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SESr! An Aggie Abroad Copenhagen Is A Paradise After Initial Adjustment I By HERKY KILLINGS WORTH | COPENHAGEN, Denmark — lasts tee:;-. Aggies, life is great here in ngles toe Copenhagen, GREAT, ier way, I haven’t lost my passport or piirline ticket yet. I have a love- Ky 6’ x 10’ apartment. I have a of Bold L little book allowing me to travel and ^jjl on the town trolley whenever and In 19SS w ^ erever I wish. The batteries in my radio haven’t gone dead °ney mr - yet. I have a wonderful job Ifrom six ‘till two every day. All of my clothes are clean*. Highbred: I’ve just discovered a cheap laun- dng days J dr y> baker y» and grocery — all ■Complete with beautiful clerks. I can say “I Love You” in five ’ield, wild different languages. I just had ’• Meltla warm bath (that means it was- artsfie n’t ice cold). u *j® 3, Brjl And to top them all off, I have Jingcoursj a date toni & ht with a beautiful, -Kenzie-ljr' blue-eyed, long-blonde-hair ed Swedish girl. I couldn’t be happier if I was the President of Texas A&M. No one could ask for more. It really hurts me to be living in a paradise while all of you Aggies are roasting under the Texas sun, meeting seven o’clock classes and thinking futilely of beautiful girls. I feel that may be next summer you too might like to undertake a European paradise trip and would be in terested in the occupation odds over here. Then you could know a little of what to expect. When I began thinking of tra veling in Europe I realized it was necessary to find a job. The author of “Europe on $5 a Day” must have lived in a tent, manag ed to get by without eating, and must have skipped all the large cities. Expenses in Europe add up fast, but settling in one town is fairly cheap and offers you a chance to really know the Euro pean people while also watching the pay roll in. An added bene fit of settling is that you feel at home and can laugh with ease at the funny American tourist. movie ($1.50), providing of course that you can force your date to let you pay for her way. Scan- dinavin girls are very inexpen sive on dates; they also have many other qualities . . . but that’s another story. win when it concerns local Euro pean politics. However, you must realize that you can’t work in Europe and make money, or even break even. My job pays approximately $30 a week plus breakfast, lunch, and a coffee break which I find suffi cient to carry me over until the next breakfast. My apartment costs almost $10 a week, trans portation $1.25. A date usually costs the price of a coke unless you go to a I found a job through ISTC (International Student Travel Committee) who for a fee found me a job in the city of my choice, found me a place to stay, and gave me some contacts for my arrival in Copenhagen. The main service ISTC provided was the securing of a work permit for me, which is necessary before you can work in Europe. The work permit is HARD to get. You must have a job before you can obtain one, and you can’t get a job without one. You can’t ISTC got me a job as “extra help” at the Grand Hotel in Copenhagen. The hotel has treat ed me like the King of Denmark himself, although I do have to work occasionally. I work from six until two, which leaves me the rest of the afternoon to find a date for the night. (Picking up a girl here is the rule rather than the exception). Most of the time I vacuum, or Hoover as they call it. walk down a hall they sing “The Yellow Rose of Texas” and some times dance a jig, providing of course the management is not around. (I tried to teach them the “War Hymn” but they no speaka Englishe, only Dansk). Actually, I feel that I am one of the few people in the world today who is completely happy with his cleanup work. Easy hours, three excellent meals a day, and a hotel full of pretty girls and friendly people. and Artie (female) is a chamber maid at the hotel. I don’t know how hard it would be to simply come over and find a job, but I do know there is a large turnover of employees in the hotel where I work. Many Europeans also travel from town to town working two weeks here and three weeks there. The employees of the Hotel are overly friendly and go out of their way to be helpful. Be cause my name is difficult to say in Danish, I am called “Texas” which seems to be a real novelty over here. As I I know several other Americans working through ISTC here and they all feel the only way to see Europe is through work. There’s Pete, 29 years old, and washing dishes to see Europe; Jeff is picking cigarette stubs off the floor of Grand Central Station, I hope that I’ve given you enough information to arouse your interest in European travel and work. When I get back, (if I come back) I will be more than happy to answer any questions you might have . . . well nearly any. There’s a tremendous world over here, not all fun and games, but one that is definitely worth seeing if at all possible. Now for that Swedish blonde ... 1 Bus:v liege, af: rds adli * bookkeep: ‘rse. She v empltj a s sisti 'kkeeper M. Wald Company, a: of Mrs.! e Hardin aston mddaugl Mr. Ea Hez, Sr. ’an, is t cloyed at: a Process; ‘ter at k versity. 