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LS ome students t i Mid-Tex ami! ryan. have been able ■d Telemetry, ire placed on is run on his® lioed to Benia al in Housti waits to give n is being tn Indents prepare for real world THE BATTALION THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1977 Page 5 Realistic grading causes failures By KARIN KNAPP (me students think their profes- iare trying to flunk them out. Issors say they are trying to Jare students for the real world. “Rumor got to the Faculty Advi- 1 Committee through the Corps lit has become official university |y to flunk out more people,” on D. Stolle, associate profes- f accounting at Texas A&M ions include: Mersity, said. “We made it clear m by the Ameffithis would not be tolerated, but sic Cardio PiiluBe same time the faculty im- (CPR) ceimJed,” he said. Certification Stolle, an undergraduate advisor recussitationi the accounting department, said id the Heart culty quality has gone up and quality has gone up with it. the four-bi ■nt is permitted MT test. Wi are certified el idler said. “This has had the apparent effect of increasing the distribution of lower grades in a class,” he said. Dr. Larry Pointer, head of the ac counting department, said the de partment is making an effort to grade seriously. “The grading system is not trying to reduce the number of accounting majors,” Pointer said. “I think the grading is realistic,” he said. Pointer said realistic grading is especially necessary in intermediate accounting courses, such as 327 and 328. “Intermediate accounting sepa rates the sheep from the goats,” Pointer said. “This is the first real accounting course, where students really get into problems,” he added. Pointer said the need for ac countants is expanding, but stressed that students must be able to do the work well. Prof. Walter S. Manning, as sociate professor of accounting, said courses must be rigorous so stu dents can compete for jobs. Man ning, who has been with Texas A&M for 36 years, said that the dif ficult courses are paying off for many Aggies, some of whom go on to work for one of the big accounting firms. “We consider A&M to be one of our prime sources of people,” Raymond Terrell, an accountant with Arthur Anderson & Co. in Houston, said. Terrell said Aggies receive a fine background and it is a good thing courses are toughening U P- “If somebody’s going to go to school and pay money for an educa tion,” Terrell said, “then they might as well get the best education possi ble.” Stolle said students should not be allowed to pass through such courses as accounting 327 and 328, as did many students several years ago when teaching assistants taught the courses. This change has bene- fitted students, Stolle said. “It really turns off a firm when grades get too high, ” Stolle/aid. t \udist resort attracts families n the Town b l STEVE MARTAINDALE zes in AttitudttWK . i i r j ■ere is a lake tor canoeing and a M stocked for fishing. People are Bathing and playing tetherball ■the kids are in the playground. Bat Nudist World they are all M. ■he activities are much the same pose at a church picnic except I people are nude and not illies Washingin Gained of their bodies,” Jim Chase ys| of the resort he and his wife icd a few weeks ago. Nudist World is located one mile •ctender BUMS >ht Music ital Roll e Days in L'ngW nk Music Anywhere Friend of Savoy Brown Hits ies Boys in the Bunt y Train Itagepass north of Plantersville (population 212) on F.M. 1774. Plantersville is located in Grimes County, east of Navasota. The resort was officially opened the second weekend in March, but the organization, American Naturist Federation, Inc., is three years old. “My wife and I and our family — we have three kids — formed the club some three years ago while we were in Houston,” Chase said. “We and several other families had to jmnist to jump on Great Pyramid United Press International S MOINES, Iowa — George en, the man who once taught a aroo to bounce on a tram- e, is taking his act to Egypt. jissen, 63, the inventor of the lipoline, and his entourage will pon top of one of the seven won- ers of the world — the Great James Kilgore If a t Giza, during the lr® Hers. Ifs ah part of a goodwill trip to onstrate the trampoline and nasties to the Egyptians. ver porters he wait] igs of the Hei| eon, Calif, I :g the trial. >urt took thee latest project was laid 150 years ago, when Napoleon Bonaparte had the pointed top of the pyramid blown off, leaving the top level and square — about 30-by-30 feet, a perfect platform for a trampoline. Nissen invented the trampoline in 1937 and turned his brainstorm into a highly profitable business. He now runs Nissen Corp. in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, which last year sold $15 million worth of gym nastics equipment. drive some 300 miles to get to a re sort. Houston is one of the few large cities in the country that does not have a nudist resort.” The 131-acre tract near Plan tersville was chosen because of its beauty and seclusion, according to Chase. He said the resort is about half a mile from the road with heavy vegetation separating the two. Chase stressed that the resort is not a “dirty place” where people come to glare at others’ bodies. “When a person signs, we make it clear there is absolutely no public sexual contact or discussion. There is no profanity or vulgarity. Here you will hear people apologize for saying ‘damn.’” It is very much a family resort also, according to Chase. Of the ap proximately 900 members, only about 110 are single. Included are about 350 children. Chase said. The resort also tries to maintain a bal ance between the single men and women. The most obvious effort at this is evident in membership fees. Single men must pay $300 for membership hen you get a reputation of ig a screwball you have to do ething kind of screwball to keep reputation,” said Nissen, who ed his reputation in part by ling a kangaroo in the art of the poline. ie groundwork for Nissen’s iar dryer r only $3.50 i] United Press International Patricia a “solar” Jhes dryer for $3.50. 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For reservations call toll free: 800-228-2828. cw while families get in for $150 and single women for $50. “More single men than single women want to join,” Chase ex plained. “And, if there were too many single men, others wouldn’t want to bring their wives and families. There are about 58 single men and 52 women here now.” The club has gained about 50 members since the resort opened. “Right now we re the fastest growing nudist organization in the country, in spite of the fact we’ve just opened. But we only had about 200 members a year ago and we re up to about 900 now.” He added that although most of the members are from Houston, they are not just big-city folks, and they come from all walks of life. There are also some 20 to 30 mem bers from the Bryan-College Station area, Chase said. The resort does not have the entire community approval, though, according to Chase. “The law is definitely on our side,” he said. “What you do on your own property is your business. There were some petitions going around, but they were meaningless since they couldn’t do anything. Af terwards, though, we even had some people come and apologize.” Ask About Our FREE SUMMER STORAGE Aggie Cleaners 111 College Main Picture of a man about to make a mistake He’s shopping around for a diamond “bargain,” but shop ping for “price” alone isn’t the wise way to find one. It takes a skilled professional and scientific instruments to judge the more important price determining factors — Cutting, Color and Clarity. As an AGS jeweler, you can rely on our gemological train ing and ethics to properly ad vise you on your next im portant diamond purchase. Stop in soon and see our fine selection of ^ems she will be proud to wear. MEMBER AMERICAN GEM SOCIETE STvjr'/ Dr. Ronald A. Schorn, associate professor of physics at Texas A&M, agrees that grade inflation hurts job chances. Schools that let students slide through soon lose credibility with employers, he said. “The idea that everyone should pass is fruitless,” Schorn said. “Rum-dumbs don’t get hired,” he added. Schorn teaches physics 350, which is basic astronomy, a popular elective course. Many students enroll thinking it is an easy course. “It’s the hardest snap course here,” Schorn said, although he admitted he grades electives easier. He added that few students actually flunk the astronomy course because they Q-drop it or start studying after the first test. Schorn said physics 201, 202, 218 and 219 are supposed to be difficult. If grades are inflated, he said, no one will get jobs because employers know a school’s grading reputation. “Students don’t realize that em ployers talk to each other,” Schorn said. “An image can be ruined in a very short time: one week,” he warned. 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