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Pag-e 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Wednesday, February 22, 1967 CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle Newspapers Look For New Image Today American newspapers are on the threshold of a new metamorphic era. That is, they are changing- their role in society to coincide with the changes in society itself. When social norms and mores change enough to accept boys wearing shoulder ?length hair, girls wearing less-than- knee-length skirts and waitresses wearing little or nothing at all, the newspaper must update its style also in order to maintain its status as a molder of public opinion in this youthful world. Twenty years ago only one-third of the high school graduates went to college. Now more than half do. Ninety per cent of all the scholars and scientists who have lived are alive and working today. Their reports and discoveries are pouring in faster than any editor can hope to read and understand them. Within five years, half the people of the United States will be under twenty-five. So the problem facing today’s newspapers is how to report to this increasingly youthful, well-educated and high ly sophisticated readership. The new role of the American newspaper may be that of thoughtful analysis, synthesis, and explanation — not just one of giving facts. According to William B. Dickinson, former president of the Associated Press Managing Editors, most columns of “our newspapers’’ are “filled with spot news — much of it trivial to the point of absurdity. We deluge our readers with undigested facts. We report the events — we overlook the causes and the consequences of those events. AEC Gives A&M $9,900 To Assist In Nuclear Study A $9,990 matching grant from the U. S. Atomic Energy Com mission will be used by the Chem istry Department to add nuclear instructional equipment for courses in radiochemistry and special problems, announced Dr. A. E. Martell, department head. Two multi-channel analyzers, Mossbauer drive spectrometers and related components will be installed, noted Dr. Fred Sicilio, grant director. “Procurement of this fairly sophisticated equipment is part of expanded department efforts to upgrade chemistry programs and give students more up-dated ex perimental work,” Dr. Sicilio said. Radiochemistry is a branch of the discipline dealing with radia- Engineers Council Elects Officers, 2 New Members “We cover the violence in the streets, but not the conditions that are responsible for that violence,” he con tinues. “We cover the wars, but not the threats to peace.” The newspapers now find that they must redefine the meaning of news. They must somehow take a broader view, see events and people in a larger sense, and paint their words and pictures on a wider canvas according to Dickinson. As the newspapers move through this period of tran sition, they begin to fit more comfortably into their even more responsible and demanding new role — the role of increasing man’s understanding of man. Company H-2 Wives Present Panel The Company H-2 Wives Club is presenting again this year a panel discussion and coffee for all wives, girl friends and fiances of Army junior and senior ROTC students March 4, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 201 of the Military Science Building Annex. The discussion, entitled “Imag ine Life as an Army Officer’s THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the student writers only. The Battalion is a non tax-supported non profit, self-supporting educational enter prise edited and operated by students as a university and community newspaper. epu thei The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use foi ublicatii otherwise i jin pub tter herei Second-Class postage paid ews dispatches credited i credited in the paper and local origin published herein. Rights of rep ne' edited in th< published herein, matter herein are also reserved. to it or not of spontan u news of spontaneou ublication of all othe College Station, Texas. Lindse; Arts Student Publications Board are: Jim David Bowers, College of Liberal Geosciences ; Dr. Frank College of Science; Charles A. Rodenberger, College of Engineering ; Dr. Robert S. Titus, College of Vet erinary Medicine ; and Dr. Page W. Morgan, College of Agricul ture. Members of the hairman ; Dr. 1 Arts ; John D. Cochrane, College of A McDonald, College of " News contributions may be made by telephoning 846-6618 e editorial office, Room 4, YMCA Building. For advertising or deli’ cor 910 t or 846-4910 or at the ai office, call 846-6* Mail subscriptions full year. $3.50 per semester; $6 per school All subscriptions subject to 2% year; $6.50 pel sales tax. Advertising rate furnished on request. Address: The Battalion, Room 4, YMCA Building, College Station, Texas subscri rnished student newspap The Battali iollegc ' . a May, and once a week during summer school. The Hattalion, a student newspaper at published in College Station, Texas daily except Saturday. Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, September through Texas A&M is MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising Services, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Publisher Texas A&M University Student Editor Winston Green Jr. Managing Editor . John Fuller News Editor _ Elias Moreno, Jr. Amusements Editor ... Bob Borders Features — Patricia Hill Sports Editor Gary Sherer Sports Writers Jerry Grisham, Charles Rowton Staff Photographer Russell Autrey Wife,” will include such things as the first day on base, party giv ing, and in general, some of the requirements of an Army offi cer’s wife. The panel, composed of four Army officers’ wives, Mrs. G. J. Harber, Mrs. C. W. Zipp, Mrs. C. K. Simmons and Mrs. R. L. Brooks, will be available for a question-and-answer session fol lowing the discussion. Mrs. D. L. Baker will be the guest of honor. The dress is Sunday dress (no hat or gloves) and there is no charge. For more information contact Mrs. David M. Honeycutt or Mrs. Ronald L. Amox. Officers and two new members of the Engineering Faculty Ad visory Council at Texas A&M have been elected, announced Dr. D. R. Tidwell, chairman. New members elected for three- year terms are J. H. Caddess, mechanical engineering professor, and Dr. M. G. Rekoff, electrical engineering professor. Other officers to serve during 1967 are Vice Chairman Dr. James H. Earle, head of engi neering graphics, and Secretary Dr. T. J. Kozik, mechanical en gineering professor. Prof. S. H. Lowy of aerospace engineering was elected to fill out the 1967 term of John Denison, acting head of electrical engineering. REGISTRATION AND TEXT BOOKS BREAK YOU? Then see us, for a personal loan. Take advantage of our prompt, confidential loan service now. UNIVERSITY LOAN COMPANY 317 Patricia (North Gate) College Station, Texas Telephone: 846-8319 (Contin jH contin: , e ks in a n udents on age* The jit infornr ilp the st Pizza After The Freshman Ball PIZZA HUT Open Until 1:00 a.m. Fri. - Sat. 12:00 a. m. Sun. - Thur. 2310 Texas Ave. — 822-1411 Orders To Go Don't be confused by Chaucer-get Cliff's Notes. In language that’s easy to under stand, Cliff’s Notes ex pertly explain and summarize The Can terbury Tales. 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