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p e event COPENHAGEN, Denmark —
^etic proJpIe in London and other parts
c the onlj England, I felt strangely at
Would p. tne. I was seeing the sights
u Hity to ( th Ifive other Aggies, and my
'time cpJg'uage was spoken by all even
West (V>ugh everyone sounded like
^ itself j oies Bond, Pussy Galore, and
winners ! rm an ’s Hermits. But I was at
l g for ttffne; in old mother England and
l ’t that Ik sr ything was going smoothly.
Of coursAfter ferrying across the Eng-
be soi{;h Channel onto the continent
feby all pfelt insecure, lost and unable
wouldn't C0 P e with the problem of the
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Traveling In
An Aggie Abroad
Europe Not Always
A Joyride
language barrier. My Aggie bud
dies had spread out over the con
tinent and I was by myself in a
foreign land.
Not knowing the language was
bad, but even worse was not
reading the language. How do
you find a restaurant or hotel
without signs? How do you or
der a meal when neither you nor
the waitress can understand the
other’s language ?
It’s a horrible feeling, one that
at first makes you feel like
climbing back in bed and pulling
the electric blanket over your
head. Luckily, a cute brunette
showed me the train into Brus
sels, bought me a ticket, and even
put me on the train before she
went on her way.
Without her and others like
her one would never be able to
travel in a foreign country. You
seldom find a cute brunette but
you learn to ask at least once a
block for information. How?
When? Where? What?
The youth nearly always speak
broken English, the adult tries—
and everyone is eager to lend a
helping hand.
In Brussels a man I met on
the train took me through cust
oms and found me a cheap hotel
for the night.
Then came an experience which
has followed suit in every coun
try I’ve visited. I’ve stayed in
cheap places on Corps Trips, but
European hotels are in a class of
their own. No hot water, no
shower, and a long, cold walk to
the bathroom.
Hazing at A&M could be set
back 20 years by taking away a
freshman’s hot water privileges.
Tomorrow morning try shaving
without hot water and feel the
torment of cold steel on your
face.
My room measured approxi
mately twice the width of a sin
gle bed with a couple of spare
feet at the end. The small rooms
found throughout Europe are
quite adequate for the few
clothes with which I travel.
Hitchhiking from Brussels to
Amsterdam I met a radical
Swede (male) whose only
thoughts were of politics—and
subsequently his talk too. We
discussed the subject at great
length no matter how hard I
tried to change the subject onto
the institution of the Swedish
Blonde. He was beyond arguing
with so I listened and rode quiet
ly.
He felt Sweden was more
American than the United States
because of the welfare of the
state caused by socialism. Under
his idea of socialism the people
work for an idea, not for money
(is that living?). The strong
should care for the weak. He
also said that over a third of his
salary went into taxes but he
was secure in Sweden no matter
how Lady Luck treated him.
I roomed with him for two
days and came to know all about
the greatness of Europe and the
poverty of the U. S.
I had seen the riches of Europe
(ha!) and felt it time to bow out
of the Amsterdam scene so I
headed east up to Hamburg and
from there to Copenhagen, where
I plan to work for the rest of
the summer.
Cbe Battalion
Texas
A&M
University
/Glume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1965
Number 189
Stop
The
Presses
By LANI PRESSWOOD
l[ was talking with a friend at
V liner the other night and a
W l)ic came up that college stu-
j Bits never seem to tire of other
' lieges.
e, rattled off the names of two
three universities that he
ught had top graduate schools
his field and began comparing
l^^fir individual merits.
'Si asked him why he thought
ise were the best and he said
nething to the effect that pro-
sors from these schools were
i most frequent contributors
i technical journals he read.
n IJ figured that they must be do-
aii J ‘ the most important research
■ ' 1 therefore had the best edu-
ion to offer a student.
, Phis is an idea that you hear
the time but it’s still hard for
\ to swallow.
Ajlrhe slogan is “publish or per-
T ” and there’s not a professor
the country who can’t tell you
at it means.
