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The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas PAGE 2 Tuesday, February 11, 1958 Man to Man By JOE TINDEL Last night’s panel discussion points out the true merit of our American system of free discussion on controversial issues. Not only were both viewpoints expressed in an open meeting, but members of the audience lingered after the dis cussion to talk things over and further argue their points. Some degree of understanding was undoubtedly achieved. Whether or not any person was swayed one way or another is unimportant. The important thing is AGGIES WERE THINKING and coming to conclusions in many in stances. Whatever the issue and whatever the situation, let us keep in mind that freedom of speech, the press and other freedoms are things that make our nation great and we should never compromise when dealing with these rights. ★ ★ ★ All members of the panel who served with me last night are to be commended on a job well-done. It was a great pleasure to serve with each man. ★ ★ ★ Many of you reading The Battalion now will not have voted if the paper comes out as scheduled. If you haven’t voted, make a special effort to do so. AUSTIN,—One of the hottest topics at next July’s precinct con ventions likely will be whether such conventions should be held any more. Gov. Price Daniel has suggested abolishing the precinct conven tions. His premise is that much of the infighting that afflicts the Democratic Party in Texas origi nates in these neighbor-against- neighbor squabbles. He proposed instead the electing of delegates (one per precinct) to the county conventions by direct vote at the primary. Governor Daniel pointed out that the conventions sometimes arc controlled by a minority group within the area. Many more people, generally, vote in the primaries than bother to come back to the voting place a second time in one day for the precinct conventions. Electing delegates by direct 5 6789 10 11 13 14 IS 16 17 is/ 19 20 21 22 23 24 2S 26 27 28 29 30 31 - ■ ■— i - -- FPSOLL-IWiB on VS full information oenings for you * jor manufacturer sors, pumps, engines, , vacuum equipment, :ool$, and mining 3 action equipment. would like to desig *»tild or self thing* ' come to see uS. CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle — «•>'>' 1 Si/ Vern SbriforcL vote, contended the governor, would do away with “rump con ventions” and contests over which precinct delegation is entitled to seats at the county conventions. Governor Daniel’s recommen dation, made at the State Demo cratic Executive Committee meet ing, came as a surprise counter offensive to the DOT’s “code of ethics” campaign. DOT (Demo crats of Texas) is a liberal group, openly bucking the governor for control of party affairs. Spear head of its drive is the “code of ethics” proposal designed, accord ing to its sponsors, to eliminate much of the fighting and give everyone a fair shake at conven tions. DOT members were immediate ly critical of the no-precinct con vention plan. It would eliminate “grass roots” gatherings, they said, the only chance every citizen has to get up and speak his piece. “Now that military is compulsory, we’ll haf’ to have a Outfit” What’s Cooking WAG The following clubs and organi zations will meet tonight: 7:30 Junior chapter of AVMA meets Horsley To Speak Wendell R. Horsley, director of the Placement Office, will speak to the Society of American Engi neers tonight on “Summer and Permanent Employment.” Horslev will give his talk at the SAE meeting at 7:30 in the Me chanical Engineering lecture room. Plans for a joint meeting of the Gulf Coast and A&M Chap ters of SAE will be discussed at the meeting. in the amphitheater of the Veteri nary Hospital. Fred Becker speaks on “Judging and Breeding of Dogs” and “What the Breeder Expects of the Veterinarian.” Rural Sociology Club meets in Room 2D of the Memorial Student Center. Society of American Military Engineers meets in the Physics Lecture Room to discuss the Mother’s Day exhibit and the field trip. THE BATTALION i , ex 'P resse dJ' n The Battalion are those of the stu dent i fei s only. The Battalion is a nonr-tax-supported, non-profit, self-supporting educational enterprise edited and operated by students as a community newspaper 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. t is published in College Station, Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, September through May, and once a week during summer school. Faculty members of the Student Publications Board are Dr. Carroll 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 arc- Mr. Charles A. 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For advertising or delivery' call VI 6-4910 or at VI 6-6415. JOE TINDEL ; Editor Jim Neighbors Managing Editor ATTENTION AGGIES! Salesmen Wanted Full Time Summer Work SELL THE WORLD’S MOST BEAUTIFUL BIBLES EARN $10 TO $50 A DAY From the first day, immediate earnings, free training, free transportation. No charge bade plan. For Interview Contact Robert L. Sizemore Dorm 7 Room 128 Box 5687 A&M College — College Station,: Texas W ..... DKIVl IN THLATHl tVmi TUESDAY “The Hired Gun” With Rory Calhoun Plus “Something of Value’ With Rock Hudson Something New For A Delicious Treat? TKY OUR— SPUD SUNDAE The TRIANGLE 3606 So. College TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY HITLER S STORY! A COLUMBIA PICTURES PRESENTATION HOLIDAY Wednesday, February 12,1958, being a holiday, in observance of Lincoln’s Birthday, the under signed will observe that date as a Holiday and not be open for business. First National Bank City National Bank First State Bank & Trust Co. College Station State Bank Bryan Building 1 & Loan Ass’n Present \\ MACBETH'' Feb. 10, 11, 12, 18, 14 Guion Hall 8 P. M. Admission $1 For Reservations Call VI 6-4210 Letters To The Editor Editor, The Battalion: The world sure is in a hell of a mess. Seems like everybody is ready to jump off America like rats off a sinking ship just be cause of all the publicity over how. far ahead of us the Russians are. Everybody is looking a- round and saying why doesn’t somebody do something. Too bad they don’t realize everybody should have been pulling all the time. After this last missile failure everybody here is really criticizing, trying to blame every thing on somebody, namely the government and the scientists. I wonder what