THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Wednesday, May 4, 1960
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle intercollegiate report
BATTALION EDITORIALS
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Deserves Success— Fears God and Honors Man; Is
Stoutly Independent, Unmoved by Pride of Opinion
or Creed of Power . , . Walter Williams
Voting Standards
Brazos County’s First Democratic Primary opens Sat
urday morning in 19 precincts in the area with candidates
for 20 offices seeking support from voters in this area—along
with an infinite number of precincts across Texas.
The Primary may have surprised many local residents in
this region as the primary voting in Texas has usually been
conducted in July. However, the new Texas Election Laws
have moved the political calendar up some 11 weeks, putting
the first Primary date this Saturday. Moreover, the Second
Primary is slated later in the year and plans for this vote
session will be established after the nearing Primary closes.
Several citizens in the area have only vague knowledge
of the voting qualifications for the coming elections this year.
And a closer look at the standards show it may be too late to
qualify if steps in this direction have not been taken.
The general qualifications for voting are:
• The voter must have a 1959 Poll Tax or 1959 Exemp-
election.
• The voter must be a citizen of the United States.
• The voter must have resided in Texas for at least one
year preceding May 7, 1960 and for at least six months in
Brazos County before that date.
• The voter must have a 1959 Pool Tax or 1959 Exemp
tion Certificate secured prior to February 1, 1960. (No Certi
ficate is required outside the city of Bryan if over 60 years of
age on January 1, 1959. The residence of a single man is
where he sleeps at night and that of a married man is where
his wife resides, according to Texas laws).
• Voters must vote in the precinct in which they reside.
® If a person has moved into a new voting precinct since
paying the Poll Tax, an affidavit of residence must be signed.
• Illiteracy is not a cause for disqualification of a voter.
• Aid is premitted only to those who are unable to write
or see.
• No marked ballot can be used and one voter cannot
help another. (Husband and wife cannot mark ballots to
gether, as an example).
With respect to the Precinct Conventions, which will be
conducted Saturday at the respective polling places, those
wishing to participate must also meet certain qualifications.
A list of qualified voters has been issued to the various pre
cinct chairmen which will be utilized to conduct both the
election and the Precinct Conventions. A person must have
voted in the Democratic Primary to be elegible to participate
in the Precinct Convention.
The local area has a substantial voting number and a
large turnout would naturally show, desired results from the
Brazos region.
Voters in the area who have questions concerning the
numerous approaching elections can easily find answers by
contacting the various precinct chairmen.
Democratic precinct chairman are—Precinct 1: Ewing
Scott, Precinct 2: Milton Williams, Precinct 3: Dr. F. C. Bol
ton, Precinct 4: Sam Fachorn, Precinct 5: C. F. Goen, Pre
cinct 6: W. T. Kelly, Precinct 7: Joe T. Locke, Precinct 8:
V. R. Wilson, Precinct 9: W. F. Wallin, Precinct 10- E. J.
Blazek, Precinct 11: Robert Wilcox, Precinct 12: B. L. Rising-
er, Precinct 13: John H. Stockton, Precinct 14: C. M. Beth
any, Precinct 15: Mrs. Morris Moore: Precinct 16: George
Draper, Precinct 17: August Nowak, Precinct 18: A. S. Mc-
3wain, and Precinct 19: Joe Restivo.
Full voter participation is virtually imperative since this
flection year bears significant importance in coming local,
state and national issues. A conscientious effort on the part
of local eligible voters would be a boon to executing the de
sires of the Brazos region, whether it be Democratic, Republi
can or other. The results of the approaching elections will
have definite effect on the local area, particularly with a
major college located in the region.
Job Interviews
The following organizations
will interview juniors Thursday
in the Placement Office on the
third floor of the YMCA Build
ing :
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Co. will interview juniors major
ing in aeronautical, civil, elec
trical, industrial and mechanical
engineering and physics for sum
mer work opportunities.
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BILL HICKLIN EDITOR
Robbie Godwin Managing Editor
Joe Callicoatte Sports Editor
Bob Sloan, Alan Payne News Editors
Honors Program Planned,
Medical Education Stressed
... we’ve got to get this room cleaned up for Parent’s Day! These Mother’s make Federal
Inspection look like child’s play!
The Firing Line
Contribution Made
Editor,
The Battalion:
The Kiwanis Clubs of Bryan
and College Station appreciate
the contribution you made in our
joint project, the Aunt Jemima
Pancake Supper, which was held
April 2.
It is through your generosity,
and that of your fellow business
men, that we are able to stage
this annual affair for the benefit
of the youth of our communities.
It may interest you to know that
over 1,200 people were served in
making this one of our most suc
cessful suppers.
T. C. Cartwright,
College Station co-chairman
Dr. James F. Cooper,
College Station co-chairman
Daniel Boone,
Bryan co-chairman
Know Personality
Editor,
The Battalion:
In behalf of the more than
Wildlife Head Authors
Book on Texas Mammals
Dr. W. B. Davis, head of the
Department of Wildlife Manage
ment, is author of a 252-page
book, “The Mammals of Texas,”
recently published by the Texas
Game and Fish Commission.
The book is designed as a pop
ular guide to the 138 kinds of
wild mammals found in Texas
and is illustrated with photo
graphs to aid in identification.
In addition, the book includes in
formation on where the animals
are found in the state, their hab
its and economic value.
The author is an internation
ally known authority on mam
mals and has published more than
100 articles about mammals of
Texas, Mexico and the western
states, including a book on mam
mals of Idaho.
