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THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Thursday, January 21, 1965 BATTALION EDITORIALS Chamber Of Commerce Needs Faculty Support It’s time again for faculty and staff members to stand up and be counted in an act of appreciation to the Bryan- College Station Chamber of Commerce. A&M University personnel should fall in line on two demands. First, tickets should be purchased immediately to the annual Membership Banquet in Ramada Inn January 26. Secondly, University support should join the membership campaign in February. Banquet ticket sales indicate a lagging response from the campus. Ducats now have been placed in the University Information Office for the convenience of faculty, staff and others at A&M. Dr. John H. Furbay of New York City, who heads TWA’s Air World Education Program, will be the featured speaker at the chamber banquet. It is a compliment to the Chamber and the twin communities that a man of such stature accepted their invitation. The Chamber never lets up in helping the University. The University family should express its gratitude by attend ance at the annual banquet and acceptance of membership obligations. Texas Takes Inaugural Spotlight WASHINGTON <A>> — Texas basked in the limelight Wednes day as Lyndon B. Johnson took the oath of office as the 36th President of the United States. Once before a native of the Lone Star State had become President, Dwight D. Eisenhow er, but he had been reared a Kansan. It was for Texans an all-out display of homestate pride when native-son Johnson and Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota took the oaths of chief executive and vice president. A highlight of the festivities was the parade down Pennsyl vania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House. In the vanguard were two limousines bearing two Texans who had worked for months on Wednesday’s events: Dale Mill er, over-all inaugural committee chairman, and Col. Howard Bur ris, head of the parade commit tee. Then came limousines bear ing President Johnson and his family. Aggieland Representatives ^ v VI t ini Larry Greenhaw Melvin Johnson Charles Thomas Charles Johnson ’64 '64 ’62 TO COLLEGE SENIORS and GRADUATE STUDENTS You will be particularly interested in the fact that the College Master Policy . has no war exclusion clause. . affords excellent savings and insurance features. . provides a unique family plan feature. . is guaranteed by a top company. . gives Insurance Now, with premium deposits deferred until you are out of school. For Information, call: AGGIELAND AGENCY VI 6-8228 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. Members of the Student Publications Board are James L. Lindsey, chairman'.; ’Robert Knight, College of Arts and Sciences; J. G. McGuire, College of Engineering; Dr. ge Morgan, College of Agricujfcure; and Dr. R. S. Titus, College of Veterinary idicine Pa Medicine. The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A&M is published in College Sta tion, Texas daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, Septem ber through May, and once a week during summer school. Th dispat, ■pontaneou in are also for republication of all newi paper and local news cation of all other matter hei vs of 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, Loe An geles and San Francisco. Mail subscriptions are $3.60 per semester; $6 per school year, $6.50 per full sriptions subject to 2% sales tax. Advertising rate furnished on re Address: The Battalion, Room 4, YMCA Building; College Station, Texas. All subscriptions year. request- EUITOR - - RONALD L. FANN CADET SLOUCH byjimEarie a Callage Drop-Out Studj Commencement Displays Corps Dedication The earning of a Reserve or Regular commission in the armed forces requires sacrifice, dedication and downright stamina. So it is only fitting and proper that the Corps of Cadets turn out en masse for the commissioning exercises at the end of each semester. The presence of the Corps at last Saturday’s ceremonies added dignity and meaning to the occasion. Genuine com radeship was reflected when under-classmen lined up to congratulate members of their respective units who became commissioned officers. The commissioning also afforded the cadets an opportu nity to hear sound advice from a military leader who has spent his adult life in uniform. Air Force Maj. Gen. Lucius D. Clay Jr., pointed out the rewards and requirements of a full military career. His words if heeded will result in greater service to the nation. The graduating seniors who won commissions deserve the congratulations of the Corps. The time and place for commendation by fellow cadets is the commissioning cere monies. The Corps itself should be congratulated for honor ing the new officers at the hour when they assume their leadership roles. Such comradeship reflects credit to the Corps, A&M University and the individuals involved. “I take it you’re through with finals!” Texas Legislature Adjourns To Watch TV AUSTIN <A>) _ Texas legisla tors closed out the 59th session’s second week Wednesday with brief morning meetings, quitting in time to watch televised por tions of President Johnson’s in auguration. The 31-member Senate, slim med to 15 members by senators in Washington, heard four more measures introduced before ad journing until 10:30 a.m. Mon day. While House members conduct ed routine business before ad journing until 11 