11 ‘Pleted & h Scl lining ^ton Wi ftgthelE Put r se at J izie - Busit Lucille! her busit: Che lion Texas A&M University JILL Volume 61 Number 190—- Stop The Presses Teacher TraL Courses At A Noted For Va uual High School ■i rnalism Workshop By LANI PRESSWOOD The Fourth of July is over laldwin a for an °ther year. Or did you I i notice? I Yes, you noticed, because peo ple like me shot off Black Cats and roman candles and bottle i rockets. We set off fireworks, and had picnics and ate watermelon and Events waterskiing and watched the ball game on TV. 1 We didn’t put the American flag on display . . . Come to Ihink of it I’m not even sure that many of us have got an American flag. And of course we didn’t go l back and read the Declaration of Independence again. Why, there’s no percentage in that ... I used to think that there were some pretty fine passages in that pdocument but now I’ve learned better. Yes, I’ve been enlightened now. That wasn’t really a Declara- ion of Independence you see, with genuine ideals and fellings expressed. No. it was really a clever piece o f propaganda dreamed up by some Colonial sharpies who needed to convince France of their sincerity in op posing King George. By showing France how fired up they were, they got Lafayette and his friends to make a definite commitment to help them out. That’s really what it was all about. Auto mechanics, cosmetologists, printers, welders, appliance re pairmen and photographers are among 164 persons enrolled in teacher training courses this summer at Texas A&M. They are only a part of 26 occupations represented by cur rent and future vocational indus trial education teachers in 90 high schools and junior colleges in Texas. Texas A&M alternates with the University of Texas in host ing six-week sessions each sum mer. After two summer terms, students will be certified by the Texas Education Agency. It is the only designated teach er training institute for vocation al industrial education in Texas. The curriculum includes meth ods of teaching, shop organiza tion and management, course making development and use of visual aids, and aims and ob jectives of vocational education. “Vocational industrial educa tion is boomin; . beginning to res it, and we ar financial as sis tv? and state so > 'S M. Hackney, the A&M Em Service and gins Here Sunday % 'tl. ■ '.v . Hackney n are needed to quarter-millioi sonnel dci ing “If we grow people w ' j ing due ■ ing for economic mented. “Our job, ted, “is to com men and indv competent tee f six course ? t; hours of coll • Sixty-five ;i dents already college degre • dred and thirty high >ts and sponsors had ednesday for the V'l High School Pub- shop conducted by ent of Journalism. ,u will begin Sun- ion and end Friday at Edith King of San Antonio the news section and Doyle Keeling of Houston the photography sec tion. Assisting them will be high school sponsors, professional journalists and college editors including those of the Battalion and Aggieland. journalism education at the high school level. Room Signing Next Week For 2nd Term “Our student ly qualified, eu more years sue perience,” Had “Their summer training will pr; teach effectively related technical the trade or occup mastered.” 19? I had it figured a little dif ferently up through high school but then a college history prof who had looked into the matter thoroughly, I’m sure, let me in on what it really meant. It’s not quite as romantic now to think back on the Declara tion or the Revelution now that I really know what happened. Somehow, the idea of a handful of men pledging themselves to an ideal never before realized on earth was a nice one. It’s not real easy to take when you find out that our boys were really selfish and rash and had something besides high ideals on their mind when they were at Brandywine and Saratoga and Yorktown. But you learn to accept it be cause after all, the men had spent years studying history and there’s no reason for him to make a mistake on this, or on the other wars the United States has fought since then. So I didn’t re-read the Declara tion of Independence or display the American flag, or give thanks for being born in this country out of all the countries in the world. And I didn’t ask any body why they didn’t do any of these things either because then they might have called me a radi cal or a superpatriot or even a square. No, instead I went waterskiing and ate watermelon and shot off bottle rockets. And nobody called me a radical or a superpatriot or a square. All A&M students now in school who will attend the second sessions of summer school should report to the Housing Office next week to sign up for their rooms according to the following sched ule: Students who wish to reserve the room they now occupy report Monday through Wednesday. Students who wish to reserve a room other than the one they now occupy may sign for rooms on a first come, first served basis beginning Thursday and lasting through 10 a.m. Saturday. Those students who have a $20 room deposit on file will not have to pay any additional fees to re serve their rooms, but those who have no deposit on file must pay it in order to reserve a room. Students who reserve rooms for the second session but later cancel or fail to register will for feit their $20 room deposit. Also those who wish to cancel room reservations for the fall term must do so by August 15 (instead of the August 31 date reported in last Thursday’s Bat talion in order to get their $20 back. Single