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The Battalion Volume 59 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1960 Number 133 Near 2,000 Fish Expected By Sept. 12 Near 2,000 freshmen will invade the A&M campus Sept. 12 for the annual New Student Orientation Week beginning Sept. 13 and closing Sept. 17. First Assembly The first general assembly for"t the new students will be held Tues day night at 7 in G. Rollie White Coliseum. C. H. Ransdell, assist ant to the dean of the School of Engineering and chairman of the New Student Orientation Commit tee, will preside at the meeting. Student Senate President Roland Dommei’t will welcome the new students prior to an address by A&M President Earl Rudder. Fol lowing the talks, Dr. A. M. Soren son, assistant professor in the De partment of Animal Husbandry, will lead the freshmen in group singing. Assemblies Wednesday Wednesday will be devoted to assemblies of the freshmen, ac cording to their academic majors. All agriculture majors will meet in the Memorial Student Centep Ballroom with Assistant Director of Agricultural Instruction R. C. Potts in charge. Division of Architecture Head T. R. Holleman will meet with all architecture majors in the Biologi cal Sciences Lecture Room. All arts and sciences majors will meet with Associate Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences G. W. Schlessleman in Guion Hall. Business administration majors Will meet with Division of Busi ness Administration Head T. W. Leland in^the Chemistry Building Lecture Room. Assistant Dean of the School of Engineei’ing Ransdell will meet with engineering majors in G. Rol lie White Coliseum. Pre-veterinary medicine majors will meet with Dr. E. D. McMurry, assistant to the Dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine, in the Vet erinary Medicine Building Audito rium. At the general meetings the stu dents will hear an address by the presiding faculty member and will then be sub-divided into groups to meet with advisers from the re spective departments. Wednesday night another gen eral meeting will be held in G. Rol lie White Coliseum. J. Gorgon Gay, general secretary of the YMCA- and cooi'dinator of campus reli gious life, will be in charge. At the meeting ministers of the local churches will be introduced and the freshmen will be invited to attend open houses at all the churches, following the meeting. Thursday morning will be occu pied with a continuation of meet ings started Wednesday with de partmental advisers. Registration for classes will be gin Thursday afternoon for those students with less than 15 semes ter hours of college credit. This registration will continue through Friday morning. There are no formal activities scheduled Thursday evening. Friday afternoon at 1:15 a gen eral assembly for all new students will be held in White Coliseum. James P. Hannigan, dean of Stu dents, will be presiding. Talks on “Student Life at. A&M” and “Stu dent Activity Programs” will be given. At 3 Friday afternoon all cadets will remain in White Coliseum for a meeting with Commandant of the Corps of Cadets Col. Joe E. Davis. Talks will also be given by Professor of Air Science Col. Charles E. Gregory and Professor of Military Science and Tactics Col. Frank L. Elder. Civilian students will meet at 3 in the Memorial Student Center (See FRESHMEN on Page 3) same as other children’s except for braille classes. Ann’s parents are Mr. & Mrs. Norman G. Phillips. Katheryn’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Ken neth Wilson. 4 Watch Out Below’: Cautious Statement By The Associated Press DALLAS, Tex. Sept 1—The cry, “Watch out below,” is not one of arrogant warning in a little group Charlie Amacher has been instructing to swim this summer. It is a precautionary statement before Ann Phillips and Katheryn Ann Wilson dive into a** pool. For both are blind. Amacher, a YMCA instructor training the children on his own time, reports that the children are not afraid of water. Needed Confidence At first they were cautious, but Amacher, with patience and understanding, gave them the needed confidence. Amacher says the girls are more eager to learn than children with out their handicap. And like all children, once they are in the water they dbn’t like to leave the pool. They have no difficuulty find ing the shore once they are in the middle of the pool. They simply follow sounds, usually Amacher’s voice. Amacher also gives the girls trampoline lessons once a week. Little Ann is able to do a back flip with the assistance of a safety belt. Activities Blessing The mothers of the girls say the activities Amacher has taught them are a blessing, because they are unable to take part in many other recreations. Ann is a twin, and her sister is Lynn who takes lessons along with Ann and Katheryn. Ann lost her sight shortly after birth. Katheryn and Ann attend public school and their schedule is the Useful Tips To Graduates Going to Work (Editor’s Note: The following article was written by R. N. Hil- kert, vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank in Philadelphia. Hilkert gives his advice to the student graduating from college and going to work. Being a suc cessful businessman, Hilkert’s tips may well prove valuable to the young college graduate.) You are about to join a busi ness organization. Consider these