Registrar Defends Changes in Entrance Requirement By BOB EDGE Battalion Staff Writer Any drop in freshman enroll ment at A&M for the past fall semester should not be attributed solely to changes in entrance re quirements, H. L. Heaton, regis trar and director of admissions, said yesterday. Freshmen enrollment at A&M this fall, approximately 300 below the figure for the fall of 1957, is due to many factors, said Heaton. He added that the revision and general upgrading of entrance re quirements originally started in 1956, and available figures showed that approximately 400 applicants have been turned away each fall since 1956 because of deficiencies. He emphasized that this figure showed no increase this past fall. Change Made in ’56 Heaton outlined the background of the revisions in entrance re quirements by saying that prior to 1956, applicants with deficienc ies were allowed to enter and could subsequently make up any requirements they might lack. Af ter 1956 this policy was dropped. However, provisions were made whereby applicants with deficienc ies but who were considered to be superior high school students, be ing in the upper one-fourth of their class, could be allowed to en ter. In the fall of 1958, the math re quirements for the school of engi neering were changed from the original one unit in algebra and one unit in plane geometry to two | change their original fields of units in algebra, one unit in plane geometry and one-half unit in trigonometry. The registrar noted that defi ciencies in these requirements has not been significant in turning away a large number of fall appli cants due to the fact that the school was assisting them in get ting this work off in summer school and correspondence courses, prior to registration. Why Students Change Others, he ad,ded, decided to study when they found they lack ed the requirements for entrance. Many were allowed to enter on this basis that would have not been originally accepted. Seeks Better Students In answer to statements con cerning the loss in state funds the college is suffering as a re sult of the enrollment drop, Hea ton sxplained: “Our objective in upgrading our entrance requirements is to get better qualified students to take the various college programs of training which we offer. In so do ing we recognize that it will af fect the amount of our appropria tions, but we are interested in do ing the very best for the qualified man that we can.” Standards To Be Raised In regard to entrance require ment changes that are to become effective in September, 1960, Hea ton stated that “this is the plan on the part of the faculty to con tinue upgrading admission stand ards in an effort to graduate a greater percent of our entering freshmen.” He added that these changes gre actuated by the Exe cutive Committee and the Acad emic Council. When queried as to indications of improvement possibly attribut able to the general upgrading pro gram, Heaton answered, ‘“accord ing to current information from the Basic Division, freshmen grades are definitely up over this time last year.” Weather Today Partly cloudy skies through to morrow. High today 55-58. Low tonight near 35. THE BATTALION 12th Man Bowl Tomorrow Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus Number 82: Volume 58 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1959 Price Five Cents SINGING CADETS TO PRESENT ANNUAL CONCERT IN GUION HALL TONIGHT . . . Lan Lynch is one of the featured soloists for the program Singing Concert Cadets to in Guion Present Tonight The Singing Cadets will present their annual Spring Concert in Guion Hall tonight at 7:30. Included on the program will be sacred music, spirituals, popular and folk songs. Many familiar songs ranging from the Great Masters to songs from Broadway will be sung. Several of the sacred songs to be sung are “Sanctus” from Saint Cecelia, “Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God” by Mueller, and Mo zart’s “Gloria”. The program will include the traditional spiritual, “Rock-A-My Soul” and familar spirituals as “Soon-Ah-Will Be Done” and “Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child”. The group will also sing sev eral popular songs as “Autumn Leaves”, Hammerstein’s “Noth- TTI Employs New Research Engineer Dr. Ralph N. Traxler has been employed as a research engineer by the Texas Transportation Insti tute, Fred J. Benson, executive of ficer of the institute, said yester day. . Dr. Traxler, who holds B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in chem istry from the University of Colo rado, was recently supervisor of asphalt research at the Texas Company. ing Like A Dame” and “Seventy- six Trombones” from the Broad way show of the same name. ' Folk songs will include “Doney Gal” and “LiT Liza Jane” along with such patriotic songs as “Let There Be Music” and “This Is My Country”. Featufed soloists for tomorrow night will be Lane Lynch, Ronald Doan and Lew Plotts. Maurice Adams is accompanist for the group. Admission to the concert will be free, according to Bill Turner, di rector of the Singing Cadets. Officers of the Singing Cadets this year are Arthur Cameron, president; Don Linnenberger, vice president; David Bunting, business manager; Ronald Doan, librarian; and John Lenamon, reporter-his torian. This year’s group is composed of 56 members. First tenors are Billy J. Barfield, James V. Crouch, Hugh Davidson, Donnie Duplis- sey, Frank Glenn, Dean Hosier, Scott Lallier, Don Linnenberger, Lane Lynch, Nathan O’Brian, Lew