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Che Battalion I WEATHER | Friday—Partly cloudy in morning be- S: coming partly cloudy during after- noon. Clearing during night. Winds :£ £: southerly 5 to 10, minimum tempera- j:-: ture 33 maximum 58. Outlook for Sat. i!;: & Sun., partly cloudy, southwesterly winds 10 to .15, minimum temperature •£ •x 34 to 37, maximum 63 to 66. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, JANUARY, 19, Number 393 774 To Get Diplomas In Saturday Program l ONE MORE FOR THE MONSTER Last-minute studying seems to have proven have been wageing a constant battle against fatal to senior pre-dental major Pat Roach, the arch rival, “The Bag Monster,” in pre- :He is only one of about 10,000 Aggies who paration for next week’s finals. £xains, Sweat, Midnight Oil Can Lead To Poor Results “One advantage of studying all night before a final examination is that it gives you a beautiful alibi for failure.” ;/ The observation belongs to Auston S. Kerley, director of Texas A&M’s Counseling and Testing Center. “Although the best solution may be to skip finals,” Kerley grinned, “a more practical ap proach to preparation for exams would be to follow planned re views for about 10 days before the exam.” I think two hours on one sub ject is long enough for a single study session,” Kerley added. “Several review times are sug gested over one lengthy session.” Kerley said the best thing a student can carry into a final examination is a rested, clear mind. ‘‘STUDENTS sometimes get too serious about examinations,” Kerley noted. “They need to re call that a final is simply to measure how many main points have been learned. Fall semester exams begin Jan. 23 at Aggieland. The counseling expert recom mends that students preparing for finals lead a normal pattern of living. “Staying up long hours and overexertion do not contribute a ‘Scho Pro’ Provides Incentive For 147 Liberal Arts Majors A minority group of Aggies in the College of Liberal Arts will have extra incentive as they be gin their semester exams. In addition to the worry of the draft faced by all students, 147 members of the group are on scholastic probation. Scholastic probation generally means a de ficiency in grade points, or unsat isfactory scholastic progress. It also means the draft is one step closer to the Aggie on ‘scho- pro’ than to those with acceptable grades. A scholastic probation is offi cially recorded as a “C plus 10, C plus 5, etc.” The “C” designates the grade point average a person should have to make satisfactory progress towards graduation. Un der Texas A&tM standards, a “C” equals one grade point per semes ter hour passed. The “ plus 10, plus 5” indicates a deficiency of as many grade points below a “C.” In A&M’s College of Liberal Arts, the “scho-pros” vary from “C plus 12” to “C plus 2.” The approximate distribution is as follows: 5—“C plus 1”; 5—“C plus 2”; 12—“C plus 3”; 11— “C plus 4”; 6—“C plus 5”; 8— “C plus 6”; 10—“C plus 7”; 11— “C plus 8”; 1—“C plus 10”; 1— “C plus 12”. However, scholastic probation should not be interpreted as a “death sentence” to a student’s academic career. For example, a person is on a “C plus 6” for one semester and fails to meet it at the next, he is not necessarily dismissed from the university. Pinkie Sits Up, Cards Welcomed Texas A&M’s official greeter, P. L. (Pinkie) Downs Jr., is sit ting up in bed in a Galveston hospital. Doctors recommend Downs not have visitors but that cards and letters are welcome. Mail should be addressed to him at 305 Randall Pavilion, John Sealy Hospital, Galveston 77550. “A ‘C plus 6,’ for those per sons on it, is selected as a criteria for progress, in light of the stu dent’s recent achievement,” O. L. Dorsey, assistant to the associate dean, noted. “We consider each student an individual matter, and want to help him in his academic career.” “A number of students not now on probation may find themselves blocked at registration. These students will be required to re port to the associate dean’s office to get permission to register. By presentation of this notice to the registrar, these students will be able to pick up their card pac kets,” Dorsey concluded.” great deal to success in most in stances,” Kerley remarked. “Leading a normal pattern of liv ing is best.” Counselor Ulrich Crow said a good way to review is to get to gether with two or three class mates and share information. “One student often causes an other to recall something impor tant or prompt him to do some additional study on certain phases of work,” Crow pointed out. “You must, however, avoid wasting time. Stick to the busi ness at hand.” “QUESTION prediction will help on the final,” Crow explain ed. “Do this by observing your professor and textbooks. Review important points you have trou ble recalling. Rereading is time consuming and not very effective. Major quizzes make good re views.” Kerley offered some pointers for taking the exam. “Arrive early, engage in small talk with' classmates, but don’t get into heated discussions over ma terial,” he suggested. “Glance over the test for length. Some parts require more time. Others are of more value. Decide how much time is necessary for each part. Pace yourself and take a breather about every 45 min utes.” “If you experience anxiety about a certain problem, jot down several notes about it as you go along,” he added. “And when you have finished the exam, be sure and go back over every ques tion to make certain you didn’t skip or misinterpret anything.” Rehmet, Gonzales Cop MSC Posts Degrees will be conferred upon 774 January graduates Saturday in G. Rollie White Coliseum. Dr. Landrum Pinson Lea veil II, a