a.m. Monday, Rep. George Hinson of Mineola garnered still more signatures of co-sponsors of his teacher pay raise bill. Hinson reported more than half of the 150 representatives have signed the measure, which would increase minimum teach er pay from $4,000 to $4,400 annually. A companion bill, to establish ATTENTION ATHLETIC CLUBS The Aggieland staff has announced that the last date for scheduling Athletic Club pictures for the 1965 Aggieland will be Feb. 10, 1965. Pictures are to be scheduled at the Stu dent Publications Office, YMCA Bldg. PICTURE SCHEDULE 1965 Aggieland WHO’S WHO Appointments must be made with the Aggieland Studio and pictures will have to be made before February 15 anytime between the hours of 8 a. m. and 5 p. m. HELP WANTED Student coordinator for scho lastic employment program. Requires 3 hours per week. Very remunerative position. Send brief resume with phone number. Personnel Director General Academic Placement 101 South Broad Street Philadelphia, Pa. 19107 a teacher sick leave program, was introduced by Rep. Wayne Gibbens of Breckenridge. Both measures also have been sub mitted in the Senate. Sen. Franklin Spears of San Antonio introduced three meas ures, including a proposed con stitutional amendment to ban the poll tax as a voting require ment and allow all armed serv ices personnel to vote. Other Spears measures are a proposed constitutional amend ment to allow local taxing au thorities to exempt improve ments from taxation, and a re vision of driver’s license laws. Sen. A. M. Aikin of Paris an nounced that his finance sub hearings on the $3.5 billion ap- committee will begin Monday propriations bill. Legislative activity will pick up next week, when Gov. John Connally will deliver a speech outlining his program and House Speaker Ben Barnes will an nounce House committee ap pointments. ATTENTION Picture Schedule Aggieland ’65 Individual pictures for the Ag gieland will be made at the Ag gieland Studio according to the schedule below. Coats and ties will be worn. VETERINARIAN STUDENTS, CIVILIAN SENIORS AND GRADUATE STUDENTS CIVILIAN JUNIORS & SOPHOMORES Feb. 1-2 A, B, C, D, E, F 2-3 G, H, I, J, K, L 3-4 M, N, O, P, Q, R 4-5 S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z By Intercollegiate Press Princeton, N. J. — Students withdraw from college for rea sons ranging from disappoint ment with the faculty to psy chological problems springing from family relationships, speak ers reported at a recent con ference at Princeton University. The meeting, on the subject “The College Dropout and the Utilization of Talent,” was at tended by about seventy-five per sons from the fields of education, business, and government. It was directed by Drs. Lawrence A. Pervin, Willard Dalrymple, and Louis E. Reik of the Prince ton University Health Services. The extent of dropout from colleges was charted by several of the speakers. Robert E. If- felt of the United States Office of Education reported that for the period 1953-63, 55 per cent of those who entered college re ceived their bachelor’s or first professional degrees in four years. Arthur B. Bronwell, Dean of Engineering at the University of Connecticut, said that only 40 or 45 per cent of the na tion’s freshmen in engineering would receive engineering de grees, though many more would gain degrees in other fields. If effective means could be found for grappling with the attrition problem, he said, engineering Newspaper Brights We ’d Like/To See By The Arizona Republic Sam Storm owns a powerful sedan. His wife, Sal, drives a sleek compact. Near their home is a blind intersection. Yesterday Sam was returning home on Washington 102, and Sal was speeding eastward on Ac celerator Lane. They missed one another by more than a half mile, and they didn’t think anything about it. The customers of Lily Liefgreen, who dressed in rags and sold flowers in the streets, always as sumed she was virtually penniless. Yesterday she died. Officers searched her humble apartment, and sure enough, she was penni less. graduations could be incrcast: by at least 50 per cent. Tlii would be sufficient to meet mis of the field’s projected manpom needs, he indicated. The data for individual school varied widely. Speakers repoft ed or quoted studies that shovi' dropout rates for recent clasio of 20 per cent at Princeton,!; per cent at Yale University, I per cent at Pennsylvania Stafe University, and 50 per cent it the University of Illinois. Dr. Pervin said that altl data for the Class of ’60 am two earlier ones indicated tki those who stayed earned men money than those who left, "tli cannot easily be attributed to tl lack of degree on the part of tki dropouts.” He also reported tki; dropouts “are increasingly rm porting immediate and long-term positive effects” from their at tion. “The data strongly suggest, he concluded, “that deans am university counselors can fet free to consider dropping out a potentially profitable exper ience in the education of soe students. We Really Need USED BOOKS And Are Prepared To Pay For Them Get the most for the least at LOUPOT'S ‘Where Aggies Trade” PEANUTS By Charles M. Schoh r \ fAKDNEB You’U Always Win The Showdown When You Get Your Duds Done At CAMPUS CLEANERS PI V % t is p£Afc M'S* OTMMAfc, I rtope \00 ARE FEEL IN6 BETTER. HADTD BRIN6 MILK MONEY ENVELOPES, CLA& PICTURE MONEV ENVELOPES PTA MONEY ENVELOPES AND HOT D06 MONEY ENVELOPES. 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