undergraduate students are required to live on campus unless they live with close rela tions. Students who have reasons which are an exception to this policy must file a request for day student permit with the Student Affairs Office, unless they have already been cleared for the first summer session. Students who are eligible for a day student permit are urged to secure them before registra tion. Permits will be available in the Housing office until noon July 19. After this time they must be acquired in the process of registration. About half the e? complete certificate mer. Most will bt high school or junio the first time this > Teachers who con half the certificati ments are given emc mits by the TEA, w pulation they complete ditional courses the summer. > the st? three follow « July 16, July 16, July 16, * I7.it., 1 a.m 7-8:30 10 a.m 9-10:30 2 p.m. 11-12:30 s will attend from 67 3 n the Southwest for r e training course in . newspaper produc- . ography techniques. ' three sections will i^. es for advanced and students. • Knight of the jour- ty is director of this ,?hop. will include Paul .ector of the News- i Inc. of New York Medlin of the De- Journalism at the vansas. Swensson careers in journal- ••ti :n, who has pub- ■< > textbooks in his are on the place of He in journalism. ive-day Workshop tes will produce a i '•ok featuring color, e printed for distri- 1 e Taylor Publishing s. Also to be pro- a letterpress news- Workshopper, and a id newspaper, the r. Newspaper dele- ke a planned layout fall edition back to ■ • ■ r ols and yearbook stu- s a complete dummy of next year’s edition. Charles Dolan of Dallas will direct the yearbook section, Mrs. A seminar will be offered for credit for inexperienced high school sponsors, many of whom will attend with grants from the Newspaper Fund. The fund was established by the Wall Street Journal in its efforts to assist Entertainment for the dele gates will include a dance on Monday evening, a “stunt night” on Tuesday, a career session with professional journalists from Houston on Wednesday evening and the crowning of Mr. and Miss Workshopper on Thursday. Contests will be held in the three areas of instruction. Two $25 scholarships will be awarded to a boy and girl by J. E. Loupot, College Station merchant. Martin Appointed New Dean’s Aide Dr. Lee M. Martin will become an associate dean Sept. 1, Dean Frank Hubert of Texas A&M’s College of Arts and Sciences, an nounced Thursday. Dr. Martin will continue as head of the edu cational television program. Martin succeeds Dr. George W. Schlesselman, who is returning to fulltime teaching as professor of geography. “We look forward to this new association with Dr. Martin,” Dean Hubert said. “Dr. Schles selman has served with distinc tion in this position and Dr. Mar tin will be an outstanding suc cessor to him.” Dr. Martin has done an excep tional job in getting our educa tional television program started, the dean noted. Dr. Martin joined the A&M faculty in 1946. In 1963 he was advanced to professor of English. He holds degrees from the University of Texas and Stanford University. Dr. Schlesselman joined the A&M faculty in 1934 and in 1945 was named head of the geogra phy department. He has been in his present position since 1959. Dr. Schlesselman holds degrees from Iowa State College, Clark University and the University of Nebraska. MSC To Buy New Music Equipment REGISTRATION FOR SPECTACULAR Part of the swarm of teenage athletes and their coaches who arrived yesterday to com pete for in the Jaycee Sports Spectacular is shown here at registration in the MSC. The entrants come from 90 Texas cities and will compete for state Jaycee championships in track, tennis, and golf and for berths in the national meet later this summer. Competi tors are being housed and fed on campus for the tourney, which ends Saturday. The Memorial Student Center Council and Directorate will soon add $6,500 of music listening equipment to its facilities. The additions are to include a new tape deck, four new turn tables, and over a dozen stereo ear sets. A special committee under the chairmanship of Dave Graham has been organized to select the new tapes and record album to be placed in the MSC Browsing Library. There will be over 120 new albums and tapes selected. The committee has requested that any student having a sug gestion about what albums or tapes should be procured, leave this suggestion at the Student Program Office in the MSC. This suggestion should contain the name of the selection, the label under which it is recorded, and the group that has recorded it. It is the hope of the committee that everything will be ready by the faU semester. A meeting of the committee is to be held Tuesday in the MSC. Any student or faculty member is invited to contact the Student Program Office if he wishes to serve on the committee. LEE MARTIN Pinky Says Visitors on the Texas A&M campus numbered 3,984 in June, according to P. L. Downs, Jr., official greeter for the univer sity. Downs said the visitors were attending short courses, confer ences, class reunions and other scheduled meetings. Eighteen different groups were represent ed. A&M had 995,997 visitors dur ing the past 16 years and one month prior to July 1, 1965, Downs reported. He estimated they spent $20,915,937 while in the community.