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THE BATTALION
Friday, October 23, 1953
Editorials . . .
Corps Commended
On Ft. Worth Trip
Dean of the College J. P. Abbott wrote a letter to
Fred Mitchell, corps commander. He said:
“It is my very happy privilege to speak for the Exec
utive committee in telling you how proud the college is
to have had such fine representatives in Fort Worth as
our Corps of Cadets proved to be on the TCU corps trip.
The corps in turn may justly feel proud that its mem
bers added luster to the reputation of that honorable and
honored organization.
“Individually and collectively tho^e who wore the
uniform of the corps deserve the commendation of every
one concerned with maintaining the good name of the
college.”
Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant, also wrote a letter
to Mitchell. He said:
“From personal observations and reports of numer
ous members of the college staff, including all of the mili
tary counselors on duty, the Corps of Cadets turned in a
praiseworthy performance. They are to be commended
for the restraint shown in the face of provocative inci
dents on several occasions during this trip.
“The corps of cadets accounted for themselves as
a whole and as individuals by displaying control and
gentlemenly conduct.”
We want to add our commendation to those above,
J ‘ in that the cadet corps’ actions on the corps trip were un
questionably honorable. The reason was this: every man
took it upon himself to behave like a gentleman, and he
did. A group is judged by the individuals in it, and cer-
* tainly the corps proved itself worthy of praise.
This week we will be the hosts. It should be much
* easier to maintain our present standing than it was away
■ from school. A&M is well on its way to pacing the con
ference with not only the football team but also the
sportsmanship - like conduct displayed by its student
' body.
: Feel Free to Talk Over
A Course with Your
Campus Security Office
Recovers Stolen Bike
The Campus Security office has
recovered a bicycle which was
stolen July 4.
A Consolidated high school stu-
Modern Press
is Demonstrated
One of the latest inventions in
printing was demonstrated yester
day afternoon to employes of the
A&M Press.
dent reported at (iioO Tuesday
night that he recognized his bicycle
: near the P. L. Downs Jr. Nata-
| torium.
The boy in possesion of the bicy-
1 cle at the time was an A&M stu-
: dent. He was questioned by the
I security office, but no action has
! been taken as yet. .
A Heidelberg platen press was
brought in by truck from Houston.
This press is the “10 X 15” and
will print on almost any kind of
paper at the rate of 5,000 impres
sions per minute.
Also present at the demonstra
tion were members of the journa
lism department and some of the
staff members of The Battalion.
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Letters to the Editors
(Ed. Note: All letters will be
printed exactly as received. The
editors will not make changes in
spelling or punctuation. Only
obscene words will be changed.
We are unable at times to print
all the letters we receive in one
issue, due to space limitations,
but all letters are printed as
quickly as possible.)
Editors, The Battalion:
In reference to your editorial
appearing in the October 20 Bat
talion entitled “Freshmen Might
Enlighten ‘Leaders” even the Batt
editors reached new heights of
stupidity.
If the editors had only taken a
little trouble to investigate the
cause of the difference in contri
butions in the freshman area and
the upperclassmen area before
they started shooting off their big
mouths and running down a part
of the corps—as usual—they would
have found that Mr. Moon in Dun
can Mass Hall was not contacted
about the collection and only a very
few waiters in Duncan took up con
tributions.
This fact was brought out in a
Student Senate meeting where one
of The Battalion reporters was
present.
How anyone in a responsible
position such as editor of The Bat
talion can be bone-headed enough
to write an editorial on something
which he obviously knows practi
cally nothing about is beyond my
scope of understanding.
I sincerely hope that. the next
time the Batt editors prepare to
write an editorial condemning part
of the students, they will AT
LEAST take the trouble- to learn
the related facts.
In closing I feel that the editors
have wronged a great part of the
student body before the eyes of
the freshmen and the people of
College Station and I feel that the
editors owe the men in the upper
classmen area a sincere apology.
