Number IB: Volume 13
GIGEMLAND, ALL FOOL’S DAY, 1955
Cheap At Any Price
Board Approves Making A&M Coed
Studies Now Put
In Proper Place;
Academics Out
In line with growing pressure
from the ex-Aggies’ association, a
long-reeded step toward the build
ing of a greater A&M has become
a reality.
The academic side of life at A&M
finally is to be de-emphasized.
In what became the longest fili
buster in A&M star chamber his-
tory. Bear (Paul) Bruin, athletic
director, successfully pleaded the
hard life that his proteges had to
lead, what with having to go to bee
keeping, basket weaving, square
dancing and elementary ping pong
classes.
Bruin said, “My boys don’t like
it.”
Following Bruin’s three - day
speech, the board woke from their
hibernation to defend the mighty
academic empire for which the
school has been known so long.
“It’s an old tradition that stu
dents take courses when they come
to A&M,” said David H. Mambo,
college president.
Bruin shrugged this off saying,
“It just don’t leave them time to
practice. And besides, they might
learn to read and find out they
didn’t win every game last year.”
After all opposition had col
lapsed, Bruin outlined his plan for
his boys, whom he modestly calls
“National Champs of 1955.”
Cadet Corps
Changes Style;
Color Used
University of Texas stu
dents will no longer have any
thing over the Aggies in the
way of dress. Comrade Cun-
ing, senior class president,
said last night.
The senior class voted to sub
stitute red, white, and chartreuse
candy -s tripped pegged trousers
for the usual pinks, greens and ol
ive drab slacks now being worn by
the corps of cadets.
Uniform regulations and class
privileges are not yet complete, but
stipulations made so far include
golf caps for upperclassmen only;
freshmen may not wear suspenders
of a louder hue than heliatrope; no
pegged trousers for freshmen, and
satin-lined trousers for juniors and
seniors. Anyone may wear white
buck shoes if tied with plaid
strings.
After much arguing among sen
ior corps members about uniform
privileges and a few broken
chairs, they got their powerful pol
itical machine back on the way to
revamping the entire A&M system,
and voted “no speaking to non-
regs.” They later ammended this
vote to “no speaking”.
The meeting was concluded with
a pledge to be good and stay off
the new grass.
No Short Courses
For Better Living
There are no short courses be
ing held this week in the Memorial
Student Center and the place is
like a vast tomb.
Fort Wayne Starred, director of
the MSC, is in a coma—he had
sent invitations all over the states
of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana
and South Georgia to various or
ganizations, such as the Bee Keep
ers society, Mud Puddle Builders,
Pogo Enthusiasts, and Grasshop
per Watchers and Observers of
Georgia. But nobody came.
“It’s an eerie feeling,” said
Starred, “to walk in the fountain
room and see nothing but stu
dents.”
“First, we abolish all classes,
then professors and hence all stu
dents. With no students and no
exes, I can stay here indefinitely.”
Then Bruin delivered his ulti
mate goal in the realigning of the
ideals for A&M.
“With the money we used to
spend for scholastic scholarships
and professors’ salaries, we can
award more athletic scholarships
and build four new gyms to re
lieve the present overcrowded sit
uation,” he said.
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SIT DOWN STRIKE—It seems that the statue of Lawrence Sullivan Ross is on an invol
untary strike against coeds. Enraged students last night took the statue from its ped-
istel in front of the Academic building and placed it on the steps of Guion hall.
Old Buildings
Are Replaced
With Shacks
A&M will receive twelve
new shacks to replace the Pe
troleum Engineering building
and the Veterinary Hospital,
it was announced here today.
The shacks will be equipped
with the most modern type of wat
er wells available.
“This will give us the extra
room we have needed for so long,’
said J. B. Killdey, assistant man
ager of publications for college
utilities and the physical plants.
Modern benches, hollowed from
New York pine trees, will line each
of the buildings. Floors will be
made of the new type non-skid ce
ment, and the walls and outside
will be solid oak. Modern rest
rooms are located outside each
building.
More of the shacks are expected
to arrive any day to care for the
over-flowing student enrollment.
The Memorial Student Center and
the Biological Sciences building
are the next two buildings to be
replaced.
“We want to do everything for
the comfort of Aggies,” said Chan
cellor P. T. Herringbone. “The
students seemed to like Splinter
Village so well that we decided to
turn the whole campus into one
big splinter,” he added.
