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Battalion Editorials Page 2 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1954 The Rest of the Week Prof Hospitality week is in full swing now, with a better-than-expected response from students and faculty members. Both groups seemed to have liked the idea, and they are probably finding that they’re getting something from it. About 1,000 students are expected to participate, but this is still ©nly one-fifth of the enrollment. Everybody can find time for it this year, since a whole week has been left open. Students and professors still have the rest of the week to participate. In a school overburdened with traditions, this is one tradition that should be started well and kept alive. Open House We receive nothing but enthusiastic re ports on the departmental open house held last night. Both freshmen and upperclassmen report the evening was enjoyable as well as in formative. Seniors say it is the type of thing which should have begun years ago. An Open house held when they were fresh men. might have prevented many of them from making false starts in the wrong field of study. The freshmen liked the idea of mingling with upperclassmen in the department, ask ing questions and looking things over. A good idea all around. One Year Old Slouch Is ^Typical Ag The “typical Aggie”—The Bat talion’s Cadet Slouch—is one year old today. According to his creator, Jim Earle, fifth year architecture stu dent from Jacksonville, Slouch is actually older than this, since this is just the anniversary of him “be ing exposed.” “There has always been a Slouch at A&M, because every Aggie is a Slouch deep inside,” he said. “He is a combination of all the best features of Aggies thrown into one person.” And to Earle, Cadet Slouch and his roommate Simp are living- characters. The difference between the two characters, says Earle, is that Simp simply doesn’t care, and Slouch is a “good boy at heart.” “He tries, but he just can’t make it work out. Simp knows it won’t work, so he doesn’t even worry, and only thinks about having a CHRISTMAS GfVE THE REVISED STANDARD VERSION BIBLE THE PERFECT GIFT R. S. V. B. Genuine Leather $10.00 Buckram $ 6.00 Illustrated editions $3.25 & $3.50 Come in and see our complete selection SHAFFER’S at the North Gate S good time,” Earle said. “Slouch is the hard luck boy, and it’s him against the world.” The pair came into being last year after Earle had an idea. The first cartoon was on transfer stu dents not being allowed to wear senior boots, and since that time, Earle has never run out of car toons. “You could probably do the car toons better by carrying a camera around the campus. You have to wade -through' the situations,” Earle said. Last year, Earle said his Work was so easy that a “train ed ape could do it.” He said that since Slouch is an Aggie-, his four favorite things are the sack, water fighting, beer and putting off studying. As to his studies, Earle says that Slouch will do all right—if he ever gets out of the basic division. “I doubt if he even has a record of his grades,” he said. “He’s just not concerned with that.” According to Earle, his charac ters are in a continual struggle with the administration, the fresh men, and “everybody they come in contact with.” Slouch is just sweat ing it out trying to survive, he said.- Considering .everything, Earle’s problem pair have the most trouble getting enough sack, he said, ‘but the main thing that gives them trouble here is ROTC. So in the past year, Cadet Slouch and his roommate have become a permanent part of A&M. Earle has published a book of cartoons, “Slouch vs. A&M,” designed a de cal, and has even drawn illustra tions off Aggie “T” shirts. When he isn’t busy with any of these prospects, he generally spends time creating cartoons for the Commentator and the Aggieland. Slouch’s fame has even reached as far as the Library of Congress, since Earle had him copyrighted last year. Cadet Slouch by Earle v "'‘ v ' ■L''.'" U '.L ' ■ —- w-— TODAY IS SLOUCH DAY, fc.gj©ic£fj CApiir .WA.-S CXPO&.EO A&ou-T owe , MESefe*S wow ME WAv. CBBA-yEO* [GOOD uaOKtkl' AGGIE-TV PE wAiacunrf ROUmO MObE to ! OEAWf 1 good eve* t=OR. COSVMJK, ©uizre* f ups> TO PIT BEER. weotMG e>M©6.s> J pocM-ptr swiErr SLOUCH DAY IS MOH4-i2.eC DAY/ OOM'-T L.E.T THE &UL-1-0 CATCM VOO» Happy Birthday, Slouch! Job Calls , • Dec. 10—Engineering Recruit ment Service of the Los Angeles county Civil Service commission will be recruiting for the position of civil engineering assistant with a starting salary of $417 per month — to fill public works en gineering design positions in one of the three large engineering de partments of Los Angeles Co. gov ernment. • Dec. 13—-Liberty Mutual In surance will interview for the posi tions of safety engineers, to be charged with the application and development of methods which pre vent accidents in American