Graduates Urged
Teaching
STo View
Jltdisci
Special to The Battalion
Liberal arts college students
'raduating this spring should con-
"ider teaching opportunities in
rivate schools. According to
,, lary Abell Watson, Director of
“ ‘ ‘'he Cooperative Bureau for Teach-
MKV' rs in New York City, there is a
itaster Teat demand for liberal arts
graduates as teachers in private
chools both in the United States
«F abroad.
I'Erien “Many liberal arts students do
lot realize that it is possible to
btain teaching positions without
degree in education,” Miss Wat-
. ///; ..on said. “In fact, independent
il/llll ch r ls P re ^ er teachers with a
'' ‘ nhofrough liberal arts background
o those who have specialized in
. nethods courses. This does not
, mean there is not also a great
Aeed for teachers with training
n education. It does indicate,
lowever, that students who have
' iot taken education courses can
r^dso find interesting and reward
ing positions in the teaching pro-
j m'ession."
The Cooperative
®L e ,
. Bureau for
iPeachers is one of the best-known
ion-profit recruitment and place-
"inent agencies in this country. Its
■MjsjjJolicies are determined by a board
/jiy* if educators from private schools,
public schools, colleges and uni
versities. Frederic W. Ness, Vice-
President, Long Island University,
is Chairman of the Governing
Board and Russ A. Miller, Di
rector of Studies, Deerfield Acad
emy, is Vice-Chairman.
“Typical beginning salaries in
private schools range, approxi
mately, from $3,600 to $4,800, de
pending upon qualifications,” Miss
Watson said. “Private schools po
sitions offer the young man or wo
man wdio wishes to devote his life
to the teaching profession a
pleasant and gracious way of serv
ice in an attractive and interesting
environment. Many offer excel
lent maintenance and other per
quisites for married as well as
single faculty members.”
Students interested in further
information regarding job oppor
tunities should write the Coopera
tive Bureau for Teachers, 22 East
42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y.
In cases wdiere a personal inter
view in New York is not possible,
arrangements can sometimes be
made to meet and talk with mem
bers of the Board of the Bureau,
teachers and administrators in ed
ucational institutions throughout
the country.
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Payroll Tax Gets
Governor’s Support
I
By The Associated Press
AUSTIN — Texas Senators and
representatives sat on their hands
today while Gov. Price Daniel tried
to sell them a payroll tax as the
most painless cure to the state’s
financial headache.
r-pgta “The time has come that a broad-
| it based growth tax is necessary to
f Hjt'ifteet the present and future needs
’^ ' J )f Texas,” said Daniel, newly in-
^ fexas U. Dental
'■M Prof Addresses
lit Sigma Xi Tonight
Dr. Leon Kraintz, an associate
professor of physiology at the Uni
versity of Texas Dental Branch,
j-1 vill speak to members of Sigma
Xi, the faculty and staff and all
undergraduate and graduate stu-
lents tonight at 8 in the Biological
Sciences Lecture Room.
I Kraintz is due to speak on “Sali-
trary Glands, Their Nature and
Punction.”
■ The lecture will review the oc
currence of salivary glands in .var-
^ ious species, the varied nature of
the function and a review of newer
'<J jf knowledge concerning the unusual
I nature
1
of substances extracted
from salivary glands.
In addition, the role of salivary
| .fab! glands and saliva in relation to
' ® experimental caries will be re
viewed.
| Kraintz received his AB degree
from Harvard and his MA degree
and doctorate from Rice Univer
sity.
augurated to a third term.
There was no applause follow
ing that statement or any others
in the hour-long, almost sing-song
recital of the state’s present and
future money.
Hpwever, a number of members
indicated later they favored Dan
iel’s demands that the estimated
$63 million deficit be handled im
mediately and before the Legisla
ture gets tied up in a search for
another $206 million in new money
for 1962-1963 operations.
After the governor’s message to
the joint session, both houses ad
journed without further business
until Thursday.
Daniel said he adopted and rec
ommended a one per cent payroll-
earnings tax, as proposed by his
state Finance Advisory Commis
sion, as the solution for new reve
nue.”
“He had to swallow three glass
es of water before he mentioned
‘pay roll tax’,” said Rep. Wesley
Roberts, of Seminole, author of last
session’s big tax bill and a current
candidate for U.S. Senate.
Daniel said if the legislature did
not want the payroll tax, then he
would back his finance advisory
commission’s alternate money-rais
er—“a broadened excise tax which
would increase some of the pres
ent selective levies and add many
other items to the present selec
tive sales or excise taxes.”
Then the governor went even
further.
“If any of you has a plan which
receives wider acceptance, short
of a general sales tax or an in
come tax, I will work for and sup
port that plan,” Daniel said.
‘LUCKY TO BE ALIVE’
THE BATTALION
Thursday, January ID, 1D61
College Station, Texas
Page 3
Aggie Junior Survivor
Of German — US Battles
By TOMMY HOLBEIN
George Gaston, a junior at A&M
majoring in English, considers him
self lucky to be here in school; in
fact, he considers himself very
lucky to be alive, for he WAS only
a child in Nazi Germany when
American forces hit the country in
full force, eventually conquering it.
