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PAGE 2 Thursday, May 23, 1957
Editorials
Keep WTAW
A&M’s Radio Station WTAW has been put up for sale
by the Board of Directors because of the increased costs of
operation.
During recent years the station has been slowly becom
ing less and less a means of education for A&M students.
Only a few students have been working while the remainder
of the staff has been permanent.
Possibly the Board feels that since the station is becom
ing more commercial and less educational there is little rea
son to pay for its upkeep.
Instead of selling the station, it seems unusual that the
Board doesn’t take some steps to make it the educational
institution it can be.
If the station is sold, A&M, as a major educational in
stitution in the nation, would be taking a step backward
since all forward looking colleges and universities have radio
stations, at least, and some have TV stations for educating
students.
It would be well for the Board of Directors to look over
the decision to sell before they clinch a deal with some buy
er.
One alternate solution to selling the station might be to
give it to some department of the college and allow that de
partment to use faculty or staff members to direct a pro
gram of instruction for any and all students interested in
radio work.
Under this plan the cost of operation would not mean
much since it would be an educational endeavor which need
not net a large profit.
If the Board lets WTAW slip out of their hands now,
chances are slim that the college would ever be able to get
another station with as much power and influence as WTAW
has built up through the years.
Letters to the Editor
Editor,
The Battalion
With reference to the two edi
torials in yesterday’s Battalion, I
would like to cast my vote on the
side of those opposing compulsory
membership in the Corps. Com
pelling- a man to belong- to the
"Corps does not improve either the
man or the Corps; it only creates
a resentment on his part. This re
sentment may cause him to leave,
which some would consider a good
thing, or it may cause him to criti
cize the Corps and A&M in places
outside of here, and this is not a
good thing. In either case you
have a person who is not taking-
full advantage of what is offered
here.
In addition to the above—and
this I consider even more impor
tant—Institutions of higher learn
ing have as one of their major ob
jectives that of creating in the stu
dent a habit of open-minded inquiry
into anything and everything. One
of the objectives of military train
ing is to promote unquestioning
obedience to orders from above. In
my opinion these two tend to be
incompatible. One loses out, and
it is generally the habit of inquiry
Another thing I would like peo
ple to consider is: Is all this prep
aration for armed conflict getting
us anywhere ? I think not. If all
of the effort and money and
thought that has gone into arma
ments and wars had been spent on
actively seeking peace instead of
the mere absence of war, we would
really have a world worth living
(See LETTERS, Page 3)
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The Battalion
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Represents the Views of the Student Editors
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Texas and the City of College Station, la 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 ar& Dr. Carroll D.
Caverty. Chairman; Prof. Donald D. Burchard, Prof. Tom Leland and Mr. Bennie
Ziinn. Student members are W. T. Williams. Murray Milner, Jr., and Leighlus E.
Sheppard, Jr., Ex-officio members are Mr. Charles Koeber, and Ross Strader, Sec
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-Off the Cuff-
What Goes
On Here
Professor R. L. (Flash) Leuzin-
ger of the Aeronautical Engineer
ing Department has been voted the
man with the reddest face in the
department since last Saturday.
Seems as if Flash was attending
the annual Open House Day at
Bryan AFB and, like all the kids,
was having a big time for him
self.
The curious prof, who was ob
serving a display of F-110C jet
fighters, decided to crawl in one
and look around.
While sitting there fiddling with
the controls he inadvertedly pulled
the wrong cord and released the
drag chute used to slow the plane
down for landings.
No sweat Prof—But thank good
ness it w r asn’t the cockpit ejector!
Charles R. Smith
Smith Selected
RV Commander
Charles R. Smith, second regi
mental staff sergeant junior from
Dallas, has been selected as next
year’s Ross Volunteer’s command
ing- officer.
Smith has a 2.05 overall grade
point ratio and is a tentative Dis
tinguished Military Student. Plis
school activities and honors include
Best Drilled Freshman, Intramural
Manager, Freshman Drill Team,
Outstanding Freshman in the Field
Artillery Battalion, Outstanding-
Engineering Junior in Field Ar
tillery.
Other men selected to lead the
honor company are J. Paul Costa,
executive officer; Donald D. Dun
lap, administrative officer; John
H. Foster, first sergeant; James R.
Groves, Ray M. Bowen and Ray E.
Camper, platoon leaders.
