John Platzer
Is The Registrar Real?
There is a popular misconcep
tion floating around campus that
needs to be cleared up immedi
ately.
Being a graduating senior is
not all fun. In fact it can be down
right disheartening at times.
Most of these times center
around those occasions when the
graduating senior (referred to
from here out as the GS) realizes
the vast power invested in that
unseen majority known as the
Registrar.
Everyone knows about the
power wielded by the Registrar.
But has anyone ever actually
seen the Registrar?
It all begins when the pros
pective GS makes his first trip
to the Registrar’s Office to see
whether or not his nine years in
school are about to reward him.
GS: “Howdy, Miss. I’m a GS,”
he says, casually flasing his sen
ior ring (class of ’64) through
the air.
Receptionist: “Glad to meet
you, GS. Can we help you?”
GS: “Well, I’ve been a GS for
five years now.”
Receptionist: “Oh, well have a
seat over there and we’ll be with
you in a minute.”
GS: “I'd rather not. You see,
five years ago today I took a
seat over there and I was just
wondering if I had been for
gotten.”
Receptionist: “You must be pa
tient. These things take time
sometimes, you know. Who would
you like to see?”
GS: “I want to see the Regis
trar!”
Receptionist: “Sorry. You can
see the Assistant Registrar, the
Associate Registrar, the Assistant
to the Assistant Registrar of the
Associate to the Associate Regis
trar but NO ONE sees the Regis
trar.”
GS: “I want to see the Regis
trar!! I know my rights, you
can’t push me around. I help pay
the bills around here. I am not
asking to see the Registrar, I am
demanding it,” he says as a sly
grin slowly crosses his face.
Receptionist: “Did you say you
WERE graduating?”
GS: “I want to see the Assis
tant Registrar.”
Once inside, the records of the
GS are examined and the courses
studied by the Assistant Regis
trar (known for the rest of this
column as the AR).
GS: “Well, AR, is everything
in order?”
AR: “I can’t seem to find your
degree plan in here.”
GS: “My degree what? ?”
AR: “Perhaps we should start
with first things first. By the
way, what is your major?”
GS: “What do I have the most
hours in?”
Once the few minor technical
ities are straightened out, the GS
leaves the office content in the
knowledge that in just a few
weeks he will be able to skip his
finals legally.
That is when phase two begins.
It is known as the letter or cor
respondence phase of graduating.
There are two types of letters
which leave the GS in a virtual
“Report to the Registrar im
mediately.”
When a GS is told to report to
the Registrar, he reports. When
a GS is told to report to the
Registrar immediately, he reports
immediately.
Now that the power has been
defined, it sure would be nice
to find out if the Registrar
really exists, or if he is merely,
in fact, a figment of the AR’s
imagination.
I Listen Up the bait forum
Editor:
Mr. Earl Rudder:
On behalf of my wife, my fam
ily, and myself, I wish to express
my gratefulness for the many
sympathies and condolences that
were extended to us by the fac
ulty, staff and student body of
Texas A&M University during
our recent bereavement.
We especially express our
deepest appreciation to Justino’s
“Aggie Buddies” at Milner Hall,
who not only send flowers and
cards, but offered 11 masses at
St. Mary’s Catholic Church in
memory of Justino. Our appre
ciation is also extended to Mr.
Don R. Stafford, Associate Dean
of Students, who informed us of
the Aggie “Farewell” given to
Justino by the campus of A&M.
We would also like to thank Mr.
Fred J. Benson, Dean of the En
gineering Department, who along
with their sympathies send flow
ers and cards. We thank the
Civil Engineering Wives Club
who also expressed their sym
pathy for the loss of our son.
Most appropriately we thank the
Student Body of Texas A&M for
the wreath of maroon and white
flowers that were sent for Jus
tino’s funeral on the 21st of Octo
ber.
Justino, Jr. was very proud of
being a student at Texas A&M
University. He felt it an honor
to be referred to as an “Aggie.”
Justino valued an education and
he chose A&M as the college to
further himself and to attain his
degree in Civil Engineering.
Words cannot describe his pride
in being an “Aggie.”
Now that Justino is gone, we
are reserving for you a future
“Aggie.” Our youngest son has
decided, for himself, that Texas
A&M University will be his
choice for receiving a college
education. Since he is just a
freshman in high school, he will
not be attending until, hopefully,
1974. He is contemplating the
thought of entering the engineer
ing department. We have another
son who will be graduating from
high school this coming May. As
of yet he has not completely
come to a final decision as to
what his choice of college will
be, although he has given thought
to Texas A&M.
I ask you, Mr. Rudder, that
you please convey to the faculty
and student body of Texas A&M
University of our warmest ap
preciation for all the acts of
kindness that were bestowed to
us in our recent hour of grief.
There is no way or manner in
which I can best describe our
emotional gratefulness and ap
preciation to you and your cam
pus. I personally assure you that
your sympathies, prayers, and
acts of kindness will not be for
gotten.
Justino D. Reza
Editor:
I was one of the Aggies who
upon entering Sbisa Dining Hall
last Thursday was greeted by a
series of cat calls, woops, and
accusations of homosexuality. My
longer than usual hair must have
some magical powers that pro
vokes vocal contempt from many
people. As a freshman I have
been here only three months, and
during these months I have been
treated with contempt by hun
dreds of people. I have been call
ed every possible name and
wooped at on a numerous occa
sions.
I can ignore verbal abuse, but
the contempt last Thursday did
not stop with words. A fellow (?)
Aggie faked an accident and
dumped a full glass of milk
squarely on top of my head. After
dumping one glassful on my
head, he continued his stumbling
act and spilled another glassful
on the floor nearby. It could not
have been an accident because
he made no effort to apologize,
and the milk dumped on my head
was such a direct hit that a
friend of mine sitting next to
me did not get a drop on him.
Active contempt for such an un
reliable indication of ideas as
appearance shows that many stu
dents are so narrow-minded that
the smallest suggestion of differ
ent ways of thought frightens
them to the point that they re
sort to animal woops, verbal
abuse, and baptisms by milk to
defend themselves.
Active contempt for simple
things like appearance breeds
contempt for new ideas. During
the October Moratorium a black
arm band and long hair provok
ed some Aggies to the point of
violence. When I wore a black
arm band, the people I talked
to first approached me with con
tempt, but after we discussed the
problems in Vietnam, many of
them were surprised that I was
not a wild eyed radical. My ap
pearance is an invitation to share
new ideas and is not a justifica
tion for a person’s contempt.
Robert W. Kieras
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state of shock. The first of these
has Selective Service printed in
the upper left-hand corner while
the second has the words Regis
trar Office occupying this space.
In the first letter received from
the Registrar, the GS is merely
informed as to how many hours
and grade points he needs to
graduate. It goes something like:
“If you pass your current load
of 25 hours (24 of which are
needed for graduation) with a
total of only 99 grade points
with 22 of those hours and 88
of those grade points coming in
your major, you will be eligible
for graduation at the discretion
of the Registrar.”
This warning must then be
signed by the GS and returned
to the Registrar IMMEDIATELY.
Once this is accomplished, there
is nothing to do until the second
letter, that most feared of all
memoranda, finally makes its
way into the hands of the GS.
It is a short and simple five
word statement. The power of the
awe-inspiring office leaps from
the sentence:
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