The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas
PAGE 2 Tuesday, March 5, 1957
So They Say . . .
According to educators, the busy student is supposed
to get more than just “book learning” from his stay at col
lege.
At college, they say, he is given the chance to develop
and to begin reaping the products of his trained mind, both
academically and in the field of student government and
activities.
Through various student organizations, they say, he is
given the chance to even help develop and enrich his school.
He is to be treated as a maturing man whose ideas should
be seriously considered.
Yet too many of these great aims are merely served
through lip service and not actual practice. He has the priv
ilege and the freedom to express them but little attention
is given him.
A prime example of this is the opposition met by Arts
& Sciences Council in their recommendations to the execu
tive committee of the School of Arts & Sciences.
Of the 14 proposals offered, experience of the educators
showed the Council members most of their ideas could not
effectively be put in operation.
But there was one suggestion that found no real resis
tance except disagreement.
This was the idea, of offering a one hour typing course
here.
Chief argument against this idea was that it was not
higher education and that if a student really wanted to type,
he could teach himself.
Is it any wonder student leaders often become discour
aged and cynically disregard the false sounds of “we want
your ideas and suggestions?”
Debate Teams
Enter Tourney
Two teams of the Aggie Debate-
Discussion Club will leave Friday
for New Orleans, La., where they
will take pai*t in a tournament
at Tulane University, said team
coach Lee J. Martin of the Eng
lish Department.
Members of the organization are
Earl Huitt, president; Thomas R.
Newman, vice president; John
Warner, secretary-treasurer; David
Dauvenbaum, Jay Hirsch, Bill
Seibel, Larry Kilminson, Mike
Gaines, Jim Rindfuss, Donnie
Duplissey, Leonard Martelli, Larry
Freeman, Bryan Simmons and Joe
Abuser.
After the New Orleans trip the
group has three other meets
scheduled. During the latter part
of March they will travel to
Nacogdoches for the Stephen F.
Austin Tournament. On April 1
several members of the organi
zation will leave for a six-day trip
to Athens, Ga., for the University
of Georgia meet. They will attend
the Southwest Conference Tourney
in Dallas on the SMU campus
April 13.
Fourteen National Guardsmen
won the Congressional Medal of
Honor in World War II.
Tops In Talent
To Entertain Here
Freshmen Crown
Linda Plemons
Miss Linda Plemons of Houston
was chosen Sweetheart of the class
of 1960 at the annual Fish Ball
here in Sbisa Hall Saturday night.
Over 1,200 saw a group of five
pick Miss Plemons from a group
of five finalists.
Music for the evening was pro
vided by Aggieland Orchestra.
; Freshman class officers began
the occasion with a reception for
the guests at 9 p.m.
Judging for the sweetheart star
ted at 9:45. At 11 the judges
gave their decisions. Bill Jobe,
freshman vice president, presented
Queen Linda with an engraved
locket and a kiss. The runners-up
were presented with compacts.
By GAYLE McNUTT
Tops in talent from 11 colleges
and universities in the Southwest
will share the spotlight in White
Coliseum on Friday, March 15, in
the Sixth Annual Intercollegiate
Talent Show, according to Shirley
Cannon, program consultant.
Miss Cannon was a member of
the committee that toured colleges
throughout the Southwest holding
auditions for the show.
“We had an array of outstand
ing talent to pick from, and I
believe we’ll have an act to please
any taste,” she said. “It will be
two hours of top notch enter
tainment.”
The Apache Belles, 30 lovely
misses from Tyler Junior College,
will open and close the show with
a precision drill exhibition.
Ten talent-loaded acts make up
the program. One act has not yet
been named, but will be picked this
week, according to Randy West,
program chairman. The nine acts
picked are:
• June Pence, from TCU, a
pianist.
© Beverly Montgomery, of Rice,
a vocalist.
® The Bruin Airs, a quartet
from Baylor. s
• Don Reis, a red-hot drummer
from University of Oklahoma.
