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THE BATTALION
t^ednesd^y, December 2, 1953
LETTERS TO THE EDITORS
(Continued from Pagre 2)
ten in a deep, endless rut. We can
£•0 on and on and never really get
anywhere at the rate we are now
going . . .Let’s stop ail this NAME
CALLING. Actually, It shows very
little intelligence. Sm~ely we should
have outgrown that by the time we
reach college age. . . . How in
telligent it must sound to out
siders.
Yes, there should be “Class Dis
tinction”. But, let us not forget
that we are all members of one
great school and we are ail mem
bers of one corps. The sooner we
ail begin to work together to tear
down that mile-high barrier be
tween the two areas here at A&M,
the sooner we will be able to tear
down the Basic Division.
Jim Hill ’5G
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Editors, The Battalion;
To: John Clark ’? Dorm ? Room ?
To begin with, since nobody with
any reasoning whatever believes
that “Old Army” will ever come
back, we feel that your statement
about “Old Army” are extremely
unnecessary.
If you feel that A&M is a dark
age institution, pray tell, if you
are such a progressive, what do
you expect to learn or gain at a
place whose culture and civiliza
tion (or rather barbarism) is so
many hundreds of years behind the
times that it makes a person fell
like a beggar of the middle ages in
comparison to O. U. ?
If you think that O. U. is a much
better school than A&M, you
should have gone to some other
“modern institution” rather than
A&M, money or no money.
It’s not impossible for anyone to
go to any school if he has enough
initiative about him to work his
way through.
If you thirfk that the things
freshmen are required to de be
cause they aye fish are only re
quired for the personal satisfaction
of the men ahead of them, you
really are much dumber than we
had expected people of your natuer
to be.
“Hazing?” of freshmen is done
for the logical and worthy purpose
of training them to think faster
and more accurately.
Surely, this is a trait anyone
who wants to better their capabili
ties and personality would desire.
Whether it was Old Army, New
Army, Old Air Force, New Air
Force, or whatever you care to
call the conditions we spent our
fish year under, by coming to
A&M, we feel that we have gained
something that is unique and hon
orable, not to be found at other
schools. One of these qualities is
known as the SPIRIT OF AGGIE-
LAND.
And when the word, Spirit, is
mentioned, the question of “forced
loylty” arises.
It matters not if a fish is fussed
at for two hours, two minutes, or
none at all. If a man wants- to yell
for his school, his team, or what
ever the case may be, he will yell
only if he, personaly, really has
the desire to yell.
If he doesn’t want to yell, he
just won’t, no matter what anyone
says or does to him.
There is no such thing as “forced
loyalty” at A&M, because there is
no means strong enough to force
loyalty of any type here.
Loyalty mhst come from the
heart. Ifs, either there or it isn’t.
It just can’t be placed there by de
merits, a bullring, a board or any-
ci$e if nothing else.
And another thing about Old
Six Hon ses Being
Built in Knoll Area
The Knoll, the newest addition
annexed to College Station has six
new houses under construction.
This addition, which contains 47
lots, was annexed on Sept. 28.
Seventeen houses have been built
or are now under constriction in
this residental area.
Since this section is a part of
the city, it has fire lines at all
houses. Each house is within 500
feet of a fire hydrant. This ad
dition is located on the southeast
side of College Station.
Fish AF Cadets
To Keep Raincoats
Air force freshmen will con
tinue to wear raincoats this year,
said B. Hearne, military pro
perty ciastodian.
They were issued raincoats this
year because there was a shortage
of ponchos, he said. The usable
ponchos were issued to ground
force freshmen.
“Four years ago a requisition
order for raincoats was filled with
ponchos. Since then all orders have
been filled with raincoats, apd this
year there was a shortage of
ponchos,” Hearne said.
Campus Parking Plans
Go to Morgan Soon
Recommendations for relieving
A&M’s parking problem will be
submitted sometime this week to
the president of the college.
Recommendations have been
drawn up, but have not been sub
mitted as yet, said Fred Hickman,
chief of campus security.
Army: As we understand Old
Army, the board was used only for
punishment rather than a bullring
or demerits, with the exception of
the dense few who used it for exer-
vise if nothing else.
This fact should be brought out
more emphatically in discussions
about Old Army if it is true.
