The Rattler (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, February 13, 1959 Page: 2 of 12
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THE RATTLER
Friday, February 13, 1959
TOP MAN ON CAMPUS
Almaraz Does First Class
Job as Student Leader
Felix Almaraz, 25-year-old sen-
ior from San Antonio, has been
selected as February’s Top Man
on Campus.
In scholarship Felix has a B-
plus average for the past three
year’s and is a member of the
Delta Epsilon Sigma, a national
scholastic honor fraternity. Even
the key position of president of
the student council does not deter
him from being parliamentarian-
historian of the Louis J. Kocurek
chapter of the Texas Student
Education Association and a
member of Pi Gamma Mu, the
national social science fraternity.
Felix has served three years
in the army, during which time
he saw much of the Pacific area.
After two years at San Antonio
College, he transferred to St.
Mary’s. He will obtain a B.A. de-
gree in history in the spring of
1959. He specialized in Latin
American history and intends to
get his master’s and perhaps a
doctorate.
Teaching at the secondary level
will be the starting point for him.
If presented with the opportun-
ity, he would like to return to an
instructor’s position at St. Mary’s.
A graduate of South San An-
tonio High School, Felix holds
Board of Governors
Adds Six Members
The installation of six new
members to the StMU Board of
Governors was held Jan. 29 in the
StMU cafeteria. Jack J u d s o n ,
chairman of the board, presided
over the meeting.
The following new members
were elected: Martin Goland, vice
president and director of South-
west Research Institute; Wilson
Harkins, Jr., Refugio rancher;
Charles O. Kilpatrick, executive
editor of the San Antonio Ex-
press and News; Maj. Gen. T. C.
Odom (ret.); Clyde Shannon,
president of Alamo National
Bank; and Mrs. John J. Sheerin
of San Antonio.
The election of officers was
also held at the January meeting
with the following being elected:
Jack Judson, re-elected chairman;
Jack Ammann, executive commit-
tee; Col. Charles Cheever (ret.),
chairman of the development
committee; Brig. Gen. A. B.
Crother, chairman of the man-
agement committee ; and Mr.
Louis Kocurek, secretary.
The meeting was closed by the
Very Rev. Walter J. Buehler,
S.M., with the report of the presi-
dent.
the regional chairmanship of the
student government commission
of the National Federation of
Catholic College Students. It may
be said, “He came, he saw, he
conquered.”
Recognition of the Top Man on
Campus is a monthly feature ©£
The Rattler, and a project under-
taken by Rho Beta Gamma fra-
ternity. It is given to students
who have contributed most to St.
Mary’s and have best responded
to its influences.
Inter-Library Loans
Bro. Paul Novosal, S.M., librar-
ian, has announced that the li-
brary is offering an inter-library
loan service to faculty members.
Those participating will pay the
cost of handling, shipping, and
postage, and the books must be
returned on the date designated.
14 Added to Faculty
For Spring Semester
Fourteen new teachers have
been added to the faculty for the
spring, according to an announce-
ment by the Rev. James A.
Young, S. M. vice president of
academic affairs.
The new teachers and their
subjects are:
Dr. Kurt Schneider, thermody-
namics; Mr. J. M. K. Youngbook,
industrial management; Mr. Don-
ald F. Simons, statistics; Mr.
George Reilly, mathematics; Mr.
Harry Nelson, insurance; Mr.
Charles Johnson, accounting; Mr.
James H. Rogers, mathematics;
Mr. Marvin J. Lipper, English;
Mr. Allan B. Weiner, Spanish
and speech.
Also Mrs. A. E. Knodel, short-
hand, Mr. J. G. LeBlanc, book-
keeping, Mr. John N. Connell,
reading, Mr. Rudolph W. Johnson,
advertising, and Mr. Weldon
Swishing, basic drafting and
blueprint reading.
Approved for the University
but not to report for duty until
June is another ROTC instructor,
Capt. William E. Shambora, Jr.
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Msgr. Boyle to Speak
At Institute Tonight
The first February program of
the International Relations Insti-
tute will be held tonight from 7
to 9:30 p.m. at StMU Law School.
The subject for tonight’s class is
“Natural Law as the Basis of
Peace.”
_ The speaker will be the Right
Rev. J. M. Boyle, director of the
Catholic Interracial Council. Mr.
James A. Whalen, knight of St.
Gregory, co-chairman, National
Council of Christians and Jews,
will be moderator.
A special guest will be Dr.
George W. Hoffman, University
of Texas professor.
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Prisoner’s Song
I In one parish six-year-old
! Cathy came home from school
{eager to relate her experiences
of the day.
“We set out some plants in
cans,” she reported, “and Sister
! sent me out in the yard to get
j some dirt. There was nobody
! there. “Daddy,” she said in an
awed voice, “I could have
i escaped.”
ON TELEVISION, beginning Sunday, this is how Dr.
James Gray, S.M., will appear to audiences of the new
Southwest Seminar on modern mathematics to be pre-
sented weekly by St. Mary’s University. The program
will be telecast over KONO-TV, Channel 12, from
8:30 to 9 a.m. Sunday for 15 weeks. No academic
credit will be given, but students may register under
the adult education program and receive a certificate.
Bro. Gray has 11 years experience teaching math in
high schools. While at Notre Dame he was consulted
by teachers from all over the country. The Southwest
Seminar will be one of three television programs in
which StMU will participate this spring, the other two
being Continental Classroom on NBC-TV daily and a
teacher training program Saturday mornings on a
Texas television network.
