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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1957)
Every Aggie feels the influence of the Department of Student Ac tivities. This department is re sponsible for the wide program of activities which Aggies use to broaden their education. Nearly every activity, other than scholastic, at A&M is spon sored by the Department of Stu dent Activities. The offices of the Department of Student Activities are located on the second floor of the YMCA. W. L. Penberthy is the head of the department and is aided by C. G. (Spike) White, W. D. (Pete) Hardesty, and Fowler B. (Barney) Welch. Penberthy heads an organiza tion that involves intramural ath letics, student entertainment and Basic Division Dean Greets New Students Welcome to Aggieland! It’s always a thrill to greet students at the beginning of a new year, but particularly so in the case of new stu dents. This for you is a time of ex citement and eager anticipation. Soon you’ll be making new friends and participating in new activities. Both fun and hard work await you. This is also a time of adjust ment. For some, the move from high school to college is an easy one—for others, problems are many. Please be assured, what ever your problems may be, that there are friendly and capable counselors to help you. The Basic Division, in which you will be en rolled, is specifically planned to work with new students and their problems. You are invited—yes, urged—to use its many services. Likewise, the various Student Per sonnel staff members, the Com mandant’s staff, your teachers, and your administrators look forward to serving you. You’re coming to a fine college —one which is increasingly re ceiving favorable attention throughout the nation. How well we prosper in the immediate years ahead will largely depend upon how well you do this year—as well as in the years which follow. May 1957-58 be a good year for all of us. May it be a year of good fun and fellowship, hard work and fine development-—intel lectually, socially, emotionally, physically and spiritually. Sincerely, Robert B. Kamm Dean of the Basic Division & Student Personnel Services all clubs and organizations on the campus. Boasting one of the most com prehensive intramural athletic pro grams in the country, under the direction of Welch, the department uses one of its phases to involve more students than any other phase besides classroom participa tion. This program is aimed to pro vide an opportunity for every stu dent to take part in a large var iety of sports and to encourage and promote competition between students not eligible for varsity participation. Clubs and organizations come under Hardesty and over 300 clubs e available for the student to join. These range in interest from the departmental organizations to hometown clubs. These offer extra-curricular ac tivity and the opportunity for stu dents to widen contacts and ex periences outside the classroom. The leadership and cooperation developed by participation in these activities prove to be invaluable training for students after grad uation. Organization finances is a phase of the office that is not of general knowledge. Across the counter of the OSA passes some half a million dollars annually. This money is used to bring speakers to the campus for var ious clubs, furnish films, pay for barbecues and other organization al entertainment. Student entertainment as such comes under White. The most re nowned phase of this is the A&M Town Hall. Held in the G. Rollie White Coliseum which holds 8,500 people such programs as Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians; Boston Pops Orchestra; Fujilara Opera Company and the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo appear an nually. These appeared on the program during the past school year. In addition to Town Hall and for those who enjoy movies, Guion Hall is available. Under the man agement of Tom Puddy the theater runs daily from one p.m. until 10 p.m. The Aggie Players under the direction of C. K. Esten is an or ganization made up of students in terested in the theater and who desire to participate in plays. This group presents a number of plays annually for the students and the general public. The A&M Golf Course, under the management of Joe Fagan, has an 18-hole course 6,800 yards long and is one of the longest courses JUNCTION MANOR construction is advancing- rapidly. Junction Manor is the new ath letic dorm which will house the football and basketball teams. Summer Work Student Affairs Staff of the Department of Stu dent Affairs will hold a meeting at 3 p.m. Tuesday, September 3 in the Student Publications Li brary. College policies and func tions