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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (June 6, 1973)
Page 4 College Station, Texas Wednesday, June 6, 1973 THE BATTALION Summer Freshman Orientation Conferences Begin THE B> Summer conferences are under way for new students who begin studies next fall at A&M. The two-day conferences con tinue twice a week through the summer. TAMU officials assist the new student with all academic place ment and orientation during the sessions. When the students com plete a conference, they know what courses they will take this fall, where their classes meet and Orders Now Accepted For Seedlings The minimum order accepted is for 500 seedlings of any one spe cies or genetic quality. Seedlings may not be used for ornamental or landscape plant ings. Tree seedlings for these pur poses can be obtained from com mercial nurseries, Cloud stated. Applications for seedlings, rec ommendations for planting and other information may be obtain ed from County Agricultural Sta bilization and Conservation Serv ice offices, Soil and Water Con servation Service area and dis trict offices, district and county Extension Service offices, and from the Texas Forestry Associ ation at Lufkin. Applications and other information may also be obtained from the Texas Forest Service districts and from the College Station office. A -L L. E N Oldsmobile Cadillac SALES - SERVICE “Where satisfaction is standard equipment” 2401 Texas Ave. 823-8002 WELCOME Summer Students to Casa Chapultepec Mexican Restaurant 1315 S. College, Bryan Students with I.D.’s will get 10% off on anything on the menu. where they will live, among other things. Two conferences of up to 200 students each are scheduled each week on Monday-Tuesday and Thursday-Friday. Wednesdays are reserved for credit examination. Conferences are conducted by a committee composed of represen tatives from all TAMU offices and services that work with entering students. The first six conferences, through June, are filled, noted S. Auston Kerley, Counseling and Testing Cfenter director. He said more than half of the Class of 1977 has made conference reser vations. “It is encouraging to have so many new students attend the conference this early,” Kerley added. He said one reason for the early turnout is that the conference is recommended to new and prospec tive students by current students. This year’s senior class was sum mer conference participants when they entered TAMU. Kerley said there is a “marked increase” in the number of new students taking the Wednesday exams for course credit. Another plus is the number of parents visiting TAMU during the conferences. “We average 150 parents per conference,” Kerley said. “That’s a very fine turnout. Over 2,000 will stay two days and two nights at their own expense this sum- Co While attending an informal orientation and sitting in on parts of the student conference, they gain understanding of TAMU programs, procedures and the grading system. “A college education is a size able investment which we want parents to understand as thor oughly as possible,” Kerley said. “We also feel the parent will re ceive information that will pre clude later problems.” Personal attention is the key factor of the summer conference, started by Texas A&M in the mid-1960s. By conferring with deans and department heads and registering in small groups, new students get individual attention. Housing, measurement for ROTC uniforms if the student will be in the Corps of Cadets and other details, such as purchasing or reserving fall semester booh, are also included. When the new student return Aug. 31, he need only pickuptij room key and attend a student life orientation to be ready for the fall semester. Returning students p re register ed for the fall semester in April. Delayed registration will be Aug, 27-31. Fall classes begin SepU Orders for pine tree seedlings are being accepted now by the Texas Forest Service for the 1973-74 planting season, accord ing to Mason C. Cloud, head, For est Environment Department, College Station. Seedling production has been increased about 20 percent this year, Cloud said, to provide for an expected increase in seedling demand. Texans are showing greater awareness of the impor tant part trees play in helping to alleviate pollution problems and improve the environment and this. Cloud claims, is creating an accelerated demand for seedlings. Although regular pine seedlings should be plentiful, the quantity of genetically improved seedlings will be very limited this next year. Seed collections at the Serv ice’s seed orchards and seed pro duction areas were small, Cloud stated, and only Bastrop drought- hardy loblolly and seed production area shortleaf pines seedlings will be available. A limited quantity of Virginia pine seedlings will be offered at the Indian Mound Nursery for the first time. This species is suitable for Christmas tree plantings, but plantings should be on a very small scale, Cloud suggested. Guidelines for planting and car ing for Christmas tree plantations are available at all Texas Forest Service district offices and from county agricultural agents. Prices of regular pine seedlings have been increased 50 cents per thousand trees due to higher ship ping and labor costs this year. Regular slash, loblolly and short- leaf pines will sell for $6.50 per thousand seedlings plus the 4% state sales tax. Bastrop drought- hardy loblolly and seed production area shortleaf pine seedlings will sell for $7.50 per thousand plus tax. Virginia pine seedlings will sell for $8.50 per thousand plus tax. All prices are FOB the In dian Mound Nursery near Alto. A commi could reduc age entrep India is tl study und' students in lege. The systt the studen' consist of ! work offeri educational dio and ne