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Dr. Hensarling
“A surplus of teachers is a
distortion,” claims Dr. Paul R.
Hensarling of A&M. “Reality is
a shortage of teachers who will
go where jobs are.”
Director of Teacher Placement
Services (TPS) at Texas A&M,
Hensarling takes issue with the
much-publicized idea that there
are far more teachers than jobs.
He said an excess of teachers
is found in Texas' metropolitan
areas, but not at cited propor
tions.
Hensarling maintains the sur
plus is partly on paper, because
a teacher seeking a new position
applies at more than one school
and gets counted more than once.
He estimates the distortion as
high as 10-to-l.
The TPS director surveys the
market on a national basis for
college and public school teach
ing, administrative and specialty
positions. He also determines the
.desires and qualifications of pros
pective employees and tries to
fit them together. TPS surveys
Texas twice a year. Out-of-state
vacancies are solicited every other
year.
Hensarling noted statistics can
be made to justify surplus teach
er claims, if human factors va
riables are ignored.
To illustrate the point, the
TAMU educational administration
professor related some common
conditions placed on employment
by TPS-listed teachers.
“About 75 per cent of our reg
istrants prefer jobs in Texas,”
Hensarling said. “Over half of
these have specific places or areas
where they will or will not go.”
Many are restricted by “where
my husband is employed,” “near
my aging parents” or “close
enough to the university so I can
finish my next degree.”
Additionally, he runs into “I
have a farm (or ranch) in that
area,” “I can't take cold weath
er,” “big city life is not for me”
and preference for “a large sys
tem where there is opportunity
for advancement.”
One unique stipulation was
“within 75 miles of Austin, or
overseas.”
Hensarling contended he could
place everyone on his public
school list in Southwest Texas,
but for such restrictions.
Teacher specialization is also
a factor. He believes college and
university educators should coun
sel student teachers about it.
Many unsuccessful job seekers
teach history, social studies, sci
ence and English, which are over
supplied.
“Teacher education should in
clude counseling toward special
education, reading, career educa
tion, vocational-technical educa
tion and early childhood educa
tion,” he said. “These are now
flourishing and in demand.”
The State Board of Education
in recent review of the Texas
State Plan for Vocational Educa
tion in fiscal year 1974 found
that there will be 191,000 vacan
cies for trained workers in blue-
collar jobs. Projections show that
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Vol. 67 No. 262
College Station, Texas Wednesday, May 30, 1973
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Summer School Registration Monday;
7,000 Students Expected To Enroll
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Over 7,000 students are ex
pected to enroll at A&M when
registration begins at Duncan
Dining Hall Monday, according
to university registrar Bob Lacy.
Registration activities will be
gin at 7 a.m. in Duncan’s East
Wing for all enrollees with sur
names A through G. All those
surnames from H through O will
register at 8:30 and from P
through Z will sign up at 10.
Lacy also announced that the
East Wing of Duncan will be
open earlier for those who wish
to secure card packets and get
in line for academic approval lo
cated in the West Wing which
begins at 7.
After securing card packet
with departmental approval, stu
dents then report to G. Rollie
White Coliseum where fee assess
ing, housing accommodations,
food services, campus security
and packet tum-in operations
will take place. Day student per
mits must also be secured there.
Registration activities at Dun
can will cease at noon but oper
ations at G. Rollie White will
continue until all students have
been taken care of at approxi
mately 2 p.m.
Late registration starts at 8
a.m. Tuesday and Thursday, June
7, will be the final day for regis
tering for the first session of
summer school. Late registration
will be held in the foyer of the
Richard Coke Building where in
structions will be given as to
where students must report to
complete the task. A fee of $4
is charged for late completion.
All students not enrolled at
A&M during the spring semester
must report to the Registrar’s of
fice in the Richard Coke Building
if permission to register has
not been secured in advance of
registration day.
Juniors and seniors in the Col
leges of Agriculture, Architecture
and Environmental Design, Edu
cation, Engineering, Geosciences,
Liberal Arts, and Science must
have their assignment cards
initialed by the heads of their
major departments before the
cards are presented to their deans
for approval.
