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Battalion Editorials Page 2 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1951 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Uth Man Dead Editor, The Battalion: Amazing Meeting L AST NIGHT the class of 1952 continued the policy it be gan at its first meeting of the year. That policy is essentially this—Seniors realize the neces sity of getting somthing done which will be both profitable to the class and to the student bodies of A&M in future years. Whether these policies bear fruit is something only time will tell; however it is a step in the right direction. Officers of the class, such as the class president and members of the various committees, especially the Traditions Committee, deserve a great deal of praise for their efforts. Many people are only now beginnig to realize the difficult task facing these groups. But, no one person or group is responsible for the ex cellent work of the class. Little could have been accomplished without cooperation from the class as a whole. If the seniors continue this type of work throughout the remainder of the year, they will undoubtedly leave their mark in the pages of A&M’s history. The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, is published by students five times a week during the regular school year. During the summer terms. The Battalion is published four times a week, and during examination and vacation periods, twice a week. Days of publication are Monday Editor, The Battalion: through Friday for the regular school year, Tuesday through Friday during the summer terms, and Tuesday and Thursday during vacation and examination periods. Subscrip tion rates $6.00 per year or $.50 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. Readers Say 12th Man Dead, Seats Wrong, Batt All Wet tM ^ weapon used was the new seating arrangement, whereby every mem ber of the student body (compris-. ing the team’s 12th Man) was seg regated according to whether he is a corps or non-corps, senior or freshman. A foreign student or a non-corps senior or junior going to any foot ball game would necessarly feel resentment at being separated from their friends, who are corps members. I have heard it said that, “the Corps id A&M,” I beg to disagree. As a foreign student, I feel that ified a senior and who has taken Student Senate, at least one semester of privileges If this is an example of honest from each of the three underclass- administration by our Student es, is entitled to the privilege of Senate, I say someone’s got the head up. I am one of those Aggies that lives in a non-reg dorm, but Alton Hooten ’53 Bill Scott ’53 Mike Sewell ’53 Eddie Bennett ’53 Bobby Browne ’53 Gene Fuller ’53 Sherwood McClaren ’53 Billy Simmons ’53 Ed Horstman ’53 Guy King ’52 John Childs ’53 Jack Hall ’53 M. J. Dittman ’53 R. Mhrlow ’53 J. H. Singletary ’54 nevertheless I am an Aggie. Just because I don’t wear a uniform and am not a classified senior; does this mean that I sit in the end zone? Have I been going to A&M for three years to sit in the End Zone while sophomores and freshmen sit in a seat where you can tell who’s playing? I say no and show me one Aggie that says I’m wrong. Evidently we voted for the wrong people to represent ourselves in the Stu dent Senate because those students in office now are doing a very poor job of representing us. If there’s I am as much of an Aggie as any m/Jed^he gmmraTthenm'of the f h ° ing ^ la ^ s g . 0 n e ™kf member of the Cadet Corps. This editorial undei . question, but we ^dent body, lets all make seating plan, however, emphasizes j mve a SU gg es ti 0 n we would like * ^ a ! 1 v ' j f c the feeling quoted above. for you to consider. Naturally I l oes Student Senate think I suggest that section of the every old army man knows a trans- that w ®. (non-iegs) are going to seats be assigned where all AG- f er student isn’t as good as a regu- wa ^ fl ® ld thA GIES holding ID cards be admitted i ar student. They didn’t have the ™ ates ? ale watching the football whether they are in uniform or trials and tribulations of the an- 8 ' a ^ 1 , e 1 , , „ , not. nex while they were a freshman- + We go to yell practices we at- Let the 12th Man live again. so we would like to make this sug- ca a acfivTYn Student activ- gestion. All transfer students who ? art a ^, f ctlv £ 111 e tua , eat ™ Mazen Abdel-Hagi are classified seniors should wear 1 . ties - W / ve . bee H n , ia tbe boots the color of the school they of us > and have ta ^ n al j transfer from. That way they will that due us wben we we / e ^ and be branded and at the same time sophomores. Because _of_ scholastic they will have their boots.) Traditions, Yes or No? Entered as second-class inatter at Post Office at College Staton, Texas, tinder the Act of Con- Cress of March S, 1870. Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally by National Advertising Service Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Los An geles, and San Francisco, Traditions, whether begun last year or when Lawrence Sullivan Seats All Wrong standings or other such things, we are living in the non-regs. Don’t we deserve the same rights as our classmates? This new seating plan is one of the most un-Aggie like things I’ve seen since I’ve been here. You members of the 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. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. News contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444) or at the editorial office Room 201, Goodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-6324) or at the Student Activities Office, Room 209, Goodwin Hall. JOHN WHITMORE Editor Joel Austin Managing Editor Bill Streich News Editor Frank Davis - City Editor Allen Pengelly Assistant News Editor )Bob Selleck Sports News Editor Pat Morley Women’s Editor T. H. Baker, E. R. Briggs, A1 Bruton, Norman Campbell, Mickey Cannon, Monte Curry, Dan Dawson, Bob Fagley, Benny Holub, Howard Hough, Jon Kinslow, Bryan Spencer, Ide Trotter, John Robards, Carol Vance, Edgar Watkins, Berthold Weller, Jerry Wizig, Raymond York News and Feature Writers Bob Cullen, Jack Brandt Cartoonists Frank Scott ....Quarterback Club Director Jim Jenson Photographer Pat LeBlanc, Hugh Phillips, F. T. Scott, Chuck Neighbors, Gus Becker, Joe Blanchette, Ed Holder Sports News Writers John Lancaster Chief Photo Engraver Russel Hagens Advertising Manager Robert Haynie Advertising Representative Ross was president of the col- Edi The Battalioii; lege, are still traditions and must be regarded as such. I hey must We, the undersigned, have just gt uden t Senate should hide your be held in regard or must be abol- finished reading the article con- jj eadg or g e j. ^jg sea ti n g arrange ished—there is* no middle road. cerning the seating arrangement merds straightened up PDQ. In yesterday’s editorial concern- f° r H 16 Baylor game, invg the Senior Class Tradition It seems that nugget waving is committee, the writer, presumably being encouraged m the non-regs the editor, made several assertions a t th e present time. An Aggie has which we don’t think can be proved. t° have a ring to get a decent seat The main gripe which we have is a t a football game if he is not for- concerning the wearing of senior tunate enough to be a member of boots. the corps. , The article read, and we quote, /fj “The opinion on the campus as to S m , ate ? lh “ ? resent P ™ the senior boot tradition has seem- and what he has against us. Next rnl rW 1Cn, ,HfipH tn we wish to know where he gets the GO. tO D6 tfldt tilG DIGIT CJUAlltlGCl tO . ^ 4. j* 1, _i wear boots were seniors and not ! dea that fre shmen and sophomores George A. Gruber ’53 Bobby Fletcher ’53 Bob Creely ’53 Hector V. Otiro ’53 Alfred Walter ’52 J. R. Bilhartz ’53 Henry Lee ’52 Norwin Linnart ’53 Murphy J. Clark ’53 Duane Boems ’52 J. Louis Magress ’53 W. B. Travelstead ’53 in the corps sho.uld get better seats than we who have been in the corps two years or more. As non- Batt Wrong Amazing! A Business Shirt WMh Sports Shirt Comfort r Arrow "Bi-Way with new ARAFOLD collar Extra-comfortable, worn open or $4*50 closed . . . for dress or sports UP Here’s the shirt with a “dual personality” ... Arrow Bi-Way! Wear it dress style (closed with a tie) . . . wear it sports s^yle (open). Either war, it’s just about the best-looking, most comfortable shirt you’ve ever worn. For Bi-Way features the amazing one-piece, low-setting Arafold collar that never gets a strangle-hold on your neck . . . looks won derful . . . feels great! Mitoga-tapered, too, for better fit; “Sanforized'Vlabeled (less than 1% shrinkage). For all-around comfort, aiUoccasioQ good looks—it’s the Bi-Way for you. W. S. D. CLOTHIERS BRYAN COLLEGE STATION .FOR ARROW SHIRTS just someone who has been here one, two, three, or any number of semesteis. we are just as deserving of R i: There are two lambiguous terms om , class privileges as any cadet. lidlto1 ’ lhe dtU on - which the writer put into that one when W e first entered A&M we i n regard to the editorial of sentence alone. were told that it was our class o c t. 23, 1951, entitled “Our Great Ambiguous term number one: which determined our privileges, Congressman,” you have succeed- “The opinion on the campus.” Just not our scholastic marks. The lack e d in running down the Hon. John exactly whose opinion was express- 0 f a contract or a senior ring E. Rankin of Mississippi in a most ed in this opinion?” Certainly not should not strip a man of his class assinine and disgusting manner, a representative number of the privileges. You do an excellent job of con- corps was asked this question and As everyone knows, contracts demning Mr. Rankin for his stand we don’t believe anyone who has C an be refused for physical and but no where could I find the spent three years at A&M, one scholastic deficiencies. It seems stand you advocated. Or does the of them at the Annex, would make that our inability to