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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.
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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
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Represents the Views of the Student Editors
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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
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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.
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