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Battalion Editorials
Page 2 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1955
Give Safely A Chance
The Accident Prevention Committee of the college is
studying ways to prevent and remove hazards. But this
committee is composed of only 11 men.
For anything like a sound safety program at A&M to
ever develop will take a little consciousness on the part of
every individual—both student and employee.
Safety covers more than most people ordinarily think,
included is everything from traffic rules and common
sense to watching out for loose plaster which could fall and
possibly hurt someone.
The traditional bonfire for the Turkey Day game with
the University of Texas will begin to go up in just a few
days. And because of the large numbers of men involved
and the hazards of such work, the chances are that accidents
will occur.
There were 37 accidents, almost all minor, at last year’s
building of the bonfire. Added to this were 67 cases of
poison ivy. Plus, probably many more minor incidents that
were not reported to the hospital.
This year’s bonfire will be a good time to really get
safety conscious. It’s our problem. Let’s meet it.
Parliment Member
To Speak Tomorrow
William M. Fletcher-Vane, mem
ber of English Parliment, will
speak to the faculty, staff and
graduate students of A&M at 8
p.m. tomorrow.
The public is invited to attend
the lecture, in the Biological Sci
ences Building, and hear Fletcher-
Vane speak on “Why Cannot Brit
ain Feed Herself?”
Fletcher-Vane is from Hutton-
in-the-Forest near Penrith, West
morland, England. He served in
France in World War II and was
at Dunkirk, where he won a Men
tion in Dispatches. He passed the
Staff College course at Camberley
and went to the Middle East, where
he was promoted temporary Lieu
tenant Colonel in 1943. He re-en
tered politics in 1945 and won his
seat in Parliament that year and
has held it since.
The speaker is married, 45 years
old, and has two sons.
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The Battalion
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Represents the Views of the Student Editors
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News contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444 or 4-7604)
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Room 207 Goodwin Hall.
BILL FULLERTON Editor
Ralph Cole .Managing Editor
Ronnie Greathouse Sports Editor
Don Shepard, Jim Bower ..News Editor
Welton Jones City Editor
Barbara Paiare Woman’s Editor
Jim Neighbors, David McReynolds, Joe Tindel. . .. Staff Writers
Barry Hart Sports Staff I
Letters to the Editor
Editor, Battalion:
Has old army gone to hell? We
don’t know. It’s sure gone some
where. It was gone somewhere
when we got here. But, we got
here before ultra-modern army
came. And before that change, it
didn’t seem like we Ags cared too
much what other schools thought
of us, because we knew in our
hearts that this was the best school
in the world. But now it seems
that some Ags think that we must
impress our civil feelings toward
other schools at any cost, including
the expulsion of Ags who return a
little school spirit and fire by way
of painting up our biggest rival’s
campus. When, in the above sen
tence, we said “return” we meant
just that, because not only has our
campus been painted but one of our
students has even been abducted by
students from other colleges show
ing their school spirit. Was this
change brought about by, or was
it here before, the letter from a
University of Houston student con
demning us for our “rude, crude,
uncouth and barbaric” attitude. We
find it conceivable that this chapge
was brought about not by the let
ter but by the attitude of a number
of “yes men” whose “boot licking”
policies have made it possible for
the administration to go merrily
and unhampered about its way;
cutting discipline, killing tradi
tions and literally making it pos
sible for a boy to graduate and re
ceive a commission from Texas
A&M. We imagine that the edi
torial accompanying this letter will
be very similar to the one written
by the “yes man” who wrote the
editorial accompanying a recent
letter in The Battalion.
Could this be the thought,
Running through our most recent
exes’ minds;
As they picked themselves up off
the racks
And then looked at the stab
wounds upon their backs,
They turned to say
“Et tu Stinnett and Holladay?”
James C. (Jim) Leissner
James B. Thompson
Homero Rodriguez
Buddy Lundgren
Alan Bell
Larry Cahill
Jerry Marchbanks
Gene Wismer
Russell Koojitz
Dannie E. George
Aubrey L. Burnham
Ken Jones
Win ford Hogan
Charles Ware
Ed Stobart
Don Phillips
All—Class of ’57
WEDNESDAY thru FRIDAY
‘Fire Over Africa’
with Maureen O’Hara
PL U S
“Seminole Uprising”
with George Montgomery
CIRCLE
THURSDAY — FRIDAY
“SOLDIER OF
FORTUNE”
Clark Gable
ALSO
“ADVENTURES
OF ROBINSON
CRUSOE”
Editor’s Note
“Military at the A. & M. College
is sadly on the decline and it will
take about twice as long to restore
it to the old standard as it has
taken it to drop to its present po
sition, Of course, there is an ex
cuse made for this, a very good
one, indeed, and that is that a citi
zen as commandant cannot com
mand the respect of a United
States officer. I say this is im
possible, for it is not, but the main
reason is because they have either
never gone through the ordeals of
good hard discipline or that they
are naturally too lenient.
“Some believe in moral suasion,
others in harsh punishment. Nei
ther will do when carried to an
extreme, and only a level-headed,
able-bodied man can neither be too
lenient nor too harsh. This is al
most • impossible and stands right
up with there is no such thing as
perfect.
“Llave recently received notice
from the Inspector General that he
will make us a visit some time in
May and, to use a strong expres
sion, there has to be some tall old
drilling done before he gets here.
“Fellows, put on your best mili
tary bearing, get your hair cut
short, and look after every minor
detail that can be found fault with,
for as little as they are they are
the first defects to be noticed and
count that much against us. Would
suggest that the captains of the
respective companies have meetings
of their officers and discuss the
different movements, both of field
and manual of arms. It will help
each and everyone of you. That is
what is the matter with you now;
you try to be independent, but you
can always take it to be a fact that
two heads are better than one.
“Now, for the next six weeks
let everybody pull together, and if
you will do it with your whole
heart and soul, we will surprise
someone Commencement; for there
are some great tacticians who make
an annual visit here every June
and the majority of them are grad
uates, and let us not give them a
chance to say that they used to do
better than that yhen they were
here, and so-and-so was command
ant. We can do it if you will try.”
THE BATTALION, May, 1900
(Shades of 1955! Even Old
Army thought that Old Army
had gone to hell.)
Cadet Slouch by James Earle
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WhaCs
Wednesday
Cooking
Jefferson Midcounty Club will
meet in the Biological Science
Building at 7:30 to discuss plans
for the Thanksgiving Dance.
LAST DAY
A SHOCK STORY
Dr. Riipel Receives
Feed Men’s Thanks
Dr. I. W. Rupel, head of the
Dairy Husbandry Department, re
ceived a letter of thanks from the
American Feed Manufacturers As
sociation in Chicago for his work
in a two-day meeting of the 1955-
56 College Feed Survey Committee.
The letter said that the members
of the above committee were to be
highly complimented for their work
since their efforts produced re
ports which proved to be highly
reliable and much sought after by
agricultural leaders throughout the
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