J (fhe department heads who fol-
’l \j\ r this motto may have some
/ at researchers under them but
fonder sometimes what kind of
chers they have. Of course I
■ t’t mean that a person can’t
^'iboth, because many do a good
j in both areas.
^IJiut the lectures of some bril-
i it researchers are as dry as
gWest Texas drouth and just
>ut as productive.
Taking these individuals out of
laboratory and the library
l putting them into the class-
m is actually taking them out
their natural element,
phis is bad enough but reject-
effective teachers because of
ir lack of scholarly publica-
i is even worse. Yet this axe
:r the heads of faculty mem-
s is most definitely a reality
-v its use seems to be a more
I more common practice.
Actual dismissal is one possi-
ty but what happens more fre-
mtly is the deceleration of the
feicement process. In either
gL > e, pressure is still exerted and
iTT underlying principle is still
^ I same.
fcj/ ' This thing didn’t just rise up
t week and begin attracting
t e n t i o n, though. It’s been
irrfifrr >und for a good while now and
l >ws every intention of becom-
• a permanent fixture.
|1pS t’s not a question of Is It
ere? but a question of Is It
3S d? and if so, well why don’t
r do something about it ?
gbwn through history teaching
I; been one of man’s noblest
Sessions and the gift of im-
rting knowledge is so rare that
' rrrTTr should be encouraged and pro-
led no matter what the ex-
hse may be.
llpS harper’s ran an article sever-
■ months ago which they en-
|d: “Is There A Teacher On
eiStaff ?”
ipat simple title is as eloquent
wrguement as anyone could
Jk forth.
uJj^I
rr-rfb 1 '
First Summer Plays
Open Friday Night
The Aggie Players’ Fallout
Theater Workshop opens its first
summer season tomorrow night
at 7:30 p.m. in Guion Hall with
a classic play by a Swedish mas
ter and an original play by an
Aggie.
The Fallout Theater is located
at the rear of Guion Hall. Tick
ets are 50 cents at the door.
The first play, “The Dance of
Death,” written by August
Strindberg in 1901, is directed by
Mrs. Aileen Wenck.
The second play on the pro
gram is “Courage, Brother,” by
Tim E. Lane, a junior journal
ism major from Bryan. Lane is
also directing the play.
Both directors are students in
Theater Arts 383, Techniques of
Directing, offered through the
Department of English and
taught by C. K. Esten, director
of the Aggie Players. All stu
dents taking the course are re
quired to direct a play during the
course.
Mrs. Wenck is the wife of Rob
ert W. Wenck, a graduate assist
ant in English who is technical
director for the Aggie Players.
Lane, preivously directed “Hel
lo Out There,” by William Saro
yan, presented May 21 in the
Fallout Theater Workshop.
The cast of “The Dance of
Death” includes' Carol Hill as
Alice, Bob Hipp as the Captain,
Ambassador From Tunisia
Visits A&M Campus
ACTORS IN FINAL TUNEUP
. . . Harry Howell and Carol Hill go over lines for Friday
night’s production of “Dance of Death.”
Highway Commission
Accepts Interchange Bids
The Texas Highway Commis
sion announced this week that it
has accepted a $440,453 low bid
on the interchange project at the
intersection of Farm-To-Market
Roads 60 and 2154 near the
northwest edge of the Texas
A&M campus.
Included in the project is a
grade separation that will elimi
nate the crossing of the Southern
Pacific and Missouri Pacific
Tracks on FM 60.
Department plans also call for
the construction of two bridges
and a semi-cloverleaf facility.
One bridge will carry traffic on
FM 2154 over FM 60 and the
second will serve both the Mis
souri Pacific and Southern Pa
cific Railroads. Cost of the sec
ond structure will be shared by
the two railroads and the High
way Department.
$394,000 Grant
Awarded To A&M
Construction plans for Texas
A&M’s $2% million addition to
its Biological Sciences Building
were advanced this week with
announcement of a $394,579
grant from the U. S. Office of
Education.
