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THE BATTALION
Wednesday, November 18, 1953
Battalion Editorials
Campus Accidents
A re Inc tea s i mg .
There have been almost as many automobile accidents
since school started this year as there were throughout the
entire 1952-53 school year.
Speeding is probably the chief cause for this increase in
accidents. The added number of cars on the campus is an
other reason. Still another is the desperate need for traffic
controls at many intersections.
People who drive cars on the campus aren’t the only
ones to blame. Pedestrians do their part in contributing to
the number of accidents. An excellent example of this is the
way freshmen herd across the street by Sbisa dining hall
immediately after any meal.
As for speeding volations, check your own speedometer
next time you are driving on the campus. The limit is 20
miles per hour. 1
Stop signs are desperately needed. Collisions could be
avoided by obeying the speed limit. These accidents could
be diminished even further if there were a better traffic
pattern for the campus.
An accident Monday morning was typical of the type
which has been occurring on the campus. It didn’t cost any
lives, but it will cost someone a lot of repair bills which were
absolutely unnecessary.
A campus security officer usually is present during rush
hours at the corner at which this accident occurred. He
wasn’t when the accident happened at 7:50. But with the
small staff which campus security has, it would be im
possible for these men to direct traffic all over the campus.
STOP signs are needed. They are needed desperately.
The slow signs in the center of the streets at a few inter
sections are not heeded. The speed limit is 20 miles an hour,
and a slow sign would hardly mean dropping one’s speed be
low this.
The erection of signs, even some more speed limit signs,
would help a great deal in diminishing accidents. Caution on
the part of drivers and pedestrians will be the big element.
Some day an Aggie will be lying on one of our streets
dead as the result of carelessness. It might be his fault for
walking in front of a car. It might be the driver’s fault for
absent-minded driving.
Be cautious. You may be the boy lying on the street, or
you may be the driver who will suffer mentally the rest of
his life.
★ Job Calls *
^ Nov. IS—The Cooper-Bessemer
corporation Avill interview January
graduates at all degree levels in
mechanical, electrical, c hemical and
petroleum engineering. These engi
neers will be interviewed for posi
tions as sales engineering trainees.
@ Nov. 19—Sears, Roebuck and
company will interview business
administration, economics and agri
cultural economics majors graduat
ing in January and June. Inter
views will be for candidates for
their executive training program.
# Nov. 19 and 20—White Sands
Proving ground will interview
engineering, physics and mathe
matics graduates who are graduat
ing in January. They are offering
permanent oppointments in the
federal service with full civil ser
vice retirement and other benefits.
^ Nov. 10 and 20—The Standard
Oil Company of New Jersey will
interview January and June grad
uates at all degree levels in me
chanical, petroleum, civil, electri
cal and chemical engineering, for
positions in petroleum, refining
and production with their affiliates
in Latin America.
® Nov. 19 and 20 —- Texas Electric
company will interview January
graduates at all degree levels in
electrical, mechanical, civil and in
dustrial engineering, and business
administration.
® Nov. 20—White Sands Proving
Ground will interview electrical
and mechanical engineering, phy
sics and mathematics majors £ft all
degree levels graduating in Jan
uary.
® Nov. 20—The Standard Oil com
pany of New Jersey will interview
January and June graduates at all
degree levels in mechanical, pet
roleum, civil, electrical and chemi
cal engineering, for positions in
petroleum refining and production
with their affiliates in Latin
America.
© Nov. 20—Texas Electric Service
company will interview January
graduates at all degree levels in
electrical, mechanical, civil and in
dustrial engineering, and business
administration.
The automatic totalizator was
first used in America at Hialeah
race track, Jan. 14, 1932.
The Battalion
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JERRY BENNETT, ED HOLDER 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
Jerry Wizig Associate Sports Editor
Rill Turner : Advertising Manager
Frank Hines, Jerry Neighbors, Bob Domey, Jim Collins, Ray Wall,
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Jack Farley, John Linton. King McGowan, Jay Ireland,
Charles Kingsbury, George Manltzas, 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 News Editor
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Letters to the Editors
Editors, The Battalion:
Dear Darling Aggies,
I read in Thursdays Balt where
that some among you is again rais
ing the ageless phrase of “Old
Army has gone to Hell!” Y
The reasoning that those gentle
men used in their little note of
wisdom, has indeed got entirely out
of style now except at A&M and
other dark ages institutions.
Why should a man be made to
go through hardships simply for
the ,stupid reason thqt s.ojp.e.one
else had to go tlirougli iilteiff ?
