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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1962)
. ■ ■ ■ ; . ■ '' ■ "' ' ■ 1 . ~ ■ E vilify ■ H Page 6 THE BATTALIOR College Station, Texas Thursday, September 13, 1962 Post Office Opens At North Gate The College Station Post Of fice at the North Gate reopened Wednesday after being closed over a year for extensive re pairs and remodeling. Postmaster Ernest Gregg said employes would be busy the next few days with moving details and no formal opening would be staged. The new post office’s opening came simultaneously >with the closing of the temporary head quarters at 311 Church Street. Remodeling included exten sive enlarging, complete re modeling of the inside and many outside repairs. Ex-TWU Editor Named To Staff Of Ag Information Marsha Martin has joined the Agricultural Information Office staff as assistant editor in publi cations. Mrs. Martin will be re sponsible for editing and layout of publications for the Texas Agri cultural Experiment Station and Texas Agricultural Extension Service. The new assistant editor is a graduate of The Texas Woman’s University, having majored in journalism. At TWU she was ed itor’ of the Lasso, named in Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities and was listed on the 200 Freshmen Get College b Life Hints At Annual Camp More than 200 members of the freshman class attended the ninth annual Freshman Camp, sponsored by the YMCA this past weekend on the Lakeview Assembly grounds near Palestine. Freshmen are selected for the camp on the basis of high school dean’s honor roll. During her sen ior year she was awarded a schol arship by the Dallas Industrial Ed itors Association. Prior to joining the Agricultural Information Staff, Mrs. Martin was women’s editor for The Paris News. She received a national award from the Associated Press for spot news coverage of a school bus-truck collision near Cooper, Tex. records, J. Gordon Gay, executive secretary of the YMCA said. The camp is planned to help the en tering freshman make the transi tion to college life. Upperclassmen, college officials, faculty and staff, as well as many ^ people outside the system, helped .. make the camp “another success,” Gay reported. Gay cited as the outstanding phase of the camp the enthusiastic participation in the entire camp by all present and their genuine interest as displayed in the dis cussion groups. Leadership for the camp was classified by Gay as excellent and an important factor in the success of the camp. Sug 100 FREE BOND STAMPS with purchase of $5.00 or more (Excluding Cigarettes) One Coupon Per Customer Y,v - T - Coupon Expires September IS, TEXAS This Coupon Worth 50 FREE GOER RO!\» STAMPS Plus your regularly earned Gold Bond Stamps with the purchase of ONE — Va-Ga!. Carton Lucerne Party Pride ICE CREAM Dalfasi" Coupon Expires September 15, 1962. 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Bel-air Frozen 8" Size APPLE PIE Coupon Expires September 15, 1962- Prices and Coupons Effective Thru Saturday September 15th. This Coupon Worth 50 FREE GOLD BOND STAMPS Plus your regularly earned Gold Bond Stamps with the purchase of Any 3 Lbs. of GROUND BEEF Coupon Expires September IS. 1962. _____ _ ★ 400 E. 25th ★ TOWNSHIRE This Coupon Worth 25 FREE GOLD BOND STAMPS Plus your rsgularly earned Gold Bond Sfamps with the purchase of ONE —2-Lb. Cello Bag CARROTS . . Coupon Expires September 15, 1962. 5- Back FroM Camp A group of freshmen, just returned from More than 200 members of the classis the ninth annual Freshman Camp sponsored returned from the camp Tuesday, by the YMCA, discuss the activities of the held at the Lakeview Assembly grounds camp and the good derived from its program. Palestine. IN PROFS, COURSES New Programs Annoimcei In History, Government Details of an expanded program and the appointment of six new staff members to the Department of History and Government have been announced by Dr. J. M. Nance, head of the department. Three new faculty positions have been created in order to take care of the expanded teaching load. There are more than 150 majors in history, plus more than 20 stu dents who have a teaching major in the subject. The program in government has more than doubled in the last four years, and this semester, for the first time, the department will have five faculty members whose professional field of study is government. Three of these men have their doctorate in government and the others are working toward the Ph.D. degree in political sci ence at the University of Califor nia, Berkeley. The new courses are the His tory of Europe, from the fall of Napoleon to the end of World War I; History of South America, Introduction to Public Administra tion, Public Personnel Administra tion, Local Government in the United States, International Poli tics and International and Region al Organization. Joining the staff to teach Am erican history is Dr. A. Ray Ste phens, a native of Vernon. He com pleted his B.A. (1954) and M.A. (1957) degrees at the University of Oklahoma and in June received the Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Texas. Stephens held a graduate fellow ship and then served as teaching assistant while at the university in Austin. He is the author of an article in the Southwestern His torical Quarterly and has had an article accepted by the Texas Folklore Society. Also joining the staff is an other Texas historian, Dr. Odie B. Faulk, B.S. in education (1958), M.A. (1960), and