The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas
PAGE 2 Friday, March 21, 1958
CADET SLOUCH
Art for
Aggies’ Sake
by Jim Earle
■
By WELTON JONES
The recent court ruling throwing A&M’s “masculine”
gates open to wemen should affect the field covered by
this column very little for the present.
However, if a significant percentage of young ladies
were to be expected in the visible future, the effects could
be far-reaching indeed.
With a student body con
taining, say, one third wo
men, the interest and activi
ty in the fields of drama,
music and the other lively
arts locally would begin on a
sharp upgrade. Possibly changes
in curriculum would even result.
But the question now is wheth
er a significant number of wo
men students will seek enroll
ment and, if so, would they be
anything other than mere day
students or business college refu
gees ?
The legal tone of the court’s
decision, plus a careful and cool-
headed reading of the legislative
act under which A&M was found
ed, will leave no doubt that the
ruling will be penuanent, and is
possibly overdue.
To those who bemoan the
change, this column suggests a
philosophical acceptance. T ©
those who hail it, a cautious
“wait and see”.
DANCE—For the final pro
gram of the year in their sub
scription series, Town Hall will
bring Jose Greco and all the fire
that is Spanish dance to the
White Coliseum Monday night.
If press reviews reaching the
attention of this column are any
indication, the Greco performance
should catch the heart of any
one with the least bit of emotion.
Words like “fervour,” “wild
ness,” “proud,” “dynamic” and
“intoxicating” spring from the
pages of reviews in papers along
the group’s route in Europe and
the United States.
There seems to be little question
from those who should know that
the Spanish dancer’s art is kept
alive today mainly through the
efforts of Greco and the dancers
he collects.
Besides American-educated
Greco himself, the troupe con
tains four female and one other
male dancer; a child prodigy,
Pepita Sevilla; a female flamenco
singer; the traditional guitarist;
and pianist Roger Machado, one
of Spain’s better-known contri
butions to music today.
Those in attendance last year
at the triumphant performance in
Guion Hall will attest to the ex
pected attitude of the audience
for a program of this nature.
Dancers, and dancers of this
very emotional idiom in parti
cular, thrive on audience response.
Applause, shouts, whistles and
even clapping and foot-stamping
are not out of place at such a
program.
Greco is a pure aristocrat of
his art and, frankly, surprises
everyone by his willingness to
continue to tour, when he could
easily settle down in four or five
theaters per year.
We are lucky to be afforded a
view of this gx-oup’s unusual
talents.
BOOKS—A bit of belated con-
gratulations and sincere thanks
are extended by this column to
the libraries of the area on the
occasion of National Library
Week, now about over.
The excellent A&M Library, the
Memorial Student Center Brows
ing Libi’ary, the Caimegie Public
Library in Bi’yan and the vaxnous
other such institutions endlessly
perform a trying task and de
serve a week of recognition for
their all-to-often unsung services.
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‘We're coed! Where’re th’ girls? Where’re th’ girls?”
Letters To The Editor
Editor,
The Battalion:
This is a letter from a so-called
moron lugger. At least this is
how we were described by a per
son who did not have enough
backbone to sign his name to a
letter in the Feb. 26 edition of
this newspaper. Evidently this
person was trying to make an
impression on someone by the use
of words having trivial meaning,
but considerable length.
As for the great AGGIE TRA
DITIONS, I’m sure no one could
ever convince him of their legi
timacy since he evidently was
never in the Corps of Cadets. It
so happens that there are many
exes and present day members of
the Corps who are proud of what
the Corps stands for and of its
contribution to their future life.
From the day the doors of this
institution opened in 1876 until
that fateful day four years ago,
everything ran smoothly; but
since that day in 1953, the Corps
of Cadets has been under contin
uous fire from the Civiliaxx por
tion of the college, which has
used every trick in the book to
cause its downfall.
The coeducation issue is noth
ing new, for it was tried a num
ber of years ago with the outside
help of Bryan businessmen, in
cluding a certain attorney.
Again, it has appeared for a sec
ond trial, only this time there is
a greater need of it as far as the
businessmen of Bryan are con
cerned, with the Air Force Base
moving out in April.
As I said, there is no use to
argue the point of tradition for it
is something wc cherish and con
sider valuable to the fabrication
of a wholesome life. After all,
we came here to get an educa
tion, not to obtain a social stand
ing, didn’t we? If this person
doesn’t like thd way A&M is op
erated, why doesn’t he, along
with other pro-coeds, transfer to
a coed school with all of these
“advantages” thus eliminating the
friction which is obtaining Ag-
gieland a bad name.
I challenge anyone to give me
some valid advantages of coedu
cation that will help this great in
stitution’s enrollment or improve
its standing among the coed
schools in Texas. Another coed
school in this state (A&M) would
not stand a chance since it would
be a second rate school as com
pared to TU, SMU, TCU, etc.
Why not let there continue to be
an all male school in this state
as it has been for 57 years.
I can not see whei’e there is
any dare connected to a harsh let
ter without a signature, and I
hate to see the term TEXAS
AGGIE used in connection with
such a person as this.
Jerry Horn ’59
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