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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1952)
Friday, October 31, 1952 THE BATTALION Page 3 Seniors Air Troubles At Special Class Meeting ]* (Continued from Page 1) eised the seniors for not having turned in reports to the committee which will compile grievances and take them before college officials. “There has been much talking, but no action. Only one report has been turned into Joe Wallace since the commander’s meeting Monday. They must have facts to back up any statements,” said Ki-uger. Many seniors sounded off in fa vor of going immediately to the CIRCLE PHONE 4-1250 TONIGHT LAST NIGHT Children Under 12 Admitted Free When Accompanied By An Adult. Uiu MERKR Ricked HAVDN —Also— c IpVw’rVwww/': SATURDAY NIGHT A COLUMBIA PIcftJkF""" - *' LON WANDA PRESTON McCALLISTER - HENDRIX ♦ FOSTER —ALSO— 4-1181 TODAY thru SATURDAY —Feature Starts— 1:10 - 2:53 - 4:28 - G:0G * 7:49 - 9:32 A UNtVEttAl. •4TERNATIONAL PICTURE Maureen O'SULLIVAN ■ Edmund GWENN Charles DRAKE • and BONZO NEWS CARTOON NO PREVUE TONIGHT PREV. SATURDAY 11 P.M. GREAT ADVENTURE! Told in the Tradition of "The Covered Wagon,” "Cimarron” and "Red River”! NEWS — MR. McGOO CARTOON Board of Directors with their com plaints. Committee member Sam Harper insisted that the commit tee must act the right way. He said the committee should go through proper channels in getting an audience before various college officials. 'If pi’oper results are not obtained from one level, Harper said, the committee can go to the next highest person on the chain of command. Turn In Rank Harper explained that if after going through the proper channels the committee could still get no PALACE Bryan2'$$79 TONITE PREVUE 11 P.M. NOW SHOWING QUEEN NOW SHOWING results, then “lets put our dia monds and buttons in a bag and throw them at ’em.” Putter Jarvis, corps chaplain, in sisted that if we all run up and turn in oui' commissions we would get nowhere. He suggested that a member of the state House of Representatives be contacted if college officials do not satisfy the committee’s demands. In other business the seniors heai’d reports from standing com mittees of the class. Claud Holmes, reporting as chairman of the beau tification and parking committee, read a letter which will be sent to President M. T. Harrington which contains several recommendations concerning parking conditions on the campus. Senior Privileges Announced Holmes also announced his com mittee felt it should be a senior privilege to walk on grass in cer tain places on the campus. In cluded were the grass around the MSC, new Administration Building, and between dormitory rows in 'both the freshman and upperclass- m£fh areas. His committee also recommended that punishment for violation of walking on the grass be two hours extra duty on the first offense, Senior Court the sec ond time. The class approved and adopted the committee’s report. Mattel reported for the tradi tions committee in the absence of chairman Don Greaney. The com mittee had agreed to see that prop er observance is given Silver Taps by making- certain all ights on the campus, especially around the Aca demic Building, are turned out dur ing Silver Taps. The committee also recommended that it be made a senior privilege to go through the MSC on the way to yell prac tice. The committee announced it was in favor of a man being allowed to wear 'boots as long as they are in the corps of cadets and taking senior privileges. They asked that a list of company privileges for underclassmen be drawn up and LAST TIME TODAY SATURDAY ONLY JAMES WARRENfmocurmuhs cohuied-suve brodie' 1ANINE PERREAU • ERNEST ANDERSON• MARGARET DUMONT ■Mtcito'ut MILTON.H BREN JUS EDWARD l AlPEDSON.lt .BRENtQp«>ou8no« winuiui, warher BROS. PREVIEW 11 P.M. Also Sunday & Monday brought together in an effort to standardize privileges in all units. Quizzes Satisfactory • Continuing the report of the traditions committee, its secretary Bob Travis said the committee had examined the ‘“cmpusology” quiz zes given to freshman by the mil itary department, but they found these quizzes were made up by executive officers of companies in the Third Division and were satis factory. Travis also said the committee had agreed that a reporter from the class should be elected to re port items concerning the Senior Class to The Battalion. Following the Traditions Committee report, the seniors approved a motion that no one be allowed to wear boots unless he had been a student here for more than three semesters. This motion is to become effectiae af ter January. Wallace reported the purpose of his committee on grievances to the class. Although not a com mittee of the senior class (appoint ed by the corps commander) he felt they should be told of its pur poses and objectives because every senior was concerned in the issues dt stake. Class Decide Action The chairman requested that members of the class decide their own line of action. Jim Moore suggested former stu dent clubs be sent a report of this committe findings. Charles (Red) Scott reported on the Student Senate. Scott said most seniors were present at all meetings of the senate and they were showing interest in the group. He urged seniors to take any questions they may have to senior members of the senate. Mattei also gave a short report on the Student Life Committee meeting. The seniors approved all reports of committees. Lyle Wolfskill, head of the Sen ior Court, stressed the importance of that body of seniors. “The ‘Blue Book’ (college regulations) doesn’t say how to interpret cer tain regulations; that is why we have the Senior Court to act as a judiciary authority to enforce ar ticles of the cadet corps,” said Wolfskill. Midnight Yell Practice Asked “I believe the Senior Court can do much in disciplining men who are hard to handle,” Wolfskill ad ded. Upon the recommendation of Tom Collins, head yell leader, the seniors agreed it should be a sen ior privilege not to follow the band to yell practice. Collins told the seniors many of them had attended the last mid night yell practice with the wrong kind of spirits, he asked the sen iors to please not come to yell practice drunk. “It is up to the individual on this matter,” s a j d Collins, “I doubt if the class as; a whole could keep - drunks away from mid-night yell practice,” he added. The head yell leader j-'WHfRt-THt-atsiTicn^EsTuw?^ * CHILDREN UNDEI ]4#J| DRIVE-IN N UNDER |2 YEACS- f Rfl — LAST DAY — Being a Haloween Party — IT’S DIVIDEND NITE “Pride of Maryland” —Plus “The Merry Widow” Lana Turner — Technicolor SEE OUR ALL GIRL Midnight Double Feature TONIGHT & SATURDAY 11:30 P.M. Come Out After Yell Practice YOU WILL SEE PLENTY* asked the seniors to help him stamp out the use of “Aggie con fetti” at yell practices. Collins said he was doing every thing possible to get the college authorities to let him hold an out- of-town mid-night yell practice. He mentioned the Dean of Men had told him a yell practice might be held at a dance or some place in side a building. Collins promised to let the men know as soon as possible what would be done for the SMU corps trip. Approve ‘Aid’ Game Bill Munnerlyn told about plans for holding an all-orps football game which would pit the Army against the Air Force. The game would be played to raise money for the Student Aid fund. The seniors endorsed the benefit game unani mously. Members of the hand said the Aggie bands could probably have a drill at half time if the student aid fund committee so desired. The discussion of grievances of the class followed. Many seniors sounded the opin ion they would be willing to give up their contracts with the govern ment if many things on the cam pus were not corrected. Said one senior, “We don’t want any pantiwastes going out of here; if boys can’t take it here, they won’t be able to take it after they get into the service.” He was re ferring to the few students who had written letters home complain ing about conditions at A&M. Meetings More Often Several seniors complained the meeting of the class was too long in coming. Mattei told them he had trouble with conflicting meet ing of other organizations which already were schedulde. The sen iors agreed they could meet out doors if necessary, but wanted a meeting again within the next week or two. The petition by sophomores which was included in a motion of the senior class( although not available at the meeting) reads as follows: “We the undersigned members of the Sophomore Class, feeling a recpnt administrative order af fects us more directly than any other class, respectfully submit this petition to military authori ties of this college and request this particular order to be imme diately rescended. “It is the opinion of the under signed that physical inspection by unqualified personnel violates right of respect for personal feelings and the right of freedom from indignity of any type. According to para- pragh 3 of the Basic Policy, no cus tom or regulation in conflict will be allowed to prevail. “We do not question the authori ty of college officials in issuing such an order. We simply feel that such an order, on the part of military authorities, shows; eopi.- plete disrespect and distrust of ca det officers and of any cadet as an individual. “In view of the above state ments, we feel morally, if not legally, justified in refusing to sub mit to any such ridiculous violation of personal privacy. For these rea sons we, the undersigned, submit this petition and humbly request that it be given immediate consid eration.” This petition, now in the hands of Sophomore Class President W. R. (Dusty) Canon, contains 370 signatures. Experiment Station Gets $3500 Grant A grant of $3,500 has been made to the Texas Agricultural Experi ment Station by the Dow Chemi cal Co. of Midland, Michigan. LI’L ABNER Greater Love Hath No Mammy By A1 Capp LI’L ABNER This Is Where We Came In By A1 Capp the Answer STUDYING? If it is Agriculture or Engineering, there is but one thing to do, STOP! It may be that you do not have theTight ma terial. . . . 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