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THE BATTALION THURSDAY, APR. 15, 1976 Page 5 ?i Allen Academy !o-ed school offers small classes, stresses student leadership tell _ ^ are just! ; e they itution,, ‘tions, 1 to ai -xustliajfe, lever hA any \y his is the second of a two-part that w, es on the historic Allen Academy ntr< Iryan. In this story, Karen Ar- s ques ! ton ’ Christy Kelm, and Mark rule oi ta h e a looh at the people and veapi: ^ ra,ns at t ^ ie sc hool. —Ed. uopaij ll en Academy has 140 day ( ] ov lents—half of them female—and °f p er5 l®oardeis, but the student- o cross ; her ratio remains 15 to 1. The i the G ra § e c 'hiss numbers less than 20 aokainiM 8 - 3r Geof l ^ en President Roy T. Sheffield -uts in I he hopes to keep the school uld\v t llh with total enrollment below HarlioiS gramstlH is community needs a small thmikipte school and I’d like to keep ;ses around the 15 student level, said. dost of Allen’s students are from r, cas, although about 20 of its board V dents are from South America. en can boast of some famous Jnt Fnduates, among them Speaker of I at theHexas House, Bill Clayton, and N.Y. Blarke, former United States Vernierhassador to Australia. Kashin Army Capt. Steven C. High- of thelver, a 1968 graduate of Texas nman.JcM is in charge of the Junior Re- iltural (i'vJ Officers Training Corps at Al- Emki, ivhich has a storied history as a adentllitary school. rropost^H f stern S ?d the»B- CHARLIS BOUTIQUE chap!* 707 TEXAS PANTS 10% 846-9626 OFF One Week Only Monday - Saturday “Behind the oaks the sky burns gay and bold, where Allen color s not the dauntless Blue and Gold . . Allen Academy’s school song tells the stu dents’ story of a 50-acre campus in Bryan that is sprinkled with trappings of the military. NOW O PEN! Wilton Johnson’s Bar-B-Q it. Steven C. Hightower, a 68 graduate of Texas A&M, rects the Junior Reserve Of- ;ers Training Corps class- om instruction at Allen Aca- my. “We don’t try to run a boot camp here,’’ Hightower said. “We don’t even act as recruiters by encourag ing the cadets to enlist in the armed forces when they graduate from Al len. “We are concerned with teaching them citizenship and leadership for application in any job situation.” Hightower noted that ROTC en rollment is steadily increasing nationwide and that more women than ever are enrolling. Allen had a few day students in its Corps of Cadets last year including three females. There is only one female in the Corps this year. “We don’t push the military here, but the discipline seems tight to the new arrivals,” Hightower said. “There is a problem with resentment at first; a culture shock comes with the discipline to those students who haven’t been exposed to it.” All boarders are required to wear military uniforms and participate in drills, even though, they may not be involved in ROTC. The cadets drill two hours each Thursday and one hour a Saturday each month. “The cadets’ leisure time is not restricted, however, to drills and military-oriented activities,” High tower said. “We let them try to do as many things as they want. Many boys get to play varsity sports here, whereas they would be competing with many more athletes in public schools. ’’ Allen’s 50-acre campus in east Bryan includes brick dormitories, a student center, an indoor rifle range, a 600-seat dining hall, a hospital, a library and a laundromat. The academic portion of the school is housed in four main buildings. Lloyd Lietz, a senior journalism student at A&M and a 1970 Allen graduate, came to the military academy his sophomore year to at tend a U.S. school (his parents lived in Beirut, Lebanon) and to be in its military training program. At the time, Lietz was considering the mili tary as a career and spent two years in the Aggie Corps. I wa s hoping for a West Point appointment, but Allen was on pro bation my senior year,” Lietz said. “Allen was much more realistic in their attitudes and discipline than A&M is,” Lietz said. “At A&M you always did as you were told, but at Allen you were allowed to ask ‘why? ” Part of Allen’s prestige may be as sociated with its enrollment costs. Boarding students pay from $3,430 to $3,830 a year; day students pay from $1,040 to $1,360. Pre schoolers’ costs range from $230 to $400. 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