Ph.D. (1962) in Latin American history from Texas New Student Insurance Set For Fall Term A new student accident insur ance plan will go into effect this semester, it has been announced by Ken Stanton, chairman of the Student Senate’s student welfare committee. The plan, underwritten by Na tional Home Life Assurance Co. in St. Louis, Mo., will cover all students until Sept. 1, 1963, for S8.50. Policies were not sent during the summer to freshmen students, therefore all policies for the year are yet to be sold. Stanton explained that during the summer the transition into a new plan was still undei’way and it was not possible to contact all entering students. He added that booths will he set up during registration to han dle all students who wish to buy policies at that time. Concerted efforts will also be made later to sell the policy to as many students as possible. Tech. Faulk has taught in the Lub bock public schools and as a teach ing fellow at Texas Tech. Faulk has several book reviews and translations to his credit, two of his articles have been accepted for publication and a lengthy bio graphy entitled “Major General Tom Green of Texas” has been pre pared for publication in the San Angelo Standard Times. Joseph T. MacPherson, B.S. George Peabody College, 1950, and M.A., Vanderbilt University, 1958, is, another new instructor. He is nearing completion of the doctor ate at Vanderbilt and his major field is American history. He has held a fellowship at Vanderbilt, served as a U. S. Education Foun dation teacher in Tel Aviv, Israel, State-Wide Food Show Set Sept. 22 The second annual state-wide 4-H Favorite Food Show will be held here Sept. 22. It will attract 48 state finalists, all top winners in district elimination contests held recently in the 12 districts of the Texas Agricultural Extension Serv ice. Contestants will set up their favorite food exhibits in the Ball room of Memorial Student Cen ter. The girls, who will prepare their food entries after reaching here, will exhibit in one of the fol lowing food groups: milk, meat, fruit and vegetable, or bread and cereal. Each contestant will include as part of her exhibit a table service for one set correctly for the parti cular food exhibited, along with ap propriate table decorations, accord ing’ to Maeona Cox, Extension Serv ice foods and nutrition specialist and superintendent for the 4-H a- wards program. “There will be a complete day’s menu and the recipe of the favor ite food. Each 4-H contestant also will explain to the judges how her favorite food was prepared, why it was prepared in that manner, and describe the importance of food and good nutrition,” Miss Cox said. Food show contestants have all kept record books, and the records will count half of the total score, Miss Cox announced. Winners will be named in the four food groups, and the girl with the highest score will receive an all-expense paid trip to the National 4-H Club Con gress in Chicago later this fall. Ribbons will be presented to con testants scoring in the blue, red and white award categories. Contestants will be honored at a dinner the evening of Sept. 21. Girls taking part in the state finals previously have competed in county and district contests. To be eligible for the 4-H Fav orite Food Show, girls had to be 14 years old before last Jan. 1 but not over 21, and had to be enroll ed in a 4-H foods and nutrition sub ject matter group during the cur rent year. Donors for the show are General Foods Corp. and the Texas 4-H Recognition Committee. and The Hague, NetherM in 1960-62 taught at Sto versity College, New Palti, New Course The department’s new# the History of Europe, 11 will be taught by Athai Theoharis, a native of Mi He holds the A.B. (1956,ii science and the humaniti# (1957, in political sciences matic history), and the Mi modern European historj! the University of Chicagt now pursuing the doctflii the university. He has 1» recipient of University ok scholarships. Besides knowledge of French, reads and speaks Greek, One of the new instm government is Clifton E. son, a native of Frederis He holds a B.S. (1947) ti University of Wisconsin, M.A. (1954) from the U® of California, Berkeley,® is nearing completion of! torate. He is the recipio Sears-Roebuck Foundation arship (1940), first placf winner in the William F.' say Contest (1947) and tel lowship for graduate sM for Adult Education in $ derson has served, with tte can Press, Beirut, Lebanon- staff of the Houston 0® Commerce and as a researt! ant at the U niversity of CjS Also joining the staff# structor is William A. Haf native of Austin and a IS® ate of the University of T*- has completed the work to* M.A. in political science University of California,® He is the recipient of a Foundation Scholarship. D 1 ' past summer Harrison has as a research analyst fori as Research League in A®* 1 The new instructors te* hers of various honor ^ and professional organic® Conduct Co| ? For Cadets Now Effect! A&M’s new Corps Code* duct will be off the few days and will becofl* tive this semester. The code will be used ** plement to the Aggie Ho®' and Articles of the Ca^ 1 and will primarily s ^ 5 Corps practices and P°l lCI A similar code is beinC for civilians, but is still'® liminary stage and ^ ready for use this semest# John H. Meyer,’63 fro® served as chairman committee that cotM& tions into the new e( ^ heading committees different fields were: George A. 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