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THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Friday, September 27, 1963 CADET SLOUCH BATTALION EDITORIALS Texas A&M University Is Not Losing Ground byjim Earie Super university Will Aid Ph.D. Production In Texm the Is A&M University walking while other schools in State are running? A glance at fall enrollment figures at A&M and those of other schools in the State would suggest that A&M is falling behind most colleges and universities in the State. While the simple figures project the fact that our rate of growth as computed by a simple head count is not com parable to other State schools, it is not necessarily true that A&M is losing out completely. There is something that must be said for quality as opposed to quantity. A&M University has been fortunate enough in recent years to have its educational program gain a reputation of “being tough to get through.” The reputation is qualified by the fact that through four years at A&M, a class will lose more than 50 per cent of the members it had during its freshman year. It is also significant that most of the 50 per cent, plus, are lost because they can’t maintain the standard required by A&M University. We are fortunate that the administrative body of our University has not been caught up in the “educate every one” craze. While it is unfortunate that some must fall under the strain of the rigid standards they are asked to meet at A&M, those who can remain here and complete “I can’t read your prof’s not on your paper either! think he says ‘Improve penmanship’ !” the work required for a degree from A&M have gained great deal. Sound Off Coeds Must Be Informed Editor, The Battalion: It has been brought to the attention of The Battalion that there has been no formal system established to inform the women on our campus of the many traditions we respect at A&M. After some thought we feel that we have arrived at the best system for informing the girls. I am an Aggie, Class of ’64, a member of the Corps, and I agree with the “certain sports editor” you so rudely wrote a- bout in your editorial of Sept. 25. We feel sure that the majority of the women on campus will be happy to respect our traditions, but they must be aware of them. The Battalion suggests that any Aggie who sees one of these new students breaking tradition, take it upon himself to inform the new student of the tradition and the reason behind its existence. It seems to me that he has a point we as members of a great University — should consider thoughtfully. There seems to be a great deal of inconsistency in cheering a team on to victory against another team which is not even on the playing field. I believe the Aggie teams get fired up for the TU games due to a tradition of previously hard- fought encounters and not be cause the War Hymn has en couraged them to do so in games against other institutions. I would even go so far as to say that these other universities may even consider it an insult for the Aggies to sing about a third school while engaged in an event on their campus. By RAYMOND HOLBROOK DALLAS, Tex. WP) — A few years back, an eastern elec tronics firm with 6,000 employes decided against moving its plant to Dallas: — not enough brains around here. Dallas leaders were shocked. They were still indignant when several local electronics firms complained that West Coast com panies were luring away Ph.D.’s. “What’s this fuss over egg heads,” an angry civic leader de manded, “when Dallas has every thing—oil, cattle, cotton, water, power, transportation, labor and lots of room, fresh air and sun shine 7 ” Amid the outcries of wounded, pride and amazement, some Dallas leaders began to do some thing. They were led by Erik Jennson, board chairman of Tex as Industries, Inc., and then pres ident of the Chamber of Com merce. First they recognized the prob lem: Brainpower is the most valu able commodity in the electronic and atomic age; brainpower is measureable in Ph.D.’s and a shortage of Ph.D.s and labora tories for them threatened to stymie the economic growth of the Southwest. They came up with the solu tion : A multimillion-dollar “Super University” known as the grad- A&M Represented At London Meet A paper by three A&M Universi ty researchers is being presented during the International Telemet- One-Member Church Holds Two Services Each Month My solution to the problem ering Conference this week in Lon- would be to compose a complete- don. The coauthors are members ly new fight-song to be sung dur- ^be Department of Oceanogra- ing athletic events with other P h y and Meteorology and the paper schools — leaving the War Hymn deal s with the research instrumen- to be sung at all yell practices tation for the Panama City, Fla., project. The coauthors are R. D. Gaul, Alfred Kirst Jr., who is in London, By GEORGE W. HACKETT FLEMINGSBURG, Ky. <A>) _ Three strangers walked into the Clover Hill Methodist Church one Sunday morning, looked around and