THE BATTALION
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Friday, January 22, 1960
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II
by Jim Earl* Old Goodnight College in Panhandle
An Ex Speaks
It would behoove all students at Texas A&M—freshmen,
sophomores and perhaps juniors and seniors—to read and
weigh closely the contents of the letter below. ^
The letter was written by an Aggie-ex, Bill McLaughlin
of the Class of ’58 who is now a landscape architect in Hous
ton. It was addressed primarily to the freshman class in the
Corps of Cadets, but the letter emphasizes numerous truths
for all classes to consider.
The letter:
“To Those Concerned:
“I hear some of you young men are planning on ending
your career at Aggieland. May I ask why?
“Are your studies somewhat harder than they were last
year, or last week, or even yesterday? Did someone do or
say something that made you realize that you were not as
great a guy as you thought? Are your problems just too
great for you to handle? Is your sweetheart or love too far
away?
“How very sorry I am for you young gentlemen. Do
you really, honestly and deeply believe that your studies,
hurt pride, or other trivial problems at Aggieland will be
the worst you have to encounter in future days? If you do,
you have a rude awakening coming.
“And that girl: are you going to expect her to turn
away from every problem as you do when you face them to
gether later in life?
“So you are going to throw away all you have worked
for up to now, simply because you cannot face a problem
squarely and solve it by yourself. Such an early start in
life to begin running away from life’s problems.! But it is
always easier for ‘little boys’ to run away from something
that is hard to encounter.
“You came to Texas A&M to become a man. So stay at
Texas A&M in the Corps of Cadets and become a man or be
the boy you are and start running away. And the heck with
you.”
Sincerely, 1
William McLaughlin, ’58
Many factors which are employed as legitimate reasons
for leaving after devoting an entire semester of time and
money are noted in the letter—grades, pride and a little girl.
In addition, the letter runs a close parallel with the
address given by President Earl Rudder to the Class of ’63
last Saturday morning in Guion Hall. President Rudder de
clared good grades come not from changing schools but from
correcting something within the individual.
Both stressed the facing of problems present and omit
ting “unjustifiable complaints” against the college.
Virtually every student will be confronted with final
examinations tomorrow and throughout the coming week.
And an excellent performance on final exams often results
in satisfactory reports for the course. It is the most oppor
tune period of the semester to convince professors and in
structors some knowledge has been derived from the course.
A measure of accomplishment may still be garnered from
the closing semester.
But success cannot be achieved by enunciating the dero
gatory virtues of the college and entering the final exams
with a similar attitude.-
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Former West Texas College
To Reopen for Delinquents
“I think I’ve found the answer to the grading problem!
Next semester I’m going to use my same grade book with
this semester’s grade and merely change the names. „
12-15 Per Day
Many Companies
Hold Interviews
By BOB SAILE
Battalion Staff Writer
One hundred and eleven inde
pendent companies and 25 gov
ernment agencies held job inter
views on the campus during the
fall semester, interviewing an
average of 12 to 15 students per
company per day, according to
Wendell R. Horsley, director of
the Placement Office.
Horsley said this semester’s in
terview program has been bigger
and more intensive than in pre
vious years, with more employers
holding interviews. Approxi
mately 30 companies interviewed
this year which had not done so
in the past, he said.
The Placement Office director
said he had no way of knowing
how many students actually re
ceived jobs, but that probably
five to ten per cent of those in
terviewed were employed.
Average Salaries
Average starting salary for en
gineering and science majors with
B.S. degrees was $525.per month,
according to Horsley. For busi
ness administration, agriculture
and liberal arts majors with B.S.
degrees, the average starting sal
ary was $400 to $425 per month.
Those graduating with a mast
ers degree in engineering and
science have been receiving $50
to $100 more in monthly salaries
than those graduating with B.S.
degrees, said Horsley. Those
holding Ph.D. degrees averaged
Texts by Groneman
In Foreign Writing
The McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.
has announced that two textbooks
by Chris H. Groneman, head of the
Department of Industrial Educa
tion, are being translated into for
eign languages.
One of Groneman’s books, “Gen
eral Woodworking”, is currently
being translated into the Arabic
language for use in the Near East
countries.
“General Shop”, of which Grone
man was a co-author, is being
translated into the Serbo-Crote
language for use in the Balkan
Countries.
A&M MENS SHOP
103 MAIN — NORTH GATE
AGGIE OWHED
$750 per month starting salary.
Salaries Higher
Average monthly starting sal
aries are running two to five per
cent higher than last year, he
added.
Horsley said graduates in elec
tronics, electrical engineering,
physics, applied math .and ac
counting are sought most by em
ployers.