Today To Be
Aggies’ Day
For the Sack
Today, April 1, has been an
nounced as Sack Day, a col
lege-wide holiday.
All students will remain in
bed all day, without bothering
to even look out.
College officials are enthu
siastic about the idea:
“I’m going to stay in bed
too,” said Walt Airplane, dean
of artistic sciences, voicing a
common thought of the facul
ty and administration.
The idea is said to have or
iginated with the corps’ tacti
cal oficers, who are continual
ly having to wake up Aggies.
Senate Discusses
Revielle FeetJing
The Student Senate met again
last night,, and after a three-hour
discussion on who would feed Rev
ielle during the Easter holidays,
decided to refer the matter to a
committee.
The senate then proceeded to
make a clean sweep of the night’s
agenda by refering everything to a
committee.
First item was the senate’s pro
posal to ask the college to serve
beer in all classrooms. This pro
posal, which will be sent to all
student hometown clubs for sup
port, was referred to the Asking
the Impossible committee.
Council Adopts
Civilian Month
‘’Joint’ Meeting
The Collegiate Cutthroats Tiddle-
wink association and the Amalga
mated Alliance of Used Prodigies
will have a joint meeting tonight
to discuss the latest underhanded
move of the administration. Mem
bers are asked to bring their own
crosses and oiled-soaked rags.
Matches will be furnished.
The Civilian Student Council
voted last night to make the month
of April “Civilian Month.”
During this time, civilian stu
dents will not be required to go to
classes, but instead they will spend
their time building a bonfire. The
fire will be burned at 7:30 p.m.,
April 3J.
Special contests for the civilian
students were also planned. There
will be a weekly beard shaving con
test for the students who would
like to cut off their beards. Prizes
will be given for the best shave,
and the shave with the most cuts.
In other action, the council re
ferred to a committee a motion
recommending a committee be set
up to find out what has happened
to other committees that have
been appointed this year.
A slight disturbance was caused
Letters to the Editors
Editors, The Platoon:
Dear Sirs:
I don’t see why everybody is al-
days complaining about their
school. I like my school. I have
a good time, and am really enjoy
ing my college life. Why can’t
everybody be happy like this?
Algernon Farnsworth
Littlefield Hall
University of Texas
Editors, The Platoon:
Why don’t you jerks give up try
ing to write a newspaper? Take
your lousy sheet and quit messing
up our campus! I could put out
a better newspaper than you guys
without even half trying, and do
the Ags a little good at the same
time! Put that in your garbage
wrapper and smoke it!
J. Gutenberg
Editors, The Platoon:
I like Platoon editorials. They
show rare sense of judgment and
a keen insight into the workings
• of the school. The writing quality
is superb, and the thought is ob
viously that of a mature, trained
jcbserver.
, _ Mother .
Editors, The Platoon:
It's about time something was
done about this? This situation has
k existed around here for too long,
'and it can no longer continue. We
mpst do away, with it, and the
sooner the better!
, , Over N. Out
Class of‘’026
when Jesse Chevrolet, corps com
mander, spoke to the group. The
council disagi’eed with his com
ments and in the brawl that fol
lowed, he was ejected from the
meeting, with an axe.
The meeting then adjourned so
the councihnen could rest up for
Civilian month.
Senior Graduates
Get Commissions
All of A&M’s graduating sen
iors have been assured commis
sions, according to Col. Joey Debit,
commandant.
After a special announcement
from the armed services the mili
tary department here said they
felt A&M was included in the
schools. Debit said the bulletin
said, “all graduates of military
schools will be commissioned.”
However, this posed another
pi’oblem. Debit said.
“Since the ajmouncement says
‘all graduates’, this means we will
have to commission everyone. This
includes civilian, students,” Debit
explained.
He also said the military depart
ment would not know definitely
exactly how many commissions
would be given until graduation
day.
. ‘‘If there is a commission with
your degree, then you will know
you are a second lieutenant,” he
said.
The We’ve Got Too Many Profes
sors committee, which has been
making arrangements for a meth
od of systematically disposing of
old and worn out professors, re
ported and was properly cheered.
The Sidewalk committee report
ed on its proposed request for a
sidewalk fi’om the fourth floor of
the academic building to the MSC
terrace. This proposal will be
taken up with the proper county
officials.
