The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, March 11, 1966, Image 1

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, March 11, 1966, Image 1

Newspaper Page TextSophomores To Select Sweetheart At Ball Saturday SARA JANE ERECKSON SHARON WILLINGS BETTY JOHNSON ANN PEACOCK CHRISTINE PHILQUIST CHERYL LYNN BLAIR SALLY LINDSEY Volume 61 Cbe Battalion COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1966 Number 281 grab bag By Glenn Dromgoole Even the most diehard all-male supporter would have felt sorry for the A&M coed who checked out a reference book overnight and forgot about it. A week later she discovered, to her dismay, that she was $42 in debt to the Texas A&M Library System . . . that’s 25 cents an hour for 168 hours. Or take the case of another coed who checked out two books, returned them 10 days late and owed $5. The books were not issued for • the usual four-week period, but were on special re serve for only seven days. Computers, calculations and clerical connivance have made it almost a capital offense for fail ure to meet deadlines in this university’s library transition period. Capital punishment would be cheaper. With rates now up to 25 cents a day for regular reading ma terial and that same fine an hour for reference volumes, the library has created the greatest inflation in literary circles since 35-cent movies jumped to a dollar. While the system has also in creased checkout length to four weeks on most books, has pro vided computers (which do not speed up operations, but do add a flash of humor to the atmos phere) and has promised its freshmen — once again — a new building by their graduation, the 25-cent late penalty is outrageous. Certainly a library should have some way to enforce its rules to maintain proper care and owner ship of its volumes, but this year’s fines have grown entirely out of proportion. New facilities can not be built from student penal ties, nor old ones maintained. Libraries are intended solely as auxiliary services, necessary to building a great university. Stu dents should not be discouraged from using the facilities because of unreasonable fines levied against forgetfulness. Our library has growing pains. It is demonstrated by lack of seating space in the reading stacks, employe uncertainty of computers and the shortage of volumes in many areas. The new library is designed to relieve many problems that plague our present facility and will certainly be more enticing and conducive to students’ read ing habits and pleasures—if we don’t go broke first. Class Election Filing Deadline Set Tuesday Filing for class offices and junior and senior yell leader posts closes Tuesday. Students wishing to run for a sophomore, junior or senior class position should report to the Student Programs Office in the Memorial Student Center. The election is slated March 24. New Yell For Career Day Saturday pianlet 4,000 Visitors Expected Committee Chosen To Appoint Head A change in the 1965-66 Uni versity Regulations has given the Yell Leader Committee power to appoint a head yell leader from students chosen in the upcoming election March 24. Paragraph (d), article 65, states: “The Yell Leader Com mittee consisting of three uni versity staff members and two members of the Student Senate, shall be appointed by the Dean of Students. The Committee shall be responsible for approv ing candidates for yell leader positions, as well as the super vision of the yell leaders and yell practices. The Committee may, at any time, remove yell leaders from their positions for cause.’’ Sub-paragraph (b) continues: “The head yell leader shall be designated by the Yell Leader Committee.” Bill C. Presnal, civilian counse lor in the Department of Military Science, is the Chairman of the Committee. Also on the com mittee are: Spec Gammon, head sports publicity director; Bill Lancaster, assistant director of the Memorial Student Center; John Gay, vice-president of the Student Senate; and Dan Fischer, chairman of the Senate Public Relations Committee. “We will, however, consider the student who receives a ma jority of the votes,” said Pres nal, referring to the old method of selectiong the head yell leader. “But, you could have a situa tion where a real good man, a likely choice, might not receive a majority of the votes,” Pres nal continued. “In that case, it would be very difficult to set up a run-off election where a large number of candidates might split up the vote with the re sult being that the man doesn’t get the most votes. “It is our responsibility to work with and observe the likely candidates,” he noted. “I think it (the committee) is in a good position to select and interview them.” “Personally, I will look for a man who will be a good repre sentative of the student body and A&M. The factors in my judg ment would include character, judgment, maturity, the ability to make the right