THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Wednesday, September 18, 1968
CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle
“I blew the perfect schedule! No afternoon classes, none
Friday and none before 9 o’clock—but it didn’t seem right
to take only two courses!”
An Open Letter
To Corps Fish
(EDITOR’S NOTE: The following editorial appeared
in The Battalion around this time last year. Although some
conditions have changed this year, we feel the basic idea is
applicable today.)
Right now, many of you feel as thought you’ve backed
onto a runaway roller coaster and can’t get off. A few
minutes after you arrived here last week, you were being
told how to “whip out” by some upperclassman who seemed
to consider you the most stupid creature on earth. A little
later, you lost much of the hair on your head to a barber
who didn't have any sympathy for your plight. The next
thing you knew, you were marching for the first time in
your life, and you were being yelled at every time you made
a mistake.
By now you’ve probably heard the same old “chin-up”
encouragements from parents and orientation speakers so
often that you’ve begun tuning them out. Instead, you
keep hearing that still, small voice reminding you how good
life used to be, and. asking you why you ever got into the
Corps. And several members of your class have already
been persuaded by that small voice to quit before they even
get started.
They’re making a gigantic mistake.
We’re not going to repeat what your commanding offi
cers have already told you about the Corps. If you really
believe being in the Corps will hurt your grades, despite the
overwhelming evidence to the contrary which they have
given you, then you must know something the rest of us
don’t. And if you think there’s too much bull going on to
promote a proper military atmosphere, we’d suggest you
read the Standard’s section on A&M’s outstanding military
graduates.
But if it’s just that still, small voice that makes you
gravitate toward the Trigon as you walk across the campus,
start talking to your hometown buddies who are Corps
upperclassmen. Chances are, you won’t find many who
won’t admit they considered leaving the Corps during their
first few weeks. But they’ll probably tell you that after
they learned what was expected of them, the situation eased
up considerably. They became accustomed to their duties
and restricted privileges — even if they never became par
ticularly fond of them — and after they got through the
awkward period of adjustment, the rest of the way was
relatively easy. Perhaps some will even tell you they made
their best grades during the first semester.
And finally, most of them will strongly encourage you
to stay in the Corps. They know how much they would
have missed if they’d listened to that still, small voice.
Bankers Start Scholarship Here
Texas Bankers Association has
established a $500 scholarship
program for Texas A&M’s Agri
cultural Economics and Sociology
Department.
John F. Geis of Beaumont, TBA
president, formally presented the
funds Tuesday to Associate Dean
of Agriculture R. C. Potts and
Dr. Tyrus R. Timm, department
head.
Geis said the association hopes
to increase the monetary value
of the scholarship program with
in the next few years.
Dr. Timm, who will administer
the program, indicated the funds
will be used to assist an under
graduate student in his depart
ment who is contemplating a
banking career.
Geis was assisted in the pre
sentation by Tommie E. Stuart of
Fort Worth, chairman of the
TBA Agricultural Committee.
More Showers
Seen After
Dry August
Bryan and College Station
weather is returning to its sloshy
1968 normal status following the
driest month of the year.
Average rainfall of 24 stations
reporting for a Texas A&M me
teorological study of the Burton
Creek watershed for August was
.59 inch. Normal is 2.4 inches.
A&M meteorologists note that
September rain has already ex
ceeded the average with promises
for a near-record year.
No observer in the Burton
basin gauged more than .81 inch
during August. Lowest average
for a previous month this year
was 1.64 in March.
The College Station City Hall
had August’s maximum reading
and an observer on Texas Ave
nue in the heart of the two-city
area measured .43 inch for the
low.
Through August, total 1968
rainfall for some stations is more
than 46 inches.
The U. S. Weather Bureau out
look for mid-September to mid-
October includes moderate to
heavy precipitation and much
below average temperatures. The
rain forecast is for four inches
or more. The area usually re
ceives about 2.8 inches.
Temperatures should average
72 degrees, three below the mean
for the period.
Camera Club
To Organize
Monday Night
Texas A&M photographers will
organize Monday in the Memorial
Student Center for the fall semes
ter.
Camera Committee Chairman
Bill Black of Pratt, Kan., set the
7:30 p.m. meeting in MSC rooms
3B and 3C.
The short business meeting will
sign members and check out dark
room lockers. Black said.
Committee facilities for proc
essing color and black-and-white
film and prints are available to
members. The club also has cam
eras, lights and other equipment
for member checkout.
C. M. Sykes, committee co
advisor with Ray Pledger, will
explain darkroom use procedure.
A&M To Receive
$33,600 From NSF
A $33,600 National Science
Foundation grant has been award
ed Texas A&M for polar gas
physical properties study, an
nounced President Earl Rudder.
Dr. P. T. Eubank of the Chemi
cal Engineering Department will
direct the two-year investigation
of experimental measurement of
pressure - volume - temperature of
highly polar gases such as ethyl
and propyl alcohol.
The professor said the basic
research involves gases whose
molecules are like magnets, with
positive and negative charges.
