The Battalion College station (Brazos County), Texas
PAGE 2 Wednesday, February 18, 1959
BATTALION EDITORIALS
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Good Show, GPR Army
Grades in the Corps of Cadets are higher than last year—
and all’s right with the world.
The rise in the overall GPR, as indicated by the unof
ficial reports taken by the scholastic officers, is not by ac
cident. Close cooperation between Corps scholastic officers,
faculty advisors and students themselves has made good
grades in the Corps a reality instead of a joke.
Long a weak spot in the structure of basic Corps policy,
the recognition of the importance of scholastics this year
was long overdue. Grade Point Army and the shift in em
phasis from “good bull” to good grades represents the first
honest look at the real problems A&M has been facing for
years.
Scholastic officers under the willing direction of Bill
Myers have nailed grades down to a man-by-man problem this
year. Individual attention to each Ag’s needs is still the best
way to solve the problem of adjusting to rigid study con
ditions. High-sounding phrases and well-worded directives
have their place but they cannot take the place of personal
observation and coaching.
Such has been the case in every unit this year without
exception. The students who have not taken advantage of
the assistance available from unit scholastic officers have
no grounds to complain about their grades.
The help has been there for those who wanted it.
An addition to the scene this year are the unit faculty
advisers which also deserve much of the credit for an out
standing overall grade report in the fall.
These men have gone the extra mile and have devoted
part of their free time to improvement of the position of the
Corps student. These men are more than instructors—they
are truely representatives of the highest type of educator
and well deserve a vote of thanks from the Corps.
Binding the entire program together is Grade Point
Army, a handful of ideas at first which would bring changes
to the Corps—and therefore would be bad.
As the year has progressed, it has come to mean an in
telligent approach to the problem of gaining an education.
And as ignorance was replaced by knowledge, it has been
accepted for the most part as reasonable changes are in time.
The fall grade reports indicate the changes were in the
right direction, even though all of them may not be good
enough to be permanent. If the changes were truly respon
sible for the increased scholastic standing, it is a real tribute
to the system and the men behind it.
Good show, Grade Point Army.
Job Interviews
Thursday
Humble will interview ChE,
CE, EE, ME, CHEMISTRY,
MATH and PHYSICS majors for
opportunities in oil and g'as pro
duction.
Humble will also interview
members of the Class of ’60 in
ChE, ME and PetE for summer
jobs in various departments.
Proctor & Gamble will inter
view ChE, CE, EE, IEng, ME,
BA, and CHEMISTRY majors for
opportunities in management and
research.
Magnolia will interview ChE,
EE, IEng, ME, PetE, CHEMIS
TRY, MATH and GEOPHYSICS
majors 1 for job opportunities.
Magnolia will also interview
members of the Class of ’60 and
’61, majoring in ChE, ME and
PetE interested in summer em
ployment in the natural gas de
partment.
Wee Aggies
We Aggies like to read about Wee Ag
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Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Linder
of D-3-X, College View are the
proud parents of a baby girl.
Lorelei Elaine, who weighed in
at 9 pounds, 14 ounces, arrived
at 7:07 a.m. Sunday in Torbett
Hospital and Clinic, Marlin, Tex.
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JOE BUSER EDITOR
Fred Meurer Managing Editor
Gayle McNutt ! Executive News Editor
Bob Weekley i Sports Editor
Bill Reed, Johnny Johnson, David Stoker, Lewis Reddell....News Editors
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At Lions Club Camp
Who’s Here
Outdoor Exercise, Crafts
Fill Day of Crippled Camper
Shoeless Hefner Busily
Financing His Education
(Editor’s Note: This is the sec
ond in a series of articles to ac
quaint College Station citizens
with the Texas Lions Camp for
Crippled Children at Kerrville
and what the camp, supported by
Texas Lions Clubs, including the
College Station Club, can mean
to the community.) i
By GAYLE McNUTT
Executive News Editor
The Lions Camp for Crippled
Children is swimming, archery,
and all the other activities that
mean camp to a boy or girl, de
spite a brace, wheel chair or
crutches.
At the camp, three miles south
of Kerrville, a simple ceremony
daily greets the rising sun, a
boy on crutches, aided by a
youngster in a wheelchair, rev
erently raises the flag. Around
the flagpole, and throughout the
camp, each camper pauses and
salutes the flag.
Thus each day of the camp be
gins. And a busy day it always
is. Twice a day the sparkling
waters of the camp swimming
pool receive each camper for a
period of fun, frolic and learn
ing. The water massages and ex
ercises unused muscles as the
campers sport through the clear
waves.
Swimming Lessons Daily
Swimming instructors first
teach the youngsters to overcome
their fear of water and open the
secrets of floating and simple
adapted swimming strokes to
them. Each camper’s individual
handicap is studied and taught
accordingly. Almost all learn
ways to overcome their physical
limitations and propel themselves
through the water.
