The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas Thursday, August 22, 1957
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Out Hard Way
WASHING “SULLY” IS NOT AN OFFICIAL PART OF STUDENT ACTIVITIES,
but is definitely a part of the students’ activities. An unidentified group of freshmen
prepare “Sully” for the weekend visitors.
College Graduates Hare
‘No Worries With Diploma
By W. R. HORSLEY
Placement Office Director
Let’s look in on Joe College abeut
July first of the year in which he
has graduated from college or uni
versity. Chances are that he is
happy about the whole thing, for
he has pi’obably finagled around
among the many recruiters who
have been seeking his talents, and
has worked out a “deal” that shows
promise not only of a good salary
but fairly rapid advancement (at
least that is the impression left
with him by the recruiter).
If he is not already married, he
probably will be before another
thirty days have passed. This, too,
is one of the happiest prospects in
life and should be savored prop
erly. If he is married, he and his
wife can look forward to “living a
bit higher off the hog” than they
have been able to do while he was
in school.
Even the prospect of serving a
“hitch” with the military before
really getting starred on the new
•job does not seem too grim. In
jther words he has “got it made,”
Sind is ready to cut a wide profes
sional swathe in the organization
of his new employer.
Don’t lose that enthusiasm, Joe.
It will be of invaluable help to you
in the process of establishing your
self in your professional life, a
process which many experienced
people tell us takes an average of
at least five years. It is only fair
to warn you that many pitfalls and
privations lie ahead, and that the
jvay in which you avoid or over
come them will be a measure of
your success.
Failure to solve these problems
correctly as they occur will have
a much more far-reaching effect
than your failure to pass some of
those quizzes that have been an
noying you for the past several
years.
Several thought - provoking ar
ticles have appeared recently in
various technical journals and pop
ular periodicals. Two which are
strongly recommended for your de
tailed reading are “First Five
Years” in the April 8, 1957 issue
of CHEMICAL AND ENGINEER
ING NEWS, and “Which Route Is
Up” in the June, 1955 issue of
FORTUNE.
The following excerpts from
these articles illustrate some of the
points to be considered in plan
ning for a “running start” in your
professional career:
“Technical advancement has not
made the Golden feule obsolete.”
“There is almost 'no aspect of
technical work in which teamwork
is not important. Those who do
not fit well with their co-workers
cannot contribute the maximum to
their team. It is almost certain
that the greatest cause for dis
missal (or failure to be promoted)
is inability to fit smoothly into
an organization ”
“The technical man does not have
a ringing reputation for his under
standing of human problems. The
beginner should .make a definite
effort to know more about the
ideas of nontechnical people—at
least enough to enable him to give
those ideas some consideration.
Both nontechnical study and asso
ciation with people outside one’s
field help to round out a solid
background.”
“Adaptability is a desirable
characteristic of the successful
technical man. On entering* an or
ganization, the beginner should
learn as much as possible about its
system of operation and try to fit
into it. Even though he may not
agree ^with the methods by which
the organization operates, he must
realize that changes for improve
ment can be introduced effectively
only by one who is well acquainted
with the system and is a success
fully operating part of it.”
“The industrial world operates
on a business basis and business
principles- are not always in coin
cidence with the best fundamental
scientific practices. Some under
standing of economics, accounting,
and general business practice is
valuable to the technical man in
industry. Not only will such an
understanding improve a man’s ap
proach, but it is likely to give him
(See COLLEGE, Page 8)
A&M Differs From High School
By DAVID BAGLEY
Are you the boy who dreams
of being an Aggie? There is a
great deal for you to see during
your initial days at Texas A&M.
If you’d like to have a preview of
your first days, come along with
•Tex and meet Aggieland with him.
Tex drove onto the campus and
began to look around for the school
official that should have been
standing at the entrance to wel
come the freshmen that were big
wheels in high school.
What kind of a place is this
that doesn’t have a welcoming
committee for the one and only
Tex? “Don’t they know how good
a student they are getting when
they get me?” Tex mumbled.
Despite his disappointment Tex
decided to go on and try to locate
someone to explain this impossible
situation to him.
Tex finally stopped and asked
a boy on the street to tell him
which way to go to find that place
that the advance information book
let had called the Housing Office.