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Jim Carrel 1 Sports Editor
Gayle McNutt City Editor
Val Polk, Fred Meurer, Joe Buser News Editors
Jim Bower, Dave Mc-Reynolds, Barry Hart, Leland Boyd Has-beens
Joy Roper Society Editor
Jerry Haynes, Ronald Easley Reporters
John West, C. R. McCain Staff Photographers
Don Collins Staff Cartoonist
George Wise Circulation Manager
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What’s Cooking
The following clubs and organi
zations will meet tonight:
7:15
Tyler-Smith County Hometown
Club Will meet in Room 225 of the
Academic Building.
Fannin County Hometown Club
will meet in Room 108, Bagley
Hall.
Fayette Colorado Counties Club
will meet in room 3C in the Memo
rial Student Center.
Wheeler-Collingsworth Club will
meet in room 101 of the YMCA to
plan transportation home and to
discuss their annual function. An
election of next year’s officers will
be held.
7:30
Panhandle Club will meet in
Room 305, Academic Building.
Bell County Hometown Club will
meet in Room 125 of the Academic
Building for final barbecue and end
of school party planning. An elec
tion of next year’s officers will he
held.
Lower Trinity Valley Hometown
Club will meet in Room 203, Aca
demic Building for an election of
club officers at this final meeting.
Lubbock-South Plains will meet
in Room 108 of the Academic
Building for an election of officers.
Northeast Texas Hometown Club
will meet in Room 110, Bagley Hall
to plan an after school party.
Panhandle Club will meet in the
Anderson Room of the YMCA. An
LSU football movie will be shown.
Holdredges Host
M.E. Wives Club
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin F. Hold-
redge entertained Friday evening
with a lawn party honoring grad
uating seniors of the Mechanical
Engineering Wives Club. Dr. C. M.
Simmang, acting head of the de
partment, presented the Ph. T. de
grees.
Zeckendorf Speaks
Tonight In MSC
William Zeckendorf, world re
nowned real estate developer from
New York, will speak on “The Re
lationship between Architecture
and Real Estate Economics” to
night in the Memorial Student Cen
ter Ballroom at 8.
The address is open to the pub
lic and those interested in real es
tate, urban planning, construction
promotion, architecture and fi
nance are urged to take advantage
of this opportunity, said Charles
R. Colbert, head of the Division of
Architecture.
Zechendorf, who is president of
Webb and Knapp Inc., New York,
world’s largest real estate develop
ment company, is currently taking
part in a large Zeckendorf-Wynne
industrial development project be
ing built between Dallas and Fort
Worth.
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Cadets Can Mi ss
Class For Flying
Cadets with proper certification
from their flight instructor will be
authorized to miss the equivalent
of one day’s class work during this
week so that they may make up
flying time, President D. W. Wil
liams said.
The action was taken at the last
meeting of the Executive
tee last week. „
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with ROCK HUDSON
LAST DAY
RANDOLPH SCOTT
RIDES THE ’ ' - . ’
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TRAIL OF
KIDNAPPERS!
TECHWICOILOR
Richard BOONE
Maureen O’SULLIVAN
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LAST CALL FOR STICKLERS!
We’re still shelling out $25 for every Stickler we
accept—and we’re still accepting plenty! But
if you want to cut yourself in, you’ve got to start
Stickling NOW! Sticklers are simple riddles with two-word
rhyming answers. Both words must have the same number of
syllables. Send your Sticklers (as many as you want—the more
you send, the better your chance of winning!) to Happy-Joe-
Lucky, Box 67A, Mt. Vernon, N. Y. N OW! TODAY! PRONTO!
WHAT'S A SALT LAKE CITY BOSS?
Mormon Foreman
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Pill Mill
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WHAT IS ONE OF CAESAR’S ARCHERS?
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Cynic Clinic
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YOU’VE PROBABLY HEARD of torch songs (music to cry
by), Air Force songs (music to fly by), and Aloha songs
(music to bye-bye). The Lucky Strike song is music to
buy by: it’s a pretty ditty that’s devoted strictly to Luckies.
Naturally, that makes it a Cheerful Earful! It reminds you
that Luckies are tops and that better taste is the pleasin’
reason. Luckies’ taste comes from fine tobacco—mild, good
tasting tobacco that’s TOASTED to taste even better. So,
as the jingle says, “Light up a Lucky, it’s light-up time!”
You’ll say it’s the best-tasting cigarette you ever smoked!
■ Ltiddes
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“IT’S TOASTED” TO TASTE BETTER ... CLEANER, FRESHER, SMOOTHER!
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WHAT'S A GANGSTER'S EMBRACE?
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WHAT IS A SINGER FROM OKLAHOMA?
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