“The magnetic properties tend
to pull the molecules together,
decreasing the volume they oc
cupy and creating measurement
problems,” Eubank said.
Experimental and calculational
aspects of the work will be per
formed at the Thermodynamic
Properties Lab in the Teague
Research Center. William Kerns
Jr. of North Lewisburg, Ohio,
assists Eubank in the research.
Kerns is working on a Ph.D. in
chemical engineering.
The grant represents the third
consecutive two-year investiga
tion by Eubank to be supported
by NSF. The A&M lab has been
in operation since 1961 and re
ceived the first NSF support in
1963.
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A mistake in yesterday’s Battalion almost spilled the
milk flowing under the bridge.
A photo on page one depicted Russian troops with
drawing from Prague, Czechoslovakia. This in itself is
probably not too important from the standpoint of the uni
versity community. What is important is the credit line
which accompanies the photo.
“Photo by Mike Wright” is clearly shown at the end
of the cutlines. Look now to the bottom of this page and see
who is listed on the masthead as staff photographer for the
Battalion—Mike Wright.
How or when the travel allowances for the Batt or
Student Publications were extended to allow a staff member
enough money to travel further than Snook is a mystery to
me.
Evidently Photographer Wright has been taking pic
tures for the Battalion and placing Associated Press credit
lines after them to cover up his forays.
To make sure that money spent on the one-night trip
to Czechoslovakia is wisely invested, I would now like to
see AP pick up the exclusive Batt photos and credit them
to Mike Wright.
Actually, it has been rumored that Mr. Wright has
previously been sent to cover doings in Chicago, Vietnam,
Iran, Biafra and others, and his pictures then were sent
around the world erroneously carrying an AP credit line.
★ ★ ★
Correspondence which reaches The Battalion sometimes
carries some zingers as far as addresses are concerned.
One which really catches the eye, however, is addressed:
“The Editor
The Batteliar
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas”
The return address?—“Peace Corps, Washington, D. C. . . .”
'It
(Note: Today’s column is respectfully dedicated to the
surviving drafters of the Constitution of the United States
of America, which was adopted exactly 181 years ago
yesterday.)
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A&M Grad To Be Honored
For Air Force Management
Air Force Brig. Gen. Guy M.
Townsend, who attended Texas
A&M, received an Air Force As
sociation award today for out
standing management of U. S.
aerospace resources.
gerial ability while serving as
director of the C-5 system pro
gram office. The World War II
bomber pilot holds the Distin
guished Flying Cross and two
Air Medals.
General Townsend, deputy for
systems management of the aero
nautical systems division, Wright-
Patterson AFB, received AFA’s
Distinguished Award for Man
agement.
It was presented at the associ
ation’s annual fall meeting in
Washington, D. C.
He was selected for the top
award for leadership and mana-
Forestry Student
Gets Scholarship
A $2000 scholarship for full
time graduate study at Texas
General Townsend has logged
5,000 hours in experimental flight
testing of various aircraft.
He enrolled here in 1939 with
several other class-of-1943 mem
bers well known in Bryan and
College Station. He was the class
mate of John M. Lawrence III,
Ford Albritton Jr. and John B.
Longley.
The general was a cadet in the
same field artillery battery with
Richard Weirus. Townsend joined
the Army after two years college,
at the outset of World War II.
Weirus, Association of Former
Students director, said General '
Townsend actively supports A&M I
through the association. I
THE ALLEN ACADEMY JR. COLLEGE DIVISION
Schedule of Night Classes
Fall Semester 1968
English 131
Rhetoric & Composition
Monday
English 231
English Litt.
Monday
Government 232
American National
Tuesday
Art 131
Art Appreciation
Tuesday
Art 232
Oil Painting
Tuesday
Shorthand 131
Beginner’s
Tuesday
History 131
U. S. History
Wednesday
Sociology 231
Principles of Soc.
Wednesday
Typing 131
Beginner’s
Wednesday
P. Speaking 131
Fundamentals of Speech
Thursday
Psychology 131
Bookkeeping 131
Introductory Psy.
Thursday
Thursday
Classes 7:00 - 10:00 p. m. - one night per week
Transferable College Credit
Tuition $50.00 per course - Typing & Art Lab fee $5.00
Terms
Minimum no. for class - 10
Registration in progress - classes begin September 9-16, 1968
For further information - Director of Admission 823-0066
A&M has been awarded to an
employee of the Texas Forest
Service by the Texas Forest Pro
ducts Manufacturers Association,
Paul R. Kramer, director of the
Texas Forest Service, announced
today.
Recipient of the scholarship
for the 1968-69 academic year is
Ernest M. Long of 719 Mary
Lake, Bryan, Texas, who is work
ing on a Ph.D. degree in Forest
Genetics at Texas A&M Univer
sity.
“The TFPMA annually selects
and awards this scholarship to
a deserving graduate student of
forestry. We are very proud that
Long has been selected to re
ceive this assistance,” Kramer
said.
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