What’s
TUESDAY
5—Kream and Kow Klub, chem
istry lecture room, meet bus on
steps of Chemistry building for
tour of Dairy center, supper in
East wirjg, of Duncan, tour of the
Creamery after supper.
5:10—Marshall hometown club,
steps of new Administration build
ing, take Aggieland picture, mili
tary students wear class A uni
form,
7:15 — Agricultural Economics
club, social room MSC, agricultural
economics and sociology depart
ment open house.
Agronomy society, Agronomy
building, freshman and sophomore
agronomy majors urged to attend.
Cooking
7:30 —Saddle and Sirloin, A. I.
lecture room, open house for all
AH majors and freshmen in School
of Agriculture interested in ani
mal husbandry.
Pre-Med, Pre-Dent society, room
107 Biology building.
Entomology society, New Science
building - , freshman open house.
AIIE, room 207 Engineering
building - , guest speaker: Mr. Wahl-
berg, director of industrial engi
neering for Proctor and Gamble,
open house.
AIChE, room 104 Petroleum
building - , freshman open house,
film on Texas natural resources.
Journalism club, “J” building,
coffee and donuts, Henderson
Shuffler will speak.
On Campos
Witfl
Maxfihujmazi
{Author of “Barefoot Boy With Cheek," etc.)
CLOTHES MAKE THE BMOC
A few weeks ago I discussed fashions for coeds. I pointed out then
that any girl who really wanted to go places on campus had to be
bold and ingenious when it came to clothes. This is no less true
for the male student.
Believe me, men, you’ll never get anywhere if you keep skulking
around in those old plus-fours. What you need is some dash, some
verve, some inventiveness in your apparel. Don’t be imprisoned by
the traditional conservatism of men’s clothing. Brighten up your
appearance with a single earring, or a cavalry sabre, or a gold derby.
However, guard against gaudiness. If, for instance, you are wear
ing a gold derby, do not also wear a cavalry sabre. This is too much.
Wear a dagger instead, or, for informal occasions, a Bowie knife.
(Speaking of Bowie knives, I wonder how many of you know
what a great debt this country — indeed, the whole world — owes
to the West Point class of 1836? You all know, of course, that Colonel
James Bowie of the Class of 1836 invented the Bowie knife, but do
you know of the many other important contributions to cutlery
that were made by classmates of Colonel Bowie’s? Are you aware,
for example, that Colonel Harry Clasp invented the Clasp knife?
Or that Colonel Harry Jack invented the Jack knife? Or that Colonel
Harry Putty invented the Putty knife? Or that Colonel Harry
Cannon invented the towel?
By a curious coincidence, every member of the graduating class
at the U. S. Military Academy in 1836 was named Harry, save for
Colonel James Bowie. This coincidence is believed unique in the
history of American education, though, of course, quite common
in Europe.)
But I digress. We were talking about men’s campus fashions. Let
us turn now to a persistent rumor that a garment called the “suit”
is on the verge of making a comeback. Some of you older students
may remember the “suit.” It was an ensemble consisting of a jacket
and trousers, both of which — this’ll kill you — both of which were
made out of the same material!
The last “suit” ever seen on an American campus was in 1941 —
and I ought to know, because I was wearing it. Ah, 1941 ! Well do I
remember that melancholy year. I was an undergraduate then and
in love—hopelessly in love, caught in the riptide of a reckless romance
with a beauteous statistics major named Harry Sigafoos. (She is one
of the two girls I have ever known named Harry. The other one
is her sister.)
I loved Harry though she was far too expensive a girl for me.
She liked to eat at fancy restaurants and dance at costly ballrooms
and ride in high priced cars. But worst of all, she was mad for
wishing wells. It was not unusual for her to drop coins into a
wishing well for two or three hours on end. My coins.
Bit by bit I sold off my belongings to pursue this insane courtship —
first my books, then my clothes, until finally I was left with nothing
to wear but a “suit.” One night I came calling for her in this garment.
“What is that?” she gasped, her lip curling in horror.
“That is a ‘suit’ ” I mumbled, averting my eyes.
“Well, I can’t be seen around campus with you in that,” said she.
“Please, Harry,” I begged. “It’s all I’ve got.”
“I’m sorry,” she said firmly and slammed the door.
I slunk home and lit a Philip Morris and sat down to think. I always
light a Philip Morris when I sit down to think, for their mild
vintage tobacco is a great aid to cerebration. I always light
Philip Morrises when I don’t sit down to think too, because
Philip Morris is my favorite cigarette, and I know it will be yours
too once you try that crazy vintage tobacco.
Well sir, smoking and thinking thus, my eye happened to fall on
an ad in the campus newspaper. “WIN A COMPLETE WARD
ROBE” said the ad. “Touhy’s Toggery, the campus’s leading men’s
store, announces a contest to pick the best dressed man on campus.
The winner of the contest will receive, absolutely free, a blue hound’s
tooth jacket, a yellow button-down shirt, a black knit tie, a tattersall
vest, gray flannel trousers, argyle socks, and white buck shoes with
two inch crepe soles.”
My mouth watered at the thought of such a splendid wardrobe,
but how could anybody possibly pick me as the best dressed man on
campus—me in my “suit”? Suddenly an inspiration struck me. I
seized pen in hand and wrote a letter to the editor of the campus
newspaper:
“Dear Sir, I see by the paper that Touhy’s Toggery is going to
give a complete wardrobe to the student picked as the best dressed
man on campus. What a ridiculous idea!
