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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Friday, February 26, 1965
BATTALION EDITORIALS
Air Your Gripes
To Student Senators
My suggestion is
Name
Dorm Room.
Better Relations Needed
Between Students, Profs
Frequent comment is heard on college and university
campuses today concerning the decline of the student and
professor relationship.
Many observe that professors who talk to students only
en masse lose their contact with the student, the greatest
gift a professor can give a student.
Does the TWU student get to know her instructor? In
some instance the answer is yes and in others, emphatically
no.
The solution lies partly with the professor. Some profes
sors congregate with the students in the PUB, some offer
stimulation and thought-provoking ideas in the classroom
through discussion, some invite students to their home for
discussion of current topics or of literature, and some,
through their close daily contact in the department get to
know their students not only as a unit which rapidly takes
notes in class, but as a thinking, impressionable human
being also.
The solution does not lie in the professor alone, but we
must not overlook the idea that the professor does not some
times avail himself of the opportunity to acquaint himself
with his students.
Students are at fault too. Discussion in a classroom,
although aided through questions of the professor, can not
be continued unless there is response. Students do not
respond for various reasons, one being that they aren’t pre
pared for the class and another that they are afraid to voice
their ideas.
Learning is achieved through an expression of ideas,
whether they be right or wrong. We learn through conversa
tion too, not only through knowning the classics, outlining
a textbook, or reading the daily newspaper. Learning is a
continuous operation which doesn’t stop when the bell rings
or when a student receives his diploma.
Learning can be advanced through better student-profes
sor relationships.
The Daily Lass-O
TWU
South Carolina U. Prexy
Notes Financial Crisis
By Intercollegiate Press
Columbia, S.C. — Recognition
of the grave financial crisis
created by ever-increasing en
rollment was urged here recently
by President Thomas F. Jones Jr.,
president of the University of
South Carolina.
“Now,” said President Jones,
“suddenly and almost overnight,
we find ourselves struggling sim
ply to hold our own. The cir
cumstance that brings this about
is in itself a healthy and happy
and welcome one-soaring enroll
ment. What we have, really, is
not a negative-type problem but
a prodigious opportunity to ad
vance both the State and the Uni
versity by utilizing this surge
of youth toward learning.”
Latest figures show a 36.4 per
cent increase in actual and esti
mated enrollment between Sept
ember, 1963, and September, 1965.
By comparative estimates, the
University enrollment will have
risen from 7,534 students in 1963
to 10,280 by next fall. Recent
budget studies confirm that it
has far outstripped its present
and prospective resources.
The alternatives:
To arbitrarily raise admissions
as to shut out a large number
of young students who might
otherwise be admitted to seek a
University education;
To dilute the quality of Uni
versity education by watering
down academic offerings and
lowering classroom standards;
To request an increase in State
appropriations of $1,459,760
above the present level.
“The only course that the Uni
versity can in all conscience rec
ommend is to increase appropria
tions in keeping with the increase
in enrollment,” Dr. Jones stated.
“The sum that we are request
ing meets just our basic requires-
ments. It does not include addi
tional money for special pro
grams, bureaus, or ‘extras.’ ”
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CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Sound Off
Got a gripe?
The Student Senate wants to hear it along with any
suggestions the students or faculty might have for the im
provement of A&M facilities.
In conjunction with a Student Senate display appearing
March 1-14 in the Memorial Student Center, the Senate is
constructing a suggestion box to hear complaints. No, not
about the weather or last year’s football season, but educa
tional procedures, professors, student activities, housing,
sports or most any other area.
All complaints and suggestions will be aired by the
Senate, and solutions suggested to the administration.
A sample suggestion ballot appears below:
“He asked me to tell you that he wouldn’t be here today!
He doesn’t want to lose his place in line for th’ basketball
game!”
Editor,
The Battalion:
I would like to commend Col
onel Adams and the Texas Ag
gie Band for their efforts in
arousing interest in the Texas
state song, “Texas, Our Texas.”
It’s a fine, spirited song and
would sound even better if every
one could follow more than the
first line.
I have several suggestions
which could make this effort more
successful. Ideally, the words
could be printed in the basket
ball programs, and everyone
would be able to join in easily.
However, if for some reason this
is impossible or impractical, per
haps the printed words could be
projected upon the wall. As a
final suggestion, I believe it
would be helpful to have a soloist
(at the loud speaker) leading the
singing. I don’t think many
“practices” would be necessary
before everyone would be singing
all or most of the words.
Incidentally, is it worth a try
to fill the coliseum next Tuesday
night for the final home game ?
The team is good, the games have
been exciting (even the losing
efforts), and the Coliseum has
been half-full or less for most
games.
It’s a most unusual situation,
to say the least.