Wichita Falls pastor and Bap tist denominational leader, will deliver the commencement ad dress. The 10 a.m. commencement will precede commissioning exercises for 90 new officers who have completed A&M’s reserve officer training program. Gold Lieutenant’s bars will be presented to the new officers in a 1:30 p.m. program. This will in clude 67 Army, 20 Air Force, and three Marine officers. AIR FORCE ROTC Comman dant Brig. Gen. Donald F. Blake of Maxwell Air Force aBse, Ala bama, will deliver the commis sioning address. There will be a reception hon oring Gen. Blake in the Mem orial Student Center on Friday, Col. Vernon L. Head, professor of aerospace studies announced. The degrees conferred will in clude 191 advanced degrees, and among those will be the first in the A&M doctoral program in Education. There are two candi dates for the mid-year Ph.D.s. Commencement this year will see the largest number of Janu ary graduates ever. LAST YEAR there were just over 600 diploma recipients, and 63 cadets were commissioned. Ten years ago the graduating class numbered 230, and 25 years ago, during wartime, there were only 13 mid-year commissions awarded. The commencement speaker* Dr. Leavell, replaces the earlier announced speaker, Dr. M. B. Draft Exams To Be Given Optional draft tests will be giv en March 11 and 31 and April 8 at Texas A&M, Registrar H. L. Heaton announced. Applications will be available later this week in the registrar’s office. They also are available at local draft boards. Col. Morris S. Schwartz, state selective service director, said ap plications for taking the test must be postmarked not later than Feb. 10. He said eligible applicants must, on the testing date, be registered with a draft board, in tend to request occupational de ferment as a student, and not have taken the test previously. Auston S. Kerley, director of A&M’s Counseling and Testing Center, reported almost 1,000 stu dents took the test here last year. Kerley added that the tests will be administered in the Chemistry Building. A&M is one of 23 test sites in the state. Almost 37,000 students took the test in 1966. Applications must be mailed to the Educational Testing Service, Princeton, N. J. Carroll, pastor of the East Grand Baptist Church in Dallas, who died Dec. 27. Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Wichita Falls since 1963, Dr. Leavell previously served as pastor of several Mis sissippi churches, among them the First Baptist Church of Gulf port. DR. LEAVELL is a member of the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention and the Education Commission of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. He also is a former member of the Home Mission Board and has served on several other state and convention boards and agen cies. A native of Ripley, Tenn., he earned his A.B. degree at Mercer University in Macon, Ga. He was ordained to the ministry in July, 1948, and he entered the New Orleans Seminary where he added the B.D. and Th.D. degrees. Dr. Leavell is active in civic affairs, and he is a member of the Southwest oRtary Club in Wichita Falls. He is married and has four children. Corps Of Cadets Schedule March To Commissions The Corps of Cadets will con duct a special march to G. Rollie White Coliseum for Saturday’s commissioning ceremonies. First call for the assembly will be at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, with units scheduled to enter the Coli seum at 12:55. Ceremonies be gin at 1:30 p.m. Uniform for the Corps will be Class “A” Winter with white gloves. Name tags will not be worn. Seniors may wear boots, but sabers will not be carried, according to Corps Operations Officer James M. Bassham who issued details for the march. All but three sections of the Coliseum’s tiered seats have been reserved for cadets, who have been requested to sit in the low est tiers possible. The First, Second and Third Wings, First Brigade, Third and Fourth Bat talions and the Band will each have specified seating areas in the Coliseum, Bassham continued. The only change scheduled, in the event of inclement weather, is the addition of raincoats to the uniform, he noted. Final Exam Schedule Pat G. Rehmet of Alice and Robert F. Gonzales of San An tonio have been named to top leadership posts of Texas A&M’s Memorial Student Center for 1967-68. The MSC Council selected Reh met as chairman of the 13th Stu dent Conference on National Af fairs, which annually attracts outstanding students from cam puses throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. Gonzales was chosen to chair the Town Hall Committee, an organization which selects and presents leading entertainers and road shows throughout the school year. The committee also spon sors the “Music for a Sunday Afternoon” series. A COUNCIL spokesman said the chairmen were selected ear lier than usual this year to give ample opportunity to work with current chairmen. Robert Heat on of Tyler headed SCONA XII and Sammy Pearson of Calvert is current Town Hall chairman. Rehmet, a junior civil engineer ing major, was vice chairman of SCONA XII and has two years experience with the program. A first sergeant in the Army divi sion of the Corps of Cadets, Reh- ment is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Rehmet, 709 5th St., Alice. Both Rehmet and Gonzales are members of the Ross Volunteers, A&M’s honors drill unit. GONZALES, A junior govern ment major and operations ser geant on the First Brigade staff of the Army branch of the Corps of Cadets, has served on the Town Hall Committee and was vice chairman of the SCONA XII Planning Committee. He is sec retary of the MSC Personnel Committee, a member of the Elec tion Commission and the YMCA. