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Interpreting
Germany Question
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By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
This is not the first time that
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles, having made some gen
eralized statement on ■German re
unification in an effort to avoid
the appearance of intransigence,
has been forced to explain that
the West is not going to surren
der, either.
So far, every suggestion made
for reunification, except the West
ern demand for free elections, has
contained the possibility of a
permanent foothold for the Com
munist institutions of East Ger
many.
Every time any alternative for
free elections is mentioned, the
West German government fears
it is being threatened with the
sort of infiltration practiced when
the Communists were taking over
All in the Course
East European governments after
World War II.
There are strong elements in
West Germany which would be
willing to run some risks to ob
tain unification. Any sign that
Britain, France or the United
States might also be willing to
do so immediately puts the Bonn
government under political pres
sure to preserve its position.
Thus we get statements first
and then explanations.
This confusion always develops
because of trying to walk with
out touching feet to the ground.
Germany will be unified. The
present situation is ony a break
in the trend w'hich persisted
through centures of division. Ger
many is no Korea or Viet Nam,
which have had no real political
entity within memory.
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“I’m Gonna Graduate!”
Newton Harris of Fort Worth happily shouts the news to
a buddy as he checks the official list. He will be among
the 330 Aggies getting their degrees Saturday.
Student Economists Playing With Money
Eye Fluctuating Stock Market Eagerly
By GEORGE OHLENDORF
How would you like to invest
$10,000 as an. assignment in one
of your courses ? About 25 stu
dents do this every fall semester
in Agricultural Economics 324—
using imaginary money, o f
course.
Each student who “makes
$1,000 from his investment by
the end of the semester gets his
grade raised five points. In ad-
Guard Duty
Big Ch allenge
To Freshmen
Freshman cadets on guard
duty are very demoted to' their
job these days.
At times they become so en
grossed in their assignment that
they even forget where they are.
And sometimes they don’t
know which master to seiwe.
Two telephone calls made by
The Battalion to the Dorm 2
Guardroom this week exemplify
their plight. On the first one, the
in-a-hurry reporter calling the
guardroom became somewhat ir-
rated after Bell’s invention rang
six times. When the Private of
the Guard finally answered, he
asked the freshman the cause
of the delay.
“Well, sir,” came the befudd
led reply, “I was looking up a
name on a list for the O.D., and
didn’t know whether I should
keep on looking an answer the
phone!”
Another reporter called to
get a story from a man living
in Dorm 2 and asked the fresh
man to summon him to the
phone. After looking up the
man’s room number, the private,
apparently forgetting his tem-
porary location, advised:
“You'll have to call Dorm 2,
sir. Thats where he lives!”
Meanwhile, back in the guard-
room. . .
dition, the individual wlm makes
the most net profit is presented
a desk pen.
Winning the award this semes
ter was Billy W. Baker of Bay-
town, who “made’ $3,157.50 by
trading in eggs. Others netting
over $1,000 wei’e Luther B.
Smith, Joe Fenton and Robert
Kuhn. Three other students
“made” under $1,000, while 16
were “in the red.”
This unique practical work
was developed by the instructor
of the course, Dr. Robert Bran
son, associate professor of agri
cultural economics.
Combming theory with prac
tice is a problem that most” pro
fessors face in planning the in
struction for their courses. Labs
are included as a part of some
courses for this purpose, but
many courses such as this one do
not have labs. Therefore, the
professor must use his imagina
tion to provide some type of
practice for his students.
Most agricultural commodit
ies are traded on a futures mar
ket, as well as a cash market.
In the futures market the buyer
contracts to accept delivery of
the commodity in a designated
future month and the seller con
tracts to deliver the commodity
in that month. However, the
majority of these contracts are
cancelled prior to the delivery
month by taking an opposite
position in the market.
Branson begins his agricultur
al prices courses by covering
these two types of markets. He
then gives his students an op
portunity to trade in a miniature
futures market.
The transactions are made on
the basis of the previous day’s
prices, which are quoted in The
Wall Street Journal. After
. studying current prices and a
host of other factors, the stu
dent determines the probable
price trends and makes his
transactions, hoping’ his predic
tions will come true.
This seems fairly easy but it is
risky, as the students taking the
course will tell you, especially
those who lost more than $1,000.
However, regardless of how
much a student niakes, he does
understand the futures market
better than before he took the
course.
Data Processing
Courses Offered
Seven electronic* data proces
sing courses are presently be
ing offered at A&M.
The courses include survey of
data processing (business and
accounting); principles of dig
ital computers, digital computer
circuits, programming of digital
computers, and problems in data
processing (electrical engineer
ing); and numerical calculus,
and numerical solution of differ
ential equations (mathematics).
Equipment of the A&M Data
Processing Center being admin
istered by the Texas Engineer
ing Experiment Station will be
used in course work.
Wee Aggies
We Aggies like to read about Wee Ag
gies. When a wee one arrives, call VI
6-4910 and ask for the Wee- Aggie Edi
tor
A future Aggie has arrived in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Page
Morgan ’55, 10-D Project Hous
ing. Itonald Jay was horn Dec.
29, at St. Joseph Hospital, Bry-
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McMurry, School of Veterinary Medicine.