things: (1) You have certain needs and desires. (2) Company has it require ments. (3) Your desires and company requirements must be harmonized; if not, something must give. The alternatives are: (1) You must modify your de sires to fit company requirements. (2) Company can modify its re quirements to fit your desires. (3) You can take your desires and go elsewhere. This idea may originate with you, or come as an insistent suggestion from the company. In reviewing the field, it seems easier for you to modify your desires than for the company to modify its requirements. Com panies are funny that way. Somehow they lack the flexi bility to tailor-make their require ments to meet the desires of new employees. Though you may be filled with management ideas, and busting at the seams with modern knowledge, you will best serve yourself by appearing as a learner rather than as a management con sultant. Having come from a fine school, full of management knowledge, and perhaps the kingpin of your college class, you may be shocked to find that the company makes sad mistakes and grossly violates the principles you have learned. Some day, you may have the chance to set them straight; meanwhile, bide your time. Don’t create the early impres sion that you are just the guy the company has been looking for, and that it is lucky you arrived before it was too late. They may reluctantly decide to struggle along a few more years without you. Be alert, inquiring, observing, and with a spirit of humility. Then they will welcome you. This leads to another problem you should recognize. While you may have been hired as a potential manager, you will have to work with many men who will never become managers. Many will have been with the company for years, and they are essential and valuable. They can make you or break you. You cannot ride roughshod over them to advance your career. (See TIPS on Page 3) Brazos Valley Bracing For Labor Bay Safety Join Slate Groups In Avoiding Death mm Graduate Fellowships A&M has received a grant for $8,400 from the Humble Oil and Refining Co. of Houston. The grant goes for three graduate fellow ships in 1960-61 in the fields of petroleum, civil and mechanical engineering. The check was presented to President Earl Rudder by H. Dayton Wilde, Humble’s University Rela tions Counselor. In making the presentation for the 13th time for Humble, Mr. Wilde said, “may I say that Humble is happy to sponsor these fellowships and is well pleased with the results.” Pictured, (L-R), are, Fred Benson, dean of the School of Engi neering 1 President Rudder, Mr. Wilde and Dr. Harvey T. Kennedy of the Department of Petroleum Engineering. HOLIDA Y TOLL SET AT 29 Texans Urged To Prove Death Guessers Wrong “It is possible to prove the statisticians wrong.” So said Maj. W. J. Elliott today as he reviewed the Department of Public Safety’s prediction of 29 deaths for this Labor Day Weekend holiday. The commander of the Depart ment’s Waco region continued: “We not only want to prove the statisticians wrong, we want to prove that they overestimated by a substantial nuumber how many people would be killed on our streets and highways ” Maj. Elliott added that for the past ten years the Texas death toll has averaged over 32 people killed each Labor Day weekend. He added this Labor Day could be another holiday filled with sudden death and violence unless the tra veling public determines to exert an all-out effort against traffic accidents. “This weekend, as during other peak traffic periods, all our traf fic law enforcement officers will be working extra duty in an effort to apprehend law violators before they can cause trouble,” Maj. El liott added. Col Homer Garrison Jr., director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said: “We hope the driving public will help this Labor Day weekend to prove that we have overestimated the number of traffic fatalities that will occur in the three-day period.” Garrison said some 125 extra patrolmen from the department’s other uniformed services will join the regular Highway Patrol force in attempting to halt traffic law violations. The department’s statistical ser vice shows, excessive speed over the posted limits was involved in 10 of the 14 rural fatal accidents during the holiday last year, and drinking was involved in seven of them. Thirty died in motorcides in 1958, 27 in 1959. By ROBBIE GODWIN Battalion Managing Editor Bryan and College Station radio and television stations and the Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce teamed up with similiar organizations in the state this week to begin their drive toward safer highways over the Labor Day Holi day weekend. Over the three-day period, Radio Stations WTAW and KORA and KBTX-TX will sponsor the “Drive Lighted and Live” campaign, reminding drivers in the area to turn their lights in the daytime to show they are complying with driv ing safety laws. They will be joined by radio and television stations over most of the state, whose reminders helped.reduce the num ber of Fourth of July and"* CE Professor Wins Award For Essay Charles Pinnell has been award ed the Ninth Annual Past Presi dent’s Award for Merit in Traffic Engineering by the Institute of Traffic Engineers. The award will be presented at the annual meet ing of the Institute to be held in Chicago Sept. 12. The