THE BATTALION CADET SLOUCH
Page 2 College Station, Texas Thursday, February 4, 1965
by jim Earie Contially ‘ VeryEticouraged
Over Pay Raise Prospects
Texas, like most other states,
faces the problem of reshaping
its state legislature.
The redistricting that lies a-
head for the state is a result
of a ruling by the Supreme Court
last summer that representation
in state legislatures must be bas
ed strictly on population.
“One person, one vote” is the
essence of the reorganization
method suggested (or demanded)
by the Supreme Court.
Already the Texas legislature
has begun discussion on the mea-
ure, with the urban and rural
representatives lining up for and
against the court’s decision, re
spectively.
It appears now that the only
way to stop the court’s plan from
going into effect is by amending
the U. S. Constitution. And this
has been proposed.
Rep. Bill Parsley from Lub
bock brought up a resolution in
the House Wednesday asking
Congress to call a convention to
propose a constitutional amend
ment which would allow one
house to be based on population
and the other on area or some
other measure.
The State Senate unanimously
adopted the resolution Tuesday.
Parsley ran into immediate op
position from his urban con-
Bulletin Board
THURSDAY
South Louisiana Hometown
Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in
Room 106 of the Academic Build
ing.
Matagorda County Hometown
Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in
the lounge of Hart Hall.
Brazoria County Hometown
Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in
the Academic Building.
Arkansas Homestate Club will
meet at 8 p.m. in Room 2-B of
the Memorial Student Center.
Officers will be elected and Ag-
gieland pictures will be taken.
Bell County Hometown Club
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room
205 of the Academic Building.
Deep East Texas Hometown
Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in
the Social Room of the MSC.
Club sweetheart will be selected.
Rio Grande Valley Hometown
Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in
Room 108 of the Academic Build
ing.
Graduate Chemistry Wives Club
will meet at 8 p.m. at the home
of Mrs. Sandra Karnes at 1003
Puryear Street.
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temporaries, and vote on the re
solution was postponed until
Thursday.
The urban-rural fight concern
ing redistricting is only natural,
since cities stand to gain repre
sentatives and smaller towns and
farms stand to lose.
But the purpose of a biacmeral
legislature would be somewhat
distorted if both houses were bas
ed on population representation.
Rural rule of the state legis
lature has not been ideal, to say
the least, and many long-needed
reforms have fallen by the way-
side because of the usually con
servative rural majority.
But the rural dwellers deserve
a voice in the government, and
their voice would become hoarse
and feeble if redistricting is com
pleted according to the Supreme
Court’s demands.
“Sir, you’ve been mentioning 1 geology all week! This is
geography isn’t it?”
AUSTIN <A>> — Gov. John Con-
nally said Wednesday night he is
“very encouraged” over prosl-
pects of putting his 10-year
teacher pay raise program into
effect.
Connally told newsmen he al
ready has 50 senators and rep
resentatives agreeable to co-spon
soring his salary hike plan —
“including some who have already
signed the Texas State Teachers
Association plan.”
The governor talked with re
porters a couple of hours before
public school teachers from 19
Central Texas counties gathered
to hear their spokesman boost
that TSTA $45 in ’65 legislative
plan — reportedly signed by more
than 90 house members.
“My bill does not offer as
much raise for the beginning
teacher as the TSTA bill but it
does more for the more experi
enced teacher and for the teach
er with the master of arts de
gree,” Connally said.
The governor complained sev
eral times about what he called
“misinformation” distributed by
the TSTA about his bill.
“To correct this,” he said, “I’m
going to talk to reporters at
least once a week. We are pre
paring a number of charts, and
graphs and such to send to any
person who has a question. Then
I hope in the next several weeks
to be speaking on this subject to
everyone I can and everywhere I
can.”
Teachers and laymen from
Bastrop, Bell, Bosque, Burnet,
Coryell, Falls, Freestone, Ham
ilton, Hill, Lampases, Lee
Limestone, Llano, McLennan,
—SECOND OF A SERIES
Higher Education
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By MANUEL PINA Jr.
Special Writer
Texans must recognize the re
lationship between quality in
education and quality in the eco
nomic and cultural environment
in which they live. The future
progress of this state is depend
ent upon the adequacy of educa
tional opportunity beyond the
high school.
These are a few of the find
ings released recently by the
Governor’s Committee on Educa
tion Beyond the High School.
