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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
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Co-Editors
Chuck Neighbors Managing Editor
Harri Baker Campus Editor
Bob Boriskie. Sports Editor
Jon Kinslow City Editor
lerry Estes Basic Division Editor
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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
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“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.
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