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Aggies To Compete In ETSC Rodeo
Six students will represent A&M
in the: National Intercollegiate Ro
deo association meet at East Texas
State college at Commerce Tues-
day-Thursday.
They are Lewie Rice of College
Station; Curtis Burlin of Bryan;
Geoi-ge Vincent of Sulphur, La.;
Clyde Martin of Port Arthur; Bill
Steele of Streetman, and Don Turn
er of Gatesville.
This team will represent the Ag
gie Rodeo club, seeking to win
enough points to move the Aggies
into later competition for national
championships.
The Aggies have won first at the
Arlington State college meet, third
at their own, and second, at the
Oklahoma A&M and University of
Houston shows.
On Campus
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Max Qhuhnan
(Author of "Barefoot Boy With Cheek" etc.)
SUMER IS ICUMEN IN
Sumer is icumen in;
Lhude sing cuccu!
Thus, as every schoolboy knows, begins T. S. Eliot’s immortal
Hiawatha. And no wonder “The Boy Orator of the Platte” (as
T. S. Eliot is commonly called) was moved to pen such light
hearted lines! For summer (or the “vernal equinox” as it is
frequently referred to) is the happiest season of the year, mild
and balmy and contented-making.
Which brings us, of course, to Philip Morris Cigarettes. They,
too, are mild and balmy and contented-making. But that is not
all. They are also genial, placid, and amiable. But that is still not
all. They are, moreover, smooth, pacific, and lenient. But hold!
There is more. They are, in addition, tranquillizing, clement, and
dulcet.
Indeed the list could go on and on, until every adjective is
exhausted that would describe the mildness of Philip Morris,
the subtlety of their blending, the delicacy of their flavor. What
more perfect companion could be found to a summer’s day?
What more apt complement to a summer’s night?
If you have been pleased with Philip Morris through the win
ter and spring—as who has not who has a taste bud left in his
head?—you will find your pleasure compounded, your enjoyment
trebled, when you smoke Philip Morris in the warm and joyous
• months before you.
My own plans for the summer (except that I will smoke Philip
Morris through all my waking hours) are still vague. I have been
invited to attend a writers conference, but I don’t think I’ll ac
cept. I’ve been attending writers conferences for years, and I
always have a. perfectly rotten time. The trouble is that Alexan
dre Dumas and Harriet Beecher Stowe are always there. Not
that I have anything against these two swell kids ; it’s just that it
breaks my heart to see them. They’re so in love—so terribly de
voted and so hopelessly! Dumas will never divorce Jane Eyre
while she is with Peary at the North Pole, and Miss Stowe has
long since despaired of getting her release from the Pittsburgh
Pirates. So hand in hand, brave and forlorn, they go from writers
conference to writers conference while Dumas works on his mon-
urpental Stover at Yale.
No, thank you, I’ll do without writers conferences this summer.
I think instead I’ll try to improve my fishing. As Izaak Walton
once said, “No man is born an artist or an angler.” I often turn
to the works of Walton (or “The Fordham Flash” as he is fa
miliarly called) when I am searching for a choice aphorism. In
fact, I told him so when we rrie,t some years ago at a writers
conference. Walton was accompanied, as always, by Henrik
Ibsen (or “The Pearl of the Pacific” as he is known as) . They —
Ibsen (“The Pearl of the Pacific”) and Walton (“The Fordham
Flash”)—were collaborating on Mister Roberts at the time, but
they fell to quarreling and abandoned the project and the world,
as a consequence, was deprived of a truly robust and entertain
ing comedy.
It is not uncommon, I must say, for writers to fall into dispute.
They are, after all, a sensitive and high-strung lot. I’ll never
forget what William Makepeace Thackeray (or “The Body” as he
was universally called) once said to me. “You show me a good
writer,” said Thackeray, “and I’ll steal his wife.”
Well, as I was saying, I think I’ll give writers conferences a
miss this summer, and I recommend that you do the same. Why
don’t you j ust take it easy ? Swim and fish and sail and smoke an u
read and sleep and tan your lithe young limbs. I want the best
for you because—if I may get a little misty in this, my final
column of the year—I think you should know that it’s been real
kicks for me, delivering this nonsense to you each week.
And in conclusion let me state what Jane Austen (or “Old
54-40 or Fight” as she is called the world over) once said to
me. “Nothing is so precious as friendship,” she said, “and the
richest man in the wpi’ld is the one with the most money.”
©Max Shulman, 1955
Our “On Campus” campaign has departed in many respects from,
conventional advertising methods. We'd like to have your opinions
on this type campaign — and on the product, too, if you see fit — as a
means of guiding us in planning our future college advertising efforts.
How about dropping us a note? Thanks — Bill Watts, Duke ’50,
Mgr. Philip Morris College Dept., 100 Park Avenue, ISew York, N. Y.
The Battalion
The Editorial Policy of The Battalion
Represents the Views of the Student Editors
Battalion Editorials
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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1955
Off the Deep End
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.
