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THE BATTALION Wednesday, April 26, 1967 College Station, Texas Page 3 andJi, valuable ? r eat dial) aciated govern] the 1 (S ; better si] 'ngofli a, imd|ii t a Stsi] be effeu with an, you, the do histi or yoa tion w 'etitors Sports 1 CHESS AND CHECKER CHAMP ml RalijNewell Banks (left) chess and checker expert, competes in t. [l5 simultaneous matches Tuesday with members of the jlhess Club. (Photo by Russell Autrey) rth pi — 'ard, at; rmph B 'etraseki a 1964 ( | bird, mted to it at Cl o: ' ach lly reci ?mium tation, May i uildingi e plans yan airp Aerospace Seniors Addressed Here R. T. Sullins of General Dy- Amics/Convair in San Diego insulted with Texas A&M aero- iace engineering seniors re- mtly through a visiting lectur- loom Reserve ■Opens Monday I All students not signed up for room reservations by April 28 will compete against students not presently enrolled beginning May 1 according to Allen M. Madeley, housing manager. Preference will be given to Iraduate, Foreign, and veterinary ledicine students in dorm 22, amps E, F, G, and H of Walton, d the third and fourth floors of dormitory 20. “Seniors or juniors wishing to hove into corner rooms must pre sent a room change from the housemaster of the dorm before reserving the room,” Madeley said. |‘The $20 room deposit paid at e beginning of the year is still effect. The sign-up period for new uns begins Monday at 8 a.m., jd continues through May 12 at :ular Housing Office hours. ‘Single undergraduate stu bs must live on campus unless Ihing with their families,” Made- le;’ said. Any students request in' day permits must make ap- pl cations with the department of Went affairs. These applica tions must include a letter from the parents if the student is under Madeley noted owling Teaching dull Ed Classes Dewey Cowling, vocational-in- strial teacher trainer for the xas A&M Engineering Exten- n Service, is teaching an adult ncation class April 24-26 at itoria High School, lowljng is discussing methods practice teaching in high |iool vocational subjects. Class- are set from 7 to 10 p.m. htly. ree to Texas A&M Students to others l new booklet, published by a n-profit educational founda- n, tells which career field lets u make the best use of all ur college training, including beral-arts courses — which reer field offers 100,000 new bs every year —which career Id produces more corporation esidents than any other—what rting salary you can expect, st send this ad with your name fcd address. This 24-page, preer-guide booklet, "Oppor- mities in Selling,” will be lailed to you. No cost or obli- ition. Address: Council on Op- artunities, 550 Fifth Ave.,New brk 36, N. Y., ers program. He consulted with vehicle design seniors on proposal preparation. Professor Charles Rodenberger utilizes numerous industrial rep resentatives as consultants and judges in the course. “We try to assimilate the stu dent’s academic training and bring it to bear on design prob lems related to current aerospace industry problems,” Rodenberger said. The Halliburton Professor of Engineering said A&M aerospace engineering majors will make personal contact with 10 to 15 professional engineers in their four years academic work. Rodenberger assisted in de veloping a Visiting Engineers Program in cooperation with the Engineering Graphics Depart ment. Freshmen in graphics and descriptive geometry delve into the profession’s practical side with design problems, solutions and oral, graphic or written presentation. “These programs tie the stu dent into the real life of the en gineer,” the professor stated. Sullins, staff member of the chief structures engineer, is an A&M graduate. He received his bachelor of civil engineering at Aggieland in 1943. Sullins studied for his masters in mechanical engineering at Southern Meth odist. The engineer is assigned to the basic subsystems module study at GD/Convair. Earlier, he was responsible for support and fol low-up on several advanced de sign studies. In 20 years of aircraft and space vehicle structures analysis and development, Sullins was leadman, structures group engi neer, and in charges of structures research and analytical methods at the Fort Worth Division. Burgess To Give Talk At Houston Dr. Leonard R. Burgess, asso ciate professor in Texas A&M’s School of Business Administra tion, will give an address Friday at Texas Southern University in Houston. Burgess will discuss “Fringe Benefits: Their Role in a Dy namic Economy” during the an nual meeting of the Association of Social Science Teachers. Ohio Administrator Outlines Foreign Affairs An administrator from Denison University of Ohio outlined a three-point program to better un derstanding of foreign affairs in a YMCA sponsored Apollo Club lecture here Thursday. David Gibbons, executive secre tary of the Denison YMCA, said college students should study in ternational situations, seek em pathy with foreign observers, and familiarize themselves with “change agent” methods in order to do something about the world situation. “Only a small minority of