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The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas
PAGE 2 TuesdasvApril 30, 1957
Time To Wake Up
The time for A&M to break out of its shell and see how
far it is behind the rest of the world is way past due.
It no longer is fashionable to sit back and pretend the
lives we lead in our shelter of apathy are so beneficial and
outstanding.
For years we have hung back and enjoyed the privilege
of being unique, which indeed is a privilege if not done strictly
for the purpose of being different. But we no longer can
justly claim that our originality, which now is on the thresh-
hold of antiquity, is paying all the benefits we believe.
Proof of our insecurity and desire to hang with the past
is the rabid fear that grips us every time we encounter some
thing new which we feel might tilt our precarious perch on
the past. . .s
An example of this is the attitude of some of the Corps
•members regarding the Kyle Field seating plan offered by
the Student Senate.
“We will not be split,” they say. “It will ruin our ap
pearance on TV.”
First of all, what happened to that equally famous Ag
gie tradition that says Aggies cannot be split but are united
in the world’s biggest fraternity? This same tradition goes
so far as to include members in the Former Students Asso
ciation who only spent one year living at Aggieland. The TV
appearance gripe is ridiculous. Do the dates wear khaki?
Civilian students also show a lukewarm interest in pro
gress. They should be tired of living as an unwanted step
child. They will never be classed or recognized as equal un
til their interest in campus affairs equals that of the Corps.
This narrow trend is not limited to the students. It
also permeates the faculty and staff.
An example of this is that classical remark made by the
head of one of the Liberal Arts departments who cracked
“typing is not higher education” and therefore we shouldn’t
have to teach it. “If a student wants to learn to type, let him
teach himself.”
Naturally this is not true of every student, faculty or
staff member. But the number fitting this cement shoe out
number the others to the extent of being able to tie the hands
of those who would seek to advance at the risk of doing some
thing for its merits, and not how it measures with the past.
A good many of the seniors, with life in the big, outside
world staring them in the face, are able to see the dangers of
continuing in a rut. But by then it is too late. They no
longer have the power nor the influence to overcome the very
laws by which they have lived for four years.
It is then up to those who would be leaders next year
and the years to follow to begin looking at any idea on its
own merit, both for the present and the future.
—JB
The Battalion
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Represents the Views of the Student Editors
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Texas and the City of College Station, is published by students in the Office of Student
Publications as a non-profit educational service. The Director of Student Publications
Is Ross Strader. The governing body of all student publications of the A.&M. College
of Texas is the Student Publications Board. Faculty members are Dr. Carroll D.
Laverty, Chairman; Prof. Donald D. Burchard, Prof. Tom Leland and Mr. Bennie
Zmn. Stu d ® nt members are W. T. Williams, Murray Milner, Jr., and Leighlus E.
Sheppard, Jr., Ex-pfficio members are Mr. Charles Roeber, and Ross Strader, Sec
retary. The Battalion is published four times a week during the regular school year
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JIM BOWER ... Editor
Dave McReynoldff Managing Editor
P»arry Hart , — ^.—Sports Editor
Leland Boyd, Jim Neighbors, Joe Tindel News Editors
Joy Roper Society Editor
Jim Carrell ,. , Assistant Sports Editor
D. G. McNutt, Val Polk, Fred Meurer, Joe Buser,
Jerry Haynes Reporters
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George Wise Circulation Manager
Maurice Olian CHS Sports Correspondent
Daiifortli Award
Presented To
David Ellison
David Ellison, freshman
preparatory veterinary medi
cine student from Longview,
has been awarded the William
II. D & n f o r t h Scholarship
which provides two weeks leader
ship training ,at the American
Youth Foundation Camp to be held
at Camp Miniwanca, Stony Lake,
Mich. Aug. 12-25.
The scholarship, made possible
by the Danforth Foundation is pre
sented each year to the outstand
ing male freshman intending to
major in veterinary medicine at
each of several selected and lead
ing schools.
Ellison will receive $50 which,
fOr one person, will cover the full
camp expense of training, board,
lodging and social recreational
activities, according to Allen E.
(Bud) Denton Jr. of the Basic
Division.
The American Youth Foundation,
through which Ellison’s training
will be given, is a non-denomina-
tional Christian leadership train
ing organization in its 39th year
of service. It has no propaganda,
does not promote a program of its
own in the local field and serves
wholly through existing organi
zations working with youth, ac
cording to Earl A. Sindecuse of the
Danforth Foundation. It is com
prised of a group of specialists in
youth training and its purpose is
to assist young people to discover
and develop their best selves, bet
ter equipping them to guide others.
Selective Service
Deadline Monday
College students interested in
taking- the Selective Service Col
lege Qualification Test have until
midnight, Monday, to submit ap
plication to the Examining Section,
McHenry, Ill., Frank E. McFarland
of the Basic Divison, has announc
ed.
Application blanks may be se
cured in the Registrar’s office.
The test center in this area will
be in rooms 2C and 2D of the
Memorial Student Center on May
16.
To' be eligible to apply for the
test, a student must intend to re
quest deferment as a student, be
satisfactorily pursuing- a full-time
course of instruction, and must
not have previously taken the test.
The purpose of the testing- pro
gram is to provide evidence for the
use of local boards in considering-
deferment of a registrant from
military service as a student.
