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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Thursday, August 6, 1964
BATTALION EDITORIALS
Freshmen Must Adjust
To University Discipline
Incoming: freshmen are a big statistic at A&M Uni
versity.
Not only is the freshman class the largest of the four,
but it makes up a high percentage of university dropouts.
This problem is not unique to A&M, but affects all col
leges and universities.
It may surprise you now, but 35 percent of your class
mates, and possibly you, will drop out of the university
this semester.
Although the freshman may have spent several periods
away from home, the situations that face him are unlike
any that he has ever faced before. He is at first, away
from close friends to which he can turn if a problem arises.
Incoming freshmen, since the beginning of higher
education, have been faced with the same situations, but
the freshman thinks he is being affected as no one else.
Some students will leave A&M because they are not mature
enough for college life. Reasons given will include that
the Corps life has too much hazing and takes up too much
time, and the professors don’t care if the student learns
or not or the professor doesn’t like the student and is
flunking him.
Although these charges are usually false, many par
ents and friends will hear them echoed as an escape goat
for immaturity and lack of self discipline.
The main obstacle for a new student to overcome is the
big and somewhat frightening change. After an adjust
ment, which does not come overnight as many think it
should, college life is not so bad.
These problems are not large in magnitude, but they
slowly build until the whole world seems to be down and
trying to knock the freshman out of his nest of security.
These problems are not unique to college and university
life, but may be found in every area where the youth begins
his growth into manhood.
The only possible answer to adjusting to the new en
vironment is to get to work, study, pay attention, don’t
get behind, don’t give up, and think before jumping. Given
a little time and effort for improvement, the world is al
ways a little clearer.
The problem is not unique. The same problems with
which the new student is faced, upperclassmen have en
dured. Many men have experienced these situations and
only the men seeking an education have survived.
The student must decide before hand to master uni
versity life and strive to meet the demands.
The students that drop out will give their excuses for
leaving but they will know the truth, and many of the parents
and friends will also know the truth.
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
“With th’ Viet Nam situation lookin’ like it is, I’m goin’
bring up my grades—they may draft me!”
Bulletin Board
The Association of Graduate
Wives Club will meet Tuesday,
August 11, in the Brooks Room of
the YMCA at 8:00 p.m.
All eligible are invited to at
tend the meeting.
Refreshments will be served.
Highlights And Sidelights
From Your State Capital
By VERN SANFORD
AUSTIN, Tex. — State Sup
reme Court took a recess last week
after handing down a heavy volume
of new rulings including one which
in effect upheld the 1959 open
beaches law.
High court declined to hear argu
ments attacking the law guarantee
ing free access to the beaches and
oceans. It left standing a Hous
ton Court of Civil Appeals deci
sion stating the public is entitled
to use Gulf Coast beaches from
the water to the vegetation line.
In other cases, the court:
Permitted Texas Liquor Control
Board to continue regulation of
liquor exporters along the Mexi
can border during court attack on
a law authorizing such control;
Set down agruments by State
Board of Optometry Examiners to
force Judge Dallas Blankenship of
Dallas to rule on Dr. Ellis Carp’s
suit challenging its ethical prac
tices order of 1959;
Overturned a contempt judg
ment against the city manager and
mayor of Hurst, Tarrant County,
in connection with a condemnation
case involving land for drainage
easements;
Agreed to review an Austin dis
trict court decision denying a state
savings and loan charter to Metro
politan Savings Association of
Houston;
Refused review of a $1,000,000
lawsuit in Hutchison County
brought by union members who
claimed they were fired for fol
lowing orders of their officials in
a 1958 strike at Phillips Petroleum
Company plants in the Texas Pan
handle.
APPOINTMENTS
Gov. John Connally appointed
James S. Naismith of Corpus
Christi and Donald C. Klein of
Odessa to the State Board of Reg
istration for Professional Engi
neers. Col. Thomas C. Green of
Austin was reappointed executive
secretary.
Federal Officials
Now Utilize LDD
DALLAS, Tex. (A*) — Federal
employes in Dallas can now pick
up a telephone, dial numbers and
talk with other federal employes
in 406 cities throughout the coun
try.
Known officially at as the Fed
eral Telecommunications System,
the hook-up is expected to save
the government $10 million a year
through the use of consolidated
circuits.
Phase II of the system went
into effect early in July. A net
work connecting 47 cities — in
cluding Dallas — had been in oper
ation since February 1963.
Jesse Bettis, an official of the
General Services Administration,
said Hie system works similiarly
to direct distance dialing. The
full mechanics are handled not by
the government but by 38 tele
phone companies.
Bettis said the hook-up is faster
as well as cheaper than convention
al arrangements.
Pinky Says
A total of 4,200 visitors were
on the campus of A&M Universi
ty during the month of July, 1964,
P. L. Downs, Jr., official greeter
of the University, announced Sat
urday. They were attending short
courses, conferences, class reunions
and other scheduled meetings.
The University had 933,774 visi
tors on the campus for scheduled
meetings and other activities for
the 15-year period and two months
to August 1, 1964, from June 1,
1949, Downs pointed out. They
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| The M.S.C. Summer
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Featuring
THE AGGIELAND COMBO
Monday, August 10 8-11 P.M.
$1.00 Per Person
Public Invited — Casual Dress
Entrance Will Be By The Stairway
Outside The Fountain Room
PUT A TIGER IN YOUR TANK!
Visit Six Flags Over Texas this summer.
More than a hundred acres of fun for
everyone. Be sure to include a ride on
Humble’s “Happy Motoring” Freeway.
Even youngsters can safely steer the
miniature sports cars. Stop at your Enco
dealer’s before you go. He has coupons
for you, each worth 50^ on a child’s ticket
for Six Flags.
NO, EMMA...
ITS IN THE GASOLINE'/
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I carburetor in a few months of normal opera
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Your very first tankful of New Enco Extra will
start to clear away these deposits—in new engines
or old—to improve power and mileage.
Firing Power! Spark plug and cylinder de
lta posits can cause misfiring, pre-ignition and
hot spots. New Enco Extra neutralizes these
harmful deposits—to help your engine fire
smoothly, to help preserve the power of new cars
and restore lost power to many older cars.
Octane Power! New Enco Extra has the
high octane that most cars now need for full
smooth performance without knocking.
You’ll get all these extras with New Power-
formula Enco Extra gasoline—it puts a tiger in
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