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Number 14: Volume 57
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1957
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Class of
President’s Welcome
Welcome to Aggieland!
Entering college is probably the most important time
in a young man’s life. For, within a few days or weeks he
will determine, in most cases, what his adult future is to be.
The four or l ive years spent in college frame the picture of
an adult working lifetime of forty or fifty years.
You freshmen have come to a great college. The Ag
ricultural and Mechanical College of Texas is located in an
ideal environment. It is well equipped. The staff is capable
and dedicated to service. The college offers you a wide
choice of study areas—with opportunities for careers as
varied as each degree plan in the catalogue.
But beyond this, no college can offer you an education.
You, and only you, must think of your adult future. You
must consider the investment in time and money that you I
will make here. You must think of the hopes and plans and j
dreams and sacrifices your parents have made. You must
be conscious of your debt to the people of the State of Texas
who have, through their taxes, made this school possible.
It is truly said that education begins the gentleman. It
should be remembered, also, that the finish is up to the in
dividual. The greatest and wealthiest college cannot make
you an educated man; the smallest and financially weakest
can give glorious education to the individual who is deter
mined to learn.
Devote you first few months to scholarship, Take part
in those extra-curricular activities that are important to a
well-rounded life ip college. I would call to your particular
attention the opportunity offered by the college’s outstand*-
ing program in military training.
Above all, think in terms of the four or five years of
college training that balance against forty or fifty working
years that follow graduation. Think in terms of developing
technical skills which will enable you to work at what you
like, and in the area in which you are best suited to serve your
fellow man.
All of us at the A. and M. College of Texas are here to
serve you and help you as best we can. But not all .of to-
serve you and help you as best we can. But not all of us to-
a boy into a man, skilled in his profession, honest in his
approach to living, able to get along with his fellow man, and
acceptable to his God. This part of acquiring and education
is up to you.
We are sure that you can accomplish this task. We
wish you. all success in meeting this goal.
Sincerely yours,
M. T. Harrington
President
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A DISTRESSED FISH JONES sits patiently as one of the Memorial Student Center bar
bers clips the last few locks making him a full-fledged “fish” in the Corps of Cadets
at Texas A&M. —Battalion Photo
omorrow
Some Six Fisk
Drop Out Early
Py JIM NETGITPORS
Registration for freshmen tomorrow finds only about
half a dozen members of the Class of 1901 dropped from the
ranks without fighting the “battle of Sbisa Hall.”
Saturday morning, pandemonium again breaks, loose in
Sbisa as returning students jam the dining hall in search
of a “good schedule with no Saturday classes.”
One innovation for returning students is that all stu
dents whose surnames begin with C, D, E and F may pick
up assignment cards Friday afternoon at 4 and then proceed
with the next step in registration at 7:30, Saturday morning.
Usual procedure for registration at A&M is most unusual
compared with other schools. Here, some 5,000 men register
in one day while at other * V
schools the same number the Chirr of limiting. (7) Veterans
might take two or three days, seen re approval <>r hook roquini-
Somehow out of the con- Oons. (K) Turn in assignment card
Accident Insurance Policy
Available to Aggies. Wives
Accident insurance protection for
Aggies, their wives and faculty
members is available this year for
only $3.15 per person for 12
months.
Last year’s Student Senate ac
cepted a policy from Lloyd’s of
London which they -thought gave
the best coverage possible.
The policy, which does not in
clude sickness, covers all accidents,
no matter how small, during the
school year and summer vacation,
on or off the campus, except-while
participating in intercollegiate
athletic contests and gi-oup travel
connected therewith.
(See INSURANCE, Page 3)
con
fusion, crowds and long lines,
at the end of the day everyone
is enrolled and ready for classes
Monday. For men who don’t like
the thought of standing in line and
jamming into Sbisa, the penalty
for registering late is $4, payable to
the Registrar’s Office.
One note to non-resident students
on late registration — there is a
penalty of $10 for not paying out
of state tuition at the beginning of
the semester.
The official Schedule of classes
shows the following procedure for
registration: “(1) Students who do
not have proper Identification
Cards must have their pictures
made in the west wing of Sbisa
Hall before they can obtain their
registration cards. (2) Secure,
registration cards at the News
Stand near Sbisa Hall. (3) Pay all
fees at the Cashier’s Desk. (4) Re
port to the heads of departments
■or their representative's- for ap
proval of the courses to be taken.
They will be located in Sbisa Hall.
(5) Report to your dean for ap
proval of scheduje. (6) Report to
at the Registrar’s Station.”
Py following directions it looks
like it might take no time to
register. But really, they forgot
to mention the little matter of lines.
By judiciously choosing proper
lines and fluctuating back and
fourth between the shortest ones,
it is possible to finish registering
in some six hours.
After all, a student may decide
$4 isn’t a lot to pay to have a
terrible schedule.
Jaycees Sponsor
Golf Tournament
Bryan Jaycees sponsor their
fourth annual golf tournament
Sept. 22 at the Municipal Golf
Course.
The tournament will be an 18
hole medal play, blind bogey except
for the championship flight with
the low nine holes determining
each golfer’s flight. Prizes will be
awarded in pitching and driving
contests , with first and second
prizes for each flight.
(See BARKING, Page 2) — Aerial Photo by Gene Sutphen