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PAGE 2 Thursray, August 27, 1959 The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas Eighty-four Top High School Graduates Win Awards Eighty-four top high school graduates have been named win ners of four-year Opportunity Award Scholarships at A&M, Dr. J. B. Page, dean of the College and chairman of the Faculty Commit tee on Scholarships, said. An additional eight students have been listed to receive other scholarships. Winners of the Opportunity Awards were chosen by the Facul ty Committee on Scholarships of the College following statewide competitive examinations given to more than 600 candidates on April 25 and May 2. Opportunity Awards are valued at from $800 to $1,200, recipients receiving $200 to $800 a year for four years plus part-time employ ment provided by the College. Win ners are chosen after consideration of each candidate’s scholastic rec ord, character, evidence of leader ship in high school and financial circumstances. The plan was started here 13 years ago and is supported by for mer students, clubs, business cor porations, foundations and indi viduals. Since its beginning in 1946, the plan has helped more than 1,200 capable high school graduates to enroll in college. Ninety per cent have either graduated or are still going to school on Opportunity Awards. The 1959 winners of four-year scholarships are: ABILENE: Harrold Paul Cow ley. ALICE: Jack Louis Gibbs. ALIEF: Dennis Keith McIntosh. AMARILLO: Alfred Wayne Hughlett and Marvin Albert Byars. ATHENS: Billie Wayne Davis. AUGUSTA: Lester Hoyle Beaird. BOY’S RANCH (OLDHAM COUNTY): Gary John Simon and Basic Division Aids Freshman’s Closest The Basic Division, created in *! 1950, in which you as a freshman « at A&M will be enrolled, is speci- fically planned to work with new ~ students and their problems. SL W It helps bridge the gap from ^ home to college life. ^ The Basic Division, a non-degree L granting school, was established £ to aid the entering student in his ■m adjustment to college. ^ All freshmen enroll in this divi- ^ sion regardless of the “plan-of- $ study” they wish to follow. w A general curriculum is provided * for the student who is not ready 4 to decide upon an academic major. ^ Assuming normal satisfactory pro- "» gress the student is transferred to * the degree school of his major study at the end of his first year. * The purpose of the Basic Divi sion is to help a student in every possible manner so he may bene fit and find himself better equip ped when he enters a degree grant ing school of the college. The most important responsibili ty the Division has is to furnish assistance, both academic and personal, to students pertaining to schedule planning, substitution for required courses, irregular class attendance, dropping courses and decisions by students about re maining in college. Some students find adjustments necessary in their first semester of college such as academic, per sonal, social and vocational prob lems. Two adjustments most students have to make are of social and vo cational nature. Many of these problems are of such a nature that Aggieland Cadets Train for Progress $ | j# U The Cadet Corps at Aggieland v has taken on a new look. *. The School of Military Science ;; has made changes and progress '5 is being made in the training, of •; students to prepare “them for the y atomic and “jetomic” age. ’’vi The military training prepares the cadet for the future and pro- g vides him with a foundation for _ solving the complexities of life af- f: ter graduation. The objective of the Corps of Cadets is fourfold: a. To produce officers who have the qualities and attributes essen- tial to their progressive and con- tinned development as officers in a component of the Armed Forces • of the United States of America. b. To lay the foundation of in- ” telligent citizenship for the cadet * through a training program de- y signed to be of benefit to him, to !' the State of Texas and to the na- # . '•' r tion whether in military or civilian life. ,<■ c. To provide strong training V in basic principles of leadership including- promptness, honesty, fairness, intelligence and common sense. 'Y : d. To develop a deep sense of ^responsibility, honor and integrity i;. and to cultivate habits of cheerful obedience and precision in the *3 maintenance of high standards of ^performance whatever the task. The Army (ROTC) is teaching ''♦new pentomic army organization, operations and tactics. The latest developments in equipment that is not classified are used; new con cepts in logistic support to fast moving tactical units, made pos sible by automatic data processing systems, developed under the su pervision of the Army Signal Corps, new trainfire techniques, a method of improving marksman ship quicker and more effectively or realistically, are being taught. The Department of Air Science is dedicated to training young men for the “jetomic” age. AFROTC cadets are given the latest up-to- date