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Battalion Editorials Page 2 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1954 Letters to the Editors Cadet Slouch Council Needs S trength The young and struggling Civilian Stu dent Council yesterday showed signs that it would soon die unless steps are taken to strengthen- the organization from within. At yesterday’s meeting, the council, in some cases, succeeded in doing little more than dividing a few of the members against each other. Most of this was due to small problems that arose during the meeting and caused petty bickering between several of the coun- cilmen. The problems were of no major con cern and had each councilman studied them with objectivity, most of the quarreling would have been' avoided. The council concerned itself more with parliamentary procedure than with any actual business it had to do. More time was spent discussing an amendment as to whether or not Roberts Rules of Order would be used than any other problem -brought before the council. The parliamentary deadlocks and ignorance of parliamentary procedures on the part of some of the councilmen should have made' it obvious that some form of procedure should have been adopted long ago. The council has met three times, and only one meeting could be termed more of a suc cess than a failure. Disgust shown by some of the councilmen after the meeting yester day clearly showed that if the council is to ever gain the confidence of the civilian stu dents and the college, then major changes must be made within the council, and even bigger changes will have to be made in some of the councilmen’s attitudes. A&M civilian students need a governing body. It is up to the present Civilian Stu dent Council to show that such a group can be formed and can work in the interest of a better A&M. Editors, The Battalion Dear Sirs: NOTHING at College Station to attract gizds, Mr. McGinnis? Hugh Dane Lanktree *55 Civilian Student Council Student Life Committee Editors, The Battalion Dear Editors: Perhaps Texas A&M was out- scored at Baylor last Saturday, but the Aggies brought home a great victory, nonetheless. We proved to present and for mer Baylorites, to the Southwest Conference, and to the whole of Texas that we do possess along with our never-say-die Aggie Spir it, the ability to lose a game and act like gentlemen while doing it. We not only met Baylor half way in upholding the principles of sportsmanship by assuming our re sponsibility a$ guests on their cam pus, but we did much to pave the way for better school relations in the years to come. Maybe we are all realizing now that each of us serves as a rep resentative of Texas A&M. Each of us knows the aspects of common courtesy. And by combining these two realizations in our actions with students of other schools, ^e also find we possess not only more personal friends, but also more friends for our great school, Texas A&M. Jerry D. Ramsey ’55 President, Student Senate by James Earle IF YOU’D MAKE THEM IZTM MAW AGdJES SIT OOWKI, I COULD SEE JW GAME . WITHOUT VO' WOLDIW* ME! Job Calls k STUDENT CENTER DIRECTORS—Key personnel in the operation of Memorial Student Center are (left to right) Miss Gladys Black, food director; -J. Wayne Stark, MSC Operated by Experts director; Mrs. Ann Hilliard, social and educational direc tor; Charles G. Haas, business manager; Miss Margaret Long, program consultant. ^ Million Persons in MSC Yearly The living room of the A&M campus —- the Memorial Student Center—has an estimated million persons pass through its doors each year, a total of four million since the center was opened in Sept., 1950. The operation of this campus showpiece and place of relaxation is carried out by experts in their particular field. J. Wayne Stark, director, and Charles G. Haas, business mana ger, both are former students. Stark was graduated in 1939 and Haas in 1947. They head a staff of 225 employees, including stu dents and wives of students who work part time. Miss Gladys Black is food di rector. Last year, 23,106 persons were served at banquets, about one-fifth of them students. The four food services—banquet room, dining room, coffee shop and foun tain room—sold about 700,000 cups of coffee and 25,728 glasses of to mato juice. Wayne Smith is food production manager, Mrs. Elvie White is ca tering supervisor and Mrs. Jurlean Carter is night food supervisor. Guest room manager is Mrs. Mo- zelle Holland. The center has 66 hotel rooms, both single and double, and last year 22,728 persons used them. Mrs. Ann Hilliard is social and educational director who arranges for club meetings and short cour ses scheduled almost daily in the MSC. More than 5,000 partici pants, from corporation executives to firemen, attend the courses. Program consultant is Miss Mar garet Long. She coordinates the many activities of student groups and all of the entertainments in the building, which has 14 meet ing rooms for any size gathering from 5 to 500 persons. Mi’s. Mary Briggs is advisor for the craft shop committee. Mrs. Emalita Newton Terry acts in the same capacity for the art gallery committee. 