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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1967)
[HE BATTALION Tuesday, December 19, 1967 College Station, Texas Page 3 Campus Briefs Graduate Exams’ Registration Set An earlier date has been set for the Graduate Record Exami nation in order to process appli cants for fellowships, assistant- ships, and traineeships, according to Dr. G. W. Kunze, associate dean of the Graduate College. The GRE results may also be used at other graduate schools, and the earlier date for the tests will facilitate earlier application and acceptance. Registration for the tests will begin on Jan. 8 and will continue through Jan. 12. Those wishing to apply for the GRE should pick up an applica tion blank from the Graduate Col lege and pay $5 to the Fiscal Office. The receipt for the fee and the completed application should be taken to the Counsel ing and Testing Center in order to register for the tests. Applicants Will be notified ap proximately one week before the tests are administered, and will be told where and when to report. The appitude Test will be ad ministered on Feb. 9, and the Ad vanced Test will be on Feb. 10. These tests are also required in order to graduate, says Kunze. A&M To Continue Summer Institute Texas A&M’s eight summer in stitute in earth science has been made possible by a $71,100 Na tional Science Foundation grant. The earth science institute is directed by Dr. Melvin C. Schroe- der, geology professor. He has conducted the institute at A&M annually since 1961. Study will be in two six-week sesions for 32 secondary school teachers each. The institute begins June 5 and concludes Aug. 25. Teachers may obtain particulars by writing C. M. Loyd, coordina tor of NSF programs at A&M. Statistics Papers To Be Presented Faculty members and graduate students of Texas A&M Univer sity’s Institute of Statistics will present nine technical papers during meetings of several statis tical societies Dec. 27-30 in Wash ington D. C. Dr. H. O. Hartley, A&M’s In stitute of Statistics director, said A&M ranks second to the Uni versity of Wisconsin in the num ber of papers to be presented. More than 1,000 persons are ex pected to attend the meetings. Dr. Hartley will discuss “Sam ple Survey Methodology” as one of two keynote speakers for the American Statistical Association Dec. 27. Dr. J. W. Tukey of Princeton University is the other keynoter. Science Teacher Grant Given A&M The National Science Founda tion has awarded $191,700 to Tex as A&M’s junior high science teacher training program. Directed b y Dr. Melvin C. Schroeder, geology and geography professor, the Academic Year In stitute for science and mathema tics teachers is the seventh sup ported by the NSF. Schroeder said the 1968-69 grant will pay 30 junior high school teachers stipends of $3,000 for nine months, plus allowances for dependents, travel, tuition, fees and books. Teachers under 40 with at least three years junior high teaching experience may apply to study at A&M, Schroeder pointed out. A minimum “B” average for un dergraduate work is required. C. M. Loyd, NSF coordinator at A&M, said interested teachers must file applications before Feb. 1. Applicants should have a year of college - level chemistry and physics, plus a semester each of college algebra and trigonometry, he added. Dr. Schroeder said most AYI work is applicable toward a mas ter of education degree in science. Currently, 31 teachers from all areas of the nation are enrolled in the AYI at A&M. DEAN VISITS A&M Dr. and Mrs. Ray Billingsley chat with Dr. Mohammad Shamsul Islam, dean of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology at East Pakistan Agricultural University at a tea given in his honor in the Memorial Student Center. Behind Dr. Islam is Dr. Jake Gray of the International Programs office. 1967 - 68 TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY DIRECTORY of Offices — Staff — Students Price $1.00 Now On SALE At The Student Publications Office Y M C A Bldg. Just to show there are no hard feelings between the Corps unit and the civilians thrown together in an odd arrangement by living in the same dormitory, the non-regs spread a little Christmas cheer. A solid handshake by Ira Abbott, scholastic officer of A-8, and sophomore Gale Hubbard seal their relationship—or is it because they won’t be seeing each other for two weeks? Future Teachers To Obtain Experience In Bryan Schools A pilot program by the Texas A&M Chapter of the Texas Stu dent Education Association i s helping students decide if they want to teach. Chapter officials hope to ex pand the teacher’s aide program from five students during the fall term to 50 this spring, announced publicity chairman Milton J. Rei- chek of Houston. Reichek said education students need classroom experience in ad dition to student teaching to help prepare for professional careers. “Prospective teachers need an opportunity to view the educa tional field from the inside in order to establish a definite in terest,” Reichek commented. “This program is an attempt to satisfy this need.” He explained that education stu dents spend three hours a week assisting public school teachers in the Bryan school system. Their contributions are varied, he said, ranging from supervising child ren in recess activities to grading papers or drilling small groups in academic exercises. Reichek said A&M’s 50-member chapter hopes to be able to assign three student aides to each school in the Bryan - College Station community next spring. A&M students interested in the aide program may contact chap ter president Don A. Houston of Dallas or advisor Dr. C. J. Salek, supervisor of student teaching for A&M’s Education Department. Reichek announced a chapter meeting for 7:30 p.m., Jan. 9 in rooms 2C and 2D of A&M’s Me morial Student Center. SHOP JOYCES FOR CHRISTMAS • Ladies * Boys • Girls • Infants • Maternity JOYCES 608 S. College Ave. Open til 8:30 p. m. Now until Dec. 23. PARDNER You’ll Always Win The Showdown When You Get Your Duds Done At CAMPUS CLEANERS The $2.00 Hangup. ^ EASTERN We want everyone to fly.