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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1955)
Page 2 THE BATTALION Thursday, August 25, 1955 So Y ou Ve Coming To A&M So you are going to be an Aggie. You’ve made a good decision. No matter what you want out of life, you can get a fine start at this institution: It probably will not be found in any one aspect of A&M life, but from the overall experience of attending Texas A&M comes a developing knowledge. Not that everything is available here, but he who helps himself can get the foun dation needed for surviving the crises of our modern world. What you will major in will be a problem immediately facing you—unless you are one of those rare persons whose life seems guid ed in well-set channels. A&M has many persons, faculty and students and others, who are able and eager to help you face your decisions. But these decisions must be your own in the final showdown between your own will and that of external influences. A&M is a school that has changed almost in spite of itself and its alumni. A few peo ple have not been afraid to think for them selves and follow their thoughts with action. This, then, is what you should learn— whether here or at some other school. You must learn to think for yourself; conform to the status quo only when it is the honest and best way; and follow your thoughts with action. You’ve already made one decision. You have indicated that A&M is the chosen school for you. Why you made this decision, or; if it was made for you, is your business. What you do with your decision is going to reflect upon the whole school. Non-Degree Granting School Basic Division Aids Frosli The need for some agency to help men through their first year of college led ^to the establishment of A&M’s basic division in 1950. Since then, every man who has gone through A&M has had ex perience with the Basic Division, and each of them has praise for it. The Basic Division is, techni cally, a non-degree granting school of the college, on an equal footing with the other four schools. Everyone is assigned to the Basic Division when he enrolls in A&M, and he normally stays there for two semesters. If a man does not pass all of the first year’s work, he is kept under the Basic Division’s guidance until he completes the work. Students who have already de cided what they are going to major in just go ahead and take the reg ular course for the major, even though they are in the Basic Divisr ion. Those students who are undecid ed about a course of study take a general course their freshman year, one that can be used for credit on any major, while the Basic Divis ion helps them choose a major. The Basic Division’s testing and counseling service is available to all students at A&M regardless of their classification. The Division has trained personnel to give the tests and help students with any problems, academic or personal. The Basic Division also has re medial reading courses open to all students;, designed to help students bring their reading speed and com prehension to the level required by business and industry today. The Basic Division also has a library of vocational literature, and gives courses in vocations. The Basic Division is headed now by C. H. Ransdell, acting dean. A replacement for Dean John R. Bertrand, who resigned last year, has not been named. O GILKEY’S PET SHOP PET SUPPLY HEADQUARTERS E. E. MICKEY ALLEN, CLASS ’54 \fy r , :.•'••• i ; GOLD PISH TROPICAL FISH AQUARIUMS (Any Size) PUMPS FILTERS SAND (Red, Blue, Black, White) PLANTS FISH FOODS PARROTS PARRAKEETS CANARIES COCKATIELS FINCHES BIRD FOODS BIRD SUPPLIES BIRD REMEDIES DOGS & CATS DOG & CAT SUPPLIES MONKEYS ON ORDER SKUNKS (De-odorized) COONS 1901 SOUTH COLLEGE AVE. BRYAN, TEXAS PHONE 3-1954 HOME 2-7463 Dean Kamm Welcomes New Students Welcome to Aggieland! It’s always a thrill to greet stu dents at the beginning of a new year. Particularly is it a pleasure to greet those who are just begin ning their college experiences. This is a time of “beginning”, and hopes and exptctations run high. It’s a time of excitement, as we make new friends, anticipate participation in college activities, and plan for the days and years ahead. May I suggest that we each take time in these busy and eventful days to reflect upon the oportunity which is ours—and to seriously con sider the questions, “Why am I going to college?”, and “What do I expect to fye four years from now?” It is my since hope that at this time we might each ap preciate, as fully as is possible, the opportunity which lies before us to grow and to develop, not only in tellectually, but spiritually, soci ally, emotionally, and physically, as well. We of Texas A. and M. are pleas ed to have you as Aggies! We wish for you a pleasant and prof itable* college experience — an ex perience which, when finished, you will regard with the same enthus iasm you now have in anticipating it. Sincerely, Robert B. Kamm, Dean Student Personnel Services The Battalion The Editorial Policy of The Battalion Represents the Views of the Student Editors The Battalion, newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station, is published by stu dents four times a week during the regular school year. During the summer terms The Battalion is published once a week, and during examination and vacation periods, once a week. Days of publication are Tuesday through Friday for the regular school year, Thursday during the summer terms, and Thursday during examination and va cation periods. The Battalion is not published on the Wednesday im mediately preceding Easter or Thanksgiving. Subscription rates are $3.50 per semester, $6.00 per school year, $6.50 per full year, or $1.00 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. Entered as second-class matter at Post Office at Collesre Station, Texas, under the Act of Con- fcress of March 3, 1870. Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally by I N a 11 o n a 1 AdvertisinK i Services. Inc., a t New ! York City. Chicait6. Los j Angeles, and San Fran- The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republi cation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. New's contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444 or 4-7604) or at the editorial office room, 202 Goodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Publication Office, Room 207 Goodwin Hall. Bill Fullerton - Editor Kerstin Ekfelt Woman’s Editor Stanley Holcomb Advertising Salesman Russell Reed Circulation Manager F. W. Young Circulation Staff Schedule For Fall Semester The student schedule for the fall semester at A&M is as follows: Sept 9, opening day of New Stu dent Week. Sept. 16, registration of new basic division students who have done no college w’ork, 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. Sept. 17, registration of all other students, 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. Sept. 19, beginning of classes, 8 a. m. Sept. 24, last day for enrolling in the college for the fall semester or for adding new courses. Oct. 1, last day for dropping courses with no grades. Oct. 15, official corps trip to Fort Worth. Nov. 12, official corps trip to Houston. Nov. 14, mid-semester grade re ports. Nov. 24-27, Thanksgiving holi days. Dec. 17, beginning of Christmas recess, 12 noon. Jan. 2, end of Christmas recess, 8 a. m. Jan. 23, first day of semester ex aminations. Jan. 28, last day of semester ex aminations. There will be no captain of the football team during the 1955 sea son. The seniors will serve as game captains, and after the com pletion of the season the squad will elect an honorary captain. Letters Editor, The Battalion: As an Aggie I would like to say “Howdy” and “Welcome” to the Luther Leaguers. However, I would like to make a few comments on the “Short Courses and Confer ences” held at A&M. There were sixty scheduled and three pending at the first of the year plus, if I am not mistaken, several moi’e that were scheduled after the official list was published. Well my paw always said, “Eat enough to keep you healthy but don’t eat too much or you’ll get sick.” In my opinion A&M has reached this period of “overeating” on “Short Courses and Conferences.” Sure, you’re right it is good publicity for A&M -—but—is the primary objective of the MSC to publicize A&M or is it to provide a place for the STU DENT to relax, listen to records, read magazines, watch television, or just sit and look out at the paths across our beautiful green drill field ? From some old timers around the campus I hear that the MSC was dedicated to the purpose of providing a recreation place for the STUDENTS, since Colleg’e Sta tion does not provide too much rec reation. I also got the “reds” when I started to pay my fees for the fall semester and found an extra $2 compulsory fee called the Student Union fee added to the usual fee. I was under the impression the stu dents were going to vote on this before it became compulsory but I was informed by the polite (?) gentleman at the Fiscal Office that I either paid or I didn’t attend A&M this fall. After paying my fees I walked over to the MSC to eat a nice quiet meal before going to work. Oh well—pay your fees and subsidize the visitors. Cam Wood ’57 (Ed. Note: The short course situation does create problems, and these problems are under study by college officials. As to the Union fee being collec ted before it is brought to a vote—this was enacted for the sake of convenience. If the fee is rejected by the students in the election, it will be re funded. It’s a lot easier, the Fiscal Office feels, to give than to receive from 6,000 Aggies.) Freshman Week (Continued from Page 1) A film, “We Are the Aggies,” will be shown. Wednesday, September 14 From 8 to 9 a. m. there will be five separate assemblies, one for each of the four schools of the colleges and one for students who have not yet decided upon their course of study. The rest of the day will be spent in individual con ferences with academic advisors. That afternoon students who at tended summer sessions will at tend a special meeting. Thursday, September 15 At the morning session Dean J. P. Abbott will speak on “What College Has to Offer You,” and Bud Whitney, president of the MSC Council, Will speak on “Getting Off to a Good Start.” During the lat ter part of the morning and the first part of the afternoon, mem bers of the Basic Division will con duct pre-registration conferences. At 4 p. m. students will get hints on registering from their unit com manders, if they are in the Corps, and from W. C. Breazeale, civilian counselor, if they are not. There will be a free movie in the Grove that night. Friday, September 16 All new Basic Division students will register for courses. Students with previous college credit and those with irregular programs will register during the afternoon. Stu dents having more than 15 semester hours to transfer will register on Saturday. Students may return to their homes after registration if they wish. Saturday, September 17 All other students register for courses. Sunday, September 18 All new students should be back on the campus and in their rooms by 8:30 p. m. in order to be ready to begin classes. Monday, September 19 Classes begin. You’re an Aggie, brother! SHORT COURSES Various departments at A&M sponsor 44 different annual pro fessional meetings and short courses on the campus, with a total average attendance of more than 10,000. Know how to eat an artichoke ? Pull off a leaf, dip in the accom panying sauce and eat the tender end of the leaf. Go on enjoying the leaves in this way until they are all stripped off. (Pile the leaves you finish with them at the side of your plate.) Cut away the choke and eat the succulent heart, dipping pieces of it in the sauce. Use browned butter or Hollandaise sauce for the dip. O. M. Holt Chairs Panel Discussion O. M. Holt, assistant professor of agricultural education at A&M, served as chairman of a panel dis cussion at an organizational meet ing oy young farmers held in An- gleton, August 22. The many advantages offered to young farmers as a result of be longing to an active community organization were pointed out by Holt. Among the more important per haps is that such an organization affords the member systematic in struction designed to help young men become established in farm ing, he said. CLEARANCE SALE on all . . . WROUGHT IRON T.V. 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