What's Cooking
The following is the schedule fox'
tonig-ht;
7:30
Dallas A&M Club meeting an
lo'ooi 107 Biological Science build
ing. Dlans for the LSU weekend
to be annoxinced.
Yankee Hometown Club will hold
an organizational meeting in Room
2-D of the MSC.
Houston Hometown Club will
meet i n Room 301 Goodwin hall.
All Houstonions ai'e xirgently re
quested to be present.
Galveston County Hometown
Club will meet in Room 2-B of the
MSC to discuss dance plans.
Amarillo Hometown Club will
meet in Room 108 of the Academic
Building. No time was announced.
Officers will be elected for the
1955-56 year.
Runnels County Hometown Club
wil meet in Room 2-A of the MSC.
No time was announced.
Lou Ci'eekmur, Detx’oit Lions
j tackle, hasn’t missed a game—
league, championship or exhibition
! —-since he joined the team in 1950.
On Campus
Mth
Max Qhulmm
(Author of "Barefoot Boy With Cheek,” etc.)
^LLth knotty Question^ 361
ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH
Today I begin my second year of writing this column for
Dbiiip Morris Cigarettes. Once evei'y week during the coming
s c hool year I will take up, without fear or favor, issues that
inflame the minds and quicken the hearts of college students
everywhere. I will grapple with such knotty questions as: “Is
cornpulsoi'y attendance the I'eflection of an insecure faculty?”
and “Is the unmarried student obsolete?” and “Are room-mates
sanitary?”
While each week I make a bold assault upon these burning
issues, I will also attempt to beguile you into smoking Philip
Mqrris Cigarettes. Into each column I will craftily weave some
words in praise of Philip
\^'di6r3PPLe Wither Morris. I will extol, ob
liquely, the benign mild
ness of Philip Morris’s
well-born tobacco, its
soothing fragrance, its
tonic freshness, its docile
temperateness, its oh-so-
welcome gentleness in this
spiky and abrasive world
of O Ul'S.
For saying these kind
things about their ciga
rettes, the Philip Morris
Company will pay me
money. This is the Ameri
can Way. This is De
mocracy. This is Enlight
ened Self Interest. This
is the System that Made
Our Country Great, and anybody who doesn’t like it is
maladjusted.
Perhaps it would be well in this first column of the year to
tell you a little about myself. I am 36 years of age, but still
remarkably active. 1 am squat, moon-faced, have all my teeth,
and am fond of folk dancing and Lotto. My hobby is collecting
mucilage.
I first took up writing because I was too short to steal. Bare
foot Bojj With Cheek was my maiden effort, and today, fourteen
years later; I continue to
write about college students.
This is called “arrested de /**
velopment.”
r But I can’t help it.
Though 1 am now in the
winter of my life, the prob
lems of undergraduates still
seem to me as pressing as
ever. How to pursue a blaz
ing romance with exams
coming up next Friday in
physics, history and French ;
how to convince your stingy
father that life is a bitter
mockery without a yellow
convertible; how to subsist
on dormitory food — these
remain the topics that roil
my sluggish blood.
And in this column from now until next June you will read
of such things : of dating and pinning, of fraternities and sorori
ties and independents, of cutting and cramming, of athletes and
average-raisers, of extra-and intra-curriculum, of textbooks and
those who write them and those who sell them and those who
read them and those who don’t.
And, slyly woven into this stirring tapestry, the story of
Philip Morris, America’s gentle cigarette, in the handy Snap-
Open pack, in king-size or regular, at prices all can afford.
©Max Shulman, 1U55
The makers of Philip Ulorris are happy to be back icith you for
another year of gttotl reading and good smoking — icith gentle
Philip Morris, of course.
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Battalion Editorials
Page 2
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1955
Parking Problems
Texas A&M is faced with the worst parking jam in its
history. Only one parking lot, and this one practically in the
middle of the golf course, is not full or overflowing.
The new traffic system, wdth its parking decal and its
fee for violations, is a wonderful step in keeping the burden
from piling too heavily on any one particular group. But it
is not solving the basic dilemma of A&M traffic.
We need more parking lots.
And we don’t need them on the fringes of the campus.
We need them around the dormitory areas.
We’re getting a new lot to house Coliseum personnel—
and also to take care of “visiting dignitaries.”
How about taking care of some of the dignitaries that
live on the campus? Namely, the students.
Granted that parking lots may not be as impressive as
sidewalks, but they would be a lot more practical in many
places. Students can walk around cars.
Hart Hall presents one of the worst problems, since it is
in the middle of the campus. Its parking lot is one of the
smaller ones on the campus. At present its cars are being
parked along Throckmorton St.—way down along Throck
morton St.
It probably wouldn’t be so bad if the students didn’t
have to pass by the great wide lawn on Guion Hall’s east
side to get to their cars. This area, which doubtless en
hances the looks of Guion, could make a quite decent lot in
which to park.
Other places for potential parking lots also exist. A
few are: the fenced area between Throckmorton St. and the
dormitory area, expansion of the Law Hall lot, sacrifice of
some of the eastern Corps area’s playground, expansion of
the North Gate area’s lots, and many others.
It’s hoped the enrollment of the college will be greatly
expanded. But any expansion is going to bring a greater
deluge of automobiles.