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 ol 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 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. News contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444 or 4-7604) or at the editorial office room, 202 Goodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activities Office, Room 209 Goodwin Hall. BOB BOEISKIE, HAERI BAKER - Co-Editors Jon Kinslow Managing Editor Jerry Wizig Sports Editor Don Shepard, Bill Fullerton News Editors Ralph Cole...., City Editor Jim Neighbors, Welton Jones, Paul Savage Reporters Jo Ann Cocanougher Women’s Editor Betsy Burchard A&M Consolidated Correspondent M-iurice Olian A&M Consolidated Sports Correspondent Larry Lightfoot Circulation Manager j mer The six-chair barber shop, man aged by William H. Freiberger, had about 40,000 customers last year. Recreational facilities of the cen ter are many and vary widely. There is a browsing library with books, magazines and newspapers from throughout the state; a re cord service with record-players and pianos in soundproof rooms. There is a large room for domi noes, cards and other such table games. John Geiger is manager of the v bowling alleys and table tennis room. The alleys were refinished last year. Mrs. Ollie Fussell is manager of the gift shop, where almost every one of hundreds of items bear col lege insignia. Last year, cigarette sales totaled 373,800 packages. The branch post office in the MSC is staffed, of course, by fed eral employees. The telegraph- telephone center is also manned by personnel of the utility companies. Andrew Martin, as building sup erintendent, directs a maintenance crew which cares for the two mil lion dollar structure and the grounds. His men can refinish a fine tablu, shampoo a chair in place on the lobby floor, or reupholster it from stock. Purchasing agent for the big business is C. L. Atmar. Account ant is Herbie T. Johns. Located in the center also are offices of the Association of For- Students, of which J. B. (Dick) Hervey is executive secre tary and College Archivist Dr. D. • Oct. 27 — Magnolia Petroleum will have representatives from their Dallas and Beaumont offices to interview BS and MS graduates in chemical and mechanical engi neering and geological engineers and geology graduates with the geophysics option. These inter views are for January graduates. • Oct. 27 — The Pure Oil com pany will have representatives here to interview January or June grad uates, all levels of geologists and geological engineers. The inter views will be for the purpose of determining qualifications for em ployment in exploration geology, geophysics and development geol ogy. O Oct. 27—Sun Oil company rep resentatives will interview grad uates with an advanced degree in physics, physical chemistry, petrol eum engineering. They will also interview graduate with a BS in civil engineering. • Oct. 27—A representative of the North American Aviation Corp. is interested in interviewing all de gree levels in aeronautical, civil, electrical, and mechanical engineer ing for position available in design and development of aircraft struc tures, power plants, controls, elec tromechanics, aerodynamics and related fields. G Oct. 27 — Cessna Aircraft of Wichita, Kan. will have a repre sentative on the oampus for inter views. Check with the placement office in a few days for type of graduates they will be interested in. % Oct. 27—Sears & Roebuck will interview graduates in business ad ministration, economics, and agri cultural economics for their college executive training program and auditing trainees. A modern coal ihine is not black, but white from..pulverized lime stone sprayed on the walls (o re duce fire hazards. Band To Sponsor Cinerama In Dallas The A&M band is sponsoring ticket sales to a special showing of Cinerama in Dallas the weekend of the corps trip. The showing will be at 11:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 5 at the Melba theater. Tickets will cost $1.75 for the balcony and $2.70 for the lower floor. They will be on sale at the ath letic department ticket office. The band gets a percentage of the sales to add to the band fund. Tarpon Club Elects Huntly Shelton was elected pres ident of the Tarpon club. Other oficers are John Frandoug, vice- president; John Scarborough, treas urer; Franklin Clark, secertary; and Billy Parks, sergeant-at-arms. B. 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