“Obviously, to be the best dressed man on campus, you must first
have a lot of clothes. And if you have a lot of clothes, what do you
need with another wardrobe?
“Touhy’s Toggery should give a new wardrobe to the worst dressed
man on campus. Me, for instance. I am an eyesore. There isn’t a crow
in town that will come near me. Three times this month the Salvation
Army salvage truck has picked me Uf). Esquire has cancelled my
subscription.
“I submit that a vote for me is a vote for reason, a vote for equity,
in short, a vote for the American way.”
With a flourish, I signed the letter and sent it off, somehow feeling
certain that very soon I would be wearing a complete new wardrobe.
And I was right — because two weeks later I was drafted.
©Max Shijlman, 1954
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Page 2 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1954
Open House for Freshmen
Freshmen who are still a little hazy as
to what their selected major field of study
has to offer will have an opportunity tonight
to add to their knowledge at the departmen
tal open house.
They will be guests of student organiza
tions within the department and will have
upperclassmen show them around and
answer questions. After the meetings are
finished, some of those undecided freshmen
will have a clearer idea as to future plans.
They may either decide their chosen
field looks even better than they expected or
they may decide they nearly made a huge
mistake. In either case the department con-
cerned will consider the open house a success.
Any change in the major field of study
should come early in the student’s college
career so that he will not lose hours of cred
it or at least will lose a minimum of hours in
making the change.
Open house is very beneficial for fresh
men in that respect. It shows how the de
partment functions, it gives some idea of
what the courses offer and it gives basic
information on how the student organiza
tions operate and the advantages of partici
pating in those organizations.
It will be a night well spent for fresh
men, since their future is involved.
The Life You Save...
Maybe they’ll never learn.
Every medium of mass communication
in this nation tells drivers what happens
when they speed—some little thing can cause
you to lose control of your car, it goes off the
road and rolls over several times, and some
one gets hurt.
It happens everytime, and it keeps hap
pening.
When it hits close to home, as it did last
week, and did a couple of other times this
year, the student drivers pause to think
about speeding for a while.
But they obviously don’t think long
enough, or hard enough.
Letters to
Editors,
The Battalion
Recently the Student Senate or
ganized a committee on campus
beautification. The committee has
attempted certain steps and hopes
to recommend new ideas to a prog
ressive beautification plan now in
effect. The following is a letter
sent Mr. W. H. Badgett, physical
plants manager.
Dear Mr. Badgett:
The Committee on Campus Beau
tification of the Student Senate is
charged to create ways and means
to beautify our campus.
In making the study it is quite
evident that the office of physical
plants, ground maintenance depart
ment, and the College Campus
Planning committee appointed by
President Morgan have spent con
siderable time, efforts, and money
in the last few years in major
attempts to beautify the campus.
The reflection of your work is most
obvious when seen , by the least
casual observer. It is not the in
tention of the senate and other
organizations supporting our ef
forts to condemn or criticize you
or your associates, but to unify the
Publications Board
Will Meet Tuesday
The student publications board
will meet at 4 p. m. Tuesday in
room 3D of the Memorial Student
the Editors
student body behind your efforts
and to create student interest in
the school’s appearance. Some ofy
our recommendations will no doubt
have been studied by the above
mentioned departments and com
mittee. We have purposely avoid
ed contacting your office, so we do
not know what other work you
have planned for the future, and
thereby can approach the problems
from a new and different viewpoint.
We hope we can help your efforts
in accomplishing campus beautifi
cation which is in reality a com
bined effort of the staff and stu
dent body.
We would appreciate your kind
est consideration on this matter,
request an opportunity to meet
with you, and we hope that with
our combined efforts a common
goal may be achieved.
Very respectively yours,
Ray M. La Coin*
Chairman, Campus Beautification
Committee, Student Senate
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Center.
The board has three issues to
discuss. The first issue is student
wages, salaries, and commissions;
the second, a discussion of cost and
possible changes in the leasing of
news wire services already in ope
ration; and the third, to set a time
for the regular monthly board
meeting.
Horticulture Club
To Sponsor Show
The Horticulture club will hold
its annual horticulture show next
Tuesday in the lobby of the Agri
culture building.
The all-day show will feature
citrus fruit from the lower Rio
Grande valley and the Laredo win
ter garden area, according to Mor
ris Baily, president of the club.
Boxes of grapefruit will be on
sale at wholesale prices. Money
from the sale will help finance an
inspection trip to the citrus-pro
ducing area of Mexico by senior
horticulture students.
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Job Calls
• Dec. 7 — Caterpillar Tractor
Co. will interview January and
June graduates for openings in
product design, research and de
velopment, sales (export, domestic,
sales engineering), manufacturing
(foundry manufacture standards,
machine design), merchandise fore
casting scheduling and pricing.
Majors called for are mechanical,
agricultural, electrical, civil, geo
logical, chemical, and industrial en
gineering, and business engineer
ing.
• Dec. 8-—Rohm & Haas Co. will
recruit for tht^jr Redstone Arsenal
Research division at Huntsville,
Ala., for openings in research and
development. They wish to talk
to graduates at all degree levels
in mechanical, electrical, and chem
ical engineers, chemists and phy
sicists.
• Dec. 8 -r— Representatives of
Burroughs Corp. will interview
January graduates in business ad
ministration and accounting for
positions as Sales Ti’ainees. Open
ings exist in the Houston and Cor
pus Christi branches.
• Dec. 10—Lone Star Gas Co.,
Greenville division will interview
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P O G O
By Walt Kelly
January mechanical engineering-
graduates for openings as utiliza
tion engineers.
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