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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Wednesday, August 6, 1969
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
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‘We have trouble getting my roommate to study!’
Editorial
Welcome Class of 1973.
We who are already here at A&M welcome you to the greatest
school in the world.
These things which will be stressed in this editorial may sound
trite and corny, but believe them, because they are true.
First of all, make sure that this is the decision you want to make
to come to college, because it is a four-year commitment and Texas
A&M, if you can stick it out, will be your home for four years.
You will find that you will go from top dog in the high school
world to the lowest rung of the ladder at Aggieland. Be prepared for
long lines, a lot of double-talk and much red-tape.
Most important in this transition from the high school ranks to
the real academic world is the ability to remain flexible no matter what
happens. Undoubtedly, many things are going to come up within the
next few months that will seem insurmountable. Be able to change to
fit the situation because, as statistics show, very few students remain
in their major course of study longer than the freshman year.
All we who have been through it can tell you is that it will be
hard, but not impossible, and that budgeting your time is one of the
most important things to do while in college. Hitch up your pants right
now and get in the Tight frame of mind. Expect the hard times because
they are going to come and hit the books and you’ll be okay.
See you in September.
RMC
Faculty, Students Get
Many Veterinary Awards
Thirteen students and four in
structors were presented special
honors at the annual Honors Con
vocation of the College of Veteri
nary Medicine at Texas A&M
Friday night.
The program honors outstand
ing first, second and third year
students and the students honor
members of the faculty.
Dr. James G. Anderson, a mem
ber of the Department of Veteri
nary Physiology and Pharma
cology, received the Norden Dis
tinguished Teacher Award for his
outstanding teaching ability as
judged by the students.
The award includes $200 cash
and a plaque.
Other instructors honored in
clude Dr. A. I. Flowers, the Stu
dent Chapter AVMA Faculty
Appreciation Award, and Dr. Leon
H. Russell and Dr. Kenneth L.
Kuttler, both receiving Texas
Veterinary Medical Association
Awards for outstanding work in
teaching and research.
Students presented awards in
cluded Roland F. Lenarduzzi of
Houston, Borden Award; Henry
L. Chenault of Rice, Student
AVMA Auxiliary Award; Sheri-
Also, John Golden of Waco,
Microbiology Award; Ben F. Har
rison of Dallas, Dallas County
VMA Auxiliary Award; James W.
Willis of Bossier City, La., Anat
omy Award, and Ben E. Alldredge
of Sweetwater, Bexar County
VMA Auxiliary Award and the
Upjohn Award for large animal
clinic work.
Dean A. A. Price gave the wel
come and made the introductions
during the program.
For students at the University
of Texas, who don’t feel chal
lenged by their summer load, or
who have just blown off classes
for the summer, there is a dif
ferent kind of opportunity avail
able. That is, the Socialist
Summer School of the Austin
Young Socialist Alliance. The
object of the school, according to
the Summer Texan, is to “edu
cate and interest people in the
concepts of socialism,” which the
Young Socialist Alliance calls “a
more advanced and better form
of life than existing capitalism.”
Texas U. has a choice to make,
it would seem. It will either
have to provide better swimming
facilities for the students or else
hire lifeguards for its fountains.
The most popular is the East
Mall fountain, and according to
the Texan people are starting to
worry about the danger of an
accident at the place.
Memorial Stadium in Austin
is undergoing reconditioning this
summer in the form of Astro
Turf for the playing surface.
According to the University
Daily, the University of Texas
is offering the
latest information
on black studies
this summer in
an effort to up
grade the teach
ing of social is
sues, and at the
same time expose
teachers to “experiences that will
help them understand the emo
tional aspects of black studies.”
Their summer institute for Black
Studies has attracted 26 history
teachers and grad students.
★ ★ ★
A visiting English faculty
member of East Texas State
University is the author of
“American Negro Folklore,”
which will be the basis of a
television series for educational
TV in the near future.
★ ★ ★
The “rah-rah” stuff seems on
the way out even at some of the
more normal schools. At the
University of Minnesota, the
Minnesota Student Association
voted that it ought to be strictly
a legislative body, that it should
dan L. Duncan of Woodsboro,
Pfizer Award, Award of Merit,
Texas VMA Auxiliary Award, and
the Tarrant County VMA Auxili
ary Award, and James E. Small
wood of Grand Prairie, Upjohn
Award for small animal clinic
work.
