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Battalion Editorials
Page 2 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1955
‘Letter’ Perfect Manners
One of the letters on this page makes a lot of sense. As
a gentle hint to which one we give the following clue: Like
the letter to which we refer, this editorial shall be brief.
Discourtesy can be expressed in many ways; it is not
only by actively, and loudly, expressing displeasure at a
performance that discredit can be brought upon an audience.
Getting up and walking out in the middle of a show may be
a forceful method, but it is not what will add to the prestige
of A&M as a civilized institution.
As a guide to future actions, we can look to “the other
letter.” Re-reading Emily Post’s excellent book on manners
never hurts anybody, probably not even a brash, young
14,000 “who grew to that number on their own, not on state
money.”
Commissioning
Letters to the Editor
(Continued from Pag-e 1)
eliminated immediately and com
pletely, he said; “There are tradi
tions that do distinguish the Ag
gie, and they are traditions which
must be carefully guarded that
they not be lost—speaking, the
ability to meet people, willingness
and enthusiasm to work, acceptance
of responsibility—in short, the in
describable, indestructible force
which is the Spirit of Aggieland.”
Dr. Morgan told the officers,
“The Corps of Cadets is being
placed in your hands, gentlemen.
May you treasure your responsi
bility and guard it jealously so
that the Spirit of Aggieland shall
grow stronger because of your hav
ing been here.”
Yesterday’s ceremony, was open
ed by Corps Chaplain Harry Scott,
followed by the introduction of the
president by Col. Joe E. Davis,
commandant. The oath of office
was administered to the cadets by
Lt. Col. Taylor Wilkins, assistant
commandant.
Letters to the Editor
Editor, Battalion:
I would like to protest the dis
courtesy shown by Aggies who are
supposed to be “gentlemanly” to
ward visiting performers at the
Town Hall proguams.
Throughout the performance of
the Robert Shaw Chorale and to
night’s (Monday) Stan Kenton
Show, Aggies left the show in a
steady stream, disturbing the peo
ple who wislled to hear, and giving
the school a bad name in the minds
of the showmen. If the show is
offensive to one, why can’t he wait
until intermission to leave ? Bar
ring that, he could be at least a
little more quiet in leaving.
If people continue to leave in
the middle of a performance, it
can only make it harder to sche
dule top-quality talent as the word
g'ets around that the students at
A&M are a bad audience.
Homer Shanks, ’58
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Editor
The Battalion
I felt that some answer should
be given to the childish, exagger
ated, completely baseless example
of journalism which you printed in
the form of an editorial. I realize
of course that this will never be
printed in The Battalion (I could
not expect an Aggie to do anything
so honorable), but still it provides
an answer from the University of
Houston.
We at the University of Houston
would like to thank our “elders”
from Texas A&M for their kind
consideration in pointing out the
shortcomings of the University of
Houston and their admonition that
when we are able to follow the
example set forth by our “elders”
in the Southwest Conference, we
will be worthy to be a member of
that conference. To start with, we
w T ould like to point out that from
henceforth the University of Hous
ton will follow the example set
forth by the “gentlemen” from
A&M. We will first find it nec
essary to go to A&M, as the “gen
tlemen” came to Houston the night
of the game, and try to steal Rev
eille. The fact is that a group of
four Aggies was waiting for our
Cougar Guard when it returned
from A&M the night of the game
to try to steal Shasta, our mascot
Unfortunately, for the Aggies, our
Cougar Guard was prepared for
such an occasion. We would mere
ly ask the Aggies how they liked
the tear gas? But this is the ex
ample which the “gentlemen” have
set for us.
Next we will find it necessary to
paint up Bryan and the A&M cam
pus as the “gentlemen” have done
Houston. The most prominent of
many maroon signs in Houston
was one not far from our campus
which proclaimed in that adult
manner which only A&M could
master: “Beat hell outa UH
This is the example which we must
follow if we are to become adults
like the “gentlemen” from A&M.
Baylor of course will lie in the
path of destruction which we must
reap if we are to follow the ex
ample of our “elders.” We will
have to paint Houston on one of
the bear cubs and on top of Pat
Neff flail as the “gentlemen” from
A&M pamted “Aggies” in those
two places, for this is the adult
Southwest Conference thing to do.
Abilene Christian College will also
feel the paint brush which we must
wield if we are to follow the ex
ample of A&M. We will find it
necessary to paint “Houston”
there as the “gentlemen”. from
A&M found it necessary to pro
claim “Fish, 53” from the top of
one of the buildings. For after
all, it is the traditional, grownup
thing to do.
So far as our conference is con
cerned, we will have to engage in
illegal, below-the-belt tactics in re
cruiting so that we, like A&M, will
be put on probation. This is the
grownup thing to do. We will also
have to start hazing our students
in such a manner as to receive
state-wide notoriety for it and so
that our President will have to
openly condemn the practice. This
is the example which A&M has set
for us.
We will also have to modify our
tactics so far as sports are con
cerned. In basketball for instance,
we will have to stop winning and
start losing for this is A&M’s ex
ample. We will have to be beaten
107-66 as the Aggies were beaten
last season by Houston. I think
that so far as the example which
the Aggies set at this game is
concerned, we might merely quote
from the Houstonian which gave
this summary:
“The U of H set a new school
scoring mark and handed the
Texas Aggies the worst whip-
Entered as second-class
matter at Post Office at
College Station, Texas,
under the Act of Con
gress of March 3, 1870.
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ping in their long history all the
same night by a lopsided 107-66
margin. The Aggies used foot
ball and wrestling tactics as they
went after “Bolde” (Don Bolde-
buck—our All-American Honor
able Mention center) and held
him to 15 points. But, the price
they *paid was an embarrassing
deefat and brought down the ire
of the crowd.”
This is the sportsmanship ex
ample which A&M has set for us.
If we are to continue following
their example we will have to send
a group of students to tell anyone
on the campus who disagrees with
WEDNESDAY
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BEAU BRUMMELL
Stewart Granger Elizabeth Taylor
Peter Ustinov with Robt. Morley
P O G O
campus policies to leave as the
“gentlemen” from A&M did a year
or two ago when they kindly es
corted a student off their campus
and out of school because he dared
to write a letter to The Battalion
and criticize the “childish and
naive mannerisms of A&M.” This
is the Aggie, not the American
way, of life I might point out.
On one point, I must admit I am
very curious. Just exactly what
filthy and obscene remarks could
have possibly shocked the tender
ears of the Aggies ? I did not
realize that we at the University
of Houston could say anything, no
matter how filthy, obscene, vulgar,
etc., etc., etc. that the Aggies had
not heard, much less that would
shock them. Maybe the new army
line of “kindness and light” has
changed A&M and made it into
the kind of place that Emily Post
(for the enlightenment of the “gen
tlemen” at A&M, Emily Post is
one of the nation’s foremost au
thorities oil manners — somethin!
which I realize that you are not
concerned with) would use as a
good example. I would go this far;
any change that might have come
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