Plotts, Robert Shaw, Bert Thomp son. Second Tenors are Efraim Ar- mendariz, Irvin M. Atkins, David Bunting, Robert L. Compton, War ren Copeland, Jerry Griffiths, Jack Harrington, Tim Hawthorne, Janies A. Lair and Frank Yount. The baritones for the group are Robert Arevales, William Comp ton, Deryl Dalby, Larry Dubberly, jerry Hatfield, Donald D. Hender son, David Hopkins, James P. Hudson, Bill Huskinson, William J. Jonas, Bob Moody, David Mor gan, Gabriel Navar, John Schier, Clem Sherek and Carlos Worley. The basses are Ed L. Berry, Olin W. Brown, Arthur L. Cameron, Ronald B. Doan, Marcus Edwards, Joe A. Fernandez, Emmett C. Flanagan, Larry K. Leighton, John L. Lenamon, Donald Melton, Ramsey K. Melugin, Roger S. Moran, William H. Taylor, Wil liam E. Tipton, Joe W. Lindley, Richard Simmons and Bill Weston. The group has had concert ap pearance in Edna, Weslaco and Baytown. Turner said future con certs are scheduled for Dallas, Denton, San Angelo, and Weather ford. Five Summer Sites Set for AF Camps A&M Air Force cadets who have completed their junior year of training will attend five Summer Training Unit sites this summer. The Department of Air Science said Monday that approximately 175 Aggies will attend Summer Training Unit camps at Eglin AFB, Fort Walton, Fla.; Craig AFB, Selma, Ala.; Vance AFB, Enid, Ok- la; Webb AFB, Big Spring, Texas; and Luke AFB, Phoenix, Ariz. The training units will be held for two periods of four weeks each, the first starting June 14 and the second starting August 2. This is' done to allow students to attend either session of summer school. Cadets will be given their pre ference of sessions but not sites, according to Maj. Roger A. Mc- Caulley, junior Air Science in structor. An IBM machine will select where cadets will go on the basis of least travel cost computed at 5^ a mile. Ags Volunteer to Give 594 Pints of Blood; Fall 56 Short of Goal CV Tenants Asked To Watch Children College View tenants are urged to restrict their children from playing on stacked shingles. According to Calvin E. Moore, manager of Student Apartments, children are damaging the Shingles before they can be used. Buildings in College View are presently being re-roofed and workmen have noticed children climbing on unloaded shingles. Climbing is not only dangerous for the children, but it is damaging the shingles. Tenants can help reduce costs and prevent accidents by corralling their children, Moore said. SMU Dean to Talk At AAUP Meeting Dr. J. W. Riehm, assistant dean of the Southern Methodist Univer sity Law School, will speak on “The Place of Law in A Rapidly Evolving Society” at the annual banquet of the Texas A&M Chap ter of the American Association of University Professors, to be held March 11, at 6:30 p.m. in the Assembly Room of the Memorial Student Center. Dr. Riehm is president' of the Conference of Southwest Legal Foundations and a member of the American, New York, Michigan, Illinois and Texas Bar Associa tions. Meets Air Force Friday Weight Worries Army Coach As 12th Man Bowl Nears Army Coach Stan Roper sent his 1:2th Man Bowl squad through light workouts today in final prep aration for the game with the outfit athletic officers at 50 cents. Ducats will also be sold at the gate at game time. Air Force tomorrow night at 8 on available in dormitories through Kyle Field. Roper cast a skeptical eye at the Army ROTC players and mut tered with an attitude typical of all coaches: “We have lots of hustle and de sire, but we don’t have the weight and experience that the Air Force has.” Addng a boost to his spirits, however, were a group of line men popping leather as they rush ed through contact work. Roper had special praise for linemen Jimmy Garrett, Corky Cobern, and Tom Austin. He is also pretty high on backs Perry Pope and Son ny Todd. The Army crew has been work- ; ing out in full pads since last : Thursday, and Roper said their spirit was still high. He declined to give the starting |f! lineup for the game, saying he || wanted to wait until the last min- || ute so ^hat he would have a mkm chance to look over the best ef- I forts of every man. Helping Rop- Sponsors to Extend Drive,, Sign Donors Again Friday The Student Senate-sponsored blood drive fell short of its goal yesterday as only 594 Aggies signed to give blood. The goal was set at 650 by Senate members and the College Station Lions club. Requests by students who were unable to sign up due to classes all day yesterday have prompted the Senate to con tinue the drive Friday. The booth in the Memorial Student Center between the Post Office and the Fountain Room will be open from 8 a. m. to 2 p. m. Friday to accommodate those who were unable to sign up yesterday. “It is a marvelous tribute to A&M how the Aggies CS Schools Plan Community Supper College Station will observe Texas Public School Week Thurs day night with a community sup per in the A&M Consolidated School Gymnasium. < Serving will begin at 5:30 and several lines will assure no waiting for the larg*e crowd that is expect ed. Advance tickets sales indicate that a crowd of about 1200 people will attend. In keeping with Public School Week the junior and senior high schools will present brief pro grams for parents and friends fol lowing the supper. Fifth grade students will present a musical program in the Auditorium be ginning at 7:00. At 7:30 the sen ior high school will also present a brief program. Demonstration classes will also be held by both schools. Tickets are $1.00 for adults an