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THE BATTALION
Wednesday, March 14, 1956
— Letters to the Editor
To: The Student Body,
Aggies, through the years I
have seen letters written to the
Batt by Corps members chewing
on the non-regs for not speaking,
and those written by the non-regs
beating their gums about the
Corps’ not speaking. Like most
of you, these letters had little ef
fect on me, except for occasionally
making me a little teed off.
Most of the outsiders I have talk
ed to in the past, who had visited
our campus, commented on what a
friendly campus we had. Now I
know as well as anyone that speak
ing at A&M, in a lot of cases, is
not just being friendly, rather a
point of necessity. Right?
Again, through necessity, many
of A&M’s traditions have been
dropped. Speaking is one tradi
tion that should never be dropped,
and I truthfully feel it has been
neglected more in the past years
than it ever has. It is not the sole
fault of either the corps or non-
regs, but both. The sooner we
both learn to pull together on mat
ters concerning the school, the
greater Texas A&M will be.
As far as speaking goes, here is
my solution. Instead of all of us
griping about others’ poor speak
ing, why not take that same energy
to say a simple “Howdy.” I am
proud of this school myself, and
I’d hate to see this tradition espe
cially, dwindle to nothing.
Dudley Thomas, ’56
Editor, Battalion:
How many hicks are in this in
stitution ? Are these hicks a rep
resentative cross-section of the
civilian student body? We ask
j;hese questions with reference to
what was called Civilian Student
Week-end. With the exception of
the barbecue (and who doesn’t like
to eat) how many students at A&M
are interested in the type of en
tertainment that was offered this
past weekend? We think that the
popularity of this entertainment
among the civilian students is
clearly shown by the fact the dance
had to be opened, not only to the
Corps students, but also to the gen
eral public. If this type of thing
is to be done, why not call it the
“Brazos Bottom Barn Dance” in
stead of the Civilian Ball ?
Bill Bardin ’57
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Editor, Battalion:
In your article and editorial of
March 9, regarding various short
comings of the Student Senate, we
note you failed to mention some
thing which we feel needs “look
ing into.”
In a recent article in your paper
it was stated that there were about
3,001 military and 3,040 civilian
students enrolled currently—almost
a 1-1 ratio. I say “about” because
I do nqt have the clipping before
me at this time.
Now, what we feel you should
have included in your article and/
or editorial is the unfair ratio of
military and civilian Student Sen
ators seated on the Senate.
Let’s “de-segregate” the Student
Senate!
Very truly yours,
J. W. Osborn ’57
Editor, Battalion:
I would like to air a few frank
opinions that I’ve arrived at after
spending three and one half years
in the corps at A&M.
I’ve learned recently that we as
corps seniors have been found guil
ty of apathy and inadequate lead
ership in the corps. Let me admit,
we’re not perfect by any means,
and "therefore subject to criticism.
We’ve made false starts and wrong
decisions in our relations with
freshmen, sophomores and juniors.
But, we as a group and as indi
viduals within the corps can only
operate and carry out our respon
sibilities under the policy frame
work set up by the college offi
cials.
I entered A&M as a freshman
in the corps in September of 1952.
After entering A&M I found that
I hated the discipline and the con
formity that being a member of
the corps called for. I had two
choices, I could quit A&M and go
some place else and face the shame
I associated with quitting or, I
could stay and conform. For the
time being I chose to conform.
It took me more than a couple
of weeks to figure out how I was
benefitting by conforming. In
fact, it took around a year and a
half to two years to learn that by
submitting to discipline, I learned
self-discipline. I don’t know oth
er’s experience along this line. It
may have taken longer for some
and a shorter time for others to
realize this.
The point I’m tryih’g to make is
that discipline is something that
isn’t learned overnight. Evidently,
the authorities think it is, for they
have given a man the right to get
out of the corps, if he doesn’t like
it at the outset, and still stay at
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Granted, that some men simply
are not disposed to military life.
If that’s so, why get in the corps
in the first place? I knew what
I was in for when I came to A&M.
It was a challenge to me to be able
to stick it out. It doesn’t take
brains and courage to graduate
from A&M now, just a minimum
of brains.
Present policy, handed down to
us from above, has put the bee
on our back; it’s made a molly
coddling bunch of beggers out of
us. We must bow and scrape to
the all-high God of Enrollment.
This gives discipline and cadet au
thority a rather facetious meaning.
Did we, as corps members, set up
this policy of “you can get out if
you don’t like it?” If not, then are
we to blame for carrying out a
policy, to the best of our ability,
that we had no say so on ? Just
what is the policy of Texas A&M
College and what is the role of the
corps within that policy ? Is this
college interested in turning out
quality or quantity? I don’t know
the answers, that’s why I’m ask
ing.
Either College authorities must
give us the power to carry out our
responsibilities as they see them
WEDNESDAY
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or quit their belly-aching. This is
the way I see things. This is per
sonal observation from “within the
ranks” out of my own experience,
which is really the only thing I
can draw from with authority.
Let the authorities look to them
selves for the fault, they’re the
ones who set the policy. You’ve
got to consider your raw materials
before you put any plan into oper
ation. If a policy doesn’t work
through us, your raw materials,
then you better re-examine your
policy; it’s rather hard to change
the raw materials.
Let us set corps policy exclusive
ly, and then we’ll have no excuse
to protest your criticism of poor
leadership on our part, which un
der the present situation is a rather
bitter pill I personally refuse to
swallow.
I’d like to know if my protests
are legitimate ? Even if I am
wrong, I’ve at least had my little
say.
Sincerely,
James A. Collins ’56
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