm tty MJ . 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