One hundred and thirty-one in
dependent companies and 32 gov
ernment agencies are scheduled
to hold interviews on the campus
during the spring semester. From
6,500 to 7,000 individual inter
views will probably have been
conducted here by the end of the
spring semester, according to
Horsley.
Job interviews are being held
in the Placement Office on the
second floor of the YMCA and a
schedule of interviews has been
and will continue to be carried in
The Battalion as they come up.
GOODNIGHT, Tex. <dP)—Good
night College, the pride of this
Texas Panhandle ranching town
at the turn of the century, may
be back in operation soon as a
school for young troublemakers.
A plan advanced by Judge Jer
ry Kolander of the Potter County
(Amarillo) Court of Domestic
Relations calls for renovation of
the long-abandoned college build
ings for service as a school for
“pre-delinquents.”
Kolander defines a pre-delin
quent as a child “who exhibits
delinquent tendencies but has not
expressed them in such a way as
to damage society or himself.”
“They aren’t bad enough to
send to state institutions but
they need close supervision,” he
explained.
The Amarillo Junior League,
a women’s civic group, is consid
ering a campaign to raise funds
for the project. The Amarillo
Junior Chamber of Commerce al
so has expressed interest.
$250,000 Cost
Renovating the buildings and
adding facilities designed for ju
venile use would cost around
$250,000, Kolander said.
Children sent to the school
from the 26 Panhandle counties
would be given supervision and
training designed to steer them
back on the path of law-abiding,
u&eful lives, he said.
Kolander said he wrote to the
county judge in each county to
get the local reaction to his plan.
He received 19 favorable re
plies, and failed to hear from the
other 7. Kolander said the judges
who didn’t reply were in sparse-
Police Try Device
To Lessen Injuries
BALTIMORE, Md. (A>)—Three
Baltimore police cars are being
used to test a safety device de
signed to lessen the chance of auto
passengers being hurled against
the dashboard in a collision.
The gadget is attached to the
front and rear bumpers. When
the bumper is struck, a spring is
tripped causing the car seats to
move backward.
The backward movement of the
seat at • the moment of impact is
planned to take up the concussion
of the crash and check the forward
plunge of passengers.
ly-settled counties which have
few juvenile problems.
Self-Supportin g
The school would be self-sup
porting after the initial campaign
to establish and equip it, Ko
lander said, with operating costs
paid by the counties who send
children to the institution.
Each county would pay accord
ing to the number of students it
sent.
Col. Goodnight Founder
The college was established by
Col. Charles Goodnight, Indian
fighter and pioneer rancher for
whom the town of Goodnight
was named.
Goodnight first set up school
in the back yard of his home
in 1890, with one teacher holding
classes for the town’s youth.
The college was chartered by
the state in 1898. Goodnight do
nated two sections of land and
spent an estimated $80,000 on
buildings including a four-story
girls’ Dormitory, an auditorium
and four homes used as boys’
dormitories.
Deadline Saturday
For Room Requests
Noon tomorrow is the deadline
for the payment of room reser
vation fees for rooms now occu
pied, according to an announce
ment by Harry L. Boyer, hous
ing manager.
Students wishing to retain the
rooms they now occupy should
meet the deadline in order to in
sure assignment to those rooms,
Boyer said.
Beginning at 8 a.m. Monday,
rooms not already reserved will
be available on a first come, first
served basis.
Those students transferring
from a Corps dormitory to a ci
vilian dormitory must secure
room change slips with their tac
tical officer’s signature.
All students who plan to
change dormitories must turn in
their mattress covers tp the place
where they -were issued and re
ceive covers for the new area.
Boyer emphasized that it was
important that students pay fees
and reserve rooms before regis
tration.
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Offered to Methodists
Goodnight offered the institu
tion to the Methodist Church, but
was turned down, according to a
history compiled by Miss Mary
Miller, a Goodnight resident since
1905.
He then offered the school to
the Baptist Church, which took
over operation of the school in
1905 and ran it until 1917, when
the college closed.
Miss Miller said the college,
which had a maximum enrollment
of 200, faded because of World
War I, the addition of high
schools to Panhandle school sys
tems and the establishment of
West Texas State College in Can
yon.
Once Orphans’ Hoipe
The girls’ dorm was operated
as a branch of Dallas’ Buckner
Orphans home for two years, af
ter which the buildings were
turned over to the Goodnight
school system.
The buildings have been vacant
since 1953, when consolidation
sent Goodnight students to
schools in nearby Clarendon and
Claude.
Kolander said Goodnight’s deed
requires the property to be used
for educational purposes, so “we
feel quite sure we can get the
property for that use.”
He said the institution would
not compete with Cal Farley’s
famed Boys Ranch at Tascosa,
also in the Panhandle. The school
proposed by Kolander would be
co-educational, he said, whereas
Farley’s ranch handles only way
ward boys.
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