The problems of Texas College
education were narrowed down to
three by the 25-men committee
with one outstanding problem.
This was the changing pattern
of four-year institutions. Many
of the four-year institutions were
created for specific purposes
which have changed since the in
stitutions were chartered. Other
four-year institutions were ori
ginally junior colleges and de
veloped into senior colleges and
universities.
The naming of institutions has
complicated the image of institu
tional responsibility, the commit
tee said. Texas has an abundance
of institutions operating under
the title of “university,” which
are organized according to “col
lege” patterns.
The second problem pointed out
was the limited role of the pub
lic junior colleges. Most junior
colleges have evolved as adjuncts
to high schools, as private insti
tutions subsequently taken over
by the state, or as local two-year
institutions created to meet local
demands.
Lack of state support of the
technical and vocational education
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in the junior colleges, the commit
tee’s report indicated has in
fluenced the pattern of institu
tional development and created
an academic dominance to the ex
clusion of technical and vocation
al programming.
The third and the most im
portant problem was that of co
ordinating education beyond the
high school. The Texas Educa
tion Agency serves as the state
agency for systematizing the jun
ior colleges. Authorization of
new districts, approval of aca
demic programs for which state
funds are allocated, and admini
stration of the technical and vo
cational programs constitute the
primary responsibilities of the
Texas Education Agency in main
taining a junior college sytem
for Texas.
Since 1955 the central agency
for the state-supported senior
colleges and universities has been
the Texas Commission on High
er Education. Certain specific
powers were given to the Com
mission in an effort to provide
coordination and prevent over
lapping and duplication at the
senior college and university
level.
However, most of these powers
are advisory in nature and leave
this agency with far less than
would be required for overhaul
ing and streamlining our higher
educational system. It should
also be noted that the Commis
sion has no authority to enforce
its program decisions, no effec
tive means to sustain its budget
recommendation, and no juris
diction over the public junior
colleges, the report said.
The state administration of the
junior colleges has therefore been
completely unrelated to the state
administrative agency responsi
ble for the state senior colleges
and universities.
Despite the efforts of both the
Texas Education Agency and the
Education, the problem of z:SP9
Texas Commission on Higher
Education, the problem of co
ordinating education beyond the
high school has become increas
ingly complicated.
Regardless of the high quality
of the members chosen to serve
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.
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these two agencies and the dedi
cation of the staffs assigned to
both agencies, it is not surpris
ing that, in the absence of au
thority from the Legislature and
an almost complete lack of co-
rdination between the two, the
accomplishments of recent years
have been limited.
Although much credit is due
to both the Texas Education
Agency and the Texas Commis
sion on Higher Education for
their accomplishments within the
area of their responsibility, the
committee came to the firm con
clusion that in order to achieve
the goals outlined nothing less
than a strong central coordinat
ing board, established by the
Legislature and clothed with the
authority to carry out its respon
sibilities, will serve.
This coordinating board would
assume the duties of the present
agencies as they relate to educa
tion beyond the high school, it
is hoped and believed that, in
making appointments to the new
board and its staff, representa
tion from the dedicated members
and staffs of these agencies would
be considered.
The members are to be individ
uals of stature in the state who
have a wide variety of education,
managerial, industrial, and pro
fessional experience; who are vit
ally interested in the needs of
Texas; and who have faith in
the potentialities of education to
meet these needs.
The members are to represent
all the people of Texas without
regard to a specific institution,
agency, geographic region, or
special interest, political or eco
nomic. The members will re
ceive neither salaries nor remun
eration beyond the regular ex
penses determined by the state
for all commission, board, or com
mittee members. They are also
to serve six-year staggered terms,
be eligible for reappointment,
and accept a mandatory retire
ment at age of 70.
The Board will be vested with
powers and functions designed
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.
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.
to meet crucial needs for sys-
temizing all higher education.
The Board would posses recom
mending, approving and initiat
ing powers with regard to policy
for education beyond the junior
college through the university
and reject or accept institutional
proposals for modification of role
and scope, determine the number
and level of operation of each
public educational institution.
Milam, Navarro, Robertson, Tm.
is and Williamson counties ms
invited.
The TSTA’s legislative pn.
gram includes a demand fori
$45 per month increase in fe
state minimum salary schedule
which starts at $4,014 for a t*.
gining teacher. Estimated cos
of the proposal in the first hi
years is $73 million, includiti
extra money for teacher letirt
ment.
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