lesday, March 4, 1969
College Station, Texas
Page 3
THE BATTALION
i&M Renames
forms For
[edal Winners
Dr. Eli L. Whiteley, his fam-
y and the families of A&M’s
|ive other Medal of Honor win-
iers were special guests Satur-
ay for Military Weekend activi-
es which included renaming six
ormitories in honor of the
Forld War II heroes.
More than 50 members of the
ix Medal of Honor recipients’
amilies joined in the observance,
icluding some relatives from as
ar away as California.
Whiteley, associate professor
)f Agronomy here, is the sole
urviving recipient of the na-
krii I ion’s highest honor. He is a na
ive of Georgetown and a 1942
;raduate.
William G. Harrell, 1943 grad-
late from Mercedes, survived the
rar but died in 1963.
The awards were made post-
mmously to Lloyd H. Hughes,
1943 graduate from Corpus
Ihristi; George D. Keathley, 01-
ley, 1937; Turney W. Leonard,
Mas, 1942; and Thomas W.
i'owler, Wichita Falls, 1943.
“It’s a great honor to have one
if the A&M dormitories named
after me,” noted Dr. Whiteley,
‘and I think all the families, in
cluding my own, are extremely
proud the university has done
this.”
“If the young men who live in
ihese dormitories could realize
the sacrifices that these other
Medal of Honor winners made,
I think it would influence them
in the way they conduct them
selves, both here on campus and
the future,” Whitely ob
served.
Among the honorees were the
widows of two of the men, Mrs.
Inez Keathley of Wichita Falls
and Mrs. Olive C. Harrell of San
Antonio.
They were honored at the
Corps of Cadets’ first full-scale
review of the year and then tak
en to the dormitory areas, where
they visited the facilities named
in their honor.
Three of the halls, Whiteley,
Leonard and Harrell, are located
in the Corps area, while the oth
ers are on the opposite side of
the campus and house civilian
students.
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Wright)
State Plans Help
For Czech Culture
Preservation of the Czech lan
guage, culture and heritage in
Texas has taken its first step
through efforts of state and na
tional education agencies and
Texas A&M.
The step encouraged by A&M
consists of the Texas Education
Agency adding a Czech language
consultant to its staff, through
recently approved U. S. Office
of Education support announced
Congressman J. J. Pickle of
Austin.
He will work with L. Harlan
Ford, TEA assistant commis
sioner for teacher education and
instructional services.
An expert in the Czech lan
guage, the consultant will be in
volved in language planning and
area studies with schools, stu
dents and parents in Texas’ 40
or more Czech-speaking com
munities, TEA personnel and col
leges.
Dr. John M. Skrivanek, Czech
professor on study development
leave in Prague, Czechoslovakia,
is assisting in selection of candi
dates for the TEA consultant
position.
Czech is the state’s third most
used language, after English and
Spanish. The population of Tex
as includes an estimated half
million persons of Czech extrac
tion, many of which have some
ability in the language, accord
ing to Dr. Jack A. Dabbs, Mod
ern Languages Department head.
But emphasis on use of the lan
guage in the Czech population
centers is declining.
The department instructs more
students in Czech than any other
institution in the U. S. and has
long supported efforts to pre
serve the state’s Czech linguistic
and cultural heritage.
“For several years we have
offered Czech courses and en
couraged public schools to take
an interest in the language,”
Dabbs noted.
The department works with
Czech civic and fraternal organ
izations to set up scholarships
for students of the language.
Unsolicited scholarships have
been received.
A&M students are supported
by awards of the Supreme Lodge
S.P.J.S.T., the Union of Czech
Catholic Women of Texas, Mu
tual Aid Society of the Unity of
the Brethren Church, the Czech
Catholic Union of Texas, the
Czech Educational Foundation of
Texas and Zapadni Cesko — Bra-
trska Jednota.
Dabbs and his associates dis
cussed with TEA officials means
of helping preserve the Czech
language, which led to the pro
posal and $12,500 USOE grant.
“We feel our efforts are be
ginning to bear fruit,” Dabbs
said.
Careers in modern agriculture
will get a substantial boost
through a new approach to pro
fessional training here.
A restructured program fea
turing 22 options, terminating
with the Master of Agriculture
degree has been initiated. The
professional degree will require
about 1.5 years of additional
training above a B.S. degree.
In announcing this new concept
of agricultural instruction, Dean
H. O. Kunkel of the College of
Agriculture, noted the growing
opportunity and demand for pro
fessionalism in agriculture, agri
business and related industries.
THESE PROGRAMS will be
rigorous, challenging and just as
demanding as the master of sci
ence programs, now used to pre
pare research workers,” said
Kunkel.
The master of Agriculture is
not a terminal degree. A stu
dent may move directly into a
Ph.D. program from this degree,
if he desires, Kunkel explained
Careers in modern agriculture
demand an exceptionally well-
trained individual.
This specialized master’s pro
gram is designed for those want
ing graduate professional train
ing in a specific agricultural dis
cipline. Undergraduate students
will have the opportunity to plan
a program of study leading to
this master’s degree. Any B.S.
graduate who meets admission
requirements may also work on
this nonthesis degree.
OPTIONS OF study offered
are aerobiology, agricultural eco
nomics, animal science, crops,
dairy science, economic entomol
ogy, floriculture, horticulture,
plant science, poultry science,
range science, recreation and re
sources development, rural soci
ology, soils, wildlife science, and
fisheries science.
Five interdisciplinary options
are offered in agricultural chem
istry, agricultural development,
food technology, natural resource
development and plant protec
tion.
To determine a student’s needs
in preparing for a professional
career, his background in the
chosen subject matter area will
be examined. Courses that are
appropriate to his special pro
gram will be selected from the
many offerings at the graduate
level.
ACTUAL WORK and experi
ence in the field will be required
for some options. For example,
an animal scientist studying to
be a feedlot manager will gain
experience in actual feedlot op
eration. Degree candidates in
floriculture will undergo “on-the-
job” training in greenhouse and
nursery management, and those
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interested in. training as agri
cultural representatives of banks
will spend some time working be
fore graduation. The amount of
such field training will depend
upon the individual’s background
and the subject area he chooses.
With a definite option plan in
mind, the student can expect to
obtain his degree in a minimum
of 12 months, upon successful
completion of 36 semester hours.
Whether one plans his future
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insect control, plant protection
or in any consultant area of agri
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training through the new master
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Admission requirements and
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