The Battalion ...» College Station (Brazos County), Texas
PAGE 2 Thursday, October 11, 1956
Letters to the Editor
To the Editor
This letter is directed at the
certain highranking' Air - Force
KOTC instructor who allegedly
made the remark that the non-
regs on this campus are second
class.
I am one of the so called “Second
Glass Aggies.” There are a great
number of the non-regs on this
campus who have given a little of
their time to Uncle Sam. I served
my time. Four year's to be exact—
four year-s in one of the world’s
finest outfits, the United States
Marine Corps. Yes, and I did a
tour of duty in Korea also. Many
“Second Class Aggies” made that
tour during the winter of 1950.
Are the non-regs who hold the
Purple Heart and bear - the visible
scars of combat also “Second
Class?”
And what about those Aggies
who have spent so many years in
wheelchairs, on crutches, and with
their bodies twisted by Polio and
other crippling diseases ? I sup
pose that they are second class.
Secorrd class indeed!
They have the guts it takes to
be a man. They are more of a man
than 1 am and they certainly starrd
head arrd shoulder’s above a certain
high-ranking Air Force KOTC in
structor.
Personally, I am in favor of
KOTC training. We need a power
ful military command which is
well trained and ready to defend
this country at a moments notice.
I feel that A&M graduates many
fine young officers each year and
I have deep admiration and respect
for the Corps of Cadets.
But I have no respect or admi-
ration for an officer who makes
such an awkward, foolish state
ment.
Sir, you are charged with mold
ing these young men into the war
riors of the future, but do you
think that you can do that job by
breeding hatred and contempt?
No, you certainly cannot.
Teach them to be men and you
will have done your job well.
W. E. (Bill) Lynch
Class of ’59
To the Editor
I realize there are many second-
rate Aggies, but by the same token
1 realize there are many second-
rate officers in the service of our
country. I feel sure I am addressing
this reply to one of the latter.
As an ex-Marine I have always
considered myself to be a military-
minded man. I consider A&M to be
the finest in military schools and
KOTC training to be essential for
the continued welfare of our coun
try. I have the highest respect for
our fine Corps of Cadets, but I
feel it is a pity for these young
men to have to look to a man of
your calibre for their training in
leadership.
As a buck - sergeant I served
(See Letters, Page 5)
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What’s Cooking
The following clubs meet to
night:
7:30
Henderson County A&M Club
meets in room 112 Bagley Hall.
All members are urged to be pres
ent for important organizational
meeting.
DeMolay Chevaliers meet in the
YMCA lobby.
Austin Hometown Club meets in
room 226 of the Academic Build-
in-
Lower Trinity Valley Club meets
in room 203, Academic. Reporter
will be elected and holiday func
tions discussed.
Kaufman County Hometown Club
meets in the North Solarium of
the YMCA.
Pasadena Hometown Club meets
in room 3-C of the Memorial Stu
dent Center.
Laredo Hometown Club meets in
room 224, Academic Building.
Port Arthur Hometown Club
meets in room 105 of the Biologi
cal Sciences Building.
Lubbock-South Plains Club meets
in room 108, Academic Building.
Galveston County CJub meets in
room 128 of the Academic Build
ing.
Red River Valley Club meets in
room 103 of the Academic. Build
ing.
Tyler-Smith County Club meets
in room 225 of the Academic Build
ing.
Fayette-Colorado Hometown
Club meets in room 206 of the Ac
ademic Building.
Corpus Christi Hometown Club
meets in room 102 of the YMCA.
Guadalupe Valley Hometown
Club meets in room 115 of the
Civil Engineering Building.
Dallas Hometown Club meets in
the Biology Building.
Brush County Hometown Club
meets in room 3-B of the MSC.
Teii-Shun!
CHARLESTOWN, W. Va. <A>>—
Mayor John T. Copenhaver ordered
the city’s new police chief, former
Detective Lt. Dallas Bias, to wear a
fancy $300 uniform. It had the four
stripes of a Navy captain, the
epaulets of an Air Force colonel,
and a cap visor with “scrambled
eggs” reminiscent of Gen. Muc-
Arthur’s finest hour. The first time
Bias wore it on a downtown street,
a sailor just out of boot camp came
to rigid attention and saluted him.
TSCW Dean Gives
Graduate Lecture
Dr. Pauline B. Mack, dean of the
College of Household Arts and Sci
ences at Texas State College for
Women will deliver a graduate lec
ture tonight at 8 in the Biological
Sciences Building.
A recognized national authority
in her field, Dr. Mack will speak
on “The Chemistry of Skeletal
Growth and Development.”
Dr. Mack holds an A.B. degree
from the University of Missouri
with -a major in chemistry, an
A.M. from Columbia University,
and a Ph.D. from Pennsylvania
State University.
She has been honored with two
Sc.D. degrees and received the
Garvan Medal, awarded by the
American Chemical Society, for
developing techniques of value in
the study of bone development.
This lecture is open to the pub
lic, according to Dr. J. B. Page,
dean of the Graduate School.
Happy Vacation
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. <7P)—If an
oak ridge worker hadn’t had such
ajgood time earlier in the summer,
he’d have had a better time on his
vacation. He was fined $10 for
drunken driving and sentenced to
10 days in jail—the sentence to be
served during his vacation.
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Near East Tension Rises
JERUSALEM, Israeli Sector,
Thursday, Oct. 11 — GPi —_ Jordan
charged early today that Israeli
planes bombed targets in Jordan
after an overnight artillery duel
along the border near Qalqilye.
A U.N. spokesman said it was
Jordan’s third complaint to the
U.N. truce organization during the
night about Israeli activity along
a 10-mile front in the Judean
Mountain foothills.
Forces of the two countries ex
changed artillery and automatic
gun fire throughout the night.
Maj. Gen. E. L. M. Burns, head of
the truce supervision organization,
isued a cease-fire order at 3:30
a.m. A U.N. spokesman said it
appeared both sides ignored it.
There was no official Israeli an
nouncement on any of the night’s
events. There was no official con
firmation from Israeli army or
other sources although one inform
ant said the Jordanians were be
lieved to have suffered casualties.
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