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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1951
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Changed Mind
There’s an old saying when you have made a decision,
don’t change your mind in mid-stream. Nothing could be
more appropriately applyed to the present indifference which
meets the city of College Station’s continued request to erect
mail boxes and house numbers.
Several months ago the people of College Station col
lectively made up their minds they wanted house-to-house
mail delivery. Wives stated in a survey conducted by The
Battalion that they were unable to receive their mail when
the husbands went out of town, taking the car.
Others were in favor of the measure because of the
parking situation in the North Gate area. Around noon and
5 p.m. parking places are scarce across from the Post Office.
Approximately 40 percent of the people of College Sta
tion have placed the required house numbers on their resi
dences. The percentage of people who have erected mail
boxes is somewhat smaller. Perhaps this indicates that only
a minority of the people sincerely wish house-to-house mail
delivery.
Yet the majority voted in favor of it, and even if only
a minority of that number desire it, their wishes must be
fulfilled. Mail boxes, the only expensive item, are obtainable
all the way from $2.50 to $15. The real trouble is that the
citizens of this community have made a decision and then
gone to sleep.
Now When I.. .
Roommate was talking the other night about how A&M
has gone to the dogs. He said all of his profs thought they
taught the only courses offered at A&M.
And after chow, he really got into the swing of things—
complaining as usual. The food isn’t as good this year as
it was last year, in fact it stinks.
From the question of food he got started talking about
the freshmen. It seems as if all the freshmen are ruining
A&M. From what he said, this is the dumbest class of first
year men we have ever had on the campus. This of course
hit a funny bone, because he said the same thing about the
class before.
Speaking, he said, was the worst it had ever been. None
of the men spoke on the campus like he did when he was a
freshman or a sophomore.
But then thinking it all over and comparing notes, we
find it is just another healthy indication that school has
started again.
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Traffic Regulations
Announced for Year
Starting this year parking on
three streets on the campus have
had changes in parking regulations,
Fred Hickman, chief of campus
security, announced.
Parking on Houston street,
which runs along by the YMCA,
Goodwin Hall, and the MSC, will
he on the west side of the street.
Parking will be on one side only
on Lubbock street behind the MSC
when construction is completed.
Also listed in the new parking
regulations will be one side park
ing on Throckmorton street.
Main points of the 1951-52 park
ing regulations are listed below:,
Speed Limits
On the campus there will be
two speed limits respectively, 20
r^nd 30 miles per hour. These lim
its will be marked and otherwise
prescribed from time to time.
Parking will be parallel, except
on those streets where angle park
ing is designated by street mark
ings. When a vehicle is parked
paralle, both adjacent wheels
should be withing 12 inches of the
curb. More than i8 inches will con
stitute a violation. Where angle
parking is provided or when pave
ment markings indicate limits for
parallel parking, all parts of the
vehicle shall be within the desig
nated limits.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Former Student Writes
Back on Cadet Training
Editor’s Note: Doug Hearne,
1951 graduate, is now going
through flight training school at
Goodfellow Air Force Base in
San Angelo. He wrote the fol
lowing letter to Col. E. W. Nap
ier, PAS&T, telling of some of
his impressions and experiences
as a cadet officer. While a stu
dent at A&M he was CO of
Sqd. H.
Dear Col. “Zeke” and “Outfit:”
I received your very welcome
letter along with the copy of the
Batt which was greatly appreciat
ed. Whenever one of your letters
arrive all of the questions which
were on my mind in regal'd to the
old Alma Mater seem to be ans
wered . . .
... As Doc told you, I have been
pretty lucky in regard to this game
of flying. I was the third man in
the class to solo and the other
two men had a total of three hund
red hours between them. More than
instructor was the man to receive
all of the credit. I believe that he
could have soloed my little broth
er out in the same 18 hours if he
would have listened to him and
tried to learn.
As I told you in my previous
letter, Lt. McMullen is quite a
perfectionist and where some of
the other students are allowed to
just slop through their work and
maneuvers and get by with just
about anything with their instruct-
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ors, ours has put in an awful lot
of work on his four students and
as a result he now has all four
of them soloed out and well on
their way to the fifty-hour check.
