THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Tuesday, October 8, 1963
BATTALION EDITORIALS
Power Grabbing
Brings Warning
We of The Battalion have quietly watched for a couple
of years while the Student Senate has assumed increased
authority without any apparent reasons.
We had begun to think the Senate had gone too far,
until we talked with the student body president. Now we
are convinced that the Senate is going too far.
During their Thursday night meeting of last week the
Student Senate saw fit to discuss a question which we feel
does not concern them and had no place in a Student Senate
meeting. We refer to the letter that was presented regarding
the selection of Vanity Fair semi-finalists.
Vanity Fair is a function sponsored by the Aggieland
and participated in by the Senior Class. The Student Senate,
prior to last Thursday night, had absolutely nothing to do
with the function.
When asked about the Senate’s decision to discuss some
thing in which it has never played a part before, the student
body president said that it is the privilege of the Senate
to discuss any activity between any two groups on the A&M
campus. We question that in itself.
But, even if we were to assume that it is the privilege
for the Senate to discuss what they consider problems and
appoint committees (which they did in the case of Vanity
Fair) we wonder if it would not be proper to at least inform
the parties involved that their activity would be discussed
by the Senate. The Aggieland was not informed last week.
The student body president stated that he does not
think the Senate was at all obligated to inform the groups.
We will concede that there is probably no way the Senate
can be prevented from discussing other groups’ business, or
is there any way they can be prevented from appointing
committees to investigate. However, we do feel that we
owe the students on this campus a warning that any activity
you might coordinate with another organization might be
discussed by the Senate—and without your knowledge.
We of The Battalion have our own ideas about those
who might decide to discuss any aspect of our operation.
As we have already said, there is no way that the Senate
can be prevented from discussing other organizations’ busi
ness, nor is there any way the Senate can be prevented from
delegating committees. However, we want to take this
opportunity to state that our time is for those people with
whom we have business, and that we do not consider a
committee, appointed by a group that discussed us in a
public meeting without notifying us prior to that meeting,
as a committee with which we have business.
We encourage other organizations to accept this same
line of thought. At the same time we pledge ourself to
cooperate with the Student Senate in all its efforts, other
than that of power building.
Bulletin Board
TUESDAY
The Soil and Crop Sciences
Student Wives Club is sponsor
ing a welcoming tea at the home
of Mrs. Fred Brison at 602 Dex
ter South in College Station at
8 p.m. )
The Aggie Wives Bridge Club
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the
Memorial Student Center.
The Finance Society will have
an organizational meeting in
Room 202 of Francis Hall at
7:30 p.m.
The A&M Handball Club will
meet on the main floor of De
ware Field House at 7:30 p.m.
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CADET SLOUCH
by jim Earie Texas A&MFan TesHngLab
Serves Small Industries
By JOHN HERRIN
Special Writer
With all the hot air being pass
ed around these days it’s a re
lief to know that you can at
least be sure of the amount of
hot air being moved if it is moved
by a fan that has been tested by
the Engineering Test Laboratory
on the A&M campus.
The center is the only fully
qualified, independent test lab
in the United States and is ap
proved by the Air Moving and
Conditioning Association and the
Home Ventilating Institute.
In 1939 the las was begun in
a corner of the Mechanical Engi
neering workshop but only in
the last six or seven years has it
become nationally known.
Charles Neelley, head of the
center said that, “Some of the
big boys (larger companies) have
their own complete labs but we
try to give the little ones a
chance to compete on an equal
basis. The AMCA even has us
run tests occasionally on the fans
manufactured by the companies
who have their own labs just
to check their results, and, their
information had better check with
ours!”
But a manufacturer need not
be a member of the AMCA to
take advantage of the ratings, ac
cording to Neelley. “Many smal
ler companies have us rate their
units and then use the results
of the information for advertis
ing.”
This trend toward industry
wide participation has been aug
mented by the fact that more
Changes Go With
Trimester Plans
“Let us know of any situations that you’d like to see in
cartoons and we’ll do our best! Send your suggestions to
Slouch, Box 4121!”
BEVERLY FARMS, Mass. (IP)
— Gordon College has instituted
changes in its newly-inaugurated
trimester calendar which created
possibilities within the new time
Sound Off
Editor,
The Battalion:
As editor of the Aggieland, I
feel obligated to make a few re
marks regarding the recent dis
cussion of the Vanity Fair sec
tion of the Aggieland by the Stu
dent Senate. I am sorry that no
one saw fit to discuss the mat
ter with me before bringing the
issue before the Senate, as I am
sure that if the yhad, much trou
ble could have been avoided, and
much wasted time saved.