• The Four Hits, an Oklahoma
A&M quartet and holders of a
recording contract with ABC Para
mount.
• The Bunch, a combo quintet
from University of Arkansas, who
play anything from jazz to pop.
• Jeanette Pillerin, from LSU,
an expert of the modern dance.
© Carol Cunningham and Harry
Theard, of Loyola University at
New Orleans, doing a medley of
songs from “Oklahoma.”
• Jerry Hatfield, from Aggie
land, giving his hilarious series of
imitations.
The Talent Show will begin at
7 and end at 9 p. m. to avoid con
flict with the Combat Ball which
will begin at 9. Class “C” uniform
has been authorized for those who
plan to attend the Combat Ball
after the Talent Show.
Tickets for the Talent Show
will go on sale through the 1st
Sergeants of all outfits this week.
Admission is 75 cents for regular
and $1 for reserved seats.
The word “meander,” which
means a winding, non-direct course,
comes from the winding Menderes
River in Turkey.
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Quizzes In Store
For New Students
A&M will embark on an all-out
freshman testing program this
summer for the first time, accord
ing to C. H. Ransdell, associate
dean of the Basic Division.
These aptitude and achievement
tests which are required of all en
tering students and students trans
ferring less than 30 semester
hours college credit will be offered
at various times during the sum
mer.
On July 27 the tests will be giv
en at Pan American College in
Edinburg for students who live in
the valley region. They will also
be given in Big Spring Aug. 10th
for students of the Panhandle
area.
“This is an effort to extend our
services to the student,” Ransdell
said.
The tests will be given on Satur
days from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
“The results of these tests serve
to help the student know more
about himself, to assist him in
evaluating areas of strength and
weakness, to aid student and staff
relative to academic placement in
courses and to afford bases for
JON HAGLER
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follow-up counseling with the stu
dent by Basic Division personnel,”
Ransdell said.
“While a summer date is not ab
solutely mandatory, thei’e are
many advantages in taking the
tests before September,” he said.
“This will give the Basic Division
added time for counsel with the
student.”
In addition to the summer ses
sions the test will also be admin
istered prior to New Student
Week.
The complete schedule is as fol
lows:
April 27 — Biological Sciences
Building—College Station
June 8—Biological Sciences
Building—College Station
June 2,2;—Biological Sciences
Building—College Station
July 6—Biological Sciences
Building—College Station
July 20—Biological Sciences
Building—College Station
July 27—Auditorhun, Pan Amer
ican College—Edinburg
Aug. 3—'Biological Sciences
Building—College Station
Aug. 10—Auditorium, Howard
County Junior College—Big Spring
Aug. 17—Biological Sciences
Building—College Station
Sept. 6—College Station
Clean Sweep
MOUNDSVILLE, W. Va.—(A 3 )—
Harry Hall of Spencer, working
out a $20 fine for drunkenness by
sweeping city streets, swept his
way right out of town the first
day on the job. Neither Hall nor
the broom have been seen since.
Blow At Justice
RICHMOND, Va. (A 5 )—Judge
Harold Maurice fined the prisoner
$100 and gave him a suspended
jail sentence for “hitting at the
court.” Actually it wasn’t the court
that was hit—it was Court Clerk
Earl Rutherford.
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MEMORIAL
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DINING ROOM
SERVING
LUNCH — 11:30 A.M. - 2:00 P.M., 7 DAYS A WEEK
DINNER — 6:00 P. M. - 8:00 P.M., Mon. thru Fri.
cultural Economics Chib and re
cording- secretary of the Student
Senate.
He was the Best Drilled Fresh
man in his battery, selected by Al
pha Z e a as the outstanding
sophomore in the School of Agri
culture.
Hagler was one of the two mem
bers of the FFA who represented
A&M at the national convention.
In his years here he has won
the Sears Roebuck Foundation
Scholarship, Farm and Ranch Lead
ership Scholarship and the Jesse
Jones Scholarship, which is an ag
ricultural award.
He has a grade point ratio of
2.63 overall.
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