In regard to flying, I can’t help
but recall the advice I received
from Major Burris. I remember he
used to tell me that the main thing
was the proper technique and pro
cedure and to get those, down you
were required to practice, practice,
practice, and then practice some
more.
Web, that’s just exactly what the
story is. It seems that from the
standpoint of truly a fledging and
a Junior “Birdman” that no one
is born a natural flyer—it’s some
thing that you have to work for
and keep on working at. The way
the training program is set up
here, we will fly with out instruct
or for about an hour and go
through all of the maneuvers and
air work that we have been demon
strated.
After you get down he will give
a critique on your weaknesses—
our instructor makes it a point to
do very little complimenting and
back-patting. Then you will go up
solo for one to three hours in a
period of two to three days and go
over and over the work you were
weak in and touch up a little on the
maneuvers that you did pretty
good.
When the instructor rides with
you again it doesn’t take him long
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to tell whether or not you have
been working during your solo
time or whether you have been
“Goofing off.”
I realize that this is fairly worn-
out information to be passing on
to you because you went through
all of this some time ago but as
you suggested, I hope this might
benefit anyone who intends to en
ter the training program.
One of the most important fac
tors in your status here is the
student’s attitude. It’s pretty easy
to get the idea that you are a real
“hot pilot.” I can’t think of any
thing that will wash out a man any
quicker than to let his instructor
know that he figures he has learn
ed just about all there is to learn
and he is now Lord and Master of
the airplane.
About once a day, if you are
honest with yourself, you will dis
cover some little mistake you have
made that will classify, you right
along with the best of the block
heads of all time. I have found
that this “self honesty” and self-
criticism is an invaluable aid to
the student in improving his pro
ficiency and prograss.
I wish I had the opportunity to
try to convey to those Aggies down
there the importance of the mili
tary training they are undergoing.
What they are doing now will
show up when they enter the ser
vice—and I have the feeling that
most of them will be entering the
service.
If they are a little sloppy and
careless now it will be the same
when they get here. On the other
hand, if they try to make some
kind of a soldier out of themselves,
it only stands to reason that they
will appear to be soldiers when
they report for duty.
Because of the training their
school has given them, nearly all of
the A&M men here stand out like
sore thumbs and as a result most
are section marchers.
Even a way up here in the mid
dle of the Sahara, this man Bob
Smith has been creating quite a
sensation. I ordered tickets to the
O. U., Trinity, and T. U. games and
can hardly wait to see the team
we have been waiting for for the
last eleven years to stop building
and start playing. I am looking
forward to seeing all of you all on
the week end of the O. U. game.
Doak Neal and his mate have been
kind enough to fix up a pallet for
me for that weekend and I am
counting the days right now . . .
With best regards
Doug Hearne
Cars will be parked only on the
side of the street where parking
is permitted; not in front of fire
hydrants, walkways, building en
trances and loading zones, and oth
er non-parking spaces which may
be indicated.
Noise Control
Operators of vehicles will re
frain from unnecessary sounding
of horns or other warning devices
on the campus. All motor vehicles
must be effectively muffled. Any
such vehicle operated with unneces
sary noise on the campus will be
considered as violating this provi
sion.
Drivers will convey only those
persons that can be accomodated on
the inside of the vehicle. Drivers
of motorcycles or scooters will
limit passengers to one other per
son.
Parking areas are assigned for
student use. During regular class
hours cars’are not to be used by
students for the purpose of attend
ing classes or transacting other
business on the campus. However,
off-campus trips may be made.
Employee parking areas and Col
lege streets may be used by stu
dents after regular class hours,
but parking is restricted to as
signed areas after 2 a. m., except
Sunday.
Employees will park vehicles in
the area assigned for their use
near the building where they are
employed. When it is necessary for
an employee to go to another Col
lege building on business, his car
may be parked in the street for a
limited time.
