Battalion Editorials
Page 2 THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1955
Almost Former Students
Last night, A&M's near-former students
were warned against becoming the “typical
former students” by a group of outstanding
men who are all former students themselves.
In so many words, the graduating seniors
were warned against becoming the very vo
cal former students who believes that the
school is “going to the dogs” because it
isn’t being run exactly the way it was when
he was here.
Fortunately, this type of former student
is in the minority, and he’s easy to spot—
he’s the one who is always saying something
like “I didn’t have a MSC back in ’09, and
I don’t see why you need one now.”
He wants the school exactly like it was
when he was here, although chances are it
wasn’t the way he remembers it. The years
have a way of blotting out all the unpleasant
times and leaving only hazy recollections of
the good times.
The Former Students association,
through its many Development fund projects
such as the Opportunity awards, Faculty
awards, the All-Faith chapel, and hundreds
of others, has contributed to the growth of
A&M.
It is a good thing to remind a new class
of former students that their ideas of the
college must continue to grow with A&M,
keeping the best of the past and adding the
best of the present and future.
Pet Show Winners’ List
Continued From Tuesday
More winners in the A&M Con
solidated Pet show held Saturday
at the high school football field
are listed below. The show drew
more than 600 persons to this an
nual event, which highlights the
year for the Consolidated first
through fifth grades.
The other winners were publish
ed Tuesday.
Cats, All Varieties
First place went to Jopy, Carol
Jean, Liverman; Whiskey, owned
by Jane Ann Krenitsky, won sec
ond; third went to Jane Houze’s
Sugar and Spice; and fourth, to
Taffy, owned by Melanie Clark.
Other cats entered were Puff, by
Edith Putz; Darline Junior
Freckles, Catherine Cleland; Wuzzy
and family, Stephen, Randy and
Mary Darwall; Cuddles, Lois Fow
ler; Charlemagne, Denielle Debbs;
Tomzo, Danielle Dobbs; Tiger, Al
phonse Holik; Katrinka and fam
ily, Lynn Morris; three kittens,
Linda Chalk; Susie Q, Margaret
and Susie Brown; Caramel, Tommy
Farm, Ranch Club
Field Day Planned
Final plans for the annual city
farm and ranch club field day
here May 28 are now being com
pleted.
More than 150 persons from all
parts of Texas are expected to par
ticipate in the activities.
This year’s program will center
around four departments in the
School of Agriculture. They are
the departments of agricultural
engineering, entomology, horticul
ture and poultry.
Following the programs, the en
tire group will make a brief tour
of the Brazos valley field labora
tory to see beef cattle, pastures,
and field crops. Some attention
will be given to the college cream
ery, beef cattle center, rodeo arena,
horse center, sheep and goat cen
ter, swine center, veterinary hos
pital, agronomy field laboratory
and dairy center.
and Stanley Clark; Taffy, Mary
Frances Badgett; Enie, Meenie and
Minie, Robbie Manning; Puddy
Tat, Allyn Philips; and Pooch,
Donna Dale.
Rabbits
First—Hoppy, Pam Avera; two
rabbits, Joey Skribanik; Cotton
Tail, Ernest Wright; and Vanpira,
Janice Hall. Other rabbits in the
class were four rabbits, Sherry
Thompson; Dr. I. Q., Patsy Varvel;
Cotton Tail and six little rabbits,
Mike Murray; two cotton tails,
Mary Ann Bell; Buddy, Johnny
Bargett; one mother and 10 little
rabbits, Eusebio Benavidez; Flip,
Scott Hervey; and Blackie, Dicky
Hervey.
Domestic Fowl
First—Squeek, Cheep and Chirp,
Ann Avera; Ring-necked pheasant,
Chuck Doleac; and Pete and Re
peat, Linda Devant.
Birds
First—Lorenzo, Carol Kincan-
non; Budgie, Sue Badgett; Para
keets, David Gay; and Tweedle Dee,
Tweedle Dum, Betty Ivy. Other
birds were Blue Boy, Greg Ellis;
Ming and Chee-Chee, Richard Lig-
da; and Nicky, Kathleen Zobel.
Fish
First—Frisky and Susie, Peggy
Barbecue
(Continued from Page 1)
FSA Vice-President W. L. Bal
lard, ’22, also spoke to the group.
He discussed the association’s de
velopment fund and said “the de
gree of success of the program de
pends on the participation of the
former students.”
Three Steers Donated
After the talks, the seniors were
given a barbecue supper. One of
the steers for the meal was donated
by Rufus Peeples, ’28, former mem
ber of the A&M System board of
directors, and former president of
the association. A. F. Mitchell, ’09
and former president of the asso
ciation, donated another, and the
association donated a third.
