CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
‘Haven’t you ever seen a fur-lined helmet before?’
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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.
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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.
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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.
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT UP
—Enrollment in Texas’ senior col
leges and universities has grown
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