Secretaries told which ‘doors’ to open
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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Wednesday, February 17, lil
A secretary’s job is a house
with many doors, some of them
should not be opened while the
opening of many others is essen
tial to success, College of Engi
neering Dean Fred J. Benson
claimed last weekend at the
thirteenth annual Seminar for
Secretaries.
“One door leads to office gos
sip,” Benson observed, “difficult
relations with individuals and the
art of playing people against
each other.
“This can be exciting and even
dangerous to one’s well being,
but it is seldom productive. It is
a door which once opened, is dif
ficult to close,” Benson said.
He told the 200 secretaries the
door to friendship and warmth is
opened by a “willingness to be a
decent human being at all times.”
Benson discussed the keys to
professionalism, claiming “too
many of us take a narrow view
of our jobs and have too little
confidence in our ability to han
dle a task.”
He advised the young secre
tary to continually seek the wid
est possible opportunity for va
ried experience in her job.
“One of the most important
aspects of a secretary’s position,
in my opinion, is that of develop
ing a real understanding of the
person for whom she works,” the
dean declared. “A thorough
knowledge of what makes that
person tick is an important door
to mutual success.”
Benson said an office’s reputa
tion reflects the warmth and
friendliness of the secretaries
within that office.
Mrs. Dorothy Faver presided
at the program sponsored by the
Bryan-College Station Chapter of
the National Secretaries Associa
tion.
Gen. A. R. Luedecke, A&M ex
ecutive vice president, gave the
welcome.
“The life of a real topnotch
secretary is an exciting one,”
Luedecke claimed. “She occupies
a job right next to the spot
where the action is.”
Ten office equipment exhibits
were featured during the meet
ing.
Dr. Raymond P. Witte, execu
tive vice president of St. Mary’s
Dominican College, New Orleans,
spoke on “I’m the Doorkeeper.”
Witte made fun of technologi
cal systems and emphasized the
importance of people i n any busi
ness organization.
“When asked what will we do
wlth aI1 the the computers
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He said the average person is
educated to think in generalities,
but to live in details. He added
communications is the most im
portant door in business.
The bigger a company or uni
versity becomes, Witte said, the
more unimaginative and dull peo
ple are hired. “Sooner or later
these dull people are promoted in
to policy-making jobs,” he said,
“forcing the organization to op
erate by the letter of the law,
not the spirit.”
Witte described increasing one’s
word power as a reduction in
communication. He said a Ph.D.
acquires a vocabulary of 120,000
words — meaning he probably
can converse intelligently with
another Ph.D.
3 urban projects
receive $92,000
Guests at the noon luncheon
included A&M President and Mrs.
Jack K. Williams.
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A&M has received through the
Coordinating Board, Texas Col
lege and University System, a
$54,000 grant for assistance in
solving problems associated with
growing urbanization, President
Jack K. Williams announced.
Grant funds are made available
on a matching basis through the
U. S. Office of Education under
provisions of the Community
Service and Continuing Educa
tion Program of the 1965 Higher
Education Act.
A&M is injecting $38,000 into
the three-project program, bring
ing total finding to $92,000.
Projects include continuing ed
ucation work with Model Cities
Agencies in eight Texas cities,
community transportation pro
grams and economic development
planning.
The model cities project, di
rected by Architecture Dean Ed
ward J. Romieniec, will involve
Laredo, Eagle Pass, Texarkana,
Waco, Austin, Edinburg, San An
tonio and Houston. It will sup
ply, on request, graduate stu-
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agency. Faculty assistance n
include seminars, technical adiii per cent c
and information clearinghoun,
Model Cities project funiiij
totals $50,000, of which io that to
is from federal funds.
Application of new technol|
to community transport* tellings a:
problems and planning will 1
enhanced in the second projM Ithough :
directed by Milton L. Radke, u
sistant research engineer inti ile in the
Texas Transportation Institiili
It will assist community Ma
through state and regional tu meting a
ferences, short courses, semkii
workshops and special investiji
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by $12,000 each from federalid
non-federal funds.
The third project will assist!!
ban leaders to plan necessaryd!
services and bond obligations!
aid in development of existing!
dustries and to attract newh
dustries. James R. Bradley,ha!
of the Industrial Economics
Research Division of the Tail
Engineering Extension ServiJpack and
directs the work.
Project members
with the Texas Industrial C®|somewhat
mission in selecting cities toll so long,
studied and assisted withw
nomic development program
The project is under {18,0 ^ i n th
funding, $12,000 from fedm
Fund awards
internship to
A&M junior
Roger P. Miller, junior j®
nalism student, has been nai»
recipient of a $700 scholars lover A<5
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In conjunction with the scM
arship. Miller has been givenli
opportunity to work as a
editor this summer on oneofth
nation’s leading newspapers, iover Ri<
Miller is the son of Mr, awoffthe i
Mrs. R. B. Miller Jr. of Hamiltm last yea
His father is publisher of I
Hamilton Herald-News.
The Newspaper Fund is si)
ported by Dow Jones and G
publisher of The Wall Sin
Journal, The National Obsera
and Barrons’ National Busina
and Financial Weekly.
Miller was one of 60 studeil
selected nationwide forthefunJ
top scholarships and copy-editi
internships.
This marks the second consei
tive year that a Texas A&M joi
nalism student has received sn
a scholarship. A similar awn
was made last year to David Mi
dlebrooke of Houston, who is
senior this year and serves I
editor of The Battalion.
Miller is vice president of ll
Texas A&M student body and
member of the university’s St!
dent Publications Board. He pi!
viously served as a staff mil!
for The Battalion.
He elected to serve his nil!
week internship on the Wici
Beacon, beginning June 28. Pii
to joining the Kansas paper, 1
will attend a three-week ceiH
in advanced copy-editing at tM
University of Nebraska.
Exes approve
$1 million-pli
budget Sunda
Officials of the Texas Ai!j
University Association of For*
Students approved a $1,049,11
budget for 1971 during the
nual Winter Council Meetii
here Sunday.
The budget included $599,121
from the unrestricted annual git
ing fund for individual scholai
ships, gifts to the university ai»
services to the university ani
former students. Restricted gift 1
by the donor are projected il
$45,000, including club and i|-
dividual scholarships, direct gift
and 10 President’s Endowe
Scholarships. _
Past-president James L. Sewe||
of Dallas gave the final repoi
on 1970 programs and presente
A&M President Jack K. Williaiti
$45,007.85 to close out the fisi
year.
Friday night the associatii
honored deans, providing each d
A&M’s 10 college deans with J2,'
000 for use in their colleges.
Sewell asked Dr. Williams taf
use $10,000 for president’s schtf
arships and the remainder ftf
research programs.