Mrs. James D. Smith
Bryan
★ ★ ★
Editor,
The Battalion: \
This letter is in reference to
the letter which appeared in
Sound Off in the Feb. 24, 1965
edition of The Battalion.
Job Calls
Bulletin Board
MONDAY
Baylor University College of
Music — computer science, elec
trical engineering, chemistry,
biochemistry, biology, zoology,
physics, mathematics.
General Tire & Rubber Co. —
accounting, business administra
tion, chemistry, chemical engi
neering, electrical engineering,
industrial education, industrial
engineering, mechanical engineer
ing.
Libbey Owens Ford Glass Co.
-— architecture, chemical engi
neering, chemistry, civil engi
neering, electrical engineering,
industrial engineering, mechan
ical engineering.
Sun Pipe Line Co. — civil engi
neering.
Ford Motor Co. — civil engi
neering, electrical engineering,
industrial education, industrial
engineering, mechanical engineer
ing, accounting, chemistry, mathe
matics, data processing, econo
mics, business administration.
Touche, Ross, Bailey & Smart
— accounting.
Humble Oil & Refining Co. —
aerospace engineering, chemical
engineering, electrical engineer
ing, industrial engineering, me
chanical engineering, petroleum
engineering, civil engineering,
chemistry, physics geology, geo
logical engineering, geophysics,
accounting, business administra
tion, economics, finance, manage
ment, marketing.
TUESDAY
Employers Casualty Co. — ac
counting, agricultural economics,
business administration.
General Electric Co. — aero
space engineering, chemical engi
neering, electrical engineering,
industrial engineering, mechani
cal engineering, chemistry, math
ematics, physics.
Gulf States Utilities Co. —
electrical engineering, mechanical
engineering.
Mason & Hanger — chemical
engineering, electrical engineer
ing, industrial engineering, me
chanical engineering, chemistry.
Petty Geophysical Engineer
ing Co. — geology, geophysics,
mathematics, physics.
Union Oil Co. of Calif. — chem
ical engineering, geology, me
chanical engineering, petroleum
engineering.
Arthur Anderson & Co. —
accounting.
MONDAY
Civil Engineers Wives Club will
meet at 8 p.m. in the South
Solarium of the YMCA Building.
Range and Wildlife Manage
ment Wives Club will meet at
7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs.
Frank Schlicht at 201 Highland
in College Station.
FRIDAY 7:15 P. M.
“THE REVENGE
OF FRANKENSTEIN”
CARY
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JOHN
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SATURDAY Midnight Movie
ALSO, SUNDAY 5:30 P. M.
A4-G-M presents
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ELIZABETH TAYLOR
PAUL NEWMAN
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ATTENTION
“AGGIELAND” MAKE-UP
SCHEDULE
YOUR LAST CHANCE
Because of the number of new
students who wish to have their
portraits made for the “Aggie-
land ’65”, and because of the de
mand by some other students
there will be a FINAL MAKE
UP TIME from February 15 to
February 26. This schedule is
for All Students except Corps
Juniors and Sophomores since
their schedule by outfits is cur
rently running.
SENIORS
Seniors who wish to add
information or activities to
their “Aggieland ’65”
identification card can do
so by contacting Robert
Heger (Dorm 7 Room 305)
by Feb. 27th.
Airline
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Gus S. Wortham — Chairman
Benjamin N. Woodson, CLU, President
The civilian body of Texas
A&M does not deserve to be term
ed “those groty non-regs.” There
are many good men among the
student body at A&M and those
falling into this category could
be split rather equally between
the civilian men and the Corps
men. And to take it one step
further Mr. Ebby, there are many
men who were in he Corps much
longer than you, who are pre-
ently part of the civilian body.
By your standards, do these men
deserve to be termed “groty non-
regs ?”
ranks. And I believe, Mr. Ebey i
if you were to search among
those sacred traditions that havt
made A&M famous you will find
a remnant of the old saying
“Aggies stick together.” Remem.
ber it?
.4<
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Richard Daerr, ’66
There is no visible correlation
between the “declining morale,”
as it was termed, and the Ad
ministration cracking down on
“hazing” with the Corps and
Civilians not being able to at
tend A&M together. This is a
university, but it is still A&M.
And the men attending this uni
versity are still Aggies whether
they are in the Corps or Civilian
CORPS
SOPHOMORES & JUNIORS
Corps, Sophomores & Juniors
will have their portraits made I 16 et
for the “Aggieland ’65, accord
ing to the following schedule:
Company D, E, F-2 Feb. 22-23
A, B-3
C, D,-3
E, F, G-3
H, 1-3 March
Maroon Band
White Band
Squadrons 1-4
5-8
9-12
13-17
23- 24
24- 25
25- 26
1-2
2- 3
3- 4
4- 5
8- 9
9- 10
10-11
Make
up for these pictures
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