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i > ■ Battalion Editorials Page 2 THE BATTALION • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1953 Coke Bottle Breakage Costs Corps Units Money Every time a student breaks a soda-water bottle from one of the vending machines, he cheats himself. In September of 1952, there were 6,913 bottles broken or lost in the dormitories. During September this year, there were 8,531. The profit from the sales of cold-drinks in the dormitories goes to the dormitory. In the case of corps dormitories, the money is divided proportionately among the units. The total sum for each dormitory is taken. The bottle breakage is substracted, then the cost for electricity is taken away. The money which remains is divided pro portionately among the outfits. The money from each non-military dormitory is kept in a lump sum for the entire dormitory. The student activities handbook says the funds may be used for: • Athletic or recreational •equipment. • Entertainment, barbecues, etc. ® Payment for breakage of furniture and equipment, or damage to the dormitory caused by student neglect or carelessness. This may be paid from' this fund only when damage cannot be traced to a specific stu dent or students. ® Any wholesome recreational activities or student welfare. A student doesn’t think about the total cost when he tosses a bottle down and breaks it. He might say to himself, “Oh well, what’s two cents?” Men in dormitory 4 and Hart hall must have been thinking this. Dormitory 4 had 184 bottles broken or lost last year. This year they had 1,026. Hart hall suffered a loss of 792 last September. This year it was 1,225. These dormitories weren’t by themselves. There were plenty of others who suffered terrific losses. On the other hand, there was dormitory 7 which improved from 555 down to 136. Dormitory 17 dropped from 150 to 65, and dormitory 10 dropped from 412 to 194. If students will merely think before they toss a bottle down, these figures can be reduced greatly. After all, when a student breaks a bottle, he is taking the money from his own pocket. Sea ling (Join m i ttee Gels on Right Track The Student Senate seating committee is finally getting on the right track in solv ing the non-military seating problem in Kyle field. The committee has instructed non- mili tary dormitory senators to conduct a poll among the students they represent. The poll will find out if these students want to keep their seating section divided according to academic classification. This plan gives the best seats to upperclassmen. If they indicate a change, the class barriers will be removed and non-military students can sit where they wish within their own section. We hope the barriers will be abolished. There is no sensible reason why seating re strictions should be placed against non-mili tary students. These men are not required to observe class distinction anywhere else on the campus. Why should they suddenly be made to observe class barriers at a football game? The legality of giving better seats to upper classmen might be questioned since every student pays the same price to attend. This also applies to the cadet corps. We feel the seating committee acted in good faith when they planned non-military seating. But the system will not be a fair one, until class barriers in that section are removed. Letters to the Editors Editors: The Battalion To Mr. D. B. Fa^ft ’54 To Mr. M. B. McMurray ’52 Both of you gentlemen mention ed the fact that you had sat in the end-zone or bucked the end-zone for two years. Now if you were in the Corp I understand why you did, if you were not in the Corp I have this to say. You had the chance to sit where you found an empty seat during those two years, why then deny us the same privilege? The seats you sat in were repre sentative of your efforts and your time spent in getting those seats. Mr. McMurray, I do think you got the wrong impression from my letter all the way around. Even though I am a sophomore I enjoy some of the same “likes” and “dis likes” that you enjoy. In other words, I don’t like going to a game early any more than you, but if a man wants something he has got to give what; it takes to get it, and since we are both students at this instituntion of higher learn ing, and since you are the senior student, you should know this even better than I. I said nothing to the af±*ect that previous military service had any effect what-so-ever on classifica tion. My point was, and is, Why can’t a man sit where there is an empty seat in the non-reg section upon his arrival at said place? If I had wanted to “continue to live on my laurels of military life” I would have entered the Corp upon my arrival here so I would have a uniform to display my “hero’s” ribbons, but since I’m not in the Corps you can see how I chose to live. It seems as though you didnt hesitate in mentioning the fact that you were in the service. If the mentioning of this fact makes a fellow a “hero” what conclusions are we to arrive at from your statments on your military service Mr. McMurray ? Personally I fell that the number of under-classmen who get to the non-reg section in Kyle Field be fore breakfast is so minute that it is insignificant, but I have this to say for any of those who do. A man who is willing to sacrifice that much time and effort deserves just what he gets. I’m not saying this as a sophomore, as a veteran, nor as a priviliged character, but as a fellow-man. Now if I have stepped on anyone’s toes, or left the im pression with any of you that I was a P. C. I’m sorry that I did so and do apologize. Just as Mr. Smith has stated via the Batt, the issue is whether or not there will be class distinction in the non-corp portion of the stu dent body. I am against it. What are some of the readers opinions? Doyle Smith ’56 Wh at’s Cooking THURSDAY 7:30 p. m. — Guadalupe Valley club meeting, room 3D, MSC. Stu dents from Victoria, Calhoun, Re fugio and Dewitt counties are in vited. Plans for Thanksgiving party. Caldwell County club meeting, 3rd floor, Academic building. Election of officers. Fayette - Colorado A&M club meeting, room 2C, MSC. Brush Country club meeting, room 2(J7, Academic building. Im portant.' San Angelo club meeting, Agri cultural building. Fall function and