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Page 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas March 16, 1961 BATTALION EDITORIALS Where’s Your Voice? A bill to change the name of Texas A&M is on the Sen ate calendar and is expected to come up for discussion early- next week. As yet, however, any interest from S. B. 302 has been confined to dormitory discussions and, at most, one tele gram opposing the bill but offering no constructive sugges tions. Three students went to Austin this week to see if they could determine some positive action to be taken. A report of their trip indicates that, despite pleas and warnings, only a trickle of letters concerning the name-change have reach- ; ed the offices of the senators. The three who made the trip, along with the Board of Directors and the majority of the Academic Council, favor the name Texas A&M University. The Batallion favors the name proposed by Sen. W. T. Moore in the bill, Texas State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College. Who wants what name is not the primary issue now, however. The students and former students of Texas A&M have an obligation to make their opinions known to the men who will have the final say on the name of the school, their own senators. Right now the senators are being forced to act on the limited amount of information they have been able to pick p from news accounts and conservations with senate col leagues. None of the senators have yet heard any voice of popular or unpopular opinion from the persons who should be most interested—the students and former students. The Battalion urges every Texas A&M student and for mer student to write his own state Senator either in sup port of one of the two suggestions for a name, or with some definite suggestion. The letters should be short and to the point, however, because the Senate calendar is already jammed and lengthy letters would possible have small effect. T he letters would have even more effect if they are courteous, legible and even respectful of the position of the legislator. Surely you have an opinion about the name-change is sue. The Battalion has made its position known, publically and to the Senate. What’s yours? Social Calendar The following organizations will meet on campus: Tonight The El Paso Hometown Club will meet in Class “A” winter uniforms in front of the Memo rial Student Center at 7 p.m. Pictures will be taken. The Brush Country Hometown Club will get together in the Reading Room of the YMCA at 7:15 p.m. Members must wear Class “A” winter uniforms so pictures can be taken. The Red River Valley Home town Club will meet in the Lec ture Room of the Civil Engineer ing Building at 7:30 p.m. The controversial film, “Operation Abolition,” will be shown. The Waco-McLennen County Hometown Club will meet in the YMCA at 7:30 p.m. The Matagorda County Home town Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 102 of the YMCA. The Abiletie Hometown Club will meet in Room 206 of the Academic Building at 7:30 p.m. The Cook County Hometown Club will meet in the Academic Building at 7:30 p.m. The Angelina County Home town Club will meet in the Coffee Shop of the Memorial Student Center at 7:30 p.m. The South Louisiana Home town Club will meet in Room 227 of the Academic Building at 7:30 p.m. REPRESENTATIVES OF HUMBLE OIL & REFINING CO. Central Region Will Be Here MARCH 21, 1961 Humble is looking for outstanding men who have demonstrated a greater than average capacity for leadership, willingness to work, ability to meet competition, scholastic attainment, and ambition to improve themselves. Humble has opportunities for Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Mechan ical and Petroleum Engineers in Petroleum Production Engineer ing. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION SEE OUR PLACEMENT OFFICE THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the stu dent writers only. The Battalion is a non-tax-supported, non profit, self-supporting educational enterprise edited and op erated by students as a community newspaper and is under the supervision of the director of Student Publications at Texas A&M College. Members of the Student Publications Board are L. A. Duewall, director of Student Publications, chairman; Allen Schrader, School of Arts and Sciences; Willard I. Truettner, School of Engineering; Otto B. Kunze, School of Agriculture; and Dr. E. D. McMurry, School of Veterinary Medicine. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Bights of republication of all other matter here in are also reserved. The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A.&M. is published in College Sta tion, Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, Septem ber through May, and once a week during summer school. