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VOLUME 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1968
Number 589
Four-Point Grade Change
Announced By Registrar
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Day student parking on the
3J Texas A&M campus is due a
‘shot in the arm” with addition
‘ sj! of a new lot on the north side
of the campus.
Campus Security Chief Ed Pow
ell said two rectangular parking
; areals holding 300 cars will be
constructed south and west of the
J |j! Cyclotron Institute.
“Summer School”
Enroute T o Europe
A record 114 spring high school
graduates and college freshmen
sailed from Galveston Saturday
on Texas A&M’s European “Sum
mer School at Sea.”
Adm. James D. Craik, superin
tendent of A&M’s Texas Mari
time Academy, said enrollment
for the June 12-Aug. 18 program
is almost double last year’s total.
“Summer School at Sea,” now
in its fourth year, offers students
an opportunity to earn six hours
of college credit while visiting six
foreign ports.
Following a three-day orienta
tion at TMA facilities, the stu
dents cast off aboard the “Texas
Clipper,” a 15,000-ton oceanliner
converted to a floating classroom.
European ports of call on the
13,000-mile cruise are Oslo, Nor
way; Amsterdam, Netherlands;
Lisbon, Portugal, and Gibraltar.
The “Clipper” will stop at New
York enroute and return via the
Canary Islands and San Juan,
Puerto Rico.
“Summer School at Sea” stu
dents joined on the cruise by 97
TMA cadets participating in their
annual summer training for de
grees in marine engineering or
marine transportation.
The “Summer School at Sea”
program is jointly sponsored by
A&M’s College of Liberal Arts
and TMA.
The lot will connect popular
Parking Area 8 (referred to by
students as the petroleum en
gineering lot) and 5, which par
allels University Drive.
Powell said the combined total
spaces available in the three lots
will be 811 and will “give us a
real boopt.” He noted that staff
parking in the petroleum engi
neering lot considerably curtailed
day students use of Area 8.
“Lots 5 and 8 will be connected
by a driveway through the new
area, which will provide another
advantage,” Powell went on. He
said students driving into Area
8 will be able to turn right behind
the cyclotron if spaces are filled.
“It should make lot 5 more
popular,” the chief commented.
Workmen are laying storm
sewer for the new parking area.
Ground contouring and topping
will begin when work to enlarge
the day student lot eajst of Kyle
Field is completed.
“We’re also planning to use
half of Lot 9 (for 400 cars, west
of Law Hall) for day students,”
Powell said.
Engineers Given
Mobil Oil Grants
Unrestricted Mobil Oil grants
of $500 each have been awarded
to Mechanical and Chemical En
gineering Departments at Texas
A&M.
Bill Claybourne of Mobil’s Cor
pus Christi offices made the pres
entations to Dr. C. M. Simmang,
mechanical engineering head, and
C. D. Holland, chemical engineer
ing head.
Engineering Dean Fred J. Ben
son noted that the Mobile Foun
dation grants will be of signifi
cant value for departmental pro
grams during the 1968-69 school
year.
Claybourne pointed out that the
money may be used in any fash
ion deemed appropriate to sup
port the work of A&M faculty
members and students.
$2.9 Million
Research Lab
Bid Okayed
Rep. Olin E. Teague of College
Station announced Wednesday
that a $2,911,507 bid by R. B.
Butler, Inc., of Bryan has been
authorized for construction of the
Southwestern Veterinary Toxicol
ogy and Livestock In^sect Research
Laboratory at Texas A&M.
He said the authorization came
from the General Services Admin
istration, the federal agency in
charge of federal building^ and
their construction.
A. G. Nixon of R. B. Butler,
Inc., made a “rough guess” that
construction will start in late
July.
Teague said the toxicology lab
will be the largest of its kind in
the United States. Most of the
research will focus on toxicity of
agricultural chemicals (including
pesticide^) that affect livestock.
Other activities will be develop
ment of chemical and non-chemi
cal methods of livestock insect
control.
Dr. R. D. Radeleff, director
designate of the toxicology lab,
said the facility will consist of
one main building and eight
smaller buildings on 20 acres of
a 60-acre site. The acreage is
across the road and south of the
A&M Dairy Center and north of
the College of Veterinary Med
icine complex.
About 150 persons will be em
ployed by the laboratory, he said.
Matthew and Associates Archi
tects and Engineers of Bryan
designed the structure.