All students in the College of
Agriculture and Engineering who
have attained junior standing or
above must have their approved
degree plans when presenting
their assignment cards to their
deans for approval.
Any course may be withdrawn
from the Summer Session sched
ule in case the number of regis
trations is too small to justify
offering the course.
Graduate Students entering for
summer school only must have
two complete, official transcripts
which indicate all degrees con
ferred and dates on which they
were conferred. For full admis
sion, a grad student must have
an official aptitude test score
plus transcripts.
The normal amount of work a
students may carry in a five
and one-half week summer term
is six semester hours (or seven
if part is lab). Hours in excess
of a normal load may be author
ized in certain cases by the stu
dent’s dean in conformance with
the limitations that apply during
the academic year. For the en
tire summer session, the maxi
mum number of permissible is 15
hours.
All motor vehicles operated
on university property must be
registered in the Office of the
University Police no later than
48 hours after their arrival on
the campus. Students driving
motor vehicles on campus must
pay a registration and parking
fee of $4 for the Summer Session
and park in assigned areas.
Resident student tuition is four
dollars per credit hour with the
A&M Brass Cited
By Col. Parsons
Benjamin R. Schlapak, associate
professor of military science, has
been promoted to lieutenant col
onel in the Army.
Seven other TAMU military
personnel were also recognized.
Lt. Col. Thomas L. Avant, Lt.
Col. Harold S. Barker Jr., Maj.
Michael R. Hamm, Maj. Glen E.
Wearden, Capt. Edward C. Schillo,
Sgt. Maj. John R. McDonald and
Sgt. l.C. Jesse M. Bowman are
completing assignments at TAMU.
Col. Thomas R. Parsons, com
mandant, presented the depart
ing personnel with plaques at
ceremonies honoring them.
Capt. Michael T. Thomas, who
is also leaving TAMU but was not
present at the ceremony, received
a plaque.
Colonel Parsons pinned on
Schlapak’s new rank. He also
presented Schlapak the Army
Commendation Medal for “merit
orious service” as associate pro
fessor of military science and ad
visor to the TAMU Student Post
of the Society of American Mili
tary Engineers.
The citation accompanying the
Army Commendation Medal refer
red to Schlapak’s “profound and
unparalleled success in motivat
ing, counseling, and molding ca
dets into officers.” Schlapak, a
Norwich graduate who also holds
bachelor’s and master’s degrees in
civil engineering from TAMU,
will join a Special Forces group in
Okinawa. He came to TAMU in
August 1971.
Colonel Parsons also presented
V
Sgt. Maj. McDonald the Meritori
ous Service Medal. The citation
accompanying the medal said Mc
Donald’s “enthusiastic application
of military and professional
knowledge, pride in accomplish
ment, and ability to produce re
sults of the highest caliber reflect
great credit upon himself and
the military service.”
total of such charge not to be
less than $25 per summer term.
Nonresident students pay $40
per credit hour. Any nonresi
dent student who was enrolled for
the spring semester of 1971 may
continue to enroll at the same
tuition rate that was effective at
the time of his original enroll
ment.
Student Services fee is re
quired of all s t u d e n t s. A stu
dent registered for four or more
hours must pay $9 and stu
dents enrolled for three or less
must pay $4.
This fee covers medical service
at the University Hospital and
student recreation and activities.
The Building Use fee is re
quired of all students and is to
cover bonded indebtedness in
curred for the expansion, air-
conditioning and rehabilitation of
the Memorial Student Center, G.
Rollie White Coliseum, Library,
Auditoriums and Kyle Field. The
cost is $14.25.
The Student Center Complex
fee is required of all students for
operating, maintaining, improv
ing and equipping the Student
Center Complex. The cost is $5.
New and old returning students
residing in a University residence
hall during the summer session
are required to make a deposit
of $75 in order to reserve a room.
Of that total, $45 will be applied
as a deposit against damage and
breakage.
All students are required to
make a $10 property deposit
which will be refunded upon Uni
versity policy.
Room renj; in Krueger-Dunn
(Women) is $97, other air-condi
tioned rooms are $60.50 and non
air-conditioned rooms are $41.25.
All quoted prices are for double
occupancy.