Christmas shall be discussed. Milam County club meeting, YMCA. Robertson County club meeting, room 303, Goodwin hall. Galveston County A&M club meeting, room 303, Goodwin hall. Final plans for Christmas dance to be made. Corpus Christi Club meeting, in front of MSC. Discuss hometown function. Beaumont hometown club meet ing, room 104, Academic building. Party plans. Panhandle and Amarillo Club meeting, room 125, Academic build ing. Discuss party plans. Brazos County A&M club meet ing, club house. Football film and speaker. Rev. W. H. Andrew, “My experience as a service Chaplain”. The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions “Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechan ical College of Texas, is published by students four times a week, during the regular school year. During the summer terms, and examination and vacation periods, The Battalion is published twice a week. Days of publications are Tuesday through Friday for the regular school year, and Tuesday and Thursday during examination and vacation periods and the summer terms. Subscription rates $6.00 per year or $.50 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. Entered aa second-class matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas under the Act of Con gress of March 3, 1870. Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally by National Advertising Services, Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Fran cisco. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republi cation 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 4-7604) or at the editorial office room, 202 Goodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activities Office, Room 209 Goodwin Hall. JERRY BENNETT, ED HOLDER. Co-Editors Chuck Neighbors Managing Editor Harri Baker Campus Editor Bob Boriskie. Sports Editor Jon Kinslow City Editor lerry Estes Basic Division Editor Bob Hendry - Feature Editor Barbara Rubin Society Editor Bill Turner Advertising Manager Club Sells 106 Food Boxes The Kiwanis club sold 106 box lunches in 30 minutes Saturday be fore the A&M-Baylor game. The club made a profit of $37.50. There were six selling stations in the city to sell the $1 box lunches. W. E. Broles, who was in charge of the project, said the club will increase the number of lunches for the next home game. The lunches contained fried chicken, pickles, buttered I'olls, potato chips, a cupcake and an apple. Kiwanis members who helped sell the lunches were Ray Berry, Joe Campbell, Ralph Rogers, Wal ter Manning, E. B. Reynolds, R. L. Skrabanek, Mike Krenitsky, S. Loveless, Longley. Joe Sorrels and J. L. B. Honest Taxpayer McPherson, Kan. — up) — a woman walked into the office of County Treasurer V. E. Swain and placed a $5 bill on the counter. “The assessors missed me,” she explained, “and the $5 is my share of the county taxes.” The conscientious taxpayer , re fused to give her name. To keep his i^ecords straight, Swain made out a $5 assesment on “Mrs. John Doe” and put the mon ey in the county’s general fund. Tliurmond To ROTC Seniors - “We must instill loyalty into the hearts of every American,” said Col. Strom Thurmond here Monday in telling how to combat Com munist infiltration in the United States. The former Dixiecrat presidenti al candidate was speaking to A&M senior ROTC cadets in Guion hall. These students were excused from classes to attend the talk. Praises South “The South has more pure Americanism than any other sec tion of the country,” Thurmond said, speaking of loyalty to American principles and ideals. Thurmond said the United States should l^e prepared to defend it self against Communist attack and infiltration. “We must keep this country prepared if we are to exist,” he said. “It’s going to take power to beat the Communists,” he said re ferring to open war, and in speak ing of infiltration said, “We should A&M Men Return send traitors back where they came from.” Thurmond also urged ROTC graduates to enlist in the active reserve after serving their re quired tour of duty. He listed as the advantages: Serves Six Years A reserve officer must serve six years in a reserve unit of he does not go into a “ready” reserve- out fit. By going into an active unit, he must serve only three years. • A reserve officer not in an ac tive unit is subject to call at any time. “Ready” units are only call ed during a state of emergency or in an all out war. Active reserve officers are paid to attend meetings and also during ^ summer camp. Many friends are made through reserve officer organizations. The reserve system offers good retirement pay. 5<j| Thurmond said reserve officers should not be hasty about leaving 1 he service after their required tour because they were still subject to call at anytime. From Safe v Meet John W. Hill a: F. D. Nixon recently returned from the 41st National Safety Council Congress and exposition in Chicago. Hill is director of workmen’s compensation insurance at A&M. Nixon is an instructor in the in dustrial education department. About 1,400 men from industries, colleges and foreign countries at tended. The Underwriter’s laboratory sponsored exhibits of light fuses, bulletproof glass, TV tubes and sprinkler' system. They also pre sented an electric toothbrush, fire proof safe and a burglar alarm. Vetersssary Cl i nic To Open Tuesday The new veterinary medicine and surgery clinic will be in use Tues day, said Dr. A. A. Lenert, head of the department. Moving began Monday and will last through this week. The last loads of livestock and equipment i will be taken on Nov. 2. Construction of the new clinic was begun in 1902. The building '• is across the railroad tracks west ei of the campus. The rest of the r et school will move when its new » building, next on the construction : list, is completed, he said. y iajs litii HiiJI ■m vi IMEIEDS YOUft TAUNTS ¥© MVELOP* TOMORROW'S AIRCRAFT CONVAIR'S expanding interests in the fields of con ventional, unconventional, and nuclear-powered air craft offer exceptional opportunities for Engineering Graduates. MR. J. C. THURMOND AND MR. A., R. TEASDALE of CONVAIK, Fort Wortli Division, Will ISe On Yotir Campus THURSDAY OCTOBER 29 For Interview Information, Contact Your STUDENT PLACEMENT OFFICER LFL ABNER Poor Tvronne By A1 Capp P O G O By Walt Kelly