will come of it all. Here I am, an insignificant one of the millions of people in the world, trying to get ahead, can’t be sure if I will wake up tomor row in a free and peaceful land. It seems to me as if the threat of war is coming closer. The latest word from the powers that be is that whoever reaches the moon first will have control of it for at least many years and possibly indefinitely. I sure would hate to see the Russians win out, but the way our research is set up it looks like they have a good chance to. I would hate to have gotten no further in life than I am now and have war or be taken over. The thing that worries me is the PALACE Bry an Z-SS79 TODAY & WEDNESDAY Student Prices Till 6 P. M. 60c TODAY & WEDNESDAY JfJMf BMW STARTS THURSDAY gullibility, sheep instinct, and prejudices of people. A&M sure is a place to see how people can be made into mobs, obeying the prejudices of a few. The issue of Corps being compulsory vs. non-military compulsion is going- strong now. What does one see when he goes anywhere on the campus, little-minded people, who in many cases know nothing of the issues or principles in volved, mouthing derogatory re marks about a group of people who have done nothing person- nally to merit such treatment. With such petty attitudes, we can never hope to out-wit the people in this world who want, and are working night and day, to take over. The men we in the Coi-ps want to be someday can’t afford to be petty in our thoughts. If we would concentrate on strengthening our own organiz ation rather than spending our short stay in life trying to elimi nate the opposition, I feel we would be doing ourselves as well as everyone else a big service. While w r e engage our talents in petty quarrels the world is pass ing us by. James Gibson, ’61 Editor, The Battalion: In your editorial of Feb. 5, in weighing the advantages and disadvantages of a co-education- al system here at A&M, you stated, “Some A&M traditions, WHICH ARE OF QUESTION ABLE NATURE IN THE FIRST PLACE, would have to be aban doned.” This statement brings to mind my thoughts such tra ditions as saying “Howdy” to everyone we meet on the campus, the Aggie fourth quarter, The Twelfth Man (which is known nationwide) and the wonderful spirit and pride every Aggie has for his school. I hope these are not the traditions you speak of as being- of questionable nature. Some, if not all, of these tradi tions would seem senseless to a coed who does not see why we do these things or does not under stand how we feel about tradi tions. As for ccyeducation, I say, “NO!!!” There are schools girls can go to and I am sure they would be much happier being- accepted wholeheartedly than be ing accepted only by a few here. I am proud to say that I am an Aggie, and I like the school the way it is now, not like just any cookie-pushing school. Stanley R. Lee ’60 FOR THE FINEST IN Freshman Greens SEE LEON B. WEISS Next To Campus Theater North Gate On Campus with JfctShuJman {By the Author of “Rally Round the Flag, Boys!” and “Barefoot Boy with Cheek") BE IT EVER SO HUMBLE Today let us apply the hot white light of sustained thinking to the greatest single problem besetting American colleges. I refer, of course, to homesickness. It is enough to rend the heart, walking along a campus at night and listening to entire dormitories sobbing themselves to sleep. And in the morning when the poor, lorn students rise from their tear-stained pallets and refuse their breakfasts and shamble off to class, their lips trembling, their eyelids gritty, it is enough to turn the bones to aspic. What can be done to overcome homesickness? Well sir, the obvious solution is for the student to put his home on rollers and bring it to college with him. This, however, presents three serious problems: 1) It is likely to play hob with your wine cellar; many wines, as we all know, will not travel. 2) There is the matter of getting your house through the Holland Tunnel, which, has a clearance of only 14 feet, 8 inches. This, of course, is ample for ranch houses, but quite impossible for Cape Cods, Georgians, and Saltboxes, and I, for one, think it would be a flagrant injustice to. deny higher education to students from Cape Cod, Georgia, and Saltbox. 3) There, is the. question of public utilities. Your house.— and, of course, all the other houses in your town—has wires leading to the 1 municipal power plant, pipes leading to the.mu nicipal water supply and gg,s main. So you will find when you. start rolling your house to college that you are, willy-nilly, dragging all the other houses in town with you. This will result in gross population shifts and will make the Bureau of the Census cross as bears. No, I’m afraid that taking your house to college is apt feasi ble. The thing to do, then, is. to make, your campus lodgings as close a replica, of your home, as possible. Adorn your quarters, with familiar objects, things, that will constantly remind you of home. Your brother Sam, for instance. Or your citizenship, papers. Or a carton of Marlboros. There is nothing like Marlboros, dear friends, to make, you feel completely at home. They’re so easy, so friendly, so wel come, so likable. The filter is great. The flavor is marvelous. The Flip-Top Box is wonderful. The tattoo is optional. Decorating your diggings with, familiar objects is an excellent remedy for homesickriess, but it is not without its hazards. Take, for instance, the. case of Tignor Sigafoos and Estabropk Raunch who were assigned to share a room last fall in the. freshman dorm. Tignor, an ice-skating addict from Minnesota, brought with him 44 barrels over which he. had jumped the previous winter to. win the Minnesota Jumping-Over-Barrels Championship. Estabrook, a history major from Massachusetts, brought Plymouth Rock. Well sir, there, was simply not enough room, for 44 barrels and Plymouth Rock too. Tigiior and Estabrook fell into, such a vio lent quarrel that the entire dorm was kept awake for twelve days and twelve nights. Finally the Dean of Men was called in to adjudicate the dispute. He listeued. carefully to both sides of the argument, then took Tignor and Estabrook and pierced their ears and sold them, to gypsies. r © ibss. Maishuimaa * * * And now all is quiet in the dorm, and everyone sits in peace and smokes his Marlboros, whose makers bring you this column throughout the school year*