winner is assistant profes sor of highway and traffic engi neering in the Department of Civil Engineering and assistant research engineer of the Texas Transporta tion Institute at A&M. The Past President’s Award is a formal recognition of profes sional excellence in traffic engi neering and is awarded for the conduct and Reporting of indepen dent and original research and for the recognition of outstanding ac complishments. The award win ning paper was titled, “Driver Re quirements in Freeway Entrance Ramp Design.” Pinnell was co-author of a paper which received the Highway Re search Board Award of Merit in January. He joined the faculty of the Civil Engineering Depart ment in June of 1958. He was for merly a member of the Texas Technological College and Purdue University before coming to A&M. Christmas holiday deaths by 18 per cent. In addition, volunteers from the local Jaycees will set up their “Safety Watch”. Begin ning at noon on Labor Day, they will set up their stand at the road side park just north of Bryan, ser ving free coffee to travelers as they wend their way homeward. Chamber of Commerce pres ident Ralph Record said: “Our move enjoyed success over the Fourth of July Weekend. We had about 250 people take advan tage of our offer, stopping for free coffee. Since the idea has caught on statewide, we hope more people will take advantage of it this holiday.” Enthusiasm over the Jaycee plan throughout the state is high, according to W. F. Leonard of Dallas, vice-president for traffic safety of Texas Safety Associa tion. More and more states are joining the Texas groups, with Georgia, New Mexico, Arizona and probably California, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama taking part in the move. Joining these two groups, the Texas Council of Safety Super visors has enlisted the support of the tracking industry to set up the Holiday Road Patrol. Participating cars and trucks will carry signs with that wording, and will assist drivers in trouble at no cost. They will take no part in police work and will not be in volved in law enforcement. Tigers Top Choice in 19-A A By RUSSELL BROWN CHS Correspondent A&M Consolidated’s Tigers, sporting the beefiest crew in the school’s history, are pegged to grab off top honors in District 19- AA this fall. The bengals have been going throuugh two practices a day since Aug. 15, starting date for fall practice for Class AA teams. They have been knocking heads since Aug. 17. Progress was pretty slow for the first stringers in scrimmage sessions as the red- shirts ripped gaping holes in the Tiger defenses until Tuesday night. To Bellville Tuesday found the Tigers in Bellville against the nuumber three team in Class AA, and the team that trounced the Bengals 29-0 in the District 21-AA championship gan to live up to expectations, out last year. There the Tiger crew be- manning the Brahmas defensively and adding new twists to the hard- running Split-T football. Logan had senior quarterback Condy Pugh and junior signal- caller Russell Welch going to the air and the two came through with some good completions. This coupled with the charging blasts by squadman Frank Hagger and two-letterman Vic Clark, 190- pound tackle switched to fullback, gave the Big Red a tough time. “We’ve still got a long way to go, but I was well pleased with the scrimmage with Bellville,” said Tiger Coach Ed Logan. Problem of Depth Depth problems seemed to face Coaches Logan and Jack Church ill, but the second unit has been pressing for the white jerseys all season. “We’ll be able to use that sec ond eleven quite a bit this year,” continued Logan. “They’ve been hitting good.” Logan’s White team before the Bellville clash had 155-pound jun ior Larry Randolph and 170-pound senior letterman Bob Adams at the terminals, 205-pound senior two- letterman Alex Quisenberry and 190 f -pound senior letterman Mark Luther at tackles; 180-pound sen ior letterman Bob White, 145- pouund scrappy senior George Out law, and 170-pound senior letter- man Mike Bloom at guards; and 170- pound junior letterman Char les Roeber and sophomore “B” teammer Frank Brown, 155 at cen ter. Pugh (175) and Welch (155) Longhorns Favored in S\\ C — Page 4 have been running from the man- under spot, Cyril Burke, 165- pound junior letterman, John Ped igo, 150-pouund senior letterman, Hagler (170), and Pugh have seen action at halves; and Clark, and Hagler have been running at the fullback slot. “Both Brown and Hagler could break into the starting line-up this year, and others on the second team will give the white-teamers a run for their money; there’s plenty of keen competition,” sum med up the Tiger mentor. SCHEDULE Sept. 2 Navasota* Sept. 9 Open Sept. 16 Madisonville* Sept. 23 Giddings Sept. 30 Crockett Oct. 7 Huntsville* Oct. 14 Caldwell** Oct. 21 Hearne** Oct. 28 Rockdale** Nov. 4 Open Nov. Ml Cameron * Home Games ** District Games A&M Consolidated Coach Ed six of his Tiger starters just how the team stands as they prepare for their season opener with the Navasota Bulldogs tomor row night in Navasota. Listening intently to the situation is (left to right) end Bud Mapping Strategy Logan tells Adams, guard George Outlaw, guard Bob White, tackle Alex Quisenberry, guard Mike Bloom and tackle Mike Luther. The Tigers are picked by sports writers to take the 19-AA district this fall.