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The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas PAGE 2 Thursday, February 6, 1958 Aii Editorial ROTC Building When A&M begins its compulsory Corps program this fall the military department, through no fault of its own, will still find itself with inadequate— : or at least unfair— facilities for giving cadets the training they need to become leaders. Compulsory Corps is one of the finest things that could have .happened to A&M. On this basis, the Corps is sure to be strengthened—if it gets proper emphasis! It doesn’t have that emphasis now. The college has literally “stuck” ROTC cadets into the run-down Shacks for their training while a few other military classes are spread over the campus. If we are to have the Corps compulsory, we can’t have it sit in its inadequate quarters while the rest of the college improves. From Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant, and Lt. Col. Tay lor Wilkins, assistant commandant, it was learned yesterday that the military department has given the A&M system its bid for a new ROTC armory. This building would take care of all ROTC training except drill. Naturally, there’s a catch. Other schools on the campus want improvements, too, so all bids for improvements are listed in some order of priority and taken from there. Neither Col. Davis nor Col. Wilkins knew exactly where the ROTC armory proposal fits in this list. The ROTC program has waited a long time for improve ments in its facilities. Compulsory Corps has made it a much larger part of A&M. This plan shows that the Board of Directors is trying to stress A&M’s military potential, so some improvements are in order. The University of Texas recently dedicated its new ROTC building valued at $850,000. They were able to get it probably by dipping into their oil holding plus a state endowment. But they only have 1,300 cadets in the ROTC while A&M has some 2,800. A&M is smaller than Texas, but many here feel that the quality of officers turned out by our Corps of Cadets is un surpassed. It’s time the Board of Directors acts on this and further improve the Corps by accepting the armory proposal.—FM What’s Cooking The following organizations will meet tonight: 7:15 Deep East Texas Hometown Club meets in Room 105, Acade mic Building for election of of ficers. 7:30 Abilene Hometown Club meets in Room 227, Academic Building. Midland Hometown Club meets in the YMCA to discuss Aggieland pictures. Dallas Hometown Club meets in the MSC Ballroom. Aggieland pictures and business will be dis cussed. Lower Trinity Valley Home town Club meets in Room 103, Academic Building, for discussion of club picture. Austin Hometown Club meets in Room 125, Academic Building. Guadalupe Valley Hometown Club meets in Nagle Hall. Shreveport Hometown C l u b meets in Room 104, Academic Building. Marshall Hometown Club meets in the YMCA. Spring Branch Hometown Club meets in Room 327, Academic Building to choose duchess for Cotton Ball and make plans for high school day. 8:00 Red River Valley Hometown Club meets in the second floor lobby of the MSC to have pictures made for Aggieland. Uniform is class A for Corps or suits and ties for civilians. ARMY, IT’S MONEY SAVING TIME! $ $ $ SAVE $ $ $ NOW Is THE Time To Buy SLACKS IVY LEAGUES or DRESS STYLES In Polished Cotton, Rayon, or Blends SLACKS only $7.95 LOUPOT'S Trade With Lou And Save THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the stu dent writers only. The Battalion is a non-tax-supported, non-profit, self-supporting educational e7iterprise edited and operated by students as a community neivspaper and is gov erned by the student-faculty Student Publications Board at Texas A. & M. College. The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A & M., is published in College Station, Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, September through May, and oboe a week during summer school. Faculty members of the Student Publications Board are Dr. Carrol! D. Laverty, Chairman; Prof. Donald D. Burchard; Prof. Robert M. Stevenson; and Mr. Bennie Zinn. Student members are W. T. Williams, John Avant, and Billy W. Libby. Ex- officio members are Mr. Charles A. Roeber; and Ross Strader, Secretary and Direc tor of Student Publications. Mail subscriptions are $3.50 per semester, $6 per school year, $6.50 per full year. Advertising rates furnished on request Address: The Battalion, Room 1, TMCA, College Station, Texas. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office in College Station, Texas, under the Act of Con gress of March S, 1870. MEMBER: The Associated Press Texas Press Ass’n Associated Collegiate Press Represented nationally by N a t i o n a 1 Advertising Services, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los An geles, and San Francisco. