THE BATTALION
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College Station, Texas
Thursday, September 16, 1965
New Payroll Plan
To Reduce Costs,
Boost Efficiency
Texas A&M is developing its
payroll operations, resulting in re
duced costs and a more stream
lined overall alignment.
The first stage of the merger
of payrolls was completed this
summer after a year of planning
and work.
Kelley Broach, former manager
of payrolls for the Texas Agri
cultural Experiment Station, has
been named payroll services
manager. His section leaders
are Bill Jaska, former payroll
supervisor for A&M, and James
B. Fickey, former tabulation
equipment operator for the Data
Processing Center.
Edward B. Anderson, senior
programmer for the Data Proces
sing Center, also helped set up
the new system.
Payroll offices of Texas A&M
and the Texas Agricultural Ex
periment Station began merging
in May, 1964, and the merger
of the Agricultural Extension
Service is being studied.
The Central Payroll Office is
now located in the basement of
the A&M System Building. Per
sonnel regularly assigned to pay
roll operations has been reduced
from ten to eight.
All weekly payrolls for A&M
and TAES have been replaced
with bi-weekly and monthly pay
rolls, producing these results.
Elimination of 52 payrolls an
nually, elimination of 3,500
vouchers annually, elimination of
2,000 accounting entries annual
ly, reduction of machine set-up
and operating time at the Data
Processing Center, and simpli
fication of departmental record
keeping.
Payroll reports have been con
solidated for A&M and TAES
for teacher retirement, employes
retirement, social security, fed
eral tax, insurance and tax shel
tered annuities. This consolida
tion has reduced by more than
150 the number of annual reports
required.
3 Retiring Profs
Awarded Emeritus
Rank For Service
In foggy London, one of every
10 planes is grounded during the
winter.
STREAMLINING THE PAYROLL
Edward B. Anderson, seated, senior programmer at Texas
A&M’s Data Processing Center, shows James B. Fickey, a
payroll section leader, and Kelley Broach, payroll services
manager, how the IBM 7094 operates. The trio and section
leader Bill Jaska worked out a central payroll office for
A&M, resulting in reduced costs.
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The limit of graduate students
this semester in the School of
Business Administration has been
reached, Dr. John E. Pearson
announced. He said no more
students will be accepted unless
vacancies develop.
The quota of 70 graduate stu
dents was announced early this
year. Students seek the Master
of Business Administration de
gree.
Texas A&M thus became pos
sibly the first university in Texas
to establish a limit upon gradu
ate enrollment in business. The
quota was described as neces
sary “to assure a quality grad
uate program with the resources
available.” Hopes are to in
crease the quota in the future,
Pearson said.
Among the 70 students are 26
who already started studies. The
44 new students were chosen
from more than 115 applicants
with additional applications still
arriving. In the School of Busi
ness there also are some 20 spe
cial students preparing to meet
requirements.
The 70 students accepted are
“predominantly” Texan, Dr. R.
M„ Stevenson, graduate advisor,
said.
“And about a third of the
students are honor graduates,”
he pointed out.
The realigned Master of Busi
ness Administration program pro
vides for study in four pro
fessional fields. These are or
ganization and administration,
statistics, computer science and
accounting.
About 40 percent of the grad
uate students plan to concentrate
in the computer science field. An
equal number chose organization
and administration. The others
will study either accounting or
statistics as their professional
field.
A Smalt Note to Transfer Students:
In the midst of the rush of welcoming new freshmen and returning stu
dents, we want to take time to welcome you to A&M. We hope you will enjoy
continuing your education at A&M.
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Three retiring faculty members
have been awarded Professor
Emeritus ranking.
They are Dr. J. D. Lindsay,
head of the Department of
Chemical Engineering; C. W.
Crawford, professor of mechani
cal engineering, and Fred Hale,
Department of Animal Science.
Faculty Salaries
Up 19 Per Cent
Over Last Year
Average salary for Texas A&M
faculty members will increase 19
per cent this year.
The 9-month teaching staff
average jumped from $8,144 last
year to $9,732 in 1965-66, Presi
dent pari Rudder reported.
Average salary for full profes
sors will be increased 18 per cent
from $10,555 to $12,423 for nine
months, he said.
Other raises include:
Associate professors, up 15 per
cent from $8,700 to $9,985.
Assistant professors, from
$7,349 to $8,499, a 16 per cent
increase.
Instructors, raised from $5,781
to $6,551, a 13 per cent jump.
Salaries for A&M’s 500 faculty
members will range from $4,536
to $26,250 for nine months.
Increased faculty pay was a
major provision of A&M’s $64
million operating budget ap
proved for 1965-66.
“Competitive faculty salaries
will help us attract and retain
teaching brainpower,” Rudder
noted.
Faculty salaries have been in
creased 46 per cent since Rudder
became president of A&M in 1959.
Lindsay has been a professor
at A&M for 26 years and head of
the Department of Chemical En
gineering since 1944. He was re
cently given an automobile by
1,200 of his former students. A
scholarship has also been en
dowed in his name.
Crawford has been a member
of the A&M faculty for 47 years
and has served as head of the
Department of Mechanical Engi
neering and associate dean of
engineering. He was honored
earlier this year at a surprise
dinner during which he received
a plaque for 50 years of service
to A&M. A $35,000 engineering
faculty improvement fund was
established in his name at that
time.
Patterson said that as Profes
sor Emeritus, Hale will continue
to serve on the Animal Science
Department staff as a consultant
and will appear as guest lecturer
in classes. He also has begun
work on a manual of basic live
stock feeding, which he is co
authoring with Dr. O. M. Holt
of the A&M Agricultural Educa
tion Department. The workbook
is for use by teachers and stu
dents of vocational agriculture
and will be distributed nationally.
Dr. O. D. Butler, head of the
Animal Science Department, said
Professor Hale has long been a
leading investigator in swine
feeding and management. A-
mong his best known contribu
tions are demonstrations showing
how lack of Vitamin-A can pro
duce blind pigs, a simplified
method of balancing animal ra
tions, and proof that cottonseed
meal can be safely used as a
swine feed.
J. D. LINDSAY
C. W. CRAWFORD
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