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College Station (Brazos County), Texas
Thursday, February 20, 1958
ditorials
CAt)ET SLOUCH by Jim Earle TottriWQ '7Y» T'U a
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A Civilian Plan?
Civilian students at A&M this year could be facing a
turning point in their history.
Naturally, the two representatives to the Board of Di
rectors meeting Saturday will be striving with all their
power to convince the board that a compulsory Corps is
wrong and they should reconsider.
But, regardless of the outcome, there will still be Civil
ian students on the campus—maybe more than anyone ex
pects if Corps grades do not remain high.
The big problem in Civilian circles, then, will continue
to be lack of organization. Despite efforts of the Civilian
Student Council and dormitory councils, Civilians need a
goal to work for and a group to belong to.
At present, Civilians are, in effect, “non-regs” or mem
bers of the out-group. They belong to no compact group
and may be compared to independents at other colleges.
Responsible men interested in the future of the Civil
ian student body have been concerned about this to the point
that they have finally discovered a solution which might
mean the birth of a strong Civilian organization.
Realizing that some students might not wish to partici
pate in extra-curricular activities while others will, these
men have a possible solution which would allow those
interested in becoming a working part of the college to
exercise their ambitions.
Those Civilian students who want to strengthen their
body on the campus are urged to discover what the plan
entails. If they are interested, these men might wish to
work for establishment of such a plan.
In the interest of a strong Civilian student body to
complement an already strong Corps, this plan might be
the answer to the multiple Civilian problems.
Leaders Need Cooperation
Some Corps leaders have become highly aware of the
problems that exist in that organization and since grades
have been found to be very low in many units they are seek
ing answers to the problems.
During the past few months members of the Corps
staff have been spending endless hours trying to come up
with proposals to remedy the situation, a high Corps of
ficial has said.
If the Board of Directors does not reconsider and re
peal their ruling on compulsory Corps, a tremendous task
of keeping Corps members’ grades up faces each Corps
leader.
From all indications, constructive proposals have al
ready been made to unit commanders, but many of the bet
ter ones have been rejected.
It is consoling that some Corps leaders are earnestly
concerned with the future of their organization but it is
disheartening- that others persist in stressing the non-essen
tials in their units.
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7:15
Guadalupe Hometown Club
meets in Nag'le Hall.
Deep East Texas Hometown
Club meets in room 105, Academic
Building-. Film of the Arkansas-
A&M game will be shown.
7:30
Abilene Hometown Club meets
in room 204, Academic Building.
Plans for high school day \yill he
discussed.
Southwest Texas Hometown
Club meets in room 128, Academic
Building to have picture made.
Corpsmen will wear Class A uni-
Entered as second-class
matter at the Post Office
In College Station, Texas,
under the Act of Con
gress of March 8, 1870.
MEMBER:
The Associated Press
Texas Press Ass’n
Associated Collegiate Press
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Editor,
The Battalion:
In answer to the question,
“Does A&M Really Need Com
pulsory Corps?”, asked by your
Dec. 4 editorial, my answer is
a loud and enthusiastic YES.
Having observed A&M and the
Corps of Cadets over a period of
years, I feel that the Board of
Directors is correcting a grave
error made in 1954 when military
training was made “optional.”
One of the more important
reasons for my yes answer is
that I want to see a unified stu
dent body striving to improve
our school, rather than two fac
tions fighting and bickering
among themselves.
From the opinions expressed
in your editorial, I believe you are
overlooking the value that the
leadership training obtained in
the Corps has in all occupations,
not just the military. Leaders
are necessary in all fields of in
dustry, business and agriculture
today. The Corps strives to pro
duce these leaders.
Let us look now at the people
who comprise the majority of the
JETURQ Wi4£M I TELL YOU
TO KUOLK A BUZZ OFF-, I
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forms and Civilians will wear-
suits and ties.
Marshall Hometown Club will
meet in the YMCA.
Panhandle Hometown Club will
meet in Room 305, Academic
Building to elect officers.
Corpus Christi Hometown Club
meets in the Academic Building.
Spring Branch Hometown Club
will meet in Room 227, Academic
Building.
Yankee Hometown Club will
meet on the fourth floor of the
Academic Building to discuss
plans for Aggieland picture.
