Battalion Editorials
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THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1953
POST-HALLOWEEN DEPRESSION
Election Results Indicate
Possible Harmful Trend
The results of two recent campus elections
indicate an attitude that could become dam
aging to A&M student life.
Only 18 out of 101 dormitory 5 students
voted yesterday in their non-military stu
dent senator elections, kecently less than
half of the qualified non-military voters cast
ballots to decide their Kyle Field seating plan.
Only 564 ballots were counted. A total of
1975 were eligible to vote.
These figures seem to show that many
students do not care how their campus af
fairs are operated. When people have this
attitude, they are failing to protect them
selves.
Those who fail. to exercise voting rights
are allowing their government to lose its
strength. A weak government is never an
effective one. The danger is always too great
that power will fall to those who would use
it for their own selfish purpose. Government
influenced by a few still affects everyone.
All A&M students should remember this
when the next election is held. If the warn
ing is forgotten, their rights can not be prop
erly safeguarded.
Letters to the Editors
Editors, The Battalion:
Mr. Doyle Smith, ’56, in his let
ter to you, which appeared in the
Wednesday, 28 October issue, men
tioned that “if (he) wanted to
continue to live on (his) ‘laurels
of military life’ (he) would have
entered the Corps upon (his) ar
rival here so (he) might have a
uniform to display (his) ‘hero's’
ribbons. ...”
I am presently one of the two
(to the best of my knowledge)
veterans who chose to enter the
corps upon entrance to A&M, BUT
I do not nor have I had the desire
to “live” on any so called ‘laurels
of military life”. Nor do I con
sider myself a hero. I entered the
Corps not to be able to display any
ribbons I might have won, but to
further my education inasmuch as
I intend to re-enter the service up
on graduation and make it a career
(if anyone should be interested as
to why I joined. . . . ).
In my freshman year, on oc
casions, I wore the ribbons I was
awarded while in the service and
intend to continue to do so in the
future. I am proud of what rib
bons I possess and am proud to
have served my country. I have no
intention of sounding life a “pat
riotic Johnny” for I have gripped
as much as the next guy if not
more, but I figured that I sort of
owed the U. S. something.
As for this question of prior
military service, any man who has
it has reason to be proud of it or
vice-versa, depending upon the in
dividual (and this is not necessari
ly directed at you, Mr. Smith), but
I feel that prior service has com
paratively little footing in the
question of classification here at
A&M.
Someone recently said “I was in
the service when these seniors and
juniors were getting their classifi
cation.”
That may well be so, but if tfyey
consider for a minute that the ma
jority of the seniors and juniors
are now between 19 and 21 years
old and had they went into the
service when we did, they would
have been between 14 and 17 years
old and not quite out of high
school!
In closing, I state again that I
am not in the Corps to show off
any prior service, but to further
my education.
I do not consider myself a hero
nor do I have any desire to live off
the “laurels of (my) military life.”
Nor am I bragging that I have
not bragged. I believe that the U.
S. is proud enough of its sons and
daughters who served with out
their having to publicize their
heroicness, but it just isn’t the
American way of life to put ovei’-
emphasis on the military profes
sion.
In short, I rather resent any in
sinuation that anyone in the Corps
who has prior service joined it to
show that he considers himself a
hero.
If, by these statements, I have
offended anyone, it is regrettable
and I apologize, but I wanted to
state my side of the stoi’y, insas-
much as some seem to consider the
question of prior service so im
portant to classification.
I have a question which I wish
each Vet would ask himself, es
pecially a few individuals: HASN’T
THIS MILITARY SERVICE
QUESTION GONE TOO FAR?
After WWII, there was no
trouble over it, why should we
have to begin it ? ?
Scotty Parham, ’56
Editors, The Battalion:
Saturday night last I had oc-
cassion to transport several Texas
A&M students from a point south
on highway 6 to College Station.
Under investigation the follow
ing morning I found one pair of
spectacles which had been dropped
to the floor in the rear seat of my
automobile.
Would you please enter a nota
tion in your lost and found section
to the effect that said article was
found ? I do not know the name of
the owner nor his friends.
However for further qualifi
cation which would be familiar to
them, the automobile is a blue 1952
Chevrolet. Both the auto and the
owner from New York State.
Le. Robert W. Cain
Box 504
James Connally AFB
Waco, Texas
Editors, The Battalion:
After reading the Battalion of
Nov. 3 concerning the outcome of
the voting on Non-military seat
ing arrangements, we can only say
“why was a vote taken at all?”
With less than one fourth of the
non-regs given the chance to vote,
which we believe was the fault of
the Student Senate Seating com
mittee, we hardly think that the
vote was representative of the
feelings of most of the students
concerned.