discovered they were alone except for an elderly woman deep in prayer. “Where’s the rest of the con gregation?” they asked, strug gling to conceal their surprise. “I’m it,” replied Miss Ollie Spencer. She also is the steward, treas urer and trustee of the white frame structure with its twin front doors. The church was built in 1856 in a remote com r munity outside Elizaville, had 50 members at the turn of the cen tury, but today carries only one name on its records—Miss Spen cer’s. She pays out $400 a year for the pastor‘s salary and donates at least $300 to missions and ideas: “The future depends on people with ideas.” This statement helps explain the work at IBM today: seeking and finding new ways to handle information, planning and building new machinery for the task, exploring wholly new methods I The demand for ideas has never been greater. I Check with your college placement officer and make an appointment with the IBM repre sentative who will be on campus interviewing. I Ask for our brochures. I IBM is an Equal Opportunity Employer. I If you cannot attend the interview, write: I Manager of College Relations, I IBM Corp., 590 Madison Ave., New York 22, N. Y. I MOVE AHEAD: SEE IBM OCT.Sl.NOV.l THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the student writers only. The Battalion is a non tax-supported, non-profit, self-supporting educational enterprise edited and operated by students as a university and community news paper and is under the supervision of the director of Stu dent Publications at Texas A&M University. McGui Holcom ; Delbert M. ne. The Battalion, a student ne tion, Texas daily except Saturda; cas ber through May, and once a wee! spaper at TexasA.&M. is published in College Sta- Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods. Se i during summer school. 3eptem- spontanet in are al dispatches so reservi n : red, se for republication of all news and local news of other matter here- Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. MEMBER: The Associated Press Texas Press Assn. Represented nationally by National advertising Service, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los An geles and San Francisco. All subscriptio are $3.50 per ect to 2% Mail subscription criptions subject to 2% sail Address: The Battalion, Room 4, YMCA Building; College ernes ter ; $6 per tax. Advert!' ■ school year, $6.50 per full year, ising rate furnished on request. College Station, Texas. News contributions may be made by telephoning VI 6-6618 or VI 6-4910 or at the editorial office. Room 4, YMCA Building. For advertising or delivery call VI 616415. DAN LOUIS JR EDITOR Ronnie Fann ; Managing Editor Glenn Dromgoole News Editor Jim Butler Sports Editor John Wright Asst. News Editor Marvin Schultz Asst. Sports Editor Juan Tijerina Photographer charitable groups. And whenever Clover Hill needs a coat of paint, Miss Ollie, still vigorous at 81, does the job herself. She keeps the interior of the church spotless, tunes the piano whenever necessary, and in win ter fires up an old iron stove so that the place is warm by the time the Rev. Harry Oldaker arrives. He holds services at Clover Hill twice a month and on alternate Sundays takes Miss Ollie to his other church. “She never misses a Sunday attending services somewhere,” he says, “and al ways insists upon contributing to any special collection we may have.” During extremely bad weather the Rev. Mr. Oldaker stops by the house and holds services there for his one-woman congregation. Quite often he lets her read the Scriptures and admits that Miss Ollie “is very, very good at it.” The minister considers her “one of the most dedicated people I’ve ever met. She lives a very frugal life to support Clover Hill.” Three generations of her fam ily have worshiped there and she’s determined it won’t be dis banded. What about the future? “After the Lord calls me, I’ll leave my little church in his hands.” and during the TU games. Richard A. Heibel, ’64 ★ ★ ★ Editor, The Battalion: Coeds, Texas A&M has a lot and J. I. McQuilken. Title of the paper is “A Data Acquisition and Handling System for Near Shore Oceanographic Research.” The Panama City project in- of tradition at its foundation, volves acquiring data through in- The school is built on a class struments located on two plat- system. In the past it has been forms in the Gulf of Mexico off- a senior privilege to walk on shore from Panama City. The data grass. The Aggies, men in the is registered automatically and re- Cadet Corps, of which I am layed electronically to an onshore proud to be a part, and the civil- station, ians still have a few traditions left and we intend to keep them. As far as you coeds walking on grass is concerned. I could care less, but with one exception. Girls, no one, not even you walks on grass in front of the Memorial Student Center. On the morning of Sept. 25, 1963, about 8:30 a.m. I saw not one, but two female students take a short cut across the lawn in front of the