Identification cards issued dur
ing the 1972-73 Session will be
used for the 1973 Summer Ses
sion. Those students who do not
have such a card will be issued
one for $1.
Laundry fees must be paid by
all students living in residence
halls.
Any student withdrawing offi
cially during the first week of
classwork will receive a refund of
one-half the tuition fee and after
the first week, no refund will be
made. No refund of the student
services, building use, Student
Center Complex, or laboratory
fees will be made after the sec
ond day of class work.
The average cost per resident
living in a dormitory is $321.50
for the first semester.
Final examinations are sched
uled for July 10-11.
Grove
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Relaxation and entertainment
for A&M summer students fea
tures an “amble in the park” op-
proach.
Movies under the stars in the
Grove, dances, “42” tournaments
and other unhurried, informal ac
tivities are planned by the Me
morial Student Center Summer
Directorate.
The MSC also plans a picnic,
swim party, chess and bridge
competitions, hikes and overnight
camping.
Patrons will get a double dose
of nostalgia in Grove Theater pre
sentations. Film classics every
Thursday will feature W. C.
Fields, Charlie Chaplin, Buster
Keaton, Laurel and Hardy, Ru
dolph Valentino and the Marx
Brothers.
Wednesday will be horror night,
with several Vincent Price thrill
ers and Dracula-type movies bill
ed.
Grove movie scheduling also
dips into the film bin for recent
greats in a schedule that starts
with summer classes June 5 and
runs through Aug. 14. Open dates
are on July 3 and 4 and July 9-12,
at the end of the first summer
session.
Grove billing will include “The
Green Berets,” “Bonnie and
Clyde,” “Son of Paleface,” “Fail
safe’ and “Cat Ballou,” among
others.
Grove manager Rich McHenry
said TAMU students are admit
ted on their ID cards. Admission
for others is 50 cents per adult
and 25 cents for a child under 12
IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN—After almost a month of
empty parking lots, deserted buildings and vacated dormi
tory rooms, students will be pouring in getting ready for
summer school registration. Registration begins Monday
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at 7 a. m. in the East Wing of Duncan Dining Hall. Over
7,000 students are expected for the first term. (Photos
by Peter Leabo)
years of age. Show time is 8:30
p.m. daily. A short will precede
each movie.
Double features are scheduled
June 20 and Aug. 1. The vintage
movie about Texas A&M, “We’ve
Never Been Licked,” will follow
“House of Max” June 20. A
Claude Rains and Bela Lugosi
thriller, “The Wolfman,” will be
the first show Aug. 1.
Annex Pool
Now Open;
No Charge
The swimming pool at the Re
search Annex is now open for use
by TAMU students and faculty,
announced Dr. Carl W. Landiss,
head of the Health and Physical
Education Department.
The pool is open from 3 to 9
p.m. Tuesday though Friday and
from 1 to 9 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday. It is closed Monday.
The pool is located at the old
Bryan Air Force Base on East
Highway 21. Four guests per
student-faculty member are eli
gible to pool usage.
Admission is free at the annex
pool, Dr. Landiss noted.
Weather
WEDNESDAY—Clear to partly
cloudy. Warm. Southeasterly
wind. High 86, low 65.
THURSDAY—Clear to partly
cloudy. Warm. High of 83.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
Adv.
114,500 trained aspirants should
be produced through state occu
pational courses. Of those, 62,300
will come from public school oc
cupational education program.
“We have no problems we can’t
solve,” Hensarling stated. “In
fact, the future looks brighter for
full employment of well-qualified
teachers.”
Recently announced TEA fig
ures support him. The agency in
dicated that 14,500 emergency
teaching permits were issued or
renewed last year.
He sees two trends in teacher
employment. Schools are able to
be more selective and are placing
more emphasis on first interviews
on campus. He also thinks atti
tudes of prospective teachers are
changing toward more geograph-
ically-liberal selection of employ
ment.
“The combined conditions should
improve the whole educational es
tablishment,” Hensarling said. “In
the final analysis, that’s the com
mon goal of educators and par
ents.”
TPS is a service division of
TAMU’s College of Education. It
is available, though, to students
and graduates of other disciplines
who plan teaching careers. The
TPS works cooperatively with the
TAMU office of Placement and
Corporate Support. The service is
located on the second floor of the
new office and classroom building,
with other College of Education
departments.