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office b College Station, Texas, under the Act of Con- Iress of March 8, 1870. MEMBER: The Associated Press Texas Press Assn. Represented nationally by National Advertising Services, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los An geles and San Francisco. News contributions may be made by telephoning VI 6-6618 or VI 6-4910 or at the editorial office. Room 4, YMCA. For advertising or delivery call VI 6-6416. Mail subscrptions are $3.60 per semester; $6 per school year, $6.50 per full year. Advertising rate furnished on request. Address: The Battalion, Room 4, YMCA, College Station, Texas. BILL HICKLIN Joe Callicoatte EDITOR Sports Editor Bob SUaa, Alan Payne, Tommy Holbein News Editors Jim Gibson, Bob Roberts Editorial Writers Larry Smith - Assistant Sports Editor Bob Mitchell, Ronnie Bookman, Robert Denney, Gerry Brown — -— Staff Writers This Is S.B. 302 cadet SLOUCH by Jim Earle Adventure Series Underway . . ■ ■ . This is a copy of Senate Bill 302, which is designed to change the name of Texas A&M to Texas State University and Agricul tural and Mechanical College which was introduced and re ferred to and passed by the Senate Education Committee: “A bill to be entitled an act amending Article 2607, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, so as to change the name of the Agricultural and Mechanical Col lege of Texas to the Texas State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College; and declar ing an emergency. “Be it enacted by the legisla ture of the State of Texas: “Section 1. Article 2607, Re vised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, is amended to read as follows: “Article 2607. Branch of Uni versity “The Agricultural and Mechan ical College of Texas, located in Brazos County, and by the Con stitution made and constituted a branch of the Univefsity of Texas, for instruction in agri culture, the mechanical arts and the natural science connected therewith, managed and con trolled as provided herein, shall hereafter be known as the Texas State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College. When ever the name ‘Agricultural and Mechanical College’ appears in any Acts of any Legislature of this state, such name and such reference shall hereafter mean and apply to the Texas State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, in order to conform to the new name as pro vided by this act. All legislative acts and appropriations hereto fore passed either in or by ref erence to the Agricultural and Mechanical College are in all things ratified and confirmed in behalf of the Texas State Uni versity and Agricultural and Mechanical College. Whenever reference is made to the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical Col lege System, such reference shall mean the Texas State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College System and all of the institutions constituting such System as enumerated in Section 18 of Article 7 of the Constitu tion of the State of Texas. “Section 2. The importance of this legislation and the crowded condition of the calendar in both houses create an emergency and an imperative public necessity that the Constitutional Rule re quiring bills to be read on three several days in each house be suspended, and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its passage, and it is so enacted. Austin, Texas March 7, 1961.” “Hon. Ben Ramsey, “President of the Senate, “'Sir: “We, your Committee on Edu cation, to whom was referred S. B. No. 302, have had the same under consideration, and we are instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommenda tion that it do pass and be printed. Andy Rogers (’46) Chairman.” This is the current status of S. B. 302, which may come up for discussion early next week and, if passed, would change the name of Texas A&M to the name stipulated in the Bill. Job Interviews The Great Adventures Series is on at A&M. Tony Giardina, pres ident of the Arts and Sciences Stu dent Council, project sponsors, an nounced today that paperback copies of the subject book are now availabl'e. Program participants are read ing “Elmer Gantry” at their lei sure and will attend three discus sion sessions on dates that will soon be announced, Giardina said. Marc' Powe, chairman of the book selection committee; for,Great Adveiiiure§,'tlj^'8 'k^l^jgeid have' copies of the novel available at the Memorial Student Center Gift Shop, the Exchange Store and Shaeffer’s Book Store. Purpose of the Great Adventure Series has been outlined as the stimulation of intelligent decision making ability throught the ad venture of discussing a controver sial book. (Con meeting !ilp and 0 D ,|1 Corps lions wo tie Sena on th It was jents w: (jvoring possibilit Beverley Braley Travel Service MAKE YOUR EASTER RESERVATIONS NOW! VI 6-7744 *gesti( To fac lows a 1 Ltors an' Pirt Arthi Sun Aneol tan Anton Amarillo, _ Austin, Cti Brwnsvilli taredo, Al B Campo, Center, W. 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