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..- *•<'•’ ! ';* 1 ■; iVV“ CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle Listen lip Student submits ‘want ad’ Editor: HELP WANTED—Large, thriv ing business needs person to or ganize traffic flow to handle eager customers. Present system or lack of system leaves situation totally unorganized with custom ers standing in long lines and wasting much time. Since our customers’ time is respected and we need the business of these people, better organization is im perative. Peak business periods occur in June and July, but better customer traffic equipment de sirable all during the year. QUALIFICATIONS — At least many- student cards in the four hours alloted. Surely the paying students’ time is of more value than shown by this bedlam. Name withheld The above letter is the only one we have received concern ing Monday’s summer school registration. In keeping with the letters policy stated in The Battalion’s masthead, the letter writer’s name was withheld by prior arrangement with the edi tor, for a good reason. See the editorial below. —Ed. THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Wednesday, June ARE YOU UNDER AGE 25? Auto Insurance at Manual Rates If your driving record is good (not perfect) Busiek - Jones Agency College Station Bryan 3523 Texas Ave. 846-3708 1055 Highway 6 So, (Homefinder Bldg.) 846-1614 Stricklin chosen by NSF to attend a 3rd grade education necessary, I*CSC3_rdl SCUllXlLtl* person must have some degree of “He says he’s going to study all night for the final exam tonight so he won’t have to study all night at the end of the semester!” common sense and sensitivity to feelings of both staff and clien tele. Knowledge of and experience in one or more of the following areas desirable: business manage ment, systems analysis, educa tional administration. A&M stu dents could easily qualify, as the situation is desperate. The above refers to the obvious total lack of thought, care, plan ning or understanding shown by the planning (?) and operation of the recent registration at Tex as A&M University. Total lack of organization and planning were rampant. The secretarial staff could not possibly process that Registration Long lines, short tempers, a crowded Duncan Dining Hall and temperatures in the 90s—these characteristics marked summer school registration Monday at A&M. An Aggie tradition, hurry up and wait, was matched by another long-standing custom around here, griping. As time went on and the 6,000-plus students kept getting hassled at each table, patience was in absentia. The only thing that kept things relatively calm in the pressure cooker was a welcome incentive—the daylight at the exit door. Complaints were heard everywhere, mistakes were made at the same places, and the setup planned by the Registrar’s Office was criticized far and wide. While several changes obviously need to be made before the next registration period a little over five weeks from now and some long-range changes should be planned, the thought that comes to mind is that it could have been much worse. This might come as a shock to those who stood for hours Monday, but it is possible. At least everything was under one roof. At Lamar University in Beaumont, registration takes place in five separate buildings. Also, the traffic flow at some places is not as logical as here. Personnel at the Registrar’s Office drew up a flow pattern, trying to eliminate bottlenecks. They ran into hindrances when several students, secured as part-time employes specifically for registration, didn’t show up for their jobs. Another obstacle is the university bureaucracy. Naturally, each group taking part in the registration proceedings wanted everything set up to their greatest convenience. Too many times, these folks didn’t realize that students had to go to stations other than the ones over which they were presiding. But, part of the blame must be placed upon the students themselves. Some didn’t know that just because they hadn’t gone here before they wouldn’t have card packets printed up. One bewildered Aggie was even overheard asking what day classes would begin. All that can happen now is for both sides to recuperate, gather forces again and make plans for second session registration. It all takes place again July 13. Good luck to all concerned—you’ll need it. Dr. James A. Stricklin of A&M has been selected by the National Science Foundation to attend a research symposium on Ameri- can-Japanese research at the Uni versity of California-Berkeley in August. NSF is sponsoring the leading 20 U. S. and 20 Japanese scien tists from universities and indus try for the one-week program beginning Aug. 14. The sympos ium is entitled “The Second U. S.- Japan Seminar on Matrix Meth ods of Structural Analysis.” Dr. Stricklin is the only re searcher selected from the South west. He also was honored with the responsibility of organizing the one-day session on non-linear analysis and will present the sur vey paper in that field. The aerospace engineering pro fessor’s research efforts at A&M include investigations on shells of revolution, structures employ ed in construction of a space sta tion and the deflection of the Apollo spacecraft leanding on water. NOW BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE. YOU MSC WILL BE PLEASED WITH THESE CARE r " ) FULLY PREPARED AND TASTE TEMPTING Cafeteria ^ FOODS. EACH DAILY SPECIAL ONLY $1.09 PLUS TAX. MONDAY EVENING SPECIAL BROILED BACON WRAPPED MOCK FILET STEAK GERMAN STYLE POTATOES Choice of one vegetable Rolls & Butter Tea or Coffee TUESDAY EVENING SPECIAL FRESH CORN FED CATFISH FILET w/TARTER SAUCE Cole Slaw Grandma’s Cornbread Choice of one vegetable Rolls & Butter Tea or Coffee WEDNESDAY EVENING SPECIAL CHICKEN FRIED BEEF STEAK w/CREAM GRAVY Choice of two vegetables Rolls & Butter Tea or Coffee TI ITALIAN CAND ^ SERVED WJ Parr choice You cannot bel IURSDAY EVENING SPECIAL DELIGHT DINNER — ITALIAN SPAGHETTI [TH SPICED MEAT BALLS AND SAUCE n h nesan Cheese - Tossed Green Salad ^<4°6% of Salad Dressing - Hot Garlic Bread vjE Tea or Coffee ieve you get, “The Whole Tiling,” for $1.09 ^ Cbe Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the student writers only. The Battalion is a non-tax- supported, non-profit, self-supporting educational enter prise edited and operated by students as a university and community newspaper. LETTERS POLICY Letters to the editor must be typed, double-spaced, and no more than 300 words in length. They must be signed, although the writer’s name will be withheld by arrangement with the editor. Address correspondence to l.isten Up, The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, Texas 77813. The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A&M, is published in College Station, Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and holiday periods, September through May, and once a week during summer school. MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association The Associated Collegiate Press Mail subscriptions are $3.50 per semester; $6 per school ill ig rate lumistied on reques The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, year; $6.50 per full year, sales tax. Advertisin AH subscriptions subject rate furnished on request. to 6% Address: Texas 77843. Members of the Student Publications Board are: ;ey, chairman; H. F. Eilers, College of Liberal Arts; White, College of Engineering - T ' > - A — I> — T - Jim Lindsey te. College of Engineering; Dr. Asa B. Childers, Jr., College of Veterinary Medicine; Dr. W. E. Tedrick, College of Agriculture; and Layne Kruse, student. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for reproduction of all news dispatchs credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. 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