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THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1981
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rhree speakers tell 3,046 graduates to be bold
By TODD WOODARD
Battalion Staff
■> r A total of 3,046 graduating seniors and their
Bids and relatives heard three different
lakers Friday and Saturday in separate gra-
Stion ceremonies held in G. Rollie White
iliseum.
|At the first ceremony Friday afternoon,
liur Levitt Jr., president of the American
pck Exchange, told the members of the gra-
Ite, agriculture, science and veterinary
Idicine colleges that the spirit of adventure
, , , Stracterizing pioneer independence has
elorsde^ f( ]
mentionei ‘Today’s fail-safe society seems to have gen-
rest of (lit. fed a cult of mediocrity — a willingness to
rewards f fie for whatever life provides instead of ex-
fng every effort to get more, to reach the
finesa’ta l,” Levitt said.
iccial cum ur 8 e< ^ t ^ ie graduates to ‘ be bold. He
led, “Be brave enough to live life crea-
k ' ! ty‘
OKemoij fesajfjjob security is nothing when work
sonagetl, , omes meaningless drudgery. “There is no
Battalion:Lh thing as job security,” Levitt said, ex-
e beenheiftring that many aerospace engineers work-
nseethel |
ath studei
ing for NASA felt secure in their jobs in the
early 1960s. “There is only being able to do a
variety of things and being able to do them
better than others.”
Less than five hours later, Abilene Christian
University President-elect William Teague
told Class of’81 engineering, geosciences and
liberal arts students that their journey had just
started.
Former vice president for Kerr-McGee
Corp., Teague said that the graduates were
probably smarter than they gave themselves
credit for, and that the people they would be
working with soon are “dumber than you think
they are.”
He used a parable of flying in a friend’s plane
to illustrate his points of making plans, setting
goals and succeeding.
He told the graduates to keep their perspec
tives and not be dominated by nonsense and
postrums. “You are better equipped than
99.99 percent of all the people in the world,”
he said.
Saturday morning the first woman to
address a Texas A&M graduation ceremony
came to the podium.
Dr. Virginia Trotter, vice president of
academic affairs for the University of Georgia,
said that education is a process, not a destina
tion.
She carried the same themes as Levitt and
Teague, encouraging the group to “approach
the future boldly and imaginatively.”
Her 16-minute speech to the architecture,
business, education and Moody colleges ran
about five minutes longer than those of Levitt
and Teague.
“We cannot afford to let technology become
outmoded and outdated,” she said. “We need
the idealism and commitment of youth. ”
Of the 3,046 degrees awarded Friday and
Saturday, 87 were doctoral degrees, 283 were
master’s, and 2,676 were undergraduate. One-
hundred thirty seven seniors graduated sum-
ma cum laude, 218 magna cum laude and 346
cum laude.
Distinguished Alumnus awards presented
during the ceremonies went to R.A. Murray
Fasken and Clayton Williams Jr., both of Mid
land; C.E. “Pat” Olsen of Clifton and Joe Den
man Jr. of Diboll.
Class of ’39 member finishes
what he started at Texas A&M
A 62-year-old grandfather
said he had to bite the bullet
and take correspondence
courses from a rival university
to complete what he set out to
do more than 40 years ago —
graduate from Texas A&M Uni
versity.
“Hello, I’m Bill Burton,” he
told a group of young people
suiting out in caps and gowns in
preparation for commencement
Friday.
“I’m going to graduate with
you today — started school in
1935, but never quite finished.
I joined the Army instead. ”
The El Pasoan who graduated
with a bachelor of science de
gree in agricultural economics
started out as a member of the
Class of ’39.
Burton lacked only six hours
to complete his degree at Texas
A&M in 1939. Two years ago he
decided to finish the require
ments by taking correspond
ence courses from the Universi
ty of Texas at Austin.
“That didn’t matter,” he
said, “just as long as I got the
degree from Texas A&M.
Here’s where I started it and
here’s where I wanted to gra
duate.”
Burton took his final exami
nations this spring, but he said
his wife, five sons, one daughter
and four grandchildren never
kidded him about the delay.
Burton served in the armed
forces between 1941-46. After
serving as a hospital administra
tor for 30 years, he worked as
vice president of administration
for a business school in El Paso.
He presently works in the El
Paso County attorney’s office.
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5 candidates receive commissions
By TERRY DURAN
Battalion Staff
1 iDiscipline is a state of mind,”
^ 1 commandant of the U.S.
students. r ine Corps told Texas A&M
. y i; !P er candidates Saturday.
V 611 Gen. Robert H. Barrow,
rine Corps commandant and
mber of the Joint Chiefs of
Ef, was greeted with a standing
Ition as the guest speaker at
pmissioning exercises held in
jRollie White Coliseum,
arrow told the 95 officer can-
mcsasone;
student u
gwithgei
>f the stall
in the'
dent Pr. jj, ltes — 43 Army, 36 Air Force,
)f the Met e Navy and seven Marine
lebodfyirp ps— “How well you serve will
land up is determined at least in part by
;w is the sts v well you work with people. ”
cademid * arrow focused on what he said
ing area <e > perhaps the most important
e senator
a second
e best unii
re people
iat way.