material, constant research is conducted by Headquarters, Air Force, located at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., and the various college detachments. Cadets (freshman) are offered a compre hensive picture of the total Amer ican air power' and the places of military forces, as instruments .of national security: cadets (sopho more)’ become familiar with the elements of aerial warfare; cadets (junior) are given a comprehen sive picture of the Air Force Base, its organization and distribution of responsibilities; during the sen ior year the preparation of a young man is concluded in a study of the principles of warfare and how they have evolved; his four years in the AFROTC program prepare him for a future career as an Air Force officer. Students; Friend the students wish to talk them over with a professional counselor. Testing and counseling services provided by the Basic Division aid those students who do not have a set degree in mind. Here is where tests aid the counselors in giving him more help in working with the students and helping them make important decisions. Professional counselors in the Division, assisted by members of other departments of the college in which a student wishes to study, interpret and review each student’s test results and high school trans cript individually. Supporting the freshman’s scho lastic supervision, a qualified staff offers many specialized . psycholo gical services. These compliment ary services are increments which render the Basic Division unique. Some of these services are group testing and placement of entering students in academic courses, re medial services in reading and in study techniques for students of all academic classifications; a read ing room for vocational informa tion; coordination of programs in remedial English and remedial mathematics; testing and specializ ed counseling services for students of all academic classifications. These services are to help the student so he will have a good background for college work. Students whose test results show a proficiency in a particular subject are allowed to substitute other courses for the one usually taken during the semester. A stu dent has an opportunity to discuss any subject he has been advised on by the Basic Division staff with anyone he desires before making the decision. Chemistry, English, Mathematics and reading have shown by records from previous years to be the sub jects that students have the most trouble with. The Basic Division has courses designed to help stu dents who are weak in these Elmer Glen Mitchell. BRADY: Willis Franklin White- head. BRENHAM: Cordell Floyd Wiesepape. BROWNFIELD: Stephen Rais Loe. ' BRYAN: John Hamilton Smith. BURTON: Otto Charles Wilke. CANADIAN: John Paul Prich ard and Joe Calvin Wheeler. CARTHAGE: Charles Joseph Buck. CENTER: Jasper Debb Bittick. CLYDE: Wesley Aubrey Robin son. CROCKETT: Charles William Luker. DECATUR: Gervis Marion Webb. DEKALB: Roger Wayne Alexan der. DIBOLL: Travis Ray Parker. D1MM1TT: Gary Marvin Simms. DUMAS: Robert James Slape. EL PASO: William Edward Neu- gebauer. FORT WORTH: Andres H. Ybarra. GARLAND: Donald Paul Shirley and Gary Parker Willeford. GARRISON: James Rufus Mc Lain. GRAHAM: Jerry Everette Hayes. HALLETSVILLE: Melvin Roy Rother, Dennis Joseph Svetlik and Sylvester Jerome Kutach. HASKELL: John Robert Ganna way. HEARNE: James Alfa Dotson. HEMPSTEAD: Chester Leon Borski. HOUSTON: John Dale White, Jerry Don Morgan and John Paul Roberts. KENNARD: Gaylon Max Mc- Clinton. KERENS: Teddy Douglas Mayo. KERRVILLE: James Elbert Wright, Charles Henry Maurer and Dillard Wayne Faries. KILGORE: Bobby Gene Edney. KOPPERL: George W. Powell. LAREDO: Carlos Victoriana Me jia. LONGVIEW: James Shepperd Loviek. Meridian: Tommy Joe MERIDIAN: Tommy Joe Schulze. MONAHANS: Joe Stanley Gra ham Jr. MONGOMERY: James Leslie Hulon. MT. PLEASANT: Fred Kirkland Blackard. NEDERLAND: James Caldwell Hilton. NEW BRAUNFELS: James Richard Norwood and Ray Allen Kappel. OLTON: James Nathan Bryant. QUITMAN: Willie Joe Nichols. RAYMONDVILLE: Roy Lee Stanley. ROSEBUD: Leslie Otto Sitz. SAN ANGELO: Joseph Edward Terra! Jr. SAN ANTONIO: William Rew McKeen, George Anthony John ston and Earl Martin Stenger. SCHULENBURG: Donald Ray mond Boehm and Gene Frank Brossmann. SEAGOVILLE: Charles Dougles Freeman. SHINER: Calvin Charles Sim per. SKELLYTOWN: Jesse Thomas McGee. SNYDER: Jimmy Darrell Guy. SPRINGLAKE: Milton David Hamm. SULPHUR SPRINGS: Harry Alan Payne. SWEETWATER: Edward Clote- worthy Marshall. TYLER: Joe Howard Gipson. VAN VLECK: Layne Delton Hoppe and Clyde Richard Bickham. VERNON: Alvin Leon May and Stanley Logan Williams. WACO: John Dryden Burton. WICHITA FALLS: William Kenneth Rundell and Bobby Wayne Sinclair. WINTERS: Nathan Roeneal Boles. YOAKUM: Robert Louis Thiele, Jr. and Rex William Moore Jr. Other scholarships have been listed for: AZLE: Ben Franklin Whitefield. DALLAS: Victor Mikulec. ELDORADO: Farris Glen Nixon. 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