MSC. I decided to hold my temper, disgusted as I was and tell all of you at the same time. If you insist on go ing to school at Texas A&M I, as would a lot of other Aggies, appreciate it if you would do as we Aggies do and refrain from walking on MSC grass. Augustus M. Freeman Jr.. ’64 CORPS FRESHMEN YEARBOOK PORTRAIT SCHEDULE FRESHMEN IN THE CORPS will have their portrait made for the “AGGIELAND ’64” according to the following schedule. Portraits will be made at the AGGIELAND STUDIO, one block north of the intersec tion at North Gate, between the hours of 0800 and 1700 on the days scheduled. Uniform will be winter blouse. BLOUSES AND BRASS WILL BE FURNISHED AT THE STU DIO. EACH MAN SHOULD BRING HIS OWN SHIRT AND TIE. GH cap may be used for optional personal portraits. September 26-27 E2, F2 & G2 30-1 Oct. A3 & B3 October 1-2 C3 & D3 2- 3 E3, F3 & G3 3- 4 H3 & 13 7-8 Maroon Band (PLEASE NOTE: The studio will have NO BAND BRASS. Band members are requested to bring OWN BLOUSE & BRASS) October 8-9 9- 10 10- 11 14- 15 15- 16 16- 17 17*18 White Band Squadrons 1-3 Squadrons 4-6 Squadrons 7-9 Squadrons 10-12 Squadrons 13-14 Squadrons 15-17 ALLEN ACADEMY Part Time Mathematics Teacher needed. Either Major or Minor In Math With 12 Hours Education Necessary COACH NORTON’S PANCAKE HOUSE 35 varieties of finest pancakes, aged heavy KC steaks, shrimp, and other fine foods. Daily—Merchants lunch 11 to 2 p. m. CIRCLE LAST NITE Jack Lemmon In ‘DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES” James Garner In ‘UP PERISCOPE’ (In Color) OUR SAT. NITE BIG 3 1st Show John Hodiak In “ON THE THRESHOLD OF SPACE 7” (In Color) Audie Murphy In “WILD & INNOCENT’ (In Color) Burt Lancaster In “JIM THORPE ALL AMERICAN” STARTS SUNDAY Bob Hope In ‘CALL ME RAW ANA” uate research center of the Southwest. Construction is under way with an initial $25 million in privately raised capital, $5 million of it from Dallas alone. The center has received $2 million in grants and contracts for research projects. The center will have a staff of one thousand and is intended to become a “mecca for men of science and technology.” In brief, the center will: Occupy a 1,400-acre campus near Richardson, northeast of Dallas, outfitted with the most advanced research equipment a- vailable. scholars” from around the world. Assemble a “community of Begin research projects that will cost $45 million in the first five years, for the benefit of industry, agriculture and medi cine. Increase the number of earned Ph.D. degrees in southwestern universities from 500 yearly to 2,000 yearly by 1975, through an interchange of professors and other incentives. President of the center is Dr. Lloyd V. Berkner, credited with being the father of the interna tional geophysical year. For a Universities—a combine of Harv- decade he headed Associated ard, Yale, MIT, Princeton, G'or- nell, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, the Universities of Pennsylvania and Rochester. This group work ed with the Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island. Outstanding scientists already are bringing their ideas to the center. Dr. Anton L. Hales, who heads the geophysics division, has led a summer research party in the Great Lakes region. Dr. Iver Robinson, head of the divi sion of mathematics and mathe matical physics, is conducting a study into relativity theory. Next December, scientists will come here for a symposium relativistic astrophysics. The center is in temporr quarters at the Southern Meit dist University. A staff of 1 persons-including 70 scientir. engineers and technicians-is ; work. Although the center will; qualified to award doctoral J grees, it does not plan todo : Instead, it will work closely*: universities in the Southwest an interchange of professors, s,- ting up laboratory facilities!; findings available to the unfc sities. Bulletin Board FRIDAY Yom Kippir services will held at 7:30 p.m. at the EL Foundation. Saturday servi; will begin at 9:30 a.m. The Panamercan Club wiEki a meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Em I 3-B of the Memorial Stink :p re gj(j e Center. Qori T? * The MSC Chess Committee*;Pip, meet at 7:30 p.m. in their r S o • * t> new me Social Room. H, , , SUNDAY fX The Mechanical Engineen Wives Club will hold a sot r ^ rpi and welcome for all M.E. A?; 'A I ± Wives at 2 p.m. in the Foiiii f tion Room of the YMCA Bt: ing. H MONDAY T T The Flying Kadets will hold | organizational meeting at i p.m. in Rooms 2-C and 2-D the MSC. Alpha Phi Omega will hell The Te: meeting after yell practice featuring Rooms 3-B and 3-C of the Al ties in t The Association for Compi poultry f< Machinery will hold a meetlesday tl at 7:30 p.m. in the Asscr.|niversit: Room of the MSC. PALACE Bryan Z'$$79 TODAY & SATURDAY Paul Newman In “A NEW KIND OF LOVE” PAUL NEWMAN JOANNE WOODWAUO ■mu wmsan «« newT^ KIND OF LOVE TECHNICOLOR* QUEEN TONIGHT & SATURDAY Saturday 2 Shows 2 P. M. & 7:30 P. 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