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THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1956
A ‘Small’ Incident
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After a small incident last night in White Coliseum, a
. few more persons probably realize that a fence has two sides.
It may keep out those you don’t want, but it also hems in
v yourself.
The section reserved for Negroes for the show last night
, was not filled. Out of 25 rows, eight were filled and five
| were partially filled with Negroes. The rest, 12 rows, were
?■ empty. *
Some students tried to sit in these empty rows, but ap-
parently such things just aren’t done around A&M. The
Aggies were quickly rushed out, with a few coming back dur
ing intermission.
Such an incident points out the ridiculousness of setting
•f' up artificial “no-man’s land” between citizens of the same
- democratic country.
One student didn’t like the “fence” last night. What
ever his reason, he cut the rope. Mayfoe he just wanted a
better seat; or maybe, he realized that no real “fence” does
exist between him and his fellow citizens.
A‘ country is the loser when it classifies its citizens into
special ranks, for benefits can be. derived from a united cit
izenry that are not possible with a divided state.
Anyway, the show was good, and nobody was “mongrel-
ized”—even though a few students finally did sit where rules
c. say they shall not.
Last night’s incident points out the lesson—segregation
« works two ways, and in the long run both sides are the
.» losers.
« But one thing that is true; we learn from lessons—a part
of our experience, and experience is supposed to be the best
' teacher. Even better than rules.
— Bill Fullerton
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County Voters Numbered
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Aggie With ‘Soul of Poet’
Shows True Appreciation
By BILL FULLERTON
Battalion Editor
We may not have women (bless
’em) here at A&M, but we do have
at least one red-blooded man who
can appreciate a pretty girl when
he sees one.
On a recent Saturday morning
in the fountain room of the Memo
rial Student Center, many cups of
coffee went cold. The reason ?
Production Classes
Are Fitting Calves
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boel cattle pro-
Members of the
duction class, under the direction
of R. K. Riggs, have chosen calves
to be shown in the Little South
western Livestock Show here May
12.
Class members had the choice of
three breeds—-herefords, angus,' or
brahman.
Preparation is underway as the
animals have been dehorned and
are now being halter broken. No
■lass period has been set aside for
the work; students use their spare
time for conditioning animals for
the show.
Members of the Saddle and Sir
loin Club will also prepare animals
for the show.
Absorbed attention by about 100
Aggies in two very pretty young
misses sitting with their parents
in a booth. The two girls, sisters
of about 19 and 17 years, proved
upon arising to be as perfect of
stature as they were pretty of face.
The room attained a chapel-like
silence when the girls got up, a
silence that was broken only by
their own enjoyment of some sis
terly joke. Almost at the large
door the joke reached its punch
line, for with an increasing giggle
the younger girl, trailing by about
two steps, leaned and softly pad
dled her sister.
A reverent- sigh,. and an even
more reverently breathed, “My.
gawd! Don’t bruise it!”, provided j
a perfect goodbye to the lovely !
heroines of this Saturday morning j
tale.
The number of poll taxes and ex- j
emptions issued to voters in Brazos I
County has been released by Mi s. |
Marjorie Burkhalter, tax assessor
and collector.
Poll taxes were paid by 8,882
persons in Brazos County. Exemp
tions were issued to 2,502, giving
the county voting strength of
11,384.
Precinct one at Millican had 89
persons pay poll taxes, 18 were
issued exemptions, totaling 107.
Wellborn, precinct two, poll
taxes, 125; exemptions 51; total,
176.
Consolidated School, College Sta
tion, poll taxes, 1,162; exemptions,
237; total 1,399.
Mooring, precinct four, poll
taxes, 166; exemptions, 35; total,
201. «■-
Harvey, precinct five, poll taxes,
68; exemptions, 18; total, 86.
Kurten, precinct six, poll taxes,
98; exemptions, 22; total, 120.
Army ROTC Srs.
To Serve 2 Years
Two-thirds of the Army ROTC
graduates scheduled to enter the
armed forces between July, 1956,
and June, 1957, will be assigned
to two years of active duty, ac
cording to Col. Delmer P. Ander
son, professor of military science.
“Most graduates who applied
for tours of two years will receive
them,” Col. Anderson said. “The
remaining men will serve six
months active duty and then enter
the active reserves, according to
the provisions of the 1955 Reserve
Forces Act.”
“Requirements of the Army
necessarily will take precedence
over individual desires,” he said.
All ROTC graduates will be as
signed to their respective branch
schools for training before assign
ment to Army units.
Tabor, precinct seven, poll taxes,
83; exemptions, 29; total, 112.
Edge, precinct eight, poll taxes,
73; exemptions, 19; total, 92.
Smetana (Fountain Hall), pre
cinct nine, poll taxes, 167; exemp
tions, 49; total, 216.
Ben Milam, Bryan, precinct ten,
poll taxes, 471; exemptions, 212;
total 683.
Travis School, Bryan, precinct
eleven, poll taxes, 816; exemptions,
286; total, 1,102.
Reliance, precinct twelve, poll
taxes, 46; exemptions, 12; total, 58.
Crockett School, Bryan, precinct
thirteen, poll taxes, 1,342; exemp
tions, 175; total, 1,517.
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192; total, 628.
American Legion, Bryan, pre
cinct fifteen, poll taxes, 677; ex
emptions, 240; total, 917.
College Hills, College Station,
precinct sixteen, poll taxes, 706;
exemptions, 100; total, 806.
Bowie School, Bryan, precinct
seventeen, poll taxes, 759; exemp
tions, 327; total, 1,086.
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