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Welcome To Texas A&M, Freshman Edition ★ ★ ★ Section 1 Freshmen Hello, new students! This is your edition of The Hattalion, and we hope that it will be helpful to you. In it you will find information about the many different sides of student life at A&M. In this section is general material about the college as a whole. Sections two and three are devoted mostly to the non-academic side of the college. Sports are featured in section four, and although the emphasis is naturally on football, you will find material there on the whole athletic program. Again we say—Welcome! We’re glad to have you on the campus, and we hope that you will enjoy your years at Texas A&M. The Batt Staff Battalion Number 12: Volume 55 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1955 Price Five Cents A&M Greets Class Of ’59 (.)rien ta lion Week To Begin Sept. 9 Once again A&M College is preparing to greet a new freshman class—this year, the Class of 1959, which will begin its college career 2,000 strong. Freshman Week begins Friday, Sept. 9. Until registra tion a week later the “fish” will be put through a busy round of tests, speeches and waiting in lines. Arriving with the freshmen will be a group of upper classmen—cadet officers and civilian student leaders, who will help the freshmen to adjust to their new life at A&M. Here, in brief, is the schedule for Freshman Week: Friday, September 9 From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. students will pay their fees and get their housing assign--* ments. At 7 p.m. all new students will attend a general assembly at the Grove. The program will include group fngihg' of songs-and a yell practice, led by Paul Holliday, head yell leader. Saturday, September 10 Saturday will be devoted to psychological and placement tests. Students who have already pai’tici- pated in the testing progi’am will meet in Guion Hall. That night there will be another general as sembly, this one presided over by J. Gordon Gay, secretary of the YMCA. Local ministers will be introduced to the students, who will be taken to the churches of their choice for informal get-to gethers. Sunday, September 11 The main event Sunday will be ,he informal reception held in the Memorial Student Center from 2 to 4 p. m. Students will be in troduced to officials of the college, members of the MSC directorate and council and local girls of Col lege Station and Bryan. Uniforms will be issued through out the afternoon. Students are urged to attend both morning and evening services at the churches of their choice. Monday, September 12 All students will assemble in Guion Hall at 8 a. m. for a gen eral assembly. At 8:45 civilian students will move out of Guion and assemble in the Student Cen ter for a separate meeting, which will last until 11:50. At 9:50 the meeting of cadets will dismiss, and cadets not living in dormitories will meet in the Student Center, while other cadets attend unit meetings in the dormitory area. During the afternoon civilian and military students will meet again separately. At 7 p. m. they will consolidate for a general as sembly, when they will be address Mew Students Can Choose Military or (Civilian Status Saturday Tests Will Help You Pick Courses Saturday, the day after you get here, you will be given a seemingly endless series of tests, and you will probably wonder what it’s all about. These tests are ability and achi evement tests, given by the Basic Division, and their purpose is to let the Basic Division learn a little about you. From the results of these tests, plus personal conferences, some students will be allowed to take advanced work, and some will be put in special sections to improve some part of their background. This testing program is concen trated mainly in chemistry, Eng lish, mathematics, and reading. Simply, they mean that if you make a high grade on your Eng lish achievement test, you may be allowed to skip part of the regular freshman English program, and take some advanced work. Some of the tests are ability, or aptitude tests, used to help the Basic Division suggest possible vo cations for any student unsure of a major. The Basic Division people say it is silly for anyone to try to “cheat on an achievement or aptitude test, because there is no actual “grade and the tests are only to help the students. All students entering Texas A&M! have their choice of being military or civilian students. Military students, those in the ROTC program, will live in the corps of cadets by military units and wear the uniform all the time. All classes will be housed together. Until last year, freshmen were housed in a separate area. Civilian student, those who are not taking ROTC will live in civilian dormitories. A student ac tivity program similar to the corps of cadet’s has beesn planned for civilian Students, including the Ci vilian Students Council. This new military-optional rul ing was established last year by the A&M System Board of Direc tors to allow a Texas boy to take a course at A&M without having to take ROTC. Before, all