THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Wednesday, October 19, 1966
CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle To Begin In 1968
All Campus Party
What Aggie wouldn’t jump at the chance to take a
trip to more than 60 different nations of the world?
Well, since most of us have neither the time or the
money for such activities, 30 A&M students have taken
their time to bring these countries to our campus.
These are members of the International Students Club
who are sponsoring an all-campus party Friday honor
ing the United Nations on its 21st birthday.
There are over 600 foreign students on the campus
representing 60 different world powers. These students
have organized in order to plan programs such as the
birthday party so that they might meet with American
students and exchange ideas.
The party, complete with birthday cake, has been
planned to especially include non-foreign students.
We urge as many Aggies as possible to accept the
invitation to attend this function Friday evening at 7:30
on the 2nd floor of the YMCA.
Guest speaker will be Dr. Clarence Zener, dean of
science, who will speak on “The Preser t and Future of the
U. N
Forum Opened
For Applicants
The Political Forum Committee is accepting applica
tions for preliminary membership through Oct. 24 in the
Memorial Student Center Programs Office, announced David
Gay, Political Forum chairman.
Screening interviews will be conducted Oct. 20-21 and
Oct. 24-26. Membership is open to all students but is
subject to the regulations of the MSC Council and Direc
torate.
The purpose of the forums, as set forth in the con
stitution, is to promote a better understanding of the
fundamental issues and processes in the American political
system.
There are three objectives. Those are to bring import
ant personalities to speak on contemporary political pro
cesses and issues, to provide a forum for the discussion
of political issues by both students and faculty, and to
bring practitioners of the art of politics to A&M for a
series of lectures on party organization, procedures, mani
pulation, and responsibility.
A budget of $5,750 has been allotted the program to
provide four to six speakers during the school year.
New Information
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“Its just appalling that Aggies place so much emphasis on
football by sending us all these sympathy cards when we
lose! Especially when our primary concern is academic
excellence rather than athletics!”
Would You
Believe?
Local Girl Scout
To Attend Meet
Deadline Set For Friday
On Foreign Service Test
Friday is the deadline for fil
ing applications to take the For-
eign Service written examination
here Dec. 3, reminds Dr. J. M.
Nance, head of Texas A&M’s
History and Government Dept.
Dr. Nance said the Foreign
Service application forms are
available at the Placement Of
fice in the YMCA.
Anyone between the ages of 21
and 31 is eligible to take the test,
Dr. Nance said, pointing out there
are no educational background re
quirements.
Peter Beneville, a young For
eign Service officer who visited
A&M last week, said there are
currently numerous openings
available in both the Foreign
Service and the U. S. Information
Agency.
Persons who score high on the
Dec. 3 written test will be invited
to take an oral examination be
fore a panel of senior Foreign
Service officers this spring, Dr.
Nance said.
The door was open
The cellar there
The lights were out
In that cold damp air
Few seemed to know
Nor even care
That the Ags seemed always
To be there
Eleven and twelve were there
below
Waiting, lurking, ‘til Stallings
showed
Then something happened
Not much at first
And all the others
Knew the worst
Seven noticed, maybe more
That the Ags had opened
cellar door
Opened the door
And climbing the stairs
The Ags are leaving
That cold damp air.
Ken Goins ’68
that
Texas A&M University offers
undergraduate and graduate stu
dies in more than 60 fields from
A (areospace engineering) to z
(zoology).
Marion Peters has been select
ed to represent the Bluebonnet
Council at the National Conven
tion of Girl Scout Leaders in De
troit, Michigan, starting October
22.
Marion is the daughter of Mrs.
Isaac Peters and the late Isaac
Peters, professor of Dairy Sci
ence at A&M. Mrs. Peters and
Marion reside at 308 Park Place,
College Station.
Imagine all the information in
the Library of Congress in a sin
gle four-drawer filing cabinet.
The possibility is not far
fetched.
Dr. Dan Drew, associate direc
tor of Texas A&M’s Data Proc
essing Center, recently discussed
such an achievement within the
scope of EDUCOM.
“EDUCOM simply means edu
cational communication,” Drew
explained. “It involves all know
ledge. If the organization can
get everyone attuned, EDUCOM
can be compared with the scale
of putting a man on the moon.”
A&M is one of 42 members of
the non-profit organization which
has requested $25 million in fed
eral funds for a pilot study to
determine the practicality of the
massive communications network.
“The program is possible,”
Drew commented, “except for the
dollars. “If EDUCOM reaches
maturity, the program is expected
to operate for a modest $3 bil
lion a year.”
Present plans call for the pro
posed pilot study to begin July
1, 1968.
Discussing the scope of EDU
COM, Drew said a directory and
index of information will have
to be organized, with facilities
for storage and retrieval of in
formation. The arrangement
would literally hook all institu
tions onto a nationwide party
line.
Drew gave an example of re
duction of information to minute
form. He said the King James
version of the Bible was reducted
to a single spot on a small piece
of microfilm. Properly indexed,
a specific part of the Bible could
quickly be printed from a high
speed computer.
EDUCOM has unlimited appli
cations, Drew explained. He re
ferred to a recent meeting in
Colorado attended by representa
tives from medical, library, so
cial science, administrative, edu
cational, equipment and computer
fields.
“The medical field, for instance,
A sa
lized at
ion tor
The
Ively
Student
has a $40 million fund organized
for a poison control system. Will
data banks set up and a centra]
terminal in operation, a doctor
could dial a number and deter
mine the most effective type o! ' on
treatment for any variety of poi-
soning.”
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