ON YOUR MARK—Over 700 entrants were on hand
last weekend for the Texas A&M Long-Course j Invitational
swim meet held at Wofford Cain Olympic Pool. In that
age group meet, 321 heats were run. See story page 6.
(Photo by Peter Leabo)
Millionth T elephone
Placed Here Today
General Telephone Company of
the Southwest today celebrated
the installation of its one millionth
telephone in ceremonies at the
university’s new Continuing Edu
cation Conference tower.
L. Gray Beck, president of Gen
eral Telephone of the Southwest
with headquarters in San Angelo,
marked the milestone with the
presentation of a black leather
Chestphone to Dr. Jack K. Wil
liams, Texas A&M University
president.
Following the installation, Beck
and Williams placed a call to
Cong. Olin E. (Tiger) Teague.
The one millionth phone was
installed by Edwin L. Wiederhold
on the first floor of the building.
A plaque mounted on top of the
telephone denotes it as the one
millionth.
“We are extremely proud that
this telephone, which marks such
a significant milestone in the
growth of our company, will be
come a part of the vast and com
plex communications system pro
vided by General Telephone at
Texas A&M,” Beck said.
In addition to Beck, company
officials on hand for the mile
stone celebration were Charles A.
Crain of San Angelo, vice presi
dent-operations; R. Rex Bailey,
Southern Area general manager
of League City, and B. A. Erwin,
Bryan Division manager.
Bailey, former Bryan division
manager, said the selection of
TAMU as the site for the one
millionth telephone installation
was appropriate since the Bryan-
College Station area and the uni
versity have helped the company
reach the milestone through ex
pansion and growth.
“We installed our 750,000th
telephone in December 1968 in the
Dallas-Fort Worth area,” Bailey
explained. “Earlier that same
month, the A&M Centrex system
began operations, adding 5,500
telephones to our communications
network.
“This installation helped us
reach that milestone in our
history and I feel it is only fitting
that the one millionth telephone
be installed on the university
campus that helped us reach that
750,000th telephone.”
Erwin pointed out that in less
than five years, the university
communications system has in
creased to a total of 6,888 tele
phones for a 25 per cent increase
since 1968.
The local manager also pointed
out that the telephone growth in
surrounding College Station in
creased 10.7 per cent during 1972
and for the past 16 months has
averaged over 150 new telephones
a month.
College Station had 21,200 tele
phones in service on April 30.
Bailey concluded, “We know
the Bryan-College Station area is
one of our better growth areas.
With the industrial growth and
possibilities of this area, and with
the expansion and close working
cooperation of Texas A&M and
this area, we believe a more rapid
growth will continue.”
During the ceremony, Beck re
viewed the growth of General of
the Southwest since its beginning
in 1926.
“In 47 years we have witnessed
tremendous internal growth,
which when combined with sev
eral acquisitions, has made it
possible for us to reach this im
portant milestone in our history,”
he said.
General grew from 7,000 tele
phones in 1926 to over 100,000 by
1950, an increase of 93,000 in 24
years. The large growth began
in the 1950s when General more
than doubled the 100,000 tele
phones in service at the beginning
of the fifties.
By 1957, General served 247,447
telephones in five states, an aver
age gain of 21,064 telephones per
year for the seven year period
beginning in 1950. Three years
later, the company installed their
300,000th telephone at the Alumi
num Company of America Plant
at Point Comfort, tripling the
number of phones during the
1950’s.
Five years later, on January
12, 1965, General installed the
400,000th telephone in ceremonies
in the Garland (Texas) Memorial
Hospital.
Institute Set
More than 20 persons will par
ticipate in A&M’s Intensive Eng
lish Language Institute this sum
mer.
Major C. Quinn and T. H. Wil
liams will instruct foreign stu
dents in the English language
from May 29 to Aug. 15. Quinn
is an instructor in modem lan
guages at TAMU and Williams is
a lecturer in modern languages
and assistant dean of the College
of Liberal Arts.
The course includes classroom
work with two English texts and
field trips to provide practical
knowledge.
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