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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1957)
4 f \ r The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas PAGE 2 ' Thursday, August 22, 1957 Q rganiz ation OI: Senate Clianged Organization of the Student Sen- | ate is changed for the ensuing year following the report of the Senate Evaluation Committee last spring. With the new set-up, there are representatives from each school, four senators at large, four fresh man senators elected following the November grade reports, four of ficers, four ex-officio members and four chairmen of standing commit- jlces. All senators, except for the ifresh-men, are elected at the gen eral elections held in the spring. Ex-officio members include the ‘deputy Corps commander, vice (president of the Civilian Student : Council, vice president of the Mem- iorial Student Center Council, vice ! president of the YMCA Cabinet • and any students attending A&M who are in the TISA. There is one academically class ified sophomore, junior and senior Kiwanis Prcxy Nominated At Weekly Meet John Longley was nomina ted for president of the Col lege Station Kiwanis Club in a report from the Nomina ting- Committee at the Tues day meeting of the club. Other men nominated for posi tions were Bob Shrode, first vice president; Bill Krueger and K. A. (Cubby) Manning, second vice president; and Allan Madeley, If. ’O. Kunkel, Rudy Leighton, Homer ; Adams, Herbert Hooper and John Southern, directors. Outgoing president, W. E. (Woody) Brilos, was awarded his past president’s pin by Longley, who extended the best wishes of the club and told him of their appreciation for the fine job he has done as president. Briles is moving to Dekalb, 111., in Sep tember. George Summey, former head of the English Department and mem ber of the club, spoke to the group on “Our Overstuffed Vocabulary.” Richard Waincrdi, supervisor of nuclear research for the Engineer ing Experiment Station, was in troduced as a new member of the club. Next week’s meeting will be a round table gathering in the Mem orial Student Center Fountain Room. elected by their respective classes to represent the school in which they arc enrolled. Representing the G r a d u a t c School in one man selected by the dean of that school. Only members of the Basic Div ision will be able to cast ballots ; for the freshmen senators in the I November special election. President of the Senate for | 1957-58 is Bob Surovic. Other of ficers now maintain certain re- I quirements in order to be eligible, j For instance, the Senate vice pres ident must be academically classi- ; Tied junior and he is elected “at 1 large” by the student body. The i parliamentarian must be a senior while the recording secretary is j a sophomore. Standing committees, w h o s e | chairmen were elected in the gen eral election, include the Issues Committee, Student Life Commit tee, Student Welfare Committee and the Public Relations Commit tee. Vet Students Urged To Follow Pointers FIRST YELK PRACTICE to be yell leader is Ted Lowe. . B held will be Thursday night at 7 in The Grove. Head Veterans planning to start school this fall under the Korean G1 Bill were urged today by Dr. George T. McMahan, manager of the VA Center in Waco, to follow an eight- point check list to avoid unneces sary delays and to guarantee “clear sailing.” Following is VA’s check list: 1. Since veterans are allowed only one change of course, they should give plenty of thought to their goal and the training pro gram leading to the goal. 2. Veterans not sure of their training goal should request VA vocational counseling. 3. Veterans should be certain their course has been Gl-approved by the State in which the school is located. VA Regional Offices’ — and not VA headquarters in Wash ington, D.C.—can furnish informa tion about approved courses. 4. Veterans should complete ar rangements for admittance to their school before filing applications with VA. 5. The application for GI train ing should be completely fille'd out and signed. It should be sent, along with a photostat or certified copy of the veteran’s separation paper, to the VA Regional Office serving his area. 6. The application should go to VA as soon as possible. This will enable VA to iron out any snags before school starts. ;; 7. Veterans with dependents should have the necessary proof of dependency ready when VA re quests it. For a wife, this would be a photostat of the marriage certificate; for a child, a photostat of the birth certificate. 8. Veterans should take along enough money of their own to tide them over the first two months of training. It takes that long, ordi narily, for a veteran’s first month ly GI check to reach him. The reason is that payments arc made only after each month of training completed, and not before. MSC Open House For N ew S indents The Memorial Student Center will sponsor an Open House and reception for new students, their parents and friends in the Ball Room from 7 to 9 pan. Tuesday, September 10. Heading the receiving line will be Dr. and Mrs. D. W. Williams, acting president of the college, Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Kamm, dean of Basic Division and Student Per sonnel Services. Also part of the receiving line will be several department heads and other college officials. Presi dent of MSC Council, Don Mc- Ginty, ’58, and vice president Don Cloud, ’59, wall also be there to greet the visitors. All committees of the MSC will have booths and displays in the Ballroom with representatives to welcome the students and explain the committees. Those students who wish to sign up to work with these Various groups may do so at this time. About 125 girls from Bryan and College Station will serve as hos tesses for the occasion. They will meet the students and show them around the building, introduce them to the faculty members and di rect them to booths which interest them. Thirteen of these local girls will act as senior hostesses, they are: Geneva Wehring, Florence llaupt, Martha Amis, Dorothy Berry, Ann Hite, Clair Rogers, Jo Ann Nolen, Helen Howell, Pat Sim mons and Linda Lynch. McGinty is in charge of arrange ments for the activity and he is assisted by Mrs. Ide P. Trotter, Mrs. Fred Smith and Mrs. Paul Bryant. Special music will be played on the organ in the Main Lounge dur ing the open house by Miss Mar garet Berry. Married Students’ Housing Scarce Living space for married stu dents will be scarce this fall, ac cording to Harry L. Boyer, chief of housing;. There are an estimated 200 veteran Undergraduate students and 25 or 30 graduate students the Housing Office will not be able to accommodate. Five hundred to 000 manned non veteran students are also expected to arrive this fall. The Housing Office is now op erating 526 apartments in College View and the project housihg unit. Tins shortage of college housing means there will be an increased demand for.apartments in the Bry- an-College Station area. Several persons have already called in ad vertising living space hear the col lege. HOLIDAY PLAZA MOTEL RESTAURANT WELCOMES YOU TO AGGIELAND Swimming Pool — Complete Hotel Service 50 Rooms, Suites — Refrigerated Air Conditioned “For Those Who Enjoy the Rest” PLAYGROUND AAA Elehugh Levy; ’32 TA 2-3748 Mrs. N. P. Royall G. C. 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