Registration
Students will register their ve
hicles at the Office of Campus Se
curity, 108 Goodwin Hall, not later
than 48 hours after their arrival
on the campus.
Employees desiring to use their
cars on the campus should register
them upon beginning the use of the
car on the campus.
Campus Registration plates will
be clearly displayed and firmly
attached to the front of the vehicle.
Employees driving State-owned
cars must have driver’s licenses
and must be fully familiar with
these regulations and with the
Uniform Traffic Code.
All persons applying under the
above provision for car registra
tion will be required to furnish
registration information and driv
er’s license.
Any person in need of special
consideration concerning driving
and parking permits will apply to
the -Campus Security Office.
These regulations are effective
upon publication and apply to dll
vehicles operating on the campus.
Failure to comply with these regu
lations may result in suspension or
cancellation of driving permits.
At the beginning of each school
year in September, a previous traf
fic record will not be considered in
connection with the first violation,
'except in case of-operation under
suspended permit or other flagrant
violation. Consideration will also be
given for extended periods free
from traffic violation.
The subject of assignment and
transfer of students between air
and army ROTC at A&M has al
ways been a hot question. In a
release from the Department of
Military & Air Science, explana
tions are given as to the future
procedure which the department
will use.
1. The following policy with
respect to assignment of Army
and Air Force ROTC students,
effective Sept. 1, 1951, is an
nounced:
• In accordance with current
directives from higher headquar
ters, freshman ROTC students
entering Texas A&M in the fu
ture will be assigned on the
basis of 53.5% to the Army and
46.5% to the Air Force.
Those students who intend to
apply for admission to the School
of Engineering will be apportion
ed within the foi’egoing percent
ages on the basis of 45% to the
Army and 55% to the Air Force.
• Entering new students who
are or have been active members
of the Civil Air Patrol, and those
applying for admission to Aero
nautical Engineering as a major
course of study, will be given
priority for entering AF ROTC.
2. In accordance with the
Statement of Joint ROTC Pol
icies, dated 21 June 1949, the
classes of 1952, 53, and 54 have
been apportioned on the basis
of 60% to the Army and 40%
to the Air Force. No change in
this ratio is anticipated for these
classes.
3. Transfer students applying
for ROTC will be assigned to
Army or Air Force in accord
ance with percentages establish
ed for the year of ROTC re
quested as indicated in para
graphs 1 and 2.
4. Insofar as practicable, en-
tening freshman students will be
given their service of choice, i. e.
Army or Air Force.
In event requests for assign
ment to either service exceed
percentage assigned in p a r a -
graphs 1 and 3, students will be
assigned to the service not hav
ing its quota by impersonal se
lection of students from the oth
er service without regard to ren-
demic potential or student pref
erence.
5. a. Upon completion of Basic
ROTC, students may apply for
a contract for Advanced ROTC
in either service, without preju
dice. Advanced ROTC contracts
will be awarded in accordance
with the following priorities.
• First Priority — Students
who have completed Basic ROTC
of the service to which the con
tract applies.
• Second Priority—All others,
provided quota limitations, para
graph above, are not exceeded.
b. Students, after having been
assigned to one seiwice upon in
itial application for ROTC train
ing, will not be required to trans
fer to the other service against
their desires.
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UMBRELLAS
Notes Front
Grad School
Beginning September 1, 1951 a
new rule applies to grades in cour
ses listed “for graduates and ad
vanced undergraduates.”
On page 26 of the Graduate
School Bulletin is pointed out that
graduate courses require greater
ability and effort than undergrad
uate courses usually do. Therefbre,
graduate students taking under
graduate courses which are ap
proved for graduate credit are re
quired to meet a grade standard
higher than that for undergrad
uate students. To make this state
ment effective in the future only
A and B grades are acceptable for
graduate credit in courses number
ed below 600.
In all 600 level courses a grade
of C might be used provided the
average on all work is B or 2.0.
Since this a new rule or rather
a change and tightening up of an
old regulation, it is important that
everyone concerned understand this
rule early in the semester for the
satisfactorily accomplishment of
work in any course in which they
are enrolled for graduate credit.
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