Battalion Editorials
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1954
Athletic Program Develops;
But What About “Shacks”?
A&M soon will boast a new $1,100,000
gymnasium. The crowds will flow into the
magnificently designed structure and watch
basketball games. Physical education stu
dents will go to classes in the new building
and marvel at the wonders of modern con
struction.
A&M has hired a $15,000-per-year coach
and expects an abrupt turn-about in the suc
cess of its football teams.
Kyle Field got a brand new press box and
2,500 extra seats. The athletic situation on
the west side of the campus certainly is look
ing up.
But unless you have a strong stomach,
don’t look on the east side of the campus.
There are a few items over that way called,
by the students, the “shacks.’’
These “shacks are some of the most
miserable class rooms a student ever spent
an hour in.
It is an understatement to say they are
cold in the winter and hot in the summer. It
is an understatement to say the lighting is
poor. It is an understatement to say they
are inconveniently located.
But who ever thinks about class rooms?
A few of the old die-hards are still sticking
with the idea that colleges were built to edu
cate men, not entertain them on Saturday
afternoon with football and during the week
with basketball.
The physical education department is get
ting some excellent class rooms out of the
new PE building. And these people truly de
served this long-delayed class-room set-up.
But what about the classes down in the
“slums” of the school? Students have to wade
through mud and water to reach them every
time a shower hits College Station.
The replacement of the “shacks” and re
modeling of some of the other class rooms of
the campus is long past due. If only one of
those die - hards who puts education first
would get in a position where he could do
something. . .
Pedestrian Attitude
At A&M Is Deadly
Some A&M students seem to have the
idea that if they were struck by a car that
the auto would be the only one to suffer.
Drivers here are constantly amazed at
the thoughtlessness of student pedestrians.
And they have a right to be.
Everyday many students show an ap
parent disregard for their own life by the
way they cross streets. Some never look be
fore they cross. Some look, see cars coming
but cross anyway. Others even stroll to
classes in the streets instead of using the
sidewalks.
The street next to Sbisa Hall is one area
of extreme pedestrian carelessness. During
the noon hour, it is one of the busiest in the
community. Freshmen flock out of the din
ing hall to cross the street on their way to
the dormitories.
Sometimes it’s a wonder that they ever
make it.
Even though more people walk than ride
at A&M, the streets are still for the cars.
This seems to have been forgotten.
However, someday a death is going to
jolt a few memories.
* Job Interviews *
® Feb. 22 - 23—The Naval Re
search Laboratories of Pasadena,
California, will have a representa
tive here to talk to interested sen
iors and graduate students major
ing in mechanical, electrical, in
dustrial, aeronautical and civil
engineering, physics and mathe-
metics.
® Feb. 22 - 23—General Motors
Corporation will interview pro
spective June and summer grad
uates at all degree levels in me-
chanical, electrical, industrial,
chemical and aeronautical engi-
Commentator Sets
March Publication
The second issue of the Com
mentator magazine will be out
sometime during the first part of
March, said R. G. Hendry, editor.
Articles in this issue include a
feature on James Earle, cartoonist
from The Battalion, by George
Manitzas; a featm-e about Dean E.
J. Kyle, for whom Kyle Field was
named, by Harri Baker; and a
story which asks the question, “Are
Athletics Doomed at A&M?”, by
Jerry Wizig. All of these authors
are members of The Battalion
staff.
There will be two more publi
cations of the Commentator after
this issue, Hendi-y said.
neering, chemistry, physics, mathe
matics, accounting and business
administration.
® Feb. 23-24—.The Atlantic Re
fining Company will interview
June and summer graduates at all
degree levels as follows: Geological
electrical, mechanical and chemical
engineering and physics graduates
for work in research and develop
ment, and peti-oleum, chemical and
mechanical engineering graduates
who are interested in their chemi
cal engineering laboratory, reser
voir engineering section, production
engineering groups, field product
ion groups, etc.
® Feb. 24—The National Supply
Company representative will be
here to talk to men in all fields of
engineering who are interested in
entering the oil field machinery
business in jobs dealing with de
sign or production engineering in
one of their plants or sales engi
neering in their field organization.
® Feb. 24 — The Research and
Development Laboratories of
Hughes Aircraft Company will in
terview June and summer grad
uates at all degree levels in electri
cal engineering and physics. They
are working almost entirely on
electronic and electromechanical
equipment at this time.
• Feb. 24 - 25—TR'e Baton Rouge
Refinery of Esso Standard Oil
Company will interview graduates
at all degree levels in chemical,
mechanical, civil, electrical, indus
trial and petroleum refining engi
neering, and chemistry. They will
also interview a limited number of
men with high technical and per
sonal qualifications who, by June
1954. will lack no more than one
year for completion of their edu
cational program. This includes
graduating seniors who plan to
work toward advanced degrees.
• Feb. 24 - Jones & Laughlin
Steel Corporation will have repre
sentatives here to interview stu
dents in liberal arts, business ad
ministration or marketing who are
interested in the Sales Training
Program for their Mill Sales and
Supply Divisions. They will also
talk to any engineering graduate
who may be interested in this
Program.
• Feb. 25-26—The Bell System,
which indues the Sandia Corpora
tion, Southwestern Bell, Western
Electric Company, A. T. & T. Com
pany, and Bell Laboratories, will
interview seniors and graduate stu
dents in electrical, mechanical, in
dustrial, civil and chemical engi
neering, physics and business ad
ministration who have some techni
cal background and experience.