HOLIDAY
Saturday, February 22, 1958, being a holiday,
in observance of Washington’s Birthday, the
undersigned 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 & Loan Ass’n
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 enterprise edited and
operated by students as a community neivspaper and is gov
erned by the student-faculty Student Publications Board at
Texas A. & Mr 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 once a week during summer school.
AUSTIN — Gov. Price Daniel
has publicly deplored the money
raising efforts of Texas’ Repub
lican National Committeeman H.
J. (Jack) Porter. Porter staged
a $100-a-plate dinner in Houston
to raise money for Republican
congressional campaigns.
Porter had written a letter urg
ing contributions and pointing-
out the need to gain support for
the natural gas bill now before
Congress.
The governor said the incident
“should convince all Texans that
the Republican leadership in this
state has nothing to offer but
embarrassment, discord and di
vision.”
WHY NO JOBS—-Viewing the
soaring unemployment figures,
Gov. Daniel took more jabs at the
GOP.
Loss of jobs reportedly increas
ed more in the past month than
at any time since World War II.
Texas Employment Commission
says its January unemployment
compensation payments hit $537,
800, an increase of almost 70 per
cent from last September.
The governor said Texas could
place most of the blame on the
Republican administration’s in
effectiveness in controlling oil
imports. He said competition of
foreign oil has caused Texas pro
duction to slip steadily, bringing
loss of jobs and revenue to the
state.
Daniel also criticized national
farm policies.
LET’S FACE IT — Meanwhile,
Dr. John R. Stockton, one of the
state’s top business analysts, has
said we’re in a recession all right,
but only a minor one. He said
such recessions usually last only
about six to eight months.
The director of the University
of Texas Bureau of Business Re
search said that cures for the re
cession are in plain sight. He
recommended increased federal
spending and easier credit regu
lations.
MORE TAXES?—Despite the
state comptroller’s prediction
that the next legislature will
have to sci-ape up $100 million
in new revenue, Gov. Daniel isn’t
recommending any new tax be
sides his earlier recommendation
for a gas gathering tax.
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Barbecue — Steaks — Seafoods
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Midway Between
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JOE TINDEL Editor
Jim Neighbors Managing Editor
Gary Rollins i Sports
Joy Roper Society Editor
Gayle McNutt City Editor
Joe Baser, Fred Meurer ! News Editors
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There’s confusion in the MSG
Post Office: no one knows what
to do with Gerry Haynes’ mail.
Seems this Ag rented box 6343
this year, not knowing that a
Jerry Haynes rented an adjoin
ing one.
Jerry went home in January.
Now Gerry’s mail is forwarded
to Jerry. When Jerry returns
Gerry’s mail, the PO boys bundle
it up and send it back. To Jerry.
But it’s really Gerry’s.
Isn’t it?
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Overheard from a man on the
street: “Help me up,’will you?”
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Is it true that the Marine pro
curers in the MSG are giving
Guion Hall passes to see “D.I.”
to everyone who will sign up for
their Patrol Leaders Course?
CUT DOWN ON
SHOE BILLS
Our Repairs
Save You
Costly Replacements
COURTS
Shoes — Shoe Repairs
North Gate
It takes two to
fill the bill
TWO BY TWO
CLASS
For
Aggies and Aggie Wives
9:45 Sunday Morning
First Baptist Church
College Station
I did not whistle at her.
I whistled because the
dress she is wearing
looks like it was cleaned
by —
CAMPUS
CLEANERS
“non-i-egs”, the men (?) who did
not join the Corps when they
came to A&M or quit the Corps
when the going got rough. It
has been my observation that
most of these individuals are the
“boys” who need the maturity
and training in leadership and
discipline which the • Corps
strives to give them.
You express the opinion that
“non-regs” receive a more liberal
education than Corps students be
cause of a few semester hours
devoted to electives other than
military or air science. Do those
few hours counterbalance the
“education” from not only Corps
activities but all the student ac
tivities in which predominantly
Corps students take part?
I regret that jmany faculty
members feel as you do. I’m
afraid these men cannot see the
“forest for the trees” and think
that all education and training
for life must come from formal
classroom work. Should A&M . ,
graduates be “leaders” or “book
worms” ? ’ r
I will be the first to admit that
the Corps is not perfect, but it
offers so much more to the train
ing of tomorrow’s leaders than
a few hours of electives.
The Corps’ weaknesses could
be alleviated to a large degree ^
if the College Administration and
Faculty could only see its value ;
and work “with” the Corps ra
ther than “against” it.
