The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas
PAGE 2 Wednesday, March 13, 1957
Letters to the Editor
Editor,
The Battalion
The “cow” path worn by the
civilians across the drill field looks
just as bad as the “cow” path
worn across Spence Park by the
Corps seniors and the shrubs
trampled down in front of Sbisa
Hall looks just as shabby as the
shrubs trampled down at the once
nice-looking' entrance to the Corps
Area.
As long as we have people up
here who say “I’d like to see any
body stop me from walking across
the drill field” or “its my privilege”
we will always have people who
never speak, never whip out and
write totally negative letters to
The Battalion.
Kenneth Haggard ’58
Editor,
The Battalion
In reading yesterday’s letters
there was one phrase that struck
me as being particularly apt.
“A house divided against itself
cannot stand.”
Today we are divided and A&M,
not just the A&M represented by
the buildings on this campus, but
the A&M whose traditions and
spirit have given to the graduates
the reputation of having more than
just an academic education cannot
stand.
The division is not strictly be
tween Corps and civilians. We are
not lilly white or pitch black just
because of the clothes we wear or
"the dorm we live in. But, consider,
if a man fails to speak, fails to
whip out, fails to show those traits
that make up this A&M, which is
he more likely to be, a cadet or a
civilian ?
Many of the civilians who for
some reason or for their own
personal preference are not in the
Corps are good Aggies in this
respect-, and many of the men in
the Corps are not, but this is the
exception rather than the rule.
Initially a fish in the Corps has
restrictions and threats of punish
ment to force him to be a good
Aggie, but as he becomes higher
classified these restrictions and
threats for the most part disap
pear.
Does he quit speaking, meeting
and the like ?
A few do, but in the eyes of
their fellow Cadets they are con
sidered about on a par with the
“scroungy non-regs”. Aggies re
spect a civilian who shows he is
truly an Aggie, but, especially now
that it is possible for a man to go
through this school without ever
being in the Corps, too few show
it.
It is up to the civilians to settle
this among themselves. A proper
freshman orientation, on a par with
that of the Corps, or some other
means of instilling in them a
proper regard for the traditions
that have made an Aggie some
thing special is needed.
This will be a difficult job, more
difficult than in the Corps, but it
is necessary if this school is to
keep both quantity and quality.
Otherwise A&M will be forced to
choose between losing its hard won
i-eputation or making the Corps
mandatory for all students.
Chapman, you want to see any
one stop you from walking across
the drill field.
How about walking across the
MSC grass, or sitting down at
football games, or burning lights at
Silver Taps ? The drill field is sup
posed to be a show place of the
Corps. All, but a very few of the
‘scroungy cadets” respect it. The
only blemish on its fine green sur
face is the brown path from Law
and Puryear Halls to the MSC.
Don’t you think you and a few
of your buddies could respect it
too ?
If you did that might be a start
toward us being all Aggies to
gether, not Cadets and “scroungy
non-regs”.
Charles Tucker ’58
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Editor,
The Battalion,
For the last two days the “Let
ters to the Editor” column has
shown more of the old dissension
between military and civilian stu
dents. A person with any per
ception whatsoever can probably
give several reasons for this.
The military students lead a
daily life of discipline, part of
which are the old Aggie traditions
of speaking and meeting. Of the
civilian students who have never
had any contact with this daily
military life, quite a number seem
to' have no regard for these and
many other traditions.
It is a privilege to carry out the
traditions which have been a part
of the school for so long. In the
Corps, where these customs were
born, keeping tradition is made to
be thought of as a duty, as well
as a privilege. But to the average
non-reg traditions are to be ob
served when it is convenient, and
forgotten when it is not. Possibly
the most outstanding example of
this is the making of the annual
bonfire, one of our most honored
customs.
While the Corps does not pretend
that working on the bonfire is a
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pleasant task, it has always gone
ahead, knowing that the result
would be well worth the effort.
This is one tradition which can
be used as a sort of yardstick in
the measurement of ofie who has
the true Aggie spirit. If, by some
strange trick of fate, the non-regs
turned out en masse for the bonfire
activities this fall, a long step will
have been made toward a better
understanding between the two
factions. ‘Til then the terms “two
percenter” and “non-reg” will be
synonymous.
John A. Strauss ’59
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