A&M Board of Directors, meet
ing later this week, will discuss
construction dates and review
bids for the structure.
The 95,000 square-foot addi
tion with four levels and a base
ment will house graduate class
rooms and laboratories for De
partments of Biology, Biochem
istry and Nutrition, Wildlife
Sciences and Electron Micro
scopy.
The low bids were received
from R. Butler Inc. of Bryan
and Jarbet Co. of San Antonio.
The Texas Highway Commission
will award the contracts next
week.
Completion of construction is
expected to eliminate the hazard
ous railroad crossing and smooth
the flow of traffic to the north
and west.
The Tunisian ambassador to
the United States, Rachid Driss,
visited the Texas A&M campus
Monday and Tuesday on his way
to Washington, D. C.
Driss and his wife are return
ing to Washington after an offi
cial visit to Mexico.
The couple were guests of hon
or at a luncheon Monday in the
MSC at which A&M Chancellor
M. T. Harrington served as host.
They also toured the campus and
attended a reception and dinner
in their honor Monday.
Tuesday’s activities included a
panel discussion with selected
faculty members which was
taped for radio presentation, an
informal luncheon with officers
of the Tunisian Students’ Associ
ation, and a dinner hosted by
A&M President Earl Rudder.
While here Driss expressed ap
preciation in behalf of Tunisia
ew Telephone Director Named
* Virgil L. White of Pasadena
lP a albeen appointed telephone in-
uctor - coordinator for the new
le:ihone Technicians’ Training
■gram of Texas A&M’s Tele-
ihmunications Training Center,
■fhite is currently attending a
wii!o|week course in tele-communi
cations training at the NASA
Manned Spacecraft Center in
Houston. Later this summer he
will attend a refresher course in
Raleigh, N.C., sponsored by the
Kellogg Tele-communications Di
vision of International Telephone
and Telegraph.
Battalion
Statewide
The Battalion took top honors
in editorial writing and general
appearance to sweep its division
at the annual Texas Press Associ
ation newspaper contest held last
weekend in Dallas.
Texas A&M’s daily captured
two first place awards for out
standing editorials and page
make-up, a second place award
for newswriting, and a general
excellence award for being the
top TPA daily newspaper in Tex
as published in a city with a pop
ulation of 15,000 or less.
Ronnie Fann, who edited the
newspaper during the 1964-65
school year accepted the three
bronze plaques and certificates
of merit in behalf of his staff
and the university.
“I am extremely proud of The
Battalion’s performance in this
competition,” Fann said. “This
is the first year we submitted
entries and The Battalion won
over some of the outstanding
small daily newspapers in the
state.”
The Battalion, College Station’s
official newspaper, was the only
college entry in the contest.
James L. Lindsey, director of
University Information and Pub
lications praised Fann and his
student staff for their work dur
ing the school year.
“The Battalion has earned the
recognition it deserves as an out-
Sweeps
Contest
standing daily newspaper,” Lind
sey commented.
Bronze plaques were awarded
the newspaper for:
General appearance and make
up for editions appearing Oct. 20-
22, 1964.
Editorials concerning service
clubs, student yelling at football
games and statements made
against the paper made by a yell
leader, appearing Oct. 9, Nov. 18,
and Dec. 4, 1964, and
General excellence in all cat
egories.
A second place certificate of
merit was presented for general
news writing in editions appear
ing Sept. 25, Sept. 29 and Sept.
30, 1964.
Categories for the competition
consisted of general appearance,
column writing, editorial writing,
news pictures and news writing.
Other winners in Division II
beside The Battalion were the
Waxahachie Daily Light, McKin
ney Courier-Gazette, Hillsboro
Daily Mirror, Henderson Daily
News, Freeport, Brazosport
Facts, Kermit Daily Sun, Gon
zales Daily Inquirer, Athens
Daily Review and Nacogdoches
Daily Sentinel.
