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THE BATTALION*
Wednesday, December 2, 19o3
Letters to the Editors.
■- Editors, The Battalion;
To All Aggies:
I’ve had the opportunity to read
the last five issues of your college
. newspapei*, the Battalion — I’ve
developed a keener intei'est in A&M
and its students and I’ve become
more fond of Aggieland.
This fellow, Clarke, could have
been nothing but a complete jerk,
because everyone — yes even Tea-
sippers, admires your college from
a distance.
Because of the strict rules to
which you must abide and the
physical and mental military
training, you have produced some
of the top army men in the country.
No one can deny that.
I have the pleasure of being
personally acquainted with some
six or seven AGGIES, and I can’t
say that I’ve ever met any nicer
or more wonderful boys.
But what stands out above every
thing else is the hearts of the
Aggies I know, is a real love for
their college, A&M.
Ambitions differ in each of us.
Ideas and opinions are not all the
same, but when some 7,000 boys
from all over the United States
chose ONE college, there’s bound
to be something good inside those
gates.
I say “Hats off to yol Aggies.”
I’m for you all the way!
(I might as well kill two birds
with one stone—my hobby is writ
ing letters and I’d simply love to
write to some Aggies 4 )
Miss Samuella Murphy
Box 201
Huntsville, Texas
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Editors, The Battalion:
To John Clark, the Blind and the
Doubtful.
The phrase “Ole Army had Gone
to Hell” is not solely characteristic
of an elite group on this campus,
but is only a modification of the
many phrases and words which
come to the lips of those upright
individuals who have enough
“man” in them to stand up and
call a “spade a spade.” It is not
surprising to find the lax moral
principles and the inevitable cor
ruption of individualism which
stalk throughout the world today,
finding its way even into the most
formidable defenses of great in
stitutions.
Instead of men we can depend
on, we have egos we can argue
with; instead of shaking hands
with character, we merely touch
a layer of personality. In place of
intelligent men, we have the in-
telligentia, or those who are edu
cated beyond their capacity.- In
stead of making this school a re
fuge for a great people of a' great
country, we are forced to invite
the slackers who will continue to
corrupt it- They tie our hands and
then tell us to save the sheep from
the wolves. Thank God we still
have a few who will step out of
their rooms into the light of day
and say, “Ole Army has Gone to
Hell.” Maybe the thought will
ring the bell; maybe progress will
continue.
I wish that I could take time and
space to instruct you on some of
the vital points which you do not
understand about this school. You
see, all of these questions are with
in man, and they cannot be made
by Kansas U. or any institution.
You don’t go to a school to learn
to be a man, but you yourself
determine what you will be. The
reason enrollment is falling off, is
not because of the few mortifica
tions that are left, but because
there are not enough for the men
who want them. If the Corps was
again given its right to govern
itself and the board was brought
back, the enrollment would in
crease twofold, and I would not
have to pick up the Bat and read
the wimpering and tear jerking
articles turned in by people like
you.
Although I am not acquainted
with you and should feel offended
for having my school paper black
ened by your beligerent note, I
rather cool my anger and replace it
with pity and understanding for
all of you who cower in your dark
ness. A man that stays in A&M
and does not want to, has no right
to live in a democratic society, for
he has lost his will power; only
the devils in Hell have lost their
will and cannot take or leave what
they want.
I would be glad to show you at
any time men who are struggling
through this school without par
ents, money or any other suppox-t
that you might need to go to your
favoi’ite school. Come around and
maybe you can get a few lessons
from these “children” on How to
Stand Up and Be a Man.
If I leave A&M, it won’t be be
cause there ai’e too many hard
ships, but because there will be
too many people here who would
fall into your “Gentlemen’s Army.”
Robert Moore ’56
Editors. The Battalion:
I have just finished reading the
letter in the Nov. 18 “Batt”. It
was from Mi*. John Clark. It isn’t
quite clear as to whethex* he is
a student at A&M or not. I won’t
say an Aggie because it is certain
ly clear that he isn’t an AGGIE.
I don’t know how other Aggies
took to letter, but I took it as a
formal invitation for all the Aggies
to take a collection to send Mi*.
Clark to O. U. which he thinks is
so high and mighty.