Bill Rowland
Editors, The Battalion:
As has become extremely fre
quent the last few weeks, your edi
torial concerning the “Reveille
Fund” was a hastily written in
dignity based on assumption and
not bothering to learn the facts
behind the lopside collection totals.
Being the person appointed by
the Senate to supervise the collec
tion, it was my duty to clear the
procedure through the proper chan
nels. I did this in Sbisa but failed
to take care of the matter in Dun
can.
So it was, when the gentleman
in charge of Duncan saw what was
going on, he halted the collection
because he had not authorized it.
By the time this was all settled,
the meal was over and it was too
late to take the money at the
majority of the tables.
While the freshmen indeed made
a fine and generous showing, the
corps area, where Reveille is better
known and appreciated, would have
given as much if not more had they
been given the chance.
Again, the fault lies with myself
a.nd my committee, who feel that
we should be held responsible
rather than for you to deride the
entire upperclassman area for an
assumed lack of “the spirit.”
Jan Broderick, ’56
Editors, The Battalion:
When I thought of all the var
ious items in clothing and equip
ment that were burning as my
house went up in flame, I wonder
ed exactly how I was going to re
place them and remain in college.
I was really worried as I knew it
was a hard task, to just remain in
college, much less make enough
The Battalion
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
“Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman”
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money to replace all the damaged
and burnt items.
At the time I did not take into
consideration that the Aggie spirit
would come to my aid. But believe
me, the Ags came through al
most beyond belief. I can only say
that I am more than appreciative
for the help that the Aggies gave
me.
I hope that at some time in the
near future I can succeed in repay
ing the Aggies for their fine re
sponse for aid do vme in my time
of need. ■
... 1 iu A grateful Aggie,
Leo Draper, ’54
Editors, The Battalion:
I just finished reading the letters
written by Smith and Bryan who
are being treated like dirt by the
high and mighty junior and sen
iors.,
1 would like to point out to these
men that most of the high and
mighty juniors and: seniors sat in
the end zone during their first two
years at A&M, and during the U
of H game many of the upper
classmen sat in the end zone be
cause loiver-elassmen had invad'ed
the senior and junior section. The
setting arrangement was organized
to protect the seniority rights of
the upper-classmen.
If the few men who signed the
letters to the editor want special
privileges for past military service
over the rest of the student body,
maybe it can be arranged for them
to sit on the bench With the ball
players.
D. B. Fagg ’54
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Co-Editors
Chuck Neighbors Managing Editor
Harri Baker Campus Editor
Bob Boriskie Sports Editor
Jon Kinslow City Editor
Jerry Estes Basic Division Editor
Bob Hendry Feature Editor
Barbara Rubin ..Society Editor
Bill Turner Advertising Manager
Editors, The Battalion:
After reading the Thursday, Oc
tober 22 edition of the Batt I have
decided that that there, are some
disgruntled Aggies on the campus.
At least that is the way it seems
after reading Doyle Smith’s and
Richard R. Bryan’s COMPLAINTS
to the Editor.
From what I gathered they are
not very content with the present
seating arrangement at Kyle Field.
I feel that I should answer their
letters since I am partially to
blame. If after the U of H game
some high and mighty Juniors and
Seniors, including myself, hadn’t
discussed the situation of getting
seats closer to the fifty yard line,
the seating arrangement might
still be in favor of the Fish, Soph-
iriores, early birds and outsiders.
The first thing 1 want to clear
up is the “EARLY BIRD” part of
Mr. Boyles letter. It just so hap
pens that this is the reason or one
of the reasons for having a seating
arrangement. I, ami hardly any
other Junior or Senior, enjoy go
ing to a gamb two hours early in
order to get a seat on the fifty
yard line. But after bucking the
end zone for two or three years we
feel that we have a very deserving
right to have a reserved section
where we can get a seat at any
time.
Previous military service has no
effect on classification. If you
think it takes care of your Fish
and Sophmore years just go to the
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