The letter sent to President
Earl Rudder last spring express
ing dissatisfaction with the Van
ity Fair selections was motivated
primarily by the fact that cer
tain prominent seniors did not
get their girl’s pictures into the
contest in time. The Aggieland
acknowledges this to be its error,
as publicity given the deadline
date was insufficient. I feel I
can assure everyone that the
deadlines for Vanity Fair nom
inees will be well publicized next
semester, when the contest is
opened.
In a discussion last spring with
David Anderson, Senior Class
president, the matter was clear
ed up to the satisfaction of every
one, I thought. However, the
office of Dean of Student saw fit
to submit the letter to the Stu
dent Senate last week — with no
prior notice — thus creating an
issue where none had existed.
The Student Senate appointed
David Anderson to head a com
mittee to study the matter. I
have talked with Mr. Anderson
about it, but have not yet had
the opportunity to meet the com
mittee. I understand, however,
that it is their feeling that mem
bers of the Senior Class should be
appointed to choose the Vanity
Fair semi-finalists.
called “The Aggieland’s gift to
the Senior Class.” Now a few
persons are claiming that an of
ficer of the class should partici
pate in the selection of the semi
finalists. This sounds to me like
a person who is expecting to get
a birthday present and demand
ing that he be allowed to pick it
out.
arrangement that are education
ally exciting.
Provision is made, but not a
requirement laid down, for class
es to meet for 75-minute periods,
five days a week, making poss
ible a 14 week trimester with
more contact hours between stu
dent and professor than would
be the case under a conventional
three-hour course for two 18-
week semesters.
CIVILIAN FRESHMEN
All Civilian Freshmen will
have their portraits made for
the “Aggieland ’64” at the Ag
gieland Studio, North Gate,
between October 9 and October
18.
Dark Coats, white shirts and
ties will be the dress.
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CLEANERS
Vanity Rair is sponsored and
paid for entirely by the Aggie
land. The semi-finalists are
chosen by the editors or a per
son or group appointed by the
editors as judges. The selection
of finalists is made at the annual
Student Publication banquet, and
the results are kept secret until
the following weekend, when the
winners are announced, custom
arily at the Senior Ring Dance.
This is considered the most ap
propriate place to have the win
ners presented, since the contest
ants are usually restricted to
sweethearts or wives of members
of the Senior Class. The privi
lege of making nominations is
restricted to seniors as an honor
to them. Vanity Fair might be
If anyone has any further
questions about Vanity Fair, or
any other aspects of the Aggie
land, they are welcome to come
by and see me: Dorm 5, Room
304. The dates for turning in
pictures of nominees for Vanity
Fair have not been decided on as
yet, and will not be set until next
semester, when work on the sec
tion normally begins. When set,
the dates will be thoroughly pub
licized and I hope that all the
Seniors who have good-looking
sweethearts and wives will see
fit to enter them.
New depth and breath have
been promoted by limiting stu
dent loads to three courses per
trimester, thus requiring less di
versification of preparation dur
ing any given time period. For
purposes of transfer, the courses
are assigned a six-hour equival
ency, but for students going
through the entire program at
Gordon, no course is given an
hour-value.
The whole program of Gordon
was studied by a group of quali
fied educators for more than one
year. Recommendations from this
group were adopted by the Board
of Trustees and given to the
president and his cabinet for im
plementation.
Chris Schaefer, ’64
Editor, The Aggieland ’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.
October
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
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and more companies are adhet;
to the rating system. Thust;
suiting engineers and others
this field are demanding the
ing on units they suggest fot;
dustrial use, leaving the otk
by the wayside.
In addition to testing all
of air moving devices such as
tic fans, centrifugal blowers,a
industrial blowers, steam u,
heaters and sound traps fori*
and ventilators and other rel
ed equipment are also tested,1
lab is also equipped for sp«
tests and to assist graduates
dents.
A fan is tested for its air*
ing capacity by mounting it;
the end or on top of a t(
chember. The fan is turned;
and supplied all the air its
move, that is, until the press;
on each side of the fan is an
Then the supply is gradually I
creased and finally sealed offe
the partial vacuum created
the fan is measured.
The procedure for test:
steam unit heaters is slip,
more complicated so they
double checked. After achieii
a heat balance, the heat tit
up by the air and the heat gis
up by the steam are calculi
and the results of the two Its
compared. If within five y
cent of each other, the B, T.
rating is computed.
The center averages about t
test every working day. Alibi
the actual test takes only tk
an hour to run, the preparali
period is considerably longer,
While most of the inqi
come from firms within
United States, some have h
received from Germany, Grffi
Canada, and several Latin Am
ican countries, according to
ley.
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tie trouble evaluating hot
there too.
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