I’d like to inform John Clark
that I have a cousin at O. U., and
if all the O. U. cookiepushers are
like him, I wouldn’t be caught dead
in the “joint”.
I Would also like for Clark to
check with the registrar before he
says the enrollment at, A&M is
rapidly dropping.
The freshman class is larger this
year than it has ever been. It
doesn’t take a man to take phy
sical punishment; it just takes a
man to go through A&M.
Is that why you’re leaving
Clark? What do the cookiepushers
have that A&M doesn’t ?
I finally figured out what Clark
was trying to get over to the Ag
gies in his letter, but judging from
his use of English, I would say he
is either a foreigner or from so far
up in the hills of Arkansas that
sunshine had to be piped to him.
Which is it, John?
What did the O. U. student body
sound like when it yelled ? Did it
compare to the 12th Man ? Who is
forced to yell at A&M ?
I never was. I yelled because I
wanted to support the fighting
Aggie Team.
“I’d rather be dead than a—two
percenter like John Clark.” Clark,
just remember that the “North
Gate is alway open” to guys like
you.
If you don’t like this school, get
th H—out of here. We don’t want
you here any worse than you want
to be here. A&M is ashamed of you
and so are the Aggies.
There are other schools in Texas.
Why didn’t you go to one of them
in the first place ?
I wonder if Clark has the “guts”
to stand in front of a group of
Aggies as large as the one that
reads the “Batt” and tell them
what he wrote in his letter. ,
I’ll bet he doesn’t. I’ve seen
people like him. They all like to
have the paper they write on to
hide behind.
I also noticed that you didn’t
put your class on your name. Are
you ashamed of it. I would be if I
were you.
I’m proud of my class. I only
hope that my class isn’t ashamed
of me as your class should be of
you, John Clark.
If we thought you were worth
it, we’d take a collection to send
you to your “famed” O. U., but
personally we don’t think your’re
worth it.
“In every barrel there is a rot
ten apple.” John Clark is the rot
ten apple in A&M, and we’re ready
to dispose of him.
Mick Good, ’56
Approved by:
John Kirkpatrick, ’56
Pete Miesch, ’57
Delma House, ’56
Reland Bannberger, ’56
Joe Hoffman, ’56
Tom Atherton, ’56
Don E. Wise, ’56
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Dear Sirs:
I see that A&M’s cherished
traditions are still being stripped
one at a time. Just for the record,
I would like to correct one im
pression. The tradition of lip
stick before the Texas game did
not originate after the war. I
wore lipstick along with my class
mates in 1940, and I can assure
you that the tradition was not
new then. I’m afraid the present
military administration has already
made great strides in “sending old
Army to hell.” Wake up Aggies.
Roland C. Mallett ’44
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The Battalion:
This troubled world is crying for
freedoms, understanding and tol
erance. Concepts of tolerance do
not exist in the minds of hot head
ed militarists. There are common
parallels in the minds of military
dictators throughout the world. To
quote, page 35, U. S. News and
World RepoiT, Act, 30, “l know of
a Russian truck driver who re
marked that he much prefers a
Studebaker to the more recent
Soviet models, and who then got a
five-year sentence at hard labor for
economic sabotage.”
In America, (the home of the
brave and the land of the free) I
know of a student who remarked
that he much prefers O. U. to Tex
as A&M and who then got the
parallel treatment of dictatorship,
Freddie Hart.
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Editors, The Battalion:
All of us I am sure have heard
of the Constitution of the United
States. The first ammendment to it
states that all people have the
right to freedown of speech. This
right includes people like John
Clark as Well as Socialists,
Atheists, Capitalists, Prohibition
ists, and all other groups.
I do not believe in John Clark’s
beliefs, but the question at stake
is not his personel beliefs. It is
whether not the people who rode
John Clark “out on a rail” have
thrown all the things we have
fought to insure for 177 years. Will
these people now do away with
“freedom of worship”? I hope not.
R. M. Marshall ’57
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Editors, the Battalion
Just what kind of school do we
have here ? Is it really possible that
a man could have been escorted off
the campus because of a letter that
he wrote to the Batt ? And more
surprising than the incident is the
attitude taken by a good many of
the students who didn’t participate.
