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WEDNESDAY, APRILS, 1978
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Dr. Jarvis Miller, president of Texas A&M
University, signs a proclamation naming this
week as Agriculture Week at the University.
The week’s events will end Saturday with the
44th Annual Cotton Ball and Pageant. At-
Academic counseling
tending the signing ceremony are, left to
right, Dwayne Suter, Gene McAnelly, Mike
Humphrey, Tom Paterson, Dean H. O.
Kunkel, J. C. Cotton and Bobby Tucker.
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By VICKI WHORTON
About 20 percent of the freshman
class at Texas A&M University, ap
proximately 948 students, have a
grade point ratio below 2,0, accord
ing to the Academic Counseling
Center.
This figure applies to the
freshmen who entered Texas A&M
in the fall semester of 1977 directly
from high school. It does not in
clude special provision students,
transfer students, or students who
I waited a year or more before enter
ing college.
The percentage is not unusually
high when compared to previous
freshman classes, said Dr. Arthur L.
Tollefson, director of the Academic
Counseling Center, adding that the
pattern is much the same year after
year.
Thirteen percent of the sopho
mores had a GPR below 2.0 at the
end of the 1977 fall semester, said
Tollefson. By the time a student is a
junior or senior, Tollefson said, the
percentage goes down because win-
at9p: nowing takes during the first two
lenter, years.
Students who have a GPR below
2.0 aren’t necessarily on scholastic
probation, Tollefson said. That is
determined by the academic deans
on an individual basis.
Scholastic probation serves as a
warning system for the student, said
Tollefson, adding that it’s amazing
El Car; how many don’t heed that warning.
He said that many students feel that
Engel their probation is temporary and
tersheii they will not believe that they actu
ally could be suspended. This keeps
them from taking sensible action, he
said.
It’s a kind of culture shock when a
freshman enters college, said Tollef
son. The student leaves a protective
ordinal ^ home where, in many cases, he was
pushed into studying by his parents,
to a world where he has no one look
ing over him, he said.
“You just have to adapt,” Tollef
son said. The hardest thing for a
freshman is to learn discipline, he
continued. Freshmen have to make
a big adjustment, and those with a
0111SW ' GPR b low 2.0 need to learn how to
study, he said.
The University does have help for
these students. One such help pro
gram comes from the Academic
Counseling Center.
According to Tollefson, the func
tion of the center is to help the stu
dents adjust to realities.
The center offers “Academic Sur
vival Programs.” One of these is the
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ACE is an experimental program
set up for freshmen who enter Texas
A&M and quickly find themselves
on scholastic probation. At the be
ginning of this semester, all
academic advisers received an an
nouncement about the ACE pro-
s pc
however, and the center randomly
picked 150 freshmen on probation
and invited them to participate in
ACE. Thirty-five percent of those
invited responded.
The program helps the students
identify their problem areas, said
Dr. Betty Mayfield, a center coun
selor. Most often students don’t
realize how little they study, said
Mayfield. ACE tries to help stu
dents budget their time and set
priorities. During the meetings, the
students talk about their problems
and give support to one another,
said Mayfield.
The feedback from the group has
been very positive, Mayfield said.
When asked whether or not they
wanted to continue meeting, most
of the students said yes.
The strange thing about this pro
gram, said Tollefson, is that most
academically troubled students
don’t come even when they are in
vited.
Tollefson said it’s a dilemma of
how to invite students, and if reluc
tant people are brought in, coopera
tion usually isn’t good. Tollefson
said center personnel would rather
have people come in on their own.
For students having scholastic
problems, Mayfield suggested se
eing a counselor at the Academic
Counseling Center, located in room
107 of the Academic Building.
“There’s plenty of time for fun
and study,” Mayfield said. “You just
have to get organized.”
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By CONNIE BURKE
When Rhapsodic Espagnole was
first conducted in 1908, the audi
ence hissed after the second move
ment. The composer, Florent
Schmitt, shouted from the balcony,
“Play it again for the people down
stairs who didn’t understand it.”
Tuesday night there were no his
ses when the Dallas Symphony Or
chestra performed Rhapsodic Es
pagnole in the style of traditional
Spanish music. The Rudder Au
ditorium concert was sponsored by
the Opera and Performing Arts So
ciety.
Eduardo Mata, conductor of the
Dallas Symphony Orchestra, per
formed magic as he waved his ba
ton. As soon as he lifted his baton, a
soft, steady, slow rhythm of violins
hypnotized the audience.
Mata conducted with a flair that
demonstrated complete control of
the orchestra.
The orchestra performed the sec
ond movement of the Rapsodic, the
Malaguena, which is a Spanish
dance. The third movement per
formed was a Cuban dance titled
Habanera. The suite ended with a
long and flowing movement called
Feria (“The Fair”). The piccolos in
this piece were very good.
The “Four Dance Episodes from
the Ballet, RODEO” was the high
light of the evening. The four
episodes were extracted from Agnes
de Mille’s “cowboy ballet.”
The first episode, “Buckaroo
Holiday,” employed polyrhythms
suggestive of a “Charleston” origin.
The movement was lively and con
tained much variety. The symphony
Fairy tale magic
orchestra jumped right into the
melody, which characterized horse
galloping and “cowboy” music.
The third episode, Saturday
Night Waltz, had an unusual intro
duction. It projected a string or
chestra in the process of “tuning
up.” The final movement Hoe-
down, portrayed some square dance
tunes.
The symphony orchestra con
cluded with Symphony in D Minor
which is divided into three parts:
Lento-Alegro non tropps. Alleg
retto, and Allegro non troppo. The
symphony orchestra handled the
constant shifting harmonies well. It
made smooth transitions, and the
melodies that recurred throughout
the work unified the movements.
The melody was carried out
smoothly by violinists who played
the finale triumphantly.
If the audience expected the sec
ond half of the program to be lively,
then they were disappointed. The
Symphony in D Minor did not offer
much variety or liveliness. How- '
ever, it offered the audience a
chance to forget their worries and
relax to the humming violins.
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Directed by Dr. Robert Wenck,
this production will close the 32nd
theater season of Texas A&M’s
Aggie Players.
The story, which takes place im
mediately after the Revolutionary
War, concerns Rip Van Winkle, his
extensive nap and the consequences
resulting from his absence. The
legend has all the elements of a good
fairy tale: elves, magic spells and an
evil villain.
Chuck McDaniel, a senior from
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Steve King, a senior from Waco,
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