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Ralph F. Gonzales, 751 Utopia Road, San Antonio. Rehmet and Gonzales are standouts in the classroom as well as in leadership assignments. Rehmet has a 2.58 grade point ratio, Gonzales 2.20 on A&M’s 3.0 scale. A 3.0 gpr is a straight “A”. Final examinations for the Fall Semester 1966 will be held Jan. 21—Jan. 28, according to the follow ing schedule: 1-4 p.m. 8-11 a.m. 1-4 p.m. 7- 10 p.m. 8- 11 a.m. 1-4 p.m. 7-10 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21 Monday, Jan. 23 Monday, Jan. 23 Monday, Jan. 23 Tuesday, Jan. 24 Tuesday, Jan. 24 Tuesday, Jan. 24 Wednesday, Jan. 25 8-11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25 1-4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25 7-10 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26 8-11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 26 1-4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26 7-10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27 8-11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 27 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28 8-11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 28 1-4 p.m. Math 102, 121 Classes MWF8 Classes TThSFl Classes MWF12 Classes MWF9 Classes MWThl Classes TThl2 Classes MWF10 Classes TF1 Biology 107 Classes MSTThlO Classes MWTh2 Chemistry 101, 102 Classes MWF11 Classes M4TThll Classes TTh9F2 Classes TF2, TWF3 TThF3 Final examinations in courses with only one theory hour per week as shown in the catalogue will be given, at the discretion of the department head concerned, at the last meeting of either the theory or practice period before the close of the semester. Tickets Announced For Mathis Show A ticket distribution plan for the Town Hall performance of Johnny Mathis Feb. 13 has been announced by Town Hall Chair man Sammy Pearson. “Technically, we have about 10,000 persons eligible to see the show, with approximately 8,500 available seats at G. Rollie White Coliseum,” Pearson noted. “The ticket distribution plan also helps us in planning general admission sales.” Student activity card owners are asked to pick up general ad mission tickets by presenting these cards at the Memorial Stu dent Center’s Student Program Office between 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Feb. 7-8. Date tickets may be purchased at the same time. “Although the ticket distribu tion period ends Feb. 8,” Pearson explained, “this does not mean that a student can no longer get a ticket to the show. It simply means that he no longer has first priority on tickets.” These students, Pearson added, may pick up a ticket after single admission sales begin Feb. 10. Single ticket sales continue until 5:30 p.m. Feb. 13 or until all tick ets are taken. If. tickets remain after distri bution and advance sales are com pleted, they will be available at the door, Pearson remarked. Soph Suspended For Marijuana A 20-year-old physics major from San Antonio was suspended from school today for growing marijuana and peyote in his dor mitory room. In announcing indefinite sus pension of the sophomore, univer sity officials stressed there was no indication that he was using or selling the drug. “From all indications, the stu dent was merely experimenting with these plants,” stated A&M Security Chief Ed Powell who headed the investigation. Powell pointed out, however, that possession of marijuana is a state and federal offense and that the university has notified the Brazos County district attor ney and sheriff. The plants were discovered Wednesday morning by the stu dent’s dormitory master, who in turn reported the matter to uni versity officials. $3.50 Tickets To Soph Ball On Sale Now Tickets to the annual Sopho more Ball went on sale this week at $3.50 a couple. Sophomore President Larry Henry said the tickets are avail able from any sophomore class officer for the Feb. 18 event, to begin at 8 p.m. in Sbisa Dining Hall. In addition, a ticket booth has been set up outside Duncan Dining Hall, where tickets may be bought after meals. Neal Ford and the Fanatics, a Houston-based group that ap peared on the bill with The Lovin’ Spoonful at a November Town Hall presentation, will play for the dance. Dress is semi-formal, and sophomore cadets will wear Class “B” uniform with ascots. Each military unit will assign a particular color ascot to be worn by its members. “We’re hoping for good ticket sales to meet the large costs of this year’s ball,” Henry noted. A highlight of the dance will be the presentation of the Sopho more Class Sweetheart. Henry said sophomores wishing to have their dates considered for the title must turn in two 5x7 or similar-size snapshots, with at least one full length view, and supply measurements, age, height, weight, and address for each contestant. All entries must be turned in at the Student Pro grams Office by Feb. 10, Henry said. FOUL! Aggie guard John Underwood (20) is fouled as he attempts shot in Tuesday night’s 68-59 victory over Tevas. Others pictured are Texas’ Charley Turnbough (35) and Noel Stout (right). Aggie Billy Bob Barnett (40) is at right. Geyer Appointed To Marine Board Dr. Richard A. Geyer, Ocean ography Department head, has been appointed vice chairman of a Commission on Marine Science, Engineering and Resources an nounced by President Johnson. The committee will develop and maintain a long-range program in marine, science for the benefit of mankind. Julius A. Stratton, Ford Foundation board chairman, was appointed committee chair man. The New York University and Princeton trained scientist was a research geophpsicist in the oil industry.