A&M may have to substitute “function” for “beauty”
in order to handle the traffic problem in the future.
Note of Warning
Last year was a bad year for A&M with respect to traf
fic fatalities. And we have more cars here than ever before.
Many students will be leaving tomorrow and Saturday
to attend the A&M-LSU game in Dallas. It’s a long trip,
and a lot of traffic.
Be careful; the tradition of Silver Taps is a beautiful
and worthy one. But it’s a tradition that no one likes to
have to observe.
Kittens Open
At (IS Tonight
A&M Consolidated’s Junior High
Kittens open their season tonight
at 7:30 p.m. on Tiger Field against
the defending disti'ict champion,
Huntsville.
“Huntsville will be our toughest
opponent,” said Kitten Coach Ed-
sel Jones.
In two meetings with the pow
erful Huntsville eleven last year,
the Kittens were soundly trounced,
28-2 and 27-0. CHS finished second
behind Huntsville in district stand
ings last season.
The starting offensive linexip for
the Kittens tonight has Virdon
Smith and Ben Jackson at ends;
Maurice Stone and Howard Mitch
ell, tackles; Ken Casey and Joel
Mills, guai'ds and Bx-enner Sayers,
center.
In the backfield, Buddy Holick
starts at quarterback, Tommy
Bramble and Dee Smith, half backs
and Jim Wright, fullback.
Defensive changes find Hai'old
Alfoi'd taking Casey’s guai'd po
sition, Red Wright at center and
Condy Pugh, quai'tei'back.
Activity Fees Paid
About 5,403 students paid their
student activities fee, according to
W. L. Penberthy, head of the Stu
dent Activities Department.
There are 14 aci'es of floor space
in the U. S. capitol.
Everywhere But A&M
New Era Born in Radio
By DON SHEPARD
Battalion News Editor
A new ei'a has been boi'n in disc
jockeying—playing music without
the usual critique or comments.
The idea is being taught and advo
cated by Broadcast Coaching Asso
ciates of New Yoi'k, and has spread
to almost every sector of the U. S.
except our “educational” I’adio sta
tion here at A&M.
According to an article by Dick
Kleiner, NEA Staff writer, people
tune in disc jockey shows for mu
sic. If they want a commentator
they tune in a commentator.
Students at BCA are taught to
talk little and to make sense when
they do, Kleiner pointed out.
This is where A&M comes in.
WTAW, in its beginning, was
christened an educational station.
In the past it turned out a num
ber- of programs which were a
credit to A&M. Now educational
programs are practically non-ex-
istant, and most of the programs
offered are degenerating rather
than adding to education or cul
ture.
The following is quoted from a
recent letter received by the Bat
talion:
“The other day my radio hap
pened to be tuned to 1150, the freq
uency of WTAW, the college’s ‘ed
ucational station’. I delayed my
dial-twisting impulse long enough
to verify my suspicion that the
quality of entertainment was at
its usual low, or even lower if
that is possible.
“What manner of trash is WTAW
foisting on the populace of the
dozen or more counties it blank
ets ? If you’re courageous enough,
take your own sample someday be
tween 10 a.m. and noon. You’ll be
enlightened by frequently repeated
announcements of the dances corn
in’ off tonight at the many hill
billy dance halls scattered through
out East Texas. And if you con
tinue to listen, your patience will
be rewarded with some mighty
fine pickin’ and sangin’ by the hill
billy virtuosos and their talented
musical aggregations.
“To the thousands of people who
listen to the station every day,
T
SPECIAL NOTICE
Faculty and Student
IVES
Shannon Finishes
MS Degree Work
Ralph L. Shannon of College Sta
tion has completed the necessary
Work for a master of science de
gree in electrical engineering at
A&M. His thesis was on a “Func
tion Multiplier for the Engineering
Experiment Station’s Electrical
Analog Computer.”
Shannon was the 1954-55 recipi
ent of a Westinghouse Fellowship
in electrical engineering.
Junior College Courses
Are Available
Last Day for Registration
Saturday, Sep I. 29th
For Full Information
Call Dean Brownlee
2-1539
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WTAW is the voice of Texas A&M
College; the programs emanating
from the college’s station represent
the brand of culture which the col
lege presumably advocates. Per
haps hillbilly music is all well am
good; it appears harmless enough
in spite of the fact that many peo
ple find it offensive. But that il
not the issue. The striking feature
about what has happened is thal
the college, through its radio sta
tion, has been instrumental in fur
thering the current hillbilly craze
Why couldn’t the influence of A&M
have been used in promoting some
thing more worthwhile ?
“The programming trend during
the last several years indicates that
the college officials, from the chan
cellor down to the station’s hill
billy announcers, have lost all sense
of direction or perhaps have chosen
not to listen to the station as have
most of the other responsible mem
bers of the community.
“Is this appalling situation to
continue ? How long will the col-
Vee officials choose to ignore their
public responsibility?”
The proceeding protest repre
sents the opinion of an A&M grad-
jate, a large per cent of students
now enrolled, and many College
Station residents.
Since radio reception is unusu
ally bad in the college dormitories,
students are subjected to the voice
of WTAW when they want to lis
ten to the radio. Radios either
blare low quality music or remain
silent. Most remain silent. ■
Educational radio programs and
more cultural music are in demand
elsewhere. Apparently, students
at A&M do not demand enough.
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