A- mericans are really aware of world affairs,” he told the stu dents. “In general, the public is not only uneducated, but unedu- cable.” As evidence of the problem, Gibbons cited a recent study of graduates of leading Eastern uni versities, 25 years after their graduation. He said that aside from members of the foreign service, fewer than one per cent of the graduates had read even one book on international rela tions in those 25 years. “Aside from periods of world war, the only times the American public became genuinely concern ed over world affairs were during the 1962 missile crisis and in 1957, when Sputnik I was launch ed,” he added. “The question be fore World War II was not what we should do about the world situation, but whether we should do anything at all.” Gibbons said part of the prob lem arises from news coverage. “Headlines are basically slo gans, meant to sell papers and not to inform the public,” he said. “Unfortunately, this is all many people get in the way of news. “Another factor is managed news. There are many cases in which important news is with held until the proper time for re lease, and we can’t always depend on ‘news leaks’ to give a better perspective,” Gibbons went on. One outgrowth of this lack of proper education in international situations, he asserted, is a gen eral overestimation of the power of ideology in politics. “When Russia sent tanks into Hungary, the act was called ‘Com munist aggression,’ ” he remarked. ‘When U. S. troops entered the Dominican Republic, the Com munists screamed ‘capitalist im perialism.’ How relevant by ideology, then, to such actions ? Countries are prompted to act not by slogans, but by the mo tive of furthering their own in- Public Schools Educational Film Continues Series Public school student control and discipline in relation to the law will be brought out in the third of a series of educational films Thursday in the Education and Psychology Department at Texas A&M. “Legal Control and Discipline of Public School Pupils” will be screened at 3 p.m. in Room 402 of the Academic Building, an nounced George Franklin of the department’s Educational Media Laboratory. The film, a discussion by Robert R. Hamilton, dean emer itus of the University of Wyom ing, includes cases involving pupil conduct after school, stu dent marriages and authority of school boards in relation to court decisions. “The film includes national court issues that will generally apply anywhere,” Franklin dis closed. The free public showing should be of special interest to faculty and students in A&M teacher edu cation departments, notes Educa tion and Psychology Head Dr. Paul Hensarling. THANK YOU AGGIES! Our sincere thanks to all of you for your patronage and friendship since we opened, September 1966 — Your business and recommendations to others have made our business a success. Your friendship and association will long be remembered. THANK YOU! Aggieland Recreation Center Redmond Terrace Center College Station, Texas terests.” Gibbons urged study of for eign affairs through projects such as A&M’s Student Confer ence on National Affairs and the Denison “field trip” program in which students visit the United Nations headquarters, government branches in Washington, D.C., and sites of “foreign cultures” such as Puerto Rico, after researching the important issues of each sit uation and preparing questions. As the second step toward bet ter reaction to world problems. Gibbons stressed the importance of “empathizing” with people of other countries. “We all know what Americans think about America,” he explain ed, “but how do others view us? By getting to see their cultures from the inside, through pro grams such as the peace corps and the Experiment in Interna tional Living, we can gain a whole new perspective on world affairs.” Gibbon said A&M has a great opportunity for such education in that some 700 foreign students live on the campus, but noted that “if you’re like every other school with that opportunity, you miss out on it by allowing the inter national students to become ghet toized — set apart from the re mainder of the students.” He distinguished between act ually living with foreigners in their own lands and merely travel ing through the countries. “Travel isn’t necessarily broad ening,” he explained, “and in many cases it serves only to re confirm prejudices.” Finally, Gibbon said, college students need to be aware of “change agents” — the pressure groups who “specialize in getting things done,” through letter-writ ing campaigns and other exam ples of “pressure politics.” NEW LOCATION GEORGE SHELTON FIRESTONE has moved to the corner of Texas Ave. and Post Office Street (next to the Holiday Inn) Priced PICK A MOWER-PICK A PRICE ROTARY MOWER 19" DELUXE THRim-CUT 22" FAIRIAWN 1 SAFETY MOWER $ 39f m» ‘59f S B9?I *6.95 A rugfed, •conemically priced rotary mowwr featurinf a dependable 3 H.P. engine, inatant-actlon recoil starter and adjustable cutting height. ♦6.95 Introducing the new vertical pull "Side- Winder” starter. 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