Breazeale; Molly and Polly, Mar
garet Ivy; pollywogs, Mary Mc-
Neely; and goldfish, David Moore.
Others who entered goldfish were
Joy Cooper, Debbie Cooper and
Shelly Cooper.
Reptiles
First—Smokey and Whitey, Eve
lyn Logan; Scratchy, Becky McGee;
lizards, James Baldauf; and Miss
Hissy II, John Baldauf. Others en
tered were Toady, Peggy Brea
zeale; horned toad, Gregory Bur
roughs, Zeke, Nathan Burroughs;
Snippy and Snappy, Jeanie Sperry;
and Teedy, Tody and Larry, David
Briles.
Large Pets
Tie for first between Flicka,
Johnny Smith; Sweetie, Chic Byrd;
and Okie, Henry Lee Wine. Second
was a tie between Stillwater Girl,
Henry Lee Wine, and Hotshot, Da
vid Smith. Third was Tony, owned
by Larry Coufal. Fourth place was
a tie between Pat, Diane Parsons,
and Zipper, Sidney Coufal.
Miscellaneous
Fii'st place was won by a lamb,
Eric, owned by Charles Byrd; sec
ond, a tame rat, Lorelei Brown;
third, a mother hen and 10 chicks,
Paul Fagan; and fourth, a pair of
hamsters, Diane Leipper. Other
entrants were Hempy, Suanne Da
vis; pet pink pill bug, Marilyn
Workman; Princess, Charles Byrd;
a pair of hamsters, Dianne Leip
per; a pink goat. Brother, Roberta
Burdick; and bees, Dick Potter.
What’s Cooking
THURSDAY
5:15—Ag Eco and Rural Sociol
ogy club, Hensel Park, annual
spring barbecue, if rides are needed
see Jimmy Wendland, 3-218.
7:30—C orpus Christi club,
Holm’s Beer Garden, election of
officers and plans for boot party.
Tyler - Smith county hometown
club, social room MSC, election of
officers.
Guadalupe Valley hometown
club, 125 Academic.
El Paso hometown club, third
floor Academic building, election
of next year’s officers.
7:45 — Pan American club,
YMCA, plan party in Galveston.
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Poult Show
Plans Near
Completion
Final plans for the annual
Chick, Poult and Egg show to
be here Friday and Saturday
are now being completed.
Don A. Portie, manager of
the show, said 31 batches of 25
birds each have been entered in
the chick and poult divisions.
Twelve egg entries of a dozen eggs
each also have been received, and
more are expected, he added.
Competition in the show is or
ganized in two divisions—an open
division, which includes commer
cial poultrymen and hatcherymen,
and a FFA and 4-H division.
No entry fee is charged for the
show but all entries become the
property of the Poultry Science
club, to help defray expenses. One
of these, expenses is a $200 schol
arship given by the club to a poul
try student each year.
A new method of selecting chicks
for judging is being used this year.
Chicks will be selected at random
in the hatchery by a disinterested
pai'ty, usually the county agent or
a vocational agriculture teacher.
Prizes will be awarded on the ba
sis of average quality in hatching
chicks rather than for a selected
sample.
Poult and market egg entries
are chosen by the owners and ex
hibitors.
Turkish Group
Sees A&M Film
The fame of Texas A&M is
known today even in far off Tur
key, thanks to the movie, “We Are
the Aggies,” according to D. A.
(Andy) Adams, staff assistant
with the agricultural extension
service.
Last September Adams showed
the movie to a group of 17 vet
erinarians from Turkey visiting
Texas A&M and several other col
leges in the United States. They
were so impressed with the film
that Nail Bascavusoglu, veterinar
ian director in the province of An
kara, Turkey, asked to take it back
to Turkey to show to agricultural
and college administi’ators.
The two things that impressed
the group most about A&M and the
film were the overall broad scope
teaching program and the teaching
technique, said Adams. They were
greatly impressed with the labs
here, where the students put into
practice the things learned in the
ory. They hope to improve their
educational system by observing
and adapting some of the U. S.
methods, she said.
The American Automobile Assn,
predicts that America will have 81
million motor vehicles by 1965.
LETTERS
Editors, The Battalion
Sirs:
I am atraid that I will have to
agree with the letter by Mr. Young
er that you published in the Tues
day edition.
Recently I took two judging
teams to A&M to compete in an
area contest. I had bragged to
them about the friendliness of the
Aggies. I felt a little foolish when
I had to do all the speaking; and
the boys noticed it, too.
It is such a little thing but it
is the little things that make A&M
great.
Yours truly,
Jim Tom House, ’51
Vocational Agriculture teacher
MODERN JAZZ ’55
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