Do you think that any Aggie got
mad when two Rice freshmen
brought around a sign saying
“Flush the Farmers?”
Do you think that any of the
Rice students got mad when four
fish took it away from the
“slimes ?”
If any member of the student
bodies of either school had any ill
feelings because of the incident,
our estimation of both schools has
been entirely too high.
In short, you are merely em
phasizing your IGNORANCE by
expecting any Aggie to be angred
and not take such a thing as “good
bull.”
As for the beautiful campus, on
the whole you can thank your
“cultured and highly civilized”
schools for smearing paint on such
places as the West Gate Memorial,
“Sully” and others.
In closing we would like to say
that one of the main reasons that
A&M’s enrollment is falling is be
cause that guys like you that can’t
take anything come down here for
awhile and then leave telling
everyone you see not to come to
A&M where, among the best edu
cations to be had are found instead
of letting other people form their
own opinions by observation of all
the different schools.
In short, it’s guys like you that
w^e wish would get the hell outa
here and never come near A&M
again.
John I). Cunningham. ’56
Kerry E. Burleson, ’56
.Jay W, Weinstein, ’56
I bn Fane, '56
Bonny Inner, ’56
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Editors, the Battalion:
We feel that anyone who has
spent all their years at A&M in the
shelter of the freshman area has
acquired no standards to judge the
Corps by. W~e find it hard to blame
any Sophomore who is in the midst
Soph A rch itec t
Wins $50 Prize
Blanton Ray, sophomore design
student, won $50 first prize for
designing a warehouse.
G. Troy Summerlin won second
prize of $25. Fifty dollars was
divided between M. Morgan Doug-
'ass, Clarence Jones, Charles R.
Holcomb,. Edward W. Reeder and
Billy B. Bedford for honorable
mention.
Don Dale, general contractor for
lake Davidoff, offered the $125 for
the winning designs.
The actual building will incor
porate some ideas of desigp sub
mitted by' Joseph E. Steed, al
though his design was not a prize
winner.
Construction of the warehouse
will begin in February. The class
will watch the work at varimls
times.
of his most rugged year at A&M
for criticizing the lack of dis
cipline in the class of ’57. By our
standards this year’s freshmen are
the worst we’ve seen. This is pro
bably not entirely the fault of the
freshmen but of the general laxity
prevalent in the freshman area. If
lipstick and raincoats were all that
was wrong with this years’ fresh
man class, there would be very
little to complain about but speak
ing and meeting are old traditions
and there has been entirely too lit
tle of them by the class of ’57. Are
they saving their breath for yell
practice ? If they are, we haven’t
noticed any improvement. It is a
rare occasion when you find a
freshman who knows when the
major bulidings on the campus
were built. We feel that many of
the traditions at A&M with no
readily apparent reason are all a
part of the selection process. If a
person doesn’t like it he has the
opportunity to go to many other
schools. Instead of making excuses
for the freshmen, we suggest you
try to improve them.
J. W. Bass, Jr. ’55
Jim Wilson ’55
James Milstead ’55
Mitchell Refuses
Advertising Plan
Corps commander Fred Mitchell
doesn’t plan to remain a bachelor,
but when he marries it’s going to
be the real thing.
Mitchell and four other cadets
have turned down an offer to model
for Lever Bros, advertisements in
a mock wedding at TSCW.
Aggie sweetheart Jane McBrier-
ty would have been the bride,
Mitchell the groom. Mitchell said
that after he refused Miss Mc-
Brierty asked 1st Wing Comman
der Bill Reed. He accepted but
then changed his mind, Mitchell
said.
Mitchell said they refused be
cause they would have had to sign
a contract releasing their pictures
for advertising.
The other students asked to take
part were Burt Holdsworth, Leon
ard Stasney and Danny Burkhard.
Irvin Serving On
Olympic Committee
Barlow Irvin, athletic director
at A&M returned Tuesday from
Washington, D. C.
Irvin has been serving on the
Olympic Games Committee for the
United States track and field
squad. The committee discussed
plans for the 1956 Olympic games
to be held in Melbourne, Australia.
Kiwanis
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war. Therefore, the companies did
not have to pay,” Stephenson said.
Among the old types of in
surance he discussed, Stephenson
discribed insurance against “geese
stomping” in Canada.
“Because geese kept ruining
’wheat t c>-ops by nesting in them,
the' Canadian government issued in
surance to protect the crops.”