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited, to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter here in are also reserved. News contributions may be made by telephoning VI 6-661S or VI 6-4910 or at the editorial office, Room i, YMCA. For advertising or delivery call VI 6-6415. JOE TINDEL ... Editor Jim Neighbors .Managing Editor Gary Rollins Sports Joy Roper —.Society Editor G^yle McNutt, Val Polk ... City Editors Joe Buser, Fred Meurer News Editors Jim Carrell Assistant Spotts Editor Robert Weekley, David Stoker, Johnny Johnson, John Warner, Ronald Easley, Lewis Reddell Reporters Raoul Roth — News Photographer Francis Nivers ..................Sport Photographer Lime MAN ON CAMPUS by Dicic Bibler PDI£/ £ppie ecnff-YA JUS 1 SET A ZEcORpSWMfRF AflE TA EWld-' Letters To The Editor Editor, The Battalion: There is a plan to destroy one of the greatest Military institu tions left in our beloved repub lic, Texas A&M. It is a “Com mie” trick to first break down tradition; then the door is open. If coeds are admitted, then Texas A&M will disappear into that “maze of .social activities” which will follow after co-edu cation is put into effect. A&M men will lose that “military sharpness and polish,” which is second to none in our nation. If coeds are admitted, then the door is open for Negro women also, and then you will have fallen into the “integrator's trap”. WAKE UP. I am calling on all “red blood ed” A&M men, past and present, to stand up now and make their fight to save our school from that certain death which will fol low if coeds are admitted. That “old excuse” that A&M can’t get good football players unless it is coed doesn’t hold wa ter. Check the records. A&M has won more than its share of the championships down through the years. As I write this letter, I know I speak for 90 per cent of the ex-Aggies in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and the nation. If coeds are admitted you will see an end to “The Twelfth Man” and “The Spirit of Aggieland”. That will be replaced with “pow der-puffs, perfume and play.” Move over Tea-Sippers, we are going your way. Sincerely, A1 Chapman, ’53 Dallas, Texas Editor, The Battalion: I wish to comment on the edi torial, “The ROTC Picture Changes”, which appeared in The Engineer and its viewpoint, which is apparently shared by you since it appeared in one of your editorials. “If the student wants to be an engineer, there is not much use in taking ROTC anymore. The rewards hardly warrant the ef fort”, reads the article. It seems to me that there are still some people in America who do not look at everything from the standpoint of reward. Some of us feel that since we are being trained as leaders in civilian life, we can also serve our country best as leaders in its military program. To quote further, “If a student is seeking a mili tary career, why take engineer ing in the first place? There are easier ways to get a college degree.” Maybe, Mr. Editor, there are people who still believe in using their God-given talents to the best of their ability. The armed forces of our country also need trained engineers, for in stance, in the Corps of Engi neers, Signal Corps, missile de velopment program, and in the Air Force. Apparently there are still some people who are not in terested only in taking the “easy way”. Some still have a sense of duty to their country. Robert E. Burkhard ’58 That’s why American Express Student Tours are expertly planned to include a full measure of individual leisure— ample free time to discover your Europe—as well as the most comprehensive sight-seeing program available anywhere! Visit England, Scotland, Ireland, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, The Rivieras and France—^accompanied by distinguished tour leaders—enjoy superb American Express service throughout. 10 Special Tours ... 48 to 63 days .. . via famous ships: United States, Liberte, Nieuw Amsterdam, Atlantic, Italia, New York. $1,198 up. Other tours available . . . from 35 days . . . $769 up. 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And they got a ticket for parking on Houston Street while they got one. And another when they went to pay their fines. No wonder the lady with the scales wears a blindfold. ★ ★ ★ s With resident requirements be coming more strict, it seems that local businessmen would investi gate the possibilities in a do-it- your-self-type grade point kit, with belt loops and a secret com partment to hide old quizzes in. ★ ★ ★ Famous campus remarks, or I wish I’d said that-type stuff: “Just think, graduation in May.” Butt Delivery Made Earlier Due to improved efficiency in Battalion organization, readers should be getting their Battalions^ earlier this week. Yesterday, in some dormitories, deliveries were made as early as 3:30 p. m. and hopes are that city deliveries are being made as early or nearly so. The Battalion has made a study of its circulation organization and has made the change to better serve its readers. 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