Corps Of Cadets Receives
Revisions For ‘Standard 9
‘OH SAY CAN YOU SEE?’
That is not the United States flag flying at half-mast, but a
workman rejuvenating the flagpole in front of the Academ
ic Building. The pole was erected in 1913 a new tip,
cable, pulley and paint job helped put it in top condition
Wednesday.
Student Parking Facilities
Receive Boost From New Lots
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A revised edition of the “Stan
dard,” Bible of the Texa^ A&M
Corps of Cadets, will be distri
buted to dormitory rooms during
the first week of August.
Updating, condensation and
addition of a third section to the
publication were announced by
Col. Jim H. McCoy, commandant.
One copy of the second edition
of the Standard will be part of
the equipment in each cadet dor
mitory room.
The manuel contains the Ca
dence, Articles of the Corps of
Cadets and, in the new third
section, procedure^ for disciplin
ary actions. The first edition,
published in 1964, consolidated
under one cover several original
documents, including the Cadence,
Code of Honor, Social Customs,
Cadet Code of Conduct, Articles
of the Corps, freshman handbook
and facts about A&M.
Revision^ were incorporated by
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Set For Revision
By Next Summer
a commandant-appointed commit
tee upon recommendations sub
mitted by the Corps and military
advisors-instructors. The com
mandant’s office reviewed sug
gested changes, added others and
passed the revision to the com
mittee.
Frank K. Nicolas, assistant to
the commandant, said the final
draft was approved by Dean of
Students James P. Hannigan and
is in printing at the A&M Press.
“There have been no major
changes, except addition of the
third section,” Nicolas noted.
“New structure of the univer
sity, the addition of colleges and
the changing of air science to
aerospace studies are typical of
updating changes made to corre
late the Standard to A&M today,”
he added.
Nicolas pointed out due to uni
versity growth, civilian students
number three to one cadet in the
Corps, though the Corps i^ “about
the same size as it was five to
seven years ago.”
“The second edition has been
oriented to the Corps, rather than
the entire student body,” he added.
The Standard will parallel a civil
ian student document in prepara
tion by Ed Cooper, civilian stu
dent activities director.
Colonel McCoy’s assistant in
dicated the new Standard will be
about 25 per cent larger, with
addition of the third section,
which will include outlines of
disciplinary procedures, the de
merit system, appeals and the
Cadet Court manual.
He said the format will be the
same except that charts describ
ing uniform regulations and pre
cedence will be added.
“Consolidation of information
will make the Standard easier to
use,” Nicolas said.
An updating of the grading
system is in the offering forjstu-
dents of Texas A&M, Registrar
H. L. Heaton has announced.
A change from the three-point
system to a four-point system is
foreseen by June 1, 1969, coupled
with a change in grading proced
ures, Heaton said.
The university will now give
four grade points for an “A”,
three for a “B”, two for a “C”,
one for a “D” and none for an
“F”
“This will take into considera
tion the “D” grade and reflect
more accurately a student’s aca
demic record,” Heaton said.
In the past a “D” was given
no grade points and was con
sidered the same as an “F” in
computing a student’s grade point
ratio.
When the change takes place
there will also be a revision of
the value given a student’s num
erical grade. An “A” will be any
FIRST ‘HAPPENING’
Approximately 300 students and dates attended the first Street” was carried out every effectively by the decorations
dance of the summer Tuesday, sponsored by the Memorial and the band, “The Sound Investment”, Denny Kniery,
Student Center’s Student Directorate. The theme “Love chairman of the dance committee, said.
JulyithHoikiay High School Seniors Given
Presidential Scholarships
Longer This Year
Texas A&M students and em
ployees will have an extended
July 4th observance this year.
The University’s Executive
Committee has declared Friday,
July 5, a holiday, giving all per
sonnel a four-day weekend.
Registrar H. L. Heaton, who
serves as the committee’s secre
tary, said the group took the
action since July 4th, a normal
holiday, falls on Thursday this
year.
“The committee decided it
would be advantageous to declare
Friday a holiday also, rather than
require personnel to return to
their classes and offices for a
single day,” Heaton noted.
He said only certain security
and maintenance personnel will
be on duty during the four-day
period.
Bryan Building & Loan
Association, Your Sav
ings Center, since 1919.
—Adv.
BB&L
Determination means a lot to
Texas A&M’s Faculty Scholar
ship Committee when its mem
bers weigh merits of Presidential
Scholar candidates.