indus try. Majors called for are indus trial, mechanical, civil, electrical, chemical engineering, and indus trial technology. Pinky Will Present Fruit to Veterans • P. L. (Pinky) Downs jr. will ex tend greetings and pass out ap ples and oranges to patients of the Veteran’s Administration cen ter at Temple this Christmas. “I expect to take more apples and oranges to our boys at the Veteran’s Administration center than ever before,” he said. “We all look forward to this event each year and everyone wants to help,” he added. This is the fourth annual trip for Pinky with the collection of fruit which is to be assembled this year at the Memorial Student Center. The gathering of the oranges and apples is a voluntary act on the part of the students and staff of the college,- A&M Consolidated high school, Lincoln high school and the citizens of College Station, Ward Celling Data J. M. Ward of the agricultural economics and sociology depart ment is in the lower Rio Grande valley to collect citrus fruit mar keting data which will be published soon. Art Show Set For Friday In MSC The art gallery committee will present an art show Friday in the Memorial Stpdent Center, accord ing to Mrs. Ralph L. Terry, advi- Robert K. Reed, Texas painter and critic, will judge the paintings today. Exhibits will constitute the main part of the show. Approximately 140 paintings will be submitted in oil, pencil, pastel, crayon, charcoal and water color, Mrs. Terry said. The paintings will be judged in two groups, one composed of paint ings by students, faculty and staff members and the other composed of paintings by artists. Laskoskie Given $600 Scholarship Lawrence B. Laskoskie, senior mechanical engineering major, has been awarded a $600 scholarship by the Douglas Aircraft company. The scholarship is “awarded to a highly recommended senior stu dent in aeronautical, mechanical or electrical engineering who could benefit by this financial aid.” Laskoskie is vice-president of the Newman club, member of Phi Eta Sigma and the Handball club, par liamentarian of the Student Sen ate, cataloguer for Tau Beta Pi, vice-president of the student branch of the American Society of Me chanical Engineers, chairman of the membership commitee of the Knights of Columbus and a distin guished military student. The Battalion The Editorial Policy of The Battalion Represents the Views of the Student Editors The Battalion, newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station, is published by stu dents four times a week during the regular school year. During the summer terms The Battalion is published twice a week, and during examination and vacation periods, once a week. Days of publication are Tuesday through Friday for the regular school year, Tuesday and Thursday during the summer terms, and Thursday during examination and vacation periods. The Battalion is not published on the Wednesday immediately preceding Easter or Thanksgiving. Subscription rates are $3.50 per semester; $6.00 per school year, $7.00 per full year, or $1.00 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. Effects of Estradiol Will Be Studied An experiment to test the ef fects of estradiol and progesterone hormones on gaining ability of lambs is being carried on under the supervision of Dr. H. O. Kun- kel of the animal husbandry de partment. “In other tests these hormones have increased the average daily gain of lambs,” said Dr. Kunkel. 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. Righte 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 Publication Office, Room 207 Goodwin Hall. BOB BORISKIE, HARRI BAKER. Jon Kinslow... Jerry Wizig Co-Editors .Managing Editor .Sports Editor Don Shepard, Bill Fullerton .News Editors Ralph Cole ...City Editor Ronnie Greathouse ...‘.Sports Writer Jim Neighbors, Welton Jones, Paul Savage Reporters Mrs. Jo Ann Cocanougher Women’s Editor Miss Betsy Burchard A&M Consolidated Correspondent MauriceiOlian A&M Consolidated Sports Correspondent Larry l/ghtfoot... Circulation Manager Tom Syler, Russell Reed, Ken Livingston, Gus Baker, A1 Eisenberg, Tony Goodwin Circulation Staff JOHN HUBER Advertising Manager Charles Ritchie, George Allen Advertising Salesmen Poultry Judges Win Second Place The A&M poultry judging team won second place in Chicago last week falling only 2 points shy of the 3,641 points scored by the first place winner, Kansas univer sity. All of the Aggie team members received individual awards includ ing Monroe Fuchs, third; John Wil liams, fifth; and James Newman, 17th. Others making the trip were Jack Couch, alternate, and E. C. Parnell, team coach. Student Activities Has Senior Favors Senior favors for 1955 graduates have arrived and are on sale in stu dent activities, according to W. D. (Pete) Hardesty. Prices are $3 for pins and $4.25 for the pin and guard. Favors will be sold on a first come, first ser- bed basis, Hardesty said.