“Oh, well, thats just A&M.” Man,
what a jolt—I thought that we
were living in a Democracy where
we had freedom of speech. I don’t
believe that riding a man off the
campus on a rail is part of the Old
Aggie Traditions that IVe heard so
much about.
As a non - reg fish I’ve sat
through all of the other contro
versies around the campus with but
putting in my two cents worth but
this is too much. John Clark may
hive been dead wrong in bis letter
but even so no one had the right to
chase him off with out proper
school action. In my opinion the
group who participated in this
lynch mob is a disgrace to the
school and some kind of disci
plinary action should be taken.
H. Sampsell ’57
Editors; The Battalion:
I am not going to f address this
letter to anyone ;n particular as I
believe it is .of concern to all Ag-
gies.
TArst, I want to say that I don't
believe I have ever re44 so imich
trivial rot m a college pub.icatiO-.
--- nay life. I feel that many of the
letters have been written on the
sour of the moment and with
very little thought. I suggest .that
'v^d'ore one s.ts down to "wr.te a- -et-
ter that is .to he 'pubhished for ah
r c> re«*u tkic ne in.ng wnau *re is ,
saying. I am afraid v e have got- I
(See BETTERS, 6) ]
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Four Policies
Insure MSC
For $565,000
The Memorial Student Cen
ter has insured itself f o r
$565,000 dollars with profits
made through its operations.
Carrying four categories of
insurance policies, the MSC is in
sured against fire, wind storm, riot,
civil commotion, smoke, hurricane,
explosion, aircraft and la n d
vehicles.
The building proper carries a
$100,009 policy; furniture, equip
ment and machinery, $300,000;
merchandise for resale, $125,000;
and contents of the bowling alley
wing, $40,000.
The premiums are being paid
from profits of the dining room,
coffee shop, bowling alley and
fountain room, said Charles G.
Haas, MSC business manager.
Texas carries no insurance on
any of its buildings, and no money
is appropriated by the state to buy
insurance, he said.
Initial insurance policies were
taken out Oct. 9, 1950, Haas said.
More and different policies are be
gin added. Some policies are being
dropped, and amounts are being
changed^ in others, he said.
The policies are carried by a
number of the nation’s leading in
surance companies, and several
companies carry a portion of each,
he said.
What 9 s Cooking
Wednesday
5:30 p. m.—A&M Gymnastics
club meeting, little gym. Election
of officers and set working dates.
7:30 p. In.—Architect’s Wives
club meeting, YMCA.
8:30 p. m.—Camera club meet
ing, rooms 2C and 2D, MSC. Bon
fire print contest.
Thursday
7 p. m.—Houston hometown
club meeting, room 301, Goodwin
hall. Very important meeting.
Texarkana - Four State club
meeting, room 224, Academic build
ing.
7:15 p. m.—Waco - McLennan
county hometown club meeting,
room 306. Goodwin hall. To discuss
Christmas party.
Kansas - Missouri club meeting,
room 107, Biological Science build
ing. Discuss Christmas party and
election of officers.
Panhandle club meeting, Acade
mic building.
7:30 p. m.-—Marshall meeting,
YMCA. Discuss Christmas party
plans.
Tyler-Smith county hometown
club meeting, room 104, Academic
building. Plan Christmas party.
Austin Hometown club meeting,
chapel, YMCA. Plan Christmas
party.
Wes Hometown club meeting,
YMCA. Plan Christmas party.
Shreveport club meeting, room
106, Academic building. Discuss
plans for Christmas party.
Amarillo A&M club meeting, so
cial room, MSC. Final plans for
Christmas dance.
Palestine hometown club meet
ing, 3rd floor, Academic building.
Discuss Christmas party.
Flax County club meeting,
Academic building.
Scout Committee
Inspects Camp
A committee of five men from
the Sam Houston Area council. Boy
Scouts of America, inspected Camp
Arrowmoon recently.
The investigation was to deter
mine what improvements must be
made in order to make the camp,
which is now operated by the
Brazos district, available for use
by 15 districts in this vicinity.
System Sets
Employe Dinner
Dee. 18 in Sbisa
Twenty persons who have
been connected with A&M
and the system for 25 years
will be honored at the annual
Christmas dinned for em
ployes TYiday, Dec. 18, at 7 p. m.
in Sbisa hall.