• Feb. 25-26—Carbide and Carbon
Chemicals Company will interview
candidates who will receive either
B. S. or M. S. degrees in chemical
and mechanical engineering, or
chemistry. Positions available are
in maintenance, process develop
ment, utilities, works engineering,
production, sales, technical service
and control and development.
Squadron 20 Wins
Loupot’s Contest
Squadron 20 and B infantry won
Loupot’s unit symbol drawing con
test.
Squadron 20 had the best drawn
sign, and B infantry won for hav
ing its symbol up first. Both prizes
are $5 each.
The Army Security Agency was
disqualified by The judges for vio
lating contest rules. The unit’s
painters rushed to the store’s side
as the contest opened, and painted
the letters ASA.
Although finishing first, they
painted another sign which made
them inelgible for a prize. Mrs.
Loupot said she would give them
$2 as a consolation award, how
ever.
Winners may receive their
awards at the store.
What *s Cooking
FRIDAY
7:30 p. m.—United Nations .club
meeting, YMCA.
MONDAY
5 p . nt. — A&M handball club
meeting*, "diysics.! sduedition
D s Ware Field house. Plans for
coming matches and a tcurniment
between members will be discus
sed
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Co-Editors
Chuck Neighbors- ...Managing Editor
Harri Baker Campus Editor
Bob Boriskie... 2 Sports Editor
Ion Kinslow City Editor
lerry Estes —..Basic Division Editor
Bob Hendry — Feature Editor
Barbara Rubin Society Editor
Jerry Wizig 1 — Associate Sports Editor
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News Briefs
NEXT MONDAY is the last day
to turn in pictures for the Vanity
Fair and Senior Favorites section
of the Aggieland ’54, according to
Allan (Bootsie) Holt. Pictures may
be turned in at the student activi
ties office, second floor, Goodwin
hall.
❖ * -k
BEN COOK, assistant to the
dean of the School of Agriculture,
and Dr. R. C. Potts of the agro
nomy department went to Canton
today to make final plans for a
pastures short course here March
8-12. Between 15 and 30 persons
will be enrolled in the course.
* * *
DK. DEWITT HUNT, head of
the School of Industrial Arts of
Oklahoma A&M, will speak at 8
p. m. Tuesday to the faculty, staff
and graduate students. The sub
ject of his speech will be “The
Need for Subject Matter Speciali
zation in Graduate Study.”
* * *
DR. HENRY GILMAN of Iowa
State college will speak to the
American Chemical society at 8:15
p. m. Tuesday in the lecture room
of the Chemistry building. Topic of
his talk will be “The Pursuit of
Free Radicals.”
* * *. :
DR. WALTER GORDY, profes
sor of physics and director of the
microwave and radio frequency
laboratory at Duke university, will
speak Wednesday at 8 p. m. to the
faculty, staff and graduate stu
dents.
Topic of the speech, to be held in
the lecture room of the Biological
Sciences building, will be “Radio
Messages from Atomic Nuclei.”
* * *
D. W. WILLIAMS, vice chancel
lor for agriculture and F. C. Bolton,
president emeritus, left for Pakis
tan yesterday to find out if an
educational exchange program can
be set up between that country and
the U. S. The two officials will be
gone for four weeks.
* * *
MARCUS HOELSCHER was
elected president of the San Angelo
club Thursday. Hoelscher Avill be
assisted by vice - president, Jack
Lander; secretary, James Johnson;
and reporter, Harry Kalina.
Fencing Team Sets
Meet in Houston
The A&M fencing team will
compete Saturday in an Amateur
Fencing League of America meet
in Houston.
Matches will be staged in junior
epee and foil.
Last week the Cadets decisioned
the University of Miami, 19-15, at
Coral Gables, Fla. A&M had a 7-2
edge in sabre to counter a 12-13
deficit in the foil matches. Gus
Wulfman had a 3-0 record in the
sabre competition.
Soccer Team Will
Play Practice Gamfe
A&M’s soccer team will play an
intrasquad game Sunday instead
of the originally scheduled game
with Busy Bee of San Antonio.
The practice contest will be play
ed on the soccer field west of Law
hall at 2:30 p. m.
Feb. 28 the Aggies will meet the
University of Houston here.
Corcaptain Guillermo Cardenas
announced a team meeting for 7:15
tonight in the YMCA.
COOK THAT PORK!
NEW HAVEN, Conn. —OP) A
superior court judge has ruled that
a butcher can’t be held responsible
if a customer gets trichinosis from
improperly cooked pork.
Military Housing \
Has 166 Vacancies
Military housing units have 166,
empty rooms, with dormitories 6
and 8 uncounted.
Non-military housing units have
six empty beds, These are not
empty rooms, but six rooms with
only one occupant, said Harry Boy
er, chief of housing.
Of the military units, there are
80 completely empty rooms in the
freshmen area, and 86 in the new
area. The military dormitories have
526 rooms with only one occupant.
Non-military students are housed
in Leggett, Mitchell, dormitories
two, four and the first two floors
of dormitory five.
LEGAL HOLIDAY
Monday, February 22, 1954, being a Legal Holiday, in
observance of Washington’s Birthday, the undersigned
will observe that date as a Legal Holiday and not be
open for business.
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