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SCONA (Continued from Page 1) the main function of the con ference. Groups of about 20 students would meet to talk over a particular field with a specialist in that field. Sample discussion topics are “Our Strength in Europe,” “Asia —Friend or Foe?”, “The United Nations — a Possible Sounding Board ?”, ' “The U. S. and Latin America,” “War or Peaceful Co existence,” and “The War of Words.” Of course, A&Mi students will be participating in the conference, too. Besides the planning com mittee and local workers, which will involve about 100 students, members of the Debate club and the MSG Junto group and Forum group will participate in the dis cussions. On Campus with MajtSfrulman (Author of "Barefoot Boy With Cheek," etc.) THE GREAT CAP and GOWN CONTROVERSY The cap and gown season is upon us, and with it comes the perennial question: which side of the cap should the tassel hang on? This is an argument that arises every year to roil the aca demic world, and it is, alas, no closer to solution today than it was in 1604 when Fred Tassel invented the troublesome orna ment. Fred Tassel, incidentally, never made a penny from his inven tion. The sad fact is he never took out a patent on it. This tragic oversight becomes understandable, however, when one considei’s that patents were not invented till 1851 by Fred Patent, himself a pitiable figure. A compulsive handwasher, he died in his four teenth year, leaving behind a wife and five spotless children. But I digress. We were discussing which side of the cap the tassel should hang on. For many years the universally accepted practice was to hang the tassel over the front of the cap. This practice was abandoned in 1942 when the entire graduating class of Northwestern Uni versity, blinded by tassels hanging in their eyes, made a wrong turn during commencement exercises and ended up at the Great Lakes Training Center where, all unwitting, they were inducted into the Navy for five year hitches. There is one school of thought—large and growing daily larger —which holds that the tassel should be worn on the same side you carry your Philip Morris cigarettes. Thus a quick glance will show you where your Philip Morris are and save much time and fumbling. This makes a good deal of sense because when one wants a Philip Morris, one wants one with a minimum of delay. One does not relish being kept, even for a second, from the clean, delicate flavor of Philip Morris, so artfully blended, so subtly concocted to pleasef the keen and alert taste buds of young smokers. One chafes at any obstacle, however small, that is put in the way of enjoying this most edifying of cigarettes, so pleasing to the perceptive palate. Here, in king size or regular, at prices that do no violence to the slimmest of budgets, is a firm white cylinder of balm and pure, abiding content. There is another group, small but vocal, that insists Che tassel should hang over the back of the cap. The tassel, they say, is a symbol like the bullfighter’s pigtail, signifying honor and courage. They are wrong. Bullfighters wear pigtails for only one rea son : to keep the backs of their necks warm. Do you have any idea what a draft a bull makes when he rushes past you? A plenty big one, you may be sure. In fact, upper respiratory infections, contracted in the wake of passing bulls, are the largest single cause of bullring fatalities. I have this interesting statistic from the Bullfighters Mutual Life Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, one of the few insurance companies in Hartford, Connecticut, which writes insurance exclusively for bullfighters. Incidentally, Hartford, the insurance capital of America, is a most interesting city a,nd well worth a visit if you are ever in New England, as north eastern United States is, for some reason, called. Hartford can be reached by bus, train, plane, and the Humboldt Current. Try to make your visit in spring, when the actuaries are in bloom. B ut I digress. We were talking about what side to wear the tassel on. An ingenious solution to this troubling problem was proposed a few years ago by Fred Sigafoos, perhaps better known as “The Quoit King of Delaware.” An early forbear of Mr. Sigafoos, Humboldt Sigafoos (who later invented the current which bears his name) was granted a monopoly by King George III on all quoits manufactured in Delaware. Somehow the royal appointment was never rescinded and from that day to this, every quoit made in Delaware has been a Sigafoos Quoit. Well, sir, Fred Sigafoos once suggested that an equitable settlement to the great tassel controversy would be to starch the tassels so they stood upright and hung on no side of the cap at all. Mr. Sigafoos was, of course, only seeking to broaden his market, because after graduation, what can you do with an upright tassel but hurl quoits at it? ©Max Shulmaflu 1955 The makers of PHILIP MORRIS tvho bring you this column make no recommendation about ideal side to hang the tassel on. But with cigarettes they say: Stay on the gentle, tasty, vintage side — with PHILIP MORRIS, of course. 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 once a week, and during examination and vacation periods, once a week. Days of publication are Tuesday through Friday for the regular school year, Thursday dur ing 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. Hntered ba second-clasa matter at Post Office at College Station, Texaa under the Act of Con- gresa of Marcb S, 1870. 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HABBI BAKEB Editor Jon Kinslow Managing Editor Jerry Wizig Sports Editor Don Shepard, Balph Cole News Editors Bill Fullerton City Editor Bonnie Greathouse Sports Writer Jim Neighbors, Welton Jones, John Warner, Jim Groves, Dick Babe Beporters Mrs. Jo Ann Cocanougher Women’s Editor Miss Betsy Burchard A&M Consolidated Correspondent Maurice Olian-..-.. A&M Consolidated Sports Correspondent Bobert Bonne, Stanley Holcomb, Charles Bitchey, Borneo Chapa* Joe Zamanek Advertising Salesmen Battalion Editorials Page 2 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1955 ‘An Awareness’ “An awareness of the problems and is sues involved in formulating - the foreign pol icy of the United States is not only desirable but essential in preparing college students for wise leadership in the free world.” With these words, the members of the Student Conference on National Affairs com mittee introduce the 26-page brochure that explains their conception of the SCONA con ference. There seems to be no serious doubt that A&M will be the home of the Southwest’s own conference—the $12,000 is not as big an obstacle as it sounds. There are many wealthy Texans who would like to see Texas as the home for a meeting of this type. The SCONA conference will mean that A&M will be the focal point for international affairs in this end of the country, just as West Point is the focal point for their end of the country. This is the sort of thing J. Earl Rudder, former student and state land commissioner, was talking about Tuesday night when he told the seniors that more people should be come interested in politics—not the cat-and- dog fights of Politics with a capital P, but the politics that means taking an active in terest in government at all levels. One of the “greats’ of A&M history is best known for being a gentleman, a soldier —and a statesman. Cadet Slouch by James Earle T=f~\ DEAK. MDTUEfe, SOK£V l MAVEM'T W0OT&. ihi t>0 LOwq ftUT 1'S REKU-t-V SESki BO'bV.... What’s Cooking THUBSDAY 5:15—Ag Eco and Rural Sociol ogy clubs, Hensel park, annual spring barbecue, softball game at 5:15, food served at 6:30. 7:15—Kilgore and East Texas hometown clubs, room 3C MSC, joint meeting to discuss boot party. Wise county hometown club, Academic building. 7:30-—Lavaca county hometown club, 108 Academic. % El Paso hometown club, 3rd floor Academic building, election of next years officers. Guadalupe Valley hometown club, 125 Academic. Tyjer-Smith county hometown clubs, social room, MSC, election of officers. Coi’pus Christi club, Holm’s Beer Garden, election of officers and planning of boot party. Pan American club, YMCA, plan beach party in Galveston. | Red River Valley A&M club, room 2D, MSC, discuss plans for Mother’s Day. Lower Trinity Valley hometown club, 104 Academic, election of of ficers, plan party. 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