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Thursday, August 23, 1956
improvements Include Larger Staff
College Hos
BLOOD PRESSURE GOING UP—Miss Billie Smith checks over David Langford during
a physical examination at the A&M Hospital The hospital is undergoing a $25,000 re
building program to provide added services, to the students. Now under direction of Dr.
Charles R. Lyons a total of seven doctors will be at the service of students this fall.
Former Student Association
A ids A&M In Every Way
Members of the Association of
Former Students stand behind you
while you are here going to school.
The Association is a non-profit
organization organized for the pur
pose of aiding A&M in every way
possible.
Everyone who has been enrolled
in A&M at one time or anothei
automatically becomes a member of
the Association whether he actually
received a degree or not. Once an
Aggie—always an Aggie.
To give an idea of the scope of
the organization, there is some
thing like 301,000 former students
on the rolls. About 75 per cent ot
those live in Texas, 20 per cent in
other states and 5 per cent in
foreign countries. A&M men are
found in every state in the union
and in nations throughout the
world. Aggies reside in some 3000
cities and towns in the United
States alone.
J. B. (Dick) Hervey, class of
1942 supervises the campus office
of the Association which is located
in the west wing of the Memorial
Student Center. His job as the
executive secretary of the Associa
tion is to coordinate the activities
of the 180 active A&M clubs over
the nation. He is responsible for
planning class reunions, keeping in
dividual biographies of all former
students up to date, and publishing
a monthly newspaper called the
Texas Aggie, which contains news
of the Association, the College, and
the various activities of the exes.
He does his best to fulfill all re
quests which A&M men might
make of the Association.
The Student Loan Fund, under
the administration of L. B. Locke,
”22 is another most worthwhile
I Dept Will Offer
Photography Class
Photography will be taught by
the Journalism Department, be
ginning with the fall term, accord
ing to Donald D. Burchard, depart
ment head.
Listed in the new catalogue as
Jour. 315 (formerly Physics 315)
and taught by Wesley D. Calvert,
there will be one theory section at
1 p. m. Mondays, with alternate
laboratory sections on Monday and
Friday afternoons, for two hours
credit.
“Emphasis will be on learning to
take good pictures,” Burchard said.
“This definitely is not a highly
technical course for journalism
majors but is designed for all stu
dents.
Another change announced by
the Journalism Department is mov
ing Typography, Jour. 205, from
the fall to the spring.
activity carried on by the As
sociation. Not many people
know of this service except the
boys who receive this assistance.
At present there is a lai-ge sum
available to worthy students. In
the last year about $105,000 was
loaned. The losses due to unpaid
loans is under 1%.
Perhaps the most important
phase of the Association’s program
is the Development Fund, which
provides money for many worth
while projects which are needed by
the College but for which other
funds are not available.
Through the Development Fund
the former students have given to
the College $234,000 in bonds for
the construction of the Student
Center; $50,000 for the Gold Star
Fund, which aids in the education
of children of A&M men killed in
either World War II or the Korean
War; $110,000 for the establish
ment of the Opportunity Award
scholarships; and $60,000 for the
endowed scholarship trust fund.
The latest project made possible
by the Development Fund is the
building of the All-Faith Chapel.
$200,000 is being spent in its con-
stuction and will be completed by
spring 1957.
The Association wants to be of
help to all Aggies—they want to
be the “Big Brother” to all the men
going to school here.
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'SERVING TEXAS AGGIES'
A&M students needing medical
care this fall will find a larger
staff working under improved con
ditions, according to Dr. Charles R.
Lyons, college physician.
To provide better service, the
college is increasing its medical
fee from $5 to $10 per semester.
The fee is due at registration and
cannot be accepted later in the
term.
“Married students living off
campus may also have health ser
vice benefits if they pay the fee,”
Dr. Lyons said.
He explained that A&M’s $10
fee is still beiow.the national aver
age of $24 per college year.
“We feel that the increased cost
will be worthwhile if we can pro
vide incweased benefits. I think
students coming here this fall will
be able to see improvements,”
Lyons commented.
Dr. Lyons and Dr. J. E. Marsh
will serve as full-time college
physicians and five local doctors
will begin serving part-time this
fall.
“Having the five additional
doctors on call means that we can
phone a local specialist for help if
a boy is stricken with appendicitis
in the middle of the night,” Dr.
Lyons explained.
Doctor on Duty 24 hours
At least one of the doctors will
be available at the hospital 24
hours a day, Dr. Lyons said. In
the past, a registered nurse has
sometimes been in charge, with
vocational nurses also on duty.
“We now have only registered
nurses on floor and clinical duty,”
Dr. Lyons added.
Another addition to the college
hospital staff will be Warren Bon-
ney, counselor and assistant pro
fessor, Basic Division and Mental
Health Clinic. Bonney will be
psychologist in charge of a part-
time mental hygiene clinic.
Recovering from automobile ac
cident injuries, “Mom Claghorn,
who served for many years as Sup-
erintendant has now been trans
ferred from Dallas to the college
hospital. She may be able to as
sume light duties soon and will at
least be back with her Aggie
“sons” this fall, Dr. Lyons said.
Hospital Remodeled
Work is now progressing on the
complete renovation of one hospital
wing. On the main floor will be
reception rooms, doctors’ offices,
a clinic for college employees, re
cord and bookkeeping rooms, physi-
Freshman Ball Is Highlight
Of Year For New Students
The Freshman Ball is the “offici
al function” of the freshman class
and is one of many spring semester
activities.
This dance, usually held in Sbisa
Hall, is one dance that has enjoyed
the reputation for years of drawing
the prettiest girls to the campus.
This dance is under the supervision
of the freshman class officers who
supervise all preparations for the
occasion.
Other dances are held during
the year with an All-College dance
held on the weekend of each home
football game. A name band us
ually furnishes music for these
occasions. (all-college dance is
one' where all classes are invited
to attend.)
During the spring semester the
Regimental Balls, Sophomore and
Junior Ball and various club dances
are held on weekends.
Coinciding with these activities
the Memorial Student Center dance
group has a Rue Pinalle-a dance
open to the general public-in the
games area of the MSC. These
dances usually attract a number
of couples for their floor-shows
are worth seeing and music is
furnished by an orchestra.
cal therapy treatment room, x-
ray and laboratory rooms and an
emergency and minor surgery
room.
No major surgery will be done at
the college, Dr. Lyons said, and
he urged students to carry in
surance policies to cover cost of
major operations, accidents, etc.
The basement of the hospital
wing is being converted into a
modern kitchen with stainless steel
equipment.
New Kitchen
“The old kitchen hadn’t been
remodeled since about 1918, so
we’re starting with only bare
walls,” Dr. Lyons said.
The kitchen will be completed
in October. In the meantime, the
staff is depending on the old facili
ties and wondering how they will
get meals up to patients after the
dumb waiter becomes an air shaft
as part of the remodeling.
Since the basement formerly con
tained four seldom needed wards,
the total number of hospital beds
will be reduced by the remodeling
from 150 to 100 beds, Dr. Lyons
said. He explained, however, that
more than 100 beds are never need
ed except during epidemics.
“There may be one time in tea
years when we have an epidemic—
three-day measles, for instance—
and then we could bring in addi
tional beds,” Dr. Lyons said.
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