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President Greets
Class of 1966
To the class of ’66:
| The faculty and staff join me in extending- to you a
in varm welcome to the Agricultural and Mechanical College
>f Texas. You have chosen a college which has made an
nviable record in educational achievement for over 85 years,
rone § All of us are dedicated to the task of developing each
wo tudent to the maximum of his capabilities - mentally, physi-
i mi ally and spiritually. We seek to accomplish this by provid-
iat, ng outstanding professors, who want you to grow academical-
v. We offer you fine facilities, including well-equipped lab-
ratories, stimulating programs and healthful living condi-
ions.
You face a real challenge as you begin your college
areer at A&M. The work will not be easy. The demands
laced upon you here will be considerably greater than those
ou ,have experienced in high school. Also, most of you must
nake the adjustment of living away from home and its
amiliar surroundings. There may be times when you will
lecome discouraged and wonder whether the efforts is worth
while. On these occasions you should be strengthened by
he knowledge that attainment of the good things in life often
equires unusual effort, and that the advantage of a higher
ducation is one of the greatest benefits anyone can enjoy.
You have the opportunity to secure a very fine education
ere. We hope that you will take advantage of this opportuni-
V and fully prepare yourself to join thousands of former
tudents of Texas A&M who occupy important and rewarding
ositions throug-hout our American society. They have
stablished an enviable record for competence in their profes-
ions and willing acceptance of the duties and responsibilities
f citizenship. These should be your objectives in pursuing
our education here.
Again, a most sincere welcome to Aggieland. May your
ears here be both productive and happy ones.
Earl Rudder
President
Texas A&M
The
TALION
Volume
COLLEGE STATION, TE*XAS THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1962
Number 134
Nor Ih
S^ork
Gate Street
Progresses
Work progresses in beautifying
d improving traffic flow in the
nth Gate area by converting
mston Street to a major en-
ince r exit for the college.
W. Howard Badgett, manager
the physical plant here, said
e use of Houston as the major
oroughfare would improve traf-
■ circulation to and from the
n-th Gate as well as provide ad-
:ional parking space near the
st office and eliminate hazards
volved in parking on a main
reet.
Previously, Houston and Bell
reets were used as double en-
ance-exit points fi’om the north.
m :cent construction has closed Bell
. the intersection of Farm Road
n, with that section of street con-
Jrted into parking space. The
Brking area will accommodate 27
rs and will be laid out for one-
ay traffic in the interest of
fety, Badgett said.
Landscaping the new North
JMate thoroughfare will begin in
W e fall. Plans call for a college
axker there similar to the one
Highway 6 near the East Gate,
idgett noted.
The beautification and traffic
tudent Passes All
PA Examinations
An A&M graduate student is
41 on his way to becoming a
irtified Public Accountant — once
gets a year’s experience.
Edmund P. Winston, Jr., gradu-
e student from Lufkin, passed all
irts [of the CPA examination this
ring the first time he took the
am.
It is unusual for a college stu
nt without public accounting ex-
rience to achieve this success, R.
. Stevenson, acting head of the
ivision of Business Administra-
>n, said.
System Man Named
issistant Registrar
Roy D. Hickman has assumed
\JL e position of assistant registrar
•‘•S ^ -successor to Milton Edge,
. Lloyd Heaton, director of ad-
!;•;« issions and registrar, has an-
$3 unced.
Hickman has been employed for
past four years as foreign
aining advisor in the Office of
>reign Programs of the A&M
r stem. He was graduated from
|p. in 1954 with a major in
ricultural education and in 1960
ceived a master’s degree with a
ajor in the same field of study.
Mr. and Mrs. Hickman reside at
07 Carter Creek Parkway in Br-
n and have one daughter.
circulation improvement program
is part of a 10-year-old plan of
the physical plant. The appear
ance of the North Gate entrance
has become increasingly important
due to the number of visitors ar
riving at Easterwood Airport.
They receive their first view of
A&M at the North Gate, Badgett
pointed out.
“The overall plan is to elimin
ate traffic turning into a moving
lane of vehicles,” he said.
He added that the college hoped
that in cooperation with the City
of College Station a traffic signal
synchronized with the existing one
at FM 60 and Main could be in
stalled at the New Houston inter
section with FM 60.
Board Backing* Plans
Plans for improving the appear
ance of this section of the campus
have the enthusiastic backing of
the A&M Board of Directors.