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News contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444 or 4-7604) or
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BILL FULLERTON - Editor
Ralph Cole Managing Editor
Ronnie Greathouse Sports Editor
Don Shepard News Editor
Welton Jones - - City Editor
John Warner, Jim Neighbors, Dick Rabe Reporters
Barry Hart ....' ..... Intramural Writer
Mrs. Jo Ann Cocanougher Women’s Editor
Maurice Olian A&M Consolidated Sports Correspondent
Harri Baker, Jon Kinslow, Jerry Wizig Has-Beens
Robert Bonne, Stanley Holcomb, Charles Ritchey,
Romeo Chapa, Joe Zamanek Advertising Salesmen
Tom Syler - - Circulation Manager
Russell Reed, Kenneth Livingston, Kenneth George,
Tony Goodwin. Giro Lampassas ....Circulation Staff
A&M’s former students, an enthusiastic
and usually admirable bunch of Aggies and
Aggie supporters, sometimes go off the deep
end.
The Athletic council’s action yesterday in
declaring ineligible two prospective A&M
football players because they had received
money from former students is a case in
point.
These exes’ misguided efforts to get a
bigger and better football team for A&M
have gotten the school in trouble—A&M and
its Athletic council have done their best to
alleviate the situation by conducting an in
vestigation and taking action on their owfi,
but the Southwest eonference is still look
ing with suspicion at A&M.
It makes no difference to say that “all
the schools do it and only A&M got caught.”
To coin a phrase, two or more wrongs don’t
make a right.
Of course, the exes aren’t solely to blame
for the recruiting situation—pressure for a
team that will start winning immediately,
and encouragement for any way to get one,
comes from all sides, including the athletic
department, the Former Students associa
tion, and the students.
A&M can have a good clean athletic pro
gram—one built on the attractions of a good
scholastic and student life program, a good
athletic organization, and the state’s best
college. But everyone connected with the
school must restrain their desire for a cham
pionship, and not let it override honesty and
good sportsmanship.
A&M could lead the way in honest re
cruiting and still have a winning team. It’s
been done before.
Still Time
Next year’s leaders are being determined
today, as the rescheduled class elections are
finally being held.
Everyone has a chance to pick the man he
likes. Whatever happens, a good idea would
be to assure whoever wins that each and
everyone is behind him—and mean it.
The voting booth is open until 5:15 this
afternoon in the Memorial Student Center.
No eligible voter should pass by this oppor
tunity to elect a capable group of men next
year.
Cadet Slouch
by Earle
-4 YEAKS UfCrEK-SB'KUOR
WhaEs Cook ing
THURSDAY
7:10—T e x a r k a n a-Four State
club, 225 Academic, election of of
ficers.
7:15—Houston A&M club, 301
Goodwin Hall, discuss annual
spring function to be held May 19
and election of officers.
Wise county hometown club,
Academic building, election of of
ficers.
Waco A&M club, room 2C MSC.
Golden State club, senate cham
ber room MSC, election of next
year’s officers, discuss rides home.
7:30—Rio Grande Valley home
town club, YMCA chapel.
Yankee hometown club, room 3D
MSC.
Amarillo hometown club, room
2D MSC.
Wichita Falls hometown club,
social room MSC, election of next
year’s officers, interesting pro
gram.
Beaumont A&M club, MSC, make
last minute plans for next year’s
Christmas dance and party.
Marshall hometown club, first
floor Academic building.
Milam county hometown club,
YMCA, election of officers.
Knights of Columbus, St. Mary’s
student center, all members be
present for election of officers.
San Angelo hometown club. Ag
riculture building.
Wesson Wins
Grand Champ
Title At Show
Ken Wesson, senior animal
husbandry major from Gold-
thwaite, won the G rand
Champion award last week
end in the 1955 Little South
western Livestock Show.
Ken Killion of Alpine won the
Reserve Champion award.
Wesson showed a fat lamb to
take the showmanship honors,
along with his champion sheep
showman rating. Killion showed
both a swine and a mare, winning
championship titles in both the
swine and horse divisions.
Lloyd Joyce, senior animal hus
bandry major took the beef show
title.
Eighty-four hams brought more
than $2,400 at an auction in the
ham sale portion of the show.
Frank Ford, colonel of the corps,
prepared the grand champion ham,
which was sold to the 12th Man
Inn for $145.
Students butcher the hogs, trim,
cure and prepare them for show
ing as part of their classwork. J.
C. Miller, head of the animal hus
bandry depai’tment, said 111 boys
fitted and showed animals, and 40
prepared hams.
The Little Southwestern Live
stock show and ham sale is spon
sored by the Saddle and Sirloin
club.
Public Speakers
Presented Money
Harold F. Harris, junior electri
cal engineering major from Texas
City, won first place in the Moth-
er’s Day speech contest Saturday.
John G. Wilson, junior English
major, won second, and Jim M. Lo-
caste, junior civil engineering ma
jor, won third.
The title of the winning speech
was “Disposal of Radioactive
Waste.” Prizes of 15, 10 and 5
dollars wei’e given the winners.
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