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Wednesday, September 10, 1960 College Station, Texas Page 5
Regulation Handbook Ready
Academic Council Approves Changes
In Student Elections, Examinations
The Academic Council approved
in August major revisions in the
University Regulations, with em
phasis placed on student elections
end final examination schedules.
Howard Perry, director of ci
vilian student activities, said the
regulations handbooks were sup
posed to be ready to be distrib
uted today to major offices.
He estimated that it would be
a matter of days before students
would be able to obtain them
from their advisers.
Edwin H. Cooper, director of
civilian student activities until
his resignation effective Sept. 1,
was also chairman of the Rules
and Regulations Committee. He
said that most of the changes
were proposed last year by the
Student Senate and had earlier
Civilian Hall Plan
Increased by Four
Texas A&M’s civilian residence
tall program—off to a fast start
last September — will add four
dormitories this semester, bring
ing the number of participating
dorms to seven.
Walton, Davis-Gary and Leg-
Sett Halls will be joined by
Moore, Law, Puryear and Hughes.
The unique project started as
a pilot program to help raise
sagging civilian sudent spirits
w hich some university officials
dolt existed in the once all-mili
tary institution.
A&M’s civilian-cadet student
ratio is now approximately three
to one in favor of civilians.
Howard Perry said the increase
in the hall program leaves only
10 dorms not participating. Perry
is director of civilian student ac
tivities.
“As the students want it, and
funds become available, we’ll
move others into the program,”
he said.
“We feel the program initiated
last year was developed pretty
good,” he continued. “There is a
good sense of unity among the
civilian students. And, we feel
the civilian students have found
their nitch,” he said.
Perry explained the special
halls elect their own student gov
erning body, much like a club,
with officers. Each hall is re
quired to ratify a constitution.
Hall constitutions provide for
a judiciary committee to handle
minor discipline problems. Perry
noted committees functioned sat
isfactorily during the past two
semesters without problems.
He added it is obvious the new
spirit among civilians is “spilling
into the other halls." More civil
ian freshmen participate in stu
dent activities than previous
years, he cited.
Earlier in the year A&M’s Ci
vilian Student Council voted to
affiliate with the National Asso
ciation of College and University
Residence Halls.
The action followed a trip to
California State College at Long
Beach by three Aggies who ob
served NACURH’s annual con
ference.
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been approved by his committee
and the Executive Committee.
The Academic Council is com
posed of administrative officers,
deans and department heads.
All the new and revised regu
lations, plus items approved earli
er, editorial changes and conver
sion to the four point grade sys
tem, will be published and avail
able by the start of the fall term,
Cooper said.
One of the major changes is in
final examination schedules.
It reads: “The final examina
tion shall be designated to cover
a period of two hours (from three
hours) except for courses carry
ing one hour of theory, which
shall have one hour examinations
given during the last class period.
In those instances where a stu
dent is scheduled for three final
examinations in one day (from
two), the student may request of
his academic dean a rescheduling
of one of the examinations.
“The dean, department head
and faculty member will make
every effort to accommodate the
student when such a request is
made."
Cooper explained that one rea
son for the change was the fall
semester ending prior to Christ
mas in 1970. It requires a short
er semester.
Methods for conducting elec
tions were completely revised,
Cooper noted. Also, a new section
was added to clarify filing pro
cedures and eligibility to hold
student offices.
The changes include:
—Grade point ratios will be
figured to the third decimal place
in determining the academic eli
gibility of students for elected
office. If a candidate’s grade
point ratio is anything less than
that required as minimum for the
office, he is ineligible to complete
filing.
—The term “over-all grade
point ratio" is synonymous with
the term “grade point ratio.”
Only the record made in course
work for which the student was
registered at Texas A&M shall
be used in determining his grade
point ratio.
—The Election Commission will
be responsible at filing time for
each student election for obtain
ing signed certification from the
registrar indicating the candi
date’s official GPR, scholastic
probation and official academic
classification. This certification
can be made only by the regis
trar.
—The Election Commission will
hold secret ballot election in
centrally located polling places.
—The Election Commission
membership is reduced. A new
representation pattern was ap
proved and the Polls Committee
has new and outlined duties.
—The maximum campaign ex
penditures is raised from $25 to
$50.
Membership on the Civilian
Student Council was increased by
two—including a woman member
—under the revised regulations.
A second vice president and
representative of the University
Women’s Association will be
added.
Cooper noted that the The
Aggie Code of Honor, which was
a separate published booklet, will
be included in the University
Regulations. Corrective measures
under the code were revised.
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