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An Open Letter Applications
'T' IT'* u Being Received
[ ■ ~| || Applications are being received
at Texas A&M for various Ful-
. . . . iti bright Awards for study abroad
Right now, many of you feel as though you ve backed during 1968-69
onto a runaway roller coaster and can’t get off. A few students at Texas A&M must
minutes after you arrived here last week, you were being j throURh the local Cam
told how to whip out by some upperclassman who seemed Fulbright committee of which Dr.
to consider you the most stupid creature on earth. A little j M N Hist and Govern _
later you lost most of the hair on your head to a barber ment Department head) serves as
who didn t have any sympathy for your plight. The next chairman
thing you knew, you were marching for the first time in c ’ ., . , , ,.
your life, and you were being yelled at every time you made r ' ance sai comp e e app i-
a mistake. Saturday's game probably didn’t lift your spirits ™ ,st be to the
any either. by (Jct ' 21 '
By now you’ve probably heard the same old “chin-up” A en J 0l l ed 4.u t
encouragements from parents and orientation speakers so A * M sbould a PP ly dl ^ e ctly to the
often that you’ve begun tuning them out. Instead, you national committee, but may ob-
keep hearing that still, small voice reminding you how good tam forms and assist ance from
life used to be, and asking you why you ever got into the th ® ocal commi ttee.
Corps. And several members of your class have already Dr ' Nal ) ce said approximately
been persuaded by that small voice to quit before they even 850 American graduate students
get started Wld bave an opportunity to study
They’re making a gigantic mistake. in an y one . of 54 countries. In
We’re not going to repeat what your commandng offi- some countries, a working knowl-
cers have already told you about the Corps. If you really edge of the language of the coun-
believe being in the Corps will hurt your grades, despite the is required. English is suf-
overwhelming evidence to the contrary which they have ficient in other countries,
given you, then you must know something the rest of us Applicants must be U. S. citi-
don’t. And if you think there’s too much bull going on to zens and b ave a bachelor’s degree
promote a proper military atmosphere, we’d suggest you or its equivalent by the beginning
read the Standard’s section on A&M’s outstanding military date of th e grant. Selections are
graduates. made on the basis of academic
But if it’s just that still, small voice that makes you and/or professional record, feasi-
gravitate toward the Trigon as you walk across the campus, bility of the applicant’s proposed
start talking to your hometown buddies who are Corps study plan, and personal qualifi-
upperclassmen. Chances are, you won’t find many who cations.
won’t admit they considered leaving the Corps during their CREATIVE AND performing
first few weeks. But they’ll probably tell you that after artists are not required to have
they learned what was expected of them, the situation eased bachelors’ degrees, but must have
up considerably. They became accustomed to their duties four years of professional study
and restricted privileges — even if they never became par- or equivalent experience,
ticularly fond of them — and after they got through the Applicants in social work must
awkward period of adjustment, the rest of the way was have at least two years of pro-
relatively easy. Perhaps some will even tell you they made fessional experience after the
their best grades during the first semester. Master of Social Work degree,
And finally, most of them will strongly encourage you and applicants in medicine must
to stay in the Corps. They know how much they would have an M.D. degree at the time
have missed if they’d listened to that still, small voice. of application.
Two types of grants are avail-
Tfc TT 11 1 a ble — U. S. Government full
Graves Fublishes riandbook ^ - d ^ f Government
travel grants. Full grants provide
‘■"'I TV • fin fTI 1 grantees tuition, maintenance for
r or Last 1 exas 1 eachers r acadei ™ year ia -y?™-
try, round-trip transportation,
A step toward taking the cul- English speaking environments, health and accident insurance, and
turally deprived child from his diagnostic instruments, teaching an incidental allowance,
restricted social and intellectual devices and strategies and sources FOR A LIMITED number of
environment has been made by of free visual material for stu- countries, Nance noted, a main-
Texas A&M through the Texas dents with poor communication tenance allowance is provided for
East Central Cooperative Schools abilities. one or more accompanying de-
Association. The publication is an outgrowth pendents. Where foreign uni-
“Tntn the Mainstream A Hand- of an A&M institute for teachers versities, private donors and for-
book for Teachers of the Disad- of the d^dvantaged, and was eign governments grant scholar-
vantaged” was written by Dr. field-tested in Brazos County ships, a limited number of U. S.
William H Graves r of the Edu homes and schools, Graves said. Government travel grants are
cation Department and published “A country or state is as strong available to France Germany,
by TECCSA as 1 ^ s m embership,” he added. Israel, Italy, Poland, Romania,
“The more people who can be Spain, Sweden, Turkey and Yugo-
The handbook is designed to educated to make a contribution slavia.
assist teachers in identifying cul- to our free enterprise system, the Fulbright grants are primarily
turally deprived children and pro- more stable the country becomes.” for first year graduate students
vide minimum classroom tools to “Into the Mainstream” may be although many advanced students
meet his educational needs. Sec- purchased through TECCSA at receive awards, Nance commented,
tions cover practical aids for non- A&M. Graves said it will be a Interested persons may contact
English speaking students, for required text in certain A&M Dr. Nance in room 208, Nagle
Spanish - Americans from non- courses. Hall.
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