students had to take military their first two years, un less they were veterans or were physically disabled. Beasley Appointed To TPA Position Wallace D. Beasley, coordinator of police training for the Texas Engineering Extension Service, was ed by Dr. David H. Morgan, presi- I recently appointed chairman of the dent, and Dr. J. P. Abbott, dean of | police training committee of the Fish Elect Officers During First Term Each class at A&M elects its own class officers to speak for the class and to handle plans for the class’s dance and other functions. Officers for the freshman class will be elected sometime during the first term, after everyone has got to know his classmates. If a student takes military, he will take basic ROTC for the first two years, and then will be eligible for an advanced contract. To get an advanced contract, a students has to elect it, be accept able to the training officers, and have a satisfactory academic re cord. Students in the advanced con tract program are paid 90 cents a day for the two-year advanced con tract period, and are eligible for a commission at gi-aduation. A&M offers military training in all army branches and the air force. Both civilian and military stu dents are eligible for a draft de ferment, if their grades are good. Civilian students get a scholastic deferment, and military students get a ROTC deferment. If the grades of either a civilian or miltary student do not stay above passing, he is not eligible for deferment. President’s Welcome Welcome to Aggieland, the Land-Grant College of Texas which for 79 years has been offering to the sons of Texas a thorough, liberal, and practical education at the lowest pos sible cost. You will find available here rich and varied edu cational, spiritual, and social experiences that will assist you in developing into a well-rounded individual competent to serve the state, the nation, and the world in forwarding the ideals of democracy and the dignity of humanity. The opportunity for your development lies before you. Your success in realizing that opportunity depends on you. The faculty and staff are willing and eager to assist* you, but the extent of your success depends upon the time and effort, as well as ability, which you are prepared to devote to your education. It is our hope that your years on this be loved campus will be challenging, profitable, and enriching. Sincerely, David H. Morgan President of the College One of Nine the college. Tuesday, September 13 All students will assemble at 8 a., m. for a general assembly, at which they will learn something about the work of the Basic Divis ion. At 10 a. m. unit meetings will be held for cadets, and civilian stu dents will meet separately. At 1 p. m. unit commanders will speak to their units about the uni form, study habits and course of study. At 3 p. m. civilian students will hear a program on A&M’s customs and traditions. The general assembly at 7 p. m. will offer information about the college’s extra-curricular activities. (See FRESHMAN, Page 2) Texas Police Association. As a member of the Engineer ing Extension Service for the past 12 years, Beasley conducts on- the-job classes for policemen over the state, in addition to a regular four-week course held on the A&M ! campus. Beasley recently established and j now conducts an Industrial Plant ' Protection School and a course in Criminal Law for Peace Officers, | held twice yearly. Salesmen Try to Gyp Unwary Fish Freshmen are the logical prey of a class of super-sales men who believe that fresh men will buy anything—even the radiators in their rooms. The college has a system of licensing persons to sell in the dormitories. Anyone who has a license is honest and is selling good merchandise. Anyone who doesn’t should be suspected. He ought to have a license. If a salesman comes to your room with a “good deal,” ask to see his authorization. If he doesn’t have one, report him to your unit first sergeant or house master. You are not obligated to buy just because an upperclassman is selling. A&M Just Part Of Huge System Texas A&M is the biggest part of a complex educational institu tion called the Texas A&M Sys tem. Headed by Chancellor M. T. Har rington, the A&M System is com posed of A&M, Prairie View A&M, Tarleton Junior College, Arling ton State College, the Agricultural Extension Service, the Agricultur al Experiment Station, the Engi neering Extension Service, the En gineering Experiment Station and the Texas Forest Service. Each of the colleges or depart ments in the system is headed by its own president or chief. Over everybody is the A&M Sys tem Board of Directors, appointed by the Governor. Present mem bers of the board are W. T. Doh erty, chairman, Harold Dunn, R. H. Finney Jr., H. L. Winifield, J. \V. Witherspoon, Bob Allen, H. B. Zachry, Price Campbell and L. H. Ridout Jr. Dr. David H. Morgan President .of Texas A&M College Reception at MSC Honors Freshmen Texas A&M College, headed by President David H. Morgan, is composed of four schools, each with a dean in charge. They are the School of Arts and Sciences