Wednesday, March 2, 1960
College Station, Texas
THE BATTALION
Double Attention For Mozart’s Birthday
Mozart, a doggone good Boxer dog, was key Van Dusen, 10, left. Mozart, just re
hustled out of his warm b6d in Houston to covering from a touch of flu, ate both cakes
see two birthday cakes baked for him by his with little effort. (AP Wirephoto)
owners, Keith Van Dusen, 7, left, and Mic-
Memorandum Released
en House, Supper Top
Public School Week in Area
By RUSSELL BROWN
CHS Correspondent .
The featured event of Texas
Public School Week in the Bryan-
College Station area is slated for
Thursday night in the A&M Con-
jolidated School Gymnasium when
the Mothers’ and Dads’ Club holds
its annual Community Supper.
Seiwing will begin at 5:30 p.m.
Mrs. Vergil Clark, supper chair
man, has commented last year’s
supper attracted a crowd of 1,200
and even more are expected this
year.
Supper tickets are being handled
this year by Mrs. Ellis Smith and
will be sold at $1 for adults and
60 cents for children under 12. One
ticket covers a meal of fried, chick
en, baked beans, rolls, relishes and
dessert with milk or soft drinks
extra.
In conjunction with Public School
Week, the junior and ,senior high
schools will hold assembles and
open house demonstrations begin
ning at 7:30 p.m. The high school
will run through its first three
classes on the morning schedule,
each 10-15 minutes long, to let
parents and interested friends see
how the students are progressing
in the work they are turning out.
The junior high will hold their as
sembly first, convening to classes
when the seniors take the audi
torium.
No special program has been
planned by the elementary school
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MEMORANDUM
GREETINGS:
For each of the past ten years Public Schools Week in
Texas has been set aside as a special time to place increased
emphasis on our educational system.
During this period, parents are encouraged to visit the
public schools, and all citizens are urged through special
programs to recognize the tremendous importance of our
system of education. Our goal is to emphasize the importance
and influence of public schools in the College Station Com-
mmunity, and to achieve this our citizens are urged to take an
active interest in the school system and to cooperate with
their school boards, superintendents, principals and teachers.
Never before in our history has there been a greater
need for educated leadership. As we rush to train young
people in science and technology to keep pace with world
events, it is also important to remember that our public
schools will furnish our leaders of tomorrow with the basic
human, moral and spiritual foundations necessary for more
advanced training and knowledge.
THEREFORE, I, Mayor of College Station do hereby
designate the week of February 27 - March 4, 1960, as
PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEEK in the College Station community.
In official recognition whereof, I hereby affix my signa
ture this 25th day of February 1960.
Ernest Langford
Mayor
Read Battalion Classifieds
according to Mrs. H. S. Creswell,
elementary principal. Illness has
forced teachers to review basic ma
terial for absentees, but parents
are welcome to come during the
week.
CROSSES PARTY LINE
SALT LAKE CITY <A>)_A Dem
ocrat won the door prize at the an
nual picnic of Utah Republicans.
Salt Lake City Democratic offi
cial Otto R. Maas was given the
GOP outing tickets by one of his
employes. Maas’ wife dropped
them in a box as the couple walk
ed past the picnic site on their
way to another picnic at a nearby
resort.
Said Maas, after delivery of the
$250 phonograph.
“It just goes to show what a
good Democrat can do against a
bunch of Republicans.”
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Face Lifting Nears for Language Lab
By BOB SLOAN
Battalion Staff Writer
The Department of Modern
Languages Laboratory is about to
undergo a series of extensive face
lifting operations which will make
it one of the most up to date mod
ern language labs in the state,
Jack A. Dabbs, professor in the
Department of Modern Languages,
revealed last week.
The language lab is located in
Room 124, Academic Building, next
to the Faculty Mail Exchange. The
new lab would take in Room 126
adjoining the present laboratory,
said Dabbs.
“Right now there is a door be
tween the two rooms, but it is
nailed shut,” Dabbs said.
New Lab
When the new lab is constructed,
this door will be opened allowing
students and instructors to pass
from one lab to the other without
having to open the door to the
hall, thus keeping noise from the
outside at a minimum, said Dabbs.
In addition to opening the door,
a section of the wall between the
two rooms is to be cut out and a
glass window will be installed, he
added.
The window will open into a con
trol booth much like a control
booth in a radio station, Dabbs ex
plained. This soundproof booth
will house a master console which
will give the instructor much
greater flexibility in teaching and
correcting students, Dabbs said.
