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Battalion Editorials Page 2 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1955 Cadet Slouch by Earle r At n\ Living Together During - the past few weeks, some military and civilian students have been sniping at each other, with a lot of name-calling and false accusations, in The Battalion’s ‘Letters to the Editors’ column. The attitude of the few who are writing these letters is probably not indicative of the feelings of the entire student body, on either side, but it is an attitude that should be quelled if even a few have it. The letter writers from the military have claimed that the civilians have not honored the A&M traditions, and the civilian letter writers have implied that the military stu dents aren’t so pure either. It is doubtful if either side can back up its accusations; even if they can, they have missed an essential point. The civilian student enrollment is in creasing here, and in time the total enroll ment will probably be half military and half civilian. ^ This means that the two groups are go ing to have to learn to live with each other. As the civilian students increase, they will probably develop traditions of their own, which will become as sacrosanct to them as the coyps’ traditions are to its cadets. I • And there will always be the school-wide traditions honored by all students, whether they wear a uniform or not, such as Silver Taps. So the students, both military and civil ian, must realize that they will always be schoolmates in the same school, although they may differ in some details. Democracy is allowing members of the group to differ in the little things, without losing the ability and the desire to stick to gether on the big things. Spring Fever * It is now 75 days to graduation, in case any seniors didn’t already know, and that brings up a situation that occurs here every spring. The seniors, who will be leaving come May, get the attitude of “to heck with it; I’m leaving soon.” A&M’s class distinction is arranged so only seniors can be the leaders; when the seniors relinquish their posts, it leaves either no one or untrained leaders. So maybe spring fever should start after May. BATTALION CLASSIFIED WANT AD KATES One day 2f per word Two days 3^ per word Three days Third day Free Four days 5^ per word Five days 6^ per word Ten day 110 per word Minimum charge—300 DEADLINES 5 p.m. day before publication Classified Display 700 per column inch each insertion PHONE 4-5324 For Sale 1954 Customline 2 door, Forda- matic — two tone undercoating white wall tubeless tires, radio, heater and other equipment. $1750.- 00. Call 4-7088. 78t5 Easy Washer, Baby bed and Mat tress, Water cooler. D-9-C, Col lege View. 77t6 Drawing table built in M. E. Shops. Price $15.00. B-2-D. 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College Phone 2-1412 LAST DAY in CinemaScope “DRUM BEAT ,, with ALAN LADD - Second Color Feature — MAUREEN O’HARA in ‘SPANISH MAIN” — Saturday Only — “RAM ROD” with JOEL McCREA — Also — ‘CASANOVA BROWN’ with GARY COOPER AT CO&O U. t" fTMIS PLACE- tsrL-ET'S C&tV | MO WU EE RE. f e»ACK TO U. jTME-V DOKi’T [C.U. POR TW06 UAve. XPARTlP-b TOM IT G OiKLSfr LOOkcrr TUGFA CtU2L-fb.t>lMPl LET'S e>TAV AtsiOTUEe WEHVCf k rY f Base bailers Play Texas Lutheran Tall righthander Wendell Baker takes the mound tomorrow night against Texas Lutheran at Seguin his first baseball starting as signment. After dropping their opening game to Sam Houston, coach Beau Bell’s Aggies have now checked off two wins in a row and go into the Texas Lutheran clash with a 2-1 record. Captain Les Byrd leads A&M’s sluggers with a lusty .600 batting average compiled in two games. The sturdy leftfielder has three hits in five trips, and has scored one run. Catcher Jimmy Williams is sec ond among Aggie batsmen with twa hits in nine trips for a .222 average. Despite his low hit pro duction, Williams has tallied four important runs to lead in that department. He batted a sound .354 in conference games last sea son. Lefty Joe Hardgrove and soph omore Dick Munday top the Aggies fine pitching staff so far this year with identical 1-0 records. Hardgrove is the club’s strike-out artist with 16 whiffs in 11 innings of twirling. Hardgrove and Mun day are both unscored on this sea son. A&M’s supposedly hit-shy base- ballers shelled their pitchers with a 17-run barrage yesterday in a six inning intrasquad game. Behn Hubbard, Jim Morrison and John Hoyle each smashed a homerun. Hoyle’s came with two mates aboard. Letters to the Editors TODAY and SATURDAY The Samblsr from Katchsz To Bill Swann Class of ’56 In my previous lettci'r I called the members of the corps “soldier boys.” In your letter you stated that you didn’t believe my own class buddies' would appreciate my call ing them soldier boys. I did not intend to critize or make fun of them. My class buddies and I have always called each other “soldier Boy” and “scroungy non-reg.” I have always been proud of this school and its traditions. I have never worn a hat in the M. S. C., make it a point to stand when I am meeting someone, and I certain ly do not come and go as I please. I have the responsibility of studying. This minor occupation keeps me busy and I find that I am not able to go home every weekend. Bill, you stated that you hope when old “Uncle Sugar” drafts me, that one of my class of “58” bud dies will be my C. O. and that he will really put me “through it.” Yes, when I go into the navy, I will be put “through it.” I will take my training along with the other civilians and will be proud to serve my country. The corps has its rewards for hard work and a commission is one of them. But if you enter the corps only for the purpose of getting a commission, you are off the track. From a civilian point of view the purpose of the corps is to pre pare a soldier to defend his country. It is not for handing out commissions to corps members who have learned the quickest and fast est way of drowning out a person stacking a room, burning other company’s signs, etc. I have not said th&f this is the only thing the corps teaches its members. If anyone feels hull by the preceeding paragraph they can come to see me and I will tell them how I feel about the corps. It is no secret that I like the corps and believe that it is a wonderful organization. My room number is Milner 17. The rest of this letter is con cerned with the letter by Mr. Friedrick, Mr. Halley, and Mr. Larkin. You fellows stated that it is im perative that one must have first participated in the traditions of the school before he becomes qualified to speak of the spirit. I have missed only two yell practices, one corps trip, and one Silver Taps cei'emony. I want to apoligize for missing the Silver Tdps ceremony, but I was in bed with virus pneumonia and was too sick to attend. As for playing poker during Silver Taps, this has occurred in the military dorms during the so-called “good old days” when the corps was not optional. I know of no cases during the past year, but I would feel ashamed of anyone who would do such a thing. Also, in my opinion, the state ment that the students who quit the corps did not have the guts to stick (See LETTERS, Page 4) What’s Cooking FRIDAY 7:00—Edwards Plateau A&M club, 204 Academic, elect duchess for Cotton Ball, all members urged to attend. 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