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THE BATTALION PAGE 2 Wednesday, September 23, 1959 CADET SLOUCH BATTALION EDITORIALS . . . Journalism Which Succeeds Best —and Best Deserves Success— Fears God and Honors Man; Is Stoutly Independent, Unmoved by Pride of Opinion or Creed of Power . . . Waller Williams A Forward Congratulations, though they may be a bit premature are in order for members of the Corps of Cadets and especial ly to cadet officers. The report released Tuesday shows the advancements made in the right direction this year. With only 12 freshmen having dropped out through Monday as compared with 35 for the same period last year, this gives Texas A&M an added 23 men in its fight to increase enrollment. Another more important result of the increase in men staying is to show that members of the Corps of Cadets are doing their part in making Texas A&M a better school. Probably the most significant result of the increase in the number of freshmen who stayed through Freshmen Orientation Week and the first day of classes is that it mean fewer families and citizens of the. state of Texas will have a bad impression of Texas A&M. Undoubtedly, nothing has done more to hurt enrollment and lower the regard people hold for Texas A&M, than the number of freshmen who have gone home after only a few days here to spread their story of the bad side of the school. This result will mean big dividends in years to come With less dissatisfied freshmen discouraging prospective high school seniors to come to Texas A&M, enrollment will continue to increase. Relations between the college and the people of the state will improve because of enrollment in creases and the smaller number of degraders of the school. The Corps will also be doing more in achieving its purpose. A lot remains to be done, but at least members of the Corps of Cadets have started out on the right foot. How well they continue to work to improve the Corps will tell how well Texas A&M will prosper in the future. Keep up the good work, cadets, your future is also hinged to the future of the college. 6r /™ Danforth Group Wants Fellows Nuclear Engineering Begins Complete Operation This Month ^ ~ Ffl #7* The new Department of Nu- quaint engineers with the uses of -®- » * w/m/ W W M/B w ^5 Leave Procedures ‘No, fish Jethro, an engineer here at A&M ain’t exactly a train driver!” Minnesota produces more than 60 per cent of iron ore in the U. S. The Danforth Foundation, an educational foundation located in St. Louis, Mo., invites applica tions for the ninth class, 1960, of Danforth Graduate Fellows from college senior men and re cent graduates who are prepar ing themselves for a career of college teaching, and are plan ning to enter graduate school in September, 1960, for their first year of graduate study. The foundation welcomes ap plicants from the areas of na tural and biological sciences, so cial sciences, humanities and all fields of specialization to be found in the undergraduate col lege. President Earl Rudder has named Dr. G. W. Schlesselman as the liaison officer to nomin ate to the Danforth Foundation two or not to exceed three candi dates for these 1960 fellowships. These appointments are funda mentally “a relationship of en couragement” throughout the years of graduate study, carry ing a promise of financial aid within prescribed conditions as there may be need. The maximum annual grant for single fellows is $1,500 plus tui tion and fees charged to all grad uate students; for married fel lows, $2,000 plus tuition and fees charged to all graduate students with an additional stipend of $500 for each child. Students with or without financial need are invited k> apply. A Danforth fellow is allowed to, carry other scholarship ap pointments, such as Rhodes, Ful- bright, Woodrow Wilson, Mar shall, etc., concurrently with his Danforth Fellowship, and appli cants for these appointments are cordially invited to apply at the same time for a Danforth Fellow ship. If a man received the Danforth appointment, together with a Rhodes Scholarship, Fulbright Scholarship, or Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, he becomes a Dan forth fellow without stipend, un til these other relationships are completed. All Danforth fellows will par ticipate in the annual Danforth Foundation Conference on Teach ing, to be held at Camp Miniwan- ca in Michigan in September, 1960. The qualifications of the candi dates as listed in the announce ment from the foundation are: men of outstanding academic ability, personality congenial to the classroom, and integrity and character, including serious in quiry within the Christian tradi tion. All applications, including the recommendations, must be com pleted by Jan. 31, 1960. Any stu dent washing further information should get in touch w r ith Dr. Schlesselman. Social Whirl The Sophomore Veterinary Wives Club will honor the fresh men veterinary wives at a Get Acquainted Party tonight at 7:30 in the South Solarium of the YMCA. Guest speaker for the evening will be Mrs. Alvin A. Price. Depar clear Engineering officially be gan full-scale operation this month with the arrival of its first department head, Dr. Robert G. Cochran. The department’s curriculum is designed primarily for graduate instruction leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. However, an introductory course in nuclear engineering is being offered for the first time this fall to senior level' students desiring to broaden their engi neering training to include some knowledge of the nuclear science and engineering field. The fall course, Nuclear Engi neering 401, is a survey of the many areas of knowledge used by the nuclear engineer in advancing present day technology. Nuclear Engineering 402, the introductory course to be offered in the spring, is designed to ac- Civil Air Patrol To Sponsor Show qua radioisotopes and techniques in industry. Experience has shown