Luckily the youth had just
come from the basement of the
YMCA, where the housing office
is located, so he was Flippy to
direct Tex there.
While on his way, Tex abruptly
realized that he was alone and for
the first time he was unsure of
himself. Upon arrival at the hous
ing office he was promptly ushered
into a line of men. And now here
he was being thrown in with a
mass of strange men, and Tex
wasn’t too sure that ho was in
favor of such a move.
The noise and bustle in the
crowded room began to make him
nervous, and just a little scared,
but there was no alternative so
he just stood there.
After what seemed like a thou
sand lines and a million miles of
standing in line, a well battered
Tex staggered away from the last
of a dozen desks where his entry
process had been worked out. Tex
could feel that he was sure to
have nightmares about those snaky
lines for weeks.
With help from earlier arrivals
who had found their rooms, Tex
finally discovered where his room
assignment was and how to get
there. Tex dragged his gear in
and then discovered that his room,
424, was located on the very top
floor and that it took three flights
of stairs to reach it.
He was already dead on his
feet but there was no elevator
service he soon learned, so he
started his climb. When he finally
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found the top floor and located
his room, our boy was shocked
when he opened his door and the
dust billowed out over him.
That room looked awfully deso
late and ' empty. The beds looked
lumpy and the chairs were “hand
carved” and the windows were dir
ty-
There wasn’t anything to do but
carry in the rest of his junk so
old Tex hauled that in and then
began to survey his situation.
About that time Tex either had
his problems solved or else they
were just beginning, that was a
matter of opinion, because the door
banged open and there stood Tex’s
First Sergeant.
Tex didn’t know- it but a good
Top Kick (First Sergeant) is a
cross between God and Satan and
no freshman is ever sure just
which side is winning, but any
fish can tell you that the top kick
has the answers and knows where
every grain of sand is blowing on
the campus at any given time.
Well Tex’s First Sergeant was
true to his breed and helped Tex
decide what to do next by bellow
ing that the room looked like a pig
pen, and that he thought it would
be a good idea for poor scared
Tex to get to work with a mop,
broom, and plenty of soap, water,
and elbow grease and clean up.
Tex was shaken to say the least
but you never saw dirt melt so
fast as it did when that scared
freshman, started to swing that
mop. By the time the Top Kick
made it back to check on him, Tex
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cleaning.
As soon as the room was
cleaned Tex heard the hall explode
with the Top Kick’s announcement
that all the freshmen would fall
out in the hall to meet the Com
manding Officer of the outfit.
When Tex hit the hall he was
again shocked to find the hall full
of men just like himself and men
who were just' as scared and just
as surprised. There wasn’t much
time to wonder about that though
because there was the First Ser
geant who herded a lost bunch of
boys down to one end of the hall
where a man was standing.
When he looked Tex saw his
commander and was immediately
impressed by the full dress uniform
worn by the Cadet Officer. Tex
thought that it looked pretty good,
but that was all he had time for
before his introduction to Aggie
land began.
After the upperclassmen had
finished their lectures they told the
freshmen to get to know each
other. Then Tex and his fish bud
dies began to go back to their
rooms and meet the men around
them.
It didn’t take the men long to
discover that they were meeting
some fine boys. Friendship blos
somed quickly and the fish were
off to a start at Aggieland.
Tex met his roommate and they
soon learned to like i each other.
They found that they had some
good neighbors too and as several
day passed Tex became proud of
the men he was associating with.
They all discovered that their
problems were common to the
whole unit and that by working
and sharing their experiences they
could all benefit.
When it became evident that
they were all in a strange new sit
uation they began to help each oth
er, and here Tex discovered the
phenomenon that is known as the
Spirit of Aggieland. The Spirit
can’t be put in words, but until
you come to understand, just con
sider it as a love that a real Ag
gie feels for the men of Aggie
land and for the school that is a
part of them all.
Tex didn’t know all the regula
tions at A&M before he came and
neither did his buddies. Conse
quently he was reprimanded by
irate upperclassmen at times.
Of course Tex was human and
wanted to do a good job, and when
things went wrong it scared, and
hurt, Tex just as it has thousands
of other men before him. Like
them, Tex saw the time when he
(See TEX, Page 8)
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