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PAGE 2 Thursday, December 12, 1957
Aii Editorial
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Letters to the Editor .
Editor:
The Battalion
I believe, as does Mr. Godwin,
that discrimination ag'ainst mi
nority groups should come to an
end. However these groups,
namely the non-regs, should do
a little something to stop this
discrimination. If the non-regs
would get rid of the “couldn’t
take its,” “mamma’s boys,” high
school Harrys, etc., 99 per cent
of the discrimination would stop.
This small group doesn’t measure
up to the standard of Aggies.
Why can’t these boys be eliminat
ed ?
Not having been a student here
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when the Corps was compulsory,
I am not sure of a lot of hap
penings. One thing I am sure
of is that non-regs acted and
were treated like men. The “dis-
criminated-against m a j o r i t y”
could do a whole lot for Texas
A&M if they would return them
selves to this status.
In the past the men of Texas
A&M have made a great name
for themselves, their school and
the Corps of Cadets. If we con
tinue bickering among ourselves
we will soon destroy everything
that has been built up by former
Aggies.
It is my sincere belief that a
compulsory Corps will return to
all graduates the traits they have
been noted for in the past. Sure
not all students will like being in
the Corps. Neither will they like
a lot of other things they encoun
ter throughout life. If a man
learns to take the rough things as
well as the easy things, there is
no doubt that he will be a better
man. Anything that is worth
while is hard to get. This goes
for the Corps as well as anything
else.
Willett It. Stallworth ’58
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by Jim Earlo S P irit Hi g h
Christmas Spirit at its noblest presents itself for any
and all Aggies to express right here at Aggieland as the
Campus Chest continues to strive for its $7,000 goal.
The Chest gives each and every Aggie an opportunity to
discover that it is “more blessed to give than receive.”
Undoubtedly most Aggies will be looking forward to
a rewarding Christmas and will receive many gifts.
However these same Aggies will have missed some of
the real satisfaction of the Christmas season if they do
not open their hearts to help someone else’s Christmas be
as rewarding as their own.
The season which we are entering has no room in it
for selfishness. It is a season of “Peace on earth, good will
toward men.”
One dollar is all that is being asked of any student. Is
a dollar too much to pay for the satisfaction of knowing
that someone has been really benefited? Is it too much to
pay for the real blessings of the Christmas spirit?
Here is a real chance to allow the famous Aggie spirit
to merge with the much older Christmas spirit.
Through the Campus Chest, each student will not only
be contributing to the welfare of his buddies but also he
will be taking a step for the good of his fellow man.
The final day of the Chest drive is not far away. It is
the obligation of every Aggie to see that when that day
comes, the goal will not only be reached but exceeded.
Christmas at Aggieland
By FRED MEURER
The Spirit of Christmas is
blending- in with the Spirit of
Ag-g-ieland these days.
As the days are slowly slipping
toward that longed-for December
21, the last day of classes before
holidays, Aggies are going-
through their annual routine of
putting everyone into a Yuletide
frame of mind.
Dormitory corridors are already
decorated with crepe paper and
tinsel letters to Santa are dis
played on every freshman’s door
(they’re a story in themselves).
Hi-fi sets are blaring out Christ
mas music. Even singing in the
shower is swinging to a holiday
theme.
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Probably the best part of A
though, begins in earnest eM
night. Freshmen and sophomores
bundle up to face the chilly
night air then sing Christmas
Carols below the opened windows
and darkened rooms of juniors and
seniors. Those voices may not be
the most harmonious ever heard
but they’ll have the proper effect,
Here’s an early “Merry Christ
mas” from this editor.
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What’s Cooking
Club will
Academic
7:15
Winter’s Hometown
meet in room 125,
Building.
7:30
Aldine Hometown Club will
meet in room 228 of the Academic
Building at 8 p.m.
Robertson County Hometown
Club meets in room 307 of the
Academic Building.
Southwest Texas Hometown
Club will discuss a Christmas par
ty at its meeting in the Social
Room of the Memorial Student
Center.
Bell County Hometown Club
will make Christmas party plans
at its meeting in room 206, Aca
demic Building.
Flax Country Hometown Club
will meet in room 306 of the Aca
demic Building to plan a pre-
Christmas function and a Christ
mas dance.
Panhandle A&M Club will dis
cuss its club picture when it
meets in room 305 of the Aca
demic Building.
Fayette - Colorado . Hometown
Club will discuss its picture for
The Aggieland in room 108 of the
Academic Building.
Wheller-Collinsworth Hometown
Club, meeting im the Anderson
Room of the YMCA, will discuss
a picture for The Aggieland and
plan a Christmas party.
Amarillo Hometown Club will
make final plans for a Christmas
party at its meeting in the YMCA
Gay Room.
El Paso Hometown Club will
see a movie, pay dues and dis
cuss a Christmas party in room
202 of the Business Administra
tion Building. Refreshments will
be served.
Yankee Hometown Club will
meet in the architecture lecture
room in the Academic Building to
discuss rides home for the Christ
mas holidays.
Beaumont Hometown Club will
plan a Christmas and New Year’s
Eve party and distribute bids for
the Christmas dance in its meet
ing in room 308, Academic Build
ing.
Covyell - Hamilton Hometown
Club will meet in room 224, Aca
demic Building.
Williamson County Hometown
Club will meet in room 205 of the
Academic Building.
Del Rio Hometown Club meets
in the YMCA.
Milam County Hometown Club
will make plans for a Christmas
party at its meeting in the YMCA
Cabinet Room.
Galveston County Hometown
Club will elect officers and plan
a Christmas dance when it meets
in room 126 of the Academic
Building.
San Angelo Hometown Club
meets in room 203 of the Agri
culture Building to schedule pic
tures for the Aggieland and dis
cuss final plans for a Christmas
dance.
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