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CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle ‘Haven’t you ever seen a fur-lined helmet before?’ the graduate ;X By MITTY C. PLUMMER This edition of “The Graduate” is basically an advertisement, dif fering from the advertisements of the Los Angeles Free Press in purpose, but similar in the fact that a human body is sought. The Graduate Student Council has voted to increase its member ship from twelve to thirteen. Any one wishing to become the 13th member of this council and meet ing the qualifications of being a first-year graduate student at A&M should fill out the form available from the Graduate Col lege Offices in the Coke Building before Tuesday, Nov. 19. First preference will be given to first- year graduate students with ex perience in student government at a school other than A&M. THERE ARE many reasons for seeking an applicant from an other school first. Among these is the fact that only 40 percent of all graduate students received their bachelors degree from A&M, yet Aggies make up 75 per cent of the council. What we hope to gain in this selection is diversity, and some experience from else where. And what do you stand to gain by being on the Graduate Student Council ? First of all, you have the assurance of being heard. Be yond that, frequently we console ourselves with absolute under standing of situations in which we lack the absolute power to make changes. IT IS A LITTLE like being a plain but ambitious girl who un dertakes the study of psychology to gain privilege in areas domi nated by men. Since she cannot bring them to their knees with good looks, she sets about psych ing them out. What most probably results is neither a better-looking girl nor a Svengali control of others, but a girl equipped with a better understanding of the situation surrounding her. And so it is with the council. We woo a little money from the Former Students, and are trying to show just cause to the Ex change Store Advisory Board as to why we need a little more money from them. But mainly we spend a lot of time “under standing the situation” and get along on what we’ve got. WE ALSO requested a change in the Foreign Language Require ments from two languages to one. We got it, but we also got the Princeton Exam with it. Win some, lose some. Perhaps the most important benefit of being on the council is the opportunity to include your suggestions, that really benefit everyone, in some of the council business. A good example of this is the changes in the traffic and parking proposal that we hope to submit. One person suggested that the rain-weary pedestrians of our campus would be aided by trim ming the trees over the sidewalks to “umbrella” height. Another, a bicycle rider whose nights are filled with grim visions of his fast-peddling but fragile body dangling from the steely probos cis of the new Pontiac Gran Prix, has definite ideas about the proper speed of motor vehicles on campus. And so it goes until a rather complete proposal is written. If the above doesn’t persuade you to apply, maybe Mrs. Robin son could. By VERN SANFORD Texas Press Association AUSTIN — Texas’ first bilin gual education plan designed to curb the school dropout rate and provide better teaching for 500,- 000 children has been cleared for action. Fifteen-member advisory com mittee approved a plan as drawn by the Texas Education Agency task force. Dr. Severe Gomez, director of TEA International and Bilingual programs, said the high dropout rate among Spanish-surnamed pupils is largely due to tradition al instruction methods. New statewide plan would en able young pupils to learn their lessons in Spanish until they get thorough grounding in English. At the same time, it seeks to teach English-speaking children to be fluent in Spanish as well. Federal government has allo cated 7.5 million for bilingual programs, and Texas is due to get a substantial share early next year. REGIONAL PLANNING—U.S. Department of Housing and Ur ban Development has given Gov. John Connally’s office its Nation al Award for Outstanding Con tributions to Inter-governmental Relations. HUD Secretary Robert C. Weaver commended Connally, saying his regional-planning pro grams are “indicative of how initiative, cooperation and sound program execution can improve the living environment of our citizens and meet the challenge of urban growth.” Connally released a directory of councils of government and regional - planning commissions, revealing that assistance by the state for regional-planning in the. last fiscal year was in excess of $1.7 million to voluntary asso ciations of local governments which serve three-fourths of the state’s population. Currently, there are 20 active COGs in the state, and they o ver 101 counties, 277 cities, 72 ool districts and 51 special iii .ricts. POLICE TRAINING PUSH ON-—War on crime efforts is proceeding on many fronts. Many center around improvement of police training. Sam Housi State College at Huntsville