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thousands of football fans will begin home—is pro!
their trek toward Aggieland today and state more so
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tomorrow morning. Those who arrive to-
day and tonight will witness the burning of
our bonfire, always a thrilling sight to
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to uphold A&M’s Reputation of one of i the
morrow they wm w.tneaa an even ^"dliest campuses in the nation. Many
thrilling sight, the annual clash be- “‘ he f. “ hfols ,n thl f. area arc aow ^
twc^ A*M and the University Of Texas *
on the gridiron of Kyle Field. In the
stands for this game will be our parents,
our friends, the Texas supporters, our for
mer students, and other guests. When
they start on their many ways homeward,
we would like for each of them to have as
v pleasant memories of Aggieland
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We feel that i)io air of false, insincere
cooperativeness
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The Turkey Day game is annually the
acid test of Aggie friendship and courtesy.
exhibited by
mt it will be soli
thing which or|giiiates much deeper than
a skin-deep smile.
By joining together to make this one of
the biggest Thanksgiving holidays A&M
has ever seen, we will all be able to point
with pride to our school as we are home
On this day A&M«rT^especially while at this weekend.
it’s a Great life if You Don’t Weaken
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student agree. That is your privilege for we, too,
can say, “I like
you personally, but I damn
to the Editor” column and,
several people have disa
greed with us today./? Staff members
worked until past!2 a.m. today to be sure
these letters wouk
It’s great to be an editor of a
publication. As such, werare in an almost
unique position on the campus. It is our well don’t like what jhtm write.” We pro
responsibility to publish news and, to the vide a place fojr you Ito disagree with us
best of our ability, to. comnient op the in our “Letters
news which has the most affect on the as you can see
student body and the college.
We knew before we started that we
could never please everyone; our views these letters would be in today’s paper,
-and comments will never be acceptable to This column, inicidentally, is the best read
100 per cent of our readers. And, on an of the paper. - I | I
important issue, it isn’t long after our This newspaper, as with every news-
comments appear that we can pretty well paper, must, of necessity, represent the
judge what p&r cent of our readers are^' opinions of those who edit it. Tljere is no
in agreement with us. ’ . possible way fjor any group to run The
^Recently, on several issues, the ma- Battalion. It jjlst wouldn’t work,
gority of our ^rea^ers have not been in And, so long as any newspaper has
agreement with our views. Naturally, wb editors, the material that is printed in that
hear mostly from those who disagree with paper will represent their views. You may
our stand, but occasionally we also hear not agree with
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from those who think as we do.
But all this disagreement, and agree
ment, has one Special reward. That is
when a man walks up and says, “I like
you personally, but I damn well don’t likff
to do what is
we try to get al
this, we have at
our views, but we attempt
right. On every editorial
the available facts. To do
oiir disposal many sources
of infdrmation hot| readily reached by oth
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what you write.” It might notl-seem like every story. We try to weigh all our facts
much of a commendation, but to know that before writing.
We followed this procedure in form
ing our opinion
that we do not believe it
is right to buRn Itlucl bonfire of another
school.
This belief
tions. First:
a based on several convic-
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a person respects your 1 right to comment,
as you sec fit is ample enough reward for
ail the slarrifiyou expect, perhaps deserve,
and always get.
Monday we printed an editorial in
which we expressed our regret that sev
eral students had probably put an end to
our chances of winning the Southwest
Conference Sportsmanship Trophy. We
still regret that our chances of winning fire? Even if,
that] trophy are considerably slimmer to- they are just smart as w i e are—it is
day than they were several days ago. We very possible that in the confusion that
believe, and think we are not alone in our would result ffoiri such an action, some-
belief, that when A&M wins that trophy body could be; seriously and perhaps fa-
we show not to one school but to all tally hurt. Third: The inevitable tension
e try to get both sides of
t doesn’t appear to us to
be an above-boajrd joperation. Second: Can
you visualize the Consequences if students
from another spool tried to burn our bon-
they didn’t succeed-+and
schools and to all the state, that we at
i A&M Can more than hold our own when it
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In our editorial we had no intention of
“crucifying” the men who went &> Austin.
We do not believe that our editorial had
that connotation. The actions of those
students have a parallel in practically ev-
- ery college in the country. This does not
make their actions right, but it should
serve as an extenuating circumstance in
their case, and we believe that any action
which will result from our burning of an
other schools’ bonfire creates an atmos
phere in Which it would be very easy for
students to lose their heads and start
fights. These incidents make fine meat for
state consumption and A&M cannot help
but come out on the short; end of the
stick. Fourth: As coaches have frequent
ly pointed out, there is nothing better for
the opposing coach to fire up his team
with than a description of how t'he oppo
sition burned the iteam’s bonfire.
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Those are our views. We staje them
taken against these two students ^hould here for you to read. We hope you will
be in consideration of this. consider them in mapping your own future
When we said Monday that burning pl ans - If you disagree with us, that is
another school’s bdnfire “serves only to y° ur j us f ^ much as it is our duty
indicate to the opposition that you can’t comm eht as we see fit.
meet them on an even basis, but have to We add for emphasis, “Beat the hell
stoop to underhanded tactics . . that buta TU,” but let’s keep the battle on
was, and still is, our belief.-YoU may dis- Kyle Field.
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DISAGREEMENT NUMBER ONE
Editor. The Battalion:
In regard to your article con
cerning the burning of the TU
bonfire, it is our belief that the
editors are speaking for a small
percentage of the students. We feel
that these sophomores did much
toward reviving t^e old A&M and
its traditions.
