THE BATTALION Wednesday, September 18, 1968 College Station, Texas Page 3 Life in ‘Project House 9 Ex-Student Recalls Depression DISARMING THE ENEMY A. South Vietnamese paratrooper disarms a North Vietnamese soldier who emerged from bunker underneath smoldering ruins of a farmhouse on Thai Dong rubber plantation. (AP Wirephoto via radio from Saigon) Aggie Army ROTC Student Receives Award At Camp Raymond W. Jordan of New Boston received special recogni tion during graduation ceremonies at the U.S. Army Training Cen ter, Infantry, ROTC Summer Camp at Fort Benning, Ga. Jordan received a trophy for being selected the Outstanding Cadet of Company B, 9th Bat talion, 2nd Brigade. To earn the award Jordan displayed high standards of leadership, marks manship, map reading, land navi gation, physical proficiency, and proficiency in other military subjects. Completion of the six-week camp has qualified Jordan to enter the advance Army ROTC program at Texas A&M. Unique in its concept of pro viding active-duty training in lieu of two years on-campus study, the basic ROTC camp differs in many aspects from the normal basic training cycle. Each cadet attending the camp is a volunteer, under no obligation to continue the entire six weeks; therefore, those completing the program are highly motivated young men. Covering basically the same course of instruction in two weeks less time, the cadets receive greater emphasis on tac tics and leadership. Each cadet at some time serves in a leader ship position, be it squad leader or platoon leader. The gradu ation ceremonies are conducted entirely by the cadets. Jordan is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond V. Jordan, 212 Wherry St., New Boston. He was graduated from New Boston High School in 1966 and was elected to Phi Eta Sigma freshman honor ary society at Texas A&M. D. T. Witt Named Phone Instructor Darrell T. Witt of Bryan has been named an instructor in Tex as A&M’s telephone training pro gram, Ed Kerlick, chief, electri cal and telephone training sec tion, Texas Engineering Exten sion Service, announces. Witt, 32, assumed his new posi tion last week in an area de veloped to keep telephone work ers abreast of technological chan ges within the industry and to increase the technical compet ence of telephone technicians. A veteran telephone technician, Witt served 14 years as a tele phone and radio technician with the General Telephone Company in Bryan. Witt lives with his wife, Mar tha, and their son, David, on Route 4, Bryan. Tight budgets and skimpy meals were not a laughing mat ter to more than 4,000 Texas A&M students who lived in “project houses” during the de pression. Nearly 40 years later, however, Aggie project house graduates are planning a statewide meet ing to renew old acquaintances, reminisce a bit and pay tribute to two professors who helped ramrod the program. Reagan Brown, extension so ciologist for the Texas Agricul tural Extension Service and one of the organizers for the state meeting, recalled the project house days as “a magnificent era marked by hardships, but an era that built character and respect for hard work.” “They (students) came from all over,” Brown noted, “with empty pockets but a heart full of desire for an education.” Brown said the students quick ly learned they could reduce ex penses by banding together, with the help of the college. “They rented and lived in ev ery kind of house . . . sometimes five, sometimes 10 or 20,” the Texas A&M official remarked. He said 90 students slept and 125 ate in an old army barracks near the campus. Project houses, Brown added, sprang up on and around the campus, in Bryan and even Nava- sota 20 miles away. Many of the project houses, he explained, were sponsored by county groups and some by indi viduals such as county agents. The American Legion built one, while others were supported by various groups. “Room and board ran about $12 per month,” Brown added, “and was supplemented in every conceivable way ... by peas from BATTALION CLASSIFIED WANT AD RATES 0n« dar dd per word lonal « inimum charge—60* Classified Display 00^ per column Inch each insertion DEADLINE 4 p.m. day before publication per word each additional day Jnim FOR RENT Pasture Rent for horses. Call 822-0794. Two bedroom unfurnished house, adults ily. Call 846-7717. $60 per month. 