I respect your right to yoiir .r
own opinion, Mr. Editor, but I
offer here the opinion of someone
who loves A&M and The Corps
of Cadets. I regret that my
present position prevents me Horn
signing my name to these opin
ions.
An Aggie
Job Interviews
The following job interviews
will be held Friday in the Place
ment Office:
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Co.,
East Hartford, Conn., interviews
physics, aeronautical and mechan
ical engineering majors.
Rural Electrification Adminis
tration of the U. S. Dept, of Ag
riculture interviews electrical en
gineering majors.
Sperry Gyroscope Co., Great
Neck, N. Y., interviews physics,
electrical and mechanical engi
neering majors for research and
development for production activ
ities in electronic equipment.
Texas Eastern Transmission
Corp., Shreveport, La., interviews
agricultural, chemical, civil, elec
trical, mechanical and petroleum
engineering majors desiring work
on a pipeline company.
Texas Employers Insurance As
sociation, Dallas interviews arch
itectural, civil, chemical, electri
cal, mechanical and industrial en-
(See INTERVIEW Page 3)
On Campus
with
MaxQhvhm
(By the Author of "Rally Round the Flag, Boys!" and
‘.‘Barefoot Boy with Cheek")
THE PLEDGE YOU SAVE
MAY BE YOUR OWN
Today’s column is directed at those young female undergradu
ates who have recently pledged sororities and are worried, poor
lambs, that they won’t make good. Following is a list of simple
instructions which, if faithfully observed, will positively guaran
tee that you will be a mad success as a sorority girl.
; First, let us take up the matter of housemothers! The house
mother is your friend, your guide, your mentor/You rtiust treat
her with respect. When you wish to speak to her, address her as
“Mother Sigafoos” or “Ma’am.” In no circumstances must you
say, “Hey, fat lady.”
Second, let us discuss laundry. Never hang your wash on the
front porch of the sorority house. This is unsightly and shows
a want of breeding. Use the Chapter Room.
Third, meals. Always remember that planning and preparing
meals for a houseful of healthy girls is no simple task. Your cook
goes to a great deal of trouble to make your menu varied and
nourishing. The least you can do is show your appreciation.
Don’t just devour your food; praise it. Exclaim with delight,
“What delicious pork jowls!” or “What a yummy soupbone!”
or “What scrumptious fish heads!” or “What clear water!”
Fourth, clothing. Never forget that your appearance reflects
not just on yourself but on the whole house. It was well enough
before you joined a sorority to lounge around campus in your
old middy blouse and gym bloomers, but now you must take
great pains to dress in a manner which excites admiring com
ments from all who observe you. A few years ago, for example,
there was a Chi Omega named Camille Ataturk at the Univer
sity of Iowa who brought gobs of glory to all her sorors.
Camille hit on the ingenious notion of suiting her garb to
the class she was attending. For instance, to English Lit she
wore a buskin and jerkin. To German she wore lederhosen and
carried a stein of pilsener. To Econ she wore 120 yards of ticker
tape. Her shiningest hour came one day when she dressed as a
white mouse for Psych Lab. Not only her Chi Omega sisters,
but the entire student body went into deep mourning when sho
was killed by the janitor’s cat.
, Finally, let us take up the most important topic of all. I
refer, of course, to dating. 1
As we have seen, the way you dress reflects on your sorority,
but the men you date reflect even more, Be absolutely certain
that your date is an acceptable fellow. Don’t beat about the
bush; ask him point-blank, “Are you an acceptable fellow?”
Unless he replies, “Yeah, hey,” send him packing.
But don’t just take his word that he is acceptable. Inspect
him closely. Are his fingernails clean? Is his black leather jacket
freshly oiled? Is his ukulele in tune? Docs he carry public
liability insurance? And, most significant of all, does he smoke
Marlboros?
If he’s a Marlboro man, you know he’s a lot of man. You
know he has taste and discernment, wit and wisdom, character
and sapience, decency and warmth, presence and poise, talent
and grit, filter and flavor. You will be proud of him, your sorority
will be proud of him, the makers of Marlboro will be proud of
him, and I will be paid for this column. _ @ ioos. Max shuiman
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The makers of Marlboro wish to announce that Mr.
Shulman has been paid for this column and will continue
to be paid for bringing you his homely philosophy through
out the school year. ’ .' -