Taxation Institute
To Be City's First
Another first for StMU will be
scored by the Law School on
March 5 and 6 when the first In-
stitute on Estate Planning and
Federal Taxation ever held in
San Antonio will be conducted
here.
To be taught by outstanding
attorneys and accountants, the in-
stitute is expected to attract
hundreds of lawyers, life insur-
ance underwriters, trust officers
and CPA’s from throughout the
Southwest. More than 30,000 fold-
ers announcing the institute have
been mailed to Texas, Oklahoma, |
New Mexico and Colorado, said1
Dean Ernest A. Raba.
It is planned to hold the in-
stitute annually in the future. Mr.
Stanley Schoenbaum, adjunct pro-
fessor in federal taxation, is
chairman of the 1959 sessions.
Speakers ‘Superior’
Two members of the StMU
speech team received the highest
rating in the recent tourney at
SWTSC, San Marcos. Rated supe-
rior in the junior discussion event
were Alan Siebenaler and Jack
Traynor. Seven other team mem-
bers received excellent, average
and gpod ratings.
Physics on TV Now
In Second Semester
The second semester of the
NBC “Continental Classroom,” in
which St. Mary’s is one of 250
participating colleges, got under-
way Wednesday. The spring se-
mester will teach a bsic survey
course in atomic and nuclear
physics on WOAI-TV, Channel 4,
each weekday morning from 6^30
to 7 a.m. It will end June 5.
Registration for credit in the
course will be open until Feb. 25.
Dr. William J. Hamm, S.M., pro-
fessor of physics, is the StMU
coordinator. On an optional basis,
Dr. Hamm will conduct a seminar
each Tuesday from 7:30 to 9 p.m.
in Garni Hall 107 for enrollees.
The program, first in the his-
tory of TV to offer a full-year
course in any field of education,
has developed a wide and surpris-
ing popularity.
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Geology Department
Gets Oil-Study Gift
The South Texas Geological
Society has donated a $300 card
file to the geology department of
St. Mary’s University.
The collection of cards iden-
tifies micro fossils, which will
enable St. Mary’s to give a com-
plete course in micro-paleontol-
ogy.
Micro - paleontology is the
study of small fossils which are
used as tools to tell how old sub-
surface formations are.
This course will help prepare
geology majors for jobs in the
oil business.
Guest on beach of Florida
hotel, holding conch shell to his
ear, to wife: “AH I hear is a
voice saying, ‘$40 a day!’ ”
Woodlawn Has 1,062
Enrollment for the spring
semester this week had risen to
1,062 students on the Woodlawn
campus, said Dr. Thomas J.
Treadway, S.M., registrar. Of
this total, 118 are new students.
Complete enrollment figures for
the Woodlawn, Law and Kelly
AFB campuses are not yet avail-
able.
Budget . • . the attempt to live
below your jrearnings. v
Encore for Lighters
They’re back — those Winston
and Salem cigarette lighters for
only 50 cents and 10 empty cigar-
ette packages at the campus book
store. This time, said Bro. Joseph
Toups, S.M., book store manager,
you ipay also turn in empty
Camel packages to get the light-
ers. The lighters are in stock
now.
One wedding guest to another:
“Her ‘something borrowed’ is my
boy friend.”
MORE MAY BE AVAILABLE IN APRIL
First U. S. Loan Checks Due Soon
The St. Mary’s University ini- j
tial National Defense Student
Loan Fund will have $5,348 to
distribute to students during the
spring semester, it was announced
by the Very Rev. Walter J.
Buehler, S.M., president. The
amount became known when the
U.S. Commissioner of Education
informed St. Mary’s that the fed-
eral capital contribution will be
$4,813. The University will con-
tribute one-ninth, or $535.
The initial appropriation of
Congress was for $6 million for
the nation, of which $344,690 was
allotted to Texas. Texas colleges
asked for a total of $3,286,984 or
about ten times the allotment. St.
Mary’s received about one-third
of its initial request of $15,000
for the spring semester.
About 70 loan applications were
received at St. Mary’s but the
grant will permit an initial aid
to about 15V students, according
to Dr. Gerald J. Schnepp, S.M.,
business manager and chairman
of the Student Loan Committee.
The committee includes Mr.
Kenneth Carey, Dr. William
Crane, and the Rev. Ralph Dyer,
S.M. They screened the applica-
tions and arranged them by pri-
orities based on need, major sub-
ject, academic achievement, na-
tive ability, and desire to teach—
provisions required under the Na-
tional Defense Education Act of
1958.
Letters received at the
University from Sen. Lyndon
B. Johnson and Rep. Paul
Kilday indicate that these
lawmakers will do all in their
power to secure additional
appropriations so that all who
seek aid may receive it. It
has been estimated that such
additional appropriations will
be made by about April 1.
Dr. Schnepp said that applica-
tions will be kept on file and
loans will be granted later in the
semester if and when more money
becomes available.
The check from the government
is expected to arrive about Feb.
15, at which time checks will be
issued to the applicants with
highest priorities. The account
will be set up at the Frost Na-
tional Bank, but students should
pick up their checks at the Busi-
ness Office.
Of the monies distributed in
Texas to Catholic schools, StMU
got the most. Trinity received
$8662 (because of their graduate
school whose tuition is higher);
St. Edward’s, $2,831; OLL,
$3,146; St. Thomas, $1,573; Uni-
versity of Dallas, $2,097; St.
Louis U., $3,212.
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