Battalion Editorials
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1955
Almost Overlooked?
In all of the fussing and petty squabbling over a major
issue—the date ticket situation— : one is apt to overlook one
bit of deception practiced by some students.
This is the boys who arrange with friends to get date
tickets for their sisters, brothers and, sometimes, even par
ents.
We’ve heard it said that tickets will be closely checked
at this game—but we’ve heard that said before. And it’s
not too hard for some student, with more than his share
of date tickets, to borrow an identification card and an activ
ities card for his non-student friend. Thus, the stranger to
the Aggie section gets in with his date—and some students
are left without.
It’s hard to crack down on buddies—but cracking down
on such “friends” is what is needed. The students, them
selves, are the only ones who can keep up with such deeds.
Another class of students that need to be cracked down,
upon are the scalpers. It’s bad enough that these students,
and other persons, scalp regular $3.25 tickets; but a worse
evil exists. This is the number of students, and reports have
come in on a few of them, who are holding on to date tickets
—not in the hopes of getting a date—but in the hope of a
“high-priced sale” based on the desperation of some disap
pointed Aggie.
Turning in such persons is not a crime, nor is it treason
to the idea of Aggie Brotherhood. For A&M Brotherhood
is based on honesty, not deception or crookedness.
Letters
Editor, Battalion
After many long and trying
years of defeat, a patient and loy
al student body eagerly awaited
its reward: The privilege and hon
or of bringing their Date to the
long awaited defeat of Texas Uni
versity.
Now, I ask, was all this in vain?
With hopes and great expectations
each and all of us planned well in
advance for this, day, only to find
our right and privilege had been
sold from us “for a mess of
greenbacks.
The Alumni and their Dates of
years gone by had their turn then
Why isn’t it ours, now?
C. van Zyverden, ’57
William M. Wolf, ’57
P.S. — I, too, shall watch the
game with my date on T.V. if she
can’t see it with me here.
Tickets
(Continued from Page 1)
One plan on distributing tickets
was to set up a booth in the Me
morial Student Center and sell
tickets to seniors in the Class of
’56, civilian and Corps, for one
eight hour day. After this eight
hour day, the tickets were to be
sold to any other student needing
one.
Cunningham said he thought the
Senate was “losing sight of their
objective as the governing body of
the college. I think we are trying
to pass the buck.”
Jim Rowland, junior Senator,
said he thought the seniors would
be doing "an “injustice to juniors,
sophomores, freshmen and civil
ians as well”, in taking first choice.
John Jones, president of the Civ
ilian Student Council said they
“could not sell tickets to seniors
(See TICKETS, Page 5)
By appointment purveyors of soap to the late King George VI, Yardley & Co , Ltd., London
Editor, Battalion
Texas A&M Civilian Students,
We would like to express our ap
preciation for the interest and en
thusiasm shown by the civilian stu
dents this year. You have shown
the Corps that you deserve
place in the Twelfth Man. We hope
you continue this throughout the
years and, by your example, show
the civilian freshmen and sopho
mores that this is not a school
where you can simply go to class
and take no interest whatsoever.
We believe that continued enthus
iasm through the years, win or
lose, will create an improved re
lationship between the Corps and
the civilians.
Juniors, Sqd. 12
Ball Editorial Wins
SDX Second-Place
The Battalion has received hon
ors at the 46th annual Sigma Delta
Chi Convention held in Chicago.
The honor was a second-place
award for editorial writing to T.
Harrison Baker, co-editor of The
Battalion last year.
Attending the convention from
A&M were Bill Thomas, president
of A&M’s chapter of SDX, nation
al journalism fraternity, and Don
ald D. Burchard, head of the Jour
nalism Department.
Del Ennis has led the Phillies
in the runs batted in department
eight of the last nine years.
BONFIRE
(Continued from Page 1)
from 7 to 11 p.m.
A Ordnance, Area I; Squadron
12, Areas II and III; and A Field
Artillery, Areas IV and V from
11 p.m. to 3 a.m.
Squadron 13, Area I; B Field
Artillery, Areas II and III; and
Squadron 14, Areas IV and V from
3 to 7 a.m.
Monday
College View, day students, Pur-
year Hall and C Field Artillery,
Area I; Squadron 15, Areas II and
III; and D Field Artillery, Areas
IV and V from 7 to 11 p.m. Civil
ians will guard with military units
in all areas during this time.
Dormitory 16 and Squadron 16,
Area I; dormitory 16 and A Anti-
Aircraft Artillery, Area II and III;
and dormitory 16 and Squadron 17,
Areas IV and V from 11 p.m. to
3 a.m.
Walton Hall and B Anti-Aircraft
Artillery, Area I; Walton Hall and
Squadron 18, Areas IT and III; and
W’alton Hall and C Anti-Aircraft
Artillery, Areas IV and V from
3 to 7 a.m. '
GIVING A HAND—Cadet Colonel of the Corps Larry Ken
nedy pitches in to lend a helping - hand on one end of a
cross-cut saw as log-cutting goes on in preparation for
the bonfire Wednesday. Things will really pick, or rather,
stock up on the bonfire as the weekend approaches. Plans
call for a full-scale attack upon the huge trees in the cut
ting area.
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BRYAN
TB Association
Mails Letters
For Seal Drive
The Christmas Seal Drive,
sponsored by the B r a z o s
County Tuberculosis Associa
tion, has begun, with letters
containing the seals being
mailed to local residents.
The seal sale is the sole means
of support for the BCTA, as the
association is not a part of the
College Station Community Chest
this year, nor is it a part of the
Bryan United Fund. The Asso-
iation raises its funds almost en
tirely through the sale of Christ
mas seals and bonds by mail. The
seals are $1 per sheet.
Eighty-two per cent of the funds
aised in the county will remain
here for local use; 12 per cent will
be used by the Texas Tubei’culosis
Association for its work on the
state level. Six per cent is used
by the National Tuberculosis As
sociation.
Mrs. A. V. Moore is sale chair
man for the county. The drive is
organized under a number of com-
mittees. Those serving on the Sale
Committee include Mrs. W. W.
Humphries, R. H. Fletcher, Mrs
J. D. rewitt, Mrs. W. R. Mat
thews, K. A. Manning, Mrs. J. E
Marsh Jr. Mrs. R. P. Marsteller,
Mrs. J. P. Covan, Mrs. E. M. Rcg-
mbrecht, P. E. Blackburn, Mrs.
loe H. Sorrels, Mrs. Cameron Sid-
dall, Travis Bryan Jr., Mrs. C. G.
Wetter, Mrs. G. A. Adams and Mrs.
Ed Burkhart.
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From London, the world’s center of fashions for men, comes
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you up to six months of shaving luxury. The rich lather
wilts the beard, soothes the face and softens the skin in
wondrous fashion. At your campus store, $1.25. Makers and
distributors for U. S. A., Yardley of London, Inc., New York.
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increase in enrollments, our schools need at least another 124,000
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