under W. H. Delaplane; Agriculture, J. E. Adams; Engi neering, John C. Calhoun Jr., and Veterinary Medicine, W. W. Arm- istead. The college also has the Grad uate School, headed by Dean Ide P. Trotter, and the Basic Division, now under acting dean C. H. Rans- dell, which is a non-degree grant ing school. The schools are then broken up into departments, each under a de partment head. Lost Articles Kept In Two Places There are two lost and found offices on the campus. One is operated by the Campus Housing Office To Meet Trains The Memorial Student Center will sponsor an open house for new students from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, to acquaint freshmen with their student center. The open house includes an in formal reception in the balh’oom honoring all new students, who will be introduced to President and Mrs. David H. Morgan and Dr. and Mi-s. Robert B. Kamm. Kamm is Dean of Student Personnel Services. Students will also meet Chancel lor and Mrs. M. T. Harrington, MSC Council members, all deans, and heads of the various depart ments of the college, such as Stu dent Activities, Student Affairs, Basic Division, Office of the Com mandant, MSC, Registrar’s Office, Dining Halls, YMCA, Exchange Stoi-e , Athletic Department and Student Publications. All the committees of the MSC will have booths and displays in the ballroom with leaders there to welcome students and explain the committees to them. Students who wish to sign up for work with these groups may so. Also on hand to greet the stu dents will be many girls from Col lege Station and Bryan, who will meet the students, introduce them craft shop, recoi-d room, piano room, Ham Club room, browsing library, directorate offices and game room will be open all after noon. The Bowling Committee is spon soring a tournament for all those who would like to participate, and there will be checkers and chess toumeys in the game room. The Capers Combo will play all afternoon in the fountain room. Miss Sandra Sevier of Crockett will provide organ music in the main lounge. The dean of the college, John j to the college officials present, and Paul Abbott, is in charge of the 'direct them to the booths of corn- academic side of the college. All mittees in which they are interest- of the deans report to the president e d. Hospital Provides Medical Care The College Hospital is located on the campus and is under the di rection and supervision of the col lege physician and a staff of tech nicians and nurses. Sick calls are held daily be tween 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 8 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturday. Of course, emergencies are taken care of at any time, and doctors and nurses are always available to render the necessary service. All students who live in college housing are required to pay a med ical fee, $5.50 for the first semes- I ter and $5 the second term. through him. The commandant of Corps of Cadets also reports to him. Robert B. Kamm, dean of student Edmond Saad, a junior student at A&M, is in charge of all ar rangements. Assisting him will be two faculty wives, Mrs. Fred Smith affairs that are outside the class- Those students who arrive on room, the campus by train and bus will The Academic Council, compos- He has conducted 12 four-week Security Office, which is located training sessions on the campus since he established the short courses in 1953. His assistant instructor is Ira E. Scott. on the first floor of Goodwin Hall. The other, less well-known, is in the Memorial Student Center. Articles are turned in to the main desk and may be redeemed there. not wait around and wonder how they’re going to get to a dormi tory. Cars from the housing office, headed by Harry Boyer, will meet all trains and most of the buses coming into College Station Fri- 1 day Sept. 10. personnel services, is in charge of and Mrs. Ide P. Trottei;, and 14 lo- | the student life program of the i cal girls who will act as senior hos- college. He handles all student | tesses. They are Misses Ann Hic- kerson, Avon Burkhalter, Texann Esten, Rosemary Lenert, Carolyn Cobb, Pat Stewart, Jo Ann Ryan, Don’t Come To School Early Don’t come to school early. The dormitories will not be open before the set date, and the dining halls will not serve meals. So come sometime on Friday, ! Sept. 9. The earlier you get here that . day, the better, for there are al ways lines to stand in. You might ed of all the department heads, is Patsy Taylor, Carolyn Landiss, j the governing body of the college. | Jean Puddy, Mae Martin Bryant, | It makes the rules that go into the Janet Folweiler, Jo Ann Nolen and j get to be first in some of them. | rule book. The Executive Com- | Kerstin Ekfelt. j J mittee of the Academic Council, Besides attending the reception, j composed of all the deans, passes ! students can take this opportunity | on certain academic and student j to look over the facilities of the I life matters. | MSC. The dark room, art galleries, The largest crowd to see any opener was 58,466, when the Ags played UCLA at Los Angeles in 1951.