is pushing for recog nition as the site of a statewide police academy. Unless a statewide academy is created, says Sam Houston Col lege President A. B. Templeton, 30 to 40 local academies soon will be started with federal funds. He proposes to build facilities between Sam Houston and the penitentiary at Huntsville with convict labor and materials pro duced at the prison at a cost of about $2 million. Federal govern ment would be expected to pay Bulletin Board TONIGHT Aggie Christian Fellowship will meet at 5:30 p.m. on the second floor of the YMCA and hear Joe Wall, a Houston-based minister, speak about “Knowing God’s Will.” Hillel Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Hillel Building (Fri day night services will be held at 8 p.m.) Aggie Wives Bridge Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. on the second floor of the Memorial Student Center. Regulars are urged to attend. THURSDAY Oceanography and Meteorology Student Wives Club will meet at the Figure Salon, 1716 Texas, at 8:30 p.m. and then proceed to Shipley’s Donut Shop for Dutch Treat dessert. Slacks and casual wear will be dress for the eve ning. Galveston Hometown Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the MSC Social Room. Movie will be shown. Bring dues if possible. Bee County Hometown Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the YMCA. Abilene Hometown Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. on the second floor of the Academic Building. El Paso Hometown Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Military Science Building. Tyler-Smith County Hometown Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 2-B of the MSC. Officers will be elected and committees will be set up. AGGIES ... DON’T DELAY! Order Your Boots Now For Future Delivery - Small Payment Will Do YOUR BOOTS MADE TO ORDER Convenient Lay-Away Plan ONLY $60.00 A PAIR Economy Shoe Repair & Boot Co. 509 W. Commerce, San Antonio CA 3-0047 THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the student writers only. The Battalion is a non-tax-supported, non profit, self-supporting educational enter prise edited and operated by students as a university and community newspaper. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all new dispatches credited to it or not othez-wise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all othi matter herein are also reserv Second-Class postage paid !its of rep are also reserved, lass postage paid at College Station, Texas. bers of the Student Publications Boa Lindsey, chairman ; Dr. David Bowers, Colleg Arts ; F. S. White. College of Engineering: D of t ture. Members of the Student Publications Board Coll. ig; — Clark, College of Veterinary Medicine; and Hal Taylor, Col lege of Agricult are: Jim of Liberal Donald R. Mail subscriptions g rate furnished on Room 217, Services Building *6.50 per fu idvertis sales tax. A The Battalion are *3.50 year. All su lisl r semester; *6 per school bscriptions subject to 3% Texas 77843. iques Coil est. Address: ege Station, The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A&M is lished in College Station, Texas daily e published in College Station, Texas daily except Saturday. Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, September through May, and once a week during summer school. MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising Services. Inc., New York City, Chicago. Los Francisco. i>os Angeles and San EDITOR JOHN W. FULLER Managing Editor Dave Mayes Sports Editor John Platzer City Editor Mike Wright News Editor Bob Palmer Staff Columnists John McCarroll, Mike Plake, Monty Stanley, Jan Moulden Staff Writers Tom Curl, Dale Foster, Tim Searson, Steve Wick, Janie Wallace, Tony Huddleston Assistant Sports Editor Richard Campbell Photographer W. R. Wright half that cost. BAIL BOND REFORM—State Bar of Texas and the State Junior Bar will ask the Legislature in January to change the state’s system of making bonds for re lease while persons accused of crimes are awaiting trial. Idea behind the new plan is to let judges release people, when possible, without making bond at all. But when the judge feels a bond necessary, the prisoner could deposit up to 10 per cent of the bond himself. by more than 88,000 students— 47 per cent—since 1963, the Co ordinating Board, Texas College and University System, reports. Almost 274,000 students en rolled this fall, compared to about 135,000 in 1963. An increase of 58 per cent was recorded by the 22 public senior institutions, and private schools numbering 37 grew by 20 per cent. No public senior institute has declined in enrollment. Page 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Wednesday, November 13,IS As it is now, the accused gen erally has to pay the 10 per cent to a professional bondsman, and the money is a fee for services rendered and is not returned. In the proposed system, the man would get his deposit back when he showed up in court. 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