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THE BATTALION
Thursday, September 16, 1954
Battalion Editorials
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1954
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The Battalion
It’s Been
A Full Summer
QUITE A FEW changes have taken place since the
spring semester ended. ^ „ A
Some of them affect all Aggies, some affect a few Ag
gies, and others are just interesting. t -
Probably the most important of all was the July action
of the board of directors making military training optional
at A&M. , , i x +14-
This will give the corps of cadets a chance to prove that
it can stand on its own feet, without having to force people
to belong. , , , ...
It will also give the civilian students a chance to have a
better program of their own.
THE STUDENT LIFE organization has been shifted
around into a more practical arrangement, eliminating most
of the causes of friction in the past.
The new set-up has a good man in each job, with the
functions of each department clearly outlined.
THE TT’S ARE BACK, let back in on a sudden, unsuf
ficiently explained action. Something sounds fishy, but then
there’s always something fishy around the TT’s.
Looks like the college doesn’t particularly mind having
secret fraternities around, no matter what their own rules
say.
THIS YEAR is going to be a rough one for hazers, if
the start is any indication. A cadet has already been denied
readmission to school for hazing freshman.
And this was for mental hazing—“bracing and wild-
catting.” Of course, the cadet was out of uniform, not sup
posed to be on the campus, and reportedly “under the influ
ence of intoxicating beverages” at the time.
If the college keeps this up, maybe this year will see
the end of all forms of unjust hazing at A&M, and freshmen
will be treated like people.
This doesn’t mean “make it easy on them;” it means
make it hard on them, but make it sensible discipline, on
military lines, as a military organization should.
WELCOME AGGIES ...
“Say It With Flowers . . .
But Say It With Ours”
J. COULTER SMITH
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
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THERE HAVE been some personnel changes too. Many
good men have left, including two, deans, Howaid W. Bailow,
and John R. Bertrand.
Perhaps this is one of the greatest dangers facing A&M.
It’s not the spectacular kind of danger; it’s the kind that
creeps up on a schoool.
A college can be only as good as its teaching and admin
istrative personnel. If A&M keeps losing good men at all
levels, it won’t survive long.
Maybe we ought to treat teachers as well as we’re going
to treat the freshmen. Teachers are people too.
AND, OF COURSE, the usual summer clean-up, paint-up,
fix-up has been going on. Dormitories and classrooms have
been repainted and repaired and some of the parking lots
have been enlarged and improved.
Two—count 7 em—two new gyms are about ready to
open their doors, one a big fancy coliseum, and one a physical
education gym. With DeWare field house and the Little
Gym, we ought to have about enough gyms. Anyone for
classroom buildings ?
SO THERE HAVE BEEN many changes. But it’s still
essentially the same old school. All of the. changes won’t
sit well with all the students, but they all warrant careful
consideration.
Before you make a decision on their worth, and above
all before you decide on any action, think about it careiully,
weighing all the factors and considering them in the light ot
what "is best for Texas A&M.
The school deserves that much consideration.
Dine in the clean, cool atmosphere
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Military
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Morgan said he believed the new
plan would strengthen the corps,
because it would make membership
voluntary.
Under the military optional plan,
all freshmen and sophomores have
the option of taking military sci
ence. In the past, all freshmen
and sophomores who were physical
ly qualified or not vetreans had to
take military. **;• BiW
Junior and seniors, who are un
der advanced contract status still
have the option of either accepting
or rejecting the advanced contract.
If a freshman or sophomore
wants to get out of the corps, or
drop military, after registration,
the procedure will be the same as
dropping any academic work.
The drop will have to be ap
proved by the commandant, and
the student will take a F in mili
tary science, if he drops after the
last day for dropping classes.
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