— and the most misused and mis
understood —facet of leading peo
ple: discipline.
“Discipline,” he said, “is not
punishment; it is not harsh, it is
not an unreasonable curtailment
of freedom; it is not maintained by
force or fear.”
Rather, he said, “Discipline is
the heart and soul of every milit
ary service. It is the activating
spirit that makes the individual do
his best and more, to subordinate
personal desires for the common
good. It is the cause of teamwork,
sacrifice, pride, enthusiasm, effi
ciency and self respect. ”
Barrow said discipline in civi
lian and military organizations “is
often not that different” except in
degree.
However, he said, there are
three major differences in the
military: “If you object to an
order, you can’t just quit.” The
consequences of noncompliance
or failure could be grave and
perhaps measured in human lives,
he said, and military leaders must
work with unusual attention to
achieve and maintain discipline.
Before the officer candidates
received their commissions. Bar-
row charged them to “place hon
esty and moral integrity above all
else,” and to “be a leader, not just
another officer.”
Before Barrow spoke. Dr.
Charles H. Samson, acting presi
dent of the University, awarded
the W.T. Doherty Award to Cul
len H. Shiffrin, a petroleum en
gineering major from San
Antonio.
The Doherty Award, a certifi
cate and $3,000 check, is awarded
at each commissioning ceremony
to a senior of high moral character
and strong patriotism who has
been in the Corps for four years, a
senior who has won the trust and
admiration of both the Corps and
the University.
Shiffrin, an Air Force commis-
sionee, was the 1980-81 comman
der of the Combined Aggie Band.
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hi Theta Kappa to hold
ransfer orientation camp
By CATHIE FEIGHL
Battalion Reporter
['During conferences held this
immer at Texas A&M Universi
ty, transfer students will have the
g~f opportunity to attend a program
V similar to Student Y Fish Camp,
f The Texas A&M chapter of Phi
eta Kappa, a national honor
itemity for junior and commun-
colleges, will conduct prog-
is and activities for transfer stu
nts that have previously been
ailable only to incoming fresh-
at the Texas A&M Student Y
■ head” Camps each summer.
l I m L F>sh Camp is a four-day intro-
I knt |jfr c ti 011 to Texas A&M held at
n A S ’ - lakeview Methodist Assembly in
jDiem. 5l :jy est jne, Texas. Mixers, intra-
■am from [ |J ura i s an( j sm all group discus-
|s of movifiBons are some of the activities
;sics whidpiailable for the incoming
freshmen.
icia Berpfr Brown, president of Phi
Theta Kappa, said the present
mentation program for transfer
itudents, which is held on the
University campus, lacks the in-
depth look at the personal side of
Texas A&M found at Fish Camp.
article iD; “We went through the orienta-
about tki t jon program,” Brown said, “and
ncetobeliffhe only exposure we got to the
ne 8 andS opportunities for student activi-
ojngtosi* t* es ’ history and the traditions
°f Texas A&M, were three very
Ti ll tort speeches.”
I'd. i I one ant ^ a ^ a ^ or i en t a ~
3 listed Hi; jj on p ro g ram f or transfer students
iference. includes meetings and registra-
oftheSo'-tion an( J a 40-minute presenta-
of Univetf hon by the Department of Stu-
nen’sAsstf [
Texas m
formally 1 '' 1
n any way
:rrors.
dent Affairs on student life at
Texas A&M.
Junior Ritchie Priddy, a trans
fer student from Howard Junior
College, said that after his orienta
tion session he still felt lost.
“I knew about some of the tra
ditions and history of Texas A&M,
but I still felt left out because I
didn’t know anybody,” Priddy
said, “and I didn’t know about
many campus activities.”
Brown said Phi Theta Kappa
wants to conduct a program that
will introduce transfer students to
the history and traditions, the
organizations and unique atmos
phere at Texas A&M. He said the
program will be held in conjunc
tion with the University confer
ences, but Phi Theta Kappa mem
bers developed the program and
will be coordinating it themselves.
The transfer student orienta
tion program will be held before
the transfer conference begins at 3
p.m. on August 9. It will include a
mixer at the Memorial Student
Center August 8, and a three-hour
orientation session with speakers
addressing topics such as: adjust
ment to college life, student
opportunities and Texas A&M his
tory and traditions. Brown said
the speakers have not yet been
confirmed.
Also, Brown said, a yell prac
tice will be held at the Grove and
campus tours will be available to
the transfer students. All the acti
vities will be available free of
charge, he said.
A schedule of events is being
sent to the 300 students who will
be attending the new student con
ference blit it is not known yet
how many students will be attend
ing the session. Brown said. Stu
dents will be housed in the Com-
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