598tfn Two bedroom unfurnished house for rent ii Harvey Community. $66 month. Call MM717. 597tfn for rent. 1, 2, and 3 bedroom apartments. Sew with central air. Some carpeted. Call 11(4717 or 846-8286. 696tfn CHILD CARE Aggie wife would like to do baby-sitting ay- 601tfn >ul in own home. Near campus, other pi mates. 846-7240. 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Ford Dealer Aggie dads in East Texas, and syrup, meat and other supplies from other areas.” Dr. Dan Russell and Dan Dav is, sociology professors, were in charge of the program and in sured that the line was held on the budget with large-order buy ing of such items as beans, day- old bread, milk and peanut but ter. Most of the houses had a “house mother” to do the cook ing. Brown said many of the stu dents worked at three or four dif ferent jobs in an attempt to stay in school. “Some washed dishes, some cut wood and all did their part to make the houses a success,” the extension sociologist said. He pointed out that hundreds of the project house Aggies are top businessmen today. “They are products of an era, when a great school opened its doors to the boy that wanted an education but whose monetary funds were low,” Brown ex plained. “They were boys with out much money but who would have fought if you had called them poor.” Seniors Planning To Teach Must Take National Exam College seniors preparing to teach school will have four op portunities to take National Teacher Examinations during the 1968-69 school year, announced Auston Kerley. Prospective teachers will be tested on Nov. 9, 1968, and Feb. 1, April 12 and July 19, 1969, according to the Counseling and Testing Center director. The NTE will be given at 500 loca tions throughout the U. S. in cluding A&M. Results are used by many large school districts as one of several factors in selection of new teachers. Several states use the NTE in certifying teachers. Some colleges also require all seniors preparing to teach to take the exams. School systems and state departments of educa tion which require the examina tion are listed in the Bulletin of Information for Candidates. Kerley said the bulletin is available at the A&M center, in room 107 of the Academic Build ing. On each full day of testing, prospective teachers take com mon examinations, which meas ure professional preparation and general cultural background, and a teaching area exam. The lat ter indicates mastery of the sub ject the individual expects to teach. Prospective teachers should contact school systems in which they expect to work or their col leges for advice on exams to take and testing dates. The bulletin lists test centers, information about the NTE and a registration form. A&M Receives $24,895 Contract To Research ‘Shells Revolution’ A $24,895 Sandia Corporation contract to Texas A&M will con tinue support of work on non linear dynamic and thermal analysis of shells revolution. The awarding of the contract by the Albuquerque, N. M., firm was announced recently by Dr. James A. Strickland, professor of aerospace engineering. The structural analysis pro gram is directed by Dr. J. Ed ward Martinez, assistant profes sor of civil engineering, and Dr. Strickland. Such analysis projects as the A&M program are used in the NASA space probe. Martinez pointed out that he and Dr. Strickland are concerned with what happens when the Apollo space craft comes down (splash down). SCIENTIFIC STUDY JOHANNESBURG UP) — Sci entists have begun a study of selected ethnic groups in South Africa as part of the five-year International Biological Program in which 40 countries are taking part. They will examine the vari ous stages of the groups in transi tion from peasant rural life to urban industrial existence. COP CAPTURES GATOR St. Petersburg, Fla., police officer W. E. Trappman leads a five-foot alligator across the street by a leash after capturing the reptile by lassoing it on the porch of a resident near Lake Maggiore. The officer led the gator batk to the lake and turned him loose. (AP Wirephoto) ATTENTION! All Freshmen! Make Sure YOUR Picture Will Be In The YEARBOOK! PICTURE SCHEDULE ’69 AGGIELAND A-D - Sept. 23 - Thru 27 E-M-Sept. 30-Thru Oct. 4 N-S-Oct. 7-Oct. 11 T-Z-Oct. 14-Oct. 18 Corps Fish: Bring Brigade Or Wing Shields, Poplin Shirt, and Black Tie. Civilians: Wear Coat and Tie. BRING FEE SLIP! PICTURES WILL BE TAKEN AT University Studio 115 N. Main — North Gate