It is a good thing ’ that. tHis Jine
of “thought” does not^pre^aif in
civilized parts of the world or all
progress would:.stop.,,
I am afraid you children are
under the impression that a map is
not a man unless he can take phy
sical punishment.
I am truly sorry ior you. You
are wondering why that your en
rollment has steadily dropped, well
why do not you look around you
and take stock of some of your so
called great traditions here and
you will see.
You are always making fun of
the cookiepushersj well I guess
people of your irjfep.tality would al
ways try to belittle something that
is better.
I recently returned from a trip
to the university of Oklahoma,
where I was indeed honored to see
a truly great team and great band
in action. Up there the student
body yells because they want to
and not because of force.
At the half time of the game
a sign was brought round the track
by some University of Kansas stu
dents. It said “I would sooned be
damned, than be a damned Sooner.”
The Sooners took it all in the
mood of good sports. Do you really
think that the aggies would have ?
Another thing I noticed which
would seem sUange to an aggie
was the fact that there campus was
beautiful and well kept, not one
single building or street was mar
red by the smearings of paint, so
often seen around here.
I will be in law school at O. U. in
the Fall of 55. If some of you big
tough board swinging “MEN”
want to drop in for a spell, feel
free to do so.
Maybe we can make partial
gentlemen out of you. On second
thought I guess you had better not,
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the Sooners are going to be pretty
good about that time, so maybe you
had better stay here and make men
out of the Freshmen.
For those of you avIio will answer
this letter by asking me why I
have not gone to O. U. in the first
place, I can Only say that if you
will pay my extra costs of going
there, boys I’ll gladly go.
John Clark
Editors, The Battalion:
To:
Jay W. Weinstein
Don Jage
John; D. Cunningham
Ronny Joyner
Milton Sharp
Bill Nourie
James H. Ashford
William J. Glass
James Shubert
Carl Odom
Dear wetheads,
In answer to your uncalled for
letter we have a few comments for
your enlightment.
In the first place, this year’s
fish show signs of becoming bet
ter Aggies than did last years
fishmen. In the second place, it
seems to be your opinion that all
decisions concerning what the
freshmen will and will not do have
been made by the class of ’57.
We would like for you to under
stand that these decisions were
made by people who have been at
A&M much longer than you.
It is not yet time for you to
decide the policies of the Cadet
Corps.
We want to point out that fresh
men are wearing raincoats because
they were issued raincoats. They
were issued raincoats because there
were not' enought panchos for all
the fish.
As far as fish going non-reg to
work on the bonfire, why is that
such a big gripe ? Freshmen can
build just as big a bonfire in blue
jeans as they can in fatigues.
Wearing lipstick is not one of
the old traditions and there have
been plenty of classes (76-47) of
“Ole Army” who did not have it.
We don’t care what other schools
(See LETTERS, Page 6)
What's Cooking
5:15
Wednesday
p. m.—A&M Gymnastics
club "meeting, little gym. Anyone
wishing to work with the team
irtvited. -
8 p. m. — AVMA Auxiliary
meeting, social room, MSC.
Thursday
7:30 p. m.—Port Arthur home
town club meeting, room 106,
Biological Science building. Com
plete plans for Thanksgiving dance.
Bee county club meeting, room
203 Academic building. •
Tyler - Smith county hometown
club meeting, room 104 Academic
building. Plan Thanksgiving party.
Brush county club meeting, room
207, Academic .building. Plans for
Christmas party.
Land of Lakes club meeting,
room 3D, MSC. Discussion of
Christmas party plans.
Orange, hometown club meeting,
room 305, Goodwin hall. Election,
of officers; refreshments.
Bell county club meeting, room
123, Academic building.
A&M Dianetics group meeting,
cabinet room, YMCA.
Southwest Texas club meeting,
YMCA.
ENGINEERING
SENIORS
Worth American
Aviation
Los Angeles
will interview here
ir 2nd
TRIANGLE’S SPECIAL DINNER
Thursday = November 19tli
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Choice of two vegetables —
Carrots and Peas — Creamed Corn — Brown Potatoes
DESSERT—Rice Pudding
BEVERAGE—Tea or Coffee
TRIANGLE DRIVE-IN LOUNGE
Try Crowflite Gas at the Triangle Station
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Meat Judders to Enter
Nation-Wide Contest
The Saddle and Sirloin club will
sponsor a meet judging team in
the National Meat Judging contest
in Chicago, Nov. 30.
G. J. King, animal husbandry
graduate student, is training the
team. Team members are Harry
McCampbeil, Don Lehner, Lee Wil
son, Bobby Rankin and Nick
Alexandra.
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