Also, Bernard A. McGowen of
Mansfield, Award of Merit and
Texas VMA Auxiliary Award;
Errol T. Littleton of Kingsville,
John Paul Delaplane Award; John
T. Young of Denver, Colo., Award
of Merit and Texas VMA Auxili
ary Award; George T. Sepulvado
of Orange, Ross P. Marsteller
Award, and Clem Edward Malone
of Waco, AVMA Auxiliary Award.
not be bothered with social af
fairs, and has now dropped the
whole bag of Homecoming into
the laps of the Union Board of
Governors. So far, after $40
worth of advertising, they have
not even come up with someone
willing to take charge of the
program.
Urban Affairs majors at the
U of M get experience during
the summer working for the
State Planning Agency, writing
training programs for various
local officials and planning sem
inars. Through this work, the
students say, they find they are
able “to apply the theoretical
knowledge they have learned in
the classroom and to be aware
of the problems involved in such
an agency.”
★ ★ ★
Meanwhile, back on the ranch,
Texas Tech received another
gift to add to its 75-acre campus
museum of ranching history, in
the form of an historic log cabin.
Once headquarters of a ranch on
the Guadalupe River, the build
ing will become part of the
campus’ Headquarters, the term
“ranch” denoting either the uni
versity or the museum, I’m not
sure which.
★ ★ ★
Publication of the University
of Houston handbook, The Cou
gar Paw, has been delayed due
to “differences of opinion on
content,” according to The Sum
mer Cougar. The controversial
items include captions under pic
tures of last year’s events such
as “cheerleader making a peace
symbol . . .” under a picture of
a cheerleader doing a hand-stand
with legs split in a V. Under
the picture of the UH Safety and
Security director was the com
ment, “Standing alone . . .”
Cbe Battalion
Opinions on the matter vary,
and the editor could not be con
tacted. One student senator
said the new Paw was an im
provement over the old ones. He
said “It’s not bland. It depicts
what’s going on and that’s peo
ple and events. Ulmer (Student
Association president) has ap
pointed himself a censor for the
UH.”
An associate editor of the
Paw, who stated she had never
seen the entire publication be
fore it went iri, had this reac
tion when showed the pamphlet
proof: “The Cougar Paw is a
gross misrepresentatioii of life
at the UH and a superb example
of loaded journalism. Pictures
are cut down to misrepresent
actual situations and events.
Captions are misleading and oft
en contain unbelievable innuen
does.”
Several weeks ago, it was
printed that the Summer Cougar
stated that the UH Course-and-
Teacher - Evaluation Handbook
had lost a bunch of money as a
result of poor spring sales. It
has come out now that: 1) Sale
of the handbook was never in
tended to cover all costs; 2) Mon
ey was expected and still should
arrive from various sources pres
ently being held up by red tape;
and 3) Approximately 1,000
copies were given free of charge
to faculty members in apprecia
tion of their cooperation. Be
sides, all this, the pamphlet will
be out in August, before regis
tration, instead of November as
the Cougar said it would.
So maybe teacher evaluations
are in after all. Let’s hope so.
5 Aggies
In Moon
Have Big Interest
Walk Completion
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EDITOR RICHARD CAMPBELL
Managing Editor Monty Stanley
At least five Texas Aggies will
give a sigh of relief if astronauts
Neal Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin
and Michael Collins check out of
quarantine on time next Monday.
They have direct interest in suc
cessful completion of the moon
walk Apollo mission.
Among 150 select Air Force
officers assigned to NASA in
support of America’s space pro
gram are Maj. William W. Fink
Jr., class of 1956 member of Pasa
dena; Capt. Joe M. Leeper, ’60,
Texas City; Capt. Terry L. Spen
cer, ’60, Alice; Capt. Gary N.
Johnson, ’64, Corpus Christi, and
2nd Lt. John M. Hill Jr., ’67,
Moody.
Major Fink is flight controller
at Mission Control in the Manned
Spacecraft Center. He was a B-57
bomber crew member overseas and
studied aero engineering at A&M,
where he was 1st Battalion com
mander in the corps.
Ground technical staff flight
controller for Apollo missions,
Captain Leeper previously served
with a Strategic Air Command
missile wing at Minot AFB, N. D.
He studied business and was head
yell leader.
Electrical engineering major
and former Fish Drill Team mem
ber, Captain Spencer is an elec
tronics engineer in the ground
technical team supporting the
three astronauts. The Squadron
14 cadet earlier commanded Trini
dad Air Station and was KZTV
engineer in Corpus Christi.
Responsibiity for the computer
complex that transmitted data to
and from the spacecraft was
Captain Johnson’s as flight opera
tions engineer. Another role of
the chemistry major and Squadron
1 cadet was sending recommenda
tions and command decisions from
Mission Control.
Lieutenant Hill, as landing and
recovery division aero engineer,
helped determine placement of re
covery forces. The aero major
was 2nd Wing operations officer
at A&M.
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