k Page 2 THE BATTALION Wednesday, October 13, 1954 At Other Schools Students Enthused Over Fair, Football By JON KINSLOW Battalion Managing Editor Football, naturally, remained the center of attraction for most Texas colleges, but the current State Fair of Texas in Dallas led a close second. For those lucky few who play their games in the Cotton Bowl during the Fair, there was a chance to cram football and the Fair into one weekend. University of Texas lucky few was er-game story One of the said the Orange and White, but after Saturday’s game with OU, they may have wished the weekend had never come. A story in the Daily Texan says all roads lead to Dal las. However, we don’t think all roads do—just most of them, at least during Fair season. is headlined, “The Spirit Was There — But So Were Sooners.” The score of the game^— 14-7—indicated there weren’t too many more Sooners — only about seven. One other item from Austin: The lads over there are taking up Bermuda shorts. It doesn’t look as if there is much chance for the fad to hit here unless the military department tears up its regulation book. A pre-game rally last week found most students with the opin ion of “Poor Sooners,” and an aft- __ Rice Institute During the next several years, new dormitories will be gin to dot the Rice campus. Rice officials are planning some modern buildings, at least according to the cost, which will be $3,600 for each student housed. The Rice Thresher, student newspaper, boasts of a foot ball prediction average of .818 up to last Friday. One bug in their predicting is A&M football games, but this is under standable. - Southern Methodist University The Ponies in Dallas have also been caught in the Ber muda shorts fad. They are even so popular that one student remarked, ‘T seriously think that everyone on the campus should wear them.” Another fad-follower has a wool pair for winter wear. We grow cold on ideas like this. That business of “Who sent the fake forms to new SMU students” is almost as big a puzzle on the Hilltop as the foot ball tossing incident in Houston Saturday is to us. One thing, though, is certain in the SMU case: Someone did send the forms. Texas Christian University The Skiff, TCU student newspa- out, but thinking about it is enough per, and the Student Congress for us not to want to participate, staged a mud battle recently, but here or anywhere else, they used real mud and not words. The affair was a tug of war, the center being a 20-foot ditch one Cadet Slouch by James Earle ctimct I ADMIRES VO' VETERtMAe-iAWS, &UT I AlKlT comma, play UOESE. FO' YO' j&s play lire yo' is orrriM- l, yorg. suors poe SUMMER. CAMP' ssSl|fi§8 iris ;t/— itafp Y ..... Letters to the Editors Under a by-lined column in the paper is a cheery proposal for cur ing those who tend to break in line at the school cafeteria. The suggestion was, “Break a few heads. Bloody bodies are impres- foot deep in mud. The Skiff says the melee will “end many years of mud-slinging’* between the two groups. We have received no re ports of how the match turned sive.” University of Arkansas The Razorbacks took their first win on Texas soil since 1948 recently when they bowled over TCU 20-13. The boys from Arkansas were pretty happy over it, too, and some of their enthusiasm must have carried over to last week end when they beat Baylor. A&M will ge their chance at the Porkers in three weeks, but after meeting Texas this week, we can hope the Hogs will be a little more tame.. Baylor University One short note from Baylor: They get their day at the Fair Oct. 5, and they got a bonafide holiday for it. How ever, the “fair” they got to see was the Heart o’ Texas Fair in Waco—which might be compared to UT’s imitation of our bonfire. T S C W The Tessies don’t let a good of buildings for administration, a moon go to waste even if there are no dates around. The school’s class of 1957 celebrated the annual Harvest Moon, complete with an hour-long serenade and picnic. A wonderful way to spend an eve ning. In other events concerning the Denton Damsels, the TSCW Board of Regents is considering a $900,- 000 project for the construction classroom, library science and gym nasium. A&M can probably advise on gymnasium planning, but we’re a mite short on classroom propo sals. Also, the Daily Lasso says the Tessie rifle team is starting practice. The team is described by the paper as being the one “which shamed the Texas Aggie rifle team in a match last spring.” Just remember, you can’j; get a man with a gun, the song goes. North Texas Some Italian cosmetologists, says the NTSC paper, have devised a few “improvements” for the ladies compact. It consists of what actually amounts to the girls wearing no makeup at all since the new look is for pallid, death-like colored faces with eyes painted to give them a sunken look. Some girls we know won’t have to buy a thing to take up this new fad. And an article in the paper also expresses doubt that Pete the Python ever did leave the Forest Park zoo recently. This sounds like someone is trying to destroy Texas folklore just like-the white man tried to destroy the Indian. We don’t think either will succeed. 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 pei 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 N ational Advertising Services, Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Fran cisco. BOB BORISKIE, HARRI BAKER Co-Editors Jon Kin slow 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 (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: WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE TRADITIONS OF AGGIE- LAND? We realize that the pres ent technique is done in the best interests of the school as far as the authorities are concerned/ But what we cannot understand is the attitude that the freshmen have taken toward the traditions of the school and the upperclassmen. What good is the ring or the boots if it doesn’t call for any prestige? Why should the freshmen be given the privilege(?) of wearing boots if they haven’t earned them as those in the past have ? Another thing we were wonder ing is why • some freshmen flatly refused to carry the players off the field Saturday in Houston. Since in the past ALL freshmen participated in carrying them off, we feel that it was slighting the players, and why wouldn’t the play ers feel the same way? A school has to be proud of its exes and how are we training boys to be men that we can be proud of in the future? We admit that in the past, traditions have been a little strong, but in correcting that should we wipe them out all-to gether ? It’s our belief that the school is tending to work toward QUANTI TY instead of QUALITY. We ad mit that this would increase the money for the local establishments, but how would it aid A&M, now, or IjO years from now? These are a FEW of our opin ions and we would appreciate hear ing tfie opinions of others. Dick Warren ’55 Bill Ike Allred ’55 Bob Bell ’56 Frank Eichman ’56 Charlie Bond ’55 • Editors, The Battalion: I receive the student publications of three of Texas’ largest colleges, and in none but The Battalion have I found the football coach quoted in his more or less confidential talks to the players. Was it necessary that- a news item go out from College Station stating that the coach sent the first team in early, or such re marks as those where The Bat talion quotes Coach Bryant making WhaVs Cooking THURSDAY 5:00—A m e r i c a n Institute of Chemical Engineer’s function at Bryan country club. Tickets, $1.25, may be obtained from Fair Colvin or N. F. Nielson at the Petroleum Engineering building. 7:30—Tyler-Smith county home town club, room 103, Academic building. 7:30 — California Golden State club, lounge Puryear hall, Califor nians come. Abilene club, 127 Academic, or ganization and election of officers. Rio Grande Valley hometown club, room 3C MSC, election of of ficers. Grayson county hometown club, room 2D MSC plan party. to the team before their departure for the Houston university game? Why not quote the football sig nals ? The other student publications do not quote their coach’s remarks made while coaching. A. F. Mitchell ’09 Dallas A&M Club Elects Nicholson Frank Nicholson was elected president of the Dalas A&M club recently at the first meeting of the group. Also elected was James Plumlee, vice-president; Jennings Bunn, sec retary; Jack Lonquist, treasurer. Connie Eckard was appointed pub licity chairman. Sigma Xi Meeting Chester M. 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