qualify for a reader need to know your stand ? a remark, even joking. As we see contract is held against us. This to Perhaps you are so adept at the it, only someone who didn’t care to 0U r minds is not the true Spirit practice of labeling a congressman uphold practically the oldest tra- 0 f Aggieland. We are waiting for no t worth a damn, that you do not dition of A&M or someone who some good answers or changes, transferred from another college could have made such a statement. J. W. Trouodale Jr. ’53 Frank Orts ’53 Lew Colvin ’52 Laurin D. Black ’53 Bob Jones, Jr. ’53 W 7 alter S. Marlow ’53 G. W. Longserre ’53 We aren’t criticising the trans fer students for coming here, we simply feel that there should be some distinction between four year A&M students and the two semes ter A&M students. We think that if a poll were taken among the transfers alone, a majority, left to vote using their sense of right and wrong as a guide, would say, “no, we aren’t rbally qualified to wear the senior boots.’ Ambiguous term number two: “The men qualified to wear senior boots.” Just exactly what does the word “qualified” mean? We know what the College Regulations read. However, who established the qual ifications for the College Regula- p r e S i d ent, Student Senate: tions Book? Was a poll taken to determine this? Was an impartial need to show your reasons for doing so. You, after presenting excerpts from one of his congrcssion speech es, label him “completely unfit” for his position and then proclaim that he is in office because “you and I and the Jones down the street are too lazy and indifferent H. E. (Bud) Klingman 53 ^ ou j. and exerc i se our rights Iley Compton ’53 Bud Williams ’53 Berry Bridges ’53 Bill J. Holland ’51 H. J. Harris ’53 R. J. Creel, Jr. ’53 R. R. Rolun ’53 Seats Wrong II Editor, The Battalion: or at the polls.” Exactly how then did he get into office? I have al ways been under the impression that Congressmen in Mississippi as in the other states, are elected by the people in the districts they represent. I thoroughly agree with you that it is a shame that more citi zens do not exercise their right at the polls, but do you want to dis regard the wishes of those citizens interested enough to vote? If a man does not even have . . „ Since when do freshmen in the des i re to exercise by vote his group asked to render a decision! class of ’55 and sophomores m the r j ht to h j s own options, I do Or was a committee, composed of class of ’54 rate over the class no |. £ ee j that his decision would administrative and cadet leadeis of’53? When I entered this school or gbould command great atten- formed to establish a definition of I was told everyone ranked ac- the term qualified? We really want cording to their class—seniors, to know. juniors, and on down. I’ve just Here is our definition of quali- read about the new student seat- fied. A person, academically class- ing arrangement made up by the tion. Besides, what gives you the idea that the majority of those who did not vote in Mississippi (See LETTERS, Page 4) Senior Meeting (Continued from Page 1) order by expressing thanks for the large attendance. Dalston also acted as moderator on questions brought before the class during the meeting. The minutes of the previous meeting were read by Bob Dobbins, secretary, and chairmen of the var ious class committees made short reports. John Tapley, acting chairman of the Gift Committee in the absence of Ted Stephens, explained that the deadline for decision on what type of gift the class would pre sent to the school had been set for Jan. 1. Campus Beautification Commit tee, headed by Harold Hughes, made several recommendations for making the college grounds more attractive. These suggestions were: keep grass, growing on the main drill field at all times, investigate the possibility of constrhcting a side walk at the east end of the main drill field, construct sidewalks from the entrance of new buildings to the street, instead of using gravel paths, and construct a sidewalk at the east end of the MSC. Dalston explained the Film Com mittee is working on plans for dis tributing a 20 minute technicolor film to ex-student associations, mothers’ clubs, and other groups. This film, used by last year’s sen iors, is designed to promote A&M across the state. Purpose of the election Com mittee, Dobbins, chairman, explain ed will be to conduct an election to choose a class agent. Also, other class elections will be han dled by this committee. The Social Committee, Chairman C. L. Ray explained, has not yet started its work, because an or chestra for the Ring Dance can not be secured before the first of the year. Van Vandenberg reported the Calendar Sales Committee has so far sold 687 calendars in the Fresh man area. So far, $1,031 has been made from the sale of these calen dars and one third of this money belongs to the class. The remain der goes to Student Activities. 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