We, for three, knew nothing of
the procedure necesary to follow in
order to vote.
Had we voted there would have
been three more “nays” to letting
students who have been at A&M
two years or less sit with those
who have been here longer.
A&M is a school built on tradi
tions and class distinction, and we
believe that this should not be
neglected where non-regs are con
cerned.
We feel that we are just as much
“Aggies” as those who wear the
uniform.
We feel that it is our right to
ask the Student Senate for a new
vote representative of the feel
ings of ALL concerned.
With a margin of only 18 votes,
out 564 cast (2,123 non-regs should
have had the opportunity to vote)
we can only say “let’s take , a new
vote!”
How about it—if we’re going
to have democratic student govern
ment let’s have it! ;
Dick Adams, ’55
Jack Robards, ’55
Reed Rankin, ’55
Form-Fit Issued
Uniforms Illegal
Students must not form - fit
government issued uniforms, said
B. W. Hearne, military property
custodian.
Form fitting of issued items is
against regulations and must stop,
he said. This restriction will have
to be enforced because of new re
gulations governing salvaged
clothing disposition at Camp Hood
Salvage depot.
Anything other than normal
wear, such as snags, tears and
missing buttons, will have to be
mended properly before being re
turned to the clothing warehouse,
Hearne said.
Care and maintenance of the
military issued uniform will be
stressed in the future, he said.
Rec Council
Requests $1,000
From 19S3 Drive
By JON KINSLOW
Battalion City Editor
The College Station Recreation council has asked for
$1,000 from the citizens this year.
The request was made through the A&M College-College
Station Community Chest-Red Cross, the single fund rais
ing compaign for the city. Every organization supported by
charity in this community, with the exception of the National
Infantile Paralysis foundation, is included in the drive.
Last year the recreation council received $1,000 from the
chest, even though the drive was $2,000 short of its goal. The
goal this year is $13,070.
The recreation council performs many services for the
people of College Station. Among these services are swim
ming, baseball, tennis, tumbling, picnics, pre-schoob instruc
tion and activities for the Lincoln School for Negroes.
Swimming
There were two six week terms
of swimming classes held in P.
L. Downs jr. natatorium. During
these classes, 668 children were
the bdseball and softball program
in the city.
This activity included four teams
of adult softball, two teams in the
given swimming instruction. The Little League baseball and a team
cost to the council of this program
was $465.05.
The council also contributed to
in the American Legion junior
baseball league. The amount paid
by the council was $752.13.
Tennis
There were 118 enrolled for the
tennis classes and several College
Station adults worked with team
members selected for tournament
play. Twenty-five representatives
were sent to three tournamnts.
This cost the council $221.93.
Tumbling classes were held for
about 70 children. There were two
six week periods held at the A&M
Consolidated high school gym
nasium. The council contributed
$240 for the program.
Supervised play for 27 pre-school
children was held for a six week
period with two hour classes con
ducted five days each week. New
play equipment was added to the
council’s facilities. The council
spent $121.87 for the entire pro
gram.
Community Picnic
The Battalion
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
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Two Cars Damaged
In Accident Here
A traffic accident Monday morn
ing at Ross and Spence streets
damaged two cars.
Automobiles driven by Donald
H. Clark, A&M student, and Dal
las E. Watson, Bryan, collided at
7:50 a.m. Monday. Clark’s wife
was also in his car. No one was
hurt.
Damage to Clark’s car, a 1950
Ford sedan, was estimated at $100.
Damage to Watson’s car, a 1951
Ford coupe, was estimated at $250.
Watson was driving west on
Ross and Clark was driving south
on Spence when the accident oc-
cured. Clark’s car skidded 40 feet
onto the sidewalk. Watson’s car
spun around a full turn.
JERRY BENNETT, ED HOLDER.
Co-Editors
Chuck Neighbors Managing Editor
Harri Baker 1 Campus Editor
Bob Boriskie Sports Editor
Jon Kinslow City Editor
Jerry Estes Basic Division Editor
Bob Hendry Feature Editor
Barbara Rubin Society Editor
Jerry Wizig Associate Sports Editor
Rill Turner , Advertising Manager
Frank Hines, Jerry Neighbors, Bob Domey, Jim Collins. Ray Wall,
* A1 Eisenberg, Arnold Goldstein, Bill Parsons, Bill Warren,
Jack Farley, John Linton. King McGowan, Jay Ireland,
Charles Kingsbury, George Manitzas, E. B. McGowan Staff Writers
Gardner Collins - Exchange Editor
Bob Palmer, Tom Skrabanek Advertising Staff
James Earle Staff Cartoonist
Seymour Smith. Will Holladay. Buddy Woods Staff Photographers
Joe Hipp. '. . . i News Editor
Larry Lightfoot Circulation Manager
Roland Baird. Jewel Raymond. Monroe Odom. Tom Syler, Buddy Williams.