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Whistle’s Toot Remind
Firemen of Training Class
The three toots of the construc
tion departments’ whistle each se
cond and fourth Wednesday are not
a fire signal.
It is a reminder to volunteer
firemen of the two-hour training
classes held in the afternoon of the
day of the signals.
The classes are required by the
Texas State Board of Underwriters
and are held from 12:30 to 2:30.
such as truck, hose, fire extinguis
her and ladder uses,” said C. H.
Warren, Fire chief.
Fire, drill and class attendance
records are kept on the men and
are inspected by authorities of the
Texas Fireman’s Training school,
who sometimes sit in on classes.
Average attendance at the clas
ses is about 17 men, Wari'en said.
AH Department Holds
SheepExperimentsHere
The animal husbandry depart
ment is conducting an experiment
to test the usefulness of fat in
sheep feeding. #
The fat being used is fat which
was used in soap making. The
soap-makers are now using by
products of petroleum as turgents
and consequently there has been a
drop in the price of rendered
animal fat's, said Dr. W. G. Kam-
mlade of the AH department.
“Since fat is a very concentrated
$500 Scholarship
Offered by
A $500 scholarship for a stu
dent majoring in agriculture will
be awarded by the Beaumont Farm
and Ranch club.
To be eligible for the award, a
student must be from Jefferson,
Orange, Hardin, Chambers or Li
berty counties, said R. L. Hunt of
the agriculture department. The
student must have completed two
years of study in agriculture and
plan to continue in that field.
The club’s scholastic awards
committee will make the selection.
They will base their selection on
character, leadership and scholastic
rating, Hunt said.
If a student receives the award
and continues to meet the re
quirements the next year, he will
receive an additional $550 then,
said Hunt.
source of energy, it is hoped that
it can be worked into the feed to
produce an economical ration and
one which will put on satisfactory
gains.” Kammlade said.
To find out its usfulness, fats are
added at the rates of 5, 10 and 15
per cent to rations fed to different
groups of sheep. Gains made by
these groups will be compared to
those of a standard or control
group.
The experiment was started Oct.
1 with 100 lambs in eight different
groups. At the present time those
receiving the five and 10 percent
fat rations are gaining better than
the controls.
Dr, Kammlade said as far as he
knows an experiment like this has
never been run before.
A test is also being made to
determine the use of fat as a sub
stitute for corn in the ration.
The fat is melted and mixed in
the feed and is a value to the feed
manufacturers because it reduces
dust and increases the palatability
of the feed, Kammlade said.
State Foundry Group
Will Meet Here Friday
The state convention of the Tex
as chapter of the American Found-
ryrnen society will meet here Fri
day.
Foundry representatives from all
parts of the state will be present.
Talks on safety and education
will be given by John Mitchell, Carl
Lipay, and Jim Smith.
“Dui’ing the meetings our men
receive instruction and practice in
the fundamentals of fire fighting,
Battalion
Classifieds
Seven Represent
A&M in Oklahoma
Seven students will represent
A&M at the regional conference of
the Association of College Unions
at Oklahoma A&M.
They ai’e John Samuels, Council
president and chairman of the
steering committee for region 9;
Don Friend, council vice president;
Charlie Parker, public relations
chairman; Doug Krueger, bowling
committee chairman; Oscar Garcia,
dance committee chairman; Bob
King, music committee chairman;
and Robin Ransom, camera club
chairman.
J. Wayne Stark, Miss Margaret
Long, and Mrs. Ann Hilliard, staff
members, will accompany the stu
dents.
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Chebib, 158 Bizzell, Box 2631.
FOR SALE: Larpe desk, $15,00 and side
board, $10.00 A-9-B Co). V.
FOR SALE—1948 English Ford. Fair
condition-j35 miles per gal. See Roy
Goode, A&M Press.
Ur. Carlton R. Lee
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121.
BOY’S BLUE, belted jacket with fur col
lar, near Park Place bridge, phone
6-3253 Alex Rush.
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22”. Call 4-1272 after 1 p.m.
Official Notice
We are thinking of giving Biology 217
again in the spring term if there are as
many as 12 who sign up for it. Please tu»‘»
your name in to George E. Potter, Biology
Department, if you are interested in gel-
ting the course.
Dr. George E. Potter
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