that en gineers who have taken some training in nuclear technology have enhanced their employment opportunities and frequently re ceive higher than average start ing salaries, said Cochran. Any student desiring informa tion about A&M’s Nuclear Engi neering program should contact Cochran at the department office in Bolton Hall, or John D. Randal at the Training Reactor Facility in the Mechanical Engineering Shops. The Bryan Civil Air Patrol Squadron will sponsor a travel ing variety show in two perform ances at the Stephen F. Austin High School auditorium Monday. The proceeds will be used by the CAP to buy gasoline for search missions for downed pilots and for flood disaster relief pro grams. The show wall headline a magic act by Marvin the Marvelous, songs by Kay Arnold, supported by Freckles, the talking doll, clowns, and other attractions. The matinee performance will be at 4 p.m. and the evening performance at 8 p.m. Price of the show is 90 cents per person. Commentator Staff Schedules Meeting There will be a meeting of all students interested in working on the magazine for the School of Arts and Sciences tomorrow at 7:30 in the basement of the YMCA. The magazine in the past has been known as The Commentator but action is now being taken to change the name to ‘The Texas A&M Review, Tucker Sutherland, editor, said recently. “There are openings on the staff for writers, advertising salesmen, circulation men, art ists, photographers and men in terested in public relations or promotion,” Sutherland said. A deck of playing cards is much like the calender. The 12 face cards represent the 12 months; the 52 cards in the deck equal the 52 week in the year. And the sum of all the cards in the deck (counting Jack as 11, Queens as 12, King as 13 (plus a Joker) totals 365 days. The office of the president has been receiving a large number of requests for annual leave from members of the staff ranging from those of the heads of de partments to stenographic and laboratory help, President Earl Rudder said recently. In granting final approval on annual leave requests, Rudder has listed the following proce dures: 1. For members of the depart mental staff other than heads of departments the final approval will be that of the head of the de partment. 2. For heads of departments the final approval will be the dean of the school involved. 3. For deans of the schools the leave request should be routed to the president’s office for ap proval. Rudder said that employees be urged to take leave due them for their own benefit and for the ultimate benefit of the college. “Scheduling of leaves is the responsibility of the department heqd, or the dean of the school of department heads, and should be such that the work of the de partment is not disrupted. Car ry-over of leave should be dis couraged. Carry-over should be permitted only when it will clear ly be in the best interest of the college and the employee to do THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the stu dent writers only. The Battalion is a non-tax-supported, non profit; self-supporting educational enterprise edited and op erated by students as a community newspaper and is under the supervision of the director of Student Publications at Texas A&M College.- Members of the Student Publications Board are L. A. Duewall, director of Student Publications, chairman ; J. W. Amyx, School of Engineering; Otto R. Kunze, School of Agriculture; and Dr. E. D. McMurry, School of Veterinary Medicine. The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A.&M. is published in College Station, Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, September through May, and once a week during summer school. Entered as second-class I matter at the Post Office in College Station, Texas, under the Act of Con gress of March 8, 1870. MEMBER: The Associated Press Texas Press Ass’n. Represented nationally by IN a t i o n a 1 Advertising Services, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los An- 1 geles and San Francisco. 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JOHNNY JOHNSON EDITOR David Stoker Managing Editor Bob Weekley Sports Editor Bill Hicklin, Robbie Godwin News Editors Joe Callicoatte Assistant Sports Editor Jack Hartsfield, Ken Coppage, Bill Broussard, Ben Trial, Bobby Dodson, Tommy Holbein and Bob Saile Staff Writers Dave Mueller Photographer CIRCLE TONIGHT “THIS EARTH IS MINE” Rock Hudson and “HOUSEBOAT” Cary Grant Sophia Loren so. Requests for carry-over should be by letter to the dean through the head of the depart ment. The letter should give justification for the request and be in the dean’s hands by July 15 of the year from which leave is to be carried over,” Rudder said. % By way of review, the presi dent listed some of the regula tions governing leave: 1. Annual leave is limited to two normal weeks during a fiscal year and no leave is earned un til after six months of continuous service. The Board has added an extra week which may be taken in lieu of legal holidays. 2. Only full-time twelve months employees may be granted leave. Persons employed on an hourly or daily basis or nine months em ployees are not eligible for an nual leave. 3. Not more than 10 working days (based on 40-hour week) may be carried forward to the next fiscal year. No leave can be carried to the second fiscal year. 4. No credit may be carried for ward for holidays not taken dur ing the fiscal year. “Complete records of leave re quests, leave taken, and leave due should be kept in the office which gives the final approval. These should be kept available for re view by the business office or dean’s office at any time,” Rud der concluded. WEDNESDAY Show Opens 6 P. M. ^iipra ARTHUR KENNEDY-leiferickson CHARLES McGRAW ERNEST TRUEX RICHARD HAYDN JUDITH EVELYN WALLACE FORD BE A MAGICIAN WRITE MEYER-BLOCH DIR.-CONJURORS’ CLUB 240 RIVINGTON ST. N. Y. 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