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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
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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-
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'•' 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.
GLADE WATER: Jimmy Charles
Jackson.
HOUSTON: Weldon Andrew
Lee..
LIBERTY: Jacques James Mc-
Millen.
MEGARGEL: William Joseph
Cepica.
PALACIOS: Bobby Linden Brad
shaw.
The average freight train in
1957 consisted of 69 cars, a new
record. This was almost 43 per
cent more cars than in the aver
age freight train of 1919.
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