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landscape Course To Be Offered )uring Spring Semester Says Prof Landscape 412 will be offered during the spring semester of 1967, according to Robert F. White, professor of architecture. Landscape 412, “Site Plan ning,” is designed for the devel opment of detailed analyses of the adaptation of buildings, road ways, parking areas, and other site structural elements to spe cific sites. Emphasis is placed on the value of significant open spaces in relation to site devel opment. “The course should prove to be of particular value as an elective to students in architecture, archi tectural construction, civil engi neering, agronomy and recreation and parks,” White said. The text that will be used is “Simplified Site Engineering” by Parker and Maguire Wiley. The course is open to students other than landscape architecture ma jors and will be offered only in the spring semester, White atjd- ed. For further information re garding the course, contact White in Room 212 of the Architecture Building. All Junior College Transfers Receive A&M’s Helping Hand THE BATTALION Friday, January 13, 1967 College Station, Texas Page 3 Junior college transfers to Tex as A&M receive a “helping hand” from a career day program pre sented by the university’s regis trars office. The program, coordinated by Robert B. Gleason, associate di rector of admissions, sends A&M faculty and staff personnel on six major trips during the school year. Two-man teams visit 100 Secretary at MSC Claims Busy Programs Office By PATRICIA HILL For Mrs. Chris Hartye, secre- tary of the Student Programs, the day starts early and ends late. Despite the excitement, rush ing around, and mass confusion that sometimes takes over the office, she manages to have the situation well under control. MRS. CHRIS HARTYE Agriculture Professor Receives Honors At Banquet Tonight Dr. R. C. Potts, assistant dean of the College of Agriculture, will receive the Texas Young Farm er Association’s highest apprecia tion award at the 13th Annual Young Farmer Awards Banquet in Corpus Christi Friday night. The Distinguished Service A- ward will be presented to Dr. Potts in appreciation for his many years of service to the Young Farmers of Texas. The announce ment of Dr. Potts selection for the award comes from Bill Rus sel, of Pittsburg, president of the association. Russell points out that over a span of thirteen years in which the Young Farmer Association has been organized, Dr. Potts has helped plan and carry out num erous educational activities, indu ing area and state-wide Young Farmer field days and that he has given generously of his time each year judging entries in the vari ous Young Farmer Awards Con tests. “In helping the Young Farmers with these important programs, Dr. Potts has rendered a valuable service, and the Young Farmers are happy to have an opportunity to show their appreciation,” Rus sell added. Presentation of the Distinguish ed Service Award to Dr. Potts and five other recipients at the banquet will be one of the high lights of the two-day convention. Over 900 Young Farmers and Young Farmer wives from all parts of Texas are expected to attend the convention. G. T. 0. LeMans Catalina Attention JANUARY GRADS. SELLSTROM PONTIAC-BUICK has faith in YOUR FUTURE ALL MODELS READY FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY Any PONTIAC - BUICK - OPEL NO PAYMENT until MARCH NO or small DOWN PAYMENT Take A New Car To Your New Job (All Transactions Subject To Credit Approval) SELLSTROM PONTIAC-BUICK 2700 Texas Ave. 822-1336 26th & Parker 822-1307 “Sellstrom sells for less” Skylark Riviera Helping Chris keep things in hand is Mrs. Kay Files, also sec retary for the programs office. Besides being secretaries to H. W. Gaines, student group advisor, and R. L. Boone, director of the Singing Cadets, they work for the MSC Council, fifteen standing committees, such as Great Issues, the four classes and their presi dents, the Student Senate, and as Chris puts it, “anything else that doesn’t have a home.” Chris does other things besides clerical work, however, One Ag gie described her as the “Aggies’ Ann Landers.” She is swamped with everyday little problems such as “I got engaged to this certain girl over the holidays . . . when do you think I ought to marry her?” Or “Chris, my committee mem bers just have to get this letter by tomorrow, now since you don’t have anything to do at the mo ment, would you mind getting out 16 copies right away?” A great deal of the time the secretaries are faced with short notice problems, in mass . . . from the committees. Since the office handles all Town Hall programs, it is responsible for selling tickets and sending out publicity for the performances. One season of the year seems to be no more complicated than the next. Fall means football games, date tickets and “all that noise,” Town Hall and the Bon fire. Spring is when the classes get into full swing and class elections and class balls take over the office. “Sometimes I write letters to as many as 16 people, all in one hunk!” said Chris. Even during all the rush and responsibility, Chris maintains her poise, and because of her patience and warm personality, she keeps a lot of worried Aggies from “blowing their cool.” senior and junior colleges be tween October and March, plus numerous high schools inviting career day visits. “Prospective junior college stu dents are given information on courses for transcript, mechanics of transferring and courses to take prior to transfer,” noted Gleason. “Above all, we try to demon strate a spirit of cooperation with junior colleges by being at their disposal and assisting students in transition to senior college.” Gleason said visits are also made to senior colleges for pos sible transfers to A&M’s School of Veterinary Medicine. “Representatives visit high schools by invitation,” he ex plained, “but we take the initia tive with the junior colleges. The program is instrumental in a nine-per cent increase transfer and special students (totaling 760) at A&M this semester. Stu dent enrollment exceeds 10,700. Contact with high school stu dents, along with the pre-regis tration program conducted dur ing the summer by the Counsel ing and Testing Department, in creased A&M’s freshman enroll ment by 12 per cent this year, while freshman enrollment de creased at many other colleges and universities, Gleason pointed out. Thirty-minute presentations by a faculty member and Gleason are usually oral. Slides are shown when time permits. Stu dents are registered and sent a flyer and business reply card with which he can obtain ma terial on academic programs and other information. “We let them know we’re thinking of them,” Gleason noted. The two-man teams involve 40 faculty members, he added. Chief contributors in the student re cruiting program are Assistant Deans Dr. Cliff Ransdell, engi neering; Dr. Richard Potts, agri culture; Dr. Edgar McMurry, vet erinary medicine; Dr. Charles McCandless, liberal arts, and Dr. J. G. Potter, student resources. A recruiting team currently is in Northeast Texas, with trips to the Rio Grande Valley planned for February and the Panhandle and West Texas in March. A recent trip made contacts at San Antonio College, Schreiner Institute, Laredo Junior College and four Laredo and San Antonio high schools. Business Library Schedule Changed The hours of the business libra ry, located in Francis Hall, have been changed. The new schedule is 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. to midnight Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays and 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday. “Due to the increase in gradu ate students there will be longer hours and an increased staff in the library,” said Mrs. Ruth Col lins, librarian. “I now have Melvin Laselle as an assistant librarian but I will soon have three more helpers.” CONFERENCE GUESTS At an autograph party sponsored by the Harry Walker lec ture and Management Bureau, The Empire State Building, New York City, television humorist and personality Sam Levenson, author of the best seller “Everything But Mon ey” autographs a copy of his book for Mr. Wayne Stark, MSC Director at A&M, during the recent 10th annual con ference of the Association of College and University Man agers. Read Classifieds Daily V ■ I* Pm -' *** ... # <*****> V* 7 ' ' W # ? IL, mm ' "... Ano TMfcW I TOLO M(2. j WAUTM? 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