Russell Reed Corculation Staff
HOUSTON CORPS TRIP
SPECIAL!
THE AGGIE HALLY
DANCE
Featuring
THE AGGIELAND
ORCHESTRA
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13
10 P.M. to ?—at the
P A L A D I U M
South Main at O.S.T. Cut-Off
Behind Stuart’s Drive-In
$1.50 PER PERSON,
(Tax Included)
Tickets are available at the
Student Activities Office
ONLY 1300 WILL BE SOLD — SO
GET YdtRS NOW!
The July 4 community picnic
was the only group activity of this
kind held during the year. It cost
$100. About 2,000 people attend
ed and a fireworks display was
given.
The final activity of the year by
the council is the Christmas party
at CHS.
A two hour morning program
provided at the Lincoln school in
cluded arts and crafts instruction,
tumbling and some pre - school
supervised play. Although 72 chil
dren were enrolled in the overall
program, the average attendance
was about 45.
Also at Lincoln were organized
softball and square dancing. An
average of 24 people participated
in this phase of the program, but
there were about 125 spectators.
The Lincoln program cost the
council $224.65.
Council Membership
Membership in the recreation Ivy, treasurer,
council consists of representatives Other members of the council are
from all the major community or- Herbert Thompson, K. A. Manning,
ganizations, plus members-at-large R. L. Skrabanek, G. E. Potter, Les
elected to serve three-year terms. Richardson, Ran Boswell, Carl
The officers of this year’s coun- Tishler.
cil are Ralph Rogers, president; A. Mesdames J. W. Potts, Norman
E. Denton, vice president; Mrs. Anderson, D. D. Laverty, W. Arm-
Waiter Delaplane, secretary; E. E. strong Price and Fred Weick.
What’s Cooking
Thursday
7:00 p. m.—Houston Hometown
club meeting, room 301, Goodwin
hall. Dance plans to be discussed.
Refreshments.
7:15 p. m.—Abilene Club meet
ing, room 128, Academic building.
Plan Thanksgiving party.
7:30 p. m.-—Tyler-Smith County
hometown club meeting, room 104,
Academic building. Plan Thanks
giving party.
Johnson County A&M club meet
ing, 103, Academic building. Elec
tion of officers will be held for
1953-1954.
Amarillo A&M club meeting, M
SC. General business, party plans.
Piney Woods Hometown club
meeting, room 2 0 5, Academic
building. Organizational meeting.
Stephens, Eastland and Young
County hometown club meeting,
4th floor, Academic building. Meet
ing will be for organizing and
planning activities.
Plant Science Colloquium, cabi
net room, YMCA. Panel discussion,
“Some Fundamental Problems in
Soil-Plant Relations”. Pat Rich,
Charles Leinweber, Don Long-
necker, and Don Hockaday to be on
panel.
Trans-Pecos club meeting, up
stairs, MSC.
Waco McLannan County club
meeting, room 306, Goodwin hall.
Thanksgiving plans to be dis
cussed.
‘T’ Yells
Science F oundation
Gives Fellowships
The National Sciences founda
tion has announced a program of
fellowships in sciences for seniors,
graduate students and postdoctoral
students.
The fellowships range from
$1,400 to 3,400 a year. They are
given for either a full year or for
nine months, at the choice of the
recipients.
The closing date for applications
for the fellowships for the 1954-55
school year is Dec. 15 for post
doctoral students and Jan. 4 for
graduate students.
The fellowships will be awarded
next spring.
Interested students may contact
Dr. Ide P. Trotter, dean of the
Graduate School, for further in
formation.
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TAMC (As one word)
V
Boswell Attends
Beaumont Meeting
College Station City Manager
Ran Boswell attended the Texas
League of Municipalities meeting-
last week in Beaumont.
He was one of 850 city officials
from cities throughout the state
who attended the meeting.
The city managers attending the
meeting, held a round table dis
cussion on management and city
problems.
“College Station is doing better
than any city we know anything
about,” Boswell said.
V
BILL HAILEY
(See Page 1)
S Indents Can Give
Checks Next Year
The athletic department is plan
ning to accept student checks next
year in payment for football
tickets, said Pat Dial, business
maager of the department.
He said the department has not
accepted students’ checks this year
because, “We have not been set
up for the mechanics.”
Some person’s checks have been
accepted, Dial said, but one year in
the past the department had a list
of 150 to 175 students’ checks
marked “insufficient funds.”
If next year’s plans are adopted,
an extra person will be hired to
handle the checks, he said. These
checks also will be accepted only
for the amount of the purchase.
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