LAST DAY
BRIGITTE
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A COIUMBIA PICTUIE
Davis is a life member of the
American Society of Mammalog-
ists and has served that organi
zation as corresponding secre
tary, vice president and presi
dent. He was editor of the Jour
nal of Mammalogy for many
years and is now a member of
its board of directors.
He came to A&M in 1937 as
professor in the newly establish
ed Department of Wildlife Man
agement. Under his leadership,
the department soon gathered the
largest collection of mammals in
the Southwest for teaching and
research purposes. He has train
ed students who are now recog
nized as specialists in mammal
ogy.
The book is available at the
Texas Game and Fish Commis
sion in Austin.
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3,000 Cub Scouts who visited your
campus on April 23 and 30, I
would like to thank everyone con
nected with the program. Truly,
our Houston Cubs know now what
is meant by Aggie hospitality.
I would personally like to
thank the members of the Stu
dent Chamber of Commerce who
so generously gave of their time
to guide our Cubs around the
campus.
I would also like to thank
President Rudder, Dean Hanni-
gan, the Rodeo Club and mem
bers of the Department of
Physical Education for the parts
they played in making our annual
excursion a high success.
Thank you!
Vernon Moore
Sam Houston Area
Council, BSA
Overlooked ’62
Editor,
The Battalion:
It seems to me that the party
who wrote the letter on April 29
has overlooked another group
that goes around the campus
without speaking. I am referring
mainly to members of the Class
of ’62, who think they are so
much better than some of us
only because they happen to be
wearing a black braided cap. Not
only do they neglect to speak,
but also overlook another tradi
tion, that of whipping out.
E. G. Saenz, ’60
An offshoot of the advanced
freshman liberal studies class in
augurated last fall, an Honors
Program will be initiated at
Clarkson College of Technology
in the fall of 1960. The new pro
gram will probably include the
top 10 per cent of the freshman
class with approximately 25 men
in each of two sections, accord
ing to Kennet A. Nourse, director
of admissions. Applicants selected
for the Honors Sections will be
notified by June 1 of the year in
which they plan to enroll.
The Honors Sections will have
as a goal the completion of a full
semester’s work in half the usual
time. After this the sections will
go over the subjects in more
depth rather than move on to
advanced work. The students will
probably take the same examina
tions as the regular sections.
Chemistry, physics, mathe
matics, and liberal studies courses
will be affected by the Honors
Program. Students in the Honors
Sections will attend the regular
chemistry and physics lectures,
but their recitation periods will
be altered. The Honors Sections
will run for the first four semes
ters at Clarkson. After that it is
felt that the regular junior and
senior courses will offer sufficient
challenge to the students.
Mr. Nourse also stated that
the superior English students
sections, started on an experi
mental basis last fall, is being
continued during the spring
academic session. The students
are asked to accomplish the work
for the regular freshman liberal
studies course in approximately
half the usual time. This allows
the instructor to do extra work
in class discussion and to insti
tute variations in the reading and
writing areas.
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Northwestern University con
tinues its pioneering tradition in
medical education during its cen
tennial year with a revolutionary
new medical school curriculum,
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Open Every Day Until 5:30
according to Dr. Richard H.
Young, dean of the medical school.
The revised curriculum will
help eliminate the present sharp
division between pre-medical and
medical education, introduce at
the college level courses that have
a more direct bearing on the
study of medicine, bring the
humanities into the medical cur
riculum and reduce the length of
time required for completion of
the course.
Beginning in the fall of 1961,
the program will be reduced from
the traditional seven or eight
years to six years for a group of
25 talented students accepted by
Northwestern directly from high
school. During two years of lib
eral arts work, they will take pre
medical courses in a more con
centrated form and in graduated
sequence.
* * *
After four years of considera
tion by the Board of Regents of
Del Mar College, a ranking sys
tem similar to that employed in
other colleges is now in effect
here, according to an announce
ment by Dean Grady St. Clair.
There are several reasons for the
decision.
First, the system of ranking is
completely excluded from any
salary compensation; all ranks re
ceive the same salaries. Secondly,
the faculty will be on an equal
basis with other college faculties
when receiving publicity or at
tending professional meetings.
And last, the college is more apt
to hire good teachers when there
is prestige to go with the job.
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Four closed circuit, courses will
be offered by the College of
Liberal Arts and four by the
College of Education at Wayne
State University next fall. A
grant of $100,070 from the Ford
Foundation will be used to pay
the salaries of the eight profes
sors who will participate in the
program of instruction.
The television courses will he
done on video tape and at the
end of the fall semester, all will
be evaluated, modified and re
recorded in order to insure the
highest possible quality of in
struction. The courses will be
presented over closed circuit into
university classrooms. It is
planned to present each lecture
at least three times each week
to permit maximum registration.
The University now has three
rooms used for this purpose and
four more will be converted.
The professors named to par
ticipate in the program will be
employed on a 12 month basis.
The professors and the television
production staff will use the
summer months to develop course
materials and production details.
Aggies on Duty
2nd Lt. James R. Groves, ’58,
recently participated with other
personnel from the 4th Armored
Division in a special Tower for
Peace” demonstration in Grafen-
wohr, Germany.
Lt. Groves, who entered the
Army in October of 1958, is as
signed as a rifle platoon leader
in his company.
2nd Lt. Jimmy D. Boswell and
2nd Lt. Robert D. Cleland, both
Class of ’59, recently were as
signed to the 2nd Armored Divi
sion at Fort Hood.
Lt. Boswell is a platoon leadei
in the armor’s Company D, whip
Lt. Cleland is a tank section
leader in the armor’s Headquar<
ters Company.
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