Master Console
“With the new master console,
an instructor will be able to plug
into any student’s recorder, listen
to his progress and correct any
errors the student makes,” Dabbs
pointed out. “Or an instructor
may listen to a group of students,
correct any one person in the
group or the group as a whole. By
pressing a button, an instructor
will be able to make announce
ments to the entire lab, or to an
individual.
‘And he will be able to do all
this with a mere flick of the wrist
while sitting in one chair!” Dabbs
exclaimed.
Wisconsin led the nation in the
per capita consumption of beer
and ale in 1958 with a naverage
24.5 gallons. Nevada was second
with 22.2 gallons and New Jersey,
Michigan and Pennsylvania third
with 19.9.
The additional laboratory room
will accommodate 30 new booths,
said Dabbs. The 30 new machines
added to the 14 now in use will
make 44 recording machines avail
able to students.
“The new lab will also contain
a projection booth and a screen
for showing films and other visual
education' aids,” Dabbs said.
An official from Monitor Lab
oratories, the firm who will sup
ply the recorders and do the wir
ing and installation for the new
lab, is expected on the campus
sometime next week to confer with
the Department of Modern Lang
uages about the work, Dabbs said.
Established in 1958
The laboratory was established
in September, 1958, and has proved
its worth many times over, Dabbs
said. Approximately 400 students
use the lab every week, he said.
“Some periods,” said Dabbs, “we
have to turn many students away
because the 14 machines now avail
able are all in use.”
“There is a quite noticeable dif
ference in the work of the student
who uses the lab regularly and
the one who studies at home,”
Dabbs said.
Tape Test
As an example, Dabbs said he
uses a tape recording of a Spanish
radio broadcast to test his fourth
semester Spanish students on their
ability to understand spoken Span
ish. This year he played the tape
to his third semester Spanish class
who has been using the lab. Their
comprehension was as good or bet
ter than the fourth semester class
es in the past, he said.
The lab is open from 8 a.m.-
5 p.m. every school day and is
available Saturday from 8:30 a.m.-
12 noon to any student who wishes
to use it, Dabbs said. An instruct
or is always on duty in the lab to
assist anyone in locating tapes or
operating the machines, he added.
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40 Ag Ed Majors
Ready for Contest
Forty agricultural education ma
jors, along with the Department
of Agricultural Education staff,
will travel to the Houston Fat
Stock Show Saturday to conduct
the annual 4-H and FFA Livestock
Judging Contest.
The Aggies will direct judging,
tabulate results and keep records,
stated J. R. Jackson, associate pro
fessor of agricultural education.
The stock show sponsored con
test is open to all Texas FFA and
4-H organizations and is expected
Wesley Foundation
Series Scheduled
The A&M Wesley Foundation
will present a series of student and
faculty panel discussions on the
question of “Is There A Conflict
Between Military Discipline and
The Unrestricted Search For The
Truth?”, the Rev. Bob Cooper, Di
rector of the Wesley Foundation
announced today.
The program will be held in the
Wesley Foundation Building and
will begin at 7:15 Wednesday even
ing.
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COURT’S
SHOES
SHOE REPAIR
THIS IS QUIZ WEEK
Be Sure To Spend At Least 3 or 4 Extra: Hours On Each Course For That Grade
You Will Need.
IF YOU NEED EXTRA HELP
FIRST — SEE YOUR PROF.
SECOND — See me for a Well qualified Tutor in Chemistry, Physics, 120 Math, Algebra
and Trig.
to attract a total of nearly 400
teams throughout the state to com
pete for the $3,500 in award cer-
ificates, he added.
The contest is divided into two
portions, the Livestock Judging
Contest, under the supervision of
E. V. Walton, head of the Depart
ment of Agricultural Education
and the Dairy Judging Contest,
with O. M. Holt, associate profes.-
sor in the Department of Agricul
tural Education, as its superin
tendent.
Other A&M faculty members to
assist in the day long event are
J. R. Jackson, Dr, Jarrell Gray,
Dr. Earl Knebel, Dr. Ben Cook,
A. M. Meekma, T. D. Tanksley, W.
T. Berry and Doug Wythe.
COMBAT BALL
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-—WE FORM FIT FATIGUES—
One Day Service.
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Uniform Tailors
HOLIDAY
Wednesday, March 2, 1960 being a Holiday, in obser
vance of Texas Independence Day, the undersigned will
observe that date as a Holiday and not be open for
business.
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