Chancellor M. T. Harrington will
give the Christmas message. Don
Young of the Forest service, will be
master of ceremonies and the Rev.
Thomas H. Swygert of the Luther
an church will give the invocation.
The honorees include Dr. I. G.
Adams, economics department;
Miss Leta Bennett, J. P. McCul
lough, E. C. Martin, F. N. New
som, Miss Irma Ross, M. B. Vie-
man, Agricultural Extension ser
vice.
Stanley P. Davis, Miss Mary Ann
Crimes, Agricultural Experiment
station; J. Gordon Gay, YMCA;
Dan Hall, mathematics depart
ment; P. D. Jones, building and
college utilities department; L. B.
Locke, Former Students’ associa
tion; E. E. McQuillen, Develop
ment Fund.
P. T. Montfort, agricultural engi
neering department; Dr. W. E.
Paulson, agricultural economics
and sociology department; C. N.
Shepardsbn, dean of agriculture;
L. D. Trevino, dining hall; R. M.
Wingren, mechanical engineering
department; P. J. A. Zeller, Engi
neering Experiment station.
Demonstration Home
To Be Moved Soon
The old agricultural demonstra
tion home will be mo\ r ed soon,
said W. H. Badgett, head of physi
cal plants.
The building is opposite Col. Joe
Davis’'home. It will be used as a
home on one of the farm centers
when moved.
Badgett said the house was
originally designed by Ernest
Langford, head of the architecture
department, as a model home for
cheap construction of farm homes.
A&M Songs
Lead Record
Hit Parade
Texas A&M has a hit record
album.
“The Songs of Texas A&M”
album, published by Recorded
Publications company of New
Jersey, is the largest seller
'■ ' 'aitiSfig - all school-song albums
produced by the company.
This includes songs of
Michigan State, Purdue, Yale,
Washington State, Illinois,
Kansas and others.
Recorded Publications of
ficials also said the album out
sold all record albums in Tex
as, including recording of
popular and symphonic com
positions.
English Group
To Have Magazine
A collection of literary writings
by students is being made for
spring publication, said R. V/.
Feragen, faculty advisor.
The volume will include short
stories, essays and poetry. The
source of material for the book
will be from student publications,
English instructors and direct sub
mission to the English depart
ment.
The book is sponsored by the
English club and is being handled
by students with professors acting
in advisory capacity, said Feragen.
The size will depend upon availa
bility of material. Material is need
ed and should be turned in to the
English department.
Inter-Dorm Telephones
To Be Replaced Soon
The 25 dormitory field telephones
have . been sent to Ft. Hood for
modification.
They will be replaced in about
two weeks, said Joe Bell Mc-
allister, corps communications of
ficer.
Student Grades
Hit Nine Year Low
Undergraduate students grades
are at the lowest point since
1943-44, said Charles N. Shepard-
son, dean of the School of Agricul
ture.
Shepardson explained that
grades began to rise with the re
turn of veterans in 1944-45. “Thej!
are a more serious minded grouji
and exert more effort to make good
grades,” he said.
After the war, the enrollment
was nearly 80 per cent veterans.
Grades rose and were stablize^
until veteran enrollment began to
decrease, the dean said.
No great increase in veteran en
rollment is expected from tha
Korean war because most college
students were deferred and allowed
to finish school. Men graduating
from high school were not imedi-
ately drafted as in World War II
and got a chance to go to college
if they chose.
Cub Scouts Give
Indian Skit5 Dance
Cub Scout Pack 383 featured an
Indian skit and dance at theil
monthly meeting recently in St.
Joseph’s school gym.
Each member explained the use
of the Indian spear, tomahawk,
drums and shield.
The cubs ’were assisted wit!
their make-up and costumes by tin
den mothers.
Jerome Zubik is the cub master
and Jake Conglpse is assistant cub
master.
Horticulture Society
Sets Dec, 4 Display
The Horticulture society will
present a display in the Memorial
Student Center assembly room
Dec. 4.
All horticultural crops will be
represented, including subtropical
fruits.
“The show is primarily edu
cational, but we will have top
grade Texas ruby red grapefruit
for sale,” said Bob Morgan, chair
man of the show.
P O G O ’ ' By Walt Kelly