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Student Publications, chairman ; J. W. Amyx, School of Engineering ; Harry
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TODAY THRU SATURDAY
Freshmen Able
To Take Physics
For First Time
General physics will be offer
ed to freshmen students in the
spring semester for the first
time, Dr. James G. Potter, head
of the Department of Physics,
announced yesterday.
There will be two special sec
tions of Physics 218 offered for
physics and electrical engineer
ing majors available to freshmen
who are sure they will not
change their major, said Potter.
The program, in cooperation
with the Department of Electri
cal Engineering-, is a geared-up
plan for majors in these two
fields.
Students who take this course
will also be in special sections
of Physics 219 and 220.
Potter waraed students who
are not sure of their major
against taking one of the spec
ial sections a$ it would cause a
conflict if they took the regu
lar sections in 219 and 220.
Students desiring to take the
special section of the course are
urged to contact the Physics
Department or to register for
section 40 if they are physics
majors, or section 63 if they are
electrical engineering majors,
said Potter.
By ARTHUR EDSON •
WASHINGTON (AP) — Con
gress has been in session only
a week, and already it has
enough work to keep it in the
legislative trenches for a de
cade.
Bills by the thousands have
poured in. Bills on every con
ceivable topic. Bills that could
involve the fate of the world.
Bills that concern only one in
dividual. Bills to fill gaps you
didn’t even know existed.
Take H. R. 243. It was intro-
Tot Gets Treatment
For Alcoholism
LEW1SBURG, Tenn. (AP) —
An unconscious 3*year-old boy
was admitted to a hospital yes
terday for treatment of acute
alcoholism.
Police said the parents and a
visitor were arrested at the
child’s home and jailed on drunk
enness charges.
The boy, Jimmy Lee Davis,
was listed in critical condition.
He was placed in an oxygen
tent.
State Patrol Sgt. Leslie Tom
lin said he arrested Mr. and Mrs.
Scott Davis, and a visitor, Rob
ert Shirley. He said the pa
rents accused each other of giv
ing the child whiskey.
duced by Rep. Melvin Price (D)
of East St. Louis, 111. He wants
to set up permanent firing
squads for national cemeteries
in which burials are conducted.
Live on a farm ? Sen. Alexan
der Wiley (R) of Chippewa
Falls, Wis., is for you. He
wants to set up a Country Life
Commission.
Live in town ? Rep. J. Arthur
Younger (R) of San Mateo,
Calif., is back with his scheme
for a Department of Urbicul-
ture—he made up the word him
self—to concentrate on citified
problems.
Are you a teacher? Rep. Gor
don L. McDonough (R) of Los
Angeles is pulling for you. He
wants the first Sunday in June
to be National Teachers Day.
Ai-e you a shut-in? Spessard
L. Holland (D) of Bartow, Fla.,
would make March 30 of each
year National Shut-ins’ Day.
A coal miner? Both of West
Virginia’s new senators, among
others, are worrying about you
because, they say, you’re in a
sick industry. Sens. Jennings
.Randolph (D) of Elkins, W. Va.,
and Robert C. Byrd of Sophia,
W. Va., are plugging for a Coal
Research and Development Com
mission, to find new uses for
coal.
The list could go on and on.
Rep. John P. Saylor (R) of
Johnstown, Pa., wants the last
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survivor of the Union army and
the last survivor of the Con
federate army buried at Getts-
burg.
Possibly most of the legisla
tion falls into this class: It may
be worthy, but it will be hard
to stir up much enthusiasm for
it.
Take the bill proposed by
Rep. Saylor to provide for a
postage stamp bearing the
phrase “Highway Courtesy is
Contagious.” It may be fine,
but it’s not the sort of thing
to set off a Senate filibuster, one
way or the other.
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A&M CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
Statement
of Cash Receipts and Disbursements by Funds
1
September 1, 1957 to August 31, 1958
Total
Local State & County Sinking
Transpor-
tion
Cash Balance
-21,846.86
-21,846.86
Federal Funds
Federal Lunch
9,398.40
9,398.40
Federal Maint.
and Operation
4,739.60
4,739.60
State Funds
State per Capatia
123,535.80
123,535.80
State Salary
and Operation
163,367.00
163,367.00
State Foundation
Transportation
9,393.00
s.
9,393.00
State Vocational
Education
1,237.28
1,237.28
County Funds
County Available
325.84
325.84
Local District
Tax Collections
134,639.52
95,952.78
38,686.74
Transportation Fees
5,313.05
5,313.05
Tuition
3,658.00
3,658.00
Other Local
7,196.26
7,196.26
Misc.
629.85
629.85
$441,586.74 $264,332.31
123,861.64
$38,686.74
$14,760.05
Cash Disbursements
Total
Local Funds State & County Sinking Trans-
portation
Admisinistration
19,430.27
19,430.27
Instruction
322,895.89
189,073.06
133,822.83
Pupil Transportation
13,711.49
13,711.49
Operation of Plant
30,461.55
30,461.55
Maint. of Plant
2,053.36
2,053.36
Fixed Charges
3,723.44
3,663.44
60.00
Other School Services
18,951.26
18,951.26
Capital Outlay
576.55
330,000.00
246.55
Debt Service
40,684.42
1,407.56
38,686.74
590.12.
$425,488.23
$265,370.50
$133,822.83
$38,686.74
. $14,608.16
Bank Balances
August 31, 1958
-10,901.49 > -1,038.19
-9,961.19
97.89
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