Projects under study by the
Texas Highway Department and
the city to develop an underpass
to carry FM 60 traffic under the
railroad tracks west of the new
thoroughfare would add to the
program, Badgett said.
Intensive development of Hous
ton Street is underway now that
the underpass development seems
certain, he said.
EARL RUDDER
. .. President of A&M
6 Credit Card
Planned For
CP’s
Fall
Students will have something
new in the way of identification
after registering for the fall se
mester this year.
Plans for issuing identification
cards similar in appearance to
gaspline company credit cards have
been announced by Dean of Stu
dents James P. Hannigah. He be
lieves the system should quickly
prove its value.
The Library, Memorial Student
Center and Fiscal Office are re
ported considering systems to de
rive the most benefits to all con
cerned from use of the new ID
cards. “We expect that other uses
for the new card will evolve,”
Hannigan said.
The student’s name, an identify
ing number, and his age will be
embossed into the card, like > a
credit card, which will be used to
imprint this information.
Photograph, Too
A photograph of the student will
be attached to the back of the
card. The plans are to make the
photograph and have it ready for
delivery within ten seconds, How
ard Berry, manager of the Pho
tographic and Visual Aids Labora-
tory^ said.
He indicated that a number of
students available to work during
the registration period will be
needed and asked interested per
sons to contact the Student Em
ployment Office.
Hannigan said a $1 fee for the
card will be charged to cover the
costs of materials and preparation.
The new cards will be good for
12 months.
New Card Helps
Plans for the new system have
been developed over a period of
months. The aim was to develop
a card which would have the great
est value to the student as he
identifies himself at many places
on and off the campus, while also
providing a degree of control so
that persons not enrolled at the
College could not easily use such
cards.
COME PREPARED TO LEARN'
Dean
Hints
Of Students Issues
To Help Freshmen
New Student
Orientation
Begins Sept. 12
Battalion Issue
Designed For
Fish, Families
You as prospective freshmen
at A&M this year are the peo
ple for whom this edition of The
Battalion is designed.
It is hoped that you, and
your families will find stories in
this edition which will give a
better insight and understand
ing of the background and pres
ent conditions of the school
which we hope you will call
your second home for four or
more years as you strive toward
one or more degrees.
The first section contains news
of current events at the college
plus several stories of general
interest about the campus and
campus life.
Section Two is designed to
give the student and his par
ents some idea about the school,
its size, its facilities, its people,
and its goals. Many of the facts
contained in this section will be
of interest to friends and fami
ly as much as to the new stu
dent.
Section Three will give the
student some idea of the lighter
side of life at A&M, outlining
the activities which are found
here, as well as the opportunit
ies for work and leisure time
activities outside the school.
Major among these is the amount
of church activity in which the
Aggies participate.
Section Four is devoted to
sports activity at A&M and a-
round the Southwest Conference.
It will give the readers some
idea as to how the Aggie team
stacks up with other teams,
both in football and other sports.
During the school year, The
Battalion is written and edited
by students and is published
daily Tuesday through Friday
afternoons.
Meetings,
High Ugh t
Talks
Week
A week of meetings, checking in and getting acquainted
is anticipated beginning Sunday, Sept. 9 as the Class of ’66
begins to arrive for registration.
Students who choose to report early for the counseling
and testing program rather than participating during the
summer are to begin arriving Sunday. They will report to
the Housing Office for room assignments and then begin
taking placement tests at 8 a. m. Monday in the Chemistry
Lecture Room.
Those students who completed the testing period in the
summer will report sometime during the day Wednesday to
the Ballroom of the Memorial Student Center.
C. H. Ransdell, assistant to*
the Dean of Engineering and
chairman of the New Student
Orientation Committee, said
yesterday that all students
who are coming to A&M for the
first time, with the exception of
transfer students "who did not par
ticipate in the testing periods
should arrive on campus Wednes
day.
They should come in time to
secure room assignments and keys,
g^t uniform authorization ^ and
check in. with representatives of
the school and the company officer
or house master in the dormitory.
Wednesday evening at 7 a gen
eral assembly of all new students
is scheduled for G. Rollie White
Coliseum, at which Singing Cadets
Director Robert Boone will lead
the group in singing. President
Earl Rudder will welcome the
class to A&M, and the new stu-
Rudders 9 Brother
Dies In Menard
Lawrence Williamson of Men
ard, brother of Mrs. Earl Rud
der, died in Menard early today.