In other action, the senate voted
to move the site of the bonfire to
Dallas, to award money instead of
keys to its members, and to ad
journ the meeting.
Hospital To Hire
All Veterinarians
All veterinary graduates this
year have been assuredof jobs, ac
cording to W. W. Armybed, Dean
of .Veterinary Medicine.
Since more patients were in the
college hospital last week than the
hospital had workers, the officials
there decided that they needed
some good doctors to handle the
work.
Not being able to find any al
ready established medicine men,
the hospital decided that some of
the inexperienced graduates would
do. Thus all of the veterinarians
will get jobs.
“They can make up in quantity
what they lack in quality,” said
Armybed.
With this added service to stu
dents, hospital fees will have to
be raised.
“You can’t get good men for
nothing,” said hospital authorities.
Two Girls Enroll
During First Day
Texas A&.M is now a coeducational school.
In a special session held on the oceanography ship in the
Gulf of Mexico yesterday, the A&M System board of directors
approved opening the doors of A&M to girls. Immediately
after the meeting, the board sailed for an indefinite stay in
the Panama Canal Zone.
As soon as the news of the board’s action reached the
school, two young women from nearby Snook enrolled. They
are Miss Belle Bellemy and Miss Lulu Filnichel.
The board voted to make military optional for the coeds,
and the two enrollees yesterday chose to take the uniform.
Col. Joey Debit, commandant, said the board’s action
would mean no changes in the
current military policy, and he
expected to see added spirit
.in the corps of cadets.
President Dave H. Mambo
was both surprised and enthused
when he heard about the board’s
action. He said he felt the move
would definitely strengthen A&M
by bringing color and social ac
tivity into the everyday life of the
Aggies.
W. T. Dough, chairman of the
board, was contacted late last night
by ship-to-shore phone and gave
his comments on the board’s de
cision.
“I don’t think the action was in
any way rash,” he said, “because
A&M needs coeds to help build its
athletic empire. A&M is a poor
boys school, but we felt it should
also be a poor girl’s school,” he
said.
Students Revolt
When informed of the action, the
corps held a mass meeting at the
Grove last night. After glowing
speeches by all the wheels, a vote
was taken and the students decid
ed to show their disgust by moving
Sully’s statue over to Guion hall.
They then went to the board of^
directors’ home, but the men had
already left. As a showing of their
reseptment, the students, led by
the'bbrps officers, burned the house
down and threw the ashes into the
Brazos river.
Housing officials were working
out the problem of providing hous
ing for the coeds, and decided to
set up temporary quarters for
them in the third floor of the air-
conditioned library.
Head Football Coach Bear
(Paul) Bruin said, “We’ll wait and
see how things turn out. Maybe
we’ll win some games next year.
Even if there’s women down here,
we’ll still need men with hard
noses.”
The New York Central Raih*oad
reported that a trainload of howl
ing, screaming girls was headed for
the college and were expected to
arrive here tomorow.
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SMILES—A&M’s first two
coeds, above, smile brightly
as they try on their new
uniforms. The girls, who
have wonderful personali
ties and just love Aggies,
elected to be in the corps of
cadets.
‘No Dean’ System
Approved Here
The Agriculture council has pre
sented the college with a new hon
or system which would do away
with the position of dean of agri
culture.
The honor code would allow Ag
gies to put themselves on proba
tion and to “boot” themselves out
if that probation was not met.
“It didn’t sound logical at first,
but, after-all, agriculture Aggies
can be trusted. Besides, if that’s
the way students want it, that’s
the way we want it. Anything for
our students is our motto,” said
Charlie Sheepherder, present dean
of agriculture.
Sheepherder has left the college.
Wlia’ Hoppenin’
Here’s what’s going on at Aggieland for this gay and
riotious weekend.
Event
Dog Fights
Dance, of sorts
Beer Drinking
Bear-baiting
FRIDAY
Time
6:20 p.m.
9 p.m.
SATURDAY
on
:02 p.m.
8 p.m.
11;
Place
Duncan Hall
Shiloh Hall
Claypits
Rodeo Arena
ELECTION TIME—Happy fun-loving Aggies, participating in the usual dignified, no
publicity student elections, square off for a discussion of the relative merits of the can
didates. On the left is the air force debate team; on the right, the army debate team.