and operational procedures for 1957-58 will be discussed. Working Children Exemption Laws Do you have a son or daughter working during the summer vaca tion, who is likely to earn more than $600 before school starts again ? If so, he or she doesn’t have to quit work before earning that amount for you to retain your child’s exemption deduction. The same holds true if you have a non student working child who will still be under 19 by the end of the tax year. In either case, regardless of how much the child earns, the parent may claim an exemption, provid ing he has furnished over half the total cost of his child’s support for the year. This rule also applies in the case of legally adopted chil dren. There is one important thing to keep in mind: A dependent child is also entitled to an exemption de duction for himself on his own separate return. On the other hand, if he is married, and files a joint return with his wife, no depend ency exemption may be claimed by the parent. R. I/. Phinney, District Director of Internal Revenue in Austin to day clarified revenue laws which have confused many parents. SCONA Meeting Saturday In MSC There will be a meeting of the Program and the Executive Com mittees of SCONA III on Satur day, August 24, at 10 a.m. in the Birch Room of the Memorial Stu dent Center. The purpose of the meeting will be to select subjects for round table discussions. Tom Upchurch chairman of the Program Commit tee will preside. Advisers to be present include Dr. Norman Ness, secretary of Anderson & Clayton; Dean R. B Kamm, Dean W. A. Delaplane, Col Joe Davis,- Col. Denry Dittman and Dr. Claude Hall, adviser of the Program Committee. Guerard ScLoi of 2>. ance CLASSICAL BALLET TAP KICK ROUTINE PANTOMIME Beginners — Intermediate Advanced Students Classes held in ST. ANDREW’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Watch for Registration Date FRESHMEN- You’ll Be Wearing Your Greens for -4 YEARS- DON’T BUY Until You’ve Checked LOU’S FRESHMAN GREENS That Tailor Made Look at No Extra Cost 21 EXTRA FEATURES There are several good greens on the market but we think these are the BEST. LOUPOT’S in the south. The links are avail able for students interested in this sport. This course is self-support ing and a fee of 50 cents for single play or $10 per serqester is charged. The Music Activities of the col lege are directed by Bill Turner. He directs activities of the Aggie- land Orchestra and Singing Ca dets. These organizations are available to all students and travel across the state giving concerts in the larger cities. All the foregoing and more is available at nominal cost for the student. These activities: are in eluded (with the exception, of the Golf Course) in the Student Ac tivity Fee charged at registration in September. The fee is optional and includes, for $21.90; intercol legiate athletics; town hall; stu dent publications; great issues, and the Recital Series. These tickets may be purchased singly, but the price if bought sep arately is $35. The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas Thursday, August 22, 1957 PAGE 3 Social Whirl Oceanography and Meteorology Wives Club honored members whose husbands are graduating this term with presentation of Ph.T. degrees Tuesday night. Refreshments were served from a table centered with an arrange ment of corsages which were later presented to the honorees. Fol lowing a short business meeting, a social and card party were en joyed. Ag Students. Staff Attend Meeting Both the students and staff of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Sociology will par ticipate in the program of the American Farm Economic Associa tion meeting at Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, August 28- 31. Dr. Tyrus R. Timm, head of the department will serve as chairman of a sectional meeting on the “Im pact of the Soil Bank.” Di\ R. J. Hildreth will discuss a paper by Dr. Earl O. Heady of Iowa State College on the “Progress of Agri- culture Toward Adjustment.” Dr. Fred O. Sargent will present a paper, “The Need for More Induc tive Reasonongin the Construction of Economic Development Theory.” A&M MENS SHOP 103 MAIN NORTH GATE Aggie Wives Bridge Club will have a bridge party at 7:45 tonight in the Memorial Student Center. This will be the last meeting of the summer. Professional Visual Care BRYAN OPTICAL CLINIC • Eyes examined O Glasses prescribed ® Contact lens fitted Dr. Smith and Staff Optometrists Convenient Terms TA 2-3557 105 N. Main How to SHINE At Party Time Let our experts put new life into your party clothes .... CAMPUS CLEANERS AGGIE OWNED a nnounctncj flew 3Jt 7JJ, c, ur TICS omc in dee our new. 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