I l Tl G JS/L irsi eci ■ter’ Me ^ep 3 F nso mt VYxe y -* •tlx< Page 2 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 Charlie Brown ’57 Charles Seaberg ’58 Clarence Shumbers ’58 Allan Jackson ’59 SALE BARGAINS . . . in SPORT SHIRTS Long & Short Sleeves MEN’S SOCKS—GREATLY REDUCED STUDENT CO-OP m (The GREEKS had a word for it) the word is SPEEB... yours when you fly CONTINENTAL AIR LINES FT. WORTH 2 hrs * 8 mins. /\BSLENE! ^ ^ rs ' ^ mins.” E L PAS O 4 hrs - 52 mins ' Call Continental at Victor 6-4789. Flying Time Effective April 1. 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Young Circulation Manager James Schubert, Mike Keen, Guy Fernandez Photographers 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 McCarty Jewelers recommends Stax j4fruc TO HIM HIS FEARS 'Jj > My' ARE ' ^NON-EXISTENT. VOU WILL ACCOMPANY ‘ US, DAISY MAE ■ (-THAT'LL GET HER AWA'V FROM THE r woLF-PACK.rr-) P O G O By Walt Kelly HAwk. GvWBCw