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Battalion Editorials Page 2 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1954 The Game Is Over There’s a lot of controversy floating around about the Aggie-Cougar game last weekend. But the game is over and in the record books now. , You can choose your rumor on the cam pus—something about that last minute was n’t right, and it looks like we won’t ever know for sure what happened. But the referee called it, and American sports is built on the principle that the ref eree is right—whether you agree or not, the referee is right. That’s the way it goes into the books, and that’s the way it is. So instead of griping about last week’s game, let’s call it a bad break, or one of those things, and concentrate on next week’s game. The Aggies have recently been building a reputation for sportsmanship, on and off the field. It’s a reputation to be proud of. The man who can take a loss quietly and turn to the next contest is the better man. On Campus with ~ MaxShuIman. (Author of “Barefoot Boy With Cheek, n etc.) r WHAT EVERY YOUNG COED SHOULD WEAR Gather round, girls. Snap open a pack of Philip Morris, light up, relax and enjoy that mild fragrant vintage tobacco while Old Dad tells you about the latest campus fashions. The key word this year is casual. Be casual. Be slapdash. Be rakish. Improvise. Invent your own ensembles — like ski pants with a peek- a-boo blouse, like pajama bottoms with an ermine stole, like a hocky sweater with a dirndl. (Dirndl, incidentally, is one of the truly fascinating words in the English language. Etymologists have quarreled over its origin for years. Some hold with Professor Manley Ek that Dirndl is a corrup tion of Dardanelle and is so named because it resembles the skirts worn by the women of that region. This theory is at first glance plausible, but begins to fall apart when you consider that there are no women in the Dardanelle region because of the loathesome local custom of female infanticide.) (Another theory is advanced by Dr. Clyde Fell. Dirndl, says he, is a contraction of “dairy in the dell” and refers to the milkmaidish appearance of the skirt. But again close examination causes one to abandon a plausible hypothesis. As every child knows, it is not “dairy in the dell” but “farmer in the dell”, in which case the skirt should be called not dirndl but firndl. (There are some who contend we will never know the true origins of dirndl. To those faint hearted Cassandras I, say, remember how everyone laughed at Edison and Franklin and Fulton and Marconi and Sigafoos. f Sigafoos, in case you have forgotten, invented the nostril, without which breathing, as we know it today, would not be possible.] The origins ©f dirndl will be found, say I, and anyone who believes the contrary is a lily-livered churl and if he’ll step outside for a minute, I’ll give him a thrashing he won’t soon forget.) 4 But i digress. We were smoking a Philip Morris and talking about the latest campus styles. Casual, we agree, is the key word. But casual need not mean drab. Liven up your outfits with a touch of glamor. Everk the lowly dungaree and man-shirt combination can be made exciting if you’ll adorn it with a simple necklace of 120 .matched diamonds. With Bermuda shorts, wear gold knee-cymbals. Be guided by the famous poet Cosmo Sigafoos (whose brother Sam it was who invented the nostril) who wrote: Sparkle, my beauty, Shimmer and shine. The night is young, The air’s like wine, Cling to a leaf, Hang on a vine, Crawl on your belly. It’s time to dine. (Mr. Sigafoos, it should be "explained, was writing about a glow worm. Insects, as everyone knows, are among Mr. Sigafoos’ favorite subjects for poems. Who can ever forget his immortal Ode to a Boll Weevil) Or his Tumbling Along With the Tumbling Tumblebug? Or his Fly Gently, Sweet Aphid? Mr. Sigafoos has been inactive since the invention of DDT.) But I digress. We were smoking a Philip Morris and discussing fashions. Let us turn now to headwear. The motif in hats this year will be familiar American scenes. There will be models to fit every head—-for example, the “Empire State Building” for tall thin heads; the “Jefferson Memorial” for squatty ones; “Niagara Falls” for dry scalps. Feature of the collection is the “Statue of Liberty,” complete with a torch that actu'ally burns. This is very handy for lighting your Philip Morrises, which is very important because no matter how good Philip Morrises are, they’re nowhere unless you light them. We come now to the highlight of this year’s fashion parade—a mad fad that’s sweeping the chic set at high tone campuses all over the country. All the gals who are in the van, in the swim, and in the know are doing it. Doing what, you ask? Getting tattooed, of course! You just don’t rate these days unless you’ve got at least an anchor on your biceps. If you really want to be the envy of the campus, get yourself a four masted schooner, or a heart with FATHER printed inside of it, or a— I interrupt this column to bring you a special announcement. A I'unner has just handed me the following bulletin: “The origin of the word dirndl has at long last been discovered. On June 27, 1846, Dusty Schwartz, the famous scout and Indian fighteB, went into the Golden Nugget Saloon in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The Golden Nugget had just imported a new entertainer from the East. She came out and did her dance in pink tights. Dusty Schwartz had never seen anything like that in his life, and he was much impressed. He watched with keen interest as she did her numbers, and he thought about her all the way home. When he got home, his wife Feldspar was waiting to show him a new skirt she had made for herself. ‘How do you like my new skirt. Dusty?’ said Feldspar. He looked at the large voluminous garment, then thought of the pink tights on the dancing girl. ‘Your skirt is darn dull,’ said Dusty. ‘Darn dull’ was later shortened to ‘dirndl’ which is how dirndls got their name.” ©Max Shulman, 1954 This column is brought to you by the makers of PHILIP MORRIS who think you would enjoy their cigarette. The Battalion The Editorial Policy of The Battalion Represents the Views of the Student Editors The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechan ical College of Texas, is published by students four times a week, during the regular school year. During the summer terms, and examination and vacation periods, The Battalion is published twice a week. Days of publications are Tuesday through Friday for the regular school year, and Tuesday and Thursday during examination and vacation periods and the summer terms. Subscription rates $9.00 per year or $ .75 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. Entered as second-class matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas under the Act of Con gress of March 3, 1870. Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally by National Advertising Services, Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Fran cisco. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republi cation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. BOB BORISKIE, HARRI BAKER ..Co-Editors Jon Kinslow Managing Editor Jerry Wizig Sports Editor Ralph Cole, Don Shepard. News Editors Nora Burge Woman’s Editor Kerstin Ekfelt Assistant Woman’s Editor Betsy Burchard A&M Consolidated Correspondent Maurice Olian A&M Consolidated Sports Correspondent John Huber Advertising Manager Larry Lightfoot...., Circulation Manager Tom Syler, Russell Reed, Ken Livingston Circulation Staff LETTERS (Editor’s Note: The Battal ion prints all letters received that are signed and are not libelous or obscene. We would like to request that the length of letters be kept to not more than 250 words.) Editors, The Battalion: Before the tumult and the shout ing dies down too much, I want to say a bit about “Town Hall.” It has been building up over several years until we have excellent pro grams and, this year, great hopes of an adequate building. Rollie White coliseum is quite adequate as to size, but not as to seating capabilities. Most listen ing requires a certain amount of relaxation, which was utterly im possible on those completely un comfortable bleacher and backless seats. There aren’t words to say quite how uncomfortable they seemed. It is not possible for everyone to go without supper and arrive early enough to get one of the chairs on the floor or one of the green seats with backs on the up per levels. Besides that, there aren’t enough of them to go around, which leaves an inade quacy almost as great as Guion hall. The statement that chairs on the level floor would not allow their occupants to see much of the per formers is more or less true. But the point is, that with a higher platform, the performers would be visible and listeners more comfort able in folding chairs. In a neighboring institution, which shall here be nameless, con certs are enjoyed in a similar au ditorium, patrons sitting on folding chairs and viewing the performers on a platform at least 18 inches higher than the one in White coli seum. Even if the platform has to be moved out for games, there should be ingenuity enough in this college to devise a sectional, movable plat form which would meet the require ments of visibility from the floor. There should be pride enough in this school to ‘‘see that good Town Hall programs are given the advantage of visibility with reason ably comfortable seats. Couldn’t it be done? Mrs. Robert R. Lancaster 303 Dexter South College Station Quote Correction Karl E. Elmquist, executive chair man of the Student Publications Board, was misqfioted in last Fri day’s Battalion. His statement should have been “It is not any body’s intention that this board act as a board of censorship over stu dent publications,” instead of “It is not everybody’s . . .” R.C.A. - T.V. New all clear picture con sole cabinet in grained ma hogany or lined oak. Price $289.95 24 MONTHS TO iPAY KRAFT Furniture Co. Bryan, Texas Local People Win River Art Show A seven-member group from College Station won first place in the overall display at the tenth annual River Art show in San An tonio Oct. 9 and 10. The prize was $10, said Mrs. Ralph Terry, Memorial Student Center are directorate and teacher of the group making the trip. The members of the group belong to the MSC art gallery group, but since they also had to be members of the River Art group of San Antonio only these seven were el igible for the show, she said. Making the trip were Mrs. Ter ry, Mrs. Dwight Clark, Mrs. John Naylor, Dr. C. B. Campbell, Mrs. Joe Mogford, Mrs. J. H. Womble and Mrs. Fred Jensen. Mrs. Mogford won first prize of $50 in still life oils with her “Star fish.” Mrs. Terry won second prize of $35 in free composition for “Ship’s Graveyard.” What 9 s Cooking TUESDAY 5:30—Handball club, election of officers, DeWare Field House. 7:30—American Society of Agri culture Engineers, Agriculture- En gineering lecture room, refresh ments. Entomology Society, New Sci ence building, football highlights of 1953 will be shown, discuss bar becue. Kream and Kow Klub, creamery lecture room, Dr. Rupel speaker, refreshments. 8:00—Fish and Game club, 3rd floor Agriculture Engineering building, pictures of Mexico field trip shown, coffee and cookies. Journalism Club, MSC, will have speaker. Important business. State Fair Exhibit The State Fair of Texas will see five of A&M prize quarter horses from the Garrigan Stables. The horses will enter the competition Oct. 15. The horses, raised at the college barns, will be shown by Burl Hill. Cadet Slouch ... by James Earle i IP VO' TUINK. VM 'BUKiGE-D- UP, VO oucwTtk sete , |TU AT COUGAR-'S HAHPfr.y THE MEMORIAL STUDENT CENTER Wishes to thank the following merchants who each loaned Television Sets for use of students, faculty, staff, and visitors in the MSC during the World Series Games. BETTER HOMES Cavitt & Coulter ★ McCULLOCH - DANSBY CO. 118 N. Bryan ★ HASWELL’S 201 N. Main ★ WESTERN AUTO ASSOC. STORE Bryan & College Station JOE FAULK AUTO & APPLIANCE 214 N. Bryan