Vet Check Deadline
Friday is the deadline for vet
erans attending school under the
GI Bill to sign for their April
payroll forms without receiving
their checks late.
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F isli Drill T earn W ins
First At San Antonio
“We beat the h.... outta every
body,” said Phillip Pond, a mem
ber of the “fish” drill team, after
returning from the drill team com
petition in San Antonio Saturday.
The A&M “fish” drill team
brought home their first victory
of the year after competing
against some of the best teams in
Texas at the Fiesta Flambeau Pa
rade Saturday night. The Flam
beau is part of the 62nd Annual
San Jacinto Fiesta, a celebration
of the victory of the Texas Repub
lic at the Battle of San Jacinto,
April 21, 1836.
The whole parade was highlight
ed by a “Fig-htn’ Texas Aggie Yell
Practice” in front of the judging
stand which was located in front
of the Gunter Hotel on Broadway
Street.
All of the drill teams were sup
posed to give a two minute per
formance in front of the stand.
Many of the teams did two or
three marching- movements, but the
Aggie team, knowing that there
were Aggies on the judging stand,
startled the spectators with the
yell practice, according to the drill
team commander, Don Breland.
The Texas College of Arts and
Industries was second behind A&M
in the college competition, while
UT was third and the Central
SENATE
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governing body should be formed
with both students and faculty
members, with equal status.
Members of the committee are
Joe Sorrels of the Civil Engineer
ing Department, William P. Ewens
of the Education and Psychology
Department, W. L. Penberthy of
the Student Activities Department,
Robert L. Melcher, W. D. Hardesty
of the Student Activities Depart
ment, Gerald Van Hoosier, Her
bert W. Whitney of the Agricul
tural Economics Department, Jon
Hagler, L. E. Sheppard and Ed
Stinnett.
Birds are able to sleep on a
swaying twig because their toe
grip automatically locks.
Catholic High School of San An
tonio, won the high school meet.
Besides being in the parade, the
Aggie team served as an honor
guard for the parade before a
Television audience.
After giving their performance
the team went on to finish the 3.2
mile route singing the “War
Hymn.” Upon reaching the re
viewing stand in front of the Ala
mo, the “fish” were announced the
winners over the public address
system. At that moment they
broke out with a big “wildcat.”
, The only other event which the
team has competed in this year
was the Area H Air Force meet
in Austin. A&M finished third be
hind East Texas State Teachers
College and Texas University, first
and second places,, respectively.
Next weekend they will enter the
Splash Day Parade in G'alveston
and the following weekend will
compete in the Houston Armed
Forces Parade. Also the team will
play a big role on Mother’s Day
here on the campus.
Tau Beta Pi Slates
Annual Initiation
The Texas Delta Chapter of the
Tau Beta Pi Association will hold
their annual initiation ceremony
at 5 today in the Chemistry lec
ture room. The banquet will be
held at 7:30 p.m. in the MSC ball
room.
Tau Beta Pi is the fraternity for
engineering majors of junior and
senior classification.
Ray N. Finch, president of the
Texas Delta Chapter will serve as
toastmaster. Making the presen
tation of awards will be T. Carr
Forrest, Consulting Engineer from
Dallas.
Fred J. Benson, Vice Director of
the Texas Engineering Experiment
Station will give the welcoming
address. He will be followed by
the main speaker for the evening,
Eugene P. Fortson, Jr., of the Wa
terways Experiment Station in
Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Fifty-five students will be ini
tiated into the fraternity.
SMORGASBORD
SUNDAY, MAY 5
5:30 to 7:30 P. M.
MEMORIAL STUDENT CENTER
DINING ROOM
BUFFET STYLE THE PUBLI c
Arlnltss $2 IS
Children (under 12) $1.50 INVITED
Organ Dinner Music
Local Reserve Unit Offers
New Army Plan for Civilians
New opportunities for civilian
students facing draft after gradua
tion to fulfill their military obli
gation were announced by Lt.
Charles Hornstein, counselor for
Dorm 9, yesterday. He said there
were two main routes available to
students for serving their six-year
term in the Armed Forces.
The first alternative is to be
drafted for two years active duty,
followed by two years in the
ready (active) reserve and two
years in the stand-by (inactive)
reserve.
The second possibility is to join
a ready reserve unit, whereby a
man serves six months active duty
plus five-and-a-half years in the
unit.
Hornstein said the second plan
affords a much better way of ful
filling the obligation. The main
inducement under this plan, he
said, is that the man is away from
home only 6 months and can serve
the remaining time by attending
two-hour weekly meetings with a
Reserve Unite in his home toVn.
To qualify for the latter plan,
warned Hornstein, a man must
take action to join a reserve unit
well in advance of any action by
his draft board. He cannot be ac
cepted for it after his draft board
has notified him of pending in
duction for the two-years of active
duty.
Hornstein said each man received
a full day’s pay for each meeting,
and the plan “insures the oppor
tunity for a man to pursue his
civilian job with the least possible
interruption by military service.”
Any further information may be
obtained at the weekly Thursday
night meetings of the 358th In
fantry Regiment (90th Division)
held in the USAK armory from
7:30 to 9:30. The armory is located
three blocks south of Kyle Field
on Welborn Road.
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