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Lawrence Sullivan Koss, Founder of Aggie Traditions
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THE BATTALION FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1953
Meaning of Word Man
Is Vague at Aggieland
The boy is graduated from high school. He
Goes to college. Now he’s on top of the world.
Nothing can stand in his way to success. The
college has told him he is a “man.”
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The word “man” is dne of the most mis
used words in the English language. It re
fers to one of two sexes.
From the moment he enrolls, every fresh
man is constantly told by college officials
and upperclassmen that he is a “man.” The
freshman is soon surprised to leayn the col
lege has taken liberties with the dictionary.
At A&M “man” refers to such things as cour
age, morality and integrity.
After constant indoctrination, the fresh
man is finally convinced he has achieved
“man”. He becomes the walking example of
finer human qualities. He has developed this
three letter quality of righteous dynamite
simply by paying his fees and picking up a
room key.
After a while he starts thinking. He re
members the past lectures. He remembers
everyone at A&M is supposed to have “man.”
The word develops a supernatural meaning.
If he acts like everyone else, he can’t go
wrong.
For the next four years he does the one
thing necessary to keep his “man”—he fol
lows the crowd. He does only what the
others do. He thinks only what the others
think. While doing this, he loses the real
meaning of the qualities that are supposed
to be rolled together in his three letter pe
culiarity. Unless he checks a dictionary, he
may remain a “man” all his life.
The college should stop telling new stu
dents that just because they have enrolled
here that they have matured into strong
well-balanced human beings. Growing up is
something a person must do for himself.
Words won’t do the trick. Constantly fol
lowing the actions and thoughts of others
doesn’t help matters either.
The college is doing the word “man” a
great injustice. This harmless little jumble
of letters belong to the biologists. It should
be given back to the test tubes and museums.
Let’s not shorten the meaning of matur
ity to the size of a three letter word.
Don’t Be Tak&n In
By Aggie' Salesmen
“Freshmen will buy anything is the
common phrase among “sharpy” salesmen
who often make the rounds of the fish dormi-
itories this time of year.
Be careful of what you buy and from
whom you buy. The first of each year, many
unauthorized people take advantage of the
freshman, who doesn’t realize he is not ob
ligated to buy anything from upperclassmen.
The best way to check the authority of
any salesman who wanders through a dormi
tory is to report the incident to the nearest
commanding officer.
Your unit CO or first sergeant will tell
you if the man doing the selling has the auth
ority to be in the dormitory. Don’t be taken
in by some high-pressure salesman just be
cause he wears an Aggie uniform.
One Killed, 58 Hurt In Cleveland Blast
CLEVELAND, Sept. 11-—(TP)—A
street blew up here yesterday—
blew up along a %-mile stretch,
hurling big concrete chunks and
manhole covers up among hundreds
of stunned rush-hour motorists and
pedestrians, killing one and injur
ing 58. At least two of the in
jured were in critical condition.
The cause of the mighty under
ground explosion along West 117th
St., a main crosstown artery, still
was sought today. Firemen first
said it was a broken gas main.
But the gas company said their
mains probably broke after explod
ing sewer gas let go.
Mrs. Katherine Szabo, 40, who
was driving her brother home from
work, died at a hospital. The
brother, Robert Gbur, 27, was in
jured only slightly.
Freshmen . . .
Make it a Habit to Eat at The
12th Man Inn
“We Serve The Best”
The Aggies’ Favorite Eating Place
The good food of the 12th Man Inn is
as famous as the story of the “12th Man”
North Gate
College Station
Consolidated Tigers
Play B*remond Tonight
After a student pep rally and a
night practice session yesterday,
the A&M Consolidated high school
Tigers open the season at 8 to
night on Tiger field in a non-dis
trict clash.
Coach Jim Bevans ran his team
tlii'ough plays.. l;^st mgM ill a dum
my serimmaj|e ^ (butting of
heads. There ivlli pe-no practice
'sessidri this afternoon.'
The Tigers, wKo are' in class l->,
had.two practice sessions each day
beginning Sept. 1 until school open
ed Tuesday. The sessions have
dropped to one a day since then.
“The squad is looking good,”
said Beyans.
Defensive, line-up for the game
will be Bobby Carter and Bobby
Jackson, ends; Melvin Free and
Pete Hickman, tackles; Jimmy
Bond and George SouSares, guards;
Pinky Cooner, center; Fred An
derson, quarterback; William Ar
nold, left half; Bobby Joe Wade,
right ralf; and David Bonnen, full
back.
The defensive lineup will substi-
tue Charles Johnson' and George
Litton for Bond and Sousares at
guards; Roland Beasley for Arnold
at left half; and Robert Cleland
for Carter at end.
The Tigers meet Madisonville
for their second game next Friday
at Madisonville.
‘Dust Bomb’ May Make
Food Supplies Useless
TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 11—(A*)—
A terrible, but still undeveloped
new atomic weapon—a “dust bomb”
—someday may be used to render
the food supply of whole nations
useless.
Dr. Wallace H. Fuller, working
on special assignment for the
Atomic Energy Commission, said
the fantastically powerful new
force could be produced from ra
dioactive strontium.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 11—-GP)—
An uneasy political honeymoon be
tween President Eisenhower and
organized labor appeared ended to
day with the' abrupt and angry
resignation of Martin P. Durkin as
secretary of labor.
Durkin; a union leader and a
Democrat, quit his cabin.et post
with a charge that the Eisenhower
administration had broken an
agreement with him on recommen
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controversial Taft-Hartley labor
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