Red Cross water safety instruc
tors and lifeguards are always
at the poolside ready to help in
any way. Floating aids and life
jackets are always available for
use. A cleverly designed gate
across the pool separates the
shallow water from the deep re
served for the better swimmers.
Chair Patients Too
Even the children confined to
wheel chairs don’t miss out on
the daily dips. A movable sliding
board has been built to let the
youngsters slip gently into the
water. And when it’s time to
come out, a specially designed
hoist lifts him back into his
wheel chair.
All camping activities are de
signed along similar lines. All
are designed to give the camper
maximum results for his abili
ties, regardless of disability.
Archery practice, overnight
campouts, party nights, fun
times, painting, leather craft,
ceramics and other crafts fill the
busy camper’s schedule. And
for each of his accomplishments
the youngster receives a merit
badge at the awards program
held on the final night of the
camp.
Appetites Grow
When the dinner bell tolls,
there’s no worry about lost ap
petites. Campers troop into the
big mess hall to seat themselves
at family-style tables, serving
themselves, or with the help of
a counselor when necessary. Af
terwards each camper scrapes his
plate and helps clear off his table.
Best Campers
At the close of each camping’ session at the Texas Lions
Camp for Crippled Children,.,awards are made to the best
all-around boy camper and best all-around girl camper.
Here two proud winners display their trophies.
MISSED THE WHOLE THING
MAYSVILLE, Ky. (A>)_Garrett
McDowell reckons he’s a sound
sleeper. A car knocked down the
fence in his yard, overturned, and
crashed into his bedroom. McDow
ell slept through it all.
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Robert Taylor in
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Doris Day in
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Most campers gain several
pounds during their stay and
most of that is good solid muscle.
Only wholesome foods are served
at the camp and there’s always
plenty of it.
Religious Services Held
The spiritual side of camp life
is not neglected. Evening vesper
devotionals are held at each of
the five camp bunkhouses every
evening. And each meal is pre
ceded by a simple Grace, usually
sung by the young campers in
harmony.
Worship in the outdoors is
held each Sunday morning at the
open-air chapel, complete with
electric organ, a little altar and
comfortable bench-pews. The
chapel is located high on a camp
hill and campers and counselors
of all denominations and creeds
feel equally at home as they per-'
form their own brief and infor
mal services.
Sad, But Happy Ending
As each camp ends, parents
and Lion Club friends throng- to
the camp to take the campers
back home. The youngsters greet
friends and relatives with joy,
but there is sadness too, for the
campers have discovered the most
precious wealth of all — forget
ting' handicaps and sharing
friendship, openly and fully.
(Tomorrow: Who may attend.)
By JACK TEAGUE
Tommy Hefner, 22-year-old
farm management major from
Dallas and Ennis, answered when
asked why he came to Aggie-
land: “I just thought there was
no other school.”
Born in Dallas and raised on
a farm in Ennis, Tommy grad
uated from Adamson High School
in Dallas with quite a record be
hind him. Besides playing foot
ball four years, singing in the
school choir two years and one
year in the All-State Choir, he
must have set another record by
being elected vice president of
his freshman, sophomore and sen
ior classes.
Tommy entered A&M in Sep
tember, 1954, after having spent
the summer at Junction. He spent
several weeks with A Infantry
and then had to leave school be
cause of difficulties. He re-enter
ed A&M and A Infantry in Sep
tember of 1955, when he spent
more time working than going to
classes. At one time Tommy was
working 35 hours a week by hold
ing down five jobs at once.
Once again Tommy had to leave
A&M, this - time in November,
1956,- returning to his dad’s Here
ford farm in Ennis. He returned
in spring of 1958 and has been
here since then, even in summer
school.
One of the brightest moments
in Tommy’s life took place on
Aug. 23, 1958, when he married
the former Miss Jackie Fisk of
Dallas. “My brother Robert,
Class of ’51, had taught Jackie
at Sunset High School,” Tommy
said. “One time Robert and
Jackie’s brother teamed up on us
and got us on a blind date to
gether. It worked out fine.”
Tommy plans to graduate in
January, 1960. A cattle enthus
iast all his life, he plans to go
into business as a cattle raiser.
“Right now I’m having a hard
time keping up with two dogs
at my home, though,” said Tom.
He likes horses, guns and dogs
along with his cattle.
One interesting sidelight of
Tom’s wedding was that he wore
boots with his suit. “I didn’t do
it to be funny,” he said. “I just
didn’t and still don’t own a pair
of shoes—and I never want to.”
It seems that the only time
Tommy ever wore shoes in his
life was in grade school and as
a Corps member at Aggieland.
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