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
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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
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mates. 846-7240.
Child care, Call for information. 846-8161.
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Gregory's Day Nursery, 604 Boyett,
846-4006. 693tfn
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OFFICIAL NOTICE
Official notices must arrive in the Office
of Student Publications before deadline of
1 p.m. of the day preceeding publication.
HELP WANTED
Experienced floral designer. Write Box
3284, Bryan, Texas or call 822-1661. 600t6
WOMEN
Cafeteria line attendants at Sbisa Hall from
10:00 a. m. to 1:30 p. m. and from 4:20
p. m. to 7 :00 p. m., Monday through Friday.
Pleasant working conditions. Meals fur
nished. Apply at Food Service Office,
Sbisa Hall. 600t8
Laboratory technician wanted. Must be
able to do routine laboratory procedures
in physicians office. Call 846-7717. 697tfn
VICTORIAN
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Midway between Bryan A
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STUDENTS 1 1
Need A Home
1 & 2 Bedroom Fur. & Unfur.
Pool and Private Courtyard
3 MONTHS LEASE
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PREVETERINARY MEDICINE SEMINARS
THURSDAYS 4 TO 6 P. M. — FALL 1968
AUDITORIUM - VETERINARY MEDICAL
SCIENCE BUILDING
All students enrolled in or interested in
preveterinary medicine are invited to attend
the seminars. Freshm
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Hurst Floor Shifts
Enco, Conoco, Amalie
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We stock all local major brands.
Where low oil prices originate.
Quantity Rights Reserved
Wheel Bearings
50% Off
Parts Wholesale Too
Filters, Oil, Air - Fuel
10,000 Parts - We Fit
96% of All Cars - Save
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Brake Shoes $3.19 ex.
2 Wheels — many cars
Auto trans. oil 25tf
AC - Champion - Autolite plugs
Starters - Generators
All 6 Volt - $10.95 Each
Most 12 Volt — $11.95 Each
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Students wishing to place a 1967 AGGIE-
LAND in their high school may pick them
ap in the office of Student Publications,
Services Building. 648tfn
WHITE AUTO STORES Bryan
and College Station can save you
up to 40% on auto pai-ts, oil,
filters, etc. 846-4910.
NOW OPEN
U-HIT-EM
GOLF DRIVING RANGE
On Hwy. 60 between A&M & Airport
Weekdays — 4 p. m. - 10 p. m.
Weekends — 1 p. m. - 10 p. m.
SOSOLIKS
TV & RADIO SERVICE
Zenith - Color & B&W - TV
All Makes B&W TV Repairs
713 S. MAIN 822-1941
• Watch Repair
• Jewelry Repair
• Diamond Senior
Rings
• Senior Rings
Refinished
C. W. Varner & Sons
Jewelers
North Gate 846-5816
Wanted, two registered nurses for su
pervisor on 3 to 11 shift at Madison County
Hospital, Madisonville, Texas. Excellent
Salary. Call collect, DI 8-2631, Miss Gloria
Rice or Mr. E. G. Clark. 465tfn
FOR SALE
We sell portable washers and dryers. We
sell and L-ase Maytag washers. 822-1719.
601tfn
We buy pocket books. Magazines, radios,
V’s watches, stereos, most anything—
grgie Den— 601tfn
TV
Agg
Decals, Bumper Stickers, all kinds at
Aggie Den, next to Loupot’s. 601tfn
1969 Oldsmobile station wagon. Runs
well, 430 cubic inches, body poor, many
spare wheels and parts. $100. 846-4489
after 6 :30 p. m. 601t4
Records, Records! Albums. Albums! Rock
& Roll, Popular, Comic, Party, Country A
Western, all artists-hundreds & hundred:
artists - Best prices in Texas on lat
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quality stereo album. The Aggie Den, next
to Loupot’s.
Complete bed with mattress and springs.
Electric refrigerator. Apartment gas range.
Priced to sell. 846-6861. 600t3
Notice: moving. Must sell motorcycle.
1966 model Ducati 90cc. Low mileage, good
condition. Make me an offer. 846-7374
after 6 p. m. 600tfn
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HAMILL’S TRANSMISSION
118 S Bryan —Bryan— 822-6874
AUTO INSURANCE
FOR AGGIES:
Call: George Webb
Farmers Insurance Group
3400 S. College 823-8051
STERLIMG ELECTRONICS
sound equipment
Ampex
Fisher
Scott
tape decks
Roberts
Sony
Panasonic
Harmon-Kardon
903 South Main, Bryan
822-1589
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WANTED
Roommate wanted-female around 22 years
old. Call PL 3-0265. Longview, Texas.
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SPECIAL NOTICE
SUL ROSS LODGE NO. 1300 A.F. & A.M.
Called meeting Thursday, Sept.
19 at 7:00 p. m. The F.C. De
cree will be conferred.
Leslie V. Hawkins, W.M.
Joe Woolket, Sec.
For subscriptions to Dallas, Ft. Worth,
Waco and San Antonio papers, in civilian
dorms only Call 846-2878 between 6:30 &
8 :00 p. m. 601t4
We buy pocket books. Magazines, radios,
TV’s watches, stereos, most anything—
Aggie Den— 601tfn
Decals, Bumper Stickers, all kinds at
Aggie Den, next to Loupot’s. 601tfn
Would like to start or join carpool to
Sam Houston, College View. C-7-X. 600tfn
It is now time for all Corps Accounts,
Civilian Government Organizations, De
partmental and Professional Clubs, Home
town and International Clubs, Honor Soci
eties MSC Advised Accounts, Sports Clubs,
Student Body Governing Organizations, and
Service Organizations, to be officially
recognized at the Student Finance Center,
MSC. Each club must file a list of their
officers with the Student Finance Center.
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Records, Records ! Albums, Albums ! Rock
& Roll, Popular, Comic, Party, Country &
Western, all artists-hundreds & hundreds
of all artists - Best prices in Texas on 1st
quality stereo album. The Aggie Den, next
to Loupot’s. 600tfn
ATTENTION ! Personnel and students of
A&M University. See us before you buy
your furniture and appliance needs. Ask
about the student plan. The store of
dis
bout th
istinctive furniture — Wooc
Company. 601 North Texas Avi
store
Wood Furniture
822-1227.
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HOME & CAR
RADIO REPAIRS
SALES & SERVICE
KEN’S RADIO & TV
303 W. 26th 822-2819
WE RENT
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AUTO REPAIRS
All Makes
Just Say:
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Cade Motor Co.
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