It is a sorry state of affairs when
members of our own student body
reprimand Aggies for a job well
done. If the co-editors are so wor
ried about the welfare of the Tea-
sips’ bonfire, perhaps, they could
transfer to the forty acres and help-
guard the bonfire themselves.
We know that true Aggies here
at A&M have and always will stand
behind men such as these sopho
mores \yho at least have enough
fire to carry on the spirit which
has made A&M famous.
L. A. Bates’50 |
R. W. Borshall ’50
G. L. Shafer ’50
Don Kutch ’50
<\ E. Bucek ’30
Y. R. Doiron ’50
B. B. Bunow ’50
Leo Plpr ’50
Bill McMillin ’50
Bryan N. Doolev '50
Sherrell Wylie ’50
Jim Bennett' 50
R. S. Schuller Jr. '50
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DISAGREEMENT NUMBER TWO
Editor. The Battalion:
I’ve read your editorial of Nov.
22 and don’t agree with your,views.
1 think you are too ha rah on the
sophomores that hud enough spirit
to go to Austin to hum the bon-
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These two Aggies who went
down and suffered the burns will no
doubt say it was worth it. 1 can’t
see why The Halt must criticize
them unless it is for political rea
sons. If I or an other Aggie had
been there I wouldn't doubt a sec-
opd as to whether we would do the
same:
I am a senior in the Corps and
interested in seeing A&M win that
Sportsmanship Trophy. But, if win
ning it means cutting out good bull
. and spirit like these sophs had I
say to heck with it. We guard our
bonfird, let TU guard theirs or
suffer the consequences.
These two Aggies worked on
our bonfire then went to Austin
to give those Teasippcrs a fit. I
think they did OK and, if they must
be criticized do it for not burning
more.
I figure this should be played
up around the state. I’ll tell all my
friends about it, proudly. It will
show that we still have some good
spirit down here as we always have
had. I’ve yet to find an Aggie who
didn’t think it was good bull.
The editors can say what they
please. I say, let’s beat hell outa
TU and burn their bonfire, too.
Donald P. McClure ’50
DISAGREEMENT NUMBER
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Editor, The Battalion:
Your editorial, “Support, Both
Positive and Negative’’, is very
arousing. It made me mad as hqll!
You talk of goodwill,'respect, et
al, but I doubt very seriously jf
you were in Austin for Jthe Fish
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game. There is no doubt in my mind
that you are uninformed as to some
of the activities that went on other
than our beating i the “yellow-bel
lies”:
A good friend of mine, veteran,
took his date in and had his car
in front of the dorm. When he
returned, the air was out of both
front tires. As thpy pumped thejn
up, a gang, including one June
Davis of TU varsity, jumped them.
The ’sippers had (an Aggie blouse
and cap that they proudly told
of stealing. They decided they
wanted my buddies’ maroon * and
white cap, but ije (all 5’ 4'’ qf
him) backed up and refused to hand
it over. The astonished ’sips leijt,
but two other groups drove up aijd
insulted them and picked a fight. A
TU boy from home saved them from
a sure beating. Do you call this
good sportsmanship? This is just
one case, get your head out and
look around; there is a> lot of val
uable information floating around
about other fighW., r
If the sophs who attempted to
set off the fire are disciplined,
we, are sure getting lousy. They
simply had guts enough to try
something all of .us dream of
achieving. What happened to the
TU students who tried to ^tet off
our fire (last year)? They were
suspended during the holidays.
Rough, eh?
,i I could go on all night about
your editorial policies, but I’m
no writer so I’ll close.
Name withheld by Request
PS—A,good motto is a cowbell on
every doorknob.
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(The following is reprinted from
an article appearing in yester
day’s Daily Texsn.)
O that this too too ether sal and
cultured mind, steeped in th i ph lo-
sophy of Kinsey, the lyric majesty
of Service, and the artistiq grace
of Partch, had never been expos
ed to the libelious and blasphemous
assortment of satiric c^tlutony
printed in the new issue of
Commentator, Texas AAM> ir
dicable stigma upon the joproa
tic profession.
Our beloved and Hacred tradi
tions, our unquenchable and pas
sionate school spirit, our dento-
cratic society—all suffer at the
undermining and ridiculing hands
of those unscrupulous ellow
jounaUsta from the Brazos Bot
tom, the Commentator staff.
With the exception of three ar
ticle/!, the entire magazinq is a
vile parody upon our manners and
murals. To George Dillavoki, Otto
Frischmuth, and Floyd Humphries
goes a TU herculean handshake
for their refusal to besmirch its
impeccable name.
Dillavou, an Aggie English
prof whose bitter task it is t6
verse sharecroppers in their
ABC’s, authors “No Risk,” a sus
pense story minus the suspense.
Cartoonist Frischmuth, an intre
pid lad, dares to mock his fellow
farmers in a chaffing burlesque
of the business major, a laggard
in any man’s college. And pho
tographer Humphries contributes
photographs of two comely maid
ens who were no doubt lured to
the A&M wilds with promises of
tho sun, moon, and stars.
But for co-editors Mack Nolen
and Frank Welch, Feature Editor
W. K. Colville, writers George
Charlton and John Fuller, apd car
toonist Emmet Trant, the use of
the poisoned pen has been disas
trous. There now lies on ^he in
famous head of each a fabulous
price; photographs of the knavish
scribblers have been distributed to
all frats and sororities, who have
been requested to keep on the con
stant alert.
Not only have Nolen and Welch
been so brazen as to pass off a
bovine monstrosity plagued with
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