The newspaper competition
was sponsored by the TPA in
conjunction with their annual
convention held at the Baker Ho
tel in Dallas.
for A&M’s assistance in the es
tablishment of a land-grant agri
cultural college at Chott Maria,
Tunisia. A&M has a seven-man
team working in the construc
tion and organization of the col
lege. Three more men are in
training for assignment at Chott
Maria.
A&M entered into Tunisia’s
plans in 1961 after that coun
try’s leaders asked the U.S. State
(Related picture on page 5).
Department for aid in building
an American-style college of ag
riculture.
Rudder told the ambassador
that Tunisia had paid the United
States and A&M its highest com
pliment.
“To trust us with the educa
tion of part of your youth is a
great compliment and a great re
sponsibility,” Rudder said.
Driss commented on current
problems of Tunisian farmers
and their attempts to solve them.
“Agricultural research is the
main activity in our country,”
the ambassador explained. “Our
country is very small, only about
50,000 square miles, and our
process of developing the coun
try is different, but we are
achieving a true democracy.”
“Our aim is to improve the
condition of the people. Tunisians
are a free people who enjoy lib
erty. We want to build democra
cy in our own ways,” he contin
ued.
Driss said the present per capi
ta annual income is $75 to $78 a
year.
In reply to a question asking
about the progress of 32 Tuni
sian students studying at A&M,
Driss commented: “I have had
discussions with the students and
they are very happy to be here
to learn the very noble task of
agricultural achievement. They
are full of the spirit of coopera
tion and friendship. The experi
ment is a successful one although
it is just beginning.”
Harry Howell as Kurt, and Fran
ces Flynn as Jenny.
In “Courage, Brother,” Ed Rey
na will be Kan; Rodney Carlisle,
Ux; Harry Gooding, Ceph; and
Steve Thurman, Kipp Blair, Al
berto Gomez, Jean Reyna, and
Lynn Brown, villagers.
Cynthia Smith is in charge of
lighting for both plays, and Don
Truitt is stage manager.
The next scheduled presenta
tion in the workshop will include
“The Boor,” by Anton Chekov,
and “The Lady of Larkspur Lo
tion,” by Tennessee Wiliams July
6.
Other plays are being selected
and are to be announced as pro
duction dates are set.
Several student directors are
casting plays for later produc
tion, and anyone interested in
participating in the theater work
shop program in any other ca
pacity should contact Esten at
his office in Guion Hall.
“This theater workshop pro
gram is intended to be education
al not only for students in our
theater course s,” Esten said.
“This theater is open to members
of the community who are inter
ested in participating in and
learning about theater.”
“We have people in this pro
gram with a good deal of experi
ence, people with a little, and peo
ple with none at all. We need
more of each. Anyone with a
genuine interest and willingness
to learn can find something to do
here.”
FANN DISPLAYS AWARD
. . . last year’s Battalion editor holds up
Excellence Award.
TPA General
Student Jobs
Now Available
Through Logan
Qualified students looking for
work-study jobs are currently in
demand at Texas A&M.
Robert M. Logan, assistant di
rector of placement and student
aid, said he is seeking 100 to 125
students for jobs paying from 75
cents to $2.90 per hour, depend
ing on the job and the previous
experience of the applicant.
Logan said those who may ap
ply at the Placement and Student
Aid Office, Room 303, YMCA
Building, include students now
enrolled at A&M, high school stu
dents who have been accepted for
enrollment at A&M, or students
who were enrolled at A&M dur
ing the Spring term and expect
to return in the Fall.
Applicants must be United
States citizens, from low income
families, and have satisfactory
grade records under terms of the
Economic Opportunity Act of
1964. Low income families are
defined as those with three de
pendents and income not exceed
ing $3,000 annually. The income
may increase $600 for each indi
vidual dependent as defined by
income tax laws.
Jobs available include ground
maintenance, clerical, library as
sistants, janitors, farm workers,
food service, draftsmen, graders,
and graduate assistants.
Logan said students will be as
signed to jobs according to their
abilities.