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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas
Tuesday, January 15, 1963
BATTALION EDITORIALS
CADET SLOUCH
New Registration Plan Is
1st Step Toward Answer
Some inconveniences seem to be unavoidable, and rank
ing number one at- the present must be the confusion and
dispair that will mark another registration session week
after next. Even more inevitable than the confusion are the
plans tried at many colleges and universities to ease the
confusion and speed up the entire procedure.
The University of Michigan is experimenting with a
new procedure that appears to have many of the attributes
of a success. Even this plan, however, is untried and flaws
are sure to be evident.
At Michigan students selected basic undergraduate
courses they wish to take during counseling sessions last
semester. Once a student had selected his course, his schedule
was forwarded to the registrar. Workers in the registrar’s
office then compiled the student’s class schedule (hours,
days, etc.) and all the student will do at the actual registra
tion session is officially register and have his fees assessed.
The most evident area where flaws may arise is in the
compiling of a class schedule. The student expresses a desire
to take the course, but has no choice as to the hour and day
he will attend classes. It is only natural that conflicts will
arise in this area. And the only remedy Michigan has is to
return the schedule to the student’s college for revision.
The plan does have several good points, among them the
fact that students will have a far easier time during the
actual registration session if their schedules are already
compiled. Equally important, however, is the fact that school
officials will have an indication of how many students wish
to enroll in a course and will be able to assign sufficient space
and instructors to handle the course.
by Jim Earle Future Dates
TQDAY
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How this plan would work on other campuses, particular
ly A&M, is anyone’s guess. Even at Michigan the program is
used only for basic undergraduate courses such as English,
chemistry and history, with no changes being made in regis
tration procedures for more advaneed courses.
The University of Michigan has certainly started at
the focal point of the problem. We would only hope that
their program is successful and that administrators through
out the country would apply Michigan’s learned lesson to
their local situations.
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“ You seem
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Sound Off
The student would even find that he wouldn’t be con
fronted with a closed section.
Of course, more, advanced courses are not the main
problem at any school’s registration. Here the school has a
fairly good indication of how many students will enroll for
the course, and students themselves know the section will
not be crowded and that there is little likelihood of a closed
section.
Editor,
The Battalion:
On Jan. 11 at approximately 10
a.m. my History 105 textbook was
mistakenly removed from the
rack outside the coffee shop in
the 'Memorial Student Center.
Not only do I need the book
to prepare for my final examina
tion in history, but I also need
the papers included in the book.
Income tax information, which
is of no value to anyone hut my
self, had been inserted into the
textbook.
If anyone has this book or
Bulletin Board
Professional Societies
Student NEA will meet at 7:30
p.m. Tuesday in the YMCA Build
ing. Pictures will be taken.
Marketing Society will meet at
7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Room 202
of Francis Hall. Dr. A. A. Drae-
ger will speak.
Hometown Clubs
Williamson County club will
meet at 7 p.tn. Tuesday at the
bowling lanes in the MSC. Pic
tures will be taken.
Wives Clubs
Civil Engineering club will
meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the
YMCA Building.
All-Campus Club
Newcomer’s Club will meet at
9:15 a.m. Wednesday in the So
cial Room of the MSC. J. J.
Franklin will speak.
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papers, I would sincerely appre
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information desk at the Memorial
Student Center.
Doug Webb, ’66
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THURSDAY
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FRIDAY
Texas state apprenticeship con
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General conference, Agricultur
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SATURDAY
Commencement, G. Rollie White
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Commissioning, G. Rollie White
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