decision and the ability to get the cooperation of the other yell leaders. Harris Pappas, chairman of the Election Commission, reported that five juniors have filed for senior yell leader positions and that seven sophomores filed for junior yell leader. The deadline for filing for class positions is 5 p.m. Tuesday. The proportion of classes rep resented as yell leaders will re main the same, that is, two jun iors and three seniors. However, the position of head yell leader would not necessarily be filled by a Corps representative. Voter registration cards will be passed out Tuesday in the Memorial Student Center to al low students to participate in the elections. More than 4,000 students and visitors from throughout Texas and Louisiana are expected to at tend Texas A&M’s Career Day Saturday. The departments will be put ting their best foot forward in G. Rollie White Coliseum where each will present their field of study through displays. After registering in the lobby and viewing the exhibits, the day’s program will begin with an assembly in DeWare Field House at 10:30 a.m. Students will be greeted by Larry D. Willmann, chairman of the Intercouncil, and Texas A&M President Earl Rudder. Groups will be arranged according to fields of interest for guided tours of campus facilities beginning at 1 p.m. Groups will meet at the follow ing locations: Agriculture — Room 146, Physics Building Business Administration — Room 202, Francis Hall Engineering and Architecture — DeWare Field House Geosciences — Room 105, Geol ogy Building Liberal Arts — Biologic a l Sci ences Building lecture room Science — Ballroom, Memorial Student Center Texas Maritime Academy — Room 210, YMCA Veterinary Medicine — Assem bly Room S. Auston Kerly, director of the Guidance and Testing Cen ter, emphasized that they re frained from calling it High School Career Day because they also wanted to attract students from junior colleges and adult students. Last year approximately 700 students visited the campus for the day’s activities. The visitors will be housed in everything from motels to board ing houses to cadet dormitory quarters. Stress will be high on the academic advantages of attend ing A&M, its unique facilities and its unique Corps of Cadets. Noon meal Saturday will be provided by the two dining halls at a nominal cost. Students will be accompanied by members of the college or school councils. Kerly noted that it would be an excellent opportunity for vis itors to ask questions about the university in a relaxed atmos phere. Exhibits will be set up by most of the schools, division and de partments on campus. Displays in the coliseum will be open from 1:30-9 p.m. Friday and 7:30 a.m.- 4 p.m. Saturday. An additional eight hours to view Academic Fair’s 65 exhibits will be provided this year. Exhibitors will include the Maritime Academy, Connally Technical Institute in Waco and Electronic Institute. Of the visitors expected for Career Day an estimated 700 will arrive today for the Junior En gineering Technical Society state conference. Many guests have been per sonally invited by Aggies, and anyone interested may house young visitors and help guide guests. Editorial Welcome To Aggieland Career Day Visitors Everyone in Aggieland wishes to extend a per sonal “Howdy” to the more than 4,000 students and other visitors getting a first hand look at A&M dur ing its Career Day. We hope you will take this opportunity to gain an insight into the facilities, the courses and our distinctive student life. But above all, we hope you will leave A&M with a little bit of what really makes an Aggie—that Fightin’ Texas Aggie Spirit. You will soon be deciding where to spend the next four years, and at which institution you will look back and call your own for the rest of your life. If you are thinking seriously along these lines— making your decision from considering the end result of four years’ effort—you may decide on A&M. For those willing to pay the price, it has a lot to offer: A highly respected scholastic standing, a relatively low cost, and an opportunity to be part of one of the finest military organizations in the nation, the Corps of Cadets. Take a long, hard look at Aggieland, yourself and the future. Aggie Wives Vie For Mrs. A&M Title Left to right are: Ginger Welch, Marilyn Johnson, Dorothy Jett, Judy Left to right are: Linda Skaggs, Carolyn Corbett, Cathy Nicholson, Sha- Flippo, Judy Rieves, Charlotte Dick, Linda Ledbetter and Linda Gent. ro Lyon, Sharon Syptak, Judi Smith and Karen Griffith. Left to right are: Joy Cator, Nancy Blazek, Lynann Simpson, Pam Tim merman, Linda Asbill and Jo Barnes. Left to right are: Norma Brown, Carol Brown, Mary Brotze, Pat Yountz, Ann Montgomery, Carolyn Winaldi and Dorothy Robinson.

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, March 11, 1966, Image 1

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