“There are other considera
tions, such as scholarship and
family income,” said Robert M.
Logan, faculty scholarship com
mittee secretary, “but evidence of
determination in the student’s
background is a major considera
tion.”
Presidential Scholarships, initi
ated two years ago at Aggieland,
are awarded in the fall to out
standing high school seniors in
Texas.
That’s right — high school sen
iors.
The committee accepts scholar
ship applications from outstand
ing juniors recommended by
their school principals.
“Most are leading their classes
through their junior year,” Lo
gan said. “Aim of the scholar
ship is to give them a goal to
set sights on — to relieve them
of pressure often caused by in
decision as to where they are
going to college. Then, we feel,
they can concentrate on studies
and other school activities in the
final year.”
Logan guardedly admits A&M
officials have some selfish mo
tives, if you prefer to call them
that, in awarding ten $1,000 per
year scholarships subject to re
newal for four to five years, de
pending on the course of study.
“A&M wants to attract more
top students,” the Student Aid
director pointed out. “Having
these students come here means
giant steps in improving excel
lence in all phases of the student
body.”
“The people of Texas will
eventually benefit,” he added. “If
we land more outstanding stu
dents, the probability is strong
they will stay in Texas after
graduation and help others pur
sue goals.”
An A&M graduate, Logan rec
ognizes the value of determina
tion and intellect.
“The selection committee gives
credit to students who have over
come physical or financial handi
caps and come to the top of their
class,” he said. “Scholastic
achievement, leadership in school
and church activities are taken
into consideration.”
Nomination forms were sent
to every Texas high school, Lo
gan disclosed. Principals were
asked to nominate the outstand
ing male student.
Plans call for the committee to
meet in July and choose Presi
dent’s Scholars.
Maximum awards will be $5,000
for five-year study programs
such as architecture.
grade between 90 and 100, a “B”
will take in grades between 80
and 89, a “C” will be given for
any grade between 70 and 79.
Grades between 60 and 69 will be
awarded a “D” and grades which
fall below 60 will be called fail
ing.
Already many of the state’s col
leges and universities have con
verted to the four-point system.
A&M is making the change also
in order to have a more uniform
basis for determining a student’s
grades compared to other institu
tions, Heaton noted.
“There will have to be a period
of adjustment in order to deter
mine exactly how the four-point
system will be put into effect,”
he said. “There are 1,001 things
to be converted.”
“With the change I don’t see
how any student will be penalized
or particularly benefited,” Heaton
stated.
A&M began the three-point
system of grading in the early
1930’s. Prior to that, it was on
the “two-point” plan.
Services Set Today
For R. H. Rogers
Funeral services for Ralph H.
Rogers, retired Texas A&M agri
cultural economist who died
Monday in a Houston hospital,
were held today in Memorial
Funeral Chapel.
Mr. Rogers, 70, retired April
30 after serving 21 years as a
member of A&M Agricultural
Economics and Sociology Depart
ment.
Mr. Rogers was research econ
omist and farm management spe
cialist with the South Dakota Ex
periment Station and Extension
Service from 1924-29; research
economist with the North Caro
lina Experiment Station, 1929-
34; and joined the USDA as an
agricultural economist in 1934.
His USDA years were spent in
Washington, D. C., and Arkansas
before coming to Texas A&M.
At A&M, Mr. Rogers was an
agricultural economist with the
USDA Economic Research Serv
ice and worked cooperatively with
Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station personnel on production
economics research projects.
Survivors include his widow,
Mrs. Elie Rogers of College Sta
tion; one son, Ralph H. Rogers,
Jr., of Cincinnati, Ohio; one
daughter, Mrs. J. D. Wood of
Seminole, Okla.; one sister, Mrs.
M. E. Hill of Richmond, Ind., his
mother, Mrs. Harry Rogers of
Richmond, Ind., and three grand
children.
Burial was in College Station
Cemetery.
OCS Testing Team
Visits Campus
A U. iS. Army Officer Selection
Team will be at Texas A&M
Thursday and Friday, to give of
ficer candidate school college op
tion program qualification tests.
The team headed by 1st Lt.
David A. Johnson will be located
in the Memorial Student Center.
“The team can administer quali
fication tests to any senior inter
ested in the OCS college pro
gram,” Johnson said. “The tests
in no way obligate an individual
to enter the service.”
Other information on military
obligation and executive training
offered commissioned Army of
ficers will be available.
University National Bank
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