Services for the prominent
rancher will be held at 4 p.m.
Friday. Other arrangements are
pending at the Mission Funeral
Home in Menard.
President and Mrs. Earl Rud
der are in Menard.
dent will get a look at the student
body president for 1962-63, Shel
don Best.
Thursday Morning Events
All students will meet with
representatives of the various
schools in special assemblies Thurs
day morning. Agriculture majors
will meet with Dr. R. C. Potts,
assistant director of Agricultural
Instruction, in the Ballroom of the
Memorial Student Center.
All Arts and Sciences majors will
meet with Dr. G. W. Schlesselman
in Guion Hall. Shclesselman is
associate dean of the School of
Arts and Sciences.
All Business Administration ma
jors will meet with Dan C. Lowe,
student advisor for the division,
in the Chemistry Lecture Room on
the second floor of the Chemistry
Building.
Engineering majors are to meet
in G.~ Rollie White Coliseum with
Ransdell, and Pre-Veterinary Med
icine majors will meet in the Audi
torium, Room 201 Veterinary Medi
cine Building. Dr. E. D. McMurry,
assistant to the Dean of Veterinary
Medicine will preside.
Registration Begins
The first of many lines which
must be joined and passed through
begins Thursday afternoon with
registration in Sbisa Hall from 1-5.
That night the local ministers
will be introduced to the students
(See ORIENTATION on Page 3)
By ROBBIE D. GODWIN
Battalion Editor
Freshmen entering A&M receive
all sorts of instructions in the
form of booklets, advertising mat
ter, and official memos before they
arrive on the A&M campus to be
gin their education.
However, smaller items, some
times not covered in these official
guides, can do even more toward
preparing a freshman for life at
A&M.
Dean of Students James P. Han
nigan was asked to compile a brief
summary of suggestions, based on
his experience, to help the fresh
man off to a better start.
“Don’t try to show how much
you know at first,” Hannigan’s
first statement said. “Better to
realize how little you know and to
add to that as much as possible in
a short time 1 .”
Secondly he said, “A&M has a
goal of excellence toward which
it is building — excellence in stud
ies, research, athletics, morals and
spiritual attitudes. Start working
for this excellence at once.”
“Grades are important. This be
comes very obvious as one ap
proaches graduation. Accept the
fact now and you will not have to
catch up later. Grades are a mea
sure of how much you are the
master of the skills and subjects
which you study.”
Hannigan also asked the co
operation of the students in one
phase of their life here.
“We are working on plans for
new dormitories to house 1,000
more students. Meanwhile, please
bear with us if you find yourself
crowded three to a room. There
have been times when all rooms
had three students and there were
even times when most students
lived in tents.”
The Dean pointed with pride at
some of the accomplishments of
A&M lately, and challenged the
freshmen to make the most of
them.
“The outdoor Olympic Swimming
Pool is new. The 14 handball courts
in De Ware Field House are new.
So are many classrooms and lab
oratories. Enjoy all these new
facilities. More are coming,” he
said.
Speaking in terms of long-
range goals, Hannigan warned the \
entering student not to expect i
miracles — that the process of I
building anything is long and tedi- :
ous.
“A&M produces MEN, but we |
have no magic formula for ‘instant |
men’,” Hannigan emphasized. “It;
takes four years to build men. We j
receive mostly teen-agers as fresh- j
men. We graduate only men.”
There are times when the fresh- j
men begin to wonder about his ,
position on the campus, too. Han- !
nigan again had some good advice 1
for him, particularly when look
ing down the barrel of a red-hot
sophomore.
“If a sophomore appears unduly
pompous, remember — he’s as
green at being an upperclassman
as you are at being a college stu
dent. You both have a lot to learn.”
Consolidated
This pretty group of misses will be a famil- •
iar sight at this fall’s A&M Consolidated
High School football games as they take the
field for the half-time shov/s. The Bengal
Belles, pride of CHS, include this year (left
Drill Team
to right) Captain Carolyn Parker, Diane
Hooper, Peggye Breazeale, Peggy Ames,
Pam Adkins, June Bearden, Jan Butler, Ann
Kirby, Julie Goode, Candy Garner, Leslie
Kelley, Judy Morgan and Susie Stevenson.