Gaston was born in Kiev, Uk-
rania, which is now a satellite of
communist Russia, on Oct. 22,
1938. His mother and father were
both architects, and he had one
older brother, Alex. In the “old
country”, George'’s last name was
Meri-Akri.
The family lived in Ukrania un
til 1943, when the German army
occupied his homeland. His father
was drafted into the Ukranian ar
my to fight on the side of the Rus
sians against the German invasion,
and was never seen again.
In 1943, Gaston’s family, includ
ing his grandmother, mother,
brother, and himself, were given a
choice of either fleeing deep into
communist Russia or going into
Germany.
“At this time, the Third Reich
was at its r peak, and it looked as
though the Germans were going to
win the war, so we went into Ger
many,” said Gaston.
Never Again Seen
Soon after entering Germany,
Mrs. Meri-Akri was forced into the
service of the Germany army, and
was never again seen. Later it was
found she had been killed in an
American bombing raid over Ger
many,.
“The American air raids just
started picking up pace as we en
tered Germany. We stopped in east
Germany in a city where the larg
est of the German aircraft plants
and bases were, and while we were
there, I experienced my first air
raid.
“We were very lucky we sur
vived the raid; it lasted all day
long, and completely demolished
BA Graduate
Interviews
Announced
Students interested in graduate
study in business administration
are invited to talk with Robert C.
Huenefeld, Assistant Dean of Stu
dents in the Graduate School of
Business of the University of Chi
cago Thursday, Feb. 16.
Huenefeld will be on campus
from 9 a.m. until 11 a.h. to discuss
graduate programs of study lead
ing to the MBA and PhD degrees
at the University of Chicago. He
will also explain the scholarship
program and career opportunities
in informal interviews arranged
by James P. Hannigan, Dean of
Students.
Regardless °f their undergrad
uate major, students who expect
to receive the bachelor’s degree or
its equivalent are eligible to apply
for admission to the School.
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the city. There were only about
three buildings left standing, and
fortunately, our barracks was one
of them,” said Gaston.
The three members of the fam
ily left after entering Germany
settled in a suburb of Nurnberg at
a time when the German Army was
flourishing and at its peak of pow
er.
“Six months later, we witnessed
the complete decay of the army;
at first, our town was a larg-e ar
senal base, filled with troops. They
began diminishing soon after our
arrival, and during the next half-
year, the armies crumbled.
“During this time, the American
air raids picked up pace, first once
every two days, and then every day
they hit the city. My brother and
I resorted to spending every night
in a bomb-shelter to survive the
massive attacks.
In late 1944, the American occu
pation forces landed in Germany,
and settled in Nurnberg among
other strategic German cities.
Very Nice
“T h e American occupational
forces were very nice to the chil
dren where my brother and I were.
We were lucky, because there was
a clan of us Ukranian children,
and the Americans took care of ys.
“They gave us rides in their
jeeps, and candy bars—a rare lux
ury to us. Also, I became friends
with an American mess sergeant,
and this also helped a lot. There
wasn’t much to eat in those days,”
said Gaston.
“After the occupation, the troops
didn’t stay very long, and relief
centers were set up. All school
children got one meal a day, usual
ly broth, but it certainly helped
ease the hunger we all knew. The
Americans also gave us a Christ
mas party where I received the
first gift I had ever been given.
They really won the hearts of the
kids over there,” he added.
After the war, Gaston entered
school in Germany, and went to
the fifth grade; then, he and his
brother began moving around, and
he never finished the fifth grade.
“My brother began making ar
rangements for he and I to be sent
to the United States as war or
phans, and finally in 1950, we were
able to come. We arrived in New
York, and two weeks later were
sent to Roundrock Lutheran’s or
phanage here in Texas, where we
chose to go.
No Trouble
f T couldn’t speak any English
until I arrived in the U.S V but had
no trouble picking it up; in fact, it
was very surprising how easily I
did learn it. I guess when a per
son is forced to do something, as I
was with English, he acquires it
more quickly”, said Gaston.
“I decided to take adoption, and
was adopted by Mr. and Mrs.
George Gaston of Hondo, Texas,
where I went from the sixth grade
through high school. My brother
was too old to try adoption, so he
went to San Antonio, worked his
way through high school with the
help of the orphanage, and even
tually got a scholarship to A&M.
He graduated last year in civil en
gineering,” said Gaston.
After graduating from Hondo
High School, Gaston entered A&M
majoring in English, and plans to
go to law school after graduating
in 1962.
Gaston can speak German fluent
ly, but says his Ukranian language
has gotten away from him since
he arrived in the United States.
“Ukranian is a cross between
Polish and Russian, and if a per
son can speak the language, he can
understand and get by with the
other two. I plan to take two years
of Russian here and pick up as
much of my native language as
possible before I graduate,” said
Gaston.
Surviver Of European Bombing
. . . George Gaston
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